[Script Info] Title: [Events] Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.54,0:00:12.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Front Mission: Gun Hazard is a game from Square Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.34,0:00:16.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,released in 1996 for the Super Nintendo, only in Japan. Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.83,0:00:18.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The second title of the series, Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.55,0:00:21.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gun Hazard is quite different from its predecessor, Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.65,0:00:24.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being more a shooter in the style of Contra and Cybernator, Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.99,0:00:28.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but with RPG elements, like any good game from Square. Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.14,0:00:30.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Despite being a good title, Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.64,0:00:33.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something very strange is present in the cartridge: Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.33,0:00:37.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,digging through the ROM audio files with a specific tool, Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.86,0:00:40.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can find the following sound: Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.66,0:00:51.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Again and translated. Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.82,0:00:54.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're gonna burn your building down, you fuckheads. Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.80,0:00:59.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,C18 is watching you, you communist, nigger-loving, Paki… Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.92,0:01:02.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This audio clip can be heard in the game, Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.56,0:01:05.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on this screen that appears after the final credits. Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.98,0:01:07.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right under the helicopter sound, Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.69,0:01:09.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is possible to notice the voice. Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.59,0:01:10.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Check it out. Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.28,0:01:22.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This sound in the game, in fact, Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.42,0:01:27.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is an excerpt from an alleged telephone recording of a member of Combat 18, Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.21,0:01:32.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a neo-Nazi political organization suspected of numerous killings of immigrants Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.02,0:01:34.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and people whom they consider from other races. Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.36,0:01:38.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The BNP's got your card marked, you bastards. Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.69,0:01:42.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're gonna burn your building down, you fuckheads. Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.10,0:01:47.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,C18 is watching you, you communist, nigger-loving, Paki cunts. Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.98,0:01:52.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fucking dickheads, we're gonna hang you for burning the British flag. Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.14,0:01:59.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You'll hang from every fucking flagpole in Britain for burning the Union Jack, you bastards. Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.08,0:02:03.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The problem is that this recording Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.46,0:02:07.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the introduction of a song of the British hip hop group Fun-Da-Mental. Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.16,0:02:12.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The band had songs with lyrics full of political engagement, Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.01,0:02:14.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this track in particular, called Dog Tribe, Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.84,0:02:18.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,criticizes the various forms of racism and ethnic segregation. Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.41,0:02:30.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it opens with this controversial message, Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.61,0:02:35.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to criticize the hate that the most conservative sectors and the Far-right Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.06,0:02:38.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in our society have about the different ethnic groups and cultures. Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.18,0:02:40.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In other versions of the song, Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.73,0:02:43.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this introduction ended up being cut. Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.99,0:02:52.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So why the hell it ended up in Front Mission: Gun Hazard? Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.73,0:02:54.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Apparently, it was just an accident: Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.04,0:02:57.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the musicians responsible for the sound of the game, Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.39,0:03:00.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including there Nobuo Uematsu and Yasunori Mitsuda, Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.31,0:03:02.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,heard the music of Fun-Da-Mental, Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.56,0:03:05.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thought that this message would be a good sound effect, Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.41,0:03:07.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,since they do not understand English very well, Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.31,0:03:11.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and put in the game like a voice talking on the helicopter radio, Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.28,0:03:14.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without anyone realizing it was a message of hatred and racism. Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.04,0:03:17.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This technique called sampling, that is, Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.55,0:03:20.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,removing sounds of music and other works, Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.39,0:03:22.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was very common in old games, Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.58,0:03:26.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but nowadays it stopped for a moment mainly because of the Internet, Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.79,0:03:29.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,since people easily discover the sound similarities Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.78,0:03:32.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this opens the door to a lovely lawsuit. Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.94,0:03:35.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Two cases of this kind we know well here: Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.73,0:03:40.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the free advertisement of Kaiser in the menu screen of Capcom vs. SNK… Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.98,0:03:45.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Kaiser, a great beer. The beer of happy times. Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.28,0:03:50.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,…and a TV commercial in Parasite Eve II. Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.26,0:03:51.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I suspect that is from C&A. Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.48,0:03:56.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Each of these offers for just… Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.44,0:04:02.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That voice was shortly after cut off from the American and European versions of the game. Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.77,0:04:09.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So do not worry, Front Mission: Gun Hazard is not Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.44,0:04:11.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a racist game with subliminal messages. Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.05,0:04:16.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is rather a great title from Square which unfortunately was restricted to Japan, Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.21,0:04:20.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but thanks to the Internet, a group of fans made a translated version. Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.34,0:04:23.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, there is the hint, because it's worth checking out.