It was later revealed that none of these guesses were correct, and it was an image of a victim of the Bosnian genocide from a shock documentary, with director Yoshihisha Kurosawa capturing the image from a LaserDisc copy of the film. The most common guesses were Polish boxer Leszek Błażynski, Egyptian political activist Farag Foda, or Palestine Liberation Organization member Atef Bseiso, all of whom died violently on the date seen in the timestamp (June 8, 1992) note Błażynski actually died on Aughis inclusion was due to confusion about the DDMMYY format commonly used outside of the USA. Pop Culture Urban Legends: For years, rumors circulated about the identity of the corpse seen on the Game Over screen.Most people, the Nerd included note James Rolfe is normally meticulous about sourcing a physical copy for AVGN episodes, but in this case, finding a physical copy just wasn't practical, opt for playing an emulated ROM of it. Keep Circulating the Tapes: The game was only distributed by mail order on floppy disks (similar to those used by pirates to create bootleg games), and an even rarer cartridge shown by James Rolfe in an AVGN update video. Despite the availability of screenshots, there are no download links available, and it's unknown whether or not physical copies of the game existed. Follow the Leader: Hong Kong 97's legacy spawned a spoof, Taiwan 2001, which is supposedly even worse than the former, and bases its premise around the one-China policy.Creator Backlash: Yoshihisa Kurosawa has stated that he'd prefer it if people just forgot about this game.He even inspired the creation of its pages on This Very Wiki and before that, one of the earliest mentions of the game came from Guru Larry and Wez nearly ten years prior. Colbert Bump: The Angry Video Game Nerd gave it more publicity nowadays than it ever got in the 90's.Backed by the Pentagon: The credits of the game thank the Canadian Embassy of all things for "cooperation".Accidentally Correct Writing: Yes, Deng Xiaoping was still alive at the time of the game's release, but he actually did die in 1997, making his role in the game cohesive.
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