LGR - Chuck Rock 2 - Sega Genesis Game Review
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 ส.ค. 2015
- Quick commentary and gameplay on the Sega Genesis/Amiga game Chuck Rock II: Son of Chuck! Prehistoric platforming awesomeness.
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Your quickies are cool Clint, really enjoyed this one!
Patrick Walsh Thanks!
[Coury] Did you capture this via the Framemeister? Looks fantastic!
***** Yes indeed!
BALLS! I say. but seriously, keep rockin' Clint. I've been watching your videos for awhile and they never fail to entertain
Played this game on Amiga 500 alot. Great game!
Cool new TH-cam overlay just in time for this new video, looks nice!
Shane Smith I don't like it the text is too big
sparkster!! found it at a market this weekend, great game !
Had Chuck Rock 1&2 on the amiga, loved them
Another great episode! Never heard of the sequel.
1:04 Now that is a face only a mother could love!
Cool vid thanks for talking about the Amiga version.
So good to see Chuck getting a mention! Even if this isn't the one I knew. For me, it's all about the first Chuck Rock on the Acorn Archimedes micro.
Loved this game on the Amiga! Didn't realise you guys never got it though
I loved playing chuck rock when I was little! Hours and hours haha, never got tired of it, haven't played this one though.
Ha I as well played this on a Amiga computer my brother had at the time. It was a fun. I was never familiar with the Genesis version.
I love me some chuck rock on the Amiga :o)
Thanx 4 the quickie ;)
Music from the Sega Mega Drive (Genesis) era was the best still is in my opinion to this day
Though i love your main focus on home computers, it's nice to see a few vids of games you enjoyed from other platforms. It's definitely a very Amiga looking game, nicely drawn with a lot of character.
Cant wait for that Sparkster review.
OMG! I remember these games. lol awesome! Hey LGR huge fan of your channel. I know I rarely comment. But you have a fantastic channel.
***** Thanks very much.
Nice; never played this one so this is cool to see.
great game, i still play it occasionaly on the amiga
Holy shit!!! PLEASE do a review of normality. What a great game of my childhood.
Reminds me a bit of the game "Prehistorik", which I played alot on my 486 back in the days. However, Chuck Rock seems way more fancy ;D
A mates brother got me into the Amiga BITD and he had this game amongst many others. We had good fun with this. So many great games on the Amiga!! Hope you have a lot of them!? :)
I remember he first Chuck Rock! This one seems so much better. Though it was cool hearing the band playing the theme song in the opening. (And surprisingly the Game Boy version was still pretty great in doing the sound too, believe it or not!).
Wow... I would have loved that game when I was a kid. Back in 1993, I was balls deep with Doom 2 so I may have completely missed gem like that. Graphics are amazing. It has 4 or 5 layers of parallax scrolling and not to mention smooth level scroll or sprite scaling. You can definitely tell the programmer put alot of talent and love into this.
Love the reboot of the Quickie video!
Love your show bro!Can you please do a vid on Prehistoric?
Lots of respect from Greece!
Indeed a true Amiga classic, well said Clint.
That Tek War box behind you has been teasing us for far too long. We need a review of Shatner's opus.
God dammit your videos are amazing :D I played Chuck Rock 1 on the Acorn4000. I am now going to work backwards through all your videos! Ever played Space Station Valley on the N64?
OMG I remember this on Sega Master System
You should review that Tekwar game on your shelf. Used to love watching that show back in the 90's and always wanted the game but never got it.
I've got this for the Genesis. I though it was a dud though, going to have to try it again!
mad dope dawg
It does remind me a little bit of Prehistorik 2
Played this game to death on my Amiga 1200.
Wow 89.95 DM, that was't cheap stuff back then.
Only 20DM more than some of my first Game Boy games. Duck Tales, Tiny Toon Adventures and Mario 2 were 69,95DM each. My Ocarina of Time cost me almost 200DM. Try to dig up some MARO ads and look at the prices for NEO GEO carts, if you dare.
Byron No the price for new released third party games was like up to 169,95 DM, generally it was like 149,95 DM. I can't remember exactly how it was for Ocarina, I got it for my birthday or christmas, but if I remember correctly it was a "big boxed" version including the walkthrough so it might have been 169,95 DM too.
A lot of first party titles were released for 129,95 DM if I remember correctly, so I don't know where that puts Zelda.
Byron Zelda was one of the more expensive games but those 200DM included the cost of a guide book.
PumpkinStrikesBack But you could get most of the new Amiga games for roundabout 59 DM, if you had a look at the different mailorder ads in Magazines. I think i even got my preorders of Turrican III and Lionheart für 48 DM. PC and console games where way more expensive in the early to mid nineties...i always wondered how some guys in school could afford all those new Super Nintendo Cartridges for 120 - 180 DM.
Hey, have you ever done some old Impression/ Sierra games historical city building? I'll love to see a Caesar I or II review... or even the Zeus/Posseidon Pharao... don't now =)
I don't know why (and I hope it doesn't sound too creepy) but it is really pleasing to look at you in those Review Quickies. Lots of countenance and gestures make it great to look at. I like this :3
Miss Carnivora Glad to hear it :)
subscribing to lgr was probably one of the best things I've ever done on TH-cam 😅
Actually the level designs are sometimes different in the SCD one (more like on the Amiga IIRC), so it's worth playing although the MD/GEN levels are honestly a tad better, but I definitely agree about the music!
Man, Core did a bunch of great stuff on the Sega hardware, really knew how to push the consoles if you look at some of their Sega CD stuff. I remember renting this game as a kid and enjoyed the hell out of it, should maybe track a copy down.
Yep they were pretty advanced, Soulstar on Sega CD really pushed out to its limits, it looked as good as a 3d0 game or maybe even pass for an early ps1 game despite being on weaker hardware.
thank god somebody finally had the balls to do this....god bless u
"blob shading" :D
...and 89.95 DM, what a steal. ;-) I paid ~120 DM for the Mega Drive version back then. Crazy times.
no way!
I thought I would never ever find out what that caveman game game was called,
which I played at my cousins sega many, many, many years ago.
It's chuck rock! thanks! :P
(actually I never looked it up but always wondered what it was called)
love this, chuck rock was a great game. still, I like Joe n Mac more for my clubbin' needs, but that's because of my impartial desire for nostalgia... good vid Clint!
I noticed Prime Target behind you! A game I had the demo for when I was younger, and played a lot. I've looked for it, but it appears it was only on Mac, and I dont think I ever found it anyway (3rd demo level, subway/sewer with punk junkies with shotguns used to scare the hell out of me). Damage Incorporated was another great Marathon/Doom engine FPS that CD had the demo for. Any chance you'd ever take a closer look at either of those?
you ever gonna review william shatner's tek war? that box in the background has me intrigued and the only reason i know of the book series is cause of it being used as a joke in father ted
"Ball aesthetics"
-LGR
Thumbs for Bomico and Deutsche Mark! :D
mmmmmmm quickies at 60 FPS... So fast. So smooth.
Yeah, Core design made a series of great amiga and mega drive games. Chuck Rock II was one of them, I love the Amiga CD32 version, and the Amiga 500 version is the one I spent more time with. The Mega Drive version is pretty neat as well, I would call it a tie. The first Chuck Rock though was better on the MD, apart from the censored dinosaur pooping thing that is.
Reminds me Bonk series by Hudson Soft.
hey Clint, can i throw an idea for a review? if so, you know those syphon filter games you picked up awhile ago? well those were the first games i ever played and id personally would love to see your review on those old lost gems
spoopy game
I only played the first chuck rock. It was fun, and weird. Maybe do a quicky video about stag? :) Perhaps not.
I really need to consider picking up the SEGA CD version of this and maybe the first one. They're pretty cheap and they look pretty cool to me.
I have to agree with you. The first one wasn't very good but I liked the second one. The 8-bit (Master System & Game Gear) versions of S.O.C. are pretty good as well.
MY friends and I were just playing this game not about a week ago.We didn't get far haha
I had this on the master system which was a pretty good port but the megadrive version looks very nice.
***** Now that's a version I forgot existed. It's not bad, actually!
Loving the new series. I have never played this game but it looks awfully similar to Prehistorik, a game I played the crap out of when I was younger. Any chance you will cover Prehistorik some time soon? :)
Also, is the title of this game that thing Knuckles keeps saying in Sonic Heroes? "Chuck rock yeah!!!"
Having tried them both I actually prefer the Sega CD version for its superior audio quality. In particular when played on my current emulation setup where I have it hooked up to a 5.1 surround sound system. The tracks on the CD version sound quite nice pumped over virtual surround sound. Back in the 90's I also had surround sound and I would have killed to have this kind of audio quality from my games. I was stuck on SNES though.
I see you "Strife" box. Will you do a review of it? :D
I'm sure you're probably already on top of this, but I think you'd REALLY dig the hell out of Freedom Planet if you like stuff like Jazz and Rocket Knight adventures.
I'd certainly be down for an LGR plays Freedom Planet episode, Clint!
ClexYoshi I have been enjoying it!
twitter.com/lazygamereviews/status/621363205810458624
I really should get a twitter sometime... :I
Please man, you gotta review Dungeon Keeper
Everything made of balls!
Oh no youtube changed again!
scientificbrony But it is better.
Clint did u own any consoles growing up? I no u had dos computers j.w about consoles. Also if not till later in life which one was ur first? Thanks for another great video
Matt Stanton Not really, only played them at the house of any friend that had them. First new console I bought was the Xbox 360.
I only first heard about this in your Sega CD video (I'm too young to have been around then and only got into retro games/computers recently), and ever since then, I've wondered:
Is this in any way related to Bonk on the TG16? I mean they were both out around the same time, and both of them are platformers about a stone-age baby. That can't be a coincidence.
RRW No relation, just a common theme.
Lazy Game Reviews Wierd.
Clint!! You made my day!!! This is my childhood fave!!! My first console was the Sega Genesis and the only game I got was Chuck Rock II!!! HAaha unfortunately the gamer cart melted when my console blew after playing with it for hours (during a 42 deg heat wave). I was at the level too....good thing I got the ATGames Sega Mega Drive/Genesis mini and managed to buy another copy of the game from a local Ebay seller for $5 :D Now I am playing it and rediscovering how tough it was ahahah
Core Design were one of the best and most undersung developers of all time and that's just for all their Tomb Raiders and Project Eden, everything else they did is a nice bonus.
It's a shame they were so crucified after AoD, it wasn't a terrible game by any means just a victim of raised expectations.
They at least understood what makes a great Tomb Raider game, something that Crystal Dynamics for all their efforts have never quite managed to match, good though their iterations have been.
What about Ballz on the Genesis?
Or is that a little too ball styled?
I call it the Amiga shading.
Hey, what do you think of the Prehistorik games? I was going to say "since you reviewed Chuck Rock 2 and Joe & Mac", but then I realized you haven't reviewed Joe & Mac.
Love this as a kid
Why is your system shock 1 box bigger then the SS2 box? Mine isn't. At least not the American version.
Saw Tekwar over your shoulder. How about a review?
"Kids have to learn about TekWar sooner or later."
I wish the second game was like the first because I love the first game. I still remember the first time I played the second game expecting the same kind of game as the first... Man I was disappointed.
One of the only games I had on sega cd along with c+c music factory
B A L L AESTHETICS
Nice video LGR! Man, i want a shirt like yours! But im from Brazil, can i buy one? Lol
Jordan Souza Right here! www.cafepress.com/lgrshop
Thanks! U r the best! :D
I have balls of trees!
Have you tried Bubba 'n' Stix, LGR?
Yo LGr, did you ever play any of the James Pond games? I remember the second one was hard as hell when I was young:L
djjdchampion1 I've played and own the second one, it's pretty sweet!
CODENAME: ROBOCOD. That game messed me up as a kid, the angry car boss ruined me everytime.
You import this straight from Germany (i assume because this BOMICO logo visible the cover)? If yes, does this game have an English or German manual?
Michał Marek It's a multi-language release.
lgr is so awesome
I believe the term you are looking for is "pillow-shading". It's a fun technique, but in (pixel) art it's usually used as a bit of a derogatory term.
Like many other commenters I prefer the Amiga version of the game, as sometimes the Genesis colors just hurt my soul: )
darkfalzx Darn it, you beat me to it. Donut Games is also huge on using pillow shading, which does turn a lot of people off. Personally I'm fine with it as long as it's not overused/abused. It does have a very unique look and can be a legitimate art direction.
It turns into something negative when it signifies a lack of artistic skill. i.e. The artist learned this one shading technique (which I understand is quite easy to learn) and is basically spamming it because they don't know anything else.
thewiirocks While Chuck Rock is actually a wonderful game of its time, some of its art does stray into noob-esque territories. Just look at that character "portrait" at 1:04 - it's terrifying!
My earliest VGA pixel art was super-pillowy, which corroborates the "easy to learn" theory. Another noobish pixel technique is excessive dithering - something I abused back then as well.
..I'm pretty sure I got better since: )
Why does this remind me of Bonk?
Wasn't Chuck Rock also used in BC Racers? Both are Core games.
Correct!
This game looks similar to Wonder Dog for the Sega CD.
Paul Contreras yea that weird European Amiga look n feel
Same developer, and the game shared engines between the console and Amiga versions.
saabturbografx yeah, many games from this era look very identical. I also remember soccer kid for Panasonic 3do
W. Durrsly I see... Makes sense.
can you review tekwar
I love it when you review console games ! [°°]
Very much like ball 🏀
Have you ever considered reviewing one of the Japanese-style role-playing games made in the West for PC? Septerra Core and Anachronox are both very excellent RPG's that fit a very small niche in the PC library and could make for very interesting episodes.
Michael desLauriers Both are featured on the shelf behind me in this very video, so yes, I'd say it's possible!
Lazy Game Reviews Do Anachronox and I can die a happy man (some day anyway).
These quickies are great! You seem to have enough skill to pop these out with ease while not feeling at all cheap.
There just aren't enough games starring babies. Cause if there's one thing I enjoy, it's violence against infants.
...Crap. Did I say that out loud?
It's too bad you didn't do a comparison with the Amiga version.
***** That's not at all what these Quickie episodes are about :) It's just what the name implies: quick. Comparisons are best left for another type of video, at least with how I treat things on my channel.
plzzzzz do a betrayal at krondor review
Remember, his very first video on TH-cam had footage from the Sega CD version of this...