Larry, how long does it take to come up with these alliterative adjectives, these stylistic statements, these destructive descriptions for each episode?
Larry Bundy Jr Thanks so much for responding to Fan comments. So many TH-camrs gloss over them but you, you actually respond Larry. Reminds me of how Weird Al would hangout with fans outside of concerts. He just appreciated his fans because he knew they were the reason he was famous~
@@TubboDaKittyCat No worries dude, well you took the time out to watch my video, the least I could do in gratitude is respond to you. Just feels rude not to.
I wouldn’t be surprised if Atari “losing” the Mario Bros source code was short for saying “we sold the desk the source code was in when we liquidated all our assets after the crash, and the source code was in it. When the guy who bought the desk offered to give the code back to us, we ignored him.” By the way, while this may not have happened with Mario Bros, it is a completely true story for several Atari titles and is the reason the source for so many classic Atari arcade and 2600 games are lost forever. The executives making these decisions had no understanding of the value of what they were giving away, they thought the desks were of more value.
Re: Gauntlet... the fact that even today, I've heard 15 and 16 year olds playing D&D at the local hobby shop joke (when injured), "Elf needs food badly!" really points to Gauntlet's longevity.
Peter M. certainly has provided gamers with plenty of joke material. Lol You know what....I think a fact hunt video that goes into detail about his career (and countless lies and mistakes) would be really interesting. Does anyone else think so?
The irony of calling the nes a toy is that is excatly what Nintendo wanted, they advertised the new as a toy and not a games console to avoid comparisons to the video game crash.
I felt bad for Nintendo having to be draconian to third-party developers especially in the case of localization after Atari's anarchy in the American video game business. I'm happy Nintendo of America is still around today. It's just that, they didn't have to be so condenscending on censorship in terms of games developed or published by third-party developers back in the late 80's to early 90's.
@@NintendoPsycho Yeah. I felt bad for NOA forcing censorship in their video games prior to the ESRB only because they had a fear of Atari which was dead right from the start.
The Frogger story gets even crazier. John Harris' Frogger for Atari computers (published by Sierra On-Line) had to be completely rewritten from scratch because his original unreleased port (and all of his development tools) were stolen at a trade show.
The awesome Gauntlet Valkyrie artwork in the thumbnail created by BlazBaros: www.deviantart.com/blazbaros Special thanks to Dan Ibbertson for the editing once again: th-cam.com/users/djslopesroom And to Kieren Hawken for writing this episode: th-cam.com/users/LairdOfForsyth
Lessee here... hairline, lack of a brain, something about his likely small dong, lack of a brain, a very shitty meme, lack of a brain, his dumb fucking face, did I mention lack of a brain? Take your pick.
The Dandy entry was particularly fascinating to me; I was a huge fan of the Gauntlet games back in the day and never had a clue they were modeled off another game. Never heard of Dark Chambers, either. This is why I like Fact Hunt so much; it gives me an amazing look at the industry that had such a huge impact on my childhood.
At the very least, it proves that Luigi was ALWAYS depicted as being an overdramatic coward, that these particular aspects of his personality were there when he was first created and not a later invention by Nintendo.
I never understood all of the hate towards Peter. He over hyped a game, it's not that big of a deal. Why don't people hate Ken Levine; Gabe Newell; or Todd Howard.
Joshua Plenty of people hate them too. Levine is a hack who lost the plot and oversimplified his games. Todd Howard is a hack who lost the plot and oversimplified his games. Gabe Newell forgot what video games were and decided virtual hats and Steam sale shovelware flash game contests were the BEES KNEES. Molyneux is also trash.
Fun Fact about the Atari 8-bit disk Version of Frogger. It does look and sound better than the cart version. PB did not program the music to loop, only to show up to indicate a level change. I have played both and the Sierra port is a cherished childhood memory.
"In other words, they made the original and they got sued for ripping off the rip off. Okay? Okay." ... I think Atari might legitimately be more evil than Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft put together.
Last Ninja 2 on the C64 was released as Last Ninja 2 Remix with nothing more than different music. I think it was done to get out of a contract of having to create a certain amount games for the publisher.
I just have to say, for the record, if someone wants to play Afterburner (II) today, the hands-down best version is the Sega 3D Classics port for 3DS. Not only is it arcade-perfect as an adaptation, and adds in some nice bonus extras and options, but the 3D effect is absolutely STUNNING. Not just Afterburner II, but all the "super scaler" ports to 3DS. They're the best versions of those games that exist.
I second this - the OutRun 3DS enhanced port is SO GOOD, and they actually made it run BETTER than the arcade release, which was already pretty damn smooth.
Yeah. The truth is, I was never much of a fan of the super-scaler games UNTIL I played their 3DS incarnations. It almost feels like they were waiting around for thirty years for an actual 3D display to unlock their true potential. Except Hang-On. I still don't like Hang-On.
I don't recall if I mentioned when you posted the last installment, but Ms. Pac-Man was ported to the NES twice. Once by Tengen, then again by Namco! Totally different ports, one unlicensed and one unlicensed. (The Tengen one came first and is much better.)
4:22 It's funny how sometimes all you got to do is just rename the same item while telling"it's totally different!!" to people. Then they'll be comfortable enough buying that item....like let's saaaay video game console to a toy??
I don't care if it sounds like sucking up, but I just want to thank you from the bottom of my nerdy heart for being such a good game journalist in this desert Larry! Always original, always interesting, and always well researched. I wait until my undivided attention is available to watch your new videos, and always anxiously await more. I have an obsession with retro gaming commercialism and media, and love that you splice in commercials and magazine ads to round out your videos. Your great dude, keep up the fantastic work, because it certainly doesn't go unappreciated! I also throw Daniel Ibbertson just as much props, and show him support too.
Yay new Larry! I swear you make some of the most high quality content on TH-cam, you should be making game documentaries for a big tv station or something man, seriously one of the most underrated youtubers out there.
How about another "Games cancelled for stupid reasons?" I know people have suggested Fez 2 (though tbh, the fans kinda deserved it after bashing him for being gay) Scalebound is another I've heard. I heard about the sequel to the Afro Samurai game being a trilogy, but only made it one episode with terrible reception and sales. Chrono Break, the third game in the Chrono series. and of course let's not forget Prey 2
Square never actually started work on Chrono Break - they just put in a trademark for the name, far as I remember, and then C&D Chrono Resurrection because they had "plans for the series going forward"... which amounted to a DS port of Trigger. Granted it's a damn good port, especially with the extra features, or if you lack a Wii/Wii U to get the game on VC and don't want to sell a kidney for a SNES cart, but still. Kinda sounds similar to what happened with Another Metroid 2 Remake - Nintendo trademarked "Metroid: Dread" years before, then C&D AM2R because of Samus Returns.
When Desperate Dan comes out of left field, you know it's going to be a good video. Aye, I used to read the Dandy and the Beano a lot when I was younger.
That Mario Bros. ad is...strangely blessed. That Luigi is a but chunkier than the modern Luigi, but hell if it's not what I imagine the bros looking like if they were real people.
For some reason, whenever I hear you say, "But! Hello, you!" It makes me smile! Always fascinating, your videos are, and yes, talking like Yoda, I am. 😄
4:36 - the announcer is Skip Hennant, from the Electric Company! (He's probably more well-known as the original voice of Fritz the Cat, but I mainly know him from the Electric Company, particularly as Fargo North, Decoder)
Thank you! I was told the old way I was doing the thumbnails were damaging my algorythems, so youtube were burying them, and since I've changed them views have shot up!
Larry Bundy Jnr i love the fact classic adverts were added to the videos, the mario bros one was great and the BBC micro looked funny, i still got that 'its the bloody parker brothers' in my head lol great work and to the editor:)
I think the Mario Bros. ads shows that Luigi was ALWAYS a spazzy coward, that it was not something more modern games (e.g. Mario and Luigi series, Luigi's Mansion games, Paper Mario series) came up with.
Another fascinating video as always Guru Larry :) You took me back to when I was a little girl and my Dad (rest his soul) brought home an Atari. He was so proud of himself for being able to "use a computing system" as he called it😂 I think it was Blue Max? I was so proud when he learned to play Mario on my NES, but he gave up on "these new fangled computing systems" after that lol "Computing system" still cracks me up, bless him.
What about GTA: San Andreas for the PS2? When the game first was released, it included an unfinished sex game in the game code. It was normally unaccessable, but modders on the PC version discovered the sex minigame and released a mod that made it playable. This sparked national outrage here in the US. The PC version immediately got the sales killing Adults Only rating. Later, it was discovered that the sex minigame code was also hidden away in the PS2 version, which was also slammed with a Adult Only Rating. All major retailers refused to put an adult only version of the game themselves. The PC version got the illicit code removed via a patch, but the PS2 discs were recalled from stores. Rockstar quickly put out another version that had the minigame completely removed from the code entirely, which was given a sales friendly M rating. So, in your words, "RERLEASED BECAUSE THE ORIGINAL VERSION INCLUDED UNFINISHED VIRTUAL SEX."
To be pedantic, GTA San Andreas on PS2 wasn't actually a port, it was the original version of the game. The PC and Xbox versions were released later on, this was back when Rockstar had a timed exclusivity deal with Sony, so those GTA games were originally built around the PS2 and then ported to other platforms. As it's not a port, it technically wouldn't fit on this list, it would be more of a recall to patch the original game in an era before online connectivity was universal on consoles.
Same game though. They didn't remake it from scratch. Lots of games got multiple revisions released. Especially back in the day when patches weren't as easy to distribute.
Ooh, the Supercharger. I have one, and 10 of the 12 tapes for it. Pretty cool little device, and depending on the game, you can convert some 2600 software to audio files and play them via it!
I'd say it depends on how you classify Adventure, but even then, Dragonstomper is CERTAINLY the more in depth and more "modern" RPG experience for sure! A very good point!
You could call Adventure an RPG, specifically a dungeon crawl. Although I'm probably not the best judge, since I've gotten into arguments for my opinion that The Oregon Trail is an RPG.
Now that you bring it up, Oregon Trail IS an RPG when you think about it. And I agree on that detailed classification of Adventure as a dungeon crawler, certainly. Quick, simple, and to the point but all the elements for such are there! Ah, this is one of the best conversations I've had on TH-cam in ages!
Hey Larry, Blaz here! Thanks for crediting me in your description, most folks don't even bother. Better yet, you didn't bury it under all the other stuff somewhere near the bottom where no one would see it XD
Hey Blaz, ah goodness no, I had GameGrumps steal my artwork in the past without giving credit, I know what its like, so I wanted to at least give some kind of credit for thieving it :P I am sorry for not asking first though.
DragonNexus - I agree. Larry did a fantastic job, as usual. I'm just being nit-picky. surprisingly, I like to use this word quite a bit. My other favorite word is asinine.
I just bought the Gauntlet remake for PC on the Steam sale about an hour ago! I still loved the previous 3d version though. They need another version of that.
I was gonna write something along the lines of "if you read this, admit it. You clicked because of the thumbnail, right? ...and because it's Larry!" :p
What really surprised me here is that somebody went ahead and made a tape drive for the Atari 2600. I mean, it was the early days of home video game development, but that was a peculiar decision even considering that context.
Larry, how long does it take to come up with these alliterative adjectives, these stylistic statements, these destructive descriptions for each episode?
Underrated comment.
about 20 minutes, i use a theasaurus :)
Larry Bundy Jr Hahahaha. Good ol Larry! Lol
Larry Bundy Jr Thanks so much for responding to Fan comments. So many TH-camrs gloss over them but you, you actually respond Larry. Reminds me of how Weird Al would hangout with fans outside of concerts. He just appreciated his fans because he knew they were the reason he was famous~
@@TubboDaKittyCat No worries dude, well you took the time out to watch my video, the least I could do in gratitude is respond to you. Just feels rude not to.
I wouldn’t be surprised if Atari “losing” the Mario Bros source code was short for saying “we sold the desk the source code was in when we liquidated all our assets after the crash, and the source code was in it. When the guy who bought the desk offered to give the code back to us, we ignored him.” By the way, while this may not have happened with Mario Bros, it is a completely true story for several Atari titles and is the reason the source for so many classic Atari arcade and 2600 games are lost forever. The executives making these decisions had no understanding of the value of what they were giving away, they thought the desks were of more value.
No wonder they failed
I see 30 years haven't changed how executives know absolutely nothing about the video game industry
even back then when noone bothered to preserve shit, that was still stupid
@@lpfan4491 it still happens. Konami lost the sources of Silent Hill on ps2.
Lol that's crazy. Do you know what games they were?
I guess this topic was ported to the same channel twice!
At least i won't post this comment on your comment, twice.
At least i won't post this comment on your comment, twice.
*facepalm*
SpaceBoy 333 The only time I post the same comment twice is when TH-cam posts them twice
4:42 "The amazing Flight Simulator 2 cartridge"
...
2 frames per minute
some things just never change, huh
@@liamsemicolon how long will it take to get 1000 frames per minute?
Nintendo has a Robot, we have a Keyboard... Yeah Robot sounds more impressive, mate.
@@luiscuellar685 1000 frames per minute is 16,66666666 frames per second, so we already got it
About the framerate of my homemade raycaster.
Re: Gauntlet... the fact that even today, I've heard 15 and 16 year olds playing D&D at the local hobby shop joke (when injured), "Elf needs food badly!" really points to Gauntlet's longevity.
I'm becoming more and more convinced that Guru Larry knows more about worldwide 80s video gaming than anyone else in history
Peter M. certainly has provided gamers with plenty of joke material. Lol
You know what....I think a fact hunt video that goes into detail about his career (and countless lies and mistakes) would be really interesting. Does anyone else think so?
And so, an idea was born.
Would be funny if this was actually just the first one but with a few small changes
Not really.
Fuck you yes it would be.
Knock it off, _I'll_ settle this.
. . .
...Y4123 is right. It _would_ be funny.
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(That is all)
*THANK YOU!*
I love that Atari Star Wars commercial. I too would use the force to grow myself an afro!
Hell yeah dude, who wouldn't.
And nice seeing you here btw!
**SOME GAME!!**
Glad to see the cash register sound back
The irony of calling the nes a toy is that is excatly what Nintendo wanted, they advertised the new as a toy and not a games console to avoid comparisons to the video game crash.
I felt bad for Nintendo having to be draconian to third-party developers especially in the case of localization after Atari's anarchy in the American video game business. I'm happy Nintendo of America is still around today. It's just that, they didn't have to be so condenscending on censorship in terms of games developed or published by third-party developers back in the late 80's to early 90's.
@@GardevoirBoy NOA is a shell of itself now.
@@NintendoPsycho Yeah. I felt bad for NOA forcing censorship in their video games prior to the ESRB only because they had a fear of Atari which was dead right from the start.
Do you mean nes instead of new
This is atari after all, their is reason why they are all but dead.
You know you're a sad, old nerd when just the mention of the beloved Acorn Electron in a TH-cam video makes your day. Cheers Larry ;)
Excellent work Larry!
Thanks bud :)
Me and my bro love your vids guru Larry! We find them cool and interesting
@@Larry Deez Mama
The Frogger story gets even crazier. John Harris' Frogger for Atari computers (published by Sierra On-Line) had to be completely rewritten from scratch because his original unreleased port (and all of his development tools) were stolen at a trade show.
The awesome Gauntlet Valkyrie artwork in the thumbnail created by BlazBaros:
www.deviantart.com/blazbaros
Special thanks to Dan Ibbertson for the editing once again:
th-cam.com/users/djslopesroom
And to Kieren Hawken for writing this episode:
th-cam.com/users/LairdOfForsyth
Larry Bundy Jr Hi Larry! Big fan!
Good video
Damit Larry you always upload just as im about to go to sleep
Thank TH-cam for that, trying to get a working video up since last night.
1 Insane Reason A Video Was Ported To The Same Platform Twice
The land of the rising apple pie lmao!!!!! Thats the funniest way I have heard my home land ever described!
(Insert Peter Molyneux joke here)
Midnightfjord The Polynesian God his comments on the Xbox Kinect apply to him as well?
come for the peter molyneux cracks, stay for the content
Peter Molyneux
Lessee here... hairline, lack of a brain, something about his likely small dong, lack of a brain, a very shitty meme, lack of a brain, his dumb fucking face, did I mention lack of a brain? Take your pick.
+Midnightfjord The Polynesian God *Baldilocks. :)
The Dandy entry was particularly fascinating to me; I was a huge fan of the Gauntlet games back in the day and never had a clue they were modeled off another game. Never heard of Dark Chambers, either.
This is why I like Fact Hunt so much; it gives me an amazing look at the industry that had such a huge impact on my childhood.
That Mario commercial is amazing.
At the very least, it proves that Luigi was ALWAYS depicted as being an overdramatic coward, that these particular aspects of his personality were there when he was first created and not a later invention by Nintendo.
"Something's coming up the plumbing..." ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Now in 2017, Nintendo is partnering with Hampster with arcade perfect ports to the switch
Mario Bros reborn!
Something's cumming up the plumbing ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
The interesting thing is, the print ad for Mario Bros. which appeared in comic books uses the exact same script as the TV commercial. Word for word.
As I know one of the founders, any positive mention of Sculptured Software is great. They seem to have been well forgotten over the years.
The Wonder Boy tunes used in the video made it even more fun to watch. Great vid!
There are actually 3 versions of Frogger for the Atari 8-bit. 1 made by Parker and 2 made by Sierra (a one player and a later two player version).
It never fails. A good and interesting Larry Bundy Jr. video on a Saturday night. Now, time to actualy watch the video.
Thanks bud :)
4:35 And thus the PC master race began.
The jabs at Peter Molyneux in every other vid makes me so happy. Somebody hates him just as much as I do
You're not alone
It's still annoying as shite. Find a new joke, Larry.
I never understood all of the hate towards Peter. He over hyped a game, it's not that big of a deal. Why don't people hate Ken Levine; Gabe Newell; or Todd Howard.
Joshua Plenty of people hate them too. Levine is a hack who lost the plot and oversimplified his games. Todd Howard is a hack who lost the plot and oversimplified his games. Gabe Newell forgot what video games were and decided virtual hats and Steam sale shovelware flash game contests were the BEES KNEES.
Molyneux is also trash.
i joined in with the memes despite me not even knowing what peter did
Lol! “Hello u” at the start. Title bar is cool
I think at this point Peter Molyneux is the co-host of this series.
Definitely the mascot, at least.
He certainly lives here for free.
he is successful through his fuckups and lies. i guess things never change
"Communist Mutants"
Sorry, I need a video dedicated to that.
E
the synching up of the afterburner music with you saying "IDG" was a smooth touch ;)
My God... That is such a nice touch, I just had to go back to listen again, it is one of those subtle perfect details.
Fun Fact about the Atari 8-bit disk Version of Frogger. It does look and sound better than the cart version. PB did not program the music to loop, only to show up to indicate a level change. I have played both and the Sierra port is a cherished childhood memory.
"In other words, they made the original and they got sued for ripping off the rip off. Okay? Okay."
... I think Atari might legitimately be more evil than Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft put together.
That's my Valkyrie! Blazbaros is the best. I commissioned that illustration from him. :)
I love it!
Well what do you know? Time for a double port redux!
A redux of redux reduxes, if you will.
Double ft video remastered... Or ported twice. Pre order with Larry Pass
1:22 That commercial is so awful that it’s fucking brilliant. Nintendo should use it for EVERY Mario game. Even if it’s a kart game.
"Frogger: He's Back!" music? You're doing a solid Larry.
"Land of the rising Apple Pie." I love it! XD
Land of the Rising Apple Pie? That's an interesting one.
Last Ninja 2 on the C64 was released as Last Ninja 2 Remix with nothing more than different music. I think it was done to get out of a contract of having to create a certain amount games for the publisher.
I just have to say, for the record, if someone wants to play Afterburner (II) today, the hands-down best version is the Sega 3D Classics port for 3DS. Not only is it arcade-perfect as an adaptation, and adds in some nice bonus extras and options, but the 3D effect is absolutely STUNNING. Not just Afterburner II, but all the "super scaler" ports to 3DS. They're the best versions of those games that exist.
I second this - the OutRun 3DS enhanced port is SO GOOD, and they actually made it run BETTER than the arcade release, which was already pretty damn smooth.
Yeah. The truth is, I was never much of a fan of the super-scaler games UNTIL I played their 3DS incarnations. It almost feels like they were waiting around for thirty years for an actual 3D display to unlock their true potential.
Except Hang-On. I still don't like Hang-On.
I’d recognize that “Are you keeping up with the commodore” footage anywhere. Good choice!
I don't recall if I mentioned when you posted the last installment, but Ms. Pac-Man was ported to the NES twice. Once by Tengen, then again by Namco! Totally different ports, one unlicensed and one unlicensed. (The Tengen one came first and is much better.)
And Tengen Ms. Pac has licensed ports to Genesis, SNES and Master System!
Nice choice with the Wonder Boy 3 music in the Mario segment.
Larry Bundy Jr. hone of the random video game music generator. Right next to the Peter Molyneux insult generator.
After playing it for years on many many systems, I never realised, the tanker in After Burner... it's a Nimrod!
Wow, that flight simulator on the Atari... a whole 2 frames per second!
“…land of the rising apple pie…”
I love this. I’m going to use this phrase now.
I watch for the trivia, I subscribe for the Peter Molyneux bashing
I subscribe for the trivia. The Peter Molyneux bashing is just old and tired, and I really wish Larry would just stop it.
4:22 It's funny how sometimes all you got to do is just rename the same item while telling"it's totally different!!" to people. Then they'll be comfortable enough buying that item....like let's saaaay video game console to a toy??
Five insane reasons video ideas were used twice
I don't care if it sounds like sucking up, but I just want to thank you from the bottom of my nerdy heart for being such a good game journalist in this desert Larry! Always original, always interesting, and always well researched. I wait until my undivided attention is available to watch your new videos, and always anxiously await more. I have an obsession with retro gaming commercialism and media, and love that you splice in commercials and magazine ads to round out your videos. Your great dude, keep up the fantastic work, because it certainly doesn't go unappreciated! I also throw Daniel Ibbertson just as much props, and show him support too.
I’m earlier than a game rushed out by Peter Molyneux
Hey! I do the Peter Molyneux gags here :D
Larry Bundy Jr There can only be one!
Larry is to Peter Molyneux what Jeff Dunham is to puppets..
Well done, well done...
I'm later than Peter Molyneux realisation...
Yay new Larry! I swear you make some of the most high quality content on TH-cam, you should be making game documentaries for a big tv station or something man, seriously one of the most underrated youtubers out there.
4:55
Please tell me that kid's not flying where I think he's flying...
Mokujo OK. "He's not flying where you think he is flying".
9/11 jokes before it even happened.
They predicted it.
Wait no.
They *did* it.
Yep, those are the twin towers of Corneria City.
"Oh man, this is horrible."
-Falco Lombardi, first responder, FDC
If he turns the plane on its side at the last minute, he can fly right in between....
You used the word "squillions"... I'm not sure I've ever known such a moment of pure joy in all my days.
4:42 "It even comes with the amazing flight simulator 2 cartridge" *Shows gameplay which looks like it's running bellow 5 fps*
It sure is "amazing"
Well, that was an 8 bit system for you. They couldn't really handle 3D well unless if you do some *really good* programming skills.
Very nice work. I was going nuts trying to remember where the soundtrack in the intro came from but got it suddenly, WB3 Monster Lair lol!
Oh baby I'm ready for some Larry.
The Frogger story gets even better. There are 3 official versions of Frogger for the Atari 8-bit.
8:03 Bird vs Camel
5 times developers clashed with fans. IDK what i should suggest
I can think of three off the top of my head, and ... heh ... two of them are Japanese (Nintendo and Konami)! The other's Bethesda.
top 1000 times developers clashed with fans
YAY MORE LARRY!!!! HELLO YOU!
watched larry on a video talking extensively about the amstrad gx 4000 now i cant get enough of his vids keep it up man
Those TH-cam bastards didn't give me notification and I had the bell on
Once again another great informative episode. Thank you very much :)
btw, the Peter Molyneux jokes don't get old, keep it up :D
Thanks bud, so pleased you enjoyed it :)
lol the frame rate on that flight sim was nothing to brag about
It's great that you get help with making of your videos as you make so many now. Dan seems very good at video editing.
How about another "Games cancelled for stupid reasons?"
I know people have suggested Fez 2 (though tbh, the fans kinda deserved it after bashing him for being gay)
Scalebound is another I've heard.
I heard about the sequel to the Afro Samurai game being a trilogy, but only made it one episode with terrible reception and sales.
Chrono Break, the third game in the Chrono series.
and of course let's not forget Prey 2
Square never actually started work on Chrono Break - they just put in a trademark for the name, far as I remember, and then C&D Chrono Resurrection because they had "plans for the series going forward"... which amounted to a DS port of Trigger.
Granted it's a damn good port, especially with the extra features, or if you lack a Wii/Wii U to get the game on VC and don't want to sell a kidney for a SNES cart, but still. Kinda sounds similar to what happened with Another Metroid 2 Remake - Nintendo trademarked "Metroid: Dread" years before, then C&D AM2R because of Samus Returns.
+Crunkman2k
C&D is legal, even if scummy
When Desperate Dan comes out of left field, you know it's going to be a good video.
Aye, I used to read the Dandy and the Beano a lot when I was younger.
It's already been a year?
Nana-Kyoto *insert obligatory thicc comment*
Yup, I even remember putting it up, as it was on my birthday, and came back from a restaurant to excitedly check out how it had done :D
Weeb.
That Mario Bros. ad is...strangely blessed. That Luigi is a but chunkier than the modern Luigi, but hell if it's not what I imagine the bros looking like if they were real people.
For some reason, whenever I hear you say, "But! Hello, you!" It makes me smile! Always fascinating, your videos are, and yes, talking like Yoda, I am. 😄
I'd hardly describe the reason for the second Afterburner as insane.
"In other words, they made the original, then got sued for ripping off the ripoff. Okay? Okay."
Funniest thing you have ever said good sir.
4:36 - the announcer is Skip Hennant, from the Electric Company! (He's probably more well-known as the original voice of Fritz the Cat, but I mainly know him from the Electric Company, particularly as Fargo North, Decoder)
that 10:30 was like in boulder dash than gauntlet...at least for me ...XD
I can see that, it's the giant faces trying to get through the door rather than gravity.
yep, but when you open the gate was the same nightmare XD ... i guess it is better be buried with diamonds than biten by gigant faces...
Pardon me, since we are in topic: where does the music track from that part comes from? Which version?
I see you're changing the thumbnails to more currently marketable standards.
I like this. :D
Thank you! I was told the old way I was doing the thumbnails were damaging my algorythems, so youtube were burying them, and since I've changed them views have shot up!
lol "Twice 2"
which equals 4
Thank You! Whenever you upload my day always gets better
You could of made the title "5 More Insane Reasons Games Were Ported To The Same System Twice"
Or, "Double the Insane Reasons Why Games Were Ported To the Same System Twice".
Yeah, me too. Though I think he did it on purpose.
Just came back from work and this is waiting for me. Yay!
Surely I can't be the only one who thinks Peter Molyneux looks like the guy from the Li'l Bits advert in Rick and Morty?
*releases Fable 3*
"Play some fucking shit, you stupid fucking bitch....
Hehe... just kidding"
LeCoolFace irrelevant.
I think he looks a bit like the the guy from the personal space commercial in Rick and Morty.
LeCoolFace, you've badly misspelt "rocks". Damn that autocorrect, amirite? 😁
4:40 "But only atari gives you a keyboard for playing advanced computer games"
> Actor immediately switches to the Atari Joystick.
Once again I will say, I do not mind that you have click baity titles since the quality is so high.
Keep up the good work.
Larry Bundy Jnr i love the fact classic adverts were added to the videos, the mario bros one was great and the BBC micro looked funny, i still got that 'its the bloody parker brothers' in my head lol great work and to the editor:)
I think the Mario Bros. ads shows that Luigi was ALWAYS a spazzy coward, that it was not something more modern games (e.g. Mario and Luigi series, Luigi's Mansion games, Paper Mario series) came up with.
i challenge you to do a positive top 5 about Peter Molyneux.
Another fascinating video as always Guru Larry :)
You took me back to when I was a little girl and my Dad (rest his soul) brought home an Atari.
He was so proud of himself for being able to "use a computing system" as he called it😂
I think it was Blue Max?
I was so proud when he learned to play Mario on my NES, but he gave up on "these new fangled computing systems" after that lol
"Computing system" still cracks me up, bless him.
What about GTA: San Andreas for the PS2?
When the game first was released, it included an unfinished sex game in the game code. It was normally unaccessable, but modders on the PC version discovered the sex minigame and released a mod that made it playable. This sparked national outrage here in the US. The PC version immediately got the sales killing Adults Only rating. Later, it was discovered that the sex minigame code was also hidden away in the PS2 version, which was also slammed with a Adult Only Rating. All major retailers refused to put an adult only version of the game themselves. The PC version got the illicit code removed via a patch, but the PS2 discs were recalled from stores. Rockstar quickly put out another version that had the minigame completely removed from the code entirely, which was given a sales friendly M rating.
So, in your words, "RERLEASED BECAUSE THE ORIGINAL VERSION INCLUDED UNFINISHED VIRTUAL SEX."
Joseph Attwell well part 3
To be pedantic, GTA San Andreas on PS2 wasn't actually a port, it was the original version of the game. The PC and Xbox versions were released later on, this was back when Rockstar had a timed exclusivity deal with Sony, so those GTA games were originally built around the PS2 and then ported to other platforms. As it's not a port, it technically wouldn't fit on this list, it would be more of a recall to patch the original game in an era before online connectivity was universal on consoles.
Same game though. They didn't remake it from scratch. Lots of games got multiple revisions released. Especially back in the day when patches weren't as easy to distribute.
That's what's known as a revision, this is about games being remade entirely for the same system, not just re-released with changes or fixes.
Fair enough.
Great video, Larry! Man, that Dandy/Gauntlet saga....
Wow, that Mario commercial lifted the tune from "Car 54, where are you?"
I think it was a parody.
It very much could have been. Folks were less stuck up about it back in the day.
Dammit Larry you kill me with the Molyneaux jokes. Lol every video I'm like "here it comes...HERE IT COMES......BAHAHAHA!!!!!!"
Ooh, the Supercharger. I have one, and 10 of the 12 tapes for it. Pretty cool little device, and depending on the game, you can convert some 2600 software to audio files and play them via it!
Also, wow, Dark Chambers... nice. Another game I love.
With that Supercharger, you can play the world's very first console RPG.
I'd say it depends on how you classify Adventure, but even then, Dragonstomper is CERTAINLY the more in depth and more "modern" RPG experience for sure!
A very good point!
You could call Adventure an RPG, specifically a dungeon crawl. Although I'm probably not the best judge, since I've gotten into arguments for my opinion that The Oregon Trail is an RPG.
Now that you bring it up, Oregon Trail IS an RPG when you think about it.
And I agree on that detailed classification of Adventure as a dungeon crawler, certainly. Quick, simple, and to the point but all the elements for such are there!
Ah, this is one of the best conversations I've had on TH-cam in ages!
Hey Larry, Blaz here! Thanks for crediting me in your description, most folks don't even bother. Better yet, you didn't bury it under all the other stuff somewhere near the bottom where no one would see it XD
Hey Blaz, ah goodness no, I had GameGrumps steal my artwork in the past without giving credit, I know what its like, so I wanted to at least give some kind of credit for thieving it :P I am sorry for not asking first though.
@@Larry No worries, I'm just honestly really happy about getting any recognition at all. Keep up the good work!
Chagrin - SHəˈɡrin
Chag-grin sounds better! 😛😛
One of those words you only really see written and rarely pronounced.
Leave it to a Brit to pronounce French words phonetically just to sound silly
DragonNexus - I agree. Larry did a fantastic job, as usual. I'm just being nit-picky. surprisingly, I like to use this word quite a bit. My other favorite word is asinine.
More like the opposite for me. I hear the word more than I read it, so reading it doens't instantly register as the word I keep hearing.
I just bought the Gauntlet remake for PC on the Steam sale about an hour ago! I still loved the previous 3d version though. They need another version of that.
5 Insane Reasons Games Were Ported To The Same System Twice 2 2: The Return
*Reloaded Strikes Back: This Time It's Personal!
Dandy looks amazing! I have to check that one out...
Whoa, when did you start putting Blaz's artwork in your thumbnails?
You should do that more often!
Probably all the time.
He is really good, definetely deserves more love on the interwebs!
Oh, I love that person's art... thought the art looked familiar
Great to hear the Frogger 3D soundtrack in this video!
We all clicked for the thumbnail didn't we?
I was gonna write something along the lines of "if you read this, admit it. You clicked because of the thumbnail, right? ...and because it's Larry!" :p
Because of voluptuous Blue Valkyrie and because I was just watching part 1. AND it's Larry.
I have to admit, it drew me in.
guilty as charged lol
Good sir, what game is this waifu from?
What really surprised me here is that somebody went ahead and made a tape drive for the Atari 2600. I mean, it was the early days of home video game development, but that was a peculiar decision even considering that context.