Cho Aniki - PC Engine CD Game Review - LGR

[kanedaBJF]

What the hell did I just watch? If you passed this review off as some kind of gag where you've just cobbled together elements of different games to make it seem homo-erotic - you'd probably convince a lot of people.

[Sphere11]

Any idea where I could get my hands on this soundtrack short of manually recording as many as I can reach while playing..? Hilarious commentary btw.

[phreakindee]

@Sphere11 I do not know exactly. I just ripped game music directly from a copy of the CD.

[ruekurei88]

Isn't that song an anthemm?



[sybnios]

PC ENGINE ROCKS! Cho Aniki owns and many hate it cause its too manly for them! Oh and Holy Proteins rock as well! :p Check out the SEGA Saturn Cho Aniki also, you'll adore it!

[phreakindee]

@sybnios Agreed, the manliness is far too strong for most! And I'm keeping an eye out for a copy of Kyūkyoku Muteki Ginga Saikyō Otoko for the Saturn, it looks freaking awesome.

[MrCumstein]

TG16 is the freakin' shiat! :-P

[Fuzy2K]

3:42 -- Ahh... nothing like rockin' out to the sounds of an opera singer gargling in his bathroom.

[kawrght]

that music sounds like listening to japanese soundtracks when your drunk!!

[TheApachacha]

You considering looking at the first sequel ?

[TheIrredeemable]

This game.......I can't......Just...What?

[kinmanyuen]

Its for gaymers lol

[mrmasteroflego]

he he ben ten loooooooooooooool

[tossabaddle]

this has to be the best LGR video so far. This gamee is just.. the video is just.. all in all it's just.. awesome..!

[NewEonOrchestra]

That's the best creepiest music I've heard in a while.

[Ubersnuber]

After watching this video, I entered a "order anything Barbra Streisand"-trance. Luckily, I, funnily enough, had previously installed an "Overly gay albums"-blocker for my web browser.

[OneEyedJack1970]

The music reminds me of the music from the SNES version of SimCity.

[Zero0rn]

BAM!

[rpmmelby]

can i have your tubo grapx please

[phreakindee]

@rpmmelby Um, no? Why would I do that, or even sell it, I just got the thing!

[xananadu]

the music in that game is awesome.

[kinmanyuen]

lol nec hobographics sexteen

[Fuzzy192006]

Penetrating review.

[NerdKoopa]

I'm a beginner Duke Nukem 3D mapper myself and the intro's custom textures and sprite really caught my attention! I've been trying to find a tutorial on how to add those. I could really use a helping hand. I have already released 2 custom maps (Elements and Ethanol Fever), but there's only so much you can do with the deafult content. I would really appreciate if you pointed out a good tutorial.

[Bakemon13]

He-Man: The Game.

[Bakemon13]

Great new intro xD Mad e me laugh so hard...

[bjoran83]

WTF at 5:05!!!!!!

[hitachi088]

do you have a PC-Engine ?

there is alot of game for quite low price (1$-3$each) for this console .

[phreakindee]

@hitachi088 Nope, just the TG-16 for now.

[svenneri]

Yeah... japanese people must have incredible drugs that only exists there. How alse do you explain programmers comming up with this??

[pacxel]

lol try the one on ps1

[Jontman42]

What has been seen... Cannot be unseen. Tho I liked it o.o

Extremely awesome new intro btw!

[phreakindee]

@TehUberCyberBeast You're welcome!

[FSXdeathplane]

i want expecting the "BAM" at the end... MY EYES, THEY BURN!

[yushatak]

I do believe you said "I like how [the manbeam] feels" - if that wasn't a bad choice of words I don't know what is. xD

[phreakindee]

@yushatak Or an intentionally unsettling choice of words ;) Far too many double entendres and innuendo in this review...

[yushatak]

They chose the worst goddamn MIDI instrument possible for that music, LOL.

[yushatak]

I recommend Double Dungeons (two player split screen pseudo-3d dungeon crawler RPG) and Dungeon Explorer (really freaking hard Gauntlet-like game). :D

One of the few major consoles I don't own yet.. lucky! o.O

[Expack3]

All I could think of when I watched this is "What the heck?!" and "LOL!!!" I totally agree with you on the weirdness of this game in all its forms. I can guarantee you if you look at the versions of Japanese games which were sold in Japan from the same period, you'll find games just as weird - if not more adult.

[starsoldier1]

Congrats on getting a Turbografx-16!

[galbyman]

What an awesomely gay review! Again LGR you rock!

[thatsistheguy]

Someones fucking excited for DN:F (besides me).

[phreakindee]

@thatsistheguy I've been excited for over a dozen years, so now that's it's months away you bet I am!

[TheEPROM9]

Love the way you presented that. I love a bit of comedy!

[MAMECADE]

Hello my friend, well, I'm loving the new intro and as always, your delivery is entertaining and informative, yeah and I had fun watching this review. I can't rightly say if it was because of the titillating man graphics or the of the weirdness of the game, I'll go with the weirdness. Fine editing as well, a very overlooked factor. Well, rock on Clint.

[vracerua]

This game is so weird. So weird and yet it's so tempting to play it for some reason. But there are more titles from Japan that are even more weirder, like "Toilet Kids" for the PC-Engine/TG16.

Also, i just love the intro!

[X3CuT1oNR]

Im suprised you havent modded that little white box you had in the corner there. That way you can enjoy all of the emulators on the wii. DOS in HD FTW!

[hatten7575]

wait wait you mean you sell dog cloths now? You mean i can by a shirt for my dog that says LGR? thats.......wierd i guess:P

[phreakindee]

@hatten7575 Weird, but true!

[eightbitclick]

Hella tight intro!

[FuyuAkiWorld]

The music is Promenade, the introduction to Pictures at an Exhibition, which is a piano suite writen by Modest Mussorgsky. But the suite is more commenly know today for Emerson, Lake and Palmer's cover of it.

[Drakk0Pr0ductions]

Wuahh wuaah wuaah wuaahh wuahh wuah wuah wuah wuaaaaaaah wuah wuah

[n4ndude]

Typical japanese game :D awesome intro!

[1990chrism]

i'm loving the new intro!

[vincentx77]

It's fun to hear someone's reaction the first time they play one of these. The two on the PC-Engine (and later PSP version) aren't that bad. The SFC and PS/Saturn versions kinda suck, and not in a fun way!

[Borin81]

you have not seen nothing yet.

try Ai Cho Aniki.

[phreakindee]

@Borin81 Hehe, personally I'd reserve the "seen nothing yet" phrase for the PS1/Saturn game "Kyūkyoku Muteki Ginga Saikyō Otoko"... that one goes up to eleven.

[30LayersOfKevlar]

This looks quite "normal", in comparison to Parodius.

[phreakindee]

@30LayersOfKevlar Agreed, at least this particular Cho Aniki. Now a game or two later in the series, and well... yeah, it's awesome.

[Ioshyriku903]

and i thought the game over screen of mystical ninja 2 starring goemon was creepy, well that too but...



[TheAtariJunkie]

Love the new opening and, umm, this is weird, but I think I'm gonna have to download this on my Wii now :)

[JOQUEENEZ]

awesome review, keep them coming!

[vwestlife]

Those who call this game "homoerotic" are revealing more about themselves than about the game. If it makes you gay to play this game, then I guess any woman who has ever played Tomb Raider must be a lesbian.

[phreakindee]

@vwestlife I never said the game "makes you gay" as such a notion is absurd. I was trying to say that this, and the series, is intentionally homoerotic by content and tone, not simply by opinion. Homoerotic in the sense of "concerning homosexual love and desire." To say this makes you gay would be like saying watching wrestling or visiting a locker room makes you gay. Calling it homoerotic is a tag and nothing more, as it's my understanding that's what the developers intended.

[vwestlife]

@phreakindee It obviously was intentional, as a parody, not to be taken seriously. It just proves that Japanese games are weird. But still, the music is cool.

[phreakindee]

@vwestlife The music is probably my favorite part! But yeah, Japan... weird, awesome, ahead of the curve. I'm still waiting on the inevitable parody of Gears of War-type machismo shooters. Those have enough overtones as-is, you could easily take the Cho Aniki route with such a game.

[VinylVEVO]

@vwestlife Playing Tomb Raider didn't turn me straight, so I don't think heterosexuals have anything to worry about with this game.

[Titannel]

I hope you enjoy the TG16. Have you had a chance to check out the windows disc or the pc titles i sent with the console?

[phreakindee]

@Titannel Enjoying it tons so far, thanks again!

Haven't yet taken a look at the NEC CD, but I've certainly taken a look at the PC games you sent. Uber-classic stuff, and some of those were games I always wanted to try as a kid.

[lneh]

Sentimental Shooting next to provide a counterpoint!

[reggiardito]

Hey , just a question , how much dollars does 600 Nintendo points are? Just curiosity.

[phreakindee]

@reggiardito 100 points is currently one US dollar, so six bucks.

[BobTheBuilder20247]

ha ha. BAM.

[commodore256]

Cho Ah-knee-key

[captaincrazyhat]

Lol I have played this game and its just so wrong and funny

[mrbitbot]

There's a whole series of these games I think... I seem to recall seeing a platformer as well.

[kargaroc386]

What the FUCK am I watching!?!

[NIMHFS]

Pro.

[kinmanyuen]

aahahaaa homo game

[phreakindee]

@UKRetroGames Ha, SimCopter. Yes indeed.

[vwestlife]

@phreakindee ...or getting the "Over the Rainbow" achievement in Bully: Scholarship Edition!

[SteveBenway]

Okay... that's the best video I've watched all day.

Brilliant Japanese weirdness is always great, and your deadpan delivery is priceless :D

[spiderjerusalem100]

I have no idea what the hell i just watched lol.

[alanw3000]

why do you have to buy this games from the virtual console ??? dont you use an emulator on windows lol, stop being a clicking money

[HighTreason610]

Oh, man, I miss these random games, they are always good for a laugh. If you want a really weird game, look up Switch Panic on the Sega Mega CD, it's a puzzle game of sorts... It is unique... That is all I can really think to say on the matter. Great review anyway.

[phreakindee]

@HighTreason610 Switch/Panic! is easily one of my favorite Sega CD games. Holy CRAP is that game random...

[SCSNSE]

HECK YEAH DUKE NUKEM 3D Best intro yet.

[Danny77uk]

BAM!

[slimeytilley]

how do you record off your wii or ps3 or anything?

[phreakindee]

@slimeytilley I just use the regular composite output and a USB capture device on my PC.

[spleenandpie]

did you get all those turbo graphx games in one lot? how much did u pay for it if so? lol im just curious :)

[phreakindee]

@spleenandpie Yes, I got the TG-16, the cables, two controllers and all those games for 50 bucks. I wasn't expecting that many games, but thankfully the dude who sold them to me is awesome!

[Robloxian182]

japan is always wierd......

[br000ly]

duuuuude that music XD buaah buaah buaaaaaahhh xD

[kad3t]

Cho aniki actually means "Great brother", not in size but in well, for the lack of better term, in coolness. Which probably makes it all even more weird...

[Sloppyjoemess]

Lol... 1:40... It seems like New Jerseyans like myself appreciate NJ jokes the most XD

[phreakindee]

@Sloppyjoemess Awesome. I was hoping that would go over well, never know with Jersey jokes!

[TheNews1990]

whoa that is creepy

[Vaskamos]

The music from this game makes me kind of dizzy... :D

[JayDee284]

you can play PC Engine games on TG16 you just need a adapter 4 the card slot

[phreakindee]

@JayDee284 Heh, like I said, can't play it on mine. Yet. Don't have an adapter and those I've seen are ridiculously expensive!

[Zontar82]

i think its pronounced "EEDATEN" :)

[c0ldb33r]

BAM!

[kloggeddrain]

Wow........This............is.­........the gayest game i have ever seen. in a homoerotic sense.......and i think it might be good that way!well im just going to have to get the Wii points for it.

[JayDee284]

@kloggeddrain think this is gay you should look @ the PS1/Saturn one it's like being in a wet dream from Freddie Mercury

[JoeBaird101]

what was the opening game looked cool XD

[JoeBaird101]

what was the opening game looked cool XD

[taragwendolyn]

*smirks* am I the only one giggling at the thought that in order to do this review, you had to be playing with your wii the whole time?

[MightyTallestZim82]

I need Wii Points, NAO!!!!!!!

[psyjax]

I can't belive you got ahold of this! Well, I can't belive nintendo allows it on the wii ;)

BTW, I'm totally jealous of your IIgs.

[lx123p]

the sequel, Ai cho aniki is even stranger. you use fighting game style moves... in a shmup

[Segadude3000]

Any chance of a TG16 System review?

[phreakindee]

@Segadude3000 Big chance, yes.

[zak2501]

amazing your jokes are good your reviews are good your videos keep getting better and the quality is not dropping like many other game reviewers out there you sure stand out

[bmcj199]

I'm guessing you don't play Wii as much because you're lazy. XP Lolz Great review, great intro, great GREAT!

[DerEchteMrHood]

Damn, that new Intro is great! But I also have kinda nostalgic feelings for the old one, so I would maybe shuffle your intros. ;)

[theo1888phun]

try Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet

[dosnostalgic]

Shit! I wanted to use Build for a new intro too! :) Oh well, I'll figure something else out. Awesome review! Retro Gamer mentions the game from time to time and I always wanted to play it, but I suck at shmups. So you, sir, are my proxy. I'm also fascinated by the screenshots of the sequel that features digitized photos.I'm sure that ramps up the homoerotic factor quite a lot.

[phreakindee]

@dosnostalgic Hehe, I unintentionally beat you to the punch with a Build intro?! Sorry dude!

Yeah, the PS1/Saturn games... wow. They're almost trying too hard to be flaming. I mean, it reaches rocket fuel flame intensity.

[dosnostalgic]

@phreakindee No need to be sorry. I wasn't going to use Duke3D anyway. Maybe i'll dig up my old 3d wolf-like engine that I wrote in qbasic aeons ago. Or something else. I love how yours syncs with the music though!

[serginietor]

maan... figthing against.. emm.. chess and bodybuilders in undies, added to that hawaiian-classical music make up to such a random game... its epic, 'nuff said

[LordKarnov42]

If you think this is wierd, play the sequel..

[Disthron]

I loved your last comment. "this one comes right out of the closet and sais BAM"

I liked the Duke intro as well.

[lemonlimestiv]

that is the oddest music for this game!

[endofthelinejoel]

BAMMM!

[MaximumRD]

This is the MANLIEST game ever created! I got your protein right here lol!

[marceloyanez111pt2]

There were some sequels which were more homoerotic than the first one.

[Shinkokyuu4]

shoot the man beam thats what she said

[ThomasGGebert]

Much as I like Japan overall, they have some weird-ass games, particularly the ones that don't make it over here.

Still, I'd say this game is less gay than any given game in the Kirby series.

[LadyGrinningSoul]

Yeessss I was hoping you would do one for Cho Aniki!!!

[0takuMetalheadGamer]

Kudo's for owning Demolition Racer, any chance that you could review it?

[phreakindee]

@0takuMetalheadGamer Yeah dude, I totally plan on it. It was one of my favorite demolition games back in the day and it's still pretty awesome. I actually hope to compare the Dreamcast and PC versions in the video, whenever I get around to it!

[0takuMetalheadGamer]

@phreakindee Awesome! I have an original copy for the psx, playing it on a ps2. One of my favorite psx/ps1 games. Any chanse that that version will be mentioned two? (sorry for my questions)

[jkoscak]

old intro is much better man! great job regardless! loved the ending...lol

[NoqturnePL]

Loving the DN3D intro <3

Good work!

[HereWasNicole]

WTF is Japan's obsession with homoerotic bodybuilders????

[IA58pucara]

Beware of the big white chess knights !

[IA58pucara]

@IA58pucara they will pawn you!!!!

[Taarnafeather]

P.S. New intro is great! :)

[phreakindee]

@Taarnafeather Thanks!

[Jonez001]

@Taarnafeather No it isn't!

It is epic :D

[thatguyontheright1]

You think this is Bizzare? Have you heard of Paridous? One of the bosses in that is a stack of school girls with bunny ears,

[phreakindee]

@thatguyontheright1 Yup, I mention Parodius in the review. That's probably weirder overall, but this one is also overtly homoerotic. That counts for special note in my book.

[thatguyontheright1]

@phreakindee If you want Homoerotic, try UFC on Sega Dreamcast.

[OMorty]

MAN BEAM

[Taarnafeather]

Sooooo wierd! O.O

[WhiteValkery]

wtf !?

[HARVESTERFTW]

What. Just... What?

[RJTamm93]

I like the new intro but it doesn't seem as lazy as the other one :P

[phreakindee]

@RJTamm93 Haha, true that. It took a while to put together too, but it was fun! Don't know if I should keep it or not...

[psycl0n3]

oh dude this intro is absolutely awesome :D

[Raggikomm]

nice