"hitting it is like trying to take a piss into a shot glass on a spinning record player strapped to a running cheetah's back while your riding a unicycle on a tightrope blindfolded!!!" THIS IS SOO EPIC!!
AVGN should review War for Cybertron, just cause; He loves the original show and movie, anf WFC is strongly based off it. Even some quotes are used for the names of the achievements/trophies, and its easily the best Transformers game EVER... not that that's saying much, but its a good game.
@OhNoesItsWeegee its a youtube self meme:people who liked the video could do something positive related to the video while who disliked didn,in this case at the end of the video the nerd says "one shall stand,one shall fall" (im think who is this) and so 3282 people standed and 107 not,got it?
The one thing that bothers me about this video is the beginning. It gives the impression that playing a game on cassette tape was actually uncommon, which couldn't be farther from the truth.
James, you broke the record of mistakes on this episode.
first of all, TF on the C64 was released in 1986 that's why you play as Rodimus Prime instead of Optimus Prime, and second, Convoy no Nazo wasnt released in japan because the game was part of the japanese g1 storyline, and it has the theme song. it's the Transformers 2010 theme (go check it in Youtube. the theme really kicks-ass).
@mnm3650 i'm not being nerdy or some shit like that, as a Transformers fan, i had to make those corrections, since the American G1 storyline doenst match with the Japanese G1 storyline, and American G1 fans blame this game for ''lack'' of loyalty to the Transformers.
true but if ya think of it, trypticon was pretty much inspired by mechagodzilla considering they have the same weapons pretty much. plus it was a funny touch since avgn is a huge godzilla and tf fan.
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Although im only 17, when i was a kid i played commodor 64. I remember Bubble Bobble, Ghostbusters and Exploding Fist above all others. Unfortunately Back to the Future 2 was in my collection.
Its wierd how the Japanese NES is so different. Also the European SNES looks completely different to the North American one.
I'm sure the Nerd is well aware the final boss is Trypticon and not Mecha Godzilla.
Recently in Japan, there is a story about Megatron and Optimus from different regions of the multiverse. Megs challenged Prime to a game of death and suffering. Optimus selects Ultra Magnus as his champion to go through these challenges. I'm seriously not making this up, look up "mystery of convoy" or "to die game" on tfwiki.net. I still can't believe they made a backstory on this crappy game.
Two reasons why they weren't released outside off Japan.
1: It was based on the Japanese version off Transformers called Transformers Masterforce, they changed the story, the plot and some off the names, like Autobots is Cybertrons and Deception were called Destrons.
Never meant for an American or European release, because off that :)
2: THE GAME SUCKS AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASS!
lol whenever i heard the transformers theme instead of hearing (transformers robots in disguise) i always heard (transformers women dressed as guys) lol
"And everything's so small, so fast, and moves at such irregular patterns. Hitting your mark is like trying to piss into a shot glass that's spinning on a record player that's strapped to a running cheetahs' back while you're riding a unicycle on a tightrope blindfolded."
This game looks extremely boring, and tedious and no wonder it was only released in Japan. It is a disgrace to Transformers which I have never even seen in my life. Atleast I know Optimus Prime should be in the game!
Check out Brotherhood of Leet at my youtube channel - a re-imagining of WW2 dramas like Band of Brothers and The Pacific as if they were set during the 8 bit wars of the 1980s where Nintendo and Sega are waring nations.
favorite line in this episode: Is like trying to piss into a shot glass thats spinning on a record player thats strapped to running cheetahs back while you are riding a unicycle on a tie rope blindfolded ... LoL that was priceless
back in the day my friend knew how to copy commodore 64 games, i had them all, including this shit, which i finished a few times, hey james, ever try hitchhikers guide to the galaxy for commodore, biggest peice of shit ever, which later made a big screen film after it lmao. review that crap
btw the new tranformers movies are the biggest peices of crap ever. i couldn't bare to watch them for more than 20 min or so. never finished any of them. pure crap.
Hitting your mark is like trying to piss into a shotglass that's spitting on a record player that's strapped to a running cheetah's back while you're riding an unicycle on a tightroll blindfolded!
i remember we used to have a family computer system (japanese version of nes). Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & chip & dale were the games we played the most.
Yeah, a very cheap storage medium but SO SLOW TO LOAD INFORMATION!
I remember when I sued to play with my Atari, sometimes a game in cassette took even 1 hour, and then when it was almost finished a error message appears and means that you waste all your time! Ugh, thanks to God the CD and DVD exists.!
actually CARTRIDGES are the best. cds and dvds get scratched. tapes take time to load. carts last far longer than cds and dvds and have no moving parts. also, NO load times.
hasnt james already reviewed this? ive seen it lik 20 times -.-
supermariogalaxy2123 4 months ago
1:04 CONKER LIVE AND RELOADED
zeroXgravity702 11 months ago
Nice, I just wait to see it!
0111Daniel 1 year ago
wasent there an evil dead game on the com64?
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"hitting it is like trying to take a piss into a shot glass on a spinning record player strapped to a running cheetah's back while your riding a unicycle on a tightrope blindfolded!!!" THIS IS SOO EPIC!!
slashfalcon95 1 year ago
after a year and 3 hours....you finally you uploaded the video
nvn007 1 year ago
what are your thoughts on war for cyvertron?
gabeargue1 1 year ago
wow how did i miss this one?
TheUndert0ker 1 year ago
Dude i can't wath the videos on gamertrailers cause im using and iPad :(
rockerMan0987 1 year ago
@rockerMan0987 ya actually can! go to the quicktime link and click the iphone picture. wait a few secs, and you'll be watching the video!
Superpivotier 1 year ago
AVGN should review War for Cybertron, just cause; He loves the original show and movie, anf WFC is strongly based off it. Even some quotes are used for the names of the achievements/trophies, and its easily the best Transformers game EVER... not that that's saying much, but its a good game.
Blarghurface 1 year ago
The first game he showed on the C64 was designed by David Crane, who also designed Pitfall!
if anyone cares lol
Theriot6592 1 year ago
what ever happened to AVGN's plumbers dont wear ties trailer. I've benn looking all over youtube for that video.
hydrostatic3000 1 year ago
I went to all the links and it kept on showing commercials.want is wrong?
unclejoe1945 1 year ago
holly shit this is the hardest game i've ever played!!!and the sequell is even worse
luisadrego84 1 year ago
@luisadrego84 Wait Convoy No Nazo has a sequel? GOOD LORD PRIMUS HELP US ALL
thunderstudent 1 year ago
@thunderstudent you bet it has....and guess what???IT'S EVEN WORSE!!!!!
luisadrego84 1 year ago
galvatron? unicron? or maybe fuckatron? lol
TheStormie99 1 year ago
3282 people standed,107 did not.
TheChosenOneOfRussia 1 year ago
@TheChosenOneOfRussia Wouldn't it be 107 fell?
OhNoesItsWeegee 1 year ago
@OhNoesItsWeegee its a youtube self meme:people who liked the video could do something positive related to the video while who disliked didn,in this case at the end of the video the nerd says "one shall stand,one shall fall" (im think who is this) and so 3282 people standed and 107 not,got it?
TheChosenOneOfRussia 1 year ago
Fuckatron made my day lol.
Revenge328 1 year ago
The one thing that bothers me about this video is the beginning. It gives the impression that playing a game on cassette tape was actually uncommon, which couldn't be farther from the truth.
DrJohnCockwalrus 1 year ago
"Is it Galvatron?! Oh of course Mechagodzilla" XD
rogueshdw 1 year ago
James, you broke the record of mistakes on this episode.
first of all, TF on the C64 was released in 1986 that's why you play as Rodimus Prime instead of Optimus Prime, and second, Convoy no Nazo wasnt released in japan because the game was part of the japanese g1 storyline, and it has the theme song. it's the Transformers 2010 theme (go check it in Youtube. the theme really kicks-ass).
aquelescaraaaaaaaaaa 1 year ago
@aquelescaraaaaaaaaaa i think you broke the nerdometer, youre off the charts man (man?) more like oversized boy
mnm3650 1 year ago
@mnm3650 i'm not being nerdy or some shit like that, as a Transformers fan, i had to make those corrections, since the American G1 storyline doenst match with the Japanese G1 storyline, and American G1 fans blame this game for ''lack'' of loyalty to the Transformers.
''oversized boy''? what do you mean with that?
aquelescaraaaaaaaaaa 1 year ago
On the Commodore char select screen.... who the f was Pipes?? There's no such transformer!
ArcanePath360 1 year ago
Cool, u have conker locked and reloaded
Lonewolf868 1 year ago
@Lonewolf868 Live and reloaded, not locked....
pikachu7567 1 year ago
to JamesNintendoNerd why dose it take so lond to upload on youtube i watch this on my iPod
badfart43 1 year ago
hey try reviewing war for cybertron;it is way better
gabeargue1 1 year ago
stop playin shitty games! NEVER!
percival369 1 year ago
I heard this game may have not been play tested
1337gamer15 1 year ago
Wait a second, a cesset tape? It's Soundwave!
GangsterJoe101 1 year ago
if anyone has virtuanes for their computer and every nes game as torrent file, you should know, i have the one from japan on there
9981679 1 year ago
106 people are a shit load of fuck.
fulinamon 1 year ago
I thought you were made of sterner stuff.
KuroiGaruga 1 year ago
106 pepol made the japanes version or hate transformors.
gameproma3 1 year ago
you should try Transformers War of cypertron
Fpsfan59 1 year ago
one shal stand 1 wo wo wo lol
fredo915 1 year ago
James, do you know that in this game there is a bonus warp that can make you skip stage? It sure helps a lot xD
TsubasaNoAkutenshi 1 year ago
In James defense "Trypticon" looks nothing like his show/toy counterpart and does look like Mecha-Godzillla.
sonictoastJR 1 year ago
avgn is not much of a transformers expert
ThoseRandomAsians 1 year ago
"I wonder who the final boss is...I should've guessed,it's Mecha Godzilla! LMFAO fucking epic.
Random90sKid 1 year ago
What the fuck?I've seen most of AVGN's game reviews.And the ones I haven't, I've still heard of them.But I never heard or saw THIS review before.
CheatMasterAOD 1 year ago
SEE? JAPANESE CONSOLES DO TRANSFORM!! :O
xxsergio59xx 1 year ago
Final Boss... Not Grimlock... of MechaGodzilla...but Trypticon, a giant G1 Tyranasaurus Rex decepticon.
legojunk96 1 year ago 2
@legojunk96
true but if ya think of it, trypticon was pretty much inspired by mechagodzilla considering they have the same weapons pretty much. plus it was a funny touch since avgn is a huge godzilla and tf fan.
rockstarbd82 1 year ago
i would love to get my hands on that system and tho games cuz i love transformers games!
ElderGodBrandon 1 year ago
irate gamer watched this video and pressed dislike button 106 times
kevinbaconfan12 1 year ago 2
AVGN reviewing Transformers for the famicom?
...Aw, SH*T what're we gonna do now?
krakelak 1 year ago 53
@krakelak nice reference
DragonmasterJohn 1 year ago
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dragonballzman11 1 year ago
Although im only 17, when i was a kid i played commodor 64. I remember Bubble Bobble, Ghostbusters and Exploding Fist above all others. Unfortunately Back to the Future 2 was in my collection.
Its wierd how the Japanese NES is so different. Also the European SNES looks completely different to the North American one.
quicksaund 1 year ago 2
is there Nintendo Power in Japan?
nama0527 1 year ago
i somehow beat this game haha
soontobefamous11 1 year ago
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@soontobefamous11
PLEASE EMAIL ME AT Op-armada15@hotmail.com and EXPLAIN HOW TO BEAT THIS GAME!!!!!!!!!
I can't do it
IT'S IMPOSSIBLE
Thankyou very much,
Transmetals1
Transmetals1 1 year ago
I'm sure the Nerd is well aware the final boss is Trypticon and not Mecha Godzilla.
Recently in Japan, there is a story about Megatron and Optimus from different regions of the multiverse. Megs challenged Prime to a game of death and suffering. Optimus selects Ultra Magnus as his champion to go through these challenges. I'm seriously not making this up, look up "mystery of convoy" or "to die game" on tfwiki.net. I still can't believe they made a backstory on this crappy game.
DarkknightChris 1 year ago
two things. ultra magnus kicks optimus's ass anyday, and mecha godzilla is actually on the good side
TheMw2pwnr 1 year ago
lol i love the title card :D
"Stop playing shitty games!"
"Never!"
enemY1990 1 year ago
"isn't that just a weird thought to play a game on a frickin cassette tape?"
me: well, you can play it on soundwave!
pikapoo25 1 year ago
the vid after the link doesn't load
darockstardude 1 year ago
0:41
Two reasons why they weren't released outside off Japan.
1: It was based on the Japanese version off Transformers called Transformers Masterforce, they changed the story, the plot and some off the names, like Autobots is Cybertrons and Deception were called Destrons.
Never meant for an American or European release, because off that :)
2: THE GAME SUCKS AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASS!
AVGN FTW!
Gratrum 1 year ago
i knew transfuckers was shitty...
mewtwo800 1 year ago
one shall stand,one shall fall
Commando447 1 year ago
DUH DU DU DUUUUHHHH
RaianTheFallen 1 year ago
That "MechaGodzilla" line kills me every single time I see this.
ilikeboobsification 1 year ago
lol whenever i heard the transformers theme instead of hearing (transformers robots in disguise) i always heard (transformers women dressed as guys) lol
mightyhawk69 1 year ago
i saw him hold Conker: Live and Reloaded when he said CD'S
W00T!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
INEEDZALL 1 year ago 2
wered u gget the hot sauce
survivalgun 1 year ago
This review would be funnier if Megatron or even Soundwave told the AVGN to stop playing such awful games and the ensuing challenge that follows.
3baxcb 1 year ago
Megatron-Stop playing shity games
AVGN-Never
BobbyJonny1 1 year ago
@BobbyJonny1 Soundwave-Ravage engage AVGN. Operation Doggy Style
AVGN-No!
You had to have watched the show to know what I'm talking about.
3baxcb 1 year ago
"And everything's so small, so fast, and moves at such irregular patterns. Hitting your mark is like trying to piss into a shot glass that's spinning on a record player that's strapped to a running cheetahs' back while you're riding a unicycle on a tightrope blindfolded."
That is hilarious.
ErrortheCucco 1 year ago 2
upload this to Utube
Rooty98 1 year ago
A lot of things happen in the episode
*Games can be played on casette tapes
*We find out James has the game Conker Live and Reloaded
*The Nerd introduces to us the Japanese Nintendo (Famicon)
*The Nerd drinks hot sauce
*The Nerd beats one of the hardest games of all time
Kristanni20X6 1 year ago 10
@Kristanni20X6 *oh and we see the Famicon transform into supposedly Optimus Prime
Kristanni20X6 1 year ago
One shall stand!
One shall FUCK!!!!!
AirFerno 1 year ago
the first time I watched this it had a commercial for Transformers: War for Cybertron. irony?
theduckinabox 1 year ago
i thought you were made of sterner stuff
TheSHEERHEARTATTACK 1 year ago
The full video should be on his channel soon! It's been a year.
kokamo77 1 year ago
This game has neither the touch,nor the power.
Leatherbubba 1 year ago
silver surfer has a lot of bullets? go watch touhou
eeveetm 1 year ago
where can i find this version of the transformers theme? it sounds cool
darthwinsor 1 year ago
megatron:stop play shitty games!
avgn;BEVER!
mattiathekaiju 1 year ago
This game looks extremely boring, and tedious and no wonder it was only released in Japan. It is a disgrace to Transformers which I have never even seen in my life. Atleast I know Optimus Prime should be in the game!
TheMasterofVGs 1 year ago
that hot sauce kicks ass
apelord33 1 year ago
Actually, I think Pol's voice is still hurt by sound, the Whistle item, right?
SchlossRitter 1 year ago
lol, nuclear macadameia nut rofl
KnewNoise 1 year ago
you should do more commodore reviews
myguineapig 1 year ago
its a possesed famicom!
rejectofsoul24 1 year ago
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8bitwars 1 year ago
3 words:Prototype of Megaman
SkyBlitz64 1 year ago
i want sum of that gaming hot sauce
decod6modernwarfare 1 year ago
LJN will be the ultimate downfall of AVGN.
XiaoXiaoMan1123 1 year ago
omg i ve been looking for the episode where he plays on that red thing im so happy yeah i watch 2 of his vids a day :P
blabladaaa 1 year ago
"By the way, I'm at a farm with a dinosaur stepping on a space shuttle...I have no comment."
patrickc1193 1 year ago 71
@patrickc1193 you do have a comment, on this video!
superxbox10 1 year ago
@superxbox10 Thanks, I was quoting James.
patrickc1193 1 year ago
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patrickc1193 1 year ago
"You don't look anything like Optimus Pr-" *BOOM*
cropanimationstm 1 year ago 3
Aw yes, Godzilla has Super Famicom and this one Famicom.
This is the vid I actually want to watch.
Can't wait for my Famicom. ^_^
FilMarck 1 year ago
favorite line in this episode: Is like trying to piss into a shot glass thats spinning on a record player thats strapped to running cheetahs back while you are riding a unicycle on a tie rope blindfolded ... LoL that was priceless
monk1149 1 year ago
wow.....transformers and Videogames dont mix.
the famicom looks cool......EXCEPT they could have made the controllers removable.
supersmashbro596 1 year ago
i tried this game on a NES emultaor and i coulnd get past the fisrt screen and then i just gave up :(
croatiarules1235 1 year ago
uuhi can't wait any longer! Rescue meh from my boredom
AutumnGeeger7 1 year ago
lol i should've known mecha godzilla
masterahnoldl118 1 year ago
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Nerd.
minfreid 1 year ago
well, he is caled the ANGRY VIDEO GAME NERD!
Halo3kixass 1 year ago
@Halo3kixass you watch one of his videos and youll know trust me youll know
skeletonking1234 1 year ago
I think Convoy No Nazo on Famicom was programmed by The Fallen.
1989gamemaster 1 year ago
Didn't seem to be harder than Ninja Gaiden cause James beat this game.
DragonfireEXtreme402 1 year ago
ninja gaiden isn't that hard i beat it, but this one looks much harder
sharaynishi 1 year ago
i dint know about the second one.
BTW Trypticon is the final boss of the first one. for some reason.
henkman00 2 years ago
other way around. woops
henkman00 2 years ago
Man, these are some well-equipped Decepticons! *lol*
Bobzeaux 2 years ago
back in the day my friend knew how to copy commodore 64 games, i had them all, including this shit, which i finished a few times, hey james, ever try hitchhikers guide to the galaxy for commodore, biggest peice of shit ever, which later made a big screen film after it lmao. review that crap
ogskeetdizzle 2 years ago
Hitchhikers was a book originally.
henkman00 2 years ago
@henkman00
cool i'm gonna get it i think
ogskeetdizzle 2 years ago
i had this game on commodore 64 way back when lol
btw the new tranformers movies are the biggest peices of crap ever. i couldn't bare to watch them for more than 20 min or so. never finished any of them. pure crap.
ogskeetdizzle 2 years ago
haaaaaaaaaaa the last 10 seconds are fuckn funny
blueprominence 2 years ago
0:30-0:39 lol
44USELESS44 2 years ago
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44USELESS44 2 years ago
the japanise game consle killed him hahahaha
decod6modernwarfare 2 years ago
Starscream, Skywarp and Thudercracker...you have all been replaced! By Logocon1, Logocon2 and Logocon3! WTF?!
JRodHacker 2 years ago
you used archive footage of peter cullen as optimus prime.
fredjerk69 2 years ago
You shouldve know if a game uses Ultra Magnus instead of Prime that it will suck ass
vonrouge 2 years ago
i played that on a ps1 pirated disc emulator
ultimatedarkcomet 2 years ago
AVGN, you said that the final boss is MechGodzilla. I believe that it is actually Grimlock who is an Autobot! What were the thinking!
GangsterJoe101 2 years ago
I'm pretty sure its Trypticon
starschwar 2 years ago 3
you're right
sunlexlo 2 years ago
No, the final boss is Tripticon!!! What were YOU thinking?!?!?!
2040Rumely 2 years ago
@GangsterJoe101 Grimlock was on the decepticons side for a little while, but i think its Trypticon too
JediJennifer 2 years ago
LOL keep up the awesome vids man I respecially love it when you fight something IRL thats hilarious
Topgeneral3070 2 years ago
i think i played this game back in my home country and it was in english. was there a pal version to it or something?
goldmemberpb 2 years ago
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umm, where's the link to the actual game review? O_O
dojowitch 2 years ago
Ah descriptions.
They do wonders.
Well, if your on a small screen, to you right.
If you're on a larger screen, down to the right.
The links are in blue so it's obvious to see.
Also it makes kids happy they're alive.
(:
DriveInTake 2 years ago 3
@dojowitch
click the link in the description bar
death10390 2 years ago
I actually played the second game that he review... couldn't get past the first 10 seconds -_-
Sazad93 2 years ago
dude i can say ive watched this like 100 times and im still not borde.i love your videos.
brianbot123 2 years ago 40
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xxasshediesxx 2 years ago
i like transformers :D
Vrahno 2 years ago
fuck u crocth pan
819slayer 2 years ago
Hitting your mark is like trying to piss into a shotglass that's spitting on a record player that's strapped to a running cheetah's back while you're riding an unicycle on a tightroll blindfolded!
CoolFiddler94 2 years ago 2
At least the music's good.
vampirepichu4 2 years ago
hey this guy is fuckin funny as fuck ....lol
kratos32godofwar 2 years ago 3
I remember video games on cassette in the early 80s.
fatcatbuzz 2 years ago
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mecha godzilla is supposed to b the dino bots, i no that and im 10 dude
819slayer 2 years ago
You don't "know" shit, it's supposed to be Trypticon, the first Decepticon City Transformer.
ThotPran 2 years ago 3
@ThotPran
James was making a joke, Moron.
Cause a video about Godzilla was coming soon.
Shit man, it's comedy.
avgnfanvideos64 2 years ago
i remember we used to have a family computer system (japanese version of nes). Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & chip & dale were the games we played the most.
ThunderHenshin32 2 years ago 9
chip and dale?
daaaamn talk about awesome and addicting two player fun
i always played it with my friend
if i got angry on him for picking up some item or just be angry then i would pick him up and throw at enemies xD
Happytreefriendsfan3 2 years ago
10:18
"oh it's mechagodzilla of course"
lmao why the hell do thet have that in a transformers game?
Bowserslave 2 years ago 3
I think the mecha godzilla is supposed to be trypticon
Dstorm20xx 2 years ago 2
Thank u for this vid i came back from that awful impersonater of ur vids
Scouter9001 2 years ago
i playd that game it sucks !!!!!!!!!!
TompanX 2 years ago
it does and ya know if u think about it at least its beatable unlike silver surfer which simply couldnt be beat
Scouter9001 2 years ago
Fucketron lol
I knew he was gonna say that in some part of the video.
PREZILLA2009 2 years ago
On the whole shotglass-chettah thing you forgot peddeling with your dick.
Superbeast1954 2 years ago
Hey Nerd, Having you reviewed the very first Transformers game made in 1985?
mario19885 2 years ago
i think the final boss might be trypticon.
bellaredrose 2 years ago
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ultramops 2 years ago
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you know avgn cize doesnt madder
ultramops 2 years ago
Love the opening still.
Megatron: Stop playing shitty games
AVGN: Never!
3baxcb 2 years ago 4
Yeah, I love the picture too!
STOP PLAYING SHITTY GAMES!
NEVER!
ROFL!
Gridseeker 2 years ago
i wacthed the review of that game from spax3 which was funny but not as funny as this
Gamepro49 2 years ago
does he have a new channel or something?
prokletidaste 2 years ago
woh, did someone crerate this game in MS Paint? Dinosaur.. what garbage!
germyfromirc 2 years ago
google?
art11art12 2 years ago
i still dont get how you play a game on a tape. WTF
BanJoKazoowi 2 years ago
well so you understand how you play on a cd? or a card? or a floppy disc Oo i think all of it is hard to imagine
Awesome1601 2 years ago
Because a casette tape is still just a storage medium, like a floppy disk, cartridge, DVD, etc.
Problem is that cassettes load only tiny bits of data at a time, so the games loaded ridiculously slowly.
DrJohnCockwalrus 2 years ago
thanks Dr. for not being a douche like Awesome1601
BanJoKazoowi 2 years ago
No problem.
The main reason some home computers in the 80's used that format is one word: Cost.
Cassette tapes were a cheaper way to store data than cartridges and floppy disks, and at this time, CD's weren't really out yet.
DrJohnCockwalrus 2 years ago
Yeah, a very cheap storage medium but SO SLOW TO LOAD INFORMATION!
I remember when I sued to play with my Atari, sometimes a game in cassette took even 1 hour, and then when it was almost finished a error message appears and means that you waste all your time! Ugh, thanks to God the CD and DVD exists.!
Gridseeker 2 years ago
So true, Gridseeker.
Remember when AVGN said to "bring a beer and be patient" with the Sega CD?
With the Commodore and Atari Home Computer data cassettes, it was more like "build a house and be patient."
DrJohnCockwalrus 2 years ago 6
"Build a house and be a patient" ROFL! A very accurate description of the cassette loading times sir!...Or maybe the follow...
"raise children, wait until they graduate from University and be patient".
Gridseeker 2 years ago 3
actually CARTRIDGES are the best. cds and dvds get scratched. tapes take time to load. carts last far longer than cds and dvds and have no moving parts. also, NO load times.
scir91 2 years ago 4
yeah same, I think the reason why cartridges are gone now is that it doesn't have enough space to fit the graphical needs of today's games
AngrySportsFan 2 years ago 4
They're also much more expensive to manufacture. The DS is pretty much the last holdover from the cartridge era.
dunnono00 2 years ago 14