BATTLETANX. War Thunder Eat Your Heart Out - Working Man Games
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- Опубліковано 13 кві 2023
- Battletanx was a vehicular combat series on the Nintendo 64 by 3DO. The same studio behind Army Men and Heroes Of Might and Magic. Before War Thunder and World Of Tanks, Battletanx hit the ground running with some awesome tank combat and 4 player multiplayer carnage. But does it hold up today? Stuart K Reilly takes a look.
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#battletanx #3do #armymen #sargesheroes #n64 #nintendo #nintendo64 #gamereview #retrogaming - Ігри
You know the reviews gonna be good when you open with "Mah balls hurt, let's review a game"
Oohhh Yeah
The idea is to get more balls.
"Why don't I go tank grocery shopping?"
I swear that sounds like a real game you would find on Newgrounds.
Fun fact: Some of the music in this game ended up on Army men: Air combat. Its really noticeable on the N64.
_"Do y'all get tired of me trailing off on other shit?"_
No, it's hilarious. Don't stop, never stop.
Believe it or not, Grandpa Working Man, the story about that obscure reference to a Pachinko machine and balls is utterly endearing. Your weird side tangents are half the reason I keep coming back (the other half being the games, duh).
_"All right boys, get your vibrators in!"_
Now you've got me wondering if there was ever a third-party peripheral for the N64 was just a vibrator that connected to the slot the rumble pack went in so that it vibrated whenever the rumble pack would normally fire.
Those battletanx ads remind me of the Old Spice ones.
One of the Terry Crews ones even had the same bait and switch, starting out with like, a fake fabric softener ad before the real ad smashes through the wall.
"...You smell like outdoor freshness!"
"...You smell like pow-"
"YEAH I DO."
I believe the flipping RC car was called Twister or Tornado? Or at least one of the flipping RC cars, the one I'm thinking of only flipped the front wheels. 🤔
Thank god we got a balls update from Stu. 👌
Hi Teck. Love your music and smut.
@@tailfin6595 Thanks, I do too. 👌
GIVE THIS MAN SOME SUBS SO WE CAN SEE A ZELDA CDI REVIEW! >:3 AND ALSO CROWDFUND HIM A LIFESIZE LYCANROC PLUSH! XD
Do everything this person says
Zelda CD-i should be the fan remastered versions made on GameMaker.
They heavily improve the experience, especially since CD-i emulators are super janky.
Battletanx and especially Global Assault are criminally underrated.
Was having a rough day today, this video cheered me right the hell up
Yes working man music that would be perfect
I wish they still made commercials like battletanx did. Just give me the dumbest scenario and find a way to relate it to the game in some way.
That bit about the YTP and the balls, if I had a nickel for every stupid random bit of some YTP that has lived rent-free in my head for the last 15 years I'd be a millionaire.
"He's got four arms!"
"...and ten cocks." - Raiden (some Mortal Kombat YTP)
There was a spiritual successor on the PS2 called “WDL Thunder Tanks”.
things i can honestly say after seeing this video. good video, yes talk about music you make things entertaining, i love when you trail off cuz it always has a point and usually wraps up real well.
Wild Woody never stood a chance
As someone who was creeped out by the Snuggle bear as a kid, seeing the Battletanx commercial as an adult gives me such catharsis
3do actually tried to make a console called the m2 with the power of a sega dreamcast for release in 1997 but no company were willing to buy the distribution rights to it after how low sales were of their 3do compadible machines, so I think 3do ported games like battletanx and armymen from the canceled m2 to the most powerful console that could preserve the games made for more powerful hardware the N64.
Gameplay, dark Athmosphere, tanks BATTLETANX had everything!
Aw! Jim Andron's Tetris OST is always neat to put in videos. Thank you Stuart!
Gee! Those N64 arcade-simulating tank games looks neat but finding proper N64 emulator is always a tuff thing for any portable device. Played a few on PS1 like the same Army Men games or Panzer Front and they didnt impressed me well. Need to study more N64 library because in my country it never was enough well spreaded console and it has many grate gems as StarFox64 or Golden Eye.
That Battletanx commercial totally fucks. Totally worth a rewatch.
Hope you'll cover the 8 and 16-bit WWE (aka WWF) games next just in case you do any requests or suggestions. 😊
I loved the hell out of then multiplayer in this game when I was younger.
Yeah, go on about music! It's worth a try, and it could be pretty interesting. Hell, you've often talked about video game soundtracks, so you've covered the topic before, even comparing it to the rock of the '80s you love. It's interesting, and it's a good way to reintroduce some kicking music. I tried listening to some stuff you recommended that I wouldn't likely have tried otherwise.
I don't mind your tangents. Good storytellers do that, and yours are fun to hear -- not that you needed my approval for it. Hey, you put up a video, and it puts a smile on my face. That's worth a lot these days.
Not quite the end of the series! WDL: Thunder Tanks was a pseudo-sequel using a similar engine and assets. It was also bad.
They really don't make games like this anymore. They used to say that about retro fps games but even then you had doom mods and slavjank games. This and twisted metal are game styles that truly might never come back
7:55 I'm not the only one who remembers that YTP yessss
Oh look, a new vid from Stu. Let’s see what he has to say *clicks*
“MY BALLS HURT TODAY”
What the hell do you mean "do we get tired of you trailing off on other shit?"
That's one of the best parts!
There is a great game that is pretty much a full-length escort mission, ICO on PS2.
Make sure to emulate the PAL version or get the HD remaster on PS3, the US version is missing content.
My cousin plays Battle Tanx, and the game is pretty good, and the controls were solid. I missed out on all of this. 3DO did a good job with this game. Too bad the 3DO console was defeated by the PlayStation.
After that add campaign, how isn't there a tank with the bear hanging off the back?
Global Assault. This brings back some fun memories.
Such a joy watching this almost a year later knowing no only did my man get his 10k subs (and climbing!!) but he did that Zelda CDI vid😅😂😅
To be fair, if all the women are gone, that's maybe 120 years til the last man dies. May as well indulge in the basest instinct other than lovin', no point in anything else
That being said the game with the tankist controls is Steambot Chronicles on the Ps2, an expensive gem to buy today. Like Battletanks it actually works well for the game.
That Thumbnail speaks to me....
Clicked for epic thumbnail, good job
Reminds me of Seek and Destroy on PS2. Basicly the Cars movie meets Tanks
I can not remember what control scheme it is, but one lets you rotate the turret manually and it's the superior way of playing the game.
Snuggle the bear is called Coccolino where I live. It's almost like the commercial mascots I know and love are not really native to where I live. (Hungary)
Stellar start, man.
that opening line got me lmao
I'm surprised that you didn't use the upgraded versions of the various weapons. Did you not know about them? Like how you can launch one of those remote controlled missiles, but it's slower and you can fire lasers from it. Or drop the bigger gun turrets. Or lay a whole damn minefield at once. Or blow your whole load or swarmer missiles in one stream as if you lost internet for 3 days, got it back and found that long lost jar of vaseline behind those beer cans under your bed.
15:30 Oh man I have the same struggle trying to find out what RC cars that my old friends had, and can't for the life of me find them online.
But the closest thing I can think of, if you haven't found it already is the "TYCO RC Air-Rebounder", which I think was a variation of the regular "TYCO Rebounder" that had 4 wheels.
But if anyone else sees this comment besides WMG, please someone tell me that there was RC car that wasn't a car, but just a wheel and you like launched like a beyblade or something?
The air rebounder is the closest one I've seen but I'm thinking it wasn't a Tyco. I'm thinking it may have been a knockoff or cheaper brand. Because mine looked nothing like the air rebounder other than having 3 wheels
Reminds me of Seek and Destroy for PS2. Really fun, can recommend
I remember playing a game for ps1 called assault rigs to sooth my want for a tron game (i also had tron evolution for ds), I remember it being trippy as f*ck, you should review it!
Great lines to start a video
I love Battletanx so much. Both games were always some of my favorites on 64, especially Global Assault. Amazing games, especially for the multiplayer. Also, if you want a better time emulating 64 games, because yes PJ64 is indeed dogshit, try either Mupen64 or Parallel. Both are available as Retroarch cores, which is how I recommend using them because they're weird and command line based otherwise. Parallel is more accurate at the cost of higher CPU load, Mupen is good speed and acceptable accuracy. I mostly use Mupen for Banjo Tooie, which chokes Parallel worse than it did the actual hardware.
Oh my, This game is pretty much "Gone With The Blastwave" comics!
Battletanx is one of my favourite games on the N64 however I played the sequel first which in my opinion is better. Hey Mr Working Man I'd love to hear your opinion on Chopper Attack!
Nice to know having tank controls is a compliment here!
Great review bro! Make sure to get more balls lmao
Tank controls in a game where it absolutely makes sense: a tank game…somehow this should be funnier than it actually is but I just don’t see it
an I remember having so much fun on battletanx as a kid, I never played my N64 much so it's particularly memorable to me. Honestly Stu, you should check out World destruction league: thunder tanks for the ps2 and seek and destroy. They're both very fun games and childhood classics of mine.
And if you're an anime guy I guess you can watch girls und panzer
Wow, both of those ads are awesome. We really don't get video games ads like that now. So boring and safe now. Now I'm really glad I picked up both BattleTanx games loose a few years ago.
And 100% agree, Ashley in the og and best RE4 was not a bad escort mission. Her AI isn't brain dead and actually listens to your 2 commands. Can't say the same for RE4 Reimaginged 2023's Ashley.
There's clips out there of how dumb reboot Ashley can be. You can't even give the same commands you could in RE4 2005 either. Remake's, making awesome games worse.
A music episode sound fun !
Speaking of balls, i'd love to see a video about Pachinko or the superior machine that are Pinball (Joking about Pachinko)
both games are good, just oudated, vigilante 8 and motor mayhem too. i havint seen a good tank game in decades, these games i listed need a stronger and better comeback
I played and liked these games. Too bad 3DO couldn't have better ideas to coincide with it, like releasing a console that was below PS1 quality but twice the price (I know the PS1 came out after, but still, theirs diving into a market, then their is jumping in head first). And the FLP-E was awesome, you can dodge roll and circle strafe with that sucker.
They had great game ideas just didn't put resources into their development. So dum games like BattleTanxs and Army Men Air Attack work.. but bigger scope games like their Army Men World War series was stretched thin with short deadlines and poor budgets.
I would like an /mu/ episode
You can talk about music in games
I wish I could screencap and show the girl at 11:19
wow.
Hope your balls feel better soon
give us music opinions
Alright, alright. I'll subscribe. Your line delivery with your ever so southern fried with sausage gravy and pickled pigs feet accent really highlights that YTP experience you got. Well, Cartoon Coyote (If I'm wrong about you being a coyote, you can call me small tits), show me what you got.
Oh, and the games? Blockbuster core. You bet I was renting these games while all the older kids were playing Jak and Daxter and Luigi's Mansion. The PS1 and N64 (and maybe the Dreamcast if your siblings had more refined tastes) were now for youngest members of the family.
Well shit, someone with actual talent. Goddamnit but my sub list is getting outta hand...
There was a boat mode?!
I've played the zleda cdi games all three of them and oh my god never do that again
But you didn't play the Playstation version of Global Assault.
so battle tanx was 40K
CDI he// yeah
Furry war thunder players get a 4X proficiency in hacking
2x from being a furry
2x from playing war thunder
Why do so many people hate Nickleback? There are FAR worse bands out there.
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