Patlabor is one of my favorite franchises. The OVAs, the TV series, and the first two movies are all excellent-and quite different as well, wildly fluctuating between comedy and drama. It seems so often overlooked today. Sure, Patlabor (the movie) 2 shows up on best anime ever lists, but the OVAs and the TV series in particular are almost never discussed. It's kind of weird that a series which no one but me seems to care about got a bluray release, but I'm not complaining on that front! It's just a shame that they're so underappreciated.
Alas, poor Alphonse, you deserved so much better. Having exposure to both Dominion and Patlabor, I'm surprised it took me this long to make the connection between the women protags in both--the similarities never struck me until just now. I really need to get my hands on those old Patlabor DVDs; Starz kept airing the Patlabor movies midnights on weekends when I was in middle school, so the stuff was fairly formative for me. It's been ages, I'm due for a re-visit. But again, pity about the game.
It's a bit silly but you get the correct password if you battle with all the mechs in the first level. Some will have random post death comments that aren't useful but there are four that matter . 9=3, 8=2, 3=4, 5=1 . This changes the password from "05389" to "01423" which will unlock the next level and give you the correct passcode for Level 2 "22221". I'm debating about doing a fan translation. Purely for my love of the anime and the fact that this game doesn't look to be that long.
I definitely liked that you made sure to talk at length about the show since the game was so bad. I hadn't heard of it either so that was really helpful!
Yeah, in my opinion, the part from 5:25 to 5:52 sounds pretty great. That's why I was surprised you said "... and that's pretty much it" instead of "yeah, and the soundtrack's cool" or something. ;)
Came to expand my limited knowledge of Gameboy titles, and left with a reminder of this excellent anime I haven't watched in decades. Thanks- gonna have to watch through this again soon! ^-^
Aww. This is looking like the NES; Some classics still remembered today, and lots of hacked together shovelware, and some weird titles that tried but had varying success. Thanks at least for the patlabor run through.
It's telling that you spent over half of this near-10 minute video talking about the original franchise that inspired the game, rather than the game itself. Then again that's still a worthwhile use of your time, because while you pointed out that the series is better known and distributed in the west than a lot of other anime and manga franchises that get game adaptations, it's still very much a cult classic unknown to the majority of fans even when it was relatively new.
There's also a pretty bad, and completely forgotten, Genesis Patlabor game (RPG/Adventure hybrid) - also released solely in Japan, as you might expect.
I remember quite liking the first Patlabor film when I rented it back in the late 90's, aka the VHS days of yore. This, however, looks pretty dull. Thanks for the recommendation to steer clear, in case I happen to find a copy in the wild.
Either your rom is corrupt, or there may be something you have to do before advancing that's not immediately clear. Dr. Sparkle got stumped playing the FDS game, even though the destructible boxes hiding the entrances were rather obvious XD
I found a video of someone playing further, and the number you're given at the end of the stage didn't match the password that player input to continue. I assume there's something in the dialogue that provides direction.
@@JeremyParish I know this is an old vid and a bad game, but the chief is yelling at you "This is game over! Be more careful! Go think long and hard about what you did!" etc. So yeah, I'm guessing you are doing something very wrong :D
what song are you using at the end of these videos? it's different every once in a while, but the one you used in this one comes back every now and again and i always forget to ask. :X i love these videos by the way!
I am slowly working my way through your video history, and love your reviews. But please don't stretch film clips to widescreen when they were made using a 4:3 ratio, it just looks horrible! Maintain the aspect ratio, even if it means adding side bars of some sort.
Well, like the guys who made Game of Thrones, these videos are my film school. I've learned how to adjust aspect ratios in Premiere since I produced this episode, so I always try to keep things looking proper these days.
Well... at least the anime looked fun to research. Have you been able to find any other passwords online and attempt to input them, or is Patlabor on Gameboy so obscure that no one wrote anything about it?
I'm by no means an animé fan, but it's a shame the fans didn't get a proper game for a while. Honestly, I'd rather a bland robot suit story, like the show presumably is. And the robot suit in this looks like a large Skyfire.
Bummer about the game being such a massive turd. Depending on the day, the franchise is anywhere from 1-3 on my all-time favorite anime list. It was so good, and I didn't even have anywhere near a full understanding of its depth or importance to the mech/sci-fi genres or medium of anime as a whole when I first saw it. One of those "I may not know art, but I know what I like" situations, I guess.
Oh god, did the developers of this have no idea how to make a game fun? This just seems like such a shallow and worthless piece of licenced shovelware..
Jeremy Parish thank you for responding. Btw, have you seen that new contra hardcorps hack that makes it harder by sticking together all the levels into one route, changing ai behaviors and patterns and gives them extra health and adds 30 lives along with the health from the Japanese version. Thought you might appreciate this. Hacks at fantranslation.com. Hope you like it and thank you for all the wonderful content.
I get it, I get it... I'll go watch Patlabor now... :)
Patlabor is one of my favorite franchises. The OVAs, the TV series, and the first two movies are all excellent-and quite different as well, wildly fluctuating between comedy and drama. It seems so often overlooked today. Sure, Patlabor (the movie) 2 shows up on best anime ever lists, but the OVAs and the TV series in particular are almost never discussed. It's kind of weird that a series which no one but me seems to care about got a bluray release, but I'm not complaining on that front! It's just a shame that they're so underappreciated.
Alas, poor Alphonse, you deserved so much better.
Having exposure to both Dominion and Patlabor, I'm surprised it took me this long to make the connection between the women protags in both--the similarities never struck me until just now. I really need to get my hands on those old Patlabor DVDs; Starz kept airing the Patlabor movies midnights on weekends when I was in middle school, so the stuff was fairly formative for me. It's been ages, I'm due for a re-visit.
But again, pity about the game.
It's a bit silly but you get the correct password if you battle with all the mechs in the first level. Some will have random post death comments that aren't useful but there are four that matter . 9=3, 8=2, 3=4, 5=1 . This changes the password from "05389" to "01423" which will unlock the next level and give you the correct passcode for Level 2 "22221". I'm debating about doing a fan translation. Purely for my love of the anime and the fact that this game doesn't look to be that long.
Well, that certainly seems needlessly arcane...
I can't even blame you for the filler. There's just so little to discuss about the actual game.
This is just making me want a Patreon stretch goal for a retro anime show in this vein.
One of our highest Retronauts goals is precisely that.
I wonder if you'll mention games that had only a Europe release, such as "Game Boy Gallery" and "Magnetic Soccer"? This series is great.
Yes... once we get to some Europe-only releases, I'll cover them as well. (They're still a ways out.)
Dude I wondered if Tank Police and Patlabor had anything in common an seeing there from the same person is awesome.
The full title on this one is Mobile Police PATLABOR: Target City 1990, for those full title lovers out there.
I'm ready for anime
be careful
I definitely liked that you made sure to talk at length about the show since the game was so bad. I hadn't heard of it either so that was really helpful!
Well... the in-game/title screen music sounds great though!
Wow, you think so? I personally found it to be possibly the shrillest, most grating GB music so far. Maybe I'm just feeling cranky because I'm sick.
I agree. I was about to write something similar until I saw you beat me to it.
Yeah, in my opinion, the part from 5:25 to 5:52 sounds pretty great. That's why I was surprised you said "... and that's pretty much it" instead of "yeah, and the soundtrack's cool" or something. ;)
I like the part from 0:19 to 0:30 myself.
Yeah, that too! :)
Came to expand my limited knowledge of Gameboy titles, and left with a reminder of this excellent anime I haven't watched in decades. Thanks- gonna have to watch through this again soon! ^-^
Couldn't help but think of "ACTIVE RAID" as it's modern counterpart in it's genre when I started watching it last year on Crunchyroll.
Aww. This is looking like the NES; Some classics still remembered today, and lots of hacked together shovelware, and some weird titles that tried but had varying success.
Thanks at least for the patlabor run through.
It's telling that you spent over half of this near-10 minute video talking about the original franchise that inspired the game, rather than the game itself. Then again that's still a worthwhile use of your time, because while you pointed out that the series is better known and distributed in the west than a lot of other anime and manga franchises that get game adaptations, it's still very much a cult classic unknown to the majority of fans even when it was relatively new.
Awesome stuff, really enjoyed the look at the anime. Might have to check out the blu ray.
There's also a pretty bad, and completely forgotten, Genesis Patlabor game (RPG/Adventure hybrid) - also released solely in Japan, as you might expect.
I hope this series is become the part of the next SRW game.
I remember quite liking the first Patlabor film when I rented it back in the late 90's, aka the VHS days of yore. This, however, looks pretty dull. Thanks for the recommendation to steer clear, in case I happen to find a copy in the wild.
I like that you spent as long as humanly possible not talking about the game. Very appropriate.
Either your rom is corrupt, or there may be something you have to do before advancing that's not immediately clear. Dr. Sparkle got stumped playing the FDS game, even though the destructible boxes hiding the entrances were rather obvious XD
I found a video of someone playing further, and the number you're given at the end of the stage didn't match the password that player input to continue. I assume there's something in the dialogue that provides direction.
@@JeremyParish I know this is an old vid and a bad game, but the chief is yelling at you "This is game over! Be more careful! Go think long and hard about what you did!" etc. So yeah, I'm guessing you are doing something very wrong :D
Patlabor is an excellent anime series. 😀👍🎮
great, another show to add to the backlog
The movies were dope.
what song are you using at the end of these videos? it's different every once in a while, but the one you used in this one comes back every now and again and i always forget to ask. :X
i love these videos by the way!
InsaneDavid There'll be fanservice!
I am slowly working my way through your video history, and love your reviews. But please don't stretch film clips to widescreen when they were made using a 4:3 ratio, it just looks horrible! Maintain the aspect ratio, even if it means adding side bars of some sort.
I didn't stretch the footage, just used it in the state it was provided.
@@JeremyParish Ah, I understand; you gotta work with what you have.
Well, like the guys who made Game of Thrones, these videos are my film school. I've learned how to adjust aspect ratios in Premiere since I produced this episode, so I always try to keep things looking proper these days.
Well... at least the anime looked fun to research. Have you been able to find any other passwords online and attempt to input them, or is Patlabor on Gameboy so obscure that no one wrote anything about it?
Someone passed along a JP-language video with a later password. Subsequent levels turned out to be exactly the same as the first.
I'm by no means an animé fan, but it's a shame the fans didn't get a proper game for a while. Honestly, I'd rather a bland robot suit story, like the show presumably is.
And the robot suit in this looks like a large Skyfire.
Great Job jeremy!!
Nothing to see people, move along.
Bummer about the game being such a massive turd. Depending on the day, the franchise is anywhere from 1-3 on my all-time favorite anime list. It was so good, and I didn't even have anywhere near a full understanding of its depth or importance to the mech/sci-fi genres or medium of anime as a whole when I first saw it. One of those "I may not know art, but I know what I like" situations, I guess.
Oh god, did the developers of this have no idea how to make a game fun? This just seems like such a shallow and worthless piece of licenced shovelware..
augh, why the stretched aspect ratio?
That's the footage that was available.
Unstretch! :D
No English fan translation?
Not that I was able to find.
Jeremy Parish thank you for responding. Btw, have you seen that new contra hardcorps hack that makes it harder by sticking together all the levels into one route, changing ai behaviors and patterns and gives them extra health and adds 30 lives along with the health from the Japanese version. Thought you might appreciate this. Hacks at fantranslation.com. Hope you like it and thank you for all the wonderful content.
But... why would someone play Hard Corps and think "Ah, yes, this needs to be harder"?
ban anime ('banime')