Fantastic suggestion, It was so good!!! Good reaction from viewers too which is nice to see. Lemme know if you wanna chose another Japanese game to replace Suzuki :)
@@SeanSeanson I swore I replied but can't see it now, deva. Did it disappear or just ended up elsewhere? Suzuki was popular at retro meet ups a long time ago so thought it'd be good. I picked Aconcagua to replace it , just got a copy myself. Played it once and can't remember much other than Pulitzer prize and an airplane
@@FuzzyFuraFura No idea, I've seen comments pop up and disapeer in an instant before, UA-cam is just kinda weird sometimes 😅 Awesome ill get that added to the list!
I LOVE this video series. The editing and visual design is so appealing, your taste is really broad and open minded, and I get to learn about weird PS1 games I never would have heard of otherwise. Thank you for making it!!
Choro Q is such an interesting racing game series and it's also hilarious how many different, yet similar names the games have outside of Japan. I only played "Road Trip Adventure" so far, but that is an absolute gem of a PS2 game. Good music is almost guaranteed in every Choro Q games, same goes for Bomberman really. Bomberman Land is a title I remember seeing on multiple platforms, but neither did I know that these were different games nor did I actually play one. But they look fun, so I should try them (maybe start with one that got a western release though). Suzuki Bakuhatsu has been moderately popular in the past few years (for an obscure japan-only PS1 title), but it's absolutely justified! It's a unique, fun and weird experience.
I let out an audible snort when the gameplay started for Guntu Western Front, made me think Phoenix Games had secretly made it! Definitely quite the mix here, and Suzuki sounds like a lot of fun! Excellent coverage as always bud :D
One fun thing about the Choro Q games is that we in the US actually got another of them during the PS2 era, Gadget Racers/Penny Racers/Choro Q HG. Absolute little gem of a game and the gadget system makes every race and track extremely unique. Propellers to increase water speed, floats to move over water without sinkingg to the bottom, skis to have better traction on snow, gliders to take short cuts, etc,etc.
Thanks to your video, I'm gonna give Choro Q another try. I didn't see the all caRPG thing at first and was quite confused by the controls. But I see it was quite simple in the end.
I've just discovered this channel and series and I'm thrilled! I'm loving every single video so far. I'd love to see something like this but with Japanese ps2 games, there are so many weird and lovely gems!
I don't know if its word association because you said the word sunny, but the guitar part of the ChoroQ racing music sounds like it would have fit nicely with a 90s show like Baywatch. Its easy to imagine the main characters having a boat or jet ski race to those upbeat twangs. This is going on the must play list when my xstation mod comes back.
Game 2 : I'm so glad you at least mentioned the ChoroQ CarRPG franchise. It's a very unique oddity series that could only have come from the PS1/PS2 era. There are some reviews floating around for the localized games by Yuusha, I believe. Check it out. Game 4 : My first instinct seeing it was "It's a Chunsoft game" (Close enough, it seems it was developed internally at Enix). Chunsoft much later made 428 Shibuya Scramble, another insane live-action/FMV style VN. Enix went real experimental with their catalog in the PS1/2 era just before their merger. This seems like a passion project of a bunch of friend. 34:54 That is one hell of a result screen card. Also recommend watching this LP, which provides a lot more info and history on this game :- ua-cam.com/video/Mrz8GZ4Xv7s/v-deo.html
Thanks for the info! I'm glad I finally got to dig into the choro series, I'm already in the process of trying some of the later entries just to see how it progressed but I can't wait to check out more of the PS1 games and spin offs. I'll check out the Suzuki vid too, always delighted to learn more about this insane game.
Haha, I remember buying Guntu Western Front, way back when. It was always listed with the genre abbrevation of "STG" which stands for "shooting". Bought it in the hope that it's a 2D shoot'em up but alas, it wasn't meant to be. But damn, this music... First time I am hearing about Suzuki Bakuhatsu. That intro alone immediately sold me.
Oh wow, getting Guntu on a whim way back when must have been quite the treat. Would have loved to seen your expression when you booted it up for the first time!
@@SeanSeanson Well, imagine you go to the movies to see Flash Gordon, but actually they show Flesh Gordon. Something like that. But it's interesting how I really didn't like that janky old game with it's horrible framerate back then and would have loved to throw it out of the window, but now... you kinda look back more fondly. Also the time that passed puts some things more into perspective it seems.
Aw man I Love the Choro Q games! I managed to beat CQ3 pre patch with my very limited japanese knowledge and context. The series music is great. The tamsoft trilogy has a big following among Choro Q fans. From fan remixes, and a fan game that tries to emulate its handling quirks. I do wish there would be a game like Road Trip again, but with less jank and more polish.
I'm eventually gonna try them all now, although I'm trying to be good and wait for the rest of the PS1 titles to show up naturally through this series... if thats ever happens :P Played some HG4 though and I was digging it!
Did anyone else get jump scared when the alarm went off for the damn bomb? U did warn me, saying, "When the game gets loud, it gets pretty damn loud." Granted, it is almost 3am, so I wasn't ready for it. ahahhahah
Some Japan only recommendations would be Dr. Slump, Racing Lagoon, Medarot R, Startling Adventure, Panzer Bandit, Velldeselba, Aconcagua, Front Mission Alternative, 1 on 1, Community Pom, and Wolf Fang. Those are some of the oddities in my collection that I have not seen you cover yet!
If you could pick ONE for me to add to the viewer wheel, which one would you like to see the most? (PS. We already got Panzer Bandit, Aconcagua as potential viewers choices)
@@abominablefry Awesome, been looking forward to trying that translation myself. Looks like we're entering a golden period of new translations, so hopefully the trend continues.
There is a very good Choro Q game released on PS2 in PAL territory called Road Trip Adventure. Man, back in the day, I LOVED this game, I played it hours and hours (despite having bad controls) ! It's exactly the same game as the wheel provided, but with better graphics of course, a very huge map with lot of places to explore, lot of mini-games and secondary quests, a radio soundtrack in the GTA-style with memorable music, and of course, the racing and RPG elements. So for me I was interesting to see how it plays on Japanese versions, I'm glad you played Choro Q 2, you manage to play and enjoy it but without the English patch I think it's nearly impossible (I'm a physical release only player). Also, interesting that Bomberman Land was chosen, I played the DS version years ago, and it's exactly the same kind of game than the PS1 version (same level design, same graphics, same kind of mini-games,...).
Lots have been recommending Road Trip Adventure specifically so I'm definitely gonna try pick up a physical copy for the collection. I know there's a lot of home console versions of Bomberman Land but I get the feeling it would shine best as a DS game, I always enjoyed mini games that utilized the touch pad and other DS features so I'd hope they took good advantage of that for the two touch games.
Ooh I could have sworn I played a ripoff game or a game with the very same premise of Suzuki Bakuhatsu, but this was at least 10 or 12 years ago... wish I could remember so I could play it again!
Wow Suzuki Bakuhatsu looks awesome, I just wish the channel Video game library say on their video which genre the game is, probably skip this one because is just look like a random VN at first
That's the problem, 10 seconds of footage ain't always enough to decipher exactly what a game is all about. Can't imagine how many games I've looked over for similar reasons.
It's on the back burner for the moment, but as soon as I have the time it's first on my list. Been waiting for the patch for a long long time so I want to take the time to savour it!
Damn bro, Choro Q2 actually looks fun - and I hate racing games! Awesome video, as usual. Can I change my pick for obscure PS1 game? My previous one was Darkstone but I'd rather see you work your way through Devil's Deception now that I've thought about it.
@@SeanSeanson ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ The wheel giveth and the wheel taketh away ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ Just recently finished Spider-Man and Small Soldiers after watching your videos! Great games.
I've got to say, some of the Guntu music is absolutely fire, my favorite is the one for the ending (ENDCG) - I took the effort to extract and upload the games music in a nice little playlist on my channel. Think about how few people actually heard that piece: You had to own the game and actually finish it. Presentation for this game really is hideous (I wonder what it looks like with duckstation high res and wobbly textures fixed)... and even if the gameplay might be solid, the game/level design as you said just seems so damn boring.
Awesome, I was looking for some of the music after playing noticed the OST hasn't yet been updated to UA-cam. Great work! I might have to go back and check it out in duckstation with all the enhancements, will probably look even worse 😅
I use Duckstation with no enhancements to at least semi preserve the look and feel of OG hardware. Ideally I'd prefer to use original hardware, but just due to space and budget issues this is the most convenient solution for now. Although it will be something I'll migrate over to in future, likely with a PSIO.
@@SeanSeanson that's the problem with being into ps1 games in general let alone obscure titles haha. Maybe you could set up a P.O box and get subscribes to send in games aswell, would be cool to see the actual physical case and manual, it's a big part of it for me atleast and why I always try to play physical if I can
Oh absolutely, I was a hardcore collector for years and I still vastly prefer physical media over digital. Unfortunately, I'd say nearly 90% of my collection is in storage while I work on saving for a home. Made the age-old mistake of buying all my games before I had a place to put them! Don't worry the second this series gets a budget, we'll start seeing all the good stuff like cases and manuals. It's a big part of the charm 😁
Suzuki Bakuhatsu looks fascinating! Is there any sort of narration over the still image montage, or is it going for a Le Jetee style of visual storytelling? Also, the minigames in Bomberman Land totally remind me of Unbeatable Banzuke! Maybe it's just this, though: ua-cam.com/video/iZSEQdeQU64/v-deo.html
There is narration sprinkled in from time to but the majority is pure visual story telling and it is wild! Ah I used to love watching Banzuke! Damn thats a missed oppertunity to bring it up in a video 😅
@@SeanSeanson That is a really interesting approach to take when games were all about voice and full motion, thanks to the CD format! I loved Unbeatable Banzuke, too! I used to work tech support for a major cable company, and we'd have it playing on some of the TVs, "for test purposes". I miss it so much!
I'm beaming you enjoyed Suzuki Bakuhatsu, couldn't agree more with what you said it's an amazing game but the fmv makes it for me
Fantastic suggestion, It was so good!!! Good reaction from viewers too which is nice to see.
Lemme know if you wanna chose another Japanese game to replace Suzuki :)
@@SeanSeanson I swore I replied but can't see it now, deva. Did it disappear or just ended up elsewhere?
Suzuki was popular at retro meet ups a long time ago so thought it'd be good. I picked Aconcagua to replace it , just got a copy myself. Played it once and can't remember much other than Pulitzer prize and an airplane
@@FuzzyFuraFura No idea, I've seen comments pop up and disapeer in an instant before, UA-cam is just kinda weird sometimes 😅
Awesome ill get that added to the list!
I LOVE this video series. The editing and visual design is so appealing, your taste is really broad and open minded, and I get to learn about weird PS1 games I never would have heard of otherwise. Thank you for making it!!
Very nice of you to say! Thank you for watching :)
@SeanSeanson dude what's the song that plays around 36:30?
Suzuki Bakuhatsu is a fucking work of art and one of the most underrated games/hiddenest gems on the console. Love that it was featured here.
You have to love the worlds first carpg
Choro Q is such an interesting racing game series and it's also hilarious how many different, yet similar names the games have outside of Japan.
I only played "Road Trip Adventure" so far, but that is an absolute gem of a PS2 game.
Good music is almost guaranteed in every Choro Q games, same goes for Bomberman really. Bomberman Land is a title I remember seeing on multiple platforms, but neither did I know that these were different games nor did I actually play one. But they look fun, so I should try them (maybe start with one that got a western release though).
Suzuki Bakuhatsu has been moderately popular in the past few years (for an obscure japan-only PS1 title), but it's absolutely justified! It's a unique, fun and weird experience.
I let out an audible snort when the gameplay started for Guntu Western Front, made me think Phoenix Games had secretly made it! Definitely quite the mix here, and Suzuki sounds like a lot of fun! Excellent coverage as always bud :D
Phoenix games wish they could reach Guntu levels 😂
Cheers pal!
One fun thing about the Choro Q games is that we in the US actually got another of them during the PS2 era, Gadget Racers/Penny Racers/Choro Q HG. Absolute little gem of a game and the gadget system makes every race and track extremely unique. Propellers to increase water speed, floats to move over water without sinkingg to the bottom, skis to have better traction on snow, gliders to take short cuts, etc,etc.
Thanks to your video, I'm gonna give Choro Q another try.
I didn't see the all caRPG thing at first and was quite confused by the controls. But I see it was quite simple in the end.
Takes a lil while to get accustomed to everything but it's worth it. Great lil game.
Seeing a new Sean Seanson upload cuts the DENGER HAZARDOUS AREA tape to my mood if you know what I mean.
Consider yourself DENGER free my friend
I've just discovered this channel and series and I'm thrilled! I'm loving every single video so far. I'd love to see something like this but with Japanese ps2 games, there are so many weird and lovely gems!
Thanks for watching friend, and yes the PS2 would be perfect for this format too.
Hopefully someday it will get it time in the spotlight 👀
@@SeanSeanson Great job my friend, I'll make sure to recommend your channel :)
1:19 'Western Front, 1994' is definitely a cyberpunk game.
I don't know if its word association because you said the word sunny, but the guitar part of the ChoroQ racing music sounds like it would have fit nicely with a 90s show like Baywatch. Its easy to imagine the main characters having a boat or jet ski race to those upbeat twangs. This is going on the must play list when my xstation mod comes back.
Your editing style reminds me of ThorHighHeals with fewer belches. I love it.
Maaan 45 minutes of pure enjoyment , you will spoil us 😍
Game 2 : I'm so glad you at least mentioned the ChoroQ CarRPG franchise. It's a very unique oddity series that could only have come from the PS1/PS2 era. There are some reviews floating around for the localized games by Yuusha, I believe. Check it out.
Game 4 : My first instinct seeing it was "It's a Chunsoft game" (Close enough, it seems it was developed internally at Enix). Chunsoft much later made 428 Shibuya Scramble, another insane live-action/FMV style VN.
Enix went real experimental with their catalog in the PS1/2 era just before their merger. This seems like a passion project of a bunch of friend.
34:54 That is one hell of a result screen card.
Also recommend watching this LP, which provides a lot more info and history on this game :- ua-cam.com/video/Mrz8GZ4Xv7s/v-deo.html
Thanks for the info! I'm glad I finally got to dig into the choro series, I'm already in the process of trying some of the later entries just to see how it progressed but I can't wait to check out more of the PS1 games and spin offs.
I'll check out the Suzuki vid too, always delighted to learn more about this insane game.
Hey Death Crimson (Madden Ox?) on Dreamcast is pretty good. Don't forget that
Haha, I remember buying Guntu Western Front, way back when. It was always listed with the genre abbrevation of "STG" which stands for "shooting". Bought it in the hope that it's a 2D shoot'em up but alas, it wasn't meant to be. But damn, this music...
First time I am hearing about Suzuki Bakuhatsu. That intro alone immediately sold me.
Oh wow, getting Guntu on a whim way back when must have been quite the treat. Would have loved to seen your expression when you booted it up for the first time!
@@SeanSeanson Well, imagine you go to the movies to see Flash Gordon, but actually they show Flesh Gordon. Something like that. But it's interesting how I really didn't like that janky old game with it's horrible framerate back then and would have loved to throw it out of the window, but now... you kinda look back more fondly. Also the time that passed puts some things more into perspective it seems.
Aw man I Love the Choro Q games! I managed to beat CQ3 pre patch with my very limited japanese knowledge and context. The series music is great.
The tamsoft trilogy has a big following among Choro Q fans. From fan remixes, and a fan game that tries to emulate its handling quirks.
I do wish there would be a game like Road Trip again, but with less jank and more polish.
I'm eventually gonna try them all now, although I'm trying to be good and wait for the rest of the PS1 titles to show up naturally through this series... if thats ever happens :P
Played some HG4 though and I was digging it!
You mentioned Penny Racers in the Choro Q vid! Thats the game I recommended for the English version! xD Great video as always!
I immediately thought of you when it popped up. I was like holy shit Penny Racers 2! Ians gonna love this xD
@@SeanSeanson I loved Penny Racers when I was younger, but its nowhere near as good as the Choro Q games!
Another great showcase, awesome job! Suzuki Bakuhatsu looks like my kind of weird. Also people should make more vehicle based RPG games.
As usual extreme quality work, cheers from Cork
ah the REAL capital :)
Cheers pal, appreciate it!
Did anyone else get jump scared when the alarm went off for the damn bomb? U did warn me, saying, "When the game gets loud, it gets pretty damn loud." Granted, it is almost 3am, so I wasn't ready for it. ahahhahah
Some Japan only recommendations would be Dr. Slump, Racing Lagoon, Medarot R, Startling Adventure, Panzer Bandit, Velldeselba, Aconcagua, Front Mission Alternative, 1 on 1, Community Pom, and Wolf Fang. Those are some of the oddities in my collection that I have not seen you cover yet!
And a team have started to fantranslate Racing Lagoon!.
@@Redfoxe Yeah! There are also translations now for Medarot and Dr Slump that both came out recently.
If you could pick ONE for me to add to the viewer wheel, which one would you like to see the most?
(PS. We already got Panzer Bandit, Aconcagua as potential viewers choices)
@@SeanSeanson Dr. Slump! Help me justify the copy I just picked up lol.
@@abominablefry Awesome, been looking forward to trying that translation myself.
Looks like we're entering a golden period of new translations, so hopefully the trend continues.
Always looking forward to these videos!
There is a very good Choro Q game released on PS2 in PAL territory called Road Trip Adventure. Man, back in the day, I LOVED this game, I played it hours and hours (despite having bad controls) ! It's exactly the same game as the wheel provided, but with better graphics of course, a very huge map with lot of places to explore, lot of mini-games and secondary quests, a radio soundtrack in the GTA-style with memorable music, and of course, the racing and RPG elements. So for me I was interesting to see how it plays on Japanese versions, I'm glad you played Choro Q 2, you manage to play and enjoy it but without the English patch I think it's nearly impossible (I'm a physical release only player).
Also, interesting that Bomberman Land was chosen, I played the DS version years ago, and it's exactly the same kind of game than the PS1 version (same level design, same graphics, same kind of mini-games,...).
Lots have been recommending Road Trip Adventure specifically so I'm definitely gonna try pick up a physical copy for the collection.
I know there's a lot of home console versions of Bomberman Land but I get the feeling it would shine best as a DS game, I always enjoyed mini games that utilized the touch pad and other DS features so I'd hope they took good advantage of that for the two touch games.
Great video
Wow I really need to try out Suzuki Bakuhatsu
Dope game
Death Crimson redeemed with the very first pick. Nice.
What's the background music at 39:45?
I can't remember the track name off the top of my head, but its from the Smash Court 2 soundtrack (All the tracks are good!)
Ooh I could have sworn I played a ripoff game or a game with the very same premise of Suzuki Bakuhatsu, but this was at least 10 or 12 years ago... wish I could remember so I could play it again!
Wow Suzuki Bakuhatsu looks awesome, I just wish the channel Video game library say on their video which genre the game is, probably skip this one because is just look like a random VN at first
That's the problem, 10 seconds of footage ain't always enough to decipher exactly what a game is all about. Can't imagine how many games I've looked over for similar reasons.
The Choro Q games essentially sound like better Need for Speed Underground 2s, I need to check 'em out someday
10:50 Destrruction Derpy ?
Eyeing Choro after this vid. Started Racing Lagoon with the new English patch, having a lot of fun with it. You try that one yet?
It's on the back burner for the moment, but as soon as I have the time it's first on my list. Been waiting for the patch for a long long time so I want to take the time to savour it!
*Suzuki stares me*
Me: "Oh shit! I have been bombed!"
Damn bro, Choro Q2 actually looks fun - and I hate racing games! Awesome video, as usual.
Can I change my pick for obscure PS1 game? My previous one was Darkstone but I'd rather see you work your way through Devil's Deception now that I've thought about it.
It's real fun, definately check it out!
No problem, I'll get that updated for you now. It shall be in the wheel for the next video :)
@@SeanSeanson ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ The wheel giveth and the wheel taketh away ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ
Just recently finished Spider-Man and Small Soldiers after watching your videos! Great games.
PRAIIIISSEEEEE THE WHEEELLLL !!!!
I've got to say, some of the Guntu music is absolutely fire, my favorite is the one for the ending (ENDCG) - I took the effort to extract and upload the games music in a nice little playlist on my channel. Think about how few people actually heard that piece: You had to own the game and actually finish it. Presentation for this game really is hideous (I wonder what it looks like with duckstation high res and wobbly textures fixed)... and even if the gameplay might be solid, the game/level design as you said just seems so damn boring.
Awesome, I was looking for some of the music after playing noticed the OST hasn't yet been updated to UA-cam. Great work!
I might have to go back and check it out in duckstation with all the enhancements, will probably look even worse 😅
Wish I knew a place to get a legitimate copy of Suzuki Bakuhatsu. ;)
Guntu looks like death crimson but they actually animated the enemies
As soon as i write this you also make this comparison
I'll always jump at any chance to mention Death Crimson!
So far my take away from this series has been: the music is always good
The hits just keep coming
Suzuki might be the most interesting person to ever exist
Sean, are you playing on an emulator or original hardware? PSIO??
I use Duckstation with no enhancements to at least semi preserve the look and feel of OG hardware.
Ideally I'd prefer to use original hardware, but just due to space and budget issues this is the most convenient solution for now. Although it will be something I'll migrate over to in future, likely with a PSIO.
@@SeanSeanson that's the problem with being into ps1 games in general let alone obscure titles haha. Maybe you could set up a P.O box and get subscribes to send in games aswell, would be cool to see the actual physical case and manual, it's a big part of it for me atleast and why I always try to play physical if I can
Oh absolutely, I was a hardcore collector for years and I still vastly prefer physical media over digital. Unfortunately, I'd say nearly 90% of my collection is in storage while I work on saving for a home. Made the age-old mistake of buying all my games before I had a place to put them!
Don't worry the second this series gets a budget, we'll start seeing all the good stuff like cases and manuals. It's a big part of the charm 😁
@@SeanSeanson sounds fantastic mate, loving both of your series as they are anyway. Keep it up 👍
@@Charlie-eh6xc Thanks pal, appreciate the kind words! :)
Suzuki Bakuhatsu looks fascinating! Is there any sort of narration over the still image montage, or is it going for a Le Jetee style of visual storytelling?
Also, the minigames in Bomberman Land totally remind me of Unbeatable Banzuke! Maybe it's just this, though: ua-cam.com/video/iZSEQdeQU64/v-deo.html
There is narration sprinkled in from time to but the majority is pure visual story telling and it is wild!
Ah I used to love watching Banzuke! Damn thats a missed oppertunity to bring it up in a video 😅
@@SeanSeanson That is a really interesting approach to take when games were all about voice and full motion, thanks to the CD format!
I loved Unbeatable Banzuke, too! I used to work tech support for a major cable company, and we'd have it playing on some of the TVs, "for test purposes". I miss it so much!
If you'll ever need help with Japanese language for one of your videos feel free to contact me :)
Will do, thank you! No doubt I likely will at some point 😅
Why not go ahead and defuse the moon?
Death Crimson actually got 2 Dreamcast sequels that were pretty good.
I hope I win
I WAS LIKE NUMBER 666! ALL HAIL THE WHEEL AND SATAN!
We all love Kings Field but let's be real- that looks like shit too. Graphics aren't everything.