The Quirks of German Wolfenstein 3D (feat. Rebecca Heineman)

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  • Nazis, and blood. Two things German censors despise. So how was Wolfenstein 3D, a game about killing Nazis in bloody ways, received over here? Let's take a look at the SNES port, and listen to what one of the original programmers of the port had to say!
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    0:00 Intro
    1:03 Chapter 1: The SNES Version
    9:09 Chapter 2: Insider Information
    18:41 Chapter 3: The Other Versions
    22:11 Chapter 4: Voice Acting
    27:03 Chapter 5: WHY?
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  • @GermanPeter
    @GermanPeter  11 місяців тому +181

    Really hope you enjoy this one! If you do, please consider sharing it with others :) There's a lot more Wolfenstein videos coming (a LOT lot), so I hope you're just as excited for those as I am!
    *Edit:* the manual states the Fake Hitlers say "Tot Hund" (Dead dog), and I can hear that, but that's grammatically incorrect (should be "Toter Hund"). It also claims Gretel DOES say "Mein Buße", but again, makes no sense.
    Please also consider supporting me directly on Patreon, it really helps. www.patreon.com/GermanPeter
    "The Quirks of German X"-playlist: ua-cam.com/play/PLhdfQQ4ZlxtqTyILsce_b0P8pBoexfKFv.html
    Wolfenstein 3D voice lines video: ua-cam.com/video/VhctmeEebVo/v-deo.html
    The Old Blood Nightmare levels: ua-cam.com/video/9R468-smrNg/v-deo.html

    • @TheUltimateD00mer
      @TheUltimateD00mer 11 місяців тому

      Hi

    • @TheUltimateD00mer
      @TheUltimateD00mer 11 місяців тому

      I like your videos

    • @katnotcattt
      @katnotcattt 11 місяців тому +1

      I feel like the intent was to have her say something like "I repent!" and the ID boys just didn't know how to say it in German.

    • @Mentelgen-1337
      @Mentelgen-1337 11 місяців тому

      if i could add my 2 cents. i would be really interested to see the german version of dishonored!
      i would be gladfull to see the voice of the outsider from dishonored 1. the trailer (which was regional translated) said the game has a bigger name Dishonored: maske des zorns.

    • @lizzya.2861
      @lizzya.2861 11 місяців тому

      Could you do a video about The Secret of Monkey Island at any point in time? I don’t know why, but Germany seems to love that franchise.

  • @mfaizsyahmi
    @mfaizsyahmi 11 місяців тому +350

    I find it ironic that dogs were replaced, because the German law that prohibits animal cruelty was directly from Herr Mustachio himself, and dogs were his favourite animal.

    • @DrewPicklesTheDark
      @DrewPicklesTheDark 10 місяців тому +9

      Your comment about Mr. Mustache has 88 likes...

    • @drakesilverwing7088
      @drakesilverwing7088 7 місяців тому +9

      Can you feel the hypocrisy?

    • @tylercoon1791
      @tylercoon1791 6 місяців тому +11

      Irony so thick you could cut it with a knife and spread it on toast

    • @evelynlumihame7814
      @evelynlumihame7814 6 місяців тому +14

      a broken clock's right twice a day.
      well, significantly less often in this case, but still.

    • @evelynlumihame7814
      @evelynlumihame7814 6 місяців тому +7

      "You know who _else_ liked [dogs]? HITLER."

  • @nicotam8745
    @nicotam8745 11 місяців тому +395

    I find it funny how they couldnt include blood because it wasn't kid friendly but then in kirbys dreamland 3 the final boss is literally a bleeding eyeball

    • @daskampffredchen9242
      @daskampffredchen9242 11 місяців тому +25

      Nah. That was Strawberry Jam

    • @AquaFan1998
      @AquaFan1998 11 місяців тому +9

      ​@@daskampffredchen9242 no. Its borsh

    • @ConsarnitTokkori
      @ConsarnitTokkori 11 місяців тому +16

      and then that eyeball came back, bloodier and eyeballier
      and then an unrelated character was retconned into being so edgy his wrists slit themselves
      and then another unrelated character got gradually lobotomized by a machine, had his soul killed, his body taken over, and had both of them and the machine that lobotomized him before and took over him a few seconds ago killed at least two more times, partially because his daughter scammed him wrong
      and then yet another unrelated character saved three unrelated characters from death and possibly suicide, went insane, gaslit the three into sacrificing a lot of things, used their almost dead bodies as meat shields and bludgeoning tools and then sacrificed them and himself
      and a while before all that, a tangentially related character developed clinical depression because he opened the world's ass to a bunch of nukes
      kirb lore is kid friendly

    • @shirleymaemattthews4862
      @shirleymaemattthews4862 11 місяців тому +7

      @@ConsarnitTokkori I mean, it's from Japan. And besides, kids love dark stuff.

    • @ConsarnitTokkori
      @ConsarnitTokkori 11 місяців тому +3

      @@shirleymaemattthews4862 i would know, i accidentally led an old classmate into the wadanohara rabbit hole when she was 14

  • @duuqnd
    @duuqnd 11 місяців тому +538

    At this point I would be more shocked to hear if Rebecca Heineman *hasn't* worked on something, by now I'm convinced she's had something to do with everything

    • @TheBcoolGuy
      @TheBcoolGuy 11 місяців тому +46

      SHE CAN'T KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH IT!

    • @fnjesusfreak
      @fnjesusfreak 11 місяців тому +26

      I knew she worked on the Apple IIgs version (which iirc has actual German voice acting!) - figured she might've been involved with the 3DO version - didn't know she worked on the SNES version too.

    • @Chuked
      @Chuked 11 місяців тому +9

      Shes a legend

    • @michaelsmart7445
      @michaelsmart7445 11 місяців тому +24

      She basically single-handedly made the 3D0 Doom port. It was a goddamn Herculean effort that it even exista due to her boss' (forgot his name) complete and utter ignorance at how to create a game at the time.

    • @SwedishEmpire1700
      @SwedishEmpire1700 11 місяців тому +9

      Burger Bill Heineman

  • @CatsT.M
    @CatsT.M 11 місяців тому +627

    -Wow, X is my favourite game, I had no idea there was a German version.-

    • @hippokrampus2838
      @hippokrampus2838 11 місяців тому +61

      I preferred it's sequel XX, but was sad to hear that the sequel's sequel got banned in Germany...

    • @Crusader6809
      @Crusader6809 11 місяців тому +10

      @@Epicgamer19382ayo

    • @cole009productions7
      @cole009productions7 11 місяців тому +1

      @@Epicgamer19382 smooth one

    • @buzzlightyer2948
      @buzzlightyer2948 11 місяців тому +3

      ​@@Epicgamer19382 wasn't that one called Xrd

    • @generallyunimportant
      @generallyunimportant 11 місяців тому +2

      @@buzzlightyer2948 no, i'm pretty sure that one was called "the bad spin-off that looks like a joke compared to the first two movies"

  • @zachary3756
    @zachary3756 11 місяців тому +311

    The quirks of German Wolfenstein:
    Thanks for watching!

  • @Scypek
    @Scypek 11 місяців тому +183

    I know the origin of Schabbs's name! It's explained in the official wolf3d hintbook. Apparently it's derived from an in-joke they had at the time, where they'd come up with various neologisms centered around the word "shabby", such as "shabbitude" for the state of being shabby or "shabbitations" for shabby places. I guess they replaced the h with ch to make it more German.

    • @GermanPeter
      @GermanPeter  11 місяців тому +35

      Oh yeah, I remember that! That makes much more sense.

  • @3546546547
    @3546546547 11 місяців тому +252

    Japan has an interesting history of Hitler censorship.
    Persona 2 just dropped him in the game wholesale, but the western releases gave him sunglasses and called him "Der Fuhrer." The moustache is still there though.

    • @GermanPeter
      @GermanPeter  11 місяців тому +164

      Should have turned him into a wolf and called him "Der Furrer".
      No wait, that'd attract the wrong kind of people, I take it back.

    • @masterofbloopers
      @masterofbloopers 11 місяців тому +43

      @@GermanPeter Funny you should make that joke. Atlus, the makers of Persona, made a WWII game called Operation Darkness that had British soldiers turn into werewolves. It was a weird game.

    • @techmark3665
      @techmark3665 11 місяців тому +14

      It was changed in the psp version for both the Japanese and Western versions. The psx original version of innocent sin was never released in the west, and eternal punishment never had Hitler in the first place.

    • @rickwong9049
      @rickwong9049 11 місяців тому

      ​@@GermanPeter There is a furry-themed WW2 AH dating simulation game. Of course its titled 'Furry H**ler'

    • @tammid8423
      @tammid8423 11 місяців тому +15

      ​@@GermanPeter That way it wouldn't be Persona, it would be Fursona 💀

  • @NoobixCube
    @NoobixCube 11 місяців тому +61

    "Protecting children from Nazi imagery" has probably had the opposite effect. The part of Australia in which I grew up, schools avoided any mention of the events and ideologies around WW2 until we were 16. not everyone stayed in school that long, and even then, WW2 only came up in an _elective_ subject, modern history. This wasn't about keeping us away from war, no, we hear about WW1, particularly Gallipoli, every year from the age of 5. Up to the age of 16, my only knowledge of WW2 was that the Germans had way cooler guns, tanks, and aircraft. The town I grew up in is _full_ of Nazis now. I'm not being hyperbolic, here (maybe with the word "full", since it's not literally everyone, but not with the "Nazis"). I don't mean fiscal conservatives who also hate the gays. I mean there's plenty of folks with Iron Cross and Valknut tattoos when they think they're being clever, and SS tattoos when they lack even that much imagination. Most people can't tell the difference between a random skull and cross-bones and the Totenkopf unit insignia, but to the keen eye, there's plenty of those tattoos there, too.
    My point is, you shelter kids from the _realities_ of WW2, and you just make a new generation of Nazis. They turn to the History Channel for their education, and all you see there is "NEXT ON NAZI SUPER-WEAPONS!" and episodes of Ancient Aliens that work very hard to reinforce the idea that brown people couldn't possibly have built impressive things so it MUST have been aliens. Maybe if we'd taught kids in the 80s and 90s why they were shooting Nazis we wouldn't have the Nazis back, now.
    I've mentioned the Bad Thing and the Bad People several times in this comment, so I'll be surprised if UA-cam lets it see the light of day.

    • @jackpijjin4088
      @jackpijjin4088 3 місяці тому +9

      "Those who do not know history are doomed to repeat it."
      Perfect example right here.

  • @CreatorofSecks
    @CreatorofSecks 9 місяців тому +6

    "Mowing down Nazis is one of the best pastimes you can get"
    Hell yeah, brother

  • @lucat5211
    @lucat5211 11 місяців тому +123

    Ive only found this channel a few months back, but its got one of the nicest editing styles and most interesting videogame topics. I love it!

  • @_Mr.Alien_
    @_Mr.Alien_ 11 місяців тому +22

    "Yuckyball" is now my favorite nickname for the Cacodemon.

  • @kassarc16
    @kassarc16 7 місяців тому +6

    You know, from a certain point of view, removing full depictions of old Hittie and his crew from being killable enemies indicates killing them is bad.

  • @Swerver416
    @Swerver416 11 місяців тому +223

    Holly shit didn't expect to see Burger Becky here. She is a legend

    • @GermanPeter
      @GermanPeter  11 місяців тому +61

      The legendest legend that ever legended.

    • @nickcoffee4327
      @nickcoffee4327 11 місяців тому

      @@GermanPeter True

    • @SomeOrangeCat
      @SomeOrangeCat 11 місяців тому +5

      She created my gateway drug to MS-Dos RPGs "Dragon Wars".

    • @PankoBreading
      @PankoBreading 10 місяців тому +1

      ​@@GermanPeterthe favorite developer of your favorite developer

  • @fasola964
    @fasola964 11 місяців тому +53

    18:25 You forgot about Super 3-D Noah's Ark, a modified wolfenstein 3D where instead of killing nazis, you're putting animals to sleep by throwing fruits at them.

    • @Blankult
      @Blankult 11 місяців тому +1

      It ain't wolf 3d at all

    • @fasola964
      @fasola964 11 місяців тому +3

      @@Blankult but its made on wolf3D engine

    • @Blankult
      @Blankult 11 місяців тому +5

      @@fasola964 And that's it. It's a whole different game. It's like saying your favorite wolf3d version is ROTT.

    • @fasola964
      @fasola964 11 місяців тому

      @@Blankult ok, i get it.

    • @generallyunimportant
      @generallyunimportant 11 місяців тому +13

      @@Blankult my favorite doom version is chex quest

  • @comradebusman3
    @comradebusman3 11 місяців тому +42

    The civvie references caught me off guard every time.
    It's so cool that you got an actual developer to interview! And of course it's always entertaining to see the changes. Also, "Nazis are only good for punching" is a quote I will use now. I usually say "Time to engage in the all-american passtime, killin nazis!" when I play WW2 related games like wolfenstien or sniper elite because I find it fun to say.

  • @gimpscam9976
    @gimpscam9976 10 місяців тому +14

    I love seeing marphy black appear in videos. Such an underrated person and UA-camr. They’re ridiculously knowledgeable in so many older games it’s crazy

  • @matthewsteele99
    @matthewsteele99 11 місяців тому +13

    21:53
    interesting to note that BJ's arms while shooting are using his old cutting room floor brown jumpsuit that was changed to grey in the release version

    • @GermanPeter
      @GermanPeter  11 місяців тому +5

      Yeah, I noticed that too. But only for the SMG for some reason.

  • @terrorban0
    @terrorban0 11 місяців тому +14

    this video is insane. a full ass 33 minute video with full editing and research yet you only have 83k subs? that's honestly crazy. you earned a sub

    • @GermanPeter
      @GermanPeter  11 місяців тому +5

      Well, thanks to you, I'm getting there! Thanks!

  • @amaruqlonewolf3350
    @amaruqlonewolf3350 6 місяців тому +4

    The reason behind Dr. Schabbs name is actually stated in the official strategy guide. On one of the page's trivia sections, the writer mentions that it's an inside word at Id Software, which they used whenever they would be referring to something undesirable.

  • @Vinnie-Gattz
    @Vinnie-Gattz 11 місяців тому +14

    I wish I could have a full list of those toddler Doom monster names, lol. Horsie-monster and Yuckyball had me cracking up.

    • @takenakasan3933
      @takenakasan3933 11 місяців тому +8

      When DOOM first came out my lil sis would watch me play DOOM and She was the same way; not scared , made up names for the monsters. My favorite was She called the Revenants "Macarena Skeletons" lol

  • @ShallowVA
    @ShallowVA 11 місяців тому +18

    Speaking of physical merch, the Wolfenstein miniatures/boardgame use a combination of the uncensored story with the recent Bethesda censored aesthetics. So Mecha Hitler is there, but also all the swastikas and iron crosses have been replaced with the triangle symbol from the German New Colosssus. Which I really don’t mind because I kind of don’t want to spend my hobby time painting a bunch of swastikas on my toy soldiers.
    Pretty sure the eagle graphics replacement in New Order is the old dramatic chipmunk meme!
    Pretty cool that you got Burger Becky on! Absolute legend!

    • @GermanPeter
      @GermanPeter  11 місяців тому +6

      Oh yeah, the board game! I saw that, but it's not out yet. Definitely will have to get my hands on it, I love the new re-imaginations of the characters.
      And I can see the dramatic chipmunk in there, but it doesn't explain the tail. OH! Maybe it's a reference to the mutant rats from the SNES port??? I gotta find someone who worked on the game and ask them.

    • @ShallowVA
      @ShallowVA 11 місяців тому +1

      @@GermanPeter The board game is out! At least I have a copy, although I backed it on kickstarter... maybe it's not in retail yet. In any case, it makes sense to go for a single design since it's pretty expensive to have a whole separate production process for a censored version. It's one thing to do that for a videogame, but with physical goods like injection-molded plastic and rule books, that's an enormous hurdle. And even though Wolfenstein games are okay now, I have no idea how Germany feels about Nazi imagery in toys, collectibles, and boardgames. Probably not too favorable!
      For the most part the characters use MachineGames era designs that were already created for those games, but they created brand new designs for some of the series' older characters like Hans Grosse and Fettgesicht so they would match. Pretty cool!

    • @GermanPeter
      @GermanPeter  11 місяців тому +3

      @@ShallowVA I'm completely fine with the missing Nazi imagery, because it makes it a bit less iffy for me to actually collect these figurines. Guess I am also fine with having a Hitle- I mean Staatmeister figurine then :D Gotta get my hands on it for sure!
      Just wish they didn't use the triangle symbol, I'd have much preferred the older Wolfenstein logo that they used in RTCW and Wolfenstein 2009. The triangle just seems lame to me.

    • @ShallowVA
      @ShallowVA 11 місяців тому +1

      @@GermanPeter For sure, I really don't need Nazi symbols on my toys, and the miniatures hobby has enough problems with right-wing weirdos as it is without the perceived encouragement. Personally, I like the triangle as an in-universe symbol for the Fascists Who Shall Not Be Named. In RTCW they look like they're advertising the very game that they are in! I guess it would make sense for guards at Castle Wolfenstein itself to have the winged W symbol, like maybe that's their thing, but Wolfenstein isn't really that important to the faction as a whole.
      I've been kind of hoping they eventually bring back Staatmeister as his own character! The series is definitely goofy enough for something like that to happen.

  • @guyrocketram9698
    @guyrocketram9698 11 місяців тому +123

    rebecca heineman radiates such WINE aunt energy lol. really cool person glad you had her on the show!

    • @GermanPeter
      @GermanPeter  11 місяців тому +33

      I hope you mean WINE aunt!

    • @guyrocketram9698
      @guyrocketram9698 11 місяців тому +11

      @@GermanPeter oh no im soooo sorry 😭please forgive me!!!!!!!!! *turns into dust*

    • @kilgoretrout4491
      @kilgoretrout4491 11 місяців тому +3

      what did you originally say?

    • @guyrocketram9698
      @guyrocketram9698 11 місяців тому +14

      @@kilgoretrout4491 whine aunt lol. whine as in crying or complaining. it wasnt intentional.

  • @gardonramsanowski4618
    @gardonramsanowski4618 11 місяців тому +101

    I was wondering, in German schools how much did they teach you about nazism, ww2 etc. I’ve heard that in Japan there is a lot of censorship and propaganda around imperial Japan and WW2 and I assumed it was different in Germany

    • @sumfagola
      @sumfagola 11 місяців тому

      They go into depth explaining what happened and shun the Nazi Party.

    • @GermanPeter
      @GermanPeter  11 місяців тому +158

      Mandatory to teach, and I think it's required to visit a concentration camp too. That's what we did, anyway. Germany doesn't shy away from teaching its dark history, and for good reason.

    • @rGunti
      @rGunti 11 місяців тому +20

      Even the neighbours aren't safe. Over here in Switzerland, pretty much all of later education (Grade 7+), WW1+2 are almost the whole curriculum of the subject "History". (I might have exaggerated a bit, but I can't remember anything else that I was taught in school within that subject.)

    • @gardonramsanowski4618
      @gardonramsanowski4618 11 місяців тому +39

      @@GermanPeter I think that’s the best approach to take, as it would probably help against such movements from gaining any support in the future. That’s why I’ve always found it strange that Japan still denies so many atrocities committed by them in ww2. However, it is interesting to know how they are dealt with in Germany

    • @gardonramsanowski4618
      @gardonramsanowski4618 11 місяців тому +13

      @@rGunti maybe it’s because it’s relatively recent history and both wars were really impactful in modern European history? Because even growing up in the UK a huge emphasis is put on ww1/ww2 in our history lessons and even though we were taught older history, it was way less prevalent

  • @saycrain
    @saycrain 11 місяців тому +3

    love the amazing you do as always. it's so interesting to see all of these differences I've never been able to see first hand with these games

  • @gimok2k5
    @gimok2k5 11 місяців тому +25

    "Let's begin with the very first title" *starts with the third title*
    Guess "Castle Wolfenstein" and "Beyond Castle Wolfenstein" were not actually affected in any way, then?

    • @sletter1100
      @sletter1100 11 місяців тому +8

      they were completely banned until a couple of years ago

    • @GermanPeter
      @GermanPeter  11 місяців тому +48

      I mean... they were banned. What else do you want me to say? :D Also, they're not commonly counted among the Wolfenstein games. When you talk about the Mario series, you also don't start at Mario Bros. and Donkey Kong.

    • @generallyunimportant
      @generallyunimportant 11 місяців тому +1

      @@GermanPeter i wanted to say that i do, but then realized you're specifically talking about Mario Bros. and not _Super_ Mario Bros., lmao

  • @DualBackdrop
    @DualBackdrop 10 місяців тому +3

    "ok you can shoot rats"
    -ninetendo

  • @justanothercreator2858
    @justanothercreator2858 11 місяців тому +10

    Weiter so Peter! Mal wieder ein echt qualitativ hochwertiges Video von dir. Eigentlich wollte ich in Englisch schreiben - aber ich denke, dass es das etwas persönlicher macht. 🎉

  • @shinyagumon7015
    @shinyagumon7015 11 місяців тому +47

    Great video, i love the interview with Rebecca Heinemann its super informative and funny (they censored the rat tongue lol).
    Can't wait for the next game.

  • @hurrweasel932
    @hurrweasel932 11 місяців тому +3

    Oh my! Such an interesting video especially how you even got really good interview with super interesting questions for someone who actually worked on the game itself. That is just sooo sick to hear all this insider knowledge she shares.

  • @LiquidClara
    @LiquidClara 11 місяців тому +6

    Love the Civvie reference at 20:52

  • @AndrewAmbrose
    @AndrewAmbrose 11 місяців тому +1

    Very fascinating stuff (and such grand enthusiasm)! Subscribed 😎👌

  • @Scout-Fanfiction
    @Scout-Fanfiction 11 місяців тому +4

    Rebecca's insight was interesting. I think you posed constructive and relevant questions to her as well. Thanks for going into so much detail. Can't wait to see your experiences with the next game :).

  • @thewingman1777
    @thewingman1777 9 місяців тому

    An excellent and informative video and big props for getting an interview with Rebecca Heineman. Also, on the subject of Dr. Schabbs' name, it was a reference to an in-house joke at Id Software where "Shabs!" was used to describe anything that lacked quality.

  • @smollmoth6376
    @smollmoth6376 11 місяців тому +9

    Idk if like everyone else is already saying this but the red cross is weirdly strict with its copyright on the red cross, idk if this matches up time wise, but doom for instance also had to change its red cross symbol in some ports

    • @GermanPeter
      @GermanPeter  11 місяців тому +4

      Oh yeah, I think I'll talk about that in the Doom episodes!

  • @BasketBuyer
    @BasketBuyer 11 місяців тому +12

    It's cool that you interviewed Rebecca! Really shows the ammount of effort you put into your vids.

  • @N3Selina
    @N3Selina 11 місяців тому +13

    ahhhhh - shooting dogs is a nono but shooting cute rats is a-okay!
    gotta love censorship. great video, i love these long essays from you!
    i also totally forgot the wonderful voice acting in the og release of the game. good times (not in a historical sense, of course!)

    • @ArcturusOTE
      @ArcturusOTE 11 місяців тому +7

      Rodents of unusual size, one could say

    • @N3Selina
      @N3Selina 11 місяців тому +2

      @@ArcturusOTE true, true! The Rats in Game are not cute or appealing to look at. But so aren't the Dogs. Pixels n' stuff, you know. Just a thought.

    • @fojisan2398
      @fojisan2398 11 місяців тому

      I think shooting rats is seen as okay because rats are generally regarded as vermin, while dogs are, y'know, Man's Best Friend, so shooting them is not so okay.

    • @Sapphiregamer8605
      @Sapphiregamer8605 11 місяців тому

      @@N3Selinabut dogs are a common pet, rats aren’t, some people wouldn’t like shooting the same species as their pets.

  • @masterofbloopers
    @masterofbloopers 11 місяців тому +31

    I remember hearing about the ban on Nazi imagery in video games being lifted in Germany around the time that Germany announced they were massively increasing their military budget. When I told my history nerd friend this, his reaction was "Dear God, it's happening again."

    • @HappyBeezerStudios
      @HappyBeezerStudios 11 місяців тому +4

      What did he say when Germany announced to send tanks into eastern europe again?

    • @daskampffredchen9242
      @daskampffredchen9242 11 місяців тому +3

      @@HappyBeezerStudios Especially if they reach the Aztov Battalion 👀

    • @lulu111_the_cool
      @lulu111_the_cool 11 місяців тому +8

      Yeah massively increasing means. We did what was mandatory in the EU and NATO to spend. Which we for years did not. (I think it was something around 2-4% of the income of the land where we did the bare minimum. Also not even the mandatory ones)

    • @kdjfnrjfjvfjfk
      @kdjfnrjfjvfjfk 11 місяців тому +3

      I have no idea how people can say this so casually implying something so horrible and not realising how insulting it is.

  • @jensmixedcompendium1258
    @jensmixedcompendium1258 11 місяців тому

    I found your channel on my Home feed - glad I did ;). New subscriber gained!

  • @noxagonal
    @noxagonal 11 місяців тому +1

    This has been very informative. I learned a lot. :)

  • @alessandro6885
    @alessandro6885 11 місяців тому +3

    Burger Becky! I’ve played a good handful of your console ports as a kid since I grew up on the SNES and SEGA Genesis despite being born in 98. I’ve also played some of your ports to the 3DO and Jaguar via emulation.

  • @TheRealMatt_
    @TheRealMatt_ 11 місяців тому +9

    I have a friend that used to draw iron crosses everywhere, he didnt know it was german, he just thought it looked badass

    • @HappyBeezerStudios
      @HappyBeezerStudios 11 місяців тому

      another crime the Nazis did. they had amazing badass aesthetics and ruined it by being absolute assholes.

    • @JojiteFoxxo666
      @JojiteFoxxo666 11 місяців тому

      did he ever get in trouble for that?

    • @TheRealMatt_
      @TheRealMatt_ 11 місяців тому

      @@JojiteFoxxo666 nope

    • @GreenSabre187
      @GreenSabre187 11 місяців тому +1

      As the swastika does, of course thats why the effer used it. We are humans, we cant have nice things. Lets imagine he drew that xD its really funny to see people nowadays react to drawings of middle ages
      Them: "Oh well, i never knew these people in the middle ages were nazis, did you?"
      Me: "...wha?"

  • @thetee8682
    @thetee8682 11 місяців тому +6

    ... and we shared it anyway with our friends on floppy. When my parents found out, they were not amused at first but then realized they couldn't stop us anyway - we would only play it hidden from them.
    So, they sat down with us, told us about our grandfather who died in WW2 and then let us continue to play wolf3d so we had a clear difference of "This was the cruel and horrifying reality." and "This is just game/pixels."

    • @Domarius64
      @Domarius64 10 місяців тому

      Good. I will never forget one of the most annoying things I've read, someone said their young nephew was playing a military FPS (maybe COD World at War) finished one of the levels, and turned around to him and said (completely genuine) "I would've been pretty good at World War II!"

  • @BearOldcastle
    @BearOldcastle 11 місяців тому +1

    I'm just glad your still going, I hope this finally get's you some subs and view. Those tf2 days seem so distant.

  • @bjorntantau194
    @bjorntantau194 11 місяців тому +4

    I was surprised you didn't mention the Christmas version. For many years that would be the version you would find in shareware collections. I actually thought that it was an official mod and only relatively recently learned that it was unofficial.
    Of course, getting your dirty hands on the real Wolfenstein made you the coolest kid on the schoolyard. And if you had Doom 2 it absolutely had to be the version with the secret Wolfenstein levels. I don't even know if any other version existed. But it was great to be able to whisper that you actually had the "illegal" version.

  • @JNun-pr8rh
    @JNun-pr8rh 11 місяців тому +9

    Wow, Rebecca is kinda awesome! Love to hear more from her honestly!

  • @Chr1sader
    @Chr1sader 11 місяців тому +6

    Im not really sure but now that i think about it, i believe the "Cancer Mouse" that replaces the Reichsadler in the Nightmare Level of The New Order are suppose to be the Rats from the censored Wolfenstein 3D Version of the SNES.
    Thats my guess at least.
    Nicht unbedingt das beste nationale Wappentier aber eine Krebs Maus is trotzdem süß.

    • @GermanPeter
      @GermanPeter  11 місяців тому +1

      That's what I just thought about too! I'll try to ask someone who worked on the game what they're meant to represent. If they really are the mutant rats, that's gotta be one of the cutest references ever, seriously!

  • @MarkusManon
    @MarkusManon 11 місяців тому

    Thorough and thoughtful video!

  • @Mandl.Draw.Studios
    @Mandl.Draw.Studios 11 місяців тому +1

    Wow sehr sehr gutes Video 👍

  • @Helvynia
    @Helvynia 11 місяців тому

    good stuff, its actually interesting to hear the bans were more on the violence

  • @austinblack7991
    @austinblack7991 11 місяців тому +1

    Thanks for the video Peter! Wolfenstein 3D is my favorite video game of all time!

  • @bitzgames
    @bitzgames 10 місяців тому

    This was a very interesting and informative video on the game, I am glad that the ban on Wolf 3D was lifted recently though, it's such a genre defining game that it deserves to be played by more people. Locking it to the SNES for so long has likely made it very inaccessible for a long time. Good work! You've earned yourself a new subscriber!

  • @Blankult
    @Blankult 11 місяців тому +2

    I really liked the intermission screens, so simple yet so effective

  • @mr.pavone9719
    @mr.pavone9719 10 місяців тому +2

    I was stationed in Germany from '92-'96. In about '93 I was dating a girl from Luxembourg. She came to my post one weekend and she saw us playing the US version of Wolf3D and she was totally shocked when she saw the uncensored version of the game.

  • @Saintserbia
    @Saintserbia 11 місяців тому

    nice video keep up the good work :D

  • @ill_hex8103
    @ill_hex8103 11 місяців тому +3

    11:49 Reminder that German Shepherds weren't really used for combat. The army used Rottweilers for that purpose more so.

  • @georg4259
    @georg4259 11 місяців тому +4

    cool video peter, can't beleive Erlangen is the new Bielefeld now ^^. As Hans grosse they couldn't implement him with the ß since the letter only got added into the standard unicode for computers in 2008

    • @Zedek
      @Zedek 11 місяців тому

      At least in the DooM WADs, each font is its own lump (a lump is a "file", e.g. a sound or image). They could have put that at least in the hidden secret levels in DooM 2. The level startup-names (e.g. "ENTRYWAY") are DooM BMP lumps, so they could use ANY letter they wished at least in those games.

  • @PurpleColonel
    @PurpleColonel 11 місяців тому +3

    Super hyped to sit down and watch this :) the whole wolfenstein series must be a rabbit hole for German changes

  • @LeanneH
    @LeanneH 11 місяців тому +1

    I've never played Wolfenstein but I have a friend who is super into it. This video nicely highlights what it's about Cx

  • @TheEmeraldSword04
    @TheEmeraldSword04 11 місяців тому +7

    24:32 That was likely unintentional to refer to the player as Amerikanerin, but I think it actually works out. I interpreted this as him egging you on by calling you a weak little (American) girl.

    • @GermanPeter
      @GermanPeter  11 місяців тому +8

      Problem is that he says "Amerikaner", i.e. the male form. He just uses female pronouns at the same time, so it's a bit of a hodge-podge of broken German.

  • @MonsieurExist
    @MonsieurExist 11 місяців тому +2

    11:10 Bro called BJ Blaskowicz “Wolfenstein”

  • @Hypernova99
    @Hypernova99 11 місяців тому +5

    Fun fact: To censor the wolfenstien levels in doom 2 some ports straight up remove the map. In doing so using the cheat IDCLEV 31 or IDCLEV 32 in those versions crash the game because the levels still exist in code but the maps have been removed, thus the game tries to load the maps but since there are no maps the game doesn't know what to do and crashes.

    • @0neDoomedSpaceMarine
      @0neDoomedSpaceMarine 7 місяців тому +1

      They left the secret exit in Map 15 when they did this, so you can be rewarded with your game crashing without even using cheats.

  • @elijahgames192
    @elijahgames192 11 місяців тому +13

    you forgot to say the superness of the snes port gave us the greatest game made on the wolfenstein engine.
    SUPER 3D NOAHS ARK.
    also this was a fun informative video on a shooter I personally love to play, great job and can't wait for the next video.

  • @dansmoothback9644
    @dansmoothback9644 11 місяців тому

    Great interview! Definitely gonna call cacos "yucky ball" now

  • @sergeantmarcusstackerM1903
    @sergeantmarcusstackerM1903 11 місяців тому +9

    If I had to make a guess why some versions of the game give the standard guards green uniforms, it might have to do with the brown uniforms representing the SA (essentially a precursor to the SS) Dressing them in green makes them look more like normal Wehrmacht soldiers and helps with censorship

    • @GermanPeter
      @GermanPeter  11 місяців тому +6

      That makes sense!

    • @arekkrol9758
      @arekkrol9758 11 місяців тому +1

      i allways assumed the brown uniforms were supposed to be afrika korps for some unknown reason

    • @asteroidrules
      @asteroidrules 11 місяців тому +2

      @@arekkrol9758 Afrikakorps did use brown uniforms, and the SA were mostly dead before the war began so the former are more likely to be known.

    • @dvanatendi
      @dvanatendi 10 місяців тому

      The SA was absorbed into the Wehrmacht before the war started, after the Nazis purged the SA leaders (night of the long knives).
      Also the Wehrmacht used field grey uniforms (like in WW1), the only green uniforms pre 1945 I can think of are imperial Russian uniforms in WW1. The SS had some camouflage with green spots ( the precursor to modern Flecktarn Camouflage used by some western countries today) at the very end of WW2.

    • @sergeantmarcusstackerM1903
      @sergeantmarcusstackerM1903 10 місяців тому

      Wolf 3D does take place in 1945 if I remember right, at least the original 3 episodes

  • @salih2d486
    @salih2d486 11 місяців тому

    nice video love this series

  • @fireaza
    @fireaza 11 місяців тому +2

    "Socially-Acceptable Swastika" would be an excellent band name.

  • @the_mobkiller
    @the_mobkiller 11 місяців тому +2

    I was kinda hoping to see the Christmas version of Wolf3D. Maybe in a future video :D

  • @mr0czusek
    @mr0czusek 3 місяці тому +2

    I remember grewing up in germany. i was unable to find games im looking in germany. same applies to Goldeneye007 for N64 similiar situation.
    until Moved back to Poland, had rebought everything that im unable to find or purchase games in germany. it was blown my mind to see difference censorship on same game.
    atleast stayed in Poland cause no censorship at all.

  • @Ihaveagasmask
    @Ihaveagasmask 8 місяців тому +4

    5:30 wait tf2 takes place in late 60s to Early 70s and medic is around 40 SO WHERE WAS HE IN WW2

  • @linkdk59
    @linkdk59 10 місяців тому +8

    I love how Rebecca was involved in so many good stories

  • @katelynsakurasystem1811
    @katelynsakurasystem1811 9 місяців тому

    I was not expecting him to say something relating to Civvie

  • @SpookySkellyGurl
    @SpookySkellyGurl 9 місяців тому +1

    It's worth noting that while the SNES version of Mortal Kombat had all the blood removed, the SNES version of Mortal Kombat II was nice and bloody (and also much better mechanically), because by that point the ESRB had been formed and Nintendo knew they'd lost that fight. Also a lot of Nintendo's aversion to mature content was Nintendo of America specifically, but when an American production like Mortal Kombat got compromised, a lot of the time they couldn't be bothered to re-bloody it up just for a Japanese release.

  • @emulsion_
    @emulsion_ 11 місяців тому +4

    CANCER MOUSE CAMEO CONFIRMED

  • @saturnknight4573
    @saturnknight4573 7 місяців тому

    Not surprised that a game like this would face so many changes there lol

  • @damien__j
    @damien__j 11 місяців тому +1

    Lol i was half expecting the interview to be a second animated head 😂

  • @TheBcoolGuy
    @TheBcoolGuy 11 місяців тому +2

    Denazification... such an interesting process.

  • @thatanimeweirdo
    @thatanimeweirdo 11 місяців тому +9

    For whenever you inevitable make a video about the modern games: I think it's worth noting that the indie game "Through The Darkest of Times" from Paintbucket Games was the first game to ever receive an USK rating for a gamescom demo including swastikas. They were arguing that videogames can be a form of art, and were allowed by the USK. Which led to Wolfenstein to release in Germany with this imagery as the "International Version". The reason we still have a censored version was, that retailers like MediaMarkt and Saturn did not want to sell the uncensored version (even if it was given a proper age rating).

    • @blakegriplingph
      @blakegriplingph 11 місяців тому +2

      From what I've read, a political satire browser game called _Bundesfighter II Turbo_ drew scrutiny when one of Alexander Gauland's moves resembled a swastika. The prosecutor's office in Stuttgart refused to investigate, citing the admission of the Bundesverband Interaktive Unterhaltungssoftware to the German Cultural Council in 2008 which officially recognised games as an art form rather than a mere toy.

    • @thatanimeweirdo
      @thatanimeweirdo 11 місяців тому +2

      @@blakegriplingph Yes, however this was on a federal level (since it was political satire). The USK back then said "We have this rule in place, but if someone wants to fight it, we could probably lift it". And TTDOT was the first game (with a publisher, gamescom booth etc) that actually took that path.

  • @predatorgodzillaandmore6856
    @predatorgodzillaandmore6856 28 днів тому +1

    25:57 “rosebud frozen peas”

  • @ambrose3560
    @ambrose3560 10 місяців тому +1

    I love the "mein leben" line so much i quote it regularly irl. It got burned into my brain when i played the game for the first time

  • @matthewsteele99
    @matthewsteele99 11 місяців тому +3

    Mraphy Black strikes again

  • @lucareviews9760
    @lucareviews9760 11 місяців тому +1

    I literally was thinking of getting a tattoo of the iron Cross since my family fought for Germany in ww1

  • @chipklip1309
    @chipklip1309 11 місяців тому

    this was an entertaining video :)

  • @daintyfoal1981
    @daintyfoal1981 11 місяців тому +4

    you didnt mention the title theme for wolf 3d being horst wessel lied

    • @GermanPeter
      @GermanPeter  11 місяців тому +10

      Luckily, you did, so now I don't have to!

  • @JeffreyPiatt
    @JeffreyPiatt 7 місяців тому

    Wolfenstine 3d was ported to HTML5 for one of its anniversary's it had a country selection and was open sourced i don't know if that meant the Tie sets were different the US version used the uncensored MS-Dos v1.4 Tiles.

  • @austinblack7991
    @austinblack7991 8 місяців тому +1

    Peter will you do doom and quake after you finish with Wolfenstein?

    • @GermanPeter
      @GermanPeter  8 місяців тому

      Doom yes, Quake no because there's no censored version aside from Quake 4 I believe. I might do that one, though. But I think I'll let my patrons vote on that :)

    • @austinblack7991
      @austinblack7991 8 місяців тому +1

      Wait wasn’t the quake games evenreleased in Germany 🇩🇪

  • @2-Way_Intersection
    @2-Way_Intersection 11 місяців тому +1

    2:10
    this is the best delivery of this joke ive ever heard

  • @dabakedawg
    @dabakedawg 11 місяців тому +2

    According to the hint manual, Gretel is supposed to be saying "mein buße" upon death. Also, id meant to hire a woman to say her lines, but they were running out of time and just used the placeholders Tom Hall recorded.

  • @bauermehlmann8800
    @bauermehlmann8800 11 місяців тому +2

    The First Wolfenstein Game ist actually Castle Wolfenstein for the Apple 2 Computer. It is very primitive and Not very relevant in a Video Like this but its interesting to know. Tolles Video übrigens.

  • @joegaming8101
    @joegaming8101 11 місяців тому +2

    please don't yoink my sploink

  • @nickblake8767
    @nickblake8767 10 місяців тому

    You forgot to change the barrels of the shotmiesters chainguns to barrels of beer in the thumbnail.

  • @AgentAlmost
    @AgentAlmost 4 місяці тому +1

    The "hamster mouse" at 20:50 looks kind of like a cartoon stoat to me

  • @ThatDoom-1993-Guy
    @ThatDoom-1993-Guy 8 місяців тому

    darn, i remember playing wolfenstine when i was 9 on a old pc that worked with dos that we had in the house, i actually got scared as a kid and thinked the line "Mein Leben!" was "My Liver!" good times...

  • @eljaminlatour6633
    @eljaminlatour6633 11 місяців тому +2

    German censorship is also weird like, human death = ❌, robot death = ✅
    Like with the game Contra.

    • @daskampffredchen9242
      @daskampffredchen9242 11 місяців тому

      American Censorship is weird : Blood is 16 but Beach Volleyball is 18

  • @Povilaz
    @Povilaz 11 місяців тому

    Very interesting!

  • @realnickhiro
    @realnickhiro 11 місяців тому +3

    Ich kenne mich mit Wolfenstein null aus, aber dein Video hat mich trotzdem gefesselt. Mega gut!
    Dank dir werde ich mir die Reihe genauer anschauen.
    Hätte was lustiges was du dir mal anschauen könntest: die deutsche Sprachausgabe von FEAR 1.
    Die unzensierte Version wurde scheinbar gebannt und auf Steam kann man es sich nicht kaufen.
    Hat mich gewundert, dass das Spiel auf deutsch übersetzt ist, aber FEAR 2 & 3 nicht, aber im deutschen Markt erhältlich sind.
    youtu.be/ PE6tD9HxCLQ?t=1243 Vielleicht kommt dir ja diese Stimme irgendwo bekannt vor! :D

    • @GermanPeter
      @GermanPeter  11 місяців тому +2

      Oh, Tilo Schmitz! Das ist ziemlich cool, vielleicht schau ich mir das bald mal an!

    • @realnickhiro
      @realnickhiro 11 місяців тому

      @@GermanPeter Wirklich Danke, dass du mir immer geantwortet hast. Ich liebe ehrlich dein Kontent

  • @iamnoob573
    @iamnoob573 4 місяці тому +1

    14:30 wait didnt street fighter 2 turbo snes have a little bit of blood? just a tiny bit, i play it on my snes mini and i do recall some depictions of blood but it is a different color on the mugshots i think? i dont have clear memory, been a long time since i played on my snes mini

  • @sauceman2885
    @sauceman2885 7 місяців тому

    It’s oddly satisfying hearing him say German words

  • @genuinesaucy
    @genuinesaucy 9 місяців тому

    Weaponlord is an awesomely gory fighting game for the SNES. If you decapitate your opponent and juggle their head enough times in mid-air, it explodes and their brains fly out. It's amazing.

  • @tvhead3236
    @tvhead3236 11 місяців тому

    Crazy how different funny mustache man looks in your art without the mustache, he looks like that one villain from scooby doo