my dad was a Play Tester on this game while working at Crave. The other day, I asked him 'do you remember that one horrible chicken game I played as a kid?" and he replied "Mort the Chicken? Yeah, I worked on that...." hahahaha
putting my reply here for the answer to everyone's burning question; How does Your Dad feel about Mort the Chicken becoming a Guest Star/Power-Up in 2D Platformer Pizza Tower?
This almost feels like a videogame that would be on a TV show, played in the background during a scene just to make the scene look more lively or give a couple of characters something to do while bantering, doesn't help the whole game is pretty much just, "Chickens. Chickens are funny. Just use more chickens. Put in more reference jokes. More chickens." It's not the chicken itself that makes comedy, it's what the chicken is doing.
@@mateuszszulecki5206 Rick and Morty is a really popular TV show, not a lot of people (at least the people playing Pizza Tower today) have heard of Mort the Chicken
Crazy how this character from a game with terrible character feel and control is now cameo-ing in a game with some of the best character feel I've seen in anything
I'm planning on adding Kingsley from Kingsley's adventure as a cameo in a game I'd make when I get good at programming. thinking of having the game be a rogue like, and for that game, I'm gonna have a special item, which looks like one of the lives in Kingsley's adventure, summon Kingsley to fight by your side when picked up.
Oh also, idk why Nitro Rad didn’t mention it, but there’s a game mechanic where Mort will randomly fart flower petals in the face of the baby chicks, making them speed up (complete with sound effect). I swear I’m not making this up
0:27 *Bomb Chicken* was published by Nitrome. Nitrome is one of the biggest flash game companies whose games I loved as a child. I used to play on their website almost everytime I was on computer. I could even say that Nitrome was a big part of my childhood.
After playing this game for myself I noticed a couple things. One is that you seemed to not know there is a sprint button? It makes Mort feel marginally better to control since he's speedier and not as much of a chore to move around. Another is the power up you were confused about. It actually makes Mort's neck longer, increasing his attack range a bit
The funny thing is I watched this way before Pizza Tower was even close to releasing, so I literally knew about him and his lore before he made his guest appearance!
I feel like pizza tower guy watched the ending of this video and got really mad at you for implying that the universe is indifferent to mort the chicken and it will fall into oblivion
I really admire how you don't abuse the "this game sucks" concept that most reviewers do. Your videos are very well researched I really learned a lot of things (like the chicken cross the road joke I had no idea that was the point of it). I hope when I start my shows soon I can be like you in that regard.
This game was the bane of my existence when I was younger. I could barely play it and when my sister beat it the joke ending felt insulting. It would have been better if it was just a "YOU WON!" screen. I'm so glad to see you review it and express the same frustrations I had as a child
Trippy even seeing a video about Mort the Chicken. I think this is one of the first games I ever owned myself, I'm sure it hasnt aged well and I only liked it as a result of being like 5, but I still love this game. Thanks Nitro Rad, you always got the best pulls from obscurity!
I think I might have figured out what that one power up does. I believe that it was supposed to increase the range of Mort's attack, as shown by Mort's neck just getting longer when you pick it up. That said, a buff chicken would be hilarious.
Btw before you get even more bigger on UA-cam. Just to let you know never change your intro literally the best intro ever. I feel like I am back in the 90’s again.
"Hey, Greg, are you finished with those enemy designs for the aliens? You were supposed to hand them in today" "That was today?" "Yes and make sure that they are simply modeled to save on processing power" "Oh yeah sure, I know what to do"
Hey, Nitro Rad! Sorry, I'm sure someone has said this by now, but I looked it up after watching your video and apparently the stretchy powerup literally makes your neck longer so you can attack from slightly further away. I looked at your video again and saw that Mort's neck does indeed get longer when you pick it up. I love watching your obscure reviews here because I genuinely want to play most of them after seeing your opinion! Thank you for being so entertaining!
When I was a kid I loved this game, only because I thought it was HILARIOUS that the main character is a chicken, I went back to it briefly, years later and realized the same things you found in this video. To be honest, I was hoping that you of all people could help me find something good about the game, but honestly, I’ll hold onto the nostalgia and call it a day.
Eventually, this character ended up in a game where you play as a super stressed Italian chef running through a tower and smashing through enemies to save his restaurant.
I remember buying this game almost 18 years ago when I was like 9 years old, I played it a lot being a little kid and I think I appreciated it a lot back then...but I lost the CD. I did not find a single thread discussing this game in all my years of internet browsing this last decade. Its such a strange feeling findind something like this and all the memories coming back. Nice video Nitro
6:27 I had something similar extremely often. Sometimes it was my vision being fixed to a certain angle like being unable to not look straight up or something, but very often it was also being unable to open my eyes at all. One time in a dream like that I had to follow some guy while being unable to see him at all, which made me annoyed to the point I forced my eyelids open with my fingers, which now that I recall was the very last dream of this type. Still sometimes have bunch of other limitations in dreams like the moment I start running or moving limbs at increased pace (during fight for example) I suddenly move as if I'm neck deep in water.
For me it was always something I wanted to watch, like a live show or a tv or something, and I wouldn't be able to look at it. Incredible frustrating hahaha Haven't had a dream like that in a long time but in middle and high school I'd get them almost monthly.
I had these types of dreams, these really annoyed me. It's like a door refusing to open, but it does open but then immediately closes itself to troll you.
Funny how during your review last week someone in the comments had mentioned Mort and I'd ended up watching a long play afterwards only to see this come up. The LPer definitely made it seem a lot easier and smoother to experience but I'm sure that just comes with the territory of playing something enough to know routes and strats for it. They also abused the hell out of the fact that the corkscrew dive let you get a boost onto platforms you'd otherwise fall short on.
I’d like to give credit to Pizza Tower for getting me to revisit this video. Never thought Mort of all characters would be a guest star on a modern indie platformer released for Steam.
I was looking for an old chicken puzzle game similar to toki tori and found this game on google images not only was i taken back by how odd the cover looked but to find out you made a vid on it that i somehow never saw is even more suprising.
Hey guys I was at a nitro stream and asked him if he will review Glover. He said he would do it next or soon If you pause at 0:41 those are the games he said he'll review on the top is glover
Man I was tripping out so bad when you mentioned "AndNow" because I was thinking, "But I know I've played a game from them I've seen that logo before..." then you mentioned Tiny Tank. Man, Tiny Tank was the game of my childhood, it's the most badly programmed game around but man did it have some good dialogue and music. ^^
You know, while Ecco the Dolphin had a wild premise, I think this one is a bit more easy to read. The reason the enemy is cubes is simply a technical one. They can put less effort into graphics.
mort the chicken is my favorite game and it's saved my life more times than i can count. i wouldn't be here today if it weren't for this game. you just ruined my day
I wonder if my watching Pizza Tower videos factored into this showing up in my Recommended... because he does show up in there as a powerup. Of course, the only reason I learned about Pizza Tower is because one person on one mashup of Hat in Time's Rift Collapse and Wario Land 4's Hurry Up! wanted a similar tune added to the mix. Rather fitting though, considering WL4 is Pizza Tower's main inspiration and all.
please never stop, you deserve millions and millions of subscribers, you put so much love , hard work and most important, passion, in every video I'm so happy i found the channel
Holy crap, I vaguely remembered a demo of this game, but I never truly knew how to find it again. Thanks for digging this one up, man. I'll have to try to find myself a copy of it.
So happy to see someone talk about this game finally! I have no idea why but I reference it a lot. I mean, the main antagonist’s name is Cubicles (cube-uh-cleez) of the Bouillon Empire... seriously?? It’s so terrible I can’t help but love it, hahaha... it holds a special place on my shelf. XD
so wait, pizza tower referenced Mort the Chicken beacause it's the same Idea, but Mort was based on Sonic 3d blast, which was based on the flicky arcade game? Now that's what i call Inspiration-ception.
Was not expecting that nearly 23 years later Mort would find himself landing a role as a guest star in a game about pizza and towers.
i wonder if nitro will review pizza tower?
I expected this exact scenario sry
This is why I’m here😂
If im not wrong, mort was an inside joke on the discord server, so that may be why
Came here JUST to comment that. God I hope he reviews Pizza Tower.
I still can’t believe this really obscure character got a spot in the really recent indie game
Pizza Tower Right?
@@TobytheHedgehog yep
Can't say I was expexting to see Mort when playing Pizza Tower.
my dad was a Play Tester on this game while working at Crave. The other day, I asked him 'do you remember that one horrible chicken game I played as a kid?" and he replied "Mort the Chicken? Yeah, I worked on that...." hahahaha
Ask him what are his stances on Mort's cameo in Pizza Tower
Do it🔫
Ask him about pizza tower and mort the chicken in that game
I'm just gonna sit here till I see the answer to those questions
putting my reply here for the answer to everyone's burning question; How does Your Dad feel about Mort the Chicken becoming a Guest Star/Power-Up in 2D Platformer Pizza Tower?
There are two ways people know about Mort the chicken
-this video
-Pizza Tower
You're forgetting the local superstore's video game bargain bin, circa 2001. Fear me, for I am an OG Mort fan.
I think the speedrun was memorable too!
for me its pizza tower
Nah I played it when I was young
...You're telling me that Mort the Chicken cameos in Pizza Tower?
This almost feels like a videogame that would be on a TV show, played in the background during a scene just to make the scene look more lively or give a couple of characters something to do while bantering, doesn't help the whole game is pretty much just, "Chickens. Chickens are funny. Just use more chickens. Put in more reference jokes. More chickens." It's not the chicken itself that makes comedy, it's what the chicken is doing.
That Pizza Tower chicken had his own game? On the PS1?! Excuse me?!
that's why he is a special guest
Yes he’s relevant to the ps1 era, and now
@@krisiskitsunegamer2967 i wouldn't say relevant... but yeh he was there
Rick and Morty existed before Fortnite? What the fuck?!
@@mateuszszulecki5206 Rick and Morty is a really popular TV show, not a lot of people (at least the people playing Pizza Tower today) have heard of Mort the Chicken
Crazy how this character from a game with terrible character feel and control is now cameo-ing in a game with some of the best character feel I've seen in anything
14:10 "and then the platformer dude picks you up all these years later" or perhaps right now a particular indie game does it
Who knew the platformer dude in question was itallian?
After Pizza Tower, I hope more obscure game characters get the same treatment as Mort in future installments
I mean, I’m planning on having Ristar the Shooting Star in a game I’m making
I hope INinja shows up somewhere
I'm planning on adding Kingsley from Kingsley's adventure as a cameo in a game I'd make when I get good at programming.
thinking of having the game be a rogue like, and for that game, I'm gonna have a special item, which looks like one of the lives in Kingsley's adventure, summon Kingsley to fight by your side when picked up.
Might add Plok to my game
Whatever you do, don't bring Bubzy.
And now he stars in one select level of Pizza Tower that somehow is more memorable than the entirety of his own game.
2:19 That face is nightmare fuel.
Reminds me of the dude from Aphex Twin
What about this one? 3:29
I have added this face to my screenshot folder where it will join various other fucked up images.
It's like the grinch thinking "OOOH! Me like!"
It should've been in the thumbnail.
tbh im glad mort is gonna get a little more recognition thanks to pizza tower
same
hi pansage :D
And you were right
Nitrorad's face in the thumbnail is like, "What have I done with my life?"
Executer 66 more like, I just got this chicken pregnant
Reminds me more.of that karnaj rally box art that was hilariously bad. (The actual game in not bad by the way.)
This is your job.
Came here after seeing Mort the Chicken appear in the in development game Pizza Tower
Wait really?
Same
Oh also, idk why Nitro Rad didn’t mention it, but there’s a game mechanic where Mort will randomly fart flower petals in the face of the baby chicks, making them speed up (complete with sound effect). I swear I’m not making this up
Its so weird he got mort to be in pizza tower
what?
3 hours?! its always so weird when i game is THAT short
Less than TWO!
Typo
Ey Shesez
Agreed
0:27 *Bomb Chicken* was published by Nitrome. Nitrome is one of the biggest flash game companies whose games I loved as a child. I used to play on their website almost everytime I was on computer. I could even say that Nitrome was a big part of my childhood.
After playing this game for myself I noticed a couple things. One is that you seemed to not know there is a sprint button? It makes Mort feel marginally better to control since he's speedier and not as much of a chore to move around. Another is the power up you were confused about. It actually makes Mort's neck longer, increasing his attack range a bit
I really like how all of the new comments are talking about Mort's reappearance in Pizza Tower
The ending cutscene makes me imagine a New Game + where the loading screens are famous paintings but the subjects are *cubes* this time
That would've been very funny honestly.
never knew mort would be in a game about tall towers and pizzas and italian mans starring as a special guest
oh well, at least Mort's cameo in Pizza Tower does him justice.
I feel really stupid because I misheard the doctors name as John cena, and immediately imagined John cena talking to dolphins
RetroAlchemist18 2000 i'd watch that
OutOfTheShadows oh yeah definitely. I'd love to see that
Delphox Fan Damn it,you're right
we all did
@@OutOfTheShadows1 Or not, you can’t see him
Good to see that mort is getting a resurgence in popularity (and is debatably more popular than ever) because of pizza tower
And to think this feathery farm fowl would come back over 20 years later as a guest character in Pizza Tower
The funny thing is I watched this way before Pizza Tower was even close to releasing, so I literally knew about him and his lore before he made his guest appearance!
I gotta give some Mort credit to Nitro Rad, because I thought he was too Chicken to review this game.
it's a dunkey reference
i dont think any of those chararcters hsould be in diddy kong
What about Hat Girl? She could fit in
I hope you're joking
@@misterzygarde6431 Wtf.
I feel like pizza tower guy watched the ending of this video and got really mad at you for implying that the universe is indifferent to mort the chicken and it will fall into oblivion
Now the evil mort cube makes sense lmao
I really admire how you don't abuse the "this game sucks" concept that most reviewers do. Your videos are very well researched I really learned a lot of things (like the chicken cross the road joke I had no idea that was the point of it). I hope when I start my shows soon I can be like you in that regard.
I like how Pizza Tower got the youtube algorithm recommending this video to everyone. Hope you like the influx of views, James.
This game was the bane of my existence when I was younger. I could barely play it and when my sister beat it the joke ending felt insulting. It would have been better if it was just a "YOU WON!" screen. I'm so glad to see you review it and express the same frustrations I had as a child
Chickens are actually smarter than what most people realize. Did you know that chickens are as smart as a Commodore Vic-20?
Woah, cool
I watched my chickens break open an egg by accident and then about six of them sprinted over and ate the fetus.
@@ramberthanzen9705 chickens are assholes
Now You’re Breathing Manually I had chickens and they ate yokes all the time. Weird ass little things.
@@ramberthanzen9705 they may be smart,it doesn't mean that they aren't assholes.
Trippy even seeing a video about Mort the Chicken. I think this is one of the first games I ever owned myself, I'm sure it hasnt aged well and I only liked it as a result of being like 5, but I still love this game. Thanks Nitro Rad, you always got the best pulls from obscurity!
I guess is easy to say we didn't expected Morth the Chicken to see him back again on another game, right?
Its a great day when NitroRad uploads
Keep up the good work homie
I think I might have figured out what that one power up does. I believe that it was supposed to increase the range of Mort's attack, as shown by Mort's neck just getting longer when you pick it up.
That said, a buff chicken would be hilarious.
Btw before you get even more bigger on UA-cam. Just to let you know never change your intro literally the best intro ever. I feel like I am back in the 90’s again.
The strength stretch cord thing makes Mort's neck longer.
3:29 I think I just died inside.
Executer 66 wtf
That picture pierced my soul.
Mort means death in french yooptydooty
he just wonderin' where Becky is.
"Hey, Greg, are you finished with those enemy designs for the aliens? You were supposed to hand them in today"
"That was today?"
"Yes and make sure that they are simply modeled to save on processing power"
"Oh yeah sure, I know what to do"
Mort's eyes are front-facing, making him a predator. keep that in mind next time he stares you down on the title screen.
mort the chicken
And now, he's appearing in Pizza Tower.
Hey, Nitro Rad! Sorry, I'm sure someone has said this by now, but I looked it up after watching your video and apparently the stretchy powerup literally makes your neck longer so you can attack from slightly further away. I looked at your video again and saw that Mort's neck does indeed get longer when you pick it up.
I love watching your obscure reviews here because I genuinely want to play most of them after seeing your opinion! Thank you for being so entertaining!
When I was a kid I loved this game, only because I thought it was HILARIOUS that the main character is a chicken, I went back to it briefly, years later and realized the same things you found in this video. To be honest, I was hoping that you of all people could help me find something good about the game, but honestly, I’ll hold onto the nostalgia and call it a day.
Eventually, this character ended up in a game where you play as a super stressed Italian chef running through a tower and smashing through enemies to save his restaurant.
The "Why did the chicken cross the road" analogy is genius.
I remember buying this game almost 18 years ago when I was like 9 years old, I played it a lot being a little kid and I think I appreciated it a lot back then...but I lost the CD. I did not find a single thread discussing this game in all my years of internet browsing this last decade. Its such a strange feeling findind something like this and all the memories coming back. Nice video Nitro
He would never be in a game about pizzas and towers.
So, ya hear about this game becoming a power up in Pizza Tower?
Pizza Towers Released Last Month
@@TobytheHedgehog there are many demos (public and patreons only)
CROC IS NEXT, CROC IS NEXT!
Ceaser Richardson I love Square Eyed Jak
Baks Dario You probably haven’t even watched him
Razza I didn’t say he did. Baks did. I love Jak.
Razza It’s okay
Croc is my grog
Ah yes. My favorite videogame rivalries:
Mario vs Bowser
Link vs Ganon
Chicken vs Cube
Italian man with financial problems vs a sentient floating pizza with a face made of toppings
Mort lives by the phrase "memento mori" in memory of his mother, Mortana.
This chicken reminds me of that stupid chicken from Moana.
I think his name was Hei-Hei.
That thing annoyed me like crazy.
*Mort finally gets the recognition well deserved*
6:27 I had something similar extremely often. Sometimes it was my vision being fixed to a certain angle like being unable to not look straight up or something, but very often it was also being unable to open my eyes at all. One time in a dream like that I had to follow some guy while being unable to see him at all, which made me annoyed to the point I forced my eyelids open with my fingers, which now that I recall was the very last dream of this type.
Still sometimes have bunch of other limitations in dreams like the moment I start running or moving limbs at increased pace (during fight for example) I suddenly move as if I'm neck deep in water.
For me it was always something I wanted to watch, like a live show or a tv or something, and I wouldn't be able to look at it. Incredible frustrating hahaha
Haven't had a dream like that in a long time but in middle and high school I'd get them almost monthly.
@@NitroRad so apparently the stretchy thing makes morts neck longer
I had these types of dreams, these really annoyed me. It's like a door refusing to open, but it does open but then immediately closes itself to troll you.
Now he's in Pizza Tower what a legend
Funny how during your review last week someone in the comments had mentioned Mort and I'd ended up watching a long play afterwards only to see this come up. The LPer definitely made it seem a lot easier and smoother to experience but I'm sure that just comes with the territory of playing something enough to know routes and strats for it. They also abused the hell out of the fact that the corkscrew dive let you get a boost onto platforms you'd otherwise fall short on.
I’d like to give credit to Pizza Tower for getting me to revisit this video. Never thought Mort of all characters would be a guest star on a modern indie platformer released for Steam.
I was looking for an old chicken puzzle game similar to toki tori and found this game on google images not only was i taken back by how odd the cover looked but to find out you made a vid on it that i somehow never saw is even more suprising.
Pizza Tower literally making everyone more based by the second
No, "Why did the chicken cross the road" does have a a punchline to it
"The other side" in the punchline refers to the afterlife!
No, that's just an interpretation.
no, that's just an interpretation of someone's interpretation
Ah so the chicken wants to die. I can relate lol
nothing like a good suicide joke, even better when people dont know its one
I don't blame him after being in this
Show of hands. Who’s watching this video after Mort was revealed to be a level gimmick in Pizza Tower?
I remember when their uploads of the demo music had the mort the chicken disc spinning in the video.
It was revealed 2 years ago you dumbo
i have been searching for this game for centuries now. thank you so much for finding this weird gem of a game.
Mort the chicken is in new game pizza tower
Mort is now a Pizza Tower character
Reminds me of Glover
i wonder if you gonna review it
Maybe he already review it!
i checked it out and he did not
I would die for rad to review glover
it's my favorite platformer of all time
there was some glover music in this video
Hey guys I was at a nitro stream and asked him if he will review Glover. He said he would do it next or soon
If you pause at 0:41 those are the games he said he'll review on the top is glover
1:57 Are you sure its not the cubes from aqua teen?
I love how Mort has literally no reason to be in Pizza Tower
Oh wow, is that health bar a chicken-o-meter? LOL!
That RetroAhoy video was a REALLY good watch.
Didn't realize that irony..
Man I was tripping out so bad when you mentioned "AndNow" because I was thinking, "But I know I've played a game from them I've seen that logo before..." then you mentioned Tiny Tank. Man, Tiny Tank was the game of my childhood, it's the most badly programmed game around but man did it have some good dialogue and music. ^^
personally i find the cutscenes hysterical
it absolutely clicked with my sense of humor, especially the talking cubes lol
14:01 that aged well
Rick the Pickle
Morty the Chicken
*this joke is a sin*
AdachiTheThotSlayer kek
Nice new Sonic characters.
I was thinking of making this joke in the video, but I figured it was too easy.
And also extremely bad.
Nitro Rad Yes its very bad
Nitro Rad legendary
You know, while Ecco the Dolphin had a wild premise, I think this one is a bit more easy to read.
The reason the enemy is cubes is simply a technical one. They can put less effort into graphics.
mort the chicken is my favorite game and it's saved my life more times than i can count. i wouldn't be here today if it weren't for this game. you just ruined my day
Now here's yet another obscure platformer no one knows about , glad you're giving it the spotlight.😁👌
Nathaniel Foga You are frikin everywhere
Didn't he disliked this game?
Well it's not so obscure anymore lol.
After I played Pizza Tower I finally understood why this video of all things was reccomended to me by the algorythm
Another subpar platformer, another great review!
Also, dat Melty Blood music near the end! ❤️
Always highlighting overlooked games from my golden era, even if it's only to say that I shouldn't bother and for that, I thank you.
I can't believe this triple A, perfectly crafted, extremely popular, absolute video game ICON, landed himself a role in some game about pizza
this is a joke I love pizza tower
What a coincidence that this gets recommended to me after Pizza Tower got released
Well look on the bright side, Mort is coming back in Pizza Tower
I wonder if my watching Pizza Tower videos factored into this showing up in my Recommended... because he does show up in there as a powerup. Of course, the only reason I learned about Pizza Tower is because one person on one mashup of Hat in Time's Rift Collapse and Wario Land 4's Hurry Up! wanted a similar tune added to the mix. Rather fitting though, considering WL4 is Pizza Tower's main inspiration and all.
11:40 I think the first form is scarier just due to how unnaturally it runs
I just love how he mentions games that do something similar to the topic despite NEVER making a video about said mentioned games.
I paused at the face that Nitro pulls at 2:19, I couldn't stop laughing for pure time.
WAIT WHAT?! i thought mort the chicken was some sort of obscure tv cartoon character, not an obscure ps1 game
cant believe they gave mort, a powerup from pizza tower, his own game
please never stop, you deserve millions and millions of subscribers, you put so much love , hard work and most important, passion, in every video I'm so happy i found the channel
Of all the games to randomly reference in Pizza Tower...
Holy crap, I vaguely remembered a demo of this game, but I never truly knew how to find it again.
Thanks for digging this one up, man. I'll have to try to find myself a copy of it.
Thank you Mort the Chicken for helping Peppino Spaghetti from Pizza tower.
So happy to see someone talk about this game finally! I have no idea why but I reference it a lot. I mean, the main antagonist’s name is Cubicles (cube-uh-cleez) of the Bouillon Empire... seriously?? It’s so terrible I can’t help but love it, hahaha... it holds a special place on my shelf. XD
Wait was pizza tower the reason this video popped up for me? Sure why not.
Mort is my favorite Pizza Tower character
Will you review Pizza Tower at some point, Nitro Rad? Since Mort the Chicken is a guest character in that game.
It is 2023 and I keep getting this video recommended to me and I think its entirely Pizza Tower's Fault
I cant believe they made a ps1 game based around mort the chicken from pizza tower, shame on them
so wait, pizza tower referenced Mort the Chicken beacause it's the same Idea, but Mort was based on Sonic 3d blast, which was based on the flicky arcade game? Now that's what i call Inspiration-ception.