The History of Crazy Climber - Arcade/console documentary
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- Опубліковано 3 чер 2020
- The history of the innovative twin stick early 1980s arcade game
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In the Japanese version, one of the voice samples was "Ganbare!" Which roughly translates to "Go for it!"
I understood it to be “Do your best!”
@@ThunderFist1978 I'm sure, the US version simply went with what it had.
"Bomberman" would be another good history video.
*Starts Chant* Bomb er MAN! Bomb er MAN!
Though, that wasn't an arcade game, was it?
Depends. It didn't start out as one, but wasn't there a big two screen multiplayer arcade game?
This game with its weird controls and sound effects fascinated me as a kid. It was in an arcade right next to me granma's house and I really sucked at it!
In these crazy times, content like this makes my day... Even at 5am.
Thank you very much :-)
Great video! Crazy Climber and Rally X were the 2 very first arcades I saw and played, around 1981, here in Spain, I was like 6. I fell in love with them immediately.
Thank you, I always enjoyed playing this as well. Greetings from the USA
Another well done vid, Patman! Love when a new video of yours shows up in my subscription feed!
Awesome, thank you!
Brings back memories of getting in trouble for being late to dinner because I was really good at this game at my local arcade... 8 on the Break in Dunellen, NJ. The arcade is still there today. Thank you for the memories... particularly this game.
Classic, Thanks for sharing your memories :-)
Nice deep cut. I remember loving this arcade at the Ground Round.
Thank you very much
Just finished watching. I'm glad I did!
LOL,Thank you so much
Bought the game on my Nintendo Switch recently (half price from the Eshop sale) and I already love it. (The Arcade Archives/Hamster version also let's you cheat a bit by adding in up to 6 lives.) Indeed a very underrated classic. (The balloon music is nice too.) Hard to believe it was made by the creator of Bomberman.
Did not know that about the creator of bomber man. Thanks for the info
This game is a long forgotten gem that not too many video game players nowadays remember. I remember that there was this TINY arcade near my house that had about 10 machines in it, and this was one of them. I have so many memories of this little arcade, and I still remember being amazed when I walked in the door, and this machine, "Berzerk" started yelling out, "STOP THE HUMANOID!!! INTRUDER ALERT! INTRUDER ALERT!". I grew up loving these machines and still think fondly of them today. Also, when I was a kid, in the early 70's, my mother was in a bowling league. She would usually take me with her, and I would bring along a bag full of stuff to keep myself occupied while she bowled. They had an arcade in the bowling alley, and I used to spend a ton of time in there. I would ask my mother for quarters, and I would usually get one dollar. I had to figure out how to stretch those four quarters. Once they were gone, I still wanted to play the games, but didn't have the cash. BUT, what I did do was study each game, go back to my bag of busy-work stuff, pull out the construction paper, pens, and crayons, and I would design and build BOARD GAMES of the games I wanted to play. I usually made them solo games, because there usually was no one to play them with. I would figure out a rule set, and just.. make these board games. In the 70's, I ended up with this entire shelf full of video game board games that I had made. And these games were often quite complex. They weren't "role and move to race to the end games" that most kids designed. These were complete simulations of the video games complete with rules and charts and everything to govern movement of everything, and random chance events. Everything in these games worked just like their video game counterparts. I often had trouble convincing anyone my age to play the two player versions of these games with me simply because they were too complex for most of the kids I knew. The rule books for some of them were up to 10-20 hand written pages.
You have to scan and publish your child board games on an online blog website!
One of the Most unique and special classic Games ! great video
(01:39) The building thing reminds me of *Rampage* .. one of my favorite arcade games.
It is one of my favorites as well
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries I'm not sure which I enjoyed more in that game: being smacked in the head with toasters and flowerpots *or* snacking on the women who assaulted me.
As a teen I always marveled at the players who could get to the top. Never knew Bally had a home console system. I really enjoy the thorough attention you give to obscure but important games of the arcade golden age.
A friend of mine Had a Bally system growing up And the only thing I can recall is that was a lot more expensive than the 2600. I Don't recall much else about it :-)
One of the best channels on UA-cam! I look forward to each new installment. Thanks Patman!
Wow, thanks! Is very nice of you to say :-)
I had totally forgotten about this game but of course I loved it when I was 10 in 1980. Thanks for the walk down memory lane!
Absolutely thank you for watching
Absolutely love your channel. I just start your videos playlist and let it roll while I do things around the house.
Awesome! Thank you!
I first played this in Fun City (a Arcade in Ft. Smith, AR) back in 1983 I was 6 at the time when I played this. This was my first game that I rage quit on, but fell in love with it as a adult via MAME. I have yet to see another cab in the wild since the last time I played it in 1984. I also knew of one kid that had the 2600 version of the game, but he would not let any one play it saying that only Atari Club members can play it (my first run in with a video game elitist/snob.)
They weren't that widespread around here either
I was unaware of several of the versions you presented here. Thanks for another excellent video!
Glad you like them! I appreciate the nice words
Somehow missed this one back in the 80s but love to see it on this awesome channel.
Glad you enjoy it! Thanks
Love the timbre of your voice.
Easy to listen to.
Wow, thank you!
There was nothing like the feeling I got when I had a good rhythm going; left, right, left, right, and was making good progress up the building. I never did make it to the top but I had a lot of fun playing it while cursing those people throwing flower pots on my head.
Thanks for another great review, Patman~!
In my research I think I read that each of the buildings had something like 170 stories so it's no surprise not a lot of people made it :-) thank you and glad you enjoyed it
Thanks for the video! I have vague memories of this game and never thought I would see it again.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Yeah. The first time I saw Crazy Climber, there were three or four arcade units lined up next to one another in a relatively small arcade. This was so long ago, and such an early memory in my childhood, that I misinterpreted what I was seeing as some insane guy who had decided to crawl along railroad tracks (which technically makes better sense than somebody being able to reach from story to story). It wasn't until I got my hands on a Nichibutsu collection for PS1 that I realized the same company had made the first arcade game I'd ever played (Moon Cresta). I think I did pretty well to make it to the final wave as a kid who could barely form a permanent memory. I was wondering if you'd mention how CC on the 2600 was a fanclub exclusive. A friend of mine at school actually lent me that cartridge. I had to be impressed at the effort they put into a game that they knew would only see very limited sales.
They did a really good job with the 2600 version and like you said, only a limited amount of people were going to see it.
This game would be amazing in VR
Oh absolutely, That would be fantastic
Na na na na na na pat man did it again. Thank you for the video
LOL, thank you for watching
Great job as always👍
Thank you! Cheers!
I wasn't "crazy" about this at the time but definitely got a lot of my quarters!
I had an Apple II clone of Crazy Climber called Ape Escape (no relation to the later Playstation franchise). It was fun, but I was never much good at it. According to my older brother, they had this game at our local bowling alley when it first came out, and there was a guy who came in a lot to play it who always brought his own custom grips for the joysticks. Wish I could’ve seen that.
Thanks for the vid! Always happy to see new content from you.
Thank you very much. I would love to see a guy bring his own custom gripS in as well. That must've been a sight :-)
Awesome video as always :)
Thanks again! I appreciate the nice words
Remember playing this in the arcade. It was very hot for a while. When Donkey Kong came out, we all saw the ape and the company name with Ni as the first too letters and assumed it was the same company.
That was quite a few years ago LOL
Loved this game back in the day. I still own the entex table top. It was surprisingly decent. Glad to see you covering this. I was definitely obsessed back in the day.😊
Thanks, I thought the tabletop was pretty good as well
I'm not sure if you or Game Sack is my favourite game channel. I look forward to all of your videos.
Thank you very much :-)
Crazy Climber was (still is) one of my favourite arcade games - what a great video to a great video game 👍👏👍👏
Glad you enjoyed it Thank you
Never realized how similar this is to the TI-99/4A game "Alpiner" (Substituting the buildings for mountains).
Thanks, as always, for yet another entertaining video (especially now, with Mame keeping me occupied during quarantine)
Interesting! Thanks for the info
Love your channel plus its very rare to hear a American talk about all uk micro pc versions of games Which being a brit I love btw, u r awesome Pat.
Thank you so much, I try to cover all the systems involved no matter which side of the pond they are on. Glad you enjoyed the content so much
Love these videos!
Glad you like them!Thank you
Thank YOU!
Never did play this game. Great video as always.
Thank you very much
i remember it in the arcade, it was hard- arcade hard, i also have a large atari2600 box mock-up in my room. good content- well done
Thank you very much :-)
This was one of my favorite games back in the day (along with Tron).
I loved Tron as well
This brought back memories!
Glad you enjoyed :-)
6:45 Oh my god, did he just get laid?! LMAO!!
I used to LOVE this game. It was amongst my all time favorites. Always had the high score in my town.
Excellent!
Small town, was it? 😂
This was one of my favorites at the arcade
I always enjoyed it as well
LOVED Crazy Climber!
It's a lot of fun as long as you get used to the controls
Love the videos and appreciate the occasional stern reference
Glad you like them! Thank you
I always hit up Crazy Climber when I visit home and me and my childhood friends hit the retro arcade Pinball Palace in PA. I think Crazy Climber made me curse more than any other arcade game. As for various ports, I think I remember a Commodore 64 version being released. I could be wrong, maybe you can confirm. Excellent video.
Thank you, there was no official Commodore 64 version. There were a lot of clones so it's possible you may have seen one of those
I don’t recall seeing this back in the day but was lucky to find an arcade at a Freeplay a year or so ago. It takes a bit to get the knack of the controls but very unique and creative! I saw about it on Johns Arcade. On a side note, anyone know if John will come out with new content or has a quit other than his podcast?
Really loved Moon Cresta. Played that one a lot.
So did I:-)
I have seen this game before, but overlooked it.
It's an oldie but a goodie
Quite a unique game. Very original. The control scheme is very good but takes time to learn. Didn t know the existence of some ports. Must try
It is very unique, especially for the time
Wow.......I played sooooooo much Crazy Climber back in the day. I didn't even know about the Playstation version, so will definitely have to check that one out since it's on PSN for the PS3.
I thought it was really well done for an update
I loved Moon Cresta, but when you mentioned the first game that featured a climbing man, I thought of The Price Is Right with the yodeling mountain climber game.
LOL, that would've been funny to include in the video. Where were you a few days Ago? :-)
I was pleased to find Crazy Climber in the wild last year
Excellent
I absolutely love that you referenced Beetlejuice with his answer could be wonderful
LOL, I try to pepper little references from the stern universe throughout my videos. Thank you
Great video. I’m going to have to find that game. I’m embarrassed to say I have never played Crazy Climber.
Thank you, I really like it with the twin joysticks
Wow never knew about the PSone version- looks good!
It's a really well done update
A fascinating tale about the cult classic game, Crazy Climber.
Hope to see a video on another Nichibutsu game, Terra Cresta.
I had no idea there were so many versions of this game!!
I'm surprised it was on so many obscure systems
Hey Pat!
Crazy Climber II is now available on the US Switch eShop via the Arcade Archives series
Yes I mentioned this in the video
The controls are actually pretty hilarious
My all time favourite arcade, together with Gyruss. Tons of coins and I finally made it only twice to the last building. Never to the top of it though.
It gets pretty difficult that's for sure
Love it, next you should do Crack Down 1989 Sega!
I'll see what I can dig up
There is also a nod to Crazy Climber within the game Lollipop Chainsaw during the arcade stage.
Thanks for the info
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries You're Welcome!
Fun game back in the Arcade days!
Absolutely
I was today years old when I learned that the second Bartzilla minigame from Bart's Nightmare is basically just Crazy Climber.
I like that Arcade Machine it looks cool wish I could try it !
Wake up smoke a fat spliff and listen to this. I love this guy.
Thank you very much :-)
And of course a lot of these were converted to crazy kongs hence the different sound FX because crazy kong used the crazy climber sound FX.
When I first tried this game I just couldn't handle the controls and I assume that was one of it's downfalls-a lack of intuitive gameplay.
Like the video says once the controls click it's great but back in the day we were used to left,right and fire.
Absolutely, If the controls don't click then there is no fun to be had
Yes as a kid we only had crazy long. It actually took me many years until I played the real donkey Kong through mame and realized what a shitty clone crazy long actually was. Still I loved crazy Kong.
With that the music and sounds was for me how I felt Mario should sound. Especially the “hoja” expression when he jumps.
So I was could not understand why Nintendo has dropped this great sound in super Mario etc.
When Mario 64 was released and Mario said “ho” when jumping I though “finally they brought back the jump expression, not a day to soon”
Only long time after did I realized that the real donkey Kong never had any jump expression just a sound.
I remember playing Moon Cresta and it’s clone Eagle. One the first games to feature docking. Got high scores on it often on both
I was decent at it but nowhere near as good as you :-)
I might try it out. The graphics in the second game definitely made me wanna try it too hehe.
It's not too bad
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries I'm not saying it looks like a bad game. It's just that the sequel is seducting me to try it first.
Really interesting! - I haven't heard of this game. The people in the windows of the Atari 2600 version look like Evil Otto.
LOL, they sure do
love your work. I watch all your videos as coming. Passion and desication. I hope to be able to send u a donation
That is very nice of you,Thank you for the kind words
sooo many memories. Bandai released a handheld version of this game in 1982 .
I saw that, very cool
I loved this game so much i actually wrote a letter to NICHIBUTSU at age 14 letting them know
That is very cool, what did you say
It was 42 years ago so I don't remember... Probably just said how much I loved the gameplay and graphics
Another stellar video! Although, I prefer Rampage over Crazy Climber 😂
Thank you. The building in crazy climber are just a wee bit taller :-)
I enjoy playing this one in MAME. I own a 2-player tankstick which means I have enough joysticks to play it properly.
Fun fact: the lucky balloon music is based on the theme from Doraemon.
Very cool, thanks for the info
My favorite obscure arcade game.
It's a lot of fun
When reaching King Kong in the first version, the monkey uses the same sample that Mario uses in Monkey Donkey, realised the year after, when he jumps.
HIYAaaaaa
Squish Em Sam on the ColecoVision is a fun variation on this game. It's definitely not a port or even a clone - the gameplay is quite different - but it does involve climbing a building, avoiding enemies, and getting to some prize at the top. No helicopter, king kong, or opening and closing windows though.
I seem to recall that game, Didn't it use synthesized voice as well?
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries I think it was sampled voice (and a scratchy-early-80s one at that.) The gameplay was climbing a building and 'squishing' the monsters. I believe it said, "Squishem!" when you squashed something, "Oh no!" when you fell, and "Money, money, money!" when you reached the top -- the more I think it's almost nothing like crazy climber except that you're climbing a building.
I love Crazy Climber!
So do I :-)
This reminds me...
3 Cheers for Jermaine..and noo, I'm not talking about of Jackson5 fame but rather-->
Mon July 22, 2019
(CNN) The man who scaled a burning 19-story building in West Philadelphia last week wasn't trying to escape the flames, as people initially assumed.
The man, identified only as Jermaine, was climbing to the 15th floor to save his bedridden mother. And he did it all with an injured hip.
Who has awesome gaming channel that is informative interesting a lot of fun ?, no I'm not talking about metal Jesus I'm talking about PatmanQC
LOL, post of the day. Thank you very much :-)
My first arcade memories are this game and Donkey Kong.
Mine are space invaders and some black-and-white bowling game
Anyone remember Fire trap on the c64?
Its like crazy climber but your putting out fires.
Its pretty awesome.
I just heard about it but never actually played it
At 3:11 there should be a indicator on screen that shows how high on the building you are, and how much climbing remains.
I'd like to know how "The Entertainer" was still in copyright in 1981. That song was recorded in the 19th century. It is one of the first commercial song recordings.
I've never seen a video game feature so much defenestration.
Not nearly enough opportunities to use the word, gotta seize 'em when we can!
I played Squish'em on C64 by Sirius which was influenced by this game. I however did not know that until I saw it on MAME this millennium.
This game has a striking resemblance to the Bartzilla skyscraper climbing sequence in The Simpsons: Bart's Nightmare.
I can recall playing the game but don't remember that specific sequence
Used to play this in the 80s.
So did I when I was about nine years old
I noticed that when you cat h the balloon, Doraemon no Uta ('Doraemon's Theme) plays while floating up to the top
I never noticed that, thanks
Here are a few games to consider in a retro review documentary....cobra command, pig skin, cyber ball, space lords , escspe from the planet of the robot monsters...😇
Games taking Inspiration from real life usually end up being pretty good...
Really like the look of the sequel...
It was a really good update
In the 2600 version, is he climbing up to his apartment to find his pants?
LOL, could be
Enjoyed this but wish you would have talked a bit about the game coming to the arcade by way of Taito from Nichibutsu. Also could have spoke a bit about how Crazy Kong is tied to it through the Sounds.
Honestly, what is there to say in regards to TAITO? They distributed the game here in North America (and possibly elsewhere in the world). As far as crazy Kong, it's not officially tied to this game so there is no point in mentioning it.
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries Crazy Kong was built on the Crazy climber hardware. Hence where its name came and all the sounds are the same. Its as tied to it as it could be.
Cameron McCasland it’s fun fact but to be honest maybe that is a video by itself I think that is a little out of scope of this one.
It’s a long way to the top (if you wanna rock ‘n’ roll)!
LOL
I first played this one out at skate ranch
I've only been To skate Ranch once or twice growing up. Skate land in East Moline was a lot closer. Now I live about 4 miles from skate ranch LOL
lotsa quarters dropped into this one
You and me both :-)
I played the hell out of the original in the arcade back in the day.
So did I :-)