There's a punishment that kills you instantly for mixing the potions in this game that has text that says "Winners don't do drugs" eesh. just when you thought it wasn't cruel enough.
Man, I wish I had played with the potions more. I tried a few other combinations that gave me the "No effect" prompt and I quickly got bored of being a mad mixologist. I wish I had captured that though. Maybe I'll do it and make a UA-cam short out of it.
@@RetroNickRelics also as i've just noticed you can literally smell the "developed by British company" vibe coming off this game, as that quite annoying bird sound effects appears also in PGA Golf '96 and Strider 2 for the megadrive, which are both equally dreadful. i don't what the premise was including inauthentic bird noises in games, but there you go.
It really does have the feel of a British game, but without the "collect-a-thon" mechanic that a lot of them are known for. There's something about the look of it that gives it away. I might have to check out these other 2 to see if they're contenders for "THE WORST GAME ON THE SEGA GENESIS!"
Good review; I like it. Good voice, good presentation; and you hit the gameplay points on-par to match. You deserve a WAY bigger presence than the ever-sleeping and boredom inducing pojr. Subbed.
Thanks so much for the kind words. I'm not familiar with Pojr, but I know building an audience takes time and I've only just resumed making content this year. We'll get it there! Again, thank you for the support.
Fun fact: one of the developers of the original Amiga version is Julian Lefay, who later got known as the creator of a little-known game series called "Elder Scrolls"..
GTFO of here! That's wild, man! I never got into Elder Scrolls, but I know it's super popular and well-reviewed. Clearly, he got all his mistakes out of his system with this title.
Ah man, I'm so sorry. It's so strange, because they did have an amazing track record for games and then they drop THIS. I can only imagine the disappointment.
I actually had this way back in the day. I even beat it - and good goddamn luck beating the final boss without stocking up on invincibility potions beforehand. Ah, the "joys" of only owning a few games and playing them even if they were crap. Speaking of, another candidate for worst Genesis game: Fantasia. It was so bad that Disney yanked it from stores. (OK, it's more complicated than that. But had it been good, it might have remained on sale.)
Ah yes. I crushed Bayou Billy back in the day for the same reason. I coukd only afford to personally buy one or two games a year. You either 'get good' or you beat SMB for the 43rd time.
@@RetroNickRelics Probably because it was only sold for a few months, LOL. Although the funniest thing is: You'd think that an obscure MD/Gen game, based on a legendary Disney property, which was (in part) so bad that it got yanked from shelves, would be an instant must-have collector's item for at least two different groups of geeks. But... nope! It's only $20-$30 secondhand. Even collectors don't want it!
I had this game as an impressionable 11 year old. It had blood, so I LOOOOVED it. What a a piece of shit game. My parents should have put me in therapy when they found me playing this game; not because of the violence, but because I could convince myself something this terrible was awesome.
True story, I rented this game from Cinemagic Video in Bartlett, TN. Played it for a while and turned it off. I picked up my Basenji and I guess she had diarrhea because when I did, she yiped and shot shit all over the game and its rental case. A literal shitty game.
Thanks for the kudos! This one was tricky because the game is so dull. ESEPCIALLY as far as the audio goes. My first cut had polka music cut over the gameplay, but it was insufferable to watch and listen too. Definitely went full-on morning zoo with the clips this round. Things got a little bit nutty! I used to be a huge Venture Bros. fan. Still up there as one of my top 10 shows!
There's a punishment that kills you instantly for mixing the potions in this game that has text that says "Winners don't do drugs" eesh. just when you thought it wasn't cruel enough.
Man, I wish I had played with the potions more. I tried a few other combinations that gave me the "No effect" prompt and I quickly got bored of being a mad mixologist. I wish I had captured that though. Maybe I'll do it and make a UA-cam short out of it.
@@RetroNickRelics also as i've just noticed you can literally smell the "developed by British company" vibe coming off this game, as that quite annoying bird sound effects appears also in PGA Golf '96 and Strider 2 for the megadrive, which are both equally dreadful. i don't what the premise was including inauthentic bird noises in games, but there you go.
It really does have the feel of a British game, but without the "collect-a-thon" mechanic that a lot of them are known for. There's something about the look of it that gives it away. I might have to check out these other 2 to see if they're contenders for "THE WORST GAME ON THE SEGA GENESIS!"
Another great video. Keep up the great work dude.
Thanks friendo! You keep watching 'em, and I'll keep on makin' em!
Good review; I like it. Good voice, good presentation; and you hit the gameplay points on-par to match. You deserve a WAY bigger presence than the ever-sleeping and boredom inducing pojr.
Subbed.
Thanks so much for the kind words. I'm not familiar with Pojr, but I know building an audience takes time and I've only just resumed making content this year. We'll get it there! Again, thank you for the support.
Fun fact: one of the developers of the original Amiga version is Julian Lefay, who later got known as the creator of a little-known game series called "Elder Scrolls"..
GTFO of here! That's wild, man! I never got into Elder Scrolls, but I know it's super popular and well-reviewed. Clearly, he got all his mistakes out of his system with this title.
Ugh. Back then EA has history of mostly quality games. I bought this blind. And I rarely had $$$ for games. What a bummer...
Ah man, I'm so sorry. It's so strange, because they did have an amazing track record for games and then they drop THIS. I can only imagine the disappointment.
I actually had this way back in the day. I even beat it - and good goddamn luck beating the final boss without stocking up on invincibility potions beforehand. Ah, the "joys" of only owning a few games and playing them even if they were crap.
Speaking of, another candidate for worst Genesis game: Fantasia. It was so bad that Disney yanked it from stores.
(OK, it's more complicated than that. But had it been good, it might have remained on sale.)
Ah yes. I crushed Bayou Billy back in the day for the same reason. I coukd only afford to personally buy one or two games a year. You either 'get good' or you beat SMB for the 43rd time.
MAD respect for that. They should send you some kind of patch for enduring this thing!
I am definitely looking into Fantasia! You don't hear about that one as much as some of these others.
@@RetroNickRelics Probably because it was only sold for a few months, LOL.
Although the funniest thing is: You'd think that an obscure MD/Gen game, based on a legendary Disney property, which was (in part) so bad that it got yanked from shelves, would be an instant must-have collector's item for at least two different groups of geeks. But... nope! It's only $20-$30 secondhand. Even collectors don't want it!
LMAO!
I feel honored to be a part of the mail bag. 😅
Yeah man! You're one of the few and the proud!
I had this game as an impressionable 11 year old. It had blood, so I LOOOOVED it. What a a piece of shit game.
My parents should have put me in therapy when they found me playing this game; not because of the violence, but because I could convince myself something this terrible was awesome.
Man, this post should be next to the phrase, "When life gives you lemons..." You have my respect!
True story, I rented this game from Cinemagic Video in Bartlett, TN. Played it for a while and turned it off. I picked up my Basenji and I guess she had diarrhea because when I did, she yiped and shot shit all over the game and its rental case. A literal shitty game.
This just became my favorite story! I'm so sorry you had to deal with that, but thank you so much for sharing!
Good video, I enjoyed it. I'd maybe slow down on the clips a little.
Big kudos for including a Venture Bros one!
Thanks for the kudos!
This one was tricky because the game is so dull. ESEPCIALLY as far as the audio goes. My first cut had polka music cut over the gameplay, but it was insufferable to watch and listen too. Definitely went full-on morning zoo with the clips this round. Things got a little bit nutty!
I used to be a huge Venture Bros. fan. Still up there as one of my top 10 shows!
@@RetroNickRelics nah man go nuts on the clips :) kinda wish you'd left the polka music in at parts i wanna know that sounded like :)
@@Rag117 Much obliged! Maybe I'll do a special edition polka cut for this one.
Rings of Power is appropriately terrible for this series.
Go on...
I had this game and yes, it sucked real bad. Poor controls and snail paced movement. One of the worst genesis games ever.
Man, I'm hearing this a lot from people. I'm actually surprised so many people had a copy of this!
It's bad but Dark Castle is worse
You better believe that's going to be a competitor!