This port gets a lot of flack but StarCraft was responsible for the term APM (actions per minute). It's pretty impressive that this is even playable on a 90s console.
Yeah the PC version was obviously way better but 12 year old me loved it because I could play with my friends. We didn't have internet for a while so instead of lugging the family PC to friends house to play LAN, I could just bring this. Of course the whole split screen dynamic changes a whole lot but I played this game many many nights and had a blast
We had Starcraft on PC but one weekend my brother and dad rented the n64 version because they wanted to play together in split screen. They proceeded to get angry at each other for watching each others screens.
The line at the end where Thab mentioned that for kids growing up who didn't have access to a PC that ports like this were pretty important certainly hit home with my childhood.
I still don’t think he realizes sieged tanks can’t shoot things too close to it :) Also… He said hydras do amazing damage Vs marines! Although, to be fair he said this in vanilla before meds were involved so they are more effective then. Also… He thought he had to upgrade lair to get hydra range lol. No biggie… Sc is a complex game and took me years to learn and I still learn new stuff!
A Zerg rush is more a player vs player thing. Because of their quick build time, the idea is at the start of a match to build a ton of units and send them in at the start of the match while your opponent is still constructing their starting buildings.
I've heard of worker rushes, where a player immediately sends their starting SCVs/probes/drones to your base as soon as the game starts. The idea is to destroy your base before you have enough units to defend yourself. Never had one happen to me though. I feel like it's something that could only be accomplished by the player knowing EXACTLY where your base is, either by playing that particular map enough to know where each start location is, or outright cheating.
I mean it sincerely that I wish you could make videos like this for every video game on every console, I could watch your videos for the next 40 years. I love that you play all of these games like they were meant to be played! You center the game in all of your videos instead of centering yourself like every other youtuber, but you bring your own style and sense of humor into it as you take us through the story of the game through your eyes. If I were a game developer you are exactly who I would want to play my game, and exactly the kind of player I would be making it for. I usually pass on strategy games because I don't find them fun, but I got to thoroughly enjoy this one because of you and the way you presented it. Thank you for this and all of the other videos in this series, I love watching them!
2 hours of pure BANANA, I'm all here for it. StarCraft is one of my favorite games of all time and it's amazing to see how they managed to port this game to the N64 to begin with.
He’s never played the PC version and god bless him. It’s an awful port. The only way it’s playable on N64 is if you’ve never experienced the other. This game is the definition of the PC version(modern 21st century) compared to the N64 version(the Stone Age) and if you lived in week in each, assuming you can survive that long in the stone age, which would you pick?
@@anthonylombardo1261 Is it an awful port? It looks impressive considering how limiting the N64 is for what the game needs. I'd say the decision to actually try and port it to the N64 was the awful part, not the execution of that decision.
@@bojinglebells couldnt disagree more. its an at best ambitious idea to put a large, greatest of all time, RTS on the N64, and the execution failed. the frame rate dude. you ever play it? did you even watch this video past 3 minutes?
@@anthonylombardo1261 He's not saying the port is *good* . He's saying it's *impressive* . The fact that the game could even function on an N64 is an impressive feat of programming, even with all that they had to strip out.
What a nostalgic game. The PC version was my first introduction to the wonders of online gaming. StarCraft will always hold a special place in my heart…
This was the era where blizzard seemed unstoppable. My uncle got me into the first Warcraft and after that I played every blizzard game. StarCraft I put so much time into lol it was a lot of fun.
A very good surprise to see such a long recap! Some chapters would have been nice but I'm glad we're getting such long content when the games require it!
For anyone not already familiar I highly recommend you look into "video speed controller" extension for your browser. I use Brave, but if for some reason it isn't compatible there should always be some sort of similar extension you can download so that you can get through videos at triple speed and beyond. The only limitation is you taking the time to get used to comprehending at incrementally increasing speed. Every hour of video suddenly becomes only 20 minutes or less so you save a ridiculous amount of your precious time. Besides practicing, it depends on the speaker too, but for this video I have gotten up to quadruple speed (28 minutes to watch the whole thing) no problem.
Its a shame the cutscenes have been reduced to text and pictures in the N64 version. The PC cutscene where tassadar sacrifices himself was particularly memorable
I remember playing it at my grandma's house with my brother watching, and we got to the Amerigo cutscene. The cutscene froze just as that one Marine has his head exploded by the Hydralisk. My brother and I got up and stood in front of the screen, hoping our grandma wouldn't come in. That cutscene is exactly the kind of thing Starcraft 2 was missing. I loved Starcraft 2, but they injected a bit too much Warcraft tone and art direction into it.
I kept thinking of this online cards against humanity clone my friends and I used to play. We'd lose our shit everytime someone played the card saying that quote.
Proud to say I clicked without checking the length and was 42 minutes in before I thought, “kind of a long one, eh?” 😂 A solid game, it was well deserved
This is probably one of the best ideas I have seen on UA-cam in a long time. Most people just do play through of a single game, but thab is doing a full walkthrough of every game made for the n64. The first console I ever had as a kid. At random non the less. It keeps me looking out for whenever he posts a new video and love every second of how in depth he goes in some of the games. 10 out of 10 absolutely amazing.
@@Wecandoit23but why would there be irony at all? This is a normal UA-cam series. The use of unironically makes no sense. That's like saying a sandwich is unironically my favorite lunch.
I remember playing Starcraft on PC back in high school. This is one BANANA video I was looking forward to when this series started off and it did not disappoint.
watching you learn starcraft and get excited about all the little things that i haven't even considered after 20k+ hours of brood war in my lifetime made me extremely happy. i'm really glad you got to have this experience. i'd love to see you get into brood war on the pc -- the community is still active!
FYI, Starcraft 1 is the game that popularized the "consecutive campaigns for multiple sides" concept. It allowed different sides to prevail in turns over the course of the plot without forcing the player to lose or using alternate timelines.
Oh snap. This is amazing. Played lots of StarCraft on PC, and my brother and I rented it for N64 one time so we could play against each other. It… went poorly. We barely understood how to play on PC and the controls were just too rough. You’re much better than we were.
@@anthonylombardo1261 it's a shame that _64_ gets so little attention, it was so ambitious for the series. It takes FIVE playthroughs just to see every unique scenario!
@@anthonylombardo1261 it's probably not the BEST one, but it's definitely a wonderful mess. It gets bonus points for _Layzner_ and using the actual plotlines of _Zeta_
this was so worth it to watch I never knew there was a secret level exclusive to the N64 that you can unlock! Thanks for exploring this beautiful port that never got all the love it deserves.
Enjoyed the long format, especially as a long time Starcraft fan. I even had this game on the N64 as a kid before I learned the wonders of PC gaming and you were right, it was very impressive at the time for a console only crowd even with all the lag.
The nostalgia for this game is strong! I can hear “Jim Raynor here” in my head every time you move him. Never knew it was on the n64. I was expecting it to look janky but it looks great. Wish I knew. Would definitely of played this.
One of my favorite games of all time on the PC. I had no idea it was on the N64. Thank you for covering it and taking the time to make it such a long and thorough review. Love this video!
Don't play it on N64. Might be ok to play on emulator, haven't tried to see if they allowed more ram usage but N64 was limited to 8mb ram with expansion pack. It was an awful experience once you got a lot of shit on the map on console :(
Endless weekends with friends on this game as kid was the thrill of knowing it was a Friday night with the boys!!! Mad respect on your outlook and hard work you put into this one. 🎉
Whew, that video was bananas! I've watched a bit of competitive SC2 over the years but had never known any of the story so it was cool to hear the origins of many things referenced in maps or by casters.
Yeah it's a shame console was just abandoned with RTS games for so many years, I always wanted to get in to them but never had a good PC. Eventually I got one that was good enough to play C&C3 and it was a blast. Not that I ever got good at it mind. Just recently played Stellaris on PS5 and it was great, sure a console edition of games like this are always going to be inferior in some ways but...that's basically always the case anyway, so long as it's still a fun game who cares?
@@mrcheesemunch Microsoft seemed to be the only one sticking with it for the most part, between Halo Wars, the AoE remasters and Kane's Wrath most of the console RTS games were limited to the XBox.
I guess some RTS is better than none, but the genre was much better on Playstation. I couldn't play C&C on N64 after I had played it on PSX. Downgrading from PC to PSX didn't feel like that much of a leap though. C&C without FMVs is severely lacking soul, I might add.
Every year the Video Game Sage forums try to collectively beat every (non-Japanese) N64 game, kind of like what you're doing. It resets every year on January 1st. This game is a big part of why we've never completed the challenge. No one has beaten SC64 in 4 years of the challenge. Nice job powering through this marathon of a game. Banana.
Had this on PC, like most normies, but I was always aware of the N64 port. Even at the time I looked at the concept of cramming it into the N64 cart and thought "nah, can't be done." Honestly, looks pretty impressive. Really glad to see you grind through it all and actually get some enjoyment out of both story and skill progression.
Really amazing production. The editing and the pace is really sweet. It did not feel like a 2 hours youtube video, but like chilling with a friend on a couch. Fantastic job !!!
Bought this for my brother in like 2000 from a sears that was slowly clearancing out video gemes. Picked it up when it went from 70$ to 50$. Wasnt our first go with starcraft but he loved being able to play it on console. He still has it, might be worth money
1:31:55 is absolutely WWWW commentary. The inflection of "and I mean all of them" was perfect haha. As much as you've been dreading this game I'd been looking forward to it. Cheers Thab!
Finally finished this long video of Starcraft 64. It's nice to see a more comprehensive breakdown of what starcraft 64 is, rather than the usual videos on it that are like 7 minutes long. I grew up with this version when my family didn't have a very good pc and I didn't know that starcraft 1 existed on the pc, even after Starcraft 2 was announced. It took me like 2012 to realize there was one on the pc and at 2016, I got the game when a friend had it on his usb so he put it on a school computer for everyone at high school to download on their usbs' and also play Starcraft on all the pcs, usually playing 3v3's against each other. With me and my brother only having Starcraft 64 for 2009 up to 2016, it was a good time, especially playing free for all with me against him, against two other computers or teaming up in a 2v2 against two computers. It's also quite cute how you perceive things would work with your first experience with the game. Like thinking that firebats explodes hurt your own units or thinking that all zerg attacks were a zerg rush lmao. Thanks for making this one. I was waiting on you to cover this game with it being a massive childhood game of mine. Me and my little brother loved this game. I still play Starcraft 1 & 2 on the pc to this day while my little brother did play some starcraft 1 and 2 on the pc a bit but moved on to other stuff like mobas and other games.
@ashnodmtg From what I remember, Turok and the sequels take a bit to beat, but what is really a challenge is Super Robot Wars from JP. Around the same length as Starcraft.
This was the first RTS I ever played. I had no idea how popular it would become on PC or how amazing of a campaign it would have. Me and my childhood friend would play it every time he came over to hang out. Sure the graphics and frame rate were awful but we were just used to it at the time.
It took me playing SC on pc after playing it on N64 to realize firebats wrecked zerglings not from dying but from the flamethrower hitting 3 times across it's animation which is what wrecked zerglings/zealots.
This cartridge is the pride and joy of my N64 collection. I am not a completionist, I only want my nostalgic games and this was a hard find in rural Canada.
Thank you for making videos like this, lots of content for me to chill to and eat and enjoy this game a lot used to play multiplayer with my friend on n64 once we found it because we played it alot on pc. Great video
I've been waiting for this video for a long time and it doesn't disappoint. Great job beating this game, Thab. I can't imagine how tough it must've been playing on the N64 controller. I remember being genuinely scared of the Zerg as a kid when I first watched my older brother play it on PC. At the time, I really felt the game did a great job of portraying the Terrans' initial state of confusion over this new, deadly, alien threat. The fog of war held true terror, let me tell you.
I physically winced when Brood War was referred to as a "DLC" In all seriousness though you're a champion for managing this, good luck finishing all the N64 games
The algorithm got you tapped in to the Starcraft community. Think this is gonna be your most viewed video for a long time. Awesome game, I actually played both the 64 version and the pc version. Obviously PC version is better most of the time, but back in those days when LAN was a huge hassle, co-op team melee as toss+terran vs 6 computers on Big Game Hunters on Starcraft 64 was a ton of fun.
I'll never forget how mad I was when I had the strategy guide for this (the N64 version) and it mentioned a "Custom Level Editor". I scoured every inch of this games menus trying to find it, only to later learn that only the PC version had that.
The things you can do in the custom level editors in both SC1 and SC2 are insane! People have made whole high quality original campaigns with new units, mission objectives and mechanics.
WOw, I can't believe that you actually beat the whole game on an N64! This was a fun watch. And good job on your editor, too, for breaking this down so much.
Thank you for these videos. This is a very special game to me, and seeing you play it was a treat. Your hardwork and intelligent yet down to Earth comments have made me a huge fan of yours.
Me thinking I can watch the new Thab video on my lunch hour... Good job on the video! Love the game on PC, never played on N64 and sounds like insanity.
Finally, Ucchan Nanchan no Hono no Challenge: Denryu Ira Ira Bo was chosen! That’s my favorite game! Seriously, I love that even showing the cover I have absolutely no idea what that is.
StarCraft was my first game experience when I was like 6. Its really funny to watch someone with no RTS experience walk themselves through stuff that’s just second nature to me.
I was looking forward to you getting to this one, having played the PC version myself for many years (and still do), its painful. Experts can pick apart what you did but to hell with them, this is a unique experience of a long established game that as far as I'm concerned, no one can do anything wrong. An RTS with that monstrosity of an N64 controller is no easy task, and its impressive anyone could get through that ENTIRE slog.
Starcraft is so interesting. Bit of background, Blizzard was trying to get a licence to produce a Warhammer 40k RTS game from GamesWorkshop and wasn't able to work out a deal. So, instead of scrapping the project entirely, they retooled all the game assets they already had, renamed everything and BOOM, Starcraft was born.
Still odd to think who this game was for back in the day - yes some kids didn’t have access to a PC but by the year 2000 most households in the USA had one or several. StarCraft was also hyper-optimized and could run even on a late model 486 so it could run on most PCs in the late 90s. Definitely a very curious piece of gaming history and kind of impressive it even runs at all. Too bad they didn’t get advice from the wiz kids that managed to fit the entirety of Resident Evil 2 on a N64 cart FMVs and all which might have elevated the game beyond being a mere curiosity…
"Introducing the Shuttle" and a convenient ramp down to the lowground XD As a long time SC player, I am reminded of how this game was NOT in everyone's library. While there were some cringe things, it has been very entertaining seeing how the N64 version differs.(Like Raynor's lines being changed slightly)
The N64 wasn't even designed to be a 2d powerhouse, it was designed to be the "leap forward into 3d". The Saturn/Dreamcast/PS1 could all handle 2d spritework more efficiently than the N64, but interestingly the cartridge is probably what secured its release on the N64 as opposed to the others. On a PC you could install a majority of the game to a hard drive and significantly reduce the load times. Consoles didn't have hard drives so the load times for every sequence of events would have been agonizing. Cutscene load, load from cutscene into gameplay, load of end screen stats, load into next mission preamble, load into next level, repeat. It boggles my mind how some developers are able to cram what they do onto a cartridge. The N64 port of RE2 alone is a masterpiece in video game porting in what they compressed/cut/and even added as new content is amazing. Dave Meltzer 5 Stars to the StarCraft N64 port team.
It's so adorable watching Thab explain basic Starcraft concepts to an audience that has probably been familiar with them since 1998
Some of his audience wasn't even alive in 1998...
Now I feel old lol
I’m 32 and never played or seen a war/starcraft game before. Seems like most “civilization” type games.
@@jarrettbellboywhere were you growing up starcraft is the biggest rts. u probably just sont know shit about games
@@jarrettbellboy Those are two completely different genres though...
They fit a lot of game onto that N64 cart. A valiant port of the best game ever made.
This port gets a lot of flack but StarCraft was responsible for the term APM (actions per minute). It's pretty impressive that this is even playable on a 90s console.
Yeah the PC version was obviously way better but 12 year old me loved it because I could play with my friends. We didn't have internet for a while so instead of lugging the family PC to friends house to play LAN, I could just bring this.
Of course the whole split screen dynamic changes a whole lot but I played this game many many nights and had a blast
It was my first introduction to starcraft. Been in love ever since.
@@Tootbook Same here.
probably the best console port of an RTS imo.
We had Starcraft on PC but one weekend my brother and dad rented the n64 version because they wanted to play together in split screen. They proceeded to get angry at each other for watching each others screens.
Ya the same happened with my brother and I lol
Same my 17 year old brother would beat my 13 year old ass even if I LOST but he thought I was looking at his screen.
We always just versed A bot or 2, to avoid that.
@@cerebraxis607 it is not hard to know who is who within a second.
@patrickaker4380 we would play co-op. Turn on bots, higher difficulty, and verse them.
The line at the end where Thab mentioned that for kids growing up who didn't have access to a PC that ports like this were pretty important certainly hit home with my childhood.
Oh boy as a starcraft veteran this will be a fun one to watch. He thought the firebat death animation did damage 😭
And didn't realize the siege tanks in siege mode did splash damage...
when he said he was doing all 6 campaigns on console, i knew he was in for a rough time
To be fair, that would rule! Reminds me of the flame thrower dudes in The Division who DO explode for AOE damage when their tanks get hit.
@@mintfloss15 I either forgot or never knew that brood war was included in this
I still don’t think he realizes sieged tanks can’t shoot things too close to it :)
Also… He said hydras do amazing damage Vs marines! Although, to be fair he said this in vanilla before meds were involved so they are more effective then.
Also… He thought he had to upgrade lair to get hydra range lol.
No biggie… Sc is a complex game and took me years to learn and I still learn new stuff!
A Zerg rush is more a player vs player thing. Because of their quick build time, the idea is at the start of a match to build a ton of units and send them in at the start of the match while your opponent is still constructing their starting buildings.
I remember when they raised the cost of the spawning pool. Great game!
@@SwollFullReady2Roll still awesome to watch THAB play this too. Reminds me of when I first played the pc version!
I've heard of worker rushes, where a player immediately sends their starting SCVs/probes/drones to your base as soon as the game starts. The idea is to destroy your base before you have enough units to defend yourself.
Never had one happen to me though. I feel like it's something that could only be accomplished by the player knowing EXACTLY where your base is, either by playing that particular map enough to know where each start location is, or outright cheating.
I mean it sincerely that I wish you could make videos like this for every video game on every console, I could watch your videos for the next 40 years. I love that you play all of these games like they were meant to be played! You center the game in all of your videos instead of centering yourself like every other youtuber, but you bring your own style and sense of humor into it as you take us through the story of the game through your eyes. If I were a game developer you are exactly who I would want to play my game, and exactly the kind of player I would be making it for. I usually pass on strategy games because I don't find them fun, but I got to thoroughly enjoy this one because of you and the way you presented it. Thank you for this and all of the other videos in this series, I love watching them!
Its an amazing video series. Also, as a bonus, Thab 100%s the games he loves, which is ALWAYS a treat to watch
I agree w everything you said, esp the ode to game developers and what they work so hard for.
2 hours of pure BANANA, I'm all here for it. StarCraft is one of my favorite games of all time and it's amazing to see how they managed to port this game to the N64 to begin with.
Nice
He’s never played the PC version and god bless him. It’s an awful port. The only way it’s playable on N64 is if you’ve never experienced the other. This game is the definition of the PC version(modern 21st century) compared to the N64 version(the Stone Age) and if you lived in week in each, assuming you can survive that long in the stone age, which would you pick?
@@anthonylombardo1261 Is it an awful port? It looks impressive considering how limiting the N64 is for what the game needs. I'd say the decision to actually try and port it to the N64 was the awful part, not the execution of that decision.
@@bojinglebells couldnt disagree more. its an at best ambitious idea to put a large, greatest of all time, RTS on the N64, and the execution failed. the frame rate dude. you ever play it? did you even watch this video past 3 minutes?
@@anthonylombardo1261 He's not saying the port is *good* . He's saying it's *impressive* . The fact that the game could even function on an N64 is an impressive feat of programming, even with all that they had to strip out.
What a nostalgic game. The PC version was my first introduction to the wonders of online gaming. StarCraft will always hold a special place in my heart…
This was the era where blizzard seemed unstoppable. My uncle got me into the first Warcraft and after that I played every blizzard game. StarCraft I put so much time into lol it was a lot of fun.
That Nostalgia is what makes me watch Artosis stream every day
Mine too. Got it in a schoolastic book order catalogue
Yes! Starcraft was also my first introduction to online gaming
Agreed. SC was my first computer game outside of school games like number munchers and Oregon Trail or Cross Country Canada.
A very good surprise to see such a long recap! Some chapters would have been nice but I'm glad we're getting such long content when the games require it!
Oh yeah chapters would be good here. I just added some
TWO HOUR RECAP?
Oh boy, we've had games shorter than this summary
Did you see the earlier one that was a mashup of a bunch of robot/mech animes? That one was huge too.
In one sitting is wild
@@WickedV3ng3nc3 ?
For anyone not already familiar I highly recommend you look into "video speed controller" extension for your browser. I use Brave, but if for some reason it isn't compatible there should always be some sort of similar extension you can download so that you can get through videos at triple speed and beyond. The only limitation is you taking the time to get used to comprehending at incrementally increasing speed. Every hour of video suddenly becomes only 20 minutes or less so you save a ridiculous amount of your precious time. Besides practicing, it depends on the speaker too, but for this video I have gotten up to quadruple speed (28 minutes to watch the whole thing) no problem.
Its a shame the cutscenes have been reduced to text and pictures in the N64 version. The PC cutscene where tassadar sacrifices himself was particularly memorable
And the demolition team on the Amerigo. I'll always be sad Starcraft Ghost was canceled
I think there is a few actual cutscenes in the game, which was impressive on the N64 because of the storage limit.
I kinda liked the still images with text. Had a sort of eerie quality about them.
@@hattedsandwich2415 RIP _Ghost_
I remember playing it at my grandma's house with my brother watching, and we got to the Amerigo cutscene.
The cutscene froze just as that one Marine has his head exploded by the Hydralisk.
My brother and I got up and stood in front of the screen, hoping our grandma wouldn't come in.
That cutscene is exactly the kind of thing Starcraft 2 was missing.
I loved Starcraft 2, but they injected a bit too much Warcraft tone and art direction into it.
The "You must construct additional pylons" really brought me back in time. Good memories.
Blizzard was THE standard back then... Sad how times change.
I kept thinking of this online cards against humanity clone my friends and I used to play. We'd lose our shit everytime someone played the card saying that quote.
All your base belong to us!
power overwhelming
"SPAWN MORE OVERLORDS !!!!" will forever live in my brain.
Proud to say I clicked without checking the length and was 42 minutes in before I thought, “kind of a long one, eh?” 😂
A solid game, it was well deserved
This is probably one of the best ideas I have seen on UA-cam in a long time. Most people just do play through of a single game, but thab is doing a full walkthrough of every game made for the n64. The first console I ever had as a kid. At random non the less. It keeps me looking out for whenever he posts a new video and love every second of how in depth he goes in some of the games. 10 out of 10 absolutely amazing.
It's every Friday that videos get posted. He is actually streaming the series on Twitch and is about 100 games ahead of the UA-cam videos.
This has unironically become one of my favorite things on UA-cam and the internet as a whole.
why would it be ironic to like it? yeesh..... you people need to go back to primary school....
@@larrote6467look up the definition of unironically 😂 it means the complete opposite of ironic
@@Wecandoit23but why would there be irony at all? This is a normal UA-cam series. The use of unironically makes no sense. That's like saying a sandwich is unironically my favorite lunch.
@@FreshprinceObelairHe’s just saying that he’s not messing around
@@FreshprinceObelair He’s saying he enjoys it 100% without it just being because the guy playing is excruciatingly bad at the game.
Holy, StarCraft the movie
“The movie, the game”
@justinm6392 the movie, the game, the movie
StarCraft The Book
@caseyyawn6405 the book the movie the game the movie
….and in N64.
I remember playing Starcraft on PC back in high school. This is one BANANA video I was looking forward to when this series started off and it did not disappoint.
watching you learn starcraft and get excited about all the little things that i haven't even considered after 20k+ hours of brood war in my lifetime made me extremely happy. i'm really glad you got to have this experience. i'd love to see you get into brood war on the pc -- the community is still active!
FYI, Starcraft 1 is the game that popularized the "consecutive campaigns for multiple sides" concept.
It allowed different sides to prevail in turns over the course of the plot without forcing the player to lose or using alternate timelines.
Oh snap. This is amazing. Played lots of StarCraft on PC, and my brother and I rented it for N64 one time so we could play against each other.
It… went poorly. We barely understood how to play on PC and the controls were just too rough. You’re much better than we were.
Also… Banana.
You’re goddamn right I’m still here.
Wow, 'bananas'! I couldn't watch all of the Robot Wars, but this was quite entertaining. Thanks Thab and editor!
Robot wars is dope if you got a great translation system with the help of the internet. Otherwise its a confusing nightmare of a strategy game.
@@anthonylombardo1261 it's a shame that _64_ gets so little attention, it was so ambitious for the series. It takes FIVE playthroughs just to see every unique scenario!
i agree i think its the best one @@KruelAidMan
@@anthonylombardo1261 it's probably not the BEST one, but it's definitely a wonderful mess. It gets bonus points for _Layzner_ and using the actual plotlines of _Zeta_
My god.
The madman, he gave us the *Thab Cut*
this was so worth it to watch I never knew there was a secret level exclusive to the N64 that you can unlock! Thanks for exploring this beautiful port that never got all the love it deserves.
2 hour "Beating Every N64 Game" series video? Thanks! That'll keep my mind occupied while working for sure!
This is so wholesome watching someone play my favorite game of all time for the first time!
Love this series.
Enjoyed the long format, especially as a long time Starcraft fan. I even had this game on the N64 as a kid before I learned the wonders of PC gaming and you were right, it was very impressive at the time for a console only crowd even with all the lag.
The nostalgia for this game is strong! I can hear “Jim Raynor here” in my head every time you move him. Never knew it was on the n64. I was expecting it to look janky but it looks great. Wish I knew. Would definitely of played this.
One of my favorite games of all time on the PC. I had no idea it was on the N64. Thank you for covering it and taking the time to make it such a long and thorough review. Love this video!
Don't play it on N64. Might be ok to play on emulator, haven't tried to see if they allowed more ram usage but N64 was limited to 8mb ram with expansion pack. It was an awful experience once you got a lot of shit on the map on console :(
Endless weekends with friends on this game as kid was the thrill of knowing it was a Friday night with the boys!!! Mad respect on your outlook and hard work you put into this one. 🎉
A great example for why you try to quickly push through the repetitive sports games 😅
Except for the horse racing game unfortunately.
What crazy value this was on the N64.
7:22 Holy shit dude! You got MAD lucky on that mission!
Whew, that video was bananas! I've watched a bit of competitive SC2 over the years but had never known any of the story so it was cool to hear the origins of many things referenced in maps or by casters.
I didn't even realize this was 2 hours long until i went to pause it and go get ice cream lmao. Thanks for the upload! love the content!
"a big thing that can increase your chance at sucess in this game is called micro" had me dying XD
A really big thing that can increase your chance at success in this game is called macro. :D
@@kamikeserpentail3778StarCraft Classic and Brood War stress micro management more. 2 is when macro started overtaking the micro-style.
This game and C&C were great examples of being able to have an awesome RTS on console.
Yeah it's a shame console was just abandoned with RTS games for so many years, I always wanted to get in to them but never had a good PC. Eventually I got one that was good enough to play C&C3 and it was a blast. Not that I ever got good at it mind.
Just recently played Stellaris on PS5 and it was great, sure a console edition of games like this are always going to be inferior in some ways but...that's basically always the case anyway, so long as it's still a fun game who cares?
@@mrcheesemunch Microsoft seemed to be the only one sticking with it for the most part, between Halo Wars, the AoE remasters and Kane's Wrath most of the console RTS games were limited to the XBox.
@@shigerufan1 Warcraft 2 was on playstation and it wasn't too bad, actually playable despite being typical console RTS lag.
I guess some RTS is better than none, but the genre was much better on Playstation. I couldn't play C&C on N64 after I had played it on PSX.
Downgrading from PC to PSX didn't feel like that much of a leap though.
C&C without FMVs is severely lacking soul, I might add.
@@rippspeck absolutely agree. PC is ideal for RTS
Every year the Video Game Sage forums try to collectively beat every (non-Japanese) N64 game, kind of like what you're doing. It resets every year on January 1st. This game is a big part of why we've never completed the challenge. No one has beaten SC64 in 4 years of the challenge. Nice job powering through this marathon of a game. Banana.
I said last week to myself "this is going to be of movie length" I wasn't wrong lol.
Really fun seeing a first time reaction to a game like starcraft.
This is tremendous, what a commitment to the challenge.
Had this on PC, like most normies, but I was always aware of the N64 port. Even at the time I looked at the concept of cramming it into the N64 cart and thought "nah, can't be done."
Honestly, looks pretty impressive. Really glad to see you grind through it all and actually get some enjoyment out of both story and skill progression.
Only the horsey episode will top this one
Just wait for Shiren the Wanderer
Ichiban
Yes! Was waiting for this one. Can’t wait for Jet Force Gemini.
Love this series.
So much time went into this video and it delivered
Thank you!
Really amazing production. The editing and the pace is really sweet. It did not feel like a 2 hours youtube video, but like chilling with a friend on a couch. Fantastic job !!!
I actually have an authentic og cartridge. I also still havent fully beat it on the n64.
Such a fun game. Sunk many many hrs into it
Bought this for my brother in like 2000 from a sears that was slowly clearancing out video gemes. Picked it up when it went from 70$ to 50$. Wasnt our first go with starcraft but he loved being able to play it on console. He still has it, might be worth money
I love when my favorite Mahjong streamer posts a new video!
1:31:55 is absolutely WWWW commentary. The inflection of "and I mean all of them" was perfect haha. As much as you've been dreading this game I'd been looking forward to it. Cheers Thab!
Holy moly 2 hour Thab N64 challenge video let's go
Wow, felt like '98 all over again! Well done. It was super fun listening to you explain your own take on what was going on. What a nostalgia trip :D
So weird that there's no voice acting in the 64 version. That's one of the best parts of the game!
Holy crap, I loved the super robot wars 64 movie, i'm so excited for this sequel
Finally finished this long video of Starcraft 64. It's nice to see a more comprehensive breakdown of what starcraft 64 is, rather than the usual videos on it that are like 7 minutes long. I grew up with this version when my family didn't have a very good pc and I didn't know that starcraft 1 existed on the pc, even after Starcraft 2 was announced. It took me like 2012 to realize there was one on the pc and at 2016, I got the game when a friend had it on his usb so he put it on a school computer for everyone at high school to download on their usbs' and also play Starcraft on all the pcs, usually playing 3v3's against each other. With me and my brother only having Starcraft 64 for 2009 up to 2016, it was a good time, especially playing free for all with me against him, against two other computers or teaming up in a 2v2 against two computers.
It's also quite cute how you perceive things would work with your first experience with the game. Like thinking that firebats explodes hurt your own units or thinking that all zerg attacks were a zerg rush lmao. Thanks for making this one. I was waiting on you to cover this game with it being a massive childhood game of mine. Me and my little brother loved this game. I still play Starcraft 1 & 2 on the pc to this day while my little brother did play some starcraft 1 and 2 on the pc a bit but moved on to other stuff like mobas and other games.
"... but this could very well be the longest game to beat in this entire challenge." - that sounds almost funny, if you know what's still coming xD
what game(s) are longer? I was under the impression this is the longest, at lest from the US side.
@ashnodmtg From what I remember, Turok and the sequels take a bit to beat, but what is really a challenge is Super Robot Wars from JP. Around the same length as Starcraft.
@ashnodmtg If not mistaken, he is currently stuck on a horse racing games for more than 100 hours.
The one he's currently playing is over 100hrs in
Yeah, the horse game, and still going lol
Spent years playing this and watching Starcraft Esports when I was young. Thanks for the video
This was the first RTS I ever played. I had no idea how popular it would become on PC or how amazing of a campaign it would have. Me and my childhood friend would play it every time he came over to hang out. Sure the graphics and frame rate were awful but we were just used to it at the time.
To be fair when I played it on my PC the frame rate wasn't amazing and the cutscenes where slow because I had a slow disk drive.
What do you mean "it would become" ?? It was released on n64 years after the pc version
@@FYCY You can run the original PC version on a 386 if you try hard enough, but you get like 4 seconds per frame haha.
Never seen your channel before but I'm watching this whole thing bc I love Starcraft :)
Great video! Love the way you explain when you develop a new strategy. Subbed :)
It took me playing SC on pc after playing it on N64 to realize firebats wrecked zerglings not from dying but from the flamethrower hitting 3 times across it's animation which is what wrecked zerglings/zealots.
I never finished this game, so it was great to get a run through of the whole story. (PS: Banana)
This cartridge is the pride and joy of my N64 collection. I am not a completionist, I only want my nostalgic games and this was a hard find in rural Canada.
i think i'd go BANANAs if you ever played starcraft 2's campaigns. that'd be great!
This is a longboi
long long maaaaaannnnnnn
On the spreadsheet this and Super Robot Wars took 70+ hours each, with the next highest being Turok 2 at just under 40
We have an asmon fan in the house
@@shigerufan1he has been playing some horse game for what seems like forever. That is going to be the new longest one.
@@fo-ef8qo love those ads and immediately thought of them after commenting.
"This could very well be the longest game on the list"
"And I took that personally" - Jikkyou G1 Stable
I will never get over how impressive this port is.
Thank you for making videos like this, lots of content for me to chill to and eat and enjoy this game a lot used to play multiplayer with my friend on n64 once we found it because we played it alot on pc. Great video
1:40:48
"What are you gonna do when 36 guardians show up at your doorstep? Nothin! That's what!"
As a zerg main, this spoke to me.
I've been waiting for this video for a long time and it doesn't disappoint. Great job beating this game, Thab. I can't imagine how tough it must've been playing on the N64 controller. I remember being genuinely scared of the Zerg as a kid when I first watched my older brother play it on PC. At the time, I really felt the game did a great job of portraying the Terrans' initial state of confusion over this new, deadly, alien threat. The fog of war held true terror, let me tell you.
21:50 - Baby's first expo. We love to see it. (Genuinely loving seeing this replay of my most played game of all time, 1990 baby here)
The N64 was the first time I played star craft 😂 wild throwback, ty for this!
I physically winced when Brood War was referred to as a "DLC"
In all seriousness though you're a champion for managing this, good luck finishing all the N64 games
I've seen all the other 140 videos waiting for this one OMG its finally happening!!!
thank you for beating all, and I mean ALL of this one! this video is a real treat!
Insulting someone by calling them a rutabaga is based.
All of Jim Raynors insults like that are just censors for the N64 version.
The algorithm got you tapped in to the Starcraft community. Think this is gonna be your most viewed video for a long time.
Awesome game, I actually played both the 64 version and the pc version. Obviously PC version is better most of the time, but back in those days when LAN was a huge hassle, co-op team melee as toss+terran vs 6 computers on Big Game Hunters on Starcraft 64 was a ton of fun.
What a great game. It's always nice to see someone new going through this and enjoying the writing, BANANA, and gameplay.
Thab: “this might be the longest game”
The horse racing game: “hold my rumble pack”
45:36 HE SAID THE THING
I'll never forget how mad I was when I had the strategy guide for this (the N64 version) and it mentioned a "Custom Level Editor". I scoured every inch of this games menus trying to find it, only to later learn that only the PC version had that.
The things you can do in the custom level editors in both SC1 and SC2 are insane! People have made whole high quality original campaigns with new units, mission objectives and mechanics.
Starcraft is so freaking awesome. That said... I can't imagine ever EVER playing it without a mouse.
It was awful. This dude quite possibly could be the only person to ever finish the game on N64
I enjoyed your recap of StarCraft as a newcomer to the series. Fun stuff!
WOw, I can't believe that you actually beat the whole game on an N64! This was a fun watch. And good job on your editor, too, for breaking this down so much.
Thank you for these videos. This is a very special game to me, and seeing you play it was a treat. Your hardwork and intelligent yet down to Earth comments have made me a huge fan of yours.
The fast forward lip licking is what really gets me.
Me thinking I can watch the new Thab video on my lunch hour... Good job on the video! Love the game on PC, never played on N64 and sounds like insanity.
Finally, Ucchan Nanchan no Hono no Challenge: Denryu Ira Ira Bo was chosen! That’s my favorite game!
Seriously, I love that even showing the cover I have absolutely no idea what that is.
I got the Star Craft: Brood War box set for my 12th Xmas, and I still play it to this day.
StarCraft was my first game experience when I was like 6. Its really funny to watch someone with no RTS experience walk themselves through stuff that’s just second nature to me.
Well, aren't you special!
@@rdaws73 yes 🗿
I was looking forward to you getting to this one, having played the PC version myself for many years (and still do), its painful. Experts can pick apart what you did but to hell with them, this is a unique experience of a long established game that as far as I'm concerned, no one can do anything wrong. An RTS with that monstrosity of an N64 controller is no easy task, and its impressive anyone could get through that ENTIRE slog.
This game without the full soundtrack and voice acting is a crime. Not to mention the controls.
Starcraft is so interesting. Bit of background, Blizzard was trying to get a licence to produce a Warhammer 40k RTS game from GamesWorkshop and wasn't able to work out a deal. So, instead of scrapping the project entirely, they retooled all the game assets they already had, renamed everything and BOOM, Starcraft was born.
Starcraft on PC was one the best games ever made. Can't believe this game has been around for 25 years!
Still odd to think who this game was for back in the day - yes some kids didn’t have access to a PC but by the year 2000 most households in the USA had one or several. StarCraft was also hyper-optimized and could run even on a late model 486 so it could run on most PCs in the late 90s.
Definitely a very curious piece of gaming history and kind of impressive it even runs at all. Too bad they didn’t get advice from the wiz kids that managed to fit the entirety of Resident Evil 2 on a N64 cart FMVs and all which might have elevated the game beyond being a mere curiosity…
"Introducing the Shuttle" and a convenient ramp down to the lowground XD
As a long time SC player, I am reminded of how this game was NOT in everyone's library. While there were some cringe things, it has been very entertaining seeing how the N64 version differs.(Like Raynor's lines being changed slightly)
It's pretty BANANAS that they put such a large game on the N64, unfortunately so much is lost without the voices and the cinematics
The N64 wasn't even designed to be a 2d powerhouse, it was designed to be the "leap forward into 3d". The Saturn/Dreamcast/PS1 could all handle 2d spritework more efficiently than the N64, but interestingly the cartridge is probably what secured its release on the N64 as opposed to the others. On a PC you could install a majority of the game to a hard drive and significantly reduce the load times. Consoles didn't have hard drives so the load times for every sequence of events would have been agonizing.
Cutscene load, load from cutscene into gameplay, load of end screen stats, load into next mission preamble, load into next level, repeat. It boggles my mind how some developers are able to cram what they do onto a cartridge. The N64 port of RE2 alone is a masterpiece in video game porting in what they compressed/cut/and even added as new content is amazing. Dave Meltzer 5 Stars to the StarCraft N64 port team.
Great video this game is a classic. I think the slugs look kinda like a banana.
Thab went BANANAs with this 2 hour vid.
One of my favorite n64 game.