BARCODE BATTLER REVIEW | Octav1us
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6 жыл бұрынThe mighty Barcode Battler, one of the most overlooked game systems. Rightly so? Wrongly so? Should it get in the sea?
I went really in-depth with this one. If you ever wanted to find out how to play a Barcode Battler, you're gonna know after watching this. I take no responsibility for any mental breakdowns induced by this video.
With special thanks to Guru Larry for providing me with some fantastic cameo voicework / larrybundyjr
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@GreyHulk2156 6 жыл бұрын
"Unexpected Warrior in the bagging area." :D
@Larry 6 жыл бұрын
That Emperor Boss guy sounds awfully familiar :P
@Mythos_Musik 6 жыл бұрын
Larry Bundy Jr Larry! Thanks for giving me a heads up to this channel. She stole my heart with the intro and subbed for life.
@immaguy7905 6 жыл бұрын
'Ello you!
@orderofmagnitude-TPATP 6 жыл бұрын
Larry Bundy Jr - edgy one doing the rounds...
@RobertPayne556 6 жыл бұрын
You were Emperor Boss? MY LIFE IS A LIE! 😂
@frishnit 5 жыл бұрын
I thought I recognised that voice!
@Nomadic88 6 жыл бұрын
All hail Empress Dominatey McPersonincharge👑 ✊
@OdaSwifteye 6 жыл бұрын
I remember when Ashen played this. Oh god, that was almost ten years ago!
@DobbyDoo24 6 жыл бұрын
My parents got me this, and gave my sister a Gameboy. Gutted.
@rexapis2125 6 жыл бұрын
DobbyDoo24 There must have been more to this story, as the Barcode Battler was originally £40 at launch, at the end of May 1994 in the UK, whereas the Gameboy was nearly double the price. The Barcode Battler was then drastically reduced in price shortly after release, e.g. £5. So it sounds like your sister getting the Gameboy was for a main present, e.g. birthday/Christmas, and your parents just picked this up at the time to be able to give you something as well, and if it was for Christmas 1994, then the Barcode Battler would have only cost around £5..
@EnglishLaw 6 жыл бұрын
Or the female sibling was treated better. Happens a lot.
@DobbyDoo24 6 жыл бұрын
I think I made the mistake of asking for it as they went away on holiday and brought it back as gifts for us. This video did bring back fond memories but ultimately it was just a slightly more complicated LCD game. My uncle used to bring me over bag fulls of barcodes he'd been saving up
@slengpengteng 4 жыл бұрын
Same😥
@Nimmo1492 6 жыл бұрын
Emperor Boss sounds suspiciously like Larry Bundy Jr...
@Choralone422 6 жыл бұрын
That's because he is. :)
@teh_supar_hackr 6 жыл бұрын
he is
@kingedwin 6 жыл бұрын
Don't you mean G̶u̶r̶u̶ Emperor Boss Larry?
@ShamanNaoYuki 6 жыл бұрын
Then let's combine what we know: Octav. called her ex Emperor Boss. Octav. calls Larry Bundy Jr. Emperor Boss. Octav's ex is Larry Bundy Jr.!
@SimonCallahan 6 жыл бұрын
Emperor Boss Larry, the winner of the Channel Awesome Wars.
@OverHaze 5 жыл бұрын
The local Quinnsworths had a "try me!" Barcode Battler on display when I was a kid. It was utterly pointless. They didn't provide any cards and there where no instructions. Basically all you code do is push a button, hear it make a noise and flash numbers get confused and then wander off to try the Gameboy.
@WrestlingWithGaming 6 жыл бұрын
I went to school for computer engineering and got lost trying to follow these instructions. Well, I also changed my major to mass comm... so yeah. I would definitely have torn up some cereal boxes as a kid trying to play this. Anyway, great video! I love learning about weird and obscure stuff like this.
@driftercarbon 5 жыл бұрын
I'm glad that video with Guru Larry drew my attention to this channel! Subscribed.
@rynkiyori4835 5 жыл бұрын
Really enjoyed this video and many laugh aloud moments especially the lampshade and the anti-depressants scoring highly. Thanks for making and I will look through some of your other stuff. Happy Christmas.
@heart_of_a_daedra3649 6 жыл бұрын
Another funny & well edited video, Thankyou Octav1us/Sarah!
@solonaravanroth1433 4 жыл бұрын
I was searching for the battler and came across your channel, which rocks. Great work!
@TempusFugit78 6 жыл бұрын
Man, those barcode games. All the fun of using a retail POS register with the graphics and game play of a Tiger Electronic handheld. How could it fail?
@OtterWarlock 6 жыл бұрын
You're such a goofball, and I love it. Very well done video Octav1us, keep it up!
@tellarite3000 6 жыл бұрын
I remember when these came out - although I never had one. Thanks for this awesome video! (And thanks to Guru Larry, too!)
@gfmretro 6 жыл бұрын
You need to have a great deal of patience to play this one that's for sure!! This review has been interesting, funny and awesome in every aspect. Thanks Octav1us!
@Zamboro 6 жыл бұрын
Your hair looks so floofy in this video! :3 **floof**
@vivalafletchweekends2747 6 жыл бұрын
Yay!!! Love the new vid!! You are my favorite youtuber. Take care!!
@michaelspafford9154 6 жыл бұрын
Hilarious video! I loved the jokes about the random things getting scanned for battle purposes, and it was awesome of Guru Larry to make an appearance in voice form. I remember something like this coming out in the states a few years back called Skannerz. From what I recall, it had a Tamagotchi-like graphical display.
@warmachine68 6 жыл бұрын
Had one of these as a kid. Obsessed with it back then. Fantastic video.
@FireballXL55 6 жыл бұрын
My god do you have the patience of a saint, that thing would have been back in the box and down the nearest 2nd hand shop asap. Keep the vids coming.
@captainchaos7775 6 жыл бұрын
I remember having one of these as a kid. Was ok for a while but got bored of it once I'd found awesome Barcodes and could pretty much win all the time. Got sent here by Larry. Glad I did. Good video! Earned a Sub!
@DeadKillerXD 6 жыл бұрын
Wow, once again an amazing video. You can tell there was alot of effort and research put into it. Thank you sm for providing such good content
@Mythos_Musik 6 жыл бұрын
What an awesome intro, great job. Subbed. Larry Bundy sent me. I owe him one now. Thanks Larry.
@rexapis2125 6 жыл бұрын
Congrats on 10K subs, Sarah!
@AdventureGameGeek 6 жыл бұрын
Fantastic video!! Learned everything I ever wanted to know about barcodes, Emperor Boss and the Regista Stone XD
@yandman26 6 жыл бұрын
Cool video , i love you passion and I've always wanted one of these.
@Retro2futuregaming 6 жыл бұрын
I sooooo want one of these now. Doh, another class vid hun.
@polishenglish8356 4 жыл бұрын
Your comedy style is so AMAAAAZING :D
@thecornettmultiverse 5 жыл бұрын
Okay, first, let me get this out of the way...YOUR WHOLE LOOK IS SUPER CUTE IN THIS EPISODE! That shameless compliment out of the way, I always wanted to try something similar to this, but never had the chance to in my youth. I'm honestly surprised nothing's come up like this for smartphones, or if they have I haven't found it yet.
@chavhunterofcalne2443 6 жыл бұрын
Hot damn, the nostalgia in this video! I had one of these and being an Aspie who'd get obsessed with numbers - I actually ended up coming to love it. I remember boring my friends with it for a while. Loved the video, Octy!
@TheNightOcean 6 жыл бұрын
Informative and funny :) Thanks a lot Octav1us !
@robertevans2949 6 жыл бұрын
Yet another great video. Love your style and your humour.
@ian_b 5 жыл бұрын
I was so excited by the advert I had to go and lie down in a dark room for several hours.
@thebalalaikaremains2321 6 жыл бұрын
Memories of working retail when this was released and begging parents to PLEASE not punish their children by purchasing this. Oh nostalgia of wearing a vest, a Citizen Fish t-shirt and giving advice to parents on game purchases. Subbed for the ears... errr nostalgia.
@Grayvorn 2 жыл бұрын
Possibly my favourite Octav1ous video, aces!
@BluffPlumDuff 6 жыл бұрын
Great video, really enjoyed it thanks ☺
@markclements5186 6 жыл бұрын
Jesus, Sarah. I thought I was a super-old, super-nerd but the stuff you're cracking out recently is really obscure. :) That ending.
@spwolftech 2 жыл бұрын
Decided to do a 5 year Anniversary channel marathon so here is my HI to try and make the algorithm be nice. Fun and great no matter how many times i have watched them.
@chilledfish 6 жыл бұрын
This was a great video - one of your best. I love how much thought and creativity goes into your videos. Clearly you spend a lot of time and energy making these. I have a huge amount of respect for that. I was aware of these devices when I was younger but had never actually seen or used one so was always curious as to how they actually functioned as a game. Is there a modern equivalent of this? Most current smartphones/tablets read barcodes with their cameras. Very informative. Keep up the great work!
@Brandyndyndyn 6 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of Monster Rancher and its use of random CDs instead of barcodes. I must have tried over a hundred!
@James-fo8rf 6 жыл бұрын
I remember watch the review on bad influence. A very strange concept. Thanks for a great video!
@5roundsrapid263 6 жыл бұрын
15:43 The look on your face is priceless! I can tell you weren’t faking your shock.
@JenMistress 6 жыл бұрын
So, Larry Bundy Jr did a shout out to this video 2 days ago, but KZfaq didn't show me until tonight. Sadly, community segment I think is still a bit buggy on KZfaq. But I will say, I did love this video. Totally got me to subscribe to you!
@mukmewx 6 жыл бұрын
Nice video as always!
@MoltandMigrate 3 жыл бұрын
I appreciate your candidness and understanding with chronic depression. I feel seen and represented! Maybe nowadays, we'll get a QR code fighter on mobile?
@officialunofficialgaming4526 5 жыл бұрын
How you dont have any more subs is beyond me, keep it up
@diddles2008 6 жыл бұрын
Love the new look!
@KohighMathy 6 жыл бұрын
God, I remember having one of these. to be fair I think it did wonders for my imagination. I also think it had some part in my getting into D&D.
@MrMortull 6 жыл бұрын
You poor, benighted soul... ...my Dad having an early copy of Hero Quest was what started me off in that direction. Your route to the land of ThAC0 and Grapples sounds practically bleak in comparison. o _o
@iwanttocomplain 4 жыл бұрын
I like the way you emphasised the second vowel of "console". It reminded me of when Jen from the IT Crowd pronounced "computer" emphasising the first vowel.
@ckmondaviable 6 жыл бұрын
Guru Larry sent me over! Just Had to subscribe!
@C.I... 6 жыл бұрын
"What did i say about barcode battling during evil scheming?" - Bastard Man (Burnt Face Man S1)
@SLHellGirlFan 6 жыл бұрын
Interesting video 😁 very cool idea with barcode scanner with even real items as well 😊 keep these awesome unusual consoles coming 😎 needed that laugh today
@yueying7838 6 жыл бұрын
larry bundy jr was emperor boss all along. is anyone even surprised
@chinosts 6 жыл бұрын
You're quickly becoming one of my favourite shows to watch..
@Q3ark 5 жыл бұрын
I remember seeing the ads for this when I was a kid, I was fascinated by it, really wanted one! My parents got me a game boy instead, thankfully!
@IanSlothieRolfe 6 жыл бұрын
Crazy hair Octavius! Love it, I remember barcode battler at the time and thought it was a stupid idea lol
@medes5597 5 жыл бұрын
I had a similar device as a kid, called "Skannerz" that was like a Pokemon type RPG with barcodes. You scanned barcodes to find monsters you could either collect or battle, and you could train up the monsters you caught.
@dragonmac1234 6 жыл бұрын
I bought one of these for about £5 when it appeared in the bargain bin of my local gaming shop shortly after it was released, says it all really :D
@frankowalker4662 4 жыл бұрын
It's quite a novel idea. Great vid. Loved the ending. LOL.
@MonkeyBscts 6 жыл бұрын
uh.... Larry? You're evil? Knew it
@Larry 6 жыл бұрын
Well I was a convicted serial killer in Ashen's movie :P
@BigK13372 6 жыл бұрын
Of course he’s evil. He orchestrated the whole Channel Awesome Hunger Games as a means to be the only contributor of the site. The guy’s a mad genius who needs to be stop!
@Dr.Dawson 5 жыл бұрын
great vid, loved the production and effort. the results show your commitment to great entertainment. i heard the nerd too, lol.
@JCBeastie 6 жыл бұрын
Dear god this thing is a gem! All that marketing fluff is magic! But the game, oh dear nooo. Still at least you can gloat to Ashens that you've actually got clear footage of an LCD screen. Impressive.
@hdestotallyunoriginalgamin3555 6 жыл бұрын
My god! That was excellent!
@badaim.4524 6 жыл бұрын
Great video Octav1us! Left a like :D
@kingedwin 6 жыл бұрын
I think this would be way more fun if you called your attacks. "WIZARD CASTS OWN BRAND COLA!"
@RobertPayne556 6 жыл бұрын
Non-spon-spon scanned weaponry FTW!
@UpLateGeek 6 жыл бұрын
That was pretty hilarious! I remember seeing these things when I was a kid back in the '90s and thinking "ohhhhh kaaaayyyyy". Sounded like a total snooze fest, so I'm glad to find out I wasn't wrong. Honestly if someone gave me this for Christmas or a birthday back then, it'd probably get about 15 minutes of play before being relegated to the back of a drawer. And that includes about 10 minutes worth of running around the house cutting out barcodes. Definitely wouldn't come close to my Donkey Kong game and watch. Played that thing until it broke, then took it apart and figured out how to fix it, then played it again until it broke terminally (screen ribbon connector got damaged). Also thanks, now I have your theme music stuck in my head!
@thetruewisegamer 6 жыл бұрын
Larry sent me here and now love this channel
@JohnSmith-iu8cj 5 жыл бұрын
I HAD THIS! Totally forgot about it, thank you so much for bringing back the memories! Also had the Gameboy before that. Obviously not the most fun in the world, but it definitely had something about it that made it special for me, guess you have to like numbers very much for that 😂
@pbarratt73 6 жыл бұрын
One more subscriber and you've hit 10,000 - keep up the great video's Sarah
@portland-182 5 жыл бұрын
Crystalised Time is a tasty snack treat, sort of like those crystalised fruits that you get at Christmas
@ianhill20101 6 жыл бұрын
I once clocked this game, Now everytime I walk into a self service checkout all the tills crash and burn scared for their lasers life that I'll own them like a mechanical pimp.
@technozombie789 5 жыл бұрын
Great video, I read about the Gameboy version in an issue Nintendo Power in the U.S. back in the day and always thought it sounded really cool.
@twt3716 4 жыл бұрын
I always wondered what these things were about. But I was too afraid to ask. Now I walk the streets a richer man. Glorious.
@Yliannyx 6 жыл бұрын
Nostalgia. I had one of these as a kid when I was 6, it was extremely RNG and super challenging to understand, especially at that age. Probably one of the strangest but most quirky hand held of the 90s. (I like strange and quirky). I remember going around the damn house cutting barcodes off everything I could find to attach to one of those custom cards. I never got it to ever “register” any other barcode except the ones included. That’s even if you could get those to scan. The novelty soon wore off though.
@daitenshi9124 4 жыл бұрын
This was actually quite intriguing! One question though - where is the tune that plays at 12:00 or so from? Just curious.
@chootastic 5 жыл бұрын
Just keep doing what you do, you're so cool
@dang9059 6 жыл бұрын
Really enjoyed this one
@twocvbloke 6 жыл бұрын
How on earth did you manage to get through this without smashing it against the wall repeatedly?!?! You're a touch cookie!! :S
@thesheeepjd 6 жыл бұрын
What's a touch cookie?
@twocvbloke 6 жыл бұрын
A touch cookie is a typo I missed, supposed to be tough cookie... :P
@dazr6604 6 жыл бұрын
Yeeah, music from Platoon off the Spectrum +2 by David Whittaker!! That takes be back to when I was like 6 or something lol. Thanks Sarah.
@stephenreed8142 5 жыл бұрын
Argh! I had one of these and seeing the cards totally made me remember! (y)
@synthmagic9502 5 жыл бұрын
I have one and actually quite like it. I might have to source a Famicom and connect it all up to the Bar Code Battler. Great video .
@wanyo 6 жыл бұрын
I always loved the delightfully weird & awesome manuals for stuff like this filled with bizarre & unique artwork. :D Guess the spreadsheet data the actual device gives needs some extra feeling added to it but it makes me wonder what other delightful things they created for other products.
@lestat1uk 6 жыл бұрын
oh man! now I want to see what my anti depressants score.
@matthewgrove-jones3001 3 жыл бұрын
You're a lucky so and so if you got Valium, just don't do it too much!
@tearfulsmiles9901 3 жыл бұрын
If you are on SSRI's, enjoy upgrading to bipolar later on.
@matthewgrove-jones3001 3 жыл бұрын
@@tearfulsmiles9901 I won't and I will not.
@rexapis2125 6 жыл бұрын
New Octav1us vid 😎
@edrosa3485 6 жыл бұрын
Full theme song!!!! I remember something about a shortage of a certain brand of soup in Japan because of this.
@crabman3144 Ай бұрын
I love the idea of this, and think it would do reasonably well with an update if released as a budget item. There was a similar thing in the late 90s and early 2000s, Skannerz, which tried to basically combine the Barcode Battler and Pokemon. But it failed thanks to needing a specific barcode to heal your guys and, if memory serves, only being able to have a single one of each item in your inventory at a time. Plus, your data was saved in volatile RAM, so you could lose everything if you spent too long changing the batteries.
@louistwo6524 6 жыл бұрын
15:41 How the fuck does that not happen miraculously and not on purpose? 16:00 Now that is some extravagant level of self-deprecation right there.
@simonupton-millard 6 жыл бұрын
thanks for entertaining us with your videos, and not giving into the urge to smash it into a million bits like I did with mine as i couldn't figure it out was, I had no manual, regret swapping my teenage turtle figure for it at school, brings back memories please keep up the good work😀
@rexapis2125 6 жыл бұрын
Simon Upton-Millard Did you not ask the person you swapped it with, how it worked..?!
@simonupton-millard 6 жыл бұрын
Rex Apis no not sure he new he probably swapped it for something before me. it was the done thing back at my primary school was only 8 or 9 at the time
@Choralone422 6 жыл бұрын
LMAO! Excellent video. Just what I needed to help lift me out of a bit of a funk. :)
@dcflake5645 6 жыл бұрын
Can't wait to see you on Digitizer. Such a strong personality.
@pokepress 6 жыл бұрын
I suppose you could use a computer and a barcode font to create your own barcodes (there are also online barcode generators). I wonder if someone’s deciphered the code structure.
@catonthehowlingmoonrecords9529 5 жыл бұрын
Very funny and talented lady. I remember these as a child, it actually was a little bit of a craze for a while in the UK and I remember seeing a news report on them even. They were stupidly expensive, if memory serves me well.
@elliesanders5525 6 жыл бұрын
This video was great i had originally stopped by cause of larry but ill be around now
@bitwize 5 жыл бұрын
I seem to remember this. I think in the US you could buy card packs with barcodes for famous characters, like Ryu from Street Fighter, etc. So you could send your favorite characters from your favorite franchises to fight against Emperor Boss. Or a box of Cheerios. You know, whatever.
@scorchx3000 3 жыл бұрын
"You will share my pain." Way ahead of you, I owned a battler in 1993. *Shudders*
@WhatHoSnorkers 4 жыл бұрын
I remember seeing one of these in Chad's Department Store (much more than just a store! You'll like the wa-hey-hey we doooooo things!). Never knew what it was for! Now I know! Thanks Octav1us!
@Petethedeadboy 6 жыл бұрын
Love your videos! Laughed a bunch with you on this one, what a joke of a toy. This thing would have been a paper weight in my childhood.
@mrpsb 6 жыл бұрын
might have done a tiny squee at rat cameo
@thebongmaster 6 жыл бұрын
I also squee'd :0
@bjturner2250 4 жыл бұрын
I would love to see you cover P-O-X. It's a similar concept, except scanning barcodes generated alien body parts which are used to create a creature and battle your friends. I had one back in the day and had a lot of fun running around the store, scanning stuff with my friends.
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