My boy getting those sponsors. Tearing up with pride over here.

Thab calling my favorite hockey player of all time, Hall of Famer, and top 5 all time goal scorer Brett Hull, "Brent Hull" broke my heart. 💔 lol

I just genuinely don't understand why Thab doesn't have more followers at this point. I'm so invested in this series

I played this all the time as a kid because my dad thought that finding a video game on sale for $10 in the Walmart discount bin was fair a Christmas present. I can confirm it’s a 1/10 in enjoyability.

Fun fact: Patrick Marleau, the guy who shoved you with his stick, played his last NHL game in 2021.

I feel robbed that we didn’t get a “…What’s that” this week!

PENALTY! Thab didn't say "What's that?!?!" after the number. 2 minutes in the box.

So the guy on the cover, Jaromir Jagr (pronounced yar-oh-mere yah-grr), is the second leading scorer in NHL history, so you think he would be a slam dunk for the hockey hall of fame, right? Except they have a rule that you have to have been retired from hockey for three years to be eligible, and he is still playing pro hockey in Europe. Jagr is currently 51 years old. Now that’s just cool.

Being a huge hockey fan makes it more fun while watching you trying pronounce all their names haha.

I'm not even a hockey fan, but I remember this Dallas Stars team with Mike Modano and Brett Hull. I think they won the cup that year.

As a lifelong Stars fan I love how he is mentioning all these old school Stars players!!!

The best series on youtube getting ad recognition.. props

It's crazy seeing you start the video controlling Patrick Marleau. That dude only just retired a couple years ago!

After Thab is done, I can't wait for the 'all 394 N64 games speedrun' version of this challenge

Congrats on the sponsor Thab! 😊

For such a calm mild mannered man your content is very entertaining well deserved keep it up!

I make it all the way to the end of these videos just to see if he finally gets to play an N64 game we have heard of

@1:10 there is an option to adjust game play speed, that probably would have helped

Always a fan of the Thab sports game commentary, actually making a sports game fun to watch? Now thats skill

Patrick Marleau, on the Sharks in this game, just retired last year. He finished with the most games played in NHL history.

I love when you do sports games and then just turn into a full-on sports commentator for part of the video.

A video sponsor?!? It's like watching the kid from down the street graduate high school and get a job! I'm so proud of you.

Your sports commentary is genuinely so good it makes these sports game recaps, which I generally have zero interest in, really fun to watch.

hell yeah bro, I'm glad you got a someone to sponsor a video. You deserve way more success bro!

It's like you go from chill player to hyped sport commentator that sounds pretty Legit. I can imagine you commentating gaming tournaments.

I appreciate how much effort you put into sports games. They feel equal to every other game and that’s nice

Congrats on the sponsoring Thab! And for a game that genuinely looks cool at that! Happy for you!

Atlas?!? SPONSOR?!? BRO I AM SO PROUD OF YOU IVE BEEN HERE SINCE DAY 1 WE OUT HERE NOW BOIS

as a hockey fan..... this was pure gold! Just solidified why I love Thab. GGs!

Congratulations on the sponser Beast !!!! love every episode coming out. watched them all ATLEAST once xD

Didn't know there was a n64 version of this game, I've used to score on my own team on the NES version for shits and giggles.

I hadn't yet even realized it was Friday :o These videos are even better as a surprise

For some reason I was looking forward to this one! I'm in my mid-30s now, but I was more of a PlayStation 1 guy at this time, I never really wanted a 64 until later on in life when I started collecting. Now I'm always so intrigued by those Nintendo 64 sports games like Kobe Bryant courtside and All Star baseball and that sort of stuff in general because the only place you can play a lot of that was on the 64. I might be the only person I know who enjoys old polygon sports games, it brings me back like a guilty pleasure.

Glad for the sponsor, and good job picking an on-topic (videogame related) one!

Your commentary that you do for the sports games is REALLY fun and actually pretty damn good!

That broadcasting portion... I wish I could watch hockey like that. Great vid dude!

I'm super happy you landed a sponsor for this. You deserve it for this series. Just don't sell out like CERTAIN other gaming KZfaqrs... WE BELIEVE IN YOU!

Whoever empties the net usually loses. A desperation move that's funny every game I watch

Why is the jumbotron posing "Make Noise" as a question? "Make noise? If you feel like it, but I can't make you do anything."

I'm surprised your sponsor didn't sponsor either of the Snowboard Kids games episodes. It's right there for them.

Hey Beast! Please never change... I'm serious, I love this red t-shirt!

So hyped for your reaction to paperboy. Lmao. I use paperboys face as my laugh emoji. ❤

Congrats on getting a sponsor thab! You deserve this man!

Yo! Glad you got a sponsor for a video on this awesome series.

Nice highlights show thab. Blades of steel on the nes was great, I remember the fighting was well executed and the shoot em up half time show was a weird but welcome addition.

Not sure if you were a big sports guy before gaming but just want to say your commentary is fkking amazing you got the talent and I enjoy watching your sports games completions more for this reason!

The commentary is PHENOMENAL! Absolutely makes the video! 😂😂

Hearing the name pronunciations broke my heart a little… Anyway, never played this one, but absolutely loved the NES Blades of Steel!

Congrats on the Sponsorship!!! Well earned

i've never watched/listened to a sponsored segment with so much enthusiasm. gettum Thab!

I never played this back in the day. But if you told me that Blades of Steel didn't have many fights, that's all I need to know if the sequel was good or not...

Hell yeah. Congrats on the sponsor my dude.

that's gonna be a funny thumbnail next week

That Sponsorship is well deserved!!

My god, you got ATLUS to sponsor you?? Congrats that's huge!

The guy narrates so well that he almost convinces me to play Persona, even though I have no interest whatsoever.

I love how thab is clearly an actual hockey fan.

In hockey, teams that are losing sometimes pull their goalie to replace him with another player that can shoot the puck. The long darts, like the one you shot, happen more often than you think!

P, Marleau retired few years ago. It's funny to see him in this video game.

end of the unsponsored age

Happy you got sponsored!!! Hopefully the first of many!!!

Bro had the chance to play as the mighty ducks.

I did not expect to see Gabriel Landeskog in this video Oh Captain My Captain #GoAvsGo!

I loved Blades of Steel on the NES. Was one of the few games my uncle owned for his NES, and one of the few of those that I decided to get for myself. Seems like the N64 incarnation didn't have as much effort put into it. Too bad.

i don't get how you can force yourself to play boring generic sports game but I really appreciate it

Wild seeing Patrick Marleau in the early clips considering the guy was playing like 20 years later.

I just beat Persona 5 last week. Just in time for PTactics! Another great video!

Awesome to get sponsored by Atlus my first official jprg besides pokemon was persona 3

Just have to say: if you enjoy basketball (as I do), you will probably enjoy hockey. They have run similar plays as they have almost an identical amount of people on the court at the same time: 5v5 players moving the puck i.e. ball around in rotating triangles, the only difference in player number is the goalie but they don't really leave the circle, so it is still essentially a 5v5 in terms of movements they make to score. 5v5 half court *just like basketball,* OR, if it's a transition, a full court fast break *JUST LIKE BASKETBALL* where they may have a 2v1 trying to assist back and fourth to get a shot on the goalie. It is SHOCKINGLY SIMILAR in terms of movement on the ice compared to basketball. Pick and rolls? Huge Screens? Huge. Rotating triangles? Huge. I never played hockey, but I watched a bit at university as the team there was top in the USA. I played lacrosse, and lacrosse is also similar in that it's a 6v6 half field with rotating triangles, picks, screens, etc. Plus, not that this is some sort of "huge evidence," but they even use the same area for TONS of hockey/basketball teams, because it's a nearly identical size...they have ice underneath the basketball floor at a LOT of games, and slide the flooring off to expose the ice for hockey). Hockey is like basketball mixed with a bit of lacrosse and thrown on ice with people flying at insane speeds. It is THE BEST SPECTATOR SPORT IMO TO WATCH IN PERSON, as, even far back in the stands, the energy is insanely palpable. Watching a guy throw an insane check some guys way into the plexiglass? It's just awesome to watch. Also, hockey is THE BEST SPECTATOR SPORT OUT OF THE 4 MAJOR LEAGUES (MLB, NFL, NBA, NHL). There is NOTHING LIKE BEING NEAR THE ICE AS YOU WATCH ENORMOUS GLADIATORS FLY AROUND ON SHARPENED KNIVES AND PLOW INTO EACH OTHER AT INSANE SPEEDS, all while making nearly identical movements to a basketball offense. Defense is similar in that it's almost always also man to man or zone, but a bit different in the fact that the puck is flying around and people can check you, whereas in basketball the ball is always in someone's hands and you cannot plow into them at 40mph. Plus you have weird rules like icing penalties and such to make it slightly different, but the offenses are INCREDIBLY SIMILAR to a shocking degree. Again: I don't follow hockey anymore, I only really watched it at uni. But even since then I have gone to 1 or 2 games for the sole reason that hockey games truly are the most fun sports to watch in person. I love basketball, that's what I usually go see if anything (despite playing lax and not basketball growing up), but hockey is a close second. I don't follow the NFL or the MLB at all. Only league I follow is the NBA, but I do enjoy watching hockey IN PERSON from time to time.

Congrats on the sponsor

there is a lot more sport games on the n64 than i expected

Did having the game play on Medium perhaps have any affect on the puck speed or other time/speed metrics?

Offside in hockey is basically the puck must pass the blue line before the offensive players.

What’s ironic is that the Stars won the Cup that year against the Buffalo Sabres.

ThaB never misses an opportunity to practice his play-by-play skills

The way thab butchered all the players names :chefkiss: Wouldn't have it any other way.

Finally getting some of that ad money. Congrats Thab

Man what a throwback with all those names hahaha

Oh god... The next game is infamous...

Ahh yes, my friday morning Wholesome Content quota was fulfilled by your genuine stoke on scoring that empty net goal

2:30 game play speed was the first choice in the menu. It was set at medium.

Today is my birthday and your video is one of my top gift ❤ thank you

Man he skipped NordVPN and went straight to being sponsored by Atlus.

"Holy heck man, is that thing that big in real life" - Your Mom - Michael Scott 8:15

0:15 It's funny to see something so fleeting as a sponsorship plug in someting so timeless as a video on an equally timeless topic. Since this video will remain here on KZfaq for years and years to come, long after the sponsor becomes irrelevant.

Looking forward to paperboy!

congrats on getting that bag

The name pronunciations were brutal 😂😂

love this series

Brett Hull’s skate was in the crease

My older brother used to play tons of the NES Blades of Steel as kids, i can still hear the digitized voices in my head. The 90s version of lets play videos, you had to actually be there! Lol

MUH BOI GETTING SPONSERED. SHOUTS OUT DAWG U CAME A LONG WAY

Getting sponsored, let's go!

That guitar hero clip will never NOT be funny

So excited for paperboy, let's go!

Can you tell Atlus for us that we REALLY REALLY want a new or remade Snowboard Kids TT___TT

jagr with the jofa bucket. Classic

I'm now recording myself beating every game I own, or atleast most of my games, so far I've done beat 17 in 5 days, but that will slow down soon, especially once I get more into the longer games.

Love this journey even the sports games

7:12 his foot was in the crease