Crabby Adventure An Amazing Cover Art a Not-So Amazing Game

Crabby Adventure An Amazing Cover Art a Not-So Amazing Game | Octavius King

Рет қаралды 17,989

5 ай бұрын

There was no way this game could have lived up to the box art.
ZUMA FOOTAGE - WORLD OF LONGPLAYS • PC Longplay [343] Zuma...
PEGGLE LAUNCH TRAILER • Peggle - Official Laun...
CUTLASS IMAGE en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cutlass...
CANNONBALL IMAGE en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Round_s...
CANCER PAGURUS: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancer_...
♥ ♥ ♥ THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT ♥ ♥ ♥
Octavius is a character created, written and played by Louis King.
Find me (Louis) on:
Threads, Twitter and Instagram @octav1usking
I also stream out of character regularly on Twitch / octavius_king
Support me on Patreon: / octav1us
♫♫Intro theme music by Sam Beddoes of Freakzone games ♫♫
Thank you for taking the time to check out my channel!

Пікірлер: 244

@sleepytime999998 5 ай бұрын

Gotta love Octy. It's the game review equivalent of finding a random mushroom in the forest and thinking, "It's gorgeous. Someone has to eat it."

@CJJC 5 ай бұрын

We’ve all had a crabby adventure the day after a disappointing night out.

@joeyparkhill8751 5 ай бұрын

Especially when you get back from the STI clinic!

@blokewithsuperpowers3475 5 ай бұрын

That was my sister on the cover of Phalanx, I'll have you know she spent 4 days in a beauty spar... her fingernails were something to die for, i thought I'd send a message after about 30 seconds, but, why is that crab leaking? What's happening? Fever dreams of the past for the win!

@josephkarl2061 5 ай бұрын

"Like Zuma, but with crabs" That sounds to me like Zuma had a wild night out on the town, and is really regretting it now 🤪

@vinching926 5 ай бұрын

Zuma ate too much pebbles then turned itself into a crab

@mightyfilm 5 ай бұрын

Well, what I was expecting was a terrible bunch of coloring pages and slide puzzles all accompanied by a Dingo Pictures cartoon of some sort. A lost Wabuu adventure where he goes to a seafood restraunt. "Most crabs are SHOOOOO SHTUPEED!"

@greenhowie 5 ай бұрын

Makes me wish Yahtzee still did that "Judging by the Cover" series. Extremely glad someone sent this in, it's a wonderful piece of Art.

@joeyparkhill8751 5 ай бұрын

I see you are a person of culture! Yahtzee is so vulgar & so foul... & HE'S FU*KING AWESOME!!

@JamesShow 5 ай бұрын

That NOT sponsorship alone is worth the like. WAY to KNOW your audience!

@thebongmaster 7 ай бұрын

I would Play the SHIT out of a GTA-With-Crabs Game :0

@Jackalblade9 5 ай бұрын

You and me both. This must become a thing.

@AgentTasmania 5 ай бұрын

Grand Theft Arthropod. Different gangs are the five lineages of 'crabs'

@ZonicMirage 5 ай бұрын

Same.

@ninjacat230 5 ай бұрын

I didn't see any of the other crabs in the boxart until you pointed them out

@the80hdgaming 5 ай бұрын

Crab Champions is the game Octy had the expectations of playing, but got Crabby Adventure instead... 🤣🤣🤣

@UnclePhil73 5 ай бұрын

I will say you have a knack for finding the most obscure of the obscure.

@scramblesthedeathdealer 5 ай бұрын

"They died as they lived, miserably." 🤣🤣🤣

@MathewHaswell 5 ай бұрын

0:48 - That's the Atari 2600 version. Even says so in the corner. At least one run of the Intellivision version *did* use that boxart, but my point stands.

@primokarmasilver 5 ай бұрын

I've got crabs

@Blas4ublasphemy 5 ай бұрын

Well I got VD from a he/she in D.C., but you don't hear me bragging about it....

@BuzzaB77 5 ай бұрын

Peggle is legit. In fact all of popcaps games were great. RIP Popcap, they were eaten and destroyed by EA.

@coyoteartist 5 ай бұрын

Who hasn't been?

@sueagplant 5 ай бұрын

That's odd I remember playing pang in the arcade in salt coats as a kid. I have no recollection of buster brothers

@migueldias8546 5 ай бұрын

2:06 We actually have the story. The publisher of the game knew the game was average (good but average) and it will be hard to make this game stand out. They also knew rental was a big thing at the time so they on purpose went with a WTF cover. The old man on the picture is actually a model for the photographer (mainly Santa Claus pictures). His name was Bertil Valley (if you Google it, you will open the pandora box).

@migueldias8546 5 ай бұрын

"My ad agency had the Kemco account, and our task was to develop packaging and marketing materials for over 40 titles. Kemco would typically buy their games from 3rd party developers in Japan. Some were good, and some were not good. Weaker games needed more help graphically to get them to stand out on the retail shelf. We wanted people to pick up the package, get engaged with the story, and buy the damn game. The package was also used to help Kemco sell the game to retailers, so it had to make the buyers think the game would sell at their stores (i.e. Walmart, etc.). Most of the games back then were in a look-alike category: same genre, same kind of graphics. Nothing to differentiate them from each other. Keith was not a gamer, and, in fact, none of us were in our agency. But Keith was a brilliant idea guy and always was. We knew the game didn’t have a lot to offer, but we wanted to make the package arresting. Keith called this kind of thing the “heavy huh factor.” If we couldn’t do anything else, we’d try and get the potential purchaser to stare at the package and try and figure out what just happened. Today it might be called a WTF moment. So Keith could have done some predictable spaceship shooting bullshit that would have been like every other game out there. Or he could create a story that would make people stop and think about it. And I guess it’s proof that was a good idea because people are still thinking about it. Phalanx was a very average game with an unexpected cover design. It needed a great/weird idea to stand out from the crowd."

@wickedwhispers595 5 ай бұрын

I cant stop smiling from the stupid cat with the phone lmaoooo

@jonothanthrace1530 5 ай бұрын

Now I wish they'd made a reskin of this starring Wabuu.

@DavidFrankland 5 ай бұрын

oh wow, Peggle. now there was a game that kept me up late way too many times. and now I'm off to find it at 1am

@WhatHoSnorkers 7 ай бұрын

We were robbed of a full Crabby RPG. Level up your claws! Your armour! Your walking sidewise! Gah.

@octaviusking 5 ай бұрын

You have no idea how happy I would be to play that.

@primokarmasilver 5 ай бұрын

Crab Fight on steam is great thou

@lilliputmoss 7 ай бұрын

There's an alt timeline where that Donkey Kong is canon and they had the DK Death Metal instead of rap.

@octaviusking 5 ай бұрын

I hate how much I wish that were a thing - Louis

@bofh139 5 ай бұрын

Mario Kart in Carmageddon style with a Death Metal soundtrack. Or can we get this version of Donkey Kong to turn up in the next Mario movie?

@MathewHaswell 5 ай бұрын

@@bofh139 Like Ugly Sonic in the Rescue Rangers movie?

@shocknawe 5 ай бұрын

So we’re finally here, performing for YOOOOOOOOOU. (Death growl) OOOOOORRRRRRRRRRRhhhhhhhHhhhhrrrrrrrRRRRRR

@artofnoise5013 5 ай бұрын

That sponsorship reference was pure gold.

@Pencliff 5 ай бұрын

I want Crab Theft Auto now

@AstraVex 5 ай бұрын

8:55 I always knew you'd be a Black Books fan! 😀❤️👍📚

@Ashley6100 5 ай бұрын

I do know that Pang was released here in the UK under the original name, at least on the Spectrum. The loading was one of those ones where you had to individually load levels from the tape as you went so you spent ages trying to rewind to the right place, so I didn't get far. The music is bloody great, though.

@stevenwhuntva 5 ай бұрын

I have had such a dreadful week, and this video brightened my spirits a bit. THANK YOU

@therealRichardBianco 5 ай бұрын

Richard from Australia here......love your work...keep it up 😊

@TheElcustard 5 ай бұрын

😂 The Raid Shadow Legend sponsor getting shushed off the screen

@sir_ashley_richards_o.b.e 5 ай бұрын

Remember that game 🎮

@NickM... 5 ай бұрын

As an aside, did you know if you get a crab drunk they walk forwards & backwards.

@thelittlehooer 5 ай бұрын

The box art clearly depicts the Arthurian Curry Legend set in the oceans. "Whosoever draws this sword shall be the true King Posideon" The Crabs of the Oval Dining Table seek the Holy Pail, the sword Pecscalibur is then repaired by the Bint of the Beach who pegs it back into the sea after Aquaman breaks it. (I would play that game) I love the boxart of Phalanx, it's very much of the 90s Benetton print advert style with a random library photo. The spaceship in the background looks like it was lifted from movie "The Last Starfighter"

@unicornep1818 5 ай бұрын

Ya, Octavius has a new video, an actual good Tuesday. Luv & Hugs

@JesusKristov 5 ай бұрын

I love Crabby. He doesn't even look like he's ready for an adventure. Poor guy just wants to have a snack and hide under a rock

@Dead-EyeJuncan 5 ай бұрын

Fight Crab is the game this should be. It is a crab fighting game with weapons.

@MathewHaswell 5 ай бұрын

I tried linking to it, but my comment was eaten.

@MrPixiepantz 5 ай бұрын

@@MathewHaswell The first rule of Fight Crab is you do not talk about Fight Crab.

@ed_j_webb 5 ай бұрын

14:07 - Oil Platform Simulator? Now that needs a video of its own.

@firecrest3325 5 ай бұрын

I love your videos, it is something I look forward to, one of the few good female reviewers with a good dark humor based in reality. Taking medication to even get get out of bed and over obsessing on things is a daily for me. Thank you for making it easier.

@RetroAmateur1989 5 ай бұрын

That phoenix games logo is a mark of excellence. You know you're buying quality.

@AfterBurnerTeirusu 5 ай бұрын

You can find photos of the Phalanx guy dressed up as a creepy mall Santa if you google hard enough.

@magicmarcus409 5 ай бұрын

Octy you are a legend!!

@mrdeatheli 5 ай бұрын

Yes! Let's go!!!

@Siege69m 5 ай бұрын

Octy video with added rat. What a treat! ❤❤

@artebirklaus 5 ай бұрын

As you analysed the box-art, I started imagining a swash-buckling, side-scrolling action game in the style of Cool Spot (probably because of that first Cool Spot level on the beach, with crabs). Crabby wielding a sabre, jumping about, slashing, collecting treasure etc. Also very amusing to see that Intellivision Donkey Kong cover art. I would never have thought I'd see Nintendo-approved art like that of any of those characters.

@frankowalker4662 5 ай бұрын

GTA with crabs ? Yes please.

@SuperMegaCoffeeGuru 5 ай бұрын

That Louis bloke seems like a nice fellow, letting you get mail at the same box. But seriously, great video as always, thank you for the laughs and the peak into an otherwise (nearly) forgotten bit of.... fun? Well it was fun to watch anyway!

@AstraVex 5 ай бұрын

For the Phalanx artwork, The advertising company responsible for the box art later admitted that they had deliberately chosen this theme in order to attract the customer with something original, considering there were many space shooters in the market that looked alike. So I guess you were pretty right 😊

@professorpenne9962 5 ай бұрын

in the usa we had a huge flood of sci fi "old guy finds alien spaceship in his back yard" movies, so I guess that's what they were going for. it was that or a ship looking like an adult toy like the other box arts for phalanx 😅

@klarfindel 5 ай бұрын

Would buy the Animal Soccer World but I already have it for both the Playstation and the PS2. Also, my dear Sweetpea says Crabby (or all crabs?) looks like a calzone with legs. I have to live with that image in my head and now you do too. A calzone that scuttles. Lastly, we both agree that your version of the game would be absolutely badass. GTA Crab WHEN?!

@mario-mario822 5 ай бұрын

Totally want that 😺 📱 🎮 on ps1 It's absolutely adorable 😍

@Boogie_the_cat 5 ай бұрын

Phalanx was the top tier cover art for a f***ing shoot em up. It's the best, sorry Crabby I am a crab expert, too, at least until my doctors appointment later this month. 🦆💨

@professorpenne9962 5 ай бұрын

the box of usa phalanx is a modern art masterpiece

@adamdenby1282 5 ай бұрын

That cat going to kick ass and take names

@valware8933 5 ай бұрын

This video honestly gave me flashbacks to early 2010s game reviews, which is really what I need. Great work!

@simonday9013 5 ай бұрын

Sick as the proverbial dog today. This was just what I needed, thank you.

@gcheshire07 5 ай бұрын

Having worked on most Phoenix games I still wake up some nights in cold sweats and a head full of bugs.

@michaelturner2806 5 ай бұрын

Box art reminded me of that sort-of game with the swimming dolphin and selectable music tracks. Imagine the dolphin swimming until it got to that scene and just hovered there for a while. Maybe placed a bet with the crab on the right on the outcome of the middle crab fight.

@crabman3144 5 ай бұрын

24 seconds in, and I see the Phoenix Games logo. This is going to be a rough one. If you want some other crab games to try out, I recommend Crab Champions, Neo Aquarium: The King of Crustaceans, King of Crabs, Fight Crab, and Adventures on the Polluted Islands. None of them are GTA with Crabs, and I hope someone makes that, but we have an OK selection overall. They're all on Steam, have a look if you have time.

@ZombieGamer80 5 ай бұрын

*Cover art was Crabby, actual game was Crappy.* PS: Great vid Octy. We

@UpLateGeek 5 ай бұрын

LOL that GTA with crabs clip was hilarious! And I'm pretty sure your analysis of the box art was exactly the head canon that the artist came up with when they created it. Honestly, I feel like it would've been more work getting the pointer working when they ported the game across, rather than just throwing in a couple of lines of code to make the crab's direction equal to the direction of the analogue stick. That would've easily solved the controller issues you were having.

@inventiveusername5191 5 ай бұрын

Crabby gets great attack but he's slow and only starts with bubble, so he isn't great for an adventure by himself, at least until gen4 when he gets vicegrip at level 5 and can benefit from the physical/special split. Why yes, I have been watching a lot of JRose recently.

@shaniel1877 5 ай бұрын

Had a rough start of the day, then I saw a new Octavius video pop up. Thanks for making me smile!

@justinbollaert2253 5 ай бұрын

Loved seeing your rat! We would love to see new rats and tat. Thanks for the new awesome video, stay warm and happy.

@paulnash9851 5 ай бұрын

Phalanx is a brilliant game tho’... Should be in the collection of any self-respecting Schmup fan. Glad to see your doing well Octavious.

@atkelar 5 ай бұрын

Meow! 🐈📱🎶 Can't go wrong with cats and technology! - yes, I'm biased!

@coyoteartist 5 ай бұрын

Well maybe not so much that meowing ringtone. I once spent an hour searching a building in college because it was believed a stray cat had gotten in and being the cat nut in the class I was told to go look. There was a stray cat who was hanging around the area so it was a fair ask. Turned out though that it was someone's cell phone meowing.

@RetroCabeza 5 ай бұрын

You should play Fight Crab! It's a 3D fighting game with sword-wielding crabs. There's a free demo on Switch. You'll love it.

@blistlelo1700 5 ай бұрын

I remember I saw that cover and thought it looked pretty nice until I saw Phoenix logo and realize it's likely a trap! It's actually their best logo ever.

@techkev140 5 ай бұрын

Rats roundhousing a cardboard box, i wouldn't have any idea what that sounded like. However, mice running the perimeter of a room after a failed parlay i understand.

@jamesburchill7522 5 ай бұрын

Crabby Adventure. Sounds like my last summer. 🤔

@omegaXjammur 5 ай бұрын

This game's cover art vs. the actual gameplay is an extreme tonal whiplash. Would totally play it on mobile.

@DoctorStagger 5 ай бұрын

Octavius is back! 🥰 You are great fun! Hope you are well. Xxx

@fernandoorozco3751 5 ай бұрын

This video made me hungry for Crabby Patties.

@josephbaker4390 5 ай бұрын

My puerile mind immediately saw a fart cloud behind the crab in the foreground.

@yungwellbutrin 5 ай бұрын

This 110% made my day! TY

@strain42 5 ай бұрын

I definitely remember you loving this box art way back when, and it's a great one! If I were a crab, I think I'd be a very good crab.

@shocknawe 5 ай бұрын

That Phoenix shield is ALWAYS attached to quality.

@ThePerradox 5 ай бұрын

Loved this video 😂 Somehow my brain being reminded of the existence of the species called Coconut crab couldn't help but show me a quick flash of a certain Rat dressed in a crab costume. 😅

@ThePerradox 5 ай бұрын

Shapest crab ever :D

@Mike14264 5 ай бұрын

It actually looks kinda funn- OH GOD PHOENIX GAMES!!! BURN IT!!! Caddicarus trained me to spot the phoenix, which is an apt mascot for them - whenever you think it's dead in your mind, another game pops its rear in, and the memory of Phoenix Games rises from the ashes of your forgotten memories yet again.

@chloeirnes 5 ай бұрын

I too would like to play Grand Theft Auto but with Crabs!

@RustBunny 5 ай бұрын

Crab Theft Auto would be a good game, wouldn't it? Well, okay... better than some of the stuff out there.

@TheBiggerburger 5 ай бұрын

Octy is back, cool!

@WolfenSG 5 ай бұрын

That "Crappy Adventure" is almost like Zuma... almost... :) Great video Octavius! ❤

@binkman853 5 ай бұрын

Crabagedon! Loved it. Thanks!

@queennecra 5 ай бұрын

Ok, I'm not too familiar with Octavius and I'm not sure if they have a steam account, but if they do and anyone who has them on their friends list sees this: BUy them Crab Champions! Yes it's an arena shooter and not Grand Theft Crabbo but it's crab based madness nontheless!

@MikkoKuusirati 5 ай бұрын

There's also _Another Crab's Treasure,_ billed as "the crabbiest soulslike" meaning effectively GTA with a hermit crab. It's 100% what I expected based on this cover.

@queennecra 5 ай бұрын

Oh yea I almost forgot about that! It's on my wishlist. I'm jsut waiting for the release. @@MikkoKuusirati

@Cycl0id 5 ай бұрын

Your father the adventuring crab is your father!

@SweetStevieAaron 5 ай бұрын

That’s the 2600 version of Donkey Kong. I had it. I thought the art was awesome. What’s funny is, the art on the instructions are in the more traditional cute style.

@Nosferatu755 5 ай бұрын

Good to see you again, Louie

@wisteela 5 ай бұрын

I approve of all the cuteness in it. I'd love to see a video on Oil Rig Simulator.

@_The_Jim 5 ай бұрын

i found your channel via noltalgia nerds "action 52 " video. I'm loving it so far.

@Boogie_the_cat 5 ай бұрын

Klonoa is the hardest O.G. MF'er in the universe. I also enjoyed seeing Ratty (to continue the previous lazy naming convention, i apologize deeply)

@davedogge2280 5 ай бұрын

Oil platform simulator lol !

@lifeisraph 5 ай бұрын

Yaay! New Octavius video! :) Proceeding to watching it right away!

@tenebrousoul9368 5 ай бұрын

Always a good day when they drop

@lifeisraph 5 ай бұрын

@@tenebrousoul9368 So absolutely true! :) I love her sense of humor :D

@MathewHaswell 5 ай бұрын

@@tenebrousoul9368 *He/They , hence the gender-dysphoria gag partway into the video.

@tenebrousoul9368 5 ай бұрын

@@MathewHaswell oh. Shit. I'm sorry. I missed that. I'll change it

@channelzero2252 5 ай бұрын

I'd not seen those covers before and especially Phalax really did make me laugh loudly!

@johnbillings5260 5 ай бұрын

I think someone saw that cover and made King of Crabs based off of it.

@JugglerOfWords 5 ай бұрын

maybe the real Crabby Adventure with that cover art crab should be a Yakuza spin-off on the ocean floor where you can summon humans like in Final Fantasy to do magic..... or do your taxes...... or maybe it's an RPG that takes place in the sunken city of Utter Bobbins.... I might be having a fever and/or aneurism right now....

@DmitriyK12 2 ай бұрын

Pet in TV for the Sony PS1 has got to be the oddest and most rarest, at least to me, video game title; it must have been a PAL only release because I didn't hear about this title before my 20's, 30's, etc.. or played it by renting it at my local Blockbuster Video (before they sadly closed down).

@vattmann1387 5 ай бұрын

There is always FIGHT CRAB on the PC if needed lass :)

@jamesno.9849 5 ай бұрын

Love the videos hun!

@joeyparkhill8751 5 ай бұрын

Louis I am sorry I have missed commenting on your last couple videos but there's 2 very good reason for this: My wife Nicole & I got married last October & in April 2024 we are welcoming a little girl into this vile world! glad to see you are still doing well, though!