Dark Castle (Sega Genesis) - Angry Video Game Nerd (AVGN)

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Today the Angry Video Game Nerd reviews Dark Castle for the Sega Genesis. This game was released in 1991 by Electronic Arts and swiftly panned by critics and gamers alike. It stars a Peter Pan-like character that appears in the entrance of a castle without any prior explanation or storyline. There are multiple doors to enter, but they're each as much of a mystery as the first. Upon entering a door, the game switches abruptly to a side-scroller which features even worse graphics than the introduction. In addition to the horrid graphics, the game plays a repetitive loop of ominous piano music which can only be deactivated with careful timing at the dawn of the game. These issues are considered petty when compared to the gameplay and controls that turn out to be a complete mess. The Nerd struggles with awkward button combinations and unresponsiveness to complete the simplest of tasks like ducking and throwing items. Watch as the Nerd plays, in his opinion, the worst Sega Genesis game he ever has.
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@jazzygryphon 4 жыл бұрын

The character must be an ancestor of Lester the Unlikely.

@rabbaniawan8999 4 жыл бұрын

Lol🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@eugencorcodel7026 4 жыл бұрын

Prince Duncan and Lester Duncan

@CRC-1904 4 жыл бұрын

He looks like Shaggy from Scooby Doo

@michaelauberry1564 4 жыл бұрын

That absolutely explains everything

@arriagabryant 4 жыл бұрын

Fuuuuuuuck......🤣🤣🤣

@redshift4416 5 жыл бұрын

"You have more control over the weather than this character." is probably the greatest nerd joke.

@Panzer_Runner 4 жыл бұрын

Nice name and pfp

@ahabduennschitz7670 4 жыл бұрын

@@Panzer_Runner Halts Maul, Kevin

@thegreatandmightyseff7214 3 жыл бұрын

“majora’s mask? more like major ass!”

@beeeennnnnnn 3 жыл бұрын

"You'd have better luck playing Silver Surfer... WITH THE POWER GLOVE"

@SkywalkerSam64 2 жыл бұрын

@@ahabduennschitz7670 Haha, agree!! 👍🏻

@IntensePeppers 5 жыл бұрын

The sustained note when you turn off the music is a hilarious unexcusable mess

@Brainulator9 4 жыл бұрын

It sounds like taking a turd in audio form.

@nicollestallkamp3655 4 жыл бұрын

It sounds like a high pitched foghorn on steroids.

@ProvingBeatle16 4 жыл бұрын

It literally sounds like a hockey goal horn!

@derflerp538 3 жыл бұрын

The soundchip needs to be told both when to start, and when to stop a note. The game developers straight-up forgot to add a note stop when pressing pause.

@cheddarcheese9311 3 жыл бұрын

It sounds like a cruise ship horn

@SuperSilverSerpent Жыл бұрын

So I did some research and discovered that this was actually a port of a game for Macintosh. Apparently in the original Mac version not only did the main character not get dizzy as easily and as often, but throwing the rock was done with the mouse, which explains why it’s so clunky on console.

@coreylineberry8557 Жыл бұрын

It's actually a Mac classic.

@MrSlendyMannn 11 ай бұрын

That explains a lot. I’ve never owned a Mac myself so I never really heard about it.

@jsun7972 8 жыл бұрын

This episode never gets old. That "Nananananananan" in the background while he's getting increasingly pissed just make this so hilarious!

@TenshinhanIsKing 8 жыл бұрын

It's like the game was trolling him

@Shmandalf 8 жыл бұрын

+TooMany Gamez I love the ending.

@JPSG3 8 жыл бұрын

+TooMany Gamez Just found my new ringtone. lol

@antoniofagarto2033 8 жыл бұрын

+TooMany Gamez YES MAN! That NANANANANANA... GOD DAMN! Who programed this thing like that?

@blacklabel130 7 жыл бұрын

the most devilish dev ever

@TheHero136 8 жыл бұрын

"You have better luck playing Silver Surfer on the power glove!" This is one of the most brutal comparisons he has ever declared in an AVGN episode.

@slimp6532 8 жыл бұрын

Holy shit.

@TheBeggies95 7 жыл бұрын

Nice profile pic ! Melee 4 ever

@barrettreynolds1530 7 жыл бұрын

How about sonic 06 with the power glove

@Ben_the_Rosafan 7 жыл бұрын

GTA V with an Atari 2600 joystick.

@barrettreynolds1530 7 жыл бұрын

I have sonic 06 and its god awful

@__-zm5wr 5 жыл бұрын

"Even that vulture looks f*cking depressed".

@pepijn23 5 жыл бұрын

0:55 guitar guy is dead again, Please hit ABBA.

@101Volts 4 жыл бұрын

At least he's not stuck in the couch this time (that I can see, anyway.)

@TheDeldiz 4 жыл бұрын

So how can I ever refuse? I feel like I win when I loooooooose. Waterloo! I was defeated, you won the war! Waterloo! Promise to love you forevermore!

@sombrastudios5765 4 жыл бұрын

*A-B-B-A*

@QShaque 3 жыл бұрын

and he'll return to the tune of Gimmie Gimmie

@majorfanboy2005 3 жыл бұрын

You can dance, you can try having the time of your life. Oh, see that girl walking straight digging in the dancing queen.

@VedTraed 7 жыл бұрын

The "DARK CASTLE ON CD-I" part is probably one of AVGNs greatest moments, up there with when he punches Bugs Bunny out of nowhere, or the search for "ass" in the King James Bible on Gameboy.

@JibzCastor 5 жыл бұрын

What ep is the King James Bible?

@darkhearsttoys5224 5 жыл бұрын

I agree. The last bit was classic, too.

@passtheapplejuice2619 Жыл бұрын

@@JibzCastor bible games 3

@mattlockhart2282 Жыл бұрын

I rewatched about 6 times , laughing .

@Tiedtoatreee 4 ай бұрын

This review is one of my faves it’s up there with crazy bus and Alf sooooo funny

@DiGiTyDarKMaN 7 жыл бұрын

I've lost count of how many times I've watched this episode. AVGN never gets old but there is something extra special about this one for some reason.

@riddleiddle 6 жыл бұрын

It is the funniest outta all of ‘em XD

@t5805 6 жыл бұрын

I think he was sincerely pissed off lol like really? Fuck this game

@brunop.8745 6 жыл бұрын

I think its the "Dark Castle, ON C. D. *IIIII!* " part. Never gets old.

@MrLordpistoia 6 жыл бұрын

That's because this game is extra shitty

@LucidTeFlon180 6 жыл бұрын

Coz the game was trollin' him lol. "nananana"

@kywii6678 5 жыл бұрын

The Quest of Shaggy for Burger King : The Game

@7.2percentalcohol45 4 жыл бұрын

FuNny

@illegalprime3626 4 жыл бұрын

SHIT, I lost The Game

@viscountrainbows6452 4 жыл бұрын

Harold And Kumar Go To Dark Castle

@SuperBartman2000 4 жыл бұрын

& Knuckles

@BroomPusher2024 4 жыл бұрын

Watch him SWOOCE right in!

@TheRaiko777 4 жыл бұрын

The hellish roar when pulling out the CDi Dark Castle is some classic Nerd rage. Great episode.

@ryanwebb309 11 ай бұрын

I've got... Dark Castle... on C... D... *IIIIIIIII!!!!!!!!!* 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥😡😡😡😡😡😡😡🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

@WadeWilsonKPop 9 жыл бұрын

UGH NYANYANYANYNYA Every. Fucking. Time.

@AfonsoEGM 9 жыл бұрын

Wade Wilson Geez, I've never played this game and already hate those fuckin' things that keep doing this fuckin' noise.

@Vojingamer 8 жыл бұрын

My new message sound,oh,and my ringtone will be Hong Kong 97 XD

@MrSquadallah 8 жыл бұрын

+Wade Wilson You know it Deadpool.

@MrSquadallah 8 жыл бұрын

+Wade Wilson You know it Deadpool.

@ariellara2585 8 жыл бұрын

+Vojin gamer you fucking ugly red.

@blobskin 6 жыл бұрын

"You can't even jump without getting dizzy." Sounds like a medical condition.

@Simon0 4 жыл бұрын

Dizzyitosis.

@fivefoxesinatrenchcoat1744 4 жыл бұрын

blobskin *Anemia intensifies*

@kalvinkellogg1982 3 жыл бұрын

@White Lives Matter sounds like a fun game mechanic

@jdajoker 3 жыл бұрын

It's almost like the Surf Ninjas episode where he gets hurt when he jumps.

@jesusvergel9288 3 жыл бұрын

Orthostatic Hypotension

@comradecthulhu6052 4 жыл бұрын

Saddam: “Gamers rise up”.

@ionman1761 4 жыл бұрын

Greetings comrade

@njackson6807 4 жыл бұрын

GamersRiseUp machine broke, we Gangweed now

@goose4919 3 жыл бұрын

@CorathTheHung Wat. Oh wow, people who want to semi-reform capiatlism are the same as two types of ideology, one that aims to get rid of states, classes and money, and the other where the state owns everything. Ooh, I hope it isn't socialism, which has social ownership which can mean anything from government ownership and central planning, to direct workers control through councils or syndicates and decentral planning, to an economy made up of direct democratic worker cooperatives, organised ina interconnected system of councils in a market economy.

@crashpal 3 жыл бұрын

Saddam was a badass

@batcat2338 3 жыл бұрын

@Newtination 4 жыл бұрын

"It's a curse to the soul, and it must suffer the tortures of the damned!" *whips* maybe the best scene in AVGN, shits hilarious. Love this episode!

@SamuelBlack84 2 жыл бұрын

I won't ask where he got a whip from

@asmcint 8 жыл бұрын

Of course Saddam was a hardcore gamer. He didn't want those PS2s to launch missiles, he just wanted a taste of the new console generation.

@PotatoMcFry 7 жыл бұрын

This has got to be one of the best AVGN videos. The editing, writing, pacing...everything is perfect. I always come back to this episode.

@Facelessman254 4 жыл бұрын

PotatoMcFry This and the terminator ones I love the most

@mmd3585 4 жыл бұрын

This is AVGN gold standard. I also love the Tiger Electronics one, the Action 52, and the most recent of the bunch, The Town with no Name (or Town with no Name). No overacting and the writing seems perfect.

@thevisi0naryy 4 жыл бұрын

I was just gonna say this. This is quintessential avgn.

@GenyaArikado 4 жыл бұрын

Me too...This and Action 52 are my favorites. Ninja Gaiden is up there too...

@Mant111 3 жыл бұрын

The ending is perfect too, simple yet perfect

@ElliottBelser 5 жыл бұрын

This is actually a shitty PORT of a pretty good PC game. The rock throwing controls were never designed for anything other than a mouse.

@marcinkapinski9537 5 жыл бұрын

Weren't Mac version the original one?

@AnSturbin 5 жыл бұрын

Pretty good you say?

@crowbarviking3890 5 жыл бұрын

I had it on Commodore64

@KitsuneYojimbo 5 жыл бұрын

Just tell me the guy you play as isn't a complete klutz who gets dizzy at his own whims.

@fullmetaljacket7 4 жыл бұрын

Tucker Johnson it's just as bad.

@beer2041 5 жыл бұрын

"Isn't that the fuckest thing you've ever heard?" Yes it is Nerd. Yes it is.

@lessel3465 4 жыл бұрын

What a legend

@midnalazuli793 6 жыл бұрын

You're actually not too far off about the whole "Saddam Hussein was a Hardcore Gamer" thing. In the early 2000s, he had reportedly ordered over 4,000 PS2 Consoles to be shipped to Iraq.

@backwash69777 5 жыл бұрын

yes, he ordered over 4,000 ps2...for an entirely different reason

@bartpullitzer3028 5 жыл бұрын

matt johnson : I know PS3s were used in server farms but did the PS2 also have value beyond playing PS2 games and DVDs?

@danielhamby9448 5 жыл бұрын

Bart Pullitzer I can’t remember the details but it had something to do with launching missiles or something

@sonicdv3953 5 жыл бұрын

@@danielhamby9448 I always thought that was Sony doing some false advertising to try to make people think the system was super powerful. Remember "Toy Story graphics"? No way a ps2 is powerful enough for nuke testing stuff

@chrisbellville6957 4 жыл бұрын

Supposedly it was to repurpose the processors to use for guiding missiles

@saddamhussein3849 9 жыл бұрын

I absolutely loved this game!!!

@ObsoleteSonicRules 9 жыл бұрын

Saddam Hussein let me guess,because it has your name on it

@SpeedyEric1 9 жыл бұрын

ObsoleteSonicRules Then he must also love the Hot Shots movies, because he's in them.

@saddamhussein3849 9 жыл бұрын

SpeedyEric1 Of course.

@GiordanDiodato 9 жыл бұрын

Saddam Hussein 69 likes

@getsu0 9 жыл бұрын

You are hard-core Saddam.

@Ryouski 3 жыл бұрын

9:45 One of my favorite moments every in AVGN history.

@kenshin6553 2 жыл бұрын

Diarrhoea dial never fails

@isaacmontecillo7948 Жыл бұрын

@@kenshin6553 At 9:53 THIS JUMPSCARES ME.

@ProtoMario 3 жыл бұрын

I really do not understand the Sadam joke, even as an inside joke, what were they thinking?

@ps3master72 3 жыл бұрын

Nice, Proto's rewatching the AVGN series!

@danielbergonzi7319 3 жыл бұрын

Maybe there was an Iraqi programmer.

@michaelsoltesz3779 3 жыл бұрын

Topical humor? Gulf war? Programmers are not the best joke writers.

@toms.6283 3 жыл бұрын

Well Osama Bin Laden was an avid gamer so who knows what Saddam was up to

@notcafe1257 3 жыл бұрын

But Proto Saddam was a gamer

@MNanme1z4xs 9 жыл бұрын

This game makes Lester feels like He man.

@DANTVSVERGIL 9 жыл бұрын

Whoa let's not get too crazy now

@chippy89ify 9 жыл бұрын

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLXD

@silenceenigma587 9 жыл бұрын

Or Hercules.

@MNanme1z4xs 7 жыл бұрын

You think dark soul was hard? Try dark castle to have a new revelation on perspective.

@101Volts 5 жыл бұрын

Lester's a lot manlier by the end, AVGN didn't go that far.

@DragonX64567 8 жыл бұрын

Love the sound effects "Nyahnyahnyahnyah"

@Ben_Dover753 7 жыл бұрын

Sarcasm I gather?

@DragonX64567 7 жыл бұрын

Kostantinos Kanelopoulos no, I actually laugh evefytime I hear it

@Ben_Dover753 7 жыл бұрын

+Natalie Ovsak Lol k

@christiannugraha1011 7 жыл бұрын

It's like those egg thief in Spyro.

@DragonX64567 7 жыл бұрын

Christian Nugraha me too, nah nah nah nah hehehe

@muxx2810 5 жыл бұрын

Lmao I love the sound effect of the guy missing the rope. "Uhh..whoa!"

@rilluma 4 жыл бұрын

nänänänänänänä

@Zenas521 4 жыл бұрын

I played that game a lot... on the Macintosh. You really need a Mouse & Keyboard. I don't think they ever made a console friendly version of the game.

@uranium54321 4 жыл бұрын

With a mouse, rotating the arm around to throw rocks actually would make more sense

@dominickjustave3558 2 жыл бұрын

100

@Mikman360 10 жыл бұрын

I still can't get over how hilarious clumsy they make the main characters. It's like the game is TRYING to troll you by giving you the least graceful character in video game history.

@justinjacobsen7502 10 жыл бұрын

This had some of the funniest commentary out of any AVGN. @6:54- "Your character...is a total buffoon." ... "You'd think his fuckin' shoe laces are tied together." @11:10- "The stairs? Good lord, I just keep slipping all over the place!"

@gengarzilla1685 4 жыл бұрын

Lester the Unlikely could beat the shit out of that guy.

@solarflare9078 Жыл бұрын

@@gengarzilla1685 At the end of the game, Lester probably could

@Eye_Of_Odin978 9 ай бұрын

@@solarflare9078 I'm not even sure that Shaggy-at-home over there could even take Lester from the BEGINNING of Lester the Unlikely tbh I give it to Lester, 60-40

@NightsNova 7 жыл бұрын

I love over 20 years passed and he is still mad about that 'Ninten-dont' ad xD

@pauldavis5665 5 жыл бұрын

Shows how effective it was. ;-)

@Usario321 4 жыл бұрын

Paul Davis gotta give credit to Sega’s marketing department ( at least at the beginning) but sega genesis and master system sucks

@setsers1 4 жыл бұрын

@Dann Rajeeh fuck off, that's cruel XD

@T3KNUG3T5 4 жыл бұрын

Your pfp (nightsnova) gives me nostalgia

@FerrowTheFox 5 жыл бұрын

"It's the most heinously anus thing ever conceived by humankind, it's a curse to the soul and it must suffer the tortures of the damned!!" is one of the funniest and most memorable AVGN quotes ever. I've lost count of how many times I've watched this episode xD

@thebitgamer2425 5 жыл бұрын

“Ooo, scary. Look at those 16 bit graphics. Even that vulture looks depressed.”

@MrStephenRGilman 10 жыл бұрын

It was originally a game for the old black & white Macintosh computer. That explains the weird graphics and the messed-up controls, because the original game used the mouse to aim and shoot.

@gallium711 8 жыл бұрын

Dark Castle on C...D...I!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL

8 жыл бұрын

+Ben Zarrella Notice that jame's voice was on the left speaker

@rebeccaperkins2605 8 жыл бұрын

+Ben Zarrella my fave part xD

@NorthKoreaUncovered 8 жыл бұрын

+Ben Zarrella That fucking kills me every time hahahahaah

@connerjohnston4439 8 жыл бұрын

That was super funny 😂

8 жыл бұрын

***** Primary channel, i have other secondary channels wich i do the english videos

@haVocHWC3 5 жыл бұрын

This is one of my favorite episodes of yours. At certain points you can feel how frustrated you are. "WHY CAN'T I DO ANYTHING?!" I love it.

@FizzleFX 3 жыл бұрын

9:48 Doom: I'm though! Dark Souls: I'm cruel! Dark Castle: Hah... amateurs!

@matijatgaming 7 жыл бұрын

lester the unlikely can beat the shit.out of this guy

@BirdRaiserE 6 жыл бұрын

Matija T Gaming I dont know man. Dark Castle Guy has an omni directional rock throw

@matijatgaming 5 жыл бұрын

Holy shet i never got so much likes

@stevenstice6683 5 жыл бұрын

At least Lester runs like a normal person and later gets a boomerang and a cutlass towards the end. Oh yeah, if you want to jump down without taking damage, you have to crouch before landing. That's right, you have to do a superhero landing to avoid hurting yourself.

@cameronnorton5898 8 жыл бұрын

The CDI version may be the funniest game he's played.

@dextervortexsungte5348 Жыл бұрын

he's played?

@ukhistorian 5 жыл бұрын

"What's Saddam doing here?" Well where was he gonna go, Detroit?

@briansmith8361 4 жыл бұрын

South Park reference! Nice!

@crashpal 3 жыл бұрын

The castle traps were all Saddam's master plan lol

@genevalong8383 3 жыл бұрын

South park lol

@genevalong8383 3 жыл бұрын

You saw the one where the devil trying to out do puff daddy for his hollween party lol

@TheGary108 3 жыл бұрын

“Take him to Detroit!”

@BTheBlindRef 5 жыл бұрын

Played the hell out of this game on the family Mac when I was a kid, and loved it. It had quirks in its movement mechanics, but I got pretty good at it. Don't know how it plays on a console given how it's designed for the mouse to control where you aim, but I liked it on the computer. The console port seems to be pretty broken by comparison.

@reviewsfromthenorth7929 7 жыл бұрын

This has got to be one of Nerd's absolute best reviews. I watch it almost every month and laugh my ass off every time. One of the greatest reviews ever.

@TheDonaldduck911 9 жыл бұрын

the ending was fucking awesome

@natekidren 9 жыл бұрын

Gerardo Montalvo love the profile pic!

@TheDonaldduck911 9 жыл бұрын

thanks, fellow michael fan

@HellsJerome87 8 жыл бұрын

+Gerardo Montalvo It was the fuckest thing I've even seen!

@coreywilliams4299 8 жыл бұрын

It's a curse to the soul and it must suffer the tortures of the Damned!

@thebitgamer2425 4 жыл бұрын

“I got Dark Castle on C...D... *IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII* ”

@rjcorreia3788 2 жыл бұрын

He turned into hades that moment lol

@adriananimates7448 2 жыл бұрын

9:35 Dark Souls, Bloodborne & Elden Ring in a nutshell

@TibbyII 7 жыл бұрын

Pressing up to duck is pretty fucked up

@HoursFreeAOLsp 6 жыл бұрын

Tibby II literally was reading this as he said it

@VoidedMirror 10 жыл бұрын

This character makes Lester the Unlikely look badass.

@alexanderpape7024 10 жыл бұрын

It makes the tiger games look fluent with control

@RealRuler2112 5 жыл бұрын

This is one of my favorite episodes. Also, I took that sound clip of the thing going 'nehnehnehnehneh' at 8:17 and put it on my phone as a new text notification - you should see people's reactions! =)

@holysparkbatman 4 жыл бұрын

10:26 I have never laughed so hard in my entire god damned life than when that little thing said nya nya nya after being dizzy twice.

@Phrv199217 7 жыл бұрын

1:11 Look closely at the cartridge. It says "Electronic Arts" on it. Do I need to say more?

@Rockstopmotion 4 жыл бұрын

Road rash was pretty good though on genesis

@evanarmont 4 жыл бұрын

you have to buy the dlc to make the game work properly

@katsumikougen8351 4 жыл бұрын

More like Electronic Farts. - AVGN 2019

@SvendleBerries 6 жыл бұрын

"Heinously anus" lol Im getting that put on my tombstone.

@renato7184 3 жыл бұрын

The nerd conceived the best cursing in the history of mankind.

@gymbro8620 4 жыл бұрын

"Who ever came up with this is nuttier than squirrel poop" LMFAO!

@nicholasj.bonniecrawfordab2346 3 жыл бұрын

And nuttier than that sugar addict from HTF, Nutty.

@wo3701 3 жыл бұрын

2:34 What makes his reaction so funny is the lighting. That expression is lit perfectly.

@carmineg 3 жыл бұрын

I just realized there is a skeleton of the guy who plays the theme in the background.

@ThePartyPrimate 8 жыл бұрын

Oh, so Saddam is now a graffiti artist who wants to go to Burger King. Okay...

@Nofal79 8 жыл бұрын

+EmotionGamer Sadam was here is a war propaganda for dumb kids by The Pantegon Command..lol

@soifon7000 8 жыл бұрын

+Master Xehanort That was like 15 years later, you should know better.

@WadeWilsonKPop 8 жыл бұрын

+EmotionGamer You mean he ISN'T?

@vivivivivi 8 жыл бұрын

+EmotionGamer and a gamer

@JP_Wu 8 жыл бұрын

+EmotionGamer He also appeared on an Action 52 game lol

@patpear6567 6 жыл бұрын

He didn't even have to comment on the cdi version. I laughed just watching the gameplay

@Protoman85 3 жыл бұрын

GiantBomb once played CD-i games, and the look on Jeff Gerstmann as he began playing Dark Castle was PRICELESS

@gaminglord829sidious7 2 жыл бұрын

11:20-The ending is so funny and so relatable!

@theonewiththeeyeoftruth884 5 жыл бұрын

8:45 Fades in the "MUSIC OFF" note. That's hilarious.

@ChickenPika 9 жыл бұрын

I'm guessing "BK" means "Black Knight." No idea, though.

@ZaGorudan 9 жыл бұрын

ChickenPika The final boss is literally called "Black Knight". You get five internet points.

@FatefulAssassin 9 жыл бұрын

Mark Juneburg Ooooh scary and sooo original!!!! XDFASDDAGFASDCVDFGAFD

@ayylmao4626 9 жыл бұрын

ChickenPika Totally ripped off Dark Souls.

@TrollBreaker 9 жыл бұрын

DarkSoul712 Mix them together, you get the Dark Knight.

@dylanayala7188 9 жыл бұрын

I thought it meant black king

@TacomasterStudios 8 жыл бұрын

Well, it's an EA game.

@brandonwenzel2844 8 жыл бұрын

to be fair, it's also a port of a 1986 PC game.

@ProLaytonxPhoenix 8 жыл бұрын

+brandon wenzel No that's no excuse.

@brandonwenzel2844 8 жыл бұрын

Well, actually it kinda is. Granted, they could've not ported it, but it was a popular title on the PC and SEGA obviously wanted to bring on as many popular properties to their system to compete with Nintendo. The game isn't fundamentally broken or anything, it was just designed for an entirely different system and was outdated at that point... EA probably could've done more to update the game to match the Genesis' strengths and capabilities, but it's not like it was uncommon in those days for system to PC ports to not always be optimized. Hell, that's an issue we still have today and Dark Castle was ported in the early 90s lol. My point is, saying "well, it IS an EA game" doesn't really ring true as an intended insulting accusation. EA actually made some really great Genesis games and didn't have the reputation then that they do now. And again, it comes down to the fact that EA didn't even make this game, they just ported it, and fundamentally what you were getting was a VERY similar rendition of a popular, if outdated, PC port for your genesis.

@xj0462 8 жыл бұрын

brandon wenzel yeah, EA made a few good genesis games, just look at road rash

@brandonwenzel2844 8 жыл бұрын

Exactly. People forget that EA, like Activision and Ubisoft, didn't start out as the glutinous trash producing monsters they are now.

@dustinrausch5008 4 жыл бұрын

2:50 Hey, I found Kotaku's next headline!

@ionutbadea7915 2 жыл бұрын

For some reason this is my favourite episode . I always come back to it once in a while . It soothes me .

@hentaipanda07 10 жыл бұрын

This protagonist makes Lester the Unlikely , look like Clint Eastwood !

@rosstedfordkendall 10 жыл бұрын

"If I go in there and I'm getting served hamburgers, that... would be... the tits!" Best line.

@CaveyMoth 4 жыл бұрын

[Guitar riff] [Drum buildup] HEEHEE! "He's gonna take you-" HAH HAHA! "Back to the past." AAAAAAAAAAAAH! Gotta love the classic AVGN Halloween remix.

@Dr.DagNabit 4 жыл бұрын

8:48 The music froze again😂

@justin9744 8 жыл бұрын

"COULD THEY HAVE MADE THE DRAGON ANY MORE CUTE?!" I lost it.

@Jezabel_MK 8 жыл бұрын

8:16 NYANYANYANYANYA

@subzerotheiceninga8254 8 жыл бұрын

NYANNYANNYANNYANNYANCATCATCAT.

@Damaged7 8 жыл бұрын

NYA NYA NYA NYA NYA

@tiiito1988 8 жыл бұрын

NYA NYA NYA NYA NYA

@Dennzyl 8 жыл бұрын

i dont know why but everytime i hear that sound i feel amused...

@DragonX64567 8 жыл бұрын

+Dennzyl Vania nya nya nta nya nya

@KizuTheBunny 2 жыл бұрын

My parkour partner: *Holding his hand out for me on a 2 feet gap* Me after jumping: *"uH.. wOaH"*

@KitsuneYojimbo 4 жыл бұрын

Is it weird that I would want to see Lester the Unlikely and the Dark Castle guy duking it out in a duel to the death?

@lukekleinhen9274 8 жыл бұрын

the main character reminds me of Lester the Unlikely

@zackywarner9705 5 жыл бұрын

But done absolutely worse

@ZER0O9 5 жыл бұрын

@@zackywarner9705 at least Lester became less wimpy as the game went on.

@zackywarner9705 5 жыл бұрын

@@ZER0O9 true that

@Bauglir100 7 жыл бұрын

Fun Fact: Toccata and Fugue is also the same music that plays in the Street Fighter cartoon during the infamous "YES! YES!" scene.

@Jus10Giraffney 5 жыл бұрын

Such an amazing composition.

@DiGiTyDarKMaN 5 жыл бұрын

It's that time of the year to watch this over and over again. Damn I love this episode.

@bradyking9778 3 жыл бұрын

As if this game wasn't bad enough,guess who published it EA

@blackwolf249 3 жыл бұрын

Actually, it was developed by Artech and published by EA.

@Jeansowaty 3 жыл бұрын

At least it isn't LJN.

@blackwolf249 3 жыл бұрын

@@Jeansowaty Doesn't anyone know that LJN didn't develop a single title!?

@Jeansowaty 3 жыл бұрын

@@blackwolf249 I didn't say they would have developed it. Just the sole fact that their name would be printed on the cardboard would be enough. I know they're publishers only.

@bradyking9778 3 жыл бұрын

@@blackwolf249 well I guess it's like LJN where it's just bad luck whether they develop or just publish it

@windwakerguy4309 7 жыл бұрын

Of course Saddam was a hardcore gamer. Remember when he bought all those Playstation 2s?

@kywii6678 5 жыл бұрын

Tried to buy a lot in order to make a super computer, and become a true Overwatch gamer... Wait.

@bruhxston1 5 жыл бұрын

He wanted to have Socom LAN parties.

@KillThad 5 жыл бұрын

@@bruhxston1 My mans gets it.

@iangates8815 4 жыл бұрын

the old icbm military curcuit boards that made up the ps2. the only console thats near bullet proof ?? weird !

@Fedekpc 4 жыл бұрын

lol

@tychusenju4164 10 жыл бұрын

Sega had to have everything Nintendo was making, so this is sega's version of Lester the Unlikely

@GriggsHw 10 жыл бұрын

***** so the bad controls are gone at the end of the game？

@GriggsHw 10 жыл бұрын

***** ikr, I was trying to understand the game, not criticising it.

@CoolGuy-pu4dv 10 жыл бұрын

***** so what? its still one of the worst games I have ever played

@CoolGuy-pu4dv 10 жыл бұрын

***** its a terrible game... you must be insane to think THIS is good compare this to Sonic, Mario

@CoolGuy-pu4dv 10 жыл бұрын

***** I ment how SUCSESFULL

@saintbeau2779 5 жыл бұрын

11:35 Berserk: Tower of Conviction Arc

@bass2126 3 жыл бұрын

RIP Miura

@Dr.DagNabit 4 жыл бұрын

3:24 "Isnt that the Fuckest thing you've ever heard?"

@Eliel20117 7 жыл бұрын

Dark Castle on CD-I worst of the worst

@ImSquiggs 6 жыл бұрын

You're a legend James. You've probably inspired more people on KZfaq to create than any other single person on the platform.

@agentrocky9390 4 жыл бұрын

8:30 I feel his pain.

@jigglesquidgaming9083 5 жыл бұрын

"What does BK stand for? Burger King?" I laughed too hard at that haha.

@michaelgill2105 4 жыл бұрын

I Hope if I go in there and Served 🍔 Hamburgers That would be the Friggin TITS

@ollybe1694 3 жыл бұрын

@Serpentotia 8 жыл бұрын

1:23 Did anyone else notice that this was made by EA?

@riddleiddle 6 жыл бұрын

Now adays you’d need a lootcrate to unlock the option not to trip everywhere.

@bryanlolwtf04 6 жыл бұрын

EA?!Even LJN can beat the shit out of it!

@magickraft7206 5 жыл бұрын

Well... EA also made the Sims... and Rock Band

@cralo2569 5 жыл бұрын

No, Maxis did The Sims.

@demontorch 5 жыл бұрын

Now that explains why that this is a piece of shit

@TheLarryburns84 10 жыл бұрын

If you look in the back behind the couch really hard, you can see a Jason Mask, Freddy Claw, and the skeleton of Guitar Guy.

@michaelclark5237 2 жыл бұрын

9:54 gotta love how animated his face is. Perhaps not the right word to describe that scowl at the end. I just find it funny.

@davidemmons899 5 жыл бұрын

“It must suffer the tortures of the damned!”

@antoniooyarzun2622 8 жыл бұрын

This was published by fucking EA!!!! Even on 1991, they trully had never gave a shit about their costumers

@brandonwenzel2844 8 жыл бұрын

well, to be fair it was a port of an 86 PC game; and one of the head developers wasn't even out of college yet. That doesn't excuse the pointless ports to non PC systems though.

@antoniooyarzun2622 8 жыл бұрын

nice info

@SylentEcho 7 жыл бұрын

Nice display picture.

@theobserver4214 7 жыл бұрын

Antonio Oyarzun Dark Castle was originally a pretty good Mac game with awesome sound for 1986, these ports were FUCKING HORRIBLE. The mac keyboard was meant for this game

@PacManEntertainment 6 жыл бұрын

the same company who made Sims games

@tStevester83 9 жыл бұрын

C. D. IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!

@getsu0 9 жыл бұрын

*Gamer intensifies*

@johnnyzero8853 6 жыл бұрын

IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

@ericdrei 5 жыл бұрын

3:56 "The controls are fucked up beoynd belief..." Best descritpion ever. XD

@TheJadeFist 5 жыл бұрын

So it's like if instead of Simon Belmont, its like if Castlevania got Shaggy from scooby doo?

@LadyJuse 4 жыл бұрын

If this was Shaggy, it would be a lot easier.

@AwesomeGamer-om4hm 4 жыл бұрын

@@LadyJuse IT'S TIME TO STOP.

@rogue7723 4 жыл бұрын

I'd be all over a Castlevania-type game with Scooby-Doo characters if the controls and music and maybe the graphics were better than this one.

@crashpal 3 жыл бұрын

But it got Saddam Hussein

@MK1MonsterOck1989 10 жыл бұрын

9:49 Best Part!

@L_CasagrandeR 10 жыл бұрын

"AAAH! nyanyanyanya!" GOD FUCKING DAMMIT, THOSE SOUND EFFECTS AHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAH

@nickcopeland6915 3 жыл бұрын

3:41 - Most hilarious death cry ever.

@GrooveScorpion 4 жыл бұрын

11:22 Reminds me of when he let the fans decide and spoke German: "Dieses Spiel ist Scheiße. Es fickt dich härter als das Leben" 🤣🤣

@theunderlyinghaterlol7 3 жыл бұрын

Lol

@DragonHeartHisMajestyX 3 жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure that's what it translates to in English, if I'm not mistaken.

@GrooveScorpion 3 жыл бұрын

@@DragonHeartHisMajestyX it does :)

@DragonHeartHisMajestyX 3 жыл бұрын

@@GrooveScorpion Yep, I knew it!

@marekvrbka 10 жыл бұрын

Dark Castle was well received by critics, when it was originally released, it was on Mac in 1986 and used MOUSE, that is reason why controls are shit.

@adrianjenkins5877 10 жыл бұрын

Yeah. When you see the throwing motion, it really looks like a mouse-controlled game.

@marekvrbka 10 жыл бұрын

***** At the time (and today), there were not many games avaiable on Mac, that is one of reasons why it was well received, I have never said that the game is good (or bad)

@Zillionjape 10 жыл бұрын

Ok, now I wanna know one thing: you feeling dizzy, how the heck does that happen on computer? Because these game console versions just make you dizzy whenever they want to, so how does the dizzy thing work in the original game?

@austinX117 10 жыл бұрын

so what you are saying is....console gaming then was shit? lol jk

@adrianjenkins5877 10 жыл бұрын

Give me a break.

@nenissaK 8 жыл бұрын

"You have more control over the weather than you do in the character of this game" I lost it

@thundageon5962 2 жыл бұрын

6:54 "Your character is a total buffoon" V in Cyberpunk: "AM I A JOKE TO YOU"

@MRituals 5 жыл бұрын

2:20 I think that was a nod to his Dragon in My Dreams video

@yakkowarner753 10 жыл бұрын

Anvils falling on you? Oops! Sorry, James! I dropped that one in the wrong place!

@TOASTEngineer 10 жыл бұрын

Were you the one doing the NYEHNYEHNYEHNYEHNYEH sound effect too?

@yakkowarner753 10 жыл бұрын

TOASTEngineer I dunno.

@brogoram 10 жыл бұрын

TOASTEngineer LOL..LOL..LOL

@JeremyEr10 10 жыл бұрын

Yakko Warner When are you ever coming back?! ;(

@yakkowarner753 10 жыл бұрын

Jeremy Er I dunno. These new cartoons look like trash to me though, I don't understand how one can watch them without heavy drinking.

@ACBlackJ0ck 8 жыл бұрын

3:29 Dark Castle: Vuvuzela Edition

@ACBlackJ0ck 8 жыл бұрын

Leisten Entertainment Audrey from Huniepop

@presidentforlife1732 7 жыл бұрын

yes

@Kristanni20X6 5 жыл бұрын

"Isn't that the fuckest thing you ever heard?"

@jaakkopontinen 5 жыл бұрын

Lol soccer championships in Africa. The vuvuzela mania... BZZZOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO I wonder what it sounded like at the stadium. Must have been, uh, memorable.