Pokémon Yellow - analysis of glitch sprite decompression effects

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Ай бұрын

You ever wondered why the likes of Missingno. and other glitch Pokémon crash the game? Enjoy this short video essay on glitch sprite decompression effects!

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@radaf4429 Ай бұрын

♀️ is trying to learn. Let's support ♀️ on her educational journey.

@Kali_Krause 10 күн бұрын

My personal favorite : Missingno learned Escape Rope! Wow Missingno, that took a dark turn fast!

@Jackpkmn Ай бұрын

Honestly with seeing how much of the memory gets clobbered by these effects it's actually a wonder the game can keep going sometimes.

@wernerderchamp Ай бұрын

The lack of error checks can also be a benefit.

@alriune Ай бұрын

Yellow is 100% held together by willpower and hope and I think the fact that it still runs even when things like this happen is proof of it. That game is clinging on by its' fingernails sometimes lmao

@Nikola_M Ай бұрын

@@wernerderchamp I really wish to be able to play some modern games like Super Mario Maker without error checks to see how some crashes would behave. To be specific the (unintentionally patched because it requires the uploading process) glitch where you could move objects while in the naming menu during uploading, which when undone causes the object to be duplicated. I suspect it lead to stale references when deleting one of the clones but not the other, often leading to crashes even while editing

@SejhaIsHere Ай бұрын

A grand, memory clobber even

@Fiyaaaahh Ай бұрын

As long as the game state is still uncorrupted corrupted audio/visuals aren't that big of a deal in terms of "keeping going".

@DiverseCurse Ай бұрын

6:38 It's always an absolute pleasure to see an empowered, self-sufficient woman working hard to get a good education.

@ConfuSomu Ай бұрын

truly a win for women!

@MistressNebula 26 күн бұрын

My girl deserves it

@blacephalussy Ай бұрын

You weren't lying that glitch music can droning high-pitched noises which might get unpleasant

@sirembrum49thegreatmoth2 Ай бұрын

True. I love it and im terrified of it

@balala4641 Ай бұрын

rare and highly deadly combo of being the 413th like and seeing a homestuck pfp in the comments

@omegahaxors3306 Ай бұрын

Of course "Very Bad Amulator" would have such egregious "How did this get past QA??" inaccuracies 😂

@SleepyKonii Ай бұрын

BABY WAKE UP THEZZAZZGLITCH UPLOADED

@kiro9291 Ай бұрын

we're so back

@kaisemporium8549 Ай бұрын

i literally cheered when i saw the upload notif when i first woke up. what a great start to the day fr

@Hiandbye95 Ай бұрын

Disclaimer: gives a sensible warning Me: puts on headphones and full blast Also me: regrets it immediately

@Tonyseil Ай бұрын

dude- literally same though

@paincreatesfame Ай бұрын

Real

@KristorTheOne Ай бұрын

how insane do you have to be to ignore a warning and put on full blast headphones

@bobstevenson3130 25 күн бұрын

You don't listen to missingno's true cry on full volume? For shame.

@djangoarcher Ай бұрын

ZZAZZ uploads are like a full moon: you don't see them often, but they're worth the wait.

@kab43 Ай бұрын

zzazz uploads are like uhhh seeing something awesome cause his uploads are awesome idk i cant come up with anything creative

@bitten2up Ай бұрын

except you see full moons once a month typically

@allister1545 Ай бұрын

@@bitten2up not if you don't go outside, which most pokemon players don't

@stolentrevin Ай бұрын

are you a werewolf

@absolutetruth9975 Ай бұрын

He brings the answers we have sought for YEARS!

@lior_haddad Ай бұрын

Never knew why the back sprites were "safer". Good to know!

@Owlrrex Ай бұрын

This video feels like an amazing follow-up to Retro Game Mechanics Explained's series on Pokemon Sprite Decompression (and how it breaks) - although that series was focused on R/B. Big love!

@sirembrum49thegreatmoth2 Ай бұрын

I agree! I hope one day we can look at how Yellow glitch pokemon go through this process

@brandonh.1812 Ай бұрын

Music to my ears... It feels good to start the day with high pitched white noise... 😍

@manugiovis7325 Ай бұрын

For those who wants to know, the music name from 00:00 to 00:07 is "Emerald Lakeside" (both "action" and "calm have the same intro) from Rabbit & steel OST.

@LucasTheDrgn Ай бұрын

I was about to say "Is that emerald lakeside?? Banger intro music choice"

@Reynsoon 29 күн бұрын

bun rampant noises

@zwabTheRealOne Ай бұрын

0:39 - Absolute perfection on full volume. I don't understand why zazz would warn us to turn down our volume so that we couldn't hear this masterpiece.

@xelshade Ай бұрын

Incredible work once again. The way I always think “but why tho” and you immediately follow with a “because [extremely thorough causal logic]” is so satisfying Edit: shook from the female glitch’s true cry being mythbusted. Nostalgic indeed

@mistashadow Ай бұрын

4:11 never knew Kricketune was in Kanto no wonder the game couldn’t process it

@stolentrevin Ай бұрын

Even though people have found partial success in recreating 4 4's true cry, I'm really starting to think that it was a emulation inaccuracy the more I watch these videos. Gen 1 glitch pokemon are the original paradox pokemon.

@nialvessal Ай бұрын

Ah yes, my favourite Pokémon MASTER BALLCLEFABLE

@KirbyMario12345_939 28 күн бұрын

Can't forget how it introduced itself: RHYDON MASTER BAL LNICKNAME?----------

@BeamMonsterZeus Ай бұрын

I feel like we're on the fringes of Fractal Theory, based on what happens with the sound engine data - its pseudo-randomness is so intriguing.

@kaisemporium8549 Ай бұрын

0:40 This sound made me physically nauseous, and my volume was pretty low, can't imagine this on actual hardware 😭 great upload today! I look forward to the next one

@notreallyashark6058 Ай бұрын

Yellow Missingno's "true cry" being VBA emulation errors make sense, but it definitely made me nostalgic for 2011 glitch videos. Had to go back and find the upload dates too lol. Love reading through these breakdowns with every new upload 👀 Thanks for another video!

@tourmaverse Ай бұрын

0:36 Can't tell if I got tinitus, the game got tinitus or we both got it. .-.

@megamaz108 Ай бұрын

Retro Game Mechanics Explained made a very in-depth explanation about this. This was still very interesting to watch! I really like the live memory viewer!

@Archer690Channel Ай бұрын

if the so called true cries are actually songs with wrong instrument data, is there a way to know which song got corrupted?

@user-eo4um4mn4t Ай бұрын

Youve inspired me to become a glitch documenter myself! Ive been using my two copies of pokemon blue for this!

@sirembrum49thegreatmoth2 Ай бұрын

I would love to see your work when it cones ti glitch pokemon! :D

@Wisel8 Ай бұрын

Seeing it again in this video made me realize that Rhydon Trap sounds like it would be the Pokemon world equivalent of a thirst trap

@shimmeringspiritstar Ай бұрын

3:35 we need the full version of this version of missingno's "true cry" this instant.

@schleepy6362 Ай бұрын

I never understand any of your vids in the slightest and yet i still tune into each one. I like your funny words, magic man.

@asterdisastermaster Ай бұрын

ah perfect timing on the video, i missed the spaghetti code mess held together with scotch tape and hope

@camonophy6958 Ай бұрын

11:26 this is some nightmare creepy pasta shit

@erik19borgnia Ай бұрын

WOW wanted this analysis in Pokemon Yellow since like... 10 years ago xD

@BetterCallBigShotAutos Ай бұрын

AIN'T NO WAY, SPRITE DECOMPRESSION?! LET'S GO Edit: Hot damn, some of these are unhinged...

@modmenu_ Ай бұрын

It's Friday, off work, off duty, you have snacks, drinks and zzazz just uploaded 😭🙏

@JoebamaForJail 27 күн бұрын

Im so thankful youre still around putting out work like this. Thank you for fulfilling my nerdiness.

@bidenator9760 Ай бұрын

I've ALWAYS wandered about this but couldn't get a straight answer, especially regarding the music glitches. Great work as always.

@reverselunatic Ай бұрын

adding "missingnified" to my big-word-of-the-day rotation

@gazman2626 28 күн бұрын

Thank you, i miss broken games. The good days of battling broken systems.

@MarthaVsHumanity Ай бұрын

New ZZAZZ just dropped, let’s fucking go!

@ben12355 Ай бұрын

😊

@idogaming3532 Ай бұрын

Yes.

@randomazzy11 Ай бұрын

i litro was thinking abt this like yestreday and you now made a video about it thank you for curing my curiosity i love glitches bc of u tysm

@sirembrum49thegreatmoth2 Ай бұрын

This is the stuff that I live for, Information about these Eldritch Abominations I love so much 😊

@Malfurinify Ай бұрын

I will fall asleep to this

@zergolicious666 Ай бұрын

i enjoy your glitch pokemon videos i find it interesting how people figure out stuff like this.

@dstriker3590 Ай бұрын

Let's get ZZAZZ'd

@wernerderchamp Ай бұрын

Do you want to use explosion, Bulbasaur?

@dstriker3590 Ай бұрын

@@wernerderchamp I said ZZAZZ, not Newo lol

@yvexi Ай бұрын

Its a shame to find out that 'true cries' were just a result of bad emulation, but an interesting video as always!

@mikeike9268 23 күн бұрын

love the content. I started learning assembly, and then found out pokemon gen 1 was written in it so here I am.

@spikerthedragonbear Ай бұрын

THANK YOU FOR THE SOUND WARNING AT 0:40! >:(

@Alexs23743 Ай бұрын

I came here after watching a bunch of videos on the "Mochi Mayhem" mini-story built into some Generation 9 DLC pack. I guess this video (and channel) showcase what it's like when Generation 1 gets mochi-mochi'd. D: I like that this glitch showcase actually causes the game to look more lively by having Trainers wandering everywhere. 1:19: (insert the "jazz music stops" guy here) 4:14: Wild KRICKETUNE almost appeared! 6:44: Madness mantra.

@toxiczludge Ай бұрын

LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

@tabbender1232 Ай бұрын

10:20 error checking, in my gen 1? No way

@niko5008 Ай бұрын

There's no error checking lmao, the game just goes to out of bounds banks and loops around, similar to how there is echo RAM in the gameboy itself

@kism_t 9 сағат бұрын

6:00 you've heard of a pokemon cry now get ready for a pokemon roar

@ShadowTraitYT Ай бұрын

ZZAAZZ is back. Lets freaking go I gotta tell Rachy this!

@Blitzbogen Ай бұрын

thank you for existing

@absolutetruth9975 Ай бұрын

bro I LOVE YOUR CONTENT! i am a programmer, grew up with red, pls never stop making videos :)

@souturus 17 күн бұрын

Another educative video from ZZAZZ

@joemkdd Ай бұрын

even after turning my volume way down i still got a headache from the 2nd one lol

@twilight-sparkle Ай бұрын

no audio filter or tinnitus warning for that missingno? my ears :( edit: actually i did see now you put a disclaimer still, rip me

@turdcalzone7636 Ай бұрын

Daily ZZAZZ uploads is my dream.

@Clone394 Ай бұрын

Finally an upload

@renakunisaki 28 күн бұрын

Ahh, so it's merely gazing upon these abominations that causes reality to melt around you.

@idogaming3532 Ай бұрын

Yay I'm early for a new ZZAZZ vid!

@loveClubClaire Ай бұрын

god i remember working with you back in the gcl days, so cool to see such a well done explanation !

@gdplayeralt 22 күн бұрын

3:36 YO THIS IS FIRE

@BananaFaceDude56 Ай бұрын

wake up babe new glitch analysis

@tezcanaslan2877 Ай бұрын

Thank you for reviving my gf with these videos keep it up mashallah

@Kali_Krause Ай бұрын

In reality, the only glitch in Yellow that can destroy everything is 4 A 4. Some call it 4 4 but It's true name is 4 A 4. The massive sprite size is simply too big for the game to handle. If using the Jhoto Time Capsule Exploit from gen 2, it is Chikorita. You can also trade A from Red/Blue to get Chikorita. The second option is much safer

@boltumbles Ай бұрын

WAKE UP BABE NEW ZZAZZ UPLOAD

@offbrandbiscuit Ай бұрын

Seems like you always discover something new about pre-existing glitches. All this time and it wasn't even the glitch Pokemon that were responsible for all the glitchy madness, it was just us forcing the game to show themselves to us... I'm sure there's something poetic to be said somewhere in there! It's kind of sad to know that Female Symbol and Yellow Missingno's 'true cries' are actually just emulation errors because they didn't accurately emulate the banks that were getting scrambled by the decompression of the sprites

@MinusNC Ай бұрын

aweome video

@brizboy Ай бұрын

3:36 me trying to be a snake charmer

@sw33t.angela Ай бұрын

Ah so thats why 4 4's "true cry" you attempted to find was elusive years ago. It relied on sram data and chaotic pointer data into volatile memory AND a bad emulator. There was never a "true cry" to begin with.

@Kali_Krause Ай бұрын

4 A 4's cry if rendered properly is a single sound channel from the move Surf

@user-uc1ct7pq3c Ай бұрын

4A 4 does have an internal cry but I haven't gotten it to play correctly since it always corrupts the audio bank… Its internal cry sucks compared to the static and PIKACHU crying!

@cattenchaostherandomperson 28 күн бұрын

finally I can watch this

@sirembrum49thegreatmoth2 Ай бұрын

4:13 sounds like an alarm! That makes sense considering what we're dealing with

@Purtle28 19 күн бұрын

Cool to have the True Cries debunked after all these years.

@bred_lover Ай бұрын

AAAA MARRY ME ZZAZZ

@BetterCallBigShotAutos Ай бұрын

ayo?

@l_alphy Ай бұрын

YOOOOOOOO LET'S GOOOOOOO

@krokorok_ Ай бұрын

question! was the 4'4 true cry also an emulator issue orrr

@ConfuSomu Ай бұрын

i mostly muted the audio during the cries due to being scared of destroying my headphones, even if such things shouldn't really happen when playing audio. afaik the only problem that *could* happen is the drivers melting due to overdriving, which isn't the case here. i'm just being unnecessarily careful…

@curuskeel4219 Ай бұрын

0:40 nice cover of Aphex Twin's Ventolin

@4bad2u 29 күн бұрын

I don’t understand a thing but cool noises and old games

@HyruleHomie Ай бұрын

It's crazy how much these games really struggle to remain functioning even when the game is that unstable. True Creepypasta territory.

@Arvo-1 Ай бұрын

After this musicaly ... marvelous episode, we could have a musical glitch episode ^^

@bobstevenson3130 25 күн бұрын

12:17 my nervous system after hitting my funny bone

@vlco_o Ай бұрын

Couldn't help but notice how deeply disturbing the music at 11:30 is. man

@Kagamiinchan Ай бұрын

OwO a new TheZZAZZGlitch upload! And an awesome one at that! I've never had the opportunity to say this until now: you're probably the one who inspired me the most to get into glitch science and I'm so pleased about it! Keep up with the good work!

@ArchangelTirael 25 күн бұрын

I would like to see that graphical visualization how 4 4 corrupting the RAM 65536(?) times in a way you showed at the beginning with Missingno. :)

@mxyzptplk Ай бұрын

yooooooo zzazz glitch video to kick off pride month lets go

@MrOof_9400 Ай бұрын

0:25 this sprite bro looks like a creature´s eyes with blood dripping off its mouth lol

@RealSaiden Ай бұрын

Was that the emerald lakeside calm theme at the very beginning from Rabbit and Steel? If so...peak taste here as alwaus

@milky__1748 Ай бұрын

I don't understand shit... This is cool, dude.

@mine4114-rc7nu Ай бұрын

The #0E music is... Eerie, to say the least.

@alluseri Ай бұрын

why does this video have so many incorrect SponsorBlock submissions

@markvd1008 9 күн бұрын

3:34 Doesn't that sound like a variant form of its true cry?

@WishMakers Ай бұрын

Thank you 0 size dimensional sprites

@cornballdangernoodle Ай бұрын

Today on THEZZAZZGLITCH: How to make a dog whistle in Pokémon Yellow using sprite decompression

@648 Ай бұрын

I don't quite understand, why does SRAM leak because of the OR operation? I think I'm not techy enough? 4:33

@InspiredStickman 28 күн бұрын

Interesting. I wonder how emulators like ares and MAME, which are supposed to be accurate, would handle these soundbanks.

@nealrame1785 Ай бұрын

omg rabbit & steel ost based?

@wernerderchamp Ай бұрын

I always thought that 0x0 pokemon are just so big they overwrite the entire RAM and thus bork the game by blowing up the stack, before the glitch soundbank even had a chance to do that. Edit: So almost every glitch sound bank slides into VRAM. Is there any specific reason behind it?