I’m enjoying the “old marble game” arc of Ashens

They missed a trick by not making “Sonic” a blue marble...

Gotta say, “Sonic the Hedgehog’s Forgotten Adventure: Where He Went Up a Mountain Or Something” has a nice ring to it for a future Sonic title

"Let's see, we have a game where the player has to climb a tall structure to save their girlfriend from an ape named Kong. What classic videogame do we license for this?" "Obviously Sonic."

I woke up earlier than my sister one Christmas and dear mother allowed me to open one present before she got up. It was Sonic's Kong Man Adventure. I am not kidding. Thank you for the nostalgia trip!

"I can't stop thinking about Kong Man." -Stuart Ashens 2021

I'm sorry to hear Stuart died 3 years ago.

I'm glad he recorded enough video footage to continue uploading 3 years after his death, a true legend.

The number of camera angles used to film this fiddly tower of plastic was really something. Glad we didn’t get to miss any of the ball flicking action.

I know Stuart and Guru Larry are friends, but I still like to imagine that Larry likes to occasionally call Stuart with a random, obscure game fact at odd times of day. 2AM: "Hello, you! Did you know that there was a Sonic the Hedgehog branded version of Kong Man? I know! It's true!" -click-

You need to get a dingy brown table for things that lay flat.

He'll wear that Dolmio grin for eternity now. Poor man.

I did literally forget about this and I actually owned it as a kid. ...I then proceded to spend an alarming amount of money purchasing another one. So. Thanks for that.

Both suggestions entirely on brand for Larry and Gannon.

Finding out Kong Man didn't make it home from Barshens is like a lower grade version of finding out that the famous elephant from that Blue Peter clip died on the journey back.

"I can't stop thinking about Cong man" ~ Vietnam vets with PTSD

I had this... I remember my younger brother proudly announcing to our parents that he had swallowed the ball. Cue a panicked trip to the hospital. He was okay but my parents had to make sure it passed. Not fun for them.

I will buy this off you for 99p

There's also a rarer haunted house version of kong man, as well as kong man mini

Wait stuart died in 2018? What happened then? Edit: August 23 2018 was his Dolmio day. Apparently he ate so much pasta sauce that he ended up dying

The sheer joy in his voice when the ball rises magically is golden

*HOLY CRAP!* THIS! I remember seeing a Sonic marble toy at a toy store when I was a kid, and it has always been floating around in the back of my mind. The thumbnail perfectly matched what I recall to be on the front of the box! It's nice to be able to finally see it in action!

Man, Stuart's been dead for three years? What a shame...

I feel like it's a missed opportunity for them to theme the Sonic version around Hill Top Zone from Sonic 2, considering it appears to be released around the time of Sonic 2 with Sonic and Tails on the art. Like despite the name of "Hill Top", that level from Sonic 2 was very mountainous and had lots of bridges and zip lines too.

The balls should of been blue and orange. Such a missed opportunity!!!

anyone else notice the day it says ashens died is tragically ashens’ dolmio day :’( i can’t remember what my next essay is about but i do know this silly ashens fact, which is more saddening than ashens’ death

R.I.P ashens August 23 2018, maybe he find his brown sofa in heaven...or hell........I mean he was pretty ruthless to all those poor pop stations

Barshens: "They could make a Mario-flavoured version of Kong Man" Now: a Sonic-flavoured one existed this whole time. 🤯

0:25 When you discover Ashens has been dead for 2-and-three-quarter years

2 videos back to back with Barshens related paraphernalias - is this the sign of Barshens returning in 2021?!

Even in the earliest days of the franchise, ol' blue arms makes an appearance.

Make shaun of the dead 2

Man, Stuart is probably the one person who managed to transcend death to continue on producing videos. Tupac would be proud.

Fun fact: Here in America, Kong Man was known as "Haunted House" and was sold exclusively through Sears department stores.

I got this for Xmas when it came out. I remember being super excited, played it for half an hour and never touched it again.

Poor old Dr. Stuart Ashen, the own-brand sauce he had on Dolmio Day took its toll after all...

DAMMIT, been trying to get one of these for a while, now it's gonna skyrocket in price. Thanks a fuck load Ashens.

Holy shit, I had an intense flood of memories just seeing the thumbnail, I loved that sonic thing as a kid. I don’t think I’ve thought about it for a good twenty years or so but man, there should be a German word for when you get hit with a direct shot of melancholy-nostalgia out of nowhere. This and my talkboy, the real life version of the recording thing used in home alone 2, were the best toys I remember getting.

“Let’s get it out, and you can see it in all its Sonic-y glory!” - that sounds like the most terrible euphemism of them all!

Just found your channel with this video, and I gotta say you have a whole lot of charm in your videos, can't wait to binge more of this cheeky content.

Oh Christ. I haven't even got words to describe this one.

Ah, the top of the sofa, a true rarity in the Ashens Expanded Universe. I shall savour this moment.

Thanks for making stuff like this, Dr. Ashen, stuff like this is great for calming my manic brain down, keep up the great work, sir.

Ever since you did Screwball Scramble, I have also been thinking about Kong Man. And you then did this video. The mark of a quality channel.

I searched for "Tomy Pocketeers Kongman" but I only saw the "travel" version seen in this video, which appears to be roughly the same height and width as a normal Pocketeer but at least three times the depth. It could be that the even smaller Kongman people claim exist is the King Kong Pocketeer, which is loosely styled after Donkey Kong but without the Nintendo license (so Tomy called it "King Kong" instead even though I'm not sure whether they got the King Kong license from Universal Studios) which is really just the Cat'n'Mouse Pocketeer with new artwork.

*years pass* *ad suddenly plays* "For over a thousand generations..."

When I saw the video about Skrewball Scramble the other day this was the first thing I thought about!! I used to spend hours playing with this! Thanks for letting me see it again after 20 odd years..

Good grief I had this! You just unlocked a big ol' box of memories of playing it, thanks!

I don't remember Kong Man but I do remember seeing the Sonic one in the Argos catalogue and not being able to afford it.

I had one of these mate! Great fun until I lost the original ball-bearing and so ended up getting some extra that proved too small and fell inside the unit 😂 Then flogged it at my local car boot sale, sad times for a British 9 year old 😅🇬🇧

the nostalgia is real with this, I remember many Saturdays in front of the cartoons with this toy

I just bought the collectors!Love the bonus content you send after purchase while I wait.Keep up the awesome content!

*1:* Again, I can hear Barry's PTSD-addled mutterings of confusion. And also the sounds of him sucking on that spicy loli that he had to partake of as the forfeit. *2:* A bit naff that they just repainted it, since it would have been cool to have a different course as opposed to merely being Sonic-flavoured. *3:* Portable Kong Man, you say? That's pretty impressive, and actually a bit different from standard Kong Man/Sonic Mountain Quest. *4:* I can't quite tell whether having it on a table would be easy mode or hard mode.

0:28 I guess Stuart died on his Dolmio Day?

I remember receiving the Sonic mountain adventure for Xmas as a kid and losing the ball bearings within a day. Thanks for the memories!

Immense nostalgia I had this as a 5 year old. This has made my day

I’m not even gonna lie... it looks kinda fun. I want it.

I enjoy a good forearm as much as the next man, however when it's blocking you describing the path of the ball bearing, perhaps not as much so.

When I first saw this video. I thought "cool, we used own a knock off version of kong man". And then at 8:13 you show it and that is what we used to own! Apparently not a knock off, just a travel version :D Nostalgia achieved.

RIP Ashens 2018 I'm glad his family are still uploading videos he filmed years in advance What a guy of excellence

Wouldn't we all just pray for a chance to ring Sonic's bell?

Watching you play the handheld one makes me wonder what a "getting over it" physical handheld version would be like...

Laughed way more than I should at 'take a trip in robotnik's balloon'

I had totally forgotten about this, such fond memories of playing this now. Loved it!

I'd like to see more of these screwball scramble type games, maybe even a let's play of some old school Labyrinth

I was wondering if "platoo" was a weird Brit pronunciation. Glad he cleared it up for me.

Looking forward to watching your movies back to back! I’m going to make an afternoon of it!

Honestly I gotta say after Mr. Ashens unfortunately died in 2018, the clone that's been running his channel since then has been doing a pretty good job.

This REALLY reminds me of Playful Penguin Race, although I'm not sure why as it's not similar at all.

3:17 At the end, Sonic realises that the real enemy is himself

Thanks for the nostalgia trip. I had this as a kid, loved it for 15 minutes before it broke.

I had the original Kong Man growing up and is still, to this day, one of my favorite toys to think back on. Such an amazing concept and design!

Oddly enough, not the first time I've seen this played this last year o KZfaq. A let's player called raocow is playing every sonic game, in release order, and this is one that he took a crack at.

I also finally figured out you guys were saying "screwball" scramble and not "scribble" scramble. I guess it's the accent. When Barry said it I was hearing scribble scramble too 😜

I saw a video of this toy being played years ago, but since I didn't know what it was called, I could never find the video (or any other video with it). Thanks for doing a video on it Ashens! :)

OW! Why do you hit me with nostalgia of something under the rug? I had one of these.

Wait, if Ashens died in 2018, who's been doing the videos, quiz streams and movie?

Hello you!!! wait, wrong you tuber... LOL he actually gets mentioned!

No exaggeration, your play-by-play commentary was hilarious 😂

I absolutely love mechanical toys like these, never seen or heard of Kong man before very cool.

FUN FACT: Sega did a videogame about Sonic in the early 90's

I still have this stashed away in the attic, thanks for the memories.

You are brilliant! while watching your Screwball Scramble video, it made me think of a memory when I was very young and in my local Woolworths, looking at this very sonic toy!. never got one but it's a memory that stuck with me :D.

Wow, I had the mini Kongman when I was little. Forgot about that until I saw this vid. Thanks for the nostalgia hit.

Thanks for making this, I had Kong Man as a kid and I really couldn't remember how it was called. There was also a haunted house version of this game. Pretty much the same but everything is cooler with ghosts.

Forgotten? I remember this vividly, never heard of Kong Man.

An ashens ad while watching ashens. Now this is epic.

Ha ha, I left a comment about this yesterday! First time I’ve seen it since back then. The nostalgia is real... and great. Cheers mate😀

Yes, I remember this! I had this as a kid, had completely forgotten about it but I recognised that yellow bridge right away! Great nostalgia trip and good memories!

Ha! I had one of these as a kid and had totally forgotten about it. Seeing the thumbnail gave me a rush of memories. I had a ton of Sonic merch as a kid in the 90s. Great times

😭 I had the Sonic one as a kid!! I think it was mums before mine? The batteries exploded at some point and I have no memory of how it actually worked, until now. I used to just push the ball bearing about the course and had a blast. Thanks for covering this! Blast to the past!

I used to have a perfectly working version of the Sonic one, and longer before that when I was much younger the handheld one. The handheld one probably broke, the Sonic one though went to a charity shop with a bunch of other stuff, really cool to see it again here! You also completed it way more easily than I ever did!

Forgotten is the right word! I had one of these as a kid, and thoroughly enjoyed it, but unlike Screwball Scramble my memory of it had entirely vanished until this video brought it back out of the aether.

I had one of these, it was my absolute prized possession - brilliantly I never played Sonic until about 10 years later as we had a NES, but played the hell out of this.

Watching this just brought back memories of me getting Kong man for Xmas many many years ago. Got screwball scramble another year which I still have. Christ I’m old!

So that's what this thing was called! I haven't watched the Screwball Scramble video yet, but the thumbnail dredged up an ancient memory of that orange mountain with the ball bearing and everything. I remember getting one at probably a garage sale or thrift store as a kid in the early 90s, but the name escaped me until now. Glad to get that settled after only a couple days, would've driven me crazy.

Wow, this brings back memories. I had this thing as a child. It was my only reference point for Sonic for about 10 years.

Wow, this unlocked a memory I completely forgot about. I had that exact Sonic Kong Man toy when I was a child. I remember the day I got it, I was adamant about taking it to a fireworks show for some reason, and I remember just being sat in the back of the car analysing every little detail on it lol

I dunno what they were called over there, but I LOVED the Tomy Pocketfuls when I was a kid. Never saw that one though, but if I had I would have probably been begging for it. Thanks for introducing it!

Great title, I had this as a kid but completely forgotten about it until this popped up in my feed :)