The Bezerk Deaths - Killer Video Game

The Bezerk Deaths - Killer Video Game | Octav1us

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5 жыл бұрын

The curious story of the Bezerk urban legend - just how much of it is true?
This one was research-heavy, and I'm pretty confident in my findings but they aren't 100% certain.
There is one image of the Bezerk cabinet used in this video, which was taken from www.arcade-museum.com
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@danmann9116 5 жыл бұрын

Interesting fun fact. The in game voice sampling was used in a late 80's Rave/Acid House track called Stakker - humanoid. If you don't know it check it out Sarah. Great tune. Great vid and glad to see you on form. 🙂👌

@ricochetpig 5 жыл бұрын

Dan Mann killer track

@brianartillery 5 жыл бұрын

Yup. Stakker Humanoid is a stone-cold classic. The best version has to be the 'Snowman' mix, in which Garry Cobain and Brian Dougans manage to shoehorn bits of 'Walking In The Air' from 'The Snowman' into the track, and by fuck, it works. Cobain and Dougans were also behind 'The Future Sound Of London', whose 'We Have Explosive' is brutal and bruising. Great stuff.

@dantootill7644 5 жыл бұрын

The song was superbly sampled for the Commodore 64 demo Digital Acid by Ash & Dave.

@Spudcore 4 жыл бұрын

Stakker Humanoid, ho yus! Love that tune, classic early rave shtyles. That synthesized speech was also sampled by Aphex Twin on the track 54 Cymru Beats. Checkitoutaaa!

@Dr.Dawson 5 жыл бұрын

Great EP O.K., love it. You are really on top of your game and I think I speak for us all when I say, well done. Amazing content.

@chinosts 5 жыл бұрын

Here here...

@Dr.Dawson 5 жыл бұрын

@@andyhodgson7692 Hahaha. Funny. Didn't think I'd catch someone from that scene here. very cool.

@davidgibson121 5 жыл бұрын

I always look forward to your videos. Great stuff Octav1us

@nameless5413 5 жыл бұрын

fantastic video! yet again miss Oktavius outdone herself, i very much enjoy olden games and like to have context of the glorious past.

@MachinamaCaves 5 жыл бұрын

Love your vids. Don't like when you skip the intro song, I really like your intro song!!! Hope you enjoy making them, because I enjoy watching them!!!

@trippinonbud 5 жыл бұрын

Haha yeah the intro song is awesome. I always watch a old videos intro song if a vid doesn't have it

@mattleuty5285 5 жыл бұрын

Oh Octav1us, I love you and your videos. I appreciate the research you do, the entertainment and above all, your style with it's friendly, warm and welcoming tone.

@thedungeondelver 5 жыл бұрын

One of my favorite arcade games. Thank you for a great video on it!

@traceydonaldson7790 5 жыл бұрын

Brilliant episode! I'd love to see more deep dives like this into urban legends, etc. Although I realise the research part might be a pain.

@aqualung2000 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for the video! I love your channel. Please keep 'em coming!

@wolfie78 5 жыл бұрын

Amazing vid on one of my favourite games! Thank you and keep up the GREAT work Octav1us! ❤️

@mrp33bz60 5 жыл бұрын

Just in from work, and whats this? a new Octav1us video? Winning.

@PixelsLtd 5 жыл бұрын

Amazing video, as always! Really greast editing, effects & creative use of stock clips. Love it! x

@steammachine3061 5 жыл бұрын

The game polybius did spring to mind when you were mentioning deaths from a game. It also reminded me of an episode of a Derren brown show Where he used a fake arcade machine that created flashing imagery in such a way as to put the gamer into a hypnotic state. Derren then transported the player across the road into a Mock up location of the game and had them play it out for real (by real i mean zombie actors and paintball gun minus the ammo) before putting them back in a trance and plonking them back in front of the cabinet. According to the guy that was susceptible to that sort of mind manipulation (or more likely just some bullshit for tv trickery) the game was very realistic lol

@Phoenix2312 5 жыл бұрын

@SteamMachine Was that in his Experiments Series? I do like Derren Brown and he is fantastic at what he does... But as his shows for TV have continued, there appears to be a lot of the Producers and stuff wanting to push the envelope... As his brand of Entertainment really does rely on 'Being there' to work... There really is only so far you can take a Mentalist Act, Its not great for TV repeating the same 'Stunts' over and over... So I do know that some of his TV stuff, particularly Later Stuff had some TV Trickery!

@steammachine3061 5 жыл бұрын

@@Phoenix2312 not sure whether it was his experiments series or tricks of the mind. I know he does use magic tricks along with psychology and often swaps between them to convince people one is the other though as I have some of his books and theyre very interesting reading. I'm pretty sure he's got another show comming up soon so I'm hoping netflix nabs that as well

@heartwork7977 5 жыл бұрын

Great video, Octav1us - one of your best!

@Hummelsbusch 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you, entertaining and interesting! Always love it when you put up a new video for a kid of the 80s like me😁

@AGoodBrentDogs 5 жыл бұрын

Wonderful video! Berzerk is my absolute favorite Atari game! I remember playing once and, because of that space between the player’s head and body, survived an enemy shot by having it go right through that space!

@NigelXW 5 жыл бұрын

Wicked good editing this one Octav1us!

@geezerdiamond 5 жыл бұрын

Hey you! Great vid (as always). I’ve got the Vectrex version and it’s surprisingly excellent (aided obviously by the vector graphics). Bloody Otto appears much sooner on this version, causing much panic to get to an exit while avoiding the many robots still on screen 😃

@geezerdiamond 5 жыл бұрын

Octav1us It’s is lovely. If there’s ever the opportunity to bring my Vectrex to somewhere you’ll be, I’ll make sure I do 👍

@Bananeisafree 5 жыл бұрын

It's always à treat to see one of your video in the subscrption feed.

@rayceeya8659 5 жыл бұрын

Good to see you back in action again.

@valley_robot 5 жыл бұрын

Keep it up kid ,you will be massive , love your content . Well funny , well edited and an great character you have created .

@MiggyManMike 5 жыл бұрын

Excellent work as usual :)

@tangodelta 5 жыл бұрын

An interesting episode, much more research-heavy than the usual. Seems it fits your passion for creepypasta ;)

@tangodelta 5 жыл бұрын

@@octaviusking "OCTAV1US enters ROOM. Notices PASTA. PASTA looks creepily at OCTAV1US." Stuff of nightmares! :D

@purplemage 5 жыл бұрын

Another great history of a game. Thanks, I remember playing this in the Arcades when I was younger, and enjoyed it.

@ratspike8017 5 жыл бұрын

I always enjoy your videos Octavius, and this was no exception - well done. But I would love to see more of your wonderful pets with whom I feel a curious kinship...

@WhiskeyBrewer 5 жыл бұрын

Loved your take on this tale

@Agamemnon2 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks to you, my view of the end of days will now forever consist of a mad lad monster kicking off. Thank you :D

@WhatHoSnorkers 5 жыл бұрын

Marvellous stuff (well, not the deaths, but the information and research). Perhaps Evil Otto got a new job as Percy's driver?

@ajchopper 5 жыл бұрын

Brilliant video as always.👍

@anothorestes 5 жыл бұрын

really dug this video, you're a great storyteller. Perhaps this could be the start of a longer series on the folklore of video game culture?

@reaperreviewuk7590 5 жыл бұрын

You and your videos are awesome. 🤜

@chavhunterofcalne2443 5 жыл бұрын

I loved this video, you've definitely got a touch of the raconteur about you. Well researched and fun with a touch of the macabre. I freakin' loved this video! :)

@MelodieOctavia 5 жыл бұрын

If you like dry, sarcastic humor and a good bit of macabre, give Pushinguproses a look as well.

@chavhunterofcalne2443 5 жыл бұрын

@@MelodieOctavia I'll give her a look.

@alicewyan 5 жыл бұрын

Congrats Octav1us, really enjoyed this one! :D

@olafbuddenberg4787 5 жыл бұрын

You're missing an "r" in the video's title. BERZERK was one of my favourite games back in the day. I still play it today on my Vectrex. Keep it up, I really like your vids. :)

@James-fo8rf 5 жыл бұрын

Good video thanks Octav1us 👍

@spwolftech 3 жыл бұрын

Decided to do a 5 year Anniversary channel marathon so here is my HI to try and make the algorithm be nice. Fun no matter how many times i have watched them.

@amiroray 5 жыл бұрын

Much love from U.S. please stay unique, love your content.

@MelodieOctavia 5 жыл бұрын

My god, that sequence in the beginning was one hell of a ride.

@wailingentity 5 жыл бұрын

Excellent video!

@Ale.K7 5 жыл бұрын

Fantastic video! :D

@TheCropsyManiac 5 жыл бұрын

Strumming yourself off to robot voices...Now that's a sight for sore eyes!

@doublemonkey4833 5 жыл бұрын

I was watching a different youtuber when I saw you had a new video up. I immediately paused that video and jumped into this one. :D

@mattleuty5285 5 жыл бұрын

Damn Right!! Me too.

@pyro398 5 жыл бұрын

Love learning about the history of video game companies.. Really enjoyed this mini documentary..

@KillaBitz 5 жыл бұрын

A return to form. Good Job

@Speedkingfox0007 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome vid 👌

@erwindewit4073 5 жыл бұрын

Jeej! I loved that!! Really Octavious that was! Fantastic art stuff by the way, and very atmospheric... And of course, a cool killer!! Oh, we just got a third cat! A brand of some sort it seems. Savannah I think. She’s great, just not really that much for mice and rats...

@deadshot1769 5 жыл бұрын

New subscriber 👋🏼 great content and really enjoy your presenting style

@taffyjock1 5 жыл бұрын

Don't lie it was the boobs

@JohnHoggard_aka_DaddyHoggy 5 жыл бұрын

I played Beserker in my local swimming baths (sometimes I wouldn't actually go swimming!!) and on my Atari 2600. I didn't hear about the killer game legend until many years later.

@TruculentSheep 5 жыл бұрын

There's something seamy and dangerous, yet otherworldly and alluring, about an old video arcade. I'm surprised more ghost stories aren't set un them.

5 жыл бұрын

I saw a friend clock this game in our local arcade (a dark room at the back of the video shop) about 1983. He was absolutely amazing at it. It was like watching Tommy with a joystick...

@annapocalypsezero4719 5 жыл бұрын

Clearly, there was a killer frier who stalks arcades. Also speaking of playing games with a slipper I used to do that with the old PS1 version of time crises step on the other controller to take cover often in pink bunny slippers. Great vid as always nice to see the numbers going up.

@noahfessenden6478 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I played Berserk for the first time a few years back. Surprisingly fun. And I'm still alive so that's a good thing.

@MarcWeertsMusic 5 жыл бұрын

Cool video again! 😊

@ShamrockParticle 4 жыл бұрын

Blimey. Of everything I knew of the game, the deaths for various games, especially Berzerk, were new to me. Great humor content as well!! Did you know each robot phrase cost $8000 to digitize? That machine was expensive but to this day it's one of my all-time favorites. The Atari 8-bit would finally see the game sold in third party cartridge format, albeit a couple decades and more later.

@PaZuZu3743 5 жыл бұрын

Love the vid! You are so lovely

@glenmcculla6843 5 жыл бұрын

'Simpering Jesus' was Depeche Mode's bestest song.

@off2cdawizard 5 жыл бұрын

One story that always stuck in my memory was a 19 year old dying while playing Halo 3. The article said that he had a long marathon when it released, somewhere between 15-20 hours straight. When he got up for a bathroom break and snacks, he fell dead. Supposedly, he formed a blood clot in his leg that travelled to his heart. Berzerk's infamy is something I recently learned about, and this was a great video that helped me learn more. Hope to see more like this from you in the future!

@EgoCityGamingUK 5 жыл бұрын

I have heart problems and I noticed my heart rate hit 200+ during a random game of fifa, but that’s the worst thing that’s happened to me with video games. So random though it only happened once for a few hours and never again. Great video, again :)

@edrosa3485 5 жыл бұрын

The cabinet with the knife was hilarious!

@unspokendegree 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome video

@journeyman1218 5 жыл бұрын

The smiley face thing reminds me of the Big sisters from Bioshock 2. Clear the level and suddenly raging death is heading towards you. I felt like I was having a heart attack first time I heard that scream.

@jonny_codphilo7809 5 жыл бұрын

as the owner of a retro arcade i can only thank you enough this explains the bodies i keep finding at the foot of some of my cabinets guess its time to unplug the ole girl and donate it to the local school

@davecampbell539 5 жыл бұрын

More great work O

@RoqueFortStu 3 жыл бұрын

Evil Otto, or at least one of his kin, would later reappear in Minesweeper, where you could get revenge by deliberately clicking on a mine and wiping the smirk off his face

@tyleradam4836 2 жыл бұрын

Something else I noticed. When you shoot the robots and they explode, you see the smiley face of Evil Otto.

@PaladinGunn 5 жыл бұрын

Oh, I spent so much time playing this one on the old JVC Colecovision my dad had. I still remember panicking every single time that smiley face appeared.

@frankschneider6156 5 жыл бұрын

Berzerk never appeared on the Colecovision, not even as a homebrew. That game you mention was very likely Frenzy, the sequel to Berzerk (slightly different gameplay mechanics). Although there was also a port to the Vectrex.

@greedygreggor 5 жыл бұрын

Fab video :) Atari joystick looks like a shoe haha! Quality!

@AdamTheAd-vanc3d 5 жыл бұрын

Precuser to the Terminator perhaps ??. I wonder if the humanoid vocal was the sample to that rave tune by errrrrr....... Stakker ??

@danmann9116 5 жыл бұрын

Yes it was . well spotted .Stakker- humonoid. Great tune and sampling

@zh84 5 жыл бұрын

Excellent piece of research, well presented, and some luscious computer graphics at the start! Did you make them?

@MelodieOctavia 5 жыл бұрын

My favorite part about your videos, is you're not afraid to make crude jokes.

@Solo761 5 жыл бұрын

Pssst, Berskerkers didn't conquer the Earth, and they don't really conquer, only destroy. Which they tried. Something like Daleks when I think about it :). Although the books are much more gory than Doctor Who O_o.

@peterw4910 5 жыл бұрын

Evil Otto is basically a killer emoji. :)

@BrasilGT 5 жыл бұрын

The first one.

@AlexeSulla 5 жыл бұрын

There was a story from about 1982 where a kid on holiday in Spain was killed when he tried to play Space Invaders after getting out of a hotel swimming pool. Electrocuted. Story terrified me, wouldn't touch a space invaders console afterwards. Had to get my Welsh cousin Robert to put the money in first.

@Thunderwing88 5 жыл бұрын

The 2600 version is one of the best ports.

@TemberGundam 5 жыл бұрын

Love it, one of my absolute favorite games, always enjoy your videos!

@Tormentadeplomo 5 жыл бұрын

Min 6:30. I can imagine myself as a kid in that scene: Oh, he just dropped a quarter in a machine and collapsed... Are you ok? Hello? Are you going to play that game? No? Maybe I can play it before calling an ambulance. Nobody is looking. It will be a pity to waste that credit. Just a quick game and I will look for help, I promise...

@bugaveli 5 жыл бұрын

Star wars battlefront 2 raises my blood pressure almost immediately

@markpitt5248 5 жыл бұрын

I had an Atari 2600 and the original square based stick gave me massive blisters on my hand, after a marathon Defender sesh my hand was literally pouring with blood! We was bought a 2nd stick for Xmas which was the same as your shoe stick the idea being to play 2 player games with my sister however I found it much more comfortable so I annexed it and never had the same Atari induced wounds again.

@MorganJustGames 5 жыл бұрын

Evil Otto, be afraid, be very afraid. I've never heard of this Game. Reminds me a bit like Wizard Of Wor. Great Video with lots of interesting information. I'd never heard of those deaths before either. The amount of games I play, that's probably how id go.

@frankschneider6156 5 жыл бұрын

Wizard of Wor is an excellent game, but Berzerk is imho superior. (I love both). If you've never played it, do yourself a favor and do.

@MorganJustGames 5 жыл бұрын

@@frankschneider6156 Played Wizard of Wor, but not the other one.

@jawesomes6939 5 жыл бұрын

Look at you all game theorist about it. Great job.🍻

@martinbrewer7629 5 жыл бұрын

Sometime back, I was playing about with the MAME and STELLA emulators. One of the games I was drawn to most was Bezerk. The VCS version doesn't have the voice and for some odd cock-up the version of the mame rom I had didn't include the samples, so what I did instead was have 'Humanoid-Stakka Humanoid' playing in the background...

@cunawarit 5 жыл бұрын

Ace video!

@mcorleonep 5 жыл бұрын

One of my favorite arcade (and Atari 2600) games! Too bad you weren’t around when this was cutting edge.

@frankschneider6156 5 жыл бұрын

No matter what, Berzerk is a killer. I adore this arcade game (and the 2600 port too). BTW, Berzerk had a little known sequel called Frenzy, which was ported to the Colecovision. Also a great game (same gameplay mechanics with some twists).

@richardcastro-parker3704 5 жыл бұрын

"..... one for the old W**k bank there" Classic :-) Another great video.

@Kumimono 5 жыл бұрын

Funny how the exploding animation is Otto's face in negative. Saved some space, I suppose?

@theodorehsu5023 5 жыл бұрын

And Evil Otto has a creepy grin while he slays you...showing he "just LOVES his work." Why? "Because it's Fun." He kills robots while he goes for you if you take too long, but sometimes avoid the 10 point/robot completion bonus if he shows up and just RUN! Because at 50 points/robot and 10 points per robot faced if you killed them, this is a low-scoring game. But I agree with the others, this is a wonderful piece!

@GreyHulk2156 5 жыл бұрын

Is this another one of those situations where the high score in the myth (16660 in this case) is actually impossible to get? Has anyone looked into that?

@kandigloss6438 5 жыл бұрын

I can't find out what the highest possible score for the game is, but the world record is 350,340, so yes, 16,660 is a possible score, I would assume.

@raydeen2k 5 жыл бұрын

If there was ever a game that could kill you, it was fecking Sinistar. When you heard that thing say 'I Live...' it was brown trousers time.

@BloodySquirrels 5 жыл бұрын

I remember paying £30 for the Atari 2600 version, which is quite a bit of money these days but it was a shit-ton of money for a kid in 1982! I got a free "I ❤ ATARI" bag with it too 😂

@GeoNeilUK 5 жыл бұрын

There's got to be a 1980s schlocky horror movie about killer arcade games out there! I can't believe there isn't!

@frankschneider6156 5 жыл бұрын

:-D The horror anthology "Nightmares" from 1983 has such a segment, The Kid is played a young guy called Emilio Estevez.

@natejoe9924 5 жыл бұрын

I'm not trying to say I don't care about games because I want to subscribe to your channel

@mikemayberry7121 5 жыл бұрын

I thought you'd end up with Evil Otto at the end. He seems like your type. 😉😂

@starsiegeplayer 5 жыл бұрын

The premise of this game might work well for a reboot. Maybe a FPS game, with Otto being something like Rover from The Prisoner with a giant creepy smiley face on it.