'Oops! I Turned My Platformer Into A German Expressionist Film!'

What a wild ride... here I wondered how I missed such a deep story in N64 history and then it hit me partway through.

Dad beat that game

I totally believed it up until the point he started playing. Like the atmosphere was just a little too creepy to be from a legit game. Still, amazing work!!

Video game horror stories have really evolved since the days of Sonic.EXE.

This is like a rick roll combined with a creepy pasta

This man must have been planning this for actual years

“Every copy of crow 64 is personalized”

🐦

What I like is how he says he'll talk about what he thinks of the game after he plays it, but he never comes back to talk about the game, hes silent until the video ends

It's rather incredible how this video not only replicates the 90's style in all the promo made for Catastrophe Crow, from the magazine ads to the logos, but also how accurate the impersonation of the "gaming youtuber" is

So this guy, lost his daughter, then took a game with him to go have a sleepover at Davie Jones locker, have a boys night out with the Grim Reaper, then move in with Satan

Catastrophe Crow really is just about a catastrophe that happened to those crows. Wow

creepiest part for me is the lack of that cheery N64 music

Did you know that a group of crows is called a murder? I don’t know why, Just thought it was an interesting fact :)

Petscop really left a huge impact on people, huh.

I regret watching this at night before bed expecting a documentary

This is really dark.

That's insane! I heard so much about this game back in the day, and I was devastated when I heard it was cancelled. I can't believe you found a genuine copy!

I hope people come back to this ARG and give it another look...I don't think anybody found out all there was to figure out...nobody has talked about the game in at least 8 months and it saddens me like you wouldn't believe. Regardless, I hope more people come back and try to solve this amazing story and determine what all happened

Silent Hill always checks under his bed to confirm that Catastrophe crow isn't there.

something wonderful about this vid is that it imitates the style of gaming history videos that are popular now adays, setting it apart from Petscop. It even mimes how many of them would do sudden jokes to keep the viewers attention. I'd love to see the materials like the magazine pages published somewhere to be read!

Honestly one of the best args ever, I love how it starts like a normal game review channel but becomes something way bigger when you find all the pieces of the puzzle

I dont know what is real and what is fake anymore-

This video is insanely well made. Some of those clips and fake magazine articles at the start look so genuine.

I just realized something. When the developer said "the player is gone" he was referring to his son. It's like at heart he was making this game for his son, and when he died he lost all the motivation to finish it, and the grief combined with the pressure to release the game drove him insane. I honestly find this story more sad than anything. It's very well done though.

The fact that this much effort was put into this ARG is absolutely amazing I'm so hype to find out more about this mystery

I just found out something at the beginning of the game were it says ''He's not been home for days.''is about how the developer went missing.

This invokes feelings I haven't felt since originally discovering Petscop. Thank you so much for this.

It's a crime that content this high in quality doesn't gain more traction, honestly really good stuff here.

the amount of hard work and creativity in this video is incredible

Maybe the real catastrophe was the friends we made along the way

dang this is incredibly well made

everyone gangster until the big crow says H WQ HT ROEE

I'm happy that there is still someone that still like well made creepypastas

The end where the crow [Sorry,I don't know a lot about this] Gets dragged away by that monster-type thing?- That terrified me. Maybe he saw something happen to his daughter? [I think a video I watched mentioned he had a daughter,too lazy to see if it was this video.] And/or maybe he hallucinated? Sorry,I don't know much about this- Edit: I found a channel that says that "Nils" is a founder [ Or something,I lost the video. ] And matpat said nils was his son? Matpat also mentioned that there was a code that said something along the lines of "This game is for you now [either his son's name or "son]." I think the name was Opus Imaginative? I searched up Manfred Lorenz,And found the channel. I don't think I'm going to do any more digging,I don't think a lot of people will find this comment anyways.

This is the best thing I've seen this week.

Plot Twist: *The crow is on drugs.*

An absolute masterpiece. This should be talked about more

God, this is convincing.

nobody: every videogame creepypasta guy: "So I was in my basement/attic when I found this"

You sir are a fucking legend. Your videos are something I cannot wait to see every time you upload. Definitely the best horror ARG I’ve ever seen on the internet! Keep up the amazing work, Adam!

I come back to this video every now and then, even though the ARG has been "solved". I still think this is a masterclass example on how to do an ARG. Everything is SO neatly done, the setup, Adam's video, making other unknown lets play channels with Crow gameplay; everything feels natural and is set up so beautifully. Wish we can get more ARGs of this caliber and quality instead of generic trying too hard to be creepy ones.

speechless. this is absolutely incredible lol

00:00 - "Can't wait to play a N64 platformer I've never heard before!" 07:24 - "oh"

I'm not gonna lie but the headless crow makes me feel uneasy I don't know why XD

I love stuff like this. It's like the evolved form of gaming creepypasta.

Guess you could say the game's development was quite a... Catastrophe.

Man this Silent Hill Banjo crossover is crazy

This is the first video in years that gave me that same feeling of when I was child watching creepy pastas on KZfaq, this is so nostalgic

If I remember right this was my first introduction to both crow 64 and your work so I was 100% just taking this all as fact and loving every second of it

I really hope that once the ARG is solved, he will release a full, **NOT CURSED** version of Catastrophe Crow. The game looks really fun!

"The player is gone" This implies that his daughter died, since the messages mostly imply that the game was meant for his daughter, Thea. This is heartbreaking. Edit: Why did this get so many likes

This game is picking up in popularity. Really awesome puzzles

I am in love with how much work went into this.

This sounds like it wouldn't have been too bad of a game.

"Every crow is personalized."

"Crow worked for a company in a big building where he was employee 427."

Adam is litarally silence when he see something disturbing when do a playtrough of crow 64

"Think of the player" "the player is gone" so his child is dead

This video is a freaking masterpiece. Love it!

An amazing video i love this project so mush hope to see what other projects you will create next.

Such a well made ARG, can't wait to see future projects from this devious mastermind!

Some critics even said things like "This is the next Pllybius!" or "Move over, Petscop..."

the only copy of crow 64 is personolised

It looks like an ordinary game, but in reality it is a real horror game.

what i genuinely find amazing about this video is that, atleast for the beggining, it is shot and edited EXACTLY like a review for an actual game, like the way he edits the swears, the graphics he shows, and even the music he uses, it PERFECTLY recreates a genuine yt channel to an impressive degree, very big props to Adam

I literally believed this 5 minutes in until I realized "oh"

I honestly believed this until like halfway through, completely forgot it was October lol. Happy Halloween

This is amazing I cant wait until we get a second dose episode:)

This is so artfully made. Here from another vid about this one that recommended I watch this first - glad I did. I mean this as a major compliment: the least convincing thing in the entire video is Crow's wall jump, and only because it wasn't a common mechanic at the time. The aesthetic production here is basically perfect, and I don't possess enough high-fives to adequately express how impressed I am with it.

every copy of catastrophe crow is personalized

13:11 POV: You are going to Brazil.

Shit love how the "glitches" are incorporated into the game, like a breakdown of the logic of reality.

the amount of dedication put into this video is outstanding! making an entire game, a fake expose panel, and even magazine ads for said game for this arg is awesome!

Inside a mind brought me here, and I'm not disappointed

Just a heads up there’s waaaaay more gameplay videos out there if you search Catastrophe Crow. And if you go to the uploaded videos on those channels there’s even more hidden. I think this thing is just beginning and im so here for it.

this is brilliant. great work

Dang.. this is awesome man.

Wait..this is fake

OOOOOHO

I'm honestly amazed by the fact that he managed to keep up the facade of being a "trendy gaming youtuber" for the first half of the video.

You know what seals the deal for me? The modernized video editing. For example, when he is about to curse, he censors it to avoid being demonitized. Another thing, is the music. The music used parodies game channels, such as: SpaceHamster, PeanutButterGamer, and more. But one gripe I have, is that the voice audio in the gameplay portion is just a bit too quiet. I didn't wanna turn it up in fear for a jumpscare, but I had to turn it up after I saw the video just to hear his voice in the beginning. Other than that, I am completely immersed.

I remember finding this and using it as background noise for work. I didn't think much of this at the time.

I feel like the witnessing internet history here

That title aged well, I guess

This is one of the most highly produced videos i have ever seen, like seriously he made all of the old footage and everything.

I love the detail that one of the crow's wings is white, which allows for the player to easily see which direction they're facing, which was a real thing taken to consideration when designing characters in early 3d games like Crash Bandicoot(his gloves and light colored belly patch)

Fun fact: the crow eyes is using the mario 64 textures eyes and some of the textures in the game is from sm64

Really good stuff. Love it. The k you for this treasure!

This is one of my favorite things I’ve ever seen on YT.

Ok the last part where the "child" appeared got me ✨T R A U M A T I Z E D✨

My entire nervous system when I hit my elbow on something 11:07

This is phenomenal. A masterpiece. ❤

You're the same guy that made the Internet Story video!!! That is absolutely one of my favorite creepy videos on the internet. Great work man, you keep knocking it out of the park.

I love how this arg/unfiction is presented like one of those “things you’ve forgotten” videos Great work

Sakuri: Nintendo 64 is a family friendly gaming device with cute, colorful and upbeat titles Manfred: *Im about to do what’s called a pro gamer move*

Brilliant execution! Great attention to detail (had me going for a good 3 minutes)

All I could do through the video was humming along with the N64 Castlevania music playing over in the backround lmao it's a rly great touch!

I really believed it until he starts "playing" it, he just walked straight to the point, ANY player would be exploring all the sorrounding areas or controls before continuing playing if it really were a n64 lost game that nobody played before, then going forward looked more like an animation than a game, great backstory tho, the beggining is totally believeable, great work!