Worst ZX Spectrum Game? Duckula 2

Worst ZX Spectrum Game? Duckula 2 | Octav1us

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5 жыл бұрын

For episode 6 of Seven Days of Scary, let's take a look at one of the most poorly rated Spectrum games ever - which just so happens to be about one of my favorite cartoons.
Featuring Murray and Dan from Odd pod Show / oddpodshow
THANK YOU to SadKen for capturing footage for me.
I also used footage from World of Longplays for the Amiga version, and RZX Archive to get shots of the final couple of levels.
World of Longplays • Amiga Longplay Count D...
RZX Archive • Count Duckula 2 Walkth...
The Count Duckula cartoon was originally aired in 1988 by Cosgrove Hall films, and produced by Thames.
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@LadyBrightcynder 5 жыл бұрын

Every time the scene cut back to Octav1us and she STILL had spaghetti in her hair, I laughed even harder XD

@theodorehsu5023 5 жыл бұрын

@@octaviusking So if we had lunch no noodle-dishes for you for a while? :) Don't want it to be a "too soon" thing :P

@kingedwin 5 жыл бұрын

THAT OUTRO. I haven't seen Count Duckula since I was a kid, and that immediately brought me back.

@carn9507 5 жыл бұрын

@@octaviusking I've rewatched the cartoon all the way through a couple times over the years and I still enjoy it and get jokes that went right over my head when I was a kid

@NoFormalTraining 5 жыл бұрын

The things they could get away with on kids cartoons back then. 😋

@retrogamer33 5 жыл бұрын

Your Spectrum is amazing......it's completely wireless

@AndyLundell 5 жыл бұрын

Those latter Spectrums are chunky enough that you would probably have enough room to mod them with a battery pack and wireless video. So let's just assume that's the case.

@retrogamer33 5 жыл бұрын

@@AndyLundell There is one, it's the pile of shite Vega+

@leebumble 5 жыл бұрын

Cool channel, subbed a while back but just started watching the content. Octav1us is a proper beauty 👍

@johnbrown3155 5 жыл бұрын

Love the duckula ending very funny, whoever did the voice over for that was spot on.

@Blas4ublasphemy Жыл бұрын

My favorite Count Duckula joke is when he asks Nanny for something exquisite to eat but Nanny misunderstands and thinks he's asking for some "excrement" (poop) tot eat.

@fatobese Ай бұрын

it's actually squeezed out mouses

@stormkeepergu 5 жыл бұрын

I was about to ask "Where's Horace?" Needless to say, I wasn't disappointed xD

@BDFProtector 5 жыл бұрын

My fave content provider covering my fave cartoon of all time, so much love for this vid

@oddpodshow 5 жыл бұрын

Great episode, glad Murray had a good date :D

@oddpodshow 5 жыл бұрын

I think my cousin had one of the duckula games. Also Murray won't shut up about the date

@thefostersgamesreviews 5 жыл бұрын

He's 2 timing you Dan lol

@15-Peter-20 3 жыл бұрын

Just found this channel a couple of days ago and I love it ... I'm on a marathon today 🤗

@oddpodshow 3 жыл бұрын

Hope you enjoyed this one 😁

@RantsReviewsRaves 5 жыл бұрын

Have just come out from the hospital feeling very low. Noticed your latest video so thought that I'd at least catch up with that. Being nearly forty I remember Count Duckula quite vividly. Enjoyed the video talking about the show, the game etc. When it got to the end with Horace coming in then cutting to the outside over hearing the argument. I laughed so much that now my wounds hurt due to the laughter. Thanks for the video. Can't wait for the next one.

@Franks_Fault 5 жыл бұрын

So much fun. Thanks for all you do Octav1us!!! You're the best !!!

@emilygrae 5 жыл бұрын

This was so wonderful! I really appreciate all the effort that you put into your videos!

@TheGamingMuso 5 жыл бұрын

Bloody brilliant! I’ve been watching the whole series of count duckula recently so this was a happy coincidence! Excellent work 😊

@SomeOrangeCat 5 жыл бұрын

Count Duckula was extremely popular in the US, thanks to airings on Nickelodeon in the late 80s. I was let down by both of the games though, of which I only recently became aware.

@CommodoreFan64 5 жыл бұрын

I would not go say it was extremely popular here in the US compared to other shows, but it got enough of a following thanks to Nick who liked to air shows 100 times over before moving onto something else.

@theodorehsu5023 5 жыл бұрын

Guess I should be glad I got the show and the follow up comic as well and not the games way back in the day -- Occy's right, this ain't worth quid :(

@CommodoreFan64 5 жыл бұрын

@@theodorehsu5023 At least we can legally watch all the episodes up to series 1 episode 22 on KZfaq on the official Count Duckula KZfaq channel, to help us forget this crappy ass game. kzfaq.info/love/CDNqvrI9lIVI8zVk3DIWlgvideos

@DevinGates 5 жыл бұрын

Teletoon or YTV in Canada carried it. I already had an unhealthy love for bad puns, and this just fed it.

@theodorehsu5023 5 жыл бұрын

@@octaviusking They had a comic book and it later had stories where DM got part of the later books. One story was thirty years before the recent reboot where Baron Greenback does the "mirrorverse switch" by sending Danger Mouse into a "Mirror Universe" to have DM's evil counterpart, DANGEROUS MOUSE, into the main world. We find DM having to face (in a parody of Superman and Krypto) "Greenback-Man and Nero the Hero" before the "switch" can be reversed.

@laladoopsy 5 жыл бұрын

Big props for keeping that spaghetti dangling in your hair.

@polishenglish8356 4 жыл бұрын

You are so absolutely lovely!

@SmoothEmJay 5 жыл бұрын

Brilliant! gotta love Dan and Murray. Great colab that genuinely made me laugh, especially at the end.

@katiekelly5047 5 жыл бұрын

Really enjoyed the video, great work by you and Dan and love how informative the review was.

@DerpyLaron 5 жыл бұрын

For what ever reason this feels a lot like a AVGN episode. Well will less swearing and more dating blue guys.

@7awliet 5 жыл бұрын

Watched it on the PS4 but I opened the mobile app just to leave this comment because this is easily one of your best so far Octavius! Laughed all the way through. 😁

@travisd05 Жыл бұрын

Those looks back and forth at 9:18 is the most adorable moment in any Octav1us video…not that adorable is necessarily the goal usually. But you really nailed that cute little moment that can happen on a first date.

@johnbrown3155 5 жыл бұрын

I loved the way you wrote it so they fall in love playing a video together brings the whole thing back full circle to the theme of the theme music. Very clever.

@richardpurves 5 жыл бұрын

I admire your commitment to the authenticity in these videos. Spaghetti + bolognaise all over the place.

@geezerdiamond 5 жыл бұрын

Well that was fabulous. I used to love Duckula; I'd forgotten how much until you hit me with the cartoon clips. Love the outtro too!

@Indy. 5 жыл бұрын

I really love your videos and appreciate the effort you put into making them

@dragonmac1234 5 жыл бұрын

I reviewed the C64 version of this game for Zzap! 64 magazine and gave it a 63% score, I was young and did like the cartoon (well, not that young I was 25 at the time). I honestly can't remember much about the game now, with hindsight I probably gave it a higher score than it deserved. It was better than the Spectrum version looks though :D

@Whipster-Old 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome!

@dragonmac1234 5 жыл бұрын

@Rooflesoft Games Lol, I was probably hungover (there were several pubs close to our office). I read the review online before I made this comment and wondered myself why I gave the game 63%. Maybe I let my love of Cosgrove Hall cartoons taint my opinion a bit. I certainly don't think it was worth 63% looking at it with 2018 eyes.

@fluffibuni8663 5 жыл бұрын

Fabulous video :-) A thunderstorm has just started here, heavy rain, lightning, the works ... just perfect for a spooky game night. I am suitably inspired :-)

@darkain666 5 жыл бұрын

This channel is criminally underwatched and undersubbed! Great videos, really funny and entertaining stuff. Salutations from Colombia!

@tgft85 5 жыл бұрын

When you loaded the tape... had me in tears :'D, amazing video :)

@w0lfyovi294 5 жыл бұрын

Awwwww that was so cute and fun. Great work, production quality going up with every single video. Love your work

@MrCaptainStuff 5 жыл бұрын

I remember Duckula. Nickelodeon used to have a deal with Thames Television and would air Duckula and Danger Mouse on Sunday Nights.

@AdamHeafield 5 жыл бұрын

Your reviews just keep getting better and better.

@keatonthekoopatroopa246 5 жыл бұрын

As a 2000s kid i found the intro in one those theme song compleation along with Danger Mouse and later i heard a D.M. was getting reboot so i watched on Netflix and loved it got me into both and both shows have a forgotten spin called Victor & Hugo:Bunglers in Crime there are some episodes on KZfaq.

@PixelsAtDawn 5 жыл бұрын

That ending was amazing 😁 You had me walking around the house for half an hour doing my best Vincent Price laughs.

@TwoWholeWorms 5 жыл бұрын

Seriously, whoever it was that did that impression was _spot on_. I thought it was the actual clip until he said "Octav1us"! :o

@russellclark9399 5 жыл бұрын

And managed to find, right here in essex, in the loft, count duckula vhs! And straight after that, trap door! Thankyou octav1us!

@justinstewart8954 5 жыл бұрын

I was one of the few kids in America who watched every episode of Danger Mouse and Count Duckula. But I had no idea there were any Duckula games. Thanks.

@zoe-janesutherland4359 5 жыл бұрын

I love the fact that spaghetti is in your hair near the start and it stays there to the end, that's proper commitment and dedication for the laughs! :) :) :)

@eleanorburns8686 2 жыл бұрын

That outro completely slayed me (insert vampire resurrection joke here).

@oncameramastery 5 жыл бұрын

Brilliant, love this vid! The mock date is hysterical! 😀

@oddpodshow 5 жыл бұрын

Mock date? Murray doesn't think that

@oncameramastery 5 жыл бұрын

My deepest apologies, let me rephrase: The "deeply emotional and thoroughly moving display of longing courtship and mutual pheromone sharing" is hysterical. Better?@@oddpodshow

@oddpodshow 5 жыл бұрын

@@oncameramastery much better, Murray thanks you

@fotofillholland 5 жыл бұрын

Must've found Murray from the same online dating site I use.

@StevieLudo 5 жыл бұрын

It’s oddly entertaining watching you casually pick spaghetti out of your hair as you talk. It’s somewhat hypnotic, entertaining and informative video as always.

@gummybread 5 жыл бұрын

Worst ZX spectrum game? ill be the judge of that! no no... this seems absolutely rubbish At least Murray seemed like a... less bad date than the standard! Also major props for doing the entire acted review portion covered with spag bol (well, just noodles). I can honestly say i dont think iv seen a game review do that, and likely wont again without revisiting this one

@Dr.Quarex 5 жыл бұрын

I remember being excited for Count Duckula after they introduced him in Dangermouse, and though I never quite liked the spinoff as much, one dialogue exchange from that show has stuck with me for the decades since... When they are in ancient Egypt, in fact surely the very episode that the first Dracula game was based on, and the two Egyptians introduce themselves as Humite and Hubie, and then Nanny comes in and says "'ere, who might you be?"... So good.

@PixelsLtd 5 жыл бұрын

There was also an egyptian character called "ra" and another called "upshee rises", leading to the exchange later "who, Ra?" " and Upshee Rises! " 😂

@Grayvorn 4 жыл бұрын

This is so wonderful, it feels like time travel :)

@SgtBilby 5 жыл бұрын

Ah Count Duckula, The only UK cartoon that was a joint production between the UK (Thames/Cosgrove-Hall) and the US (Nickelodeon)

@boulderdashc6425 5 жыл бұрын

Loved watching Duckula as a kid. Very funny thank you. Cool ending by the way. :-)

@lilyk3734 4 жыл бұрын

the spaghetti staying in your hair the entire time was a nice touch

@strain42 5 жыл бұрын

Oh jeez, that walled up doll looks more like something out of Soft and Cuddly than Duckula!

@helenFX 5 жыл бұрын

your channel is just amazing :)

@TheTbrandon 5 жыл бұрын

I want to hear about this "mistaken" banana thing lol. Great video. :)

@BrooksterMax 5 жыл бұрын

“299 range” on the artwork makes me feel oh so nostalgic. Buying such games from a carousel at a newsagents with your pocket money. A thing never to be seen again, great video on a game I missed at the time- enjoyed it! Lucky I didn’t spend my pocket money on this one!

@PixelsLtd 5 жыл бұрын

YAY I LOVE Murray and Odd Pod! 😁😂 Great video, well done everyone involved 😎😎 Also, Duckula fricken rocks 😍

@philipcorner574 5 жыл бұрын

"Yeah I know, but the banana thing was... a mistake". I laughed at this callback!

@MarcWeertsMusic 5 жыл бұрын

Great video! 🙂 And I was SO waiting for Horace to show up! 😂

@biggsywolves3279 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome video matey. I remember the first Duckula had the awesome cheat where you could change Duckula into a bottle of milkshake. Slightly random, but true.

@erwindewit4073 5 жыл бұрын

Very late reaction once more :) Loved it once more, but yes, blue and yellow phallic shaped objects seem to be Octav1us' thing :) Loved the bit of John Robertson at the end! And to be honest, this is starting to be by far the best channel I'm subscribed to on KZfaq. I love it! Oh, I'm subscribed to LOTS of channels... Way to go Octav1us! And good luck moving to a quieter area!

@SMlFFY85 5 жыл бұрын

I saw Timmy Mallett on the TV at a football game this afternoon and now Count Duckula. I wonder if any more characters from my early childhood that I haven't seen in over 25 years will make an appearance before the day is done?

@UpLateGeek 5 жыл бұрын

I really didn't like most cartoons on TV when I was a kid, but Count Duckula was one of the few tolerable ones. For me, early to mid-90s television was a vast wasteland of boredom. Playing computer games was way more fun, even if I was pretty terrible at them. Playing the protagonist in a computer game sparks the imagination so much more than TV did for me. And that's still true for me today. I do watch a few TV shows, but I play way more games (although I do watch more KZfaq than anything else). Anyway, great episode as always!

@BunjiKugashira1990 2 жыл бұрын

You made me order a ZX Spectrum from the UK. And I thought I was through with my retro collecting obsession. Looking forward to it though

@johnbillings5260 Жыл бұрын

I like how it looks like a Game & Watch.

@SLHellGirlFan 5 жыл бұрын

That was funny 😂😂😂 I was like I own that same zx spectrum now 😎 I can already tell how much trouble I will have with that game though lol great video thanks for making time to upload it 😁

@AlexGilmour 5 жыл бұрын

Played the Amiga version of this so much and was so terrible that I hardly ever made it to the planet but still had to play it because it was Duckula.

@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 and great no matter how many times i have watched them.

@Drewbe821 5 жыл бұрын

Ah Duckula. I loved that show as a kid. Nickelodeon would play episodes of it on cable tv in the US during the 80's. The outro scared the heck out of my single digit self, back in the day.😜

@sargieboi9315 5 жыл бұрын

You only had one finger?

@Drewbe821 5 жыл бұрын

@@sargieboi9315 Yes, it made my adolescence quite a chore. At least I had 80's Nickelodeonto make it better.

@hunterericson6782 3 жыл бұрын

I was lucky enough to get dangermouse and duckula here in the states as a kid, super cool cartoons.

@oddpodshow 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome

@chavhunterofcalne2443 5 жыл бұрын

That outro was the mutt's nuts, it ruled! My favourite quote had to be "That thing with the banana was a mistake."

@ollybishop247 5 жыл бұрын

I need to watch Count Duckula again! 😍

@mattlamb 5 жыл бұрын

A copy of Count Duckula jammed up my Spectrum and it never worked the same after that. I still miss it. Kinda. I'd probably hate it now. Cool video, really enjoyed it.

@MendelsonShape 5 жыл бұрын

Huh. I remembered the first game being called "The Search for the Mystic Saxophone". Boy, I was way off. Thanks for another stonkeroonie, Octavius! Funny, my brother's name is Murray. His fur's a different colour, though.

@Nomadic88 5 жыл бұрын

Loved Count Duckula I watched it with my dad and brother when I was a kid another great video.

@polishenglish8356 5 жыл бұрын

Damn, I love your content sooo much! :)

@Asobitech 5 жыл бұрын

Excellent work with some excellent cameos.

@oddpodshow 5 жыл бұрын

😁

@jazzygeofferz 5 жыл бұрын

Good episode. Loved the ending.

@NigelXW 5 жыл бұрын

XD okay, this is just brilliant! thank you for the video

@theshadowloafknows8135 5 жыл бұрын

Guru Larry sent me here; apparently your bacon cutting skills are second to none...

@pjgathergood6987 5 жыл бұрын

1:27 Well County Duckula was actually a spin-off of Dangermouse; where Duckula was a villain in several episodes. He was softened and turned into a more benevolent character for his own series. Just to get all nerdy, like. Controversial - I always liked Duckula more than Dangermouse!

@gwishart 4 жыл бұрын

Pretty sure County Duckula is between Cleveland and Northumberland.

@archiemisc 5 жыл бұрын

Your videos are super fascinating. I'm an American, so I never had a ZX Spectrum. Neither did anyone else I know. So I like hearing about the kind of games people across the pond played. The lack of Nintendo and Xbox is also super alien to me. Super cool!

@oceanbint 5 жыл бұрын

Totally brilliant and hilarious, is it wrong that I’m somewhat jealous of a puppet lol. Thank you for content, it’s helping thru a very dark time in my life.

@markfgns1265 5 жыл бұрын

Oh Beatrice, this is your finest work to date. A first rate production, bravo. Murray's technically brilliant, BAFTA worthy performance, brings emotion and drama to a heart warming scene. While still maintaining a very human feel. Yet, still able to convey technical information about the topic with a dash of thought provoking insightful critique. Unsure who the human puppet's operator was, though again technically very good with realism via method acting, it lacked that same level of unique charm. And again dispute this minor shortcoming still managed to present information of the topic in a clear and engaging manner. The overall plot line was cleverly written by a skilled hand, clearly your own work, Beatrice. It has your own distinctive style. The piece also is able to retain an element of grittiness as befits the series that the episode is part of. A masterpiece Beatrice. If only the spectrum and Duckula 2 were up to the same standards.

@oddpodshow 5 жыл бұрын

Wow, what a review

@shills112000 5 жыл бұрын

You are awesome, love your content... Please please keep the content coming..

@mightydegu 5 жыл бұрын

The end made me want to hear one more line... "You awake to find yourself in a dark room."

@beezle1976 5 жыл бұрын

It feels wrong to find content involving puppets completely charming and entertaining at my age. Guess I'll have to settle for doing wrong then, 'cos Im not giving them up. Great fun videos.

@oddpodshow 5 жыл бұрын

Nothing wrong with still enjoying puppets :)

@beezle1976 5 жыл бұрын

@@oddpodshow I think I've been a closet puppet fan for a while. Coming out is quite cathartic. Hi everyone, Im Beezle, and I watched the last Muppets movie by myself. And enjoyed it.

@oddpodshow 5 жыл бұрын

@@beezle1976 good, I bet you feel a lot better now don't you. Now watch more Muppet movies, classic sesame Street and head over to odd pod for more puppet entertainment :)

@jthorpe4droid 5 жыл бұрын

I had the first version on the ZX for a birthday. I remember drawing the map on graph paper i "borrowed" from school so that I could remember the route.

@SecretOfMonkeyIsland784 5 жыл бұрын

Great episode very funny

@densleyhabits 5 жыл бұрын

Hey discovered you from watching the new Digitiser Episode. I've been Binging most of your videos today and I Love the content It's great watching A funny female gamer talking about games from my childhood Keep up the great work!!!

@IDPhotoMan 5 жыл бұрын

Love your skits

@ciphermatrix 5 жыл бұрын

Heh another great video, been a fab series this.

@DTRproductions 3 жыл бұрын

The ending got me XD

@glitchwalker5422 4 жыл бұрын

Regardless of the game, Count Duckula is still the best animation to grace British TV

@oddpodshow 4 жыл бұрын

Duckula is great

@sonofafitch85 5 жыл бұрын

Though the Planet Cute episode wasn't the strongest, it was the only one I had on VHS, recorded from a random CITV. It was the only episode I could watch for years! I loved Duckula when I was little, it was my favourite cartoon, so it's a shame I was stuck with just that one episode for so many years...

@oddpodshow 5 жыл бұрын

Duckula is great, I remember having a special VHS that lit up if you pressed a button or something. It had duckula skiing on the front

@sonofafitch85 5 жыл бұрын

@@oddpodshow I had something similar for the Mighty Max cartoon I think... pretty sure it had a raised image on the front and some sort of sound/light if you pressed it. Yeah, Duckula is/was great, I own them all on DVD these days, haha. How I ever enjoyed it as a kid I'll never know, there's far too much wordplay and it's very slow-paced at times. Not in a bad way. Most of the jokes must have totally gone over my head!

@oddpodshow 5 жыл бұрын

@@sonofafitch85 nice, not seen the mighty max cartoon in years. Well if you love Nostalgia head over to odd pod and have a look around :)

@sonofafitch85 5 жыл бұрын

@@oddpodshow I will do, definitely!

@gojohnniegogo 5 жыл бұрын

@@oddpodshow I had that one too, it was Astro Duck. Ahh, re-read and yours appears to be a different one, guess there were a couple of different ones

@outdooradventures8773 5 жыл бұрын

I bet it took ages to get that spaghetti out of your hair !! Great video btw

@chriswyatt 5 жыл бұрын

Ducky boos! I also have a Duckula mug.

@oddpodshow 5 жыл бұрын

I need to get a Duckula mug

@flottpale1 5 жыл бұрын

Was a long time ago but if I remember correctly, bits of pasta in ones hair is a fucking nightmare to get out. Hope you did´nt go too mental when getting it out. Great vid as usual. :)

@driftercarbon 5 жыл бұрын

That's kind of the dream, isn't it? Meeting the puppet of your dreams, settling down, playing shitty old games together...

@DanielLopez-up6os 5 жыл бұрын

I think i´ve had the "good" fortune of playing Duckula II, cause many years ago i remember buying a casette simply labeled "Spectrum Game 2", but since i have not gotten a new Speccy that works.

@ydraig95 5 жыл бұрын

Love you channel :) the speccy will live forever...

@paulgascoigne5343 5 жыл бұрын

I think it's a traditional roast nanny for Christmas this year..

@NumptyMcNumptyface 5 жыл бұрын

I was planning on watching The Incredibles 2 this weekend (I'm a sucker for Pixar movies), but I just might binge watch some Count Duckula. With a bit of Dangermouse and Bananaman thrown in for good measure.

@oddpodshow 5 жыл бұрын

Ahh bananaman, I need to watch that again sometime