1 00:00:10,800 --> 00:00:15,000 Welcome to remember 64 where this week, we crumble buildings, 2 00:00:15,000 --> 00:00:36,900 one crazy vehicle at a time. Welcome to the show everyone. 3 00:00:36,900 --> 00:00:39,800 My name is David Petraeus. Hello ends whole boy. 4 00:00:39,800 --> 00:00:41,500 I hope that missile isn't coming any closer. 5 00:00:41,800 --> 00:00:44,800 Oh, God, you know, quick get to the giant robot, or, or the 6 00:00:44,800 --> 00:00:46,900 bulldozer or anything before it's too late. 7 00:00:47,600 --> 00:00:51,200 Yes, that's just somewhat of a vague quip reference to the 8 00:00:51,200 --> 00:00:53,000 level 19 game. Blast. 9 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:55,800 Corpse my acting is just impeccable. 10 00:00:55,900 --> 00:00:58,400 You're welcome. A new guest will be joining the 11 00:00:58,400 --> 00:01:00,400 show momentarily. So thankfully, it's not Me, 12 00:01:00,400 --> 00:01:02,600 that's going to be talking. 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It's time to head back to March 32 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:05,700 of 97 March 3rd the Howard Stern radio show premiers on North 33 00:02:05,700 --> 00:02:08,900 Carolina, public radio on the 10th. 34 00:02:09,199 --> 00:02:13,700 Buffy the Vampire Slayer premieres and on the 25th life 35 00:02:13,700 --> 00:02:17,600 after death, the second notorious b.i.g. album is 36 00:02:17,600 --> 00:02:21,400 released. All right, if you haven't played 37 00:02:21,400 --> 00:02:24,100 blast corpse, here's the conceit of the game. 38 00:02:24,100 --> 00:02:27,900 Well, get to it, a little bit in a few moments, but you take 39 00:02:27,900 --> 00:02:30,900 control of a series of vehicles and giant robots that Crush 40 00:02:30,900 --> 00:02:33,000 buildings on each individual level. 41 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:35,500 Why? Well, instead of a traditional 42 00:02:35,500 --> 00:02:38,200 clock that's going to count you down until the stage is over, 43 00:02:38,200 --> 00:02:42,000 there's a missile carrier headed to the end of a set path and 44 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:45,700 it's your job to get pesky skyscrapers Barnes storage 45 00:02:45,700 --> 00:02:47,700 units. Out of the way to save the day 46 00:02:48,200 --> 00:02:49,900 that's basically at this Not much of a story there. 47 00:02:49,900 --> 00:02:53,700 But how did rare get this early N64? 48 00:02:53,700 --> 00:02:57,400 Title off the ground and why this particular idea? 49 00:02:57,400 --> 00:03:01,300 What was the first and one of many that helped launch the 50 00:03:01,300 --> 00:03:06,900 console and to stardom rares, first foray into the N64 in an 51 00:03:06,900 --> 00:03:09,000 interview. With now gamer back in 2009, 52 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:13,300 lead rare designer at the time. Martin wakeley said, quote, 53 00:03:13,300 --> 00:03:16,600 during the development of blast corpse, there were never more 54 00:03:16,600 --> 00:03:19,100 than seven people working on the title at the same. 55 00:03:19,100 --> 00:03:22,500 Um, time most of the time, it was just this core group of four 56 00:03:22,500 --> 00:03:26,500 of us who were mainly graduates. The concept for the game was 57 00:03:26,700 --> 00:03:30,200 something that Chris Stamper, the co-founder of rare had been 58 00:03:30,200 --> 00:03:34,300 trying to get going for years. His famous quote, was if you 59 00:03:34,300 --> 00:03:36,400 knock down buildings, it will be fun. 60 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:40,500 Obviously, the challenge for us, always was finding a reason to 61 00:03:40,500 --> 00:03:42,600 do that. So we came up with what we refer 62 00:03:42,600 --> 00:03:46,500 to as the constantly moving object and quote. 63 00:03:47,600 --> 00:03:50,000 That's the missile carrier that I mentioned earlier. 64 00:03:50,200 --> 00:03:52,900 Martin goes on to add in this interview that many people see 65 00:03:52,900 --> 00:03:56,900 blast corpse as an action game or a puzzle game, but the team 66 00:03:56,900 --> 00:03:59,800 wasn't striving for one or the other, they were happy to 67 00:03:59,800 --> 00:04:02,400 categorize it. And anyway, Gamers felt work for 68 00:04:02,400 --> 00:04:05,800 them rares. Lead artist at the time, Ricky 69 00:04:05,800 --> 00:04:09,400 Berwick conceptualizing created the robots and vehicles that are 70 00:04:09,400 --> 00:04:13,200 used in the game from there. The team then, place the designs 71 00:04:13,200 --> 00:04:16,399 into the gameplay elements and tweak things accordingly. 72 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:19,500 When And little tid bit of trivia here, in case you ever 73 00:04:19,500 --> 00:04:23,300 get a blast, corpse question and Trivial Pursuit or whatever the 74 00:04:23,300 --> 00:04:27,000 kids are playing these days. The giant silver robot, that's 75 00:04:27,100 --> 00:04:29,800 named Thunder fist. You'll hear us talk about in a 76 00:04:29,800 --> 00:04:32,300 few moments, it rolls around and crashes into structures. 77 00:04:32,300 --> 00:04:34,900 With like an uppercut only has one arm. 78 00:04:34,900 --> 00:04:38,900 The reason being is the developers ran out of memory on 79 00:04:38,900 --> 00:04:44,200 the cart while making the game. Well overall last corpse was a 80 00:04:44,300 --> 00:04:47,700 huge early hit for rare and Nintendo the first game for the 81 00:04:47,707 --> 00:04:53,200 console from rare sold an estimated 1 million copies not a 82 00:04:53,200 --> 00:04:57,200 top-10, not even a top 20 and sales but pretty darn well for 83 00:04:57,200 --> 00:05:00,100 early 1997. One last fun, note about the 84 00:05:00,100 --> 00:05:03,600 game as well. It's included in the rare replay 85 00:05:03,700 --> 00:05:06,000 gain compilation that was released a few years ago for 86 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:10,400 Xbox so you don't necessarily have to find an N64 or cartridge 87 00:05:10,400 --> 00:05:11,700 to play it. You can have this game in. 88 00:05:11,900 --> 00:05:14,700 Many other amazing rare titles in one place. 89 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:17,000 Honestly, there's so many good ones on this. 90 00:05:17,700 --> 00:05:20,900 It's worth the price even at full price, even if it's not on 91 00:05:20,900 --> 00:05:24,400 sale. And just before we get to 92 00:05:24,400 --> 00:05:27,700 talking about, playing the game itself, with our special guest, 93 00:05:27,900 --> 00:05:32,400 I want to carve a little bit of Nintendo Power time. 94 00:05:33,300 --> 00:05:36,800 Let's head to April of 1997 for Nintendo Power. 95 00:05:36,800 --> 00:05:40,800 We have blast corpse right on the front, Doom, 64 is in the 96 00:05:40,800 --> 00:05:43,200 corner as well. We have some Game Boy Hits that 97 00:05:43,200 --> 00:05:46,700 they're talking about and N64. Previews, such as clayfighter 98 00:05:46,700 --> 00:05:51,600 63, and a third and dark rift, and also whole lot at Iraq as 99 00:05:51,600 --> 00:05:54,100 well. So, Last corpse is the first 100 00:05:54,100 --> 00:05:58,700 main article right at the front here, they have a big breakdown 101 00:05:58,700 --> 00:06:02,400 of every single vehicle. They have a couple paragraphs on 102 00:06:02,400 --> 00:06:05,000 each. They have the core concept of 103 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:08,500 the game as well and they show some of the maps which is really 104 00:06:08,500 --> 00:06:11,400 helpful. Actually, I kind of wish I use 105 00:06:11,400 --> 00:06:12,800 this when I was playing the game. 106 00:06:14,400 --> 00:06:18,700 Yeah, anyways, they show you a decent amount of detail on each 107 00:06:18,700 --> 00:06:21,800 one of the different branches, you can take on each individual 108 00:06:21,800 --> 00:06:24,000 stage. All the buildings that are along 109 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:27,400 the path of the carrier as well. So it's actually really helpful. 110 00:06:27,400 --> 00:06:29,100 It's a little bit of a hint game here, too. 111 00:06:29,400 --> 00:06:31,900 Most of it is just on the easy levels though. 112 00:06:31,900 --> 00:06:34,700 And then you have a couple of hints on some of the medium and 113 00:06:34,700 --> 00:06:36,100 hard levels. But all right. 114 00:06:36,500 --> 00:06:39,300 You're only here for me anymore. Let's get our special guests in 115 00:06:39,300 --> 00:06:45,700 here and let's talk blast corpse trying to impress me. 116 00:06:45,700 --> 00:06:48,100 All right. Yes, of course, it is that time 117 00:06:48,200 --> 00:06:52,300 to talk about the game and the N64 with a special guest. 118 00:06:52,700 --> 00:06:56,000 This time on this level of the podcast, we have Jake from The 119 00:06:56,100 --> 00:06:59,600 Press B to cancel podcast. Jake, thank you very much for 120 00:06:59,600 --> 00:07:02,000 coming on the show. Hello, thanks for having me, 121 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:05,100 I'll take any opportunity. I can to talk with the N64 and 122 00:07:05,200 --> 00:07:07,800 especially today's game. I quite like, like it quite a 123 00:07:07,800 --> 00:07:09,000 bit. Yeah. 124 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:12,300 And I'm excited to talk about. I have a lot of thoughts on it 125 00:07:12,300 --> 00:07:16,200 from the past and and currently in the last couple of weeks. 126 00:07:16,200 --> 00:07:20,700 So before we get get to the game itself, let's talk about your 127 00:07:20,700 --> 00:07:23,600 experience with the N64. Up to now. 128 00:07:23,600 --> 00:07:26,500 So did you have one? Was it more of like a friend's 129 00:07:26,500 --> 00:07:28,800 place type of thing? What kind of Library did you 130 00:07:28,800 --> 00:07:30,800 have? Or they have, let's, let's start 131 00:07:30,800 --> 00:07:35,500 from the beginning, you know, so I like to say that I lost every 132 00:07:35,500 --> 00:07:38,600 generation of the console war growing up, really like, the 133 00:07:38,600 --> 00:07:41,900 last winning I had was the NES and after that is just downhill 134 00:07:41,900 --> 00:07:43,800 from there, right? It's like a Genesis over this 135 00:07:43,800 --> 00:07:46,800 Ness. I bought a Dreamcast for some 136 00:07:46,800 --> 00:07:49,600 reason and I never did get a PlayStation. 137 00:07:49,600 --> 00:07:52,100 I had the N64. Not that any of the 138 00:07:52,100 --> 00:07:53,700 consequences. As I had were bad consoles. 139 00:07:53,700 --> 00:07:54,600 Mind you? Of course. 140 00:07:54,600 --> 00:07:55,700 Yeah. But I mean, we all know the 141 00:07:55,700 --> 00:07:59,800 history N64 and it's library and it's very expensive cards. 142 00:08:00,400 --> 00:08:02,400 So, I did have an N64 though and I loved it. 143 00:08:02,400 --> 00:08:06,400 I loved intend do stuff, but I did not have many games. 144 00:08:06,700 --> 00:08:10,000 I maybe had six titles and total over the lifespan. 145 00:08:10,500 --> 00:08:14,300 It just, I mean, up here in Canada for a while, the carts 146 00:08:14,300 --> 00:08:17,900 were really expensive. I remember my uncle bought to 147 00:08:17,900 --> 00:08:21,200 Iraq for me and it was and it was $120. 148 00:08:21,300 --> 00:08:23,100 That's what I remember. Whoa. 149 00:08:23,100 --> 00:08:27,700 Okay, I was just going to say I saved up a, some coin for, for 150 00:08:27,700 --> 00:08:29,900 No Mercy. Because that was a, I was really 151 00:08:29,900 --> 00:08:31,100 into wrestling. Right? 152 00:08:31,200 --> 00:08:33,200 Right. When that was coming out, it was 153 00:08:33,200 --> 00:08:34,299 perfect timing. Good thing. 154 00:08:34,299 --> 00:08:37,000 It was a great game. But for me to personally, save 155 00:08:37,000 --> 00:08:41,000 up like $90 to $100 was I mean that's a lot, right? 156 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:42,600 Like, my parents were like, we don't want you to get a 157 00:08:42,608 --> 00:08:44,900 wrestling game. It's violent but something like 158 00:08:44,900 --> 00:08:46,600 that, right? I'm assuming that's what the 159 00:08:46,600 --> 00:08:47,700 reason was. I actually don't really 160 00:08:47,700 --> 00:08:51,500 remember. But, but to get that much, you 161 00:08:51,500 --> 00:08:56,200 know, Two, knees and loonies. And ten dollar bills together 162 00:08:56,400 --> 00:08:59,400 was was, that's a lot of money. It's a lot of money. 163 00:08:59,600 --> 00:09:01,500 Yeah. Like 120 is a lot, and I 164 00:09:01,508 --> 00:09:05,100 remember, he got really upset, because three months after Turok 165 00:09:05,100 --> 00:09:08,000 came out, it dropped to the Player's Choice tear and I think 166 00:09:08,000 --> 00:09:09,600 it was like seven. Ridiculous. 167 00:09:09,800 --> 00:09:13,600 No, that was the problem. The n64's all the cartridges 168 00:09:13,600 --> 00:09:16,600 were at least 90 and that's why I get a laugh. 169 00:09:16,600 --> 00:09:19,400 These days when people complain about the cost of games today, 170 00:09:19,700 --> 00:09:22,100 because up here, they're still $90. 171 00:09:22,100 --> 00:09:25,600 They are Yes, yeah, that's that's what the problem. 172 00:09:25,600 --> 00:09:28,700 That that we run into you up here because we're from the same 173 00:09:28,700 --> 00:09:30,400 area. And it's just like, it doesn't 174 00:09:30,400 --> 00:09:31,600 matter where you are in Canada, really? 175 00:09:31,600 --> 00:09:34,200 It's just the price has just a little bit higher on stuff like 176 00:09:34,200 --> 00:09:36,300 this. If think for a while it was 177 00:09:36,300 --> 00:09:39,500 pretty even and then recently it's gone up. 178 00:09:39,500 --> 00:09:41,900 I mean stuff is gone up everybody but at the same time 179 00:09:41,900 --> 00:09:44,600 it was like it was an investment and and at that age when you 180 00:09:44,600 --> 00:09:47,300 have something in and 64 or even a Dreamcast, or GameCube, 181 00:09:47,300 --> 00:09:51,500 whatever generation it would be even if it was a hundred dollars 182 00:09:51,500 --> 00:09:53,600 out of 120. That's that's a lot at that 183 00:09:53,600 --> 00:09:55,900 time. Like to have, like you said 67 184 00:09:55,900 --> 00:09:57,400 games or something. That's understandable. 185 00:09:57,600 --> 00:09:59,300 That's understandable. Yeah. 186 00:09:59,300 --> 00:10:02,500 And like I mean, honestly if it wasn't your own allowance, how 187 00:10:02,500 --> 00:10:04,400 often would you get a game as a gift? 188 00:10:04,400 --> 00:10:05,800 Maybe your birthday and Christmas. 189 00:10:05,800 --> 00:10:08,800 Maybe two year, if you're really lucky for me, it was like, one 190 00:10:08,800 --> 00:10:10,600 gimme here. I mean, really the only console 191 00:10:10,600 --> 00:10:12,800 as a kid. I got a sizable collection for 192 00:10:12,800 --> 00:10:14,900 was the Gameboy and that's only okay. 193 00:10:14,900 --> 00:10:16,700 Nothing was out for a decade, right? 194 00:10:16,700 --> 00:10:18,900 So yeah. Games are cheaper, the games are 195 00:10:18,900 --> 00:10:21,800 a little bit cheaper and then plus there were all kind of 196 00:10:22,500 --> 00:10:26,200 Cross-platform, you know, you could play an original Gameboy 197 00:10:26,200 --> 00:10:29,800 on your Advanced, you can play your Advance on your SP, like 198 00:10:29,800 --> 00:10:32,100 things like that. Like, all those, I think that's 199 00:10:32,100 --> 00:10:34,800 part of the reason why to, but yeah, you can get a game for 40 200 00:10:34,800 --> 00:10:37,200 bucks or 50 bucks. That's literally half the price, 201 00:10:37,200 --> 00:10:39,000 like I still have a lot of those. 202 00:10:39,000 --> 00:10:42,100 I it's a great game boy. The Game Boy Color. 203 00:10:42,100 --> 00:10:45,000 And Game Boy, Advance so good. Yeah. 204 00:10:45,000 --> 00:10:47,400 And the backwards compatibility is what really sold me on that. 205 00:10:47,400 --> 00:10:50,200 Like, you just exactly. And it's it's why I like when it 206 00:10:50,200 --> 00:10:52,600 comes to things like the switch today and they have the Virtual 207 00:10:52,600 --> 00:10:55,800 Console. I love how N64 is kind of being 208 00:10:55,800 --> 00:10:57,800 brought back with that. Yeah I love how they brought 209 00:10:57,800 --> 00:11:01,900 back that god-awful controller for the switch. 210 00:11:01,900 --> 00:11:04,600 I love it. So I really do love the N64. 211 00:11:04,900 --> 00:11:08,300 I know it's not the greatest amount there but in hindsight 212 00:11:08,300 --> 00:11:11,200 when I look at today versus the PlayStation, I'd rather play in 213 00:11:11,200 --> 00:11:12,900 64. I think it holds up better than 214 00:11:12,900 --> 00:11:15,500 the PlayStation titles. Yeah, I agree. 215 00:11:15,800 --> 00:11:18,500 I had friends couple friends that had an N64. 216 00:11:18,500 --> 00:11:21,700 A couple friends had to play stations pretty pretty spread 217 00:11:21,700 --> 00:11:24,300 out between My friends group in the area. 218 00:11:24,300 --> 00:11:27,800 And yeah, I think I would, I would revisit whether I was 219 00:11:27,800 --> 00:11:30,200 doing this podcast or not. I think it would, it would be an 220 00:11:30,200 --> 00:11:33,200 easier console to revisit. I don't know if it's because I 221 00:11:33,208 --> 00:11:36,600 just have more memories playing Mario Party and Mario Kart and 222 00:11:36,600 --> 00:11:38,200 smash and stuff with friends or whatever. 223 00:11:38,200 --> 00:11:41,800 But, you know, it's a good difference in games. 224 00:11:41,800 --> 00:11:43,600 It's good to sort of revisit both, but there's something 225 00:11:43,600 --> 00:11:47,200 about that 64. I don't know if it's just, you 226 00:11:47,200 --> 00:11:50,200 know, it's unfair because it's Nostalgia and just like I had 227 00:11:50,200 --> 00:11:52,700 it. So I love it more, but You know, 228 00:11:52,700 --> 00:11:56,200 a game like this. Like we're talking about last 229 00:11:56,200 --> 00:12:00,700 corpse and honestly, like, I have very little experience with 230 00:12:00,700 --> 00:12:02,800 this game. Coming into this. 231 00:12:03,200 --> 00:12:05,600 I remember it. But not very well. 232 00:12:05,600 --> 00:12:08,200 So, you were pretty excited. This was, this was your 233 00:12:08,200 --> 00:12:10,600 suggestion and I was more than happy to say yes to it. 234 00:12:11,300 --> 00:12:15,900 Why this game I don't want to call it a Hidden Gem because I 235 00:12:15,908 --> 00:12:18,000 think back in the day it's sold really well. 236 00:12:18,300 --> 00:12:19,900 And it was definitely well reviewed. 237 00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:21,500 Yeah. But when you talk with the N64 238 00:12:21,500 --> 00:12:23,700 titles today and you mentioned something like blast corpse, 239 00:12:23,700 --> 00:12:27,600 most folks don't even know of the game probably because I 240 00:12:27,608 --> 00:12:30,900 never got a sequel. This is entirely a one-off game 241 00:12:30,900 --> 00:12:33,600 from rare, which is disappointing because it's a 242 00:12:33,608 --> 00:12:38,100 very unique title and I remember I rented as a kid from the 243 00:12:38,100 --> 00:12:40,900 Blockbuster, you know, when that was still around and I liked it 244 00:12:40,900 --> 00:12:42,400 enough that I went out and bought it. 245 00:12:42,500 --> 00:12:45,900 That's so much a The game while the rental system worked on you. 246 00:12:45,900 --> 00:12:47,500 Look at that, totally. Yeah. 247 00:12:47,500 --> 00:12:51,100 This is the work once in a while, once in a while, it's 248 00:12:51,100 --> 00:12:52,900 just one of those games were in a rental. 249 00:12:52,900 --> 00:12:54,800 In a weekend. I couldn't beat it, right? 250 00:12:54,800 --> 00:12:58,500 There's just enough hidden stuff enough stages and then there is 251 00:12:58,500 --> 00:13:00,600 metals and time trials. And that kind of stuff. 252 00:13:01,100 --> 00:13:03,200 So kind of hooked me to want to play it more. 253 00:13:03,700 --> 00:13:06,300 And I had been burned in the past with some N64 titles. 254 00:13:06,300 --> 00:13:09,600 There is, there are there are some great games on the N64, but 255 00:13:09,600 --> 00:13:11,500 there are some that are not so great. 256 00:13:11,700 --> 00:13:14,100 Absolutely well games. And I used to rent them. 257 00:13:14,100 --> 00:13:16,100 Yeah. And this is this is what I liked 258 00:13:16,100 --> 00:13:18,700 and I liked it a lot. And now in hindsight rare, such 259 00:13:18,700 --> 00:13:23,200 a great company and they put out mostly Stellar titles. 260 00:13:23,200 --> 00:13:25,000 I don't think they've done many, many stickers. 261 00:13:25,500 --> 00:13:27,000 Yeah. When you look at their, at their 262 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:31,400 library on the N64, specifically, like, it's it's to 263 00:13:31,400 --> 00:13:34,400 me like this is their console like this. 264 00:13:34,400 --> 00:13:37,000 They, they elevated this console. 265 00:13:37,000 --> 00:13:39,600 I think to another level, especially in that, mid-range 266 00:13:39,600 --> 00:13:42,200 know, you got Banjo-Kazooie. I mean, even this like this was 267 00:13:42,200 --> 00:13:45,400 the first one that I did but you know you have GoldenEye, you 268 00:13:45,400 --> 00:13:48,400 have perfect dark if and the Banjo Kazooie series like that 269 00:13:48,400 --> 00:13:50,700 that's enough. All you need is just like two or 270 00:13:50,700 --> 00:13:52,800 three of those and you'd be like well, these are systems sellers 271 00:13:52,800 --> 00:13:57,400 because they just are, you know, and this was the first one they 272 00:13:57,400 --> 00:13:59,100 did. You know, when I was researching 273 00:13:59,100 --> 00:14:01,700 the game and sort of how and when it was made and everything 274 00:14:01,700 --> 00:14:04,500 like this was put together in a year. 275 00:14:04,600 --> 00:14:07,300 This game. Like that is really Speedy. 276 00:14:07,700 --> 00:14:10,700 That is crazy a very impressive which what they did like you 277 00:14:10,700 --> 00:14:13,300 just mentioned. There's all these like hidden In 278 00:14:13,300 --> 00:14:17,100 things whether you're renting it or owning it, it's not, you 279 00:14:17,100 --> 00:14:19,000 know, it's not a grind. I wouldn't say that there's a 280 00:14:19,200 --> 00:14:21,900 necessarily a grind in this because there's enough variety 281 00:14:21,900 --> 00:14:23,800 where you don't feel like you're always doing the exact same 282 00:14:23,800 --> 00:14:26,300 thing over. There's enough different stuff 283 00:14:26,300 --> 00:14:30,600 in different areas but like, yeah, this is not a game that 284 00:14:30,600 --> 00:14:35,000 would be easily completed. I mean, I went through the last 285 00:14:35,000 --> 00:14:38,300 couple weeks and I didn't fully complete it. 286 00:14:38,300 --> 00:14:41,400 I unlocked every level but I definitely didn't hit like the 287 00:14:41,400 --> 00:14:45,800 100% mark on it. It's It's very interesting, you 288 00:14:45,808 --> 00:14:47,500 know, what I like to do for, when I do these kind of 289 00:14:47,500 --> 00:14:49,900 episodes, I like to look at the speedruns to see. 290 00:14:49,900 --> 00:14:53,200 We ask your in records are just just to make myself feel 291 00:14:53,200 --> 00:14:57,800 insignificant when it comes to playing games, the yeah 100% 292 00:14:57,800 --> 00:15:02,600 Speed Run for this game. 100%, so all levels, all stages gold 293 00:15:02,600 --> 00:15:04,800 and or sorry platinum and everything right? 294 00:15:04,800 --> 00:15:08,400 There's an hour and 30 minutes com'on. 295 00:15:08,500 --> 00:15:14,300 I know it probably took me 30 40 hours Is when I was a kid to get 296 00:15:14,300 --> 00:15:16,700 gold and all the stages because together you got Gold 297 00:15:16,700 --> 00:15:18,800 Everywhere, You are luck, a bunch of bonus stages at the end 298 00:15:18,800 --> 00:15:20,500 of the game, so that's what I did. 299 00:15:20,500 --> 00:15:23,600 But yeah, it's it's while we're in at home. 300 00:15:23,600 --> 00:15:26,000 I got, you know, I think I think looking at this game on the 301 00:15:26,000 --> 00:15:28,300 surface, you'd be like okay, yeah couple hours. 302 00:15:28,300 --> 00:15:31,200 I could see that I could see you like, you know, if you're really 303 00:15:31,200 --> 00:15:33,800 good at it you could you and played this a lot when you're 304 00:15:33,800 --> 00:15:36,800 younger and stuff or or had this a game that you rented all the 305 00:15:36,800 --> 00:15:37,300 time? Yeah. 306 00:15:37,400 --> 00:15:37,800 Okay. Sure. 307 00:15:37,800 --> 00:15:39,500 In a couple hours. Realistically from start to 308 00:15:39,500 --> 00:15:40,100 finish. Sure. 309 00:15:40,300 --> 00:15:43,000 You could do something like that but then you play it and you go. 310 00:15:43,200 --> 00:15:45,800 And it's not that because it's bad, it's not because it's like 311 00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:50,800 some terrible experience. But it's just I can't I can't I 312 00:15:50,800 --> 00:15:53,000 can't there's no way an hour and a half of his wild to me. 313 00:15:53,000 --> 00:15:55,500 That's insane. Yeah, I watched it earlier today 314 00:15:55,500 --> 00:15:57,800 and just just to see him fly through levels because like that 315 00:15:57,800 --> 00:16:01,800 was the thing as a kid is each of the vehicles is feels quite a 316 00:16:01,808 --> 00:16:03,400 bit different and is used differently. 317 00:16:03,600 --> 00:16:07,100 Yes, you had to master them to get the gold medals on every 318 00:16:07,100 --> 00:16:09,600 stage and a lot of those Vehicles. 319 00:16:09,600 --> 00:16:11,600 Well there's maybe two that are very tricky. 320 00:16:11,700 --> 00:16:12,900 Do you want to talk about the vehicles? 321 00:16:13,100 --> 00:16:15,600 Yeah, it was I wanted to get into that for sure one. 322 00:16:16,000 --> 00:16:18,300 Let's talk about them sort of you know, as we go and then we 323 00:16:18,300 --> 00:16:20,800 can sort of discuss what why their son might be our favorites 324 00:16:20,800 --> 00:16:23,000 or not. So yeah go for it, go for it, 325 00:16:23,600 --> 00:16:25,700 right? So I mean it's in Blast corpse, 326 00:16:25,700 --> 00:16:28,600 I guess the basic story is that your demolition crew and there's 327 00:16:28,600 --> 00:16:30,500 this nuclear missile for some reason. 328 00:16:30,500 --> 00:16:35,100 That is on its modest, weight moving across everything in its 329 00:16:35,100 --> 00:16:37,800 path and if you don't clear the debris and people and buildings 330 00:16:37,800 --> 00:16:40,300 out of the way it explodes, that's the story. 331 00:16:40,300 --> 00:16:44,100 Yeah, essentially it's just like a Slow-moving nuke. 332 00:16:44,100 --> 00:16:47,700 And yeah, I guess they don't have the keys to the truck and 333 00:16:47,708 --> 00:16:49,300 they can't get the guy out of the driver's seat. 334 00:16:49,300 --> 00:16:51,000 Like, so they have to destroy buildings. 335 00:16:51,000 --> 00:16:53,500 Like, I guess that's the story. Yeah. 336 00:16:53,500 --> 00:16:55,600 Like my daughter watched me play at this weekend. 337 00:16:55,600 --> 00:16:57,600 She's like, how come they just don't stop the truck. 338 00:16:57,700 --> 00:17:01,800 Yeah, video game things, honey. It doesn't need to make sense. 339 00:17:01,800 --> 00:17:05,200 What is the whole truck and World blow up when just the 340 00:17:05,200 --> 00:17:07,599 bumper Taps offense? Why is that? 341 00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:10,500 I know, I don't know if you can touch it as your little guy 342 00:17:10,500 --> 00:17:12,200 because you're a little man in the game. 343 00:17:12,300 --> 00:17:13,400 Oh yeah. That's when you No one ever 344 00:17:13,400 --> 00:17:15,900 tried that. Yeah, but I wonder why can't his 345 00:17:15,900 --> 00:17:18,000 hop in the truck anyway? Yeah, I mean you got your own 346 00:17:18,000 --> 00:17:19,700 vehicle? Yeah, I know. 347 00:17:20,300 --> 00:17:22,099 So they're different vehicles in the game that you used to 348 00:17:22,099 --> 00:17:25,400 basically destroy buildings and it starts off, you know, kind of 349 00:17:25,400 --> 00:17:28,000 cliche with a bulldozer. Basically they all have weird 350 00:17:28,000 --> 00:17:30,100 funky names. I think they call it the ram 351 00:17:30,100 --> 00:17:32,200 Dozer but it's just a fast bulldozer. 352 00:17:32,300 --> 00:17:34,100 Yeah. But then but then it gets into 353 00:17:34,100 --> 00:17:38,300 something like the was it called the backlash, which is a dump 354 00:17:38,300 --> 00:17:40,400 truck now. It's interesting because the 355 00:17:40,400 --> 00:17:44,100 dump truck bulldozer you just fly Two things, the dump truck, 356 00:17:44,100 --> 00:17:46,500 if you bump into stuff. Yeah, you damage it a little bit 357 00:17:46,900 --> 00:17:50,400 but the the mechanic that one is you have to build a speed and 358 00:17:50,400 --> 00:17:53,900 then you have to go into a controlled out of the slide and 359 00:17:53,900 --> 00:17:56,900 flip your back around to back into things quickly. 360 00:17:57,300 --> 00:18:00,500 It's very tough. It was Tommy is on the N64 361 00:18:00,500 --> 00:18:02,400 controller. Automatic controller. 362 00:18:02,400 --> 00:18:04,300 It's even worse because I don't have the buttons are. 363 00:18:04,700 --> 00:18:06,400 Yeah. So so that. 364 00:18:06,400 --> 00:18:07,300 Oh, that's the other thing I share. 365 00:18:07,300 --> 00:18:10,500 That reminds me. I played this a little bit with 366 00:18:10,500 --> 00:18:12,900 an N64 controller and I went, oh wait. 367 00:18:13,100 --> 00:18:16,400 Wait, I have Game Pass and rare replay is on Game Pass. 368 00:18:16,800 --> 00:18:19,900 I'm going to see what it's like on that and I played with the 369 00:18:19,908 --> 00:18:22,000 next spot. So I played most of this through 370 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:25,100 that experience through rare replay cuz they're just easy. 371 00:18:25,100 --> 00:18:27,000 And I was like, okay I got the Xbox on right in front of me. 372 00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:30,000 Anyway honestly the experience is very very similar. 373 00:18:30,000 --> 00:18:35,900 I think control wise you use a and X on the Xbox controller to 374 00:18:35,900 --> 00:18:38,300 sort of do your abilities, quote-unquote abilities, or you 375 00:18:38,300 --> 00:18:40,600 can use the triggers and that's pretty much it and the joystick 376 00:18:40,600 --> 00:18:43,600 like there's really not much and then the right joystick Is your 377 00:18:43,600 --> 00:18:45,300 C buttons? That's essentially. 378 00:18:45,300 --> 00:18:47,400 Okay. So you can press down, see up? 379 00:18:47,400 --> 00:18:49,500 See, and whatever. And you know there's not a whole 380 00:18:49,500 --> 00:18:52,100 lot to controls in this game so really didn't feel like I was 381 00:18:52,300 --> 00:19:00,000 not getting the real experience. But yeah so that one is honestly 382 00:19:00,200 --> 00:19:04,600 like I understand the idea and why that's called backlash was 383 00:19:04,600 --> 00:19:08,600 exactly what it was so I understand why you want to do 384 00:19:08,600 --> 00:19:10,100 something like that. It is interesting. 385 00:19:10,100 --> 00:19:14,300 It's an interesting concept but in execution Unless you are like 386 00:19:14,500 --> 00:19:17,700 very close to being perfect on every time you whip that vehicle 387 00:19:17,700 --> 00:19:20,600 around, it's just insanely frustrating. 388 00:19:20,600 --> 00:19:23,000 It is. Those are by far the worst, the 389 00:19:23,000 --> 00:19:25,200 worst levels, if you want to call it, like they just they 390 00:19:25,200 --> 00:19:27,500 just are. And like, if you want to get the 391 00:19:27,500 --> 00:19:30,900 100% unlock the bonus stages in the game, you have to get gold 392 00:19:30,900 --> 00:19:33,200 medals with all the fact, last stages. 393 00:19:33,200 --> 00:19:36,900 And I remember the very first one is kind of a time trial and 394 00:19:36,900 --> 00:19:39,100 I think you need to get like under 20 seconds or something. 395 00:19:39,100 --> 00:19:41,500 Stupid God. I remember as a kid that taking 396 00:19:41,500 --> 00:19:44,700 me a several hours of Just to get right, I did not have the 397 00:19:44,700 --> 00:19:47,800 patience for it. I tried the last few weeks, but 398 00:19:47,800 --> 00:19:50,700 as a kid, I definitely did it. But yeah, it's just, it's out of 399 00:19:50,700 --> 00:19:52,500 all the vehicles. It was the most annoying. 400 00:19:52,700 --> 00:19:54,300 The rest are really great though, right? 401 00:19:54,300 --> 00:19:57,200 Like you have, they are, there was like, mechs, there's two 402 00:19:57,200 --> 00:20:00,100 different, mechs ones, like a flying things, but our pilot 403 00:20:00,100 --> 00:20:03,500 wings or something. Yeah, there's one Thunder fist, 404 00:20:03,600 --> 00:20:05,300 which is hilarious. I love that. 405 00:20:05,900 --> 00:20:08,200 It is like a role to break buildings, which I think 406 00:20:08,400 --> 00:20:11,500 uppercuts essentially like yeah, I can punch. 407 00:20:11,500 --> 00:20:15,900 Yeah, yeah. Yeah so yeah, those ones are 408 00:20:15,900 --> 00:20:19,700 kind of cool because they almost look the same and then one of 409 00:20:19,700 --> 00:20:23,100 them I found this actually to be so that guy rolls and sort of 410 00:20:23,108 --> 00:20:24,600 like uppercuts buildings and stuff. 411 00:20:24,800 --> 00:20:30,200 I found the other guy really funny because it didn't I didn't 412 00:20:30,200 --> 00:20:33,700 look ahead of time what all of these vehicles did and how they 413 00:20:33,700 --> 00:20:35,100 worked. I just sort of turn the game on 414 00:20:35,100 --> 00:20:37,700 and I was like okay I kind of remember a couple of these the 415 00:20:37,708 --> 00:20:41,800 bulldozers fair enough as simple little RC car looking thing. 416 00:20:41,800 --> 00:20:44,300 I was like okay I get that That's kind of interesting. 417 00:20:45,500 --> 00:20:49,500 But the other, the other robot I got to find the exact, which one 418 00:20:49,500 --> 00:20:58,000 it is not actually bonding Cyclone suit, which can destroy 419 00:20:58,000 --> 00:20:59,600 me and says, the time is summer. Yeah, okay. 420 00:20:59,600 --> 00:21:03,000 Yes, it's Cyclone suit. So essentially, I was like, oh, 421 00:21:03,000 --> 00:21:05,700 maybe this guy is just going to roll, you know, or maybe he's 422 00:21:05,700 --> 00:21:08,100 going to like dive forward with a fist or something. 423 00:21:08,300 --> 00:21:10,700 Nope, he decides to do gymnastics everywhere and he's 424 00:21:10,700 --> 00:21:13,600 just zip it and bopping around and he's just like And he just 425 00:21:13,600 --> 00:21:17,900 really wants to be a gymnast. And and that's the ability, it's 426 00:21:17,900 --> 00:21:21,000 like it's so funny. I'm sorry to me like, when it 427 00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:22,900 for a game is based around demolition, crews and 428 00:21:22,900 --> 00:21:25,100 construction equipment. Then they just throw in mechs 429 00:21:25,100 --> 00:21:28,000 for some reason. Yeah, it's seen. 430 00:21:28,300 --> 00:21:31,300 I'd watch the behind the scenes video on rares for YouTube 431 00:21:31,400 --> 00:21:34,500 earlier this week and one of the vehicles they are considered was 432 00:21:34,500 --> 00:21:36,200 like a scorpion type. Robot thing. 433 00:21:36,700 --> 00:21:39,500 We really go into the crotch, the crotches where the cockpit 434 00:21:39,500 --> 00:21:42,700 was a few not make the final cut but it just it just weird 435 00:21:42,700 --> 00:21:45,000 enough. Form like that could have been 436 00:21:45,000 --> 00:21:47,300 there that could have worked. Yeah, I mean if you got these 437 00:21:47,300 --> 00:21:50,700 ones, you can you can just I mean there's no reason for like 438 00:21:50,700 --> 00:21:53,300 any of these in particular to be different. 439 00:21:53,300 --> 00:21:55,300 It's just for the variety and that's fine. 440 00:21:55,300 --> 00:21:57,800 You know, it doesn't have, you don't have to have some big deep 441 00:21:57,800 --> 00:22:02,500 story for a somersaulting robot but you know, like if it's a 442 00:22:02,500 --> 00:22:04,900 scorpion, all right, cool, fine. It's going to whip its tail or 443 00:22:04,900 --> 00:22:06,300 it's going to clip the buildings and stuff. 444 00:22:06,300 --> 00:22:07,400 Sure I could see that. Yeah. 445 00:22:07,400 --> 00:22:09,800 Why not? Imagine have different Pacific 446 00:22:09,800 --> 00:22:12,100 Rim would have been if these are the mechs the gymnast, the robot 447 00:22:12,100 --> 00:22:13,200 would be in Pacific Rim. Mm. 448 00:22:13,300 --> 00:22:14,900 That the Kaiju would have stood a chance. 449 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:18,700 They would have no chance, no chance whatsoever. 450 00:22:19,200 --> 00:22:23,800 I I'm I mentioned this earlier in the episode. 451 00:22:24,200 --> 00:22:28,100 The part that we are not recording together, but for the 452 00:22:28,100 --> 00:22:31,300 Thunder fist guy, the guy that rolls and does the uppercut 453 00:22:31,300 --> 00:22:34,900 punch only has one arm. Yeah, I don't know if you know 454 00:22:34,900 --> 00:22:40,100 why, but he has one arm because they specifically like they ran 455 00:22:40,100 --> 00:22:42,900 out of memory on the cartridge. So they had to design. 456 00:22:43,000 --> 00:22:46,900 Him without a second arm. That's the reason why he looks 457 00:22:46,900 --> 00:22:49,200 like that. And you know what, as funny as 458 00:22:49,200 --> 00:22:51,900 it is at least they did something, you know, at least 459 00:22:51,900 --> 00:22:54,500 they did something. Yeah, I mean at least they had 460 00:22:54,500 --> 00:22:57,100 got me in the the alternative would be to have one less 461 00:22:57,100 --> 00:22:58,900 vehicle in the game. So that's crazy. 462 00:22:58,900 --> 00:23:02,000 That's wild that they ran out of polygons and triangles to get 463 00:23:02,000 --> 00:23:06,800 that thing to fit. Yeah, I will say like the that's 464 00:23:06,800 --> 00:23:08,900 one of the reasons why is I do like this game is that the 465 00:23:08,900 --> 00:23:10,900 environments are pretty varied. Look pretty good. 466 00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:14,600 Even today, get quite A variety of buildings to destroy and 467 00:23:14,600 --> 00:23:17,400 fences and all kinds of stuff. There's Hills and water. 468 00:23:17,700 --> 00:23:20,200 It's a pretty detailed map. It's pretty good. 469 00:23:20,400 --> 00:23:23,500 Yeah. Yeah, each level definitely is 470 00:23:23,500 --> 00:23:25,600 different enough from the previous or the next one. 471 00:23:25,600 --> 00:23:28,900 Like they're not sure some of the the colors or textures might 472 00:23:28,900 --> 00:23:31,600 be the same or similar. But that's what you're going to 473 00:23:31,600 --> 00:23:35,600 get from a early. 97 early N64 game. 474 00:23:35,600 --> 00:23:36,800 That's just the way it is, right? 475 00:23:36,800 --> 00:23:40,400 That's totally fine. But but they don't look bad. 476 00:23:40,400 --> 00:23:44,000 They don't look muddy, they don't look You know, undetailed 477 00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:46,600 or anything, you can tell where you're going, what you're doing. 478 00:23:47,400 --> 00:23:50,300 And once those arrows start pointing at those buildings, 479 00:23:50,300 --> 00:23:53,000 that's why, you know, like you're good, you got it right? 480 00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:57,100 It's it's fairly straightforward as far as that goes, but but I 481 00:23:57,108 --> 00:23:59,300 do like the fact that every time you go into it and some of the 482 00:23:59,308 --> 00:24:03,100 levels you can choose which, you know, vehicle you want and stuff 483 00:24:03,100 --> 00:24:06,500 and some of them you can just, you know, you can just zip from 484 00:24:06,500 --> 00:24:08,200 one to another. You can walk from other ones but 485 00:24:08,200 --> 00:24:11,000 all of that is part of the variety and the level themselves 486 00:24:11,400 --> 00:24:15,200 are like these mini hubba. World's almost in a way, which 487 00:24:15,200 --> 00:24:16,800 are, which are fun. I like them a lot. 488 00:24:17,600 --> 00:24:20,700 It's neat because Ashley hides some vehicles to there's some 489 00:24:20,700 --> 00:24:23,100 Vehicles like a mundane cars, right? 490 00:24:23,100 --> 00:24:26,800 There's cars there's like a American flag covered car and 491 00:24:26,800 --> 00:24:28,700 there's an 18 van for some reason. 492 00:24:29,100 --> 00:24:31,200 I couldn't figure out how to get to that thing. 493 00:24:31,300 --> 00:24:33,300 I saw the A-Team van, I was like, how do we get to this 494 00:24:33,300 --> 00:24:36,200 thing? I was like, I drove around it on 495 00:24:36,200 --> 00:24:39,000 top of the cliff and I was like mr. 496 00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:42,400 T, where are you, man? Like help me out if I remember 497 00:24:42,400 --> 00:24:44,200 right there. Hidden tunnel, I think to get 498 00:24:44,200 --> 00:24:46,400 to, it is what it is. But I would assume there was 499 00:24:46,400 --> 00:24:48,900 because I tried to throw my vehicle over the edge and I was 500 00:24:48,900 --> 00:24:52,900 just like, hitting a wall every time and just got but yeah. 501 00:24:52,900 --> 00:24:54,400 No, that's true. There's all that. 502 00:24:54,400 --> 00:24:57,500 And then another part of it to a part of the presentation, the 503 00:24:57,500 --> 00:24:59,400 fact that it's still kind of, you know, holds up like you're 504 00:24:59,400 --> 00:25:03,100 saying, the way things look is, there's a lot of like cinematic 505 00:25:03,100 --> 00:25:05,300 parts of it too. So like there's some levels will 506 00:25:05,300 --> 00:25:08,100 start in a train. For example, I think these are 507 00:25:08,100 --> 00:25:11,800 like a medium and hard levels and you're in the train from the 508 00:25:11,800 --> 00:25:14,300 start and you're driving a Across the tracks on these 509 00:25:14,800 --> 00:25:19,100 Bridges, and it's sort of the camera sort of like, turns a 510 00:25:19,108 --> 00:25:20,900 little bit. And you can kind of see the 511 00:25:20,900 --> 00:25:24,700 missile truck in a distance on its own bridge and I was like, 512 00:25:24,700 --> 00:25:27,800 oh, this is, this is great. This is so cool. 513 00:25:27,900 --> 00:25:31,600 It's not just a behind the vehicle View and you just go for 514 00:25:31,600 --> 00:25:33,400 it. It's actually showing you and 515 00:25:33,400 --> 00:25:37,000 give you perspective on things which they really don't have to 516 00:25:37,000 --> 00:25:38,900 do. They can just give you a path to 517 00:25:38,900 --> 00:25:41,800 follow and they really try and make and give you a sense of the 518 00:25:41,800 --> 00:25:43,900 space that you're in. And I think that is excellent 519 00:25:43,900 --> 00:25:47,200 and and I was very surprised I didn't expect that at all and I 520 00:25:47,208 --> 00:25:49,100 thought was a welcome surprise for sure. 521 00:25:50,000 --> 00:25:53,700 I really like how to when you get near the the nuke or if you 522 00:25:53,700 --> 00:25:57,500 can't use the camera to do the pull up the birdcam it has that 523 00:25:57,500 --> 00:26:00,300 sound along with a nuke that that I don't eat. 524 00:26:00,300 --> 00:26:02,900 I can't reproduce it. There's like this nuclear a hum 525 00:26:02,900 --> 00:26:06,300 sound whenever you're close to it and you hear that sound then 526 00:26:06,300 --> 00:26:08,400 we get close, even closer to you see it on the screen. 527 00:26:08,700 --> 00:26:11,500 It's awe-inspiring as terrifying because you know how close you 528 00:26:11,500 --> 00:26:14,000 are to lose in that stage. If you don't hurry up and take 529 00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:16,100 some buildings down, but whenever you have to, sometimes 530 00:26:16,100 --> 00:26:18,500 the stage will get you to get close to it for, for driving 531 00:26:18,500 --> 00:26:20,300 past it. Yeah, it's always interesting 532 00:26:20,300 --> 00:26:22,200 atmosphere. It's really a really well-done 533 00:26:22,900 --> 00:26:25,700 atmosphere and theme to the game with how they did that nuke. 534 00:26:25,700 --> 00:26:28,900 It's yeah, yeah, I think so like like we like we were joking 535 00:26:28,900 --> 00:26:31,300 before why, I don't know, but it's just happening. 536 00:26:31,300 --> 00:26:34,100 So now deal with the situation but at least the situation is 537 00:26:34,100 --> 00:26:36,500 not throw away, you know? Like they're trying to do 538 00:26:36,700 --> 00:26:40,700 something with it, you know, at least the other the only other 539 00:26:41,100 --> 00:26:42,800 one of the other funny things that I do. 540 00:26:43,300 --> 00:26:47,400 Quite understand is all the little like, characters that pop 541 00:26:47,400 --> 00:26:49,100 up on your screen. Like who are these people? 542 00:26:49,200 --> 00:26:50,900 And why? Why is one of them like a 543 00:26:50,908 --> 00:26:53,400 hillbilly and the other ones? Just some girl, it's cheering 544 00:26:53,400 --> 00:26:56,000 you on like I don't understand who they are and why they're 545 00:26:56,000 --> 00:27:10,200 there but but they are There is a comic for this. 546 00:27:10,200 --> 00:27:12,600 I never did track it down the to read it but there's that's 547 00:27:12,600 --> 00:27:15,200 apparently as you know, video games back then, if you want the 548 00:27:15,200 --> 00:27:17,300 story, you got to read the manual or you got to read the 549 00:27:17,300 --> 00:27:20,400 in-game comic book, right? The thing that stands out for me 550 00:27:20,400 --> 00:27:23,700 is because the N64 was never great with like full motion 551 00:27:23,700 --> 00:27:27,000 video and they didn't want to remodel those characters. 552 00:27:27,300 --> 00:27:31,700 So it's all pre-rendered poorly. Like the Happy character models, 553 00:27:31,700 --> 00:27:34,400 the eyes and the lady are feel like they're bulging out of her 554 00:27:34,400 --> 00:27:36,500 head. Maybe look different as A kid on 555 00:27:36,500 --> 00:27:39,200 a CRT, but on a modern TV, it looks terrifying. 556 00:27:39,200 --> 00:27:41,700 Those bottles like I'm glad there's there's voice in the 557 00:27:41,700 --> 00:27:43,900 game and I'm glad they do some stuff like that but yeah you're 558 00:27:43,900 --> 00:27:46,700 right they don't really explain much in the way of plot of how 559 00:27:46,700 --> 00:27:49,000 important they are to the story or if they're I mean they're not 560 00:27:49,000 --> 00:27:51,300 really relevant like even at the end of the game of the bonus 561 00:27:51,300 --> 00:27:54,400 stages they try and throw in some, some lore bits at the end, 562 00:27:54,400 --> 00:27:58,300 but it's mostly tongue-in-cheek. Pointing out like, every, how 563 00:27:58,300 --> 00:28:02,300 far did you make it? Yeah, so I made it to unlock. 564 00:28:02,400 --> 00:28:06,000 So, according to rare replay, and I was just checking to see 565 00:28:06,100 --> 00:28:08,200 Like, there's like an achievement many achievement 566 00:28:08,200 --> 00:28:12,100 list for each game, and I got 85 percent of the way through the 567 00:28:12,100 --> 00:28:15,100 game. I don't think that includes 568 00:28:15,100 --> 00:28:17,800 like, the amount of metals that I got or, like, like level of 569 00:28:17,800 --> 00:28:20,500 metals, like, I don't think that means I got 85% gold, or 570 00:28:20,500 --> 00:28:23,200 platinum or anything, because I really don't think I got any 571 00:28:23,200 --> 00:28:25,200 platinum's. I think I just completed every 572 00:28:25,200 --> 00:28:27,400 level and got a decent amount of goals, and then, just sort of 573 00:28:27,500 --> 00:28:30,900 moved on. So I think I reached 85% of the 574 00:28:30,900 --> 00:28:34,600 levels, and I think that also includes, however, many bonus 575 00:28:34,600 --> 00:28:35,900 stages. I unlocked along the way. 576 00:28:36,400 --> 00:28:39,300 Okay, do you want me to mention the ending is spoilers are 577 00:28:39,308 --> 00:28:41,500 probably a 30 year old game because honestly, there's a 578 00:28:41,500 --> 00:28:44,000 couple of hard. There's a couple of hard stages 579 00:28:44,000 --> 00:28:46,100 that I honestly don't think I'm going to be able to beat. 580 00:28:46,100 --> 00:28:49,200 I'm not gonna lie. So the new thing is like, after 581 00:28:49,200 --> 00:28:53,300 you've eaten all the stages on the globe, then it's like you've 582 00:28:53,800 --> 00:28:56,100 the nuke has been saved as made it through through the city's. 583 00:28:56,100 --> 00:28:58,400 Everybody's happy. And then gives you like a text 584 00:28:58,400 --> 00:29:00,200 crawl. Basically, saying, oh, the blast 585 00:29:00,200 --> 00:29:03,500 course, can now take a long deserved vacation until next 586 00:29:03,500 --> 00:29:04,700 time. And then all the sudden flashes 587 00:29:04,700 --> 00:29:10,600 and alert and Like a shuttle in space is Crash Landing and you 588 00:29:10,600 --> 00:29:13,200 have to go clear a city for the landing wave. 589 00:29:13,200 --> 00:29:15,100 I was going to people going to die, so then you go that's your 590 00:29:15,108 --> 00:29:17,600 mission. You have to stop the you have to 591 00:29:17,600 --> 00:29:20,200 bulldoze these buildings so that the shuttle lands, you know, way 592 00:29:20,200 --> 00:29:22,000 too cool. That's a cool ending measure 593 00:29:22,000 --> 00:29:25,600 evil, that's great minutes like tech scroll and then blast 594 00:29:25,600 --> 00:29:28,000 corpse they can they can now take their well-deserved holiday 595 00:29:28,000 --> 00:29:30,100 that can rest. And then if you it says, if you 596 00:29:30,100 --> 00:29:32,000 got all the gold medals. Yeah. 597 00:29:32,400 --> 00:29:35,400 Then it's like now we're going to the Moon, there's a lot of, 598 00:29:35,400 --> 00:29:38,900 there's a lot of Debris on the Moon from years of space travel. 599 00:29:38,900 --> 00:29:41,300 You need to go there and clean up for some reason it even even 600 00:29:41,300 --> 00:29:44,400 in tongue-in-cheek is like going with this narrative the blast 601 00:29:44,400 --> 00:29:46,800 corpse goes to the moon and you do the moon in your bulldozing, 602 00:29:46,800 --> 00:29:50,500 all the crap on the moon and I think, I think if you have all 603 00:29:50,500 --> 00:29:54,700 the gold medals, I believe you can go to like Mars, Venus 604 00:29:54,700 --> 00:29:56,800 Neptune. There's a few different our user 605 00:29:56,800 --> 00:29:59,400 Space level, what? Yeah, it's wild as a kid. 606 00:29:59,800 --> 00:30:02,200 So it was, yeah, it was gold medals and you have to find six 607 00:30:02,200 --> 00:30:05,300 scientists on the earth. There's in in the stages or six 608 00:30:05,300 --> 00:30:07,300 inside hand. Yeah, yeah. 609 00:30:07,300 --> 00:30:08,800 You get all you can. So you 100% it. 610 00:30:08,800 --> 00:30:11,500 Then you get these these space stages where the gravity is 611 00:30:11,500 --> 00:30:14,900 different and it's just bizarre. It has really cool seeing. 612 00:30:15,000 --> 00:30:17,300 Yeah, it's really funny. And if the story is all kind of 613 00:30:17,300 --> 00:30:19,800 like your, the rocket has served you. 614 00:30:19,800 --> 00:30:21,900 Well, the blast course as you're on the planets but now you're 615 00:30:21,908 --> 00:30:25,000 going to come back to earth. It's just it's really stupid but 616 00:30:25,000 --> 00:30:27,400 they know it's stupid and they just go with it for the front 617 00:30:27,400 --> 00:30:28,100 for the phone. Right? 618 00:30:28,100 --> 00:30:30,400 Well I appreciate that, that's a man. 619 00:30:30,400 --> 00:30:32,700 Okay. So who cares if Thunder fist? 620 00:30:32,700 --> 00:30:35,900 Only has one arm, you get to go to the moon and Mars and see. 621 00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:38,100 Save the Earth a couple times. There's a missile. 622 00:30:38,100 --> 00:30:39,600 Oh man. No, wonder they ran out of 623 00:30:39,600 --> 00:30:42,600 space. There's a lot on this cart there 624 00:30:42,600 --> 00:30:44,700 really is. I thought I did not know any of 625 00:30:44,700 --> 00:30:46,400 that stuff. That is awesome. 626 00:30:46,800 --> 00:30:49,900 That is awesome, really? I mean, it just goes to show you 627 00:30:49,900 --> 00:30:55,700 the, the, the ambition that rare has with its games like this is 628 00:30:56,000 --> 00:30:58,400 early, new technology rare, you know. 629 00:30:58,400 --> 00:30:59,800 It's not like they didn't have games before this. 630 00:30:59,800 --> 00:31:03,200 They Lots rare replay is a perfect example of all the games 631 00:31:03,200 --> 00:31:06,400 that they had previous to this. I think there's at least And 632 00:31:06,600 --> 00:31:09,100 that you could play that are from the early 90s to mid 90s 633 00:31:09,100 --> 00:31:15,300 and you know, it just shows that this this studio from the start 634 00:31:15,400 --> 00:31:19,000 was looking to do stuff. That was different and fun and 635 00:31:19,100 --> 00:31:21,700 knew that if it was ridiculous like you're saying at least, it 636 00:31:21,700 --> 00:31:24,300 didn't take itself too seriously because you could very easily, 637 00:31:24,600 --> 00:31:28,000 make something about a nuke and destroying buildings and saving 638 00:31:28,000 --> 00:31:31,800 people very serious. And then just keep it at that. 639 00:31:31,800 --> 00:31:35,900 And it kind of presents its self that way a little bit. 640 00:31:36,000 --> 00:31:38,500 It. But yeah, with a little comments 641 00:31:38,500 --> 00:31:40,400 of the characters in the fact that youth, like you said, he 642 00:31:40,400 --> 00:31:43,600 could other planets and stuff. That's, that's excellent. 643 00:31:43,600 --> 00:31:48,000 That's, that's amazing. Yeah, it's a really polished 644 00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:50,900 game and like you said, rarely does wrong. 645 00:31:50,900 --> 00:31:53,600 Honestly I look, I got again, I look at the PlayStation titles. 646 00:31:53,600 --> 00:31:56,400 There's a lot of shovel work on the PlayStation like titles that 647 00:31:56,400 --> 00:31:59,200 you can see, were rushed out. Not to say N64 is now. 648 00:31:59,200 --> 00:32:00,600 It's bad games, it certainly does. 649 00:32:00,600 --> 00:32:03,400 But I feel there's more terrible titles on the PS than there is 650 00:32:03,400 --> 00:32:04,900 on the N64. Yeah. 651 00:32:04,900 --> 00:32:07,700 And it's great to have The title like this one where, again, it's 652 00:32:08,300 --> 00:32:11,500 it's so unique and I don't think I've seen, I don't think I've 653 00:32:11,508 --> 00:32:15,800 seen anything remotely close to the concept of the bulldozing 654 00:32:15,800 --> 00:32:17,300 buildings for stopping this thing. 655 00:32:17,300 --> 00:32:19,300 I nuke. It's like part puzzle game. 656 00:32:19,300 --> 00:32:22,500 There's action destruction. Like I mean, you look at you 657 00:32:22,500 --> 00:32:26,700 remember and the PC before. There's Minecraft right there 658 00:32:26,700 --> 00:32:30,500 was, was it what was that a read something? 659 00:32:30,800 --> 00:32:34,000 There's already a shooter red track had been struck by a train 660 00:32:34,000 --> 00:32:37,600 and stuff that was like the Big thing on PC Shooters. 661 00:32:37,700 --> 00:32:41,100 Meanwhile, you lazy and 64 and 64 had destructible buildings 662 00:32:41,100 --> 00:32:43,000 before all that. So it's really cool. 663 00:32:43,000 --> 00:32:45,600 It's kind of ahead of its time and I'm surprised with things 664 00:32:45,600 --> 00:32:48,100 like write a faction and that technology coming out on PC. 665 00:32:48,100 --> 00:32:50,200 How can we get anything similar to blast chords? 666 00:32:50,400 --> 00:32:52,300 I'm really surprised it didn't get a sequel. 667 00:32:52,900 --> 00:32:54,000 Well and you know what's cool too. 668 00:32:54,000 --> 00:32:57,900 Is like even if this sequel came on the GameCube or when you know 669 00:32:57,900 --> 00:33:01,100 the Xbox and PS2 and PS3 Generations came around like oh 670 00:33:01,100 --> 00:33:05,000 you know that you know even more recently like you know rare is 671 00:33:05,300 --> 00:33:08,000 is owned by a. By Microsoft and Xbox at this 672 00:33:08,000 --> 00:33:12,000 point, they could make a game like this and all the breaking 673 00:33:12,000 --> 00:33:14,800 down of the buildings isn't just big chunks of polygons like they 674 00:33:14,800 --> 00:33:16,800 are in this which you know, it's totally fine. 675 00:33:16,800 --> 00:33:18,900 It's not a negative against it but that's just what the tech 676 00:33:18,900 --> 00:33:21,300 was at the time. Now you could like, really get 677 00:33:21,300 --> 00:33:23,600 into the details of, like, how you want to chip these away, 678 00:33:23,600 --> 00:33:27,500 which those Red Faction titles, like you said, doodoo in some of 679 00:33:27,500 --> 00:33:29,500 them from. I think, the last one was like, 680 00:33:29,500 --> 00:33:31,400 10 years ago or something at least. 681 00:33:31,400 --> 00:33:33,800 Yeah, it's been a while. They do that, but you could do 682 00:33:33,800 --> 00:33:38,400 it with these like crazy cool. Check robots and vehicles and 683 00:33:38,400 --> 00:33:40,300 whatever, like they could do a lot with. 684 00:33:40,300 --> 00:33:44,400 They could bring this back, they can revive this game and this 685 00:33:44,400 --> 00:33:46,800 series and just you know it doesn't have to be a to it can 686 00:33:46,800 --> 00:33:51,100 just be plus corpse and that's it and they could they could do 687 00:33:51,100 --> 00:33:54,200 so much with this and it would be so cool with look amazing. 688 00:33:54,500 --> 00:33:56,500 It could be stylized or it could be realistic. 689 00:33:56,500 --> 00:33:58,800 I think, either way would actually work because you could 690 00:33:58,800 --> 00:34:01,400 just do more with the environments and with the 691 00:34:01,400 --> 00:34:03,900 buildings themselves for sure. I think that's a great idea. 692 00:34:04,700 --> 00:34:07,600 Yeah, like normally I'm I don't like the idea of reboots 693 00:34:07,600 --> 00:34:11,500 rebooting everything, but this is a game that it kind of makes 694 00:34:11,500 --> 00:34:13,000 sense. The story was not the strongest 695 00:34:13,000 --> 00:34:15,699 thing of it. The gameplay was and there's 696 00:34:15,699 --> 00:34:18,000 been nobody doing gameplay like this and years ever. 697 00:34:18,000 --> 00:34:20,900 So I'd love to see a remake of this or reboot to this. 698 00:34:20,900 --> 00:34:23,699 It's interesting. Forget, Donkey Kong, Frank. 699 00:34:23,699 --> 00:34:27,500 Give me blast corpse. We're done with Donkey Kong the 700 00:34:27,500 --> 00:34:30,100 doc. Yeah, I think, I think I think 701 00:34:30,100 --> 00:34:33,300 you're onto something because there's there's a thirst out 702 00:34:33,300 --> 00:34:35,500 there. I think, over the last Several 703 00:34:35,500 --> 00:34:37,699 years. Really, you know, there's lots 704 00:34:37,699 --> 00:34:40,400 of indie games that feel like that look and feel like old 705 00:34:40,400 --> 00:34:44,400 games but they have new mechanics, this could look like 706 00:34:44,400 --> 00:34:47,600 a new game, feel a little bit newer than what it was. 707 00:34:47,600 --> 00:34:51,400 And then also, just not really quote-unquote care too much 708 00:34:51,400 --> 00:34:54,300 about the story and just give you the game, and it would feel 709 00:34:54,300 --> 00:34:57,200 like you're playing an old game, but it would also look and feel 710 00:34:57,200 --> 00:34:59,400 a little bit new. And I think that there's, I 711 00:34:59,400 --> 00:35:02,000 mean, we're the perfect generation for that, right? 712 00:35:02,000 --> 00:35:03,600 Anyone that's in the 30s and 40s. 713 00:35:03,800 --> 00:35:06,000 This is exactly Really the type of experience that they're 714 00:35:06,000 --> 00:35:08,700 looking for every once in a while with all these other big 715 00:35:08,700 --> 00:35:12,200 titles around it. So I think I think we're onto 716 00:35:12,200 --> 00:35:14,500 something man, I think I'm not going to take, I won't steal the 717 00:35:14,500 --> 00:35:17,400 idea, but I think you should. I think you should call it 718 00:35:17,400 --> 00:35:19,600 Microsoft and be like, hey guys, guess what? 719 00:35:19,700 --> 00:35:20,700 I got. I got something. 720 00:35:22,000 --> 00:35:24,200 Yeah, I'm gonna have to tweet Phil and ask him. 721 00:35:24,200 --> 00:35:26,200 Hey, I got this idea for you. It was Pitch. 722 00:35:26,200 --> 00:35:27,500 What else is there are doing these days? 723 00:35:27,500 --> 00:35:28,600 There. Are you doing anything else? 724 00:35:28,600 --> 00:35:33,200 Perfect, our man, not so good. No, it's also concept that the 725 00:35:33,200 --> 00:35:35,700 still holds up gameplay-wise like I said I did play this with 726 00:35:35,700 --> 00:35:38,800 my girls several times and they had fun with it, right? 727 00:35:38,900 --> 00:35:41,900 Game that even kids can still play and have fun with it. 728 00:35:41,900 --> 00:35:44,100 But yeah, some of the later stages are certainly 729 00:35:44,100 --> 00:35:46,000 challenging. So it's definitely a universal 730 00:35:46,000 --> 00:35:48,200 appeal to this title. Yeah, amazing. 731 00:35:49,000 --> 00:35:50,800 All right, man. Well, I really appreciate it for 732 00:35:50,800 --> 00:35:54,300 coming on, and thank you for for suggesting this game because I 733 00:35:54,308 --> 00:35:57,300 had a great time with it. You know, later stages, like you 734 00:35:57,308 --> 00:36:01,100 said, I think they'll difficulty ramps up quite a bit, but on the 735 00:36:01,100 --> 00:36:04,100 way there, and even in those stages, it was a good time. 736 00:36:04,100 --> 00:36:06,500 So, I Ooh, she ate. I appreciate the suggestion. 737 00:36:06,500 --> 00:36:09,800 I had fun and it's another game. I'm happy to revisit when I had 738 00:36:09,800 --> 00:36:12,800 very little experience Before. I Let You Go though. 739 00:36:13,500 --> 00:36:15,900 Jake, where can people find your good stuff online? 740 00:36:16,600 --> 00:36:19,300 Sure, I'm shockingly. I am also on a video game 741 00:36:19,300 --> 00:36:23,100 podcast called ready to cancel where retro games podcast, what 742 00:36:23,100 --> 00:36:25,400 are the odds? You can find us a press P to 743 00:36:25,400 --> 00:36:29,300 cancel.com or you can find us on YouTube Ustream live on Friday 744 00:36:29,300 --> 00:36:32,400 evenings at 8:30 EST. Or you can find us on all your 745 00:36:32,500 --> 00:36:34,500 favorite podcast apps for the audio episodes. 746 00:36:34,700 --> 00:36:37,600 You can find me personally, I kind of gave up on Twitter. 747 00:36:37,700 --> 00:36:40,900 You can find me on Master tan or on Tick. 748 00:36:40,900 --> 00:36:45,600 Tock sick, Jake SI CJ. A ke amazing amazing. 749 00:36:45,600 --> 00:36:46,900 Check out their stuff. Such a good show. 750 00:36:46,900 --> 00:36:49,700 You guys have been going. I think at this point as of this 751 00:36:49,700 --> 00:36:53,000 recording over 130 episodes, you guys are kicking. 752 00:36:53,000 --> 00:36:56,200 But right now I most recently, press play on your Wolfenstein 753 00:36:56,200 --> 00:37:02,800 episode if FPS games and old school games like that are your 754 00:37:02,800 --> 00:37:05,600 thing, especially if you listen to a retro, the game podcast 755 00:37:05,600 --> 00:37:08,400 like this, that's one of the ones that are Stand Out So Far. 756 00:37:08,400 --> 00:37:10,800 So Great Stuff, keep it up and Jake. 757 00:37:10,800 --> 00:37:12,200 Thanks again for coming on the show. 758 00:37:12,900 --> 00:37:14,300 No thanks for having me. This is my great. 759 00:37:19,400 --> 00:37:21,100 What a pleasure to have such an awesome guest. 760 00:37:21,100 --> 00:37:24,600 Once again on remember 64 just an abundance of riches. 761 00:37:24,600 --> 00:37:26,900 When it comes to our guests, that we've had over the course 762 00:37:26,900 --> 00:37:29,300 of the show. Again, check their stuff out. 763 00:37:29,300 --> 00:37:31,500 Press B to cancel podcast. Awesome, awesome. 764 00:37:31,500 --> 00:37:34,500 Listen out there with those group of guys but before we let 765 00:37:34,500 --> 00:37:37,800 you go I just wanted to say shoot us a rating on your 766 00:37:37,800 --> 00:37:41,000 podcast app of choice. Apple Spotify know for sure. 767 00:37:41,000 --> 00:37:44,000 They have them good pods as a great place to find us as well. 768 00:37:45,100 --> 00:37:48,100 You know if you don't want to talk Sending money or can't on 769 00:37:48,100 --> 00:37:49,300 patreon. 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We'll see you soon as we cover 782 00:38:23,800 --> 00:38:27,700 our next game and until next time stay pixelated my friends.