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@yuehanbai9984 16 сағат бұрын
TMG I is one of my favorite albums of all time. My favorite songs were Trapped, My Alibi and Wish You Were here. I always thought that the songs which were spelled in capital letters on the back of the CD were sung by Martin and songs which were in normal spelling were sung by Blades. Anyway, I've literally waited 20 years for this album and can't wait to listen to it. Physical release in Europe is due for September, Frontiers Records from Italy again, I think. Looking forward to listening to the actual CD.
@BClarkOMP 16 сағат бұрын
Thanks for commenting! You know...it never occurred to me that the capitalization had any impact on who wrote/sung the songs...but it certainly could indicate song writing credits? Honestly this is a little bit of a Japanese thing too: You'll often see songs with English titles completely capitalized. I hope you enjoy the second album! I honestly never thought that we were going to get one!
@Berewolf87 Күн бұрын
"Extremely not haunted West mansion" 🤣
@BClarkOMP Күн бұрын
It sure didn't SEEM like it would be haunted! 😄
@shimsham6 Күн бұрын
This is a great review/breakdown of the original Splatterhouse! Being an avid horror fan when it comes to both movies and video games, I have always love the Splatterhouse franchise and feel it's such a shame that this franchise is so short lived, with only the two sequels, Japanese only Nes spin off and the 360/PS3 remake. What I've always liked about the original Splatterhouse wasn't so much the goofiness of the characters or bosses, but the atmosphere. The music in particular certainly takes inspiration from a lot of Italian horror movies and it works so perfectly in making certain segments so eerie or unsettlingly intense when the game suddenly jumpscares you, such as fighting your doppelgänger in the hall of mirrors segment.The game has a good balance of knowing when to catch you off guard with many simple tricks or audio cues that always makes the game a delight to replay. Also, i will agree with you that both the difficulty and hit boxes in this game are unfair. Especially the segment that you mention with the 'bubble' creatures before engaging with the Heart boss or when encountering Biggy Man or the Mutant Jenifer fight which certainly comes down to pattern memorisation and positioning to avoid the small window of attacks. In the end though, I will always appreciate the Splatterhouse franchise and one day hope that a 2D remake/remaster someday get's released. Or at the very least a HD collection of all 4 original titles for modern consoles.
@BClarkOMP Күн бұрын
I really like that original game in particular, even if the hit boxes are a bit off! Wanpaku Graffiti isn't too far away and I can't wait because I think that may be my favorite! It would be GREAT to have Splatterhouse back in a more meaningful way, wouldn't it? That 360 game was just...ugh. I'd certainly take an HD collection! Glad you enjoyed the video!
@BClarkOMP 6 күн бұрын
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@none0403 8 күн бұрын
what about the MSX computer one 😮
@BClarkOMP 8 күн бұрын
Good point, I definitely didn't do EVERY port of Gradius! I didn't have a GREAT way to play the MSX version, to be honest, and also I wanted to stick to the most recognized versions just to keep my scope a little bit more narrow! Maybe one day!
@kneisjineust2798 8 күн бұрын
The Yellow Monkey's JAM, which had Tactics as the coupling song in its 8cm CD single, is one of my favorite 90s Japanese songs
@BClarkOMP 8 күн бұрын
Right?! It's an AMAZING song! An all-time classic!
@ralang999 8 күн бұрын
no one can beat the horrific depths of a YAKUZA LOOP!😅
@BClarkOMP 8 күн бұрын
It only occurred to me AFTER finishing this that I should have brought that reference back! 🤣
@starlightwitch12 12 күн бұрын
The same Amuro who had a Coke Zero commercial in the 2000's, I remember, didn't know Sega made a game featuring her music
@BClarkOMP 12 күн бұрын
The very same! I remember that commercial quite well! Yeah, it was easy to not know about if you weren't keeping up with Japanese Saturn releases!
@Berewolf87 15 күн бұрын
We all know that Jack Blades is the real reason behind all the hype surrounding the new album.
@BClarkOMP 15 күн бұрын
Is that true?! I will absolutely admit that while I knew who he was prior to TMG, I am not NEARLY as familiar with him as I am with Eric Martin!
@muragaru553 19 күн бұрын
Made it look easy d(^.^ )
@ravikanodia 22 күн бұрын
hey this absolutely rules! maybe I'll fire up Gradius tonight and see how I do...
@BClarkOMP 22 күн бұрын
Thanks, I seriously hope you find it helpful! That's my only goal with these!
@marcnangelu 23 күн бұрын
I played this back in the early 90’s at a little Chinese corner store. Was hella fun. And i absolutely loved the end screen 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽
@BClarkOMP 23 күн бұрын
Right?! It's very memorable in...so many ways!
@Androsynth75 24 күн бұрын
Rwise fwom your gwave! This game was all flash and no substance. I got this and ghouls n ghosts with my genesis for Xmas. I loved Ghouls. I beat this thing in an afternoon and was like ‘5 tiny stages, that’s it?’ Odd choice for a pack in game I thought.
@BClarkOMP 24 күн бұрын
Oh yeah, I mean I'll take Ghouls n Ghosts over this game ANY day, easy! I think maybe they over-valued it as an arcade game?
@Androsynth75 23 күн бұрын
@@BClarkOMP I think they included it because it’s looked great in screenshots (and it did) with those huge bosses that were featured heavily in magazines. The game itself was pretty meh imho
@BClarkOMP 24 күн бұрын
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@matta9358 24 күн бұрын
What a well researched video. Interesting insights into the classic arcade. Good job!
@BClarkOMP 24 күн бұрын
Thanks very much, glad you enjoyed it!
@yugoxgc 24 күн бұрын
Personally felt like at least some of "I'm a Controversy" felt like commentary of the response of older/more conservative ppl of japan to "Ussewa" given the heavily anti corpo office workoholic life. Treating her like some bad influence, when for 1 she was more voicing the general attiude of the youth wanting work & life ballance. 2 She just sang a song. But of course keeping those points in mind the song didn't have to be personal to her but like you said more commentary on being an artist/celebrity
@BClarkOMP 24 күн бұрын
You certainly could be right about this! That theme is VERY obvious in that song, so it certainly wouldn't surprise me if that kind of a reaction came from that song being so popular. I haven't researched it too deeply, and I was planning on doing so when I eventually do a video on Kyougen!
@softysocksthewizard1835 25 күн бұрын
It really warms me to see people celebrating this band. The Yellow Monkey came to me during an extremely difficult time in my life, I don’t want to say “they saved my life” or anything like that out loud for fear of sounding over dramatic, but their music and story became a real source of strength for me… so, thank you so much for spreading the word! Your blog was and still is an invaluable resource as a fan who discovered them somewhat recently, the work you’ve put into making their story accessible to an English audience is truly phenomenal and very much appreciated!!!
@BClarkOMP 25 күн бұрын
Thank you so much, I'm so glad you've found it all helpful! Truly the realization of my original mission! The book translations, etc. that are going on there have NOT been abandoned...I'm just waiting to continue until I catch-up to what I've already written there in video form, as far as the album reviews!
@RubyJones-zj4fu 25 күн бұрын
The Atari lynx version is the Arcade version but they also have nes ports on there too❤
@BClarkOMP 25 күн бұрын
This is the impression I got with the time I spent with it, but boy it being so zoomed in certainly detracted from that port for me, as good as it was!
@iamsargentbucky9368 27 күн бұрын
I had no ides the story was this insane 😂
@BClarkOMP 27 күн бұрын
I think it's the best part about the game! 😄
@muragaru553 28 күн бұрын
You monster, bringing up that continue screen D: Seeing that in the neighboring Dairy Mart as a child....oof. I honestly didn't get to play that arcade one nearly as much as the NES, which I'm fine with. The NES games are fun enough, and frustrating enough, as it is :p
@BClarkOMP 27 күн бұрын
I knew you in particular would have something to say about the continue screen, since we've talked about it before! 😁 Yeah I definitely don't think this is BETTER than the NES game at all...I'd honestly rather go back and play that one. But I do think it's super interesting that they had a multi-pronged strategy to just like...come at people on all fronts with Ninja Gaiden?
@muragaru553 28 күн бұрын
I honestly hate this game. I hate how it looks. I hate how it plays. I don't enjoy the music. I don't really know why it seems to receive the warmth it does from people, but that pack-in situation in the NA is a likely reason why. Kodama having a hand in it is something I always forget, but that's more so because I instantly think of her work on the Phantasy Star series and Skies of Arcadia.
@BClarkOMP 27 күн бұрын
The music is especially is really just a bunch of dirges? It's a very odd choice for a soundtrack! I think the pack-in choice HAS to be the reason why! I certainly grew a little bit more affection for this than I had before but honestly...it's nowhere near the top of the beat 'em ups list at all! I don't think anyone really associates Kodama with this at all that much tbh, but more the titles you mentioned. I just happened to remember her saying something about this, so I dug up video footage to prove it!
@ralang999 29 күн бұрын
Dragon Ninja: I kidnapped the president Bladestradamus: hold my apocalypse beer Lots of memories of this brutal quarter muncher in arcades, usually me watching a better skilled player (or one with way more quarters)😅
@BClarkOMP 28 күн бұрын
He certainly was holding a lot of apocalypse beers! And yeah I've never really seen anyone in an arcade who was actually GOOD at this...but I'm sure there must have been some! For me it was always a person with way more quarters!
@ralang999 28 күн бұрын
@@BClarkOMPand one more thing....some of the background art detail is amongst the best in the genre. The wall mural behind Bladestradamus looks like it belongs on the side of an '80s van lol. Love all the signs and the "RYGAR" graffiti in one level
@BClarkOMP 28 күн бұрын
@@ralang999 Ah you're right, I totally forgot to call out that specific piece of graffiti! But yeah, I really love all the graffiti of people and everything that's all around a few of those levels!
@giuseppecalabrese396 29 күн бұрын
🖤🖤🖤
@shimsham6 29 күн бұрын
This is a great Arcade game that certainly help elevate the Ninja Gaiden franchise, along with the iconic NES titles. Much like the NES titles, this is also a frustratingly tough game to play though and was certainly one of those titles back in the day that i remember seeing very little of due to dying very quickly on the first stage....and yes! That Game Over screen absolutely terrified me as a kid!
@BClarkOMP 29 күн бұрын
Right?! Truly it's stuck with me ever since I played it! And yeah, I was surprised to go back and see just how hard each of these Ninja Gaiden games were...but in completely different ways! Tecmo certainly had an interesting brand strategy for Ninja Gaiden!
@shimsham6 28 күн бұрын
@@BClarkOMP The Ninja Gaiden franchise is similar to that of the Double Dragon franchise. With Tecmo making an interesting collection of titles that depict the iconic Ninja throughout the years. Just like the Double Dragon series, Ninja Gaiden is another victim of being milked too much and quickly being dumped soon after. I feel that Ninja Gaiden could have a resurgence, similar to titles such as Ninja Warriors etc. With either a new pixel/art style and the right passion could certainly bring it back from the dead.
@BClarkOMP 27 күн бұрын
@@shimsham6 Yeah, I think I agree with this! Though I'd maybe so that Double Dragon was a BIT more mismanaged as a franchise than even Ninja Gaiden was! It had some REAL stinkers!
@shimsham6 27 күн бұрын
@@BClarkOMP True, Technos certainly went willy nilly with the Double Dragon franchise and produce a rather odd/amusing games such as Battletoads Vs Double Dragon: The Ultimate Duo or Double Dragon - The Movie: The Game.
@MisterAzathoth 29 күн бұрын
Ninja Gaiden got brought up in a school discussion one day and I mentioned I had played the arcade game. A kid asked me how far I got and I mentioned that i quickly lost to the fat guy beating me with a telephone pole. The kid looked at me like I had a smoking turd on my head and told me he didn't know what I was talking about. It wasn't until way later on that I found we were talking about two totally different games.
@BClarkOMP 29 күн бұрын
That's kind of an amazing story! I think I played the NES game relatively shortly after the arcade game, so it kind of "overwrote" what Ninja Gaiden was at the time...but I never quite forgot just how goofy that arcade game was! Back then I was never able to find anyone else who had played it though!
@darktetsuya 29 күн бұрын
I vaguely remember this one in the arcade (like the joystick that had its own fire button) but haven't played much of it since, so I may have to revisit it after seeing this video! One thing I always loved about it were the incredibly detailed backgrounds there's always so much going on in them you never know what you'll see next! the music was pretty good too.
@BClarkOMP 29 күн бұрын
It's hard as nails, but yeah there's a lot more interesting going on in it than I had remembered!
@Gman94178 29 күн бұрын
Arcade games was so fun back in the days
@BClarkOMP 29 күн бұрын
You're not kidding, that's why I love them!
@BClarkOMP Ай бұрын
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@だもんで-e6m Ай бұрын
後ろにライブDVDが全部あるのを見て、この人は大ファンだなということが分かります
@BClarkOMP Ай бұрын
たくさんありますね！それは長い間集めてきたからです！見てくれてありがとうございます!
@wichordzmty Ай бұрын
Those ending was removed in the Génesis version.
@BClarkOMP Ай бұрын
Yeah, they totally just changed it to "You rescued Athena, good job!" What a bummer!
@Cloverlovesluckycharms Ай бұрын
Oh my god I have the sonic console for this
@BClarkOMP Ай бұрын
Surely it's not the only thing you play on it? But I get it!
@Cloverlovesluckycharms Ай бұрын
No I play sonic and mortal Kombat to
@royceowenschibrowski Ай бұрын
I played altered beast when i was growing up and i could never make it past the fourth level man.
@BClarkOMP Ай бұрын
The fourth level is kind of a huge wall though, to be fair! I'm not sure if I ever made it further than that until I forced myself to learn the game for the video!
@docxy7331 Ай бұрын
25 years and this is how i find out what the story was
@BClarkOMP Ай бұрын
@@docxy7331 To be fair, it's not an easy game to clear!
@Appachoppa112 Ай бұрын
It was all a dream
@BClarkOMP Ай бұрын
Close enough! 😆
@k-boi420 Ай бұрын
I used to read Word Up! magazine.
@Slaid-0080 Ай бұрын
I'm more shocked that there's a Famicom version of Altered Beast! This blows my mind!
@BClarkOMP Ай бұрын
As you can see, it's a pretty nutty version too! I kind of want to learn the clear for it because of the goofy stages it adds, but it's kind of just like playing a different game altogether!
@alt_mode_rose Ай бұрын
Really enjoy your channel, belt-scollers are among my favourite genres. They're a great showcase for sprite design even when mechanics let them down. Altered Beast felt like it prioritised visuals even back in the day, but I still got a kick out of it. Had no idea the famicom version existed, so that's fun to learn about!
@BClarkOMP Ай бұрын
Thanks so much for watching, I'm glad you're enjoying it! And I absolutely agree with your sentiment about belt-scrollers (obviously)! It's been very interesting to see so far which one of these games really prioritized visuals (as you said) versus putting gameplay more up front. Not that the gameplay in Altered Beast is BAD, but yeah...it's nothing super crazy or inventive and it gets by mostly on "look at how big these sprites are! WOW!" Yeah the Famicom version was a real trip! I do kind of like it and feel like I want to clear how to clear it more effectively in the future, but you really do have to reset your expectations versus any other version of Altered Beast!
@shimsham6 Ай бұрын
Altered Beast is a great game, both with its Arcade original and the console port for the Megadrive that I remember enjoying a ton as a kid. The whole dark fantasy concept, transformation scenes and impressive large sprites certainly made it a stand out at the time. It's just a shame that this was such a short lived franchise with no real sequels and a dark edgy mid 2000s remake that was exclusively released in only Japan and Europe.
@BClarkOMP Ай бұрын
Yeah let's just say there's a reason that I didn't mention anything that came after it 😅 It is a real pity that we do, every once in awhile, see Sega do more with Golden Axe...but Altered Beast always just seems to get left behind!
@Iantheparty Ай бұрын
As a fan something I find really appealing about this game (besides all the original footage) is being able to control the camera not even to look around but to stay focused on one member for a whole performance. Since Morning Musume has so many members the camera is never focused on one person for too long. I think their subgroup Minomoni released a video game too, is that in the book you mentioned? :o
@BClarkOMP Ай бұрын
That's a great point that I never really considered! And yes, Mini Moni had about a billion games and I wrote about all of them! 😂
@pleka Ай бұрын
"It was all a play" is a slightly more interesting and rare premise than "it was all a dream". Looking forward to Golden Axe review.
@BClarkOMP Ай бұрын
I agree, way better and less used! It's not super far off, but I'm looking forward to Golden Axe as well!
@edonumoiv8978 Ай бұрын
Thanks for doing this report from your new subscriber; I did a video about their sub group of Mini Moni; Berryz Koubou, Chinatsu Miyoshi, and T&C Bomber, a while ago, [I know the two last ones aren't really Morning Musume relative]. Hope you get to check it out; I'll check out more of your content, and have a great time! 🥰😍🤩😍🥰
@BClarkOMP Ай бұрын
Thanks for subscribing! Hopefully you find something good in what I've done so far: There's definitely some Japanese music stuff in here, but little of it is idol focused and most of the rest of the content tends to be more game related. At any rate though, I'm glad you enjoyed the video!
@ponco8124 Ай бұрын
the yellow monkeyの30年来のファンです。素晴らしいレビューでした！ 「ラプソディー」のレビューは，あの曲を（もちろん大好きですが）あそこまで真剣に分析する姿に笑ってしまいましたが。（言っていることは納得！）「もっかい×10」は，語感的に可笑しくて，くすぐったくて，気持ちよくて，なんともたまらんラインで，アルバム屈指の「やられた感」がありました。 「9999」も素晴らしいアルバムでしたが，幾分コンピレーションアルバムのような，アルバムとしての文脈の希薄さが感じられました。シングル集のような。そして多くの人が期待している「イエローモンキー像」のようなものに寄り過ぎた印象もありました。なので「SparcleX」は「8」以来の帰ってきた感がありました。まさに「Surprise Me！」に答えてくれる名盤だと私も感じました！ ほかのコメントにあるように「Bunched Birth」レビュー楽しみにしています！
@BClarkOMP Ай бұрын
見てくれてありがとうございます！言われてみれば、確かに「9999」がコンピレーションアルバムのように感じたというのは、言う通りかもしれませんね。「Sparkle X」はいろんなスタイルの曲やサウンドが詰まっていて、驚きがあったからこそ、あんなに良かったんだと思います！はい、他のイエモンのアルバムについても似たような動画を作りたいと思っています。（ただ、少し短めにするかもしれませんが）近いうちに取りかかる予定です！
@BClarkOMP Ай бұрын
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@ああ-m7m5z Ай бұрын
ハマるがいい。沼だぞ。THE YELLOW MONKEYは沼だ
@BClarkOMP Ай бұрын
本当に沼ですよね！😂
@loveky5257 Ай бұрын
みのミュージックチャンネルに2024年東京ドーム公演が少し見れますよ。 レビュー楽しかったです。 私は武道館公演見に行きます。海を越えThe yellow monkey を好きって言って貰って本当嬉しいです😊
@BClarkOMP Ай бұрын
みのミュージックは素晴らしいチャンネルですよね！ SparkleXのレビュー動画を見てくれてありがとうございます！ 来年のNHKホールでのツアーファイナルに2回応募したのですが、残念ながらどちらも当選しませんでした！ それでも、これからも音楽関連の動画制作を頑張りたいと思っています！
@pleka Ай бұрын
Forgot all about the GamePro rating scale
@BClarkOMP Ай бұрын
How could you ever forget?! 🤣
@pleka Ай бұрын
Petitioning for Space Venus 2: VR
@BClarkOMP Ай бұрын
I admit I don't have a soft spot for modern Morning Musume like I do the lineup from this era, but that's kind of the natural next step for this isn't it?