Big Rigs Over the Road Racing

[@Sedric-and-Charlie]

supposedly if you keep reverse-accelerating long enough it'll trigger the "You're Winner" screen, because once you're going fast enough the game just registers you as being at every point on the map all at once

[@zh84]

I don't know about that but I have seen a video of someone accelerating backwards until they exceeded the speed of light. In theory if you left the truck to accelerate backwards long enough you could trigger an overflow and crash the game. Which is probably more fun than playing it.

[@TheErador]

Omg Warp 10 in reverse!

[@straightupanarg6226]

That sounds like Institute For Advanced Studies mqterial.

[@johnsensebe3153]

Like the Infinite Improbability Drive. I wonder at what level of improbability did Big Rigs get released.

[@miketate3445]

And then you rapidly evolve into a salamander.

[@RetroBytesUK]

I love that even the timer does not fit in the box they have drawn on the screen to contain it. Just so littered with mistakes. I also love that there is not a single police car in it, the premise being you have to avoid the police, but they figured why go to the effort of including actual police cars to avoid.

[@GazTheKitman]

Octy, another fantastic upload, smashed out of the park once again. I have been putting off creating and uploading for so long because anxiety, seeing how other youtubers are subjected to vile, hateful messages has put me off. The fact that you are doing this, I mean we saw the anxiety in you, trying to beat you, defeat you as you were typing in the description and deliberating pressing that upload button, well guess what; YOU STILL PRESSED THE UPLOAD BUTTON!! That is a massive win. You have built a fantastic community around you, we believe in you, I believe in you. YOU GOT THIS!! Thank you for keeping us entertained!

[@JetmanUK]

I only discovered you channel recently (I know, how did I mess up so badly for all this time?!) and I have really enjoyed your content. It's really well put together, entertaining and funny. Thank you so much.

[@cjt519]

That freaking lady at the health smoothie bar gesturing enticingly gets me every time lol Keep up the good work

[@fusionspace175]

American trucking is a bit more like: "Look, officer, there ain't no law says my truck CAN'T be on fire and on the road. Now, you wanna splash a few buckets on 'er while you ride alongside me, you go ahead, but I gotta make St. Louie before nightfall."

[@deadmetalbr]

Yee-haw! (Real talk for our Euro-pals, It's not _quite_ that lax, in fact being on fire is a pretty good way to get your ass pulled over no matter what you're driving, but sometimes this comment is pretty close to being accurate.)

[@Boogie_the_cat]

To be fair, I'm pretty sure driving a vehicle that is on fire is not illegal in any country. That would just be insult to injury.

[@Boogie_the_cat]

​@@deadmetalbrit's not illegal to drive a vehicle that is on fire. Show me the law. Show me. Why would there be? It's not illegal to set yourself on fire and ride a bicycle.

[@WhatHoSnorkers]

Wonderful! The Churchill tank had a top speed of 10mph, which was a bit rubbish on the road. It also had the exact same top speed going up steep hills though, so clearly this inspired Big Rigs. I don't think they were Ghost Tanks though. Marvellous stuff. I wonder if Night Drive works on the not Midnight Club edition if it's still shagged...

[@DocZFlux]

Well their first use in combat at dieppe went about as well as the racing in this

[@WhatHoSnorkers]

@@octaviusking I spent my time on RoseTintedSpectrum's charity stream dressed as Field Marshal Monty Mole (or the Easter Bunny Girl) reading out facts from my Big Book of Fantastic Facts!

[@WhatHoSnorkers]

@@DocZFlux Yeah, that did not go so well...

[@chloeirnes]

There's Haunted Tank in DC! It's haunted by the spirit of a Confederate General and Alexander the Great. I think that counts as a ghost tank, surely?

[@branchonequal]

Big Rigs... the game that just keeps on giving. Had a blast watching this and the ending was absolutely DISTILLED. Hats off to you, Octy! 😄

[@branchonequal]

@@octaviusking No, YOU! 🙂

[@polishenglish8356]

That nirvana part was comedy and acting gold

[@NickShvelidze]

It's always a good day when Octav1us uploads

[@Joeproductions]

My favourite truck sims are Big Mutha Truckers & Big Mutha Truckers 2: Truck Me Harder. XD

[@joeyparkhill8751]

Big Rigs & POSTAL III are prime examples of Why you DON'T outsource video game projects to Russia!

[@Dr_Slash]

More like "why you don't commission video game projects if you aren't willing to allocate the appropriate budget". I'm sure that Stellar Stone knew perfectly well what they were getting for the money they'd paid. Besides, Big Rigs wasn't even made in Russia, the studio was Ukrainian. There are numerous examples of great games made in either country (e.g. Pathfinder and S.T.A.L.K.E.R.). Both great games and stinkers can be made anywhere in the world.

[@ChaseMC215]

Oh yeah, Postal III.... that got delisted. And it was a shame because Mike J actually said that if they could, they would've made the game free, but they couldn't because they din't exactly... have the game?? Why was it delisted? StarForce went down. Yes, a DRM that people claimed it acted like malware, went down. And that's good because it shouldn't have been a DRM choice to begin with, why not SafeDisc or SecuROM (or SuckuROM as many call it)

[@Max_Mustermann]

To be fair, there have been some interesting games coming out of Russia, like for example Pathologic. But for some reason Ukraine seems to have a much more vibrant gaming industry with games like Stalker and the Metro series.

[@alexander1485]

Or world of tanks... free? Shit stats? 5000 usd a month? Best stats ever.

[@tiberiusbrain]

Your medication works so well... even we cannot hear the plushies speak anymore 😨

[@BobMonkeypimp]

I heard them. Guess it's time to up my meds.

[@DEMENTO01]

help the nirvana section was so good i bet it took a lot of work i laughed so much 😭😭😭

[@sIouchingpoet]

Big rigs always scared me. Felt haunted or cursed.

[@CaptainWrong]

My doctor just told me I can’t have alcohol or caffeine anymore so I’m thinking I might try my hand with this game. Your videos always kill me. Thanks for this one.

[@Gatorade69]

No alcohol or caffeine !? Well That's OK, here's a giant handful of adderall.

[@swanningabout]

Always kill you? I doubt it. Otherwise you wouldn't be able to post here.

[@CaptainWrong]

@@swanningabout I’m a ghost. Boo.

[@johnlloyd8109]

Funniest channel ever - been on a major binge since discovering it a few days ago. Do hope we'll see more soon.

[@twithnell]

The 90's tribal tattoo art on the cars is fantastic.

[@Gatorade69]

That's because tribal tattoos are awesome ! I have a Tribal Dragoon tattoo along with a Judas Priest tattoo. They're so cool, I'm also in a rock band and we have played in front of thousands of people.

[@twithnell]

@@Gatorade69 \m/ \m/

[@mikeyandwho]

The Wetherspoons gag and the Health Smoothie Bar bit... Funnier than anything in AVGN in last 5 years

[@timmuston2687]

I was only thinking yesterday how my life was missing something vital - and then an Octavius King video appeared. Fabulous. Going to download big rigs

[@Chavhunterofcalne]

Octy, you done it again! You've made me spit my drink out from laughing my arse off.

[@jonny_codphilo7809]

nope

[@crystanubis]

The pug trucks at least have the advantage of giving you better visibility in the front of your vehicle. Meanwhile, in America, that truck's grill is taller than most small children, and even some medium sized adults.

[@stevenwhuntva]

Very few people would make me want to actually watch a video on the same game that everybody's already shat on for over a decade, but gosh darn it you did it.

[@simplesimonhadapie]

Hi octy you should be super proud of all your work and how much humour and enjoyment you bring to us all. I am a mental health sufferer myself (long hours/bad living habits/high pressure work) and now I have fibromyalgia and all my self hatred makes every bone of my body hurt but when I need to pick myself up and feel less rubbish I love your content. Silly, irreverent and wonderfully random I hope you feel a bit brighter soon you total bench

[@paulharries9558]

Hi Octav1us. Been Binge watching your videos of late and I love your chaotic style. I admire your honesty in your Videos about your personal issues. You take care of yourself. When I first heard your theme on your older videos, I thought you sang "Be a star" instead of "B A Start". I thought that's apt as that's exactly what you are.

[@jasonjones7461]

I'm sure we have all seen this game covered on some channel or another but when the channel presenter is THIS good I welcome it!

[@Supercatandrewman]

Never thought I’d see you do a video on this game, no doubt this’ll be entertaining to watch!

[@philstraintravels9281]

Have you watched the Octavius live streams on Twitch? Octy played this a few months ago and it was funny as funk.

[@metalheadgamer665]

"What the hell was that?" "Octavious King... She's gone to plad!"

[@mattparker9726]

5:31 they could have made this a horror game just by calling it GHOSTtrucker And then cause mid 2000s slap on an XTREEME on the end.

[@Phoenix2312]

Always making me smile... Cheers Octav1us!!! :) Love the ribbing of the Thirsty Fecks too... LOL!

[@Bargadiel]

Found your content today, it's great! You are a fresh and bright personality in the retro space!

[@philstraintravels9281]

Absolutely wonderful as always. When you played this on stream it was funny as all baubles and the review does it justice :) Also it's cool that Teacake has made it into the videos as well.

[@DanielleWhite]

I've heard about this game, often mentioned in the same sentence as Desert Bus. The hill performance penalty reminds me of heading out to Asheville, North Carolina, on my Ninja 1000. I'd often hit the first serious incline in the dark and without the visual references I'd not quite realize it so momentarily wonder why I'm suddenly overtaking everyone.

[@AirknightTails]

The StackOverflow bit had me chuckling pretty well. Kudos to you

[@Ranger_Kevin]

Oh man, I remember when the Yogscast played this, it was hillarious ^^

[@Neffers_UK]

Funny, I was just showing the Xbox "Champagne" advert to a mate earlier. The ending had me laughing cause of that :D More jank stuff please!

[@JimTheMovieGeek]

Found you only a few months ago but your videos are an absolute blast, they are truly hilarious and always make my day! I feel like AVGN and nostalgia critic and those sort of reviewers got tiresome, but your take on comedic reviewing is more creative and the episodes never feel the same. Thanks for the entertainment and inspiration!

[@tiberiusbrain]

Seriously, glad to see an upload. I love this channel, take care!!!

[@simonvannarath]

Ah Big Rigs, my old friend! Octavius I see you've embraced Rigism like many of us! Great video! :D

[@dexocube]

You went so fast in reverse that the comments came out before the video did, amazing! That ending was genius Octy.

[@TSDT]

The verge of enlightenment and unexpected coffees are a wonderful day to start the day.

[@erxer1]

Glad you covered the "sequel" as well! Most people don't even know about that

[@JohnRineyIII]

This explains so much. The other truck is basically a deer.

[@dyscotopia]

I had zero interest in this game, but after fruitlessly scrolling for something, anything to watch for 30 minutes, I knew Octavius wouldn't let me down. The King could make a half hour video on Pong that would have me in stitches.

[@paulheath8711]

Thank you I needed that today. Always epic .

[@stephenquinn3950]

Ha ha , flavour town!! definately going to be using that one.. cracking

[@toffah]

Nice job on finding and creating new content on a topic that has had so much coverage elsewhere. Thumbs up from me.

[@auralistank]

I had faith you would deliver gold to a Big Rigs video and you absolutely did. I laughed very hard at the multiple payoffs in the last few seconds.

[@wisteela]

This has got to be the best coverage of this game ever.

[@samuellawrencesbookclub8250]

For a minute I thought the WWF ad I got at the end was an outtake from the Nirvanna sequence, they used the same calm voice.

[@dinitroacetylen]

This is distilled fun rocking oil-sleek anodised-titanium lustre!

[@TheSonicsean]

10:20 ah yes because the lamp post is the most ridiculous thing in the game that should have been in it.

[@TheJohno95]

This is probably the most positive game ever made! I mean, you literally can't lose! And it loves to tell you "You're winner!" We need more of this in the world...

[@azepromidi]

I thought inlightment was heading to spaceballs

[@jamcalx]

GOOD LORD that bus folding! 😵😵‍💫

[@clappinmonkey0944]

Love watching your videos! Hope you keep making more!

[@walcodebruyn2135]

"You're winner?" No we're winner!!

[@TheDanWhoSoldTheWorld]

Great to see a new episode, the trucks sounding like coffee machines made me laugh. Octavius is still as cool as ever. Have a good week, I hope to see another review soon. 🙂

[@chessoc7799]

I just noticed that purple lamppost is pointing away from the road too lol

[@thepolarphantasm2319]

"an encyclopedia of just total ass"

[@earhornjones]

I really enjoyed this video. I had a good friend who actually bought this game at retail back when it came out. I was his "computer guy", and he called me after he bought it, convinced that there must be something wrong with his PC. I had to demonstrate that the game was just as bad on my much higher-end PC to get him to believe me. When he finally realized that the game was actually just that bad, he went on a lengthy, angry rant so epic that his children would periodically re-enact bits of it. It was truly amazing how wide the disparity in quality was for these "value" games. There was some truly innovative, fun games that gave hours of gameplay ("Gearhead Garage", anyone?) and then there was unplayable crap like this (and Activision's "Escape from Alcatraz"), and you never know which one you were going to get.

[@kumatoni5245]

Thanks for the content! Always a joy. :)

[@Xguiseppee75]

New sub' love all your content. Your so funny and make my days when im feeling down. Keep up the awesome work Sarah. Love you 😘

[@BRUXXUS]

Spectacular! Makes me wonder just how many more of these, errr... "games" are out there waiting to be discovered!

[@charlesmtaylor31]

I'm always glad to see a new video from you.

[@zorochii]

Soooooo... next episode will be on the moon? At the moment this is my favourite of your videos, keep up the good work Octy! :DDDDD

[@thackest2k]

Oh I can remember big rigs flooding the 99p store seeing it not shift over 2 years where it went through the phases of lower prices, bogof, so many for a quid including the combined of the other 2 They never shifted even when it shut down when they got bought out by Poundland they just got left there until the new occupier of the building done something with em

[@greenhowie]

Big Rigs works exactly as it was programmed to and it's beautiful.

[@greenhowie]

Yes I am aware that I am neither of those things

[@dykodesigns]

That truck that goes vertical, who needs newton’s laws of physics? 😅

[@EdinMike]

“So let’s take a look with the patch installed” Please… let’s just end it…

[@DokkaChapman]

If this was still 2003 I would totally have an "Octavious Nirvana" screensaver for my Windows 98'. XD

[@unduloid]

Alcohol and caffeine absolutely a detriment to human health and a bane to existence!

[@AlyxxTheRat]

This game is god-tier jank. Every review of it is just gonna boil down to people being amazed at the jank. And I absolutely love it.

[@TleilaxuEyes]

What a great lamppost.

[@Feenix102]

Outstanding use of the word distilled in this video! And yes - Big Rigs is the most fun you can have going backwards. :o)

[@SweetStevieAaron]

I always liked how your timer and speed leaked out of their allocated boxes.

[@mattparker9726]

AHHH Octavius, so relaxing.

[@TheOrklord]

Welcome back, I've missed you! You can even make reviewing this (game?) fun!!!

[@shia_labeouf]

There's two ways to make a legendary videogame. Hire the worlds most talented artists, programmers, and creatives to build unique puzzles, beautiful graphics, and rewarding gameplay... or just do this.

[@theatheistgirl]

Abso-freaking-lutely brilliant. Thank you.

[@tahustvedt]

That's actually a text mode "trucking simulator" from the 80's called Big Rigs. Despite only being text mode it managed to be better than this game.

[@absinthedude]

I remember that. Was actually quite fun for the time. I may have played it on a CP/M machine?

[@leoc.9341]

This game deserves bad reviews, and almost all of them make me laugh. BUT, Octavius King's review is definitely one of my favorites. GREAT JOB on this video! I am looking forward to all your future videos. Luckily, I need to catch up on all your past videos... so, I have many hours of enjoyment in my future. :)

[@rshort4296]

Teacake was framed, that could have been anyone's spleen!

[@TheBeird]

Those tail lights give me Amity Horror vibes. A truly cursed game

[@AvexFuddle]

This seems to be well ahead of it’s time, if only they knew how popular truck driving ‘games’ would be.

[@mattw_dev]

That StackOverflow reference 😂

[@DevinGates]

Forgotten Road 1.... from bloody Narnia?!

[@Boogie_the_cat]

I like how the box bullet points are all false. •4 big rig trucks with trailers (no trailers) Although I can understand how trailers would be a problem in a game with no collision system to speak of. I'm sure they had plans to have trailers on the trucks, but the broken 'physics' 'engine' couldn't handle 2 moveable objects that were attached to each other. They couldn't even get bridges to work right.

[@1man20voices]

Hahaha! Loved the ending! Great work!

[@steamboatwill3.367]

wow, förväntade inte att se dig här.

[@chroniclesofguyver7888]

No wine or coffee? Who new Nirvana was going to be so terrifying? :O Good to see you're still at it Octavius. You've always got some clever material. ^_^

[@iwanttocomplain]

Apparently they have “stong” management. Which sounds like hip street lingo like “bangin’” or “dench”. Meaning “good”. I think “dench” was actually made up by a Big Brother contestant around 2005.

[@mattparker9726]

20:08 4 Octavius's Octavii? Nirvana indeed.

[@almightyk11]

Games like this are an interesting dillemma. I look at it and think "that's probably as good as I could do". But I think fundamentally the difference is I wouldn't charge money for it... Maybe $1

[@sogero2]

Thanks for another hilarious video! I would say you're a national treasure, but I'm from the states, so just keep being awesome. :)

[@SuperTrainStationH]

I actually purchased this from stores when it just came out, my PlayStation broke and the cover made it look like a cool alternative to Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit. I had no idea what I was getting into, but it was 5 dollars well spent let me tell you.

[@AndrewPonti]

LMFAO Just hilarity all around. I guess we now know the secret to breaking warp speed barrier.

[@jamesnewman4351]

A mix between Sega's 18 Wheeler and Need for Speed! 😂😂😂

[@ClarkeeKat]

Cheers for vid, awesome as always

[@TheJamieRamone]

So basically, this is the video game equivalent of the movie I Am Here...Now by Neil Breen.

[@michaelpout4798]

My favourite youtuber back much love octavius ❤️👍