7 TV Tie-In Games That Completely Missed the Point

These game adaptations of hit TV shows weren't just terrible, they completely missed the point of the TV show they were based on.
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[@outsidextra]

These TV tie-in games weren't just terrible -- although let us stress, they ARE all terrible -- they were nothing like the shows they were based on. Can you think of any others? Shout in the comments if so, and enjoy -OX

[@berry-7354]

I enjoy this video :)

[@Sableagle]

You say those other videos are about videogames and making jokes about videogames. Wasn't this channel also supposed to be about tea? Where are the videos about tea?

[@cruddi4398]

I was hoping to see south park any of the games from the ps1 would of done: the fps, rally or chef’s luv shack... i was hoping for more from them even when i was too young to understand the south park magic that i do today

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

As a Power Rangers expert, there were definitely times the Rangers settled things with the baddies on the go kart circuit before a big Megazord fight to settle things.

[@peterchu5609]

The First Adventure, based on Doctor Who.

[@bethenhiemer]

Having watched one season of Grey's Anatomy, a weird and incomprehensible series of mini games about just relationships and not surgery seems pretty accurate, actually.

[@Where_is_Waldo]

I didn't need to watch it to know that.

[@sourwitch2340]

yeah, I thought relationship drama was the reason people liked that show, not "getting to live the life of a medical professional and learning a lot about medicine". like, the convenient fun fact is a great bonus, but expecting that to be the focus of a Grey's Anatomy game feels like missing the point in itself.

[@donweatherwax9318]

Seconded. Whilst watching that segment, my reaction was, "Wow, this isn't just a ridiculous game; it's actually kind of a savage commentary on this ridiculous show."

[@HylianFox3]

@@donweatherwax9318 Yeah, it really came across more as a parody of the show than anything.

[@chair6703]

@@sourwitch2340 think house is much better

[@davidtorres5594]

"The beloved TV sitcom that started in 1989 and ran for ten wonderful seasons, and then for even more seasons after that." I was incredibly embiggened by this joke.

[@michaelandreipalon359]

Actually it's EIGHT wonderful seasons, but to each Simpsons fan his/her own.

[@arcemu1335]

Your comment is perfectly cromulant

[@michaelchallis4129]

matt, I don’t think you know what fan means.

[@scorpix96]

I discovered Grey's anatomy during confinement, but it seems like "it's a wonder medecine goes on because of how distracted the doctors are here" is actually perfectly getting the spirit of the series...

[@akmal94ibrahim]

Exactly. The game got the spirit of the show right. The show was all about relationship drama. Scrubs had more medical drama than Grey's Anatomy.

[@Talenel]

Scrubs was more medically accurate as well. Grey's Anatomy is more "soap opera that happens to be set in a hospital" than a proper medical drama.

[@Escorducarla]

I have watched very little Grey’s Anatomy, but that game looked completely accurate. One of the characters on the show even called it “high school with scalpels” at one point. When even your fictional creations know...

[@RobCrowley85]

I was going to say something similar

[@anthonynorman7545]

Yeah, seemed like who ever included Grey's Anatomy on the list hadn't seen the show.

[@cassandramuller7337]

I mean the Grey's Anatomy crew being too distracted by their own personal lives to take care of their patients effectively seems like a pretty accurate description to me

[@JaelinBezel]

For real. In the clips, they kept saying they "HAD" to figure out what their colleuge was thinking, but why? What depends on it? Why not just sod how trish from accounting's love life is going and focus on your actual job?

[@billthebodyguy]

Liked because of Ellen's rendition of Tim Allen's "huuuuhh". Much better than it had any right to be.

[@TheMuffin18]

Yup. Bang on impression.

[@duanegee7636]

it was pretty solid

[@harshIst]

Same

[@WinstonKillDeath]

Same. Wasn’t expecting that at all! Well done, Ellen.

[@claytonmason174]

Can some get that sound clip for me so i can use it as my text tone

[@tessbolick6605]

"Hey, we're making a power rangers racing game. Should we use Power Rangers Turbo, a series about cars?" "Nah, Zeo will be fine."

[@newageBoundhippie]

and ironically, Turbo's Sentai counterpart Carranger got a pretty cool side-scrolling action platformer on SNES in Japan...

[@otaking3582]

It was released in 1996, the same year that the N64 came out. By the time Carranger would be adapted to Turbo, the SNES would be old news. I would seriously love to see some behind-the-scenes info on this game, because the idea of "Mario Kart clone using Power Rangers" seems like too big of a leap to not have an interesting story behind it.

[@TransmitHim]

@@otaking3582 Presumably it's because they had by this point already done two belt-scrollers and a one-on-one fighter with the Zords, so something with the team's bikes was the only unexplored bit of the franchise (which was ebbing in popularity quite a bit by that point IIRC).

[@otaking3582]

@@TransmitHim Yeah, I knew that PR's popularity was in decline, but the motorcycles just seem like the last thing one usually thinks about the franchise. I binge-watched all of Zeo a few months ago, and their bikes only showed up in two or three episodes (and most of that was relegated to stock footage from Ohranger). Hell, Gold Ranger didn't even have a bike on the show, and yet he's the one on the game's boxart! I have three possibilities about what could've happened bts: 1) Natsume started working on a Carranger racing game and a Zeo beat-em-up, but then Bandai told them about the SuFami Turbo and how Mode 7 probably wasn't gonna work on budget cartridges. 2) Bandai wanted a killer app for the Apple Pippin (which they co-produced), so that system ended up getting a Zeo beat-em-up while forcing all of the other developers to make stuff that's as far removed from a beat-em-up as possible just to throw salt in the wound. 3) Natsume just wanted to make a Mario Kart rip-off and slapped an existing IP on it just so people would buy the damn thing (which considering the rarity of Wild Guns cartridges is not an irrational fear)

[@DisKorruptd]

"Or you can earn money, counterintuitively, by ramming into cars" What happened to your window? I got slammed in the side and now the door doesnt open... I wonder if those two events are somehow connected?

[@shawnfields2369]

Probably not, but maybe they are?

[@Forever_Rayne]

Definitely the way to guarantee that you're never out of clients....🤔

[@Tabbyclaw]

I remember seeing an LP of part of the Grey's Anatomy game ages ago. One of the minigames involved pushing away distracting thoughts so you could better focus on a character's relationship drama, and one of the "distracting thoughts" was the patient you were supposed to be working on. So many people must die in that hospital every day...

[@PhilBoswell]

"Something's eating Derek." Somehow I suspect that by the time you reach that stage, you're wishing it was those dinosaurs from the _Home Improvement_ game 🤦‍♂️

[@pickchickens5286]

turns out he had a parasite in him eating him XD

[@SgtScorpious]

Yeah eesh

[@fordderek2429]

Nah nothing is eating me... What you up to

[@jasongretencord3326]

I kind of wished it was literal. Then you could treat a parasite, which is something pertinent to the show.

[@PaulGirdlestone]

It is probably the cancer that they should be treating instead of talking about random personal shit.

[@johnoneil9188]

I hereby petition for whoever had to go out and actually record that Superman 64 footage to get hazard pay for hostile work envionments.

[@JamesTM]

"Mat Groaning" is a next level pun and deserves more attention than it'll get in the section subtitle. Bravo.

[@IamaPERSON]

Definitely. What other puns did you like?

[@RJCain]

You should check out the end credits of any treehouse of horror.

[@patheticplague9359]

Luthor will to live was another good one

[@michellemarty7510]

I mean to be fair to the Grey's Anatomy game the romance stuff is like 90% of the show so in that respect those weird minigames are actually pretty faithful to the material. Doesn't make for a good game tho.

[@arualblues_zero]

And the quality of dialog seems legit as well...

[@IzEror]

Yeah I fail to see how that game isn't conpletely true to the show. Otherwise good list.

[@Elorex47]

Yeah I mean I've never seen the show outside of catching a few scenes by accident when my girlfriend watched it, but that game actually looks like it nailed the point of the show precisely. Probably would have been better to lean into it and make like a Persona style S-Link system where you need to manage gossip and character opinions through dialogue and choices though.

[@Artificer1911]

Yeah, I've never seen the show, but that lined up perfectly with the impression that I've gotten from people who have. Maybe the designers were in a similar circumstance?

[@IzEror]

@@Artificer1911 having been forced to sit through whole seasons by my stepdad I can attest that the glimpse of the game is screen accurate. Shame the minigames themselves look terrible though.

[@duanegee7636]

the insurance rates in “Pimp City” must be outrageous

[@Sableagle]

Third party insurance, maybe, but comprehensive is no more expensive when you're driving a sports car than can snap a lamppost off at the base, ram a pickup off the road, slide sideways on its nose along a guard rail and neither suffer a scratch, dent or crack nor inflict significant deceleration trauma on the driver.

[@williamlang6728]

Pimpin ain't easy

[@ancapftw9113]

Of course. The company actually pays you to wreck their client's cars.

[@Sableagle]

@@ancapftw9113 Then they use the fact you did that as grouds for doubling everyone else's insurance premiums. Clever.

[@Madhattersinjeans]

You think an insurance company would take anyone seriously when they said they live in "pimp city?". Ain't nobody getting any real ID or insurance there. They'll think it's a joke call and ignore them.

[@willowweedsYT]

I thought this was supposed to be about games not like the show, but wasn’t Grey's Anatomy exactly like that game? Oh there’s a dying patient? What were you saying about your boyfriend trouble?

[@CaitlinRC]

Any time that I see footage of that Superman game, I come a step closer to death

[@therealsulaco]

Technically you come a step closer to death any time you see footage of any game.

[@ninjafahita]

Can we all salute the brave men and women who risked their lives in order to provide us footage of Superman 64. o7

[@DokkaChapman]

Sad thing is it was meant to be a lot better, but the development team got crapped on by WB who were eager to sell the license to another company. Their budget was slashed again & again, and every time they wanted to try out a new idea or plot point they had to run it through a load of different people (including Warner, who of course took ages to reply and then shot down 90% of the ideas sent their way). What we got in the end was actually a first draft of the game. The team sent it in to see what WB thought and it was just put out without their knowledge or green light! In all that company got royally shafted and if WB hadn't have been such dicks we could have had an amazing Superman game!

[@kirbyfanprime]

Then there's no time to waste!

[@theleanbusinessman5431]

“As do we all” - Shao Khan

[@endermenon4836]

Lex Luthor refers to his linear series of rings as a 'maze' You keep using that word I do not think it means what you think it means

[@nbjornestol]

Fun fact! The difference (accoding to some) between a maze and a labyrinth is that one of them is a twisty linear path while the other tries to decieve you with fake paths that end in dead ends. Unfortunately for Luthor, the twisty linear ones are labyrinths, not mazes. So close.

[@leehampton358]

Princess bride reference!!!

[@VegetaLF7]

@@nbjornestol Besides, any good labyrinth would have a minotaur in the center of it. So not only are Lex's ring paths not mazes, they're not even good labyrinths.

[@ErikHawkinson]

@@VegetaLF7 not true, a good labyrinth could also have David Bowie in the center.

[@VegetaLF7]

@@ErikHawkinson No, that's a *great* labyrinth.

[@dearone1]

Oh god, that Spectrum version of the Eastenders theme feels like rubbing my eardrum against a cheese grater.

[@mattball8622]

BUH BUH BUH BUH BUHHH BUH BUHHHHH

[@mikeb8674]

I think that someone also ruined The Young Ones in similar fashion. Not sure which system that wound up on though.

[@stephenlitten1789]

@@mikeb8674 AM radio - it was Cliff Richard....

[@mikeb8674]

@@stephenlitten1789 There was a terrible song too? I've heard there was a terrible tie-in game. I'm in the States so I can't say either for certain,.

[@stephenlitten1789]

@@mikeb8674 There was a British tv series called "The Young Ones", and Britpop singer Cliff Richard had a hit in the 60s with a song of same title. He and the cast collaborated on a rework of one of his other hits, "Living Doll" - that was a fun take on it.Hope this answers the question, but IMDB and youtube should give a few answers too. :)

[@codynevel1944]

“Oh god damn it, it’s pinball.” I could hear the facepalm on that one 🤣

[@TheSyvarth]

Man, I wish the Judge Judy game would just come out already.

[@lnsflare1]

I kinda missed the word "game" and had all sorts of questions about where this video was going.

[@themeanlesbeann]

im torn between wanting it to be a side scrolling shooter like Contra where Judy, in her judges robe and signature helmet hair, spouts iconic 80's action hero lines, or a dating sim. the dating sim of course involves the player finding Judy a date out of the pool of plaintiffs and defendants she sees each week.

[@wallygarrick]

I'd want it to be like Phoenix Wright except all the objections are Judy's. Chiming in everytime the contestants say something stupid.

[@yoda908]

How about Phoenix Wright in Judge Judy's court room?

[@ninjafahita]

"There were some good opportunities wasted." I think you overestimating Eastenders a little bit. 😂😂😂

[@Rognik]

I think the Gray's Anatomy game got the core spirit, too. Instead of medical drama, it's mostly gossiping on the lives of the doctors.

[@akmal94ibrahim]

@@Rognik That's what I thought. Scrubs had more medical drama than Grey's Anatomy. Grey's was mostly just relationship drama.

[@djhansolo2568]

Absolutely loved Simpsons Wrestling. Apu's special ability was flailing his limbs at the speed of light towards his opponents, Marge would deploy Maggie as a weapon, and Flanders could pray to God to strike his opponent with lightning from the heavens.

[@nomeaknat]

To each their own.

[@jordanrichards3814]

same

[@anthonycarless1748]

I liked the bear traps and rakes that Willie left

[@Rexwar31]

I THOUGHT I WAS ALONE

[@CactuarKing]

"Heavenly powers to kill-didelly-ill you"

[@howizee]

Still waiting for Ellen's celebration of the Amalur Re-Reckoning announcement.

[@notoriousbmc1]

I think she's like a sitcom character who keeps on getting asked to ''do the catchphrase''. In her head she's think ''If I hear KINGDOMS OF AMALUR *ONE MORE TIME..!*

[@Banquet42]

The squeal of delight was too high pitched for the audio equipment. If they dona lets play she'll have to record it underwater so the water has a chance to slow down the soundwaves and it can be translated into human speech by Dory.

[@sirbrandalf7813]

It was mentioned in an animal crossing stream, the personality quiz one I think

[@ryanschmidt3319]

@@sirbrandalf7813 Congratulations, you are getting me to go watch an animal crossing stream...

[@DienuKelevra]

The WASZ controls in EastEnders... Imagine being so close and yet so, so far away.

[@misterthegeoff9767]

Yeah but the standard at the time was ZX;/ (at least it was on the BBC Micro)

[@pinny1979]

@@misterthegeoff9767 Lies! - it was QAOP[space] :)

[@supervegito2277]

Well.. it could be worse i guess. WASZ is a relatively close representation of Console Face buttons... Buut i dont think it would work well Hell even the LEGO games use the Tetramino button shape for controls, (WASD for movement and UHJK for Actions IIRC (P1)

[@OptimusSledge]

@@pinny1979 It was ZXOK space for me, just because that was the control setup on Death Wish III, objectively the best game ever.

[@evknucklehead]

Then again, the official cursor keys on the Apple II and II+ were IJKM. While most games went with the slightly-better IJKL layout, navigating the screen in BASIC required the layout until the Enhanced IIe models came out. There was also at least one game that actually used both IJKL and WASD at the same time. One set was for moving the player around, the other was for shooting in a certain direction.

[@MrFutago87]

Coronation Street: The Mystery of the Missing Hotpot Recipe, a spot the hidden object game where the objects are sometimes actually invisible. And it has that one Bioshock hacking mini game in it too. Also no animation whatsoever.

[@bigbadfox9917]

Also whenever you click too much sometimes the cursor decides t- WOOOOOAAAAAH!

[@MrFutago87]

@@bigbadfox9917 Also you can just replace all the items in the game with other images and renaming them as they are all just PNG files. So if you just want to look for like a bunch of hidden Tom Bakers or something, you can do that.

[@otaking3582]

I remember that Caddicarus episode

[@TheLadyLiddell]

"They all suck" *Spongebob Battle for Bikini Bottom would like to speak with you*

[@michaelandreipalon359]

Not to mention the Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force duology (they're ironically way better than the show they're based on).

[@PokemonRules333]

Also South Park stick of truth and fractured but whole

[@skink0083]

This was about tv tie-in games that sucked no tv shows that sucked!

[@DokkaChapman]

I need to know how many times Ellen had to do the Tim "the powerman" Taylor's trademark grunt without laughing her head off! Heck is it something she had to practice or is it a secret talent she's always had?

[@DirgeTV]

Chances are Andy was there to make sure it was spot on.

[@theleanbusinessman5431]

What on Earth 🌍 are you on about?

[@lmcgregoruk]

@@theleanbusinessman5431 3:41

[@aqua1439]

Games that you were stuck in because of camera angles

[@Jared7873]

Grim Fandango

[@KristiChan1]

I'm getting flashbacks collecting emeralds in Sonic Adventure.

[@LadyTarasque]

Sonic Heroes.. you'll eventually get past the nightmare bits but gosh.. was stuck trying to outrun the crocodile for a long time cause of camera..

[@theleanbusinessman5431]

Dark souls two, Rayman three, Devil May cry one, Ape Escape 2 & a few others, but that’s what I thought up off the top

[@MildMisanthropeMaybeMassive]

The last game to to that to me was _The Wolf Among Us_ at Mr. Toad’s house. The place where the lamp was was always at the edge and I didn’t know the camera could pan that far to the side.

[@Thatoneguy-xr2sk]

What up Fester's quest on the Nintendo. I was always confused why Uncle Fester was fighting aliens. It was an Addamas Family game

[@youssefelbahtimy]

But Fester's quest was actually a good game! It was just reskinned from another already developed game I think.

[@EatWave]

@@youssefelbahtimy Quality aside, it still missed the point of the series in much the same way as the other games by not having anything to do with what passed for mundane lives of a highly unusual family.

[@robertstephen8372]

@@EatWave This is the Addams Family we're talking about, fighting aliens would probably be a summertime activity for them.

[@conanfan1412]

"We're gonna make a Power Rangers Zeo racing game!" "But sir, the Sentai that's currently airing in Japan, Carranger, is, as its name implies, about cars. Maybe we should wait until next year to do it." "RACING GAME NOW!"

[@keenancole7958]

I was just thinking, "Didn't PR Turbo come out right after Zeo?"

[@otaking3582]

N64 came out the same year as Zeo was airing. They weren't gonna release a game for a last-gen system.

[@luckymouse1988]

"This Mario Kart game seems popular, our Power Rangers series is popular... I know, let's rip the game and swap sprites to become super popular!"

[@mjfan8704]

@lyckymouse1988 Must have been Steve who said that at the meeting for the Power Rangers game. He's not that bright but for some reason the company keeps him on as one of their top employers.

[@yaoibabe]

I would argue the grey's anatomy game was TOO much on the point lol

[@jurgenfonteijn]

I'm totally missing "Little Britain: The Game" here. Even though it relentlessly 'tried' to tie-in with the source material by recreating certain sketches into the backgrounds, the mini-games were so off-ly absurd and difficult to control they'd send you into a Vicky Pollard-fit. Be givin' that PS2 evils; Shut Up!

[@thatotherpirateguy8973]

I’m having horrible flashbacks to PBG ‘ghost riding the whip’.

[@beepboprobotsnot3748]

I'm having wonderful flashbacks to PBG 'ghost riding the whip'.

[@theleanbusinessman5431]

What is ‘PBG’?

[@justicesilverwing]

@@theleanbusinessman5431 PeanutButterGamer, he's a youtuber. He did a review of the pimping your ride game a while back.

[@Jam_Baloop]

@@justicesilverwing ghost ride the wip

[@gruntmezera123]

Hearing Luke use the phrase "ghost riding the whip" was exactly what I needed today. Thank you, my friend, for the smiles.

[@gruggerduggerhoose]

Wait so Pimp my Ride lied to me and cash doesn't fly out of cars when you hit them? *furiously scribbles out plans for early retirement

[@thequad8945]

Only if you put a car in your car so you can drive when you drive XD

[@gruggerduggerhoose]

@@thequad8945 that sentence structure... gives me an aneurysm everytime. thank you lol

[@thequad8945]

@@gruggerduggerhoose lol its and oldy but a goodie, and, if it wasn't applicable here I don't know where XD

[@lnsflare1]

No, they just cut out the past where you sell your victims' organs on the black market to save time.

[@TuIdiota]

It’s the other way around, you get cash when cars hit you

[@Tarantulah]

The first godfather game, though I quite liked it as a game, missed the point of the movie so hard that the Director called it a disgrace and wished it was never released

[@35antonio]

How did it miss the point?

[@ghostderazgriz]

I heard it was basically a mafia game but not as good. Sounds pretty point to me. Regardless it wouldn't be on this list as it wasn't a TV show.

[@DavidRhysWallace]

@@ghostderazgriz You basically play as a soldier in the Corleone family and do all the behind the scenes setup for the big moments in the film. You also work your way through the ranks to become The Godfather yourself. It was a fun game! I finished it on PS2 and 1000G'd the sequal on 360.

[@VegetaLF7]

@@DavidRhysWallace Same, was one of my first 360 games. I actually loved it. My favorite moment was when I absolutely screwed myself when going to take over the last front in the game. Ordinarily you're supposed to go in, pull your gun, shoot the token guards inside, and take over the shady business in the back of whatever store is acting as a front. Being the last one left in the entire game, I had the whole thing down pat. Except I had just come from a mission where you destroy the drug production factories by blowing them up with dynamite and forgot that I still had it selected. So I stroll into the store, go to the back door, kick it open and pull out my gun to start blasting...only to realize my mistake as I see the lit stick of dynamite go flying through the air and quickly make a dash to escape the store before it all exploded, resulting in me having to wait for the store to reopen later to try again. Once more, this was *the last one*, thus I had no other missions or things to do, just waiting for the store to re-open so I could take over it properly this time.

[@akmal94ibrahim]

It was indeed an amazing game. Only rival at the time was the Mafia games

[@franciscocoito1048]

The Grey's anatomy I do see the tie in. I barely ever see anything medical related

[@akmal94ibrahim]

Yep. Scrubs, a sitcom, had more medical drama than Grey's Anatomy.

[@DANIELXD130]

I got a suggestion, games where you cant help but stop to hear the conversations of npcs and or enemies

[@ajerqureshi6411]

Seeing the Grey's Anatomy into cutscene in the video, I was like "Okay, a pretty weak cutscene but it can't THAT bad." And then the match 3 puzzle for telling truth or lying popped up and I went, "What? WHY?" Which is a shame, because a Telltale/Life is Strange style Grey's Anatomy game might be a pretty good idea.

[@Madhattersinjeans]

Telltale is done for it's defunct.

[@edwardgurney1694]

"Solve Lex Luthor's Maze!" I dont know what Superman thinks a maze is but that's not a maze.

[@wafflehammer4725]

Ellen's tool time "Huuuh?" Had me creasing up 🤣

[@LocalHeretic-ck1kd]

same here

[@tomtitherington]

Know what, I think it's time to reboot all these games into one massive beautiful combination called "All the games you never asked for but darn these graphics tho!" For PS5 launch title.

[@mrcromin3329]

The Monty Python's Flying Circus tie-in on the Amiga was mental.

[@robo361]

Where I grew up in the UK the Simpsons wrestling was all the rage. Cant imagine my childhood without it

[@imladrad2584]

I felt robbed when you said 'zero explanation' instead of 'zeo explanation'!

[@ginger_cryptid]

"Why I'm Not the Mayor of Pimp City: the Luke Westaway Story"

[@bunnygeonmaster9251]

Oxtra: "We can promise [the streams] are still about video games." Also Oxtra: "Today we are going to bake a cake/draw a picture/craft a pom-pom/write a song/channel our inner animal." :P

[@akmal94ibrahim]

Oxbox and Oxtra: Videogame channels that goes around playing a boardgame.

[@DavidJoh]

The Gray's Anatomy game sounds like it captures the show's priorities very accurately.

[@sick0832]

"... ran for ten wonderful seasons and then for even more seasons after that" is THE single best description of the Simpsons I have ever heard. This should be the introductory sentence of the Wikipedia article on the show.

[@RoboSparkle]

The true beauty of this statement is it will never need updating, either.

[@otaking3582]

The newer seasons aren't that bad!

[@michaelandreipalon359]

In my opinion (and many other fan opinions), it's eight seasons and three video games, just like SpongeBob only having four seasons, a movie, and two video games (one of which is a movie tie-in).

[@sick0832]

@@michaelandreipalon359 There is some leeway as to where exactly to draw the line when it turned bad. I would personally consider season 7 the pinnacle, then a slow decline, then a rapid fall. But I think including season 10 is still alright. ;)

[@SuigetsuIsArt]

I bought the Grey's Anatomy game recently and I'm planning on playing it with friends, very happy that it looks to be as hilariously bizarre as the box promises.

[@butter_scotch]

"......that's why I'm not the mayor of Pimp City" is not a line I ever thought I'd hear Luke say. And yet, here we are.

[@mattball8622]

Whoever provided the capture for Superman: We thank you for your service. No one should have to suffer that.

[@hiddenshadow2105]

"I had become a laundry basket, the destroyer of interpersonal drama"

[@cashgrabgaming]

Simpsons Wrestling was one of the games that made us start a podcast about this very subject. It's amazing how bad things can get from great source material!!

[@MrOmegatronic]

1:04: Does anyone remember that episode where Homer became a boxer, only to find out at the end that one more match would kill him? *Marge just killed Homer.*

[@AnonyDave]

How you avoided Tim Allen's cocaine charges in that whole thing I'll never know

[@UnboundChris]

Your use of Cromulent makes me v happy

[@Mattsterweb]

Would you say it embiggens you?

[@UnboundChris]

@@Mattsterweb A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man

[@gruggerduggerhoose]

Ahh yes. The Eastenders game that I have just heard of... With all the graphics of Ceefax and a soundtrack equivalent to jamming an electric whisk in each ear, how could it possibly fail?

[@1Thunderfire]

An Eastenders game would just involve cat fights in the street, numerous love triangles with increasingly unlikely people, weddings ruined by running away at the altar, someone being kidnapped or run over or the church being set on fire. All soaps are extremely depressing. If you were going to make a game based on a soap though, the Telltales system would probably be the best option.

[@austingockel5552]

"The Mayor of Pimp City." 😂

[@f4rr3r]

“Press any Ric-key” Boooooooo BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@joeyfoosaner1454]

No mention of SpongeBob SquarePants: plankton's robotic revenge for the 3ds. I still can't figure out what they based it off of exactly even though I have played it for like 3 years.

[@nickdejager8873]

I'm not sure if you watched Grey's Anatomy, guys, but I think that game captured it pretty well. The show was not a hard hitting medical drama, it was a soap opera occasionally interrupted by surgeries.

[@joshclb2000]

Don't forget the friends game which was just a quiz trivia game

[@KaleidoSTARPH]

you guys missed "Alley McBeal The Game" on PC, its like The Sims but instead of messing their head, it messes you!

[@Kilojoules]

The Grey's anatomy game was all about drama and poking into other doctors' lives? Sounds to me like they nailed it lmao Also! Thank you for confirming that pimp my Ride the game was real! I was starting to think it was a weird fever dream from my childhood

[@Iggothy]

Elllen's "bye" in the end was way cuter than it had any right to be.

[@LadyKnightGodwin7092]

I had completely forgotten that the Home Improvement game existed and that I had it as a child and played it entirely too much.... Thanks a lot 😵

[@danielglynn1422]

That whole Pimp My Ride section made me legitimately angry.

[@TheDeeplyCynical]

At least Tim Westwood was nowhere to be found.

[@danielglynn1422]

Oh God, don't even remind me. I'm getting the shakes just remembering him. He was the oldest teenager in the history of the world.

[@craiggibbs9888]

Can't believe there was so spoiler warning re: Wellard. Crushed. Didn't need this news today.

[@JoeBob23]

I like how the Home Improvement game was basically just slow Sonic

[@TheHungryKirby]

The pimp my ride review had me dying. Good job!

[@bigbrotherlop87]

Not gonna lie, really miss having a close up camera of Ellen making different facial expressions and/or burst out laughing, unable to control herself.

[@louiemarks8501]

Doctor Who: Dalek Attack. You're flying a Segway, no explanation given, firing a blaster at pretty much everything that moves, also no explanation given, which considering the main character is a pacifist, seems like a bigger sin.

[@Draugo]

Everything I know about Grey's anatomy (which isn't that much to be honest) tells me that that tie in game was completely faithful to the source material.

[@nickleevee]

A long time ago I played through Lost: Via Domus, a game that decided the best way to translate the castaway island experience to video game form was with the ghost recon engine and numerous voltage based puzzles.

[@shadowdramon01]

Sure, it may not have had a whole lot to do with the show, but the Simpsons arcade game from the ‘90s was awesome.

[@Mattsterweb]

I liked The Simpsons Hit & Run, too.

[@brandonp7503]

At least that game had some humor, and some explanation as to why they were rampaging through Springfield.

[@tragedyplustime8271]

Arcade was fine, Simpsons Game was pretty good, and Hit & Run was godlike As long as it isn't Simpsons Wrestling or Skateboarding, it's decent.

[@andymcp4752]

Pimp my ride was itself simply ghost riding the concept of being good... pretty meta stuff

[@PaulGirdlestone]

That Power Rangers game literally had a carbon copy of Mario Kart tracks. Also seems they also took the permanent split screen too.

[@starscreamsniper926]

There is a Friends tie in game called "Friends The One With All The Trivia." The premise of the game is to know trivia about about the show but it doesn't let you go through stories like what the Friends would do.

[@Stewerrvideos]

Honestly, home improvement was a gorgeous game, and the gameplay actually wasn't half bad!

[@HylianFox3]

The game actually does look quite good. If anything the biggest issue is the stages are MASSIVE, confusing, and way too samey. Even though they change themes they're all pretty much the same. If it had been more straightforward like Mario or Sonic it could have been an overlooked gem, but nope.

[@Stewerrvideos]

@@HylianFox3 the large stages would make for beautiful long pictures I'd imagine. I'd gladly have them on my wall

[@beingbrokenbored]

Sooo, Power Rangers Zeo is just a reskinned Mario Kart? Down to the sound effects and level design. Just... Wow.

[@kaiseremotion854]

Like exact copy

[@keenancole7958]

Glad it wasn't just me!

[@Rognik]

Given some of the plots in the show, I wouldn't be surprised if the rangers had to settle things in a go-kart racing game. Some of those monsters are... really weird.

[@Targemq8]

A moment of recognition for “Mat groaning”.

[@master1221]

??? Simpson wrestling was great. I loved playing it :)

[@sleepingonyourroof]

Too each there own

[@toongrowner1]

"throwing Lex Luther into the sun" You would make a great sidekick for atomic puppet.

[@SyndicateOperative]

There is actually a really really great game that could technically count as a pimp-my-ride video game: Midnight Club 3: Dub Edition: Remix. You race, you pimp your rides, and all of the guys that run the garages act like they're talking to a camera during an episode of pimp-my-ride.

[@vitorta6696]

That was a nice bit of driving in the pink truck, maybe someone on oxtra should be simracing with mike

[@SelkieGirl]

17:13 you've... You've never seen a single Power Rangers show 3% of the way through, have you...?

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

It happens way more often than anyone would expect.

[@otaking3582]

What are you talking about? There wasn't any go-karting in Zeo. In Turbo, yes, but not Zeo.

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

@@otaking3582 The point is, it's not that far fetched for it to happen, especially since it DID happen in Turbo. Not that it happened in that specific season. Power Rangers can get pretty ridiculous.

[@SelkieGirl]

@@OtakuUnitedStudio "can"

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

@@SelkieGirl It makes me wonder if I'm watching the same show as other people when they act like Power Rangers used to be this super serious, contemplative drama while the newer seasons are dumb kiddy garbage. Ninja Storm was really good, but the mentor got turned into a CGI guinea pig. The only season actually that dark was In Space. Heck, RPM was a post-apocalyptic fight for survival for the last holdout of humanity, and they still joked about the Zords looking like goofy anime cars.

[@ashf4200]

Home Improvement looked bewildering, dreadful and disappointing. I'd say in terms of capturing the essence of the show they... Nailed it.

[@feathero3]

Seriously, whoever does the taglines for the title bars needs a raise. They are some amazing puns!

[@vickirick4219]

I don't know what Luke is talking about that is exactly what Gray's anatomy is like

[@eraoftheday5942]

Looks like the makers of that grey's anatomy game were quite familiar with dagonronpa.

[@NimbleTack]

One of my first computers was a ZX Spectrum. 48K of memory wouldn't even hold a save game file for the latest games but, back then, they managed to cram the entirety of Elite into that. A fully 3D space combat/trading game. Or something like Head Over Heels with it's wonderfully bizarre isometric puzzles.

[@VegetaLF7]

Fun fact, way back in GTA3, crashing into other cars also was a legitimate way to make money as you were getting paid for any damages you caused to other vehicles. This was incredibly broken as all you needed to do to buy whatever you wanted was to go on a drive around town for a few hours, pinballing off of every other car on the road. Naturally this feature was removed in sequel Vice City and beyond.

[@beegdammhero9811]

Hearing Luke say "Ghost Riding the Whip" is something i never knew i needed and now i need a 20 hr ASMR version of it

[@musketthedog]

Thank you for the one Ricky related Eastenders pun that I have not yet heard :'D

[@BigDave15]

Grey's Anatomy is mostly about the interpersonal melodrama rather than the medicine from what I've seen of the show. I sounds like the people who made the game may have got the idea of the show more than the person who decided to include the game in this video.

[@Jackbrsp]

I'm 35 years old and proud to say that I've never watched Grey's Anatomy. Not played any of those games... geez

[@alfiealcorn]

All I remember of Pimp my ride is candy paint and woman who got a car with grass in the boot, a vegetable smoothie maker and a cat.