American Hero: Lost FMV Disaster - Just Bad Games

American Hero. A 25 year old lost Atari Jaguar CD game remastered!
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[@c-puff]

This game actually being released and the actor being a good sport to record all the internal monologues fills me with a great joy. What an absolute legend.

[@ErectedGasCan]

It's really cool he stepped up after such a long time! 😃

[@Einar730]

YAA YAAA!!

[@noahbossier1131]

I respect him

[@theGodfather5870]

Right?? It’s always heartwarming to see what these renegade Einsteins were able to do in such a trailblazing field of art style. 😁 Did you see the Ars Technica interview with one of the originators? If I can find it again I’ll link it here, but it inspired and warmed me so much omg ☺️👽💯

[@animemilkmann5041]

Completely unrelated, but your pfp is very cute.

[@Darkundeadhero]

The fact that you can go to the strip club instead of defeating the bad guy makes this a classic.

[@dlc435]

Many such cases

[@forbidden6543]

Reminds me of when your Stuck 100% the Strip Club business in GTA 5 instead of progressing through the story.

[@VoidMaid]

Reminds me of “A Bard’s Tale” At the final boss fight you have the option to fight the forces of evil and save the world, join the forces of evil and gain your heart’s every desire (at the expense of everyone else on earth), or say “#@&$ it” skipping the final boss fight entirely and just going drinking instead.

[@The_Doctor_of_Rhodes_Island]

Tim is such a Chad. Having Timothy come and record some new voice lines after 25 years is really something!

[@jjoshaugh]

Honestly, I have to respect the guy for being willing to do it!

[@gracekim25]

Wait he recorded new lines? That was impressive

[@TimmehJay]

Thank you

[@JTguitarlessons]

@@gracekim25 Where were you, did you even watch the video?

[@Thomasmemoryscentral]

@@gracekim25 They were all the options and the occasional close captioned dialogue popping up onscreen

[@benmalsky9834]

There’s something about American Hero that makes it feel like a spoof film, but without any actual jokes. It’s clearly not trying to be a serious, genuine action film like Mission: Impossible, nor is it trying to intentionally be comedic like Austin Powers or Hot Shots. It’s just so incredibly awkward, and I love it!

[@ddjsoyenby]

same this is the kind of bad game i can get behind.

[@findantu]

Theres a spoof bond movie with his brother or some such that's the same way like it's meant to be serious but it's so bad it's laughably awesome

[@someguy3752]

@@findantu Operation Kid Brother?

[@benmalsky9834]

@@findantu As a huge movie buff, I can say that it is one of the most awkward things I’ve ever seen as it doesn’t qualify as either a real action movie or a spoof movie.

[@benmalsky9834]

@@findantu When you think about it, it actually seems like the kind of film you expect from Cannon Films, the studio that throughout the 70s and 80s released tons of hilariously bad, low budget films that had tons of explosions and nudity.

[@coffeebird2857]

Despite how bad this game is, I’m glad this game is being preserved

[@dudethatscringe8791]

cringe

[@Tsukiru]

Preservation should extend to the good and bad, all the bad makes the past all the more interesting and wild.

[@RPI79]

There's no reason for its existence.

[@livefreeprintguns]

Agreed. I'm a huge proponent of preserving all software by any means necessary.

[@Boomrainbownuke9608]

@@RPI79 there is. as an example to NEVER DO THIS AGAIN EVER!

[@davidromeroblaya7920]

"A strip-tease ... That is our first choice in the game." You described the plot of a Steven Seagal movie.

[@613aristocrat]

A fellow consumer of Space Ice videos, I presume.

[@vlexonkol8466]

Not enough body double screentime

[@MrOakridge]

I think my favorite part of this has to be 18:02 with the guy pulling out an Uzi and cocking it after every individual shot. Not like it's a submachine gun or anything like that...

[@crisgeraldperez7]

Plot twist: it's a bootleg toy gun

[@jakublulek3261]

It's post-1986, unregistered machine gun!

[@C.V317]

I’ve never heard a strip club described as an adult themed dance facility. Makes me think it’s a huge warehouse where people dance and pretend to do taxes, review their car insurance policy, and do other boring adulting things.

[@noahbossier1131]

That’s funny

[@gracekim25]

Love it 🤣

[@christmashake8968]

There was one in my town/city for the longest time that was officially described that way, mostly to avoid getting shut down by the police and/or city government full of very religious/military conservatives who'd jump at any chance to front a new culture war. Though ours finally bit the dust due to sustained public pressure and COVID-lockdown losses, I'd imagine there are many others like it still around that are titled as such in their business-license paperwork for very similar reasons of legal survival. :P

[@Puremindgames]

Wait, what actually happens in a strip club then?

[@C.V317]

@@Puremindgames wait, a strip club isn’t a place where hobbyists come together to strip furniture to repurpose and upcycle?

[@SuperNitroZ64]

4:55 "Bad news. Par-tay." Someone should make that a one-hour loop.

[@1985toyotacamry]

They got the beat I give it that

[@jmal]

Lots of memeable content from this game.

[@Puremindgames]

Don't tempt me

[@jmal]

@@Puremindgames I'll watch the 10 hour version if you ever get around to making one.

[@llewelynshingler2173]

Hairpin the guard

[@STICKOMEDIA]

1990s FMV games are just golden, they have the most low budget visuals but have such charm

[@KennyGorehound]

I want to play this. 🤣

[@dudethatscringe8791]

cringe

[@EssexAggiegrad2011]

Like watching a bad movie

[@fugitiveunknown7806]

"Where I go, Death Follows!" "Where I go, Death follows!" "Wwhheerree II ggoo,, ddeeaatthh ffoolllloowwss!!

[@jacksonteller3973]

the FMV game American Hero reminds me of is actually "National Lampoon's Blind Date" on PC, the gameplay is VERY similar with the multiple choice thing in that you get multiple choices many of which lead to failure resulting in a lot of trial and error(thankfully unlike AH you can actually skip cutscenes and you can actually save and there's an auto-save half-way through) basically you have to try and say the right lines to this woman you meet at a bar, unlike in AH your character isn't voiced and remains unseen but like AH you get a bunch of random answers that don't make sense and it's a crap-shoot as to whether or not you get the right one. I'd LOVE to see Rerez cover Blind Date cause hoo boy I felt the same frustration playing that game and trying to get the good ending that they had with AH, except I don't think it's possible to get the good ending to this one as i've tried EVERY conceivable path and option and didn't get the ending advertised on a VHS tape where Sandi asks you if you want to sleep with all three of them(Her and her two roomates) this game does not have nudity like AH but it does have a lot of double-entendres and cheesy 90s dialogue. Like AH there's some static in the game, in this case some answers can't be read and are glitched out and I thought that had something to do with me not being able to get the good ending, at first I thought that was a problem with the emulation, but after seeing this review i'm thinking maybe that's just how the game is The main difference is the game tries to incorporate some elements like money(which you can use to pay for certain things at various points in the games like bribing Sandi's annoying roommate)and liquor(if you drink too much you'll fail)and then there's a quiz later on that took me quite a while to figure out all the correct answers, because unlike most games you don't know exactly which answers you got right immediately after you pick an answer, even after the quiz is over you still aren't told exactly how many answers you got right, it's just general vague statements like "you did pretty well" or "you did poorly". The game is legit funny at times and there are some weird failure scenes so it's not a total waste of time, but it definitely does not live up to its full potential and it's easy to see why almost nobody has talked about this game since it came out and why barely anyone reviewed it.

[@benmalsky9834]

For as nonsensical as the plot is and as infuriating as the “gameplay” is, I can’t help but really like American Hero. It’s easy to get a laugh at all that 90s cheese and even more cheesy attempts at being raunchy.

[@Guernicaman]

Wish more games like this got preserved by being republished, even if the gameplay is flawed. For better or worse, FMV games are part of our gaming history.

[@FalconRS]

I think the corridor running part is hilarious: Jack beats ass of the same guy three times in different ways, and fourth time his feelings are so hurt he just shoots them.

[@DarknetDude]

Jack is the ultimate nihilist. (A) F*ck it. (B) SAVE THE WORLD

[@nrc1965gm]

ok the funeral scene with two caskets had me absolutely dying that's so damn hilarious for all the wrong reasons

[@Tesparg]

LOL, this is like the FMV version of an AI Dungeon game. Batshit incoherent story and you die in ridiculous ways.

[@polytanksan5761]

That's an insult to ai dungeon (even if it's started to cut out parts of it's own outputs apparently)

[@robbiewalker2831]

@@polytanksan5761 It’s even more of an insult to Thayer’s Quest, which is an FMV AI Dungeon; and the “Kingdom” rebrand was as much of an insult to the original.

[@polytanksan5761]

@@robbiewalker2831 wait fmv ai dungeon How would that even work

[@seliamila1005]

NovelAI 🤣🤣 nahhh nooo Novel AI and even the new (shitty AI dungeon) are so much smarter than this

[@Xehanort10]

27:34 The guy playing the priest has the most blatant disinterested "Give me my paycheck please" voice ever.

[@noahbossier1131]

That’s funny

[@jmal]

"Ashes to ashes. Dust to dust. Could we move it along? I'm trying to pay the rent here."

[@zephyr8072]

I was expecting the priest to be the secret mastermind given how disinterested and cynical he seemed.

[@jmal]

@@zephyr8072 That would've made the plot too wacky than it already is.

[@alexandrubogdanstirbu4778]

Ashes to ashes, dust to dust

[@bread9276]

11:19 the boombox was able to destroy the disco ball with a high enough frequency to shatter glass from the feedback of the boombox, and he must of seen that the disco ball was shotally made, so it was probably made from old mirrors, and old mirrors you can shatter with a high frequency. There is no way that the feed back from the boombox would be enough to shatter the disco ball, and if it was jack would of had his eardrums either heavily damaged or completely blown. The blue laser is something I personally cant theoretically explain literally or metaphorically.

[@the_last_ballad]

Hidden laser gun

[@bread9276]

@@the_last_ballad Good point

[@benmalsky9834]

I think this is the first time since Ride to Hell: Retribution that you’ve played a game that try’s to be raunchy and erotic, but is hilariously awkward at doing so.

[@zyzzy-ko4ww]

I'd rather play Dalmatians 3 or Snow White & The 7 Clever Boys or Animal Soccer World (or any such crazy formulaic fairy-tale-licensed "game" from Phoenix/Dingo/LJN/whatever, for that matter) than Ride To Hell Retribution.

[@brunoslybruno]

to be fair, this game is merely broken on xbox ride to hell is broken in every way also this game was never released ride has and even got dlc so still ways behind being just as bad

[@brawler5760]

Ride to Hell Retribution is broken, and has pointless sex scenes.

[@gracekim25]

It tries to be? I mean I guess so🤷‍♀️ (Seriously though um it’s spelt ‘tries’😅)

[@thedesensitizedsympathizer5307]

What about Final fight streetwise

[@WilliamKnee]

This Jack character is basically the Dollar Store version of Bruce Willis in _Die_ _Hard_ mixed with a bit of Liam Neeson in _Taken_

[@oz_jones]

Bruce Neeson in _Hard Taker_

[@MariktheGunslinger]

I'm pretty sure Bruce Willis is Dollar Store Bruce Willis these days.

[@angelriverasantana7755]

@@MariktheGunslinger I can't tell him and Vin Diesel apart, looks wise lol

[@nthgth]

I was thinking a slightly different-looking Harrison Ford actually

[@RadicalGarry]

@@oz_jones new synonym for power bottom just dropped

[@TyroKitsune]

A legitimate contender for being 'So Bad It's Good'. It is excellent that it was saved from obscurity and stuff like this deserves to be preserved. That said, it is a mess. Clearly a 'get some beers and friends then laugh at it and riff it to death' kind of game. Like many of the best FMV games.

[@oz_jones]

I love how hammy Kruger was

[@TheRenegadist]

Jack looks like a mix of Harrison Ford and Ed O'Neil and I personally feel this doesn't make the game just bad.

[@danielhuras617]

I was gunna say Harrison Ford and Don Adams

[@gracekim25]

So I’m not the only one who seems the resemblance 🤣

[@kittymyths1208]

Nope, it's bad. Somewhat charming in its own badness, but still bad

[@keithmichael112]

4:57 the spoken word loop of the two different options made me laugh every time.. it reminded me of that simpsons episode where Homer keeps thinking about dental plans on loop

[@TheSmart-CasualGamer]

DENTAL PLAN!

[@keithmichael112]

@@TheSmart-CasualGamer Lisa needs a new pair of braces

[@MegaAnimazing]

@@TheSmart-CasualGamer Lisa needs braces.

[@RocketboyX]

Lisa needs braces.

[@keithmichael112]

@@RocketboyX DENTAL PLAN

[@TheGodshatter]

I love how the security guard cocked back a mac-10 3 times lol!

[@jmal]

Right? LOL you can tell that it's a spring action airsoft gun.

[@k-dogg9086]

@@jmal I guess that's what Alec Baldwin will be using next movie after he's out of prison.

[@highoctanesynx7950]

that f*ckin irritated the hell outta me 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@rinnamakiir4354]

That scene got me doing a double take to make sure I saw it right, I'd love to know who decided that what's essentially a bolt action SMG would make sense to anyone. Surely someone had to point out how absurd that looked during the filming, right?

[@thedesensitizedsympathizer5307]

I don't know much about guns and wvin i thought that looked wrong

[@SNESJerry]

Rerez never fails to entertain, the overreactions to the smallest flaws in games are the cherry on top, they deserve more honestly.

[@adultmoshifan87]

His videos are good, but I do still frown upon him for championing digital over physical! He said digital was “the way forward” when he hit out at the Coleco Chameleon (a system I wanted to be real so badly! At least Evercade is doing what it couldn’t!) and he seems to own the digital edition of the PS5 if I’ve seen correctly in his Series X vs PS5 video!

[@Monstructer]

I disagree for this video. Sounds like a bunch of guys born yesterday who are reaching so hard to be funny about a game that knew what it wanted to be. The game itself was far more funny than the review

[@YoungBasedChefBeezy]

@@Monstructer definitely. Rerez scraped the barrel for this one

[@kittymyths1208]

@@Monstructer "A game that knew what it wanted to be" So it wanted to be an mess of an action flick with terrible writing, awkward pacing and forgettable characters? Also calling this piece of trash a "game" would imply there's some sort of gameplay to it, which it doesn't have. And no, occasionally pressing one button is not gameplay. And why the hell are you here if you don't enjoy this channel's content? Just dislike and move on

[@supersanic1254]

@@kittymyths1208 You clearly don't understand the game, or the genre🤣🤣 This game is amazing!

[@julianpradarodriguez7336]

I was doing a Just Bad games marathon, this came like a good present

[@mantis638]

Even though these games don’t age well, it’s still interesting to see how it inspired new games like at dead of night.

[@Tesparg]

Yeah, I like At Dead of Night. I wish there were more games like that.

[@ddjsoyenby]

agreed.

[@slappybagOG]

100% and it kind of created the whole quick time event years before that was coined by games like Shenmue?? Really important phase in games development

[@blakksheep736]

@@slappybagOG ye. Too bad it's just bad.

[@Youhadabadday2021]

@@Tesparg Yeah, At Dead Of Night is absolutely amazing for what it's trying to be. It's still has that cheese factor FMV games tend to have, but it's so well executed that it does a damn good job at being an immersive horror game as well as a cheesy mess.

[@shinyagumon7015]

Gamefilm as a concept sounds like it was truly ahead of its it's time. Not good per se, but it certainly sounds like the type of game David Gage would've developed if he was around in the nineties. At least it has the same amount of interactivity as those.

[@dudethatscringe8791]

cringe

[@NebLleb]

Guess that was because before Fahrenheit, David Cage was busy juggling a metric butt-ton of genres in his game Omikron: The Nomad Soul.

[@Tsukiru]

A choose your own adventure film isn't a bad idea, especially when you remember when we had annotations. But specifically branding it as a game or for game systems is a bit. Not right.

[@fugitiveunknown7806]

The emotions are expressed via the graphic of the emotions. As the graphics get more graphical as technology advances the emotions get more emotional. Thus can graphic video games truly become art with graphics and emotions.

[@ddjsoyenby]

honestly they walked so david cage could............also walk but in a way that makes money.

[@Shorai_3]

Now I recognize that military guy. He went on to play the mall security guard in "Grumpy Cat's Worst Christmas". And spoiler alert: he was a secret bag guy in that too.

[@almightycinder]

He's also one of Tommy Lee Jones's lackeys in The Fugitive.

[@gracekim25]

*gasp* he was hogging all the bags?!

[@gjk2012]

He's going to play grandpa in Rob Zombie's The Munsters movie!

[@kronemerj]

@@gjk2012 well at least that's a step up from being typecast as a generic villain /lackey

[@occono3543]

You've got some Arzt on you

[@scottwood4123]

“I guess Jack isn’t so tough outside of the VIP room.” 😂

[@Legomaster-jv8ll]

I feel like Empty Clip and Ziggurat, as well as the actor deserve a ton of praise for this. They are preserving a piece of video game history that would’ve otherwise been lost, and the fact that the original actor came back to rerecord internal dialogue shows a level of commitment to preservation usually not seen by a publisher and cast. Keeping it as true to the original as possible was also a very good idea, as it shows that the purpose is preservation, and it also pushes any blame for the decisions as far away from them as possible. I’d love to see more of these “preserved” games see official releases.

[@supersanic1254]

@BigLamarGames Recorded new voice lines, remastered the video, among many other things. Pay attention much?

[@weirdotzero7065]

@BigLamarGames How dare they sink their own time and money restoring and finishing a piece of video game history. It really doesn't matter if the game is good or bad. It can be seen as a time capsule of the era or as a learning experience on how not to design fmv choose your own adventure games. And an additude like that is just disrespectful to the teams who made this possible.

[@millenniumf1138]

Seeing FMV games preserved at this level of integrity really makes me hopeful that one of my favorite games of the 90's - Jedi Knight - might see a full-resolution remake someday with the FMV sequences. The current version of the game has low-rez, bitcrushed video in it, and it's really apparent how bad it is on modern hardware.

[@FaithFacts]

The developers would probably get crushed with legal disputes fro Disney for the "Jedi" name

[@millenniumf1138]

@@FaithFacts I was talking about someone like NightDive Studios working with Disney to produce an up-rated Jedi Knight. Though, with the failure of their attempt to update Dark Forces I doubt they'd be able to do this with JK.

[@alicev1500]

@@millenniumf1138 Night Dive attempted a Dark Forces remaster before?

[@millenniumf1138]

@@alicev1500 Yeah, a few years ago. I was really excited because it's one of my favorite Lucasarts games. Sadly it fell through before they could start the remastering.

[@Rokabur]

@@millenniumf1138 That's Disney for you, they absolutely HATE Star Wars.

[@Mankey619]

An FMV game that originally came to the Jaguar but never released,but came out thirty years later is such weird thing. Now I can see why.

[@lasskinn474]

I'm a little bit puzzled they didn't release it as an interactive dvd

[@fayezfawzi3255]

Honestly, this sounds like a fun CYOA game. sure, the choices don't hint at whether they are right or wrong, but guess what, that is how most CYOA choices are too. Seeing/reading the bad endings is part of the fun in these games. Not having the option to skip seen scenes sucks, but other than that I think this would be an enjoyable game and I am glad it got a rerelease :)

[@k-dogg9086]

Wish there were more of these

[@Safersephiroth777]

As so many said the main actor coming after 25 years to record lines for a really bad video game is amazing! Damn good actor!

[@Lizz_ss25]

Here’s a fun fact they made “fmv games” back during the days of silent black and white cinema… So called “choosies”… where in tts film would play as normal. Then it stop at a point, where a guy would come on stage, tell tts audience the options. Take a vote and continue with the chosen clip, rinse lather and repeat…

[@polytanksan5761]

Why though

[@thebonemanahf]

@@polytanksan5761 idk if they're telling the truth, can't find any other sources on this

[@Lizz_ss25]

@@thebonemanahf I remember seeing it in a documentary or something like that… Plus the name “choosies” was derived in the same way that the first films with audio were called “talkies” at the time

[@Lizz_ss25]

@@thebonemanahf To my knowledge the format didn’t take off, as this was at the time sound film was starting to get wide spread… and much like the whole 3D fad… the cinemas could charge more for a “talkie/sound film” then the analog equivalent of an FMV game… which had a much higher production cost and lower audiences. As to why, the right question should be “why not” as film as a medium was still in it’s infancy at the time and creators wanted to see what can be done with the medium…

[@bolkrr]

Hell, even Czechoslovakia did this. But on TV, with the audience and even household voting (they just ordered to turn on and off the lights and then they measured the energy usage in the powerplants)it was called "Rozpaky kuchaře Svatopluka"

[@adamntcaponewholikesbigcoo1749]

Get’s killed a lot… fights that same guy repeatedly in the tunnel section… Jack has bite’s the dust confirmed

[@k-dogg9086]

Dies more times than Link in Zelda games.. Balls of Steel

[@MontyDotharl]

Timothy Bottoms was also in Fox Hunt, another awful old FMV game. Also he was basically the designated Dubya impersonator for movies and TV in the 00's

[@noahbossier1131]

Intresting

[@jmal]

He also played the title character in "Johnny Got His Gun". Yup, he played the guy Metallica described in their song, "One."

[@JEdwardBanasikJr]

Don't forget he was blowing up Rollercoasters in his younger days.

[@kronemerj]

@@JEdwardBanasikJr if that isn't a varied career I don't know what is

[@deathsyth8888]

FMVs are just live action quick time events. But as the whole game.

[@ddjsoyenby]

yup and they're gloriously bad.

[@supersanic1254]

@@ddjsoyenby Nah there are plenty of great ones, like Wirehead.

[@DarknetDude]

This is one of those games that truly sucks but is so bad it's good, not to mention some of the choices are downright hilarious, along with the cringe acting. It's. JUST. BAD. ...but funny.

[@gagesanchez3944]

I think the game is one of the worst out there!!!

[@hayato1886]

It is a very good shitty game. I dunno if I'd put it over something like Limbo of the Lost or Mystery of the Druids, but it's some top quality trash

[@highoctanesynx7950]

do it f*ck it do it f*ck it

[@travismclaughlin9452]

This whole thing feels like the kind of mid-90's direct-to-video action schlock that I probably would have rented more times than I can count and I love it for that.

[@HankThePimpHill]

"I'm Peter Griffin, and I am the Greatest American Hero. My special power is being somehow memorable after a very short run on TV."

[@blanddull6881]

“Believe it or not I’m a walking on air”

[@andrejg4136]

@@blanddull6881 That theme song is so good that it makes you want to watch the show even if it is boring and formulaic, the same reason why a lot of short run syndicated cartoons live rent free in a lot of Gen X to older Millenial's heads.

[@gmcnewlook]

@@blanddull6881 “believe it or not I’m not home… please leave a message after the beep…..”

[@orvilleredenpiller338]

Today has been awful. I needed something like this. EDIT: HOLY HELL, this looks very promising.

[@orvilleredenpiller338]

They what.

[@dudethatscringe8791]

cringe

[@emerl298]

Yes! More obscure game reviews is very welcome.

[@wilcoleijdens9895]

Can’t get much more obscure than unreleased Atari Jaguar CD games, lol

[@dudethatscringe8791]

cringe

[@kittymyths1208]

Does this really count as a game though? You literally just press one button occasionally XD

[@DinobotTM2]

I would say that many of the complains about this are very fitting to gamebooks. Completely different stories depending on the path, important scenes that can be missed, sudden death when you make the wrong choice.. that's a Choose Your Own Adventure, yeah. Maybe it's not fitting to a video game, but all the choices and memorization are exactly what the source material is.

[@Fay7666]

The way it should be, was that had they taken the wrong path and skipped most of the story (which seems awfully easy to do) they should be unable to finish. But had they actually played through it, there'd be context cues that would clear up the story and allow you to succeed where you previously failed. Kinda like an open-world game with no hard lock-outs. Instead, the whole game depends on 25:43

[@KotaonPC]

I play loads of adventure games. A sierra adventure would normally have dead ends, deaths, unwinnable states etc. Some people hate it I understand. But fmv games like tex Murphy allow a lot more game play, and then games like herstory/telling lies offer compelling scenes to scrutinized, some have puzzles. Sadly this looks like one of those disappointing fmv games (of which there are many). :( This looks closer to tomcat alley, Corpse killer etc. I'd rather play something like night trap, 7th guest, or phantasmagoria personally. And I forgot those modern fmv games like the complex, Erica etc that are. Really just movies with choices but are still good for a game/movie night with friends

[@k-dogg9086]

Nothing wrong with a CYOA especially now that I know what CYOA actually is...

[@WillKeaton]

Reminds me of _Wirehead,_ another FMV game for the Sega CD. That game is about a guy with a remote in his brain that allows you to control his actions with the controller.

[@supersanic1254]

Game wasn't developed for the Sega CD at all. Wirehead was designed to be a movie theater experience, with the choices being based on what the majority of people in the theater chose. MGM made the film, but Sega bought the rights to it after MGM was unsure it would be successful in theaters. You can find the full movie online, but the Sega CD version is a drastically cut down version. That is why there are scenes in Wirehead that do not make sense.

[@torikazuki8701]

Ancient Gamer here, been playing since 1976 & I'll tell you, this problem of making an Uninformed Decision existed before Videogames. Those 'Choose Your Own Adventure' books? Yeah.. they had the exact same problem. And many, many 'Point & Click Adventure' games ALSO do. On top of that, these 'games' also often use what is called 'Moon Logic' for the solution to puzzles. Meaning that you can't solve a problem using logic & common sense, but you have to guess what silly solution the creator wanted you to use. The fact is, writing a multiple-path story that gives you at least a few sensible reaction-choices is HARD WORK and definitely not cost-effective. Better to just throw crazy crap out there & see if the player somehow manages to enjoy themselves. Even in the modern era this is still the case. "Black Mirror" created the FMV game 'Bandersnatch' a few years back & though there are more choices & the writing is a tad better (and less juvenile), it *still* uses way, way too much Moon Logic to get through many scenes.

[@LeSarthois]

The thing is that many point'n'click games allow you to save on the spot or very often. And many P'n'c were silly to begin with, so the moon logic wasn't as jarring as in a serious game. And, well I guess it depends what you call moon logic. Many point'n'click I played have more what I would call "silly logic" when the solution makes sense once you found the combination. One example that come to mind is in LSL6, where you need to have a bathing clothing to access the pool. The solution? Use a hankerchief and dental floss to craft a handmade speedo. For me that is NOT Moon logic, this is silly logic, because the end result make sense. Same goes with Freddy Pharkas, where you use a beer can opener to open the church door. It... kinda make sense? But it's also a pun on the fact that those can openers were called "Church keys" (a bit of trivia that players outside the US probably didn't got... or younger players in the US as well!) I mean, it is silly... but not out of reach. And if we mix both P'n'c and FMV, if I recall, The X-Files game is mostly logical. The series of P'n'C games "The Black Mirror" (not related to the series) is also mostly using logic solutions. As for American Hero, I'll give them that, the game reflects on the silly crazy 90's US movies of Super Heroes. I'm not sure if they wanted to be serious or just making an affectionnate parody of such movies, but eithr way it reflects on movies of that era so as far as plot holes and moon logic goes... They get a pass.

[@briancoulombe4517]

I think you could do an “it’s just bad” on every game the Jaguar has. Only doom and ray man might escape

[@untitledchannelexe1021]

Aliens vs. Predator too.

[@JoeyJ0J0]

Jaguar had a good ports of Doom and Wolfenstein too

[@briancoulombe4517]

@@JoeyJ0J0 I believe you, But there are a lot of easy targets too

[@untitledchannelexe1021]

@@JoeyJ0J0 Tempest 2000 was also a great game on it.

[@jimmymyers]

I've never played it but Super Burnout seems like it's a good game from what gameplay I've watched.

[@masbotak7406]

"A Plot Hole so big that you can drive a truck into it" Dude was legend

[@extraram896]

18:00 The expectation of these two getting mowed down by machine pistol fire, only to be proven wrong when the actor uses a automatic firearm that's been in action movies since the late 70s operates it like a bolt-action handgun and takes the two out with these very slow shots. Like that's beautiful.

[@itsalwayssunnyinpahoa7631]

A new Rerez upload? Must be my lucky day. We’re all super grateful for all of your work, Rerez and crew. Anyways, alohas everyone and have a blessed day.

[@EssexAggiegrad2011]

Those hallway scenes where you have to choose between left and right reminds me of the maze from Morphman

[@robertkovarna8294]

I was honestly expecting them to make a Morphman gag at the hallways.

[@EssexAggiegrad2011]

@@robertkovarna8294 Yeah

[@akisa7865]

So, where's this gameplay?

[@k-dogg9086]

It's the Lost Woods 2.0 LA style

[@Dat-Mudkip]

I'M AN EAGLE

[@DawnOfTheOzz]

As bad as this game looks, this taps into my weird nostalgia for all things 90s. Like, this game reminds me so much of Walker, Texas Ranger. I know that is a terrible show, but by the same token, it makes me laugh at how insanely bad it is. The same can almost be applied here. I can't tell if the game is serious with it's plot or is a cleverly disguised satire of 90s action and FMV games, but that doesn't matter since I can just laugh at the insanity of it. Also, I do have to commend the devs for at least trying to preserve this game. All games should be preserved, no matter how broken or terrible they are.

[@coreycleven8414]

2:55 I love the VHS tapes with action hero cliches, it's a nice touch. Unfortunately, action movies today still haven't evolved past overused, hokey lines.

[@Xehanort10]

15:48 And in one episode of Buffy she played a giant praying mantis that ate people.

[@endymallorn]

Who was also Xander’s most memorable hookup outside of Cordelia & Anya.

[@oddojaggins]

This game gives me Samurai Cop vibes, I used to have a sega cd and got to play most of those old FMV games. Night trap and sewer sharks had far better integrated "game play" than this. This is such a time capsule to another time and this was probably your best video yet

[@chosentonessournotes]

Def reminds me of Samurai Cop lol

[@das81]

Fun trivia: Around the same Time Musseta Vander worked with Tim's Brother Sam Bottoms(Lance from Apocalipse Now) in the b grade movie Shadow Chaser 3, with the android being played by Frank Zagarino, who played Slavick in Tiberian Sun, by Westwood Studios, which also made Dune 2000 with Musseta Vander as Lady Elara...

[@gomezpants]

Westwood is a total rabbit hole

[@das81]

@@gomezpants Petroglip you mean...

[@jmal]

Damn I miss Westwood.

[@MASA-ARRI]

Main actor monologue : "want a piece of me ? come on, come on I'll fight cha" ( with the mean face ) Bad Guy : Turns him into Swiss cheese 😂😂😂😂 The end...

[@TotoDG]

In Timothy Bottoms' most well-known role, he plays a soldier in World War 1 whose face and limbs had been blown off by an enemy bomb, and was put on life support so his condition could be studied. Because the explosion destroyed every one of his major appendages, he had almost no communication with the outside world, and had to hope somebody would come and put him out of his misery. Somehow, he was better at acting in a movie where he was essentially an immobile torso than he is in... whatever _this_ is supposed to be.

[@jmal]

*DARKNESS IMPRISONING ME* *ALL THAT I SEE, ABSOLUTE HORROR*

[@davidsenra2495]

Johnny Got His Gun? That's a classic.

[@gantz22ify]

American Hero! Stay away from me! American Hero! Come on, let me be! American Hero! I said “Get Away!” American Hero! This is what I say!

[@UltimaDoombotMK1]

At the "Bad News- Partay" bit, I forgot we were in an unsavoury place and it was censored. I just thought the footage broke and there was a black rectangle on screen for no reason that the devs overlooked. Then again, that's to be expected from things featured in this series

[@Swordkirby9999]

Ending should have been that they choose "Good" and it cuts to Jack dying somehow, and then they rewind and choose "bad"

[@steveharvey2102]

It could have been like the movie "Funny Games". Lol

[@rayceeya8659]

OMG that scene with the machine pistol. He's firing it like that because the blanks he's shooting don't have enough powder to work the blowback action. They couldn't even spring for a modified prop gun.

[@bendyzip9111]

It’s been so long last video I’m so happy you guys are back!

[@wuzi7049]

"hey it's that guy from Matlock" is what I think every time I see him in something. I can't help but be surprised every time I see him in something.

[@dudethatscringe8791]

would you like to raid comment sections with me

[@jmal]

@@dudethatscringe8791 Bro, what you're doing is cringe.

[@supersanic1254]

That isn't Andy Griffith🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Deceptiwolf]

Straight up Video game necromancy was committed in order to bring this game to us.

[@littlebird7383]

And I feel blessed everyday for it lmfao

[@endymallorn]

I’m glad that you guys featured a project like this - it’s a good reminder that “bad” is a wide category, and can include some amazingly interesting things. And that even if the game is bad, the *preservation* is important.

[@mattr75]

Game history is certainly a complex thing, you have great games that defined consoles and genres, and then you have games like this

[@supersanic1254]

Which is also a great game that defined consoles and genres.....

[@Vulpas]

This game is unintentionally hilarious and feels tailor made for video criticism like this. It's a really cool idea to salvage old games in this manner.

[@pointless529]

I'm always shocked when I think about the fact that FMV games still exist.

[@dreamlandnightmare]

The new ones are much better, properly integrating live action with interactive elements. Black Mirror's "Jabberwocky" was awesome.

[@FreddyPingus]

This game reminds me of a Sega CD title I played a few months ago: "Wirehead". Same multiple blind choices, limited lives, a sequence of scenes that makes no apparent sense, etc. The only thing saving that game is its top tear cheese factor. Seems like the developers of American Hero totally missed on that front.

[@supersanic1254]

Seems you missed the point of Wirehead too. These games are not similar in any way, shape, or form. Wirehead was created to be an experience for movie theaters. Developed by MGM, Sega picked up the rights to it and released it on Sega CD, since MGM was not too confident in a theatrical release.

[@samshapira8295]

Been waiting so long for a new episode. Thank you.

[@ErickLantigua]

I must say I admire your commitment to find all the possible choices this game could offer, to the point of jeopardizing your own sanity for that, just to let us know what are we going to deal with, if we ever decide to venture in to this game. I salute you.

[@user-hardbrain]

The developer should really patch the game to allow the players to skip the cutscenes after the first viewing.

[@richardadamson1438]

@@user-hardbrainYeah, maybe a skip to next choise button or some kinda, Rewind/Fast Forward feature, because the game is all cutscene.

[@GatorRay]

Reminds me of when Exoparadigmgamer bought his own 90's PC for his Xross platform episode on Glover.

[@aegismagusangelteeth]

Y'all's videos are very refreshing, I have to say, and I'm always happy to see when y'all have uploaded new content, the camaraderie and vibes y'all present reminds me of the dynamic I share with my best friends, and in these times where we're all busy with our own lives and unable to always connect, I really appreciate your content and your senses of humor, and I hope y'all have a good day, week, month, and year! I'll be looking forward to moar!

[@johnt.190]

6:46 They just unintentionally named him Jack Rabbit. Edit: They caught onto that.

[@shadowdemon2272]

"The city is doomed, Commander Fistfight! I've poisoned the water supply!" 🤣🤣🤣

[@orinanime]

"How does it hold up after almost three decades of being lost and forgotten? Will its celebrated seamless film like presentation still impress or is it best left as a bizarre piece of gaming history?" Considering the name of this series.... One can only guess 😉

[@LeakyFaucetGaming]

"The walking help file" Is a title I hope to earn some day

[@TheSmart-CasualGamer]

Okay, the shots of the TV at 3:00. I love them. I love the "American Hero" branded TV, I love that the VHS logo says USA instead and especially love that according to the labels, the videos are of '90s Action Movie Cliches!

[@bosunbill9059]

This felt like the Room of Video game. Everyone know it is bad, but everyone loves it and respects the creators. Everyone can also sense the passion in it, yet It's so bad that it's good.

[@williek08472]

Whenever a new video in this series comes out, my day instantly gets better

[@Paethgoat]

This reminds of the Sierra adventure games with death hiding everywhere.

[@joshuawright8990]

Phantasmagoria was an FMV game from Sierra that I actually enjoyed playing. The storytelling was definitely much better than American Hero.

[@jaygooese4242]

Yes it is

[@thenumberquelve158]

I'll say this: The concept of the main hero already 3/4 of the way into stopping an insidious plot only to just heel turn and go to a strip club instead... *with his wife right beside him...* is actually pretty hilarious. It's like KZbin Poops 13-14 years ahead of their time.

[@jumperk5627]

Yeah, the "game" is awful (as demonstrated by the video), but they were ahead of the time, at least..

[@star22sally67]

At least Kruger's actor was having fun lol

[@kevinc9537]

16:44 I like how the camera points right when the game says left, and left when the game says right

[@Hyperlois]

Omgg yess! I was waiting so badly for you guys to upload! Absolutely loving your videos 💙💙 Especially (Bad games) series!

[@AgentMonochrome]

It's like Bandersnatch, but not great at all. I also love how you constantly refer to the other games you've showcased on your channel!

[@waggsmith5889]

It’s only a matter of time before Rerez covers Cybermorph

[@zyzzy-ko4ww]

"Where did you learn to fly? Where did you learn to fly?"... Where did YOU learn to be annoying!

[@PhazonOmega]

Some reasons I love this channel. 1) You guys try to keep it clean, and it makes the videos much more enjoyable. 2) Because of the way you guys try to keep it clean, we get things like "fancy fun dancing facility".

[@willsith9762]

I love how the attempts at comedy is entirely lost once you get frustrated enough lol

[@cet9763]

I'm now interested on some Rerez-Verse Character. So far we had: The "Not-so-Dummy" dummy Popeye Lock'd The Drunken Hercules The "Bat--Man" The Jackrabbit Axe Wielding Scientist The Cockpit Buster The Money Ghost "Menace to Society"-Man Meow-Woman

[@kronemerj]

Don't forget captain baseball from the left alive review. Man between all of them we could form the bad game avengers team

[@cet9763]

@@kronemerj IKR

[@lwright9690]

How could you forget the loveable brainless goofball that is Morphman. With iconic lines like "So, where's this castle?" and "I'm an Eeeeegle!."

[@gemmareid7929]

There I was, wondering when a new episode of this was coming and BOOM, here it is. This 'game' definitely looks like a 'so bad it's good' contender, might check it out someday if it's in a sale. Keep up the good work

[@RetroMediaMan96]

This video was released one day before my birthday! Thanks Rerez!

[@crusherbad64]

As someone with a complete Atari Jaguar collection, I still found some fun with this game lol. Kind of funny 😂

[@Janingham]

This game has powerful meme potential

[@ericb3157]

some of the comments reminded me of a TERRIBLE "choose your own adventure" book SO bad it killed my interest in them PERMANENTLY. i don't remember the name... let me describe it: the story goes that "you" were born on a spaceship half-way through an interstellar journey. so when "you" reach age 20, some bureaucratic rule requires "you" to choose which of those two planets will be "your" official "home" planet, and travel there. so your FIRST choice is which planet "you" will call "home". so...how bad does it get? well, if you choose the first planet, then after a few more choices you wind up on a larger ship with some other people. this ship is flying at emergency boost to try to escape from...something. BUT something else, a mysterious light, appears in front of the ship. so, the captain tries to fire a missile at that mysterious light. so, your next choice is whether to let him fire the missile, or stop him. -if you let him, the ship gets destroyed by it's own missile. (because it's boosting, so the missile detonates too close the the ship) -if you stop him, the mysterious light DISINTEGRATES THE SHIP! so... *you die either way!"* so, i backed up and tried some different choices...there were a few technically "happy" endings, but NOT ONE included reaching your "home" planet! NOT ONE! SO...what if you go ALL the way back and pick the other planet? well...there is exactly ONE ending where you actually make it all the way "home'': *it was all a dream. the end.*

[@marytijerina9764]

I have that book

[@woaddragon]

Holy crap that sound familar

[@jmal]

I remember reading a CYOA book that was about an aikido student but the choices I made throughout the story turned it into a Far Cry-esque thriller... with no mention or reference to the eponymous martial art anywhere! Good grief that book was a waste of time.

[@jedstanaland2897]

Game preservation in all formats is absolutely essential for multiple reasons, one reason is because it's history and knowledge that was made sometimes with great effort and sometimes not but it's important either way you look at it. The next reason for preservation of games and all other kinds of media is because even if you or someone else or everyone thinks that something is absolutely garbage for whatever reason it is potentially able to allow or enable someone to produce something wonderful. The next thing is even if you were talking about something that is almost universally considered to be absolutely evil or bad sometimes it will enable people to avoid making the same mistakes in the future along with many other things that are important.

[@TheRetroViking]

been waiting for a new video ! You guys are awesome !!

[@wadedevinney9681]

Atari Jaguar, CD add-on, FMV, Plumbers Don’t Wear Ties styled gameplay… yeah, I’m not surprised this one didn’t do too well

[@zyzzy-ko4ww]

To be fair, neither this crazy joke nor Plumbers Don't Wear Ties is suitable for mature audiences let alone children.

[@Crazy_Borg]

you can literally hear this telephone call in your head. "How much did we invest in this game until today ....ah ha....and how many Jaguar CDs have been sold.....hm, ok thats low....wait, they only produced how much!? That means we have to charge each customer how much to get the money back in? *calculator typing noises"......WHAT?...Cancel it at once!!!"

[@k-dogg9086]

Oohh.. I dunno...

[@k-dogg9086]

This game seems fun. It decimately is funny thou.

[@IsmailofeRegime]

At least the "Bad news. Partay?" method of presenting choices is much more endearing than Plumber's "cheap 90s DVD menu" approach.

[@solidskullz5736]

Babe wake up new rerez video

[@mehlessmidori602]

Nice timing. Was having a laugh to some memes and now a Rerez upload.

[@johnclasing4627]

Ask and you shall receive. I've been binging it's just bad games this week and asked when the new one was coming on a different video. Very happy to see this.