An SNES Sequel That Was Almost a Cartoon Show

[@1ceClimber]

Man, you really struck gold with Dylan. Not only do you two work great together, his section on World Sports Competition legit had me coughing from too much laughter. Looking forward to the next episode already!

[@firewings8246]

Cannot agree more. Bravo Dylan.

[@connorgreenwell5731]

I was a teenager/young adult in the '90s.(born in 75') I owned Atari 2600, Atari 5200, NES, SNES, and Genesis. This channel is pure nostalgia for me. Love it!

[@juststatedtheobvious9633]

Ditto. Born the same year, owned an RCA Studio II (That self-destructed the same day), Astrocade (bought broken), 2600, Intellivision, Colecovision, 7800, NES, Turbografx, Genesis, SNES, Sega CD, Gameboy, and Game Gear. Usually years after they were popular, but it's great to remind myself how much better the libraries are when you're patient. (Or just too broke to afford anything brand new.)

[@jaylucien669]

Born in '76 and couldn't agree more. A lot of the games Jared covers were the ones left over at Blockbuster on fri and sat nights. We had no choice but to give 'em a shot. Sometimes it really worked out. Sometimes lol.

[@snrrlax]

86 but my sister was born in 75 and I was into what ever she was which included video games so I got to experience them with her once I was capable of holding a controller.

[@connorgreenwell5731]

@@jaylucien669 Discovered a lot of games through rentals in the day. From Ultra Man to Zelda - A Link to the past

[@jaylucien669]

@@connorgreenwell5731 Yeah, landing an awesome rental was always a great feeling. Especially when the friends would spend the night. Good times.

[@JustMeBubba]

Editor Dylan got me with that silence on the golf game. I thought my amplifier finally crapped out LOL

[@codydhf3]

Tom Cruise/Time Cruise to a moment of golf silence. He's on a streak!

[@KairuHakubi]

"welcome to Lee Carvello's Putting Challenge. I am Carvello."

[@Larry]

Fun Fact: When Chuck Rock 2 was ported to the Genesis/Sega CD, Core used the Wonder Dog game engine. But when Core ported Wonder Dog to the Amiga, they used the Chuck Rock 2 engine! So, Chuck Rock 2 plays like Wonder Dog on Sega systems, and Wonder Dog plays like Chuck Rock 2 on Amiga systems!

[@blackliquidsorrow8249]

What is this, a crossover episode?

[@MentalLiberation]

First Pixel Dan, and now Guru Larry. This channel is going places

[@jaylucien669]

Well.. Shut up, you. 😁

[@gameman250]

'Ello you!

[@crowhaveninc.2103]

I read that in your voice, Larry. You've got too much of an influence on us!

[@SlimeKingK]

Dylan's 'World Sports Competition" names was hilarious and well worth the watch and like alone. Still loving the series. Hope we get to keep it goin' til we have to say goodbye, and Hello to "Today in the 2K"

[@CronosVids]

It’s weird that I never thought this show would go on for this long. Often shows like this die off after a couple of months. But I applaud the effort and character that goes into each one. Keep up the excellent work!

[@patrickjohnson1649]

2:50 As well as such early 90s phrases as “Let’s Drop in on a as Grommit” & “Vertical Hunger”

[@TheFoodieCutie]

The music of California Games is always a nostalgic Time Machine for me. 😊

[@pmgmsd]

Lol'd at the "Chain Chomps aren't.... WELCOME here!" line. Nice job, Dylan!

[@raihidara]

That was my favorite part too lol

[@projectw.a.a.p.f.t.a.d7762]

I remember spot. It's strange how so many things end unknowingly. Than years later you notice they're gone.

[@SkippD]

Played so much California Games but I don't think I ever "won" at it. Keep up the great work guys!.

[@petewillson205]

Had the atari 2600 edition that was an amazing achievement looked close to nes with grafix and had a soundtrack. The problem w/pt2 was just pt1 had the perfect mix of games pt2 lesser known games. Plus they just waited to long, their was a 5 yt gap. It was on a new system etc.

[@miltonbates6425]

The best California Games port is the one on the Sega Master System, imo. So much fun.

[@TeknoBoy]

I can't believe its taken me until today to learn that JVC stands for Japan Victory Company. I guess that's another childhood mystery finally resolved.

[@MentalLiberation]

You too, eh?

[@rfmerrill]

It's Japan *Victor* Company. They are the former Japanese branch of the Victor Talking Machine Company that was split off due to WW2 breaking out. They retained the rights to the brand "Victor" in Japan, which they used for quite a while (into the 90s and 2000s) whereas RCA (who bought out Victor) didn't really use the "Victor" name much past the 60s I think? (Edit: yeah, "RCA Victor" was renamed to "RCA Records" in 1968)

[@UndyingEnergy]

That World Sports Competition segment was gold.

[@ShinyGaara65]

The description for World Sports Competiton gives me life. Thanks Dylan!

[@bradcureton6101]

Dylan's "World Sports Competition" segment had me rolling, those poor targets. Keep up the great work guys, I never miss an episode!

[@mcasias33]

The version on DOS that I played when it released had the most colourful/beautiful pixel art I had ever seen.

[@hartatan-dad]

Editor Dylan killing it this week with the sports descriptions

[@nightsong81]

Man, I loved the Super Mario Bros. Super Show as a kid. RIP Captain Lou Albano & Danny Wells, you made my childhood a little happier.

[@KairuHakubi]

they had SO much fun, you can tell. Did you see the one where Maurice LaMarche portrayed Inspector Gadget and he came to the mario brothers to get his gadgets fixed up?

[@nightsong81]

@@KairuHakubi I don't think I did, but that sounds awesome. I might need to go look that one up.

[@KairuHakubi]

@@nightsong81 thankfully it is on youtube : > It's funny watching just the live action sections without the cartoons, you realize that.. they were cranking episodes out pretty quickly, only having to film a few minutes to finish an 'episode' and not doing a lot of cuts or anything either.

[@AtlasBlizzard]

RIP Harvey Atkin as well, he was amazing as King Koopa.

[@MentalLiberation]

And they took the theme song and just put it in the movie. WIN!

[@MentalLiberation]

Another key reason to love this series: the factoid about the SMB power hour. Not only did the idea live on in SMBSS but it ultimately lived on in a variety of ways through one of my favorite cartoons of the time: Captain N: the game master. Ultimately DiC had their power hour in the 1990s with one Captain N cartoon between 2 SMB3 cartoons I would have totally watched it

[@petewillson205]

When Family Chanle aired it in syndication all the shows Smbss and capt n/super Mario were part of an hour

[@medusesti]

I hope this show continues for another 30 years... "Now in the 20s" would show me all the games that I'm missing right now

[@MunkiZee]

It might just wrap around to the 1920s, each week we get a 15 minute video on ball in a cup

[@AlexanderGreensmith]

Whoa that’s deep… apt for a profile with a jellyfish pic

[@chrisrj9871]

@Rich Smith - Or even the initial release of Pac-Man

[@KairuHakubi]

lol with the head of Dylan in a jar, telling us about this week's shovelware titles. each video is 3 hours long.

[@2006Mercury]

Your not missing anything right now haha

[@Wolfburns]

Amazing series and I hope it keeps going for years to come. would be awesome to have a Wednesday episode like "Flashback to 9X" and cover some earlier games. I guess I will pray to the algo that this series is blessed enough to grow more!

[@codydhf3]

As a sports fan, I am a bit jealous of what Editor Dylan gets to play. Although I can admit that there's WAY TOO MANY sports video games being released in a single week (or just the entire month of December 1992).

[@NintendoWire]

My new favorite KZbin channel!

[@BleachDemon707]

SILENCE CHECKMARK

[@Garrth415]

A california games cartoon would've been the most early 90's thing ever made

[@Jasonhoods]

I still have my NES hooked up downstairs and I play California Games at least once a week.

[@xenos_n.]

I was 8 years old 30 years, some of the most memorable times of my life. I can't wait until you get to 1994, that was such a good year for games! Wario Land, Super Metroid, Kirby's Dream Course, Earthbound...

[@jaylucien669]

You were 8 years old for 30 years? What was that like?

[@edgarfriendly4731]

I was born in 85 too.

[@HylianFox3]

@@jaylucien669 I dunno, I'm 36 and still don't really feel like an adult.

[@chrisrj9871]

He's doing local/American release dates, so Earthbound would not be until 1995. I do agree that 1994 was a stellar year for video games with Shining Force II and Final Fantasy VI (or "III" if you're still on that).

[@Ryan-ok2ks]

And Final Fantasy 3

[@hlauren2001]

Dylan's wit was on fire this week. Cool writing bro!

[@UndeadEggmiester]

The fact that cool spot game goes from 12$ to 120 complete is insane. Hey I would have loved if those games were made into a cartoon.

[@Christina_Rose]

There’s a big part of me that wishes that California Games cartoon was made, too! Thanks for a great episode as always 😊

[@jamesduncan6729]

Oh man, it's Friday the 13th and I only realized this due to Jared's intro... Great stuff, guys! I think this show is a hit 👍🏻❤️

[@coryfusting9294]

So Shapeshifter is basically what happens if Altered Beast played like Simons Quest. Neat.

[@leonaquilla2547]

"Showing chain chomps that they...aren't...WELCOME HERE ANYMORE"

[@nowherefrosty]

I love you Jared. Been there for a long time but.. Dylan steals this show every week lol excellent job guys!!

[@alexcelticw]

*On* *last* *week* *episode* Jared: "A sports game I will talk about" Dylan: "WOOOOOOO" Little did Dylan know, that he would still be talking about sports game on this episode

[@meapickle]

And that Jared would talk about the only interesting one

[@Psianth]

Japan 'Victor' company. It was the japanese branch of Victor. The company that made the victrola, phonographs, records etc.

[@db_524]

No Jerd, it’s not weird to wanting the California Sports game Cartoon show to be made. That would’ve been epic. I love late ‘80s-early ‘90s cartoon shows myself.

[@Left-handed-liberal]

Our youngest is also named Jared, and we would say his name like that as a joke, unless yours was a typo, in which case this is awkward now...sorry...

[@DrakoDragonis]

Actually added 'Crash 'N' the boys' to my collection recently, thanks to the spotlight it received on this channel. Thanks gents! :)

[@tiffanyfrancis9786]

Man, you really struck goldMan, you really struck gold with Dylan. Not only do you two work great together, his section on World Sports Competition legit had me coughing from too much laughter. Looking forward to the next episode already! with Dylan. Not only do you two work great together, his section on World Sports Competition legit had me coughing from too much laughter. Looking forward to the next episode already!

[@paulhiggins6433]

One of my favorite things about this show is the way they show old commercials from the time. Makes me feel old, but nostalgic. Things were so different back then.

[@JoeNayDoh]

For some reason growing up my family would continue to buy different versions of Califorina Games. We had the C64 version, the NES version and it was one of only three games we had for the Atari Lynx. Pretty sure they all played about the same too

[@petewillson205]

Lynx was a definite step up but had 4 games vs 6 games, if memory serves me, I think you lost Frisbee and something else

[@marscaleb]

Editor Dylan, you are the true reason I watch this channel.

[@yadigzz]

Love the series! Can’t wait to see what else you can do with this channel.

[@YaoMingsFriend]

Saying "JVC" that many times and this being a 90s channel I was reminded of the "JVC KABOOM Box" ad in 90s era WWF.

[@perdedoronline]

Those jokes about that Olympic game had me screaming 😂💯

[@Wiseguy1138]

I too hope this show goes for forever. As a child of the 90s, this show is my happy place getting to re-live all my incredible gaming memories growing up.

[@evillecaston]

I love how so many licensed games got recycled and re-skinned across different regions. That game based off of a food mascot in Japan? It could be remade into a game show tie-in in America and a Disney game in Europe, and nobody would even realize they're the same until years later. Why design a whole new game when you can just ROM hack a skin swap?

[@blainehale]

You're finally in focus!

[@LouisWritingSomethingCrazy]

That endlessly flowing hair makes me want to grow my hair back out before I'm bald

[@thomasfox5369]

Editor Dylan wins the internet this week with his description of events in World Sport Competition. Congrats dude, that stuff actually made me laugh out loud.

[@TenguTalks]

Also, Jared, this is hands down my favorite thing you've ever done with this series.

[@mjdf122]

Now In The 90’s Brings Me Back I’ve Seen All In Gaming From 1980 To Now So Many Great Memories

[@Kyh_on]

I just now realized that this is a separate channel now great idea! I love the vibe of the show feels like watching one of those early 2000s gaming programs

[@otakubullfrog1665]

The idea for an animated Castlevania series was just a little ahead of its time, I suppose.

[@phatman9762]

The sheer number of sports games that released in the 90s is staggering. Is it the same today? I know we gotta be on FIFA 900990933848 and Madden 3838828488488583924889 and NBA ∞ by now.

[@ellpoyohlokoh]

Editor Dylan is constantly bringing the comedy to rapid fire releases and I am definitely here for it, it's slowly becoming my favorite part of the show just thanks to his color commentary!

[@AkuTenshiiZero]

Not gonna lie, that early version of Double Dragon looks better than what we ended up getting. But...Uh...Someone apparently never got the memo about Samus.

[@ryuhoshu3303]

Great one as always, thanks guys

[@fadetored]

Dylan’s sports commentaries/descriptions are some of the best content I’ve ever heard… 😂😂.

[@guerillagrueplays6301]

Those descriptions of the track and field games were *fantastic.* :)

[@brendaemrick]

an, you really struck gold with Dylan. Not only do you two work great together, his section on World Sports Competition legit had me coughing from too much

[@spicyananaspizza]

I've been waiting for California Games to come by! One of me and my sister's childhood games on the Sega. Forgot the name but never the gameplay. Just bought it on Steam. Thanks Jared and team!

[@KazumaGShep]

I’m really glad you started this series Jared. It’s really cool to learn about these game releases

[@SirFragula]

FWIW, MCKids was one of my favourite games on the Nes.

[@lemonicecream]

not me thinking my audio cut out during that golf game. well played editor, well played

[@apollojustice5338]

What a coincidence. I had just rewatched the JonTron California Games episode yesterday.

[@HylianFox3]

FOOT BAG!?

[@Deadcrows1981]

My dad won a Snes playing poker with his friends. It came with Super Mario world and this game. California Games 2. Played the crap out of it because Mario was hard for me at the time lol

[@MrGencyExit64]

Didn't even know California Games got a sequel

[@astrofive620]

Rocket power can be the California games cartoon for you if you need something;)

[@dapperwolf857]

Liked and commented to feed the algorithm. Keep up the cool content, and thanks for the nostalgia trips.

[@jonbourgoin182]

8:52 I'll never get how cardboard and paper jacks a price up like that so much

[@petewillson205]

Collector mentality put it in a plastic box and grade it worth more. But as a collector I do like games complete, never going to pay 100 bucks more. May gat a universal game case and print a cover before I did that

[@gusramos7928]

Aaaah there is nothing better than the cozy fridays afternoon feeling that now in the 90s gives you

[@davidwesst]

I love that my mind identified the Aerobiz SNES box on the shelf behind Jared, even though its out of focus. Ill wait until February 1993 for that one. 😊

[@AlexanderFrost]

Huh, I never knew that JVC meant Japan Victory Company. Neat!

[@linksbro1]

One slight correction, I think Jared misspoke, JVC stands for Japan _Victor_ Company, not Japan _Victory_ Company.

[@alexanderjustice2020]

California games was one of my favorite, and turtles 😊😁😁

[@thebigtarget1]

Hype for my birthday episode soon, March 1993

[@CincyAirshipPirate]

"Showing chain chomps that they...aren't....welcome here anymore!" :D

[@elijahelizalde4308]

oh look, a surprise birthday present

[@Squirrelsquid]

Oh god. The " California Games reboot in 2007 that got canceled" triggers PTSD in me. I worked on that as an artist. It was all sprites based on vector art, and you had to clean up the sprites by hand. Never had a more "unfun" job in my whole career.

[@Nowinthe90s]

This sounds fascinating!!!

[@Squirrelsquid]

@@Nowinthe90s I vividly remember having to correct loads of frames of a girl in rollerskates. Those tiny wheels looked janky on all frames ( among other details that needed correcting ). It took ages to correct them.

[@Invidente7]

Core designs went on to make great Sega CD games that truly took advantage of the Sega CD's rotation and scaling features.

[@juststatedtheobvious9633]

The really impressive thing is that Sarah Jane Avory (the developer behind Soul Star) confessed that she misread the manual, and built her own sprite scaling engine for Jaguar XJ220 from scratch. Even her worst brain farts were genius graphics engines that showcase the hardware.

[@Wralis]

That shirt is so cool. another good video y'all

[@Neozio]

I love when someone talks about the X-Eye. I was blessed to own one of those for awhile. I love the boot menu music for the JVC X-Eye when booting a Mega Drive - Sega Genesis CD-ROM.

[@tylerbrunton7696]

I bought Spot new for the GB, but somewhere along the years the cart vanished.

[@redwizardmatt]

Keep it up Jerd. You're doing an amazing job.

[@MCDexpo]

9:35 Wow, I, too, love falling asleep watching the Super Mario Bros Soup! It's so CHUNKY 😋

[@Dragonsbeard.]

Cool Spot. What a cooool Idea...... I'll see myself out lol.

[@emmaseckso1870]

OMG that 7UP ad where the sucked out the color of the drink!! I talked about a few years after it came out, erroneously assuming that meant “7Up used to be brown,” and no one believed me. Doesn’t matter that I *was* wrong.. I’m vindicated that they showed it at some point.

[@david2727]

My favorite 7up tv commercial was " make 7 up yours!" I still own the shirt!

[@codydhf3]

I give this video game 7 "up yours!" out of 10.

[@bbarrett726]

Same to you!

[@mutechannel13]

I turned 6 years old on this day 🤣

[@jakubdudkowski6457]

I wish the collector's corner was taking inflation into account for better context.

[@codydhf3]

It's using the current price it's selling for in 2023 with only the MSRP being what it was on that day in 1993.

[@jakubdudkowski6457]

@@codydhf3 What I meant was that we don't know the MSRP's current value. If a game was 50 on release and can be sold for 70 now, it is worth less.

[@MiddleFingerLimited]

A game that's just a straight up ad for soda is hilarious. That would get laughed out of the room today if it wasn't free.

[@kellens737]

We had the VCR head cleaner 😂

[@stataval]

Now in the 80’s would be a good spin off/ side video which would be cool too!! Games of 40 years ago, today!

[@MentalLiberation]

I guess more channel support would help. I'm all for that

[@TigerNightmare]

I believe Jared said that stuff from the 80s and earlier would be more difficult, as there wasn't as much media coverage and magazines to document that time. This show mainly uses Nintendo Power and GamePro for reviews, which didn't come out until 1988 and 1989 respectively.

[@snailwithmail]

Favorite part of Friday!

[@jeffreybasker5810]

Rad review dudes!

[@AlexanderGreensmith]

Dylan knows how to make every sports game - however repetitive - interesting

[@andresmedina9737]

Love the concept

[@KairuHakubi]

there's nothing quite as sad as goofy, cartoony mascot characters created by people who could not have missed the point harder about what made Sonic cool, or assumed because Mario is lame as a character, that it's okay to do the same. rather than the fact that the gameplay and creativity of mario made up for him being a dorky little character. Dylan fucking killed it today, laughing my pants here.

[@miltonbates6425]

The best California Games port is the one on the Sega Master System.

[@mstiefan6996]

When I think of California Games, I'll always remember Jon Tron's review of it. "Man, he was one SWOOD guy!" "Grommit this, Gromitt THAT!"