Dot Matrix 5 Game Player (Game King) | Ashens

[@MrSaucyBeans]

that tank game music was the beverly hills cop theme! LOL

[@LiviuDragon]

wow

[@B1G_RED]

Ik, I noticed at the beginning, I was like ik this, oh it's Axle f, so if we think more on it, the crap game may have lore, as the tank he uses versed the ones he fights are very different, and the guy he shot didn't look anything like a human 4:30 , u may wonder where I'm going with this, but few may remember that in monsters verses aliens the president went up all the stairs to a keyboard where he then played this song, and it ended up making the alien mad, so he might be fighting aliens in this game, think about it, it's a stupid theory, but so is the game

[@micahnightwolf]

I think it's really cool how they used the red backlight LED whenever you take damage. That's just an interesting mechanic, for a game with a dot matrix LCD screen to have that sort of color element. It was quite surprising actually.

[@emmettochrach-konradi2785]

yeah honestly this isnt really that bad in fact it seems downright enjoyable in the right situation

[@ComputerClan]

If I recall, you played a racing game that played Axel F. That tank game used the same song, just in a different part of the song.

[@proot174]

Actually it is the beverly hills cop song

[@seanfagan7243]

@@proot174 The name of which is Axel F.

[@RealBond101]

I never thought I'd see you in the comment section of an Ashens video! An excellent suprise

[@ChickenPika]

I know it's all stolen, but the music on this thing actually seems pretty good in comparison to how these things usually work.

[@mikeypartymusic6760]

***** WHAT I CANT HEAR YOU..brrrrr xD

[@queazocotal]

You don't like the south bank show theme?

[@wtos9153]

@@queazocotal Which game has the South Bank Show theme?

[@Hijiri_MIRACHION]

@@wtos9153 It's a common theme from many PopStation units. Stuart usually points out when a PopStation has it.

[@The_Foxymew]

Was the start of Tank Gerudo valley? Yeah, pretty sure it's a small segment of Gerudo valley from Ocarina of time.

[@aryoshie]

+Foxymew Indeed it was.

[@enhab7457]

No, it isn't. it's some song that i can't remember the name of. it's old, though. oh wait, it actually says the name in the bottom of the screen when he tries to remember what it's from.

[@The_Foxymew]

No no. I meant the very start. The intro music. Not the one in the actual game.

[@HHog]

Ah yeah, that does sound like the chords to Gerudo Valley. And the in-game music seems to be an incredibly off-key rendition of Axel F.

[@Yarumasi]

It's either Gerudo Valley or The Final Countdown (this is more likely)

[@mrglibb]

Watching the tank part all I can hear is Peter Griffin singing 'na na na na na na and then another na na na na na'!

[@codboymaniac]

anyone else notice that the wall game is the miniclip logo...huh

[@DylRicho]

Yup, I said that here a very long time ago. KZbin lost my comment. I'm glad I'm not the only one to have recognized that though!

[@codboymaniac]

were not so different...You and I...

[@gabesyt4863]

Why so bread That website is so old. Good memories.

[@codboymaniac]

Gabriel Brown I know right, was pretty much PC gaming for me before realising what steam was and graphics cards and other shit like that... If you had an up to date shockwave player you were fine haha xD

[@queenbree1009]

Oh god, Miniclip was the best.

[@arcadeuk]

It's almost awesome that someone went to quite a bit of effort to re-create popular games with such craptacular hardware (the sounds actually not that bad, but the lack of pixels must have made development tricky)

[@Roxfox]

I absolutely love how "Tank" is a poorest man's Jackal featuring Gerudo Valley and Axel F. Good stuff. I genuinely wish you could say that about more video games!

[@BioYuGi]

I don't know if Ashens scripts these before filming them, but if it's stream-of-consciousness, then I admire how funny he is and how well-spoken he is. You rarely hear him stutter or say "um". It's really respectable.

[@snarkasticdouche3863]

They're definitely scripted and edited; he's just good at hiding cuts.

[@AoVShift]

The music that sounded similar is actually the tone often played in Beverly hills cop.

[@nullwii]

+AoV Shift Axel F

[@godslaughter]

"The Wall!!!" * shows an image of the Miniclip M logo *

[@johneygd]

Risk king will be my favorite game to play on this handheld,technically i see hich potential in such handheld,since the hardware is fully programmeble,also the background layer on those games really gives the ellusion effect of having a scrolling background ,i can see homebrewers making games for such handheld, the technology is simple but effective.

[@SnickersTS]

The TANK music is Axel F. The song the Crazy Frog goes with.

[@thedenmeister6414]

No....that's the theme to Beverly Hills Cop. That little turd of a frogs song is stupid.

[@Lolsniper541]

Michael Daniel Also sounded alot like part of Gerudo valley from Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time Edit: I was thinking of the intro music for the game

[@thedenmeister6414]

Lolsniper541 Yeah, I can hear it too now. But the main part is from Beverly Hills Cop.

[@mangar49]

bronie

[@thedenmeister6414]

Mastermind Zebra Who cares?

[@Defensive_Wounds]

This is remarkably good for what it is, I am not even kidding! If I had this as a kid in the 1990s I would have been very happy! The only ones I had back then of these cheap games were 1001 games in one unit - all tetris but slight different rules...lol There was one that had shooters and snake as well which was epic but by then I had real consoles so did not care any more...

[@eklipsegirl]

+Defensive Wounds I remember those things, they are still around! I had a pretty decent one back in the day, it had not only shooter games, but a racing game as well, although a quite simple one.

[@awesomeoliver479]

brick game?

[@eklipsegirl]

awesome oliver Exactly! It's not more than 2 dollar on eBay including shipping!

[@wtos9153]

This is so much better than a Brick Game.

[@velocity37]

It took me a few minutes to realize that too. It's funny how figuring out where they stole the music from is more fun than actually playing the games.

[@nathanrudge2867]

Anyone else notice that "TANK" intro music is the start of the Gerudo Valley theme from Ocarina of Time? :')

[@tailo25]

holy shit it is

[@lukepartridge490]

Nathan Rudge and also axel f

[@SusumuChan]

"Oh well, you can't blame a guy for trying." I can and I do. I blame you very much, Mr. Ashen.

[@TGK_22]

I'm so glad you told us it was Axel-F - I was actually going to rip my hair out if I didn't work it out myself!

[@JanoyCresvaZero]

Also, wish we heard a bit more of the theme from Tank. Sounds like the theme from Gerudo Valley. Yes, I am terribly sad...

[@odedaone]

The song is Axel F, so it's not from any videogame. Let (Axel F, for those of you who don't know is that song that crazy frog made popular)

[@DylRicho]

It's from Beverley Hills Cop too.

[@gozob5174]

***** Axel Foley is from beverly hills cops >.>

[@DylRicho]

gozob Yes...?

[@gozob5174]

***** dunno was just confused. You said it was from beverly hills cops too, but the first person said it was axel F which is from beverly hills, that's all o.o

[@DylRicho]

gozob He explains it's Axel F but he is referring to the song that was stupidly popular almost a decade ago with a character called the Crazy Frog.

[@ThisToLink]

I love how the arcanoid clone is from the old flash site miniclip memories

[@noodletongs2664]

Is the background music for Tank, Beverly Hills cop?

[@trunkwontopen]

Sounds like it. But I'm more concerned about the striking resemblance between the opening music for Tank and Gerudo Valley from LoZ: Ocarina of Time.

[@bmsj]

trunkwontopen I though I was the only one who thought that it sounded like LoZ. I guess ripping off music is easier then making your own

[@trunkwontopen]

BlackMetalSofJak Well, when you are making crappy games, there's no holds barred when it comes to ripping off other's work.

[@OlEgSaS32]

Axel F

[@easchner]

"In these times of austerity, they can only afford the one" HAha, one of your best lines ever. Even makes up for you not knowing Axel F.

[@Sl33qy]

2:57 Geroudo Valley from Zelda, Ocarina of Time

[@RickAstleyZ]

One of the few people on youtube with which subtitles actually work pretty well

[@Rakshasa1986]

"Patented product"...it's a good thing they patented this original design.

[@wtos9153]

Patented product... but we’re not telling you by whom! 😆

[@unknownwarrior33]

I watched this video a few times before getting the Parappa reference. Well done, Ashens.

[@mikerowsdower9896]

Another Axel F music ripoff for Tank?

[@ByakurenEnjoyer]

"let's open it up, and pretend we're intrested." -ashens, 2012

[@zachbaker6023]

This came far too late in pretty sure if this would have came out in the 70s or early 80s it would have been a hit

[@wtos9153]

So some people from the future went back to the 80s and picked up some people and dropped them in the present day. Now YD has found a way to profit off of them! LOL, I don’t actually believe that. Just a joke.

[@twiikimchi]

a new Ashens video makes me smile.

[@johnmirra525]

i would totally buy this shit, i dont give a fuck what you guys say

[@Chronometry707]

The first thing I asked myself when King Boxing started was "Can he rip off his limbs to use as projectiles?"

[@rucu8311]

Beverly Hills Cop or Crazy frog....sod it kill the frog!!

[@wtos9153]

It just occurred to me that if Michael Jackson is the King of Pop, then Ashens is Michael Jackson Stations!

[@DrHotelMario]

gerudo valley lol

[@DramatikNote]

+DrHotelMario I thought it was just me. -.-

[@JanoyCresvaZero]

Hahahahaha, the screenshot for The Wall has the Minivli

[@StompySan]

7:32 I think this is the first time I have EVER heard anyone reference Parappa the Rapper in a crappy LCD Dot Matrix game. Thank you Ashens.

[@ZeldaACFan17]

The intro music for the Tank game... I listened to the actual song that this was based on (Zelda Ocarina of Time's Gerudo Valley I think). I wonder if there are any tutorials for playing the song on an ocarina, because ocarinas are my favorite instruments, but I think it might be difficult for me to learn the song, because I'm not used to playing short and fast notes on my ocarinas

[@wtos9153]

3:36 there is a power-up to your right (you would need to scroll right to see it and then shoot it open.)

[@B1G_RED]

Y do u no this

[@wtos9153]

@@B1G_RED I know this because I have that game on a PCP Station.

[@wizzybiscuit]

The in-game music on The Wall is the bassline from the "Steady Pulse" track in Theme Hospital.

[@wtos9153]

I have a PCP Station with a lot of these games, but this seems to be running the games faster. I don’t know if this is sped up or the PCP Station is slowed down. I guess it depends on the speed of the original Game King.

[@anousenic]

reminded me of that music track too. the complete "gerudo valley" track was stuck in my head right after I heard it and I didn't even could recall where I knew it from until you guys in the comments pointed it out :D

[@pshq]

Fun fact: it seems the manufacturer went bankrupt ca. 2015.

[@TheHutchy01]

I mean the great irony on that story he made up is that the last King of Bulgaria is also the only former monarch to ever be democratically elected to a presidency.

[@tlazohtlalia]

What song is 9:52 to 10:52

[@fightfairfightfair]

5:37 The music from 'The Wall' is the song 'Steady Pulse' from Theme Hospital.

[@GoesAroundAndAround]

Glad the Closed Captions are going to good used, and are well appreciated. I know there's a bit of a delay between an Ashens upload and the upload of the Closed Captions, but I have to type them up and submit them first. I aim for them to be ready to be up within 24 hours of the upload, but they do take a little while to make, alongside the fact I have to work in the day.

[@SagaSagaVGM]

TANK seems to be a passable "Dot Matrix" version of TNK or Iron Tank. Still, the system is pretty damn impressive for having scrolling in Risking / Risk King.

[@cutemimi25]

Tweeterman287 also reviewed this. "If anyone has seen Tweeterman287's videos you might recognize his review on this"

[@LuckyPunkProd]

The song that plays in the background in the tank game is Axel's theme from the 1984 Paramount picture "Beverly Hills Cop". You're welcome.

[@frigginjoe]

The fact it's always the same thing is part of what makes the reviews funny. Especially Pop Station and the like. The very, very like.

[@IS91Videos]

Oh! Oh! You're referring to a different song! The song I was talking about is at 2:56 where the "TANK" menu screen is showed. That's actually Gerudo Valley. I weren't talking about the music played when Ashens is actually playing the game. Sorry for the confusion.

[@TanukiKGA]

Not sure if anyone already pointed this out, but Im pretty sure the guy on the left on the titlescreen to King Boxing is nicked from Bad Dudes for the NES. He looks a bit TOO identical for it to be a coincidence..

[@shannonbriggs100]

How have I not seen this video yet? I've been subbed to him for over 5 years yet every now and then I keep finding a video or two that I haven't seen. It's so strange.

[@NecroAnjelis]

The song that played during the tank game is called "Axel F" by Harold Faltermeyer. :)

[@TechSY730]

Awesome, you got your closed captions back! ... Oh, and great vid too.

[@Ikaruszaki]

I can't help but admire the engineers and programmers who make these things. Sure, it's crap as an entertainment product, but the creators are working in probably the most challenging field of engineering: how to make something functional for the least money possible. I'm studying to become an engineer, but I already think like one. So I know how hard it is to constantly redesign stuff because of cost issues. And these people come up with brilliant systems (within tat-world)...

[@JTweedy_]

The song in tank is called axel F, it's by Harold faltermyer and was in Beverly hills cop

[@JamesAColemanFan]

Bonus sunday video. Can't complain you the man ashens.

[@JonesDylan874]

And I'm JUST realizing this. The Wall has an M that looks similar to the Miniclip logo.

[@Hex_Dex]

I just notice something..... The game over song used for the game "Star War" at about 10:50 is the game over song used in Contra for the NES. It is just missing the last 4ish notes. Can this company come up with anything original? .... Guess not.

[@Dafyn12]

Why is there a KM/H when there's no racing games. That's some excellent designing right there :|

[@mmazingace]

Oddly enough, "The Wall" has the logo for a free flash game site called Miniclip as its preview screenshot. At least, I assume, it's been ages since I went on that site.

[@Mahboishk]

Oh, HERE'S your review on the YD-965 Dot Matrix! I first saw Tweeterman's review of it and a couple of people (including me) were baffled as to why Ashens hadn't seized the opportunity yet. I'm tempted to go looking for some of these things myself. The closest I've gotten is one of those water hoop toys shaped like a PSP. Found it in Chinatown, SF. The tat we have here is too high quality.

[@ThePowned123]

The music for Tank is a small part of the song Axel F repeated over and over again, but it has been put into a different key.

[@MacromoleculeGaming]

The YD-965, also known as the DS Shite.

[@Airmilez]

Not only that, but the Introduction music that plays on the Start/Continue menu of "TANK" is part of the Gerudo Valley BGM from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.

[@WelshDdraig]

12:20am, about to go to sleep, notices Ashens video, Thinking to myself, "Sleep can wait, Ashens has uploaded a video"

[@scottcowan7343]

one of the sprites used in king boxing, the one on the left, looks like the guy from the bad dudes NES version.

[@sammydemon666]

The music in "King Fighter" is from Duke Nukem 3D on the first level (E1M1), listen about 50 seconds in.

[@TheGenerus1]

Good catch, I was racking my brain and was about to comment that it was Axel F, but u beat me to it. Well done :)

[@octupus6]

Aaaaand the preview graphic on the back for "The Wall" has the Miniclip 'M' on it...

[@SleazyShell]

I actually had a tank game on Game Boy Pocket that was almost identical to that tank game, it was called Trax. Unbelievably, Wikipedia doesn't have a page for it.

[@WatsonDynamite]

it is the miniclip logo. they took a screenshot from a miniclip arkanoid game.

[@EntityDJI]

The song at the end is really nice, its a smooth and jazzy sort of tune, I wonder if he made it...

[@kye5862]

I remember this when I was younger about 7 risk king was my favourite game even though I found it very difficult and then I remember it was pretty good.

[@wtos9153]

How to change the angle of the ball: [deleted] Deleting that because I was wrong the first time. Here’s the updated version: It had to do with which button you’re pressing down when it hits the paddle. There are three angles you can hit it at. If you hold the opposite direction than the ball the angle will become more vertical, and if you hold the same direction as the ball, it will become more horizontal. It’s during that one frame where the paddle doesn’t move.

[@TheOrbitalmadness]

Not sure if it's just me but the song Ashen's was trying to figure out while playing "tank" sounded like the theme song from the Beverly Hills Cop Series

[@SHiTJuFro743]

ashens excitement at Zangeef was great.

[@intel386DX]

the screen resolution is higher then games :D haha why they did not use a low res screen? because it must be physically smaller :P

[@Belleneko]

the screenshot for "the wall" is from a flash game website called Miniclip. :O

[@vdochev]

Greetings from Bulgaria! We have a great history and some of the greatest kings ever lived, if you're interested. I watch all your videos and I like them very much. Your site is one of my favourite along with TGWTG. Cheers!

[@MrMarekgodorowski]

I may be out of my mind, but the King Boxing game is Duke Nukem 3D ost - Stalker. Tell me if I'm wrong

[@Chaosrain112]

The box art for The Wall on the back of the packaging was a screencap of a breakout game from Miniclip.com... Never forget that M logo anywhere.

[@RosaSweetThing]

I seem to remember that music being in at least one of the levels in a Jurrasic Park game on the Gameboy...

[@xKeepCalmAndGameOnx]

In the TANK game, the main song during gameplay is Liberty Hill's Cops.

[@puffleperson]

at the game over screen of star war there was the contra/probotecter music!

[@SNK038]

Has anybody mentioned yet that the game over theme for STAR WAR is the game over music from CONTRA?

[@kacperskicubing905]

0:49 M from Miniclip logo

[@jvc85]

Hold on a minute, the song in '"Tank" sounds more like a 8-bit version of the Theme song from Beverley Hills Cop. I might be wrong but you can't blame on for trying ;)

[@MaprunnerUK]

In the brick destroyer game, I see the Miniclip logo on the image on the back of the packaging

[@linuxrobotgeek]

On the instructions, if you pause, notice that Star War is written as Star Wat. Also, Qigong sounds like a Chinese delicacy I haven't tried.

[@sammydemon666]

LA Meltdown, that music is engraved into my brain from childhood ;P

[@linktheordonianhero9098]

The Tank game's intro music was the intro to the Gerudo Valley theme from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

[@0xbenedikt]

At least the makers tried it alot more than on the Pop stations. The grayscale dot matrix is really not bad.

[@RalphBromleyMadmanRB]

TweeterMan287 already took a bite out of this one, but Ashens being the great guy he is makes it funnier.

[@alfredofroylan]

I saw pictures of Norfolk, man is that place beautiful!!!

[@DylRicho]

It works both ways though. 45-degree angles are just 90-degree angles rotated.