Barbuta: A Guided Tour

[@sylvie8875]

A commenter pointed out a secret I didn't cover in the video: If the skull appears in the starting room, the "BARBUTA" text changes to "LOUNGEWEAR ROCKS". Mysterious....

[@casanovafunkenstein5090]

Could be in reference to the character sprite. They look like a knight, but they could just as easily be wearing pyjamas and a hoodie, or possibly a dressing gown, with the two lower pixels being the eyes.

[@StarPunch]

​@@casanovafunkenstein5090 "loungewear" is apparently a band in the UFO 50 universe! the credits of caramel caramel credit them as doing the music for the tutorial stage

[@TheWorldBelowDnD]

The lack of a voiceover here honestly adds so much. Very much in the spirit of the original game! ❤

[@ViridianMaridian]

Figuring out this game's secrets is an incredibly satisfying experience. I like that you showed off how (almost) every secret can be logically figured out by the player.

[@garthgoldwater5256]

i would trust you to give me a guided tour of the US tax system. incredible video

[@bunp12]

lovely tour of barbuta i dont think i ever wouldve found the more obscure secrets it was wonderful drawing a map and taking notes while playing it

[@Seruphin]

Amazing guide, I like that you actually explained each room and did it as an natural progression

[@Synthaphone]

Really appreciated this video; your commentary was great! I don't think I have the patience required to beat Barbuta so your video was a lovely chance to see what it has to offer to those who put the time in. I think I'll be able to get the little prize for the Garden now!

[@orvilleredenpiller338]

Part of me thinks this game is really cute and I respect how committed it is to it's DOS throwback visual style. Another part of me want to take this video and make a sarcastic MLG montage out of it.

[@bross92]

This is exactly what I was looking for. Played the game for 5-10 min, got the gist but still wanted to see what was hiding in the rest of the game. Thanks so much!!!!

[@benji-menji]

I love this game, but I can't not know the secrets after getting tired of it. Great vid. Would never cherry again.

[@zanto1]

I loved this video format. It's so nice to watch and chill

[@mongoosethe]

love love love this. I got really hooked as well and understood that there was more secrets after I completed the game with 4 hours playtime. This was nice to see to know what I missed. Thanks

[@loganmacosko5908]

I'm in love. Such a charming video. Had to stop watching a few minutes in because I realized I wanna find the secrets for myself

[@arrow2593]

very helpful vid, i really like videos that use text commentary, i managed to get to 48 rooms with only minor hints from outside, but then i got seriously stuck so the video was really helpful the ab secret was driving me crazy also i love that you showed the best way to get the cherry at the end.

[@kirbynom]

Having managed to fill the inventory and get a cherry clear after about 7 total hours, I decided to finally give this video a watch after having seen it in my recommended for a while. This game really compelled me and I enjoyed figuring it all out for myself, but I felt really stuck on what I could do next. So getting to 17:13 and seeing the first secret I wasn't familiar with, I'm at least glad to see you agree it isn't hinted very well ^^; Well, I'm off to go explore more of Barbuta again! Great work you've done here as well, this video was a pleasure to watch even as someone quite familiar with the game Edit: Heartbroken, having checked the reward and finding an item I already had ; - ; Edit 2: Kept watching the video. I had a strong expectation about what was gonna be in that chest; I really should have realized what my mistake was xd

[@dysrexia]

Watching this after beating the game and seeing a totally different route through it was cool. Great vid!

[@baconlabs]

What a surprise this game turned out to be, I never would have expected it to become my most-played in the collection! It's probably gonna get surpassed now that I've hunted down every secret, but still, super impressive for the "worst" UFO 50 game!

[@Megapig9001]

Hello fellow Touhou fan who is also obsessed with UFO 50 (that’s also me!). One of my favorite things about this collection is how each person is gonna have a different favorite game.

[@Maddy69xo429-ek]

Thanks for this :) I beat it without finding the necklace (but i did get the key!) and was confused why so much of the map was still not accessible to me. Great video & game!

[@fauxdude9756]

barbuta my beloved

[@PontschPauPau3451]

Thank you for this. I spent so long running around trying to figure out what I was missing because I didn't notice the green liquid pit you can jump into. I then spent hours trying to figure out how to get across the final spike trap, not realizing there was an invisible floor. The green liquid pit was telegraphed, I just didn't see it, but man that final invisible floor thing is just bullshit, in a game that's already so painfully slow to restart and do everything all over again - at least before you know that you can ignore 90% of the game if you just do the A/B puzzle and go up.

[@roseplaysgames9138]

very enjoyable play-through :3

[@ingvarsuigin609]

You made such a lovely tour, thank you for the guide.

[@re4evermk]

Thank you! Great help. Very much needed.

[@MapleMilk]

No wonder you're obsessed with this game, it emulate the specific kind of early 80s adventure game incredibly well Reminds me of Montezuma's Revenge and the Labyrinth sections of Kid Icarus Probably along with some of those 8 bit PC games

[@rabbitking3633]

If you open the blood sword chest with magic rod in hand, then instead of blood sword you will receive a bat orb. It’s an alternative way to get it.

[@siddward3377]

great vid, felt like I got to experience the whole game

[@Nick-ym4gh]

great guide, managed to beat it on my own but not finding the was to get the lever drove me nuts; thanks for making this!

[@fluffyribbit1881]

I kept seeing this and not clicking on it. A shame, because this is the most thorough coverage of Barbuta with the least filler.

[@Bspammer]

This is a brilliant guide, thank you so much

[@RADALGANG]

thank god i found this video i wouldnt be able to beat this game 💀

[@ChrisWeedPiano]

Love a good Sylvie video!!!

[@boradmay]

love the discovery 🎉

[@DivyeshVartha]

I also loved this game but it demanded more puzzle solving than I expected, I got stuck due to the the final invisible blocks before the boss. I didn't expect something like that without a hint. I also reached the altar but didn't think it was the altar, I had no idea how to "pray". I am kinda bummed that it was so short though.

[@eltiolavara9]

at least you got 49 more games!

[@bool.]

Really nice video! The only secret I know of that's missing is that something interesting happens if you meet the skull in the starting room... I had no idea about the unmarked shortcut to the double cannon room! Somehow the non-moving slime was very hard for me to notice (I'd already found the secret umbrella, so I thought the NPC's hint was about that) so on my first playthrough I ended up having to take the invisible ladder! I even solved the AB puzzle, but had no idea where to use the key. The game is very kind that no one puzzle/secret is "required" to beat the game!

[@Doomlaser]

Love the aesthetics here

[@Guito93]

Awesome my man! Really well put together

[@retrorebootmusic]

Ive been drawing myself a map playing this one

[@RiftRipper]

Not all heroes wear capes

[@Grapegrape42]

Fantastic!

[@eyebrowsup3958]

Great video, thanks

[@EarthboundBenjy]

On my first playthrough, I completely didn't notice the acid pit, but I did find the invisible ladder due to just noticing that the room above didn't make sense if there wasn't a ladder below. So I tried it and it worked. ...Weird how the "beginner" secret was more difficult for me to solve than the "wtf invisible ladder how would anyone figure that out lol this game sucks" secret was. ...

[@jitsauce522]

Wow, the only thing i was missing was the path to the blood sword... I thought there'd be more seeing as how I mapped it out, there's 7 rooms that arent reachable at all, but thats pretty much the only thing I missed

[@jitsauce522]

That being said, if you count the amount of doors that lead to unique rooms, there's 7 extra rooms, which could theoretically fit even though the game shows its not on the map

[@heikkint]

Somehow i read the texts with a bored UK London tour bus guides voice.

[@SocksAndPuppets]

I would like to know how to get to the top right corner of the map or the screen to its left.

[@jones4452]

awesome vid

[@xebatansis]

I LOVE the NES vibe.

[@charlesajones77]

17:09 I was wondering what pushing that did.

[@MasDouc]

Are you gonna do this for all 50?

[@mabooooyleatherface.1044]

SCAAAAAARRRRYYYY MUSHROOMS

[@XANDOAndy]

It seems like there are some spaces on the map that we never go to. Is the current theory that there's just nothing there? Also, I was curious today if anything interesting happened if the skull appeared on the boss screen. And the answer is, not really! The skull just doesn't appear, you fight the boss like normal.

[@sylvie8875]

There are a total of seven grid spaces that, as far as I know, are unreachable through normal means. (I wonder if you could get there with Cheat Engine or something, but I haven't tried.) There are also a total of seven "side rooms" that are not marked on the map and are entered via doors, so I think the idea is to suggest that those missing grid spaces are where the side rooms are physically located. I have no clue whether the game is actually programmed that way though.

[@Seruphin]

Would love it they added this game to steam workshop wo we can get mods and then we can use cheats to see all hidden room stuff liek this.

[@danyukhin]

thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you

[@valencia6372]

21:52 how are you supposed to know theres an invisible ladder?

[@raph2550]

The NPC at 21:30 is likely the canon hint to understand the switch in the mushrooms room. Notice how he has the same blue tiles in his room. (This is still way too illogical nonetheless in my book)

[@dialog_box]

23:00 wait so where does this ledge lead?

[@rogeriosilva8666]

I assume the final boss area

[@XANDOAndy]

If you jump off there, you land next to the NPC that tells you about praying at the altar

[@dialog_box]

@@XANDOAndy ah thx

[@rompeaire]

thank you very much! this was a great game up until a point that repeating the whole sequence was tiresome. Also, that invisible floor leading to the boss is mean...

[@itswavelengths]

this rocks

[@artman40]

This is unrealistic! 1982 games didn't have spikes! By the way, nice classic style annotation on the video. Reminds me classic let's plays with text commentary.

[@mortimerwake2974]

Do you have any interest in Mortol 2?

[@KatherynMcGuire-g5l]

Colby Ranch

[@火災のアイスクリーム]

that invisible ladder was the biggest bs in this game