Retro or Repro Video Game Quiz | Barshens

[@PPeasants]

The best part about all of this is the fact the life counter in "Eric and the Floaters" is labelled Erics. Focking fantastic.

[@samholdsworth420]

Not Eric's? Lol

[@samholdsworth420]

Too smart brosef

[@shellypriest5320]

Loved the clapping ice cream cone joke...LMAO

[@vexphoenix]

agreed it was fantastic XD

[@RFC3514]

It's an oldie, but a goodie. He forgot to do the enthusiastic tongue action at the end, though.

[@katewilliams2415]

It IS old (but I forgive him)! I remember my older brother telling this joke way back in the eighties! Cue the swirling mists of time...

[@novaryx]

shelly priest I don't really get it

[@shuriKen469]

mmm ice cream.

[@therealCG62]

It has taken me this long to realize that both bars and hens are in the intro- the music is the bars (as in, the musical measure the bar), then hens is... well, the clucking. I'm a smart boy give me praise mother

[@MightyRude]

I think because I am

[@evilutionltd]

Pay attention to the tshirts they have on too.

[@TheHellpoy]

The musical bars are actually horizontal and 5 instead of 4 :D

[@jonbeef]

*I think, therefore I am.

[@samholdsworth420]

Cluck 🐔

[@rachysnip]

love the way ashens tricked barry by giving intense info about playing the fake games and vague info on the real ones, as if it was because it was made up XD oh dat tricky ashens

[@superiodity]

Ashens needs a segment completely dedicated to jokes.

[@KnugenMooMoo]

agree lol

[@danforbes3573]

"An Excellent Agreement" Which I second

[@bio0link]

"An Excellent Meme"

[@danforbes3573]

***** :)

[@danforbes3573]

Jody Barker I bet it was.

[@mog398]

I knew the Crazy Dialler one was the fake one because there's no 0 on that keypad

[@eyem6407]

I noticed that too. What a lazy ashens. Aaaaasssssssss.

[@MrGeorgeFlorcus]

What a lazy Aaaaassssssssshens.

[@lordoftherats8215]

Also every time the number would have to be (---) 555 ----

[@Gozuma2]

I knew since i've seen the video it came from.

[@mspenrice]

nah, you press fire and a direction for 12-3-4-6-7-8-9, fire and centred stick for 5, and AVOID pressing fire for 0. Reaction type game, stops you from winning just by holding fire and spazzing the stick in all directions.

[@rebecca7518]

Stuart's imagination in making the fake games is excellent

[@CosylandWhispers]

I'm so glad this channel exists. I was a fan of Barry and Ashens before this channel started and each video fills me with joy :D

[@paulnash9851]

We used to play Moonbase Alpha at school each week for "computer studies". Half hour of that + half hour of Granny's Garden. Magic days, when a BBC Micro felt like the future....

[@thyowen]

I love the chemistry between you two! Never fails to make me laugh.

[@xXxLiabilityLukeexXx]

Is Barry shouting "I TOLD YOU TO STOP DOING THAT!" In the intro? :')

[@cheesoid6628]

yep

[@fang1693]

he is shouting hail butts

[@93BlazinFire]

@Sofa King They filmed in the London KZbin space, books aren't his, I think

[@kribz4576]

Sofa King they aren’t his

[@AsymptoteInverse]

It's alarming how convincing a liar Ashens is...

[@_thorkon]

Hobo Sullivan Doctorate in Psychology helps with that.

[@benjaminencarmine]

@@_thorkon No, it doesn't.

[@ioioioioio6026]

@@benjaminencarmine pretty sure it does

[@bmbpdk]

@@_thorkon So "Doctorate in Psychology" is posh for "overpriced and overhyped professional liar", like "Politician"?

[@koholos]

@@bmbpdk No, it’s a spin-off of the “Doctor” class, which is posh for “liar and thief”, just like Politician.

[@KyleKatarnBanthaHerder]

I love how Barry thought that a game based around nothing but moving a joystick around to input a phone number would be an actual game.

[@DanoLefourbe]

Honnestly, there were games with less gameplay than that at the time.

[@telephonebear21]

It's basically an early rhythm game. But without the rhythm.

[@CrazyRiverOtter]

There's a game on that system where you program in BASIC. Bear in mind the Atari 2600 had 128 bytes of RAM.

[@Dualdevastator]

waited to watch this at 2:30 am. Absolutely worth it.

[@theantithesis1]

Communist Mutants From Space was a game for the Arcadia Supercharger, later Starpath Supercharger, which was an add-on for the Atari 2600 that expanded the RAM and allowed for better graphics. The games came on cassette and needed to load. The games were largely pretty good, at least on a technical level because of the enhanced hardware.

[@QuiteFranklyFrank]

This is awesome, going to steal this idea for party/bar-quizzes!

[@accskaguy]

Actually that "Communist Mutants From Space" game was made for the Atari 2600, *but* needed to be adapted/connected to an external cassette tape drive to bring the game to life. There were maybe 6 or 7 games made in this series in this way. One required 2 cassettes to hold all the data, and was quite sophisticated for an Atari game back then. Even the "Communist Mutants From Space" had a surprisingly large number of game-play options. (for a game of that style)

[@Michirin9801]

You've put the crazy-obscure ZX spectrum conversion of the original Bomber Man in the video... Much respect!

[@blacksaphire7773]

I'm sure it's just the titles of the videos that puts me off, but when I actually click on them, I find the videos to be quite enjoyable.

[@184fish]

This intro is just the perfect depiction of the worst intro. And I can't help but love it. Cheers for the awesome videos, always looking forward to more from you guys.

[@gangswagster]

I was watching the Tathub but as soon as I saw this i immediately switched. love you barshens!

[@DorMinRS]

I'm watching the playlist of all Barshens videos and by sheer coincidence this one came on at exactly 14:30.

[@BulletWilly]

I always look forward to these videos! ;)

[@izzycabbit5536]

This is my favourite thing you guys have done so far! ^-^ I need to see more of this, Stuarts repros were incredibly convincing XD

[@Psyched_Crow]

I recognized Crazy Dialer as Call Centre Simulator for the Mivich 7

[@Offensive_Username]

"Super Jack in the Forest" totally has the background from Pitfall and Ashens claims he drew that?

[@_Over_9000]

I love this. More of these please. Now that you have over 100,000 subs I think this will blow up.

[@GuykingsLePoynter]

The trick here is to figure out which one is obviously far too weird to be a real game... and then pick that one.

[@officiallyturtlesquared]

"Barshens simulator." SOMEONE MAKE THIS!

[@wesleybcrowen]

Wow, I got them all right! The last fake looked pretty genuine tho, and the only thing I could latch on is the fact that Eric has the design of the original Bomberman.

[@jolibros]

You guys should do more taste tests. But only if you want to, nobody is forcing you. And great job so far on the show guys!

[@AuroraStarstorm]

IT IS HALF PAST TWO! What an amazing coincidence :)

[@senatorcthulu1815]

Nothing better than a Barshens video popping up before i get into the bath.

[@JacobHillSBD]

I'm watching at 2:25! I need a quiz early today.

[@mountnstream]

I knew "Eric and the Floaters" was the real game, because I remember Stuart mentioning that game when playing the "Bomberman"-clone that was on the Game King-handheld that he once reviewed.

[@TenshiCat]

Your long-time Ashens watching proved useful!

[@Sampler19]

Why did Tenshi Cat have a collision?

[@TenshiCat]

+Sampler19 He's very clumsy!

[@Sampler19]

ah

[@BigBadTomA]

how do you dial 0 in crazy dialer? !

[@HappyCynic]

You don't. It isn't real.

[@eyem6407]

+eldospinks you aren't real.

[@HappyCynic]

Eyem I think therefore I am.

[@CrazyRiverOtter]

You press the button on the joystick, silly.

[@purplegill10]

How do you press 5 then?

[@MrLolKins]

Best ending to a segment yet.

[@pokedude583]

I'm watching this at ten to three... I guess I'll have to watch it tomorrow.

[@MinorLG]

As someone who was born the same week as the release of the SNES, and in America, it is amazing That I got all 5 correct.

[@PhantomFearYT]

I guessed them all correctly!

[@jakesapir]

Speaking of Surgeon Simulator, what happened to the Ashens Game Jam?

[@TheTurnipKing]

5:44 very little about programming for the Atari 2600 can be called "lazy".

[@craigblackie2034]

Those trees you drew look suspiciously like those from Pitfall.

[@BurntFaceMan]

Watching this at half past 2. in the morning lol!

[@Nathan_A_RF]

I just started to watch this video. It is half past two on the dot by absolute coincidence.

[@tharealsteven]

Love that joke at the end!😂😂😂

[@d2factotum]

I remember Escape from Moonbase Alpha! Played it at a friend's house on his Electron, since I was a Spectrum household myself...

[@drdiabeetus4419]

You should make a video called "Retro or Metro" I have no idea what'd be about, but that's your job

[@randolfcoollidge5274]

Does it matter if it is 2:30 am or 2:30 pm?

[@michaelwilliams9566]

Great as always guys!

[@deanhill9624]

No word of a lie... I actually started watching this video at half 2.

[@wyattneal2797]

I'm watching this at 2:29. I'm such a savage

[@SmeddyTooBestChannel]

Can't wait for someone to make actual versions of these like they did with Vinny Vole.

[@ChrissieBear]

I still want that Barshens simulator.

[@wolfyboy]

XD lol! the kid couldn't eat an ice cream right, either! XD

[@benfroberts]

Always loved that joke! (I thought it was his dad who got him to do it though)

[@wolfyboy]

it's 14:29 here. can i watch it now?

[@juliassacre]

Why have I heard of Escape from Moon Base Alpha before? The name is really familiar to me but I can't quite place it...

[@wadwadwadwadwadwadw]

So Ashen drew the trees in Pitfall. I am shocked.

[@gyl8452]

finally, it's friday - barshens time :D

[@doctorwhat9218]

Just so you know, I had to wait til now to watch this, damn that 14:30 rule!

[@mojotheaverage]

You guys should do this with toys from poundland

[@MuchWhittering]

It's currently 2:31pm...do I have to wait until half past 2 in the morning to watch?

[@TheWildDeadHero]

There's a small error that gives away Super Jack in the Forest of Bad Apples: The second zero in the score is slightly too thick on the left, whist the other zeroes are fine.

[@TheAlanCulley]

I wasn't prepared to wait nearly twelve hours to watch this, so I took a chance, and watched this at 3.32 and you were correct it didn't work at all. Cant say I'm all that disappointed though.

[@adamclayton6386]

Barshens is awesome keep up with the funny video

[@Haplo699g]

Hey you filched that Meanie from Rebelstar now how are the Rebels going to get in the base???

[@SilencerGDA]

I played Eric and the Floaters. Was fun.

[@oktaycomu]

best outro ever .

[@rockerseven]

Roland and the Meanies looks like ET vs an evil R2D2 and a Tie Advanced lol

[@markiangooley]

Bars for the opening music and Hens... has a rooster crowing?

[@kirstygunn9149]

I'm watching at 2:20pm on the 11/7/18.

[@predcon1]

0:44 I thought my phone was about to ring.

[@Jacktoro44]

Its actually 2:29pm.... wtf?

[@letshaveawank]

I accidentally started watching this at exactly 2.30. Do I win a fiver?

[@mspenrice]

Hmm, Eric and the Floaters is probably like the first level of bomberman over and over... (if you remember, the first enemies in bomberman are actually balloons...) Can't help thinking that you would get insane colour clash every time Eric moved vertically though, unless he did a herky jerky kind of move where he only shifted by one character space at a time...

[@KingHenryVR4]

I was thinking it was gonna be a quiz on spotting a genuine game cartridge from a reproduction :)

[@breakingbasha]

The crazy dialer was so easy to make out as a fake, because you would have to dial 0 on a 3x3 board.

[@Mercgribern]

...I played Tooth Protectors. You can choose between toothbrush, floss, etc. Teeth get lost if you fail to remove the baddies. Needless to say I've had a life long fear of major tooth loss most of my adult life. Didn't make me brush my teeth more though...

[@CrazyRiverOtter]

WAIT A MINUTE, was that title card music composed in Warioware D.I.Y. on the Nintendo DS?

[@renannaw]

It’s three past three in the morning, is that close enough?

[@swanningabout]

No

[@christhecroc]

that's weird, it's 2:33am. can I still watch it? or am I too late?

[@thostwoone]

i actually started watching this at half past 2 :O

[@ZZCopter]

Tooth Invaders I had (have somewhere) an Cartdige for C64

[@acidhelm]

I knew Super Jack was fake; I recognized the trees from Pitfall! right away.

[@Sampler19]

Barshens!

[@mathematics117]

I really liked the old intro here!

[@jonigazeboize_ziri6737]

Sir dennis, super jack and roland protect moonbase alpha against bad apples and other meanies.

[@nolakali]

Its easy to spot the fake once you figure out ashen's text. He uses the same font in almost every one.

[@3gamerman3]

I started watching and when They said not to watch it until it's half past 2 I checked and it actually was half past 2...

[@spongebot64]

I'm probably one of the few that recognises the 'Carpets - Bono' reference.

[@the123king]

does half 2 in the morning count?

[@OutbackCatgirl]

Man I'm glad it's half past two. Else I'd not be able to watch this. And that would have been a shame.

[@otaking3582]

I'll admit, I knew about that last one thanks to Guru Larry

[@angurz]

it's 2:30am and I did not plan to time it so right

[@AsterInDis]

The other thing about the crazy dialer game is that the numbers have zeros in them, which is not an option you can pick.

[@lightdot459]

I could tell which ones were made by Ashens because they look like the videos he made of the Mivich7 on the HuHa! channel. Glory to president for life.

[@aaronj.9779]

Great joke at the end. :D

[@vampblckheartofdeath]

Watching this at 2:37 so I guess it'll work for a few more minutes.

[@ChrissieBear]

I want a Barshens simulator...