Captain Commando - James and Mike Mondays

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[@gemstar3824]

I love how this series has basically become a podcast where they talk about anything while they play videogames in the background. I find it more interesting than only talking about the game they're playing.

[@joshuaarmstrong377]

This series was always like that

[@CrazyCouchSurfer]

agree. Keeps you busy with something to watch too.

[@n-rage531]

I love how they get off topic and the conversations they have that have absolutely nothing to do with the game are so much more entertaining.

[@Nicholas_Steel]

That's because it's a arcade style beat-em up game, hard to make that entertaining for watching. They're boringly constructed to waste your money, not to entertain.

[@franklinbrooksstoppedcomme3267]

Gotta agree. Could barely focus on this novel I'm making in MS Word '07 thanks to 'em, but I'm not complaining!

[@bones22j]

When you two start cracking up, it’s contagious lol. I’m over here laughing my ass off with you guys🤣

[@jasonhausmann8477]

Ha same remember the super Mario maker 2 ep 😂

[@wareforcoin5780]

For real, I was cracking up at the loony toons bit. I couldn't help it. The fact that they thought it was so hilarious made it six times more funny. 😂

[@Mshredfrieza]

I nearly shit myself while in tears during that whole thing lmao!

[@Silverstar_]

@@wareforcoin5780 *Looney Tunes

[@rafael_moreira]

It's 4am and Im laughing so much Im crying.

[@orinoco500]

Man, James has great memory, remembering the Ninja Gaiden song.

[@skipsch]

So asstute of him

[@brianvanderkamp]

Have to admit, I forgot all about Ninja Gaiden teaching me how birds are among the fiercest killers in the animal kingdom.

[@WestSideVision]

You'd be surprised what you remember when triggered by a relapse of time.

[@anon_of_kat]

Is that Sarcasm!

[@user-ng9gd4vl9s]

Probably his lullabye

[@WhiteCr_0w]

About that "SHTROM" character: In german, "strom" is electricity so I guess that was what they were aiming for.

[@Mito383]

The Capcom Beat Em Up Bundle is so much fun.

[@matthewlane518]

Yeah it is great to have all those great coin-ops!

[@20FreeWill]

I just re downloaded it when I seen this video . No one ever plays multi tho

[@bluepiggaming204]

Thats because multiplayer is so laggy. I beat KoTRT or the dragon one multiplayer 3 weeks ago

[@eyeln9ne696]

I just wish they could've put the punisher with it. Capcom will always be my favorite!

[@20FreeWill]

Cpt commando, warriors of fate, Armored warriors are my fave on the bundle

[@flexmasterize]

lmao Bugs Bunny in "the case of the ruined Ikari Warriors playthrough"

[@JamesNintendoNerd]

Could have made a good WB title card. I can see it in my head.

[@Games_and_Music]

@@JamesNintendoNerd The part that made me laugh most while thinking about the Looney Tunes crash was the intro sound before the actual Looney music starts, the "pwooooooooo", glad that it was in the edited take haha

[@Simeautomatic100]

*I'm in tears laughing at that Looney tunes interruption*

[@zekek3777]

28:48

[@EddyG2023]

The Looney Tunes thing had me in near tears. That was absolutely hilarious.

[@James-vk6cu]

You should have ended this video with: "That's all folks!"

[@copilots3159]

The fans never forgot Captain Commando.

[@apollolux]

Pepperidge Farms remembers Captain Commando...

[@Kourumeme]

And viewtiful joe.

[@ZigealFaust]

@@Kourumeme I was so pissed they created C. Viper (who had the same moveset as him from MVC) instead of shoe-horning Cap-Com into the SF universe. Unforgivable. *remembers what C. Viper looks like* Okay, sorta forgivable.

[@LeeONardo]

@@ZigealFaust C Viper was shoved into MVC3 at the expense of Captain Commando (actually mentioned by capcom, they said since Viper was so similar they felt they couldn't put both in) "The Capcom worlds strongest superhero" MISSING in place of artificially trying to give C Viper popularity in a game she has no reason to be in.

[@chaser5616]

The last scene where he said "I am Captain Commando" ,that would stuck with me till today and that's like 10 years ago

[@JamilThePimpLol]

I was born 1996 and I definitely watched looney tunes as a child. I remember seeing it on Cartoon Network in the early 2000’s. The 90’s definitely bled into the 2000’s

[@thebotbuilder]

We get many Final Fight characters in Street Fighter, but where are the Captain Commando geust fighters? I'm fairly certain all 3 series exist in the same universe.

[@rontia]

Hes in marvel vs capcom

[@thebotbuilder]

@@rontia I know, is that Street Fighter though?

[@rontia]

@@thebotbuilder i mean capcom fighter game that also has ryu ken akuma sakura dhalsim bison zangief chun li and guile.

[@rontia]

@@thebotbuilder not to mention combos move inputs etc. Are pretty much the same for the street fighter characters.

[@thebotbuilder]

@@rontia I know that but I personally view Marvel vs Capcom as a different series to Street Fighter

[@krovelMx]

I can't express how fucking hilarious the looney tunes part was, I was laughing my ass off and that's why I have been watching James and Mike Mondays for so long, I love when you are laughing so hard you can't even play anymore. You're giving us the joy of playing with friends to a whole generation secluded because of the pandemic. Thank you so much James and Mike!

[@ladynikkie]

I never played the original games, I mostly remember Captain Commando through Marvel vs Capcom

[@troyy99]

same

[@findantu]

Ninja warriors

[@jeffb.6642]

pretty sure Ryu from Ninja Gaiden is not the one from Street Fighter - but he is the same Ryu in the Dead or Alive games - also by Tecmo.

[@timzster]

I was here for the usual “James & Mike Mondays” episode and gameplay nostalgia, but when it quickly turned to the “add Looney Tunes to disrupt kids playing Minecraft” subject, I totally cracked up like these two.😂😂😂 Totally relate, same generation as these guys, and the humor is classic!🤣

[@OmniNexuz]

If we ever get another actual AVGN Video Game we need to have a Level that starts normal but then turns into a 7 Minute Unrelated Cartoon we need to watch before we can continue playing 😆

[@JoakimOtamaa]

We definitely need a third game.

[@gimpyggaming4287]

I think “The Toys that Made Us” was emulating toy commercial energy. What do other people say?

[@TheCJRhodes]

You'd have to account for every language to answer your question thoroughly. There are just so many combinations of sentences, it's probably approaching infinity.

[@benmalsky9834]

I think that makes sense.

[@josejuanandrade4439]

I actualy love James movie reviews when he is just being himself and 100% honest. The cabinet of Dr Caligari Rocky franchise Alien Franchise Those are some of my favorites he has put out. Dr Caligari is probably my favorite ever, i must have seen that one like 10 times so far, and that one is a very positive review.... Just my 2 cents.

[@sammictlantecuhtli9058]

He enjoyed Dr Caligari more than I did. And I saw both Rocky and Alien franchises, and also Bela Lugosi's Dracula and Spanish Dracula and many more because of James.

[@SolidBren]

Absolutely!!! Love listening to his movie reviews of ones he likes. Loved listening to his podcast with his wife talking about their favorite bands. Even games that he likes made for especially fun videos, like SMB3 and his Castlevania review series. This positive review style also got me into classicgameroom and happyconsolegamer.

[@eduardopazhurtado3882]

My favorite review from James is the Ghostbusters 2016 non review video! Hahaha he just explained with a lot of common sense how that movie was doomed.

[@DSan-kl2yc]

I like em a lot too. So that was sad to here. I like rental reviews too though.

[@adrianmarti]

This was by far the funniest episode yet! The video should just be renamed to How to Introduce People to Looney Tunes!

[@Alurkerdood]

Captain Commando in the instruction manual looks like a Captain Harlock rip-off.

[@nathanvanroon5673]

I enjoy the good stuff you put out over the bs ass basket nonsense, like that Maltese falcon review was classic.

[@jailhousephilosopher3309]

I am surprised they didn't make the correlation between "cap"tain "com"ando! I wonder if the name originates from the company or from the character.

[@Games_and_Music]

Same here, i figured they'd pick up on it, but maybe they forgot to bring it up somehow. My assumption is that the name Captain Commando was created as a wordplay on Capcom, it would've been a weird coincidence and oversight if Capcom wasn't aware of it. I mean, they later also had Bionic Commando, but still, Capt. Comm is too on the nose to be a coincidence.

[@MyManJFKTV]

Captain Commando came about from cleverly usin’ Cap-Com in the name. Capcom was founded in 1979, wayyy before Captain Commando became a thing.

[@mikewilliams736]

I don't get it.

[@TheCJRhodes]

@@MyManJFKTV And did their name come from NASA's Capcom?

[@martinrc80]

Capcom comes from CAPsule COMputer.

[@envolopee]

I was born in 92" and bugs bunny and tweety show was my shit.

[@yourtags4876]

Fortnite *dances fortnite dance autistically

[@envolopee]

I don't get it.

[@yourtags4876]

@@envolopee you should be 🥵

[@DSan-kl2yc]

I actually never liked them. But I did see them. It's always sad when something fades from cultural memory. Tho there is a new looney tunes cartoon.

[@envolopee]

@@yourtags4876 Seriously what are you saying?

[@AvidCat5000]

I used to love the cartoons between like "I. M. Weasel" and "Secret Squirrel" or "Dial M for Monkey."

[@Eisenwulf666]

I'm weasel and cow & chicken(they are in the same universe) were freaking brilliant mate! A lot of jokes went over my head as a teen, they are actually pretty dark and surreal.

[@kekegaga2330]

Maaan Dial M for Monkey was so good, I bet that it was some sort of original concept before being put inside Dexter's lab.

[@Giran_0]

It's "super secret squirrel", "secret squirrel" was the old one

[@franklinbrooksstoppedcomme3267]

Totally. Definitely made staying up late worth it, just to see the reruns of these hits on NickToons.

[@mikshin9825]

Cartoon Network taught me English years before my school did. All the shows entioned by OP were awesome and not at all condescending.

[@SyRetro]

I remember playing this in the arcade as a kid, then going to the local park and pretending I was still in the game with my friends; great video as always James and Mike You guys are an inspiration See you next game

[@daniel-vs6co]

Awesome memories. I never got to go to an arcade, my parents didn't want me to go out gallivanting. Though later we got a console that had arcade games that we can experience from the convenience of our home.

[@daniel-vs6co]

Awesome memories. I never got to go to an arcade, my parents didn't want me to go out gallivanting. Though later we got a console that had arcade games that we can experience from the convenience of our home.

[@OptimusShr]

I love that the character named Mack is armed with knives.

[@Kourumeme]

The mummy commando is cool.

[@mysterwhymedia]

Man...I loved this game. One of the best beat ‘em ups from back in the day. I never knew as a kid that Captain Commando had anything to do with CAPCOM, and I had always wondered why no sequel to this was ever made.

[@sonicmario64]

CAPtain COMmando = CAPCOM

[@nostalgicyoutuber5098]

If you know the plot of this game it’s interesting, there is even a Japanese manga that explains even more

[@juanmartinstehle5047]

According to the manga, his real name is given as Mars Carlisle and he is the CEO of Star Electronics in his civilian identity.

[@DSan-kl2yc]

I'm gonna look into it

[@nyxuehara]

Captain Commando was one of my favorite games as a child. I always played as the ninja.

[@juanmartinstehle5047]

Fun fact: In the manual of the US release of Section Z, the protagonist is called Captain Commando.

[@SynopsisGrim]

Thank you! I was hoping someone would mention this!

[@advang4820]

Someone makes a mod for any video game to randomly show the "jumpscare" of Looney Tunes intro, in the middle of gameplay.

[@HonduDan]

We would spend hours trying to play through this at our local amusement park. Man, this was a great game.

[@RangerRickTV]

The guys with the red bandanas and knife def represent the guys from final fight.

[@HaplessOne]

The difference between James and other youtubers: Avgn, screams and blows shit up because that's part of his character. With other youtuber its: "HEY WHATS UP GUYS BACK WITH ANOTHER VIDEO" (WOOOW SOUND EFFECT, ZOOM IN) (BRUH SOUND EFFECT REPEATEDLY) (EXPLOSION) "YOU GUYS WONT BELIEVE WHAT HAPPENED" (RANDOM ZOOM TO HANDS AND HAND TRACKING.) Bit of an over exaggeration, but I mean pretty accurate.

[@javaly78]

Way back as a kid I remember picking up on company isms. Capcom for sure had its own. The “swipe”, the “slide”, the flame etc. The “swipe” you see with SF2 Guile’s Flash Kick, and Strider’s blade swipe. The slide you see with Strider, Dhalsim, Final Fight’s El Gado, even Mega Man, the double lariat was repeated with Haggar and Zangeif.

[@damonebigglesworth6077]

Right as they say "they just watch KZbin and play minecraft " then I realized that's exactly what I Was doing at the moment. I'm young but I still enjoy old old stuff but damn I feel like a child

[@stanleyhercules]

man, hearing James say "Ryu!" always cracks me up for some reason

[@michaelmurphy2786]

"All we need to see is someone flaming", well that does happen a lot in Capcom games, and in more than one context

[@Rosbergen80]

Flaming pie great cd

[@chentz2d552]

That conversation about Looney Tunes @28:38 just made my week! LOL

[@grimTales1]

The Looney Tunes discussion was hilarious! xD

[@119Agent]

The Baby Commando is a super genius infant who fights using a robot of his own design. I don't know if they ever explain why or how the baby is a super genius.

[@leogartija]

OMG this guys made me laugh so hard with their looney toons thing

[@Rosbergen80]

I pooped my parents

[@Rosbergen80]

Pants

[@ongkhuongduy3498]

For a 1991 game, the graphic hold up remarkably well.

[@midwestmonster9886]

James and Mike are such different people. When they play games together, Mike plays to win and James plays just to relax and shoot the shit with a friend. It's kind of amusing to see Mike's reactions in the opening moments of this video. James is waxing nostalgic about his Capcom/Captain Commando memories from childhood and you can tell Mike is getting impatient to just play the damn game.

[@intellektualPoet]

Damn I remember playing this at the Burlington Center Mall as a kid. Then we hit Friendly's after for dinner lol...

[@intellektualPoet]

@Blue Max Loved it!

[@DeepSubmergeRMM]

Great Capcom Arcade game!!

[@joshriley2555]

I'm glad my 6yr old love all the old cartoons I used to watch she's one of coolest nerds I know.

[@josiahhockenberry9846]

That's awesome. My 7 year old loves em too. She's also a badass when it comes to duck hunt!👍

[@CapnPicard]

11:00 oh Snap James - nice. It does sound VERY similar.

[@d3vak]

I was hoping Mike would do his world famous Bugs Bunny impression

[@briana656]

We used to have the arcade of this at the Circle-K down the road from me growing up.

[@warcraft3modeltutorials494]

There are so many people on KZbin that feel like their forcing laughter but whenever it comes from you guys its always genuine and literally infectious not to mention what you're saying is hilarious. 🤣

[@thewave-qz9lt]

i hope to see some more capcom games maybe some fighters like darkstalkers or other beat-em-ups.

[@Shrapnel82]

The best way would be to integrate into the games. You're playing Doom and about to be squashed by a Cyberdemon, when a giant anvil hits the demon, killing it. Doomslayer's bunny, Daisy can then stand up, chew a carrot, and comment, "What a maroon."

[@nickkropat8857]

"Everything sucked till I learned this one simple trick!"

[@donaldsalkovick396]

Anyone else notice the cool shadows underneath every character? Exactly the same for every person and doesn't change shape ever. Once I noticed it I couldn't stop watching them

[@mastermo316]

You maniac, you blew it up! Damn you, damn you all to hell! Btw. Capcom stands for Capsule Computer.

[@slyfox2022]

It stands for Captain Commando dammit!

[@GawrGurasBathTubPizza]

such an iconic beat-em up so popular his also in 'marvel vs capcom 2'

[@gravitywaves2796]

Red devil unicorn big mans unicorns Sounds legit.

[@k1ngN0rk]

Red devil sounds like the final boss, big mans the orcs, not sure about the unicorns xD

[@RASK1904]

His list of bosses. Ie how far he got.

[@nowgoawayanddosomethinggoo8978]

7:18 James talks about recurring things in Capcom Games, while in a museum that looks like Cadillacs and Dinosaurs

[@KuroNoTenno]

Didn't watch Looney Tunes much. Tom & Jerry was the thing for me.

[@kostantinosvlasakakis4106]

Fred Quimby or Chuck Jones? please answer correctly...

[@MyManJFKTV]

I watched both. Religiously.

[@Sedlan18]

@@kostantinosvlasakakis4106 I don't get why everyone refers to Fred Quimby, he was the producer, When Hannah Barbera were the creators and Directors.

[@Aevilbeast]

God, how I hated Tom & Jerry as kid! LOVED loony Tunes but hated Tom & Jerry...It always the same exact thing every episode and I always felt so bad for poor Tom...Even when he was doing nothing that mouse would always find a way to hurt and/or drive that poor kitty crazy! Worst was when poor Tom was doing nothing but got in trouble for something that dumb mouse would do. All I wanted to see was an episode where Tom finally comes out on top or as the "winner". I mean, he doesn't have to go and eat him but just give him a taste of his own medicine for once.

[@MyManJFKTV]

James Laforme - I think Tom ended up on top in a few episodes.

[@JohnnyLeyenda]

As a kid growing up with Looney Tunes, Animaniacs, Freakazoid, The Tick, TOmmy and Jerry and all that Jazz, I can't agree more. I never noticed the references are gone, as a kid I didn't really get them but rewatching these shows as an adult makes me really appreciate how clever they were sometimes.

[@dreamlandnightmare]

What about Tiny Toon Adventures? That show never gets enough love.

[@carrito1981]

"Can I just say Rye-u?" 😂

[@mdqp2]

And then five seconds later he shouts "RYUUUU!!" I don't care how many times he does that, there is something so genuinely funny about it, it never fails to make me chuckle at least.

[@SLiMmcl]

DoomGuy grabs a demons head and rips it in half (Plop! Bugs Bunny's head pops out) "Whats up, Doc?"

[@flexmasterize]

the girls with the electric tuning forks lookin buff af

[@lisvender]

Obviously this is an attempt by the woke left to force their agenda on us

[@fistbumpbros]

That whole Looney Tunes Minecraft conversation had me giggle so hard xD

[@maxpineapple]

"theres alot of things that are a shame" 2020 meta commentary

[@cliffordadamrumble6436]

i like these because you guys are being yourselves. its great. thanks dudes

[@PlasmaProd]

You should play some GBA games using the Gamecube adapter. I recommend Metroid Zero Mission and WarioWare.

[@goukeban6197]

20:39 - I mostly watch the J&M Mondays nowadays. I like this authentic feeling of your unscripted interactions.

[@shawniebeans8382]

Wow. This was an amazing mental visual roller coaster! Laugh out loud with you guys. ! 😂🤣

[@SlimSamari]

Did you know that Captain commando has a manga? In the manga Baby head is a genius who works with Captain commando.

[@7thangelad586]

James, what is your facial moisturizer secret? You’re absolutely glowing.

[@bckelly23]

Maybe he's pregnant.

[@sinisterwombat3128]

I bet your skin looks great too. Don't be so superficial ;)

[@M4RZ1P4N]

You guys kept saying that some stuff seemed like it was from Final Fight, but in some timelines Guy is actually a part of the Commando Force, and it was later decided that the city they're in is based on Metro City! I love Capcom continuities.

[@Raiden3651]

@bigevilworldwide1 crossovers dont worry about time eras

[@Misfit_Kitten]

I think you guys have just inadvertently invented another KZbin Poop: random videos being rickrolled by the Looney Tunes theme.

[@crescentfresh8001]

One of the best Capcom beat-'em-ups. It's not as involved as something like AVP, but it's so much fun.

[@m_tpa]

i just want to hear james talk about anything hes interested in or watch him beat a challenge. doesnt have to be negative. but im from the olden world, so figures i guess.

[@Niko_Malthus]

"i think a bird killed him. birds are the fiercest killers in the animal kingdom" 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@artificialinsolence3182]

I'd like to think the baby's Stewie from Family Guy.

[@kingkoopa5997]

Hey I appreciated The Maltese Falcon episode! Love your deep dives into curiousities in films too.

[@davidoom]

Man, how I miss this game. I would love to see him again in a new game.

[@xeroxero9541]

To answer your question, there was definitely 4 player in the arcade. Some forums stated that the machine had a dip switch swapping from 3 to 4 player, where the coin slot selects which character you are in 4p mode (it also explains why the version on capcom collection 2 for ps2 only had 3p as well). I definitely remember the coin slot selecting your character, but I'm getting a bit of mandela effect going on since I remember the arcade cabinet at our arcade being on two screens, with two sets of controls on each. Can't find any pictures resembling that though, so maybe it was just a fault memory from my gradeschool self, ha ha.

[@davidgareau7453]

next time try Gainground on sega

[@Orange_Affinity]

Wikipedia says this game takes place in 2026. I guess we won't get a Nerd Episode of it until then...

[@thevoiceofseason2465]

I can totally hear Justin saying "RAMBO COMMANDO RAMBO COMMANDO RAMBO COMMANDO"

[@TheMrRuttazzo]

I can totally imagine any game published by Warner Brothers Interactive pullig off the "That's all, folks!" prank at the end of a serious or dark horror game with a chance of 0,0001% instead of the normal ending. :D

[@timburns8361]

It’s 4:45am and I am crying when they showed Mike playing and it messed up……that glitch was made for that edit. Hilarious 😂

[@Aeonova]

10:01 Wholesome. It's nice to see inspiration in action versus "gotta crank out a Let's Play for youtube". I look forward to the video. My addition would be the Konami Code that became a staple of Konami games during the era. If you say "Up up down down..." to someone in the context of gaming, they can complete it.

[@RetroTony]

I want a Jimmy Rolfe vs the punching bag sequel please...

[@SkeletorTclaws]

You guys should take 5 min to check out the movelist (included in the options). For example You could run and do a jumping flame thrower attack as captain comando.

[@IceBreak23]

would be cool if Captain Commando had a new game, i love this game, my main was the Mummy "Mack the Knife"

[@CrazyTaco245]

"Red devil unicorn big mans unicorn" Of course, the sacred texts!

[@rockman7503]

When you said firebird I knew exactly which red Raven you meant lol

[@Cheerios4u98]

That whole Looney Tunes discussion was a much-needed pick-me-up. I was cracking up along with you guys. Thanks, I needed that.

[@rockybalboa6433]

20:38 Part of it is that viewers enjoy humorous content, and your content happens to be funniest when you're angry about something.

[@aimfuldrifter]

You should DEFINITELY check out Cadillacs and Dinosaurs. One of the best beat'em-ups ever made by Capcom.

[@thealgerian3285]

i forgot about the mech piloting baby. What a weird pure product of the 90's

[@oursbrun49]

Seeing you laughing is an absolute delight :)

[@mattb9664]

If you play a lot of these beat em ups, you’ll notice sooooo many common elements between all the games. TMNT, Simpson’s, and XMen, and Turtles in Time have have pretty much the same level environments (ie, a woods level, a train level, a dinosaur level, some type of factory or construction site, futuristic site, etc).

[@LegendMkr7]

I just now realized, Capcom = Captain Commando.