Exploring A Lifetime Of TUROK Games

[@Soul93Taker]

Bro this is a very unexpected but equally welcome video, Turok is BADASS

[@Ka_Five]

My thoughts exactly!!

[@BDCS17]

Couldn't have said it better myself. Turok and Turok 2 were huge parts of my childhood, first games I watched my father play. Just mystified me, all of it; the music, the levels, the guns and weird enemies. Great vid to watch.

[@BATCHARRO]

You ever think about how a 1950's pulp comic series about a Native American fighting dinosaurs became a 1990's videogame franchise? Like what a trajectory.

[@Cookie_85]

Well that happens when a videogame company buys the comic book company. ^^

[@Gruntvc]

The N64 games weren't based off the 1950s comics. They were inspired by the 1990s reboot comics by Valiant Comics.

[@DNola9]

The Cerebral Bore is the most goated weapon in the entire Turok franchise.

[@gsd_shirokuma8155]

Turok is one of the games that I play to remember my dad. He loved these games. Been playing through the remasters and loving them all over again. I hope they remaster turok evolution. Dad loved that game the most.

[@zakwojnar4714]

Turok Evolution may not be fondly regarded, but it is the game that forced me to learn how to play FPS games with dual analog controls, since the sticks could not be remapped. For that, I will forever be grateful.

[@soyborne.bornmadeandundone1342]

For me it was time splitters 1 and shortly after, red faction. Then halo CE came out and sort of perfected the whole 2 analog sticks style of shooting.

[@Gruntvc]

For me, it was Medal of Honor 1999.

[@Jay_SUBZ3R0]

If there’s one iconic video game character who I definitely believe deserves to be a guest character in Mortal Kombat, it’s Turok!

[@theoutlawking9123]

Except Nightwolf is basically him.

[@robertstone9325]

NightWolf's existence will probably keep Turok out of MK.

[@OuterSpaceMan64]

Joshua Fireseed or Tal’Set would be sick

[@DemonBlanka]

The thing that always stuck out to me about Turok is how it's AK looked so much better than Goldeneye's.

[@joshualeon163]

I remember trynna beat this game without being able to save because i didn't have the thing to save (forgot the name of the thing used to save games on nintendo). I was always sad when i had to turn it off cuz i had to start from zero all the time. The game is an absolute goat, i will never forget the sounds of this game like picking up the currency tirangle thingys.

[@PNDKM]

We had the same issue. It wasnt common for the local game store to have memory packs.

[@Armageddon-yt3so]

Ah Memory Paks yeah I remember those lol. Still have mine from when I was a kid.

[@BanAaron]

I had the same issue with Crash Bandicoot on PS1

[@GamingWithMarqYT]

Same. Every game had to start from the beginning. Could never beat any game as a kid. lol.

[@Piromysl359]

What i hated the most about Turok 2 is that it was so incredibly essy to get stuck with no idea where to go next.

[@malachihill8677]

I loved playing Turok Evolution multiplayer with my brother.

[@PNDKM]

We used to pick the map where raptors appear at the bottom and just shoot them 😂

[@ChapyGuy]

@@PNDKM That's also the way me and my friends played Evolution! Is this just a weird shared Turok fan experience? That or one of use would also be a raptor and go down with the others.

[@Denizu]

Nothing makes me happier than Ketchup's variety hour!

[@solikeletsbenerdy]

This video was my first knowledge of Turrock getting a new game thank you for letting me know once of my favorite franchises

[@NotsoseriousNick]

Here in Italy, the N64 wasn't as big as the PlayStation, so in my youth I wasn't even aware of the console. When I was exposed to it for the first time as a teen, Turok was one of the first games I saw on it. Got to play Turok 2 on PC recently. Was having a blast for the first three levels and then the Lair of the Blind Ones happened and it kinda ruined everything for me but man, up until that point the game was amazing.

[@blooddumpster3427]

I loved the Turok 2 multiplayer and my friends and I spent countless hours on it. It had wild maps. Fond memories.

[@BanAaron]

I vividly remember playing Turok Evolution as a kid and being too terrified of the dinosaurs to ever play past the first level lol The intro cutscene thing where the tomahawk splats the head of the lizard guy was also the goriest thing I had ever seen at a 6 year old. I remember having nightmares about it. Good times!

[@blackm4niac]

If I recall correctly, Joshua was actually an unlockable character in the original N64 version. Except the unlock conditions were rather difficult. I think you had to finish the game with both characters back to back on a higher or even the highest difficulty and never dying once. Yeah, good luck with that.

[@PNDKM]

I couldn't see anything online about it but perhaps I didn't look hard enough. The raptor is new though im fairly sure?

[@blackm4niac]

@@PNDKM The Raptor is new, at least I never heard about him being unlockable. It's a bit difficult to confirm the Joshua thing given that every walkthrough page lumps the original and the remaster together, so it's hard to tell if that information was added with the remaster or has always been there. But I'm fairly ceratin Joshua had always been in the game as a secret character.

[@kretschmannjonathan6237]

Cannot wait for a remaster of rage war !😍

[@BlueRazzRushh]

I played so much Turok Rage Wars in my childhood. My cart was the original black N64 cart, and it was a bummer when my buddies and I learned it was impossible to complete in coop due to a bug with that copy. It was out for too long to recall, so they just shipped normal grey carts in waves after the initial release. Still have to get a copy of that one. It wasn’t just a PAL issue as mine was NTSC, but I don’t even think we could get to Tal Set. We could do some trials here and there, but sometime after Syra and Warclubs in a Frag Tag match is where the issue occurred. No matter how many times we won, we always failed.

[@Kreyowitz]

I love the Turok series, was extremely happy when Nightdive remastered 1,2 and 3 on PC and they are fantastic, now all they need to do is remake Rage Wars and I'll be happy. Also excited for the new game, TPS or not I'll take more Turok any day.

[@caffeineclown4884]

I always loved how the cerebral bore didn’t work on the Pur-Lins. I guess their heads were too thick but child me always thought they had brains too small and smooth to drill. Maybe it’s a bit of both. Just little attention to detail moments like that really made that game special to me

[@TheBellTolls]

Whaaaat, no Escape from the Lost Valley mention?? I kid, I know you specified FPS titles. Great video! Really enjoyed seeing some of the games I've never played like Rage Wars, Evolution, and the hand helds. Side note: The T2 commercial never gets old.

[@DARamosYT]

Sadly, I think it was pulled from the Steam store. So probably no easy way to review it.

[@R1psArena]

Love this! Phenomenal work with this video & brings back those glorious childhood memories!

[@Cookie_85]

Also what was strange with the 2008 Turok was the inconsistancy with violence. Like in the video shown Dinos get turned into gibblets but the human characters just get some slight partical effecta when there hit.

[@ramsesjfg7668]

I just finished the Turok 3 remaster and they really nailed the visuals for that one. A Rage Wars remake (instead of remaster) would be amazing for Nightdive, especially if they added more characters/skins and perhaps even fixed up some of the map layouts. I have no doubt that Nightdive Studios would bring something special to the table if they worked on that.

[@NEPHALEM4751]

At the end of credits it saids "STOP ASKING FOR RAGE WARS" i dobut we'll get one 😓

[@ramsesjfg7668]

@@NEPHALEM4751 That seemed sarcastic to me, as if they were really saying "We heard you loud and clear; no need to keep asking". That message was also later removed from the credits, at least for the Switch version.

[@MiloTheMightyDude]

John Turok's Bad Mustache Day is not how I expected this franchise to go out for over a decade.

[@SharpsPanda]

Loved this. I always loved this franchise, but it fell off so hard after 3. This makes me want to go back and replay them.

[@Fallub]

Great to see this series get a proper retrospective. Thanks.

[@curliboi]

It's nice to see even if you guys don't talk about mortal kombat i'm invested enough to stay a whole hour learning about a game I've never even heard of

[@PNDKM]

Yesssss mate

[@demeterstidbits7146]

DIDN’T EXPECT TO SEE THIS ON THE CHANNEL! Huge part of my childhood and i’m currently doing the remasters on my PS5. Extremely excited about Origins. To me it looks like as if the original 3 games were made today, i know some people are nervous snd have gripes but to me everything is still there but cranked up. The weird tech enemies and wacky alien stuff still remains except that 3rd person camera. Hopefully you can switch between camera modes but we’ll see.. I WANNA SEE ADON TOO always loved her character.

[@Alucard5595]

Turok Evolution on the GBA was one of my favorites for that console. I'm glad that this video gives it the recognition it truly deserves. That being said I think Rage wars deserves to be re-released. I think with the amount of people into retro nowadays I think it would flourish especially with a modding community. Seeing Saber in the new game with other potential Turok makes me ask questions because as a comic book fan as well because like Ketchup said in the video Turok is a Mantle Passed by the Saquin Tribe from generation to generation.

[@bingospacejunkie629]

You had me as soon as i saw the video length

[@PNDKM]

Ayyyyyyy

[@Ryuuk00]

This was one of my favorite series growing up so glad to see someone I follow make a video on it. ❤

[@Cyriu]

I remember how shocked I was when I first saw Turok Dinosaur Hunter. I went from playing DOOM on the SNES to seing Goldeneye and Dinosaur Hunter in a few days time and it blew my mind. My overall take for each game: - Dinosaur Hunter is defintely the 2nd best and still an awesome shooter that stands the test of time. - Seeds of Evil is easily the best one and were the series peaked. To this day, alongside Perfect Dark, I consider it one of the more technically impressive FPS games ever, even when compared to many modern ones. - Rage Wars is just a fun time and I love that they included a Trails mode and not just simply multiplayer matches. - Shadow of Oblivion took steps forward in the technical aspects, but steps backwards in the design aspects. I still have a soft spot for it because it's gameplay basis are solid and it have a excelent pacing. - Evolution was very dissapointing. I did played it a lot, even though deep down I knew it was bad, because I was coping as a Turok fan. It have a few highlights but not enough to safe it. - 2008 is one part dissapointing because it's not really a Turok game but still a pretty fun and solid shooter that I did enjoy. And it had some very cool gameplay ideas such as the knife kills. As for the new Turok Origins; admitedly my reaction was one of anger at first because I was hoping for a DOOM (2016)-like game for Turok. But after some thinking I calmed down a little bit. I am still not sold on the game yet and I hope that newer information can convince me that it's gonna be a worthy follow up to the N64 trilogy. My biggest issues is it being in 3rd person and a co-op experience, which screams to me as trend chasing. But it has the cyborg dinosaurs and aliens involved, I do dig the new Turok biosuits, and the enviroments so far look pretty neat. I hope that Saber prove my doubts wrong eventually, because I do want a new Turok game that is at least good.

[@chrisbarcia8288]

right on time, been playing Turok 2

[@gaming_bigfoot]

Rage Wars is all I had from the franchise, and I thoroughly enjoyed it, despite the co-op and save deletion bugs

[@GinisisDroid]

Didn't expected this channel to cover this kind of video, but it's welcome watch, I hope u keep making more of this kind of long or retrospective type video

[@PublicHeaIth]

Love to see you guys talking about things you are clearly passionate about! Keep up the good work guys.

[@Skuttie]

He's Turok, he's Turok, SHE'S TUROK! Are there any other Turoks I should know about?!

[@Pabzooloo]

HEY

[@brainc0la-_-]

I. AM. TUROK.

[@ThatDogBomber]

I didn't know i needed this video

[@jjopilis6634]

Turok 2 is my all time fav, the soundtrack and the atmosphere and the gameplay is soooooo awesome. Grew up playing it and still go back.

[@OsakaSan]

Unexpected video. Will be my watch before bed today.

[@KazanmaTheSilverWind]

I've yet to start Turok but I know Nightdive does solid work

[@MasterMewtwo239]

This should get a Civvie 11 cover too.

[@j.m.a6045]

Turok is awesome! I'm glad the series is making a comeback!😤

[@Itsthatbun]

I was not expecting the nostalgia of hearing the gameboy Turok's music. I never really considered it a favorite series or anything, but I DID play a lot of the gameboy title

[@resurgemas]

You just unlocked a childhood memory with the rage wars gbc one.

[@kazzykaioken8873]

Turok Evolution is underrated!

[@ireaperslegend7426]

One of my favorite franchises of all time :) the nightdive remasters are a dream come true for me. They’re PERFECT.

[@Altar360]

I remember seeing my cousin play Turok 1. Never had an N64 but I remembered how cool it was. So I got Turok Evolution with my Gamecube… could not beat the game without cheats. I’m super nostalgic for it, the music, the enemy faction of the Slegs. But yeah… not as good as I remember.

[@DieHardjagged]

It is incredibly funny though how on the Nintendo 64 Cover of Turok its Joshua Fireseed fighting a Dinosaur and not actually Tal'Set.

[@jayrassicpark]

Turok was my very first FPS, we used to call them doom like back then. Seeing my favourite MK channel talking about Turok is a surprise to be sure but a welcome one and while I am kinda disapointed Origins will be a coop based shooter instead of a classic single player campaign I still look forward to it because this is Turok ffs !

[@OneHandDan]

I remember enjoying some Turok books I had as a kid.

[@yaladhotshot3805]

Really happy to see you do a homage to this series. Really good video as usual, Ketchup!

[@TrollPrince]

i knew nothing about turok, and now i know a lot about turok including that there's a new game coming out

[@RileySkye100]

Fun fact about Rage Wars: with that bug at the end of the game, Acclaim was aware of the issue. So for that reason, anyone that wrote a complaint letter or something to the company, I think if you mailed your copy of Rage Wars to them, they send you a replacement in the normal grey cartridge but with the bug fixed. The grey cartridge variant these days go for $500+.

[@MrSandmanTBB]

on top of liking fighting games, i also like boomer shooters so this is definitely welcome

[@Ka_Five]

Oh man. My friends and I played so much Rage Wars. What an incredible game that was

[@aqgpandemic5406]

God I love Nightdive they’re so goated

[@FurryStockings]

improved technology, r-rating success here and there, more and more indigenous actors in movies, I think we're ready for a Turok movie :)

[@GrldChknSndwch]

Was not expecting a Turok video, lets go 😎

[@AMDGBananaBen]

Oooh, I wasn't expecting this but I'm all for it! Turok enjoyer myself since the mid 90s =) The 2nd game is my personal favourite, ever since getting my hands on the cerebral bore which might be one of the most brutal guns every made haha

[@Zafarnama111]

This walk down memory was so sick. Thank you.

[@mostverticalproductions4808]

Turok 1 and 2 are such great games, and I liked Evolution. I hope the new game isn't bad.

[@Pershath08]

Joshua was actually originally playable in Turok 3. The unlock requirements were just ridiculous. You had to beat both campaigns on the same file with no deaths on the hardest difficulty.

[@PlayingGilly]

This is how i find out a new Turok game is coming soon. Jesus, I am out of the loop. Loved this series back in the day. Must grab the Nightdive remasters.

[@markmorris6721]

This was a very cool video. I’m glad you included the handheld versions.

[@metallica1108]

I remember renting out rage wars so much. Unfortunately it was the 1.0 version so i couldn't complete the co-op with my bro. Still a blast and hopefully we get a remaster for it

[@JrodXX]

Had to do a double take on the channel that uploaded this lol. Excited to watch it.

[@thisismybassgun]

Ahhhh, i heard you mention this on TKO, didn't know it would be so soon!

[@ProdriveGT]

"nooooot like thiiissss" -joel

[@b47ance81]

dunkey would be proud

[@GamingWithMarqYT]

Man say, I remember playing the 1st Turok on N64 and Turok Evolution on GameCube. I still got the GameCube disc.

[@Gruntvc]

I got Turok 1 at release back in the 1990s for N64. Never got the other games, was busy with Goldeneye and Perfect Dark, but I have played through the 3 Nightdive remasters. I liked Turok 2008, might even be my favorite Turok as I enjoy its take on Aliens 1986 but with dinosaurs. Shame we didn't get that sequel, looked like the dev was listening to the players and adding more crazy weapons & enemies to the game. Co op and multiplayer was fun too.

[@LtheOriginal]

54:00 "To take down a group known as Wolfpac! Headed up by Kane their leader!" As a pro-wrestling fan, that confused me.

[@Scorpion122178]

Something I wish you mentioned in the 2007 game was the stealth and interactive elements. You could shoot a flare towards the enemies to draw raptors towards them which was really neat back in 2007. The enemy AI logic was really good too from what I remember they'd try to flank you, smoke you out of cover with grenades, and the tall grass let you play silently with just knife and bow kills if you wanted. I really liked 2007 as a game but yeah I agree it wasn't Turok.

[@PNDKM]

The only issue is that I'd you get spotted once its a huge firefight anyway, and because pulse rifle is so busted I never had to do stealth at any point on inhuman difficulty

[@Scorpion122178]

@@PNDKM You're right but I still thought the mechanics were neat for a 2007 shooter.

[@eth102]

I am so glad the nightdive remakes came out so I could experience these games. My first Turok experience was the reboot on Xbox 360 and I never got very far. Turok 2 is now in my top 10 FPS games of all time. Still need to play 3 though.

[@ClintLowe]

Turok 08 suffered because it didn't have extra media to draw from. Around 2008, Dinesh and his friends were attempting to gather the rights to the comics but Jim Shooter found a higher bidder. Shooter pocketed the money and screwed over the then budding Rebirth of Valiant comics. Dynamite comics, the current rights holder, has no interest in reprinting the old books and some of the Gold Key characters are now owned by a new company. This further ties up any republishing of the Acclaim era stories.

[@ryanrowe1975]

Good video

[@Shiratto]

Just remembered I have Turok 2 on the N64 lying ariund, so I'll be back to this vid when I finish it!

[@frankdux5785]

I seem to remember putting an eff ton of time into rage wars single player, despite the MP focus. I think it was a testament to my later diagnosed ADD… couldnt finish a story driven game for the life of me but couldnt get enough mindless bot death match 😎

[@Dicky_The_Slayer]

Doom and Turok are my favorite FPS franchises and the Only ones I play.

[@SynthLizard8]

49:12 Oh my goodness! he's soo cute! look at him go with he's tiny tail!

[@LilCastingCouch8D]

Can we get a competitive history of mk11 talking bout the competitive scene year by year and the meta shifts after each patch just an idea, know it’d be a hard video to make

[@SotNist]

Turok 3 is definitely structured and paced differently than Turok 1 & 2, but even 2 felt like an incremental deviation in some ways, and 3 is way good for what it is - a very Half Life esque game - especially for it's time. I never got to play it back then and was blown away playing the Nightdive remaster. 1 is the best though imo, even though the immense scope of levels in 2 is still really impressive. Can't wait for the new game.

[@EinDose]

You know, I don't think I would've liked Rage Wars when it came out, but now, I think I'd really like an arena shooter that just goes 'no, we're not doing weird insane movement tech, you have RUN, JUMP, and SHOOT, get good at those things and that's it'. Especially with the remarkably solid amount of characters and weapons!

[@Deckaio]

29:15 Well, that are some fighting words. If you mean, as a strict multiplayer FPS, then yes. But I can't even think of any other arena-shooter from the top of my head for the N64. If you include FPS with multiplayer in them, it's on place 3. (2nd place being Goldeneye, with Perfect Dark on place 1). And I saying this as someone who loved playing Rage Wars.

[@aaronjoshuaflores]

turok evolution on my gamecube was all i would play!

[@kretschmannjonathan6237]

I love turok dinosaur hunter !🤩

[@itsTapseeTheNative]

This is the first I'm hearing of a new Turok game. I'll have to go check that out... Brb

[@itsTapseeTheNative]

Interesting. I've been saying for years that I want a Doom treatment for Turok. I hope this turns out good, but the state of gaming today leaves me... Unexhilarated. I like that Tomahawk they show, and what was shown is interesting, of course dinosaurs so that's nice to see and the weapons look cool so we'll see what's cooking

[@NukeEmRico]

The Turok series is a big blind spot for me so I really enjoyed this video

[@joshwatts7540]

praying the algorithm is kind to you, you would fit in great in the long form game content

[@PNDKM]

We can only hope

[@eliasrobinson5059]

Rage wars is the reason me and my brothers are demons on all fps games we can’t till origins come out

[@Gigglebitten]

That turok 1 music is ingrained and primal 😆

[@Mochapandakupo]

I ordered Chinese food and made some tea just for this. This is so cool!!! 🌸🐼🌸

[@PNDKM]

A succulent Chinese meal

[@AljoschaW1993]

Variety is always welcome

[@Jireblade]

One thing that feels like misinformation. Nightdive didn't "create" the feature of playing as Joshua in "Turok 3". I know because I unlocked him in the N64 version. I do think they might have added the raptor though as I never unlocked that on N64 but I kinda shelved my copy after playing as Joshua so who knows.

[@PNDKM]

This has been mentioned a few times in the comments and I was DEFINITELY mistaken about Joshua. I didn't have T3 as a kid and couldn't find much online about the secret character, so it's definitely my bad. The raptor is new to Nightdive though.

[@Jireblade]

@@PNDKM Oh. Wasn't trying to be rude or anything. I actually agree with every opinion too. Turok 2 was by far my favorite also. I remember back when Acclaim mentioned the co-op bug and we could send in our cartridge for a fixed version. Which would come back as a "grey cart". I'm still kicking myself for not going through with it. I still have a lot of "question mark" unlockables on my n64 copy of "Turok 3" and have no clue what most of them are. Vid was fun to watch btw. Nostalgia feels for Rage wars.

[@SalamanderLights]

I don't know if you plan on doing more non-MK work in your usual style like this video, but I will be here for it if you do.

[@PNDKM]

Would love to! I just don't want to alienate the core audience which is definitely mk focused.

[@quaker5712]

Awesome video. We need more love for Turok games. Given Doom 2016 and Eternal's success I'm hoping we see a return to the arena style movement and combat for the new one though is it bad that I've only just heard about Turok Origins through this video?

[@ignap]

I wasn't hyped for a new Turok game, i just thought it was neat, but after watching this video I really want to see what they bring to the table :)

[@Jhonnykiller45]

Very cool video, I played through Turok 1 and 2 a while ago and had plenty of fun. Unfortunately I kinda feel like the new game will have similar issues to the 2008 game where it's barely or not at all related to the originals so I can't really be excited about it for that, but we'll see.