First Ever Thomas the Tank Engine Game | RAGE | Octav1us

[@jlindsayuk]

George Carlin narrated for the US version. It was Michael Angelis that replaced Ringo Starr in the UK. Why I felt I needed to let you know that, I'll never know, but I can sleep soundly tonight now.

[@jlindsayuk]

@jin jam You had to mention Alec Baldwin.. He was in a film called Shining Time (I think it was a spin off from some American TV Show) which crossed over to Thomas the Tank Engine. Basically, he was from "the real world", but dicking around in Sodor, covering for the Fat Controller or something. Now for my excuse.. My son is called Thomas. When he was 3, it was all that was on TV. All. Bloody. Day.

[@jlindsayuk]

Also, you may be able to tell... Sleeping soundly didn't work out!

[@gwishart]

@@jlindsayuk The Americans didn't get to see "Thomas & Friends" series in it's original form. Instead they got a live-action programme called "Shining Time Station" set in a railway station; with Ringo Starr (and later replacements) appearing on screen as a tiny bloke called "Mr Conductor" who lives in a magic painting and interacts with a variety of banal characters and awful puppets. Part of this involves him telling stories about a railway in "the magical and far-away land of Sodor" (apparently "fictional island off the coast of Barrow-in-Furness" wasn't deemed an exciting enough setting by the Yank TV networks). The stories were presented as the original footage from the British TV series, but with changes to the script and soundtrack - sometimes to replace British railway terminology (eg. "caboose" instead of "brake-van"); sometimes to change names of characters (eg. the Fat Controller was called by his real name of "Sir Topham Hatt", in case it made obese American kids feel bad for eating so much cake); and sometimes to tone down the plot for the more delicate sensibilities of Americans (eg. removing a lot of the threats of engines being scrapped - basically a death sentence; taking out the comments that Henry deserved to be punished for being a dick etc.). The film you're thinking of sounds like "Thomas and the Magic Railroad" which was basically a feature length version of an episode of Shining Time Station, but without the awful puppets. It seems to be have been released under the name "Shining Time Station" in some markets, presumably where people would have heard of the American TV series.

[@jlindsayuk]

@@gwishart that's the film!

[@stuartkenny7430]

In a mini-connection, Michael Angelis' brother Paul was the voice of Ringo in Yellow Submarine (1968). ;)

[@gwishart]

I think Rich Pelley summed up this game perfectly in his original review from Your Sinclair: "Possibly one of the only budget games which is equally entertaining regardless of whether you load it or not." 32%

[@HairyDalek]

There are a few horrible punishments meted out on Sodor. In one story, an engine called Smudger was punished by having his wheels taken off, mounted on bricks and turned into some kind of track-side generator. He was stuck watching all the other engines run about FOREVER.

[@battra92]

Godred got put in the back of the shed and his parts were taken one by one to mend the other engines on the Mountain Railway.

[@b3glck702]

I agree, some of these punishments I reckon inspired some of the most evil people in history. Damn you Thomas the Tank Engine

[@QJ89]

That's only half the story: Stanley / Smudger was later moved to a mine where he pumped water out. One day, he broke down and the mine got flooded, causing both it and the railway to close. You're welcome!

[@HairyDalek]

I have to re-read the books.

[@chriswood-nostalgic8900]

@@b3glck702+ Smudger to a degree was really rude. However, the characters do make amends and care about eachother, mostly the NWR characters.

[@MrPixiepantz]

I never realised that rail logistics were so complicated. Sorry South Western Railway, I always assumed the poor service was due to inept management rather than petulant anthropomorphic engines!

[@azzamatic4190]

Yay the intros back

[@Thematt11]

I always enjoy looking back and realizing that the fat controller in the old series was a stone cold psychopath.

[@DashCamSheffield]

What I love, and will always love, is that they built a warehouse sized model layout for the whole of the Island of Sodor. They spent years playing with a large model railway, the set was so massive they filmed a series called Tug, based on New York Tug boats (which they hated, due to the underwater tracks used to move the ships around). They do a 3D universe now, but I think the physical model is much better

[@SimonS-ph5dz]

Once again, you made me laugh. Thank you Octavius Kitten! “I’m a train!.......F*ck off Percy!”. Absolutely hilarious!!!

[@QJ89]

From what I've seen of the Sinclair port, the green tank engine looks more like Duck than Percy. I guess "F**k off Duck!" doesn't have as good a ring. 😁

[@alanmcmeechan52]

I laughed at the"WTF Ringo" .... I thought only John, Paul and George ever said that.

[@15-Peter-20]

@@alanmcmeechan52 no , no you didn't

[@MisterHughes]

My favourite Carlin era episode was "7 words you can't say on kids television."

[@mastermarkus5307]

3:00 - That punishment is super weird, because now the Fat Controller is just... down one whole train because he decided it had to be PUNISHED FOR ITS VANITY FOR ETERNITY.

[@ann_onn]

Henry gets released in the next episode. Season 1 Episode 3, "The Sad Story of Henry", he gets bricked up in the tunnel. Episode 4, "Edward, Gordon and Henry", he's released to help Gordon.

[@WhatHoSnorkers]

I read a short story once (by a respected, award-winning writer) where cars were breeding. Fortunately the mechanics of the act, and of child-birth, were hidden from us.

[@CyberSpider35]

In Soviet Union we had cartoon "Паровозик из Ромашково" (Tank Engine from Romashkovo) in 1967. In this cartoon you can also see tank engine with humanish face, which stops every time for some emotional reason, but no tophat dude and he wasn't buried alive. I really love Thomas when I was little. Even more than Transphormers. Me and my big brother actually had some conflict over that (he want to watch Transphormers and I want to watch Thomas The Tank Engine). I didin't remember it had so creepy and meanspirited episode.

[@FloppydriveMaestro]

Never before have I heard anyone describe diesel from Thomas the tank engine as an "utter nobstick". That is officially my new favourite thing

[@LdeinerProductions]

As someone who was a HUGE fan of Thomas as a kid, the thing everybody ignores is that episode with the train being mailed was actually a two partner and he got out and became a major charictor. Also, we can both bond over the fact that Sr. Tophem Hat (which is pretty much all we knew him as in America) is a really bad name. Reminds me of Mustachio Discuiso from Masters of Duiscise

[@gwishart]

According to his letters, the Rev. W. Awdry created the Fat Director (who became the Fat Controller in later stories) as a satire of pompous middle-managers and gave him a deliberately pompous name.

[@LdeinerProductions]

gwishart that's amazing. Although I still remember Ashens saying he should be called "Sr Wankshaft McShitstain. Seems fitting.

[@pp37903]

As a rail safety professional, this game makes me want to weep. All I can think about is filling out incident forms whenever Thomas hits rocks.

[@AdventureGameGeek]

Watching this on the train and expecting Percy to come along at any moment...Your videos never fail to brighten my day, thank you 😊

[@paulgascoigne5343]

Percy needs to understand no means no.. repeatably ramming your face into other people's behinds without permission is creepier than some of Octavius' stalkers.. _blink_ _blink_

[@polishenglish8356]

Yet another video I loved to bits!

[@polishenglish8356]

@@octaviusking Oh no no no...thank YOU for making such an amazing content!

[@burntreynolds1068]

I played this once during my childhood. Vividly recall not understanding it at all. Of course, as a kid you normally persevere with shitty games (because there's little else to compare the experience to) but hell, even I knew this was a shitty game.

[@DanielLopez-up6os]

The intro is great as ever.

[@DTRproductions]

I was in a dark mood trying to cheer up whilst editing a thing, listening to this made me smile, you are so right about all of it, thank you for cheering me up, now time to nom my edit with newly found vigour! :)

[@benjaminbeatty5653]

Thanks!

[@bigbigarchive]

3:16 He was let out of the tunnel in the next episode

[@ChelleBelleCosplay]

First time viewer here- I saw you in the KZbin panel at MCM and you quickly became my new personal hero. Can't wait to see more of your videos!

[@deanmoncaster]

The Sinclair spectrum music sounds like all the spectrum music I've ever heard and I've the biggest collection in the world!

[@gummybread]

All of my experience from thomas the tank engine, was its segments from the show Shining Time Station, where ringo and eventually george played 18 inch tall humans called Mr. conductor hidden in a real station and told some weird kids stories about sodor. Also, there was a jerk that constantly tried to steal money from the kids, and a jukebox full of puppets played music. Dont know if i learned any morals from it, but hey, i think puppets are cool at least. Also Octav1us seems to have a VERY specific library of books, its quite impressive

[@stevemayne9305]

I have driven Diesel in real life! I was also pulled by Thomas whilst inside Henrietta. I think Gordon was involved at some point who dropped us up at the next town. The joy of having kids and taking them to the local heritage railway. My boys are watching your video and were giggling. Used to have a Thomas the Tank Engine on Wii, believe me that it was much worse than the games you reviewed!

[@stevemayne9305]

The subgames involve scrubbing Thomas with lots of soapy bubbles and then giving him a blow dry. And playing snap. My boys laughed like drains :)

[@dungeonseeker3087]

I had so much fun watching you play this on Twitch, except for that rage inducing song..... Thanks Octav1us, stay brilliant

[@tonydeltablues]

shows how open-minded you are to cover a commode game! Very happy to watch your videos:-) You're a diamond, girl!

[@daisyblonde87]

Am I the only one that noticed the screen when The Fat Controller tells Thomas off which says, "Be Carefull Thomas" rather than "Be Careful Thomas"? Great way to teach spelling to children! Enjoyed the review, thank you. x

[@LittlePixelTM]

I saw it too. Terrible quality control. The speccy version has the correct spelling if it's any consolation (yes I checked lol)

[@chrishopkins209]

Forgotten episodes: "Thomas and the failed rail franchise renewal", "Thomas and the bloke who walked on the track", "Thomas and Jimmy Savile"

[@profile1674]

This episode had me up in stitches, good work!

[@jat240]

I actually watched this episode twice. I found it very entertaining, good job!!

[@MarcWeertsMusic]

Maybe a crap game - but another brilliant and hilarious video! :-D Also really liked the introduction you did, especially of that bizarre episode that seems to blend Thomas the Tank Engine with Edgar Allan Poe's The Cask of Amontillado...

[@strain42]

The other day I made dinner and put it on my desk, but I forgot my drink so I went back into the kitchen to get it. When I came back into my room, my dinner was gone. I left the room and came back 3 times trying to get my dinner to respawn, and when it FINALLY did I STILL got run over by that jerk, Percy! Anyway, super great video, Octav1us Train!

[@LeifGrahamsson]

I loved this game, so calming and therapeutic... I'd flick the controller left to right to clear the screen of trains. I loved the first Postman Pat game on the C64 too. Alternative Software seemed to make games that trundled along with pretty good versions of the theme-tunes and sometimes caught the feel of the shows like little sandbox games. Count Duckula's SID chip tune drove my parents craaaaazy when my little brother played it over and over... and over.

[@SamsRoomGaming]

Awesome review!

[@Ranger_Kevin]

Phantastic video, as always. Love it !

[@nameless5413]

ohh fancy remastered music! glad to see new vid 4:07 aaaand thats the soundtrack that should be in every nightmare now on, or as mentioned din video hell indeed. and it even looks like Oktavius had fun that is very nice to see. well done

[@progbloke6655]

That was one of your best videos, absolutely hilarious !

[@AlexR_89]

Why did I think you were going to call him little blue bastard instead of little blue engine?

[@jaycee1980]

A lot of Spectrum 48K game music was equivalent to having an electric mixer shoved down your ears, with only a few exceptions :)

[@jaycee1980]

@Captain Kirk not feeding the trolls :)

[@jaycee1980]

@Captain Kirk yawn :)

[@pp37903]

The 128k was altogether a different kettle of fish, though.

[@paulgascoigne5343]

Its good to see another video from you! Yaayyy Octavius Kitten!

[@jamiecullen9075]

Never have I laughed so much, I used to love watching this on VHS tapes

[@Matty112uk]

I actually remember watching the episode where they bricked in Henry, god I'm old! Funny why the did that, the original books called 'The Railway Series' were written by a Reverend! Henry wasn't bricked up for all eternity though, he was released a few weeks later to help Edward pull Gordon's Express train :) By the time this game came out I was about 12. Great video!

[@gwishart]

It's precisely because the books were written by a Reverend that Henry was bricked up in the tunnel. There was always a moral message in the stories - in this case "if you're going to be a dick, expect to be punished".

[@rachroyston6697]

omg the memories came flooding back as a three year old playing the c64 version, awesome vid as always

[@RoqueFortStu]

I had the spectrum version of this, it was frustrating with the limited controls and engines appearing out of the blue, with us often yelling "where did he come from?! He wasn't on the last screen!" However, I was such a massive fan of the TV show I quite liked this game!

[@SLHellGirlFan]

Heh I used to watch this show as a kid lol never knew all the crazy plot points lol great video as always 😁

[@UpLateGeek]

@5:17 Isn't the London tube pretty much all automated, so the driver's just there in case anything goes wrong? Which pretty much amounts to announcing over the PA that there's a problem. Which could be done remotely from the control room anyway, so he knows he's pretty much entirely redundant, and could lose his job at any moment. Hence why he's miserable.

[@UpLateGeek]

@@octaviusking In that case I'm glad you don't have to put up with that anymore! (:

[@kmannzl]

Well done Octav1us! I'm not about to scroll through 503 comments to make sure I'm the first person to say this but, I thoroughly enjoyed you post and I intend to try playing this game again in the near future. thanks for the 'tips'. Stay awesome. Stay positive. Keep posting and tweeting and Stuff. Please realise that you make a difference to people all over the world. Lots of Retro Gamer love from New Zealand.

[@richardpurves]

Ok I made it all the way to the bus replacement service line and utterly lost it. Well done!

[@1Thunderfire]

This is the first time I've seen your channel pop up in my recommendations so I thought I'd check it out since a review about a Thomas the Tank Engine game was quite likely to be hilarious and creepy. And it was! And that Thomas face at 4:09 is especially hilariously creepy. Going to check out your other videos afterwards. I mean, you showed Ceefax in your intro for crying out loud; it makes me feel ancient! :D

[@fotofillholland]

oh my god, deeply buried trauma returning, I've got PTSD from that episode of Thomas.

[@skippertheeyechild6621]

The ghost train episode scared the absolute shit out of me when I was kid.

[@theangryholmesian4556]

Glad I'm not the only one! The music haunts me to this day.

[@rjds1800]

@Octav1us thank you for this. I too like the original series and remember the infamous episode as well... this review is hilarious 🤣

[@iouiou2121]

I was laughing the whole time great video as always keep up the great work 😁

[@spwolftech]

Decided to do a 5 year Anniversary channel marathon so here is my HI to try and make the algorithm be nice. Fun no matter how many times i have watched them.

[@gazzofdoom]

Genuinely LOVE this channel's intro music. 😍

[@gazzofdoom]

Also F**k Percy

[@LittlePixelTM]

I love how the game devs couldn't even spell 'Careful Thomas'. QC wasn't up to much back then I guess ;) Great Video Octavius - Many grins here :)

[@LittlePixelTM]

@@octaviusking It looks super frustrating. (goes to find ZX .sna version ;) Love your channel - hope you enjoy making it as we do watching. Granny's Garden vid is a work of art.

[@LittlePixelTM]

@@octaviusking It's spelt correctly in Speccy Version!

[@mickaka]

Had a few drinks one night and watched the ghost train episode in the dark, very nearly shat myself.

[@skippertheeyechild6621]

It's genuinely terrifying. Very few people understand this.

[@theangryholmesian4556]

I had a collection of TtTE Halloween episodes. That was on it. That frigging episode and it's music HAUNTS me to this day!

[@jupytaire]

Best video of the week!

[@TykeYT]

Wow, I literally just discovered your channel and had to sub after hearing the Intro song... Sheer genius and Bloody brilliant !!!

[@CultureFusionSite]

Oh Octav1us, how I've missed your blend of cheeky British sarcasm and sexiness. Always be you and never change for anyone.

[@gordontaylor2815]

If the abomination of a "reboot" ever gets a video game tie in, you should be all over that just for the opportunity to rage about it! ;)

[@SamJDH]

Your god damn intro song has been stuck in my head all day! xD

[@JL0ndon]

I love love love your content but i just gotta say it- your intro is a little long. Lol i know it by heart. It’s a super cute song! But once in a while maybe edit down a quick intro? Like they do on sitcoms sometimes if they want to use as much of 28 mins as possible lol but damn who knew Thomas could be so frightening and truly could be an existential horror?! when they paved that one into a tunnel- i was thinking that’s traumatic! Also I’m jealsois of your unicorn bling! Lol

[@MM-ep2zq]

I think the Fat Controller must have given Percy a job after he was sacked from Northern Rail. It's pretty much a similar level of service😂

[@Domarius64]

God I love your vids :) At least you're really funny when you're genuinely pissed off!

[@hdestotallyunoriginalgamin3555]

When you have heard the big beat mix of the Thomas the Tank Engine theme on the internet, there is not much left in life.

[@welshwisdom]

Great video as always!!!!!

[@Bnuttn]

Very well made video! I just found your channel and I'm a new subscriber :)

[@theoldar]

I think this my be my new favorite Octav1us video!

[@nneeerrrd]

I absolutely love your sense of humor :)

[@ThymeKeeper]

Pootling along? I learn so much about the British from this series :D.

[@Rip-Van-Tinkle]

Us Brits love a good pootle 😂

[@ThymeKeeper]

@@Rip-Van-Tinkle I think that would be what an American would call "moseying" :D

[@gwishart]

@@ThymeKeeper My dictionary defines both words as "to walk or move in a leisurely manner." Interestingly, it appears that "pootle" was first recorded in the 1970s - a combination of the verbs "poodle" and "tootle" that both have a similar meaning to "pootle".

[@philstraintravels9281]

As a fellow northerner like Octav1us I love the words we use. I come from Chesterfield (north Derbyshire) and we don't believe in wasting words here, why use 30 words when 10'll do. When I use the 'C' word its hard to tell if I'm swearing or just saying "couldn't"

[@edbadyt]

I'm brittish, 34 years old and have never heard anyone use the word

[@StuartCGadgetRev]

Awesome video Octy! Never caught this game first time around... And I wouldn't now because it looks terrible, but your video was really entertaining!

[@slowbasil]

If I remember rightly in the books Henry is eventually released from his tunnel, so hopefully that eases some of the mental scarring.

[@ChamplainValleyRailSnapshots]

Man I love your intro. Just the best.

[@hiroprotagonist1587]

Yet another great review but I think you and I both are going to regret this next question, have you watched Shed 17?

[@saturn1returns]

I knew 3 kids at school who looked like Gordon.

[@PeacefulAutistic]

As a huge Ringo Starr fan and subsequently a fan of Thomas the train this video is beautiful.

[@gordontaylor2815]

Probably much more beautiful than that abomination they call a "reboot"...

[@lambrettadave7]

Keep up the good videos, you are absolutely original.

[@Atomic_Mousetrap]

KZbin filled my recommended videos with toy and finger family videos because of this. Makes me wonder how easy it is to game the algorithm.

[@007chippen]

Wow!! What an absolute pleasure to watch but Fukk me 0ctav1us you could of warned us about that Speccy versions music as had headphone in@💯%!! As always Mint review!! 👍👊 Let's see more of you!! 😘

[@anindrapratama]

Well after Henry got buried alive, in the next episode, the arrogant blue engine broke down and Henry got released from the tunnel

[@MorganJustGames]

Great Video. I watched this program loads in the 80s. I haven't played the C64 version before. I have only played the Amiga version and that was difficult aswell. Thanks for the upload.

[@aliciapearson3120]

Ahh, the first video of yours I found... Love it.

[@cadburybunny]

Every time someone mentions Thomas I think of that video of ravers dancing to the Thomas theme ... classic! Oh and great video btw! Keep em coming!

[@cadburybunny]

@@octaviusking Yes ... that is the one. No matter how crappy my day ... that video = instant giggles and a smile by the end.

[@thumbwarriordx]

Oh dear god, my recommendations. It's like that time I logged out and got swarmed with children videos

[@daddysteelohawkins2284]

OMG! I had this for the Amstrad... I had Nightmares of this game :'( thanks Octav1us Kitten

[@AS90AS90____]

Very much enjoyed the first 4 minutes of this video until my brain, ears and eyeballs exploded.

[@PixelsLtd]

This was amazing! 😂 And don't think we didn't see that sly banana. I'm starting to think people will be giving them to you at Play Expo 🍌😂🍌

[@SoftwareDocuments]

I can't wait for the sequel. FFS, my cat can play this better than she can! Awesome vid, made my weekend 😊

[@Liofa73]

Every time I see Thomas the Tank engine it reminds me of the video clip, it might have been an old Blue Peter, where the creator the Rev. Wilbert Awdry yelled at a kid who was visiting the Rev's miniature train track of Thomas and friends. I can't remember if he slapped the kid's hand away and yelled "Don't touch!", or if if was just yelling. Probably a youtube video somewhere.

[@banjoplayingbison2275]

The Fat Controller is called Sir Topham Hatt in the American version! I grew up watching the US version and I’ve always found the Fat Controller to be an odd name for a character!

[@gwishart]

That's his real name in the books too, although he was almost always called the Fat Controller. Apparently it was removed from the American version because "fat" is considered more insulting over there; probably because childhood obesity is such a huge problem compared with other countries.

[@lucielcampbell2737]

YOU'RE GOIING THE WROOOOOONG WAAAAAAAAY

[@Murrlin27]

May I say I simply adore your hair?

[@zoe-janesutherland4359]

Percy isn't inherently dangerous, he's just like a toddler who got his hands on some Red Bull and is whizzing off his tits and banging into everything and doesn't know or notice that he's being a complete nightmare to deal with. Diesel is just a curmudgeonly twat who hates Thomas, but is a calculating one that doesn't fly around the rails like a maniac a la Percy! Thanks for the great video Octav1us, it's good to have more videos from you and I love how you stuck it to the trolls in this video! :) :) :)

[@greedygreggor]

great video, speccy Thomas music a delight :)

[@greedygreggor]

played on loop it would be a weapon of mass destruction @@octaviusking

[@Jokerfan45]

You know there was a part 2 where Henry got out right? Lol