Is Super Putty Worth Playing Today? - SNESdrunk

[@kramerdesign9443]

The comment about this being the 'most Amiga-iest game on SNES' really made me laugh, because it's so damn true! I grew up with an Amiga and looking back on it, everything has that utterly odd 'Euro-vibe' to it, that weird fucking bubble type face, those bizarre metallic Bitmap Brothers colour palettes... Jesus. I still have a soft spot for a lot of it, but it took me years to realise how surreal and potentially unsettling the European aesthetic and sensibility is in games like Shadow of the Beast, Gods or Another World - just like there's something *very* unsettling about Ralph Bakshi, Rene Laloux and Martin Rosen's films - as compared to the Japanese or American approach, which always had a more straightforward, clear kind of feeling that I still prefer. An interesting, less homogenous time in games for sure.

[@cupriferouscatalyst3708]

I definitely see what you mean, and I'm glad you put it into words because I've never been able to. Being in the middle of the two video game power producers, European games really had a strange familiar-yet-different vibe in the 80s and 90s, even to other Europeans because most of the games we played were either from the US or Japan.

[@DanRamirez]

The most amiga looking game to ever amiga in all amiga land

[@starlightrevenant]

This game is developed by System 3 and is known as Putty Moon in Japan. Published by U.S. Gold in the USA, and Varie (the same Varie from the Undercover Cops SNES port) in Japan. About Putty Squad: The game going to be released for the Amiga at first (it was bult for the Amiga 1200 in mind) but that version was never released and the SNES version was released instead. The Amiga version finally became a PS4 game in 2013 - which got versions for the 3DS in 2014 and the Switch in 2017.

[@mattgrundy27]

I thought I knew the SNES library well until I found your channel. So many games went under my radar. Thanks for what ya do buddy!

[@MosoKaiser]

_"Looks like an NES game at best"_ Huh? In no way does that looks like NES stuff, IMO. Perhaps closer to some of the very best graphics on Sega Master System, but slightly better. Anyway, nothing that stands out of the crowd for SNES - your ordinary "does its job but that's it" kind of graphics, without 'wow' factor or unique art style choices. Kind of reminds of Lost Vikings (but with the Amiga quirks like the fonts), except in that game the somewhat unremarkable graphics are redeemed by the puzzles and level design.

[@av4010]

uhhhhh yeah I couldn't believe it when I heard that

[@alanpapercuts3717]

He meant the gameplay, not the graphics. I agree the graphics are nice but the movement of the character and enemies on the screen does look like an NES game.

[@duffman18]

@@alanpapercuts3717 but even then its far beyond what the nes could do. The sprites have way more frames of animation than nes games sprites

[@koopakape]

It's somewhat more detailed but the blocky design looks like something that could've easily been put on NES had the shading and whatnot been toned down a notch; it's nothing that really puts the hardware to use

[@duffman18]

@@koopakape so remove all the bits the NES can't do, and then it'll run on the NES? You don't say...

[@tritegent3202]

Used to play this game as a kid a lot. Never was very good at it, so I never got very far, but for some odd reason I always came back to it. Really cool seeing you do a review on it!

[@mrjotz]

I love this game growing up, and being the proper age for those sounds, I loved the sound effects at the time. I haven't seen or thought about this game in about 2 decades, though. I do remember that I loved the sound of the opening music.

[@findlay81]

Rented this game as a kid at Blockbuster when it first came out. Played it for about 7 minutes then spent the rest of the weekend playing outdoors and never touched it since!

[@VGjoe]

1:52 The music track's totally the Popcorn song, with a different melody, what the heck

[@StuffedVulture]

I thought the same thing! It's a Jimmy Hart version of Popcorn!

[@fact-factcheck4680]

I have this game on 3ds, it's one of the more rare games to come across as a few months ago there were only two listings on eBay.. I waited and one night I was lucky enough to find a copy in pristine condition under the 3ds' used section case and all at Gamestop.

[@emmastarr5242]

'It looks like an NES game at best' ...Erm... I don't agree.

[@huntshowdown9834]

Literally thought the exact same thing. Nice colors and sprites, not the best looking game but a solid visual title nonetheless

[@GoodmansGhost]

It looks absolutely nothing like NES, and calling "ugly" games NES looking is real stupid since NES games could look just as good just with fewer colors.

[@sadmeat8937]

Man I loved Claymates. Too bad most people dont know about it. Pretty underrated.

[@thumpire]

Upon first reading the title I had images of a Super David Puddy from Seinfeld on a hungry adventure to Arby's find their way into my mind. 🤦‍♂️

[@thumpire]

@@tartuffethesprywonderdog5883 Haha! The Candy Lineup puzzle level is harder than it looks. 😅

[@andybrinks3784]

It feels like.. an Arby's night.

[@squarefan80]

this is Putty

[@paulbennett2284]

Thumper Gently well he does pronounce it Super Puddy!

[@slurmalystwormfast1985]

I find this a tough game to review. I don't think it's "ordinary" at all though, it's very unique. I think the odd sounds (especially some of the bizarre voice samples) have a certain charm; they're still an inside joke between me and a childhood friend. But I still pick this up from time to time, and I've never been able to tolerate playing it for more than maybe 15 minutes at a time. Never came close to beating it all these years. So I guess it's not actually that good of a game, but I feel like it's still worth experiencing for its uniqueness. I was not aware of the sequel, however, so thanks to SNES drunk for pointing that out!

[@TyCollage]

Very true

[@leecroft1983]

I never got around to playing the original version of this game but I have it for Xbox One, a nice little trip back to simpler times.

[@richardjames14]

You seriously are my best resource on the internet for Super Nintendo, I appreciate your channel so much, stay strong🤙

[@picantepollo6238]

Had fond memories of renting this game, it was challenging for me at my age, it's definitely not that bad of a game. I always thought those angry bouncing robot enemies looked like burgers.

[@Thiagomii]

This game is so close to me, it's my childhood. Every time I came back to this game it was just because of the Title Screen. It's so charming. And the sequel it's better in gameplay and it's more fun, but it's so different in some aspects like music and scenarios, because Super Putty is more like 80's atmosphere and music and in the other hand Putty Squad it's more based in War like enviroment and songs. I love this franchise and I think I'm one of the only ones who really likes it.

[@lunchbxv2]

After you mentioned the 4 blue blob games near the beginning of the video I thought "oh, I wonder how he ranks these blue blob games" then you went on with the Super Putty review and I thought "aww, I guess I just gotta guess his ranking based off his videos for the individual blue blob games" BUT then you can back around in the end of the video and ranked the blue blob games. What a roller coaster ride of emotion!

[@JReed7560]

I had Claymates. It was ok at first, but I never knew what the Hell it was I supposed to be doing. Also, at 2:30 that music sounds like that popcorn song.

[@tylerevans1700]

Hope you have a good day too brother!! Thanks for the sweet videos, had never even heard of this game.

[@NESFriend]

Says something about the game when my favorite part of the video was learning about other blue blob games

[@MeinyansHusband]

i have this game on my Wii U. my favorite part about this is Dweezil says "Stupid just stupid hahahahahahaha" (sounds like he says that).

[@TyCollage]

Awwww, come on its not THAT bad lolol. My younger brother and I loved this game lol 😂. An opinions and opinion though. Glad to see it finally crossed your plate, never seen it covered before. Another good recap thanks man

[@KeMiZe44]

Me and my brother had it as kids too. We found it tedious and frustrating and being unable to save didnt help. It wasn't horrible so we played it still but it was pretty disappointing on tbe whole to us.

[@therealdonaldtrumpjr]

2:00 The soundtrack has Hot Buttered Popcorn, sweet

[@sonicmario64]

One thing to note about "Smartball" is that it was actually developed by Game Freak, one of the companies that would be known for working on the Pokémon series. :D

[@n0isyturtle]

The PS3 remake is totally worth playing. I thought it would be shit, but it was better than I thought.

[@leecroft1983]

I have it for Xbox One, totally agree. Pleasantly surprised.

[@BakiX]

Same here, I picked it up for 5 bucks simply because of its odd history but ended up really enjoying it. Its got a few issues and is rather ugly, but overall surprisingly fun!

[@Goldsac]

The "Tepid Recommendation Pile" is the highlight of this vid for me. :D

[@RobertHeadley]

I genuinely enjoyed the chippy boppy tune at the end.

[@nickzilla20]

I remember this. Avgn reviewed this on the amiga cd32.

[@pollodormido2]

It looks fun! The other games too!

[@Nnyisme]

How bout doing Dynamite Headdy for sega?

[@reagandow850]

And a wonderful Roadhouse to you sir!

[@Ramjet164]

I had an amiga and a snes back in the day (still do tbh lol) and I’ve always thought they missed a trick with snes amiga ports. Lots of the best amiga games used a mouse and rather than porting them to totally make buying the snes mouse worth it, they ported platformers that are worse than the ones already available on the snes.

[@bambamrubble9165]

Could you do a vid on the snes pinball games?

[@DeckyStrikesBack]

I've just modded my ps1 classic with 5000 games and I need this channel more than ever lol

[@sloppynyuszi]

This is significantly more colourful than any NES game I’ve ever seen. I kinda like it to be honest.

[@Agostoic]

Super good vid, as usual! :)

[@tuckman315]

Kind of sad it took me this long to discover your channel but better late then never

[@davidstevens3934]

I remember this on Amiga. I liked it as a kid

[@PauldeVries]

As An Avid Amiga user since childhood I couldn't agree more about the Amiga-like look. That reminds me, You could look into Soccer kid. It flopped I think because it got Soccer in the name, but It's actually a decent platformer with a kid and his ball! Cheers! EDIT: Also the music from 1:51 is a big Hot butter - Popcorn rip-off :)

[@noahboat580]

Oh shit its that one game for the Amiga CD-32

[@manghariz2211]

Surprisingly It looks much much better than the amigacd32 system That is 32 bit system

[@gjtrue]

And my favorite, *Super R-Type* too! 😎

[@SkyFellowship]

Suffered migraines my whole life and I always thrown myself into games so at 5-6 years old with evil headaches I’d throw on Putty Squad and Super Putty and play them for hours on end to focus on anything other than the pain. Sadly they’ve not aged well but I still like it.

[@elmoreoocyte]

Does Super Putty contain that hyper speed version of Popcorn, or did you just add that for your voice over?

[@SNESdrunk]

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[@Vanitycraft]

so whats better overall, caveman or blob SNES games?

[@kaicanyonellis]

Phew. Dodged a bullet with this one, boys.

[@nicolasflamelflamel]

Did you happen to choose to review this, Drunk, because of the AVGN's episode about the Amiga, where he reviews this perfectly ordinary game?

[@danielmccormick700]

Uncle Ted? That's a strange idea without any context. He must have been one of the programmer's relatives.

[@kingextreme88]

I thought the game over screen was pretty good. Best part of the game ever.

[@AT-ww6pj]

This was dev by one person which was unheard of back then, remember seeing it on news

[@BakiX]

People are always so harsh to this poor game lol, I think it looks pretty good for what it is.

[@TyCollage]

YES! ikr? Lolol. The music was cool too. To each his own I guess.

[@Davtwan]

The Shadowgate Keeper - I doubt calling a game average is really that harsh.

[@cabrondemente1]

Agree, NES games don't look this good.

[@BakiX]

@@Davtwan Nah I didnt mean Drunk in specific was being mean lol, I meant in general. Everytime I see a channel talk about this game its always so unfavorable lol. Its not ground breaking or anything, but I dunno, I think its a cute little game with its own odd charm lol.

[@the1ucidone]

I've had blue balls before. Now I can have blue balls on my SNES. Very cool.

[@HybridAngelZero]

I don't know how I feel about the fact that there are enough blue blob games on the Super NES for there to be a blue blob game tier list. Also, Putty Squad actually did end up getting a North American release... on the PS4 of all systems

[@cupriferouscatalyst3708]

Super Mario was so ahead of its time, it was called Super before the Super Nintendo.

[@RGM-79m3r]

I wonder how many Rated M games were on the snes

[@tomtom3232]

1:08 is the Joe90 theme

[@user-ng9gd4vl9s]

Animation is pretty slick

[@Jutrzen]

Please make a video about amiga games ported to snes!

[@bystanderbehindthescreen]

After watching this review, I'm going to check this game out for myself. It looks kind of fun.

[@petitnicollas]

Such a weird game. They did a remastered version (or sequel?) on the PS4 lol

[@pilpyfimbleton8918]

*_THIS IS PS4_*

[@philcollinshill2951]

SNES drunk is okay but SUPER SNES drunk is even better

[@spindriftprime]

I had a friend who loved this game, but I found it a tedious mess. I did like how bizarre it could be, though- like, look at the enemy at 4:06 that lays eggs that hatch into tiny sumo wrestlers. Or how you can eat babies for bonus points. if nothing else, its surreal sensibilities set it apart from most everything else on the system.

[@DangerDave-e7u]

I want a snes drunk t-shirt

[@tommylakindasorta3068]

I enjoy a nice peanut butter and jerry sandwich now and then.

[@iwontreplybacklol7481]

I had a egg and ham croissant sandwich this morning

[@The_SOB_II]

I really wish Putty Squad had a proper camera that showed what you were jumping into rather than what you're jumping from!

[@believeinthenet]

If you want a trip look into the putty squad conspiracy

[@TheCustomEverythingChannel]

U hated on my childhood. This was my favorite game

[@Sabishi1985]

00:43 Uuuh.. No. No it doesn't look like a NES game at all. I mean it doesn't look great or something, but the graphics are still way way better than anything the NES was able to show off. :O

[@TheBrowncoats85]

You forgot to mention putty squad is also on ps4 and vita as remakes

[@joeshmo3360]

At 1:51, that song sounds like a arranged version of POPCORN.

[@SNESdrunk]

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[@MaidenHell1977]

Wow never ever heard of this one, I dont think it was even ever featured in Nintendo Power...

[@greysky1252]

I think they released this on the PS4.

[@nimaiiikun]

amiga ports: excessive amount of shading on sprites, heavy use of water drops as enemies, bad sound and music

[@WildVoltorb]

Oh Europe and their water drops

[@duffman18]

It's weird cos it's American where water can kill you in real life, like Flint Michigan...

[@HansYolo82]

I've tried all the "blue blob" games after you video and in my opinion the only good ones are jerry boy 2 (played trough in 2 evenings, funny game, the green one is the best) and claymates which I want to play some other time.

[@SirSkrall]

Don't you dare talk garbage about Uncle Ted

[@7thangelad586]

Drunk, it’s unfair that you don’t include The Smurfs in the “Playing as a Blue Blob” genre.

[@Pridetoons]

It's no different then the N64 craze.

[@boorhaave5880]

Enjoy the rest of your day

[@Eric-yt7fp]

This was the game that taught me as a kid that some games fucking suck.

[@jasonfanclub4267]

I played Putty Squad on Super Nintendo. It was super weird.

[@frataltay4543]

And, look up there! "Pliability"? Of course, you know, like, health, stamina, energy, "pliability"?

[@sbevenine2055]

NIce reference mate

[@captain0080]

The early 90's were the gross age so i cant blame the game for the fart noises, we craved that stuff.

[@natejoe9924]

Oh yeah you can't forget about the Wii u every game had the Wii u on it

[@natejoe9924]

And the Wii every game had the Wii u on it

[@daikaizen1231]

nostalgia!

[@TyCollage]

The feels the feels!! Some random friend had it back in the day...never got it back from me lol.

[@IAMERORR]

Claymates review? I used to love renting that game when I was a kid...

[@SNESdrunk]

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[@MegaRyodan]

I love how you find several ways to call a game "mediocre"!!! XD

[@sludgefactory241]

Hey snes drunk, would it be a safe comparison to say that the SNES was sort of the spiritual successor to the Amiga much like how the original Xbox was the continuation of the Dreamcast? I say this because man there was alot of crap Amiga ports and originals that looked... Amiga-ish back in those days. I have nothing to support this claim, just an observation after hearing you talk about Putty. Great video as always!

[@koopakape]

...I'm pretty sure Jerry boy's supposed to be Jelly Boy, but that's just my guess :p

[@SNESdrunk]

Good catch, that's one of those read-throughs I messed up and didn't even realize it

[@manichispanic999]

Maybe there's a hero out there that can make a patch that takes out all the annoying sounds like they did with yoshis island crying Mario.

[@7thangelad586]

Then there was Super C, and we scratched our heads....

[@AlexElectric9001]

Lol I skipped this one. Glad I wasn't wrong to do so! Wearing my SNES Drunk shirt!

[@itsgabony]

I loved this game.

[@deltonviera2051]

Love it

[@Sparkbomber]

Honestly, its one of those games forever available for rent. It nearly outlasted de Videokring fyi. Never did play it, and I'm kinda glad for it now.

[@jeromedado7416]

This game remings of kerby I subscribes to ur channel btw..

[@ColonelNegative]

What an amazing Amiga title...I mean...ah shit.