Jerma Streams - Alter Ego

Jerma archived Alter Ego (The original title of this stream was "MS-DOS Grab Bag", and was originally streamed/recorded on May 18th, 2019)
(Note: This channel is not run by Jerma, just a couple of fans wanting to archive the streams for a later date, and just for the community of fans.)
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[@JermaStreamArchive]

Game Starts 4:50 1st Brb Ends 2:07:54 2nd Brb Ends 3:48:24 3rd Brb Ends 6:27:25

[@DavidBunnyan]

Tell Jerma about this channel. He deserves to make money from these.

[@Funee]

Sean The Bermanator read the channels’ description. Jerma is fine with it and this archive channel already doesn’t run ads as it is

[@DavidBunnyan]

@@Funee I just think he should deserve some profit outta this.

[@dinonatorful]

@@DavidBunnyan are you stupid? he already makes a stupid amount of money, you really think he even wants the -10 bucks this channel makes a month?

[@zachprouty8595]

Worst sound ever 15:31

[@MauriceAchilles]

"What's this man doing in MY house with MY wife in MY rumpus room?!?"

[@donjuan2001]

with MY piano

[@Nijht]

Eating MY pizza?

[@Hi_Just_Fred]

Wearing MY suit!

[@HypnoGF_Real]

Holding MY bottle of whisky?

[@mikotoh]

THIS IS NOT MY BEAUTIFUL HOUSE

[@JoNarDLoLz]

8:04 He claims he's not fascinated by car accidents, but has 4 parts of him laughing at car crashes

[@andrewdiedrich3097]

Over an hour of content of him laughing at vehicle accidents. We all know the truth.

[@BobSilverstein13]

Welcome back to, "Jerma Continuously Elects to Play Through Episodes Containing Sexual Subject Matter and Then Gets Flustered By Anything Remotely Suggestive Therein"

[@Helagandshunter]

He's scared of women

[@CherryDKaya]

@@Helagandshunter he likes scary women

[@JacobKinsley]

He's scared of confident women like the little bitch boy he is

[@rensjans6494]

@@CherryDKaya He likes women scared

[@keane6]

@@rensjans6494 i like both 😍

[@SirJusticeNugget]

"First pick of the night" LMAO

[@somewhataddicted7685]

This was honestly an emotional ride, thinking back on how he was just a baby and a kid and now hes an old man, I felt like I was actually there witnessing it

[@valty3727]

legitimately felt like you were seeing someone grow up before your eyes. crazy for an 80s text game

[@samgomez9942]

@@valty3727 ikr, I'm glad I'm not the only one who felt like that.

[@redpup112]

Yeah. If I remember right, this was one of the main inspirations for the Sims, which makes a ton of sense.

[@woestijnjongen]

this is a criminally underrated stream

[@solharv7817]

There seems to be a recurring theme for these past few streams of reluctantly reading porn.

[@eplatamx2017]

The question at 8:04 was MADE for him, yet he lied so blatantly.

[@Bugleberry]

6:07:50 A 72 y.o. man goes on a date, ends up having sex on a plane. Having only 5 dollars left, he spends the next 3 years of his life trying to find a part time job to buy his girlfriend a ring. He fails, and dies shortly afterwards in a car crash. This was so tragically hilarious

[@snaek2594]

You mean hilariously tragic?

[@bonebag1961]

"Ever done it at 10,000 feet?"

[@antiphon000]

Fun fact: if you get in the car with the man as a child, this is the result: "Once you are in the car he turns away from the school and heads for the highway. This man is very sick. You are tortured, killed and buried in a landfill. Your body is never recovered. This game is over.” Not kidding, actually in the game.

[@DJG_Studios]

T’was a simpler time back in those old MS-DOS days

[@moom81]

what the fuck

[@calamaria9221]

Damn

[@mikotoh]

WHAT THE FUCK

[@willf.4590]

You could also poison yourself by accident as a baby or get your head literally bashed in by a bully on the playground. This game is DARK, yo.

[@Rad-Dude63andathird]

*Listen quietly to your boss and stay calm* "HAHA NOPE, YOU ACTUALLY IGNORE HIM AND NOW YOU'RE FIRED"

[@Pomlithe]

>I would like to calmly talk to my wife. “YOU HAVE MADE AN INAPPROPRIATE RESPONSE.”

[@Hi_Just_Fred]

*Donate money to an orphanage* "Whoops you tripped because you were clumsy and now the orphanage is on fire"

[@PointsofData]

@@Hi_Just_Fred *suggests a domestically violent relationship needs professional help* "We've already been to three marriage counselors, I was more looking for you to talk to him or something. Honestly I don't think we can continue being friends if youre going to be this insensitive."

[@SyndicateOperative]

Staying calm is impossible when you have zero ability to stay calm.

[@FSEThompson]

Jerma: sees "Lenin" Jerma: John Lennon?

[@watermelonseedink]

the DOS streams are criminally underrated, and this is one of my favorites. the utter lack of reading comprehension. the peer pressure from chat. making bad choices as a goof and being shocked when there are consequences. the affairs. the chaos. the violence. the rumpus room bit makes me laugh every time I think about it.

[@redj1101]

You can really tell this game was made in the 80s

[@Isaacandjed]

Red Jay TV there’s actually an HTML5 remake somewhere on the web

[@Xarx3s]

Any mention of quaaludes instantly dates it super hard.

[@TraceurRyuk]

@@Isaacandjed There’s also a remake on the iOS App Store. It’s unofficial but it has all the original content with an updated UI

[@BleachedPeehole]

What gave it away

[@twindrill2852]

@@Isaacandjed yep, but the entire dialogue is unchanged.

[@alyssamarie5882]

5:01:27 "That was from the hippopotamus" Yes, thank you Jerma.

[@partypat2599]

Man I got a pretty good laugh out of this game. I honestly wouldn't mind if he played it again one day.

[@samgomez9942]

Honestly same lmao

[@bungus2012]

"I am fascinated by car accidents" *clicks false*

[@frogfrog666]

i really adore this game so much. i actually played a sleek remaster of it (same content, just updated interface and a few bug fixes) a few years ago without knowing anything about it and it really has stuck with me to this day. there is something incredibly novel about it that games today still haven't been able to fully replicate. it's such an experience, i'm so glad jerma got a chance to play it!!

[@frogfrog666]

it has its problems, as does every game, and it's important to note that it IS from 1986. but i think at its core... it is just phenomenal. what an experience!

[@mr.dirtydannnnn]

@@frogfrog666 it's pretty linear but it was really fun in the moment

[@frogfrog666]

@@mr.dirtydannnnn yeah! i mean, it's a dos game so i don't blame it for not being as expansive as games could be nowadays. i just think it's really cool and ahead of its time and still really interesting and meaningful to experience even now.

[@lautaroescarlon7501]

@@frogfrog666 I love it too

[@lautaroescarlon7501]

@@frogfrog666 After AlterEgo i found out about choicescript games. Some very good. There is a company that makes them called "Choice Of Games". Too much fantasy though. Some of the games I liked Parenting Simulator (Reminded me of AlterEgo, it's very similar but instead of growing up, your character is already an adult and you raise a kid) Sixth Grade Detective (Really Funny, you are... a sixth grade detective. You investigate stuff like missing bikes and school rumors. It's a really cute game) Choice of Robots /This one is a lot more convoluted. The first two are casual "life" simulators like AlterEgo. This one is a sci-fi where you create robots, but, theres something magical about it too. I was very touched by the ending I got.

[@Jormelli]

Compact streamer is saved from becoming a furry by his mother

[@NegaRenGenX2gay2lift]

didnt save him from drowning tho. at least he was calm

[@somewhataddicted7685]

@@NegaRenGenX2gay2lift spoiled 😭

[@shprite781]

Jerma narrates his evil baby life : The stream.

[@TheJRL99]

Why is Jerma, a 34 year old man, seemingly so innocent? Such a peculiar little fellow.

[@failurefiend]

He's almost definitely isn't that innocent in his personal life but I think he just cares so much about keeping his streams at PG-13 and otherwise wholesome that he streams from a innocent mindset so he it can be clear to him when something is going too far

[@kiryukazuma8089]

@@failurefiend that only would work for so much. He’d eventually crack and let the nega jerma in if he had that. He may just be. An innocent compact creature

[@flybot98]

Apparently at some point his nieces/nephews and mom have watched his streams so I feel sometimes he tries to tone it down a lot

[@davemustardstain6273]

I like this comment

[@awakege6337]

@@davemustardstain6273 I like your comment.

[@Kuzon9]

I return to this stream all the time. One of my favs.

[@creeke_alley]

Same 😅 great sleep-aid too

[@kelseyhoffman541]

same. it's a classic and good for listening at work considering he reads most of the game out loud

[@MaglaMach]

died trying to redeem himself for his past mistakes rip

[@NyanMango]

...by making the same mistake.

[@mikotoh]

red dead redemption

[@System509]

Jerma got a little deep into the baby stuff.

[@JoNarDLoLz]

I can't believe he actually played this for 7 hours straight

[@AliasConradColdwood]

5:55:46 "I hope your outlook remains this positive throughout the rest of the game!" "Throughout the rest of the game"... talk about foreshadowing.

[@DavidBunnyan]

52:58 That reaction.

[@JacobKinsley]

One of those games where no moment ever ends up in the jerma funny compilations

[@totororaptors]

I've seen the coming or going moment in a couple streams I think

[@swaaws]

Yep, definitely talking about John lenin, Jerma

[@NightimeDemon]

I keep coming back to watch this stream. One of my favorites. First stream I watched of yours was of you playing DOS games. Always fun going on this journey with you in Alter Ego Male.

[@handlingitokay]

I love watching him play this sort of game. Super chill but also really funny.

[@felicityc]

every time I go to the optimist he tells me everything is fine too so idk the problem

[@gabeliveforever]

Best joke 2022

[@Doothicus]

UNDERRATED COMMENT

[@areyouawesome]

Jerma is the only person I know of that could play a game like this for 7 hours straight

[@FunkyPhil265]

My word your teen years went down the drain

[@ChaosGummyBears]

i love this stream i play it in the bg during the day and to sleep. then when i wake up i go back to the last thing i remember before i fell asleep. did this on repeat and its been about a week and i havent finished the vod yet

[@mikotoh]

thats what ive been doing with vinny streams for... nearly a decade? wild. and then at some point during quarantine i started watching jerma and added his to the mix. good shit

[@pizzabox7384]

I clicked the moon at the beginning thinking it was a stream

[@emmettbrown3463]

got softlocked in the game by starting the game in 'young adult' and having icons that require either a relationship or a job. can't progress in life

[@Cj-nj6cv]

Just like me frfr

[@LMarti13]

The author of the game providing HYPNOSIS as a birth option is absolutely insane lmao

[@JacobKinsley]

This game is such a realistic simulation of what being straight would be like

[@gianni50725]

I just realized this game is 45 years old. Almost half a century. Wtf

[@gianni50725]

Also, playing through it myself, I honestly teared up at the ending (natural death). Mostly because I tried to live a good life as if I was the ideal version of myself. Lucked out with a wife who was both very attractive, very trustworthy, and very happy (other stats were moderate). I hope my grandparents got the same feeling my character got at the end. Also there was an episode in childhood that I'm sad most people don't experience because it's put near the end of the episode tree (so if you go in order you'll never see it). It's the tile below the single vocational tile (man with suitcase icon) if you're interested. It's about a cranky old lady cooped up in her home that everyone is scared to see, but one day the light in her room goes off and all your friends assume she's dead. You can choose to ignore it or go see what's up (you're given like 3 chances to back out including peer pressure) but if you keep pressing forward, you can tell the old woman that you were worried about her. She tells you that the light in her room is off because she's too old to fix it and has nobody to help her. If you help her, the old lady gives you cookies and tells you that you remind her of her son. Her husband and child died in a horrible accident involving a train years ago (the game gives full detail). Now she's been all alone ever since. Final choice is to thank her and go home or ask to keep helping her on the weekends in exchange for pay. If you pick the second one, she offers to pay you with more treats and she's happier than ever. The game informs you that you've given her a reason to live. Also welled up a little at this part.

[@cheyannei5983]

@@gianni50725 it's a shockingly warm and well-written game, I've played through it a few times

[@4u23o4sjcmgfd]

It was published in 1986; it’s only 36

[@MrJ158n]

Why is he so good at baby noises

[@noises4978]

i learns it from chat

[@mikotoh]

hes baby

[@Chlocean]

2:52:00 for anyone interested; I played this game as a child. I picked the choice to keep asking him what was wrong, and the result still kind of infuriates me to this day. Your childhood friend comes out to you as gay, and of course I chose to tell him that I accept him. The next prompt says something like "you promise to still be friends with him, and you hang out sporadically after this, but eventually this puts a strain on your friendship and you drift apart." as a dysphoric child who didn't know she was struggling with gender identity, I was even pissed off on behalf of my own character,

[@gianni50725]

I could be wrong but I'm pretty sure that **only** happens if you decide to take on the responsibility of their problems all on yourself instead of recommending they speak to a professional regarding their depression. It's a fairly realistic result to be honest although I think it should have a differing outcome depending on how thoughtful/gentle your character is.

[@twindrill2852]

@@gianni50725+ this game was set in the 80s where there were barely any health professionals that knew a thing about gender dysphoria.

[@marsupialsofmars3886]

As someone from peoria, obsessed with the way he pronounced it "peroria"

[@Mr.SpicyIce]

3:52:54 THE BEST PART!!!

[@wildwolf3860]

8:05 yeah he's in denial

[@Hi_Just_Fred]

This is an interesting concept but I think the writing is horribly dated in most parts. Anywho this was a pretty wild mix of hilarious, depressing, suggestive, and dark moments while overall a pretty interesting way to waste time for anybody who could actually play this back in the late 80s.

[@PointsofData]

Cliche too. For example, if I'm not enjoying a party scene (music, topics, fashion, etc), why should I try to get the know the people? I don't have anything in common with them afaik. I can just go to a different party where I have a common interest to help spark a conversation. But overall yeah, interesting time waster.

[@BeAsTMoDE528]

@@PointsofData u clearly dont go to parties

[@lawlthelegend]

You can tell he's never even been invited to anything just by those 1st 2 sentences lmao

[@BananaPhoPhilly]

@@PointsofData Usually the only reason to stay at a party where you don't like the people is for the booze

[@SyndicateOperative]

@@PointsofData The entire point is to get to know people - of course you don't like 'em yet. Also no idea what you're on about regarding topics/fashion, they have nothing to do with parties.

[@_MimiTsuki_]

11:36 “I lied about Ace Attorney”

[@HarmlessRain]

5:27:29

[@compookiie]

4:20:33 Jeremy comes

[@petefury94]

For some reason I got stressed watching this one.

[@tonyrandal9124]

That's a timeless game if I've ever seen one

[@Freakbuddy1]

great game and an even better streamer

[@aggrogator4045]

So this is the proto version of bitlife. Neat.

[@gabeliveforever]

best jerma vod maybe

[@freak8Out]

this is the fist time i drank a 4loko and im completely fucked

[@leavewe]

ok

[@qouLIVE]

4lokos were already nerfed by the time of this comment

[@toontastic25]

I like this game

[@dianaripley7795]

2:28:00 his heart breaks he doesnt even read out loud 2:44:43 my fave part

[@demityrant1784]

"I WANT TO LIVE!" 6:18:56 Happens.

[@riffofthegods]

is this the guy who let his friend fall to his death ON STREAM?

[@Clouditivity]

52:00 my dad flushed my beta fish down the toilet when I was in 2nd grade LOL

[@qouLIVE]

revenge

[@Abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz1024]

Personality tests also known as put screwed up words in your mouth the game

[@tatertot64]

Why is Jerma's fucking random "How tall am I now?" at 36:40 the funniest part of this entire vod?

[@kai_maceration]

1:36:56 Dhar Mann story

[@MRFISH-rs6sq]

bro literally let his friend die because he was pretending

[@FSEThompson]

Jeremy put your damn glasses on

[@samgomez9942]

41:00 funny bloody nose story

[@elliot_rat]

dude i used to play a browser port of this game

[@swaaws]

The first choice at 1:15:30 feels like an I Think You Should Leave line

[@Superboologan1]

This game really does exude that 80s arrogance: it's one guy trying to script an entire life, casting choices as either objectively "good" or "bad" based solely on his judgement alone

[@I_hate_card_games]

you know, probably because it was written by maybe only one person. It's not like this game was made by a team at a huge company. You want something not biased from a game made in 1986. you might be asking for too much here

[@ray69429]

3:59:46 i woke up around this point and was extremely confused

[@Regulo1d]

15:29 holy shit Edit: also, I’m not familiar w/ the game so I could be wrong, but couldn’t Jerma have loaded a previous save? Or would he have had to manually saved

[@youreadthisinyourmindright2604]

8:05 well that's a lie

[@kev2525]

*Revenge is f-sweet*

[@KikiMofo]

RIP John

[@EliasPluto]

2:24:47 *Laughs in the fact that two of the members of your favourite band became a doctor and a PhD candidate in immunology and are currently fighting in the front lines against covid-* the band's tally hall by the way- y'know the one that made that song about banana man

[@gombu_]

What the fuck are u talking about

[@Lal398667]

What a wild ride

[@JacobKinsley]

1:09:19 trying to pronounce the name of the game engine no one asked for

[@JacobKinsley]

I wrote this comment after I spent like 2 days trying to implement something in that engine to then see someone else on a forum thread recently tried it too and gave up because the engine just doesn't give you enough tools for it

[@PointsofData]

That event with the alcoholic Mark is bullshit and lose-lose. Why is "professional help" just "counselors"? The police, lawyers, and individual therapists also count as "professional help". I mean you've know this couple for how long but you didn't ever suspect Mark drank too much or was dangerous? Then you probably aren't THAT great of friends. Or you were subconsciously sweeping it under the rug, in which case you DEFINITELY should not be giving advice.

[@Tobi-rf1pn]

4:20:35 Jerma Vroomer impression

[@pold111]

this game kind of reminds me of serial experiments lain on the ps1, where you had to listen to a story play through and sometimes you'd often get different "nodes" and it's kinda similar

[@bendable_clown855]

1:05:54 MY DOORBELL ACTUALLY RANG IN REAL WTF

[@CzlowiekDrzewo]

"beautiful baby" is such an oxymoron

[@qouLIVE]

what the fuck is the picture on the middle right during the teenage years? a guy wearing a ushanka and his evil hunchback henchman?

[@ConnieTheo]

I think it's supposed to be a hand holding a hammer ready to strike a nail. It represents your occupation

[@qouLIVE]

@@ConnieTheo this was a good ass stream, hope you enjoy it. i recommend his heroes of might and magic 3 playthru

[@lostpockets222]

Do you say "2 in the morning" or "2 at night" when its 2:00 AM ?

[@7tko7kdoh73]

Morning

[@Hi_Just_Fred]

There is no 2 at night

[@PointsofData]

AM is morning PM is afternoon/night

[@bluvius515]

Casket maker andy

[@marsupialsofmars3886]

This is better Bitlife

[@nopenope6034]

You get the feeling the guy that wrote this game started puberty at the age of seven and thinks that this is a universal experience.

[@pugjuice8462]

That's... the actual range of puberty in studies. Around 8 to early tweens

[@nopenope6034]

@@pugjuice8462 I mean started puberty ridiculously strong, Mr. Wellactually. Congrats. You know facts. Try working on humor now.

[@Slayer_of_Demons]

@@nopenope6034 anyone who calls someone "Mr. Wellactually" IS Mr. Wellactually, and probably also a homosexual

[@demityrant1784]

@@nopenope6034 Haha, Slayer of Demons just said you like MEN. Take THAT. This comment is here 2 years later to remind you.

[@sauerk5273]

⁠@@nopenope6034still getting owned by Slayer of Demons

[@freak8Out]

i got through about 2 hours of this stream only because i was drunk

[@DUCKWAD_ONLINE]

Streamer lives.

[@teejay9189]

POGGERS

[@eagle1458]

Four eyes🤣

[@aka_miso]

Watching this makes me worry about Jerma and Kim

[@Hi_Just_Fred]

Don't worry, the "relationships" in this were written by guys in the late 80s.

[@darisucc7749]

his sex life is amazing though

[@EhBoing]

Jeremy's such a pansy when it comes to reading about anything sexual, it's kinda funny watching him stutter through it though. What a great stream

[@Rice__BEANS]

High stress anxious jerma he's been like that since he was a kid.

[@Hi_Just_Fred]

Why ya gotta call him a pansy? Yeesh.

[@pugjuice8462]

I think being a pansy is a fast assumption considering that twitch can very likely ban his channel off it. The twitch thing is pretty obvious

[@munchmongoose]

You’re the last person to say “pansy” since the writers of this game

[@bbqmeandyoustinkypinkypewp4298]

calm down. English is not their first language, they probably just wrote what they wanted to say in the translator and that's the word it gave them.

[@coolguy9309]

This game makes me really mad for some reason.

[@kinnikuboneman]

You need to chill out more

[@Hi_Just_Fred]

@@kinnikuboneman Nah I get where they're coming from. This game demonstrates a very frustrating world through it's narrative.

[@kinnikuboneman]

@@Hi_Just_Fred not really

[@PointsofData]

@@kinnikuboneman it does tho. I have made three comments about it already but that alcoholic Mark bit was bullshit. "Professional help" should have lead to "then you need to contact the police and a lawyer" ("professional help" includes police, lawyers, and individual therapists, not just marriage counselors) or at LEAST let you redirect to "divorce him" when you learned they had already tried counseling. Ending it like it did made it feel like a "wrong" choice, when you shouldn't be telling her to just divorce her husband when you don't know the extent if the situation (and ultimately shouldn't be telling her to divorce a violent man without going to SOMEONE to help formulate a backup plan for her safety) and CERTAINLY should not be trying to talk sense to the drunkard

[@kinnikuboneman]

@@PointsofData It's a game from the 80's, don't expect anything super complex

[@RTGuts]

5:55:55 RIP Jered

[@7tko7kdoh73]

Don't spoillll

[@haesu3786]

Cool all 5s

[@k1zer100]

1:17:40 Jerma is a snitch

[@kazuhiramiller7945]

Jerma is really bad with women apparently

[@Chlocean]

What a throwback-this game means a lot to me, I played it on DOSBox and you could choose to play as a girl or a boy, it was my first memory of choosing to play as a girl and started the trend which made me realize I was trans, about 15 years later.

[@qouLIVE]

i choose to play as the girl to watch the butt

[@mikotoh]

duality of man