Castle of Dr. Brain is An Unreasonable Job Application

[@Zartan11]

Cool retrospective, thanks! I rate designing and developing Castle of Dr. Brain as among the best times I had at Sierra. One of these decades I'd like to make a similar game with more advanced puzzles and challenges. How about a 100x100x100 3D elevator maze? Kidding!

[@LGR]

Ha! Now that would be a wonder to behold.

[@SonnyBrown]

The man!

[@Mevlinous]

As a kid I loved this game, it definitely influenced my love of science and technology.

[@iamkeystroke]

Amazing! This was a great game and by coincidence before KZbin recommended this video I had just been reminiscing about the Quest for Glory series. Or, as my original EGA version 1 said, Hero's Quest. One of the best Sierra games ever.

[@NathanaelDuke]

Absolutely one of my favorite to play. Did you have a hand in Lost Mind, too?

[@reese76man]

While writing the episode, Clint googles inventor of elevator (if not already known), finds a large enough digital image of Otis, prints it out, takes time to frame it, and finds a candle to light... all for a 4 second gag. Nice work!

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

I loved it!

[@VintageTechFan]

Gag? You don't have an Otis shrine? And then you wonder why you always get stuck in elevators?

[@Paul_Ivanish]

Where is this 4 second gag?

[@holisticreviews]

@@Paul_Ivanish 5:45

[@holisticreviews]

Alas, no shrine to the guy who invented game walkthroughs.

[@brennenparker4781]

I thought I was the only one that had a framed picture of Elijah Otis with me at all times to pray and make sacrifices to.

[@LazySeabear]

I also tough that.

[@MtyGalvatron]

"This is bearly a puzzle" *Screen says find Ursa Major* I see what you did there.

[@goatbone]

Corey would be so proud

[@4Wilko]

10:43

[@saxman112]

Ba dum chhhhhh

[@ItsRetroPlanet]

Not only did I get a awesome new episode, but I now know who the inventor of the elevator is. Clint, you're awesome. Just, awesome.

[@arinl8196]

The Elijah Otis joke at 5:50 was funny, it's great to see new jokes and approaches and a bit of Clint's personality

[@3mate1]

Damn, Electronics Boutique. You just brought me back to the mall of my childhood. EVERY trip to the mall required one stop in to that store to check out the new releases wall with all those big beautiful Boxes. PC Heaven.

[@TroutButter]

Yep, sounds like exactly what I would do. Now the location where EB used to be in my mall is a GameStop which compared to the old school EB, that is so sad.

[@zerocooler7]

Same with me!

[@gaeshows1938]

ebgames still exists in Australia

[@jasonblalock4429]

8:16 Man, Corey Cole must have loved Monkey Island. That's the second reference I know of that he dropped into his Sierra games. (The other was in the VGA QFG1 remake. When you're being quizzed by Erasmus' gargoyle, if he asks you "What is your quest?" one of the responses is "I want to be a pirate!" If you select it, he says "Boy have you got the wrong game!" and sends you back down the mountain.)

[@Zartan11]

Secret of Monkey Island was a great game. Lori is not generally a fan of adventure games - she prefers RPG's - but we both loved SoMI.

[@jasonblalock4429]

@@Zartan11 And thus Quest For Glory was born! :-) Seriously, thank you for that game/series. It's been one of my lifelong favorites. I still recommend it to people from time to time.

[@firemanjoe9491]

LGR I hope you know that you are keeping these things you share alive. I appreciate how you remind us of history that is forgotten or overlooked. I would have loved to play this game!

[@SailorDrew]

Little Mermaid and Darkwing Duck! Quintessential 90's!

[@rustyshackleford7265]

Little mermaid was the 80s dum dum

[@SailorDrew]

@@rustyshackleford7265 The NES game (which Clint speculates the receipt is in reference to) and TV show was 90's, but nice try. 👍

[@adam1984pl]

and Barbie video game.

[@natewilson111]

$50 for the Darkwing Duck game(!)

[@freakishuproar1168]

@@rustyshackleford7265 Sailor Drew put you in your place, dum-dum... :3

[@HollyLiche]

Thank you for getting to this one!

[@thespartanmk1]

It so weird seeing Sierra games from the era when they were based in California. That envelope for the registration as a Coarsegold California address, and I live in Coarsegold now. It's a small little town with now a whole lot in it. Sierra it's self was based in Oakhurst, which is 7 miles down the road from Coarsegold. Their old building is now a medical center. Got to do a drug test in there when I got hired on for another local company. Another of their buildings is now owned by the local phone company, SierraTel, and the 'shed' that was Sierra online has long since been demolished. The PO box they had in Coarsegold had to have been due to Oakhurst not having a post office yet? The post office there is pretty new and the Coarsegold post office I think dates back to the 40's. Since we're on highway side mailboxes and USPS won't deliver packages bigger than the mailbox to us, I have to go into that post office pretty often. Makes me wonder if PO box 486 is available. Wonder if it still gets mail for Sierra? I used to play a lot of Sierra games as a kid. Then I moved to Coarsegold by chance only to find out shortly after that it was the home of Sierra. After I found out, I made it a point to spot anything Sierra related when I'm in Oakhurst. Their main office is pretty obvious being just off Highway 41. I think it's in a cut scene for one of the games, can't remember which one.

[@rugxulo]

Film and/or photograph it. Well, just a suggestion since I'd bet people would be interested in seeing it!

[@GTaito]

Dr. Brain's Bizarre adventure Part 1: vaporware blood

[@MidnightBlueRed]

Part 2: Puzzle Tendency

[@folrig]

Yes! Finally! I remember asking you to do this for Edutainment Month about 4 years ago! Fond memories playing this with friends in elementary school and I feel the puzzles and puns still hold up pretty well! Thanks Clint!

[@MrClawt]

Yellowcard band just got a jump in google search trends.

[@onometre]

doubling from 1 search to 2

[@theycallmekat8557]

I like to believe that Ocean Avenue is perpetually playing on LGRs early 2000s PCs

[@sk8terboi10003]

@@onometre hey yellowcard was awesome man

[@DeaconTaylor]

why? what is it?

[@TommyAgramonSeth]

@@DeaconTaylor watch closely the lower left corner at 1:39

[@planescaped]

I still remember that feeling of complete and utter disappointment when my parents would bring me an edutainment game they picked up usually at a garage sale or bargain bin at Hastings/CompUSA. I then returned to playing Baldurs Gate and Fallout and Age of Empires 2, or Beyond Oasis or Secret of Evermore or Lufia 2... and quite often, legitimately learned more. >__>

[@reeepingk]

OH MY GOD.... I had forgotten about this game. I've wondered for so many years why some of my edutainment memories from a kid didn't match the graphics style of the secret island of Dr. Quandary. or Gizmos and Gadgets (a game you should totally play.) I remember playing this game SO MUCH as a kid. I remember every single room, the rubber tree, everything. Wow what a throwback.

[@devikwolf]

Castle & Island of Dr Brain were two of my favorite edutainment games as a kid, really excited to see you do a video on it finally!

[@TeaAndFloppyDisks]

Thank you for covering this game! I played it a lot as a kid, along with the Island of Dr Brain. Really fun puzzles.

[@AndrewTJackson]

Duuuuuuude!!!!! This Is one of my favourite games EVER!! I just had the robot head room theme in my head as I went to sleep last night!! This helped me so much as a kid. I REALLY think that it helped me know that I enjoy programming and helped steer me towards computer programming as a career. I LOVE this game! (but I still struggled with that maths block grid puzzle at puzzle two. Perhaps I should try it again some time...) :-)

[@AndrewTJackson]

Oh, and BTW, at 8:20 look at the third row from the top, JACKSON. Did you know that if you highlighted people's names you got a fun little message back? :-)

[@AshBearfox]

I love your channel. My teens years were the 90s, and you bring a level of nostalgia that is just so heartwarming.

[@NathanaelDuke]

I remember being so excited for the next installment in the Dr. Brain series when they teased it. I don’t think we ever got it, though. We did later get copies of The Secret Island of Dr. Quandry, and the Lost Mind of Dr. Brain, which I loved.

[@devjock]

Played this game first on the European Scout Jamboree in 1994. That was also the time when I basically found out DOS was amazing. Spent all my "free roam" tickets going straight to the computer tent and playing games, messing with early midi keyboards and picking up stuff with robot arms. Thanks for reviewing this Clint, brings back a lot of great memories!

[@rugxulo]

"DOS was amazing" ... Truly, many geniuses wrote lots of cool stuff, not just games. (FreeDOS turns 25 this year!)

[@DefOni]

I was introduced to the Dr Brain series with The Lost Mind of Dr Brain. I put quite a few hours into that game back in the day.

[@WarpedFlayme]

I grew up playing The Lost Mind of Dr. Brain. Never realized it was a sequel!

[@fancypretzel2610]

God, I love Ken Williams' mustache.

[@matth7997]

Anyone else see the little Yellow Cards popup in the bottom left at 1:40 :D

[@em84c]

I saw something pop up but don't know what it was?

[@sierrakobold6896]

The character and musical bell entrance to the castle is the obvious inspiration for Dr. Cranium and his lab entrance in QFG IV

[@ravageduckmanguy]

I think the only Dr. Brain games I encountered growing up were Lost Mind and Time Warp. It'd be nice to see videos on those someday. I remember them pretty fondly actually.

[@debsreno911]

Cliiiinnnntttt!!!! Anymore Barbie games you'd like to share with us? Because I'd definitely watch! :)

[@AxelAlexK]

One of my favorite childhood games. Lots of memories playing this. As a kid I could never figure out the room with the robot heads. I eventually did beat the game, but it was just hours of randomly trying stuff in that robot head room until I got lucky without ever understanding it.

[@MNewton]

Man, that must have been a significant effort for 2 second joke about elevators. That's why I love this channel.

[@royyeung2009]

Nice Video as always, Clint Greeting from Hong Kong

[@victorcarneiro3779]

Clint, it is a delight to see an upload from your channel

[@matoatlantis]

Man .. I mean maan! I was looking for the name of this DOS game for about two years or even more! Asking around on irc, my friends, watching YT videos of "100 DOS games in 5 minues" and alike and nothing .. And now out of the nowhere you are reviewing it. Hehe, you made my day, sir ( /me tips off the hat ). I owe you a beer or two. :)

[@NandR]

$93 for Darkwing duck in today's money. $178 total on that receipt.

[@quadripedman]

Wolfram Alpha says that $95.53 from 1992 is about $174.50 today. Wowza.

[@oz_jones]

quadripedman somebody had a birthday, i bet

[@DanVasc]

Clint, please make a tech tales on Sierra! Maybe with the help of MetalJesusRocks!

[@xsimbyx]

I was 15 when I played this in 92 and "Your mind is the key to every door. Set your mind free, and no lock can hold you, no bars restrain you." still remains engraved in my mind.

[@shelby3822]

Sits down on toilet...ooh new LGR - perfect timing

[@badgerlordpatrick6493]

Too much information, man! You're Too Much Information Man!

[@tkayube]

I started on the Dr. Brain series with the later ones (Lost Mind and Time Warp), but eventually ended up trying one of the older ones (I think Island) at one point.

[@Catoxis]

Love it! Can't wait to see you do Time Warp of Dr. Brain~

[@MrDomBoileau]

I'm so glad you're doing this series now. I never knew this one existed though, I only played Island of Dr. Brain and the Mad Lab of Dr. Brain (or something like that)

[@timmer919hep]

I want that giant purple hand chair in real life

[@quinnzykir]

There’s something about late 80s-early 2000s add that just gave off a nice warm vibe

[@jefflavenz7285]

I just noticed that the 5¼" floppy covers at 1:34 have the Game Arts logo on them. I know that Sierra did distribution for Thexder, Silpheed, and Firehawk on MS-DOS and Tandy in the US, but I didn't know they were actually considered part of the Sierra brand at the time.

[@philip1382]

If memory serves you could bypass the copy protection with hint coins. The mechanism is programmed to jam after two coins to try and prevent this but you could use hint coins to get the first two codes, write them down, reload, then use a hint coin to get the third one.

[@TheRealTHD]

I never played Castle of Dr. Brain but I am a HUGE fan of the Island of Dr. Brain, one of my favorite nostalgic DOS games. I hope you end up covering more of these, including the odder, later entries in the series.

[@SmokyMan001]

Always a good fuzzy feeling inside when I watch your videos!

[@lmulligan6969]

You have the readers digest of videos. Perfect length to watch whilst taking a dook.

[@charlie_nolan]

L Mulligan only on the pooper do I extensively watch LGR videos

[@harshbarj]

This was a great game for the day. I played this for years on our old 386DX computer. Though even on the hardest difficulty it could be beat inside of two hours. The entire Dr. Brain series was fun.

[@TheRealJims]

We had this game at my elementary school's computer lab. I don't think I ever got past the first section of puzzles because I never knew what any of those symbols meant because of no manual. Or maybe I was just dumb and couldn't figure it out.

[@lionocyborg6030]

I can't remember but did you cover the incredible machine before? Imagine Contraption Zack in terms of tone but with you building Rube Goldberg machines instead of performing awful puzzles to fix existing giant ones.

[@diegocella6791]

at 1:42 (circa) who has stopped and 'rewind' to see what is happening on the lower left hand side?

[@Stuit3rb4l]

Nope... I even had to rewind 3 times to find out what you meant...

[@Markimark151]

You should talk about other Dr. Brain games, especially the later games in the series.

[@caviasober6010]

Those later games made all of my childhood!

[@Markimark151]

caviasober we use to play those Dr. Brain games in school.

[@GlobalsoftPirka]

Lost Mind of Dr. Brain WAS my childhood. I really hope he covers that one.

[@101Volts]

The Lost Mind of Dr. Brain and The Time Warp of Dr. Brain had Dr. Brain's quintessential voice. In Time Warp he had a sense of humor if you failed a puzzle, dunno about Lost Mind.

[@Markimark151]

@Austin Lucas Lost Mind game had similar humor and gags to Dr. Quandary.

[@ventility]

Hey LGR. Love your videos quite a bit. Thanks for keeping us entertained with all these old memories. I've searched all over and cannot find the name of a game i played when i was younger. I it was a DOS CD rom game where you had to find 3 crystals to win the game. You had to build your settlement from scratch. You would set the amount of tax to be applied to your citizens. You would research everything in there game with your scientists from medicine to weapons. The intro was a very dated CGI movie telling you about how the crystals got separated and you need to beat the other kingdoms in finding them. Don't know if you'll be able to help but i figured it wouldn't hurt to try.

[@dankalaidjian]

Hey LGR, as part of edu-tainment, you gotta do the Lost Mind of Dr. Brain 🧠 childhood nostalgia galore

[@kanesmith8271]

Clint I find it charming that you grew up on a carribean island, don't know why but I imagine it as a very interesting upbringing one could remember fondly. I remembered you saying it from that sims video you made about an island expansion

[@FoxMan_FF]

Ah, Dr. Brain. I hope you cover more of his games in the future, because The Lost Mind of Dr. Brain was one of my all-time favorite edutainment games growing up. I still quote lines from his pet rat Rathbone to this day.

[@oglack6137]

Seeing stuff marked "electronics boutique" really tickles that nostalgia real good. making my way through crowds of people and obnoxiously present sales signs to find me a discount copy of LOTR:TT for original Xbox.

[@MichaelMangi]

Memories of playing this while in school

[@rickycisneros3761]

Dr. Brain reappears as Dr. Cranium in Quest for Glory 4 as well, an you have to solve all his puzzles before you meet him in person!

[@TheGirlChris]

The Fantastic Book of Logic Puzzles was a book of brain teasers that were based on science fiction and fantasy tropes. There were Einstein puzzles, classic riddles, probabilities, all sorts if things.

[@artofwar420]

Hey man you have some of the highest quality videos (in production and just how sharp they look) in all of youtube

[@LGR]

Thanks, I try for the best!

[@WrathOfNolla]

Is that......is that a Yellowcard album cover down there? LOL

[@awitelin]

I loved the Dr. Brain games, they were my favorite edutainment offerings! Island of Dr Brain was my favorite though, it was great. I blame them for my love of puns as an adult, too.

[@kariolm2579]

The most ironic thing about CoDB copy-protection system is that using a hint count will allow you to bypass one check (and geniuses at Sierra made sure that you will have three you need for first code pad). Even better, using a coin displays the code, rather then simply skipping one check. Since codes and matching codewords are hard coded into the game (otherwise you couldn't use printed manual as decypher tool), it's possible to simply run first and second codepad trough enough restarts to reverse engineer the entire code grid. Something I did in the late 90s.

[@calzonemaniacsvideocorner0804]

That Darkwing Duck game was only two months old at the time of purchase which explains the $50 price tag.

[@fanbladeinstruments]

@5:57 genuinely laughed so hard I sent curry sauce through my nose and now my entire face is a stinging mess of hot sauce. I've never loved you more...😂😂😭😭

[@06mustangCE]

I drive by the old Sierra headquarters (the one at the end of Space Quest III) every day on my way to work and on my way home. It's mostly just used for medical offices now. *sigh*.. I wish I could've been there in the glory days.

[@chaseohara4781]

I remember having this game... I found it a bit obtuse when I was younger, but still pretty memorable!

[@dustinhoyman8415]

I completely forgot about this game but loved it as a kid!!

[@Doomsdayman]

I remember being freaked out by that blue eye on the first screen when I was a kid. And the first hallway music.

[@JohnnnyGash]

I can't believe edutainment month is nearly over already. I'll have to binge the play list later. Thanks for being Clint, Clint. 👍

[@FreedomDaveX]

The first two Dr Brain games had so much charm. They need smartphone app remasters.

i did play a more recent version of this game i think. All i remember was a music section i was unable to solve since i didnt knew anything about music tabs

[@Freezezonian]

I never had a lot of these games growing up just a couple so it's interesting to see what I did or didn't miss out on. Also does anyone know where he got those statues of doom guy and Commander Keen visible at 2:37? Or what video he talks about where/how he got them?

[@MartKencuda]

I used to play the shit out of The Lost Mind of Dr. Brain. Never realized they were "edutainment" until now.

[@rugxulo]

Maybe you should get a refund. 🤣 (jk)

[@lionocyborg6030]

I was the same with the Zoombinis: It was how I was introduced to shitty graphic adventure game puzzles. I didn't see any of the logic that was apparently supposed to be there, but I think my bud in school where I played it did, as he helped me with the allergic cliffs and arsehole boulders. Once I brute forced the pizza puzzle, the puzzles on the two paths after the campsite or even the campsite itself if I had less than 16 Zoombinis (which was very likely) was where I rage quit and started breaking things. Like the monitor glass, and damn the subsequent X-Ray poisoning. (In my day, we willingly used Cathode Ray tube TVs/monitors and liked them)

[@xenopanther]

I love the editing on this!

[@StuffWePlay]

Ah Electronics Boutique, a name from a time when EB Games was a game store and not just a Funko Pop warehouse!

[@gregtime]

Wow, this is the earliest I've caught one of your videos. Good stuff!

[@corruptclaw839]

Goodness I forgot this was uploaded on my birthday! Good to know that edutainment month is still going strong! Perhaps you can review more modern educational games soon?

[@oneminutefixed5003]

1:40 what's that in the left bottom corner?

[@NickCapron]

One of my favorites as a kid, great vid!

[@Byrnzi360]

Dr. Brain is the descendent of Dr. Cranium from QFG4 - one of the highlights of that game.

[@minichou]

What a cute blast to the past. The puzzles seem really innovative as well, I want to play but I see myself getting stuck and giving up

[@chilrad]

3:42 Was just thinking of how reminiscent it was of Dr Cranium's House in Quest for Glory 4!!

[@TheLtData]

I see you have Carmen Sandiago too! I had a pc from Commodore (PC10-III) with green monochrome and played that game. That was back in 1986.

[@Solidier1]

What an interesting game and information from the video. Thank you Sir.

[@Spam97]

KZbin didn't notify me but damn I found it just after 30min ... Btw I can't wait for Christmas and LGR Clone..

[@benjaminmiddaugh2729]

It will be interesting to see what happens now that he's gotten a bit more intelligent...

[@WintrBorn]

I had the Lost Mind of Dr Brain as a kid, and loved it. I tried to learn all the greek letters, but didn't manage.

[@TheCelticFox]

Holy Crap.. too spooky. My name is Sean and I was born in 92 man! Love your content btw Clint!

[@RealRedRabbit]

I thought I was having a stroke seeing the tiny little Yellowcard popup for a second.

[@MrRaul355]

I can't believe you've heard of Yellowcard, that's great!

[@GlobalsoftPirka]

Hey, LGR! I’ve loved your videos for a long time, and it’s amazing seeing you cover Dr. Brain (I never played this one, but I grew up on the third one ‘Lost Mind of Dr. Brain’) I saw Electronics Boutique on the receipt and I wasn’t sure if you knew, but we actually still have it in Canada! ...kind of. It became EB Games after a while, and now it’s basically GameStop in all but name (even the signage inside sometimes says GameStop, and you can get GameStop exclusives there), but it’s still called EB...the legacy lives on.

[@gummybread]

so the way into the castle is the same as shadowgate, where they "key" is the keystone of the first arch. Coincidence? i think so

[@Zartan11]

Actually, yes, coincidence! Shadowgate came out earlier, and I had not played it before coming up with the puzzle for Castle of Dr. Brain.

[@rugxulo]

@@Zartan11 Hmmm, you have let's-plays of yourself but on another channel? Slightly confusing. (EDIT: Ah, I did watch a review on Cannot Be Tamed's channel months ago!)

[@Zartan11]

@@rugxulo "I" have two KZbin accounts. This one is my personal account. The other (Hero-U: Rogue to Redemption) is my business account for developing new games (check out www.hero-u.com). Since my livestreams also involve my wife and lead game designer Lori Cole, as well as volunteers and contractors for Transolar Games, I use that for the livestreams.

[@crabman3144]

But how does the Island of Doctor Brain compare to the Secret Island of Doctor Quandary?

[@InfernoScorpion14]

Can't be any better than - Island of Dr Mystico

[@maldorthegreat]

It would be awesome if you could do Dr. Brain Thinking Games: Puzzle Madness. Like no one on youtube has talked about it!

[@nickwallette6201]

I loved this game as a kid. (Eh, OK, I'm not going to lie -- I still do.) I played this game so many times on my dad's old 386, that I had it completely memorized. Even if the puzzles are elementary, it's still gorgeous, has a great soundtrack, and it's just fun to play through. Sierra put out some quality stuff back then. This, MechWarrior, Lemmings, Wing Commander, Duke Nukum...

[@rayceeya8659]

HOW HAVE YOU NOT COVERED THIS ONE YET?