LGR - Life and Death - Apple IIGS Game Review

[@LGR]

I don't think you realize something... One of the very first videos I did here was a quick review on The Sims 3. That got me my initial audience. Around this time I also started pursuing my other interests in vids, like vintage hardware/software. The Sims games are a part of my life & a big part of what I do here. It's always been this way on this channel and will stay that way so long as they keep releasing them. I still do way more retro vids than Sims ones, I don't see why you're complaining.

[@Litepaw]

I feel like i found a gem from the past

[@karlagerman-skrinjaric6548]

@@Litepaw I wonder to which comment he was replying to hahahaha

[@marinaschulz3183]

@@karlagerman-skrinjaric6548 same haha!

[@ziggybowman6875]

What happened to the thumbnail? Now it shows the scene with the phone instead of the Title Card with the name of the game.

[@Fuzy2K]

I love how the game tells you that carving "FART" into a patient "wasn't the proper procedure".

[@robertaviles8451]

That'll teach em to eat beans! 😅 I died laughing!

[@shaunearsom7420]

I remember cutting open patients, dumping all of my tools in them, and then sewing them back up and sending them on their way. Those were good times....

[@jasonkrug7928]

Wow all those little extras included with the game like the fake letter and cool booklets. You just don't get those extra touches anymore, now you're lucky to get a 2 page "manual"

[@austin5623isawesome]

Where all the manual is just basic controls and seizure warnings.

[@mslita09]

Right!

[@wu1ming9shi]

yeah and the actual tutorial is mandatory in EVERY game rather than printing it in that book so that it doesn't conflict with the experience of the game itself.

Unless you get the collector's edition. Then you'll be hard pressed to find space for all the plastic tat.

[@Fakan]

I honestly miss that. I remember being seriously excited when Working Designs rereleased the LUNAR series on the PlayStation back in the day, and where most companies would have just pushed out a simple port and been done with it, WD rebuilt the game from the ground up with bonus features included, included a soundtrack CD, a Behind The Scenes DVD including outtakes and such, and threw in a hard cover instruction book with concept art, comparisons between the original and rerelease, and a "getting started" strategy guide. /That/ made me excited about games again... so of course the company collapsed. =(

[@DaL33T5]

2:00 That mask would be a huge selling point at this particular point in 2020.

[@BrokenCrayonStudios]

I was just about to say the same thing lol

[@BabusGameRoom]

And 2021. Darn! I thought I'd be the first one to comment during the pandemic! lmao

[@dormcat]

And the title screen at 2:20 too.

[@ryandevan2793]

Great now i hate all of you! Good Job!

[@UnknownName5050]

Yeah they helped so much 🙃

[@LGR]

Indeed! Stay tuned for more on this :D

[@puptented]

this game looks awesome! I've never heard of it, and all the little features like the mask and gloves and the small booklet on surgery and even the copy protection... it really shows how much love was put into this game. thanks for showing me this! I'm gonna go download this now...!

[@LGR]

Indeed it is. Expect to see more of it soonish.

[@DukeNukem2417]

Holy crap, LGR looked creepy snapping that glove on.......

[@aeriumsoft]

lol yea right

[@Hamieee]

so, the patient woke up, and his skeleton was missing! anyway, that's how I lost my medical license...

[@matchmakerchris7617]

Your profile pic fits your comment well!

[@MidnightWanderer00]

Dr. Pepper is that you!?

[@terner1234]

MEDIC

[@dominicbofficial]

ARCHIMEDES, NO! Its filthy in there...

[@Beelze_Bubbles]

Aw you didn't include the scream when you cut into the patient without anesthesia. Aaaaaaaah!

[@Th3Raz96]

That scared the piss out of me the first time it happened

[@ClassicGaminer2014]

You were right "Someone comes with slight discomfort, put him under the UltraScan and see what his insides look like". If you want to see if his/her aorta has grown prematurely

[@LGR]

Actually, the graphics are arguably better on the Mac version even though they're in black and white. The resolution is higher and the graphics are more detailed, so it's a bit easier to do surgery.

[@digitalrailroader]

heh, its like a Surgeon Simulator 1988!

[@xxxslyraiderxxx8945]

Dang it I just made that joke

[@matthewmartinez9640]

@@xxxslyraiderxxx8945 oops

[@CheeseburgerFreedomMan]

Dr Pepper... is back

[@azizabdul8914]

and he's come for MORE

[@ilovesmosh2012]

DICKS.

[@Deathly66]

Cheeseburger Freedom Man lmao

[@LGR]

Which name, phreakindee? Just like it's spelled: freak-in-dee. It's also said several times in the Slag Voss interview on my channel.

[@LGR]

I freaking love Carnivores. What an intense hunting game, especially when you get past the herbivores and start going after the straight up carnivores. Incredibly satisfying to walk around your trophy room after a successful hunt, hehe. The later games in the series are pretty good too, but the original two games are still my preference.

[@thisoldmacintosh5795]

Note to self: Don’t let Clint operate on you!

[@jakarnilson]

I had the PC version, no pager/copyright system. I could never properly operate on a patient. The scalpel would always kill the patient, and a screen of red would descend. Those manuals would have been some help...

[@GentleHeretic]

I almost died laughing when you put on the mask and gloves! Best served at 0.25x with the most ominous music in your collection!

[@LGR]

Makes the game as tough as possible. Patients die easier, surgery is harder, the deadlier diseases are more common, etc.

[@LGR]

No. Sorry. I think I've said this to you before, but I got rid of it because it was more trouble than it was worth. Lots of people complained about it being unnecessary and somewhat aggravating, and I agree. It did nothing to improve the video in any substantial way. Stats show that most skipped it or left the video before it was done. Plus I had it for a long time and I got bored of it. It's not coming back. I will continue to tweak the current intro, but the old ones as they were are done for.

[@LGR]

If anyone wants to see it, all they have to do is watch any of my older videos. The intros haven't magically disappeared from them or anything :)

[@Kyntteri]

Ah, that music right in the beginning. Budbrain Megademo (Amiga, 1990) And the end sections of it were totally NSFW.

[@LGR]

Certainly considered it, yes. They're underrated for sure.

[@mahtnez]

This is one of those games that had my family convinced I was a psychopath just because I'd be cracking up while carving patients up and listening to them scream. ;/

[@Blackadder75]

It still convinced me that you are a psychopath, 30 years later

[@DOSRetroGamer]

Are you?

[@Th3Raz96]

I have fond memories of emulating this game back when I was like 10 years old, I had extreme difficulty finding the numbers for the pager thing, and actually managed to get someone (I believe I found them on some forum) who still had theirs to personally email it to me so that I could play the game. Good friggin times.

[@timg2727]

I remember playing this in middle school, and I've been trying for years to remember what it was called. Good thing I found this video.

[@LGR]

I use a composite to HDMI scaler and capture with an AVerMedia Game Broadcaster HD internal capture card.

[@LGR]

You realize that only a few videos a year are on Sims expansions, right? The vast majority of the time it's other stuff that I cover. And actually, according to my analytics numbers from KZbin, the largest number of those who watch my videos are 13-17 year old girls...

[@cringecasserole]

I need to buy the game for the mask and gloves. You know, shortages and stuff.

[@ScoobyBaseball]

You're awesome, Clint. Myself, and no doubt many others, certainly appreciate your videos & the work that goes into them. :)

[@juliadesrocher7804]

little did we know how important that mask would be 8 years later....

[@curtis_haring]

2012 - Comes with a mask and gloves - what a funny concept! 2020 - IT COMES WITH A MASK AND GLOVES?! - I WILL GIVE YOU $200 FOR THAT GAME!

[@mieszczuch]

2:02 mask and latex gloves - now that's the game for 2020!

[@ianiwarrior4951]

funy!

[@LGR]

...that sounds freaking AWESOME, actually.

[@ProfRenderer]

5:28 I noticed that you used the DOS version of Life and Death for the "FART" operation, but when you're explaining the operation mode at 6:10, it's the Apple IIGS version. How so?

[@LGR]

Simple: I switched over to the DOS version there, since the IIGS version doesn't allow you to just cut patients up like that.

[@ProfRenderer]

Ah, I see. I figured something was different with those versions.

[@ProfRenderer]

kingcrimson234 XD That would be hilarious!

[@chamele0nday]

lucky that Joel got the DOS version, then

[@Pau_Pau9]

Time to visit thrift store to get a box for that sweet, sweet mask and gloves!!

[@Chuckler127]

It would have been nice if you would have demonstrated what a successful surgery actually looks like.

[@LGR]

I did, at 07:06 in the video! Granted, it wasn't a flawless operation, but it was successful. The dude just tells you "congrats on the surgery" and that's that, you move onto the next patient.

[@Chuckler127]

Lazy Game Reviews Thanks for responding to me. Are you certain it was successful? Because at 06:55 it says "Oh no! We've lost the patient!" Or do you mean you succeeded at some other operation and just jumped straight to the "winning" screen?

[@AkasagiPhan]

Chuckler127 He meant 5:55

[@crimsoneternity]

Holy cow! I remember my older brothers playing this back in the day. Good times. :D

[@LGR]

Yes, but they just don't release stuff as often as I do. For instance Pat just released a new NES Punk review the other day, and JewWario is also on RWTV now with his You Can Play This series. But I'm one of the few that release something new every week. A lot of them stay pretty darned busy with other things, like running the site, working on The Video Game Years and all sorts of stuff behind the scenes.

[@PaddyMcMe]

'and hear the lamentation of their women!' Gave me one of those delayed hysterical laughs which ended up with me coughing. Well done sir!

[@whatever9480]

I played this as a child. So cool back then. Just wanna say I'm so sorry to the npc's who suffered so horribly at my juvenile whims

[@angelm2770]

So I see we all flew to the comments after seeing the mask and gloves 💀💀

[@JeezaLou]

"That'll teach him to eat beans." Hilarious dude. Well done!

[@Shadowthehedgehogxx3]

DOCTOR PEPPER

[@rafadylewski7190]

DOCTOR THUNDER

[@tjhill0110]

(is back)

[@JunipersLight]

Ah, this takes me back to 8th grade. The computer lab at school had this installed on every machine, and it was awesome!

[@toninagy]

I USED TO PLAY THIS!!! This video brings me so much joy

[@dapowerfulmastermind]

2:18 I spi a raspberry pi! would you, by chance, review that glorious little machine at some point?

[@SolidSonicTH]

Are you using that mask and gloves?

[@adambetz8363]

LGR predicting the future at 2:09

[@aragorio]

theres no such thing as a weekend without a LGR review

[@jonbourgoin182]

2:05 who would have thought that bit was foreshadowing our future in 2020

Masks and gloves... Nailed it in 2020!

[@skyrish]

2:04 Forshadowing the future.

[@azizabdul8914]

It's extra punishing when your head doctor is Luke Skywalker.

[@Nafeels]

More like a grumpy old Han Solo.

[@LGR]

Not according to the stats I have. Seriously, most people either skipped or left the video entirely due to the intro. I got lots of emails all the time about how it was aggravating, or they heard the intro music and thought they were being Rick Roll'd. Nobody seemed to say anything positive about it when I used it, and now all of a sudden a few people want it back. I can't win, so I'm not even playing that whole "intro" game anymore.

[@lbanting]

Loved that game! there was also a Neuro surgery version too. spent a lot of hours of malpractice!

[@VirtuelleWeltenMitKhan]

Wow I finished the dos version back in the day and I was never aware of the fact that you can change your signature. Have to replay that. Greetings

[@Mushtaco]

Oh man I see that Majesty fantasy sim box in the background. That game is seriously one of the best.

[@Audiomancer]

I just found a whole bunch more of your videos that I haven't seen yet...score!:)

[@LGR]

I reviewed Arena last year, look on my channel. Haven't done Daggerfall yet but I'll get to it someday.

[@ghostoflazlo]

Omg! This would today be called "ultimate limited platinum collectors edition" and cost 150$ ( season pass w/"nightmare mode" excluded)

[@LateBlt]

YES! I always loved the IIgs version of this game the best. Kudos for your taste in platforms!

[@theravendemon]

This game cracks me up so much. I can't tell you how many times I've successfully completed surgery only to be told that I forgot to take out a butterfly clip. One thing I noticed is that the x-ray looks way better in the Apple IIGS version than the DOS version. I always had tons of trouble deciphering what was going on in the x-ray when playing my DOS version, and more than a few patients suffered because of it.

[@lokanientertainment6594]

Aha! I see it on your shelf: Whiplash! I'm dying for you to do a video on it--love your vids...

[@PeteJohnsMusic]

Surely “staph” room would have been a better misspelling?

[@aziz_light]

After hours and hours playing this game, I'm convinced I could perform an appendectomy or a blood clot removal. Now as for life and death 2, hell I could never get past drilling out a piece of skull. Nice review.

[@LGR]

Nope, unfortunately it's not on GOG yet.

[@SevenDeMagnus]

Cool looking Apple computer.

[@jonbourgoin182]

0:29 what is that dinosaur game on the top left on the shelf and have you reviewed it yet?

[@NoeLPZC]

God, I just tried playing the DOS version of this game. Note to everyone: do NOT attempt surgery without a guide! Following a guide I made it all the way up to closing the patient, but I missed a few steps and gave them the wrong drug by accident. We lost 'em. I was so devastated.

[@rebeccamercado5658]

I really enjoyed this game as a kid. Hilarious commentary btw.

[@theverminmediaareyourenemi5612]

Life and Death sparked my interest in medicine and now, all these years later, I'm a surgeon....im not licensed nor did I go to school but that didnt stop me.

[@TMBGTransformer]

dr. pepper is back

[@PCGamer77]

2:38 I don't think "STAF" is a typo. They just didn't have room to print the whole word on the angled sign.

[@LGR]

Yeah, no... this predates Trauma Center by 17 freaking years.

[@zorkan111]

You're talking about Life and Death 2- The Brain. You can play it through DosBox emulator and it's free to download on Abandonia :)

[@Morzall0055]

I saw you have Majesty in the background at 0:16 Lazy Gamer! That's one of my favorites!

[@LGR]

Why, because I make videos featuring old games I must be copying him? Come on now, seriously?

[@asdgasdf9580]

Apple 2gs how I miss you. Are you a doctor? No, but I played as one thirty years ago in my bedroom.

[@cherryred6804]

We need a remake of this with mod support

[@jameyspielt]

one of the first games i played on the 286AT of a friend.. aww.. life was good back then.

[@RenegadeJade]

DR THUNDER IS BACK

[@ShipwreckedMonki]

Shogun Total War is by far my most favourite game in the Total war series. If you haven't already, a review on it would get right up in my nostalgia jiblets.

[@sethbramwell]

LOL I remember that game on DOS, I never had a successful surgery. This is why I am not a gamer of anything more advanced than Galaga. XD Great review!

[@jmcieslak0]

What does Nightmare Mode entail?

[@nightshademagia]

More problems

[@Atlink]

Lupus.

[@homebody0089]

Chicago/Detroit on full moon

[@MuttFitness]

I wonder if the diskette still worked.

[@JesseDylanMusic]

I got this in a compilation boxed set with like Chessmaster and such, PC. Did anyone else have this? I can't even remember if it was on floppy or CD (the compilation), much less what else was on it. It is where I learned that almost any problem a person has can be traced to the appendix, though, which needs to be removed, NOW.

[@OzisApoes]

That's Life & Death 2 actually, but that scream that would give, worth the price of admission. :3

[@MrBallswell]

2:10 Francis "You'll be sorry Pee-Wee Herman!"

[@tyminor9366]

The MS-DOS version has the best scream

[@PastryPredator]

This one popped up while I watched the king of Crustaceons one for the thousandth time... wowzers!

[@mrbigmouth502]

Just to chime in, even though the Apple IIGS had less CPU horsepower than the Amiga, it could actually display more colors at once. The Amiga was limited to 32 colors at once total, while the IIGS could potentially do 3200 colors with a different 16 color palette for each scanline, though realistically most games only used up to 256 colors.

[@DVAFP]

Good review, have you played life & death 2?

[@Frank_Costanzas_Lawyer]

Excellent opening reference. Definitely got a chuckle out of that =)

[@SuperDawsome]

i love how you can win any argument.

[@tanynsansom4306]

Surgeon simulator 1988

[@ellDiavolo666]

love the times when they used to put stuff in our game boxes

[@shutupandmarmalade]

Carving FART into that guys stomach was a really funny spoof.