He Puts the Taz in Taz-Mania (For SNES)

[@alexhydell3608]

Please never stop making this show. Pretty please?

[@kyuubinaruto17]

I mean........at the very most it can only last 10 years, otherwise it won't be "Now in the NINETIES" anymore.

[@MyRetroLife]

Glad to see this game getting the spotlight. I actually owned in my youth the TurboDuo and Bonk 3 CD for it. Loved it along with the other Bonk games. On my channel you'll actually find a TurboDuo episode with home video from when I was a kid playing this game. Thanks for this!

[@lali_prism]

I remember an aunt got me Taz in Escape from Mars for christmas and I think I only ever beat the game once but I can still, to this day, perfectly recall the noise of him spinning up and bouncing off of everything! It was such a heavy, plonky sound!

[@cursedex80]

With the cold and rainy season approaching in my country, being wrapped in a blanket while watching tv and eating cereal is indeed the proper mood.

[@Myndi84]

now in the 90s is on! It's Friday again.

[@thecunninlynguist]

Bonk was such a cool character. I so wanted a tg 16 as a kid

[@tempestfennac9687]

Did you ever get one? It's a shame its US library was so limited considering how many games were released for it in Japan.

[@thecunninlynguist]

​@@tempestfennac9687nope. I did get the mini though a few years ago

[@MrMegaManFan]

And The CunninLymguists are such a cool rap group too!

[@Invidente7]

​@@tempestfennac9687 Bonk's adventure is alvaible on PS3 PSN and there were bonk games for GB, NES and SNES.

[@nickgarrison4018]

I had one. Lemme tell ya, it commanded zero respect from the other kids. Can you believe I used to get made fun of for owning one?

[@theironfox2756]

Taz is named Taz in a family of Tazmanian devils. Like a human being being named hum.

[@HylianFox3]

@2 Corinthians 4:7-11 Reminds me of those aliens who disguise themselves as "Hugh Mann"

[@promania8956]

Fun fact in Japan the Bonk games are called PC Genjin wich is a joke on the TurboGrafx 16s Japanese name PC Engine. In Japanese Genjin means Caveman. That is probably why the magazine was just keeping the same name.

[@tookool5616]

Wow. Never thought I would ever hear the Taz-Mania theme again. Thanks for bringing me back!

[@mstiefan6996]

I did not even remember there being a Bonk 3. I remember playing the first two games on Turbographx cause my older brother bought the system just for Military Madness and I was looking for something to play on it myself...so Bonk was my go to franchise for the system. After that though, I kind of forgot he existed until stumbling onto Super Bonk on the SNES.

[@Invidente7]

There were also a second SNES bonk game that didn't made it to the USA.

[@AtlasBlizzard]

The instant I read the title of this episode, that theme song ran through my head. 80s and 90s theme songs were catchy as heck.

[@toadfan5]

Taz's popularity even managed to get him a solo N64 game in 2000. Exclusively in Europe called Taz Express...he's a delivery boy and its remarkably unfun.

[@chadgarrett6947]

Letter to the editor. I adored your description of Yoshis cookie. Amazing. End message.

[@jotarobogard]

Power Quest is really good for a Game Boy fighting game. The ports of Mortal Kombat 2 and Street Fighter Alpha are also decent.

[@TarkinRocher]

I had a lot of fun with Battle Arena Toshinden

[@AtlasBlizzard]

The GB port of Street Fighter 2 is really good too.

[@babylonastronaut]

Power Quest is the correct answer. It's the gb's pocket fighter.

[@sneakyhobbitses8057]

Power Quest is great!

[@taxfactor]

Same about the Taz-Mania theme. And I remember not liking that show AT ALL, yet the song started playing in my head immediately.

[@tylerbrunton7696]

My grandma bought me a hip-hop Looney Tunes sweater back in the day. I loved that thing.

[@pmgmsd]

MK2 on the Game Boy was pretty solid. It's short, but I enjoyed finding the tower.

[@Walkeranz]

Get weird, Dylan. Roll with it. Embrace it. Become it. Binging Zelda sounds good

[@napoleonfeanor]

Everybody gets weird just by proximity with Jared Boyfarmer (translation of his name)

[@zubizuva]

3:23 nice.

[@ViniVHSoares1993]

Hard to believe that Taz Mania on the SNES turned 30, a game i think i'm the only one that likes, got it when i was a kid and i still love it to this day, though i've got it used.

[@skylarthomas3033]

One of the better parts of my week lately

[@chrisrj9871]

8-bit - hokey and simple ... 16bit - exciting and detailed ... modern - _"make purchase of the merchandise!"_ Cartoons were on fire in the late 80s and early 90s, thanks especially to Who Framed Roger Rabbit and all those historical documentaries about Looney Tunes on TV.

[@PhilipMarcYT]

Taz Mania on the SNES looks like OutRun/Super Hang On without the vehicles.

[@joeyparkhill8751]

I can see that. they are eerily similar, aren't they?

[@blizzardforonline1954]

Jared: ...for everything else, here's Editor Dylan. KZbin: Nope, not until our ads end! Me: SUSAN!!!!!!!

[@Zitsanrael1117]

Holy crap, the nostalgia that hit me when I saw Taz eating a bird and falling over.....that's what I love about this show.

[@ThunderDragonRandy]

The day before my birthday. I would be 1 year old 30 years ago.

[@Sly88Frye]

9:32 How could you miss out on the main difference between the SNES version and the previous ports of Yoshi's cookie. The puzzle mode is exclusive to the SNES version and it's a fun challenge. Not to mention you could actually choose between different characters when you do the verses mode instead of just always being Mario against either Yoshi, princess, or Bowser. It even tells you what the attributes of each character is in the versus mode. Oh yeah actually I played that Barney game on the Genesis. Rented it from Hollywood Video. I'm not even sure why I did I guess I was still young enough to still love watching Barney, but I had played other better video games like Super Mario World already and Sonic the Hedgehog. It's crazy how Barney was such a big deal in the '90s and now he's hardly around. At least as far as I know.

[@yakumoyomi5765]

I would argue that Power Quest is not only a "decent" fighting game on the Game Boy (Color), but a pretty good one.

[@gurvmlk]

Glad I'm not the only person who heard Dylan ask about a good Game Boy fighting game, and immediately thought of Power Quest.

[@jarredcombs7603]

TG-16/PC Engine so underrated.

[@obotprime339]

Considering the abundance of licensed platformers out there, seeing SNES Taz-Mania being an Outrun-style game is honestly quite refreshing! And I really like Outrun so I wouldn't mind playing more of those kinds of games.

[@Invidente7]

The génesis versión has more variety while the SNES version, while fun to play in short bursts, doesn't even has an ending.

[@valdenv]

You get an upvote just for being an OutRun fan. Literally my favorite videogame of all time.

[@obotprime339]

@@valdenv It's a splendid classic for sure

[@gabrielvampyre]

In response to Editor Dylan's fighting Game Boy question, I had a bit of fun with the SGB version of Battle Arena Toshinden back in the day. That said, it isn't anything I'd want to revisit or play outside of the context of the era it existed in.

[@KairuHakubi]

also i wanna say there was a good tmnt fighting game on gameboy? or at least.. surprisingly good?

[@juststatedtheobvious9633]

@@KairuHakubi You might be thinking of NES Tournament Fighters.

[@KairuHakubi]

@@juststatedtheobvious9633 yeahhh maybe. that one was good, right? at least, weirdly good for being on NES...

[@emrules2001]

I remember renting Power Monger several times when i was 8 or 9. No instructions or guide, but somehow fumbled my way through several maps. I'll never forget the clock ticking in the background the entire time

[@TheWiiHunter]

You sent me down the nostalgia rabbit hole with Taz escapes from Mars! i played the heck out of that game as a kid! Thanks!

[@dary0097]

I used to love playing Tazmania but on The Genesis Oh I miss Those Simpler Times

[@reliquarium744]

To answer editor Dylan's question about a decent fighting game on the Game Boy, yes. Well, Game Boy Color anyway. It's a while away for the Now in the 90s series but Power Quest came out in 1998 and it's pretty solid. Absolutely banger soundtrack for the system given its limitations too.

[@witecatj6007]

Hey Dylan, there were a few good fighting games on the Game Boy, but they came out near the end of its lifespan. All of them were by Takara. And all were ports. There was Samaurai Showdown, which had all the characters and a few bonus ones to boot, King of Fighters '95, which had a smaller Roster, but still had the 3 on 3 fighting, Wold Heroes Jet, which was pretty entertaining, and lastly Battle Arena Toshinden, a surprisingly robust port of the PS1 game that even added a few characters from the second game. They are all pretty entertaining and worth a playthrough.

[@jw6588]

Taz-Mania was one of my favorite cartoons as a kid. So cool to be reminded of that awesome theme song.

[@ryanbauer3680]

Next week's predictions without googling it; Bad Ass Racing: Rock and Roll Racing. An over looked platformer: I forget the name of this game but its on the SNES where essentially you're a shrunk down scientist and have to carry around items like thumbtacks and traverse large open stage areas of based off of common house rooms. If I remember correctly, the main character wears sun glasses and green jump suit so he looks reminiscent of Rad Spencer from Bionic Commando. Cute Shoot Em Up without any spaceships: I believe he's referring to, I want say its called Magical Pop, or something along those lines. Either way I know its the most expensive game you can find on the Turbo Graphics 16.

[@lordoflizardsp]

Mr. Editor sir, the Battle Arena Toshindin Game Boy port is a very good fighting game.

[@TouyaChikage]

I still remember the animated series for Taz-Mania, where in certain episodes, you get to see the real Taz, an extremely intelligent character that just puts on an act, cause they're technically recording the episode in a studio. Was one of my favorite cartoons back in the days.

[@ScrubMyTub]

I love this series Jared, you rock man. Much love from Canada.

[@napoleonfeanor]

I'm sorry

[@ScrubMyTub]

​@@napoleonfeanor sorry for??

[@napoleonfeanor]

@@ScrubMyTub I thought Canadians always say sorry. It was just a joke about American Canada perceptions. In my country, there is no real Canadian people's stereotype. We just think about weather and wilderness.

[@mrben6573]

10:16 Any fighter on the Game Boy is going to be slow and kind of limited, but World Heroes 2 Jet is pretty fun, feels like a real fighting game, big fighter roster, all the good stuff. Just a little slow and you only have two buttons.

[@Ty-douken]

I quite liked the Killer Instinct & Battle Arena Toshinden for Gameboy, but I also haven't played them in years. Thanks for the reminder to pop them into the Super Gameboy one of these days. As for Barney, my cousin & I rented it one weekend to see all the ways we could kill Barney... We were disappointed.

[@AkroNites85]

This show is great- personalities, music, content - look forward to every episode. The hosts, and the dynamic between them, is the best part!

[@chadhoganlive]

My new favorite KZbin show! ProJared and Editor Dillon are awsome!

[@SailorLoonie]

Never apologize for the weirdness Editor Dylan ❤️ Im here for it every week

[@seanwilkinson7431]

Bonk had NSMB and SPP mechanics (the Mega, Mini, and Anger power-ups) decades before those games.

[@Bloxed]

It's a shame that there ain't many more TG-16 games left. The console is seriously underrated and it's a shame that we're basically in the console's end game by this point.

[@starofjustice1]

ikr? wtf

[@kyler247]

The console's US library is awful honestly, I'm not surprised it bombed here. Unless you like shmups, the console's global library isn't that enticing either. It gets romanticized way too much. It's properly rated I feel

[@Bloxed]

@@kyler247 It's the most classic type of console. While the Genesis and Super Nintendo tried to make more epic scope games, TG-16 generally stayed close to the Classic 8-Bit / Nintendo way of things. It's also the most arcade so it appeals to those looking for the best, basic games.

[@Chaos89P]

"End game"? What do you mean by that?

[@Bloxed]

@@Chaos89P Like the last few games being released, all being months apart

[@gypsytitan4146]

Best gamboy fighting game I've ever played was Duel Fight Transformers Beast Wars, I don't know if it's I widely known game I never hear anyone talk about it, I owned a copy years ago and I had a lot of fun playing it.

[@emajin]

The barney neck snap best thing I've seen all week

[@motherplayer]

As far as good fighters for the gameboy are concerned, look into the Takara done games from Battle Arena Toshinden to Samurai Showdown and such. They figured out giving the graphics a smaller look made the games run much better.

[@laughingseal2282]

Was about to say that. There is also super chinese fighter gb and super chinese fighter EX.

[@djutmose]

Their Samurai Shodown with chibi fighters was awesome. Really impressive at the time.

[@sijrichters]

Yep. Takara ruled fighting games on the Gameboy definitely!

[@juststatedtheobvious9633]

@@sijrichters They even made a good Transformers: Beast Wars game. And their chibi SamSho port has more playable characters than the NEO GEO original...hell, I even prefer Ukyo's stage music in the demake. It's like a slower, acid trippy Megaman.

[@CaptAwesumNo1Zone]

Let's ignore the fact I let everyone know the best Gameboy fighter exists... Le sigh..

[@kotlolish]

Jared goes down to Tazmania! Come to Tazmania! Fly to Tazmania! We mean you!

[@Invidente7]

Great underrated series.

[@KairuHakubi]

@@Invidente7 seriously, the rest of the 90s WB classics get so much attention, but Taz gets shafted. it was just as funny! just... ehh.. maybe a little more 'looneytunes'ish in format. Lots of "watch Taz chase a Kiwi bird around for minutes at a time with no dialogue but a bouncy custom music score" stuff. Hard to hold the attention now vs the sharper wit of Animaniacs.

[@chukolance]

POWERMONGER! "OOGA-WHY-UH!" (I never knew what they were saying when you ordered them to gather together.) But dude -- the fact you could get Canons in a game with swords was so awesome to me.

[@cappantwan2978]

The SNES version of Yoshi’s Cookie also has a puzzle mode and a better 2 player mode where you can choose characters to play as. Versus mode track C has always been a banger for me.

[@ArcaneEther]

With the mention of Genesis Taz, we're finally reaching the era of games that I actually owned as a kid. Going to see a lot of titles I remember going forward.

[@otakuatarigamer]

I think Bonk is a decent series from what i’ve played of it. I need to play more tbh

[@OGNoNameNobody]

Said in the prior review, but, Dylan didn't mention it, so here: The big deal with the SNES version of _Yoshi's Cookie_ is the addition of *Puzzle Mode*

[@jasonblalock4429]

You can really see how the TG16 was struggling to stay competitive by this point. Hudson messed up, waiting as long as they did to bring it to the US. If they'd gotten it out substantially ahead of the MD/Gen, it might have caught on like it did in Japan. But releasing head-to-head with the Genesis made it the weaker option by far, and it was utterly doomed once the SNES released.

[@BM-wh5qk]

Nintendo was doing its best to keep it out of the big stores. I remember having to go to this little hole-in-the-wall electronics shop just to find any games for it.

[@seanwilkinson7431]

Don't force it to be a thing, but I like Dylan's dark interpretations of the Olympics and Barney. That Rhys-Wakefield guy who did Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey should do a Barney horror movie instead of the Teletubbies.

[@avereynakama9854]

Never played any of the Bonk games, but I do remember that Super Bonk video you did awhile back, Jared. Y'all should go check it out if you haven't already, random person scrolling down. I do remember my partner showing me that Barney game when we were just looking through his family's retro games and he said even his siblings thought that game was super lame when they were the appropriate age to play it. Apparently, they wanted young kids to feel like they "always win," so Barney will just wander off and find all the kids and presents for you and complete the stage if you idle at the beginning for long enough. Course, the end screens say "You've found 0 kids/presents" if you do this, so I don't know what the point was. Kids games were weird. Once again, love this series, and thanks to everyone involved in making it.

[@CronosVids]

I remember being a hugh fan of Taz as a kid. I drew the character all the time. I even still have some Taz toys and plushies from back then.

[@Xeo7]

Taz is one of my favorite children's animated characters ever. I was never a Disney kid, but instead a Warner Bros./Looney Tunes kid. Still am.

[@Mystik3eb]

Seeing the Taz show and hearing that theme song made me feel like I wasn't alone anymore. I've had the ending of the theme song bouncing around my head for decades.

[@timothymckane6362]

That editing on the Barney segments was hilarious. GG, Dylan!

[@Myndi84]

the King of Fighters Games on the GameBoy were pretty good. Not in 1993 though.

[@MrTheMasterX]

The neck snap at the end of the Rapid-Fire Releases got me.

[@Sly88Frye]

6:37 when you mentioned Tasmania at the end of last week I had a feeling you were talking about the SNES game but I remembered that there was another Tasmanian devil game that came out so I actually didn't comment that but now I realize I should have. I remember a side-scrolling game with the Tasmanian devil which I think was the Genesis one that my older brothers played on Sega channel I think, but several years later I played Taz-Mania on SNES and yeah it's a bit to get used to it first but it's a pretty damn fun game. Quite satisfying to beat as well. I didn't realize it was based off of a show. I should have known that it was because a then friend of mine I knew in the 2000s had mentioned a show.

[@EnzoDraws]

Oh god I remember playing that Barney game and being so mad that there was literally no lose condition. Of course there wasn't, it was a babies' game, but god dammit I wanted THE CHALLENGE. I WANTED BARNEY THE DINOSAUR FOR THE SEGA GENESIS TO BE THE DARK SOULS OF BARNEY.

[@KairuHakubi]

I remember picking it up in the store just out of curiosity, looking at the back of the packaging, and it proudly boasts "Barney never dies!" and I realized that's probably the only time the concept of death has ever been referred to in a piece of Barney media. in the negative, but still right there.

[@EnzoDraws]

@@KairuHakubi that is hilarious

[@TheWrathAbove]

My favourite thing about the game is you can beat it without ever actually playing because barney moves on his own after some idling and you just need to get to the edge of each level to beat them. Pretty sure there's a speedrun category for it too.

[@KairuHakubi]

@@TheWrathAbove that actually makes sense, I remember being forced to share the nintendo with little babies from time to time, people not understanding that this little nonverbal thing does not have a desire to play the game, and not caring that he's just sitting there til the time runs out and clapping as mario dies. If you were AIMING a game at the tot crowd, you'd want it to play itself. That's still one expensive fucking toy though.

[@erikc8284]

I played TaMania for my SNES a lot back in the day. I didn't quite like the game but back then we didn't have millions of game available like nowadays kids, so I had to accept and embrace what I had. That was exactly the good thing of the 80s and 90s

[@WilliamTheWatchful]

537 days until Donkey Kong Country... We rented Yoshi Cookie... It was so boring that I played my own copy of Super Mario World after one hour... My dad scolded me...

[@alanalan-de6to]

MK2 on the Gameboy is actually pretty decent for what it is.

[@GamesAndAnimes]

I root for Power Quest, it is pretty good.

[@saskatoonguy]

@@GamesAndAnimes Power Quest in GBC. As somebody who owned both MKII and Power Quest in their GB prime... you're both wrong. Both those games sucked.

[@GamesAndAnimes]

@@saskatoonguy This game can I play too. I played Power Quest on my GB as a child and it was fun. Last time I played 3 years ago on my GameBoy-Player (GameCube adapter) and was still fun. Also it's better as everything we could see on "The worst fighting game" series from Matt McMuscles.

[@MrCalverino]

Killer Instinct is better Rare made nice ports

[@retrojoe85]

I remember getting "Raging Fighter" along with my Game Boy and two other games just in time for Christmas: at that time, it was the best of the bunch and it looked and sounded incredible! When I play it today, as I found a New Old Stock copy of the japanese version called "Outburst", it turns to be called more like "Raging Player" than "Raging Fighter": it controls stiffly, it's slow and unresponsive overall...but I still love it despite all those flaws. Hey, these are our childhood games, people! SImply, you can't hate them in any way.

[@gurvmlk]

I imagine most of us have those games. The games that are terrible, but we refuse to accept or recognize them as terrible because of our personal experiences with them growing up.

[@retrojoe85]

@@gurvmlk it may depends from the game, at the end. If a game sucks, I say it sucks and nothing more. Even nostalgia can't save us from those questionable experiences we grew up with. 😁

[@gurvmlk]

@@retrojoe85 That's true with some games, but not others. It really just depends on how bad the game is, and what makes it bad.

[@retrojoe85]

@@gurvmlk true! That's the real meaning of what I said some minutes ago, at the end! 😉

[@TigerNightmare]

Murder Barney is a reboot I could get behind.

[@MixMasterLar]

Seeing Jared do the Tazmania intro brought back childhood memories that where deeply buried in my consciousness. Use to watch that show all the time when I was a wee lad. People don't believe me that it even existed tho lol

[@MrCalverino]

I love this series

[@tokufan22]

I remember the Taz-Mania games. I played both the SNES and Genesis. However, I always refer back to the SNES one because the music from the 1st level always plays in my head when I think about it.

[@stax6092]

Oh man, that Barney thing is certainly Nightmare fuel. I hope Dylan brings it up more than once.

[@Santoryu90]

It’s funny how Taz became one of the more popular Looney Tunes even though he appeared in very few original shorts, same with Marvin the Martian.

[@nazgulsenpai]

This channel deserves more subs. Quality stuff. Thanks Jared, Dylan and team. Keep it up.

[@alanbalan3539]

Barny code GET lol. Thanks for the copy of Guilty Gear editor Dylan. Wont be greedy so I leave the other hidden codes for whoever else reads the credit comments.

[@danditzel7271]

Am I the only one who saw the thumbnail and immediately started singing "Down in Taz-may-ni-a, come to Taz-may-ni-a"

[@Zangril]

I owned the Barney game as a kid and would play it all the time. I remember showing the game to my cousin and telling her that the game would play itself. She was shocked when Barney started moving on his own.

[@pixelgoat7317]

TAZMANIA! Oh god, the memories; when I was a wee lil' lad, my autistic self just loved the spastic lil dude; Taz was a favorite of mine! Even now having moved up to high-functioning, I still relate to him since I have ADHD, am twitchy and love eating! XD

[@garou119]

You want a good Fighting Game in your Gameboy, you say? Well, you'll have to wait a couple years for the GB version of KoF 95 and 96, end even longer for the one I consider to be the absolute best one in the system: Power Quest.

[@rontru]

Greetings from Spain Nice video i love this stuff keep it up viva retro stuff🎉

[@m2pt5]

"unless he appears on a pachinko machine or something" **shots fired**

[@danielthomas7193]

The cookies are out there! They can't be bargained with. They can't be reasoned with. They dont't feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And they absolutely will not stop until they turn Mario into lasagna.

[@dustinlapradd5456]

I lost my $hit when the neck cracked 11:37! That was totally unexpected and perfectly savage!

[@KingKool2099]

Wasn't Bonk called PC-Genjin, "genjin" roughly meaning caveman, because of the pun it creates with the PC Engine?

[@Gatorade69]

I believe you are correct.

[@The85thArbitrary]

I never knew there was a Bonk 3! Crazy!

[@zephaniahgreenwell8151]

The Barney Hide and Seek game was perfectly fine for its target audience. A preschooler can play it by themselves and have fun doing so. That makes it pretty unique for its time.

[@woodiesimpkins8680]

We rented the Taz Mania SNES game when I was a kid. I still have trouble thinking that I didn't imagine the whole thing as some kind of fever dream since there was literally nothing to the game...ohhhh you're supposed to get the birds, that makes sense...

[@joeyparkhill8751]

Me before watching: I predict Editor Dylan will be on point this week! Me after watching & skipping to Editor Dylan: I am not disappointed & for the record Editor Dylan, YES! I am playing a good game this week: it's a little-known PlayStation 2 title called Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3. Wait... is THPS3 a sports game?

[@Gatorade69]

XTREME Sports

[@Gameboy-Unboxings]

Cringe.

[@joeyparkhill8751]

@@Gameboy-Unboxings The only thing "cringe" here is you.

[@shannonwilliams7249]

Sweet as always thank you!

[@crawdkenny]

TurboGrafx is such a great system if you import. There are tons of fantastic lesser known RPGs on there.

[@mario_maniac9368]

Damn that neck snap got me at the end 🤣

[@lunsj]

Dylan was in top form this week. That Barney segment was funny AF.

[@jonathanwaswrong3917]

_Let's get weird!_ ::drinks half&half::

[@MrMegaManFan]

How old am I? I was still 18 when these games came out.

[@chibiauthor]

this is one of the highlights of my week