Sega's Spookiest Cult Classic (Back When EA Actually Tried)

[@peterchaseify]

Two of my favorite running gags in one episode: Dylan's unrequited love for sports games and Jared's unconditional love for Bubsy.

[@HylianFox3]

Bubsy is to Jared as Dinkleberg is to Timmy's Dad

[@kingslayer2999]

Bubsy 3D is a Masterpiece in my eyes 🤭

[@Walkeranz]

Only SNES game I actually owned 😑

[@Merrinen]

Bubsy Sports

[@chriskoschik391]

Man, I used to hate Bubsy! I was married back in 2004 and we retro gamed together frequently, but I knew that she only did it for me. For some stupid reason, her favorite games were Bubsy and B.O.B. They are fairly similar. She passed from brain cancer back in 2015 and now I only have fond memories of Bubsy lol. Funny how these games affect our lives in such odd ways!

[@MaesterMike]

Wasn't expecting that EA Rickroll. Keep crushing it, Dylan.

[@GabePuratekuta]

You mean what EA's been doing to us for 10+ years?

[@AtlasBlizzard]

I love how Rick Astley literally lost his head for a moment there.

[@Ifrit1332]

I was waiting and it still surprised me

[@mattjindrak]

Crushing my desire to keep watching this series

[@jesternario]

Well, you have to remember, they weren’t EA back then. They were Electronic Arts, a company made for artists and programmers to make the games they wanted. The corporate structure that turned them into the money hungry corrupt corporate EA came later.

[@karnovrpg]

They used to be so innovative. Haunting: Starring Polterguy, General Chaos, Populous, the Strike series, Mutant League Football, they were awesome back then.

[@jasonblalock4429]

It won't be long, tho. EA's descent into evil starts shortly after Trip Hawkins fully leaves the company, and that happened in 1994.

[@nukfauxsho]

Its funny because they literally created EA to stop corporate corruption ruining video games lol!

[@No1_sp3cia1]

​@@nukfauxshoinsert Dark Knight quote here.

[@HylianFox3]

Ever notice how corporatism ruins everything

[@pestulio07]

That entire sports segment was fantastic 🤣

[@kkyoshi64]

I think my favorite running gag of this show is that every time Jared mentions Bubsy in any capacity, a clip of one of the death animations from Bubsy 3D is also shown.

[@alexwilliams3078]

Correction: Aero the Acrobat HAS resurfaced! If you own an Evercade, you can get the Sunsoft Collection cartridge that has Aero front and center. Also included are five other Sunsoft games with the likes of Blaster Master and Mr. Gimmick also making the cut.

[@aaronko3480]

I haven’t laughed so hard during the editors corner since… ever! Sports games are the bane of my existence, and the comedic timing of the “SPORTS”! Theme is genius 😂

[@mr.pinckney]

Nhl 94 is arguably one of the best sports games ever made. It is fun even if you don't love hockey.

[@tylerbrunton7696]

My copy is within arms reach now.

[@RyudanX]

This is one of the best rapid fire segments Dylan has ever done.

[@kyoshifrostwolf]

This is sincerely one of the best shows on KZbin. Amazing format, excellent presentation and a wonderful duo at the helm. I'm not a Patron yet, but here soon I absolutely will be. You deserve it.

[@AtlasBlizzard]

That was Dylan's best section so far, especially the spooky "SPORTS!" theme.

[@GabePuratekuta]

It sounded like normal Tim & Eric sports song, though.

[@justinroe6168]

I kept laughing.

[@jonmc6573]

That song was the complete opposite of scary

[@GameDrunkard]

Nothing scarier than a Rapid Fire Releases segment filled with (mostly) sports games! Stay safe out there, and happy Halloween y'all!

[@Invidente7]

Like today, sports games were released every year.

[@control_the_pet_population]

Generally speaking, the yearly sport title refreshes are dull... But NHL 94 is an all-time classic. A rare sports game that could be enjoyed by most gamers as a legit head-to-head game even if you had little to no clue about the sport itself. For a few years during my college days, it was roughly as popular as Street Fighter 2 for dorm tourneys.

[@Massiveillusion14]

Wicked 18 also had some pretty cool holes in it.

[@PrinnyBaalGamer9000]

So the real horror was the terrifying amount of sports games that released that week

[@Dragozan]

Today is my 30th birthday. I've been unreasonably excited for this episode ever since I found out my birthday landed on a Friday. So cool to know which games I'm as old as. Keep up the fantastic work, guys!🎉🎉🎉

[@Incense3]

Happy Birthday! Play some sportsball games to celebrate!

[@Dragozan]

@@Incense3 Go Sports!

[@frozenaorta]

The longer Editor Dylan's parts get, the more I like it. He's such a great part of this already great show.

[@Mankey619]

Agreed. Editor Dylan is one of my favourite guys in this series.

[@Scrambles_Deathdealer]

Never thought a Now in the 90s video is where I'd hear Tim and Eric's "Sports" song, but I'm not complaining!

[@MateoVonPerveo]

I'm so beyond happy to hear "Sports" outside of Tim and Eric, you have no idea

[@whycantijusthaveausernameo3993]

Dylan, if you read the comments, you've been more and more amazing in each video. You and Jared make a great team.

[@eanp.8901]

That segway to Dylan got me good. I feel the same way with most sport games except NBA Jam and Mutant League Football.

[@armorvil]

Aero The Acrobat was also coded by the legendary David Brevik, the father of Diablo

[@Dr.W.Krueger]

Interesting. MD or SFC version? Both? I found the MD easier to work with. Clean, straightforward architecture. SFC, not so much...

[@insaincaldo]

The strain to mention Bubsy every time mascot platformers come up, never gets old.

[@charsquatch600]

when i was a kid in southwest wisconsin, my family went to the rendezvous in prarie du chien (the rendezvous is sort of like a ren fair for pioneers, it symbolizes when french fur traders opened a trading post with native americans) at one of the stalls was a guy selling video games, and i saw "haunting" there for cheap, like $15 when the genesis was going strong. I wanted it, but my parents refused to get it, apparently the guy made a pass at my mother. Ive been trying to remember what that game was for 30 years,and thanks to you, i know

[@LordPichuPal]

Even as someone who loves sports and loved sports games in the 90s, this is an insane abundance of sports games for one week to get. NHL 94 definitely holds up as the best among those in the collection. I remember as a kid we had the Sega Sports NFL Football game but it might've been the 95 edition, and I didn't like it much. Same for their version of an NHL game to compete with EA's NHL series, it wasn't as good. The real scary part is what EA's franchises have turned into since then.

[@JoaoAgile]

That Daffy Duck game is quite advanced, with several weapon types you can buy and refill at the shop, and maze-like level design in which you can get to shortcuts and alternate routes with a bit of exploration and clever use of your fuel-limited jetpack! Also, I enjoyed the Aero games so much back then, especially the Zero spinoff. Amazing soundtracks all around too!

[@Christina_Rose]

I literally choked on my drink over the EA gag 😆 This show is still the highlight of my Friday ❤

[@magus2342]

The EA Sports gags were a damn delight. Good job, Dylan, you've made my weekend!

[@AceTrainerX3]

That was so many EA jumpscares I may actually stay indoors this Halloween... Anyway, it's always nice to have something to look forward to before the weekend begins. Cheers Jared and Dylan.

[@B.J.Camire]

Absolutely amazing work as always from everyone involved (especially Dylan, brilliant across the board).

[@cappantwan2978]

15:15 Look, Gary, there I am! (It’s seriously an honor to be in the video!)

[@EpicLebaneseNerd]

if there was ever a REDEMPTION ARC in the history of KZbin , it should be the story of PRO JARED that fell from grace only to emerge as our lord and savior once again, while i never was a real fan, and didn't really care about the scandal, these NOW IN THE 90S videos are now my favorite things on youtube and makes him the best in my books.

[@TigerNightmare]

What I remember most about Madden 94 is how they added a full season mode where all my players would gradually get injured and ruin my Super Bowl chances. Just like the real game.

[@DiCasaFilm]

Welp, the Editor Dylan sections have finally gone full David Lynch. And I’m loving it.

[@mattm7798]

Really surprised more time wasn't spent on NHL 94, which is still considered an all time classic with subsequent titles just building on top of it and Madden 94, with similar results(except it's not really an all time classic, but a good sports game for the time)

[@xerokitsune]

Those were the best and most enlightening reviews of all the sports ball.

[@juststatedtheobvious9633]

NHL '94 on Genesis is generally considered one of the best 16-bit games ever made, not just for the genre. I'm not a fan of sports games either, but it was painful to see a gaming landmark dismissed this casually.

[@nerdsoftheasylum]

@@juststatedtheobvious9633 Agree, I get it that sports games ain't all that popular but jeez. Hopefully they don't do NBA Jam like that when it comes up.

[@knightwing1800]

This is BY FAR.. my favorite episode. Well done.

[@derekkeller5160]

I relate so hard to Dylan's sports phobia.

[@fadetored]

…I can’t believe I got Rick Rolled in a Now in the 90s video… no wait… Dylan was involved so I guess it was only a matter of time 😂😂

[@tiedyeguy20x6]

Folks are on the ball redeeming those steam codes! Well, even if I never get one, I'm always gonna keep coming back for the ultimate tag team that is Jared and Dylan. Thanks for all the work you guys do to make this series happen!

[@maxxpower3d6]

Hidden Jam Alert: The entire Aero the Acro-Bat soundtrack. You've never heard an organ grind so hard.

[@retrojoe85]

SO MUCH SPORTS GAMES THIS WEEK?! Man, that's very spooky!! 👻👀

[@Metalchih]

Dylan's gags on EA were absolutely amazing! I nearly choked)

[@zeroplusoneequalsme]

When it was like E E EEEEEEE I freaking lost it lol

[@nugboy420]

You nearly gagged?

[@Metalchih]

@@nugboy420 Well, I guess. Don't know, what word is proper. English is not my native language.

[@nugboy420]

@@Metalchih ohhh nooo I wasn’t trying to be*** mean lol I was just saying it would be funny to use gag instead of choked. Since you said gag already

[@Metalchih]

@@nugboy420 Hah, thought of it, but I'm a little uconfident in myself and my knowledge in English :)

[@hidood5th]

Dunking on Bubsy will never not be funny

[@patrickjohnson1649]

When Jared said “We only found 1 Review of Sim-Ant” I thought he was talking about his own review for a Second.

[@disthunder]

I just wanted you guys to know, I found this channel earlier in the year, and I look forward to every Friday to see what you've dug out of the ol' 90s storage unit. It is an absolute blast to watch, and I'm very grateful for the escape back to simpler times.

[@Real1Gaming]

Best Dylan segment yet!

[@bostonrailfan2427]

oh Jared, that was a cruel handoff! and we know that you locked Dylan inside just to prank him 🤣😎

[@saskatoonguy]

Man, you cannot overlook the greatness that was NHL '94. Still arguably the best in the series.

[@TheRadiaforce]

Despite how fast Dylan covered them Sports games, there is one that is legitimately good: NHL Hockey '94 is no joke. It's one of the single best sports games ever made, easily the best EA Sports game ever made, and people still make roster updates to this specific game to this day. The only other sports game I can think of that does this is Tecmo Super Bowl.

[@juststatedtheobvious9633]

I don't touch sports sims, but the casual disregard for gaming history hurt a bit...

[@andrewfarwick2937]

its cringey with the nerds have to hate sports shit lol

[@TheyCallMeSledge]

I've played a few NBA Jam hacks with updated rosters with NBA Jam 2K21 being a personal fav of mine. Kyrie and KD in Brooklyn were a literal cheat code. If only that tandem was just as efficient when they were still on the Nets. Injuries suck.

[@MoldyWest]

The sports song from Tim and Eric is the perfect way to cover all the sports games.

[@andylloyd415]

Fun fact: David Siller would also design the character of Crash Bandicoot. I guess sometimes thunder strikes the second time around when you're making a platformer starring an anthropomorphic mammal.

[@carrito1981]

Dude... Tim and Eric SPORTS!!! My favorite song of all time.

[@TheyCallMeSledge]

That was by far the greatest Rapid Fire Releases segment of all time. 😂 😂 Solid gold and wow did that many sports games come out for late October? 😅

[@HylianFox3]

It is football season....

[@TheyCallMeSledge]

@@HylianFox3 Granted, I'm so used to Football and basketball games coming out before the start of the season (Late August / Early September) but I guess I just caught on to that around the 6th Gen of gaming (I owned TONS of sports games in the PS2/Xbox/Gamecube Era) and releases were different back in the 90's when they came out a little later.

[@thefreakmachine]

Damn that Aero commercial was 90s!

[@nlee4566]

The variety of sports games still blow my mind. Atleast 5 diffrent titles for each sport. Now we wait all year for one and if it sucks it sucks lol DLC doesn’t change things either.

[@Mystik3eb]

That "Sports!" gag really got me, especially the music, but also it's unexpected return, TWICE! Keep it up, Dylan!

[@DawnOfTheOzz]

Dylan's basically trapped in his own Lament Configuration. Tortured forever by endless sports games.

[@DanHemsath]

It is an absolute crime that Haunting Starring Polterguy has been so neglected. Seriously, was really hoping for that game making it onto the Sega Mini 2. Thanks for remembering it!

[@freezingicekirby]

I remember renting Aero the Acrobat as a kid, but I never could get too far. A few years back, I found the SNES cartridge for a few bucks, so I bought it to see if it holds up. I got to stage 1-2, jumped into a cannon that shot me straight up into instant death spikes, and I was like "nope" and haven't touched it since then.

[@Xeo7]

Haunting is one of my absolute favorite Genesis games! As a kid who grew up in a very horror loving household, I LOVED stuff like that game. And I still enjoy it today too. I enjoyed Sim Ant as well, but remember it having painful saving and loading times.

[@valdenv]

The barrage of EA Sports meme variants nearly killed me from laugh-wheezing.

[@tipulsar85]

Must be time for Aladdin on the SNES next week, as I remember that game was a 93 release, mostly becausse the only animated film released that year from a Disney studio was Nightmare Before Christmas, which originally came out from Touchstone, because it wasn't made by the main animation studio, instead it was made by the team that would go on to form Laika studio.

[@ProXYOneCreations]

SimAnt brings back some memories

[@buchiklop110]

It's obvious how much NOT into sports Jared and Dylan are when Haunted Starring Polterguy gets a spotlight instead of Madden 94, arguably one of the most influential sports games ever made. For those who never played it, this was the first Madden game to actually have the NFL (though not the NFLPA license) license, it had Super Bowl teams actually available to play without codes, it introduced the field rotation feature during kickoffs, and the first time "EA. It's in the game!" was ever used. Most football fans actually consider Madden 94 to be the best 16-bit football game ever made.

[@juststatedtheobvious9633]

NHL '94, meanwhile, had to settle for making a few all time best videogame lists.

[@GitsuneG]

If Bubsy the Bob Cat is such a bad mascot, then why did Bubsy get more games than Aero? *AIR HORN!!!!!!*

[@Code7Unltd]

Bubsy's only memorable for being a chatterbox that never knew when to quit. Aero was made by a studio whose publisher lived off of movie tie-in games.

[@whitemageFFXI]

The 3D Aero in the commercial seems to look pretty good for 1993. Toy Story released in 1995, for reference.

[@MCastleberry1980]

My younger brother LOVED SimAnt . The rule as kids was every weekend we got to rent a game, but we traded off who got to pick each time. For I dunno how long, every time it was his turn, he'd rent Sim freaking Ant. Drove me nuts lol

[@tluniverse]

I first played SimAnt back in 94, when I was around 10 years old. It's the game that got me into myrmecology and why I love ants to this day, as well as bees and wasps. If you ever want to play a spiritual successor to SimAnt, check out Empires of the Undergrowth.

[@Trigger200284]

All jokes aside, NHL 94 was the best hockey game for many many years.

[@droooooooooooooooooooooooooooo]

I loved Haunting as a child, and I couldn't remember the name until you said it here. Great video, great recap. Take care!

[@ventiankraus777]

Nfl 94 w Montana and NHL 94 were my two go to sports games. "It's coming down harder"....it sure is.

[@JaelinBezel]

Man EA Sports had some weird commercials back then.

[@o1phoenix79]

@Editor Dylan, the Halloween theme was fantastic this year. So scary indeed 😆👻🎃 Please continue with the sports commentary. I love that I’m not the only one who felt and still feels this way 👏 The “Sports” song was brilliant and needs to come back in the future 😆 And messing with the EA logo / sound was fantastic 😆

[@yokayoksven]

I've played the heck out of Haunting starring Polterguy, and while it is short and it has not continues, it's still really fun to find all different crazy things that can happen. Some of the scares get repetitive, but some of them I can just watch over and over. Like spawning a shooting cowboy skeleton in a doorway of one of the houses.

[@Dojonpachi]

Aero just got the cover on the new Sunsoft Collection I for the Evercade system(s). The bat is back!

[@musickid43]

To everyone reading this, you owe it to yourself to watch the tool assisted speedrun of family fued. The abuse of the text parser is hilarious.

[@Sabbatic]

Never heard of Tecmo's Deception, looks pretty cool. Thanks for the suggestion Dylan(?)

[@apoplexiamusic]

Holy shit, that Rapid Fire Releases segment was pure nightmare fuel of the best kind

[@silentkobold3924]

Finally after all this time I won a free game! Great video as always

[@stax6092]

Dylan, you're intro bit was F*ckin Phenomenal. Love it. Happy Halloween Y'all.

[@Garrth415]

Good god WHY ARE THERE SO MANY SPORTS GAMES IN ONE WEEK

[@P-_-S]

Came for my regular Friday dose of 90s teenage videogame nostalgia, stayed for the unexpected use of Tim and Eric Sports! Theme. What's your favorite sport? Iced canes is cool, but flight wheel is where it's really at!

[@CaptainMangles]

I love the Marvin missions, haven't played that in so many years! Whenever I was able to rent a game sometimes I would feel like playing a Looney tunes game on the SNES, and I usually went for The Marvin missions

[@matthewruley8360]

Unleash the floodgates of sports games. At least Dylan didn't have to talk extensively about each one. I like Haunting, would love a copy of it. Also wouldn't mind those two SNES golf games, I do love video game golf.

[@PastryPyrat]

All I could hear was the song "Sports!" By Viagra boys and kept wishing that was what would be used for the "Sports!" Parts. If you haven't heard the song it's worth a listen if you like post punk.

[@koolaid33]

Damn, that is a lot of sports games, Dylan definitely got unlucky. I guess all you can really do is call the Ghostbusters to exterminate the remains of all these 30 year old sports games!

[@juststatedtheobvious9633]

Meanwhile, NHL '94 made multiple "Best videogames ever." lists. Not just best sports titles. It's embarrassing to see my fellow sports sim haters celebrate ignorance.

[@alucard2057]

I started watching for Jared, but continue to watch every week because of Dylan. Your hilarious gags are the reason why now in the 90s is the only KZbin show I never miss an episode of

[@GmodPlusWoW]

At first glance, Haunting gave me vibes of Zombies Ate My Neighbours. But hearing about the gameplay, it actually kinda sounds more like Ghost Master. If you don't know what Ghost Master is, it's kind of like playing The Sims sadistically, except you're controlling a bunch of ghosts to scare away all the mortals in the area. MandaloreGaming can tell you more if you want to know more. Also, if Harriet the Pooka awakens something in you, that's perfectly normal.

[@MrTheMasterX]

Need to start taking a shot every time Bubsy gets mentioned in one of these videos.

[@MrTechnoSqueek]

NHL 94 is the best NHL game and it is actually good for new players.

[@RupeeClock]

Wicked 18 got passed over in the SPORTS sweep, but it has a much better soundtrack than you'd expect, go look it up!

[@Paur]

Between Jared's ongoing war against Bubsy and Dylan's segment, I'm sure they are trying to get me fired for laughing too much.

[@GreatFox42]

I actually sought out and decided to finish Haunting a year or two ago after playing it a lot as a kid but never managing to get past the second house. I was happy to see that it still mostly held up today. "Only entertaining to those without a more experienced palette" my butt. The scares are all unique and inventive (the controllable ones are the best), it's got a pretty solid atmosphere to it, and despite the punk look of the main character, he's actually kinda endearing and you learn that this family _really_ deserves it for what happened to him. My only real complaints were its short length (only 4 houses; I was really surprised when the game just kinda stopped) and the slippery controls in the Underworld segments and the kinda unfair level design of said segments. I still think it's a very enjoyable game, and these issues could have easily been fixed if it had ever gotten a sequel.

[@thefreakmachine]

Dylan drawn me into this EA meme thing! But now I need the 'Sports' song source!

[@raptorskilltor4554]

Tbh the scariest thing on the video is the fact that EA actually did try

[@JoaoAgile]

I love that whenever Jared mentions Bubsy, he does a short pause followed by a painful expression. Didn't see it coming when he would mention Spore, though!

[@H0lyMoley]

One of these days, Jared will do a mascot platformer retrospective without taking a sideswipe at Bubsy. And on that day, we are all truly lost.

[@michaelreddy4697]

We need a reversed eposiode were Dylan gets the main games and Jared does rapid fire.

[@ChibiKami]

it would be a good way to handle April Fools

[@Flynn01979]

I used to play NHL 94 with my cousin. I could care less about hockey, but I would play it with him just to get into hockey fights.

[@andrewoliver1330]

He lumped a goofy mini golf game and another wacky golf game into the already disrespectfully short sports segment :p

[@keithharmonie]

Editor Dillion is my (SPORTS!) favorite part of the show