Power Shovel (PS1) Playthrough - NintendoComplete

[@EllieTheFloppa]

I remember this game just popped up at our house one day and my brother and I could not stop playing it. I miss it alot.

[@NorthStarBlue1]

The fact that this is sponsored by Komatsu, an actual heavy equipment company, makes it even more funny. I don't think you'd ever see Caterpillar putting their name on something like this!

[@EmeraldBlack-up6xi]

NorthStarBlue1 Yeah, about that. They did have a game on PC. It was called Construction Zone and it had its own controller like this, only it went over the keyboard. I think it came out around 1999.

[@CrustyRetro]

@@EmeraldBlack-up6xi The PS1 version actually has a dedicated controller for power shovel! I had to snag one once I learned about it. It's actually a very well built twin joystick controller. Im going to show it off on my channel sometime soon.

[@stewieroided3437]

@@CrustyRetro why did you lie? i dont see any video of it on your channel

[@CrustyRetro]

@@stewieroided3437 haha I was actually thinking about it recently. Life got too busy to continue uploading videos but I’ve thought about starting back up.

[@stewieroided3437]

@@CrustyRetro haha thats great 👍 sorry if i sounded angry in the firat comment, noticed now that it sounded abit angry

[@NintendoComplete]

Power Shovel is totally nuts, incredibly Japanese, and insanely fun once you get used to the difficult controls - another classic Taito coin-op makes a successful transition to consoles! And gotta love the insane guy screaming, "Lets ride a power shovel!" in Japanese on the title screen!

[@kaiosouza1]

every time i think i have a cool idea for an indie game, i find out that some japanese guys already made it in the ps1

[@curleed85]

RIP Ichiro Nagai (the announcer of this game)

[@F2PMegaGod]

Being a kid, not knowing any english (or how to even read at all for that matter), i already knew this game was weird af. I felt kinda lost in the beginning but quickly understood what i had to do most times. This means this random ass japanese excavator game for the ps1 is *extremely* well designed, to the point it got a 3 or 4-something year old controlling a simple version of an excavator. Not to mention how fun it was!

[@atomic-astronautz450]

Legit just unlocked a memory for me been thinking this game was a fever dream I had

[@TrevorBrass]

Ah, this brings back some good memories!

[@DuhGuedes]

Me too

[@pelemlangka]

Why isn't there the new power shovel for PS 4 ? I need an excavator simulation game like this.

[@zawellthewanderer8224]

*Sees NintendoComplete uploads a video.* My day is complete! :D

[@NintendoComplete]

Zerion The Shadowhog Thanks, what a nice thing to say :D

[@zawellthewanderer8224]

NintendoComplete No problem!

[@Freshbrood]

What makes this extra weird isn't only that it's an excavator sim but done in a game show format.

[@LetsuGauki]

I love this game back then..i played almost everyday

[@MattYbarra32]

I LOVED this game back in the day. Yeah the controls were pretty rough but it was funny seeing the bad translations and the gameplay was def entertaining!

[@canadianb4con]

I loved this game as a kid, I remember it being a random find at EB Games and having a ton of fun with it

[@sas647]

Yosha... HAJIME!!!!

[@HelloItsMikkan]

Car destroying is much easier if you use the sharp end of the claw... I think the hardest one is the turtle catching and the claw obstacle course

[@plane_solid02]

I played this so much growing up

[@413Dimitri]

I’m glad other people have no clue how this game got in their system. But this just unlocked some crazy memories 😮

[@knuclear200x]

POWER SHOVEL ONLY $9.99 THAT'S A VERY NICE PRICE

[@NintendoComplete]

knuclear2010 Totally worth it at that price

[@phatman808]

oh man, wiper blade eyebrow canadian hitler used to piss me off SO MUCH in this game!

[@itwarren2012]

This game was so unforgiving. Absolutely no room for error

[@HiroshiMizushima]

Given how unfair some of those timers are, I'd hate to see a *harder* difficulty if that's the Normal one. Amazed how well and smoothly you controlled it, though.

[@NintendoComplete]

Thanks :) it took quite a bit of practice to learn how to coordinate the movements. The controls are really funky.

[@oninineone]

They give you a lot of room to fail if you pick an easier difficulty, all of the timers are set by default to 200sec on the easiest level which is great as a 'sandbox' for getting used to the controls.

[@JohnsPlayWorldPH]

nintendo i love this game! could play it in the playstation classic! mini but i dont have one yet

[@andresbonelli1826]

I remember my neighbor had this game. We lived in northeast Argentina and the game was in Japanese language. We played it a lot, but more as hazy migrants who didn't understand the instructions

[@NisseDood]

Hit car on roof. Suddenly it explodes. I always wondered what movie and video game cars are loaded with when they explode so easily. :V

[@gaarasama1719]

It's poop

[@Dante3214]

I think I either played a demo of this or it was rented for me when I was a kid. The unusual gameplay and the japanese announcer shouting constantly somehow stuck with me. I had to search google for awhile to even find out what the name of this was. Super weird game, still looks fun after finding it again.

[@DuhGuedes]

This game need remake ❤

[@justgasena]

my nostalgic gaameee

[@nathanapplegate5374]

Memories

[@2koolforyou88]

For some reason i though about this game amd thr lowrider on ps2 couldn't figure out the name definitely a classic

[@melisaturmus8579]

Best game ever

[@MultiVince95]

Nice

[@rizkinurrahman2535]

Turtle or cat🤔