Is The Ooze Worth Playing Today? - Segadrunk

[@pissmaster8859]

I love the game over screen. Your character is trapped in a lava lamp for all eternity.

[@Cybershroom]

@Tony M. That's existential crisis in a nutshell

[@brookelim193]

His boss is a jerk

[@Dizzula]

D. Caine.... Decayin'... I totally get it.

[@vieiraggs]

One of the games of my childhood, glad this channel is talking about it! Started playing when 4 and was just able to beat it as an adult I love the mechanic of "Should I get big and have a better attack range but get hit more often, or be small and sneak around but have a terrible attack range?" The soundtrack is composed by Howard Drossin, the same from Comix Zone and Sonic & Knuckles, one of my favorites composers of the 16-bit era and by the way, collectiong the 50 DNAs is not worth it, the ending barely changes, though it is one of the hardest things to do in gaming.

[@mgtowlite7414]

#Vieira-S Thanks for sharing your knowledge of this game.

[@zachwhitehorn7926]

Never played the game but personally I think that having more health making you more vulnerable is a very neat mechanic.

[@gc8972b]

such a creative game, i wish it could be hacked and have the difficulty balanced. would've played more through the years if it wasn't so frustrating

[@deadfr0g]

What a mesmerizingly cool concept, right??! I’d never even heard of this game before spotting this video, and only seconds in, I was already rooting for it, hoping he’d say that it’s a masterpiece.

[@wiedo]

Making a romhack for easier difficulty shouldn’t be that hard to do. As long as it’s something like: get more health or make your attack more powerful or something. Maybe not losing health for using the spit attack or something?

[@Christian-rn1ur]

Save states go a long way in easing difficulty if you're using an emulator.

[@rayzaramon6598]

I think there hasn't been a Hack created because not enough people Care for this game. I rarely see it spoken of.

[@gorgeluis]

Save state at the start of every level,

[@MarshallFlores]

“What is this, KMFDM?” Yeah, Ooze is certainly a Juke Joint Jezebel sort of a game.

[@retrogamerbrando731]

I got this when I was a kid, picked it out of the case at KMart based on the title and box art alone. I really wanted to like it, but it was just way too difficult.

[@AleisterMeowley]

Retro Gamer Brando did you grow up in Puyallup too?

[@crunkskunk12]

right there with you haha my got my grandma to buy it for me because I thought it looked cool. never made it past world 1

[@jaymethysell5111]

This is a great game if you love getting kicked in the balls over and over and over again until you beg for mercy.

[@solf6957]

Nice KMFDM ! Made my day hearing you say that lol

[@sean.durham999]

Na, sounds more like MDFMK. 😉

[@famyemil]

Solf for me, too!

[@realmchat6665]

"What is that, kmfdm?" - lol hilarious, that is some jamming music :)

[@thecunninlynguist]

I remember hearing about this in EGM for years. When I finally got to play it, it was cool. Nice puzzle elements

[@starlightwitch12]

Apparently in the original Japanese version of Sonic Mega Collection this game is unlockable through a button code, but the version in Sonic Mega Collection Plus this game is fully unlocked from the start and has the title screen changed colors. (The European PS2 version has an emulation bug though, which renders the start button sometimes doesn't register.) And this game lacks continues but it has a hidden continue screen, which was unused.

[@goatbone]

I read this comment 3 times and I still can't make sense of it.

[@thecorrectoification]

I thought it was Comix Zone they threw in SMCP

[@upstandingcitizen3877]

serene.velocity it says that if you have the Japanese version of the game collection you need a code to access the ooze, but you don’t need a code if you have the mega collection plus. Also beware that the European PS2 version of the mega collection has some bugs. Finally, the developers did make a continue screen, and it is contained in the cart memory, so they may have planned to have continues, but it was never implemented in the game.

[@starlightwitch12]

Also. most of the Dev team of this game later worked on the first two Diablo games.

[@TheGunmanChannel]

Crazy looking game man, thanks again for another great review

[@catpajamas3305]

I cracked up when you said, "that is that, KMFDM?!"

[@dannzalbjorklund]

"What is that, KMFDM?!" I chuckled at that. Been looking forward to this video, since you hinted at it in Drunkfriend Podcast. Been enjoying that a lot, too. Keep up the good work, BROOOOOOOOOO

[@Kenshiro3rd]

I honestly love this game.

[@SonofSethoitae]

If he thinks this is hard, wait till he gets to Chakan: The Forever Man. Game's rad, cool designs and great atmosphere, but it's so nut-crushingly hard

[@Kos4Evr]

So true. NES hard may mean something to most but Chakan was brutal beyond anything of its time. I wouldn't call it the dark souls of anything but it's brutal.

[@MarMaxGaming]

Definitely been scared to play that one, even after all the typical NES hard like Battletoads, Silver Surfer, GnG series, Ninja Gaiden 1-3, Castlevania, Contra, etc.. but I will get to it one day, dang it.

[@SonofSethoitae]

@Mystery G That's not really true though. Talking purely about the Genesis, there were a lot of great ports of American PC games (Starflight and Pirates come to mind) at the time, and Americans made games like Mortal Kombat, Chuck Rock, Rings of Power, etc.

[@SonofSethoitae]

@@MarMaxGaming There's actually a difficulty setting in the menu. If you set it to practice mode, you get all the magic from the beginning, but more importantly you get the ability to warp to the second half of the game. Super helpful for practicing.

[@SonofSethoitae]

@Mystery G Well it's not really that Americans didn't know how to make _games_ then, just platformers. Having said that, what about Vectorman? Prince of Persia? Lost Vikings? X-Men 2? Not to pester you, it's just that the American-made Genesis library has a weirdly bad reputation, and I'd like to leave a jumping off point for those looking for an alternate viewpoint.

[@Uejji]

I played this on Sega Channel! Never had heard of it as a kid before then.

[@thecorrectoification]

One of my friends had the Sega channel. It blew my mind. I remember playing sonic spinball on it. Now if only one of my friends had had that satellite Super Famicom thing with the timed LttP mod. I woulda had no mind left to blow

[@user-ob1ch6vs5q]

Hope everyone has a great day :)

[@thecorrectoification]

Same to you 💪

[@AleisterMeowley]

Hey you too!

[@ian0143]

Storyline reminds me of the Swamp Thing.

[@UuddlerLeRoyBaStart]

Storyline is swamp thing

[@AleisterMeowley]

Like Wes Craven or Alan Moore?

[@UuddlerLeRoyBaStart]

@@AleisterMeowley like. Swamp. Thing.

[@AngusBeer]

We had this on a plug n play megadrive growing up and let me tell you, we had no idea what was going on!

[@AleisterMeowley]

Can confirm: I had a Sega and I’ve never heard of The Ooze

[@FridayNightArcade]

"...all while managing the size of your own puddle... and that's really the name of the game here." Indeed.

[@josephj.m.s4302]

this game, this fucking game, the intro sequence gave me nightmares as a kid, and the game over screen too, man, repressed memories and forgotten nightmares are coming back to haunt me

[@GentleHeretic]

Plot reminds me of the Sludge comics by Malibu, which for whatever reason were just about the only ones my mom handed off to me when I was a kid. Didn't have a comic store nearby for miles, so I read what I had. Definitely quirky and edgy as all hell, and some of the more insane violence left a bit of an impression on me for a while after.

[@lldjslim]

Nice , i own this game Glad to see u doing some Segadrunk in between the Snesdrunk I like snes, but I'm a huge sega fanboy. The sega Genesis had a massive library of over 700+ games and I'm sure theres more obscure and hidden gems yet to be discovered So Snesdrunk drunk you have plenty of source material to work with Thank you

[@disparityband]

between mercenary squad's cover art and this soundtrack it's clear that video games had welcomed the world of KMFDM

[@thenostalgiafactor5023]

Total length of video: 310 secs. Total length of "SEGA Drunk": 3.5 secs. 1.13% of the video was spent listening to "SEGA Drunk."

[@blindreddragon]

Did anyone else think the guy looked like Milo from the Disney Atlantis film? Imma keep recommending them but Fantastic Dizzy and Dinosaurs for Hire for future Sega episodes Love your videos

[@journeyman1218]

Dizzy! I loved those games on the Amstrad. The SNES/Genesis versions were good too. Even the NES game was excellent. Tough little puzzles.

[@jmyers1385]

This game reeks of "90's 'tude", but when you mentioned it being developed by the same team as Comix Zone, it all made sense. At least this has more of a Toxic Avenger feel to it instead of answering the hypothetical "what if every person at Image comics got smashed into a single person, and that person had to fight inside of a COMIC BOOK?!".

[@smilingdinosaurs]

yay more segadrunk! how ironic u didnt have a sega and grew up with super nintendo. I only had a sega while my friend down the street had super nintendo so lucky I could behold all its glory. Can u please do one on haunting or gauntlet. they are my favorite from when I was 12.

[@mattmillah428]

I played this on one of the first sega plug and plays..... there was sonic, columns, golden axe, the ooze, and I forget the others. They all played well and I have fond memories. There were 2 plug and plays- a blue and red one. Cant remember which one I had. But very cool 15 years ago.

[@benoliver5593]

i think a remake of this game would be brutal with a soundtrack update and maybe a 3d version

[@Killysunt]

I had this as a kid and got nowhere in the game lol, but always thought the ooze character itself was awesome. Cheers for reminding me of this one.

[@Alianger]

"Euugh!" -Snesdrunk

[@SnipeMD]

This was included as a secret game in Sonic Mega Collection Plus if I'm not mistaken. It truly is a hidden gem however, the soundtrack is unbelievably great and the gameplay is responsive and fun.

[@chiissu]

Good review. I had this as a kid and eventually beat it once. Didn't get all the DNA though so I was still pretty devolved. The style and story is the most 90s thing since Comix Zone with Toxic Waste, Evil Companies, and being gritty. I lloved it but it is pretty hard. According to GameFaqs In the options screen, move towards the sound test area (and be careful not to change the default controller scheme). Enter the following list of numbers, and press the C button after setting each one: 009, 019, 010, 024, 011, 013, 006, 027, 006, 088, 003, 030 If done correctly, a sound effect says "Yes!" During gameplay (or in the options menu), hold the A button and then press Start to open the stage select menu.

[@thosophospantischuros5127]

One of those games that I could not beat for the alternate ending. But its atmosphere and art direction oozes with freakiness, but silliness to make me love how far I could go before the scientist got captured. Thanks for bringing it up to others' attention.

[@Gappasaurus]

KMFDM reference? Instant like! 😁 Does that make this game... Godlike? 😆

[@tylerdrainville1136]

Gappasaurus KMFDM are literal trash

[@Gappasaurus]

That’s ok, the game is about literal slime 😄

[@elroysworldFR]

Dope video!! Keep it up!! I look forward to em!! And I know this comment refers to your other video buuuuut.. KEEP THE INTRO THE WAY IT IS!!! NEVER CHANGE IT!! It's like that theme song for your favourite tv show.. it's unique to ur channel!!

[@justsomebody-1665]

Sounds like one of those games thats way more fun with save states.

[@apu_apustaja]

*"What doesn't kill me will ...turn me into a huge puddle of green slime."*

[@popculturehero]

I had this a kid. But I could not get past the second stage until I gave it a try again more recently. Its definitely a unique action gem. A blend of industrial and comic book aesthetics. That can be helped by save states today.

[@Czarewich]

fun fact based on your intro: toxic gas WAS the original treatment for cancer. They discovered it accidentally when some military personnel spilled the nitrogen mustard on themselves, and during observation they found that the contaminated personnel had dramatically lowered white cell counts. This led to the discovery of chemotherapy.

[@wolfpacsyxx]

I remember unlocking this game in the collection and playing the hell out of it, never beat it until I used a rom with save states, could of been much better and great. Still fun

[@thenothing2786]

We used to play this through Sega Channel. The soundtrack was freaking amazing. I always wanted to re-record it with live instruments.

[@napalmwedding]

They should have called this "The secret world of Alex Mack"

[@maxmatson1578]

Dude, mad props👌 for mentioning "kmfdm" one of my favorite bands of all time! Second only to "Pig" a course!👍👍

[@jwill7998]

SNES Drunk: It has plenty of strengths though, like the music... Music: (loud disjointed synthetic farts)

[@colefitzpatrick8431]

When I was a little kid, I had a Sega Genesis plug n'play console with a whopping six games on it (that was not a very fun birthday). Sonic 2, Columns, Echo the Dolphin, Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle, Gain Ground (at least I highly believe it was Gain Ground), and this game, The Ooze. Now, I only really played/could understand the first two (and that was pretending to know how Columns worked or how to get past the purple chemicals in Chemical Plant Zone Act 2). This was not a very kid-friendly package of games to get - especially Gain Ground and The Ooze. And the intro to the Ooze always scared the proverbial Ooze out of very young me - at least the opening cutscene did. From there I would have no idea what to do and die almost immediately. Whenever I think of this game, all I can remember is early childhood fear followed by very confused fear followed by immediate dying. It never really left my mind. So, I have to give it points for memorability and nothing else.

[@TachyonCrisisTalon]

kmfdm reference made me smile, industrial music for the win!

[@travisshallenberger9486]

This looks awesome! I'd never even heard of this one, and I was a BIG Sega head back in the day.

[@supersexysega]

Other then the difficulty being ridiculous, especially because it's a fairly long game. Damn near everything else it does is really high quality, creative and unique. This game screams Sega of America and I love it for it.

[@zombieowen]

Genesis own and Genesis fan and this is the first I've ever heard of this. Great concept, reminds me a bit of Carrion.

[@nekohime2578]

"three lives, and no continues" Cranky Kong

[@DrDanLawrence]

Love the consistency in quality from SNESDrunk, even during a global pandemic. I would love to see you revisit the "Why the Hype?" series but look more closely at MegaMan X2 and X3 compared to X. Or revisit each entry in the DKC series specifically. Something nostalgic and comfortable. Otherwise I think you have covered all the SNES titles I know, even Super Widget. There must be some left, though....

[@shaneventuri4305]

I got this for Xmas when I was 7 or 8 and I died non stop but loved playing it

[@jonesy7425]

I fought the first boss for 20 minutes and had no idea if I was winning. You're right on it being too hard.

[@cobalt8421]

oh it reminds me a lot of souvenirs. Really unique game with good Genesis music but it's way too hard, never pass the second level back in the day. Thanks for the review

[@Larry]

Sega Japan tried to pitch this as a porn game when they released it there, it's also the holy grail of Japanese Mega Drive games, second only to Tetris.

[@Vintersorg88]

Interesting. Care to elaborate?

[@TheBronyBraeburn]

I vaguely remember this, mostly because it was a mainstay on the Sega Channel. Now I want to play it again.

[@JJMcCullough]

I’ve never understood why every game doesn’t have a battery save feature. Was it that expensive?

[@mathewsoltan8487]

Most Nintendo first party games and RPGs had the ability to save.

[@avideogamemaster]

of course it was expensive

[@joechili7144]

It did get less expensive as the 90s wore on, but a common theme of STI's major titles was a lack of a battery save. Kid Chameleon, Comix Zone and the Ooze really make a good case for save states, don't they?

[@CONYOADAMS]

With Sega, you had the benefit of having passwords and continues on some games, but then you also had ones where if you died at all, that was it (which was frustrating for Comix Zone in particular).

[@hemangchauhan2864]

Ah yes, Sega Techincal Institute and their crushingly difficult games.

[@Gojiro7]

Sega Technical Institute team has shown all throughout their career that while they were the masters of making the Genesis look and sound amazing, they are mediocre game devs at best since all their games are woefully unbalanced to the point of them being gorgeous games to experience then walk away from frustrated because of poor difficulty balancing and questionable design choices. I want to love games like this and Comix Zone for their extremely clever ideas and amazing visual style.....but when you have to save scum just to get any level of enjoyment, then you didn't make a game for anyone but psycho's who love an unfair challenge.

[@youusedtocallmeonmyperfect8973]

Sonic Spinball is extremely solid though. Comix Zone is too hard for me, so I do agree there. I really wanna try to beat that one someday at least. Oh. And they did also make Kid Chameleon, which, while a bit below average in some areas is perfectly playable

[@bes03c]

Lizstar has done some great commentaries on her speedruns of this game.

[@_Tzer]

Yes the music also the main people know of it is an unlockable in mega collection

[@kathartik]

all that slime made this boar extra tender!

[@ghfjfghjasdfasdf]

Great review! Enjoy the rest of your day.

[@joshplays878]

I'll be checking this game out. I didn't hear about it until a few weeks ago.

[@Gatorade69]

I had this game as a kid. Don't think I ever got past the first level. Also a KMFDM mention ? I think the genesis helped influence my music choices.

[@moki4011]

Damn... I thought this was one of those games that only I heard about. Yeah, I played this on Sonic Mega Collection Plus and I very fondly remember it kicking my ass.

[@stealthassasin22]

I think i remember playing this on sega channel.

[@JdTheMetalhead]

The song for level one of my all time favorites tbh

[@SECONDQUEST]

Got this in my Sonic Mega Collection or something. Loved it!

[@stefanleenaars9698]

"What you mean they don't use toxic gas to cure cancer?" Funnily enough Mustard Gas or Nitrogen Mustard is the original basis of chemotherapy... So actually, Yes!

[@drewsenthused6079]

Nice! Omega Red is one of my favorites!

[@WayqE]

I remember playing this on the Sega Channel!

[@ClioMako]

This game is not for everyone, but does satisfy that "hard game" itch. A hidden gem.

[@crunkskunk12]

Wow... So much nostalgia... My grandma bought me this game when I was 7 thinking that it was just another "sonic" game and damn that intro scene kinda fucked me up for a little while there... don't think I ever made it past the first world..

[@CarecaRetrogamer]

"It all starts whe the protagonist gets infected by COVID19 and... no, wait!" XD

[@themarcosoma]

I had this one back in the days. I got it in Toys R us... god im old.

[@matthewmerican]

The games that Sega Technical Institute made all lacked saving or passwords. You have to devote an entire afternoon to beat games like Kid Chameleon. When I was younger, I would just leave the system on overnight to continue later with these games. They also made sure that their games were really difficult as well. Overall, they had good ideas, but questionable execution of them.

[@TheNawaf258]

Is a sort of the game is fun but very very challenging and you need to collect all dna for good ending

[@cupriferouscatalyst3708]

"My job is quite an interesting job, it's not quite as interesting as his job because he's part of the System. No, my job is part of the Corporation"

[@Damage_Kase_99]

0:54 I wish that Sega CRT TV was a real thing hahahaha

[@belish5665]

What is that? KMFDM?? Haha love that line.

[@JomasterTheSecond]

Ah yes, that one game that keeps showing up in those Mega Drive collections that nobody seems to play.

[@adamgardner28]

This game was included on those plug 'n play Genesis consoles available at the beginning of the 2010s (or was it the end of the 2000s) and yes it was way too difficult and frustrating, and so I just stuck with Altered Beast or Golden Axe. Sold those consoles a few years later.

[@BlackReaper0]

This almost feels like the great grandfather of Carrion.

[@BlackmetalSM]

Nice diminished chord!

[@hodun8]

Loving the KMFDM reference

[@Last_Bulbasaur]

KMFDM Omg... I love you

[@Leroy719]

I had this game back in the mid to late nineties. It would be cool to get a transparent green repro cartridge made, so I can add it to my collection.😀

[@cinnamondan4984]

Sega Technical Institute: awesome ideas with subpar execution

[@unocarb]

The developers were high as kites when they made this weird turkey..

[@AndrewsSelects]

I was going to replay this, I had it in the 90s as a kid but it was insanely difficult. Maybe now that I'm older with my skills honed I might now stand a chance.

[@pda1799]

KMFDM - yesssss, please)))))

[@SpaceCat1111]

This is the biscuit's crux Solid rock against the flux Ultra-heavy beat deluxe KMFDM forever sucks…

[@loganjhunter]

Like everything else it's completely inane, profoundly profane and it drives me insane.

[@BabusGameRoom]

This looks awesome and way too difficult. I've never seen this before (but I've heard of it before!), but now I want to give it a try!

[@thecollectionchamber7416]

Reminds me of the steam game Mushroom 11, almost looks like this title inspired it.

[@cyklonus1]

💯 for referencing KMFDM!!!!! ❤️🤘🤘