Splatterhouse for the Turbografx-16 | Turbo Time Vol 3

Splatterhouse was originally released to the arcades by Namco in 1988. As far as anyone knows it was a relatively obscure game in the United States, but there are persistent and unsubstantiated rumors that the game was banned due to its violent content. Soon the game would be ported to the PC-Engine, and then the PC-Engine port of would become one of the most iconic and important games for the TurboGrafx-16’s early game library. Oddly enough, the game was shipped with a self-imposed warning label that predates the ESRB rating system by several years and this clever piece of marketing is most likely the source of the supposed controversy surrounding the game.
The truth is that no one really cared and few people ever owned a TurboGrafx-16, making the violent imagery in the game an irrelevant concern. However, Splatterhouse for the TurboGrafx-16 was indeed a good game and full of interesting surprises that would have made it one of the best games of the time period. The following is our in depth overview and review of Splatterhouse, easily on the best games every released for NEC’s doomed console in the early 90’s
Thanks for watching dudes!
- CCP Management
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[@creativecatproductions]

At 13:36 we indicate that Sushi-X was the pen name of Ken Williams. According to Dragonmaster Dan, Ken Williams wouldn’t begin working at EGM until issue 22. At EGM the role of Sushi-X was held by various people at various times and this time it was most likely David Stiller who wrote that Splatterhouse review. Sorry about the mix up dudes! 😅

[@jordans4827]

This channel is awesome! Glad to see Brad, as always.

[@creativecatproductions]

Thank you so much for watching dude! 😎 Our whole family kind of loves Brad too. He means well!

[@mrbransformer4184]

That’s so weird, I was playing this on my turbografix mini yesterday and was looking for a good vid to watch about it while I played. Great timing!

[@creativecatproductions]

Its fate! We tried to upload this yesterday but we had too much fun with the fourth of july. Thank you very much for watching dude! 😎

[@yourpalmax6681]

Easily my favorite arcade game of all time, and probably my favorite TG-16 game next to Blazing Lazers and Lords of Thunder. The violence is a bit quaint these days- though if you ask me, pixelated gore never goes out of style- and in some ways, its sequels outshine it, but something about the aesthetic, the mood, and the simple but satisfying game feel really make it stand out for me. I finish it at least once a year and it's one of the few games from around this time that I can beat pretty quickly and easily- it's a ~20 minute quickie, but that's not a bad thing. Great vid; it's criminal that you don't have more subs with videos of this quality.

[@creativecatproductions]

Thank you very much dude! Splatterhouse really is great. A rare instance where both style and substance converge perfectly. 😎

[@mekman4]

The internet really is, _”the bastion of unverified knowledge and questionable truth.”_ Most major media information on the internet is all just corporate rhetoric, but without the boundaries. Thorough and Great Stuff, as always!

[@creativecatproductions]

Thank you very much for watching dude! 😎

[@TheDannylarson]

Your videos got me through a rough work week, the interactions between Bradley & the suburbanite father are the greatest 🤣

[@creativecatproductions]

Thank you very much for watching dude! 😎 Im sorry to hear you had a rough week. Bradley and this father character are definitely our favorite thing to make.

[@TheDannylarson]

I found your turbografx videos after I found one and a bunch of games at the flea market, funny how you mentioned shmup junkie, he was the 1st one I hit up when I found all that turbo stuff, small world. I'm trying to find a copy of soldier blade currently, I'm willing to pay up but once you pass the 500 mark it makes the purchase difficult to justify

[@creativecatproductions]

@TheDannylarson indeed! The prices for turbografx stuff has gone crazy in recent years. Did you check out the TG16 mini when it came out a few years ago?

[@RemoWilliams1227]

This video was excellent

[@KoopaMedia64]

Gold, absolute gold all the way through. I wasn't expecting a return of Dad and Brad at Toys R Us, or a Vietnam flashback, I'm really surprised Dad actually got a TG16 in the end after all. But, I thought Dad's son was named Billy, or is Jamie a different son? Big huge thumbs up for the detailed coverage of the featured game. Also the ending is perfect. For a future Turbo Time, I suggest Keith Courage.

[@creativecatproductions]

Thank you so much dude! This makes my day. I think we should do kieth courage too! 😎

[@Ketchup_studios]

Great video, brads the best! 🎉

[@creativecatproductions]

❤️

[@MisterMcbizzo64]

Big fan of your work man. Thanks for helping to shed light on how awesome the TurboGrafx was!

[@MisterMcbizzo64]

Also loved the use of Bloody Wolf's epic chip tunes during the Nam flashback! Really hoping we get some Turbo Time on that classic!

[@creativecatproductions]

Thank you very much for watching dude! 😎 We really appreciate it

[@creativecatproductions]

I would love to do a video about bloody wolf, it’s such a bizarre and yet fun game. It always gets compared to contra, but I pretty bloody wolf by a mile. It’s crazy, and way less frustrating at the same time!

[@francescosmith7859]

Really cool video as always. Glad to see Brad continuing to put in his work for the channel. I'm so glad Turbo fans pushed for Splatterhouse to be included on the Turbo16 Mini. If I recall correctly it wasn't in the initial list but was included afterwards and even forced them to put an M warning on the box but it was worth it. I also see people rip the game for being too simple but I think it oozes with 80s horror and is such a fit for the time. I mean, I also like Bad Dudes vs Dragon Ninja and that game also gets torched but Splatterhouse has so much more going for it. I'm also a big fan of both the second and third games on the Genesis. I know 3 took a different turn but I enjoy the more traditional 3d space to walk and a few more beat em up style moves but I still think the first is probably my favorite though it could be the nostalgia talking. If I had one complaint with the original Splatterhouse it wouldn't be that they don't give enough weapons (though a few more wouldn't have hurt) but it's more that he drops weapons when he changes rooms. He can't carry a two by four through a door or down a hole that he jumps in? Hope you and the family had a fun fourth and are staying cool in this dreadful hot weather.

[@creativecatproductions]

Thank you very much for watching dude! We indeed had a very good july 4th. My issue with splatterhouse 3 is how much the game slowed down as a double dragon style beatemup coupled with the fact that the game is timed. I love beat em ups but the pace of splatting enemies in the original was just so satisfying. It really is great that it made it on the turbografx 16 mini I hope you all are doing well too! Stay cool 😎

[@francescosmith7859]

@@creativecatproductions That's a good point on 3. I think I would have enjoyed it more if the enemies were weaker so Rick could still basically tear through them the way he does in the first two. Instead there are some enemies that are real jerks and take forever to go down which can be doubly annoying since they also included the timer. Not exactly the same but it's a little similar to the Death and Return of Superman where Superman has to pound each bad guy over and over again and you're asking yourself why does Superman have so much trouble dealing with these common street thugs? But even saying that, the Splatterhouse games overall were very creative and fun. Any thoughts on which game will be covered next on Turbo Time? That's a really fun segment idea by the way.

[@creativecatproductions]

@francescosmith7859 My daughter and son are working on JJ and Jeff. Someone requested Kieth Courage…..and I’ve always wanted to do Ninja Spirit!

[@francescosmith7859]

@@creativecatproductions Any of those sound like fun. Ninja Spirit in particular is such an excellent game. JJ and Jeff however, well I shouldn't bash it since I only played it about 2 minutes so maybe after they finish the review they'll convince me to give it another try. Looking forward to more videos and more Turbo Time!

[@creativecatproductions]

@francescosmith7859 JJ & Jeff is a bit of an acquired taste 😛 Ninja Spirit is my favorite TG-16 game. There’s a new indie gaming coming out later this year that’s an homage to it….I can’t remember what its called at the moment though

[@AirZonkWorldChamp]

Heh heh, I can beat this game in 20 minutes. Awesome retrospective!

[@creativecatproductions]

Thanks for watching champ! 😎 I had a feeling youd be able to beat this game easily. The only games from this era that I can handle like that are ghouls n ghosts and the revenge of Shinobi….and even then I struggle with Shinobi and have to use the infinite shuriken cheat. Well, i can beat altered beast quickly but so too can anyone 😝

[@Superdimensional]

With the drought of Bithead1000 videos the last few weeks, this was just what the Dr ordered for my TG-PCE fix!

[@creativecatproductions]

I didn’t realize he hasn’t been posting! Now I have to check. I usually watch him while I cook Sunday dinner. Thanks for watching our video dude! 😎

[@Mittens_Explains_It_All]

Nice video dude

[@creativecatproductions]

Thanks to you

[@DragonmasterDan]

Bradley really reminds me of Cheech. NEC had a lot of extra marketing for Splatterhouse, there were posters, hats, and t-shirts in the little mini TurboGrafx catalogs that came in game boxes. Also, EGM in 90 might have been a bit too early for Ken to have been Sushi X. I don't recall off the top of my head, but I think Ken started in 91 and was working for FCI at that time.

[@creativecatproductions]

Awesome! Splatterhouse does appear to have gotten some special attention. The boxart and warning label stood out so loudly. Thanks for the heads up about sushi x and thank you very much for watching! 😎

[@DragonmasterDan]

@@creativecatproductions I've met and talked to Ken and various other EGM editors from back in the day quite a bit. This is the reason I know that, and I checked. Ken didn't start until issue 22, so this was likely David Siller as Sushi X :)

[@creativecatproductions]

@DragonmasterDan thats awesome! Do you work in videogame journalism? Ill make a pinned comment with appropriate correction. Thanks for the info!

[@DragonmasterDan]

@@creativecatproductions I worked in video game journalism 20+ years ago.

[@creativecatproductions]

@@DragonmasterDan that’s awesome! I was an avid reader of pretty much all the videogame magazines published in North America from about 1990 until around the early 2000s. There’s a chance I may have read a publication that you worked on.

[@mattmyers9351]

Great video dudes!!

[@creativecatproductions]

Thank you very much as always dude! 😎 It took us a while to finish but we enjoyed making this a lot.

[@mattmyers9351]

@@creativecatproductions awesome, I could tell.

[@jordans4827]

35:36 Wait... I've heard that scream a time or two. 😎

[@creativecatproductions]

Yes! 😂 My son says, as he’s editing it in, “now we’re ‘film’ makers”

[@jordans4827]

@@creativecatproductions Rockin' ! Before you know it, his college films will be featured at Sundance. Keep up the good work, CCP.

[@mr.milehi9883]

Those dad in the Toys r Us sketches in your videos are very amusing. I've got a game you may not have heard about that's pretty damn good. LASER GHOST. A European version of the arcade game. It is a great light gun game though it is a shadow of the arcade version. It's still really creepy and super fun. There's a woman walking through a haunted house and you have to protect her from all the things trying to kill her. Paintings on walls monsters and so on. It works pretty well with the control pad if you don't have a light gun. Try it out I think you'll enjoy it. Not sure if it has two player support. That would be great.

[@creativecatproductions]

I totally recall Laser Ghost! What a wild concept. A truly horrifying horror game.

[@mr.milehi9883]

The arcade version is even betta'. Prequalify to House of The Dead. SPACE TACTICS is a 1979 arcade game from Sega. Used to play it when I first moved to Colorado. It's a cross between SPACE INVADERS & MISSILE COMMAND. It had a sit in cabinet with a flight controller you have a crosshair to shoot at enemies plus 10 bases across the bottom of the screen would shoot a limited amount of munitions. There is also a shield button wow it's cool. I'm sure it's been emulated. But you'll probably spend an hour setting up the controls. There was no way to bring us home to the video game market at that time and since I'm the only one who remembers it. Nobody else will care now. You'll really dig it. Always thanks for your kind responses to my comments.

[@creativecatproductions]

@mr.milehi9883 no worries dude!

[@RemoWilliams1227]

Subbed

[@creativecatproductions]

Thank you very much for watching and subbing dude! 😎

[@RemoWilliams1227]

@@creativecatproductions sure thing!

[@crystalmadison8449]

Warning No cowards allowed

[@creativecatproductions]

Or babies! Thanks for watching dude 😎

[@SolidusGabriel]

Doesn't the girlfriend get infected/dies only if you take too long to beat the game? Or is this just in the sequels?

[@creativecatproductions]

Wow! Thats a detail I was not aware of! I definitely have to look into that. Thanks for watching dude! 😎

[@francescosmith7859]

@@creativecatproductions I think that's only in 3 where you have the timer and if you take too long on the first levels Jennifer dies and if you take too long on the later levels his son also gets possessed so I think there are many different endings depending on who you save.

[@creativecatproductions]

@francescosmith7859 aha!

[@mr.milehi9883]

Video game ratings and explicit lyric ratings on music only sell more products. That's all they do. I actually don't really care myself. And I have no kids. I used to have issues with it back in the mid 80s when Frank Zappa was fighting with the pmrc.nows I think that it could be helpful for someone who doesn't know what kind of crap their kids are listening to or games they are playing. Do you know anything about a Japan only variation of bank. Where bonk kisses things instead of smacking his head on them? Look into that that would be cool, dude.

[@creativecatproductions]

Ive actually never heard of that one!