STARCRAFT N64 CHALLENGE • TASTELESS LAN PARTY

[@deoTS1]

finally, the way god intended for starcraft to be played.

[@zackrodriguez6653]

Hell yeah, brother.

[@KnownAsKenji]

I've seen you in HS KZbin comments. Cheers bro.

[@KaiserMattTygore927]

I'd unironically be able to beat these pro players for once :)

[@zxKAOS1]

Nah... you should try playing StarCraft on a Mac computer with a 1-button mouse! (hint: pressing and holding down that "swirly rectangle" key while clicking simulates a right click)

[@zackrodriguez6653]

@@zxKAOS1 Ahh 2010, I miss you

[@PhazonOmega]

As someone who's first experience with Starcraft was on the N64, I have never been so confident I could defeat a professional player.

[@KaiserMattTygore927]

Same >:)

[@jamanhitchcock9046]

Exactly! I was that kid at the grocery store that only knew of the 64 version!

[@Riplee86]

@@jamanhitchcock9046 There are dozens of us!

[@ESquaredSolutions]

I didn't have a comp until I was like 16 so I'd definitely smash these guys at the N64 version haha.

[@nicholascurry3734]

I’ve joked for years asking them to commentate SC64! My prayers have finally been answered!

[@vitorodino9851]

Spawning pool costs 150 in this version. Epic.

[@oo-bb4qs]

"i hear some balance whining in the background"

[@jeffreywarf]

Patch when? Lol

[@KaiserMattTygore927]

300 minerals for a scout....

[@pierreo33]

vanilla starcraft prices

[@DJgreazyDUSK]

Fun fact: When you turn the gamespeed to max, the system chugs and the FPS lag actually makes the game slower

[@sushileafbeats]

SC64 is a damn wonder of the world. It's spectacular for what it is. Sure to our 2022 eyes it looks ridiculous, but for its time, this release was so underrated and misrepresented. My absolute favourite game I owned when I was like 9. This and og Diablo for PS1.

[@casIIsac]

Seriously. It was a completely different time and amazing that it even exists.

[@Axehilt]

I worked at NoA when they were testing this. Even as a huge fan, I'm glad I didn't end up working on it. It was such a train wreck. (Thankfully ended up working on the original Smash Bros and Perfect Dark instead. Then again I also got stuck on Beauty & The Beast on Gameboy for a bit, so there were ups and downs there.)

[@MinMaxerGaming]

holy shit that's amazing

[@noblecyborg-savage]

Suure

[@Axehilt]

@@noblecyborg-savage I think you'd laugh if you knew how ridiculous that doubt was (ie how easy it was to get hired at NOA as a tester at the time; I didn't even apply on my own, I just drove along with my buddy who was applying and asked at the temp agency's front desk if I could apply too and took the test they gave and they hired me. Ridiculously easy first industry job.)

[@KnownAsKenji]

So if you had a kid, they could say their dad worked at Nintendo. Sweet.

[@Otto_von_Chesterfield]

Usually being good at games there is some carryover to other games, especially if it's very similar. Gemini really working hard to disprove that.

[@Tyraeleon]

I was such a fan of Starcraft as a kid. I played it on my cousin's PC all the time when I was over at his house. Sadly, we didn't have a PC at home, only a N64 so my brother got me the game for my birthday. It was harder to control obviously compared to the PC version but I still have fond memories of it to this day and I still have the cartridge.

[@goiflin5056]

This was the first way I got to play SC. It's fun and obviously it's kinda janky but it still made me want to play it on PC. First thing I remember playing the PC version was listening to the actual soundtrack instead of the 30 or so second loops that are in sc64. Oh and more voice lines.

[@DjAtmaWeapon]

Honestly, when you understand every shortcut you can do with the game pad and how to use the groupe manager, it still was pretty much playable. Pretty slow for the 2 player mode, but in that time it was not a problem. We did manage to do all the mission and we did succed to do many tricks with the arbiter, psystorm, EMP catch, reaver drop, etc.

[@MinMaxerGaming]

nice

[@markmuller7962]

It's actually amazing xD I really hope we get more of this!

[@Dornenreich5515]

This game did actually have Brood War! You had to plug in the N64 Expansion Pack to access it.

[@kyle35_36]

It is in. It’s the little red box you can see right at the start of the video. If you would have paid even the slightest bit of attention.

[@JosephofAramathea-A.D.46]

Seriously, how else would the terran have medics? Do you even play?

[@thefierycharmeleon164]

@@kyle35_36 Ironic considering that they weren't paying attention enough to realize the game has Brood war in it lol. All, it really takes to find that out is through the menu as you can scroll through Episodes.

[@Broockle]

didn't it even have unique missions that the PC version never had. It actually alluded to Duran's Master Amon

[@kaliek5281]

@@Broockle it did have extra missions, but the PC version did have a secret Zeratul mission where you find Duran making Hybrid and alluding to his "Master". So thats not unique to N64.

[@thefierycharmeleon164]

Growing up with StarCraft 64, I am proud to say that whenever, they make a joke that no one would be able to micro or do late game without carries with Zerg no problem. No Regrets are making us StarCraft 64 players proud lmao.

[@thephoenixking36]

This is the first iteration of StarCraft I owned. No PC until 2001... Yes, it's bad. I still beat the campaign though.

[@R5123]

Wow! Amazing dude, some missions in campaign are quite challenging on PC!

[@kingpet]

was it like play dark souls with a ddr pad?

[@brandonschwertley2723]

Giga chad in the chat here

[@arbootieoaks]

Same. Fucking so hard to beat campaign on this. I had to lower game speed to the lowest. When I played sc on pc for the first time it blew my mind

[@danielgibson3422]

Ehh it wasn't all that bad, with the control limit of 18, and you can still use 2 control groups usually you just build up and A move. The only missions I remember being hard where omega, and the secret 2 player mission to save stukov. As a kid I actually beat the whole thing twice. The reason for the second time was because a friend of mine wasn't very good at reading, and accidentally used the reset function in the menus...

[@Xaeravoq]

i would move the air hockey table next to the tv and duct tape a piece of cardboard right where the screen divides. one person would be on the table and the other person under. sound had to be turned off too to make it fair. we had really good games this way but it lags like hell late game.

[@deedevil63]

as a kid who played this game a LOT. i can confirm every game was battlecruisers.

[@jimmydelcid8779]

All jokes aside, Starcraft 64 actually looks like a pretty legit game. lol

[@kingpet]

if the pc version of starcraft didn't exist, i would probably agree.

[@boogabuga7657]

it's so bad lol the framerate gets painfully low.

[@sokkerzomby0102]

It's actually pretty solid. The framerate only really suffers when doing split screen. Single player runs like butter

[@KnownAsKenji]

It's like Command and Conquer on the PS1, playable, campaign beatable, better on the PC but your mom already got you the game console so you dealt with it.

[@ESquaredSolutions]

​@@sokkerzomby0102right? Runs surprisingly well considering it's literally only running on 64MB of RAM lol

[@jeffreywarf]

I would absolutely watch a StarCraft 64 tournament casted by tastosis

[@qaz3000]

same

[@goodguycwyzz4768]

No joke SC64 got me into the game. Rented it from blockbuster. Thank god for the pc version though

[@FrancoisTremblay77]

God heard your prayer...

[@KaiserMattTygore927]

SC64 got me into the game as well back in 2000, My dad bought it for himself but let me play it a few months afterwards. good times.

[@KnownAsKenji]

I had neither but my neighbor friend had N64, tried so hard to convince him to buy it.

[@_oddjob]

This was how I was introduced to starcraft. Haha there is broodwar its unlocked by using an expansion pack hence why you can use dts not that you see them in these show matches. So much nostalgia thanks you guys!

[@corgibuttz2550]

So excited! My friend and I still play Starcraft 64 vs each other after we have way too many beers. Really good times.

[@tredogzs]

For the record, its for sure faster on MAX speed.

[@coreylewis7972]

Yah this really bugged me. They didn't change the speed!

[@kaliek5281]

BroodWar is ABSOLUTELY in SC64. It requires the N64 Expansion Pack to use (which I saw yall had installed). Without it you can only access the original 3 campaigns. I actually rented this version way back in the day, despite having it on PC, out of sheer curiosity. Also SC was 1998 and BW wasnt even a year behind releasing in LATE 1998. SC64 came out in 2000, so 2 years after BW.

[@ChavaYang]

Wow this definitely brings back so many memories. Thanks for the nostalgia.

[@Azsunes]

I remember playing this with my sister and we would not attack each other till we were both 200/200 supply. One of the battles I remember most was we maxed out on carriers and a moved them at each other. The game was lagging hard and it I added in an archon to help kill the interceptors faster and she said stop cheating.

[@grottoguru6473]

Woah, blast from the past. I remember playing this as a kid and my brother burrowing a dozen lurkers on top of each other and my marines getting slaughtered

[@DfR4n]

WoW.... could you imagine a tournament of SC on N64. So amazing... this reminds all those hours playing games on the couch with the boys. That last section was hilarious 45:50

[@dewwwd3431]

Watching this gives me anxiety it reminds me of when your friend came over for a sleepover never played broodwar before and they’re so slow with everything. You try and tell them what to do and they don’t listen because their brain is overwhelmed

[@captainsternn7684]

"this doesn't have broodwar" Yes it does.

[@cday131]

I got this just so I could play with friends that would never touch a computer game. It's an important version.

[@randomstranger_3]

21:55 - "They're gonna bring it to Switch." Me: Dude, someone make it happen. I don't care if it's a good or bad idea, someone make it happen because we won't know for sure.

[@TheWoebegoneJackal]

Honestly SC64 was great as a kid, being able to play with a friend on the couch back in the day while drinking juice boxes was fantastic 👌

[@Kassplaylist]

LOL! Probably some exec sat there and was like "Huh, Starcraft is doing really well. Let's port it!" Without understanding how shit it would be.

[@Blernster]

It's actually pretty good. It lags a lot in 2 player but playing the campaign is perfectly fine

[@imhappyidance]

diablo was on playstation

[@YouJustAmazeMe]

@@imhappyidance so was war2. It was awesome playing it on those old fat big screen tvs (where if you look at it at an angle it gets all dark)

[@sequelwars5870]

A surprising amount of RTS games appeared on console. Aside from Starcraft 64, early C&C and Warcraft 2 got Saturn and PS1 ports. C&C1 even got a unique looking N64 port with 3D visuals. AOE2 has a PS2 port. EA even ported the later-gen C&Cs to 360/PS3. Plus stuff like Halo Wars. RTS with a controller is pure suffering but the prospect of console $$$ was too juicy to ignore.

[@MrAngelBites]

I spent countless hours playing SC 64. finished all the campaigns well over 20 times. i never felt the controls were difficult until i played the PC version.

[@Eddyhartz]

Wouldn't this have all the really broken unpatched stuff as well? Like landing buildings on sieged Tanks so nobody can attack them.

[@brandoncarr1469]

this was a great idea for the video , i like stuff like this on the channel ! much love everyone

[@mason8241]

This might be the place to share this story but when I was a little boy I went to the boys and girls club. There was a computer lab with StarCraft 1. I would always play it whenever I got the chance. One day there was a tournament for a box copy of brood war. It had just come out that week….. The older kids were much better and there was this brother sister duo named Sean/Becca that absolutely murdered everyone. Well….at the end of this tourney I had to play Becca first…and then her brother Sean was the final boss. I think they were in high school and I was in elementary school. Anyways…. I beat Sean and was rewarded with brood war. When I got home my gateway PC didn’t have enough ram to play it so I begged my mom to upgrade it and someone from her work showed up and did just that. For the next year I haunted that computer lab. I was feared by the high schoolers and kids my age. I lived and breathed star craft until i was introduced to Planetside 1…at which point I dedicated my life to it 🤣😂 seeing SC on n64 brought this memory back and I hope you’ve enjoyed reading this

[@kunohorigan1257]

Dem feelz bro.

[@MinMaxerGaming]

I did enjoy

[@jamanhitchcock9046]

So excited you guys did this! Tribute to all of us that started on 64 and are still fans today!

[@kevinb.3656]

This is how I was introduced to StarCraft lol.

[@BurnoutFighter]

I had the most pleasure of producing this event, I will make sure to get more knee shots of Tasteless if I ever make a comeback.

[@MinMaxerGaming]

did you actually?

[@bleepblorpp]

Loved every moment of this!

[@MrTube84]

Honestly... need to do a tournament with N64 dudes... for REAL!

[@SamLaney]

i fucking love this. THANK YOU TASTELESS!! (and team)

[@breakerz0]

Can you please do this more often, like twice a year?!!!! This is amazing, I love the casters since the 2000s, they were amazing! I will literally train all year for Starcraft 64 to come and play in your Lan party, finally gives me purpose in life and use for my $80 Starcraft 64 cartridge!

[@Avsense]

This is all I've ever wanted from y'all. Thank you.

[@ThisProgram]

I would love to see more tastless lan parties and n64 sc

[@ihaveproblems9779]

Local Man Sacrificed in Front of Live Studio Audience.

[@AdmiralBison]

Seriously though. Starcraft, BW and SC2 RTS needs to expand by coming to consoles WITH a control pad scheme. Give console gamers who never want to play on PC a chance to experience Star Craft in the comfort of their couch and gain more fans. Steam Deck + SC + in bed = Heaven.

[@KaiserMattTygore927]

Agreed 100000%

[@tonnentonie2767]

You mean PC connected to 4k 144hz big screen display + Steam controller + in bed :)

[@chrisreeves3991]

Ahhh...Bloodbath. My first ever experience of StarCraft was playing a game of Bloodbath, using the old Blizzard cloning feature of my friend's copy when he got it, over a 56k modem. I randomed Zerg, and tried to attack him with my overlord.

[@Lykyk]

Tasteless looks kinda weird when you see his body proportions like that.

[@PhazonOmega]

I get so excited when I see someone acknowledge this port, let alone seeing the pros play it. I clicked on this video so fast! Looking forward to a special time. :D

[@TheRubsi]

I kept wondering how anybody could have thought that this was a good idea but then i remembered watching a friend play C&C Red Alert on his playstation and realized that we just didn't know how to game back then.

[@LR-ll1lk]

As awkward to control as the C&C PS games were, the sidebar thing worked a bit better than having a dozen c-button menus :P

[@pasta-and-heroin]

hehehe i own a PAL copy of this!!!! they’re worth about $400aud (+- depending condition etc) on ebay, but its worth SO much more to me as a 10-year sc2 fan that never got to play the original. love having it in my starcraft section of my bookcase, right beside my HOTS art book such a neat fucking curiosity lol. who else has one??

[@ecotechpestservices]

When he said I played in a 64 tournament and artosis immediately looks at other guy. You’re screwed. 😂

[@R5123]

Dude amazing! I remember seeing two guys on an airplane playing this, but never saw it in person ever again lol

[@OpiatesAndTits]

Okay on an airplane how? Like a private flight or in first class or something?

[@R5123]

@@OpiatesAndTits It was economy. They had this tiny TV / monitor that they brought on and it was in the middle 3 seats. I guess they had to have some power source too in order to power the nintendo 64

[@KaiserMattTygore927]

@@R5123 WTF? that would've been awesome.

[@R5123]

@@KaiserMattTygore927 Hahaha I know, I wish I could somehow find those guys to talk to them about it. Or go back in time and ask more about what they were doing.

[@joeo6378]

I like that they got the smallest TV to play this on too. fantastic.

[@Chyrre]

This is the way starcraft was intended to be played

[@frogfinance4605]

I played my first starcraft on N64. Hold your blasphemous tongues

[@J2digital]

As much as they hated this... I LOVED THIS SH*T as a kid! hahahaha I got pretty good at it too. I had a N64 but no PC yet so hey it was at least something..

[@pierQRzt180]

We need a tournament on the n64

[@EebstertheGreat]

21:08 StarCraft⸺Mar 98 StarCraft: Insurrection⸺Jun 98 Starcraft: Retribution⸺Fall (?) 98 Starcraft: Brood War⸺Dec 98 *Starcraft 64⸺Jun 00* StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty⸺Jul 10 StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm⸺Mar 13 StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void⸺Nov 15 StarCraft II: Nova Covert Ops⸺Mar-Nov 16 StarCraft: Remastered⸺Aug 17

[@Stranzua]

Goes to show how old SC really is. N64 had some real all-time classics. SC64 was not one of them, but I enjoyed it.

[@joshdoldersum9132]

I just wanna say, I fell in love with RTS playing Command & Conquer 64.

[@ascetahedonista7161]

When Artosis said "I can believe they made this game", he make it sound like a compliment and a complain at the same time.

[@danielgibson3422]

I love this game lol, was the first game I can say I bought with my own money that I had earned. spent many many hours in it. As for the cheats, you actually unlock them in the single player campaign. They added little things to some of the missions that you find to unlock them.

[@TheVanillatech]

This answers the question why crossplay in any kind of competitive game still doesn't really exist. I remember watching my friend play Quake N64 and telling me how he can finish the game on medium difficulty without dying, and it only took 2 hours. Meantime I run through Q1 on nightmare in under 40 minutes pretty much every week as my tea is in the oven.

[@LounoirRecords]

it's like playing through a potato camera underwater when your mind is half frozen over and then on top of that add some shitty controls and play in utter darkness. brilliant :D

[@awizardwithwords994]

3:24 "You need all the coaching you can get right now." Lmfao

[@nibshuggles6008]

Thanks for making all of my dreams come true!

[@justnbustin7163]

you should make another video with the face cams on their reactions! I was laughing all the way through. I remember playing Starcraft on N64 back then. Great content keep it up Tasteless!

[@Jose-xm3tq]

Bloodbath is where you go to settle problems like men.

[@l4unchp4dgaming38]

@5:59 Tasteless: "This is brutal!" Me: "No, this is BROOD WAR!" Lolololololol

[@joshuabuena8049]

Hahaha I was laughing all through out the video. And @deo1 comment he said - "finally, the way god intended for starcraft to be played" bahahahahahahha

[@jackbing499]

dont have SC for PC , still only play on n64. its all i know and still love it.

[@ChereraTaguato]

I remember being 10 and obsessed with starcraft, then seeing it at blockbuster, and even as a dumb 10 year old, I thought, HOW?! My friend rented it and it was as disappointing as I'd imagined lol

[@OpiatesAndTits]

I played it at an Internet cafe and was blown away. Its one of the few really standout memories of my childhood. Got it for xmas then later used my own money to buy brood war.

[@Sinnesvidgande]

got anxiety watching this

[@moistnugget4147]

If Blizzard made this into a phone app, I bet it would get a far more positive reaction than when they made Diablo into a phone app

[@roymcdre9180]

Diablo 1 just to be clear since diablo immortal is coming soon

[@zemaddok8755]

I remember doing original starcraft campaign on N64 after doing it on PC and the control was so awful, you had to do entirely different stuff since your control was so hindered. It still fun to play however :D

[@markpayton3895]

It was fun. Thank you for this. More Lan Party with Pros!

[@tumate45]

This is why I always like consoles. Let it be splitscreen pvp or coop, it's always such a great fun.

[@kevincarrigan2798]

Omg this was my first starcraft experience! Thanks for the nostalgia

[@torchictwentyone]

Afreecatv and all their GSLs aint got nothin on tasteless LAN party. You guys gotta make some silly badge for the GSL players, which they will then wear to their GSL events and all the people there will be confused af about what championship badges those are. Great publicity.

[@TheHappy115]

Played this when I was 6. I had played on the PC once or twice but had forgotten due to how young I was + not really knowing what consoles really were. Wasn't till 10 that I realized it was actually a PC game. Also you have to pause the game every time to set it to fastest since it wasn't the default. Good times.

[@Aguyfrom225]

I have the same story as tasteless but I was the N64. I was like you don't need a computer to play sc. He thought I was stupid. He laughed and asked how else will I play sc. I told him Nintendo 64. He laughed and said that's impossible. I finally showed him the n64. He was blow away but he wouldn't even verses me.

[@katiepower15]

My friend had this shit when I was a kid and I couldn't believe how bad it was lol.

[@darthmac8637]

I still have my copy of SC 64!!! Sooo many hours dumped in.

[@adelbert8981]

Dude... this is epic!

[@maysinbell5765]

Ahhhhh.... childhood. Mind you I only played Starcraft N64 once... at my mom's ex fiance's brothers house. After being properly introduced to the OG when I was like 8-9. Than BW came out and I built my very first computer out of a box of scraps, ripping a copy of Windows 95/ XP. Good fucking times.

[@bl8896]

This could only be topped with someone playing with a trackball mouse

[@falshion1837]

Me and my friend made a cardboard division and taped it to the TV then played against each other. Probably one of my favorite memories while being my most embarrassing and pathetic gaming moment.

[@Juheniqus]

This is how I feel when I play starcraft in my dreams.

[@enrique16ish]

The way the pro players should play. shoutout to blizzard and all pc players from Remastered/II

[@devestator1007]

This is just gaming man, not a LAN party

[@iceee420]

This needs more camera angles lol

[@jiayojames]

no regret is like that one kid in class who puts his hand up for every question

[@MinMaxerGaming]

yup, he kinda ruined it tbh, wouldn't even help Gemini so that he could have stood a chance

[@psywalker7973]

Oh god, Solar... that first game was hilarious.

[@ericwood3709]

At least you don't have to scout the other guy's base

[@sampsonsampson]

This is amazing, I completely forgot it was on N64 haha

[@Eckendenker]

Ziggy really evolved man, that was fun!! Edit: to watch