Steamed Hams: The Graphic Adventure (PC, 2022)

Fangame based on the famous Simpsons segment "Steamed Hams". Released by Neodement in 2022.

[@PsychadelicoDuck]

I love how telling Skinner to tell the truth is an option every step of the way, but if you try he just stammers a bit and refuses to do it.

[@matthewisguy7336]

Correct characterization

[@Gorfinhofin]

The slightly awkward timing and cuts between voice lines and the slowdown during the song really add a layer of authenticity to this.

[@Vishnu_Karthik]

My only nitpick would be that the audio is too clear, it needs to be bitcrunhed.

[@pacadet]

@@Vishnu_Karthik Eh, on CD talkie SCUMM games, the audio was really fairly good. DOTT, Full Throttle, etc.

[@TrueLadyEvilChan]

@@Vishnu_Karthik it's a tiny crushed already.

[@mevicky100]

4:01 the way Chalmer’s lines got stitched together between the cuts really sold it

[@weirdproq]

@@Vishnu_Karthik It's sounds compressed enough to me to be fairly authentic. (Except at 3:27. Sounds like they forgot to compress it there.)

[@emirlsanchos6302]

Imagine if Lucasarts in the 90s made a point and click adventure set in the world of The Simpsons. It would've sold like hotcakes!

[@DonaldTheScottishTwin57646]

Steamed Hams was made in 1995.

[@bogiesmigforl1]

@@DonaldTheScottishTwin57646 and?

[@AnnDVine]

You know, these hotcakes are quite similar to the ones they have at Krusty Burger.

[@AnnDVine]

@@DonaldTheScottishTwin57646 ....1995 was part of the 90s! Hope this helps!

[@emirlsanchos6302]

@@AnnDVine Oh ho ho ho, ho-no! Patented Skinner Cakes. Ooold Family recipe.

[@chaoticcranium]

Finally, Super Nintendo Chalmers in glorious 16-bits!

[@NoahArellano-ni7vj]

Hi Super Nintendo Chalmers!

[@ViniciusGabriel-lf3cz]

Welcome!

[@Erin-ce5gs]

This was amazingly well done. I was half expecting Skinner to say "I can't use these things together" at some point.

[@eebgoz]

Sam and Max, haha.

[@nickvanderpool4822]

Great work. Even the sound quality has that "fresh out of the Soundblaster 16 audio card that I just spent two hours fiddling with the IRQ settings to get the dialogue working" feel.

[@Belgand]

Great, you said it out loud and now Ultima VII won't play with music anymore!

[@polotenc]

Dude, sound blaster!! I dropped a tear

[@Gencoil]

I'd love to see this expanded with alternate scenarios. Like, a bad ending if Skinner stays in the burning kitchen for too long. Or, what happens if Skinner tells the truth?

[@arekrekas213]

or what if he DOES show the aurora borealis that materialised within his cooking space?

[@melody3741]

God i need this so badly

[@iannickCZ]

the voices are from a the simpsons series, so there is no alternate version just like what was made.

[@arekrekas213]

@@iannickCZ well, yeah: they're from the simpsons series do you know how many episodes worth of voice lines the simpsons has???? every character has probably said every common word at this point

[@nthgth]

I would pay for such a game

[@mintagenart]

Ah back before the internet days and you can Google the answer to these puzzles. Like seriously, who would think you're supposed to answer "Aurora Borealis" at the luncheon puzzle?

[@VestinVestin]

You're not! This is the ending where the house burns down. Obviously the game isn't under 10 minutes long. It's just an early "You've died." sequence. You're actually supposed to go right at the very start and "Use" the oven before Chalmers gets there..

[@jonpatchmodular]

@@VestinVestin the multiple storylines of this game were amazing, even if most branches lasted a few minutes until a bad ending.

[@robcandy9273]

Remember when you could actually Google solutions and guides for games quickly. Now you're directed to useless videos which are no help. Ah the good old days

[@DirtiestDMusic]

I was lucky, my version came with the strategy guide included.

[@billny33]

well thankfully it's multiple choice so people even then were bound to figure it out by process of elimination.

[@DeliciousHotShmoze]

I actually laughed out loud at the text getting bigger during the “Aurora Borealis!” line. Well done.

[@BoundaryBreak]

This is almost done flawlessly

[@TheCosmicChicken]

We can basically take the channel anywhere we want to! Sorry, couldn't resist. Anyway, I'm sure you found a few flaws by moving the camera out of bounds. 😉

[@viviandoherty6354]

“Eh, that’s no help.” Oh my golly gosh goodness the accuracy.

[@nate_river_]

And, like most graphic adventures, if you play them long enough, you end up with a cactus and a stepladder jammed in your pocket.

[@SimonCallahan]

I bet Skinner has the useless piece of fuzz from the beginning, too.

[@lilwyvern4]

@@SimonCallahan This stapler picked up in the first room will prove indispensible 4 hours in to escape a trap room!

[@rollanddev]

@@SimonCallahan As well as the thing that his aunt gave him that he doesn't know what it actually is.

[@Hellwyck]

@@rollanddev Hitchhiker's Guide?

[@rollanddev]

@@Hellwyck Yep. Turns out it can be used to store items. It took me years to learn that one. :x

[@natureiscool4364]

This is amazing. One of the greatest steamed hams ever.

[@matthewisguy7336]

Yeah the games are the best 😂

[@lurpakspreadable4994]

Genius! The extra details like checking the fridge and painting - second half obviously there’s not much else you could’ve done but well done man!

[@TheKnightOfSmite]

The amount of effort that went into this is legendary

[@rollanddev]

I'm sorry for the negativity, but it's mostly a rip-and-patch-together job. The engine was programmed by someone else (think RPG Maker but for P&C adventure games). The audio was ripped from the show. The sprites were ripped from the Simpsons arcade game (by someone else, on a sprite rip website). The background were ripped from Maniac Mansion (though edited and recolored!), etc.. The *original* effort made here was in stringing together the game scenario, which is rather short and with little to no variation. This *would* be legendary status if the "wrong" answers led to alternate conversation routes/events, or if we could explore more of Skinner's house and find additional interactions with Chalmers (ex, serving him that snowman in the fridge for desert under the guise of it being vegan ice-cream, have Skinner's mother come downstairs and chase him away by talking his ear off, or something). There's so much you can do with this format of game but the game just sticks to this one single premise... I'm hoping more will be added to it and that we're just seeing the beginning, TBH. :D

[@enmunate]

@@rollanddev kids today don’t recognize scumm engine. Lol

[@wunderwalze]

@@rollanddevSo true, I bet they didn’t even construct the computer and write the OS themselves, lazy af

[@rollanddev]

@@wunderwalze To be fair, my biggest disappointment is that he didn't write the physical laws under which operate the computer the OS running his game is running on. And I'm not seeing any credits to electrons and neutrinos anywhere at the end of the game, which I simply think is misappropriation on the dev's part. :( It speaks volumes about his level of talent and professionalism, IMO. I mean, what *serious* dev isn't running a microverse in their living room?

[@Numenorean921]

@@rollanddev so you make a better game then loser, it's still not as trivial as you're making it sound.

[@ArkaidDeims]

The cracking 8 bit sound of the oven. Man, that's attention to detail

[@fatcat22able]

More people need to see this for the genius that it is!!

[@TheCormTube]

Surprised at how it doesn't have nearly enough likes or views.

[@battosaijenkins946]

@MS-DOS Friends, not bad. But @ 5:10 you need to pause a bit more after "... may I see it?". like 2 seconds more. then, "No.". That wouldve been perfect.

[@katzunjammer]

this reminds me of the beavis and butthead game on megadrive

[@Thunderhawk51]

This might be one of my all time favorite videos in the history of KZbin... And I have seen thousands upon thousands of videos. This is just an absolute masterpiece! I loved Maniac Mansion back in the day and this is one hell of a tribute to it! And to one of the best internet memes of all time! It's PERFECTION!

[@matias_8823]

The single stuck midi note during the song really gives this that nostalgic polish, great job

[@sgtjonson]

Eh, that's no help. This is probably my favorite version of Steamed Hams. Kudos to everyone who worked on it!

[@johnmartinez7440]

I don't write this often, but this is one of those that definitely needs more views, and I'm baffled why it doesn't already.

[@federicoferrari6895]

Truly beautiful. You created alternative options of dialogue also 😮

[@AceHogarth]

I loved the "broken bottles of ketchup" inside the fridge.

[@dieinfire920]

OMG this is genius!! Really makes me wish Lucasarts did some click adventure based on the franchise.

[@michelebuford]

Bro I love your profile picture

[@gordongecko1975]

You could change the title to: Steamed Hams but it's a 90s point & click adventure

[@Koettnylle]

The mandatory adventure game fumbling-around-by-clicking-on-everything is just chefs kiss

[@benjaminoechsli1941]

My favorite part was honestly Skinner's expression at the end as he stands motionless, helpless to do anything but hold his thumb up while the credits roll as his house burns to the ground behind him.

[@OmneAurumNon]

Imagine in an actual adventure game being expected to figure out that the way to deal with your burning oven and ruined roast was to climb out the window to buy fast-food from an off-screen restaurant that you had no idea was there.

[@crimsonshinobi5281]

Thought the same thing! Would be on par with some adventure games I've played.

[@melody3741]

@@crimsonshinobi5281 in normal graphic adventure games don’t you have to type in what to do sometimes?

[@UndeadKEI108]

@@melody3741 Yes, you're thinking of parser system games. Most often used by Sierra in their earlier adventure games from the 80's.

[@crimsonshinobi5281]

@@melody3741 Leisure Suit Larry in the Lounge Lizards is one such game, your comment bought back some memories!

[@Raikkox36]

Basically almost any Sierra games. OMG those were hard. Just like Crimson Shinobi mentioned.

[@Nicksolo85]

Very awesome. I bet it would've been pretty funny if Seymour could've actually said some of the other choices & how Chalmers would've reacted to them.

[@alexio1942]

same hear but finding audio dialogue to match would be a tough one

[@dylanzlol7293]

@@alexio1942 well change the options

[@JackFoxtrotEDM]

AI voices are always an option, and the bitcrushing might help reduce the artificial sounding part.

[@chaoticcranium]

Yeah, I'd like to see some Sierra style bad endings for the wrong choices, haha. And maybe if you explore all of the options where Seymour tells the truth, Chalmers reveals a secret fire extinguisher, helps you fight the A̶u̶r̶o̶r̶a̶ ̶B̶o̶r̶e̶a̶l̶i̶s̶ fire, and gives you a raise for your honesty.

[@JackFoxtrotEDM]

There's an 8-bit adventure of Steamed Hams someone made a long time ago that's a similar premise, you have different endings for it.

[@stu5804]

Good thing you chose the right lines. Harry Shearer might have had trouble going back in time to fill the other options

[@Spamkromite]

OMG this looks amazing, and the take on the meme with the classic point n' click is very well done. Sierra secretly approves from the graveyard.

[@pascalalexisparvex]

You mean LucasArts...

[@kimmolaine8069]

This one was more LucasArts than Sierra.

[@39zack]

@@kimmolaine8069 looked like the SCUMM engine

[@Abelhawk]

I’m really surprised Harry Shearer and Hank Azaria haven’t come out and done some kind of collaboration in light of all this.

[@Magdred]

This is it. Best clip I've ever seen on youtube. Nostalgia AND steamed hams.

[@necropolistc6357]

the nostalgia, these where he first games I played ever

[@acetaminophetus]

Expanding and lingering on the house fire really emphasizes Seymour's desperation for a father figure. Well done.

[@suibhnesweeney3497]

God I love steamed hams just the amount of creativity that people put into their version of the meme can be astounding I love it anywayd this video was great and I hope it gets way more traction at some point

[@aromaticflower]

This is so insanely appropriate, the tone fits perfectly.

[@nutshot_brawler8466]

The steamed hams meme is one of my favourite memes because of it's insane creative potential, I always find a new and interesting iteration of this meme, and this one by far is my favourite

[@MatSpeedle]

This isn't a game, it's a work of art!

[@bigjohnsbreakfastlog5819]

Skinner: "But what if..." *player chooses telling the truth* Skinner: "No!"

[@Faygris]

Holy shit, this is beyond awesome. How perfectly made 😍 This needs to explode in the algorithm

[@aranayailyaris73]

I love that he's just pulling them out of the Krusty-branded paper bag in front of him

[@YourFeelingsSucks]

"AURORA BORÉALIS!!" 😂 this is perfect with the enhanced text!

[@creationzikaz4836]

I appreciate the amount of effort invested into this.

[@whophd]

This is peak-underrated Steamed Hams, one of the most faithful to the genre - in that it’s faithful to the other genre, and a lot of work went into it - deserves to be more famous

[@johnnyofthesticks7260]

Loved that episode, how believable was everthing, and how Chalmers could not notice anything.

[@n-extrafries-surprise]

Elaine: "Well, Guybrush, I made it despite your directions."

[@Valetravelgames]

The awkward pauses between each line makes this so much better

[@celisewillis]

Perfection, complete era accuracy. Also, thanks for cutting out the gross eating sounds. Wish more Steamed Hams edits would do that

[@tankwfw]

I would kill for a fully fledged Simpsons adventure game in this style

[@A.HollerMusic]

That would be so awesome. Just to be clear: I didn't talking about the killing part. 😶

[@iofs3338]

Good time was had by all

[@mightywurlitzer]

Love the Aurora Australis response option as a subtle shoutout to the Aussie Steamed Hams version

[@NicolasAlexanderOtto]

Cool to see people still use this skit creatively. I love this one! Great work!

[@Shendue]

LOL, I love how there's clearly no end to the Steamed Hams meme. As a long date Lucasarts fan, I find this an absolute masterpiece.

[@arbitraryconfusion]

This was a real nostalgia trip. I remember playing this in 1997 on DOS.

[@IfindAnimeHot]

This deserves way more views.

[@CheapCheerful]

This is one of the Steamed Hams I've ever seen! Truly something for everyone.

[@BggProductions]

5:00 I like how instead of cutting closer and closer to Chalmers's face the text gets larger and larger.

[@JavertRA]

I know its minor in the grand scheme, but I'm impressed how you managed to isolate the dialogue without any background sound.

[@nothing.here182]

Whoa! Why doesn't this have a million views?? Awesome work!

[@TheMarineIguanaStudios]

Oh my gosh! God bless you, this is phenomenal! :D It needs more views!!!

[@GamingtheOtter]

The voice acting is remarkably crisp. Usually it be a bit more distorted but I love this! Thumbs up!

[@alexio1942]

as someone who has seen more steamed hams than i can remember im surprised one of this caliber slipped through the cracks....popped up in recommended now so i think others will soon see it

[@guybrushthreepwood2014]

This is the second best Steamed Hams video, I've ever seen!

[@hotelmario510]

I love how it has to load in each piece of speech separately so there's a noticeable delay in the lines.

[@Relicanth]

This may be one of the most nostalgic-inducing and well-orchestrated parodies I have ever seen.

[@skelkankaos]

Immediately recognized the contents of the fridge as a Maniac Mansion reference

[@INeedJesus4sure]

Probably the best Steamed Hams meme I have ever seen, well done!

[@CharlesWorkPPL]

"I hope you're ready to play King's Quest VI!"" "I thought you said we were playing Monkey Island 2."

[@NicksBikes]

I love the period correct sound quality and the production value.... I would've PLAYED THE H E L L OUT OF THIS!

[@sith3775]

The production was amazing oh my god this is so underrated!

[@harrisonlarson1504]

Bitcrunched fire that sounds like someone chewing gravel is very soothing.

[@MiketheEye]

Man I remember playing this in the middle school library before class. Couldnt even get past the kitchen part.

[@shouyume]

My gosh, I was falling asleep at the sound of the soft crackling of the fire!

[@damwaterthomas1980]

That is hilarious and thanks again for uploading the video to KZbin. 👍 👍

[@handenbramilton]

Wow. This unlocked some Commodore64 memories from 1990 that I forgot I had.

[@josephgover5072]

The sound of the fire is soothing

[@yunehversomi1458]

I’m kind of disappointed they didn’t make a Simpsons game like this. Just exploring Springfield and seeing all the dialogue options you can get from its inhabitants would’ve eaten away weeks of my life.

[@RamsesThePigeon]

Muscle memory kicked in for me near the start of the video, and I paused the damned thing when I tried to "click to continue."

[@questionblock8949]

This is fantastic! Needs a lot more views!

[@Kristhor]

Wow this deserves way more attention 👏🏻

[@MeteorFright]

This is fantastic! Thank you for sharing

[@HeavyMetalBarpiano]

Best version of the Steamed Hams meme ever! 👏👏👏

[@arezllee]

This is so well made! Very impressive

[@MetroPolo1]

This is SOOOO well done. Amazing!

[@jerrysgardentractorsengine2243]

Getting MASSIVE living books vibes here

[@DezorianGuy]

One of the best steamed hams. Good work

[@RicPendragon]

Honestly the best version I've ever seen

[@FullMetalBaldo]

Simply great, i love the combination of point&click + steamed hams!

[@viniciusvbf]

This is brilliant. It's criminal that it only has 50k views,

[@clinthamers493]

Amazing. This meme has gone places I never expected it to go.

[@anomonyous]

I genuinely thought it was just an animation, but this is an actual fangame. That's wild.

[@Spawn3X5]

Lots of memes die put in the month they came out but this one has stood the test of time

[@DJChrisNeon]

This is the single best Steamed Hams. Nothing will top this.

[@KyleHarrisonRedacted]

This was so cool! I loved every moment of it :D

[@ivanb8126]

Thanks for this!!

[@vikinglife6316]

This is awesome. Id love to see a full game like this.

[@TheBigLou13]

wow this is so good. Very well made. Good feel for detail!

[@DeanLawrence_ftw]

clearly this was a labour of love. absolutely delighted by this 🙂

[@jordanscherr6699]

Maniac Mansion meets the Simpsons... I like it!