The Most Bizarre Computer Game From My Childhood

In an age of heavy nostalgia bait, I thought, why not catch some fish (came up with that by myself)? Today we're looking at, probably, one of the most nostalgic centerpieces of my life, Pajama Sam. This game has it all, and I truly struggled to condense my thoughts into 20 minutes, but here we are... so I guess that means I did it. With 10 times more detail than I remember and a short and sweet playtime, this video is sure to be quite the journey.
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[@alecmomenee-duprie2777]

I used to play Pajama Sam an unhealthy amount as a child. My little ADHD ass was alternating between stimming, clicking everything on screen, and literally rolling on the floor in excitement.

[@jacobburch7555]

Bro that sounds fun as shit ngl. Wish I could roll around on the floor with excitement over something 😂

[@mndayman]

this is so real

[@ayleentrujillo2736]

Don’t forgot reclicking the music parts cause they bopped

[@Curdled.milk1]

​@@jacobburch7555 you can! No one will stop you

[@SaturnHunter_]

This was my favorite game as a kid, I played it in computer class every single chance I got, over and over. We put respect on Pajama Sam’s name

[@RealTubaBoy]

A brother

[@olderoscendant]

Humongous Entertainment is lowkey the Bethesda Softworks of our childhoods, and we didn't even have the mental capacity to appreciate what they did for us. Damn.

[@Obsidianightwalker]

@@olderoscendantStraight facts. Pajama Sam, Freddie the Fish, Spyfox….the list goes on. I’m tempted to download one of them just for the nostalgia of it.

[@thelegioncollective]

​@Obsidianightwalker you should do it.

[@SaturnHunter_]

@@ObsidianightwalkerSpyfox also went insanely hard, I forgot about that one

[@shinymetagross1666]

I can't see Pajama Sam without thinking of DougDoug.

[@Potato_Wynn]

Same! The only guy I know who would kill 25 kids named Sam in just a few hours.

[@87bees68]

Need an Andy King/DougDoug crossover

[@batterybroken]

Who is Doug Doug? 👀

[@shinymetagross1666]

@@batterybroken Twitch streamer, youtuber, child kidnapper/murderer, skyrim modder. Also known as Diablo the cheater, creator of the interdimensional sex simulator powered by a fucking necromancer.

[@1ore.]

@@batterybrokena twitch streamer who also has a yt channel

[@HighAsHeckPriestess]

The art style is so cozy and nostalgic i cant explain it! I dont remember this game but it reminds me of Saturday morning cartoons and too much sugary cereal 😂 I am scared of the dark because of trauma and whatnot, but im getting better at it. I dont have lights on in every room anymore!

[@warriorprincesss]

Good luck on your healing journey.. things will keep getting better❤

[@ashton7282]

I completely agree! It reminds me of old Nickelodeon shows! :D

[@elisecamp4596]

It reminds me of Dora the Explorer

[@matheusarruda6462]

It's endearing to see Andy this genuinely overjoyed about something. My man is HYPED.

[@stellap-m4345]

right? never heard of this and so confused but i’m happy he’s happy

[@gaylittlegoblin]

SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME WHAT THAY FIRST VIDEO WIFH TALKING TREES IS I NEED IT

[@r4tzRcvT3]

I'm afraid of the dark... Damn.

[@thegameres816]

We are a bunch of babies as the king says...

[@redwiltshire1816]

Fun fact: your not afraid of the dark your afraid of the unknown

[@msjkramey]

​@@redwiltshire1816no shit

[@redwiltshire1816]

@@msjkramey fact /fakt/ noun a thing that is known or proved to be true. "he ignores some historical and economic facts"

[@MikeyBoiYah]

​@@redwiltshire1816 ☝️🤓

[@mordaciousfilms]

No one remembers? Dude I was obsessed with these games and FREQUENTLY think about the first one and the cool art style, music, etc. These were awesome! I didn't grow up with Nintendo, I only ever had a PS2 when I was like ten onwards, never really a big gamer, but I LOVED my weird interactive PC games like this!

[@RaineStorminTTV]

Im not sure if Andy mentions this but you can still buy one of the games on steam for like 7 dollars

[@cierrapettis8739]

I was a PC kid too!!! Rollercoaster Tycoon took up a lot of my time as a kid lol.

[@Sibnasty69]

Yes!! Our first console growing up was PS2, but we had a lot of these games on the computer first. Watching this just unlocked a part of my brain I haven’t accessed in a while.

[@tessmiller7943]

Humongous entertainment games were my childhood. Sam saying “i think i saw something on the other side of the door…” still creeps me out

[@222liss]

I remember vividly, that once I backfliped on a bed of a friend, fell from the bed, onto my head, felt no pain and her mother was deeply concerned. I blame this moment for all my mental problems. You never know, maybe that is the way you can change your personality like the cartoon showed.

[@goldensloth7]

i was a clumsy dreamy child and would often get hit in the head in PE when someone threw the ball at me. and i was staring into space i was already pretty weird, but i don't think the traumatic brain injuries helped either of us... lol

[@splendidsimp]

I would bang my head against the metal bedframe of my bunkbed to fall asleep. I think it was because I heard a story of a girl who bumped her head while sledding and feel asleep and never woke up and I just took that as meaning if you bump your head it will make you fall asleep. And yes, I do have a lot of mental problems.

[@maxmfpayne]

​@@splendidsimpthe shadow the hedgehog pfp makes this comment 1000x better tbh

[@Bubaiel]

There’s this theory that your entire personality is based on how you hit your head when you’re a baby so who knows

[@Jarethenator]

The potion room actually can help you beat the game since there are alternate playthroughs and one of them involves using a potion in that room.

[@Quaila]

Yee yee if the mask spawns in the dancing furniture room you’ve gotta drink the invisibility potion then take the dumbwaiter shortcut back up to the ground floor to grab the mask before the invisibility wears off :P

[@annikan42]

Oh that's so fun!

[@japanesespidercrab365]

I loved how different each replay would be. Some had different things on different areas. So you could always replay it!

[@Jayfroms8farm]

Andy your videos saved my parents marriage, and I thank you for that.

[@cilantrolime]

can you give a step by step tutorial on how that happened? asking for a friend

[@ParkerBlank]

Hey, it’s definitely your mom’s lawyer, mind explaining in excruciating detail exactly how this happened?

[@crazyowlgirlcncowner]

​@MibiCookieEater stop trying to sabotage his mom's marriage 😡

[@ParkerBlank]

@@crazyowlgirlcncowner she pays me to do it :/

[@genericname2747]

​@@ParkerBlankthe plot thickens

[@xTheDarkTiger]

What an absolute nostalgia trip. Humongous Entertainment was really ahead of its time with this one, backyard baseball, the fish explorer game and the purple race car game as well. What an absolute treat.

[@trianglemoebius]

"The Purple Race Car". Excuse me, Putt Putt has a name.

[@xTheDarkTiger]

@@trianglemoebius I couldn't remember Putt Putts name😂😭😭😭

[@Quaila]

Freddi Fish!

[@NOISEEROOM]

Backyard baseball consumed me as a kid 😭

[@carolineisntsweet]

dude, as a kid, i was IN LOVE with the game in this series called “You Are What You Eat, From Your Head To Your Feet”. just genuinely like my favorite game of all time. i killed hours upon hours messing around with all the talking foods on my family computer in the middle of the kitchen.

[@fangirlstampede3065]

Dude. You just unlocked a core memory from my childhood. This and Freddie Fish were my jam as an eight year old!

[@spawnpoint111]

“Bagaboosh” - smartest toddler on this world

[@teddivampire]

this era of gaming is sorely missed - i need to find them for my own kids to experience

[@UrbanUni]

Steam has them now. About $100 for everything

[@azrajoy]

also available on the ipad

[@Nate.mp4]

Never thought Andy King would be the one to make a video about Pajama Sam, so happy to share such a core memory with you.

[@Alyssa_M513]

I loved this game as a kid! I also had Freddie Fish and Putt Putt games. My fav pajama sam game was "Thunder and Lightning aren't so Frightening. " "No need to hide when it's dark outside" was ironically too scary for me because of how dark it was.

[@greenbeansnthings]

The family computer in a common room is sooo early 2000s kids core

[@greenbeansnthings]

@@mayalesniak I feel like kitchen is like giving no space for an office tbh or like there was a whole big phase where kitchens had built in desks… idk my kitchen had one but we did keep the computer in an office area so the kitchen wouldn’t be crowded since we did cook a lot

[@bananawitchcraft]

​@@mayalesniak Sounds like you got it backwards IMO, I grew up with a computer in the kitchen of a tiny ass house as a teenager, and having an "obscure office room" sounds like a rich person thing to me. Like in order to have a whole room dedicated to being an office, you would have to be pretty well off.

[@NOISEEROOM]

@@mayalesniaklol I was not rich whatsoever and we had a Mac in our common room too💀 we were broke… not everything has to be a fight

[@UsedShovel]

you have single handedly reached into the depths of my subconscious and pulled this memory out of me with this video. i didnt even know this shit existed

[@LegendofCadence]

This video has unlocked a core memory from my childhood. I used to have a recurring nightmare about talking trees that would eat my family when they stepped under them. For years I’ve been occasionally searching for some old show or movie that might have caused this, because when I say it was recurring, I mean I had this dream about once a week. Who knew it was from a video game that I think I only played two or three times. Thank you Andy for solving this mystery for me, and also reawakening my childhood nightmare fuel🖤

[@Peach_Basket_Catch_It_Up]

This video started out as nostalgic, and ended as healing, for me. This is probably the only time I ever remember enjoying a game- probably because there was very little pressure to “win” because they sort of guide you to the end. Can you please do more Pajama Sam game reviews/synopses? I’ll probably have this video in repeat for a while. Thank you for giving me a chance to enjoy this game again, 20 years later. It’s even better than I remembered.

[@bingonight1504]

Between you, dougdoug, and gamegrumps, safe to say this game is having a RENAISSANCE this year and I am LOVING IT

[@emmabaughman742]

Revived nostalgia I’d completely forgotten about. I was obsessed with this game as a kid. The mine scenes and potion room especially.

[@applesaucer2442]

I can confirm that this has been my favorite game since I was little. And seeing this title makes me feel old as hell 😢

[@sambigelow9106]

This is probably my favorite video of yours. You are HYPED and I am here for it 😂

[@hmalrie]

I 100% agree with how healing/comforting it felt to play the game after so many years. I bought the Humongous Entertainment game pack a few weeks ago and played Putput Goes to the Moon. Omgosh I was teary-eyed the whole game.

[@isaku5593]

God this game gives me so much nostalgia from playing It as a kid on my parents desk top. Loved all the other games like spy fox and freddi fish too.

[@no.future]

i loved this video! this game was my favorite next to putt putt. Brings back good memories !

[@oxmasterlist]

okay first off HOW DARE YOU??? playing cheese and crackers is one of my favourite parts of this game, and i can't believe you would call it a useless unimportant waste of time.... but anyway, i felt the same way you did when i bought this game on steam and replayed it a few years ago!! it holds such good memories and i love seeing you feel those same warm and cozy pajama sam feelings ❤

[@ppgzchat]

I didn't realize I was the only one who only knows about these games through library computers

[@aneurysm2908]

I don't think Andy knows how much we love to just hear him jibber jabber about anything and everything.

[@dirtnouveau]

I USED TO PLAY PAJAMA SAM ALL THE TIME OMFG WHAT A MASTERPIECE OF A GAME i'm so glad to see this was a formative memory for other ppl too :')❤i remember there being another pajama sam game too all about the weather that shit was SICK AS HELL lol and freddi fish was another favorite

[@rareposts]

Nostalgia is a very powerful emotion. Glad is made you so happy, I can see it!

[@thegenericnerd6832]

Great video, love hearing people talk about things close to them

[@ZEXZ3R0]

Hi Andy! I love your videos sm :) I find myself binging them when I’m sick, which just happens to be a lot

[@tinahaller3295]

Same. Nerve damage and liver damage 😢

[@AthenaPOfficial]

I don’t mean to be dramatic but this is not only one of your best videos but also one of the best on KZbin holy shit

[@buta6608]

I LOVED THIS GAME SO MUCH AS A KID!! I'm so happy you made a video of it 😭😭 My favorite part is playing cheese and crackers. I still say provolone the way the game does.

[@clairebradbury2890]

I’ve honestly never heard of this game but I’ve never seen so many wizard of Oz parallels in a game haha. Loved the video, too!! I think it’s really interesting when you pull things from your own childhood to do commentary on.

[@aliaelle322]

I remember Pajama Sam. My mom taught kids computers and this was one of the games they played.

[@froodcariad6399]

PAJAMA! FRIGGIN! SAM!!!!! My partner and I got this from Steam recently and I could TASTE the nostalgia

[@beIIabeIIa]

Pajama Sam 3 was the only one I ever played so of course that shit is my JAM

[@Rin-wm7hr]

I love Pajama Sam! It was a big hit with me and my friends. We also loved Putt Putt Joins the Circus, which is also one I think about a lot

[@SparkleJohn2000]

I wasn’t the only kid who’s computer was in the kitchen? Everyone asks me why my computer is in the kitchen 😭 idk, it’s where it’s always been

[@go0sejuice]

I bought all the humongous entertainment games on steam and still play them sometimes when I’m feeling nostalgic

[@Tiffany__B]

what's better than this? a funny guy talking about a childhood game. i wish this could be youtube all the time ever

[@Doothicus]

You literally gave me nostalgia flashbacks. I must have played No Need to Hide three times.

[@L7nchYTofficial]

I played Pajama Sam on a computer. It scared me because I felt like I was being watched in the game. I never finished it because I was a kid but it was fun to do the puzzles

[@JVarni]

I played Pajama Sam all the time as a kid. I love all the little weird little animations they included in the margins of each screen

[@cryingontheinsideandout]

i've been nervous waiting for the cast list for the musical and this video is cheering me up, your videos always make me die 😭😭

[@LathanFitzpatrick]

Wait this is getting a musical?

[@cryingontheinsideandout]

@@LathanFitzpatrick NO NO a local production of sound of music! but hey maybe this should be a musical because we already have a couple numbers 💀

[@RaineStorminTTV]

good luck, I hope you get the part you want @@cryingontheinsideandout

[@biggestastiest]

MANIFESTING THAT YOU GET THE PART YOU WANT

[@beatrice4628]

Hope you get the part you want! Good luck 🫂

[@puppybuddy]

Omg I remember playing this on the Wii and absolutely adoring it! So dope to see a video about it, the nostalgia is crazy Also love your bits throughout, the delivery on “tried to fuck me” at 11:19 had me on the verge of tears

[@BugNopeTy]

Andy upload lets go!! Perfect timing aswell, so excited to watch it :D

[@loryuuu7756]

After watching this I want to play this game so bad, great video ❤

[@incubuz69]

Last time I was this early, John Tapper wasn't a part of Andy's lore

[@austin-rose]

I spent so. many. hours. playing the Pajama Sam games omg. "You Are What You Eat From Your Head to Your Feet" was my shit

[@currandp14]

Could have watched 2 hours of this, scratched a part of my brain that’s been itching since I was 7

[@JHMBB2]

I loved how excited you were about this game, you could really tell how much you liked it. I’ve seen countless videos of other people playing this game, but seeing your genuine love for it was great

[@simonchacha554]

dude, I loves this as a kid! My dad still remembers way too many details about it because it’s all I wanted to play for ages 😂

[@gemmonade_]

the lighting makes you look like batman in the batman 2022 poster /vpos. two of my favorite things

[@tabitha7770]

here to rewatch this for the third time today. this is such a fun video!!! love a comfy older game and love love LOVE seeing people enjoy things with their whole heart

[@gabbijainniney]

god every now and again i get a random flashback of playing this game in the dark basement of my family home .... twas a simpler time.

[@leid202]

i actually love seeing you get very excited over these things as it feels very relatable to how i show excitement

[@NeonTiff]

So happy you played this game again! Brought me back to the many times I played this game as a kid.

[@Over_cooked_egg_noodle]

Honestly i think this is one of my favorite Andy videos I love watching people get overly excited for very random things

[@builttoscalevideos]

Bruh, the second I saw my boy Pajama Sam I was ready.

[@Yassifiedjoker]

I used to play Pajama Sam: Thunder and Lightening aren’t so Frightening alllll the time on our family computer in the living room. This was so nostalgic to me

[@braindeadgoldfish]

This was one of my favorite computer games as a kid. One of my mom's friends even made me a pajama sam cape and there were several days in pre school where I told my teacher that my name was pajama sam and would only answer to that name, lol.

[@orsomethingsys_is_here]

3:56 "I can't think of a game that has a BETTER intro. Ghost Of Tsushima? Nice horse, LOSER. I just fell 1,000 feet into my closet!" oh boy have I got a game for you..../silly (deltarune chapter 1) Edit: 6:43 "Sorry if I sound a little weird and clownish today, I am sick, once again" *laughs* "I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS KEEPS HAPPENING!" that is so me

[@rayleonhartd121]

andy you make our day the best keep it up and yes dark facts is a nice thing :D

[@steviebea]

dude i LOVE how excited and passionate you are in this one!! seeing you talk about something you love is awesome!!

[@lynternet]

dude andy i have fr never laughed this hard at one of your videos my stomach literally HURTS and i keep having to take breaks bc i’m cackling so hard. this shit is gold

[@B_is_for_Benrey]

I know everything I know about this game from DougDoug and his fever dream of a stream. I’m glad your explanation contains a lot less child death.

[@girandsponge]

I love this please do the whole series!

[@cleanbeans4280]

Made me remember playing Museum Maddnes when I was a kid, tbh I wanna play it now!

[@jessicanafe3753]

I used to play pajama Sam and Freddie Fish all the time as a kid. I absolutely love those games.

[@GWAHGWAHGWAHGWAHGWAHGWAHGWAHGW]

Andy, I know it’s hard to believe, but people remember Pajama Sam. Like, so many people it’s honestly surprising

[@sweeett8194]

lol right I very much remember this. As well as Freddy Fish and Spy Fox😂

[@salmontha1]

I firmly stand by this being the best game ever. Thanks for making this! The genuine tingles I got from seeing this game again.

[@latashathompson9966]

I saw this game once I died of concussion

[@totaliasmoronus91]

holy shit i remember playing this with my mum on the family laptop when i was about 5

[@runilaisanerd]

Between DougDoug and now Andy I'm hearing so much about a game that I didn't even know existed until this year

[@skyskyzane4802]

Omg....Putt-Putt!!! The purple car!! I think there was a cameo of Pajama Sam in one of the Putt-Putt games....I was so obsessed with Putt-Putt lol I can't believe I forgot about Putt-Putt!

[@stitchnarts]

Peak gaming is finally getting recognition it deserves 💪💪💪

[@carmenelladarkdragonshadow2508]

Haven't even started the video and I'm excited, lolz. I used to play the Shit out of this specific Pajama Sam game. I also love seeing Andy's take on older stuff from childhood.

[@kudosforkai888]

I love how uninterested and annoyed the kid looks everytime Auto talks more than answering the questions the kid asks.

[@thebusinesswoman23]

This one and "Thunder and lightning aren't so frightening " . Also a game called "spyfox" was pretty awesome and similar genre as well.

[@alexxxx242]

Putt Putt was such a good game, but my favorite game was “Freddi Fish and the Missing Kelp Seeds”. I remember it so well.

[@moonfairy2325]

Yesss I've been looking forward to this one, and it was such a fun watch! If you're interested in making videos on similar games, Freddi Fish 3: The Case of the Stolen Conch Shell and Spy Fox in "Dry Cereal" are my childhood favs :)

[@lilmissemi]

brb having an existential crisis bc Andy is basically my age and also a nostalgia attack bc i LOVED this game and also Spy Fox

[@chadiacallewaert]

I absolutely loved these games. Please for nostalgic purposes do the other games as well 😊

[@hammyorr]

i honestly really love these kind of like personal to the creator silly videos so much

[@jacobweiker894]

I couldn’t remember the name of this for 10 years thank you

[@murrmaid103]

This voice actor also voiced Spinelli from Recess as well as Bobby! A true icon of the late 90’s

[@sonderfulsable]

my own dark fact!! there's a book called "the third policeman" which has a philosopher character who believes that darkness is actually accumulated black air. the character's named de selby and is actually rlly fascinating imo

[@annarengela2198]

i’ve never even seen this game before but im obsessed because of how excited it makes u

[@mimi-mimo5364]

this was such a fun video !!!! it’s so nice seeing you get so genuinely excited about this game - i hope you’ll talk about some other games you really like sometime!!

[@teeayteeayetc]

Most fun video I’ve watched in a while you barking about darkness is gonna keep me going for a while

[@cripplynipplily]

As someone who's already relived this game and I have it because all of the Humongous games are on Steam- you're amazing, keep up the good work, I'm new to your channel and I love how you talk and explain 😘 (I like your dark facts section)

[@alej82505]

My god, Pajama Sam was my fucking childhood. I also used to play the SHIT out of Spy Fox. This video brought a tear to my eye

[@roberthardy-iz8nl]

You're making want to play all of the Pajama Sam games again. I love that Steam has these games.