This mythological game will drive you nuts YOLANDA | Octavius King

[@yeismeload]

Battle bikinis have been statistically proven throughout history to fend off kraken, minotaur and hydra attacks with great effect.

[@pmcKANE]

Less effective against space slugs however.

[@MJFallout]

I wish I lived in the alt-universe where battle bikinis.

[@RealDevastatia]

Source: All of the women in my PS3 game collection wear them.

[@acuerden]

Don't see them, though. Maybe that's why the game's full of one-hit kills

[@eleanorburns8686]

I loved that moment in "Dragon Age: Inquisition" where you find an "armour" bikini on a skeleton that's been pincushioned with arrows, and can claim it in your inventory under the label of "Fragment of Inadequate Chain Mail".

[@Mauvecube]

It's a good day when Octy posts a video

[@ruglund]

this is PEAK octavius. LOVE IT!

[@bewilderbeestie]

TBF, that crab's mouth is actually _less_ horrifying than the mouths they have in real life, which kinda look like if H.R.Giger got badly frightened by a blender while as a child.

[@octaviusking]

You aren't wrong. 😅

[@frankowalker4662]

Loved the 'Get Gud' song.

[@nickalotdegit]

This shoild be played on repeat to anyone being "toxic".

[@octaviusking]

Thank you 😅

[@GimpyChinaman]

Loving the Nostalgia Nerd cameo!

[@AozoraOrigami]

don't they live together? lmao

[@myevilresident3001]

Definitely

[@rickmartinez3268]

Nobody remembers this game existed

[@andymerrett]

But where's Jago Hazzard? :)

[@AlistairBrugsch]

​@@rickmartinez3268I remember playing it BITD. It was on an Amiga Format coverdisk and I may have acquired a high seas copy too. It was B@STARD hard though

[@The_Wandering_Nerd]

"Mom, can we get Jill of the Jungle?" "No, we have Jill of the Jungle at home."

[@BrianRRenfro]

And instead of getting the knock off brand when you get home it's just your drunk dad screaming at your mom and you hiding under the covers with your hands over your ears. That's what this is.

[@QJ89]

An athletic Greek heroine, descended from the Pantheon, and No mention of the Amazons (or Wonder Woman, for that matter)? I should be disappointed, but given how anxiety-inducing Yolanda's game looks, I'm more merciful.

[@talideon]

And don't forget: a good chunk of those Zeus was dipping his wick in were close relatives.

[@SomeMorganSomewhere]

also something about "showers of gold"...

[@RettMikhal]

Predicted the incest porn genre.

[@HyperSphereOmega]

The Nostalgia Nerd Himbo is my new sleep paralysis demon

[@Agamemnon2]

Yolanda looks like the kind of game that probably looked pretty appealing based on the visuals, the level graphics looks pretty nice and you wouldn't be able to tell the unfair gameplay from a static depiction.

[@DocZFlux]

Perfectly captures the pettiness of the Greek gods😂

[@BornIn68]

Good try Satan, we all know you were behind the "where did you learn to fly" in Cybermorph, you love the Jaguar!!

[@spayseghost]

whatever you have been doing, keep it up. its good to see you having fun and being creative again. can't wait to see where this next period takes us. thanks for all the laughs.

[@01302]

the advert I got, 8.30 in to this video (during the crab scene), was for the Marine Conservation Society. Excellent vid as always :)

[@BennBirch]

The skit in this vid was by far your finest work! Top job!

[@firecrest3325]

You have some of the best videos. The fact that you don't have more subs is criminal.

[@octaviusking]

Oh you sweetheart 😊

[@twitchfixer1344]

WOAH! awesome video. skits, history, hilarity, good editing, great writing, returning characters, call backs, songs! this looks like it took a lot of effort. Well done because it is brilliant

[@MGPW]

To be fair, the in-game sprite has more armour - her whole torso is covered, including the spleen.

[@Asobitech]

Totally agree there's a perverse satisfaction of learning the paths through each of the levels on Yolanda and clearing the trial. I spent many hours playing the Atari ST version, being super frustrated as I jumped on to the wrong platform, for it to either disappear or go up in flames. *Touch* 🔥 "Of course"

[@tvctaswegia497]

I remember this on the Amiga. Super unfun and punishing. It was a different time with super hard gameplay requiring perfect memory and reflexes.

[@pmcKANE]

Absolute quality, turned the day around for me.

[@ratspike8017]

I did actually try to play Yolanda a while back, but found it exactly as frustrating as Octavius said. But the song and Octavius' persistence is making me consider trying again. Way to go inspirational Octy!

[@jamesburchill7522]

Probably a geographic thing, but I love being a 46 year old dude and learning about games from a delightful maniac from the UK. Thanks for the vid. Top marks as always. Also, I just melted portions of my face with EZ Off Oven Cleaner that splashed on it while I was vigorously cleaning. .

[@kumquatqueen5975]

It likely is a regional thing. Micros were really weren't a thing here in the rural southern US. I remember the selection being confined to game consoles and occasionally DoS.

[@ErrorMessageNotFound]

Your videos are always so entertaining. Thanks for making them.

[@KingSidJames]

Nostalgia Nerd is really Zeus? Suddenly it all makes sense!

[@octaviusking]

LOL

[@patrickblakethesaint]

Thank you (and Nostalgia Nerd) for keeping me same and happy before hosting 17 people this Thursday

[@Grayvorn]

I love the Satan voice so much!!!!

[@unclerubo]

Reminds me of that episode of The IT crowd "the curse of Bill Crowse" if I remember correctly...

[@ВасилийБезкоровайный-в8з]

@@unclerubo Just begin to watch this series. Like.

[@octaviusking]

It hurts to do but it's fun 😂 like most fun things when you're an adult - Louis

[@williamwright9079]

Hats off! Love your work! Love it!

[@danielmooney1286]

Always an absolute joy watching a new video. Love the content and your humor, always brighten my day. And the open shirt is most welcome eye candy. Keep up the amazing work.

[@1973retrorabbit]

She went back to Honey Bunny, and they decided to rob a restaurant one morning, because liquor store employees usually have guns... No one expects a restaurant to get robbed.

[@glarynth]

Even Rocky had a montage

[@JV-ll1cu]

Team America: World Police

[@steve_blake]

The animation of Zeus running around playing hide the sausage was peak. Now I want all history and mythology explained to me in this pythonesque way!

[@Chronoplague]

This was probably my favorite video of yours. Also, I like to think Satan was carrying a Blahaj.

[@octaviusking]

That's exactly what it is! I've had it a few years now, I also have a mini one that I keep in my car. 😊

[@Chronoplague]

@octaviusking That's delightful!

[@riskybitness]

This video is great! It feels like you're doing more of the sketch comedy type writing again, which has always been, imo, your greatest strength with your content. You've had me in stitches so many times in the last few years and it's wonderful to see you're back at it.

[@octaviusking]

These are the kind of comments I really need to see. Thank you - Louis x

[@magitek09]

"You don't understand the language" I'm definitely saving this pearl of wisdom

[@Galagaboy]

Super funny episode! Made my day Octy!

[@AlexanderKristofer-sf9px]

great video Octavius ! Your videos are always fun

[@taylorbrown2609]

Awesome video!!! Seeing Nostalgia Nerd was a great surprise! Keep up the bad ass work!!

[@chaosvolt]

First video released since subscribing, was indeed a banger.

[@evilkillerwhale7078]

This is my FAVORITE Octy vid since the Horace debacle! Great work, Octy!

[@The_Badseed]

I really appreciate the effort for you to make such a complex production.

[@Scott-qi2qx]

Great video but I’ve now been plunged into an extensional crisis. I quite fancy Satan, does this mean I’m going to hell? And if so is that good or bad?

[@Waldimart]

That red dress does suit you. A lot.

[@MarleneSB]

We're living in a golden age, regular quality videos on here. Lovely to have some silly stuff to lose the world for a while! Thanks for chipping in with the low cost cosplay NN!

[@rafaelokhdantas]

I remember my father had a PC 286 and a friend of mine had a Amiga and said it was better. The day I saw that that thing had sound output and had a VGA screen, I couldn't believe it! Yes, we're talking about a time when there was no sound card! hahahaha

[@silmarian]

We had one, too, cobbled together from the e-waste cupboard at my dad’s job. This would have been the late 80s and I had a Hercules graphics card, kind of ironic considering the subject of today’s video. (Letter ega and finally vga in like 1991 probably). We had to use tin snips to cut open the case enough to fit it. Good times.

[@callak_9974]

Sound Blaster!

[@garrycowan4394]

You put more effort into these videos than 99% of your compadres, you make old games a damn sight more interesting

[@octaviusking]

I needed to see this comment. Thank you - Louis

[@TimdenTuinder]

This might be your best video yet!

[@geekforeverpixelgamingsurl5007]

Another fun video, good job. I often discover some weird, obscure games while having a chill time with your videos, keep being you, I think you’re pretty cool. ^^

[@johnnyexponential7229]

Tits and forearm- checks out. It's what all the quartermasters were muttering to each other the day I was issued my army gear. Most important parts. Fact.

[@salud7432]

Every Time a new Octavius Vid comes on, it makes my Day a good one ❤

[@MuhTranshumanroght]

The eyes popping out is an amazing detail for such graphics

[@wimwiddershins]

So many laughs in here, thanks mate. Made my week.

[@therealRichardBianco]

Love your work. Take care of yourself Louis. From Australia

[@twankistevenson3884]

The opening/menu music to Yolanda is great.. the actual in game music drove me up the wall

[@supercomputer276]

Funny, one would think you'd find Dionysus in a pub.

[@octaviusking]

I so thought of adding him! I also learned, when researching this, about Priapus...yeah...

[@darkevocator4043]

Great video. Love that it is like your older stuff with all the skits and green screen stuff!

[@ZanderArchX]

That music almost gives the drowning warning from Sonic a run for its money.

[@RetroBytesUK]

Abosute peak Octy content.

[@fletcherchambers7175]

That was 20 quid in 1990? I would have been sooooooooo mad if bought it...

[@jussikuusela7345]

Had that been 20 FIM back then I would have been pissed... yes both C64 and Amiga had some unbelievably sucky games that people paid good money for.

[@trifontrifonov4297]

Fun mythology bit. Hercules/Heracles got his incredible strength not because he was the son of Zeus, but because Hera was tricked into breastfeeding him and he bit her, drinking both her milk and blood. I guess the other stuff she does kinda retracts from the fact that she is the mother goddess. Also that metal bra must be some kind of torture by Hera. That's my head canon.

[@ObviouslyMadeupname]

Nice to see a video on Yolanda! Especially one that actually gets that it’s a memory/skill test and not really a platformer in the truest sense. It’s one of the Amiga games I always show people if they’re interested in retro games, it being the absolute antithesis of today’s dead easy, don’t-put-anyone-off, press-circle-to-duck-under-the-fallen-tree games. Oh, and Yolanda was made by the same team as the James Pond / Robocod games. Great video.

[@eleanorburns8686]

That just instantly picked up my day, and it even has gravel-voiced Satan making a comeback.

[@shaniel1877]

New Octavius:) Made my day:)

[@hallucinogender]

Love the solid five minutes of Octavius mythology lesson

[@Psconners]

Yay we get a song too! Single screen games of that difficulty are painful but so rewarding once you start actually finishing levels.

[@chunkybeats79]

That had me in stitches (I actually have some on me as well). And yes Yolanda drove me crazy and that music OMG

[@RogueAgentMusic]

hello i love your videos, they are funny and informative, i get excited everytime i see that intro!!! much love to you and the rat QT's ^-^

[@mikehobbs4280]

Considering I accidentally clicked off and rapidly tried to click back.... you get a like and subscribe. Thanks for all the great info on bad game lore, and done amazingly.

[@marcsomethingelse]

I clicked off the video and I won't be watching the rest until you find me and hurt me.

[@chloeirnes]

Great video as always!

[@artebirklaus]

Many hilarious bits in this video. I had a blast watching it =)

[@Oculas2003]

Really enjoyed this vid 🙂 Had Yolanda on the Amiga at the time, and Id agree, theres something about it that made you keep playing it, despite it being heavily stacked against you. I had similar feelings about Pandora on the Amiga too (though that was less unfair and more me not understanding what I was doing).

[@Simon-ui6db]

Yay another octavius video. Today is indeed a good day to watch youtube.

[@legacyoftheancientsC64c]

00:28 I think I literally sprained a muscle laughing.

[@faenethlorhalien]

Damn, if there's a name that makes me think of "Teenage girl in Spain in the 1990s", it's Yolanda. I wonder if in the late 70s there was some tv program character named like that that got popular or what.

[@tiberiusbrain]

Ooh nice sketches again louis! Always nice when you're in the notifications but this is a treat. Greetings to the nostalgia dude too, and satan

[@tiberiusbrain]

Ok im off to check another video.... at 7mins in...

[@GeneSavage]

While I always enjoy your videos, this one was above average. Always great to see Satan back! (I do hope some day you'll be able to believe we like you for YOU, and not just for your characters. Warts and all, you're wonderful.)

[@davetong4225]

I had the re-release on the spectrum as a kid and liked it despite hardly ever getting past the first screen. Great video , love the humor, just what I needed after a day at work.

[@Insane-Howl-Cowl]

According to movies, if Yolanda is grabbed on her wrist she will be unable to act. So that bracer is key to her defense.

[@IelNadLowBar]

You truly are a beautiful person. Love the vid. Definitely going to try this game.

[@strain42]

I'm just picturing Louis and the Swan hitting it off at the bar. "Hey, you want a beer?" "Long neck?" "Like you have a choice there!"

[@michaelpout9701]

Great video octavius king as always

[@Chavhunterofcalne]

I would love an audio book as read by Octavius one day. (With additional commentary.)

[@Awwscrewit]

We all know that shark is headed to Shark Exorcist.

[@chadgarrett6947]

The crab on the cover art looks a little too excited over the heroine. Must be Zeus in disguise.

[@Dr.Dawson]

You sure put the Nerd in his place HAHAHAHAHA

[@ZombieGamer80]

Great, Funny and informative video. *I had the sequel of Hercules* called Gods and Heroes on the Commodore 64.

[@theflyingninja1]

The first five minutes of this would make a great stand-up routine.

[@NeonSonOfXenon]

Wouldn't mind a side series where Octy talks about Greek mythology (or any mythology for that later)

[@UpLateGeek]

I think it's hilarious that you got Peter to wear _that outfit_ at his bar!

[@octaviusking]

You should have seen his face when I pulled it out. Just a big sheet. 😂 Poor lad. He's a long-suffering friend.

[@harrisonmode8046]

I love the old font with the metal gradient

[@rifter0x0000]

Hera did go after Zeus, and their arguments were epic. But Zeus was more powerful than all the other gods combined, and ultimately whenever she even came close to directly opposing him he smacked her down. Instead, other people got hurt. Like Hephaestus, who was crippled for life and nearly killed because he got in between Zeus and Hera when Zeus was smacking her around, and was grabbed by the legs and thrown down the mountain.

[@RiotEXE]

Oh man, seen this game run in GDQ and Kusogrande. The moment I saw this thumbnail, I could hear those first few notes of THE ONE FUCKIN' TRACK IN EVERY STAGE...

[@RealDevastatia]

Exactly! Hera always went after the women, not after her cheating hubby. lol

[@TheBeird]

Damn, I knew Zeus had a tough upbringing but still. What a bastard! Gotta hand it to the Ancient Greeks tho. They knew how awful the powerful were

[@Myopinionnotthatofanyoneelse]

I have to say I like the way this is put together. Not just a review, but a whole back story with acting. Although less of eating babies. I don't want flashbacks. I do like the costumes as well, though it would add a tone of realism to have more wheels.

[@Feenix102]

I love the classic/literary references. Cool video. :)

[@ozmafire101]

Yeah that music is like if a panic attack had a soundtrack

[@michaelday8459]

I am an Atari fanboy, or at least I own a Jaguar and 2 STs, but I forgive your slight due to the excellence of this video. Thanks it was reet good. Liked and Subscribed.

[@mafiacity9078]

I Love The Video. Wow Very Entertaining. Thank You..

[@douglasboyle6544]

This was a journey...Don't ever change.