Worst Games Ever - Captain Scarlet

[@Kikoskia]

Never did I think that my review of that game would be read by someone else, let alone appear in someone's KZbin video on it. The spelling and grammar snafus are things that I should've hammered out at the time with a second pass of the text, but it was written over twelve years ago and I've gotten much better at dealing with things like that since then. I'm sorry you've experienced this game, but your sacrifice ensures that less people will fall victim to it. Bravo!

[@zintosion]

omg can't believe someone read your random review of some obscure game in the middle of nowhere on the Internet. Also been your watching your LP since 2010

[@mantistoboggan5171]

Fewer...

[@reptocilicus]

@@mantistoboggan5171 He will be better at dealing with snafus like that twelve years from now.

[@idrinkmilk282]

@@reptocilicus sadly, your comment will go under appreciated. But I chortled real hard.

[@reptocilicus]

@@idrinkmilk282 I’m glad to hear it!

[@joywilson4668]

The editing on this episode was incredible. Especially during the Ashton Toilet part.

[@kuhpunkt]

@Lord Megawin I love Ashton on the toilet, no matter the context!

[@NeoMatrix5]

Ashton Toilet simulator?

[@timothyoswald8618]

Intruiging.

[@user-os7ec4dm8x]

@@kuhpunkt You're on a police watchlist aren't you.

[@kuhpunkt]

@@user-os7ec4dm8x Nice.

[@jazzygeofferz]

Stingray and Thunderbirds were in the same universe, as Gordon Tracy (Thunderbird 4) was formerly a member of WASP, the World Aquanaut Security Patrol from Stingray.

[@NoFormalTraining]

Im not sure how official its supposed to be, but all the puppet shows (and maybe the live action shows like UFO and Space 1999) are supposed to be in the same universe. Captain Black had apparently been in charge of a Fireball XL craft (but not Fireball XL 5) and was using a space craft to get to Mars which was first seen in Thunderbirds.

[@ChaseOakley-rw2lx]

NEEEERD

[@jazzygeofferz]

@@ChaseOakley-rw2lx yup.

[@Demented_Space]

Ben, I also had that gun toy with the reverb 'megaphone'; the geeking out over a 60s British puppet show at least made me feel recognised! Greatly enjoyed this episode, if mainly for the Gerry Anderson chat rather than the game! Can't wait for the speedrun of this!

[@staive58]

Don't forget Terrahawks

[@cheritripp9470]

Wasn't that Anderson's final animation series?

[@hububus2740]

I had that toy gun aswel.

[@serenitylee26]

Loved that toy

[@RobH1093]

@@cheritripp9470 His final animated series was actually a CGI remake of Captain Scarlet (which was really good), but Terrahawks was his last puppet series

[@LianaSunburster]

This was a thing?! I was obsessed with Captain Scarlet as a kid, and never knew this even existed.

[@Gooner333333333]

This is in the top 3 of Captain Scarlett games

[@tannerdowney2802]

@@Gooner333333333 there are more than 3!?!

[@TwoBeatsApart]

There was a Thunderbirds one too, made by the same developer.

[@jackbassindale4336]

I LOVE captain scarlet, I wish more people knew of it! Have you watched the New version?

[@OfficialFingazMC]

Captain Scarlet, he's our hero, gonna take pollution down to zer.... Oh no wait...

[@Jakepearl13]

Wrong captain...

[@joshzumstien6289]

That was my thought too when I saw the title...

[@Trivaldo99]

Your powers combined, I am Captain Scarlet

[@Gramscifreedom]

God, I use to love Captain Scarlet. I’m glad I avoided played this game though…

[@brendancskinner]

So Peter, shall I assume your only exposure to an Australian accent was watching that episode of The Simpsons where Bart prank calls the outback?

[@lutherheggs451]

There was a whole episode dedicated to Australia when Bart was telling people that toilets flushed in the opposite direction.

[@frankeeshackcloth1017]

@@lutherheggs451 that's the same episode lol

[@reptocilicus]

I remember another episode where Bart went to Australia and was sentenced to a booting.

[@user-bw4jm1bv1i]

I've been to Australia quite a few times and thought he did pretty well 👍

[@brendancskinner]

@@user-bw4jm1bv1i where are you from?

[@wyzeguy6]

That was a ton of knowledge thrown out there lads! With the Hot and Fresh Science Facts™, you really do learn as you play! Loved the video, loved the editing (especially with the sound of the upstairs toilet yet again), loved the bants, loved the absolute rubbish Blast® game! Great episode!

[@Mightymothra92]

This is one of the best episodes for ages. The editing was great, the Captain Scarlet history lesson, and Ashton piss banter. Love you guys and girls!

[@TrowellingBadger]

I absolutely love Captain Scarlet and the other Supermarionation shows - made my own Tracy Island back in the day and all. Can't wait for the speed run!

[@lilhanhan]

Please tell me you made the Tracy Island by watching Blue Peter! 😂

[@TrowellingBadger]

But of course!

[@csmadisun]

I remember playing this game, and being every bit as baffled by the terrible controls as you. Glad to see others sharing my pain.

[@bobkerolls13]

As an American born in the 70s I knew Thunderbirds but never heard of this show until now. The big imports from my childhood that I remember were Dangermouse and Dr Who.

[@joshzumstien6289]

Ditto. I thought Thunderbirds was the only one and I'm Canadian

[@thekingofoldskool2]

I remember Joe 90. Can Ben and Peter remember that?

[@VillaFanDan92]

I can sympathise with Ben because when I was a kid I thought the theme tune was "Captain Scarlet, he's destructible!". Which I always thought was strange, because surely everyone is.

[@dralfredcarroll9567]

Attack Of The Alligators was great although the way it was made was pretty unpleasant. The crew used electric shocks to make the baby alligators to move when required. During the filming a government animal welfare official arrived to investigate the production after being tipped off about the cruel treatment of the animals. Unfortunately for the alligators this man was a huge Thunderbirds fan and encouraged the crew to increase the voltage as he felt the amount they were using was insufficient for the alligators to feel it. Perhaps inevitably one of the alligators died during production.

[@ajaxlewis7664]

I hate people. We are awful.

[@dralfredcarroll9567]

@@ajaxlewis7664 True, but Thunderbirds is awesome.

[@ajaxlewis7664]

@@dralfredcarroll9567 Just...no...

[@dralfredcarroll9567]

@@ajaxlewis7664 Ok, one or two episodes of the second season are pretty poor but overall it was great.

[@ajaxlewis7664]

@@dralfredcarroll9567 You don't treat the most naturally entitled animals like that.

[@calvinskye]

"There's only three Gerry Anderson shows!" Pfffffft HAHAHA! There's a fair few more than 3! ;)

[@Mintylight]

Those puppets and especially the miniature sets and practical effects were simply BEAUTIFUL!

[@MrBeardsley]

I’ve always read the show’s title as “Captain Scarlet and the Mysterions,” probably because I’ve conflated it with 1960s American garage rock band Question Mark and the Mysterians (and the 1950s Japanese sci-fi movie they took their name from).

[@WedgePee]

96 Tears is legendary. Glad you remember that.

[@yep2yel]

I'm an American born in the 90s and I've never even remotely heard of this show. I do remember Team America though.

[@trevorcummins6657]

I also have to go door-to-door and pre-emptively apologize to everyone in the building before I use the can. Solidarity with Ashton.

[@AndyDo]

That accent is now the most dangerous Australian thing ever. And that's saying a lot.

[@insicknessandindeath]

Holy cow, you opened a forgotten memory with Lavender Castle there..

[@raviamodernepic]

As soon as I saw how tedious the turning was, I was hoping you guys would do a speedrun 😂

[@fin8246]

It seems a little unfair that the planned Captain Scarlet RTS game got canceled but this was allowed to come out.

[@zypalitra8080]

Honestly, just do what I do - make a Spectrum Squad in XCom2: War of the Chosen.

[@JaredtheRabbit]

Not even a minute in, and the joke about Canadians like me already had me laughing.

[@AlmightyPolarBear]

Classic Canadians, unhinging our jaws to enjoy food and drink better.

[@yungjoemighty879]

another game concept to add to the list of games which will never be made: third person shooter captain scarlet game, where the character model is a puppet and moves like they do in the show, but with ps5 era graphics

[@Aupsic-hh5sy]

God, this game is so damn depressing... No music, awful controls (you can tell just by looking at it), terrible graphics (seriously, this is like some ps1 game they had around unreleased), repetitive and boring gameplay... I felt like my life was being drained, and i wasnt even playing it. You better put Peter in suicide watch after this lmao

[@garetjax19]

The CGI TV series that came out in 2005 is worth a look.

[@lockonandfire]

I also had that toy gun thing with the circle lights and unpowered voice changer bit at the back! Literally minutes of fun, every time it was infrequently played with, but I did love it. Ah memories.

[@nargris4048]

I always felt that the Mysterions would have been a much more viable threat if they didn't keep broadcasting their plans everytime they came up with something.

[@zypalitra8080]

Either that or do what they did in "The Trap" or "Operation Time" where they talk in metaphors.

[@imfsresidentotaku9699]

It doesn't matter what you feel, because even when the Mysterons broadcast their plans, Spectrum isn't always able to stop them, so they're still a viable threat regardless.

[@minicle426]

It's a war of nerves. The Mysterons are treating it like a game.

[@SgtScorpious]

sheesh, so Gerry Anderson properties have been massacred more than once on console 😬

[@rayvenkman2087]

All because they went to a rubbish game company when they could have gone to a good one. A Captain Scarlet FPS game that’s a mix between Goldeneye’s objective based missions and TF2’s Spychecking gameplay. A Thunderbirds game with actual depth and strategy to the rescue missions.

[@adultmoshifan87]

Believe it or not, Blast also released an Alpha Teens on Machines game which is THIS EXACT SAME GAME, just with a different license!

[@cheritripp9470]

Century 21 may had been a play on words on the possible time period of most the Andersons sci fi series (Captain Scarlett, Thunderbirds, Stingray, etc). Since they were supposed to be in the same universe. There were cases of characters cross overs. One of the Angels of Captain Scarlett were friend with Lady Penelope of the Thunderbirds.

[@ominous2708]

I looked up the lyrics to the theme song. I keep trying to sing it like Captain Planet.

[@triangulan]

The comics actually had Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet and Stingray all in the same universe, with occasional stories making references to the organisations from the other shows. The one thing that *might* point to it in the shows is that the Zero-X spacecraft from the Thunderbirds are Go film has the same 'explorer' tracked vehicle as the vehicle that Captain Black is on when he discovers the Mysterons in the opening episode of Captain Scarlet. If they were set in the same universe, this would suggest that Captain Scarlet is set after Thunderbirds. Otherwise I don't *think* there are any other direct crossovers (probably partially prevented by the fact they developed their puppets from series to series, and so they were very different from each show, with Captain Scarlet being the most advanced and most lifelike in their proportions).

[@maryyram5039]

I had no idea there was a Captain Scarlet video game......probably a good thing, based on what you guys had to deal with here! Thank you for the nostalgia blast, lads.

[@therunawaykid6523]

Yeah looks absolutely terrible

[@ChrisRutherford95]

I actually remember playing this game back in the day and wondering why he was always in his car!

[@imfsresidentotaku9699]

2:20 No, that's not all of them. That's only a fraction of Gerry Anderson's shows. The themes you sang are only from the third, fourth, and fifth series to carry the words, "Filmed in Supermarionation." 6:22 No, that's not at all what the word "indestructible" implies. The show outright explains that Captain Scarlet retained the Mysterons' power of retro-metabolism, which allows him to heal from even a fatal injury. Since when do you have to be a puppet to be indestructible? And they don't say "invincible" because he doesn't always win the day. He can still be defeated.

[@BigBlackGuyReviews]

This game lost me at "game based on puppets, that doesn't let you control the puppets". And then to top it off, the ONLY game mechanic is broken af... ✌🏾🙄💯

[@rayvenkman2087]

The series itself could easily be done as an Goldeneye style FPS where you’ve got objectives to complete as an agent with the occasional vehicle segments and Captain Scarlet himself can easily work as a video game character with the immortality part.

[@adammckay3299]

10:13 Super Mario Nation sounds like an amazing game.

[@phantomeyebrow]

That bit where you shot up the VIP car you were supposed to be escorting? Diabolical defending!

[@Macephtopheles]

Peter: I like the use of the word "indestructible" implying that he is a puppet rather than, y'know, invincible. Except... no. It's just correct use of the term. Captain Scarlet wasn't immune to physical injury/fatality. "Indestructible" means that he can't be killed/permanently left unable to function because he'd simply heal/recover from any damage done to him (even if it were fatal) so they used the word correctly. If he was described as "invincible" like Peter's saying then it'd be impossible to injure him at all.

[@doncarloalvir5789]

27:25 awesome barrel roll, hits a shot upside down. ends up facing the right way and on all four wheels. finished the kill. Incredibly done Peter! can of coke to you!👏

[@vozpit]

As an American, I can tell you that most of Gerry Anderson's shows were shown here. Captain Scarlet was my favorite of them, because it was probably the most serious. Also loved The Thunderbirds, The Terrahawks, Supercar & Fireball XL5. Never heard of Lavender Castle until watching this video though, so I'm looking to find an episode or two to give it a shot. Also, there was a CGI-animated Captain Scalet show named New Captain Scarlet. And there is currently a Thunderbirds CGI show called Thunderbirds Are Go.

[@AnnDVine]

Nice South African accent, Peter!

[@martynbennett3956]

Always been a huge captain scarlet fan and can remember how disappointed I was when I bought this and realised how bad it was. It could of been so so much better and so much more, huge missed opportunity, I just wish someone like rockstar could have developed it 😞

[@user-bw4jm1bv1i]

So good to see Ben swooning over the TV series. Didn't get much of Captain Scarlett here, but we did get Thunderbirds here and I feel like I'm on the same page as Ben with Thunderbirds (my bro and I had Tracy Island).

[@GooeyBugSpittoon]

Duck Mycinco and Brian Bumblepiss have joint the battle! So weird to have brought them into the world

[@gentlesirpancakebottoms6692]

Despite this game probably having bad controls there is a chance that the controls are worse in the emulator or that certain controls/commands doesn't work. Thats something to consider when the controls are exceptionally bad. It happened to me with Baldurs gate: Dark Alliance in PCSX2. Every button promt worked perfectly but the R2 button (for health potions) refused to register so I had to manually go into the menu and select health potions. I used a wired Xbox 360 controller but it works with every other game, and for a few minutes it worked in Dark Alliance too before it stoped working again for the rest of the game.

[@nicholasmclaughlin1313]

Tiny Peter! Lavender Castle was a memory I didn’t even know I had! It’s so distant it feels like it’s from a past life or a drug trip as a 6 year old

[@TheSubZer0HEro]

Its disappointing how bad and unimaginative this game is given how interesting the source material looks.

[@martynbennett3956]

💯💯💯👍

[@johnstubbs8748]

This is the best episode you've ever done. Absolute nostalgia heaven of my favourite supermarionation and great editing. Stupid grin. I'm going to binge all of these now

[@DokkaChapman]

I always assumed that the Mysterons would zombify or even clone those they take over, so in fact Captain Scarlet is indeed dead and the one we see in the show working for Spectrum (post episode 1) is in fact something akin to a Mysteron rogue agent lol.

[@SuperNuclearUnicorn]

While your Aussie accent wasn't horrible, it was far more of a Kiwi accent. We don't do the weird vowel thing as much

[@GUNUFofficial]

They should have made this an fps or something

[@dbone3356]

As a Canadian, of roughly the same age age as our boys, I can confirm that Thunderbirds did make it over here. Haven't heard of any of the others though.

[@C.I...]

Haha! I recognise that entire menu as being almost exactly the same as the Golden Age of Racing, right down to the car being followed by the camera.

[@geoserenity]

Missed out Joe 90 in the intro. Also I remember captain scarlet, but I always watched stingray and thunderbirds more. Still had a die cast model of his car though, dunno what happened to it tho...

[@xen0bia]

I absolutely love that the offices is essentially a character of its own in these videos. 😂

[@SteveBrandon]

At least the exterior of the car is modelled nicely although, considering the windows are blacked out, they clearly didn't model an interior so you can't actually see the character who is the title of the game. The missed opportunity here is that it was pretty common in Playstation 2 racing games to have an inanimate driver (usually wearing a helmet with an opaque visor) that is like a puppet whose arms are controlled by the steering wheel, so it would have been extra meta if the driver in question was modelled after an actual puppet.

[@tutunaku]

Iniminimissible is when Captain Scarlet's testimony is not allowed in a court of law

[@deathsnitemaresinfullust2269]

Any chance there could be a playlist of games that were given the "speed run" treatment on here? i get the impression it's been done on more than one occasion? Kinda curious to find out what games have been attempted. 😄👍

[@DadDude]

I had no idea this existed. I remember watching Captain Scarlet in Spanish once in a while as a kid. I didn't understand any of it, but loved the animation.

[@millhousenevermind8916]

Now I want to watch Captain Scarlet show! Looks awesome!

[@Beestification]

Peter's Australian accent sounded exactly like his own accent.

[@Undying3001]

If this was broadcast in the US, it was lost to time. I've never heard of this. It's not on rotation on any US channels. Thunderbirds was though.

[@sandybfox2446]

It's funny, for past few weeks I've been going back and watched some old Gerry Anderson stuff - Captain Scarlet in particular and I couldn't believe that there was a Capt. Scarlet game for the PS2. I think that this game was released as some kind of nostalgic "hoorah" seeing as the CGI remake of Capt. Scarlet was airing at the time. Can't wait to see the speed run attempt!

[@ThaneDukeHeineken]

Just realised while watching this that I used to play with a die cast SPV that was my uncle's. Had never heard of this series before.

[@TheCrimsonEdged]

I saw this on a shop shelf at CEX today, now it's here as soon as i get home. Is this the universe trying to tell me something?

[@d2factotum]

"Where are the drones?"--well, maybe they should have provided a scanner showing you exactly where they are?

[@burtdurger847]

You forgot Joe 90 and Terrorhawks ;)

[@NikSwiftDigs]

I’ll hear for the comments, because it’s just a bunch of us reminiscing about how banging Captain Scarlet was. I remember being terrified and utterly rapt watching this when I was younger. This Triple Jump episode inspired me to buy the series on Amazon!

[@ObedientWitch]

OMG OMG OMG🥰🥰 I broke out in laughter when you said about not being Canadian... 😂 got to love Peter ❤️❤️❤️

[@nostradooglas]

The editing in this was fucking excellent. I do hope they're being paid for their efforts by now!

[@goughrmp]

Still got that gun. Wish I hadn’t ruined my cloud base

[@deathsnitemaresinfullust2269]

i was born in 1984, lived in California my entire life and i have never heard of this show or character until now while watching this video. Apart from it being a puppet based show it gives me Speed Racer vibes just a bit different, Speed Racer was much more popular in America back then so maybe that's why we didn't get Captain Scarlet, or maybe because of Scarlet's success America decided to bring over Speed Racer? Not entirely sure how the timelines for those events line up. 😄👍

[@partsunknownasmrgaming7717]

1:40 I imagine that's Ross stomping around every time for some reason.

[@permiek]

The SPV driver faces backwards and drives while looking at a video screen

[@partsunknownasmrgaming7717]

0:40 "Canadians" Glad you mentioned this. Last time I was like "why are they floppy headed Canadians? Have I misunderstood England?"

[@LikeaGlove90]

As an Australian, I love when you guys try an Aussie accent. pops me every time

[@Alpha-oo8]

Pity… I would love a quality Gerry Anderson game… I do have “thunderbirds” from the same studio, and I only played it once and never touched it again, which considering how much I love thunderbirds, means it must be pretty poor

[@xwolfiegreenwoodx]

Genuinely stopped watching a Steven Seagal movie for this. I know, I know but he's hilarious so...but he can wait. Also Captain Scarlet was awesome.

[@lilhanhan]

You'll probably see better acting by Captain Scarlet than Steven Seagal... *Insert wooden acting joke here*

[@idrinkmilk282]

@@lilhanhan the implication was enough

[@Mistahhuntah]

Lavender castle looks freaking horrifying.

[@Jolis_Parsec]

I went over to that GameFAQs Q&A page for this game and congratulated that user for making it onto your video, as he’s no doubt in awe of his sudden superstardom thanks to Team TripleJump! 😋

[@therunawaykid6523]

Yes I remember this show being on after the Simpsons also disappointed it isn’t a third person platform adventure game didn’t know this was a game until today

[@Shaunharris94]

I think I also had that same voice changing toy or something similar at least, definitely had a few captain Scarlet toys

[@GiratinaofFury]

I tried this game once. The turning was so damn stiff.

[@dominickgaramella6431]

That was silly. I'm looking forward to seeing the Speedrun.

[@partsunknownasmrgaming7717]

21:30 A little strange they used an actual bus brand....

[@RetroPlus]

I had a few "blast" games for my PS2, they were like the LJN of the PS2

[@MightyDekuTree]

Oh my goodness - that moment with them screaming as the car explodes. 😂

[@levimcglinchey5843]

As shit as it may be I'm just watching Spectrum Patrol going round the track thinking THAT'S SO DAMN COOL

[@Gooner333333333]

I thought Captain Scarlett was a BBC show

[@patrickbarker2492]

i couldnt quite get it whats with the alligators, was that an Episode of Thunderbirds or a entire different Movie? Whats it called? I love those kind of movies :)

[@Ennahdee]

One Super Mario Nation under Mod

[@kneedeepandfriends7188]

As a Canadian that intro was really weird for a second there lol

[@Justforvisit]

10:10 "Super Mario Nation"....sounds like a great Super Mario Game.....although, going from a whole World down to only a Nation......hmmmm.....🤔

[@LukeZalvino]

Peter never used a minimap before