Worst Games Ever - Captain Scarlet

"THIS IS THE VOICE OF THE MYSTERONS. We just wanted to warn you that Captain Scarlet by Blast Entertainment exists, and we're not happy about it. Mysterons out. Peace."
Thank you to Rob Horrocks for sending us this game!
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[@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.

[@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!

[@GhostNappa2k10]

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?

[@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

[@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?

[@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…

[@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!

[@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!

[@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

[@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!

[@calvinskye]

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

[@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.

[@drakkenmensch]

"Good job Captain Scarlet! We'll use the footage to train the other drivers!" (one week passes) "Okay, see how badly this asshole is driving and is jamming the hand break to turn? *Don't be like him."*

[@raviamodernepic]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@insicknessandindeath]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@garetjax19]

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

[@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.

[@ominous2708]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@Mintylight]

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

[@ChrisRutherford95]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@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

[@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!

[@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!👏

[@AndyDo]

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

[@adammckay3299]

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

[@GooeyBugSpittoon]

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

[@phantomeyebrow]

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

[@xen0bia]

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

[@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... ✌🏾🙄💯

[@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

[@Beestification]

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

[@permiek]

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

[@millhousenevermind8916]

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

[@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.

[@tutunaku]

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

[@goughrmp]

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

[@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).

[@nostradooglas]

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

[@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 😞

[@TheSubZer0HEro]

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

[@martynbennett3956]

💯💯💯👍

[@MrBakersPops]

Brian Bumblepiss is just Adam Pacitti lol

[@MightyDekuTree]

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

[@Ennahdee]

One Super Mario Nation under Mod

[@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.

[@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?

[@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.

[@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).

[@dominickgaramella6431]

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

[@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.

[@levimcglinchey5843]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@Mistahhuntah]

Lavender castle looks freaking horrifying.

[@kneedeepandfriends7188]

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

[@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.

[@LikeaGlove90]

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

[@d2factotum]

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

[@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!

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@burtdurger847]

You forgot Joe 90 and Terrorhawks ;)

[@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.

[@ObedientWitch]

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

[@Weaknessisnotavirtue]

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

[@Boogie_the_cat]

Super Mario Nation is my favorite nation of all time. I just hope Captain Scarlet realized that he is animated by technology licensed from a Japanese toy company. If nobody sat him down to have a talk about it, he might find out by accident and have a life crisis. What? Ashton is there the whole time but not in the video? What is that about? This is a worse disappointment than e3. Not any specific e3, just e3 in general. You could have at least used a marionette with her voice. A marionette animated using SuperMarioNation technology licensed directly and overseen by Captain Deep Purple Scorpion Ronnie James Dio himself

[@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...

[@AnnDVine]

Nice South African accent, Peter!

[@camrsr5463]

Hell yeah! Speed Run!

[@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.

[@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!

[@RetroPlus]

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

[@LukeZalvino]

Peter never used a minimap before

[@partsunknownasmrgaming7717]

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

[@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. 😄👍

[@CandyHatsuneWolff]

TripleJump are trained to survive horrible games. You are not. Observe, but do not imitate.

[@yourgameisstupid]

I hope we get a new series where they find terrible obscure games with no speed run and set the record themselves.

[@GiratinaofFury]

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

[@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! 😋

[@Becauseimbrian]

Great to see you lads back in the office

[@tutunaku]

Sadly our boys have been overtaken by user LordBrotovic with a time of 1h 05m 04s

[@Haseri8]

Oh my god Lavender Castle is some deep nostalgia

[@JacobsT75]

Granada actually served ITV in the north like Manchester x

[@Gooner333333333]

I thought Captain Scarlett was a BBC show

[@GUNUFofficial]

They should have made this an fps or something