Daniel Ibbertson I love your videos. Thank you for doing James Pond. I dunno if Americans know how big James pond was in the UK but it seemed like everyone had it on some system or other, especially the second one
I mean if you had done James Pond first and said Robocod was based on Thing on a Spring most of us would have gone "what on a what"? Excellent continuity 😉
Pick up the first items in the game in the order of: Cake, Hammer, Earth, Apple, Tap (spelling "CHEAT") to become invincible, then turn left on the first level to unlock all the doors. Permanently burned into my bran that one :D
Daniel, I can't believe you didn't get the James Pond 2 Robocod (RoboCop reference). I know for sure that RoboCop was popular in the UK, Why did you think it was a Terminator reference. Robocod pictures of armor even looks like RoboCop. You should watch RoboCop Daniel, it's a great movie.
Did you ever see the short animations that are bonus features on the CD32 edition of Robocod? Along with a rogues' gallery of supposed Pond adversaries, most of whom I don't think appeared in the games. I've always suspected it was a backdoor pilot for a possible James Pond cartoon, though I don't think anyone's ever said as such
Disappointed with your thoughts on Operation Starfish. That was my favourite by a mile. There was so much to discover, loads of hidden levels and secrets within the levels. The controls did take a little getting used to, but I loved it. This game kept me occupied for a very long time, I can't remember if I even completed it, I remember it being a pretty big game.
Thanks for this review. James Pond needs all the attention it can get. Robocod has been played by many, but remembered by few, and it's such a great game!
Operation Starfi5h was ace. Over a hundred levels, some of them are solid too. Loads of secrets to discover and loads of different endings. One of my favourite games of all time. Great vid but disagree that JP3 is the least enjoyable in the series.
I loved James Pond 3, it has some sort of quirky charm to it that I can't help but love, it was pretty tough and lengthy as well if I recall so I got plenty of enjoyment out of it. Robocod is also excellent, of course. The first game is easily the weakest of the three main games in my opinion (it's not bad though), and I don't care more for the spin off personally. Rather than just porting Robocod all of the time, it would be nice to actually have the whole trilogy released on modern platforms.
Indeed. It is annoying that JP 1 and 3 have basically be forgotten. Is the second game even called James Pond 2 Robocod these days? JP1 is the weakest entry but the developers were probably still trying out what really worked. A remake of that game (if all got remade for a Trilogy release) could fix the flaws as I do think it have enjoyable parts too. I would actually like to see a fourth game with its own theme (I am not talking about the failed Kickstarter project that was basically Robocod part 2), perhaps this time using time travel to go to different time periods. Sadly unlikely to happen as would be a Trilogy re release as the IP is dead.
Woah! Blast to the past with this one! Not because of the franchise, or even the game, but because of those penguin biscuits. My dad is from England, and when I was a kid I used to travel a lot over to visit him, and I remember these penguin biscuits from that time, I almost forgot that they existed, as last time I were over, I did not see any of them, but... What I do remember was them being frosted, or at least you could take them into the freezer to make them into some sort of chocolate ice cream biscuits. I thought they were delicious.
Awesome to see a complete history of James Pond! Played the two first games on the Amiga back in the day, but it was the second game that really captured my attention with its awesome, cute and colourful graphics. Thought the music was really fitting as well. Great memories and a great complete history video, as usual. Keep up the good work!
oh man, James Pond takes me back. I only owned James Pond 3 as a kid on my Genesis, i loved it but it was always so hard after the first few levels for me as a small child. I never knew he was actually supposed to be a fish, having legs and a face like that i always assumed he was supposed to be a frog
Great video. I had the original James Pond on the Atari ST when I was a boy (although I found it very tricky), and was introduced to Robocod on the School PC (we had *one*) a bit later. My Dad later acquired Robocod for the Megadrive (thanks for explaining the cartridge design!), and I spammed the game for months, if not years. What always got me about the franchise was its absolutely unique whimsical art design, with its goofy and mischievous-looking anthropomorphised enemies and assets - not to mention the ear-worm music, which I can still remember thirty years later. I wish you'd gone into more detail about this, but I realise that art is to an extent subjective, and maybe the look of the game didn't grab you as much as it did me. Thanks again for the upload.
10:03 ahhh the nostalgia itch I wanted scratching. I think what made it so unique was that it was a "platformer" without timed jumps. I liked that as a kid. The way you describe the gameplay of the first James Pond reminds me of a contemporary game (yet with a way more vintage pixel style) Minit.
Thanks for putting this together, I'm surprised that you felt so negatively about JP3 given the sheer variety of levels and the improved boss fights compared to the original games, as well as the deeper secrets and the option to play as a frog with teeth! I did recognise the TAS run of JP3 in your gameplay footage, which I think is well worth a watch as it showcases the sheer speed and impressive gameplay that is far more technical and challenging than the speedruns of either of the other two games. Having said all that, I wholeheartedly agree that Robocod is the best in the series and the best ending screen of any game ever. I tried to encourage people to contribute to the KS campaign with a few trilogy speedruns and we came up with a load of possible titles for the game. My favourites were "A View to a Krill" and "Goldfishfinger" Can you please do a complete history of Cannon Fodder sometime? In my opinion, a greatly overlooked classic game, decentish sequel, and wtf third game, would be interested to hear more about it :)
Another brilliant video, although I have to take issue with the idea that later James Pond 2 ports have redesigned levels. The PS2 & DS versions have double the original levels, not just redesigned levels. They also have a godawful camera that wobbles as James moves across the uneven platforms; which takes a long time to get used to. Once you do, they are exceptional ports of the game however, and well worth grabbing for either console (especially because they are still very cheap).
That game seriously caused a disturbance in my Force. The game designers must have sat in a room for 72 hours eating only LSD. That game is so disturbing, and that's saying a lot to be able to disturb me, as I spend most of my time reading about serial killers. That game gives me nightmares, and until watching this video, I assumed everyone in the universe also recognized that game as both not fun and horrific. J.P 1 and 3 were "fine" But the second game causes me to enter a fetal position and have to disassociate. The music, the mechanics, the backgrounds, all the sprites are scary and Pond stretches for some reason like a Rule34 furry (fishy? Scaly?) sex demon. That game is a result of and a cause for drugs existing in the world. It's nightmare fuel.
I used to play so much of Robocod and loved it. Had the Megadrive version and later the PS1 version. It was strange how the games were different but I learnt that it was all due to the penguin biscuits. Thanks Slopes, I now have a hankering to p-p-p-pick up a penguin
James Pond: Goldenfry. Come on, we need this guy back. Maybe as a Smash Brothers character? That would be one heck of a left field choice, and I'd love to see people get angry that he'd be in before Waluigi.
I am holding the game (james pond 2) in my hand watching this episode, one of my first games on the sega megadrive (after sonic and fatal fury), I loved the game
Been waiting for this one. Great video Dan. I have the original on the Amiga and loved playing through it. The MD version is also great although I have to make myself invincible to get anywhere. Never played the third game and apparently that one had a lot of potential so must play it one day. Thanks again!
The series could almost use a Digital Foundry style comparison video. The Amiga version of Robocod was probably the best version at the time. It used the copper bar effect to make it more colorful than the competition and it might have had better sound too.
One of the few Amiga games I‘ve never actually played. It just looked „too cute“, which meant „kid‘s game“ to me back then. Strangely enough, now at 35 years old, I start to appreciate the colorful pixel graphics. Maybe I should finally try it out. Great video as usual!
I put this in my watch later list months ago and finally watched it now. Superb vid. I completed all the games - well 2 and 3 - but never got the true ending in 3 so am so gonna go back to this soon.
Glad you covered this. I remember seeing A copy of one of the SNES ports next to Gex Enter the Gecko back in the day as a kid and my mind has cross contaminated them since
Thanks, fun presentation of Pond lore! I have but one quibble, Aquatic Games is AWESOME lol. I recommend to anyone, at their earliest convinence, compete with their chosen closest friend in the multiplayer mode of Aquatic Games and after all the insane antics which come from that, look back and see if you still think its a weaker game ;). It's absolutely packed with quirks, secrets, and weird, quirky ways to score extra points and clever little ways to edge out the competition. It shouldn't be judged on its single player mode (for which your review comments are fairly accurate). There isn't a finer multiplayer game (or at least there wasn't back when Aquatic games was released).
Great video Daniel, love the videos you put up. Can you do a Medievil video as the original game was made by the same team of James Pond keep up with the awesome content
Very late and you probably were told about it, but don't forget the educational title "James Pond Underwater Agent and Running Water"! Also, the Aquatic Games has version-exclusive minigames, with the SNES one having a relay-type race, and Mega Drive having bonus games.
The memories! I played both when I was a child, the first one was in one of those pirated 9 in 1 SEGA cartridges whereas the second one in a DOS computer (I remember calling it 'Robocod' since that was the name of the executable). I liked the first one a bit more since I played it when I was older and understood it better.
That'll cost you $9.95 a minute, I'd recommend against it, especially as you can't make them laugh, because all the calls they receive are from sick sad weirdos, so it's hard to prank them when (right before you called) they just got finished talking to a naked bank manager in the restroom who wanted to be talked to like a caveman baby, or whatever it is that gets bank managers off.
What is the music playing during the 80s dance party I've been trying to figure out what this song is for like a year now I've heard it on other videos
James pond 2 was my FAVOURITE childhood game and the game that made me a gamer!!!! In my opinion you HAVE to play the megadrive version because the newer versions are soooo easy and just don't feel the same. If you know you know haha!
Cake Hammer Earth Apple Tap. This has stayed with me for many years. I feel like if I ever get Altzheimers that this may very well be all I'm likely to remember.
James Pond was one of those rare games that I could never find to rent. I think too many fellow Floridians judged it by the cover and passed on it. Even today I can't find it at the indie game shops.
I'd totally forgotten about Aquatic games until i saw it in this video. I used to play it a lot with my brother as a kid even though i'm pretty sure we both kind of hated it.
My only link to these games is either Gamesmaster or Games World on Sky. It was common to see this run as a competition, either who can get more points or finish a level quickest or what have you. I'd forgotten all about the track-and-field style game until seeing this video prodded a 25 year old neuron. This show always makes me nostalgic somehow =)
Man I remember James Pond 2 from back when I was like, 5 years old. I can't even remember where we got the game, we must have borrowed it from someone, because we played it for a week or so then I don't remember playing it anymore.
Amazing video. Apart from the third game, I enjoy all of them. However I've learn alot of things I didn't know about with your video. I did not know the beginning of James Pond before the first game and I definetely didn't realise there was a fourth game. I've got many versions of Rococod and it's by far the best one. I actually quite enjoyed Aquatic Games on the Amiga. I do enjoy the first game even though I cannot get very far in it. Very nice video indeed.
I dunno if you had this episode planned for a long time or not, but I'm going to take some credit for this one :P I honestly never even played these games. I was just...aware of them.
OMG,I played 'James Pond: Codename Robocod' to death on my Amiga 500+. My favs : Utopia,New Zealand Story,James Pond,Premiere ,Gianna Sisters,Wonderboy in Monsterland,TURRICAN 2 ,Toki,Robocop 2,Batman The Movie game,Zool ,Birds of Prey,Microprose Grand Prix ,International Karate +,MK 2 and Street Fighter II. Had many others ,but the ones I mentioned were played by myself virtually always I turned on the system.
Ahhh playing these classic on the Amiga 1200 back in the day! Was brill! Holy crap Aquatic Games! I forgot about that! I rented this a few times from our local video shop, not as much as I rented Streets Of Rage 2 but was a few times.
robocod on Amiga was the best platformer on the system. You have to consider that mario was only nintendo and sonic only on genesis. Pond was on Amiga, etc, and it's better than you are giving it credit for.
Superfrog is inferior to Jazz Jackrabbit. And while I'm bummed that that game got a remaster and Jazz didn't, at least there was more than one game with 2 out of 3 being good and one sadly being cancelled. Thank goodness the good ones are finally available on GOG, which I didn't think would happen knowing what Epic is like these days!
The Robocod demo for PC allowed you to use the cheat to unlock all the levels. No-one I know bought Robocod, we just picked up the magazine that bundled the disk.
One thing I recall about this series was the MS DOS demo of Robocod, as while it was intended to only let you play the 1st 1 or 2 levels, you could do the cheat right at the start of the game, and it would unlock ALL the levels, so I basically had the full game for free (Well for the cost of the magazine whose cover disc I got the demo off, haha) I don't think it was fully programmed, so I recall trying for ages to beat the final boss and he wouldn't die.
Oh man I remember James pond. Played it on my game boy advanced but never got past the first level because I never knew how to play games when I was little
I’ve never even seen the first one till I watched this video but I owned No.2 and The Aquatic Games when I was younger. At the time RoboCod was one of my favourite games, also owned Rolo to the Rescue
For a Yank, I recall the first JP on Genesis/MegaDrive well as it was one of the few games I owned as a bonus I had seen all the Bond films up to that point. To the point I'd make up weird one-liners while playing from Bond history: James is tied down to a frying pan- "So you expect me to talk?" "No, Mr. Pond, I expect you to 'fry!'" Hey, I was a kid, OK? Best I could do lol...
James Pond 3 I primarily remember for its ridiculous password system, which was not only super long, but included the items from the game as symbols. I really wish I bought something else that fateful day in Toys R Us.
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Daniel Ibbertson I love your videos. Thank you for doing James Pond. I dunno if Americans know how big James pond was in the UK but it seemed like everyone had it on some system or other, especially the second one
Daniel Ibbertson and where did you find that penguins ad? I'm getting nostalgia for a bloody advert lol
+duffman18 haha you are more than welcome mate :D
Daniel Ibbertson You planned the thing on a spring video around this didn't you.. We all know what it is now, you bloody genius.
I mean if you had done James Pond first and said Robocod was based on Thing on a Spring most of us would have gone "what on a what"? Excellent continuity 😉
Pick up the first items in the game in the order of: Cake, Hammer, Earth, Apple, Tap (spelling "CHEAT") to become invincible, then turn left on the first level to unlock all the doors.
Permanently burned into my bran that one :D
Also, on the first level, get the Lips, Ice cream, Violin, Earth and Snowman items in that order for unlimited lives.
I love burning bran cereals too, Larry.
I remember reading that in the Amiga magazine my dad bought every month and thought I was great at gaming afterwards 🤣
Larry Bundy Jr Weetabix Flambé
I remember this too, no idea why. Maybe just because the method was so quirky
James Pond 3 was the first one I played so I kind of have a strong nostalgic feeling for it!
Do you not care about 2?
Same!
They should make a new James Pond game and call it Cod of Duty.
Alexandria Thorne Licence Revoked!
Lol lol I love it
Alyxx Succubus or fishnight
A million times yes :) lmao
Cod of war
you tricked me i thought the video was loading
Lol I thought my internet wasn’t working and kept touching my phones screen to see if was buffering or not.
Yes, please never ever do this to us again!!! ;_(
same here, and whats even funnier its that I was watching in 720p60 and it was already loading a lot LOL
He got me too. Thing is, I'm watching the video on a PC.
I feel double foolish. :D
Not me. I was watching on a Chromecast so it was obvious that it was part of the video.
Person: what's your name?
Protagonist: Pond... *James Pond*
Daniel, I can't believe you didn't get the James Pond 2 Robocod (RoboCop reference). I know for sure that RoboCop was popular in the UK, Why did you think it was a Terminator reference. Robocod pictures of armor even looks like RoboCop. You should watch RoboCop Daniel, it's a great movie.
Did you ever see the short animations that are bonus features on the CD32 edition of Robocod? Along with a rogues' gallery of supposed Pond adversaries, most of whom I don't think appeared in the games. I've always suspected it was a backdoor pilot for a possible James Pond cartoon, though I don't think anyone's ever said as such
Disappointed with your thoughts on Operation Starfish. That was my favourite by a mile. There was so much to discover, loads of hidden levels and secrets within the levels. The controls did take a little getting used to, but I loved it. This game kept me occupied for a very long time, I can't remember if I even completed it, I remember it being a pretty big game.
I like all three of the mainline series (never played the fourth one) and the spin-off is OK. I usually play Robocod around Christmas time every year.
Thanks for this review. James Pond needs all the attention it can get. Robocod has been played by many, but remembered by few, and it's such a great game!
Video starts at 03:53
Beat me to it...
RoboCod Thank You For Your Cooperation
Operation Starfi5h was ace. Over a hundred levels, some of them are solid too. Loads of secrets to discover and loads of different endings. One of my favourite games of all time. Great vid but disagree that JP3 is the least enjoyable in the series.
I loved James Pond 3, it has some sort of quirky charm to it that I can't help but love, it was pretty tough and lengthy as well if I recall so I got plenty of enjoyment out of it. Robocod is also excellent, of course. The first game is easily the weakest of the three main games in my opinion (it's not bad though), and I don't care more for the spin off personally.
Rather than just porting Robocod all of the time, it would be nice to actually have the whole trilogy released on modern platforms.
I come from the future, robocod got ported to switch
Indeed. It is annoying that JP 1 and 3 have basically be forgotten. Is the second game even called James Pond 2 Robocod these days?
JP1 is the weakest entry but the developers were probably still trying out what really worked. A remake of that game (if all got remade for a Trilogy release) could fix the flaws as I do think it have enjoyable parts too.
I would actually like to see a fourth game with its own theme (I am not talking about the failed Kickstarter project that was basically Robocod part 2), perhaps this time using time travel to go to different time periods.
Sadly unlikely to happen as would be a Trilogy re release as the IP is dead.
Woah! Blast to the past with this one! Not because of the franchise, or even the game, but because of those penguin biscuits. My dad is from England, and when I was a kid I used to travel a lot over to visit him, and I remember these penguin biscuits from that time, I almost forgot that they existed, as last time I were over, I did not see any of them, but... What I do remember was them being frosted, or at least you could take them into the freezer to make them into some sort of chocolate ice cream biscuits. I thought they were delicious.
I played James Pond 3 to death... Excellent and a ruddy massive game! :)
Did you know that Super James Pond was released in America on some Nintendo platforms?
Awesome to see a complete history of James Pond! Played the two first games on the Amiga back in the day, but it was the second game that really captured my attention with its awesome, cute and colourful graphics. Thought the music was really fitting as well. Great memories and a great complete history video, as usual. Keep up the good work!
Who needs the Super Bowl when you got SGR? Awesome ep. and since I barely played these was very interesting and informative
Gaijillionaire to be fair, this year’s Superbowl was pretty good. At least the damn Patriots didn’t win this time around.
Steelers fan here, so please understand! and yes! they lost thank the Lord!
James Pond 4: Swim Free or Fry Hard :)
I loved James Pond 3 🤔
Me too. It was the best one
Thank god for that. I thought I was going mad when he slated it!
Obi Joe by far!
"Bloody Thing on a Spring!!!"
oh man, James Pond takes me back. I only owned James Pond 3 as a kid on my Genesis, i loved it but it was always so hard after the first few levels for me as a small child. I never knew he was actually supposed to be a fish, having legs and a face like that i always assumed he was supposed to be a frog
James Pond 2 is one of my favourite platformers of all time. Such a bizarre little game lol
UGH! James Pond. The nostalgia. I had so much fun playing these games.
Great video. I had the original James Pond on the Atari ST when I was a boy (although I found it very tricky), and was introduced to Robocod on the School PC (we had *one*) a bit later. My Dad later acquired Robocod for the Megadrive (thanks for explaining the cartridge design!), and I spammed the game for months, if not years.
What always got me about the franchise was its absolutely unique whimsical art design, with its goofy and mischievous-looking anthropomorphised enemies and assets - not to mention the ear-worm music, which I can still remember thirty years later. I wish you'd gone into more detail about this, but I realise that art is to an extent subjective, and maybe the look of the game didn't grab you as much as it did me.
Thanks again for the upload.
*James Pond V. Earthworm Jim: Dawn Of The Mecha Animals*
10:03 ahhh the nostalgia itch I wanted scratching.
I think what made it so unique was that it was a "platformer" without timed jumps. I liked that as a kid. The way you describe the gameplay of the first James Pond reminds me of a contemporary game (yet with a way more vintage pixel style) Minit.
Thanks for putting this together, I'm surprised that you felt so negatively about JP3 given the sheer variety of levels and the improved boss fights compared to the original games, as well as the deeper secrets and the option to play as a frog with teeth! I did recognise the TAS run of JP3 in your gameplay footage, which I think is well worth a watch as it showcases the sheer speed and impressive gameplay that is far more technical and challenging than the speedruns of either of the other two games.
Having said all that, I wholeheartedly agree that Robocod is the best in the series and the best ending screen of any game ever. I tried to encourage people to contribute to the KS campaign with a few trilogy speedruns and we came up with a load of possible titles for the game. My favourites were "A View to a Krill" and "Goldfishfinger"
Can you please do a complete history of Cannon Fodder sometime? In my opinion, a greatly overlooked classic game, decentish sequel, and wtf third game, would be interested to hear more about it :)
Another brilliant video, although I have to take issue with the idea that later James Pond 2 ports have redesigned levels. The PS2 & DS versions have double the original levels, not just redesigned levels. They also have a godawful camera that wobbles as James moves across the uneven platforms; which takes a long time to get used to. Once you do, they are exceptional ports of the game however, and well worth grabbing for either console (especially because they are still very cheap).
Oh cool! This popped up in my recommendations and I had to click on it because I was OBSESSED with James Pond 2 on the Genesis.
Thanks for stopping by
That game seriously caused a disturbance in my Force.
The game designers must have sat in a room for 72 hours eating only LSD.
That game is so disturbing, and that's saying a lot to be able to disturb me, as I spend most of my time reading about serial killers.
That game gives me nightmares, and until watching this video, I assumed everyone in the universe also recognized that game as both not fun and horrific.
J.P 1 and 3 were "fine"
But the second game causes me to enter a fetal position and have to disassociate.
The music, the mechanics, the backgrounds, all the sprites are scary and Pond stretches for some reason like a Rule34 furry (fishy? Scaly?) sex demon.
That game is a result of and a cause for drugs existing in the world. It's nightmare fuel.
I used to play so much of Robocod and loved it. Had the Megadrive version and later the PS1 version. It was strange how the games were different but I learnt that it was all due to the penguin biscuits. Thanks Slopes, I now have a hankering to p-p-p-pick up a penguin
James Pond: Goldenfry.
Come on, we need this guy back. Maybe as a Smash Brothers character? That would be one heck of a left field choice, and I'd love to see people get angry that he'd be in before Waluigi.
I am holding the game (james pond 2) in my hand watching this episode, one of my first games on the sega megadrive (after sonic and fatal fury), I loved the game
Been waiting for this one. Great video Dan. I have the original on the Amiga and loved playing through it. The MD version is also great although I have to make myself invincible to get anywhere. Never played the third game and apparently that one had a lot of potential so must play it one day. Thanks again!
I played the heck out of James Pond 2 on our amiga. A great game with strange map design.
Yes very strange almost feels like its made that way to extend gameplay
The series could almost use a Digital Foundry style comparison video. The Amiga version of Robocod was probably the best version at the time. It used the copper bar effect to make it more colorful than the competition and it might have had better sound too.
One of the few Amiga games I‘ve never actually played. It just looked „too cute“, which meant „kid‘s game“ to me back then. Strangely enough, now at 35 years old, I start to appreciate the colorful pixel graphics. Maybe I should finally try it out.
Great video as usual!
I had the first James Pond on Sega that I got from the pawn near where I lived shop when I was 14 years old.
I put this in my watch later list months ago and finally watched it now. Superb vid. I completed all the games - well 2 and 3 - but never got the true ending in 3 so am so gonna go back to this soon.
“Alright?” Im stunned. I thought everyone loved James Pond 3!
Awesome game!
Never played it James pond 2 is the reason I'm here kid
Christmas came early this year! :) Nice one Dan
Glad you covered this. I remember seeing A copy of one of the SNES ports next to Gex Enter the Gecko back in the day as a kid and my mind has cross contaminated them since
Okay, I just want to know where you got that "trainer" picture; looks like a comic book, almost. Don't hold back now, man; tell me tell me _tell me!_
9:12 we had that exact same lawn mower years ago, lol. This is a weird nostalgia trip
What's that Space Harrier-looking game in the background from 6:09?
Thanks, fun presentation of Pond lore! I have but one quibble, Aquatic Games is AWESOME lol.
I recommend to anyone, at their earliest convinence, compete with their chosen closest friend in the multiplayer mode of Aquatic Games and after all the insane antics which come from that, look back and see if you still think its a weaker game ;).
It's absolutely packed with quirks, secrets, and weird, quirky ways to score extra points and clever little ways to edge out the competition. It shouldn't be judged on its single player mode (for which your review comments are fairly accurate). There isn't a finer multiplayer game (or at least there wasn't back when Aquatic games was released).
Great video Daniel, love the videos you put up. Can you do a Medievil video as the original game was made by the same team of James Pond keep up with the awesome content
Yes, a medievil video would be awesome!
I absolutely loved Aquatic Games. Robocod was brilliant too. Videos like this take me back to my childhood.
Good stuff as always man, please keep up the good work and coverage of the retro gaming scene.
Very late and you probably were told about it, but don't forget the educational title "James Pond Underwater Agent and Running Water"! Also, the Aquatic Games has version-exclusive minigames, with the SNES one having a relay-type race, and Mega Drive having bonus games.
Great video. I used to play the original two James Pond games to death on my brother's Amiga back in the day. Good times.
The memories! I played both when I was a child, the first one was in one of those pirated 9 in 1 SEGA cartridges whereas the second one in a DOS computer (I remember calling it 'Robocod' since that was the name of the executable). I liked the first one a bit more since I played it when I was older and understood it better.
2019 and James Pond Robocod has been realesed for the Nintendo Switch
They should go back and release it for every system that's missed out so far just for fun.
Loving the snatcher theme tune usage. Love the channel and content.
I'm a simple man
I hear the SNATCHER theme, I prank call adult chat lines.
That'll cost you $9.95 a minute, I'd recommend against it, especially as you can't make them laugh, because all the calls they receive are from sick sad weirdos, so it's hard to prank them when (right before you called) they just got finished talking to a naked bank manager in the restroom who wanted to be talked to like a caveman baby, or whatever it is that gets bank managers off.
What a marvellous episode! Thanks!
I didn't even know James Pond was even on Kickstarter, left alone a mobile one. (Nice buffering joke at the beginning BTW.)
Beano reference in 4:51
What is the music playing during the 80s dance party I've been trying to figure out what this song is for like a year now I've heard it on other videos
Great video as always
No idea Flood inspired James Pond, that was one of my faves on Amiga, cheers for the info! 👍
That Tap load joke was enough to give you my thumbs up
so much nostalgia.... seriously complete nostalgia overload
James pond 2 was my FAVOURITE childhood game and the game that made me a gamer!!!! In my opinion you HAVE to play the megadrive version because the newer versions are soooo easy and just don't feel the same. If you know you know haha!
Whats the music at 4:00 I know I recognize it
Omg:0 I REMEMBER THIS GAME WHEN I WAS A CHILD!!!!
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This has stayed with me for many years. I feel like if I ever get Altzheimers that this may very well be all I'm likely to remember.
Mine are IDDQD, IDKFA, and IDSPISPOPD
James Pond was one of those rare games that I could never find to rent. I think too many fellow Floridians judged it by the cover and passed on it. Even today I can't find it at the indie game shops.
I'd totally forgotten about Aquatic games until i saw it in this video.
I used to play it a lot with my brother as a kid even though i'm pretty sure we both kind of hated it.
Great work as always!
That Penguin advert will haunt my dreams forever...
P P P PICK UP A PERSON
Brings back memories.
My only link to these games is either Gamesmaster or Games World on Sky. It was common to see this run as a competition, either who can get more points or finish a level quickest or what have you. I'd forgotten all about the track-and-field style game until seeing this video prodded a 25 year old neuron.
This show always makes me nostalgic somehow =)
thank you for using One Night in Neo Kobe. Snatcher deserves it's own video
Man I remember James Pond 2 from back when I was like, 5 years old. I can't even remember where we got the game, we must have borrowed it from someone, because we played it for a week or so then I don't remember playing it anymore.
Amazing video. Apart from the third game, I enjoy all of them. However I've learn alot of things I didn't know about with your video. I did not know the beginning of James Pond before the first game and I definetely didn't realise there was a fourth game. I've got many versions of Rococod and it's by far the best one. I actually quite enjoyed Aquatic Games on the Amiga. I do enjoy the first game even though I cannot get very far in it. Very nice video indeed.
I dunno if you had this episode planned for a long time or not, but I'm going to take some credit for this one :P I honestly never even played these games. I was just...aware of them.
The third game was the best. We all know it.
OMG,I played 'James Pond: Codename Robocod' to death on my Amiga 500+. My favs : Utopia,New Zealand Story,James Pond,Premiere ,Gianna Sisters,Wonderboy in Monsterland,TURRICAN 2 ,Toki,Robocop 2,Batman The Movie game,Zool ,Birds of Prey,Microprose Grand Prix ,International Karate +,MK 2 and Street Fighter II.
Had many others ,but the ones I mentioned were played by myself virtually always I turned on the system.
Another great history video. Used to play James Pond as a kid. Great memories. Please do the Dizzy games.
The Commodore 64 version of James Cod 2 was created by Data Design Systems, which shortly afterward became Data Design Interactive.
you got me because my internet is in a bad shape :P
Ahhh playing these classic on the Amiga 1200 back in the day! Was brill!
Holy crap Aquatic Games! I forgot about that! I rented this a few times from our local video shop, not as much as I rented Streets Of Rage 2 but was a few times.
I live for these videos! I really think I need to pop my Patreon cherry to sling you some shrapnel for this amazing series.
robocod on Amiga was the best platformer on the system. You have to consider that mario was only nintendo and sonic only on genesis. Pond was on Amiga, etc, and it's better than you are giving it credit for.
Jazz jackrabbit is probably the last mascot left
(Super Frog tries to get your attention... :)
Superfrog is inferior to Jazz Jackrabbit. And while I'm bummed that that game got a remaster and Jazz didn't, at least there was more than one game with 2 out of 3 being good and one sadly being cancelled. Thank goodness the good ones are finally available on GOG, which I didn't think would happen knowing what Epic is like these days!
Cyberbrickmaster1986 i also want them to re release Jill of the Jungle and Xargon. A complete history on Epic be very interesting they changed so much
Xargon is freeware, but Jill is unfortunately very difficult to come by. So I welcome more classic Epic Megagames releases!
Don't forget about Dizzy! Dan is still working on a video about him.
The Robocod demo for PC allowed you to use the cheat to unlock all the levels. No-one I know bought Robocod, we just picked up the magazine that bundled the disk.
One thing I recall about this series was the MS DOS demo of Robocod, as while it was intended to only let you play the 1st 1 or 2 levels, you could do the cheat right at the start of the game, and it would unlock ALL the levels, so I basically had the full game for free (Well for the cost of the magazine whose cover disc I got the demo off, haha)
I don't think it was fully programmed, so I recall trying for ages to beat the final boss and he wouldn't die.
Oh man I remember James pond. Played it on my game boy advanced but never got past the first level because I never knew how to play games when I was little
I’ve never even seen the first one till I watched this video but I owned No.2 and The Aquatic Games when I was younger.
At the time RoboCod was one of my favourite games, also owned Rolo to the Rescue
For a Yank, I recall the first JP on Genesis/MegaDrive well as it was one of the few games I owned as a bonus I had seen all the Bond films up to that point.
To the point I'd make up weird one-liners while playing from Bond history:
James is tied down to a frying pan-
"So you expect me to talk?"
"No, Mr. Pond, I expect you to 'fry!'"
Hey, I was a kid, OK? Best I could do lol...
James Pond 3 I primarily remember for its ridiculous password system, which was not only super long, but included the items from the game as symbols. I really wish I bought something else that fateful day in Toys R Us.
It has been more than a decade since I seen this guy. I remember this game so vaguely.
Gradius, the complete history. Yep, I'm gonna keep saying it until one of you do it. Great video as always.
Nah man. Parodius. THERE'S what i'd rather hear about.
@@the-NightStar they're part of the same series, kinda, so he'd probably include Parodius in a Gradius video
What we need is a James Pond CGI movie! :) That should revive the franchise. The owners should give that idea to an animation studio. :)
All true Robocod fans facepalming at 13:56 lol
I remember playing James Pond with my friend... It was great fun.
That was too good. I definitely fell for it....