Zapper: One Wicked Cricket!

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  • Опубликовано: 13 янв 2025

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  • @grayfruit
    @grayfruit  2 года назад +1044

    I really shouldn't have to say this but don't go harassing the non-human video game flattenings wiki people. super super not cool to do, just let them live their life enjoying cartoonish flattenings please.

    • @joannawood7352
      @joannawood7352 2 года назад +55

      its being vandalized as we speak unfortunately....

    • @Jonloo1
      @Jonloo1 2 года назад +162

      while it is currently vandalized i wanna note that the mario kart wii page currently has several words changed to end with -ario

    • @NickiRusin
      @NickiRusin 2 года назад +23

      @@Jonloo1 that's hilarious

    • @EpicFlatbreon
      @EpicFlatbreon 2 года назад +120

      Hello, I see you have survived the rabbit hole that I have made, and I'll be honest.... That bit was pretty damn funny. Understandable because, if I found something I thought was weird and just plain out there, I too would be really "wtf." Only had to repair a little bit of vandalism (At least for now). Funny vid btw, fun to see a random game like Zapper getting some spotlight.

    • @EpicFlatbreon
      @EpicFlatbreon 2 года назад +100

      @@Jonloo1 Out of all the reverting I had to go through, that page edit legit gave me a laugh and I almost had regrets reverting the changes.

  • @AdmFrog
    @AdmFrog 2 года назад +364

    My man literally went through the entire quest not to get his brother back, but his TV ANTENNA

    • @Manelneedsaname
      @Manelneedsaname 2 года назад +30

      0 character development I can't believe it

  • @Specter227
    @Specter227 2 года назад +542

    Fun fact: Zapper was actually supposed to be a sequel to Frogger 2: Swampy's Revenge (which was also developed by Blitz Games) but Konami chose to do the infamous Frogger: The Great Quest instead.

    • @kadenkks
      @kadenkks 2 года назад +17

      Bruh I spent waaaay too many hours on frogger 2. Hard to say that it was good per se, but childhood me bashed my head into some of the dumb stuff that game threw at you

    • @purpleYamask
      @purpleYamask 2 года назад +11

      I wish I may, I wish I must-

    • @Notsophism
      @Notsophism 2 года назад +13

      Konami decided to go for “A STINKY BIGGIE!”

    • @tivvy2vs21
      @tivvy2vs21 2 года назад +5

      Blitz games also made one of my childhood games, Creature from the Krusty Krab

    • @pokcow01
      @pokcow01 2 года назад

      It was for the best.

  • @playahwon
    @playahwon 2 года назад +528

    When Grayfruit uploads a _video_ about a game I played as a _child_ FEATURING _Lark,_ I undergo nuclear fusion.

    • @playahwon
      @playahwon 2 года назад +28

      Bonus points if it's EDITED BY LARK WHAT

    • @wydx120
      @wydx120 2 года назад +15

      As soon as I saw the notification I said LET'S GOOOOOOOOO

  • @tbp_entertainment
    @tbp_entertainment 2 года назад +95

    Zapper has frickin' Mortal Kombat-esque death animations AND disturbing amounts of dark humour.
    Rated E for Everyone, my ass.

    • @snowob
      @snowob 2 года назад +16

      early 2000s was a different time

    • @yv70bnomemes
      @yv70bnomemes 5 месяцев назад

      Real

  • @aniaramarcusse5467
    @aniaramarcusse5467 2 года назад +461

    Immediately knowing when something is edited by lark is just great

    • @theoverseer458
      @theoverseer458 2 года назад +9

      Its a great sensation when the realization hits

    • @jdr293
      @jdr293 2 года назад +9

      I hovered the video because I wasn't too sure if I wanted to watch it and then when the preview started I immediately knew it was lark editing

    • @williamwalker4165
      @williamwalker4165 2 года назад +1

      i wasn't even looking at my screen and immediately knew

    • @TiStardust
      @TiStardust 2 года назад +2

      It’s visceral.

  • @AuroraAce.
    @AuroraAce. 2 года назад +397

    that camera shot that goes from mouth to ass is the greatest bit of cinematography I have ever seen. Truly the pinnacle of kino.

    • @herohalv4543
      @herohalv4543 2 года назад +57

      and then they follow it up with the transition shot from behind bars to the TV, cinematic MASTAPIECE

    • @BranchIfNotEqual
      @BranchIfNotEqual 2 года назад +15

      this sounds so fucked out of context

    • @SlyHikari03
      @SlyHikari03 Год назад +3

      Pure Kino

  • @Melmel_1011
    @Melmel_1011 2 года назад +171

    The shot through the cloaca really got me xD I'm still sitting here in shock genuinely thinking a lot about that. Why did this game feel the need to make an animation going through the bird and out of its asshole... what the fuck

  • @newpancakeman
    @newpancakeman 2 года назад +153

    *video opens with off topic reference I don’t get*
    “Oh, Lark’s in this one!”

    • @Furrett
      @Furrett 2 года назад +4

      i remember seeing a comment a while ago that its always incredibly apparent when Lark edits a video and i love him for it

    • @newpancakeman
      @newpancakeman 2 года назад +1

      @@Furrett they’re in like every Lark video lmao

  • @eigengraul
    @eigengraul 2 года назад +26

    the ending haunted me. i remembered it abruptly and it wouldnt leave me alone. the mouth-to-cloaca shot literally magnetized to my brain. the devs of this game just did whatever they wanted i think

  • @JonixHensley
    @JonixHensley 2 года назад +157

    This channel is slowly turning into a duo channel
    And I’m honestly okay with it

  • @dracatty
    @dracatty 2 года назад +78

    Ironically enough, I first learned about this game from the non-human video game flattening wiki.
    I actually had to go lie down for a moment when it was brought up because I never expected someone to ever stumble upon it by accident and hearing the name of the wiki mentioned aloud by another person put me in a fight or flight mode for a good 30 minutes.

    • @anxietyprimev6983
      @anxietyprimev6983 Год назад +1

      May I ask what exactly you were doing on the NHVGF wiki in the first place? What nefarious business were you getting up to?

    • @dracatty
      @dracatty Год назад +6

      @@anxietyprimev6983 Heehee Bowser goes squimsh

    • @anxietyprimev6983
      @anxietyprimev6983 Год назад +1

      @@dracatty hehe ok yeah good point, you're free to go citizen

    • @penguinlord7193
      @penguinlord7193 6 месяцев назад

      ​@@dracattyWhy is it always Bowser

  • @AphidKirby
    @AphidKirby 2 года назад +54

    Grayfruit's reaction to that undescribable ending cutscene shot was the best thing i've seen in a while

  • @Kirbbo
    @Kirbbo 2 года назад +181

    Everyone in this game is constantly grooving and I’m down for it

  • @dianak8656
    @dianak8656 2 года назад +25

    6:34 god strikes down from heavens to stop Lark's thought process

  • @JudgeTyBurns
    @JudgeTyBurns 2 года назад +109

    Interesting story about this game, not sure if it’s officially confirmed but it makes sense: it was first pitched as the third leg of a Frogger trilogy after the two Frogger games on the PS1, but Konami rejected the idea, so Blitz made it on their own with an original character. The game Konami went with instead was “Frogger: The Great Quest,” which ended up a total failure, so… joke’s on them, I guess.

    • @funx24X7
      @funx24X7 2 года назад +6

      And boy would I love to see Lark/Gray play that cursed dumpster fire

    • @djsnopel9594
      @djsnopel9594 2 года назад +7

      I honestly see a lot of similarities between this and Frogger: Ancient Shadow. The movement animation feels so similar

    • @anxietyprimev6983
      @anxietyprimev6983 Год назад +2

      Please for the love of god never use the phrases "third leg" and "Frogger" in the same sentence ever again, I skimmed across this comment before I actually read the whole thing and the resulting mental image damn near killed me.

  • @John-se6it
    @John-se6it 2 года назад +193

    never even heard of this game before
    edit: GODDAMN what the fuck is that ending cutscene, that's an absolutely insano style shot, like wtf

    • @jacksonwyse7524
      @jacksonwyse7524 2 года назад +7

      hope they get banned for showing bird asshole on youtube

    • @tobi_theguy
      @tobi_theguy 2 года назад +15

      dude that did go insaneo style

    • @sbilldmilk
      @sbilldmilk 2 года назад +5

      Tarantino level shit

  • @SethHisoka
    @SethHisoka 2 года назад +9

    the human video game flattening part feels like i walked into Lark actually physically reading the homily in an irl church.

  • @spideraba769
    @spideraba769 2 года назад +9

    Zapper murdered the intro cutscene. Violently. It didn't just disappear: the game was protecting them from witnessing the crime scene.

  • @thomasulrich3107
    @thomasulrich3107 2 года назад +11

    The last cutscene is straight up the opening of uncut gems but reversed

  • @CitizenLenny
    @CitizenLenny 2 года назад +14

    The final bonus stage in this game (which you unlock when you 100% regular stages) was fucking brutal

  • @nowhere-central2566
    @nowhere-central2566 2 года назад +48

    Grayfruit proves again and again why he’s my favorite content creator, no one in my life knows or has seen the Russian homunculus videos, yet grayfruit and lark bring the quality deepcuts, things I don’t remember I remember, and he’s local

    • @nowhere-central2566
      @nowhere-central2566 2 года назад

      @Lilith does stuff Hi! Yes! I just think he deserves more and the content on some of his smaller videos is just as golden as some of the bigger ones.

  • @jamiemakkonen7500
    @jamiemakkonen7500 2 года назад +26

    today we learned that zapper was the cricket behind the slaughter

  • @peterdafox
    @peterdafox 2 года назад +51

    The size of the squirrels and so many other aspects of this game make so much more sense when the protagonist is framed as something the size of, I don't know, a frog? Stepping on eggs, maybe the electricity power was even a tongue lash? Watching this with that context is just so interesting to me.
    That is, except the monkey. Why is the monkey so smol?

  • @Caponicus
    @Caponicus 2 года назад +19

    Damn. I was actually listening to the OST for this at work only just 4 days ago... Honestly didn't think anyone else knew about this game except my brothers and I back in the day lol.
    I should go play the lottery.

    • @DJDarkDarsi
      @DJDarkDarsi 2 года назад +5

      OST is like, the best part of this game, I don't think a single track misses...

  • @Goobilicous
    @Goobilicous 2 года назад +4

    I love how at 13:44 he jumped perfectly in time with the music. It was extremely satisfying.

  • @quartzofcourse
    @quartzofcourse 2 года назад +11

    Literally came back to watch this for 27:27 such an innovative game

  • @lilscranton6897
    @lilscranton6897 2 года назад +14

    i appreciate when the grayfruit endcard is in a matching style to the video game

  • @at_lark
    @at_lark 2 года назад +10

    see, zapper gets flattened in the beginning. get it? he gets flattened! under the shoe! flattened! flattened! flattened! flattened! flattened!

  • @DJDarkDarsi
    @DJDarkDarsi 2 года назад +8

    "It's like a Frogger rip off?" Noooooo, it's a Frogger Reskin, essentially. Most accurately, it's the studio doing what they know with their own IP and it's so charming.

  • @aeteno703
    @aeteno703 2 года назад +43

    I owned a copy of this game on every platform it released on.
    i never personally bought it. I think i played through the first level on each one.
    Very excited to hear someone else has played it too. I thought I’d never hear about it again

  • @sirpsycactus
    @sirpsycactus 2 года назад +40

    aw yeah, can't wait for them to play the final level where you have to climb up the same stair case that slowly builds itself literally 5 different times

  • @DerangedDurain
    @DerangedDurain 2 года назад +25

    Holy shit, I played this game when I was super young and I have literally never heard of it again until this exact moment. I didn't even remember the name so I couldn't even verify if it was real or if it was something I imagined. This video is like an archeological dig of my childhood.

  • @dankra01
    @dankra01 2 года назад +35

    10:05 holy shit. Lark's impression of Jerma is fucking amazing

    • @boatt_swag
      @boatt_swag 2 года назад +7

      I’m fairly sure that the beatboxing is edited in

    • @henryk003
      @henryk003 2 года назад +2

      if you mean the beatbox, I think it's actually sampled from Jerma

    • @nmr3081
      @nmr3081 2 года назад +2

      No its lark doing an impression

  • @appleofdoom
    @appleofdoom 2 года назад +9

    27:26 that camera shot is wild

  • @strikermodel
    @strikermodel 2 года назад +5

    I loved that reaction at the end, because I reacted right at the same time in the video. This game is a fever dream.

  • @thebadegg8937
    @thebadegg8937 2 года назад +15

    24:12 Lark at his most disgusted I’ve heard him ever

  • @0mn1prism59
    @0mn1prism59 2 года назад +7

    I thought this video was “one winged cricket” and wondered what this had to do with Sephiroth

  • @rileywells3045
    @rileywells3045 2 года назад +17

    how does this guy manage to play every game i played as a kid and thought for SURE no-one else played. If this guy uploads a video of Croc im gonna lose my shit

  • @vanderkarl3927
    @vanderkarl3927 2 года назад +5

    R.I.P Homunculus guy, could withstand acid spit but not a pulmonary embolism

  • @efence5307
    @efence5307 2 года назад +5

    No but for real tho the body flythrough is an innovative shot that more contemporary filmmakers should be taking advantage of

  • @nicolasrededeo805
    @nicolasrededeo805 2 года назад +6

    That walking egg looked uncannily like the weird walking egg thing from Sonic Dreams Collection...

  • @DARKNIGHTMARE32
    @DARKNIGHTMARE32 Год назад +1

    I never thought I'd see a gameplay of this so semi-recently, this was my jam back in the day. Great video!

  • @SomnambulistMist
    @SomnambulistMist 2 года назад +4

    I cannot get over that ending cutscene shot going through Maggie digestive track

  • @PhDPS
    @PhDPS 2 года назад +5

    DUDE I have been trying to find this game FOREVER. Thank you for pulling it from the recesses of my mind.
    BTW: Maybe I'm biased but the music in this game SLAPS.

    • @_-Lx-_
      @_-Lx-_ 2 года назад

      That Jungle level tho

  • @PixelCherries
    @PixelCherries 2 года назад +20

    Seeing a fresh lark-edited grayfruit video in my sub box never fails to make me smile.

  • @Muddytony20
    @Muddytony20 2 года назад +3

    I knew this video was going to be edited by lark just by the absolute insanity that is that thumbnail

  • @pikazooka
    @pikazooka 2 года назад +10

    My childhood dentist had this game in the waiting room. Unused to console, I mainly just died a lot but still had fun

  • @kiazokenabandoned6184
    @kiazokenabandoned6184 2 года назад +5

    The relationship between these two can make any video perfect

  • @Greasemonkey6507
    @Greasemonkey6507 2 года назад +2

    These music edits are so innovative. I absolutely adore them

  • @quaylessal2535
    @quaylessal2535 2 года назад +3

    I was just about to comment on how this entire video felt like a fever dream and then I got hit with the mouth to cloaca shot

  • @videog4me
    @videog4me 2 года назад +2

    It’s uncanny that I had only thought of this game for the first time in years the other day, and here you are with a video. That you spent a great deal of time editing. It’s strange how close it aligned

  • @williamswyers1031
    @williamswyers1031 2 года назад +3

    9:26 I'm actually scared because I thought of the EXACT scene from Toy Story 2 right before Lark said it.

  • @mortalsno4086
    @mortalsno4086 2 года назад +4

    27:27 POV you are a Taco Bell wing

  • @Spacegamer1250
    @Spacegamer1250 2 года назад +1

    Didnt realize this channel was gonna bring back a horrible memory from when I was a little kid I ran into that Russian dude with the humunculi and now the damn videos haunt my dreams now and again.

  • @pro-pain4532
    @pro-pain4532 2 года назад +16

    FRUIT FRIDAY!!!

  • @gremlinman9724
    @gremlinman9724 2 года назад +2

    lark's genuine hatred of the magpies comes in handy for once

  • @BungusThe3th
    @BungusThe3th 2 года назад +3

    This was one of the games growing up

  • @kirb707
    @kirb707 2 года назад +1

    9:25 I also immediately thought of the toy story 2 discs lmao

  • @ResonanceRetroData
    @ResonanceRetroData 2 года назад +4

    I was so 100% certain as I clicked on this that it said "One Winged Cricket" and I spent the entire video waiting for the FF7 joke to drop

  • @abysmalpillow8181
    @abysmalpillow8181 2 года назад +2

    someone seems to have vandalized the non-human video game flattenings wiki and the zapper page specifically mentions grayfruit

  • @Astrid-Palumbo
    @Astrid-Palumbo 2 года назад +9

    i remember this game as a kid, god its way more gruesome than i remembered

    • @yv70bnomemes
      @yv70bnomemes 4 месяца назад

      Relatable (i played it literal ages after it was made)

  • @gurumanlives4231
    @gurumanlives4231 2 года назад +1

    You have awakened some ancient memories long since forgotten in me. I PLAYED THE SHIT OUT IF THIS GAME WHEN I WAS A WEE LAD. I remember I sucked ass at it though, and probably never made it very far.

  • @roscoejustros
    @roscoejustros 2 года назад +4

    5:50 The guy they were talking about is dead no joke

  • @Bottom_Hat
    @Bottom_Hat 2 года назад +17

    That ending cutscene caught me so off guard
    What were they on when they made this?

  • @athirdofkansas
    @athirdofkansas 2 года назад

    I loved this game as a kid! It's such a blast watching you two goof around on it literally decades later.

  • @TheOrangeBanjo
    @TheOrangeBanjo 2 года назад +6

    Oh shiiiiit! I played this game ALL the time as a kid! Hell yeah, now I just need him to play Scaler.

  • @Hopper_Arts
    @Hopper_Arts 2 года назад +4

    When Lark edits a video YOU CAN TELL

  • @rubberrock424
    @rubberrock424 2 года назад +3

    The scenario with this game and Rollercoaster Tycoon being at his Grandma’s is almost the exact same situation as me. My cousin had games at my grandparents which included Rollercoaster Tycoon 3, and Zapper, and I played this game so often when I’d come over.
    Did you also grow up watching Elmo in Grouchland?

  • @plxlnnt
    @plxlnnt 2 года назад +2

    read the title as one winged cricket and now i want sephiroth playing cricket

  • @Gabri_Lovecraft
    @Gabri_Lovecraft 2 года назад +1

    I could literally tell Lark edited this from the thumbnail. I love it. Never change.

  • @RodrigoTheHappyDog
    @RodrigoTheHappyDog 2 года назад +1

    I had a disc of this as a child, and after it got lost and I couldn't remember the name, I spent years trying to prove it existed. I had pretty much the same experience as Lark but with 10+ years of mandela effect added in.

  • @PressRToZeus
    @PressRToZeus 2 года назад +1

    Watched the vod of this and happy to see it on the main channel

  • @pkbreezy2473
    @pkbreezy2473 2 года назад +3

    I played so much fucking zapper on the ps2 when I was a kid and forgot about it until 13 years later when y’all released this, I was taken back in time with explosive force my brain is reeling 😭 I always thought the secret platforms were akin to the toy story 2 scene with Buzz as well, it’s so funny to have my brain picked by two dudes just fuckin around on an old ass game. Good stuff as always lads 💕

  • @FlippinEgg
    @FlippinEgg 2 года назад +3

    update to my previous comment: i downloaded this game and played it and now whenever i see a cricket i am filled with a violent rage. i did not enjoy my Zapper: One Wicked Cricket experience

  • @lrgogo1517
    @lrgogo1517 2 года назад +2

    Gf and Lark's reaction to the ending cutscene sounds about how that one image of Nostalgia Critic with his jaw dropped looks

  • @BakaTaco
    @BakaTaco 2 года назад

    This game keeps randomly coming back into my head, after playing it to death as a little kid.
    I now find that Grayfruit played it, and I just think it's amazing that there IS people who know about this strange but fun game.

  • @SmithMcBacon
    @SmithMcBacon 2 года назад +1

    Oh man, this game
    I had this on Xbox and it gave me nightmares when I was a child.
    I remember selling it to a used game store soon after.
    I kinda hate that I'm feeling nostalgia for this game just from this video.
    Thanks for bringing these nightmares back, boys :)

  • @theman6422
    @theman6422 7 месяцев назад

    NO FRICKING WAY THAT DEEP CUT TO THE BUZZ LIGHTYEAR THING REMINDS ME OF WHEN I PLAYED A TOY STORY GAME THAT HAS A WHOLE CAMPAIGN WITH BUZZ FIGHTING ZURG AND THAT GAME WAS MY FAVORITE GAME EVER

  • @electrix_panadal00
    @electrix_panadal00 2 года назад +1

    Blitz Games used to make the modern Frogger games back in the GCN Era and Zapper was originally going to be a Frogger game, hence the similar gameplay.

  • @psychicjellyfish9466
    @psychicjellyfish9466 2 года назад +9

    I read the title as “One Winged Cricket”
    Do with that what you will.

  • @superantiguy4347
    @superantiguy4347 2 года назад

    This hit me right in the nostalgia, played this allot as a kid and man this brings me BACK I remeber spending lots of time messing around with his face

  • @turngold6880
    @turngold6880 2 года назад +10

    the russian guy in the video kills the homonculus with a russian-chinese dictionary. Hope this helps

  • @Czar_Khasm
    @Czar_Khasm 2 года назад +5

    I have no idea what this game is, but it can only be good with a thumbnail like that

  • @VinceMouse
    @VinceMouse 2 года назад +2

    "It's a weird 3D Frogger game."
    But not like the actual 3D Frogger game where he gets a SWORD.

  • @Curiacity
    @Curiacity 2 года назад +1

    the use of Miserere in the wiki bit was top notch

  • @thesebadseeds
    @thesebadseeds 2 года назад +2

    The OST is off the chain.

  • @patrickstarbed
    @patrickstarbed 2 года назад +2

    this should've been Zapper: One Winged Cricket!

  • @theultimatetrashman887
    @theultimatetrashman887 2 года назад +2

    27:26 the most fucked up moment of this crazy videogame.

  • @Ozdical
    @Ozdical Год назад

    I legit think ive watched it like a thousand times its such a comfort video and i can recite iconic lines from it like its a cult classic movie
    Until recently i thought this video had like 1 mil views thats how entertaining this video is to me

  • @DhiccTick
    @DhiccTick 2 года назад

    I was thinking about this game last week and for the life of me could not remember anything about it, thank you for this

  • @zachywatcher2312
    @zachywatcher2312 2 года назад +2

    9:20 YESSSS I WAS THINKING THE SAME THING

  • @Keda1999
    @Keda1999 2 года назад

    I remeber this game from my youth. One of my earliest memories was playing this but I never knew the name. For years I thought about it off and on and then Grayfruit just decides to casually drop this vid on me!

  • @TheMenMenM
    @TheMenMenM 2 года назад

    I remember playing this game! I pulled it out of an old box yesterday, very coincidental that I see this video in my feed.

  • @Fresh_Knight
    @Fresh_Knight 2 года назад

    I saw the vod thumbnail and was like “this will 100% be a video I’ll just wait”

  • @joshuaseitler6003
    @joshuaseitler6003 3 месяца назад

    I kept thinking you were saying Zapper 1: Wicked Cricket, as if they had predetermined from the start to make sequels of this insanity.

  • @rainbowsparkle122
    @rainbowsparkle122 Год назад +1

    was i the only one who saw the title and thought it said zapper one winged cricket? like one winged angel not like a cricket who lost one of its wings

  • @DJDarkDarsi
    @DJDarkDarsi 2 года назад +2

    The Death Animations in this game are so brutal and good!

    • @yv70bnomemes
      @yv70bnomemes 4 месяца назад +1

      Specialy the one that cuts zapper in half

  • @chrissalsop6673
    @chrissalsop6673 10 месяцев назад +4

    can you imagine if, when geese howard falls off the tower at the end of fatal fury, there's a shot that goes through his mouth and out of his ass

  • @Onlinowiec1
    @Onlinowiec1 2 года назад +1

    That outro cutscene part... Holy hell 0.0

    • @yv70bnomemes
      @yv70bnomemes 4 месяца назад

      Im glad i dint pass canopy heights when i played this in like 2015