I remember when my mom found a book of HR Geiger out in my brother's room and FLIIIIIIPPPEED OUUUUUUT. She was convinced he was in some satan-worshipping cult.
Binge-watched PeanutButterGamer. Then clicked on Roses-video for a change. The first thing i hear is the voice of PBG... You can't escape the force that is PeanutButterGamer.
"I'm gonna sell you a mansion for ten grand." "Ten Grand did it burn down, needs millions in back taxes?" "Nope nothing owed, fully intact, and furnished." "Cool got any pictures?" "You can't see it." "What?" "You can't see it, or know who lived there, or anything about it really." "Why would I agree to this?" "It's a multi million dollar mansion for ten grand." "Sold."
I remember having a bizarre dream of Dark Seed III after playing both these games in a row. It had Jack from the second game as the main character and beating the last Ancient in order to save both the dark world and earth once and for all. The most bizarre thing wasn't the surreal imagery or events, but the fact it somehow actually tied up the story in a way that makes sense!
I like how in the 80's and 90's any old scrub could apparently just go off and buy a mansion. Sure maybe only haunted/demonic but what ever in 2020 that can barely even be considered a negative.
That Gametrailers countdown is where I learned the existence of this game as well. Never got my hands on it. Seen the intro for sequel and I expect nothing short of greatness.
I think it's funny that Roses and PBG found this game the exact same way, then eventually played it, and have gone through the rest of existence ignoring our requests to play the second one. Sounds like kismet.
I would love for there to be a proper survival-horror game where you’re on a fully realized H.R. Giger inspired world fighting biomechanoid nightmares. Resident Evil meets Dark Seed essentially. Scorn is the next best thing if it ever comes out, but it doesn’t fully utilize Giger’s style like Dark Seed does.
I did not find Mr. Dawson's mustache to be anything too special. I mean, he's no Stalin. But oh! That is one majestic mullet! Now THAT thing is impressive!
This game was extremely scary and unsettling growing up with this game. The art on the back of the jewel case had unsettling imagery and you were never sure when or if you had to fight monsters. It was the sense of dread with the amazing, but creepy art that made it one of the scariest games of all time. They weren't wrong. This is one of my favorite games of all time, besides Daggerfall.
Yes but what can u expect from a millenial that was 7-years-old when DarkSeed came out; she just got the game out of a list of vintage D.O.S. games; I guess she'll have to watch a 10 year old in 2030 making fun of her picachu or whatever sillly game she played as a kid
I grew up playing this game - it was the only adventure game we had on my old computer. I totally understand why I could never finish it now and feel way better about never getting through it, lol. Fun fact: my dad looked EXACTLY like the lead character. That might have been why he bought it in the first place, actually
God, my dad picked Darkseed up back in the day, and it pissed us right the hell off. The lack of any guidance on what to do was brutal, especially with the time limit of 3 days. And maybe it was something with it being a bit of an old game and clock speeds, but we couldn't head to town and get back before night fell and we instantly died for being outside at night.
PushingUpRoses, I'm really glad I stumbled across your channel while looking up the Residents last week. Your reviews are really well put together and funny. I'm also fairly ignorant of old PC games, so your game choices always interest me.
Back in the day, before the internet, playing this was scary (especially in the beginning of the game) because you didn't know what you were going up against, especially since all you saw were 3 hard to see screen shots on the back of the jewel case. It felt more like psychological horror and it was TERRIFYING back in the day.
Great review! Thanks for mentioning the programming books. I kept hearing Mike Dawson's name and thinking, "Where have I heard that name?!". I actually have a bunch of his books and they're still really great for beginners!
this game was super scary to me as a kid. unfortunately it was incredibly unstable on my P133 so I was never able to beat it. Also, I loved how empty the town was. It had a Twin Peaks vibe where everything felt superficially nice but was really just a mask for darker things.
> It's only a rumour that he may have had a mental breakdown after the completion of this game > Wrote episodes for a TV show featuring Urkel after the development of Darkseed *Both statements can't be true*
These aliens obviously came to earth to learn the secrets of the mullet. Why else would they choose to "impregnate" Mike Dawson, and why else would there be a barbershop so prominently featured..?
C'mon Roses. Do a let's play of Dark Seed 2 with PBG! "HAH You missed pal!" "Mom hates it when I leave the toilet seat up, but it's my way of rebelling against the system. (FIGHT DA POWAH!)" "I'm just gonna relax and water my lawn for the next week or two. *cue Banjo Kazooie music*" "This will explain everything... SPLAT!"
lol this channel is great. You've taken all these adventure games I've seen and thought were interesting, played them, and found them to be flawed crap. Thanks for spending the time so I don't have to!
Great review, I was too young to remember all these games coming out (case in point I was born in '92) so it's awesome to see them now and have someone talk about them. Makes me feel like I was there, y'know? (also, those earrings...I have a mighty need to obtain them)
I remember that top 10 list as well. It was also the first time I've heard about this game. Still haven't played it though. But anyways, I've been binging your videos and I've been finding them fantastic. The way you talk about the games really captures my attention. Keep doing this awesome work.
I played this game hours and hours when I was teen and I really loved it. I remember that I was stucked in the game for several weeks just because I didn't notice a pin on the floor that I needed to unlock semething. I don't know if I would have the patience to do it again but I have a lot of souvenirs of it :-)
I went to get replacement copies for this game on Amiga to the store 5 times because of faulty diskettes and then never played it. I still have it and the box is quite beautiful.
I remember getting this for the Amiga when I was a teenager and it creeping me out. Didn't play it much for that reason (I'm a coward) and it's general clunkiness.. Also time limits have no place in the world of point'n'click.
Hi Roses, As someone who played PC games in my childhood, I would love to see you talk about Clue, Under a Killing Moon, and/or Bladerunner. All great games!
Imagine you stumble across this game in a store in 1992 and buy it because cool box art. Then get whatever wacky thing imaginatively served up by developers who made whatever they wanted. I miss those times.
I first saw this game when I was 6 or 7 years old while my dad played it. Scared me quite a lot, the presentation obviously hadn't aged all that much and the glitches etc were sorta par for the course at that time (early 90's?). I had no idea who Giger was at that age, but I knew the game kinda reminded me of Alien. What scared me was obviously the art, music and the fact that events take place on a timer. The ticking clock sorta thing with all of the sinister goings on outside of the players permission and all of the ambiguity was unsettling. I think my dad hated it and wouldn't play it again when I asked him to. I think it defined an aspect of what I still seek out in horror to this day, though I realise in retrospect it kinda sucked. The creepy atmosphere and the ambiguity of the threat but ever present sense of danger is what intrigued me so much.
I had this game but I couldn't play it because my Tandy 1000 couldn't push it. I gave it to a friend of mine to see what he thought, he never spoke to me again. I think he thought I was making fun of him. Great video, Keep em, coming.
The design and atmosphere of this game was really intriguing, but so unforgiving having to do certain things at certain times. Never played Darkseed 2 but maybe that's a good thing...?
I saw that same episode GT Countdown. I gotta admit, seeing it on the list freaked me out a bit. Seeing this......I think it was only scary because of the music they played and the images they showed. I wonder if the non-dos version was better.
seem like there somethin inherently mad creepy n disturbing about most of these kinda point-&-click DOS games, as if built in to they very technical & aesthetic limitations (ie the perpetually awkward controls, the tinny synth muzak, the uncanny valleyesque character designs, etc) all these games jus scream *WRONG* lol
![I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream - Game Review [PC]](/img/1.gif)
What a quaint little channel with a little bit of everything for day to day gaming.
+SpacemanMitch You forgot the *DINK*
+Mihály Kobela what a quaint comment
Dragoon-BB with a little bit of everything for day to day complaining *DINK*
the channel seems somehow out of time, like a relic of a dark past . . . or perhaps a dark future
What a quaint little RUclips user with a charming little horse meme as their pic
I did a cameo voice for this!
Love the video, Sarah! One of these days we'll finally play DS2. ;)
+PeanutButterGamer I'm "looking forward to it" per se. ;)
+PushingUpRoses I'm ready for some more "scarrrry penises" You could say, I'M EXCITED O_O
Yay
+PeanutButterGamer YOU HAAAAAAAAVE TO
+PeanutButterGamer AT LAST :D
I remember when my mom found a book of HR Geiger out in my brother's room and FLIIIIIIPPPEED OUUUUUUT. She was convinced he was in some satan-worshipping cult.
Binge-watched PeanutButterGamer. Then clicked on Roses-video for a change. The first thing i hear is the voice of PBG...
You can't escape the force that is PeanutButterGamer.
"I'm gonna sell you a mansion for ten grand." "Ten Grand did it burn down, needs millions in back taxes?" "Nope nothing owed, fully intact, and furnished." "Cool got any pictures?" "You can't see it." "What?" "You can't see it, or know who lived there, or anything about it really." "Why would I agree to this?" "It's a multi million dollar mansion for ten grand." "Sold."
I remember having a bizarre dream of Dark Seed III after playing both these games in a row. It had Jack from the second game as the main character and beating the last Ancient in order to save both the dark world and earth once and for all.
The most bizarre thing wasn't the surreal imagery or events, but the fact it somehow actually tied up the story in a way that makes sense!
Did Mrs Dawson's head exploding not explain everything...?
I like how in the 80's and 90's any old scrub could apparently just go off and buy a mansion. Sure maybe only haunted/demonic but what ever in 2020 that can barely even be considered a negative.
That Gametrailers countdown is where I learned the existence of this game as well. Never got my hands on it. Seen the intro for sequel and I expect nothing short of greatness.
"I have a monster headache"... Burt Reynolds had a few too many happy shandies last night.
Oh man, that GameTrailers video... Brought so many great games to my attention. (At least Eternal Darkness, System Shock 2 and RE:make.)
I think it's funny that Roses and PBG found this game the exact same way, then eventually played it, and have gone through the rest of existence ignoring our requests to play the second one. Sounds like kismet.
Dark Star He did a review, but we're looking for him and Roses to do a full LP.
H.R. Giger!!!! Mike Dawson the games programmer wrote a game design textbook I read. I loved the box art. Very interesting game. Loved it.
I would love for there to be a proper survival-horror game where you’re on a fully realized H.R. Giger inspired world fighting biomechanoid nightmares. Resident Evil meets Dark Seed essentially. Scorn is the next best thing if it ever comes out, but it doesn’t fully utilize Giger’s style like Dark Seed does.
I still can't believe this game made Gametrailers' Scariest Games list. Art is still magical, but man this didn't age well.
I did not find Mr. Dawson's mustache to be anything too special. I mean, he's no Stalin. But oh! That is one majestic mullet! Now THAT thing is impressive!
Solid snake approves
This game was extremely scary and unsettling growing up with this game. The art on the back of the jewel case had unsettling imagery and you were never sure when or if you had to fight monsters. It was the sense of dread with the amazing, but creepy art that made it one of the scariest games of all time. They weren't wrong. This is one of my favorite games of all time, besides Daggerfall.
Yes but what can u expect from a millenial that was 7-years-old when DarkSeed came out; she just got the game out of a list of vintage D.O.S. games; I guess she'll have to watch a 10 year old in 2030 making fun of her picachu or whatever sillly game she played as a kid
@@alerey4363 God bless you for commenting :D
I grew up playing this game - it was the only adventure game we had on my old computer. I totally understand why I could never finish it now and feel way better about never getting through it, lol.
Fun fact: my dad looked EXACTLY like the lead character. That might have been why he bought it in the first place, actually
God, my dad picked Darkseed up back in the day, and it pissed us right the hell off. The lack of any guidance on what to do was brutal, especially with the time limit of 3 days. And maybe it was something with it being a bit of an old game and clock speeds, but we couldn't head to town and get back before night fell and we instantly died for being outside at night.
PushingUpRoses, I'm really glad I stumbled across your channel while looking up the Residents last week. Your reviews are really well put together and funny. I'm also fairly ignorant of old PC games, so your game choices always interest me.
+DinosaurBand I am so glad. :)
Back in the day, before the internet, playing this was scary (especially in the beginning of the game) because you didn't know what you were going up against, especially since all you saw were 3 hard to see screen shots on the back of the jewel case. It felt more like psychological horror and it was TERRIFYING back in the day.
Great review! Thanks for mentioning the programming books. I kept hearing Mike Dawson's name and thinking, "Where have I heard that name?!". I actually have a bunch of his books and they're still really great for beginners!
8:35 - one of the top 10 scariest games.... I can tell you that as an 11 year old playing this back when it was new - it was very scary...
Was going to comment this played it at 10 the floppy version(no voice) def scary
this game was super scary to me as a kid. unfortunately it was incredibly unstable on my P133 so I was never able to beat it. Also, I loved how empty the town was. It had a Twin Peaks vibe where everything felt superficially nice but was really just a mask for darker things.
Those ear rings are awesome, Roses!
> It's only a rumour that he may have had a mental breakdown after the completion of this game
> Wrote episodes for a TV show featuring Urkel after the development of Darkseed
*Both statements can't be true*
Great review as ever Roses. I will give the game credit, it's what got me into HR Giger's artwork.
These aliens obviously came to earth to learn the secrets of the mullet. Why else would they choose to "impregnate" Mike Dawson, and why else would there be a barbershop so prominently featured..?
Best earrings ever!
I still love this game, brilliant graphics and atmosphere
Was not expecting PBG's cameo I love that!
C'mon Roses. Do a let's play of Dark Seed 2 with PBG!
"HAH You missed pal!"
"Mom hates it when I leave the toilet seat up, but it's my way of rebelling against the system. (FIGHT DA POWAH!)"
"I'm just gonna relax and water my lawn for the next week or two. *cue Banjo Kazooie music*"
"This will explain everything... SPLAT!"
lol this channel is great. You've taken all these adventure games I've seen and thought were interesting, played them, and found them to be flawed crap. Thanks for spending the time so I don't have to!
Great review, I was too young to remember all these games coming out (case in point I was born in '92) so it's awesome to see them now and have someone talk about them. Makes me feel like I was there, y'know?
(also, those earrings...I have a mighty need to obtain them)
the retsupurae video of darkseed 1 & 2 is an internet must.
+hploveshack99 Was the first thing I thought about when I saw the title to this video.
+hploveshack99 Indeed. Too bad Darkseed 2 is like 10 hours long, that one is a gem.
"Oh no, the Hall of Death! The only way out of here is death!"
+Marcus Alexandre Leitão Guedes Nothing will beat "Dear Mike, this will explain everything!"
littleNorwegians "She would be beautiful if her flesh was not decaying,"
+hploveshack99 "I don't think Ik and Uk are going to molest me anymore."
WHERE DID YOU LEARN TO FLY? WHERE DID YOU LEARN TO FLY? WHERE DID LEARN TO FLY?
This is one of my favorite games from back in the day..Thanks for covering it!!
Those are some awesome earrings.
I loved that GT video. I've watched it many times, and it's strongly influenced my horror queue.
I remember that top 10 list as well. It was also the first time I've heard about this game. Still haven't played it though. But anyways, I've been binging your videos and I've been finding them fantastic. The way you talk about the games really captures my attention. Keep doing this awesome work.
I played this game hours and hours when I was teen and I really loved it.
I remember that I was stucked in the game for several weeks just because I didn't notice a pin on the floor that I needed to unlock semething.
I don't know if I would have the patience to do it again but I have a lot of souvenirs of it :-)
I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream is the game that deserved HR Giger's art, not this.
"DOS is Boss" oh man its been a forever since I heard that. Took me back. LOL Great video.
Mike "Monster Headache" Dawson vs. Steve "Kidder" Mason! *FIGHT!*
Let's play darkseed 2 pur and PBG this Halloween
Aaaaand now I want to play Zork.
I am a huge Giger fan. this was a game I played and agreed and laughed with you... awesome potential ...
Meanwhile Retsuprae finished this and it's sequel. I hope you love Ring Toss.
“What a lovely day to sit on a balcony and watch the clouds go by!”
*tinny old game music*
“AAARRGGGHHH!”
Love this vid. Got me laughing at the start. The PBG voice cameo but "dat glitch tho.."
I went to get replacement copies for this game on Amiga to the store 5 times because of faulty diskettes and then never played it. I still have it and the box is quite beautiful.
The sound budget was 5 bucks, they put it all into the graphics hehe
I remember getting this for the Amiga when I was a teenager and it creeping me out. Didn't play it much for that reason (I'm a coward) and it's general clunkiness.. Also time limits have no place in the world of point'n'click.
The playthrough with PBG is how I discovered PUR! Man, time flies...
The disclaimer sounded oddly like PBG...
I think it was.😺
+DeSo It was.
He did a playthrough of this game with pushinguproses
Brendogthewizkid :D Yeah! I saw some of that. Unfortunately the audio mixing was pretty bad in the first episode so I never watched the whole thing...
+DeSo went thru the comments just to know i wasn't the only one hearing it lmao thank you
I really prefer the whimpering loser version of Mike Dawson in the second game who lives with his mom and doesn't have .20 cents to use a pay phone.
+exiledPostman Hey it's the guy from the retsupurae comments!
Hey ya missed pal!
DOS is BOSS
I found you and I've been binge watching your videos. I really enjoy your content! Keep up the great work 👍!
Wow. I've been subscribed to this channel for a while; I remember the Let's Play!
The omelet comment had me dying! Definitely one of my favorite videos, Roses!
Hi Roses,
As someone who played PC games in my childhood, I would love to see you talk about Clue, Under a Killing Moon, and/or Bladerunner. All great games!
Loved this game back in the day. It was super creepy. I got it on an old BBS if I recall, or perhaps a game swap with a buddy.
Epic plugs, love em.
I remember playing this game on DOS back in the day. I really actually had fun with it.
alien sounds like ripley!
Oh, delightful cheesy adventure goodness!
Finally!!! I have always wanted to see roses do this one :)
You need to just list the lipstick you have on each video. They all look great.
I played this game...a year? after it came out. I loved it...mostly for the artwork.
This game deserves a modern day 'survival horror' re-imagining ^_^
Imagine you stumble across this game in a store in 1992 and buy it because cool box art. Then get whatever wacky thing imaginatively served up by developers who made whatever they wanted. I miss those times.
What a quaint general review with a little bit of everything for day to day existence. (DINK!)
I first saw this game when I was 6 or 7 years old while my dad played it. Scared me quite a lot, the presentation obviously hadn't aged all that much and the glitches etc were sorta par for the course at that time (early 90's?).
I had no idea who Giger was at that age, but I knew the game kinda reminded me of Alien.
What scared me was obviously the art, music and the fact that events take place on a timer. The ticking clock sorta thing with all of the sinister goings on outside of the players permission and all of the ambiguity was unsettling.
I think my dad hated it and wouldn't play it again when I asked him to.
I think it defined an aspect of what I still seek out in horror to this day, though I realise in retrospect it kinda sucked. The creepy atmosphere and the ambiguity of the threat but ever present sense of danger is what intrigued me so much.
I had this game but I couldn't play it because my Tandy 1000 couldn't push it. I gave it to a friend of mine to see what he thought, he never spoke to me again. I think he thought I was making fun of him. Great video, Keep em, coming.
Great review! I love how silly darkseed is. Also LOVE your earrings
I loved this game so much growing up. Then the matrix came out with the exact same story!
The design and atmosphere of this game was really intriguing, but so unforgiving having to do certain things at certain times. Never played Darkseed 2 but maybe that's a good thing...?
lol, I saw first saw this game from that game trailers countdown to. I didn't seem to live up to the hype but at least THE BATTERY STILL WORKS!
Amiga version had the best music, very creepy and atmospheric sounding.
But overall the best version was on Mac.
What a quaint little quaint with a little bit of quaint for day to day quaint
That music still haunts my dreams.
This is why the most most important transaction of your life deserves the expertise of a realtor.
I saw that same episode GT Countdown. I gotta admit, seeing it on the list freaked me out a bit. Seeing this......I think it was only scary because of the music they played and the images they showed. I wonder if the non-dos version was better.
When will you be able to review Dark Seed 2?
I wonder if we can get a remake of this boosting up the narrative and graphics and reusing Giger's art.
8:50 Too Funny. LMAO.
I first heard about the game from that old GT video too! That's really funny.
Well thats made my Friday, finding an intelligent witty funny real deal been there done that reviewer...Yay for you!..Thanks .
is that pbg at the beginning?
I am always slightly unsettled by the fact that Mike looks scarily like my father with a ridiculous mullet.
(Also, i'm expecting a lot of comments asking about you and PBG playing Darkseed 2.)
This game definitely had a charm about it back in the 90's. Oh how I miss old PC gaming!
Oh yes, I remember seeing Austins review on this a while back, I was really interested in it.
seem like there somethin inherently mad creepy n disturbing about most of these kinda point-&-click DOS games, as if built in to they very technical & aesthetic limitations (ie the perpetually awkward controls, the tinny synth muzak, the uncanny valleyesque character designs, etc) all these games jus scream *WRONG* lol
'Hey, you missed pal.'
I bought this game secondhand in the mid-to-late 90s ;)
Awesome awesome experience . . once I got it to work . .
WHOA!!!!
Did Peanut Butter Gamer do the intro?!
Here PushingUpRoses, this will explain everything!
as well as korns lead korn lead singers mike stand
I loved this game as a kid!
Clearly, scary is subjective, because Darkseed has always given me chills like nothing else... ._.
;+Toa of Animation That it is. :)
8:39 Zombie MJ from the Thriller music video?