Just how many of these titles were yours back in the day? I know I had QUITE a few! Really hope that you enjoyed this one, folks -- it's been a big old ride for sure. :)
Up until around 1991 If Ocean licensed it I was getting it on either Speccy. C64 or Amiga (I changed systems quite rapidly back then (thankfully Highlander was an exception - never had it). I remember having Robocop on the speccy +2 and LOVING it (one of my fave games of all time happens to be for my favourite movie of all time) and despite warnings from friends to avoid the C64 version when I moved to the reliable old grey bread bin I went and got it. Result? Driving myself to rage insanity being unable to complete the drug factory level. By the way did anyone prefer Superchamps on Channel 4 to Run The Guantlet?
only one. platoon. strange considering that as a kid i really liked a lot of movie licensed games like jaws, friday the 13th and top gun for the nes. and great video, as always.
Interesting point about Robocop. Ocean Software managed to nab the licence so quickly that Data East had to licence the rights to make the game from Ocean (Hence why there is an Ocean reference in the arcade game). But then Data East designed and released the game and Ocean simply adapted that design to the home computers, taking out most of the hard work of design. How smart and cheeky was that??? :D
*R.I.P. Spectrum Games/Ocean Software Co-Founder David Ward, 1947-2022* (His passing was announced by his son Ben on 9 May, just three days after this video was posted)
I worked on the SNES version of Mission Impossible. It was like Flashback. Rotoscoped sprites. It was being developed at Merit Studios. There was a top down speed boat section which used the Micro machines engine. All the sprites for the overhead section were pre rendered . I just remember some big arguments and apparently someone walked out with a hard drive.
I don't think she realises how good the pacing of these long form videos are. These deserve to be picked up by a TV network or commercial streaming service.
Now, after your [frankly, quite baffling] video on my boy, Top Hat Gaming Man, this is a very welcome video and return to form. Yeah, I know, chronologically I'm all over the place, but damn! Your content is really fuckin good my brother!
Just come by to say I've been subbed to you for years kim and to this day you remain the best damn content creator on the platform. The pure effort you put into these videos and docs is simply unmatched. It's always a good day when a Kim Justice video pops up on my inbox. Really hope things are going a little better for you at the moment. Keep up the amazing work 👌
Also worth mentioning that Lothar Matthaus: Die Interaktive Fusball Simulation it's just the German title of European Champions! (Which was also released as Olympique De Marseille Super Football in France and I believe it also got a different licensed title in Italy). And what most people fail to mention, this is a SERIES of Football games, this is the sequel to the much beloved Emlyn Hughes International Soccer, and it got another sequel under the name of Wembley International Soccer. European Champions is IMO the most underrated football game on Amiga (maybe even more than Sierra Soccer?). This game has 2 camera options, 3 different ways to pass/shoot the ball, some real tight controls, up to 1 minute replays.... and it played incredibly well and it was really fun to play. I'm always surprised how this game barely gets any love while Emlyn Hughes International Soccer is always very well rated since this is basically an EVOLUTION of Emlyn Hughes International Soccer. It was done by the very same coder and if you put the Amiga version of Emlyn Hughes International Soccer side by side with European Champions, you'll see it has basically the same sound effects and a lot of the graphics are similar too.
I’m a huge fan of these videos. I can’t imagine how much time you have to put into making these but I thank you from the bottom of my heart my friend. 💪
So sorry for your recent loss Kim. I’ve been subbed to you for years and I just feel I have to say your quality of your videos have been constantly awesome for years. You should have a million plus subs. Thanks for entertaining me for all these years 👍
Thank you. This is the first time I watch you. I was never particularly knowledgeable about Ocean, but I have found memories of this logo, and always wondered but never had an easy way to learn more. Your dedication is fantastic, and I loved the execution.
You have REALLY outdone yerself with this. What an absolute joy to watch. I was only talking to my brother about the Ocean games the other day, and how we loved their awesome, slick logo, and the utterly amazing various loading screen themes. Id no idea that "V" was translated to a game either! But the likes of Platoon, Rambo 2 and many others are always in memory. This video was a Stone Cold Stunner, thank you.
Fabulous video! As an 80’s gamer I always felt that Ocean were more “premier” due to their box art, bigger budgets and huge multi page adverts in all the mags (Zzap 64 was always filled with glossy ads for the latest movie tie-in). The biggest thing for me was when “Bat-mania” kicked in and the licensed movie game was storming (especially on Amiga!), and suddenly Ocean seemed to be getting all the big coin op conversions and cool licenses….keep these vids coming chap, they are such a pleasure to watch!
Frankie goes to Hollywood was sooo good. The packaging was perfect, and although I had no idea what I was doing, I didn't care because it was so addictive, original and playable. The side missions were great too.
Great video! The classic Ocean licenced game formula (when done well) as you say starting from Platoon onwards was arguably the perfect way to adapt a movie: take three to four iconic scenes from the film, turn them into 'mini-games', and you're sweet. Growing up I always knew what I was getting from an Ocean licenced title would be variety. That isn't to say they could do no wrong, obvs the mini-games had to be fun, but I knew if I hated one part of the game maybe one of the other parts would still be fun. My top would be the driving section in the Amiga/ST version of Batman The Movie -- the worst part for me was having to play through the platform/run and gun level to get to it. Not that the platform level was bad, but a non-linear ability to skip to the car bit without cheat codes would be welcome! But yeah. Always knew when you bought an Ocean Software licenced game you were basically buying 3 or 4 individual games combined under one licence, really.
What an amazing retrospective. This was thorough, nicely paced and a BIG trip down memory lane. Waiting for the Ocean tie-ins was a big part of owning a 'micro' back in the day and, unlike with US Gold, I was usually happy with an Ocean game. Thanks Kim. This was one of your best.
What a fantastic, detailed look at every Ocean licensed game. And tons of systems too! Had bin bags full of snapped, smashed broken Joysticks! Like a breakers scrap yard for 🕹 A top quality video!
The ads for nightbreed were amazing! For years, it was my only knowledge of franchise. The only reason I ever watched the movie, decades later, was because I remembered the game ads from game mags.
Fantastic video. Congratulations! Just one small correction... Ocean's last Amstrad CPC game was the Addams Family (not Hudson Hawk), which was really good but perhaps a little too difficult. It even had a specially made demo released on the cover of Amstrad Action magazine (June 1992).
I couldn't help but laugh when I saw 'Tai-Pan'... As a kid, I remember being confused by the 'Lady's House'; "You emerge physically tired, but happy." XD
You created an absolute gem of a video! Had seen one/two videos of yours in the past but this one has surpassed them all in each and every way.- You have one extra subscriber in me Kim Justice. By the way, what a weird coincidence that just today David Ward (co-founder of OCEAN) died... May he rest in peace.
Special mention too, for the Platoon C64 soundtrack. Stunning, dark, atmospheric and each level is best represented with ideal fitted sounds. The "Tunnels" level in particular, is stunning. The game all the same was bastard hard. It was nigh on impossible to make out the tripwires that constantly caught you out as you tried to memorize the maze like jungle in level 1.
Words fail me on how well kim presents her videos...informative & with fantastic commentary, absolutely loved this 2 hour+ classic! Thanks very much Kim.
Incredible work. One funny bit to compliment the Robocop bugginess --> Batman: The Movie, on the C64, shipped initially with the Axis Chemical plant (first level) impossible to pass, at least in NTSC. This was even worse than Robocop. We tried to pass it for months until the local software house told us it was a bug and exchanged our box for one with a "v1.1" sticker, with a fixed first level.
I have very fond nostalgic memories of the Gameboy version of Navy Seals. Admittedly this is largely because of the absolutely kickass title music, which I could hear you using in the background even when you were discussing the other versions. It's one of the best bits of music on the Gameboy, which is actually quite an accomplishment given what wonders some developers were able to accomplish with that tiny sound chip.
Thoroughly enjoyable video again Kim! Very nice to get a complete picture of the licensing history of Ocean, as that was seemingly their forte back in the 80s at least. Maybe the word "seemingly" should be emphasized, as it was almost always hit and miss for various reasons and releasing unfinished games is indeed beyond shameful but hey, there were gems too! And they did some pretty fine Gameboy titles indeed, like the Super Hunchback game they made for the system, which is very competently programmed.
So, I have been thinking about it for about 2 years now. You are my favorite Britgamertuber. Thank you Kim!!! I love you and your content! please MORE RIPPING BASS GUITAR VIDEOS!!!!!!!
The main thing I remember about Jurassic Park: The Chaos Continues is the large number of weapons you have available. Non-lethal tasers and tranq darts to use on dinos (because they are precious and expensive and killing too many of them ends the game). But human enemies? Fuck 'em up with a Mac-10 :D Their lives aren't worth shit to InGen
Incredible work Kim, phenomenal. Your dedication to your craft and subject put literally every other retro RUclipsr to shame. Thank you for everything you do.
Fantastic video, a wonderful trip down memory lane. I used to love Bruce Lee on my ZX Spectrum and had totally forgotten about it until watching this. Great job!
Remember getting Platoon on the Amstrad as a kid, from WHSmith in Altrincham, Manchester. Free poster and a cassette of Smokey Robinson’s Tracks of my Tears. Could never get off the first level!!
I had Robocop on the Spectrum +3 and remember clearly that one of the faces you had to match on one of the stages wouldn’t accept the correct match. So your only way to pass that stage was if you were lucky enough to get asked to match one of the faces that did accept the correct match properly
Nah, I finished it thousands of times, it's one of the easiest games going. But there are a couple of photofit pieces that differ only by about two pixels so they can look right but not work. Once you learn how to spot them though the photofit is trivial to complete.
@@andyc8257 oh yeah I beat the game many times as well - it was just that it seemed to me the Photo fit section had a bug - so interesting to here that there were 2 almost identical ones my 8 year old self must have been to impatient to check correctly 😂
Always came across your channel and never gave it a fair shake until now. Your content is now consuming my entire weekend, which is just as well, it's winter and I don't feel like doing anything else.
Ocean almost released a licensed game weekly on AMIGA. lol Anyway. Ocean had several of the best music composers in gaming history ever. Ocean is one of the most famous for game music of them all last 40 years.
@@drunkensailor112 Yep. Joe Dunn made that one. Ocean also had the top 5 composer ever in gaming. Martin Galway. Ocean also had Barry Leitch. Ocean had an army of music legends. ;) Even if game sales tanked, Ocean Game music still lives on in 2022.
Brilliant commentary Kim. I actually didn't realize that Ocean had that many good games. I mean most I played as a kid were those crap license games... Knight Rider, Miami Vice... Man. At one point if some of my friends had a copy of any Ocean game I wouldn't even bother to (pirate) copy it. :D
The first level of Total Recall was on an Amstrad Action cover tape. I could never finish it because I didn’t have a clue what I was supposed to be doing 😂
Thank you so much for all the hard work you put into your content. I can't believe I can indulge in 2 hours of Ocean licenced games. They do hold a special place in the heart of UK 80s micro owners. Thanks Kim!
Took me a while to get a chance to watch it, but dang this one slapped. Awesome, Kim! I do have the Ariston ad stuck in my head now, though... and on... and on... and Ariston... and on... and on...
34:30 - other Best Picture Oscar winners turned into video games: The Godfather / The Godfather, Part II / Rocky / Lord of the Rings: Return of the King. (The Cinemaware game "Wings" was heavily inspired by the first Best Picture winner "Wings," but it wasn't licensed and they changed a lot.)
52:40 excellent colour use on the football part. Shows how poor other studios were on this front, with rampant clash and monochrome pitches. the colour there is what id expect from a modern homebrew, very impressive.
Thank you so much for the great passion been a fan since I first started finding your wrestling game videos and your ps1 video really had me emotional as well!
Enjoyed this alot! Very nostalgic. Ever done a video on the releases from a company called "Imagine" - for me, they were up there with the likes of OCEAN back in the day. [EDIT] Looks like you already have! Will check it out next.
Aww I loved that Ocean Transformers game. As a kid who loved the toys, there were multiple recognisable Autobots to play as, AND they could transform. Those were major selling points back then. Ahhh, simpler times...
Awesome video! Missed one of my favourites though: The Great Escape. I had it as part of the Hollywood Ocean collection along with Rambo, Topgun, Miami Vice and Platoon.
Fantastic video. Really hit the nostalgia button for me. Spent many hours playing Caped Crusader and Robocop on the C64. Too bad they never finished the GL game for SNES.
Its sad that Ocean picked such a lot of terrible licenses, particularly in the later days when it seemed they were looking for cheap licenses with little interference, but at that point there was no good films going cheap. Even supposed large films like Waterworld don't seem like there would have been any competition. Had they got good licenses that encouraged the games to sell well, they could perhaps have continued longer.
There was a game done with the characters of Scooby-doo and the Flintstones - Ocean had the rights to use the characters and the voice overs done by the original voice cast.. unfortunately I believe this got released as some kind of time travelling puzzle game - As I recall this was due to the fact nobody had secured the licence to use the characters in their original settings.... so you could have Scoob n Shaggy in the Flintstones world but NOT in a haunted castle and vice versa...... DOH!
The word epic gets thrown about alot these days, but this video is the definition of epic, great work! For me Ocean were always hit-and-miss, used to love the Gameboy Robocop and have a soft spot for the SNES Addams Family.
Thank you for your work, I really love your videos and appreciate the effort you put into them. Knowing what you have been through lately, I hope you are well.
Waterworld on the Gameboy is actually quite good. Yes has swimming levels in the first chapter of the game, but then expands to have platforming and boat levels as well. I believe that Waterworld on the Gameboy is actually a real hidden gem.
Extremely thorough, well made and enjoyable video, thanks for sharing, brought back some great nostalgia vibes. Will deffo be checking out some of your other videos for sure. Just a note about waterworld (The movie) It wasn't one of the biggest flops of all time, it was actually successful and eventually made a decent profit, a lot of people think it was a huge flop but it actually wasn't. It went massively over budget, became the most expensive film ever made at the time, had a ton of production problems and wasn't the gargantuan smash hit they wanted it to be, it took an age to recoup it's budget and marketing costs but it did have lasting appeal and as I have said, eventually went on to make a healthy profit. It's a really common misconception that the film bombed when that's just not true, it just ended up costing double it's original budget and made no where near what the studio expected. I have a suggestion for a future video, what about covering all the 'Dizzy' games from Codemasters? They were great, an absolute staple for me when I was a kid, I can't believe people don't talk about them more often. Or maybe even a Bitmap brothers video, some of thier games were amazing and the music is some of the best around. I'm still patiently waiting for one of these indie groups to remaster Speedball 2 for the PS4/5 like they have done with Gods, absolutely love and miss that game :)
This is pure madness, and I admire you for putting the work in and pulling this off. Nothing excited me more as a kid than to rent a movie game only to take it home and get kicked in the balls again and again from so many shoddy efforts.
oh man...the time and commitment I put into Platoon on my Spectrum ZX....weeks and weeks of summer holidays spent trying to get through it!!! I remember loving the music too...Nineteen....N N N N Nineteen!! Thanks for making this video Kim...always an incredibly enjoyable nostalgia trip. Take care dude!!
Just how many of these titles were yours back in the day? I know I had QUITE a few! Really hope that you enjoyed this one, folks -- it's been a big old ride for sure. :)
i love you Kim xx :)
Pretty sure every licensed game Ocean released for the Speccy was in my collection.
Another great video kim ..hope ur doing good 👍..keep missing the lives on twitch ..doing my head In lol
Up until around 1991 If Ocean licensed it I was getting it on either Speccy. C64 or Amiga (I changed systems quite rapidly back then (thankfully Highlander was an exception - never had it). I remember having Robocop on the speccy +2 and LOVING it (one of my fave games of all time happens to be for my favourite movie of all time) and despite warnings from friends to avoid the C64 version when I moved to the reliable old grey bread bin I went and got it. Result? Driving myself to rage insanity being unable to complete the drug factory level. By the way did anyone prefer Superchamps on Channel 4 to Run The Guantlet?
only one. platoon. strange considering that as a kid i really liked a lot of movie licensed games like jaws, friday the 13th and top gun for the nes. and great video, as always.
R.I.P. David Ward!
Thanks for another great (and somehow timely) video, Kim.
These retro videos are so well made they belong in a museum.
Agreed!
Absolutely!
I second this. Kim does more for the preservation of old games than anyone else on RUclips.
Totally agree
"So do you!" - What movie?
Interesting point about Robocop. Ocean Software managed to nab the licence so quickly that Data East had to licence the rights to make the game from Ocean (Hence why there is an Ocean reference in the arcade game). But then Data East designed and released the game and Ocean simply adapted that design to the home computers, taking out most of the hard work of design. How smart and cheeky was that??? :D
*R.I.P. Spectrum Games/Ocean Software Co-Founder David Ward, 1947-2022*
(His passing was announced by his son Ben on 9 May, just three days after this video was posted)
I worked on the SNES version of Mission Impossible. It was like Flashback. Rotoscoped sprites. It was being developed at Merit Studios. There was a top down speed boat section which used the Micro machines engine. All the sprites for the overhead section were pre rendered . I just remember some big arguments and apparently someone walked out with a hard drive.
Stay a while.....
@@JONNYSORENSEN_AU Stay forever…
Even the Electron version was pretty damned good!
Blimey Paul, you must have been a busy man, what with that Neighbours gig as well, thanks for sharing. PS Always fancied Annalise
Have you still got the hard drive?
Kim's been killing it with the long-form content lately
I don't think she realises how good the pacing of these long form videos are. These deserve to be picked up by a TV network or commercial streaming service.
It’s insane how entertaining they are. It’s the same length as a movie and full of archaic games. Yet it’s captivating. Incredible.
Kim rules.
Lately my foot. Kims done it for years.
Now, after your [frankly, quite baffling] video on my boy, Top Hat Gaming Man, this is a very welcome video and return to form. Yeah, I know, chronologically I'm all over the place, but damn! Your content is really fuckin good my brother!
Just come by to say I've been subbed to you for years kim and to this day you remain the best damn content creator on the platform. The pure effort you put into these videos and docs is simply unmatched. It's always a good day when a Kim Justice video pops up on my inbox. Really hope things are going a little better for you at the moment. Keep up the amazing work 👌
Thx for the heads up. This is my first view. Subscribing
@@gigostackkfmawi9263 Will not be dissapointed 👏
Also worth mentioning that Lothar Matthaus: Die Interaktive Fusball Simulation it's just the German title of European Champions! (Which was also released as Olympique De Marseille Super Football in France and I believe it also got a different licensed title in Italy).
And what most people fail to mention, this is a SERIES of Football games, this is the sequel to the much beloved Emlyn Hughes International Soccer, and it got another sequel under the name of Wembley International Soccer.
European Champions is IMO the most underrated football game on Amiga (maybe even more than Sierra Soccer?). This game has 2 camera options, 3 different ways to pass/shoot the ball, some real tight controls, up to 1 minute replays.... and it played incredibly well and it was really fun to play.
I'm always surprised how this game barely gets any love while Emlyn Hughes International Soccer is always very well rated since this is basically an EVOLUTION of Emlyn Hughes International Soccer. It was done by the very same coder and if you put the Amiga version of Emlyn Hughes International Soccer side by side with European Champions, you'll see it has basically the same sound effects and a lot of the graphics are similar too.
I’m a huge fan of these videos. I can’t imagine how much time you have to put into making these but I thank you from the bottom of my heart my friend. 💪
So sorry for your recent loss Kim. I’ve been subbed to you for years and I just feel I have to say your quality of your videos have been constantly awesome for years. You should have a million plus subs. Thanks for entertaining me for all these years 👍
Just read the sad news of co-founder David Ward's death. Rest in peace, what an awesome legacy ❤️😔
Sad to hear that Ocean co-founder David Ward has passed away, so - albeit unintentional - this is a timely tribute Kim x
Another blinder Kim. THE best retro games channel in existence with great writing, research and the correct bias 👍
Really looking forward to getting stuck into this one! My Friday evening is sorted! Thanks Kim!!
Thank you.
This is the first time I watch you.
I was never particularly knowledgeable about Ocean, but I have found memories of this logo, and always wondered but never had an easy way to learn more.
Your dedication is fantastic, and I loved the execution.
You have REALLY outdone yerself with this. What an absolute joy to watch. I was only talking to my brother about the Ocean games the other day, and how we loved their awesome, slick logo, and the utterly amazing various loading screen themes. Id no idea that "V" was translated to a game either! But the likes of Platoon, Rambo 2 and many others are always in memory. This video was a Stone Cold Stunner, thank you.
Woah! I wasn't expecting this delightful list on a friday! I know what I'll be listening to on my day off
Fabulous video! As an 80’s gamer I always felt that Ocean were more “premier” due to their box art, bigger budgets and huge multi page adverts in all the mags (Zzap 64 was always filled with glossy ads for the latest movie tie-in). The biggest thing for me was when “Bat-mania” kicked in and the licensed movie game was storming (especially on Amiga!), and suddenly Ocean seemed to be getting all the big coin op conversions and cool licenses….keep these vids coming chap, they are such a pleasure to watch!
Frankie goes to Hollywood was sooo good. The packaging was perfect, and although I had no idea what I was doing, I didn't care because it was so addictive, original and playable. The side missions were great too.
Sadly, this video came out just few days before David Ward passed away. Thanks for everything.
So happy to have another two hour Kim video. Thank you for all you do.
Great video!
The classic Ocean licenced game formula (when done well) as you say starting from Platoon onwards was arguably the perfect way to adapt a movie: take three to four iconic scenes from the film, turn them into 'mini-games', and you're sweet. Growing up I always knew what I was getting from an Ocean licenced title would be variety. That isn't to say they could do no wrong, obvs the mini-games had to be fun, but I knew if I hated one part of the game maybe one of the other parts would still be fun. My top would be the driving section in the Amiga/ST version of Batman The Movie -- the worst part for me was having to play through the platform/run and gun level to get to it. Not that the platform level was bad, but a non-linear ability to skip to the car bit without cheat codes would be welcome!
But yeah. Always knew when you bought an Ocean Software licenced game you were basically buying 3 or 4 individual games combined under one licence, really.
What an amazing retrospective. This was thorough, nicely paced and a BIG trip down memory lane. Waiting for the Ocean tie-ins was a big part of owning a 'micro' back in the day and, unlike with US Gold, I was usually happy with an Ocean game. Thanks Kim. This was one of your best.
The robocop theme makes me so sad. My brother and I loved it. We listened to it just before he died :(
What a fantastic, detailed look at every Ocean licensed game. And tons of systems too! Had bin bags full of snapped, smashed broken Joysticks! Like a breakers scrap yard for 🕹
A top quality video!
What a superb video thank you Kim. Robocop on the Spectrum still has to be favourite out of all these games. The music will stick with me forever!
One step beyond better than Pushover?! Sacrilege! : ) Great video though, I always enjoy these thorough retrospectives, so many memories!
The ads for nightbreed were amazing! For years, it was my only knowledge of franchise. The only reason I ever watched the movie, decades later, was because I remembered the game ads from game mags.
I still remember buying
“Batman-The Movie” for Speccy brand new, in cardboard box, from “Boots” back in the day😝 £10 for a brand new game 😃
We used to shoplift the cheap £1.99 games that were on the little spinny rack… fun times!
When ever I'm reminded about Ocean gaming company I can hear that beach volleyball theme playing in the back of my mind.
Awesome Kim, another cracking vid, RIP David ward xxx Mr Wimpy rules
Another great documentary piece. I think Kim is the only person doing them to this standard and depth.
Fantastic video. Congratulations! Just one small correction... Ocean's last Amstrad CPC game was the Addams Family (not Hudson Hawk), which was really good but perhaps a little too difficult. It even had a specially made demo released on the cover of Amstrad Action magazine (June 1992).
That feeling when you got the pole vault right in Daley's decathlon.
OK, that is my afternoon sorted now! Absolutely love your videos.
I couldn't help but laugh when I saw 'Tai-Pan'...
As a kid, I remember being confused by the 'Lady's House'; "You emerge physically tired, but happy." XD
You created an absolute gem of a video!
Had seen one/two videos of yours in the past but this one has surpassed them all in each and every way.-
You have one extra subscriber in me Kim Justice.
By the way, what a weird coincidence that just today David Ward (co-founder of OCEAN) died... May he rest in peace.
Special mention too, for the Platoon C64 soundtrack. Stunning, dark, atmospheric and each level is best represented with ideal fitted sounds. The "Tunnels" level in particular, is stunning. The game all the same was bastard hard. It was nigh on impossible to make out the tripwires that constantly caught you out as you tried to memorize the maze like jungle in level 1.
Wow a real Marathon ! Well done !
Words fail me on how well kim presents her videos...informative & with fantastic commentary, absolutely loved this 2 hour+ classic! Thanks very much Kim.
Incredible work. One funny bit to compliment the Robocop bugginess --> Batman: The Movie, on the C64, shipped initially with the Axis Chemical plant
(first level) impossible to pass, at least in NTSC. This was even worse than Robocop. We tried to pass it for months until the local software house told us it was a bug and exchanged our box for one with a "v1.1" sticker, with a fixed first level.
I believe that Ocean DID do another Graphic text adventure based on Hunchback. If they didn't, what the bloody hell was I playing 😀
I have very fond nostalgic memories of the Gameboy version of Navy Seals. Admittedly this is largely because of the absolutely kickass title music, which I could hear you using in the background even when you were discussing the other versions. It's one of the best bits of music on the Gameboy, which is actually quite an accomplishment given what wonders some developers were able to accomplish with that tiny sound chip.
OH shiz! I had that wimpy game and totally forgot about it, immediate rush of memories! Thanks.
I respect your dedication! I also have memories of the Spectrum and the catalogue of Ocean games from back in the day. 128k was the business.
Thoroughly enjoyable video again Kim! Very nice to get a complete picture of the licensing history of Ocean, as that was seemingly their forte back in the 80s at least. Maybe the word "seemingly" should be emphasized, as it was almost always hit and miss for various reasons and releasing unfinished games is indeed beyond shameful but hey, there were gems too!
And they did some pretty fine Gameboy titles indeed, like the Super Hunchback game they made for the system, which is very competently programmed.
I just want to pop in and say thank you for all the hard work you put into these videos. I love watching them and look forward to every upload.
So, I have been thinking about it for about 2 years now. You are my favorite Britgamertuber. Thank you Kim!!! I love you and your content! please MORE RIPPING BASS GUITAR VIDEOS!!!!!!!
The main thing I remember about Jurassic Park: The Chaos Continues is the large number of weapons you have available. Non-lethal tasers and tranq darts to use on dinos (because they are precious and expensive and killing too many of them ends the game). But human enemies? Fuck 'em up with a Mac-10 :D Their lives aren't worth shit to InGen
Incredible work Kim, phenomenal. Your dedication to your craft and subject put literally every other retro RUclipsr to shame. Thank you for everything you do.
Spectacular video again Kim, Ocean was a monster publisher/producer and a great insight into one of the greats.
I loved robocop 3 for NES so much, my fav NES game
Fantastic work! I always look forward to new content from you Kim. Hope you're doing well.
Fantastic video, a wonderful trip down memory lane. I used to love Bruce Lee on my ZX Spectrum and had totally forgotten about it until watching this. Great job!
Thank you Kim, sat here on Fri night with a beer loving this, excellent video as always
My relax time. Thanks Kim!
Remember getting Platoon on the Amstrad as a kid, from WHSmith in Altrincham, Manchester. Free poster and a cassette of Smokey Robinson’s Tracks of my Tears. Could never get off the first level!!
Love these videos Kim. You are one of the reasons I want premium on RUclips. No ads!
Another ocean of games presented beautifully. So interesting seeing all the games I never got here in the states.
I had Robocop on the Spectrum +3 and remember clearly that one of the faces you had to match on one of the stages wouldn’t accept the correct match. So your only way to pass that stage was if you were lucky enough to get asked to match one of the faces that did accept the correct match properly
Nah, I finished it thousands of times, it's one of the easiest games going. But there are a couple of photofit pieces that differ only by about two pixels so they can look right but not work. Once you learn how to spot them though the photofit is trivial to complete.
@@andyc8257 oh yeah I beat the game many times as well - it was just that it seemed to me the Photo fit section had a bug - so interesting to here that there were 2 almost identical ones my 8 year old self must have been to impatient to check correctly 😂
Thanks Kim, best Friday ever! Can't wait to pop a beer and enjoy your work.
Always came across your channel and never gave it a fair shake until now. Your content is now consuming my entire weekend, which is just as well, it's winter and I don't feel like doing anything else.
Ocean almost released a licensed game weekly on AMIGA. lol
Anyway. Ocean had several of the best music composers in gaming history ever. Ocean is one of the most famous for game music of them all last 40 years.
The soundtrack of snes waterworld alone deserves awards
@@drunkensailor112 Yep. Joe Dunn made that one. Ocean also had the top 5 composer ever in gaming. Martin Galway. Ocean also had Barry Leitch. Ocean had an army of music legends. ;) Even if game sales tanked, Ocean Game music still lives on in 2022.
@@V3ntilator it was done by Dean Evans according to himself
Brilliant commentary Kim. I actually didn't realize that Ocean had that many good games. I mean most I played as a kid were those crap license games... Knight Rider, Miami Vice... Man. At one point if some of my friends had a copy of any Ocean game I wouldn't even bother to (pirate) copy it. :D
Absolutely love these bangers of long form retro videos! Keep'em coming!
The first level of Total Recall was on an Amstrad Action cover tape. I could never finish it because I didn’t have a clue what I was supposed to be doing 😂
Thank you so much for all the hard work you put into your content. I can't believe I can indulge in 2 hours of Ocean licenced games. They do hold a special place in the heart of UK 80s micro owners. Thanks Kim!
Very much enjoyed this Kim - a massive effort so thank you very much for making it. A pleasure to watch
Nice to see the joys of Fernando Martin and Emilio Butragueno. The golden era of Spanish software. It was cool to grow up I. The 80s.
Took me a while to get a chance to watch it, but dang this one slapped. Awesome, Kim!
I do have the Ariston ad stuck in my head now, though... and on... and on... and Ariston... and on... and on...
This is one of my favourite channels ♥️
I can remember street hawk getting recalled. My friend had it from a catalogue back in the days. They sent a letter asking for it back.
34:30 - other Best Picture Oscar winners turned into video games: The Godfather / The Godfather, Part II / Rocky / Lord of the Rings: Return of the King. (The Cinemaware game "Wings" was heavily inspired by the first Best Picture winner "Wings," but it wasn't licensed and they changed a lot.)
This brings back so many memories. Thanks for your videos.
52:40 excellent colour use on the football part. Shows how poor other studios were on this front, with rampant clash and monochrome pitches. the colour there is what id expect from a modern homebrew, very impressive.
Thank you so much for the great passion been a fan since I first started finding your wrestling game videos and your ps1 video really had me emotional as well!
Timely video since David Ward just passed. RIP.
Enjoyed this alot! Very nostalgic. Ever done a video on the releases from a company called "Imagine" - for me, they were up there with the likes of OCEAN back in the day.
[EDIT] Looks like you already have! Will check it out next.
Great video! Coded the 3d section for Amiga Jurassic Park. Also lead coder on Addams Family Values. Happy days!
Aww I loved that Ocean Transformers game. As a kid who loved the toys, there were multiple recognisable Autobots to play as, AND they could transform. Those were major selling points back then. Ahhh, simpler times...
Any video game related video longer than 1 hour is a blast to watch
Fantastic vid, a super enjoyable watch. I reckon i've played pretty much every one of these at one point or another.
Awesome video! Missed one of my favourites though: The Great Escape. I had it as part of the Hollywood Ocean collection along with Rambo, Topgun, Miami Vice and Platoon.
Just about to make the same comment. The Great Escape was one of my favourites too.
Fantastic video. Really hit the nostalgia button for me. Spent many hours playing Caped Crusader and Robocop on the C64. Too bad they never finished the GL game for SNES.
Another great video Kim. Respect
Wow, this brought back so many memories. Like never finishing The Untouchables on Spectrum, because I had no idea what to do on the Hostage level.
Its sad that Ocean picked such a lot of terrible licenses, particularly in the later days when it seemed they were looking for cheap licenses with little interference, but at that point there was no good films going cheap. Even supposed large films like Waterworld don't seem like there would have been any competition. Had they got good licenses that encouraged the games to sell well, they could perhaps have continued longer.
There was a game done with the characters of Scooby-doo and the Flintstones - Ocean had the rights to use the characters and the voice overs done by the original voice cast.. unfortunately I believe this got released as some kind of time travelling puzzle game - As I recall this was due to the fact nobody had secured the licence to use the characters in their original settings.... so you could have Scoob n Shaggy in the Flintstones world but NOT in a haunted castle and vice versa...... DOH!
Amazing video, very comprehensive, just the type of content I am looking for. Well done!!!
4am and I'm wondering if I should go to sleep or watch a 2 hour long video about every ocean licensed game
The word epic gets thrown about alot these days, but this video is the definition of epic, great work! For me Ocean were always hit-and-miss, used to love the Gameboy Robocop and have a soft spot for the SNES Addams Family.
Thank you for your work, I really love your videos and appreciate the effort you put into them. Knowing what you have been through lately, I hope you are well.
Waterworld on the Gameboy is actually quite good. Yes has swimming levels in the first chapter of the game, but then expands to have platforming and boat levels as well. I believe that Waterworld on the Gameboy is actually a real hidden gem.
Thanks for sharing this high level content video. I remember most of Ocean's games, some were underrated top quality ones.
Extremely thorough, well made and enjoyable video, thanks for sharing, brought back some great nostalgia vibes. Will deffo be checking out some of your other videos for sure.
Just a note about waterworld (The movie) It wasn't one of the biggest flops of all time, it was actually successful and eventually made a decent profit, a lot of people think it was a huge flop but it actually wasn't. It went massively over budget, became the most expensive film ever made at the time, had a ton of production problems and wasn't the gargantuan smash hit they wanted it to be, it took an age to recoup it's budget and marketing costs but it did have lasting appeal and as I have said, eventually went on to make a healthy profit. It's a really common misconception that the film bombed when that's just not true, it just ended up costing double it's original budget and made no where near what the studio expected.
I have a suggestion for a future video, what about covering all the 'Dizzy' games from Codemasters? They were great, an absolute staple for me when I was a kid, I can't believe people don't talk about them more often.
Or maybe even a Bitmap brothers video, some of thier games were amazing and the music is some of the best around. I'm still patiently waiting for one of these indie groups to remaster Speedball 2 for the PS4/5 like they have done with Gods, absolutely love and miss that game :)
This is pure madness, and I admire you for putting the work in and pulling this off. Nothing excited me more as a kid than to rent a movie game only to take it home and get kicked in the balls again and again from so many shoddy efforts.
oh man...the time and commitment I put into Platoon on my Spectrum ZX....weeks and weeks of summer holidays spent trying to get through it!!! I remember loving the music too...Nineteen....N N N N Nineteen!! Thanks for making this video Kim...always an incredibly enjoyable nostalgia trip. Take care dude!!
Many times the loading music was better than the game that was loading.
As a speccy owner , was always jealous of the c64 for that