Game Sack WURM: Journey to the Center of the Earth for the NES. Really late title that is part vertical shmup, part horizonal shmup, part first person "shooter" and part platform adventure action game like Golgo 13 (many people from the first Golgo worked on this game). It's a mess, and not great but very interesting.
Another great game for this series, "Henry Hatsworth Puzzling Adventure for Nintendo DS. Awesome, half platformer, half PUZZLE game! Truly unique an dowuld fit this series perfectly! And it's really really good. hack and slash action platformer and 1/2 puzzle game with blocks. Another great one, "monster Tale" For NIntendo DS. It is 1/2 metroidvania platformer adventure, and 1/2 monster pet raising and leveling and the monsters al level up and assist u too and u can feed them down in their home on the bottom screen. Reaslly amazing game.
*ActRaiser* has that crazy combination of action platformer alongside a build-a-city simulator. Luckily, it's a great game and the two genres work surprisingly well together.
Quintet was great at doing that sort of thing, many of their games had multiple types gameplay , kind of like the Dark cloud games, action RPG and town building.
Yes, Actraiser one of my favorite games. The European version got an extra mode to play the action platform levels only for those who don't like the sim part. It is nice to have.
"Brøderbund" is not an actual word in any language but is a somewhat loose translation of "band of brothers" into a mixture of Danish, German, and Swedish.
Hybrid Heaven on N64 is a good example. It's a 3D third-perspective game like Resident Evil... until you bump into an enemy. Then it's an RPG-wrestling hybrid, where you use turn-based RPG menus to fight the monsters with your wrestling, boxing and kickboxing moves. You're also a blue mage, so the only way to learn new moves is for the monsters to do their wrestling moves on you. It looks really weird to see this skinless broccoli monster pick you up and do a power bomb, then while you're still on the ground, put you in a Boston crab.
Wayforward games look good but they almost always lack something vital which would allow me to enjoy them. They're stylistic yet empty at the same time, like shovelware with good art direction
Wow I am blown away at the footage of the Toy Story game. Not only does look stellar but the frame rate is unbelievable! Wowza! See, this is why I freakin love this channel. Only these guys would take the time to present a game like this. I'd always look past Toy Story when game shopping & not once ever gave it a chance. I need to get my hands on this little gem. Thanks Sacks!
If you are interested in the game, check out GameHut. It's a channel owned by the creator of that and many Traveler Tales games and goes into detail about how they made it possible. It's a really great channel.
@@CrossoverGameReviews Ok sweet, I'll totally check it out. I really like Travelers Tales & especially seeing the behind-the-scenes on video games. Thanks for the recommendation. Yesterday I actually watched the "making of Axiom Verge" DVD that came included in the ultimate edditon of the game & it was AWESOME.
His channel really makes me appreciate how much of a genius programmer he is. The way he managed to get a full FMV intro on a regular genesis cartridge for Sonic 3D blast, not the Sega CD and not requiring special chips, is incredible. That should be impossible you'd think. When I was a kid playing it back in the day I didn't really get why that was such a special thing. His Directors Cut of Sonic 3D Blast is on the steam workshop for the genesis classics collection if anyone wants to try it. Also it's available on sites like Sonic Retro to play in emulators. Fixes all the issues with the game. Mind you I loved it back in the day anyway, though I know I'm in the minority.
Obligatory, but Golvellius definitely counts, seeing as how it's an overhead-view Zelda-style game that suddenly becomes either a side-scrolling platformer or an auto-scrolling overhead shooter as soon as you enter a dungeon. Falcom's Star Trader mixes RPG and shmup in a different way than was covered in this episode. The Adventure of Little Ralph on PS1 is a Ghosts 'n Goblins-style platformer, but with random fighting game-style bosses thrown in from time to time (and it's also a really damned good game!). Speaking of fighting games, Vanillaware is pretty good at mixing fighting game-style combat into RPGs. Just look at Princess Crown, Odin Sphere, and/or Muramasa. And for an obscure totally-out-there title, I recently bought an MSX game called "Cosmic Psycho." The disks are moldy and need to be cleaned, so I haven't had a chance to try it out yet, but it's apparently a hentai visual novel... with shmup stages mixed in. Hopefully, I'll get to see how that turned out sometime in the near-ish future! Because I am definitely very curious.
Namco did a RPG thing in point blank. The random battles were levels from the arcade version. You used the gun to move around the map you just shot where you wanted them to walk to
Earthworm Jim 2 is another good candidate for this category. It's all over the place, as far as game design goes. Same with a little game called MDK2 on the Dreamcast. Which was jumped between 3 or 4 different genres all throughout the game.
Spore. It starts off as you controlling a creature, then it's an strategy game, then when you start to understand that they ditch it and throw you a different kind of strategy game. Then space, where you can't even see your creature. Also Evoland, which sticks to RPGs and I understand the concept but still it's kind of weird. And finally, the first Act Raiser. Action platformer plus real-time strategy.
I liked this episode so much but allow me to bring another player to the table as the pinacle of the games that can't decide what they want to be.... yeah…. you guessed it right I'm talking about GreenDog!
I see the focus was more on games that combined two genres than games that changed it up every level like Battletoads or Earthworm Jim. Good call, IMO.
The Guardian Legend is one of those games I booted up once to see what it even was and wanted to come back to at a later date. Maybe that later date is now.
I don't know if you would count it as a true hybrid game, but I am a huge fan of The Goonies II on NES. Most of it was really fun platforming action, but then it would switch to a first person view with typical commands like GO, PUNCH, TOOL, and the like. The first person exploration I thought was really fun because you would find items you could use in those sections like ladders and keys, plus you could find different weapons and armor like a boomerang or a helmet. I still play The Goonies II at least once a year and enjoy it just as much as ever.
Don't hear people talk about that game often! I have some nostalgia for it, but I never could go far in the game since I couldn't read back when I played it! Will have to go back to it now that you reminded me of it!
Giant Citizen Kabuto: Its a 3rd person shooter, plus a sim city type contruction game and a game racer and a Kaiju destruction simulator, all in one game (not joking). Use it in the next episode! Regards from Argentina
Vice: Project Doom on Nes is a great game with side scrolling platforming (and even cut-scenes) similar to the Ninja Gaiden games, but also has overhead driving stages and shooting range style stages.
About Mr. Bones, the game developers cant decide if they want a side scrolling platformer, or a musical interactive, or a shooter, or a joke teller, or an overhead/underhead? view kind of game
SNES Batman Returns springs to mind. It's mainly a 2.5D brawler, like Final Fight, but with side scrolling action/platform stages. Plenty of games have different modes for a stage or two, but Batman Returns had these almost as much as the brawler stages, with a boss stage being in the style. There was also 3rd person driving/shooting. I'd also count the Super Star Wars games, as they were mainly 2D shooters, with flight stages sprinkled throughout. Shadows Of The Empire also carried this, with a...sorta 1st person shooter, sorta 3rd person shooter main game, and several vehicle stages.
My favorite hyrbid game, based on one of my favorite cartoons, is Tintin in Tibet. First stage is a multi layered side scroller, next level is a swim stage, next is a side scroller this time where you run back and forth doing errands, next you are in a hotel going up and down the floors to talk to different people etc. Sometimes you have your straight forward side scrolling stage, but these are only about 1/4th of the game. One level has you autorun down a slope while avoiding obstacles, and another has you scaling a mountain side where you need to keep your stamina in mind. And the sequel, Tintin and the Temple of the Sun has even more variety, with one level having you traverse by kanoo while fighting aligators, one level has you riding the claws of a condor down a mountain while avoiding everything from falling rocks to cliffside branches, and yet another level has you run towards the screen running away from an avalanche. The Tintin games are, in my book, the kings of gameplay variety. I still prefer the less technically advanced GameBoy Colour versions, as in the SNES versions they have stuck a little bit too close to the original comic artstyle, so interactable objects and platforms can sometimes be hard to distinguish from those that are just part of the background.
My wife and I have watched your show every other Saturday night for nearly half a decade now. It makes me look forward to non-payday weekends. I'm sure you're familiar with the Golgo 13 games on NES. They combined side scrolling action, horizontal shooters, first person shooters, swimming and racing.
I'd also throw in basically any of the James Bond games as most of them had some combination of first/third person shooting, rail shooting, combat driving, skiing, etc.
I quite like Urban Strike as a multi-genre game. It has the isometric helicopter shooting levels but then does a bit of a Blaster Master and you land your helicopter to do run-and-gun stages too.
I’d personally prefer that you called the episode “Games That Contain Multiple Established Gameplay Genres,” because many of the games depicted DO know what they want to be, and that’s a multigenre game. When I think of games that don’t know what they want to be, I think of multigenre games that have one or more of their genres undercooked.
My problem with the overhead sections of Thunder Force 2 is that the ground-based attacks have an extremely short range, and thus I am constantly having to move back and forth to hit ground-based targets, in addition to dealing with all the projectiles. Being able to adjust the speed would be great.
I like it when they zoom in on the pixels and you can see the scanlines. I have this theory that bad games become great games if you just look at them really close up. So, keep blowing up those pixels.
Video games, work, working out, friends, avgn and game sack are all good when you need to get your mind off the shady bz. Finding another girl and taking in what you learned is the key. Oh and never forget to wear a hat! Check out the late great Patrice O'neal for his outlook on women. Helps a lot. Good luck to ya!
Impossible Mission on the humble C64 was an early attempt at a multi genre/mechanic game. It consisted mostly of platforming but had a code breaking mini game and a puzzle.
It's always really cool seeing that some game devs like gamehut have their own RUclips channel and basically make behind the scenes videos, I enjoy his stuff, the way they used hardware is fascinating.
You guys covered my favorite one which is Blaster Master? Does Fester's Quest get an honorable mention for its changes in gameplay like the 1st person maze levels it switches to? Do games like Lifeforce count where it goes from horizontal to vertical shooter? Goonies II shifts from side scrolling to 1st person dungeon crawler too lol. So many mentions. Great episode guys!
Joe, here's a tip about Final Lap Twin: In the Quest mode, if you want to run away from battles, you need to have better car stats than the opponent that challenges you.
This channel has and always will be my favorite game review channel on You Tube. I'm so grateful that they still have the passion to make new videos still because it's definitely the one You Tube channel that I actually have the Notification Bell on. Great job Joe and Dave!!!
You forgot a few more: Ninja Golf - Is it a golf game? Or a side-scrolling beat 'em up? Sonic Unleashed - Is it a speedy platformer? Or a beat 'em up? Or a quest-fetching adventure (PS3/Xbox 360 version)? Hybrid Heaven - Is it an RPG? Or a fighter? Or a third-person shooter? ATHF: Zombie Ninja Pro-Am - Is it a golf game? Or an open-world beat 'em up? Or a racing game? Star Fox Adventures - Is it an open-world adventure? Or a shooter? Pac-Man World - Is it a 3D platformer? Or a maze game? ActRaiser - Is it a platform adventure? Or a city builder?
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events also had a bunch of genres plastered in especially the console versions. There's the third person platformer/shooter segments, stealth, rhythm and rail shooter minigames. Some of the games from ImaginEngine also count, as they're mostly a bunch of 2D PC games for kids with minigames starring licensed characters like Pokemon, American Girl and whatnot.
Nier Automata. First it's an overhead shmup, then it's a twin stick shooter, then it's a rail shooter, then it's a side scrolling shooter, then it's a character action game, then it's an open world RPG! Kingdom Hearts. One minute you're having silly adventures with Donald and Goofy, the next you're flying in space shooting down bad guys like Star Fox! Puyo Puyo Tetris. The name says it all, it's Puyo Puyo, it's Tetris, it's awesome! Ni No Kuni 2. First you're going on an action filled RPG adventure, then you're building your own kingdom, and then you're fighting real time strategy battles!
Blaster Master is one of my favorite games of all time. I spent so much time as a kid trying my hardest to beat this game and it was not easy. It's one of those games where you get very good at the early stages because of how perfectly you have to play them to get to the later stages with all your lives and continues still intact. And I firmly believe the soundtrack is one of the most under appreciated NES game soundtracks ever. I loved the hell out of Blaster Master Zero on Switch, the only thing I was disappointed in was the soundtrack. Somewhat related, the storyline for Blaster Master is a fascinating thing to study. Not that the plot itself is any good, but rather the journey the plot has taken in the real world from the original Japanese version, to the NES complete re-write, to the Worlds of Power novel becoming actual canon for the Blaster Master story and Blaster Master Zero re-telling the story of the novel. It's actually pretty interesting.
What are some other good games that can't decide what they wanna be?
Game Sack WURM: Journey to the Center of the Earth for the NES. Really late title that is part vertical shmup, part horizonal shmup, part first person "shooter" and part platform adventure action game like Golgo 13 (many people from the first Golgo worked on this game). It's a mess, and not great but very interesting.
Another great game for this series, "Henry Hatsworth Puzzling Adventure for Nintendo DS. Awesome, half platformer, half PUZZLE game! Truly unique an dowuld fit this series perfectly! And it's really really good. hack and slash action platformer and 1/2 puzzle game with blocks.
Another great one, "monster Tale" For NIntendo DS. It is 1/2 metroidvania platformer adventure, and 1/2 monster pet raising and leveling and the monsters al level up and assist u too and u can feed them down in their home on the bottom screen. Reaslly amazing game.
Also ACTRAISER for SNES! It is 1/2 action sword platformer, and 1.2 town bulding SIM game!
duhmez great recommendations. Both actraisers and Henry hatsworth are great games to boot
I'll say Starfox Assault or Megaman X7
*ActRaiser* has that crazy combination of action platformer alongside a build-a-city simulator.
Luckily, it's a great game and the two genres work surprisingly well together.
Quintet was great at doing that sort of thing, many of their games had multiple types gameplay , kind of like the Dark cloud games, action RPG and town building.
Yes, Actraiser one of my favorite games. The European version got an extra mode to play the action platform levels only for those who don't like the sim part. It is nice to have.
Beat me to it, but yeah, I agree. That's the first game I thought of when I saw the title.
But the sequel, ActRaiser 2 was "100% Pure Action and Excitement!".
Dave's shirt cant decide what it wants to be. Is it a Metroid shirt? Is it a Mario shirt? YOU decide!
Looks like Super Mario Crossover to me.
It's a club Nintendo shirt and requires the purchase of 16 Wii games to own, Nintendo mega fans only, sorry Joe.
Is it a comedy show? A show about games? A show about manly men doing manly things? A show about sacks?
its a show about GREENDOG
It's a show about puns.
Sherbert's World of Schlock mainly about sacks.
It's a show about Snatcher too, don't forget about that.
It's just a show with acting so bad that is good.
The newer stop motion opening is just the best. Gives the series an extra layer of polish above and beyond.
"Brøderbund" is not an actual word in any language but is a somewhat loose translation of "band of brothers" into a mixture of Danish, German, and Swedish.
Ｔｈｅ Ａｄｖｅｎｔｕｒｅｓ ｏｆ Ｂａｙｏｕ Ｂｉｌｌｙ
Great episode as always, chums
I'm pretty sure that awful and repetitive "The Adventures of Bayou Billy!" chant will haunt me in my sleep tonight.
Ｔｈｅ Ａｄｖｅｎｔｕｒｅｓ ｏｆ Ｂａｙｏｕ Ｂｉｌｌｙ doesn't quite hold a candle to GrrrrreeEEEEeenn DAWG, in my opinion.
Just imagine it earrape bass boosted
The sound effects you use when you put the games in the systems is the most satisfying thing ever. Still.
VICE: Project Doom and Lone Ranger, both for NES
Yeah Project Doom rocks!
Ultimate Stuntman!
I actually came down to comment Vice Project Doom as well!
My neighbors are keeping me up with their BDSM next door. Thanks for giving me something to listen to over their weird sex noises.
Shovel-Chin living in an apartment sucks
@@emarskineel it gets worse when they throw parties
I think being too loud after a certain hour is illegal....
You should Join in on that.
@@lionoh - why? BDSM is a shitty meme.
Hybrid Heaven on N64 is a good example. It's a 3D third-perspective game like Resident Evil... until you bump into an enemy. Then it's an RPG-wrestling hybrid, where you use turn-based RPG menus to fight the monsters with your wrestling, boxing and kickboxing moves. You're also a blue mage, so the only way to learn new moves is for the monsters to do their wrestling moves on you. It looks really weird to see this skinless broccoli monster pick you up and do a power bomb, then while you're still on the ground, put you in a Boston crab.
As a life-long Chicagoan, I've never heard anyone pronounce Chicago the way Joe does.
Best reto gaming review show! watch y'all religiously
You forgot NBA2K18 - it doesn't know if it wants to be a basketball game or a gamble game or a casino or bank that you can't withdraw your money!
**The adventures of Bayou Billy**
(in a weird electric voice) THE ADVENTURES OF BAYOU BILLY
Never heard of CrossFire but now I have the 90s toy game theme song stuck in my head.
Wayforward games look good but they almost always lack something vital which would allow me to enjoy them. They're stylistic yet empty at the same time, like shovelware with good art direction
>accidentally have captions on
>video begins
"(Awesome Game Sack theme music)"
real subtle, guys.
More liek honesty in liner notes. Way to make deaf people jealous guys.
"(Some of the weakest music you'll hear on the Genesis)" on Back to the Future 3...
“Bayou Billy? You’d better’ve saved the receipt!”
I have always liked this game.
I feel like Bayou Billy is underrated
If you make another episode like this you can't forget the undisputed king of genre defying games BATTLETOADS!
The Bayou Billy comics that were published as a tie-in to the game actually retain some decent value. They were drawn by Amanda Conner.
Youalways make my Sundays better. And since this is a specially crappy one, thanks a lot guys. I appreciate it.
Holy crap Final Lap Twin!! Ive been trying to remember that game forever.Thanks guys \m/
How do you two not have a million subscribers? You produce some of the best retro gaming content on the Internet.
Wow I am blown away at the footage of the Toy Story game. Not only does look stellar but the frame rate is unbelievable! Wowza! See, this is why I freakin love this channel. Only these guys would take the time to present a game like this. I'd always look past Toy Story when game shopping & not once ever gave it a chance. I need to get my hands on this little gem. Thanks Sacks!
Toy story is an underrated game indeed it's a great license tide in movie game
If you are interested in the game, check out GameHut. It's a channel owned by the creator of that and many Traveler Tales games and goes into detail about how they made it possible. It's a really great channel.
@@CrossoverGameReviews Ok sweet, I'll totally check it out. I really like Travelers Tales & especially seeing the behind-the-scenes on video games. Thanks for the recommendation. Yesterday I actually watched the "making of Axiom Verge" DVD that came included in the ultimate edditon of the game & it was AWESOME.
His channel really makes me appreciate how much of a genius programmer he is. The way he managed to get a full FMV intro on a regular genesis cartridge for Sonic 3D blast, not the Sega CD and not requiring special chips, is incredible. That should be impossible you'd think. When I was a kid playing it back in the day I didn't really get why that was such a special thing. His Directors Cut of Sonic 3D Blast is on the steam workshop for the genesis classics collection if anyone wants to try it. Also it's available on sites like Sonic Retro to play in emulators. Fixes all the issues with the game. Mind you I loved it back in the day anyway, though I know I'm in the minority.
Obligatory, but Golvellius definitely counts, seeing as how it's an overhead-view Zelda-style game that suddenly becomes either a side-scrolling platformer or an auto-scrolling overhead shooter as soon as you enter a dungeon.
Falcom's Star Trader mixes RPG and shmup in a different way than was covered in this episode.
The Adventure of Little Ralph on PS1 is a Ghosts 'n Goblins-style platformer, but with random fighting game-style bosses thrown in from time to time (and it's also a really damned good game!).
Speaking of fighting games, Vanillaware is pretty good at mixing fighting game-style combat into RPGs. Just look at Princess Crown, Odin Sphere, and/or Muramasa.
And for an obscure totally-out-there title, I recently bought an MSX game called "Cosmic Psycho." The disks are moldy and need to be cleaned, so I haven't had a chance to try it out yet, but it's apparently a hentai visual novel... with shmup stages mixed in. Hopefully, I'll get to see how that turned out sometime in the near-ish future! Because I am definitely very curious.
Namco did a RPG thing in point blank. The random battles were levels from the arcade version. You used the gun to move around the map you just shot where you wanted them to walk to
I loved the RPG in Final Lap Twin (and World Court Tennis) back when I got both with my TG16!
for me is the game with the most variety "robin hood: prince of thieves" (NES) nad i love this game...
Earthworm Jim 2 is another good candidate for this category. It's all over the place, as far as game design goes. Same with a little game called MDK2 on the Dreamcast. Which was jumped between 3 or 4 different genres all throughout the game.
Spore. It starts off as you controlling a creature, then it's an strategy game, then when you start to understand that they ditch it and throw you a different kind of strategy game. Then space, where you can't even see your creature.
Also Evoland, which sticks to RPGs and I understand the concept but still it's kind of weird.
And finally, the first Act Raiser. Action platformer plus real-time strategy.
Literally my brother yelled YEAH out of context upstairs when I got the notification to get over here!
YEAH IS RIGHT.
Good to see you again Moka 👍
@Maruko Chan 99 Likewise!
Love these Game Sack episodes, hope you guys keep doing it for a long time.
Shadows of the Empire could be good for this...you have racing, platforming, space battles, etc
I liked this episode so much but allow me to bring another player to the table as the pinacle of the games that can't decide what they want to be.... yeah…. you guessed it right I'm talking about GreenDog!
A good recent example of Nier: Automata. Shoot 'em up, 3D action brawler, bullet hell, RPG. Lot of stuff going on in that one.
I can tell you what Back To The Future III could not decide to be: a good game.
Love your show, guys! And absolutely love the stop motion segments, always have. Keep on rockin’ rock Sacks!
I'm glad they mentioned blaster master zero. Zero 2 was also excellent, with new gameplay mechanics, and story.
I see the focus was more on games that combined two genres than games that changed it up every level like Battletoads or Earthworm Jim. Good call, IMO.
With the exception of the super zoomed in view in the exploration stages, that Sigma Star game looks awesome.
Awesome another game sack.
Need to binge the channel again sometime
Kinda like I-25 can't decide if it's a road or a parking lot.
The Guardian Legend is one of those games I booted up once to see what it even was and wanted to come back to at a later date.
Maybe that later date is now.
I don't know if you would count it as a true hybrid game, but I am a huge fan of The Goonies II on NES. Most of it was really fun platforming action, but then it would switch to a first person view with typical commands like GO, PUNCH, TOOL, and the like. The first person exploration I thought was really fun because you would find items you could use in those sections like ladders and keys, plus you could find different weapons and armor like a boomerang or a helmet. I still play The Goonies II at least once a year and enjoy it just as much as ever.
Don't hear people talk about that game often! I have some nostalgia for it, but I never could go far in the game since I couldn't read back when I played it! Will have to go back to it now that you reminded me of it!
Giant Citizen Kabuto: Its a 3rd person shooter, plus a sim city type contruction game and a game racer and a Kaiju destruction simulator, all in one game (not joking). Use it in the next episode!
Regards from Argentina
Who needs sleep? I'm watching Game Sack!
Right?! I've been binge watching their episodes (yet again) for the last hour. Needed a break from playing Skyrim (yet again)
i bet you'll asleep right now...
Vice: Project Doom on Nes is a great game with side scrolling platforming (and even cut-scenes) similar to the Ninja Gaiden games, but also has overhead driving stages and shooting range style stages.
The Adventures of Bayou Billy (muffled voice). Lol.
Loved this game. 👍
Mr Bones on the sega saturn came to my mind
Maruko Chan 99 i love that game(s)
@@tomober2889 at first I hated Mr. Bones, but after playing Congo I will never complain about Mr. Bones again
About Mr. Bones, the game developers cant decide if they want a side scrolling platformer, or a musical interactive, or a shooter, or a joke teller, or an overhead/underhead? view kind of game
Ha ha!
27:22 - 28:05 Heeeey, I know that music...
😆😆😆
SNES Batman Returns springs to mind. It's mainly a 2.5D brawler, like Final Fight, but with side scrolling action/platform stages. Plenty of games have different modes for a stage or two, but Batman Returns had these almost as much as the brawler stages, with a boss stage being in the style. There was also 3rd person driving/shooting. I'd also count the Super Star Wars games, as they were mainly 2D shooters, with flight stages sprinkled throughout. Shadows Of The Empire also carried this, with a...sorta 1st person shooter, sorta 3rd person shooter main game, and several vehicle stages.
One of the reasons I stay up late on Saturdays night every other week :D
My favorite hyrbid game, based on one of my favorite cartoons, is Tintin in Tibet. First stage is a multi layered side scroller, next level is a swim stage, next is a side scroller this time where you run back and forth doing errands, next you are in a hotel going up and down the floors to talk to different people etc. Sometimes you have your straight forward side scrolling stage, but these are only about 1/4th of the game. One level has you autorun down a slope while avoiding obstacles, and another has you scaling a mountain side where you need to keep your stamina in mind.
And the sequel, Tintin and the Temple of the Sun has even more variety, with one level having you traverse by kanoo while fighting aligators, one level has you riding the claws of a condor down a mountain while avoiding everything from falling rocks to cliffside branches, and yet another level has you run towards the screen running away from an avalanche.
The Tintin games are, in my book, the kings of gameplay variety.
I still prefer the less technically advanced GameBoy Colour versions, as in the SNES versions they have stuck a little bit too close to the original comic artstyle, so interactable objects and platforms can sometimes be hard to distinguish from those that are just part of the background.
THE ADVENTURES OF BAYOU BILLY! Best RUclips channel.
Konami must have been trying to cash in on Crocodile Dundee's popularity.
Most people now probably don't know who that character is.
Lol joe spat on dave and they kept rolling and dave still manage to say his line.
My favorite part! 😹 Hahaha
My wife and I have watched your show every other Saturday night for nearly half a decade now. It makes me look forward to non-payday weekends. I'm sure you're familiar with the Golgo 13 games on NES. They combined side scrolling action, horizontal shooters, first person shooters, swimming and racing.
I'd also throw in basically any of the James Bond games as most of them had some combination of first/third person shooting, rail shooting, combat driving, skiing, etc.
You also gotta mention:
Battletoads
Ape Escape
and Contra 3
I quite like Urban Strike as a multi-genre game. It has the isometric helicopter shooting levels but then does a bit of a Blaster Master and you land your helicopter to do run-and-gun stages too.
I know you already covered it in a previous episode, but Xexyz is another good example of a title with mixed genres.
I just love your show guys! I’ve been watching old episodes over and
Over waiting for a new one. Woo hoo! Thanks for making my day.
Basically all Yoko Taro games are like this
my first time catched a Game Sack new episode without notification within 3 hours lol
I love Game Sack. Its worth waiting a while to finally see such a great and fun episode each time
So, Final Lap Twin and World Court Tennis are the grandaddies of Golf Story but with racing and tennis instead of golf years before Golf Story. Neat.
Always a highlight of Sunday to wake up and watch the show.
I’d personally prefer that you called the episode “Games That Contain Multiple Established Gameplay Genres,” because many of the games depicted DO know what they want to be, and that’s a multigenre game. When I think of games that don’t know what they want to be, I think of multigenre games that have one or more of their genres undercooked.
Whenever there's a new Game Sack episode, I feel the need to sing it, 80s hair metal style.
Game Saayyaaack, YEAH!
My problem with the overhead sections of Thunder Force 2 is that the ground-based attacks have an extremely short range, and thus I am constantly having to move back and forth to hit ground-based targets, in addition to dealing with all the projectiles. Being able to adjust the speed would be great.
I can't wait for the eventual Shane Dawson documentary of Joe and Dave of Game Sack.
Slappin the Saturday night Sack!
I like it when they zoom in on the pixels and you can see the scanlines. I have this theory that bad games become great games if you just look at them really close up. So, keep blowing up those pixels.
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That line “They drop fully cooked turkeys”.... LMFAO
7am and an episode of Game Sack? Yes, please. Distract me from thinking of my ex & being pissed off, thanks.
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Video games, work, working out, friends, avgn and game sack are all good when you need to get your mind off the shady bz. Finding another girl and taking in what you learned is the key. Oh and never forget to wear a hat! Check out the late great Patrice O'neal for his outlook on women. Helps a lot. Good luck to ya!
She's more likely smoking a fat joint and cussing me out, but hey ho!
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Impossible Mission on the humble C64 was an early attempt at a multi genre/mechanic game. It consisted mostly of platforming but had a code breaking mini game and a puzzle.
I'm glad you used the Deep Blue theme for The Guardian Legend. It legit reminded me that it was a song I had been trying to find for years.
What could it be more happy when Game Sack review two of my favorite game: Thunder Force II and The Guardian Legend!
It's always really cool seeing that some game devs like gamehut have their own RUclips channel and basically make behind the scenes videos, I enjoy his stuff, the way they used hardware is fascinating.
I freaking love Gamesack!
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You guys covered my favorite one which is Blaster Master? Does Fester's Quest get an honorable mention for its changes in gameplay like the 1st person maze levels it switches to? Do games like Lifeforce count where it goes from horizontal to vertical shooter? Goonies II shifts from side scrolling to 1st person dungeon crawler too lol. So many mentions.
Great episode guys!
up late at night eating peperoni slices by the handful and gamesack comes on, lifes good.
Joe, here's a tip about Final Lap Twin: In the Quest mode, if you want to run away from battles, you need to have better car stats than the opponent that challenges you.
I really enjoyed most of those games. I love it when bits of other genres are thrown in once in a while.
“While you lie down and take a nap.” Lol!
This channel has and always will be my favorite game review channel on You Tube. I'm so grateful that they still have the passion to make new videos still because it's definitely the one You Tube channel that I actually have the Notification Bell on. Great job Joe and Dave!!!
Life Force. Contra. Rescue: The Embassy Mission. Three Stooges. Dick Tracy. Even some Sonic games might qualify.
You forgot a few more:
Ninja Golf - Is it a golf game? Or a side-scrolling beat 'em up?
Sonic Unleashed - Is it a speedy platformer? Or a beat 'em up? Or a quest-fetching adventure (PS3/Xbox 360 version)?
Hybrid Heaven - Is it an RPG? Or a fighter? Or a third-person shooter?
ATHF: Zombie Ninja Pro-Am - Is it a golf game? Or an open-world beat 'em up? Or a racing game?
Star Fox Adventures - Is it an open-world adventure? Or a shooter?
Pac-Man World - Is it a 3D platformer? Or a maze game?
ActRaiser - Is it a platform adventure? Or a city builder?
i love games that dont stick to one genre, keeps the game interesting throughout and really opens up the gameplay.
Glad you mentioned the music of Thunder Force II. It is underrated and needs more acknowledgment.
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events also had a bunch of genres plastered in especially the console versions. There's the third person platformer/shooter segments, stealth, rhythm and rail shooter minigames.
Some of the games from ImaginEngine also count, as they're mostly a bunch of 2D PC games for kids with minigames starring licensed characters like Pokemon, American Girl and whatnot.
Nier Automata. First it's an overhead shmup, then it's a twin stick shooter, then it's a rail shooter, then it's a side scrolling shooter, then it's a character action game, then it's an open world RPG!
Kingdom Hearts. One minute you're having silly adventures with Donald and Goofy, the next you're flying in space shooting down bad guys like Star Fox!
Puyo Puyo Tetris. The name says it all, it's Puyo Puyo, it's Tetris, it's awesome!
Ni No Kuni 2. First you're going on an action filled RPG adventure, then you're building your own kingdom, and then you're fighting real time strategy battles!
Great show as always fellas thanks. The 3 SNES Super Star Wars games had loads of different modes in them too. All the best.
Wow... I had completely forgot about Guardian Legend. My mom and I loved that game.
Hello from Pueblo! Another great episode! ;)
I loved Guardian Legend as a kid! Why there aren't more games like it, I'll never know.
I loved the Toy Story game. That crane game level where you have to find all the aliens was a huge pain, though.
Blaster Master is one of my favorite games of all time. I spent so much time as a kid trying my hardest to beat this game and it was not easy. It's one of those games where you get very good at the early stages because of how perfectly you have to play them to get to the later stages with all your lives and continues still intact. And I firmly believe the soundtrack is one of the most under appreciated NES game soundtracks ever. I loved the hell out of Blaster Master Zero on Switch, the only thing I was disappointed in was the soundtrack.
Somewhat related, the storyline for Blaster Master is a fascinating thing to study. Not that the plot itself is any good, but rather the journey the plot has taken in the real world from the original Japanese version, to the NES complete re-write, to the Worlds of Power novel becoming actual canon for the Blaster Master story and Blaster Master Zero re-telling the story of the novel. It's actually pretty interesting.