Hong Kong 97: How The Most Controversial SNES Game Was Made - Game History Secrets

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  • Опубликовано: 3 ноя 2024

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  • @Ultra_64
    @Ultra_64 2 года назад +1080

    Imagine dying and having your body immortalized in a shitpost of a video game

    • @nakenmil
      @nakenmil 2 года назад +100

      @@Ultra_64 Yeah, this is one of the reasons why a lot of comedians, satirists, witers etc. focus on the whole "punch up" thing. Sure, making fun of the corpse of a dead dictator can be cathartic, but including the dead body of just a regular person who got brutally murdered as part of your joke, and whose family might potentially have to see that again? There's a line there.

    • @ninja_raven256
      @ninja_raven256 2 года назад +6

      @UCqKupl_k-M5aH8fr57RyuIw bruh, did you even read what he said?

    • @ninakore
      @ninakore 2 года назад +40

      @@nakenmil I can tell you right now a lot of satirists and comedians don’t care about ‘punching up’. We’re all fair game.

    • @juro7854
      @juro7854 2 года назад +4

      God I hope so

    • @Hu_c2680
      @Hu_c2680 2 года назад +2

      Fucking cool

  • @hahchitwahyah
    @hahchitwahyah 2 года назад +419

    “It’s a shitpost” is probably the best concise description of the game

  • @DT_Worlds_Strongest_Goth
    @DT_Worlds_Strongest_Goth 2 года назад +560

    The "sequel" to Hong Kong 97 that he never showed to anybody is now my #1 most wanted piece of lost media

    • @akunz5267
      @akunz5267 2 года назад +54

      Hong Kong 64 is the sequel to Hong Kong 97

    • @UltraHealthyVideoGameNerd
      @UltraHealthyVideoGameNerd 2 года назад +27

      This will be included in the auction for Kurosawa's last copy of Hong Kong 97 and Cyclone magicom

    • @DT_Worlds_Strongest_Goth
      @DT_Worlds_Strongest_Goth 2 года назад +9

      @@UltraHealthyVideoGameNerd This news makes me happier than I would be if someone were to wipe out all 1.2 billion of the red communists! I just hope whoever wins it feels inclined to share it with the internet and not keep it secret

    • @n0isyturtle
      @n0isyturtle 2 года назад +8

      @@DT_Worlds_Strongest_Goth Probably some rich 20 something who yolo'd their inheritance into NFTs and just wants it for bragging rights

    • @DT_Worlds_Strongest_Goth
      @DT_Worlds_Strongest_Goth 2 года назад +4

      @@n0isyturtle This is what I'm afraid of

  • @tails230
    @tails230 2 года назад +216

    Hong Kong 97 is like the ancestor of what kind of crude, saturation comedy we'd get a few years later on websites like Newgrounds.

    • @aftabzafar2032
      @aftabzafar2032 2 года назад +7

      Yes I do consider it a forerunner of things we will see in Newgrounds

  • @AfonsoEGM
    @AfonsoEGM 2 года назад +317

    Growing up in Brazil in the 2000's, I had a chipped PS2. Once ,I got my hands on a disc called SNES Station, which was basically a Super Nintendo/FAMICOM emulator with maybe the console's whole library.
    I was about 12 years old and then, browsing through the titles, I found Honk Kong 97. It scared the absolute shit out of me in I way I cannot explain til this day. I think it was something to do with the ominous combination of the digitized graphics and the happy tune in the background + the dead body in the game over screen.

    • @samtenn
      @samtenn 2 года назад +3

      that’s scary

    • @ramrodbldm9876
      @ramrodbldm9876 5 месяцев назад

      You're a weirdo. Honk Kong huh?

    • @sridrawings4510
      @sridrawings4510 4 месяца назад +1

      While the music is in low volume makes even more scarier

    • @AfonsoEGM
      @AfonsoEGM 4 месяца назад +1

      @@sridrawings4510 lol yes. Kinda uncanny, right?

  • @Maddin1313
    @Maddin1313 2 года назад +197

    I like how this game has it's own category on RUclips.

    • @philatio1744
      @philatio1744 2 года назад +19

      it’s a cult classic in the weirdest sense of the word imaginable

    • @PAINNN666
      @PAINNN666 2 года назад +3

      Name it please

    • @bes03c
      @bes03c 2 года назад +7

      @PINKYCULTURE It is below the description of the video.

  • @tamed4171
    @tamed4171 2 года назад +242

    So when do yall think this will get added to the SNES online?

    • @Sangria713
      @Sangria713 2 года назад +28

      Probably before anything people are ACTUALLY begging for.

    • @wtfsamusidk7574
      @wtfsamusidk7574 2 года назад +4

      Soon I hope

    • @BlazeHeartPanther
      @BlazeHeartPanther 2 года назад +7

      The moment Nintendo actually has a good functioning online server XP

    • @sloppynyuszi
      @sloppynyuszi 2 года назад +5

      It will be the next game and watch

    • @Anonymous-73
      @Anonymous-73 2 года назад +5

      Hong Kong 97 for Nintendo Switch when

  • @apathynoises6456
    @apathynoises6456 2 года назад +288

    90s edgelord: let's see what is the absolute worst piece of trash I can make
    Gamers: yo this is some serious gourmet shit

    • @planchetflaw
      @planchetflaw 2 года назад +17

      You have unlocked the perk: How to understand 21st Century Art

  • @UltraHealthyVideoGameNerd
    @UltraHealthyVideoGameNerd 2 года назад +223

    Hey everyone sorry for the misinformation. The song from the game wasn't made specifically to whitewash the Tianenmen Square massacre. My mistake. It's just a cute little coincidence that it was used in a game antagonizing China

    • @alanbrizan
      @alanbrizan 2 года назад +18

      Pin this

    • @LimeLoaf
      @LimeLoaf 2 года назад +4

      Its actually quite a bop

    • @quajay187
      @quajay187 2 года назад

      ha...thats funny

    • @EU-mf7sd
      @EU-mf7sd 2 года назад +2

      They got you huh...

    • @paracaue
      @paracaue 2 года назад

      whitewash the massacre? what do you mean?

  • @PaperBanjo64
    @PaperBanjo64 2 года назад +403

    This game is like something South Park would think up.

    • @asteroidrules
      @asteroidrules 2 года назад +19

      Really seems like what would have happened if South Park's recent takedown of the Chinese Communist Party had been made by Japanese video game developers instead of American animators.

    • @ibdamrwiggles
      @ibdamrwiggles 2 года назад +12

      Developed by Kenny,Cartman, and Randy Marsh Published by Token Black Productions

    • @PaperBanjo64
      @PaperBanjo64 2 года назад

      @@ibdamrwiggles ha ha ha

    • @Cec9e13
      @Cec9e13 2 года назад +7

      And that is a compliment, because as much as I am deeply not a fan of South Park, I AM DEEPLY a fan of their willingness to mock that which deserves, and in fact requires, mockery.

    • @Vetusomaru
      @Vetusomaru 2 года назад

      I don't remember South Park making fun of commies.

  • @evanhanley6437
    @evanhanley6437 2 года назад +193

    Truly one of the most baffling games of all time.

    • @TheSkypetube
      @TheSkypetube 2 года назад +11

      Angry degenerate makes angry degenerate game for his amusement

    • @HiddenSpaces23154
      @HiddenSpaces23154 2 года назад +1

      Not really, I bet someone could make something worse in a few days

  • @lilbill7385
    @lilbill7385 2 года назад +231

    Bruce Lee’s relative Chin should be in smash

    • @philatio1744
      @philatio1744 2 года назад +8

      and he’d be s tier

    • @crispyjuice2110
      @crispyjuice2110 2 года назад +8

      that run animation is godlike

    • @Anonymous-73
      @Anonymous-73 2 года назад +5

      His final smash is the severed head thing

  • @Igorcastrochucre
    @Igorcastrochucre 2 года назад +70

    Out of all games to have a history video made about them, who could possibly have guessed this one would've been featured here?

  • @Forever_Zero
    @Forever_Zero 2 года назад +196

    Very interesting, Kurosawa certainly made history, for better or worse

    • @docxy7331
      @docxy7331 2 года назад +8

      Maybe both

    • @tmcttf8087
      @tmcttf8087 2 года назад +1

      *"....I'll kill you. If it's the last thing I do."*

    • @mikecampos1193
      @mikecampos1193 2 года назад +3

      He based and right about filthy commies.

  • @philatio1744
    @philatio1744 2 года назад +52

    It’s nice to see the nintendo ninjas were still a thing in the 90’s. Their training must be so harsh considering they have maintained the same level of consistency in handing DMCA’s like ninja stars.

  • @miltonmaclovius9155
    @miltonmaclovius9155 2 года назад +73

    "You don't fuck with Chin"
    -AVGN

    • @ramrodbldm9876
      @ramrodbldm9876 5 месяцев назад

      Quit quoting other men you flamboyant fruit basket

  • @SullySadface
    @SullySadface 2 года назад +109

    This looks like it was made on a bootleg version of Shoot-em-up Construction kit that was backported from the Amiga to a toaster

    • @howHumam
      @howHumam 2 года назад +3

      "Yeah, but you have heard of me..." Jack Sparrow

    • @superanimeniac
      @superanimeniac 2 года назад

      Not even far from the truth

    • @GabePuratekuta
      @GabePuratekuta 2 года назад

      @@howHumam No. Get out of my house.

  • @LinusTan94
    @LinusTan94 2 года назад +76

    Except the song “I love Beijing Tiananmen” wasn’t made after the Tiananmen Square Massacre. It was a children’s song made in the 70s during the Cultural Revolution for propaganda purposes.
    > mfw I had to learn how to sing this in the 90s when I was still in kindergarten

    • @philatio1744
      @philatio1744 2 года назад +16

      that’s both interesting and fucked up in the sense of teaching kids propaganda.
      you learn something new everyday, i guess

    • @superanimeniac
      @superanimeniac 2 года назад +50

      @@philatio1744 Americans have their children swear oaths of loyalty to america at the same time they're learning the alphabet. It's really not that different from a simplistic song about how wonderful china is.
      Or as Americans call it: "the pledge of allegiance"

    • @LinusTan94
      @LinusTan94 2 года назад +3

      @@philatio1744 well that’s China for you

    • @gonzalovittori661
      @gonzalovittori661 2 года назад +1

      @@novafawks the propaganda is still there, its just diferent. And is not just specific states.

    • @elfin2865
      @elfin2865 2 года назад +3

      @@novafawks Not to be all “WELL, ACTUALLY...” but I’m pretty sure that’s not true, schools in most states still do the pledge (and are legally required to have it performed at some point during the school day, I believe), though students generally can’t be punished for refusing to participate, silently protesting, etc.

  • @makenawatkins
    @makenawatkins 2 года назад +52

    This feels like an old newgrounds game before newgrounds was really a thing

    • @RippahRooJizah
      @RippahRooJizah 2 года назад +4

      I was just about to correct you but then I had to look it up and this game does, indeed, predate Newgrounds by a few months.

    • @bubbythebear6891
      @bubbythebear6891 2 года назад +7

      @@RippahRooJizah I know Newgrounds launched in 1995, but wasn't it just a Neo Geo fan site then? I didn't think you could submit flash games or animations.

    • @DrunkMoblin
      @DrunkMoblin 2 года назад +2

      @@bubbythebear6891 That’s cool. I’ve been online since 98, but I didn’t know that!

    • @bubbythebear6891
      @bubbythebear6891 2 года назад +2

      @@DrunkMoblin I am relatively young, and the first time I was on New Grounds was 2009 or 2010. Weird to think that the website was popular back during that time period, despite the fact it was so old for the time.

  • @mattwo7
    @mattwo7 2 года назад +52

    Man the wild west days of the internet really were something else. Took until the mid 2000s for Nintendo (and other corporations like WMG who were infamous for muting RUclips videos early into RUclips's life) to notice the internet.

    • @n0isyturtle
      @n0isyturtle 2 года назад +3

      Nintendo not seeing what's right in front of them, and being stuck in the past? Nooooo /s

    • @lilwyvern4
      @lilwyvern4 2 года назад +8

      I wish they never did. It's been all downhill since.

  • @theskoomacat3106
    @theskoomacat3106 2 года назад +118

    We need a sequel where we fight Winnie the Pooh

    • @Vulnresati
      @Vulnresati 2 года назад +8

      The bear of interest

  • @midwestmonster9886
    @midwestmonster9886 2 года назад +37

    It just amuses me that the programmer of one of the worst games of all time would share a name with one of the most prolific directors of all time. It's like if CrazyBus was programmed by Hitchcok.

  • @cousinmajin
    @cousinmajin 2 года назад +51

    Hearing this dude describe the creator as "an edgelord" and the game as "a shitpost" is fucking amazing

  • @rickythemaddragonxiong8757
    @rickythemaddragonxiong8757 2 года назад +60

    AVGN popularize the title & then UHVGN was able to solve the mystery behind the game's development, buy the real physical copy and even interviewing Kowloon Kurosawa himself.

  • @MrMegaManFan
    @MrMegaManFan 2 года назад +29

    This is the game that taught me the term “kusoge.”

  • @DeathScorpi0
    @DeathScorpi0 2 года назад +150

    So nice to finally see UHVGN getting recognition from bigger sources. Chris deserves all of this recognition and exposure for his work!

    • @mightyfilm
      @mightyfilm 2 года назад +23

      Couldn't agree more. He wasn't big and flashy like most of the other game critics, but his videos really do deserve more viewers.

    • @nanoglitch6693
      @nanoglitch6693 2 года назад +13

      I was going to be so angry if they hadn't included him in this video.

    • @philatio1744
      @philatio1744 2 года назад +7

      yeah, happy for him. He’s extremely dedicated to what he does.

    • @ILoveWomen
      @ILoveWomen 2 года назад +12

      Honestly big props to Liam for taking 50 seconds before crediting Chris for all the research he’s done on the game, and getting an interview with him. Some RUclipsrs do the bare minimum when covering games and their history (this isn’t aimed at the Nerd but RUclips as a whole)

    • @Jacknehof
      @Jacknehof 2 года назад +1

      Would have been nice if he could have made his own original name though

  • @FilAnd01
    @FilAnd01 2 года назад +23

    Just a slight correction: I love Beijing Tiananmen wasn’t written by the communist party of China, the lyrics were written by a 12 year old and the melody by a 19 year old apprentice at a glass factory. The song is from 1970, which was before the Tiananmen Square massacre, it wasn’t written to make people forget about what happened at Tiananmen Square.

  • @jymfiskburk2256
    @jymfiskburk2256 2 года назад +12

    Proud of my man UHVGN, remember he is one of the few owners of a HK97 original copy, and reading about kurosawa, boy that man has seen some things, he has some books none of them translated but tell stories about some dark stuff

  • @dannybeane2069
    @dannybeane2069 2 года назад +20

    " Yes, It's a shit post, but its existence is a miracle"
    This needs to be used more in our lexicon.

  • @Blues_Light
    @Blues_Light 2 года назад +105

    What a badass this guy was, honestly.
    We live in an age where anyone can work on and publish a game. I hope he decides to throw something out there again.

  • @yeko1452
    @yeko1452 2 года назад +97

    A upgraded remake would be bomb

    • @Kimarnic
      @Kimarnic 2 года назад +8

      Literally

    • @TheCheat420
      @TheCheat420 2 года назад +9

      It would bomb that's for sure.

    • @NIRO_II
      @NIRO_II 2 года назад +3

      I love China

    • @MantaRaydiated
      @MantaRaydiated 2 года назад +17

      Honestly it would work now and fit the politic forecast we’re currently experiencing with modern day China

    • @iamgoat6740
      @iamgoat6740 2 года назад +4

      I want whatever in the fuck you fellas are smoking

  • @bubbawiggles
    @bubbawiggles 2 года назад +30

    15:42 ActRaiser? Specifically the part of the engine from the shooty angel bits? Idk. Just sleuthin' around. The only alternative would be Soul Blazer as I doubt this game is based off of Dragon Quest 3's engine.

    • @arolahn
      @arolahn 2 года назад +14

      Also thought of Actraiser. The boss and some enemy movements resemble the pharaoh head boss and the bees/hornets from the desert level, respectively.

    • @DrunkMoblin
      @DrunkMoblin 2 года назад +6

      That’s a fantastic guess… I wonder if you could incrementally increase the speed and on screen bullets to see if the feel matches.

    • @venomousslayer8663
      @venomousslayer8663 9 месяцев назад +1

      The text font is similar to the one in Paladin's Quest too.

  • @tylerensminger
    @tylerensminger 2 года назад +32

    The AVGN video on this was hilarious

  • @juzoinui4627
    @juzoinui4627 2 года назад +39

    As Angry Video Game Nerd once said;
    “WHAT WERE THEY THINKING?!?

    • @derlich09
      @derlich09 2 года назад +7

      A herd of fucking ugly reds?!?!?

    • @7swordquanta459
      @7swordquanta459 2 года назад +5

      WHY IS THE BACKGROUND COCA-COLA?!?

  • @adirblazkowics7717
    @adirblazkowics7717 2 года назад +26

    Fun fact: There's a mod for Postal 2 based on this game, and it's an unfairly far better game than the SFC title. And kind of hilarious tbh, shooting ping-pong balls at people and seeing them just explode.

  • @lifeisabigfun
    @lifeisabigfun 2 года назад +7

    some more information regaridng the "death files" tape and its existence/existence:
    it's fair to assume that, with kurosawa's fascination of the macabre, he was very much into the "junk video" craze of japan at the time. aka, mondo films, shockumentaries, death tapes, etc. think "Faces of Death" but even more raw and to-your-face (and actually real).
    Japan had this giant boom of (what were known back then as) Junk Tapes (also known as MANIAC videos) around the mid/late 90's, to the point where entire distribution studios (such as AROMA/BAROQUE, the creators of the famous pseudo snuff film NIKU DARUMA) lived off exclusively off of tapes with unaired news footage from foreign countries of dead bodies, car crash victims, murder victims, gang shootout aftermath, etc. They're not exactly "snuff films", as that would imply that the people were murdered specifically for the sake of being recorded--however, these contain EXPLICIT REAL footage of REAL DEAD PEOPLE, used without permission from the victim's family, most of the time.
    [I'm telling you right now, if you're reading this, PLEASE don't look up this crap. It was made specifically to shock and satisfy those curious enough that were willing to stomach some extremely disturbing and horrifying footage.]
    These started coming out like crazy after localized copies of the original FACES OF DEATH and TRACES OF DEATH came out in Japan, with FoD being localized as JUNK.
    These tapes were sold as AV videos (adult video, duh) and were sold at adult video shops, often with their covers hidden/covered up.
    DEATH FILES was one of MANY tapes produced during this craze, banking on war footage from civil conflicts and the like.
    Kurosawa most likely would've owned a copy of this tape, which would later be used for Hong Kong 97.

  • @FlashaniMan247
    @FlashaniMan247 2 года назад +113

    There is some credit to this game: it predicted a lot of things that happened in the year 1997.

    • @johnshea7871
      @johnshea7871 2 года назад +34

      As it said that Deng Xaioping died which actually happened in 1997

    • @AdamVladimirKross
      @AdamVladimirKross 2 года назад +23

      Did they turn him into an ultimate weapon?

    • @Giantsfanlewis
      @Giantsfanlewis 2 года назад +35

      @@AdamVladimirKross they did. It's called covid

    • @perpetualcollapse
      @perpetualcollapse 2 года назад +7

      @@Giantsfanlewis
      Lmao

    • @johnshea7871
      @johnshea7871 2 года назад +1

      @@Giantsfanlewis That is just a conspiracy theory that extreme conservatives use just to gain attention

  • @NachtKaiser666
    @NachtKaiser666 2 года назад +24

    I remember randomly coming across the rom in the early 2000 and being completely baffled by it! To think that now we know more about it and its creator than we ever did before does make me happy though! There's a place in the gaming industry for shitposters like Kowloon Kurosawa and he can join the MDickies of this world as a memelord indie developer! I hope he makes more games in the future!

  • @Oriana_leung
    @Oriana_leung 2 года назад +21

    2:43 Thank you for bringing to my childhood TuT. Best memory ever. Now then I noticed that, the floppy disks (HK Aberdeen cubicle-size game shop uncle always say pick 5 disks to us and my mom) are much cheaper than the JP SNES cartridge from SOGO toys department. 11:00 Predication came true xD. 13:22 ATV too,which lots of drama series are China-made.
    ------>Please help me to tell Kurosawa san Thank you for the SNES extension(Floppy Disc adaptor) and getting the worldd's attention to bother about HK's current situation(the 20=50 yrs old Democratic Newspaper company had been terminated by a China law last yr).

  • @t-money95
    @t-money95 2 года назад +10

    This was an amazing video.
    I'm glad this got its closure.
    So much dope history here.
    Much love to this channel and those who was involved ❤

  • @velodus
    @velodus 2 года назад +6

    That's fascinating. It's wild that such an obscure, crazy artifact from the 90's that was made in like a weekend could have such longevity.

  • @jksanrio
    @jksanrio 2 года назад +6

    Funny how when you start the game, the text says “protected by copyright, and infringement will result in legal pursues”

  • @Lucas-db2jq
    @Lucas-db2jq 2 года назад +12

    Oh no... That's the same crazy cult that inspired the Happy Happyists from MOTHER 2/EarthBound.
    Blue, blue...

  • @garfieldsfavoritelasagna2820
    @garfieldsfavoritelasagna2820 2 года назад +11

    Can't wait for Nintendo to announce the Kim Jong-il Switch Hong Kong 1997 bundle

  • @lorenzopliskin1384
    @lorenzopliskin1384 2 года назад +20

    yo,my man Healthy vg getting the recognition he deserves for unhearting this plot

  • @Tominatort69420
    @Tominatort69420 2 года назад +4

    Hong Kong 97 Gameplay: modded rail-shooter
    Hong Kong 97 Lore:

    • @7swordquanta459
      @7swordquanta459 2 года назад +2

      Has its own story before the movie of the same title

  • @dontreadthiscomment3026
    @dontreadthiscomment3026 2 года назад +19

    Never thought I’d see a did you know gaming video on this

  • @MrTubeStuck
    @MrTubeStuck 2 года назад +36

    So... There are physical copies of this game? Damn, I hope some of it are still in working condition

    • @stopwearingwatches
      @stopwearingwatches 2 года назад +3

      There are tons of bootleg SNES carts from the early to mid 90s that are probably lost forever.
      My friend had "Street Fighter 3" on cart from our local importer which was an early World Warrior hack similar to arcade ones around at the time where you could do every special move in the air and switch characters mid fight by pressing start.
      I have NEVER found a rom dump of the exact version and it is probably now considered lost.

    • @jymfiskburk2256
      @jymfiskburk2256 2 года назад +3

      Yes, the floppy version is the original, UHVGN has one of those

  • @SLZeroArrow
    @SLZeroArrow 2 года назад +73

    At long last...you covered one of the worst games ever made, next up: BIG RIGS

  • @Mirvana
    @Mirvana 2 года назад +4

    Something I never expected to learn in a DYKG video.... brands and rarities of SNUFF FILM dvds.... o_o

  • @Mankey619
    @Mankey619 2 года назад +4

    Ever I saw the AVGN episode which he played this infamous bad game,got me hooked up on this game. I really wanted to know how and why this game existed in the first place. I’ve seen a lot of story about this game and it just got me very intrigued that how this game is made. Even the infamous game over screen even got me very concerned that who this poor soul is and it’s just really disturbing that how low they’ll go for making this game. But then again the most hilarious part of this game is Chin who’s Jackie Chan is playing the role of being Bruce Lees “relative”. Kurosawa your one bizarre developer and you have my respect.

  • @Chaz_Mahoney
    @Chaz_Mahoney 2 года назад +20

    Now THIS game needs a remaster

  • @sleepingkirby
    @sleepingkirby 2 года назад +6

    Ahh, I miss Taiwan in the 90's. Soooo much pirated stuff. Guan Hua too, when it was underneath an overpass rather than a building like it is now. Well, at least it finally has AC now.
    At least now I know how it is that I use to play the MSX version of "The Castle" on a famicom as a kid. Everyone kept telling me I was imagining it or mistaken.

  • @AwdryFan1997
    @AwdryFan1997 Год назад +3

    I can't believe D3 Publishing had its origins from Hong Kong 97!

  • @Newportal1
    @Newportal1 2 года назад +7

    The game was basically the fever dream of a teenager looking to offend as many people as he could. As many of us would do to appear edgy.

  • @artboy598
    @artboy598 2 года назад +2

    Nice to see Ultra Healthy Video Game Nerd get a shout out

  • @larrylaffer3246
    @larrylaffer3246 2 года назад +35

    Ah the early days the internet. An era before SOPA, PIPA, and other such regulations. A scary but interesting time indeed.

  • @ricomcpato5266
    @ricomcpato5266 2 года назад +6

    this is excellent journalism! part of me is a bit bummed that after years of reading about this at 3am in the dark the cloud of mystery that has surrounded it has finally evaporated lmao

  • @PKrawzakProductions
    @PKrawzakProductions 2 года назад +2

    RUclips rolled an ad over the uncensored digitized photograph of a dead body. I'm not sure what to make of that.

  • @philatio1744
    @philatio1744 2 года назад +6

    Shout out to AGVN for gauging interest on the title.

  • @khalidwaleed2362
    @khalidwaleed2362 2 года назад +2

    Great to see Ultra Healthy Video Game Nerd, really miss his videos

  • @DeepWeeb
    @DeepWeeb 2 года назад +11

    According to TCRF, Mini-Skirt Police was developed by a company named "Daft", from there is one game for the Super Famicom published by Enix; Hamelin no Violin Hiki, programmed by *Yoshihiro Matsumoto*

    • @GoodlyPenguin
      @GoodlyPenguin 2 года назад +1

      Bingo. We found the man responsible for Hong Kong 97

  • @asteroidrules
    @asteroidrules 2 года назад +4

    So basically this is the SNES equivalent of Cruelty Squad.

  • @GianniLeonhart
    @GianniLeonhart 2 года назад +8

    DYKG ft UHVGN? A surprise, to be sure, but a welcome one

  • @fakeshemp9599
    @fakeshemp9599 2 года назад +2

    Nice! I really liked the UHVGN channel! He covered a lot of stuff that other channels didn't cover. I was sad when he stopped uploading :(

  • @hypnovertigo7200
    @hypnovertigo7200 2 года назад +3

    So glad to see UHVGN mentioned.

  • @tomtheconqerur
    @tomtheconqerur 2 года назад +2

    Don't forget about this games sequel New York 2017 where you play as John Wayne's half cousin step son.

  • @n0isyturtle
    @n0isyturtle 2 года назад +6

    Literally the only game that makes any sense in the Enix catalogue is Door Door.
    Especially considering the development history of Door Door and Chunsoft, it is pretty obvious who he's talking about.

  • @SarcasticPossum
    @SarcasticPossum 2 года назад +1

    Glad the Nerd isn't the only one talking about this game.

  • @skunksecond
    @skunksecond 2 года назад +53

    This channel went from kind of dead to Gaming Historian levels of good

    • @harrylane4
      @harrylane4 2 года назад +16

      They release a video every week lol

    • @WhoElseButZane
      @WhoElseButZane 2 года назад +15

      What do you mean kinda dead? Maybe youtube wasn't showing you your subs

    • @ArktikAlice
      @ArktikAlice 2 года назад +9

      They really are doing a good job of getting some really good trivia at this point. They really ARE gaming historians.

    • @db1557
      @db1557 2 года назад

      I agree

    • @blackhatfreak
      @blackhatfreak 2 года назад

      How dare you

  • @stapuft
    @stapuft 2 года назад +23

    someone needs to do a 3-d reimagining/sequel about the more recent hong kong protests, and have the main enemies be chinese military/police, with protestors giving you powerups if you save them, the government car could be replaced with the "mysterious van" that if you get taken into, you are never seen or heard from again, that the government claims is an ambulance, but we know isnt, and dictator xi jing pooh as the final boss, when you beat him, it flashes #freehongkong and then starts all over again. Id personally call it "hong kong '19"

    • @juansanchez209
      @juansanchez209 2 года назад +1

      I think the protesters would be the villains tbh

    • @stapuft
      @stapuft 2 года назад +1

      @@juansanchez209 naah man, you are getting your over here ideas mixed up with the over there ones, see, in the us, that could be ;looked at as true, as they were causing literal riots about things that happened over 30 years ago, and our police were basically just watching it all happen, barely interfering at all, even though they were killing people, and burning city blocks down....... but over there, they were peacefully protesting against a dictatorship that is trying to actively at this moment, wipe their freedom away and make them a part of their evil dictatorship, when said evil dictatorship, sent the military up against unarmed civilians......

    • @juansanchez209
      @juansanchez209 2 года назад +1

      @@stapuft Man’s aggression cannot be quelled, only tempered. It’s their country, it’s not our place to go and try to instill democracy.

    • @stapuft
      @stapuft 2 года назад +3

      @@juansanchez209 thats just it, we wouldnt be, hong kong is and has been a democracy on its own, separate from china for over 100 years now, china is LITERALLY invading a foreign country and taking it over, by force....

    • @majamystic256
      @majamystic256 2 года назад

      make it a total conversion on the gzdoom engine

  • @TheCreepypro
    @TheCreepypro 2 года назад +3

    who knew that the history of this game would be so fascinating?

  • @nicolasdamico1748
    @nicolasdamico1748 2 года назад +1

    Can’t believe I’m JUST NOW finding out about all this! Thank you for giving me some closure.

  • @DTM-Books
    @DTM-Books Год назад

    Avant-garde videogames seems like a very fresh yet undeveloped idea. There should be more non-commercial works such as this. I’m reminded of things like Andy Warhol’s movies, for example, or maybe the works of the Dadaists. Hong Kong 97 has a strong “paint a mustache on the Mona Lisa” vibe, and I wish we had more videogames like this.

  • @bazboo1284
    @bazboo1284 2 года назад +2

    Off to AVGN to hear that sweet music loop

  • @Darkington
    @Darkington 2 года назад +2

    Truthfully, I never thought I'd hear anything more about this game.

  • @JustJulyo
    @JustJulyo 2 года назад +3

    People forget that creating something is one of the reasons why life is so wonderful
    Yeah this was not a good video game but gotta respect the fact that someone had the courage to make something even if they knew it wasn't great. Gotta respect imagination and intuition

  • @Op_Intrude-N313
    @Op_Intrude-N313 11 месяцев назад

    Kurasawa at 3:01 looks like he's fully realized how ludicrous humanity can be.

  • @The_Ostrich
    @The_Ostrich 2 года назад +26

    This video was sponsored by the Angry Video Game Nerd.

  • @christophersmith2068
    @christophersmith2068 2 года назад +2

    "Pirates... I wonder if it's anyone I know...."
    - Mara Jade

  • @vidjenko8349
    @vidjenko8349 2 года назад +21

    if someone data mines the game's code and compares it to enix's releases that anonymous programmer is fucked lol

  • @solidskullz5736
    @solidskullz5736 2 года назад +15

    you've heard of Hong Kong 97 but have you heard of New York 2017

  • @Globalastral5
    @Globalastral5 2 года назад +1

    Once you’ve heard that song once, you’ll never forget it

  • @MegaCygnusX1
    @MegaCygnusX1 2 года назад +4

    Hideo Kojima needs to get this guy's number.

  • @wasabikemosabe1773
    @wasabikemosabe1773 2 года назад +9

    3:35 is that Gogo from FF6!?

  • @reagandow850
    @reagandow850 2 года назад +5

    You need to check out “The Ultra healthy video games nerd”. He interviewed the creator and has an original copy of this gane!! Check out his videos. Edit: Indeed you did!! Excellent!!

  • @ssxtier
    @ssxtier Год назад +1

    the fastest game development in history 1 hour and published still

  • @mrrowwmeoww
    @mrrowwmeoww 9 месяцев назад +1

    i love beijing tiananmen wasnt written to get people to forget about the tiananmen square massacre, it was written prior during the cultural revolution from 1966-1976

  • @TheOverachiever7
    @TheOverachiever7 2 года назад +6

    I wonder if anyone will be able to pin down what game could've used the engine used for Honk Kong. We know it's an Enix game, at least.

    • @lnas1892
      @lnas1892 2 года назад

      .

    • @arolahn
      @arolahn 2 года назад +4

      Might be Actraiser based on enemy/boss movement patterns and some shooting elements.

    • @planchetflaw
      @planchetflaw 2 года назад +2

      Check out the credits from The Mini Skirt/Beauty Police. Cross check those names against Enix titles. The answer appears.

  • @chrisray9653
    @chrisray9653 2 года назад +2

    But how did they make that wicked ass 3D green coin flip? Maybe the engine is Bahamut's Lagoon.

  • @MegawrightAA
    @MegawrightAA 2 года назад +2

    WHY IS THE BACKGROUND COCA COLA?!?!

  • @SemiramisAudron
    @SemiramisAudron 2 года назад +2

    Love how Miniskirt pls has the same game damage mechanic as El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron where you play a literal biblical prophet fighting demons and fallen angels and your armor breaks apart as you take damage, to reveal tight jeans and hot abs

  • @starwindamada5313
    @starwindamada5313 2 года назад +1

    "It's Jackie Chan playing Bruce Lee's relative Chin!"
    -AVGN

  • @juanmena3648
    @juanmena3648 2 года назад +5

    In the words of JonTron: "Follow your dreams. But not too hard that something like this happens"

  • @svenbtb
    @svenbtb 2 года назад +2

    This whole story is wild.

  • @GiantBluebird
    @GiantBluebird 2 года назад

    All I could think at 2:15 was "Send us your floppy" XD

  • @xavierlordmusic
    @xavierlordmusic Месяц назад

    hong Kong 97 feels like a horror game after u figure out whats in it

  • @amharbinger
    @amharbinger 2 года назад +6

    I remember this game from the AVGN

  • @user-yi5mt2df5q
    @user-yi5mt2df5q 2 года назад +2

    I'm here because of Ultra Healthy Nerd!

  • @KingBat
    @KingBat 2 года назад

    The Mini-Skirt Police sounds quite entertaining.