Unlikely Licensed Games - Kim Justice
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
- Today we've got some licensed games that are...kind of unusual...seriously, how on earth anyone would ever think of making these games? So relax as we review James "Buster" Douglas Knock Out Boxing, Bill Laimbeer's Combat Basketball and Family Dog on SNES, Jerry Glanville's Pigskin Footbrawl, Cool World, and Minnesota Fats: Pool Legend. Enjoy!
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Now I know where the Simpsons got that reference when Homer and Ned become friends and they are playing pool: "They don't call me Springfield Fats just because I'm morbidly obese"
You may have been joking about a licensed game based on your favorite toothpaste but here in the states we actually got one. Tooth Protectors on the 2600 which was licensed by Johnson & Johnson.
Yuo should consider following this up with licenses based on obscure/bombed movies, like Bebe's Kids etc.
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like Pepsi Man then!
Iznogoud is another one like that, based on a cartoon noone ever heard of that lasted all of five minutes.
***** ***** Ecks vs Sever on the GBA.
***** I bought that game for PC. I still have it (big box). I bought it because I liked the comic (it was reviewed in a comic magazine).
Larry Bundy Jr ~ edgy one.... much love to you
Larry Bundy Jr “Toys” on the SNES, bleuurrgghh!!
You got me. I am, in fact, Minnesota Fats: greatest pool player in two star systems, and second best turtle-tickler in five.
You could pull a great Spartacus moment with this.
"I am Minnesota Fats!"
I've never been to Minnesota but i've seen a Jesse Ventura role or two AND I'm fat. :)
I'm from Finland and I think I remember Family Dog from my childhood. It just seems really really familiar in some way altough I was five years old in 1993, so it probably aired at least a bit later, but I'm pretty sure it at least aired over here in the nineties.
Horzuhammer
what is the relevance of being from Finland?
Easy one would have seen that portion in the Amazing Stories movies (I forget which one) and the very short lived Family Dog Television series that just couldn't overcome the Simpsons Juggernaut.
I love the Jerry Glanville clip... that's a classic clip when he says the NFL stands for Not For Long
The end theme always reminds me of KISS 'God Gave Rock 'N' Roll To You II' the beginning part does lol. Another great review - look forward to the next one :D
You can't be Minnesota Fatts. I'm Minnesota Fatts! Just like the guy next to me.
Pigskin brawl is actually pretty historically accurate to some of the pre-football ball games that were popular in medieval Europe particularly in England and Ireland. The object of these games was to get a ball either of two post at the opposite sides of the town sometimes a mile or two apart and no other rules - stabbings also occurred during the game.
What was that sport called?
RUGBY FOOTBALL
Wow dude, the amount of information you have in this video is amazing. You should make a series out of this theme.
Believe it or not, the Snes version of Coolworld can be finished in about 20-30 minutes. Rubbish.
Bill Lambeer's combat basketball actually makes sense when you consider the fact he was quite aggressive in real life, clean play my foot. in fact his agression actually got him suspended just as he was about to break the world record for longest winning streak.
Your videos are so god damned entertaining Kimble.
Keep it up, brother.
Still have Fanily dog, was one of my favorite games when I was younger. It was a games my family loved because of the art and cutscenes, and we had no idea it was based on a cartoon. I only found out about the show after we first got internet and I wanted to do some research. Such a weird game, shocked it exists. Still fun and the graphics are lively
9:00 I'm glad you mentioned that Pigskin game was made by Midway first because you could hear Mortal Kombat voice FX in the grunts and such! lol
The kicker of the NY/Minnesota Fats debacle is that there are early drafts of The Hustler novel that actually have the name New York Fats instead of Minnesota. In other words, Mosconi was right
regarding that minnisoda Fats game...the licence was added as part of the western localization. the original japanese version was instead a sequel to Data east's earlyer Pool game side pocket.
It's kind of funny - I came here for game trivia and wound up learning interesting sports trivia. I'll probably immediately forget about Minnesota Fats, but I bet he lived an interesting life. Nice to know people like that roam the world.
I find your videos super interesting! I love learning tons of interesting and weird trivia about games and commiting it to memory. Keep it up!
great videos, found you through the postal retrospective.
keep up amazing work, not enough quality youtubers such as yourself
I would've sworn Family Dog was tied to Seth Macfarlane... the old creeper's dog looks just like the same dog!
If Pigskin Footbrawl had a season mode it would be my favorite sports game.
Honestly, I actually think Minnesota Fats on the Genesis is one of my favorite pool games, especially as far as 2D ones go. The music is really good, too, although I wish the loops were a tad longer. It's kinda like the original Genesis Side Pocket, but better in many ways (not that it was bad at all). The Saturn version is far too cheesy to take seriously and enjoy as much as the Genesis version.
Putting the games into cultural context is what Kim Justice does best - good work. I have been subscribed for a few years and am enjoying these vids alot!
Retsupurae did their thing over the videos from the Minnesota Fats game. The best.
Great choice of music with "Hearts on Fire"!.
the most bizarre licensed game i've ever heard of is probably omar sharif's contract bridge on the MS-DOS (which isn't really that odd when you find out that omar sharif was actually a contract bridge bigshot as well as world-famous actor but still)
actually, scratch that, the weirdest licensed game i know of (even though i'm stretching the definition of licensed a bit here) is gorby's pipeline, which stars none other than then-president of the soviet union mikhail gorbachev. while compile didn't exactly sign a contract with mr. gorbachev, they did get the go-ahead from the soviet embassy before publishing the game to be sure they wouldn't inadvertently create a problem, so... not a licensed game, but an "approved" game? lol
I live in Austria and here we can watch German TV. The German TV Pro7 was showing Family Dog here in the mid 90s. 94-96 or so. i saw it in the saturday/sunday morning cartoons programm
Let’s be honest, Tyson used to defend his belt agains jabronis, he was big money but never invincible to real fight fans. His rise to the top was purely engineered by Don King
I remember seeing an episode of Family Dog in 1988, which was shown before the main film when I went to see The Land Before Time.
theflyingninja1 That would have been the original short, directed by Brad Bird (later of The Incredibles, Ratatouille and whatnot) and it was also shown as part of Steven Spielberg's Amazing Stories. The 90's TV series was an expansion on that and Bird wasn't involved. I've never seen the original short but I'm guessing based on who made it that it's pretty damn good.
Kimble Justice Ive always remembered it even though I saw it nearly 30 years ago, so that shows how much I liked it!
That's weird, the combat basketball arena has an Eldar rune from Warhammer 40k in the centre of the floor.
I'm so happy that you've brought back your classic outro music. Great video as always!
Fauntleroy Kimble's work is exceptional.
They made a game out of cool world? Huh. I actually have a bizarre nostalgia for that film, or rather what the film _could_ have been. It's always remained at the top of my list of films that I wish I could see as the director intended, but alas this isn't a case where a clever directors cut could save it because... well, it was changed before most of the film was made. The only parts that were produced of the original script were the backgrounds. If you had ever wondered why Cool World was this insane, creepy Gothic hellhole that looks like a Tim Burton feverdream it's because the film was originally conceived as a horror-comedy about a guy who fucks a toon and has a deformed child that decides he wants revenge on daddy for being born a freak. Seriously. It still sounds ludicrous and I don't think it would have made anything A-Grade, but... dammit, it sounds _fun as hell._
I always thought Yes Minister was a very unlikely licensed game.
theflyingninja1 I've "kinda" covered it before as part of Licensed Games? Thought about including it because it's majorly unlikely but I'd have probably been repeating myself for the most part. There was a "Yo! Weird Licensed Games" video that includes it.
Yes! The Palma overworld theme from the original Phantasy Star!
MASH for Atari 2600 is one of those licensed games that makes me scratch my head.
I really liked the cool world film! Made a bit more sense than other Ralph Bakshi movies, excluding the awesome Wizards!
Oh, Lordy! I actually remember the Family Dog cartoon!
I'm loving the fact you're back making vids again Kim! You know what, you're channel was one of the first I subscribed to on RUclips. Keep it up buddy!
Linkara and Marsgurl did a crossover review of Cool World about 4 years ago
Your analysis of the Douglas Tyson fight was spot on. Douglas could of beat anyone on that night. It was his moment.
I really want to see Cool Wolrd now lol. Good video again :) The best licensed game is probably still Robocop before they became poop in the mid 90s
I have to look up that Saturn game, it looks glorious.
I owned Bill Laimbeer's Combat Basketball and have enjoyed it. However, it was also a case of this is the game you because you are a kid sort of thing.
I remember seeing minnesota fats for the sega saturn.I had no who the person was etc.You got me there on digging the info for that game kimble.Any time i wanted to play a game of billiards i go for the real deal.
Awesome vid as always! I'll admit that the Amiga Cool World does look to be rather enjoyable, if a bit simplistic. I'm betting the developers must've blown a lot of the budget and disk space onto that intro animation of whats-her-name dancing.
Minnesota Fats' cutscenes are the fucking best. I also love how, in the outtakes vid, they managed to slip in some dude in the background saying "oh shit!" in one of them, it's incredible. I still gotta find the Japanese version (Side Pocket 2) and rip, convert and upload the cutscenes of that one.
As for Combat Basketball, it's a similar situation to Buster Douglas, in that it's a port of some game but with a license slapped to it, in this case the Amiga/ST game Future Basketball, from Hewson, released a year earlier.
Loved the Minnesota Fats stuff, I had no idea it existed.
Minessota F. Is my new favourite retro game content related producer that I have bothered to watch. Hazzarr!
SNES Cool World isn't THAT bad a game if you know what you're doing. It's more an arcade adventure than a platform we. You have to get certain things in certain orders to open up other parts of the game. You wouldn't know that though if you didn't have the instruction manual :) great video btw.
Great entertaining and informative video. Those FMV scenes look like something else. Ya know, there was even a Cool World game for Gameboy. It was more a puzzle platformer with light combat elements, but man, they milked that turd before it even dropped out, ha ha. Great vid.
Just a heads up, Nintendo didn't renew their license with Mike Tyson because of his rape charge.
Nope - Punch-Out was revised with Mr. Dream in 1990. Tyson wasn't charged for rape until the summer of 1991.
("Mike Tyson's Intergalactic Power Punch" was changed due to his arrest, but that was well before release and presumably before they got any Tyson-related license back.)
You're completely right, good research and channel mate.
You better have Chris Kamara's Football in here or we might have to throw down. XD
*Spoils the ending to the Hustler*
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"You should definitely watch the Hustler"
Great stuff! I love the backstorys and history you provide with each review very interesting keep it up.
I liked buster douglas boxing. Actually better than punch out since it was really boxing, not a mini puzzle game, disguised as boxing, like punch out
Family dog was on spanish TV very briefly at the time
Great video as always Kim, but i'm not sure name-dropping crap obscure licensed games at parties will turn heads. Ostracism to a dark corner being forced to play Moria on the Spectrum for the duration seems a more likely outcome :p
Technician Si They would too turn heads! Just, y'know, the other way.
Indeed lol... Or maybe even a few stomachs.
+Technician Si It may not good sir, but the Minnesota Fats info is going to blow my brother and father's mind!
Always a great seeing a new vid bud. You really do great work. Fills the video game media hole for me since my fellow countrymen of consolevania stopped production
i liked cool world i didnt realise it was so hated,but i think its just nostalgia again,i think all of us watching this suffer with it nostalgia sound bad done it
you missed that Etta James thought the fake Minnesota Fats may be her father
Family dog... That's weird, I remember seeing some episodes in france.
That's not how you pronounce hyperbole.
2:10 Hyperbowl 🤣
Ah HA . You thought I wouldn't recognize the phoenix wright music in the background.
Great video Kim!
Toothpaste you say? Well, it wasn't a licensed game, but it very well could have been... Check out Plaque Attack! :D
Can't find a decent top down pool game? Arcade Pool on the Amiga surely?
As much as they spawned the same circular arguments, I kind of miss the console wars - bottom line was variety, competitive franchises - some actual choice. You didn't have big titles come out for each console, to think what some games over the years c o u l d have been if not forced to be developed for multiple consoles and expected to perform to similar standards.
Exclusives are where it's at, true console-sellers, something the others don't have - otherwise we may as well roll each brand into one, lie down and be dogpiled by monopolies.
Great video as always!
You have to use the bomb on the trash can and then they dont like the smell of the hot trash (cool world)
Very good video!
I actually remember Family Dog.
"Am playin like Paul fucking Newman by the way..."
Buster Douglas sold alot of Genesises.
Ace Attorney music at the end?! You don't have the *right* to flood my nostalgia sensors without warning. Trigger warning man c'moooon. I'm calling this scandal Nostalgia-Gate.
Family dog i remember that show the dog farted once, thats all i can recall
'Allo 'Allo on the Amiga?
I like the way you talk. Make a video about the Ultimate Wawwiow next. LOL
being that you're quite the Amiga fan, if you ever do another one like this, will you tackle one of that PC's absolute worst licensed games- and worst games, period- in that system's history: THQ's abominable version of AKIRA? I won't blame you if you don't... I already know how horrendous and downright wretched it was, so I know no one in their right mind would wanna subject themselves to such torture... World Of Longplays (formerly Cubex55) already did it and they've the scars to prove this point! cheers from The Bronx, as always!
triplestar100 Already did it - it was the "Shit Room" game in the A-Z of Licensed Games' first vid about Aliens vs. Predator. Utterly wretched game!
Kimble Justice right, I remember now... I went and saw it again a few minutes ago... guess I'm getting senile there, LOL!
I admit it. I'm Minnesota Fats!
hayy i love cool World its crazy but good and cool movie :D
hy-per-bo-lee
Lets get this right Ocean released games based on Cool World but shit canned The Shadow snes game ? No wonder there no longer around :P.
I ❤️ kim
High per boll ee
nice video
I just saw Michael Jackson 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
Very poignant opening theme from PS!
Genesis does, what nintendont😂
3:07 An early Trump cameo.
Cool World proves that mixing European Dessin ANIME from France or Italy with American Live action doesn't nessercery work as a good consept whilst American Live Action and Cartoons mixed together did mix well as a consept. But then again you have Dessin and Full ANIME remixes which did work as a consept like M.A.S.K. and Mysterious Cities of Gold which combined both French and Japanese ANIME so why the American Live Action with Italian Dessin ANIME didn't work is beyond me but it's maybe because the Italian's didn't have as many hits as the French on the Dessin ANIME scene as The Little Train with the 3 Pink Bunnys and Big Bad Wolf by Harmony Gold is the only Dessin from Italy I even know of and that was because it was a VHS I watched as a kid so that is the only reason I know that one and it's pretty rubbish IDA film also.
+Daniel Cordell Other than that all my known Dessins were French as those were what aired in non VHS form in the UK from the Dessin ANIME Scene. So I guess it kinda solves why Cool World didn't take off it's because Italian Dessin didn't take off before hand as the only versions yet alone English Dub versions of Italian Dessin we got in the UK and US was on VHS as well as them being handled by poor dubbing companies like Poo/Harmony Gold known for their bad voice acting and warpy Mono audio in Stereo VHS Tapes era. It didn't help Cool World get noticed for sure not having Italian Dessin on the TV unlike the French Dessin ANIME which was on all the time. The Italian Dessin ANIME drawings are top notch with funky colours
+Daniel Cordell but it just had a poor scene in the west that was handled by poor companies and also VHS only without TV exposure so didn't work bringing IDA to a live action combi because we just wasn't ready because the scene never hit properly with good dubbers or TV exposure to do any good in films like Cool World. If Paramount like this film dubbed The Little Train the only one I know of rather than Poo Gold and also put it on their Viacom TV Networks then maybe Italian Dessin ANIME style would have got noticed properly enough to make a proper combi blockbuster from it ie. this film and people would have appreciated it more but it was panned due to not being ready for IDA/Live Mixed Blockbusters.
+Daniel Cordell By the way the fake Sergio Minuti Bunnys in this Dessin just wasn't as good drawn as the original artists but I'm guessing the Italian guy working on Cool World did have an imsperation from The Little Train and got permission for the bootleg versions or maybe Sergio was part of it and put them in anyway but a differently drawn version or they are exactly the same like Roger Rabbit's nicked stuff but highter res so they looked weird compared but it's still weird to see a film nicking Sergio's work if The Little Train wasn't that good to begin with as we had to endure Poo Gold's dubbing on the English version. But then again because a English version might be crap the Italian version might not be as it did have lovely animation I guess.
ace
You know hyperbole is pronounced high-per-bo-lay, right?
(sorry, just scrolled down and saw someone else pointed this out already)
I have travelled from the year 2026, i have come to warn everyone about a game created in 2025, it is he worst game ever created, even worse than ET, it's called Kim Justice review world, yes thats right Kim puts his name to a game, the way it works, you play games from the past, (you have to try and find them first) and once you finish playing the game, you write a review, but if your opinion doesn't please the readers or they disagree with you too much you lose, you need to keep an approval rating of over 60% to get to the next level, we need to stop this game being made, OH wait, have I just created a time paradox? by telling you about the game, maybe now you want to make it, am I the reason the game was made?
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Hyperbole..Kim can pronounce how they want. End of
That's weird, the combat basketball arena has an Eldar rune from Warhammer 40k in the centre of the floor.