Uploaded April 2021 | Updated September 2026, 13 hours ago
A quick look at a silly April Fools' Day joke printed by Computer and Video Games in 1998, with fun diversions into other silly stuff in the same issue.
Have you ever fallen for an April fool's joke? I'm guessing you have, if you've lived on this earth for at least a few years. Hence, you'll know the feeling of shame is directly proportional to the stupidity of the joke multiplied by the length of time you were fooled.
Case in point: Ultra Fernando Cousins, an obviously made up name if ever there was one, sillier even than the Great Gianna Sisters, and what a great hoax that turned out to be, eh?
Credits
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Computer and Video Games, EMAP Publishing
Electronic Gaming Monthly
Flying Penguins courtesy BBC: youtube.com/watch?v=9dfWzp7rYR4
Spaghetti Harvest In Ticino courtesy BBC/MySwitzerland: youtube.com/watch?v=tVo_wkxH9dU
San Serriffe courtesy The Guardian
Mariowave 64 music by Meme Militia: youtube.com/watch?v=FgOPxzHUoMs
Iznogoud by Goscinny/Tabary
Iznogoud Intro (PS1) courtesy RetroGameTV: youtube.com/watch?v=QZ1tGjiZGp4
Ronaldinho Soccer 64 by Twin Eagles Games
Ronaldinho Soccer 64 review: youtube.com/watch?v=M9PR5NtBcCM
A quick look at a silly April Fools' Day joke printed by Computer and Video Games in 1998, with fun diversions into other silly stuff in the same issue.
Have you ever fallen for an April fool's joke? I'm guessing you have, if you've lived on this earth for at least a few years. Hence, you'll know the feeling of shame is directly proportional to the stupidity of the joke multiplied by the length of time you were fooled.
Case in point: Ultra Fernando Cousins, an obviously made up name if ever there was one, sillier even than the Great Gianna Sisters, and what a great hoax that turned out to be, eh?
Credits
----------------
Computer and Video Games, EMAP Publishing
Electronic Gaming Monthly
Flying Penguins courtesy BBC: youtube.com/watch?v=9dfWzp7rYR4
Spaghetti Harvest In Ticino courtesy BBC/MySwitzerland: youtube.com/watch?v=tVo_wkxH9dU
San Serriffe courtesy The Guardian
Mariowave 64 music by Meme Militia: youtube.com/watch?v=FgOPxzHUoMs
Iznogoud by Goscinny/Tabary
Iznogoud Intro (PS1) courtesy RetroGameTV: youtube.com/watch?v=QZ1tGjiZGp4
Ronaldinho Soccer 64 by Twin Eagles Games
Ronaldinho Soccer 64 review: youtube.com/watch?v=M9PR5NtBcCM
![Call that a mow-job? Advanced Lawnmower Simulator [Amstrad CPC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/mV3h8T7XGd8/mqdefault.jpg "Call that a mow-job? Advanced Lawnmower Simulator [Amstrad CPC]
After Collies definitive review of the Speccys Advanced Lawnmower Simulator (AKA Advanced Lawnmowing Simulator, or just Lawnmower Simulator), I promised myself I wouldnt make any more videos of the game. But when I discovered an Amstrad version, I couldnt *not* give it a go!
Its a fairly faithful port, this. I find it just as hard as ever to earn that most coveted of video game rewards: the corned beef sandwich, and you can still get exploded by leaving your malfunctioning mower out in the rain. Blooming budget brands - thats the last time I do my electronics shopping at PoundSava.")
![The Galactic Pizza [Amstrad CPC] (Galactic Plague)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/n29UJDWeVuc/mqdefault.jpg "The Galactic Pizza [Amstrad CPC] (Galactic Plague)
Often dubbed the Worst Amstrad CPC Game of All Time, but should really be the Hardest CPC Game of All Time. After all, it *was* made by Indescomp, a company notorious for their difficult Amstrad CPC titles. Though to be fair, they did get that reputation from The Galactic Plague. Are you getting the message yet?
Apparently terribleness is a real word. Oh, and I swear I dont wish to make a catchphrase of this is quite advanced for the Amstrad CPC...
http://cpcrulez.fr/GamesTest/the_galactic_plague.htm")
![World Cup Italia 90 [Mega Drive] (Part 1/3) | Bog Standard Walkthroughs](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/nAB-Ccem5Q0/mqdefault.jpg "World Cup Italia 90 [Mega Drive] (Part 1/3) | Bog Standard Walkthroughs
Bog Standard Walkthrough recorded Christmas 2014. Yep, it takes me a year to get stuff edited these days!
Please excuse the iffy enunciation in parts - this series was recorded quite late at night...")
![The Dentist (Plaque Attack) on TV Boy II [Atari 2600 clone]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/oTfscVeHLVs/mqdefault.jpg "The Dentist (Plaque Attack) on TV Boy II [Atari 2600 clone]
Welcome to Plaque Attack, a dentist simulator in the form of an Atari space shooter. Your ship, a miniature tube of toothpaste, is tasked with defending a giants mouth from the advances of floating aliens resembling burgers, ice cream cones and... cassettes with hair?
A relatively simple challenge at first, it all gets rather frantic as the mutant doughnuts and candy canes flying at you from all directions become increasingly slippery. One must utilise all ones super-sharp Atari joystick reactions to eliminate all threats before the monsters teeth are rotted to mere stumps to leave him quite literally toothless. Presumably the giant then swallows your ship in a fit of rage before purchasing a new set of gnashers and allowing you to do it all again with a new tube of toothpaste.
You can earn yourself extra teeth, to be surgically implanted in a matter of milliseconds, every couple of thousand points to extend your game just that bit longer so you can experience the thrill of evil sandwiches and Glacé cherries being flung at you in Space Invader-esque fashion.
Not quite as fun as Fast Food, a similarly food-related title on the TV Boy, but certainly a novel little idea that at least *attempts* to deviate from the usual Aliens From Planet X Atari fare. Except it doesnt really, because replace the tooth sprites with buildings and its just like War of the Worlds. The sound effects are pretty stock, and not really reflective of squirting toothpaste or exploding Christmas puddings, which is a bit of a pity. Nevertheless, it earns Brownie points for fighting a noble cause against the serial (cereal?) killer that is tooth decay.")
![[Commentary] Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? UK & 2nd Edition [PS1]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qBpC78r-0lI/mqdefault.jpg "[Commentary] Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? UK & 2nd Edition [PS1]
For Blackphoenix9000.
Special bonus commentary for Harry Yacks 2011 WWTBAM video review, taken from the Harry Yack Master Tapes Volume 1 Home Video Library VHS released in parts of Cornwall sometime last year.
Original video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTAij8qpAsA")
![Road Rash [Mega Drive] crash compilation II](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qU4DIxRV_Sg/mqdefault.jpg "Road Rash [Mega Drive] crash compilation II
More madcap crashes in Road Rash for the Mega Drive/Genesis.
After completing my recent Road Rash review video I had some footage left over, mostly of my failure to keep the bike on the road. This is the resulting montage video.
More retro video game stuff
http://retroyakking.blogspot.com/")
![Jean-Claude Van Damme Dance Fever AKA The Timecop Challenge [SNES]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rl0AGX6mqao/mqdefault.jpg "Jean-Claude Van Damme Dance Fever AKA The Timecop Challenge [SNES]
Blurb on back of box (maybe): Dance your way through numerous levels of white jumpsuited Mr Motivator-trained weirdos as the FBI geddonit. Throw ineffective punches and fire invisible rounds from your handgun, but be careful not to slip on the highly polished floor!
Timecop sold exactly two copies. The first retired to become a doorstop after one play, while the second, yellowed by tea stains, was bought by local idiot Harry Yack for £2. Still, it was worth it to see JCVD jump around like Luigi from Super Mario Bros. 2.
There is a special trophy for anyone who does not crack a single smile while watching this video. Just think, The Begoggled Fool could soon be sitting proudly on your mantelpiece...")
![What Makes a Bad Indie Game? With (the Excellent) Snowflake Tattoo [PC/Indie]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rnDE6DQdOPg/mqdefault.jpg "What Makes a Bad Indie Game? With (the Excellent) Snowflake Tattoo [PC/Indie]
Hypocrites Corner: examining why it is silly to lambaste other peoples games when my own are a million times worse. Except this isnt mine, but one I have a personal connection to.
Its hard to categorise this video, really. It begins as a rant against YouTube lets players in general, then lapses into a review before finishing with the strongest of anti-review sentiment you could ever find this side of Tumblr.
(By the way, I always used to call that site TumblARR because I like reading spelling errors verbatim.)
Remember The Milk of Ultra Violet? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lm_hsZis1Gw Well, its come a long way since 2012. In fact it now has a prequel, and Rail Slave Games is one of the biggest micro game dev studios in the world.
As mentioned in the video, the best thing you can do is try it for yourself and ignore idiots on the internet who base their opinion of a game on five minutes worth of gameplay.
http://store.steampowered.com/app/355430/")
