Uploaded February 2011 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago
FIRST 30 SECONDS MUTED due to Nintendo content claiming the Super Mario theme.
Back at the start of the Nineties video game television was all the rage. Amongst the veritable sea of informative stuff was Super Mario Challenge, a satellite TV-only teatime head to head style affair. And pretty cheesy it was too.
Many an afternoon kids would rush back from school to enjoy The Children's Channel's (TCC's) own flagship mindless Mazza cash-in, forgoing Knightmare and Blue Peter in favour of the acting talents of John Lenahan.
Credits theme by bboynoe: youtube.com/user/bboynoe
"Luigi Plays Super Mario Brothers 3 - Overworld 2 Theme On Guitar": youtube.com/watch?v=JMpBT3HgGP0
Watch it. It's cool.
FIRST 30 SECONDS MUTED due to Nintendo content claiming the Super Mario theme.
Back at the start of the Nineties video game television was all the rage. Amongst the veritable sea of informative stuff was Super Mario Challenge, a satellite TV-only teatime head to head style affair. And pretty cheesy it was too.
Many an afternoon kids would rush back from school to enjoy The Children's Channel's (TCC's) own flagship mindless Mazza cash-in, forgoing Knightmare and Blue Peter in favour of the acting talents of John Lenahan.
Credits theme by bboynoe: youtube.com/user/bboynoe
"Luigi Plays Super Mario Brothers 3 - Overworld 2 Theme On Guitar": youtube.com/watch?v=JMpBT3HgGP0
Watch it. It's cool.
![World Cup Italia 90 [Mega Drive] (Part 2/3) | Bog Standard Walkthroughs](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bpooL4uW59M/mqdefault.jpg "World Cup Italia 90 [Mega Drive] (Part 2/3) | Bog Standard Walkthroughs
More slurred gratification with this seasonal soccer spesh. Yorgh! (Or whatever it says when you score a goal.)")
![[2/4] Legend of Zelda: The Ancient Stone Tablets [Satellaview] - Chapter 2: Piracy is bad, mmkay?](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ckoncLTWhVQ/mqdefault.jpg "[2/4] Legend of Zelda: The Ancient Stone Tablets [Satellaview] - Chapter 2: Piracy is bad, mmkay?
The adventure continues with week two of the Ancient Stone Tablets Satellaview broadcast. Except, of course, this isnt being played on Satellaview, but an emulator. Unless Nintendo ever decide to release a Satellaview Classics disc (go on and do it Ninty, you know you want to), we are highly unlikely to see a release of the game outside of Japan, so the only way to play is using a Super Famicom (SNES) emulator.
After the mayhem of part 1, we pay a visit to the serene surroundings of Kakariko Village. More dungeoneering is the order of the day, and it isnt long before we start making up our own little challenges to (marginally) increase the difficulty of the bosses. After discussing the pros and cons of Hyrules public transport system, we move on to the village and its... somewhat odd inhabitants. We also clean up a few scraps left over from Chapter One and chill out with some samples of the games original musical tracks.")
![Postman Pat: The Computer Game: The BSR [Amstrad CPC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/d6cnE1TvMtI/mqdefault.jpg "Postman Pat: The Computer Game: The BSR [Amstrad CPC]
Everybody knows his bright red nose, its Fabio Capellos very own video game!
In this highly accurate postman simulation, experience the thrills of driving aimlessly around a country village and crashing into crumbling, 500 year-old walls. Good job we have a garage full of spare vans to aid our efforts!
All together now...
Postman Pat, Postman Pat, Postman Pat and his black and white telly / Dodging the colour license, running over miscreants / Killing all the cyclists with his van.")
![Which way now? To the pub! - Sultans Maze [Amstrad CPC] Walkthrough](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/da9MQJn0UtA/mqdefault.jpg "Which way now? To the pub! - Sultans Maze [Amstrad CPC] Walkthrough
After a previous, highly unsuccessful attempt to navigate the corrugated hedge maze, you would be forgiven for thinking Harry had learned his lesson. But alas, the lure of great riches was far too tempting for this traveller.
Bog Standard Reviews returns to the source of many a childhood nightmare to try and offer some advice for fellow (stupid) adventurers who wish to escape the maze with at least a shred of their life force remaining. Though I dunno why youd even bother, because you have to put the treasures back afterwards.
Hopefully this time, armed with a new strategy and (little) knowledge of the instructions, Mr Yack will be able to avoid the LS Lowry-inspired Guardian. Pah, how can a childs matchstick model of a ghost be so much of a threat? Well, we shall see.
Apologies for the slightly iffy quality - I blame this on YouTubes encoding methods. But hey, at least this versions in colour. :)")
![CRAP PUB SIM! Can I Cheat Death? [Amstrad CPC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/e-6XxqQq6IQ/mqdefault.jpg "CRAP PUB SIM! Can I Cheat Death? [Amstrad CPC]
Sevensixsixtwo requested the game Pub Crawl for C64, but since I havent yet managed to get the thing going, I figured this would be the next best thing.
Easter weekend can only mean a long session down the pub. Or, in Harry Yacks case, sitting in front of his computer and typing frivolous commands into classic text adventure games based in public houses. This particular game, coded by Simon Avery, is in the public domain so can be downloaded freely:
http://digdilem.org/code/textadv/menu_texties.php
I didnt manage to get very far, mainly due to my own ineptness at this type of game. Although I did code a few of these types of games in my formative years, they were much more linear and basic, and certainly didnt involve events as complex as buying condoms. There was, however, a certain amount of (implied) nudity, but things stopped far short of, shall we say, rumpy-pumpy. Ive already given away far too much, but suffice to say that Mr Yack will probably give up and go home long before that stage. Indeed, his confidence is severely dented when his attempts to chat up the barmaid fall upon deaf ears pretty early on.
Spot the Freakazoid, Pet Shop Boys and Pink Floyd references for extra Cadburys Creme Eggs.
Music by Kevin MacLeod
http://www.incompetech.com")
![[1/4] Legend of Zelda: The Ancient Stone Tablets [Satellaview] - Chapter 1: Research is for wimps](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/eszxduxEyaY/mqdefault.jpg "[1/4] Legend of Zelda: The Ancient Stone Tablets [Satellaview] - Chapter 1: Research is for wimps
Almost one year after his last playthrough, Harry Yack announces his untriumphant return to the longplay fraternity with Zelda: The Ancient Stone Tablets, a somewhat obscure spinoff of Link to the Past. All will be explained in the video, but this curiously overlooked addition to the Zelda series is probably best described as an enhanced version of LTTP, heavily modified to fit the Satellaview specifications. For this reason, it isnt all that hard if youve played a Zelda game before, even though it does contain a selection of brand-new puzzles.
Strap yourself onto your favourite heavy thing, because this truly is a marathon, an uncut, full length longplay covering all four parts of the original broadcast. You might decide to watch it in 10-15 minute chunks, but I wanted all the chapters to be self-contained in an attempt to mimic the St. GIGA broadcasts. To this end, one part will be uploaded here each week, and each will attempt to discuss various aspects of the game as they crop up.
In this first part, we take our first steps in the game and explain the basic gameplay differences from the Super Nintendos Link to the Past. We also demonstrate tremendous laziness in our various poorly-researched comments (corrected via subtitles). AST veterans, please feel free to point out any other inaccuracies and Ill stick up some annotations or something, but I assure you things get slightly better (read: chaotic) in this regard as I attempt to correct errors in later parts.")
![[Archive] Hypocrites Corner LIVE! - Selfie: Sisters of the Amniotic Lens (9/5/15)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/f5hHsG3paaU/mqdefault.jpg "[Archive] Hypocrites Corner LIVE! - Selfie: Sisters of the Amniotic Lens (9/5/15)
Condemning some bots in Railslave Games freshly-released indie title. Plus... Play Blackpool chat and social network shenanigans!
Get the game here... http://store.steampowered.com/app/287140/
Play Blackpool nonsense can be found at http://youtube.com/retrounlim
Recorded on Twitch on 9 May 2015.")
![Metal Gear Solid [PSX]: Dumb Guards](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/fIOlb4-VCLY/mqdefault.jpg "Metal Gear Solid [PSX]: Dumb Guards
The Genome Soldiers in Metal Gear Solid must win the award for least intelligent video game characters, at least on the Playstation. This was brought to my attention recently when I began to play the game again for the first time in five years.
Now, I dont profess to be any good at it, quite the contrary, in fact, and even with my rusty marksmanship and weak muscle memory I still managed to outwit the guards on more than one occasion. Mind you, I WAS using stealth camouflage most of the time.
I originally had a commentary lined up for this but decided not to include it and the let the cinematic and atmospheric nature of the game speak for itself.
Gameplay is on the easy level to accentuate the stupidity of the guards.
For the geeks: Recorded from a PS1 onto VHS, ripped to DVD then edited using computer software. Exported in AVI.")
![UK Queuing Championships [Play Expo], Manchester 2012](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/fWRbYtM6pss/mqdefault.jpg "UK Queuing Championships [Play Expo], Manchester 2012
Finally, a benefit of living in Greater Manchester! Five quid for an any bus day pass to anywhere in the metropolitan county aint too bad, especially when the UKs largest retro gaming Expo just so happens to be taking place up Salford way.
Although the huge collection of retro television sets is something of a nostalgia trip, scanlines dont necessarily make for decent camshot footage. Never mind, its the consoles youre here for, eh?
Drinking game:
1) Take a shot every time I reference something from last years video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPzTwcSjsxA
2) Down a full pint every time you recognise a YouTuber (theres at least one)
3) Drink a whole bottle of Toilet Duck for every reference to British pop culture")
![LA Noire 88 - Boss of Chicago [Amstrad CPC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/gST5wo7ROpw/mqdefault.jpg "LA Noire 88 - Boss of Chicago [Amstrad CPC]
Oh, hi mobsters! Nice of you to be so considerate as to wait five seconds before opening fire because I left my light gun at home.
A rather simple game once you figure out the above. This issue was remedied and then some in the sequel, aptly named Boss of Chicago 2, which is almost impossible to complete on your own. I havent yet found anyone stupid enough to play it with me, and I dont think I will bother trying any more.
Try it if you like, but Prohibition (Infogrames, 1987) looks better. I might give that a whirl soon.")
