Now here's another interesting blast from the past: GamesMaster, the cult British gaming show from the early nineties. The program, hosted by an enigmatic cyborg version of Sir Patrick Moore, served as an early example of televised competitive gaming with players of all ages competing in challenges to earn the glorious Golden Joystick.
Mega Man 2 managed to make it's way onto the show, challenging a young gamer to complete "the satanic Heat Man level" in under three minutes. What ensues is a display full of needless drama, hilariously bad commentary, and the inaccuracies you've come to expect from similar programs.
If you're up for more 90's nostalgia, you can find a whole slew of similar GamesMasters challenges throughout YouTube. I love stuff like this, so do give me a holler if you find something else of interest!
12 comments:
Auto-repair systems cannuh take much more, cap'n! I need more E-Canisters!
"Jaz and I were getting really hot and sweaty about it up there in the box"
Ha ha!! worth watching till the end! Fun video! I really wish I could have been on one of these shows as a kid! I loved these shows!
Since when can a welcome be succulent?
lol@anon1.
Impatiuns go' me carri'd off tuh hell, suh!
Wow, people must've been really bad at video games if they gave a challenge like that.
At least I never broke any of my controllers :)
Heatmin
Awesome... MegaMan 2 has appeared in other media? Sweet!
My love for MegaMan 2 is deepened, not to brag or anything.
Mega Man 2's presence in other media is most likely what led up to it being so overhyped in the first place, to the point where people pay next to no attention to the other games in the series, which are far more deserving.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7Vpp7yOWWc
I was bored. And this reply to that video seemed like a good idea at the time. Mostly, I wanted to see if it was even possible to complete Heatman's stage in under three minutes. It didn't seem that way to me!
These guys should host Touhou stuff.
They'd make everyone feel like crap after dying multiple times.
Joseph, that made my day.
I do what I can with what I have, Prote. :3
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