Captain Novolin Is Not Worth Playing Today - SNESdrunk
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- čas přidán 25. 03. 2024
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I had a diabetic friend play this once, he collected every snack and collapsed and asked why since he only ate the healthy ones. I told him he ate too many and caused Captain Novolin to die of diabetes, and he proceeded to laugh so hard that he couldn't breathe for like 5 minutes
My brother was diagnosed as a type 1 diabetic in the early 90's and played this in the hospital.
Years later, I told him I picked up a copy of Captain Novolin he said "why the hell did you buy that? That's the worst game I've every played!"
My little brother was diagnosed around 5 years old around 95 and my grandpa bought this game almost immediately. He used to love it, at the time it seemed, I remember thinking how horrible it was lol.
If I was diagnosed and given this game I'd be insulted lmao. Who doesn't want a fictional rolemodel that has the same issues, getting his ass kicked by sentient junk food, and playing his game is even more difficult than managing diabetes in real life?
I remember when I was a kid my doctor gave me a copy of “Captain America Meets the Asthma Monster”. It was so bad it was funny. Apparently Cap was supposed to have asthma and fought a dude in a discount Swamp Thing costume with dust bunny henchmen. Pretty sure he had a gun that gave people asthma attacks. The 90s were wild…
It's always weird when they do a Very Special Issue of a comic and have to tie the main character into the issue on a personal level in a way that makes no sense in that character's wider context.
90s were great.
Yes this comic exists
@@jonothanthrace1530”According to the Code, you cannot mention “drugs”…” - Stan Lee
(3:55) czcams.com/video/ouuUgO4SViY/video.htmlsi=GbmRRZ6HcEVwuBx2
@@jonothanthrace1530 There's another "very special issue" that establishes that Peter Parker got molested by some guy when he was a kid.
I love how you decided to not even ask the question in the video's title this time. xD
Re read it
@@Thought_Police your point?
@@Thought_Police You are the one who needs to re-read it. The usual title format in this video series is "Is [X game] Worth Playing Today?", but Captain Novolin is so universally reviled that SNES Drunk doesn't even bother posing the question this time and just gives you the answer right away.
Came here to say this! Lol
@@Thought_Police Defund the police
Captain Novolin is jacked, has a 12 foot vertical, and can even make a boat hop. I'd call those superpowers
Cap and the boys also crush serious pussy at the clubs on the weekends
That cereal box has not been skipping leg days.
2:38 - Not inaccurate...if you eat too many carbs and don't get enough insulin, your BG gets too high, you get ketones, and go into ketoacidosis. And die. Daughter is Type 1 Diabetic. And laughed the first time I showed her this game when she was about 18.
There's been a weird youtube trend of showing off this game lately. I plan on using it for a gag gift for a type 1 friend.
Don't catastrophize too much. Young type 1 diabetics are much sturdier than most parents worry they are. Try to end the steps of ketoacidosis with "and then you'll be sick and worthless and we'll have to drop everything to fix you" instead of "and die", It'll make it easier to have an 18 year old with diabetes.
RIP!
@@Lebowski333she's not dead...
The real Keto diet
This was on the ROMbox I procured. No Trials of Mana, no Super Metroid, but Captain N made the cut.
Captain N? That might have been cool if you'd meant The Game Master cartoon guy with the NES Zapper in his hand and NES control pad on his belt. :)
That's why you've got to "play them anyway you can." i.e., download some ROMs onto the ROM box my man. Haha
2:19 Turns out he was succeeded by Scott Malkinson.
🤣 I love South Park.
"Hi, I'm Scott Malkinson, and I have diabetes."
Literally exactly what I was thinking 😂
@@jacobbeyer1800same 😂
When the SNES Drunk title is a statement instead of a query
Why add “when” to this comment 😂
"A blonde Wendy Williams"... 🤭😁😄😆😅😂🤣😭💀☠️
When I was diagnosed with diabetes as a child, I remember my doctor lending thid game out to me for a week. My conclusion from playing it was diabetes can't be worse than this game, and maybe I'll be able to flip in the air as a Type 1. I was wrong on both!
Patrice O'Neal is the only diabetic i recognize as a superhero
Patrice was the greatest philosopher of our time
Excuse me, but Wilford Brimley was basically Hawkeye in Hard Target.
Loved him on Web Junk 20.
Definitely an entertaining guy.
Patrice could have spent an hour roasting me, attacking my every insecurity, and I would have thanked him for the privilege
They should make a Shredder's Revenge-esque Family Matters beat em up, with Carl and Steve and the rest
Wilford Brimley has been in a number of NES rom hacks
This one makes me think of those games where you have to keep eating [ Joe and Mac, Garfield's Funfest] because your health is constantly going down
I remember an old LP by Diabetus on this game and all I got to say is…
“Check you feet!”
I got halfway through this game before realizing that you can stomp by pressing down. This was so hard and i was like "they must really hate these diabetes kids".
Similar thing with the dino Asthma game. I never realized that you can cure your sickness in the pause menu. I was just accempting my faith until i got stuck on the boss that pushes you like crazy.
Am i to stupid for these games? 😂
I beat them eventually but i made it so much harder for me.
The game looks worse than diabetes itself
The code idea is really awesome for that time!
My favorite thing about this game was the part where Captain Novolin was told to keep a note on him that says he's diabetic, so if he's found unconscious, he should be given some sugar. Because that's what superheroes should have: little notes telling people how to rescue them when they inevitably fail and lose consciousness.
But in all seriousness, I don't think it's unplayable. Just tedious and takes some getting used to, and the concept of a "superhero" who's really just a fit guy who's found ways to live with his diabetes is more than a little silly. But so is the giant walking food, so I have to think that was understood, even by the people who made it.
In truth, it's not everyday you see a game where you play as someone with Diabetus.
Carl Winslow MD! 😂😂
*Doogie Howser cries into a corner*
The captain certainly has a strut. I need to see him walking down the street to the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack.
LMFAO i love how all the other titles are a question, even for the bad ones but this you just head off at the pass like **NO** 🤣
Let me guess, the box and cartridge goes for an astronomical amount of money these days
Yep
$10 would seem like an astronomical amount for this game
$400 on eBay, complete with box, manual and poster. Around $75-100 just the cartridge.
@@KittyMeow1984Oh that's not as bad as I thought
@@thekrohster Still bad enough for something that even manages to waste space in one's trashcan.
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Glad you have your priorities straight.
Whew, dodged a bullet. I JUST loaded up my brand new copy of Captain Novolin into the old SNES, when I decide to check and see what's on CZcams.
Medical SNES games. What a time to be alive. I can see one day we're playing asteroid style games but really it's shooting cancer cells with nanobots. Really make the loop complete with the gamification of medical treatment. Thanks for all the awesome videos!!!
I'm pretty sure that was a real game. I know there was a DOOM-style game like that.
That 3 digit 666 gag was not missed :D LOL
Numbers are "gags" now OK there kiddo
Ok so I have to ask now, what's the "gag exactly" ?
That the game is so bad it was developed by Satan? Dadum tsh!
Yeah not funny.
@@elgatofelix8917 bot behavior detected...
@@elgatofelix8917 More like "Your in hell while playing this." but do go on.
@@wolfman11983you ok? Who hurt you?
“Go home, Steve! Go home, go home, go home!!”
I don't have to take this...I'm going home
I was one of those kids that got this game for free when it came out. Even back when I got it, it wasn't accurate on how to manage my diabetes. BUT, I also basically made anyone who came to my house play it. And it did make me feel better, since at the time diabetes wasn't as well known and no other kids near me had it. I was able to point at it and say that we had a video game for it. AS bad as it is, I still love it! (The game clearly didn't work tho as I am typing this at 2:30 am with a low blood sugar. -_- )
My mom was an RN that worked the local hospital's diabetes clinic when this came out, and she brought it home for me to review for her. She was so excited about it that I didn't have the heart to tell her how bad it was.
Sounds like a fever dream of Scott Malkinson
I thought I recognized the box art from your last video but this definitely opened some memories. I think I remember renting this one as a kid and hating it, like we could never figure out anything on it!
I remember getting this for free from my doctor soon after it come out (I've been diabetic since I was three). I remember later getting another game starring diabetic elephants which was much more fun. I actually found one of my old video game notes notebooks a couple of weeks ago which had my code for this.
Man, you nailed it with the "1989 shareware game" vibe. Just brutal art direction.
"Call Captain Novolin for your diabetus testing supplies. He can help you live a better life."
Love how the title is not even a question anymore. 🤪
"i'm scott malkinson, i have diabetes"
as a diabetic I had to learn about this game while in the hospital at 14 when I became a diabetic
I remember when my local game store in SoCal at the time had a sealed version of this game for around $400 in the early 2000's which was insanely high at the time. I seriously think they had no intention of actually selling it and just wanted it to be a conversation piece/display trophy for customers.
The way Novo Nordisk employed this game made it both a component of product labeling and an article of direct-to-consumer promotional material. Innovative, in a way, hopefully well-meaning, but definitely an artifact of the time and something that would be difficult to impossible to get approval for today.
Suddenly hit with nostalgia for finding weird gems in shareware from magazines…
Thank you whole heartedly for enduring that pain for our entertainment. Please take care while recovering.
Damn I forgot about this channel. Ty algorithm
"Diabetes Headquarters"
Two words I never thought that I'd hear combined in my lifetime, but here we are.
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What a waste of time
Even your goodbye message at the end sounds harsh and defeated. This must have taken a lot out of you lol.
You've done well, Drunk.
You've done well.
When I was a kid In the 90s, I was a volunteer for the American Diabetes Association and while helping move offices, we found a sealed copy of Captain Novolin and I asked if i could have it. I ended up playing the game quite frequently and even beating it on multiple occasions. Why? Idk, I liked schlock.
Dude I have your channel to notify me of everything, like even if you sneeze I should get a notification. This is the second video I haven't received a notification on. Wtf
Where did you found that one?
This is one of those games I only know exists thanks to the internet. I don't think they bothered shipping any copies to the small town where I grew up.
I play Captain Novolin every single day to remind me to take my insulin and I don't even have diabetes.
I remember reading about this game in Nintendo Power back in 2007 when I was reliving the retro days of gaming and showing it to an old friend of mine who had Diabetus, which I wasn't even aware of until I met him. it was then that I realized that there was a lot more to eating only Junk Food than just gaining weight and dirtying teeth. Under my conditions these days, I have to be careful not to over eat and end up gaining a total of 180 pounds, or I'm bound to end up with Diabetus. My old friend whom I mentioned kept eating McDonald's and that was how he ended up with Diabetus.
Yes you must be careful what you eat. Or you can end up with slowbeef.
for personal reasons, when someone mentions shareware from the 90s, i feel a bit happy and yes, this looks like a shareware game u get in PCZONE magazine in 1994.
Could've made a cool brawler. Beating the chips out of a cookie, kicking the cereal out of frosted flakes.
You have a great rest of your day as well!
WOW! I remember seeing this game when i was younger playing at an old game store.
Well done, I bet you’re glad to have that review done and over with. :)
I think this is the first time a title in SNES Drunk's library that is not even a question.
I had this game "gifted" to me by Buffalo Children's Hospital when I got diagnosed in 1997. Weren't they supposed to use it in the hospital? Yes, they were. Did they? No, they did not, because they recognized it as useless. (Also, they prescribed Eli Lilly insulin, so... brand loyalty?)
So it finally happened. You reviewed it. I gotta say, you were as fair and kind as you could be. Those Atari 2600 level sound effects... UGH. Love the "GOOOOD INTENTIONS!" joke, btw. But I'm a sucker for anything Simpsons.
I love how you tried to put in 666 lolololol
Ngl, those helicopter Twizzlers made me hungry 😋
Captain Novolin walked so Scott Malkinson could run.
"666" should be a valid doctor's code.
agreed
Makes sense since most doctors are evil
But is it as bad as that Crocodile game about Asthma 😂
I still have the Nintendo Power issue with the Captain Novolin article. I think that issue was the one with a cover for Aladdin?
My parents’ 5-year-old brown lab is a diabetic and she gets the best treatment available anywhere. Other than her Type 1 Diabetes, she is a perfectly healthy dog.
Hey SNES drunk. Been following you for a while, thanks so much for all you do, SNES remains the most timeless console of all time and you cover its games very well. I'd be very keen to hear your thoughts on Jelly Boy, if you ever get time. It was an Ocean game, so there's lots to say about it, it's an interesting one. Either way, thanks for all you do, and all the best
Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could that they didn't stop to think if they should.
Ok, I didn't know about the storyboarding!
In all honesty, I can't help but wonder how differently Captain Novolin would be received if it were a reskin of a _good_ platformer or if today there were a romhack of SMW or a Godot remake with everything done well instead.
I grew up with diabetes type 1 and my friend showed me this game on his emulator. It was kinda fun to see how they had tried to convey parts of the treatment as gameplay elements. We had some good laughs playing it. For some reason it took me until now to realize the name Novolin is based on the same company that produces my medicine.
My boy didn't hesitate to ask if you should play, he straight up said there are better things to do with your time lol 😂😂
I am currently watching this video while eating cookies,cake and having a cherry Pepsi lol
Not to be rude, but just the other day I saw SnesDrunk kissing his copy of Captain Novolin and telling it, "My love is endless for you."
I am 36 now. Diabetic since I was 9.
If only I had Captain Novolin back then, I could still see that my mlegs are rotten and my peepee is not working anymore
I'm anxiously waiting for at least one captivating, inventive educational game out there for SNES… not amazing, just surprisingly okay. Like, is there a Secret of Evermore about gastroenteritis?
Good news, this game exists! It's called The Oregon Trail.
The old Math Blaster, Midnight Rescue, and Crosscountry Canada were awesome.
Number Munchers, Oregon Trail, Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego, Nancy Drew Mysteries, and.... hell with it let's call Portal and Portal 2 educational games. I mean you can't say they're not. They are the world's best educational science games about physics.
Sim City. Did Civilization get a Snes port?
Fun fact: Got this game at the fleas instead of Castlevania IV just cause it had "Captain" in the title
Second fun fact: you can speed through the final boss just by kneeling on the lever since his attacks can't reach you at a certain spot
I feel like this review really needed that clip from always sunny where Mac says diaBeedees all funny like it's a serious condition but it said very hilarious right there.
we need Captain Narcan and Miss Mifepristone for todays kids!!!
I love that Simpsons reference. Great review as always :>
Thank you for not burying the lede.
Love that this game doesn't even get the courtesy of having the title be a question.
Can these games be save with rom patches?
That title is blunt and to the point.
Thank you so much for making a video on Captain Novolin!
3:33 It‘s a somersault jump! Practicality be damned, this is a good effort
“A blonde Wendy Williams” 🤣🤪🤪
Pretty sure she died her hair blonde at some point
I think she dyed her hair blonde at some point
Finally someone recognizes Carl Winslow in this game!!
Those junk food enemies are so grotesque. The junk food industry should have sued for slander.
Shhh shhh shhh shhh...
I love you, SNES drunk
I found this game on a ROM and just... wow. WOW.
Lol wjen u mentioned this last week, i was hoping somehow you'd wind up reviewing it.... lol insane
A guy apparently made a good spiritual successor to the Cd-i Zelda games. Makes me wonder if out of the 8.5 billion people in this world, if there's someone out there who would feel the need to make a good version of this.
Sometimes I wonder if somebody at “The Simpsons” was aware of this game. It’s just like “Biclops” that comic about a superhero with glasses that was commissioned by Lenscrafters. 🤣
This is amazing hahah peak 90s gaming
1:37- Carl Winslow? Looks more like someone A.I. generated a "Will Smith diabetes" picture! 😂
"Is Captain Nov..."
"NO!"
I KNEW I saw one of these in Nintendo Power! (and never saw it again.)