@@busdriverguy It's not arguable IMO, they literally did not finish Crash Twinsanity. The ending cutscene was supposed to be it's entire own level. In fact, the game itself at one point breaks the fourth wall and makes a self-aware reference to the fact that they ran out of time for it.
As much as I can remember, the Toy Story 3 game from 2010 got phenomonal praise as being the best video game adaptation of all these characters. Like, much higher praise of a video game based on Toy Story anyone would think. As for the difficulty of this game, I personally think this was one of those games made when the Video Game rental scene was still relevant, and the harder the game, the more people had to rent if if they wanted it long enough to see the ending.
I actually played this game recently this year. A pretty fun platformer that I’ve got to give credit to- it’s a really good licensed game. Love the OST. Keep up the good work, Jak :)
I literally watched the first two movies with my Mum last week. Such a fun trip down memory lane. Thanks for this relevantly-timed review! I played the second game as a kid on PS1, so I look forward to seeing that being reviewed as well! That Woody "jumpscare" where he hides under your couch, though... I thought he was gonna jump at you and try to kill you by the end of the review, but nah, nothing happened. Is that being saved for the next review or what?
Your videos are so underrated, you definitely deserve more views and subs! Also, i heard the reason why so many old games were so damn hard or even unfair at points, was because of space on the cartridges. They couldn't hold a lot of memory, so the game length on most of them weren't that long. So they made a lot of them freaking hard to lengthen the game. Thats the reason, but i don't think its an excuse for some old games. Like this one. Lol
That's the reason the first Ecco the Dolphin was made so insanely difficult. They didn't want kids to rent the game and beat it in a weekend. I have beaten Ecco 1 and actually quite like it, but honestly checkpoints would really improve the game. It's really easy to die, and having to start over every time is just painful. I think the Sega CD version has checkpoints but I haven't had a chance to try that one yet.
@@benjaheinonen I got stuck, back in 92 at a bit where you have to shoot your sonar at a statue. But there is a way forward with the toughest jump ever. It turns out the jump isn’t actually possible. So I wasted hours trying to do this crazy jump. 20 years later I looked up what to do and I was kind of annoyed.
@@benjaheinonenI feel like if games want or have to be hard, they definitely need to be very fair. Because at least you can blame yourself, instead of the game. Haha
Oh boy, the part at 15:30 brought back *memories*. Sid's House was where I gave up and turned on infinite health mode, and then that last platforming stage, I just skipped with Level Select.
Ahh, my first PC game...the nostalgia hits hard with the first Toy Story game. I remember Sid's room kicking my ass the most, nice to see a review for it, Jak!
21:00 Me after playing TS1 the game, Toy Story 2 on the ps1 is miles better, You could tell TT learned alot from the first game, I like it better when Toy Story games are 3D.
great vid man! a bit late to the party, (im bad at watching people's vids on time bleh) but i would like to mention a few things: 1. i'm glad you mentioned that there is a password system in the PAL version, i've seen a good chunk of reviews for this game not mention that at all (tbf they were american reviewers but still) 2. The way to earn continues (also more health/lives for that matter) is to collect all of the stars in a level, if you collect all of the stars in a level, you get an extra life. if you miss a couple of them, you get an extra health point. once you collect 300 stars in total, you get a continue, rinse and repeat. (this is EXTREMELY helpful for beating the game, I WISH THEY TOLD US THIS IN THE GAME) 3. the SNES version is so much worse. god. I'm kinda surprised you didn't look at that one as well but I'm glad you stuck with the Mega Drive version. The SNES version has really bad collision issues with Woody's spaghetti string, you have to be EVEN MORE PRECISE IN THE SNES VERSION, i can see where you didn't like it in the MD version, but god you have to be PIXEL perfect to do it correctly in the SNES version, same thing goes for climbing across ropes/chains, it's horrible 4. i am so sorry you played the gameboy port i personally love the Mega Drive Toy Story game, i dig the different gameplay styles (some of my favorite games are Earthworm Jim and Battletoads im such a sucker for this stuff) and the music is pretty damn good, especially in the later half. The difficulty, is definitely a big issue with the game i will admit, and the fact that they shipped this game in North America without a password system is criminal
I love this game! Outside of Sonic, I think I played this game the most on my Sega. Yes it is difficult at times but I played it so much and completed it many times! I got it from my dad's friends game store using my birthday money I remember that much! It's one Mega Drive game I did keep in my collection to this day! The graphics blew me away at the time! My favourite movie.
You know... this might be the very first game I ever played. By the time I was born my dad had a neat little colletion of Genesis Games. Spider-Man, Altered Beasts, Primal Rage, Sonic 3D Blast, among others. I remember one day, probably back at 1998 or 1999, my cousin cauth me playing Sonic 3D Blast and my 3/4 year old ass tried to show off my "3D" game. Then she brought me to her house (back then we lived on the same street) and showed me Snow Go on Crash 2, the first time I ever saw or even heard of a PlayStation... my mind was possitively blown.
The graphics and music are higher quality on the PC version. That’s what I played growing up. The only way my friend and I were able to beat it was with my younger brother, constantly hitting the safe state button after every obstacle and reloading whenever we died.
I nearly forgot that there was a video-game adaption of Toy Story 1 and the one time I thought about it I just left it at that, so considering your experince with the game I know I'm not missing a thing. But I will say well done with the references, they were hilariously enjoyable!
Excited to see the Toy Story 2 review. That game was definitely a tricky but fun 3D platformer that I remember putting so many hours into. I always remember seeing commercials for the original game played in this video, and for some reason I remember feeling scared of them, just something about it all felt so off. Good video though overall Jak.
Toy Story is one of my favorite 2D platformers from the SNES era. I could tell you a long (toy) story that I had with this game that caused me to love this game so much.
😨 A new upload YESSSSSSS Edit: The Password system was not included at all in the Super Nintendo Version, atleast here in Quebec, Canada. 😣 Edit2: The top down car level also comes up after the first few stages, I never even seen Sids room as a kid but saw that Car level a dozen times 😂 Makes me wonder if they swapped it with you saying how easy it was. I think it was before even Nightmare Buzz cause I feel like I seen him way less than that level.
I got this game with the SNES as my first console in the US. This game still haunts me. I got so close to beating it as a kid, but didnt realize how you were supposed to end the last level so i got ran over and realized a level of absolute disappointment I havent experienced since
I've never played the second Toy Story game for the PS1, but I always love Toy Story 3 for PSP and PS2 (same game with different ports). and Toy Story 1 always impress me a lot even though I only can pass the first 5 levels
I played the PC version of this game, and yes, it really is THAT hard. In fact, I ended up having a guide by Disney Interactive faxed to me (thanks to my aunt for letting me use her fax machine). Even though the PC version was pretty good, I still envied those with Super Nintendo or SEGA Genesis/Mega Drive consoles because the "Really Inside The Claw Machine" level was exclusive to them. I agree with you on Nightmare Buzz. I think what makes him so scary is: 1) You don't expect a boss fight in a game like this (especially as early as stage 4), and 2) The music gives you the chills. Plus his moves are hard to predict. The lasso mechanics of this game are so bad that in a way, this just feels like a poor man's version of Super Castlevania IV. I did manage to beat this game back in the day, but probably wouldn't have if it weren't for the fact that the PC version had...a level select window.
Now this is a core memory, this is one of the few games I had for Sega Genesis back when I was a tiny child. I played it because I hadn't played any good games yet and didn't know what a bad game was, so somehow I managed to beat it twice over.
Nice to see you back in action with a new review. Gotta admit that I wasn't expecting it to be Toy Story but I'm all for it. I actually remember playing a little of this game on the PC way back in the day and I never got far in it. I think the furthest I ever got was the toy grab machine section lol. Seeing this game is super nostalgic for sure but also because I remember that the advertised this game a lot on VHS Disney movies haha. Anyway great review. I saw someone else mention that this review felt like a return to form of the AVGN inspired videos and I agree, the ending gag got a good laugh outta me, I was not expecting that haha. Makes me wonder if you'll ever experiment with in the field live action goofs again, those were fun but I'm also aware that it may have not been good on the physically plus all the random things that can happen that can ruin a shot and for that, I totally understand if you prefer keeping things a bit more simpler this time around. Anyway, looking forward to the next one!
Loved the ending mate good stuff. Its interesting that this was my first game on megadrive back in 94 or whatever and Ive never seen anything past the first few levels. So was kinda cool to see how the game actually ended after such a long time.
I used to love playing the SNES version as a kid and even got the Gameboy version. Although I never got too far due to the games difficulty, but I enjoyed the beginning levels.
I nearly finished it as a child, so it was not that difficult. You are probably too young to remember games from that era which were way more difficult than this, like "The Lion King" or "The Adventures of Batman and Robin" :D Also, graphically speaking I think is a pretty good game.
One of my biggest gaming accomplishments was beating this as a kid on the SNES with no password system in the North American version. The game also looks way better on SNES with gorgeous colours, no weird sepia tone like on the Genesis. You might be too young to remember this Jak, but back when this game came out games were really hard for the most part so that kids couldn't beat them in one rental from the video store. And I guess this worked, cause I failed and failed to beat this game when I rented it and it wasn't until I got the game as a birthday present that I beat it after months of mastering it.
I wouldn't be surprised that the reason of the game being hard is cause Disney demanded to be hard due to the people that rent the game during the time wouldn't be able to finish it, and those people would be forced to buy the game instead, was a typical practice to some companies to reduce the Blockbuster videogame rentals, still sadly cause this game had potential, one thing that I find cool is that the SNES version has a little trick, when you duck in one of the drawers of the first level, you get unlimited health until the end of the game, and also an option to pause the game and press select to skip the entire level and continue in the next one. Why this is Snes exclusive specific? Idk, but is very helpful, would be great to know about it before hand though.
10:59 is me playing this game as a kid. I actually rented this from a video store after I seen toy story =_= Edit: The first one, lmao wtf, Doom toy story I never even made it that far and NEVER knew this existed, buzz with the tire is where I got stuck dude. xD
i swear Jak you ALMOST triggered a PTSD attack when preforming the "i don't want to play with you any more" serusly that moment of toy story 2 legit gives me freaking nightmares still good review and just Yeesh talk about a brutal game from the 90s and i seen better use of a whip in that mechanic in Earth worm Jim
Honestly looking at the gameplay and Jak's description of playing the Toy Story 1 game, I can already see some things that could've been improved upon, for one the animation for Woody's Pull String Whip is definitely as awful as it is, I figure if you made it so without directional input, Woody would whip around himself, with directions he would strike in that direction and have a pretty wide reach perfect for attacking enemies and using the grapple points, also simply giving Woody a Ledge Grab would solve some of the issues of missing a platform as well as updating some of the textures to tell the player I can grab this, like simply if it looks solid then you can grab/land on that platform, either way there seems to be a base of a fun game there somewhere, with a few tweeks it could actually be fun, possibly as a Rom Hack of sorts. Either way I'm very happy to see Jak to play the Toy Story 1 game cause it definitely is this enigma of why is this as not talked about as the second movie's game, speaking of which he's gonna talking about that next and dude it's gonna be a good time.
Yeah, Gamehut had some technical wizardry, shame a lot of the old games he worked on didn't have that great of gameplay, though he also thankfully gave us the Lego Game formula which was a big success.
The level where you wander through a maze collecting the green alien triclopses gave me the heebie jeebies. There were obstacles or enemies but the textures made me feel like I was in a corridor in DOOM.
Since you’re reviewing Toy Story games this month, I’d like to see you review “Buzz Lightyear of Star Command.” The video game based on the cartoon spinoff of Toy Story. Despite the impressive Cell shading, this game does have a punishing time limit on how you have to race the boss to the end of the stage as well as collecting the Little Green Men and parts for Buzz’s robot member XR. It does have impressive quotes from Buzz (voiced by Patrick Warburton of course).
I had the PC port of this growing up (yes that exists) and its one of the few childhood "hard" games I was able to beat. The PC version straight up has a level select menu that you can fully unlock by cheating (figured it out randomly so idk how it actually works) and because of that anytime I got stuck on a level I would just skip to the next one. I think there were maybe 6 levels in the entire game I was able to complete successfully, the rest of them I skipped. I remember being able to beat the first two levels, the RC car level where you smack into buzz, the level running away from scud, and the last 2 levels. the PC port is really weird though. If I remember correctly it has the best visuals but they're not like improved, they're just in a better color palette. I also think it's missing a handful of levels, although I'm not 100% sure since I'm going completely off of memory. It's probably worth looking into a little bit.
I used to love this game back in the day even if it was very hard. It took me ages to beat Nightmare Buzz. I had the PC version that would let you select any level as long as you had beaten the previous level(s) first. I'm not sure if it was a glitch or intentional but I could skip the Claw boss and the second level in Sid's bedroom if I wanted to. I was never able to beat either level so I'm glad that the option was there. Bizarrely, the PC version had the Mega Drive/Genesis exclusive level but it didn't have the 'Doom' level for whatever reason.
That opening gag with the cartridge label started off this video perfectly. Knew we were in for a wild ride right away. AND THE DOOM BIT MY GOSH! XD And super appreciate giving the signal boost to JonTT's vids, whether the games were messy or marvelous, they were technically unparalleled. "Or as we say in Australia: THE SERVO MATE!" Jak, see, this is the kind of relatable Aussie jokes that make me chuckle. Great video, mate.
I never played this as a kid. I started with Toy Story 2 for PS1. I remember crying hysterically whenever I would game over back then. Having played this since, I can confidently say I’m glad I never played this as a kid. It would have driven me INSANE Also props for referencing the gamehut vid for breaking down the graphics. Great detail
“You might get so mad at Toy Story that you may want to slam Doom into your Super NES and take out your anger by shooting a bunch of evil aliens. Then again, Doom is an extremely difficult game, so it might just make the problem worse.” -George Wood, 1995
I believe older games were harder so you would have to keep renting them in order to beat them. Back in the day when Blockbuster and Hollywood Video were still a thing, and kids rented games, the developer made the games harder so kids wouldn't beat them in a few days.
Yup, and it hardened our nerves of steel, the most abused generation of them all. XD ... Well I dunno, the zoomers seem to be bad at problem solving and troubleshooting despite being on phones all day...
Wow, didn’t know that one level was sega exclusive. I always remembered the name of the stage, Day-toy-na Must’ve resonated since i was still fresh to the Florida state
Hell yeah, really excited to see you review the Toy Story 2 game next, I loved that game as a kid and it's a really good platformer - revolutionary at the time, even!
idk this is one of those games where people complained about it being hard like The Lion King but they werent hard for me, also may be because i played the living shit out of them though
Fucking banger of a video i love it, this game looks like it has a lot of potential to be really fun too, if it wasn't soul crushingly difficult, great work Jak, also i also loved the editing with the game being dropped, well done ^~^
jak when will you cover ratchet and clank people need to see the difference between the og era and the reebot/movie to truly understand how good rift apart is
As a kid, I owned this on the SNES. I remember I would play and beat this just to pass time. I beat it repeatedly. I often beat it within an hour, too. I got good at it, but it still isn't very fun. It's more frustrating than anything.
When it was release i had fun playing the game sometimes me and my friends will speed run the game in the playstation, for the time hard games like crash bandicoot and toy story even metal slugs is worth it to play, we never complain the game but now it does not age well
The graphics are better on the SNES version, as well as the music but it's because the SNES not only were released later than the Genesis/Mega Drive but it was superior when it came to graphics and sounds (although it had a couple of weaknesses, such as some games lagged due to limits of how many sprites could be shown at once before dragging it down,such as Super R-Type and Gradius).
Old games were hard because if they weren't, you would beat them in less than an hour and feel ripped off by how little content they had. I know, there are rare exceptions. This stopped being an issue by the time the PS2 came since games were already 8 hours long or more without the difficulty.
Playing this in 90s when it came out. The design and graphics were 10/10 amazing. When people went from Castlevania to This game. This game had way better controls compare to many clunky NES or SNES titles. However. It has not aged well and is still very clunky
Damn one of my favourite aussie retro game reviewers covered this and he's doing Toy Story 2 next! I better beat him to it! lol All seriousness, loved the review, my first video I covered this game so I have a soft spot for it in a strange way and you did a good job covering it!
It was difficult, but at least it was decent at the time in 95', and I always in my opinion thought there future films would been games like Traveller's Tales, if they did I would had a collection I'd keep in mine.
Lol I remember wondering how to beat nightmare Buzz. Later on, a friend of mine called 📞 me because he thought I'd figure out how to beat him and invited me over to investigate 🔎. I told him that I tried and good luck. He begged me to come anyway. Later on, I did eventually figure out that Buzz was vulnerable after using the laser. I didn't want to admit that my friend was right.....but it was inevitable. He knew me better than I knew myself.
I always loved how the advertisement just had an angry looking Woody and Buzz with the caption "PLAY THE GAME!". Such aggressive marketing, I love it.
It reminds me good old AVGN videos, It's good to see this genre is still alive.
I remember beating this as a kid, it took so many tries and i died so much but i just had to do it.
I like how everything in the 2D environments look 3D, pretty revolutionary for the time. Too bad the gameplay doesn't begin to hold up.
That's just how Travellers Tales does it. Their games are technical marvels, though unfortunately at the expense of the gameplay.
@redpheonix1000 not to mention they hardly finished half of their games, and hell I'd argue their crash bandicoot games aren't finished lmao
@@busdriverguy It's not arguable IMO, they literally did not finish Crash Twinsanity. The ending cutscene was supposed to be it's entire own level. In fact, the game itself at one point breaks the fourth wall and makes a self-aware reference to the fact that they ran out of time for it.
@@redpheonix1000 and it was still a full price game at gamestop lmao
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I remember playing this on the computer actually. Yeah, it was quite the annoying experience. 😁
As much as I can remember, the Toy Story 3 game from 2010 got phenomonal praise as being the best video game adaptation of all these characters. Like, much higher praise of a video game based on Toy Story anyone would think.
As for the difficulty of this game, I personally think this was one of those games made when the Video Game rental scene was still relevant, and the harder the game, the more people had to rent if if they wanted it long enough to see the ending.
Traveller's Tales are straight up technical magicians, I swear to god.
I actually played this game recently this year. A pretty fun platformer that I’ve got to give credit to- it’s a really good licensed game. Love the OST. Keep up the good work, Jak :)
I literally watched the first two movies with my Mum last week. Such a fun trip down memory lane. Thanks for this relevantly-timed review! I played the second game as a kid on PS1, so I look forward to seeing that being reviewed as well!
That Woody "jumpscare" where he hides under your couch, though... I thought he was gonna jump at you and try to kill you by the end of the review, but nah, nothing happened. Is that being saved for the next review or what?
Your videos are so underrated, you definitely deserve more views and subs! Also, i heard the reason why so many old games were so damn hard or even unfair at points, was because of space on the cartridges. They couldn't hold a lot of memory, so the game length on most of them weren't that long. So they made a lot of them freaking hard to lengthen the game. Thats the reason, but i don't think its an excuse for some old games. Like this one. Lol
That's the reason the first Ecco the Dolphin was made so insanely difficult. They didn't want kids to rent the game and beat it in a weekend. I have beaten Ecco 1 and actually quite like it, but honestly checkpoints would really improve the game. It's really easy to die, and having to start over every time is just painful. I think the Sega CD version has checkpoints but I haven't had a chance to try that one yet.
@@benjaheinonen I got stuck, back in 92 at a bit where you have to shoot your sonar at a statue. But there is a way forward with the toughest jump ever. It turns out the jump isn’t actually possible. So I wasted hours trying to do this crazy jump. 20 years later I looked up what to do and I was kind of annoyed.
@@benjaheinonenI feel like if games want or have to be hard, they definitely need to be very fair. Because at least you can blame yourself, instead of the game. Haha
Oh boy, the part at 15:30 brought back *memories*. Sid's House was where I gave up and turned on infinite health mode, and then that last platforming stage, I just skipped with Level Select.
You don't wanna get in the way when my laser goes off.
Ahh, my first PC game...the nostalgia hits hard with the first Toy Story game. I remember Sid's room kicking my ass the most, nice to see a review for it, Jak!
yes I remember this for PC mostly as well. damn we old now = DDDD
This game is the same age as me @@killval849
21:00 Me after playing TS1 the game, Toy Story 2 on the ps1 is miles better, You could tell TT learned alot from the first game, I like it better when Toy Story games are 3D.
great vid man! a bit late to the party, (im bad at watching people's vids on time bleh) but i would like to mention a few things:
1. i'm glad you mentioned that there is a password system in the PAL version, i've seen a good chunk of reviews for this game not mention that at all (tbf they were american reviewers but still)
2. The way to earn continues (also more health/lives for that matter) is to collect all of the stars in a level, if you collect all of the stars in a level, you get an extra life. if you miss a couple of them, you get an extra health point. once you collect 300 stars in total, you get a continue, rinse and repeat. (this is EXTREMELY helpful for beating the game, I WISH THEY TOLD US THIS IN THE GAME)
3. the SNES version is so much worse. god. I'm kinda surprised you didn't look at that one as well but I'm glad you stuck with the Mega Drive version. The SNES version has really bad collision issues with Woody's spaghetti string, you have to be EVEN MORE PRECISE IN THE SNES VERSION, i can see where you didn't like it in the MD version, but god you have to be PIXEL perfect to do it correctly in the SNES version, same thing goes for climbing across ropes/chains, it's horrible
4. i am so sorry you played the gameboy port
i personally love the Mega Drive Toy Story game, i dig the different gameplay styles (some of my favorite games are Earthworm Jim and Battletoads im such a sucker for this stuff) and the music is pretty damn good, especially in the later half. The difficulty, is definitely a big issue with the game i will admit, and the fact that they shipped this game in North America without a password system is criminal
I love this game! Outside of Sonic, I think I played this game the most on my Sega. Yes it is difficult at times but I played it so much and completed it many times! I got it from my dad's friends game store using my birthday money I remember that much! It's one Mega Drive game I did keep in my collection to this day! The graphics blew me away at the time! My favourite movie.
I like Toy Story 2 on the ps1 best, My favorite level was Andy's House :)
"You don't want to be in the way when my Laser goes off"
*boss music starts*
You know... this might be the very first game I ever played.
By the time I was born my dad had a neat little colletion of Genesis Games. Spider-Man, Altered Beasts, Primal Rage, Sonic 3D Blast, among others.
I remember one day, probably back at 1998 or 1999, my cousin cauth me playing Sonic 3D Blast and my 3/4 year old ass tried to show off my "3D" game. Then she brought me to her house (back then we lived on the same street) and showed me Snow Go on Crash 2, the first time I ever saw or even heard of a PlayStation... my mind was possitively blown.
The graphics and music are higher quality on the PC version. That’s what I played growing up. The only way my friend and I were able to beat it was with my younger brother, constantly hitting the safe state button after every obstacle and reloading whenever we died.
Toystory the game hd
I nearly forgot that there was a video-game adaption of Toy Story 1 and the one time I thought about it I just left it at that, so considering your experince with the game I know I'm not missing a thing.
But I will say well done with the references, they were hilariously enjoyable!
Woodys nightmare would later be in toy story 2 when woody worries
about Andy not playing with him anymore.
Excited to see the Toy Story 2 review. That game was definitely a tricky but fun 3D platformer that I remember putting so many hours into. I always remember seeing commercials for the original game played in this video, and for some reason I remember feeling scared of them, just something about it all felt so off. Good video though overall Jak.
Toy Story is one of my favorite 2D platformers from the SNES era. I could tell you a long (toy) story that I had with this game that caused me to love this game so much.
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😨 A new upload YESSSSSSS
Edit: The Password system was not included at all in the Super Nintendo Version, atleast here in Quebec, Canada. 😣
Edit2: The top down car level also comes up after the first few stages, I never even seen Sids room as a kid but saw that Car level a dozen times 😂 Makes me wonder if they swapped it with you saying how easy it was. I think it was before even Nightmare Buzz cause I feel like I seen him way less than that level.
I got this game with the SNES as my first console in the US. This game still haunts me. I got so close to beating it as a kid, but didnt realize how you were supposed to end the last level so i got ran over and realized a level of absolute disappointment I havent experienced since
I liked Toy Story 2 on the ps1, Toy Story 3 on Wii and Toy Story Racer on ps1, I would say those are way better than the first game.
17:44 You do kind of look like Sid but you're Andy. 😂
I've never played the second Toy Story game for the PS1, but I always love Toy Story 3 for PSP and PS2 (same game with different ports).
and Toy Story 1 always impress me a lot even though I only can pass the first 5 levels
I played the PC version of this game, and yes, it really is THAT hard. In fact, I ended up having a guide by Disney Interactive faxed to me (thanks to my aunt for letting me use her fax machine). Even though the PC version was pretty good, I still envied those with Super Nintendo or SEGA Genesis/Mega Drive consoles because the "Really Inside The Claw Machine" level was exclusive to them. I agree with you on Nightmare Buzz. I think what makes him so scary is: 1) You don't expect a boss fight in a game like this (especially as early as stage 4), and 2) The music gives you the chills. Plus his moves are hard to predict. The lasso mechanics of this game are so bad that in a way, this just feels like a poor man's version of Super Castlevania IV. I did manage to beat this game back in the day, but probably wouldn't have if it weren't for the fact that the PC version had...a level select window.
I haven't watched your channel in awhile, the quality is amazing keep it up man!
Now this is a core memory, this is one of the few games I had for Sega Genesis back when I was a tiny child. I played it because I hadn't played any good games yet and didn't know what a bad game was, so somehow I managed to beat it twice over.
Nice to see you back in action with a new review. Gotta admit that I wasn't expecting it to be Toy Story but I'm all for it. I actually remember playing a little of this game on the PC way back in the day and I never got far in it. I think the furthest I ever got was the toy grab machine section lol. Seeing this game is super nostalgic for sure but also because I remember that the advertised this game a lot on VHS Disney movies haha.
Anyway great review. I saw someone else mention that this review felt like a return to form of the AVGN inspired videos and I agree, the ending gag got a good laugh outta me, I was not expecting that haha. Makes me wonder if you'll ever experiment with in the field live action goofs again, those were fun but I'm also aware that it may have not been good on the physically plus all the random things that can happen that can ruin a shot and for that, I totally understand if you prefer keeping things a bit more simpler this time around.
Anyway, looking forward to the next one!
Loved the ending mate good stuff. Its interesting that this was my first game on megadrive back in 94 or whatever and Ive never seen anything past the first few levels. So was kinda cool to see how the game actually ended after such a long time.
I used to love playing the SNES version as a kid and even got the Gameboy version. Although I never got too far due to the games difficulty, but I enjoyed the beginning levels.
I nearly finished it as a child, so it was not that difficult. You are probably too young to remember games from that era which were way more difficult than this, like "The Lion King" or "The Adventures of Batman and Robin" :D Also, graphically speaking I think is a pretty good game.
Y'know what's the 1st thing I noticed when I started playing this game? the poor edging on Woody.
I actually owned the PC version. I never beat it, and I lost the CD. But I played it again on a SNES emulator
Had to like for Woody scurrying under the couch like a demon
21:00 is every kid who played this for over 1 hour and got stuck XD
One of my biggest gaming accomplishments was beating this as a kid on the SNES with no password system in the North American version. The game also looks way better on SNES with gorgeous colours, no weird sepia tone like on the Genesis. You might be too young to remember this Jak, but back when this game came out games were really hard for the most part so that kids couldn't beat them in one rental from the video store. And I guess this worked, cause I failed and failed to beat this game when I rented it and it wasn't until I got the game as a birthday present that I beat it after months of mastering it.
"This is ape shit accurate jumping" LMAOOO
I wouldn't be surprised that the reason of the game being hard is cause Disney demanded to be hard due to the people that rent the game during the time wouldn't be able to finish it, and those people would be forced to buy the game instead, was a typical practice to some companies to reduce the Blockbuster videogame rentals, still sadly cause this game had potential, one thing that I find cool is that the SNES version has a little trick, when you duck in one of the drawers of the first level, you get unlimited health until the end of the game, and also an option to pause the game and press select to skip the entire level and continue in the next one. Why this is Snes exclusive specific? Idk, but is very helpful, would be great to know about it before hand though.
That ending was funny and brilliant, Jak. "I don't wanna play with you anymore..."
The gameboy version is WAY worse!
10:59 is me playing this game as a kid. I actually rented this from a video store after I seen toy story =_=
Edit: The first one, lmao wtf, Doom toy story I never even made it that far and NEVER knew this existed, buzz with the tire is where I got stuck dude. xD
i swear Jak you ALMOST triggered a PTSD attack when preforming the "i don't want to play with you any more" serusly that moment of toy story 2 legit gives me freaking nightmares
still good review and just Yeesh talk about a brutal game from the 90s and i seen better use of a whip in that mechanic in Earth worm Jim
Honestly looking at the gameplay and Jak's description of playing the Toy Story 1 game, I can already see some things that could've been improved upon, for one the animation for Woody's Pull String Whip is definitely as awful as it is, I figure if you made it so without directional input, Woody would whip around himself, with directions he would strike in that direction and have a pretty wide reach perfect for attacking enemies and using the grapple points, also simply giving Woody a Ledge Grab would solve some of the issues of missing a platform as well as updating some of the textures to tell the player I can grab this, like simply if it looks solid then you can grab/land on that platform, either way there seems to be a base of a fun game there somewhere, with a few tweeks it could actually be fun, possibly as a Rom Hack of sorts. Either way I'm very happy to see Jak to play the Toy Story 1 game cause it definitely is this enigma of why is this as not talked about as the second movie's game, speaking of which he's gonna talking about that next and dude it's gonna be a good time.
“Lil the joints in my arm.” Said the tin man in the original 1939 wizard of oz movie.
This is the first time I've seen past the first level. It is a very impressive game... that no one in their right mind would want to play.
Yeah, Gamehut had some technical wizardry, shame a lot of the old games he worked on didn't have that great of gameplay, though he also thankfully gave us the Lego Game formula which was a big success.
@@_-Lx-_never played Toy Story, but I doubt I’d get far in it without frustration. I 100% completed Lego Indiana Jones and Lego Batman 3.
The level where you wander through a maze collecting the green alien triclopses gave me the heebie jeebies. There were obstacles or enemies but the textures made me feel like I was in a corridor in DOOM.
Since you’re reviewing Toy Story games this month, I’d like to see you review “Buzz Lightyear of Star Command.” The video game based on the cartoon spinoff of Toy Story. Despite the impressive Cell shading, this game does have a punishing time limit on how you have to race the boss to the end of the stage as well as collecting the Little Green Men and parts for Buzz’s robot member XR. It does have impressive quotes from Buzz (voiced by Patrick Warburton of course).
The Australian Video Game Nerd is back in action!
Love the shoutout for Gamehut! 😎
I had the PC port of this growing up (yes that exists) and its one of the few childhood "hard" games I was able to beat. The PC version straight up has a level select menu that you can fully unlock by cheating (figured it out randomly so idk how it actually works) and because of that anytime I got stuck on a level I would just skip to the next one. I think there were maybe 6 levels in the entire game I was able to complete successfully, the rest of them I skipped.
I remember being able to beat the first two levels, the RC car level where you smack into buzz, the level running away from scud, and the last 2 levels.
the PC port is really weird though. If I remember correctly it has the best visuals but they're not like improved, they're just in a better color palette. I also think it's missing a handful of levels, although I'm not 100% sure since I'm going completely off of memory. It's probably worth looking into a little bit.
I used to love this game back in the day even if it was very hard. It took me ages to beat Nightmare Buzz. I had the PC version that would let you select any level as long as you had beaten the previous level(s) first. I'm not sure if it was a glitch or intentional but I could skip the Claw boss and the second level in Sid's bedroom if I wanted to. I was never able to beat either level so I'm glad that the option was there. Bizarrely, the PC version had the Mega Drive/Genesis exclusive level but it didn't have the 'Doom' level for whatever reason.
3:20 He also founded the company.
I still haven't beaten this game. I made it to the 3d driving and first person levels and I can't make it much farther than that LOL
That editing at the end was cool
That opening gag with the cartridge label started off this video perfectly. Knew we were in for a wild ride right away. AND THE DOOM BIT MY GOSH! XD
And super appreciate giving the signal boost to JonTT's vids, whether the games were messy or marvelous, they were technically unparalleled.
"Or as we say in Australia: THE SERVO MATE!" Jak, see, this is the kind of relatable Aussie jokes that make me chuckle. Great video, mate.
I had this game and LOVED it but it was so difficult I'd have to get my older sister to clear some of the levels for me.
I never played this as a kid. I started with Toy Story 2 for PS1. I remember crying hysterically whenever I would game over back then.
Having played this since, I can confidently say I’m glad I never played this as a kid. It would have driven me INSANE
Also props for referencing the gamehut vid for breaking down the graphics. Great detail
Appreciate another great review of a childhood game, keep up the great work.
“You might get so mad at Toy Story that you may want to slam Doom into your Super NES and take out your anger by shooting a bunch of evil aliens. Then again, Doom is an extremely difficult game, so it might just make the problem worse.”
-George Wood, 1995
buzz lightyear to the rescue was a slapper? i guess that doesn't mean the same thing down under
I know its gonna be a good day when I wake up to a new Square Eyed Jak video! Big fan of all the videos!
Love to see a new video, and a review!! 😃
Hey, at least you're playing it in this order, meaning you get the tasty TS2 for dessert!
I also had this game on my Sega Mega Drive as a child.
I believe older games were harder so you would have to keep renting them in order to beat them. Back in the day when Blockbuster and Hollywood Video were still a thing, and kids rented games, the developer made the games harder so kids wouldn't beat them in a few days.
Yup, and it hardened our nerves of steel, the most abused generation of them all. XD
... Well I dunno, the zoomers seem to be bad at problem solving and troubleshooting despite being on phones all day...
@@Robert_D_Mercermmm that’s an odd thing to say 😂
It's sad, but true relating to Zoomers, I wouldn't say all of them though.
I had really fond memories of this game as a kid. Maybe I need to revisit it now and see how much BS my kid self put up with.
Theres a cheat code where if you duck inside the toybox at the beginning you get unlimited lives. This was the first cheat code i learned as a kid.
Wow, didn’t know that one level was sega exclusive.
I always remembered the name of the stage, Day-toy-na
Must’ve resonated since i was still fresh to the Florida state
Hell yeah, really excited to see you review the Toy Story 2 game next, I loved that game as a kid and it's a really good platformer - revolutionary at the time, even!
I think this was the first game to ever enter my memories as a toddler, though my first actual game that I played was Spyro 3
It was interesting learning about this one since I grew up with the 2nd and 3rd game, I remember loving the ToyBox mode in that one
I remember playing a PC version of the game, but I don't remember it being that hard.
idk this is one of those games where people complained about it being hard like The Lion King but they werent hard for me, also may be because i played the living shit out of them though
I beat this game as a kid! Took me forever. Glad I played a version with passwords or that would have never happened.
You forgot to mention the poor edgelin woody
I had this as a kid for the Sega Mega Drive and loved it but it was brutally hard for me
Fucking banger of a video i love it, this game looks like it has a lot of potential to be really fun too, if it wasn't soul crushingly difficult, great work Jak, also i also loved the editing with the game being dropped, well done ^~^
Thanks so much, really happy with this video. Game had A LOT of good content to work with!
jak when will you cover ratchet and clank people need to see the difference between the og era and the reebot/movie to truly understand how good rift apart is
Yes pls, this comment. PLEASE cover the OG rachet and clank stuff, same with Jak. Those guys were big time for the 6th gen ( is ps2 6th? XD)
I liked the editing in this video!
As a kid, I owned this on the SNES. I remember I would play and beat this just to pass time. I beat it repeatedly. I often beat it within an hour, too. I got good at it, but it still isn't very fun. It's more frustrating than anything.
When it was release i had fun playing the game sometimes me and my friends will speed run the game in the playstation, for the time hard games like crash bandicoot and toy story even metal slugs is worth it to play, we never complain the game but now it does not age well
The graphics are better on the SNES version, as well as the music but it's because the SNES not only were released later than the Genesis/Mega Drive but it was superior when it came to graphics and sounds (although it had a couple of weaknesses, such as some games lagged due to limits of how many sprites could be shown at once before dragging it down,such as Super R-Type and Gradius).
Your lucky. Here in America we don’t have the password system. Also good review
Toy story 2 is thankful much more forgiving, this one is pure torture.
The second game is my childhood. Can't wait for the next video.
I honestly enjoy this game even though I can't beat it without save states or infinite lives
I LOVED this game! One of my first games when I was a kid. I think I may still have it somewhere
Games back then were made to be harder because otherwise they would have been too short.
Old games were hard because if they weren't, you would beat them in less than an hour and feel ripped off by how little content they had. I know, there are rare exceptions. This stopped being an issue by the time the PS2 came since games were already 8 hours long or more without the difficulty.
I've never played this game all the way through, & I barely remember the review videos for it. I didn't realize how frustrating this game is.
I used to have a PC version of this, never do I remember to get pash the Claw more than once or twice.
And yes. Nightmare Buzz gave me nightmares.
Playing this in 90s when it came out. The design and graphics were 10/10 amazing. When people went from Castlevania to This game. This game had way better controls compare to many clunky NES or SNES titles. However. It has not aged well and is still very clunky
The Genesis could only have 4 palettes loaded at once.
Glad to see you back, you’re reviews never cease to have me laughing my ass off 😁
Congrats on not inly beating the game, but having the patience to do so!
Damn one of my favourite aussie retro game reviewers covered this and he's doing Toy Story 2 next! I better beat him to it! lol
All seriousness, loved the review, my first video I covered this game so I have a soft spot for it in a strange way and you did a good job covering it!
It was difficult, but at least it was decent at the time in 95', and I always in my opinion thought there future films would been games like Traveller's Tales, if they did I would had a collection I'd keep in mine.
Lol I remember wondering how to beat nightmare Buzz. Later on, a friend of mine called 📞 me because he thought I'd figure out how to beat him and invited me over to investigate 🔎. I told him that I tried and good luck. He begged me to come anyway.
Later on, I did eventually figure out that Buzz was vulnerable after using the laser. I didn't want to admit that my friend was right.....but it was inevitable. He knew me better than I knew myself.