00:00Hi guys, time to have a look at the New Zealand story for the PC Engine.
00:05This was one I picked up in Japan on my travels.
00:08Now, as I'm sure Ian Wilson will tell you, this is one of my favourite games of all time.
00:13It comes back to when I was a kid.
00:18Hang on a minute.
00:22Oh, there we go. Oh, it is me, Stein.
00:24Yeah, I absolutely love the Amiga version, the music, the colours, the way it was designed, everything.
00:32Now, I've recently ordered the Amiga version off eBay, so I will do like maybe another video comparison-wise when
00:41I get that.
00:43I'm not too sure about the music on this one, it's a bit...
00:48I don't know, ditty. It's got a harsh, harsh tone to it on the end.
00:57I don't know what that weapon just did.
01:01Yeah, I'm going to say, this isn't a very good version of the first level.
01:07I mean, even the Specky one was better than this.
01:14It doesn't look too bad, but it doesn't look all that great either.
01:20Yeah.
01:25I've got speed shoes now.
01:30Whoa, whoa, whoa, what the hell?
01:34Oh, and I've popped the bloody balloon now.
01:37That's the...
01:37Oh, look at the slowdown on that.
01:40That's the laser.
01:43Oh, God, this is not a very good version of the game.
01:48Oh.
01:50What?
01:53Oh, this is awful.
01:55Look at the slowdown.
01:59Maybe it's just my memory, but I don't remember the Amiga beat like this at all.
02:10Very, very disappointing.
02:23Come on, you stupid bird.
02:26There we go.
02:29Oh, no, this is truly bad.
02:33I mean, New Zealand Story itself is based off an arcade game, which in itself is brilliant.
02:42I think I played it at the arcade bar, which is in one of my past videos.
02:52Well, at least at the end of the day, I mean, it is New Zealand Story.
02:57Even if it is a poor version.
03:00Whoa, get down.
03:04I know, there's a mother hover goose after me now.
03:11There we go.
03:14Well, that's rubbish.
03:16Oh, there we go.
03:16You can...
03:17I thought you couldn't squirt water, but you can.
03:20It's a bit far, I mean.
03:22The range in the...
03:27The range of water in the stand again, I think it's a lot shorter than that.
03:31Whoa, get up, get up, get up.
03:36Yes, as you can probably tell by now, I'm quite disappointed in this one.
03:43You expect a certain class from your New Zealand Story game, and you get this very...
03:48Oh, what the...
03:53I don't know how well it comes out on the video, but...
03:56There's just far too much slowdown.
03:59I mean, a lot of this game depends on you being fast.
04:03Oh, I think it's...
04:04I don't know if you saw anything like that.
04:05I'm jumping there.
04:09And then try...
04:10Oh, the physics are just all wrong.
04:18I could have sworn that water range was...
04:20Bloody hell.
04:22It was a lot, lot shorter in the other versions, but that could just be me.
04:27Well...
04:27Oh, we've got to continue.
04:29We'll give it another crack.
04:34That was close.
04:41Even after all this, it's still one hell of a catchy tune.
04:46Oh, there's the old, uh...
04:48Armoured balloons.
04:49And I'm gonna die!
04:51Shit.
04:55What is going on?
05:01Oh!
05:02Oh, fuck.
05:07Oh, fuck.
05:10Hmm.
05:13Oh, don't start me.
05:14Whoa, what?
05:16Oh, oh!
05:18What?
05:19What is going on?
05:21Physics are all over the show.
05:25One more continue.
05:26I'm gonna do it for time.
05:27Let's do it.
05:28It's turning to the longest video I've ever done, and it's only five minutes in.
05:42Laser.
05:43There we go.
05:44Now their balloons can't resist.
05:49Oh, for God's sake.
05:50Now I need a...
05:51Oh, you little bugger.
06:00Oh, stay, stay, go up, go up, go up.
06:04Ooh.
06:06Oh.
06:08This balloon is just so hard to control.
06:11It's just so unnecessary.
06:13You swine.
06:16Oh.
06:19Christ, I was actually ducking, man.
06:21Oh, no, I've got the arrow back.
06:25Oh, look at the slowdown.
06:31This is the boss fight, I think.
06:33Yep.
06:36Now, on the arcade game, the Spectrum version and the Amiga version, you can actually go inside
06:41that wee whale's belly.
06:43See if we can get in there for the video.
06:48Hey, I'm in.
06:54Oh, I'm dead.
06:56Well, that was an interesting look.
07:02Oh, the slowdown is so, so bad.
07:13I'm just double-checking the pad that I've not actually got the bleeding turbo fire switch
07:18done.
07:18Maybe that's causing problems, but nope.
07:30I'm going to leave it there, guys.
07:33I'm very, very disappointed in this one.
07:36I suppose, at least at the end of the day, it didn't cost me much.
07:40I can always re-flog it on eBay.
07:44I hope to God it's just not my memory playing tricks with me and that the Amiga version is
07:48just as awesome.
07:50Anyway, guys, as always, a thanks for watching and I will do my best to post another video
07:55soon.
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