Beating EVERY N64 Game - Tonic Trouble (5/394) 

Oh wow, I played this as a kid. I forgot the name of it and I kept on trying to remember it every once in a while. All I remembered was the first level being a snow slide thingy and the transformation into the big buff guy. It was not enough to find it for the last few years. That was unexpected. Thank you for that. One of the games from my childhood was found.

_No memory card > Plays anyway and just leaves the console on > Almost finishes the game > Game softlocks_ _> Starts over > Plays through the game again and finishes it fair and square_ You're my hero

Dark Souls is a tonic troublelike

Honestly, this made me want some Newman's Own popcorn and I pray to God that they send me a survey asking how I heard about them.

I'm a big Tonic Trouble fan, but I'd say this was a fair recap. Props for going through it twice! A couple of anecdotes: * This N64 version is near identical to the Windows version that was sold in stores in 1999, but there was a 1997 promotional version for the PC, which had continous enviroments instead of the challenge rooms seen here. Appearently most of that work had to be scrapped due to hardware limitations of the time. The final product was clearly rushed as a result. * The popcorn machines, depending on region and console could also be seen draped in Nestle Crunch and Lion branding. The 1997 version had a unbranded Elvis/Johnny Bravo lookin mascot. None of the versions explain why popcorn/chocolate works like spinach in this world. * For the four head puzzle in the pyramid, the correct order was inscribed in the ceiling. Most people I've seen play this have missed that. The 1997 version mercifully made it a game of Simon. Good luck on your venture. You'll need it!

you are an absolute legend for ** spoiler ** restarting the whole game from the beginning. i would have rage quit and never went back lol. amazing series

I love this series. Please keep it up for us on YT

The ear of corn doesn't like him because he turned the popcorn machine back on... which I guess kills his friends?

That soft lock broke my heart. Sorry Thab, glad you did it all over again, as painful as it was

Another great video! Also this, from IGN: “All in all, the music selection in the game is one of Tonic Trouble's strong points.”

I cant wait for Space Station Silicon Valley and Mischief Makers. The nostalgia is intoxicating, lmao.

I miss weird games. The drive toward realism has kind of killed off all of the interesting aesthetics that hardware and software limitations necessitated. I've never heard of this game, but it sure has a great look.

"This game is in a partnership with a popcorn maker and you get free popcorn if you buy the game" "This ear of corn doesn't like us for some reason" sir you MASSACRED HIS FAMILY

Games like this which are decent just show how Mario 64 and other similar platforms were soooooo much better in basically every aspect

Maybe that purple water is why everyone doesn't trust purple people

I remember the first 3D Rayman feeling pretty disjointed too, so it's no surprise to me this game is too. Super interesting look at gaming history. Love the series man, great binge material while i grind slayer on the OSRS shattered relics league

thab’s n64 game book reports are my new favourite thing on youtube i guess the purple jokes are that they were expecting to see rayman as the hero, and instead, purple bald rayman showed up?

14:47 “Don’t mind me, it’s just your old pal mummified granny”

This has already become one of my absolute favorite series. And good on you for restarting at the end. I love the dedication!

Man, I definitely enjoyed this one as a rental. Fast forward twenty years and it's aged worse than BattleTanx. I love the teasers for the next game, please keep those up!

18:59 A nod to the Hydraulic Press Channel? Noice

19:43 advertising your Coldest Water bottle there would've been so smooth

When Thab gets a hundred or so games behind him, I’m looking forward to seeing a little graph of the “Thab ratings” to see how the full N64 catalog held up

This game's storyline deserves a shout-out at least. Great story 😊

I just found this series and will hopefully continue to see it till the end. You deserve and get my like and subscribe for having to basically run through this awful game twice. That is the kind of the dedication to your craft and viewers that RU-vidrs should replicate.

These kinda games that I'd never want to have to play are the highlight of this series for me

Just found your series. Keep it on youtube. Views are good now but I promise you, over the years these videos will just rack up the views, you edited them wonderfully and you show enough of the game while not being overly long/boring. Long videos for bigger games are great. Short videos for racing/sports games are perfect. I had an N64 growing up, and although i would come to regret not getting a Playstation like my best friend, at least between the two of us we had both systems and it generated a lot of fun for us.

Dude is a straight savage for leaving his 64 on until he beats the game lol

THAB is an absolute unit for going back and restarting this one.

I loved this game growing up. I'm honestly excited for Buck Bumble, Chameleon Twist, and Glover

There's something so hilarious to me about this rather normal and unassuming looking man being called ThaBeast

This Series is amazing. As much as I enjoyed TMRs content watching all of it just wasn't fun or practical, so having them in edited video's like this which I'm sure takes a lot of extra time is much appreciated.

absolutely love this playlist

I really enjoy these obscure games. Never heard of it. Great vid

This game was an absolute fever dream; it took me a while to realize that no, I didn't dream this up when I was sick with a fever, it actually exists.

I just realized that the flying sections are really reminiscent of Spyro's flying sections, down to flying through the rings and everything. Interesting.

I think one potential idea to get people interested in clicking is to make the titles like you do with mario maker 2... something interesting/weird/crazy from the video. In this case, the softlock experience would have been great to mention

The fake cheat codes in the 90's was a real thing. Wasted a lot of time trying to unlock Luigi

This was one of my fav games growing up. I was always surprised it wasnt too popular

WOW softlocked and forced to restart that close to the end??? I would have raged.

Good Morning THAB!!! I hope your Papa is doing better!

90s developers had a strange obsession with flying through rings

I absolutely love this series. The only thing better than watching these videos on RU-vid is being in the chat while he's completing these games on Twitch.

Love this series! Are you also collecting all the games physically?

The way you do these videos is so much better than just snippets of the Twitch stream.

I like that you're honest about how much you enjoy what you're playing. With a few QoL improvements this seems like it wouldn't be such a bad game. 3D platformers have so many inherently annoying aspects to them, not least of all the actual platforming, camera management, etc. I love this era of gaming where production values were a bit hit and miss and developers were open to experimenting with weird advertising tie-ins.

The fact that you replayed the whole thing thats dedication my brother

This series is so good!! Thanks for all the effort you put into these videos thab! I remember being in chat when the softlock happened and everyone was just like 😬

Reminds me of Earthworm Jim 3D 😂❤ loving these vids man

This was popular w those who knew/ had the game. Never finished it thanks for nostalgia

This game was no hit, but it got fairly good reviews and I always wanted to play it. Unfortunately I never got the chance to. Good thing there are your videos. Now I can experience it through your eyes. :D

Around 4:00. I really like that the platform you're standing on becomes transparent so you can more easily see the next platform you're supposed to jump onto.

The dedication to redo the game over after almost getting to the end... I'd of been furious. Well done

You hear that kids? Newman’s Own popcorn makes you ripped as heck

this series is great. i never played n64 and there are some really whacky obscure games here lol

Normally when you get softlocked: "Oh no! Anyway ..." When you don't have a memory card and get softlocked: "This little maneuver's gonna cost us 51 years!"

I have a soft spot for this game of my childhood. To its defense, the PC version had more musical tracks but they probably wouldnt fit on a N64 cartridge so they were cut

The purple thing could be a reference to Rayman getting recoloured to blue in the Japanese release of Rayman 2? Released the the same year. PS just found this series and binging on it a bit great work.

Excellent hydraulic press guy impression

I remember seeing ads in Nintendo Power and was curious, but never noticed it in rental or retail stores. Could’ve been a decently fun weekend as a kid, but glad to catch it as an adult anyhow.

I can't believe you played this twice, fantastic video once again! I hope these videos get great views, they really deserve being watched!

around 24:30ish you were having trouble with running unless you angled the camera diagonally. are you using an n64 controller or a substitute? the control stick mapping is different and can distort movement (especially diagonals)

First time watching one of your N64 videos, really well done :)

There was also a version where the game has crunch bars instead of popcorn. This game is just a wild fever dream on acid

Probably Tonic Trouble was more famous in Europe than in US, specially BEFORE its launch. I remember MANY previews about Tonic Trouble and its presence in articles of game expos, during years, in European game magazines (general or Nintendo specific). When finally appeared... the rates were a kind of disappointment: Not near to Banjo Kazooie or the soon to be released Rayman 2. Starshot: Space Circus Fever (another french company game) was ANOTHER case similar to Tonic Trouble: Very hyped 3D platform during years/months in the european magazines... but the final product was also another "disappointment". I suppose you'll discover sooner or later. Was that era when everyone wanted to do the next "Super Mario 64". Impressive your dedication to beat all the games for the system, by the way.

This is such a simple yet clever idea for a series. I’m excited to start binge watching them all.

After watching you play this game, I felt it actually was more fun than I thought it would be. I’m surprised by your scoring.

Your the best man, not gonna watch every video full, cause not all games are that interesting or nostalgic but ill drop a like to all of them.

This was funny to watch. I wonder how much of this series is going to be "No ones ever heard of this game, it was weird and kind of sucked"

Tonic Trouble is a rough one to be your 5th game LOL

I know it can't save a bad game, but the art direction is really great. The game looks beautiful, particularly the animation, which is so expressive and action packed. Hard to pull this stuff off on that old hardware.

I was wondering if we were going to go into the sports games. This will be an enjoyable watch, I love hockey.

Please do a top 10 best and top 10 worst when you finish this series

18:57 Shout out to the Hydraulic Press Channel? Ve must deal vith him!

This a cool series Thab. I am unfamiliar with the N64 library and I'm learning games like this actually exist. Keep the grind going😀

I can't believe I liked the video before I got to the vicious slander of Hockey. For real though, this series is incredibly enjoyable. I hesitated a bit before watching it, and regret doing so. It's great, and I'll be watching and liking every one you put out, barring anymore anti-hockey sentiment.

That was hearth breaking. Props to you for completing the game

This game was a mind trip

Love this series and how thorough you are explaining the games. Can’t wait til you play Conker

"I dunno dude, this games weird" bruh lmao

I loved this game so much as a kid. It was like Rayman, but good.

This game's art and character/facial animations are like if they made a game based on those horrific t-shirts that boomers used to love buying for their grandkids that had a stereotypical "gamer" on them who looked like a potentially violent psychotic drug addict.

I remember playing this game as a kid. I never questioned why the popcorn gave herculean strength. It's interesting to learn that it was to promote Newman's brand of popcorn.

I tried to think of a situation or a wording or a make believe fantasy where “you have to kill it with a flamethrower” sounds innocuous.

Love this series! I hope you keep posting these.

It bothers me an unreasonable amount that both of the characters making fun of you for being purple are also purple

Played that as a kid and I have do admit as a kid I liked it very much. I cant wait till you roll Glover. Not sure if you know that game already but im very excited seeing you playing it. Also props for really starting this all over.

I'm loving this series, Tonic Trouble was really out of left field. I'm excited to see what comes next!

Wow i remember renting this from blockbuster and forgot what it was called. Nice little trip down memory lane

This makes me excited for my Conkers Bad Fur Day gets drawn

This is honestly on my top 25 favourite n64 games

This series is pretty awesome. I miss my N64, and I'm sure 90% of the games you're gonna play, I haven't even heard of before. I don't think your content gets the credit it deserves. Keep it up.

Nice job on this video. Did you know that there is a part in this game where you actually transform into a levitating bowling ball, for the process of getting some antidotes (or something). I actually like this game even if it's not the best and yeah.

My first game on the N64 and I love it a lot. I see its flaws but i am so nostalgic for it that I can look over that. Great game.

I'm loving this series, great videos

Seriously I love this series. Much love Thab keep it coming.

Excited to watch you play Conkers Bad Fur Day, Banjo & Kazooie, Glover, and Zelda MM.

Dude for a second I thought at 9:18 that the platform moved fast with the popcorn version lol.

I wonder if the purple gag is a reference to how Rayman's shirt was changed from purple to blue in the Japanese version of Rayman 2, allegedly because purple is considered a deathly or poisonous color there?

A friend let me borrow this game once. I can’t believe you actually played most of the game not just once but twice haha