Kabuki: Quantum Fighter - "This Is Scott!" 

I am 500% sure that someone is gonna put a “Hey y’all, Scott here” as an egg

Famous video game quotes: "It's dangerous to go alone! Take this." "The last Metroid is in captivity. The galaxy is at peace." "THIS IS SCOTT."

Since he was "knowledgeable in computer hardware and software", he probably worked a job as an IT tech before all this, so Scott was probably just reflexively answering calls like he was still on the clock: "Helpdesk, this is Scott." ...it doesn't help that in every IT dept I've ever worked, there is always one tech named Scott. (Or in lieu of a Scott, there is at least one Tim).

I feel like most videos I see on this channel end up being like 'what the hell is this Jon' followed by 'this was actually really cool Jon thanks' -insofar as I had no idea most of these games existed haha. I do really enjoy the game choices despite having no idea what I'm getting into when I click on the video.

The most unbelievable part of this game is that a 25 year old could be a colonel without nepotism.

The assembly code appears to be a bunch of subroutine jumps, possibly related to a movement system. It's a lot of loading in variables and jumping to subroutines like "fall" and a reference to "wal" which might be "wall". This code specifically appears to be pre-loading variables to the A, X and Y registers before going to those subroutines, which are stored elsewhere for some reason. However it also contains an EQU instruction, which isn't actually an instruction. It tells the assembler to label something with a name, but those names have all been set as asterisks here. So it's had the serial numbers filed off in order to hide what it is. It also displays the same code multiple times, there's just one NES screen of it. So I can conceivably break it down here, in the sections defined by line breaks: 1. "Load variables at N2ATABL+0 (something from a table) and #2 (a commonly cited one, I have ideas what it might be later), then jump to address F000" 2. "[label redacted] load variable #2, then go to Fall but save your path back." 3. "load the value at address WRKST+6 plus the value of the X register, and if it's a positive number there, go to TES250" this one is labeled "Fal", maybe for falling code 4. same as previous, but instead if positive jump to TES240. There's also a "RTS", Return from Subroutine command here, implying this is part of one. This section is labeled "Wal" so maybe wall collision? 5. "[label redacted] load in N2ATABL+0 to A and #2 to Y, then jump to address F000" this is just 1 but they load #2 to Y instead of X. The variables are also labeled here, N2ATABL+0 as "Mov" and #2 as "Box no." These give me my two current theories, that these are either responsible for player movement or screen movement. I think #2 is either the current primary background, or the player position. And N2ATABL+0 is either the Picture Processor flags relating to display (which are at address 2A00, a position that label may indicate) or a variable relating to how fast the player is moving. 6. Same as 3 and 4, but branch to TES300. 7. "Logically AND the value in current memory A with 7F, then store at the address WRKST+8 plus the value in the X register" This is the only one where actual math occurs. I think this is basically just to take a number an turn it positive though, it's an Absolute Value operation. The code page then loops to make a better background without having to store more code, since they assumed nobody would read it in detail. They were wrong. Hope someone finds this interesting.

“Hey all, Scott here. I digitized my brain into raw binary data.” That’s all I can think of with that intro.

COT is obviously short for SCOTT The number is the amount of power each THIS IS SCOTT has

As someone with a job in cybersecurity and sufficient knowledge of computers and networking technology, I can assure everyone that this is entirely realistic and probable.

of _course_ when Jon entered a cheat code he found a glitched uncapped list that ends up crashing the game. Did anyone honestly expect anything else at this point?

The intro cutscene is basically Code Lyoko Also just like Code Lyoko, none of them chose their cyber forms either XD

Okay, the way it's written I could only hear the opening bit one way. "Colonel! Can you hear us?" "...Hey y'all. Scott here."

As someone who is named Scott irl, hearing Jon repeatedly joke about it is sending me

Jon, don't you think that the reason he keeps saying "This is Scott!" is because they keep calling him Roger?

Every video should start with "THIS IS JON!"

Jon really out here making playthroughs of obscure/forgotten 8-bit games that I've been wanting to play. Let's go.

This game seemed really familiar to me until I realized that this was played by DeceasedCrab WAY back in the day and now I'm having a huge nostalgia trip to old LPs.

I love seeing you show off the cheat codes at the end of the videos!

man, the animation, the graphics, the physics.... this game looks like an indie game with retro aesthetics that might come out today. This is nuts!

NGL, the setup for the JP version of the game gives me some odd Assassin's Creed vibes. Putting a descendent into a computer so they can inhabit an ancestor to accomplish a mission affecting both past and future. Still blows my mind a bit that we haven't gotten a proper AC game set in Japan, seems like an easy layup, but then again when has Ubi ever done the logical thing?

Heck yeah Kabuki! I'm so glad to see you play through this Jon. These one-off LPs have been great so far. If you're taking suggestions, I would love to see Shatterhand at some point, please.

This game came straight out of my childhood! I always loved every part of it! The soundtrack in particular was killer. The level 5 theme is absolute art!

It has been such a long time since I've played this game. I rented this game at either Blockbuster or Movie Gallery. It took me three rentals to beat this game. Thank you Jon for bringing back this this nostalgia trip.

Expectations continuously shattered with these picks for LP's; especially this one. Fighting potential nuclear annilliation(sp?) against a computer virus by getting sucked into the system itself as a kabuki actor with your HAIR as a weapon.

i'm impressed that the kid is a Colonel at age 25

I like the water cooling joke. My first thought for "Sewers of the computer" was "Welcome to Twitter." Yours was much better.

"How is this research satellite combating you?" Well, there is presidence for this situation with V'Ger in Star Trek: The Motion Picture.

This is Great.... Scott.

6:26 I love that you guys put Rosa in the background here as well, so it looks like She's standing there with the other characters.

31:23 "I don't know why they call it a bolo" Maybe inspired by the real life hunting weapon, the bola. Bola, also called Bolas, (Spanish: “balls”; from boleadoras), South American Indian weapon, primarily used for hunting, consisting of stone balls, usually in a group of three, attached to long, slender ropes. 47:47 Zipang for the pc engine also seems to be related to the movie. The cover has the main character and someone else probably from the movie. Cutscene features the city of gold as well. The game itself is a perfectly fine version of Solomon's Key.

The year is 2056...and Proton Jon is still uploading LPs and making youtube a happier place.

I have been waiting for someone of this caliber to do a let’s play of this game for OVER A DECADE. I used to love this game and still hum tunes from this game. Thank you, Jon! Now I’m waiting for Journey to Silius.

6:26 Hi Jon's RU-vid channel, this is Jumney... get used to him and the art.

Very entertaining playthrough of a fairly unknown NES game. Thanks for showing it off! Also, you should totally turn 'this is Scott!' into a catchphrase :P

6:00 So Rust basically, it intentionally has no character customisation, you instead get a random gender and skin color and just have to deal with it, and it's locked to your Steam ID so you can't re-roll it either.

Why does the 15-year-old from the Japanese version look older than 25 while the 25-year-old from the English version look younger than 15?

I honestly never thought I'd see this game again. I used to play it a bunch way back when my dad left his NES at my grandpa's never got past the first level but I loved how strange and spooky it looked.

The computer decided Scott will be ginger Inuyasha. Tough break for him.

Heck yeah, Kabuki Quantum Fighter! I grew up with this game as a kid, such an obscure gem! Not many people know about it but I loved it. Glad to see you play it!

As someone who’s a wrestling fan, you saying booyaka booyaka at 619 made me smile

Amazing that this will all be possible in a mere 35 years

It wouldn't be a Jon LP without him breaking the game somehow. I feel like DC did this *ages* ago, so seeing it again gave me nostalgia!

12:12 Rey Mysterio 😂🤣 God that brings back some childhood memories

Constitution? Only thing came to mind with *COT* Especially with the intro being liek "Can he keep his psyche?" tho aunno maybe it's how much cottage cheese he's made out of **shrug**

Oh cool! It's Japanese headbanging computer fighter from Game Grumps!

13:25 Finally, we found it... the Stack Overflow...

HAL Labs made a Ninja Gaiden! Perfect thing to check out for Ninja Sundays! 5:42 You wouldn’t hear Big Boss complaining about that. 9:36 If I had to take a shot in the dark at it, I’d say this game has as much in common with Zipang as Street Fighter 2020 has with the rest of Street Fighter: the protagonist is at least related to the main cast and that is all because the game’s set in the distant future. 14:02 The checkpointing could use some work if I remember your Arcade Pit challenge against Tie correctly (as in there is no checkpoints except at the start of the stage and presumably at bosses). 19:27 Diffusion would be more apt. 30:14 Same way the E.M.M.I. are hunting Samus in Dread despite being research robots I guess.

Hearing Jon talk about interesting crossovers and gameplay styles before the first boss reminded me of another rare gem on the NES: The Guardian Legend. It's actually a REALLY good yet obscure game. And hearing Jon also mention Shantae earlier when I was playing Blaster Master Zero yesterday as Shantae also made everything click so I gotta give a shoutout to The Guardian Legend. It's actually another mixed-genre game like Blaster Master where it combines vertical shooter sections with top-down perspective shooter levels (similar to Blaster Master only replacing the 2D metroidvanias with vertical shooters) and the whole game is bounce back-and-forth between them, also like Blaster Master.

44:30 And no one else, apparently, since it almost succeeded in conquering the universe

Unlimited chips! Just the way to solve world hunger

Also, the part at the end, I can't help but feel you'd crash the Internet, not just your own programming lol

5:35 "I also have a hankering for Wendy's" *looks down at Wendy's food* uhhh Jon Also 23:26 Hey Y'all

“You call throwing dynamite around a Kabuki Art?” “Hey, if it works.”

*"I'LL BE BACK. WATCH FOR MY NEXT ADVENTURE."* _Colonel Scott O'Connor was declared MIA after December 21, 1990-er, I mean 2056._

6:12 No, Jon, I want YOU to realize how amazing it would be to have a random computer algorithm decide your online avatars for you. IMAGINE.

I actually HAVE played this before. I was very young and my Mom had it. The only thing I ever remembered of it was using your hair as a whip. So thanks for bringing this back, Jon.

I can't unhear "THIS IS SKAWHT" now

24:35 "You call throwing dynamite around a form of quantum engineering?"

This was an enjoyable time. With some cool sounding sci-fi weapons too. Thanks Jon.

….he put himself on the bed and it looked like it ate his head.

I was NOT prepared for the Rosa art at the start

Another game that I only ever hear about as the game nobody ever hears about.

That cheat code at the end gives me vibes of AVGN's "Beat A Game Button" joke, where you just hit a button and immediately go to the ending.

30:55 "We numbered our areas of computer, just to make things easier." You can tell Jon is a computer guy because even he can't remember what a 'port' is XD

5:31 A sweet, robot dude, you say?

I see Scott has a defense of San Diego Area code Booyaka, booyaka

I played 7 Blades actually, no idea it'd tie in to this in some way

Hell yeah, Kabuki Quantum Fighter! Never played it before, I just like the name. :P

I love hearing about all these localization differences.

".... Also known as a Tuesday" XD Perfect way to end the video. XD

I got this game for my 8th birthday. I enjoyed playing this game to its fullest

Nice LP Jon! Stage 3's song is a bop. I've always enjoyed this track.

"He can whip his hair back and forth." So he's related to Shantae too, apparently.

Another day, another request for me to ask Jon to LP the rest of the warioland games. Warioland 3 being my favorite

38:13 "You can now play as Guile!"

"Is this the Krusty Krab?" "THIS IS SCOTT"

Maybe COT is COmbaT? It'd make more sense to use CMB or something but

This game, much like Blood, understands the fun factor of dynamite. (seriously, the Dynamite in Blood is a really tasty way to do grenades)

Look the animator's kid was really into gymnastics at the time, so they took a billion stills of them doing that curling flip and Prince of Persia-ed that sprite. Unfortunately, the kid was not a fan of KISS, so they couldn't reference that hair swinging as well.

12:12 was not expecting a rey mysterio reference

The text calls him Connor while the ID card definitely says Conner. Also what is this, Assassin's Creed?

remember when we all uploaded our brains into the mainframe back in 2015? Good times

This is a game that I might don't know, but is still pretty damn sweet.

"also known as a tuesday" weird i watched this on tuesda.... *beep, gone*

This was my favourite game as a kid. I couldn't really beat it, but it was a lot of fun.

Especially after seeing that boxart, I'm getting a lot of Tron vibes from this concept. Pretty cool!

….also just thought of the Cyborg 009 Call of Justice’s plot. also really good.

Down+select+b is the code for deleting your save in Pokemon, not sure why gamfaqs thought it was used in this game.

37:00 The backgrounds in the last platforming stage are kind of WILD, with skeletons, bubbling red faces, root things, etc.

There's something about the phrase radio controlled bola.

This channel is now "ProtonScott" confimed

around the 2 minute mark i was like "Human Entertainment? i'm gettin deja vu where have i heard that" and then i realised... Clock Tower, which is probably why some of the animations here are pretty good. Also this feels like the sort of game where if a big enough stink was made it would probably get the Inti Creates Blaster Master treatment

Jon pointing out the nice animation when grabbing the ledges and kicking on them reminded me of HAL's Famicom adventure game, Metal Slader Glory. Check that out if you want to see a beautiful 8 bit game

Nice, just when I needed it!

6:14 this _literally_ happens in SAO though? In the GGO spinoff at least, the game gives you an appearance at random

Talking about the flow of Ninja Gaiden reminded me a lot of Gunvolt It's the thing that actually pull me off of the game, but I definitely see Jon loving it It's a game that if you're doing well, it REALLY shows

The area 5 music is giving me Gameboy Megaman vibes.

Wasn't Kabuki Quantum Fighter one of the games they had on Nick Arcade back in the day?

I’ve never heard of this game before!!! I’ve heard of Kirby and Star Fox from Melee, but not this!! Thanks Jon!!!

Kabuki Quantum Fighter is just a mad libs title.