LGR - Irritating Stick - PS1 Game Review 

"I can barely get through it at all, which is why I'm showing footage of someone else playing" That's pretty hilarious all in it's own

I have the Japanese N64-version of this game as well as the one reviewed here, and I found that it's a bit more comfortable to control due to the N64's analogue stick. If you have any friends left after Mario Party, this is another great way to get rid off them on the N64.

This reminds me of an old GBA launch game in Japan called Kuru Kuru Kururin where you're also navigating an object through a maze with electrified walls, but unlike Irritating Stick, it's a rotating bar instead of a dot. That makes it so you have to move through obstacles in sync with the bar's rotation, switch its rotation occasionally, and overall it just looked like a lot of fun. I was annoyed it never got a North American release.

I've got a US copy of this game, but there's no analogue comparability with mine. Have you got a later version or something? But it's the sort of game that would work on the Wii more, or the PS3 with that motion glowy ball thing.

Your channel is great! I've been enjoying many of your videos over the past couple weeks. I came across this one and was surprised to see myself in it. :P I'm the one with the Irritiating Maze arcade cabinet that you used a quick clip of in the middle of this video. I made that video shortly after getting that machine and hadn't fixed it all up yet. Since then, I have fixed the flashing marquee lights, the 10 flashing lights below the marquee, the flashing lights on either side of the monitor, the strobe lights on either side of the monitor, the flashing light in the trackball, and the air blaster that hits you when you fail (I think that was already working in this video). All of those "features" make the game even more...irritating.

Chain reactions, baby!!! About six years ago I'm on RU-vid looking for Seanbaby videos and happen across AVGN who I instantly start to ove, then recently I watch him review the shitty cover art for this game. Out of curiousity, I search for this game and end up here, and I liked this review so much I am now subscribed!!! I figured I better share this story because it is a gripping, riviting tale of stuff.

Your voice is just so pleasing to listen to and your review is just hilarious. Consider me subbed.

I'm rather disappointed. I was hoping this was an open world game where you run around hitting people with a stick! lol

James brought me here but I love your Sims reviews anyway

Definitely the best game name ever.

This is a game that deserves a remake. What I especially love is how enthusiastic the announcer is. Imagine booting up CoD and hearing "*WELCOME TO *BLACK OPS 3!*" with some awesome music in the background. How pumped would you get? This is a game that would be amazing if it was remade.

If your stick is irritated, please go see a doctor immediately

Gets on your nerves constantly and rewards you with more frustration once you're successful... When did we start talking about college?

i loved having the japanese version of the game as a kid because i thought it was hilarious to have somebody screaming at me in another language when i irritated the stick.

Your commentary is incredible. You made my day!

I love your videos. You make every game sound relaxing, no matter how IRRITATING they are.

there should be a vr game for this kind of genre....

Thanks for the review. After checking today's episode of AVGN about "Bad Cover Art", curiosity got the best of me.

LGR does what AVGN dont. Showing gameplay.

I just stumbled upon this review and I LOVE it! I love the concept of your reviews, you are hilarious! OMG, and the soothing voice and stuff. SUBSCRIBED!

AVGN sent me here, which is awesome, because I love LGR :-D

1:19 "Welcome to.. IRRITATING STICK!!" Just.. amazing. I need to make a ringtone of that!

Great obscure review LGR. I actually played this game back in the day on a Playstation Underground demo disc, under the Imports tab. Unlike the other US demos the console had to be restarted after playing the import titles. Sure enough it was this game with 0 translation and no title... So, thank you for putting a name to this maniacal game for me!

still has more content then battlefront(2015)

Irritating Stickiness? Yeah, I'm not even going to touch that... o_o

I love these ps1 reviews.

This game irritates my stick.

Not surprised that Cho Aniki made it into your trio of video links at the end this time. ;)

Shocking Stick would have been too difficult, hmm?

Such a bizarre title, I had to check out the review. Well done Larger

This is a very well done review.

I played the demo for this as a kid on one of those PS Underground discs I ended up with.

4:47 That move you pulled off was impressive!

God looking on as I teeter on the edge of going insane from playing this game: "Watch out! You're too close to the edge!"

This came on a PlayStation JamPack in 1998, before the local release, and it was much less annoying in Japanese.

At 4:50 I was immediately aware of what you were talking about. It's the same reason the Japanese have had me playing Dark Souls, and nothing else, for most of the past year. No matter how many times I beat the game it still feels like its mocking me!

that would make good DS shovelware because of its touch screen and stylus

I love this video because that's the one that introduced me to LGR!

I remember being the craze during the 90s era, there were cheap clones of it outside of it on TV

5:39 "friends who wanna play with your irritating stick" ... that made my day!

Here come the AVGN fans

Best name for a game ever. Reminds me of a persistent case of jock rash...the kind that you hold off scratching, because when you do...oh man.

RU-vid tagged this video as "No Mature Content" and at first I thought that was pretty mean and funny but then I watched this video and a few more and a few more and now I'm really glad I found you :) Not enough retro game reviewers so chilled, wholesome and calming to watch.

I love your tone of voice DUKE

oh my god its kuru kuru kururin omg you have made my life by adding new levels to play (i hope)

I remember seeing that game show from my childhood! I dono if I also played it in the community center as a kid in Hong Kong. Hmmmm...

I love the amount of despair in this review

I remember seeing gameplay of this on youtube years ago. What happens you touch the walls gave me nightmares fro almost a day. Hell, this game even got an arcade machine on Neo-Geo, if I remember correctly.

It reminds me a LOT about Kurukurukururin for the GBA. Very addictive game concept

This game brings back memories. I remember buying it when my family visiting one of those big places with a bunch of market stalls in Vegas. And I don't think it was a flea market, but something else. Can't remember. But I remember my father being amused by the title, and my sister and I thinking it looked funny, so we bought it. As a child, it feels like it took me forever to get past that first level with the slot machine.

I loved this game as a kid.

I didn't know this came out in the US. I had the demo for this

Has anyone told you that your voice is the hybrid of Bruce Campbell's and Duke Nukem's voice, good sir? you have just earned a subscriber

I must play this!!

Love playing this with my track ball on my arcade machine

Please, please, please, review No One Lives Forever! I'd love to hear your review about such an awesome game :)

I remember flipping out with this game. Btw I laughed hard on this review, thanks!

LGR: reviewing random ass games like a damn boss. Can't for Sims 4, those are always the best ones

Oh, I had this on a demo disc back in the day but it was in Japanese. I remember it being fun yet frustrating.

this game looks huge in point of gameplay! wow!

You should really look into the PS1 game "Disruptor," my dad and I used to love playing that one.

Oh wow, I remember playing this on a demo disk (jampack?) way back when.

Vs mode has drinking game written all over it!

Oh lawd... I remember this game - it was on a demo disc I had lol. It was... strangely addictive... I was addicted to an irritating stick... I...can't.

This game would probaby fun and intersting to play on The Wii.

I wish there was a version of this for the Wii.

Last time I played this "wire loop" game was on the internet where if you fail, Linda Blair from Exorcist will scream at you loudly.

Clint's choice of words are hilarious...

I remember this game came on a Sony Underground Demo Disc I was given for PS1. It was in the "Imports" section along with Guilty Gear before both either of the games were out in North America. I can indeed confirm the Japanese announcer was constantly yelling stuff at you, but I found it awesome. I only recently found out the game got released for North America, which is surprising considering how niche this game is being based of a game show. Pretty fun game I'd say, but sticking to easy is the only way to keep your sanity. Try also not knowing any Japanese and having no idea what any of the text said, making me have to deduce where the difficulty setting even was. Still, fond if not frustrating memories.

Theres something about your reviews on classic games man, im a HUGE fan, if you want anything game related made out of glass hit me up!!! Love your channel!

I'm half tempted to get this one. It's cheap at the CD Tradepost.

i remember playing this game on a old janpack disc. i freakin hated it but kept playing lol

I want this game, it seems testing but fun.

yes finally found this after looking for few times wuh

omg my nightmares are back

I've seen these sorts games in the arcade before

Oh my goodness gracious.

Now THAT's obscure.

It reminds me of Kuru Kuru Kururin on the Game Boy Advance. Similar concept, but much more player friendly. And addictive as hell.

+1 for having Phntasmagoria. That game, if you can call it that, was so messed up. For that time.

Wow, how did I miss this one? This had to be really low print. BTW LGR when are you going to do another abandoned places video, huh, huh?? I know you want to! :P

The first time I saw this was around 20 years ago in a german gameshow... ^^"

I forgot about this …

you can come over and play with my irritating stick, is nothing i will ever say to a friend...

There was a game on the Neo Geo from 1997 called irritating maze.

I knew this game a lot better as Ira-Ira Bo. The demo was on a Jampack Disc.

omg i remember this game on a jampack demo disk as a secret import game! i had no clue what was going on because it was all in japanese and it had a japanese announcer that was WAY better...damn i miss demo disks

I have a Demo with this game in it and it's all in Japanese. I had no idea what was going on or WHAT THE HELL I WAS DOING. But it's fun and it's now memories for me too look back at.

This game looks pretty awesome actually xD

This video is fantastic 😅

I can't tell which is more suggestive, that robot lady or the bride of Pin*Bot from the Williams table of the same name!

announcer in the game sounds exactly like the one in Waverace 64 :D

Don't forget the Neo Geo game that came out before the PS1 and N64: Irritating MAZE

I feel like the show this game was based on once aired on German TV like Takeshis Castle. I've seen this before.

Seems even more frustrating then kororinpa on the Wii (and probably as adicting.) BTW LGR If you haven't played Kororinpa or it's sequel I highly recommend it. (It's a game about getting a marble to an exit in a big maze and various kinds of obstacles, however you control the angle of the world with the Wii remote instead of the marble directly.)

"... or just want something to murder you until you are dead." - LGR, 2013.

'Play with your irritating stick'... aw god I'm cracking up XDDD

The announcer kinda sounds like luigi from the super Mario bros super show when he said "watch out! You're to close to the edge!"

LOL. ePSX emulator, Microsoft Visual Studio, and about 1 and 1/2 hours. I got my bot script all done. It really is an entertaining game to watch, but you're right. I feel sorry for whoever has to play this.

Great Video!! What is the track in the beginnning?:))