Universal Studios Theme Park Adventure (Part 1) James & Mike Mondays 

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12:00 I like how James loses it when Mike offhandedly remarks about standing in line in a video game.

My friend killed E.T. at the Florida theme park, and that's all I can ever think of when mention of the ride comes up. You give them your name so E.T. can say goodbye to everyone on the last stretch of the ride, and my friend insisted his name was Buotros Buotros Ebablo (not sure on spelling, but he really put his foot down that it was his name), so when poor E.T. came around it made a noise like, "Goodbye Bou baa baa baaaaa eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee..." where it became stuck indefinitely, and absolutely scared the hell out of the little kids on the next cart. Some part of me kind of felt bad, but another wished it might be permanent. It was like he just found the magic E.T. killing word of power. Finally, I'd say this game fails on some level for not reflecting that. Instead it's just like, "Keep our park clean, damn you!"

James's "E.T. the ride" story just made my day! lol

I rented games from my local video store all the time when I was younger. I remember I saw this game there and thought it looked awesome.... It was the first game I ever played that I hated. I remember thinking it was the worst game in the world. I would of been around 12, up until that point ANY game entertained me. I was a kid. A game was a game, whatever I could play was awesome. Even 5 minute demos of games would rock my world. But this game. I even took it back the same day and got Ty The Tasmanian Tiger instead (fantastic game). But man. This is the worst game I ever played. Having said that, I loved this video :)

This is the perfect personification for games like this. You would rather be there, at the damn park, than playing a game about it! Fuck, this, Game!

*When James and Mike played the E.t mini-game* that kid falling on his face got me every time. XD

What makes the E.T. game especially abominable is how this epic glorious music is playing, coaxing you to take to the skies and soar away, while in reality you're painstakingly inching your way from one humilliating crash to another.

I just love how Mike seems to suffer every step of the the way and still get his share of enjoyment out of it while James just leans back and enjoys the madness that is going on. THAT is how gaming is celebrated. On the couch with a cupple of good buddys experiencing all kinds of highs and lows.

James and Mike would make an awesome buddy cop duo. SOMEBODY MAKE THAT MOVIE.

Lmao! I don't know why but the way James just loses it at: 12:03 always cracks me up. XD

Dude if they had a theme park dedicated to Universal Monsters or add in Slasher characters and maybe the big ass monsters from stuff like Godzilla etc I would be there in a heartbeat

When the equip the jaws hat and woody says they can't go in yet. You can see Mike's hopes and dreams just die right there. lol.

James' E.T. story kills me every time. 😅 "Bye, Bob. Bye, Jason. Bye, fuck you."

"Why does Woody Woodpecker fuck with you like that!?" I died laughing

I literally had to rewind the E.T. part over and over again, since all the bike-crashing and James and Mike's comments were downright hilarious. That part alone made this video worth it!

The E.T. impression at 7:02 made me fall of my chair!

I'm so happy to see you guys look up things on the instruction manual instead of just looking it up on the internet.

""Picked up garbage" Did you mean, "Picked up a copy of Universal Studios Theme Parks Adventure"?" ...Is exactly the same comment I posted on the Game Grump's version of their playthrough of this game.

On the E.T. ride, they asked for my name. E.T. MISPRONOUNCED IT. I WAS SAD

This is exactly my experience when I rented this game. 2nd worst rental experience as a kid (2nd to Superman 64)

The picture of James with King Kong! Lmao! he looks just like Jim Carey from Dumb and Dumber!

All I can think about while watching this is; 'Where are this kid's parents?'

Love watching these, they basically AVGN behind the scenes

I always wanted to play this, but never did. Now I'm glad I didn't waste money on the pile of shit.

"Picked up garbage" -The game talking about himself.

The boy:"Ok...I colected all the trash, got all the letters, got 800 tickets, stop the holocaust from happening, got your high school bully fired, cured all cancer and hiv/aids, made world peace, found imortality, got proof of god existed with this picture of me and him, AND here is your drink. Can i go on the ride now?" Woody: "Sorry, ride is closed for the night. Should been here sooner."

I remember when this episode debuted hard to believe its been 10 years…

The problem is that a lot of parents don't do the parenting with video games.

James is creepingly good at making that ET impression.

so far, every James and Mike Monday, mike destroys james. james always gets lost or cant figure something out, and mike is there to save the day and keep the video rollin

omg! I was laughing so hard when the kid was riding the bike with e.t. and he falls, it's not just fall off the bike, but fall flat on your face, and you can tell the controls are bad, which makes the animation that much funnier. Mike kind of sounds like Marty McFly when he gets mad, "Oooh come on, let me ride one of the riiides, Doc!" lol

Imagine there was fans of universal movies so much that they waited for a midnight release to get this game, they waited in line to buy a game that you can't even play because of the lines...

This is one of my favorite James & Mike Mondays. Standing in line in a video game, and them not knowing how to get on the rides had me in stitches.

"Let your parents do the parenting!" The reason those messages are in there is because the modern parent would rather pin the blame on someone else than actually look after their kid.

Mike is the true angry video game nerd.

I think the AVGN should do a review on this game!

People are mentioning Game Grumps. I never watch them. I just watch James Rolfe for video game entertainment.

"Even JAWS sucks because he can't even eat the kid." god damn I laughed super hard at that lol

I'm surprised James and Mike didn't mention Ocarina of Time where Link was running around in Hyrule Market or sneaking past the guards blocking the way to Princess Zelda.

It's too bad the Jaws Ride was closed in favor of the Harry Potter Ride.

"Would you like to paint the walls" That line alone cracks me up lol this is one of the funniest james and mike mondays XD

This reminds me of that South Park episode, in which Cartman bought a theme park JUST for himself and teased everybody else, by explicitly proclaiming, that NOBODY else can go in.

Mikes laugh and James' ET impression = AWESOME

God damn it now I got to wait in this line for a week for the next video!?!

This is so funny. The kid on the bike got me every time. And when James broke down. Cant wait for part 2.

I was also at Universal Studios Florida for a class trip (5th grade, 1993) and we weren't there long enough to do a lot of things. The lines for all of the good stuff were long and we had specific times for our groups to meet up. Terrible coordination at a theme park makes for a shitty experience.

15:13 ... i love control like that. It's like RC controls. Down would be coming toward you and up would going away from you.

It's called the shitty pre-rendered background issue. All the backgrounds are just still images so the camera can't move. The programmers couldn't be bothered to make a whole 3D theme park it seems(Gamecube should've been powerful enough), so they just made it out of pictures. Some games do this right, like Final Fantasy VII. Some games fuck this right up by not including enough images or having proper image transitions, leading to disorientation and confusion. This game looks like they did a fantastic job of fucking it up.

"wtf r u doin to et" That's my favourite quote of all time now.

I miss James and Mike Mondays.

Hard to believe this video is 7 years old.

The perspective allows for better looking visuals because the objects don't have to be rendered in 3d, only the objects that move need to be rendered.

You guys should play Spy VS. Spy on NES/C64/GBC together.

God awful controls, tedious gameplay that revolves more around picking up trash than actually playing the attractions and camera angles so dodgy that it would bring a tear to a grown man's eye! What an abomination... Can't wait for part 2!

I was so excited when you landed the final blow on Jaws, good job Mike!

Mike is such a baby! Lol reminds me a kid playing.

lol The theme park perspective is like Final Fantasy VIII.

For the Jaws game their not noticing that the shark doesn't attack already damaged sections of the boat, the lil map of the boat shows what has been hit and what hasn't, only parts un hit will be targetted so it's pointless to run around when it's obviously only the undamaged parts of the boat will be hit next.

Love James' shirt

I got this piece of shit for my birthday once. My mother knew I liked actual games, saw this, and decided THIS was the perfect game for my birthday.

The area for waiting in line for ET was so epic. Me and my sister would always try to make up goofy names for ET to say at the end. I remember how hard it would be to come up with a ridiculous name that would register. Good times.

Yo Mike is funny though I can see why James keeps laughing at him lol Mike's like "Why are all these lines so long"

I love going behind the theme park rides and into an amazing realm of stuff.

I know lots of people hate fixed camera games like this, but that has never bothered me. Hence why I loved the old RE games

I love how the guy they talk to at 9:22 actually gives them a hint as they've been running past trash on the ground the whole game and James remarks about how no one is giving them hints from dialogue right after lol

To get on the rides, you needs points. You can collect points by picking up trash and putting it into trash cans. You can also meet and shake hands with costumed characters in the park for additional points

I remember being 10 and enjoying the hell out of the Jaws ride when I was at universal in FL. Didnt even know what jaws was but sitting in that boat with the shark coming up at you with his mouth open. man what a thrill! :)

Watching this makes me just hoping even more for a Rollercoaster Tycoon 4 ...

This is a brilliant idea. Every time I ever visited the theme park, at least 50% of the rides were broken down. I do not think I ever got to see the King Kong ride after years of visiting.

The camera in a game is like the working class. Its useful, but if you dont have control over it, it will plot to destroy you

This was like...the best James and Mike episode ever!!!! LMAO

This game was my childhood. I know, I had shit taste in Gamecube games.

I have some incredibly obscure childhood memories with this game

Apparently in this game, there was gonna be a central arcade where you earned tokens for the rides. But publishers Kemco were like "fuck that, make the kid pick up trash". Don't touch anything Kemco makes.

20:27 LoL, James completely lost just going to one screen to another. :D

Had this years ago. This game was pretty good

12:03 He's the happiest gamer you've ever heard.

No kids were harmed during any rides of this theme park. XD

James and Mike look like they've been rippin' the bong.

This game is the definition of shovelware.

just so darn excited for the second part!

I actually like when it tells me ive been playing too long. Not because of the reasons they've intended, but because they come at regular intervals. And link between worlds is so much fun to play that I easily lose huge amounts of time without noticing.

I like how Woody Woodpecker can't even bother to pick up the trash that's right on his feet.

love how james mentions the AVGN movie but doesn't say when it's coming out lol

next week james and mike play disneyland adventure using the kinect.... lol i would just die laughing

this game can easily take away the desire to go to the park to a person who has not been to the park

Wow. Lol nice. Saw it last night. Woody be trippin' at first! Haha. Lol at the "F you!" part with the boy defeating Jaws. This brings back memories from when I went!

And who have thought this would be an AVGN episode ten months later...

This was the first video game I ever played, and I requested this game CONSTANTLY for James and Mike Mondays. So happy they're finally giving it a play! ;)

12:00 James is high.

They are 2 playing it. One always looking over the shoulder of the other. And they need to figure out what to do for sooo long ^^

Reminds me of Kinect Disneyland Adventures. Haven't played too much of that, so I can't decide if it's better or worse than this week's game.

Universal Studios: Grounds Keeper Simulator.

The models look exactly like Rollercoaster Tycoon 3's

That shark is thinking, "Why am I having so much trouble trying to eat the kid? It wasn't this difficult in the movie!"

Eventually hate and don't want to talk to anyone around you? Everything has a line so you can't ride, except for the things no one wants to visit? Seems like the most realistic simulator of a theme park you could ask for.

The trip to Orlando was such a good time.

Game grumps with James and Mike

Mike: "Think long and hard on where to use it." Me: "That's what she said!"