Tales woven across small screen laughs and big screen thrills. It’s a veritable luckfest as our hosts spread the licensed game lovin’ across Rotherham and Tinseltown. Sam starts us off by pitching his idea for the ChuckleVision game that never was, hitching the wagon on various “Chuckle-likes” to find the perfect title to clone. Then, David takes us through the back half of the 90s movie zeitgeist through a pixelated lens, peppered with facts and tidbits. This week’s one is a bit of an unintentional epic - hold on to your ticket!

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Topics discussed: ChuckleVision, Mr. Bean (PS2), Wallace & Gromit: Project Zoo, The Three Stooges (NES); Batman Forever (Game Boy), Independence Day, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, Men in Black, The Mummy (PS1)

Also mentioned: Cavern of Dreams, Emio – The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club, The Simpsons: Road Rage; Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, Overcooked, Moving Out, Doctor Who: Duo Bundle, CinemaWare (developer), Hugo (game series), ChuckleVision: To Me, To Zoo; Batman Arkham Asylum, Probe Software (developer), Godzilla (1998), Star Fox 64, The Whale, Sega’s MCU Games (Iron Man, Thor)

Music used:

Training Mode [from "International Superstar Soccer 2000", N64] - Ayumu Kashizaki
Menu Music 3 (“Okay Fellas”) [from "International Superstar Soccer 2000", N64] - Ayumu Kashizaki
“ChuckleVision” Theme - Dave Cooke
Chuckle Chaser - Dave Cooke
“Mr. Bean: The Animated Series” Theme - Howard Goodall
Sonata In C [from "The Three Stooges", NES] - Gavan Anderson, Gregg Barnett
Pop Goes The Weasel [from "The Three Stooges", NES] - Gavan Anderson, Gregg Barnett
To Me, To You (Bruv) - Tinchy Stryder (ft. the Chuckle Brothers)
BGM #01 [from "Batman Forever", GB] - Andrew Brock
Katina [from "Star Fox 64"] - Koji Kondo, Hajime Wakai
Vivid Memories Turn to Fantasies - Neil Cicierega
Kiss from a Rose [NSF, VRC6 Cover] - Fearofdark

Further reading:

“Russell T Davies on Writing ChuckleVision” (DoctorVision, 2019): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nb8ZGw1z-7s
KatanTheVan's ChuckleVision YTPs [NSFW]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-MxgX3ouvM&list=PLyl95lFY39XwViYXww5kmBo6H0ioPyho5
“To Me, To Zoo!” Full Playthrough (sock puppet, 2019): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvElXdh_KsA