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Beavis and Butthead in Virtual Stupidity

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Beavis and Butthead in Virtual Stupidity

Game Details

Genre: Adventure
Sub Genre: Traditional third-person
Themes : Licensed, Cartoon, Humorous
Designer(s): Brian Babendererde & Brad Delaney
Developer: Viacom Newmedia
Publisher: Viacom Newmedia
Copyright: Viacom Newmedia
Year released: 1996
Year released: 1996
Platform: Windows XP
Multiplayer: None
Tech Notes: Full CD-ROM version with voices - super compressed by our resident ripper Ben :)

Summary

GameSpot once again came through with a great (meaning I perfectly agree with) review of this highly underrated, "campy" adventure game:

"Parents beware, the two relentlessly infantile voices of a lost generation have made the jump in screen resolution from MTV to your computer.What's funny is that they don't look any better. In fact, the crudely-drawn stylized artwork of the television series is accurately reproduced on the jagged lines of a computer screen. To complete the effect, Viacom New Media borrowed the original voice talent from the series, which creates a very smooth transition from linear to interactive, and in the process one very funny game.

All you'd expect from the eternally juvenile duo is here: fart jokes, painfully obvious sexual innuendoes, glorification of anything illegal or immoral, and the fruitless pursuit of girlfriends with one-liners such as, "Hey, um, do you like to do, like, stuff?" As with the show, the writers' satirical genius puts these antics into a perspective that makes everything undeniably funny. You appropriately control the two half-wits with a simple set of commands, using a mouse-driven interface that looks and operates suspiciously like a LucasArts adventure game.

In fact, Virtual Stupidity is largely unoriginal in its approach to interactive adventures, and even some of the puzzles are secondhand fare. But that's just not the point here. What makes this game so entertaining (and I gleefully played it through to the end) are the actions and reactions of the intelligence-challenged duo to the people and objects around them. Imagine the two as they interrogate patients on a mentally-deranged ward at the local jail. Or picture the look on Beavis' face as he inflates his shorts with a gas station air hose. Priceless. Some adventure games test your cunning, your skill, and your MacGyver-like aptitude in building a flare gun from toothpicks and oily cloth. Virtual Stupidity does none of the above, but instead thrives as a refreshing, contemporary, relaxing exercise in moronic humor."

There you have it-- one of the best adaptations of a famous TV license I've ever come across. Too bad all subsequent Beavis & Butthead games were inferior to this first release, and even got worse as time goes by. The voice acting (done by all original cast members of the show) is simply superb. Two thumbs up, way up!

Where to get it...

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 Download Beavis and Butthead Virtual Stupidity (1996)(Viacom Newmedia).zip
File Title:Beavis and Butthead Virtual Stupidity (1996)(Viacom Newmedia).zip
File Size:63.0 MB
Downloads:2529


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90's a go go

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7.0

It's a simple interface but with the same feeling and caracters from the tv-series. It's not something new with this game but you get what you want and it's good fun.

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Ha Ha!

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10.0

"Huh Huh Huh... Hey Beavis... like.. do you want to play a cool game?"

"Heh heh... hmm hmm... yeah! yeah! Games are cool!"

"Huh Huh.. yeah.. This game rocks. We have to like walk around and try to get into Todd's gang and see if we can score with hot babes and stuff."

"Yes! Yes! Score! Hmm hmm heh! Score!"

"Shut up dillhole! The game is kinda hard and stuff. Cuz like, you have to think... and stuff... and you know, figure stuff out. But there are other little mini games where we get to hock loogies on Principal Skinners head and another where we fry ants with a magnifying glass. Yeah. That's cool. We even get to write a tune and play air guitar and like, watch MTV and stuff."

"Yeah yeah. So.. heh heh... we get to score? And get in Todd's gang?"

"That's what I said buttmunch. But we have to be smart, and stuff. But first, we have to like, get outta class and skip school."

"Heh heh... yeah. School sucks. So like, what are we waiting for? Hmmm hmm. Let's like, do this."


Important Note:

Like all old games, it can take some effort getting it to work right. There is a codec you will need to download to get the video working. I believe it's the divx codec, but you MUST have an older version in order to get it to work. Version 5.2.1 I think. If you have trouble with the video, try:
http://www.divx-digest.com/software/divxcodec5.html

Once you get in installed, you're about to play a hilarious adventure game!

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