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On this holiday episode of Pointless History, we talk about one of the rarest, if not, the rarest Atari 2600 game of all time! Red Sea Crossing! A Bible Video Game based off the Crossing of the Red Sea Story (it’s supposed to be called the “Reed Sea”, poor translation from Greek to English, ANYWAY!). The gameplay is on par with any mediocre Atari game of its time, but the aftermath and rarity of this game make it the Holy Grail of Atari 2600 Games, as well as an incredible story to tell around the yule log! Happy Holidays & Happy New Years! Subscribe to EPYScope Media! Sources https://www.8-bitcentral.com/blog/2012/redSeaCrossing.html https://raregames.fandom.com/wiki/Red_Sea_Crossing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Sea_Crossing_(video_game) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossing_the_Red_Sea https://forums.atariage.com/topic/286248-red-sea-crossing-game-for-sale-original-not-a-reproduction/ https://forums.atari.io/topic/2900-red-sea-crossing-reaches-1387778/ https://forums.atariage.com/topic/113497-help-information-on-red-sea-crossing/ https://www.engadget.com/2012-08-21-rare-atari-2600-game-red-sea-crossing-pops-up-in-philly-shop.html https://forums.atariage.com/topic/201508-red-sea-crossing-auction-date/#comment-2578443 https://forums.atariage.com/profile/15750-nagn2/content/page/2/?all_activity=1 https://www.ign.com/articles/2012/09/10/holy-grail-of-atari-games-sells-for-10000 https://www.nj.com/cumberland/2012/09/rare_atari_game_sells_for_1387.html#incart_river_default https://forums.atariage.com/topic/286746-red-sea-crossing-on-ebay-for-a-mere-8500/#comment-4195659 https://forums.atariage.com/topic/286248-red-sea-crossing-game-for-sale-original-not-a-reproduction/page/2/ Red Sea Crossing copy sold for almost $4,000 October 2018 https://forums.atariage.com/topic/283765-red-sea-crossing-copy-sold-for-almost-4000/#comment-4129426 Another 2018 Copy (Story was told in Feb 2021) https://forums.atariage.com/topic/237402-bigfoot-and-atari-collecting/page/19/#comment-4765207 2020 Find https://forums.atariage.com/topic/306684-red-sea-crossing/#comment-4535301 https://forums.atariage.com/topic/306684-red-sea-crossing/ https://forums.atariage.com/topic/282058-vcs2600-game-rarity-by-number-of-known-copies/page/4/#comment-4135389 Red Sea Crossing on the Atari 2600,Red Sea Crossing Atari,Retro Video Games,Retro Video Game Collecting,Atari 2600,Rare Retro Video Games,AVGN,Pat the NES Punk,The Game Chasers,Rare Atari 2600 Games,The Holy Grail of Atari Games,The Holy Grail of Retro Video Game Collecting,Holiday,Christmas,Bible Video Game,Wisdom Tree,Inspirational Video Concepts,First Bible Video Game,First Religious Video Game

On this episode of Pointless History, we cover the history and debunk the legend of the cursed video game, Berzerk. This is a classic arcade game about a human lost in a maze and defending itself from robots, electrocuted walls, and the indestructible enemy, Evil Otto, who supposedly caused unfortunate events to happen. Is that true about this innocent video game? You'll find out on this episode of Pointless History. Sources https://web.archive.org/web/20130904052904/http://www.twingalaxies.com/article/30/dying-to-play-the-berzerk-death-legends/ https://littlebitsofgaming.com/2019/10/27/berzerk-the-killer-arcade-game/ Berzerk,Killer Video Game,Urban Legend,Unfortunate Events,Scary Stories,Polybius,Jeff Dailey,Peter Burkwoski,Pedro Roberts,Edward Clark Jr.,Retro Video Games,Video Game Urban Legends, AVGN, The Angry Video Game Nerd, Twilight Zone, Rod Serling

On this episode of Pointless History, we take a look into the long, crazy history of the show turned into movie series Jackass. From its humble beginnings as a skateboard magazine, to a crazy skateboard reality tv show, to full documentary movie series. We also look into the troubles they had in the beginning, troubles they ran into later, and personal struggles with some of the cast members. Copyright Disclaimer: Under Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. Like and Comment on this video and Subscribe to EPYScope! Follow @epyscopemedia on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok and Odysee! Sources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackass_(franchise)#Background https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Brother_(magazine) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spike_Jonze https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Tremaine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Knoxville https://www.thethings.com/johnny-knoxville-feud-lorne-michael-jackass-turned-dwn-snl/ https://www.buzzfeed.com/marycolussi/jackass-behind-the-scenes-facts https://jackass.fandom.com/wiki/Jackass_S1E1#List_of_Stunts https://jackass.fandom.com/wiki/Jackass_S1E2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Dunn https://www.thewrap.com/ryan-dunn-drinking-buddy-describes-final-binge-crash-28468/ https://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=93357&page=1 https://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/29/nyregion/boy-13-is-critically-burned-after-imitating-stunt-on-mtv.html https://www.cnn.com/2002/US/West/11/11/jackass.accident.reut/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3D_film#:~:text=The%20earliest%20confirmed%203D%20film,Elder. Picture Sources https://www.reddit.com/r/skateboarding/comments/26jtfd/download_early_issues_of_big_brother_magazine_and/ Articles of teenage recreation https://apnews.com/article/cc91979b8d6053f8ebb603ba35641dbf https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/49929-teen-burns-self-with-jackass-type-stunt/ https://www.cnn.com/2002/US/West/11/11/jackass.accident.reut/ https://www.wltx.com/article/news/local/fyi/teen-dies-in-jackass-stunt/101-384292953 https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=110198&page=1 https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/dumbest-states Stock Clips - https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vTA1PYYz5Hyxs340SLdC2WvAlK7MT0qzcs9K1brrgCmyaXIY7n7tHVHexBfdj_97gqO530yqSPnmVwg/pub Copyrighted Stuff “Jackass” TV Series Copyright MTV Series Entertainment, Viacom and Dickhouse Productions, Movies Copyright MTV Films, Paramount Pictures and Dickhouse Productions “Jackass: Too Hot for TV” Copyright MTV Series Entertainment, Viacom and Dickhouse Productions “Jackass: The Beginning” Copyright MTV Series Entertainment, Viacom and Dickhouse Productions “Viva La Bam” Copyright MTV Series Entertainment, Dakota Pictures and Bam Margera Productions “Wildboyz” Copyright MTV Series Entertainment and Dickhouse Productions “Blast-A-Zoid” Copyright Fieldhouse Productions and MTV Series Entertainment “Homewrecker” Copyright MTV Series Entertainment “Bam’s Unholy Union” Copyright MTV Series Entertainment, Bam Margera Productions, and Sonar Entertainment “G4’s Proving Ground” Copyright G4 Media and Bongo Pictures “The Howard Stern Show” Copyright Sirius XM “Minute to Win It” Copyright NBC Universal TV (2011) “A Tribute to Ryan Dunn” Copyright MTV Series Entertainment, Viacom and Dickhouse Productions “Big Brother Videos” Copyright Dickhouse Publishing/Productions MTV’s Jackass Johnny Knoxville Bam Margera Steve-O Ryan Dunn Chris Pontius Wee-Man Preston Lacy Dave England Danger Ehren McGhehey Brandon Dicamillo Chris Raab Himself Rake Yohn Jess Margera April Margera Phil Margera Don Vito CKY Viva La Bam Wildboyz Homewrecker with Ryan Dunn Blast-a-Zoid G4’s Proving Ground Bam’s Unholy Union RIP Ryan Dunn Jeff Tremaine Spike Jonze Rick Kosick Big Brother Magazine

Like and Comment on this video and Subscribe to EPYScope! Follow @epyscopemedia on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok and Odysee! On this special holiday episode of Pointless History, I talk about the one of the best Christmas movies ever made, A Christmas Story. The one about the kid getting the BB gun for Christmas, another kid sticking his tongue on a pole, and pink rabbit onesies. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays Everyone! Copyright Disclaimer: Under Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. Stock Footage links coming soon Phantom of the Open Hearth (1976) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVCfWbSs6O0&list=LL&index=1&t=1534s The Great American Fourth of July and Other Disasters (1982) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zow7fro-WGE&list=LL&index=2 The Star-Crossed Romance of Josephine Cosnowski (1985)pp https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gps2zKvnVa0&list=LL&index=12p Ollie Hopnoodle’s Haven of Bliss (1988) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uh-6t6rrCxs&list=LL&index=10 Sources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Christmas_Story https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_God_We_Trust:_All_Others_Pay_Cash https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Shepherd https://www.facebook.com/JeanShepherdDocumentary/posts/i-have-a-copy-of-the-1939-dunes-yearbook-hammond-high-when-jean-sheperd-was-a-se/1808357325966601/ https://screenrant.com/a-christmas-story-trivia-making-of/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085334/trivia https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/11/how-a-christmas-story-became-an-american-tradition https://movies.fandom.com/wiki/A_Christmas_Story/Home_media https://www.achristmasstoryhouse.com/a-christmas-story-movie-facts/viewership/ https://app.studiobinder.com/company/580e85847e7982164664e844/collab/5f7c58e4d323f54635c84984/projects/5de58d3e127b0f07753e4222/document/5de58d57cbd15e0788007597?utm_source=blog&utm_medium=sb-app-link&utm_campaign=script&utm_content=full-script-pdf-download&utm_term=christmas-story-teardown&filter=%257B%2522l%2522%253A%25225de58d6399840ec9d3b23a19%2522%257D https://www.achristmasstoryhouse.com/a-christmas-story-movie-facts/deleted-scenes/ https://www.scriptslug.com/assets/scripts/a-christmas-story-1983.pdf https://lostmediawiki.com/A_Christmas_Story_(lost_deleted_scenes_from_Christmas_comedy_film;_1983) https://derspatchel.livejournal.com/3592.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Summer_Story https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Christmas_Story:_The_Musical#Synopsis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Christmas_Story_Live! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Christmas_Story_House Music Canon and Variation by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Artist: http://www.twinmusicom.org/ Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100270 Artist: http://incompetech.com/ Jingle Bells 7 by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Artist: http://incompetech.com/ We Wish You a Merry Christmas by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Artist: http://www.twinmusicom.org/

Like and Comment on this video and Subscribe to EPYScope! Follow @epyscopemedia on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok and Odysee! Just a little warning. At 0:30, I perform a stunt where I rode a skateboard down a hill, hit a curb, and did a front-flip landing on grass, almost breaking my ass (did not mean to make those last few lines rhyme 😂). What I'm trying to say is, DO NOT TRY AND PERFORM THAT STUNT AT HOME! It can cause serious injuries and possibly death. Please do not do it. On this episode of Pointless History, I'll go over the history of the very first signature skateboarding sneakers, the Half Cabs by Vans, as well as a brief history of how Vans started, Steve Caballero's involvement with Vans, the evolution of the Half Cabs, and the Half Cabs today. This video is in tribute to Paul Van Doren who passed away earlier in the year. God Rest his soul! Want to give a special shoutout and thank you to Ryan Gordon for making background music for this episode and Justin Guerrieri for the VoiceOver help! Much appreciated guys! Sources https://www.sneakerfreaker.com/features/the-history-of-vans https://shop.shredzshop.com/blogs/blog/14-things-you-didnt-know-about-vans-shoes/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Van_Doren https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Caballero https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vans_Half_Cab

Like and Comment on this video and Subscribe to EPYScope! Follow @epyscopemedia on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok and Odysee! On this episode of Pointless History, we talk about the new wave band the "Suburban Lawns". Known for their songs "Gidget Goes to Hell" and "Janitor" and its wacky lyrics. This band gained a cult following within the past 40 years. You'll find out more about them by watching this episode. Sources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suburban_Lawns http://www.mikeziegler.com/suburbanlawns/#1985 https://www.allmusic.com/artist/suburban-lawns-mn0000581937/biography https://theoutline.com/post/7399/searching-for-su-tissue-suburban-lawns?zd=1&zi=yiqf4n6e

Like and Comment on this video and Subscribe to EPYScope! Follow @epyscopemedia on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok and Odysee! On this episode of Pointless History, we do a follow up to the very first episode about the Satisfaction Guitar played by Mark Mothersbaugh of DEVO. There were multiple Satisfaction guitars, but what remains the same is Mark keeps duct taping and attaching guitar pedals (or stompboxes, whatever you would like to call them) to his electric guitars. There are some new discoveries and new info about these guitars that I either failed to mention in the first episode or found out later on after the episode was published. From different guitars, discovering unknown pedals, and even guitars before Mark started covering them with duct tape and pedals. Some info that answers some questions, and then some info that brings us close yet far to the answer, but still unknown. Enjoy this episode of Pointless History on the follow up of DEVO's Satisfaction Guitar. Update: The mystery guitar at 7:23 is a Supro Super Seven( thanks to "one remains" for the info!), and at 7:25 is actually a Fender Musicmaster (thanks to G L Wilson for the info!) Subscribe to EPYScope! Previous Episodes. Episode 1 - DEVO's Satisfaction Guitar - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhNc5aTV8uI Episode 2 - Texas Chainsaw & Halloween on Atari 2600 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVCRtiJx7Gc Episode 3 - Napoleon Dynamite - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqvE_IEdImU Episode 4 - Suburban Lawns - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9ai7ab6N38 Concert Clips Early DEVO Performance (1977) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5J8nbndSYqg&t=21s DEVO “Satisfaction” Music Video (1978) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jadvt7CbH1o DEVO “Satisfaction” on Saturday Night Live (1978) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04pbtf5t_LU DEVO at the Starwood in Los Angeles (October 1978) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cn0p3_Y3jZo DEVO Live in Paris (1978) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXW0uxDPfNM&t=57s DEVO- Wiggly World - Live [The Men Who Make The Music] (1979) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQkhgbZQfuc DEVO in Japan (1979) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSrmdgWQZfA&t=476s DEVO - Armadillo World Headquarters, Austin, TX (8-2-1979) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJ199wQ5ec8 DEVO Live (1980) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iily9_GF564&t=1105s Urgh! - A Music War (1980) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZBIaNAO_HA DEVO on Fridays (1980) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7mILbhzRK0&t=36s 3-DEVO Rehearsal Footage & Interview (1982)(from Thom -CD) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hy9iA8iEfJw Total DEVO Tour 1988 and 1989 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bX491gT9nSc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RF_UO9sZSyE Smooth Noodle Maps Tour 1990 and 1991 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XADFLRgMtns&t=1866s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAAo7B-13eA DEVO on TVE (1990) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1fMK98QFSA&t=31s DEVO - Town & Country Club, London (10-16-1990) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XADFLRgMtns&t=1866s Butch DEVO and the Sundance Gig (1996) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqgD3D_kGgw DEVO Live at Lollapalooza (1996) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcGQ9f5SU3Y DEVO Live (2002) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RCEm_xXLEo DEVO Live in the Land of the Rising Sun (Japan 2003) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oC6aTceKjw DEVO performing “Satisfaction” at Burger Boogaloo (2018) from @pressuredroptv on IG https://www.instagram.com/p/BkrKTlzFw9E/ DEVO performing “Satisfaction” at Burger Boogaloo (2018) from tonyc900 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzX2YZ2W0dY DEVO - Girl U Want & Mongoloid - Live at Desert Daze (Oct. 12, 2019) from Michael Palmer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4P9mkv8_4RY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17opoBM8rHU DEVO performing “Satisfaction” at Desert Daze (2019) from @jankysmooth on IG https://www.instagram.com/p/B3ipCatBT1G/ DEVO performing “Satisfaction” at Desert Daze (2019) from Doog https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urknGdyfpzA

Like and Comment on this video and Subscribe to EPYScope! Follow @epyscopemedia on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok and Odysee! On this episode of Pointless History, we go over the history of the movie "Napoleon Dynamite". The Seinfeld of Movies. A movie that was a cult classic in real time. We discuss the short film that inspired to make this movie, to the making of Napoleon Dynamite, and some trivia, because the history is short, and I have to fill the video up and at a good length 😂. Subscribe to EPYScope! Sources https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/here-there-be-ligers-an-oral-history-of-napoleon-dynamite-80125/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0374900/trivia?ref_=tt_trv_trv https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon_Dynamite Disco Sting by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100363 Artist: http://incompetech.com/ Tuba Waddle by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Artist: http://audionautix.com/ Copyright Disclaimer: Under Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.

Like and Comment on this video and Subscribe to EPYScope! Follow @epyscopemedia on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok and Odysee! On this episode of Pointless History, we discuss about the first two horror video games, Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Halloween on the Atari 2600, as well as the history of the games, the game company that made these games, Wizard Video Games, and unreleased games by Wizard Video Games! More useless information that's supposed to fire your imagination! Enjoy and Subscribe to EPYScope! Flesh Gordon Atari Game Discussion https://atariage.com/forums/topic/134775-flesh-gordon-adults-only-2600-game/ Sources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Texas_Chainsaw_Massacre_(video_game) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween_(video_game) 8-Bit March by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Artist: http://www.twinmusicom.org/

Like and Comment on this video and Subscribe to EPYScope! Follow @epyscopemedia on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok and Odysee! This is a new series called Pointless History where I tell you exactly what the title says. This episode is about DEVO's Satisfaction Guitar. DEVO is an new wave band known for their hit song "Whip It" from 1980. Not a lot of people know (unless you're a Hardcore DEVO Fan) that they have other songs, like Uncontrollable Urge, That's Good, Girl U Want, Freedom of Choice, Gut Feeling, the list goes on. They have also, bravely I should add, covered some songs like Don't Be Cruel, Secret Agent Man, It Takes A Worried Man, and their famous mutated cover of (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction. The leader singer, Mark Mothersbaugh, has a history of guitars with pedals duct taped to them when covering this song. This is the Pointless History of the Satisfaction Guitar. Enjoy! NOTE: I AM NOT GETTING PAID TO MAKE THIS VIDEO. IT IS ALL FOR FUN AND INSTRUCTIONAL REASONS!