Mega64

In the not too distant future, a sinister scientist named Dr. Poque (Botte) creates the most powerful video game console ever assembled. Known as the 'Mega64', this device has the power to download classic and contemporary video games into the user's brain, causing them to take on a whole new reality.[5]

While Rocko [sic] and Derek [sic] are hooked to the Mega64, the viewer sees them acting as characters in the corresponding game, interacting with ordinary people in San Diego. Another character, named Sean, is initially hired by Dr. Poque as Rocko and Derek's "e-mail delivery man" but also starts taking part in the Mega64 experiments.

Two additional characters are later introduced: a puppet named Marcus (voiced by Chatfield), who is presumably working for Poque; and Horatio (Acosta), Poque's eccentric Mexican roommate.

Version 1 DVD case

Mega64 was originally produced to air on public-access television as a weekly tv-show; however, the original five episodes were not deemed to be suitable for broadcast. Later, creator Rocco Botte pitched the show to G4 but was rejected. Through the suggestion of Tommy Tallarico, Botte decided to publish the material online.[6]

Eventually, the show was released on DVD, published through Awful Video, the publishing arm of Something Awful.[7]

The group received early exposure through video gaming magazines such as Electronic Gaming Monthly[8]

Mega64
Genre	Sketch comedy satire surreal humor improv absurdist comedy
Created by	Rocco Botte Derrick Acosta Shawn Chatfield
Starring	Rocco Botte Derrick Acosta Shawn Chatfield Garrett Hunter Kevin Bushong Meg Turner Johnny Weiss Bryan Abou Chacra Frank Howley Eric Baudour (formerly)
Opening theme	"Sequence Erase" (instrumental version) by The Aquabats featuring Parry Gripp
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	17 (list of episodes)
Production
Producers	Rocco Botte Derrick Acosta Shawn Chatfield
Running time	30 minutes
Production company	TD Philostrate Productions
Release
Original network	Public Access, DVD, YouTube, Twitch
Original release	November 18, 2004 (2004-11-18) – present

and Nintendo Power.[9]

Mega64: Version 200, the show's second season, was released on DVD on July 20, 2006. Mega64: Version 3 was originally meant to be released in 2008, but at their PAX 2008 panel, the team stated Version 3 would most likely not be finished until early 2009. Mega64: Version 3 went on sale May 28, 2010.[10]

According to Mega64.com, British Sky Broadcasting was to air Mega64 Version 1 and Version 2 on one of their channels during their gaming block.[11] However, in Mega64's Podcast: Episode 77, it was revealed Sky would not be airing Mega64, due to a misunderstanding between the two companies. In said podcast it was explained that British Sky Broadcasting had come under new management, and that Mega64's episodes being aired had been "lost in the shuffle". After contacting the company for the reasoning behind this, Sky representatives replied to Mega64 saying they "had asked too much money", however the Mega64 crew claims they did not ask for any amount of money.[12]

The Mega64 cast and crew members are included in the game Super Scribblenauts as playable characters.[13][14]

Rocco Botte was involved with the 2012 DVD release of the original Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers series. He was given a Special Thanks credit.[15]

The artwork for Mega64: Version 3.

1. Life Inside a Console
2. I Feel Asleep
3. Poque
4. The Gangs Returned to Class and Became Honor Students
5. Eyes of Skull Has a Secret

1. This Story is Happy End
2. Ode to Sue
3. And Suddenly, Ezra Didn't Feel So Alone Anymore
4. What the Hell Happened to Mega64?
5. Summer Semester
6. Stranger

1. Frankie
2. Bigger Boat
3. The Wizard 2
4. Mega64! (Musical episode)
5. Project Woosh
6. Delaware

For Ubisoft, the Mega64 team has produced skits featuring Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory, Cold Fear, 187 Ride or Die, Myst V: End of Ages, Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones, Dark Messiah of Might and Magic, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent, and Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2, all of which have been available for download on their respective websites.[16][17]

Skits featuring Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter are available for download not only on the game's official website, but also via Xbox Live to Microsoft's Xbox 360, in full high-definition and Dolby 5.1 Surround, both firsts for Mega64. Both videos are now available, listed as "GRAW: Cross-Com 1" and "GRAW: Cross-Com 2".[18][19]

The Mega64 group have created several promotional skits for the Game Developers Conference, including advertisements for the conference and its Independent Games Festival, as well as comedic skits played during the conference's Game Developers Choice Awards. In 2008, the team released a series of advertisements for IGF, entitled "Intro", "I am Independent", and "Independent Inspirations".[20] In 2010, they released another series of advertisements.[21]

For the conference's Game Developers Choice Awards, the group regularly create comedic skits focusing on award recipients, which are premiered during the award ceremony. These include satirical accounts of Lifetime Achievement Award winners' careers, such as those of Ken Kutaragi in "Kutaragi's Way" and Hironobu Sakaguchi in "Sakaguchi's Final Fantasy".[22][23]

In 2011, the Mega64 crew supplied a skit to Konami's E3 show, debuting the "transfarring" system in their upcoming Metal Gear Solid HD Collection. The system, which enables saved game data transfer between the PlayStation 3 and the PlayStation Vita, was presented as a solution to the problem of continuing game progress 'on the go', with Botte shown traversing public areas with a large, moving television and home console setup. The skit also revealed that the Metal Gear Solid HD Collection and the Zone of the Enders HD Collection would be released on the Xbox 360, in addition to the PlayStation 3.[24]

On May 31 of 2012, Mega64 supplied a skit to Konami's Pre-E3 show as promotional material for their upcoming title Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance. The skit had the game's protagonist Raiden seeking jobs at an unemployment office after being fired due to an implied terrible economy, before eventually settling for Cybernetic Private Military Contractor, with Zone of the Enders's Jehuty also trying to find a job in the last minutes of the skit.[25]

For Konami's Pre-E3 show in 2013, the group supplied a skit advertising the game Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2. The skit featured Botte performing a satirical take on the game's protagonist, Dracula.[26]

The group have also done promotional videos for the 2006 and 2007 Spike Video Game Awards that have aired on Spike TV.[27]

The Mega64 team produced the music video for the Freezepop song "Brainpower".[28]

In 2009, the group produced four commercials for GameTap, which aired on Adult Swim.[29]

In 2012, Mega64 also produced faux commercials that appeared in The Aquabats! Super Show! on The Hub.[30]

Nintendo enlisted Mega64 to produce promotional skits to reveal the company's E3 plans for 2014[31][32] and 2015.[33]

In 2015, the Mega64 team created a promotional skit featuring Koji "IGA" Igarashi for his upcoming game and Kickstarter crowdfunding project, Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night. The skit is entitled "WORLD'S GREATEST VAMPIRE HUNTER".[34]

• Garrett Hunter – Garret: Leader of FALZ, Lobo Fuerte, Jessse The Man-Snake, DOWN Guardian, Blacks Guild Member, Additional Characters
• Chaz Baltezore Jr. – tr1gg3r s3r1ou5!!!!1 (Trigger Serious)
• Corey Springett – Vase Holder
• Craig Chatfield – Sombrero Guy
• Dallas McLaughlin – Boat Protector
• Dominic Botte – Dr.Jambo, Tourist, Church2 User, Additional Characters
• Duncan Roberts – The Specter (Version 1)
• Eric Baudour – Horatio pornography enthusiast, Dr. Poque's old coworker, Wizard seeker, King Burger King, unnamed FALZ Member
• Evan Morrison – Thug
• Fernando Jay Huerto – FALZ Enforcer
• Frank Howley – Wizard Seeker, HAT Trooper, Audience Member
• Hawley Laterza – Gruntilda
• Jennifer Jensen – Herself
• Jennie Gates – Amber (aka, "Amber from High School")
• Jenny Luckey – Sue
• John Wanser – Jon, Terminator2 Watcher
• Jon Allen – Kain (voice only, Version 1)
• Jonathan Rohrbacher – Benny, Tony, Shu From China
• Josh Brashars - Kain, FALZ Recruiter (Version 2)
• Josh Elwell – Teddy Beans
• Josh Jones – Dr. Poque's old colleague
• Kevin Bowen – Dr. Poque's old boss
• Kevin "Sparky" Bushong - Unnamed FALZ member
• Kevin Castaneda – Rick
• Kevin Smith – Himself
• Krista Chatfield – The "True Form" of the Virus
• Kyle Hebert – Wanser (voice)
• Laura Loza – The "Romantic Interest"/The Blacks' Hostage
• Leroy Patterson – Salt Guy
• Luke Chatfield – Thark the Man-Possum, Blacks Guild Leader, The Specter (Version 2), unnamed FALZ member, Additional Characters
• Margie Acosta – Horatio's Mom
• Matthew Lopez – Future Dude
• Michael J. Nelson – Frankie (Human Form)
• Nicole Crakes – Happy Program Girl, Gorilla, Yorda, Nicole
• Paul Schrier – Paul Farkas
• Richard Botte – Danny America, Drug-Addicted Dad, Video Game Executive
• Ricky Fitness – Ricky "Thumbs" Jackson
• Ryan Sinn – Test subject
• Sean Legerton – "Sean" (he's nameless in the dialogue)
• Rocco Matusic – FIRED
• Tommy Tallarico – Hairy Gary the Feral Child, Himself
• Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim – as The Mega64 Ragtime Jug Brotherz

• Cliff Bleszinski – Himself, Additional Characters

Mega64: Metal Gear Solid 4 (HD)

HOW SHENMUE WAS MEANT TO END

SAVE GAMESTOP

Warren Spector Tribute

KUTARAGI'S WAY

SAKAGUCHI'S FINAL FANTASY

THE NEW UNREAL ENGINE

• Brandon DiCamillo – John Madden

Mega64: MADDEN RAP 2012 (ft. Brandon DiCamillo)

• Dan Paladin – Himself, Falz member

Mega64: GDC 2008 IGF Awards Intro

IF YOU'RE NOT INDIE, F**K YOU

• Hideo Kojima – Himself

Mega64: Metal Gear Solid 4 (HD)

Sequence Erase

Mega64: Death Stranding Behind The Scenes

• Shigeru Miyamoto – Himself

Mega64: New Super Mario Bros.

• Gabe Newell – Himself, Ringo Starr

Mega64: The Beatles Rock Band

• Yu Suzuki – Himself

HOW SHENMUE WAS MEANT TO END

• Ken Kutaragi – Himself/Nintendo exec

KUTARAGI'S WAY

• Reggie Fils-Aimé – Himself/The Reggie Fils-A-Mech

MEGA64 INFILTRATES NINTENDO

REGGIE GOES FOR THE GOLD

• Hironobu Sakaguchi – Himself

SAKAGUCHI'S FINAL FANTASY

• IGA – Vampire hunter

WORLD'S GREATEST VAMPIRE HUNTER

• Fumito Ueda - Himself

Fumito Ueda's MADDEN 2018

• Tim Sweeney - Himself

THE NEW UNREAL ENGINE

• Toshihiro Nagoshi - Himself

Judgment (OFFICIAL)

• Hideki Kamiya - Himself

Mega64 Was BLOCKED By Hideki Kamiya

• Rocco Botte – Co-creator, Writer, Producer, Glasses
• Derrick Acosta – Co-creator, Writer, Moustache
• Shawn Chatfield – Writer, Chip Grip, Beard
• Garrett Hunter – Makeup, Effects (Version 2 & 3), Writer (Version 3), Dreads
• Ian Luckey – Composer (Version 1)
• Josh Jones – Composer (Version 2, 3, and 4.1)
• Richard Kyanka – Producer (Version 1 & 2)
• The Aquabats – Additional Music (Version 1, 2, & 3)
• Freezepop – Additional Music (Version 2 & 3)
• Vanessa Luckey – Link Costume (Version 1: "Eyes of Skull Has a Secret")
• Shmorky – Version 2 Opening Animation, Gnome Animation (Ghost Recon Ad #2)
• Mariel Cartwright – Version 2 Menu Artwork, Version 3 DVD Cover Art
• Iain Stasukevich – Director of Photography, "What the Hell Happened to Mega 64?"
• Evan Morrison – Grip, "What The Hell Happened to Mega 64?"