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[outdated] archiving every single one of Barry's death screen quotes from Monster Dash: a rope of sand

so back when Monster Dash was first released in 2010, Barry had a handful of quotes he would say on the menu screen after he dies. when Monster Dash got updated a while later before being taken down completely, these quotes disappeared from the game and ended up being barely archived, so i thought i'd save every one i could find so they wouldn't fall into obscurity.

i found all these by sifting through decade-old videos recorded on bandicam or by some kid with a camera pointed shakily at the screen so i apologise for the quality being inconsistent and dodgy

first image id: "Note to self: Next time there is a wall, don't jump into it!"

second image id: "Agghh walls. My only weakness."

these were used for when Barry died by running into a wall and falling into the endless void :3 these were also the most common that i kept finding because slamming into walls was very common in the videos i sorted through,, i understand its ok

image ids: "That [enemy] is just angry because no one will ever love him. Or her. Or whatever it is." (this quote switches out the name of the enemy depending on which one Barry got killed by, which is either a zombie, a mummy, a yeti, a vampire or a demon)

damn Barry going off!! this is one of the meanest things he has ever said to anyone ever and i think that is incredibly funny, jesus Barry

first image id: "Damn you spikes hiding cleverly in plain sight!"

second image id: "Who designed this place and thought spikes everywhere would be a good idea?"

these were used for when Barry died to spikes,,, not much else to say other than that i find these to be very charming and funny

first image id: "Why couldn't I die wearing a cool hat?"

second image id: "That fortune teller sucks! There are no sharks with lasers involved in my demise!"

third image id: "Dying is as fun as a bag of jellyfish!"

these are some miscellaneous ones that show up randomly regardless of how Barry kicks the bucket, i like them a lot and they were some of the more rare quotes i found :D

first image id: "At least I died with dignity... And my pants!"

second image id: "It's time to start a re-run!"

third image id: "I hope I come back as a zombie."

that first quote i literally could only find in like 2 videos, it's apparently pretty rare! i apologise for the fact that it was recorded off some dude's ancient iPad, the only other screenshot i have of it is in an even worse quality taken half a metre away from someone's computer screen...

first image id: "I hope Death is ready to rock-off the top bunk!"

second image id: Why am I the cat with only one life?"

third image id: "When you die can you take your weapons with you?"

more miscellaneous quotes... not much else really

image id: "You win this round, [enemy]s. Next time we meet, you won't be so lucky." (another quote that switches out the name of the enemy Barry dies to. the image here says he died to vampires.)

and finally, a monster-death specific quote to end on :) if anyone knows about any more quotes i might have missed feel free to reply with them and i'll try to find a video or an image of them. i think i got all of them though,,, i hope so....

reblogging this now to add that i found a much higher quality version of the "At least I died with dignity... And my pants!" quote yesterday!

archiving every single one of Barry's death screen quotes from Monster Dash: a rope of sand

so back when Monster Dash was first released in 2010, Barry had a handful of quotes he would say on the menu screen after he dies. when Monster Dash got updated a while later before being taken down completely, these quotes disappeared from the game and ended up being barely archived, so i thought i'd save every one i could find so they wouldn't fall into obscurity.

i found all these by sifting through decade-old videos recorded on bandicam or by some kid with a camera pointed shakily at the screen so i apologise for the quality being inconsistent and dodgy

first image id: "Note to self: Next time there is a wall, don't jump into it!"

second image id: "Agghh walls. My only weakness."

these were used for when Barry died by running into a wall and falling into the endless void :3 these were also the most common that i kept finding because slamming into walls was very common in the videos i sorted through,, i understand its ok

image ids: "That [enemy] is just angry because no one will ever love him. Or her. Or whatever it is." (this quote switches out the name of the enemy depending on which one Barry got killed by, which is either a zombie, a mummy, a yeti, a vampire or a demon)

damn Barry going off!! this is one of the meanest things he has ever said to anyone ever and i think that is incredibly funny, jesus Barry

first image id: "Damn you spikes hiding cleverly in plain sight!"

second image id: "Who designed this place and thought spikes everywhere would be a good idea?"

these were used for when Barry died to spikes,,, not much else to say other than that i find these to be very charming and funny

first image id: "Why couldn't I die wearing a cool hat?"

second image id: "That fortune teller sucks! There are no sharks with lasers involved in my demise!"

third image id: "Dying is as fun as a bag of jellyfish!"

these are some miscellaneous ones that show up randomly regardless of how Barry kicks the bucket, i like them a lot and they were some of the more rare quotes i found :D

first image id: "At least I died with dignity... And my pants!"

second image id: "It's time to start a re-run!"

third image id: "I hope I come back as a zombie."

that first quote i literally could only find in like 2 videos, it's apparently pretty rare! i apologise for the fact that it was recorded off some dude's ancient iPad, the only other screenshot i have of it is in an even worse quality taken half a metre away from someone's computer screen...

first image id: "I hope Death is ready to rock-off the top bunk!"

second image id: Why am I the cat with only one life?"

third image id: "When you die can you take your weapons with you?"

more miscellaneous quotes... not much else really

image id: "You win this round, [enemy]s. Next time we meet, you won't be so lucky." (another quote that switches out the name of the enemy Barry dies to. the image here says he died to vampires.)

and finally, a monster-death specific quote to end on :) if anyone knows about any more quotes i might have missed feel free to reply with them and i'll try to find a video or an image of them. i think i got all of them though,,, i hope so....

MONSTER DASH JUMPSCARE!!!!!

alright listen, in all my days of knowing about this funky little game, i have not once ever seen this specific piece of promo art where Barry looks like this!! like, that's unbelievable!! i'm so into older versions of MD and i've never seen this before!! is it new? it appears to be the same art we're used to where Barry has the brown hair, but his head's edited to have an appearance more akin to the old app icon with the black hair. i found this on MD's app page preview trailer and deadass got jumpscared seeing this new promo art. not too sure how i feel about Barry's bloodshot eyes, but he is rockin' the hairdo and i'm likin' the color :) kinda wish we kept the black hair Barry sometimes, or at least a mix of black and brown. he looks nice!!

EDIT: 2010s MD is released now and yeah, that's definitely new promo art lol

these promo images have one of two variants of the art for the Ninja Barry skin from Monster Dash, all the way back when it still had its pixel art style. the one on the right has the more common asset with Barry having a more stoic look on his face, while the left is the more rare one with a smile. why is this important? it isn't, but it's pretty cool that they made two separate assets for the same skin :)

Archiving Every Single One Of Barry's Death Screen Quotes From Monster Dash: Updated!!

so you know when i made that post archiving a bunch of Barry's post-death quotes from Monster Dash a while back? Halfbrick recently updated Monster Dash to be the original* 2010 version for Halfbrick+, and it does in fact include the quotes Barry used to say at the end of a run! so i thought i'd kinda "remaster" my original post with new, high quality screenshots of all the quotes taken straight from me playing the game :)

*it's the OG game, but it's got some slight remastering going on. you'll see in a second.

first image id: "Agghh walls. My only weakness."

second image id: "Note to self: Next time there is a wall, don't jump into it!"

wow, immediately you can tell that Barry art got a massive glow up! he's got all this nifty shading and he looks so much more expressive than before! i like it! i like it a lot! apart from the art, the quotes in this game are pretty much all the same. these are used when Barry bumps into a wall and plummets (quite gracefully) into the void below :3

first image id: "That [Enemy] is just angry because no one will ever love him. Or her. Or whatever it is."

second image id: "You win this round, [Enemy]. Next time we meet, you wont [sic] be so lucky."

(the quotes switch out the enemy based on what you got killed by, like a Zombie, Demon, Vampire, Yeti or Mummy.)

again, Barry going off!! jesus dude, calm down a little! kinda surprised they kept the first quote in to be honest. when they added AOZ to HB+, they changed a lot of the dialogue to have it be more updated, including removing the Barry kissing Runingunin scene completely, likely to make it more PG (and to make Barry less of a creep), but they kept this one in! i like that though, i feel like modern Barry is missing a lot of his meanness he had in the earlier games and i like that they kept it in here :)

first image id: "Damn you spikes hiding cleverly in plain sight!"

second image id: "Who designed this place and thought spikes everywhere would be a good idea?"

these were for when Barry died to the aforementioned "spikes everywhere". not much else to say here, but these quotes are really funny! seeing Barry actually say "damn" is great, i wish he'd use more light swearing like that in newer games,,

first image id: "Dying is as fun as a bag of jellyfish!"

second image id: "Why couldn't I die wearing a cool hat?"

third image id: "That fortune teller sucks! There are no sharks with lasers involved in my demise!"

these are three sorta miscellaneous quotes that appear regardless of what Barry is killed by. they're pretty swell and some of my most favourite quotes, though i still have no idea what the hell he means by death being "as fun as a bag of jellyfish". jellyfish bags sound pretty fun to me, i like jellyfish...

first image id: "I hope I come back as a zombie."

second image id: "At least I died with dignity... And my pants!"

third image id: "When you die can you take your weapons with you?"

finally, high quality screenshots of the dignity quote! again, these are more miscellaneous quotes. not much else to say about them, though i like the thought of purgatory containing a weapon bay :P

first image id: "Why am I the cat with only one life?"

second image id: "I hope Death is ready to rock-off for the top bunk!"

third image id: "It's time to start a re-run!"

are Barry and Death having a sleepover or something? that sounds pretty rad actually, having a night with the Grim Reaper himself, eating marshmallows, summoning hellspawn, whatever else people do at sleepovers...

now this is where my original post would have ended, but after playing for a little bit, i realised that i actually missed a couple of quotes! they must not have appeared in a lot of videos like the original screenshots were from, so here they are now in their full glory to be archived!

first image id: "Note to self: Next time there is a gap, dump it rather than falling and dying."

second image id: "Ahh, Gravity. Such a cold, cruel mistress."

i've never seen these quotes before in all the couple hours total i spent looking for screenshots of the original ones!! i wonder why, they're not rare or anything. these were for when Barry fell into gaps without hitting a wall beforehand. i guess i initally didn't get any screenshots of these because the videos i got them from where about a minute or two long, and gaps don't start getting wider until around 2000 - 3000 metres, which the people recording didn't really get to. plus, falling into gaps cleanly is kinda tricky to do on purpose. anyway, they're archived now and in a super nice quality, and i glad i found them through the game itself! i don't know how much more "low-quality youtube videos from 10 years ago" sifting i could do...

that's pretty much about it for now! if i find anything else that's interesting about this game, i'll reblog this post with my additions. i'm super glad i have higher quality images of these, cause now they're consistent and i can actually read them without having to squint through all the pixels to see!! plus the very handsome glow up they gave my boy Barry ;)

(and finally for shits and giggles and because i don't know how to end posts, here's a screenshot of my best monster kills being at the funny number)

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there's gonna be a lot of posts today and i'm sorry about that but i was looking at MrLlort's Monster Dash soundtrack playlist, and at the end of it is this very peculiar unknown 5 minute track that went unused. according to the description of the video, the file was literally just titled 'music.ogg' with no indication on where it comes from or anything. it's really odd because this was just uploaded today, meaning that this wasn't discovered until the new re-release of the 2010 version of the game. i think it might be an old demo or sample music of some sorts that was used for testing in earlier versions and left in by mistake, but who knows what it is...

here's the link if you're interested:

a piece of Monster Dash promo art, simply featuring Barry's footprint in the snow. pretty cool boot pattern ngl

some seasonal Monster Dash art, such as stuff for Christmas, Valentines and Halloween. the bottom one's not as much an original promo piece, but i thought it was nice :)

some art of the monsters from Monster Dash having a good ol' game of volleyball together :) they didn't invite the yeti though, strangely enough...

here's a couple images i got from the Fragger page on Jetpack Joyride's wiki of the crossover between Monster Dash and the game Fragger. i just think they're neat :) that monstrous lookin Barry art with the explosion looks sick as hell, and seeing that super old twitter logo there is really nostalgic... on the other hand, seeing Barry with those fucked up proportions is really unnerving! why does he do that!!

also, do Barry's sprites use art from when Jetpack Joyride was known as 'Machine Gun Jetpack'? it would make sense considering this crossover probably happened around 2010 or so. weird seeing them actually used in a game!

this really cute Monster Dash promo image of Barry and a vampire having tea and cupcakes together :)

i think these promo images were for when Monster Dash was re-released? i'm not entirely sure, but they're really cool looking and i want to share them here :)

man the Monster Dash stats menu is really sounding a lot like the negative thoughts my brain tells me at night

(context: these are some of the titles you get at the end of a run, i assume you get these if you die really early or something? i don't remember i wasn't paying attention lol)

Monster Dash promo art of a zombie and Barry high five-ing each other from MD's Facebook page.

some very cool Monster Dash promo art that focuses on the Machine Gun Jetpack item, which actually made it's debut in this game!!

what is wrong with you... why are you RED

1000 degree barry challenge

me and who

very low effort jetpack joyride text postsfor your soul

hi im in a rush writing this post cause i gotta leave for somwthing soon but i think it's kinda silly that halfbrick decided to update the original monster dash app to the 2010 version and therefore obliterating all the previous purchases of the 2020 version of the game. why didn't they just like. make them separate apps. like they coulda had the 2020 version intact but make a new app for the 2010 version and it as like monster dash classic or something like what they did with jetpack joyride and dan the man. it's not even the original-original version. why'd they replace the 2020 one. make 2 so the people who like the 2020 version and the 2010 versions can both be happy and keep their purchases. just a thought.