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[https://web.archive.org/web/20110222182441/http://www.joueurdugrenier.fr/ ''Le Joueur du Grenier''] ("The Attic Gamer" ; real name : Frédéric Molas) is a French retro video game tester who plays mostly horrible games, but also a few merely [[Nintendo Hard]] games.▼
▲[http://www.joueurdugrenier.fr/ ''Le Joueur du Grenier''] ("The Attic Gamer" ; real name : Frédéric Molas) is a French retro video game tester who plays mostly horrible games, but also a few merely [[Nintendo Hard]] games.
He is basically the [[Recycled in Space|French equivalent]] of [[The Angry Video Game Nerd]]. Prone to [[Angrish|get mad at his video games]], he still goes through almost all them, much to his chagrin and to his viewers' amusement.
=== Games tested so far,{{when}} chronological order: ===
* ''[[The Adventures of Tintin|Tintin]] au Tibet'' ([[Mega Drive]])
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* ''[[James Bond|James Bond Jr]]'' ([[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]] and [[Super NES]])
* ''[[The Smurfs]]'' (''Les Schtroumpfs'') ([[Mega Drive]])
* ''Virus it is aware'' ([[
* ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]] Bart vs the Space Mutants'' ([[Mega Drive]])
* ''[[Total Recall]]'' and ''[[Predator]]'' ([[Mega Drive]])
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* ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (video game)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' ([[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]])
* Several games from the [[Atari 2600]], ''E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'' in particular.
* ''[[Batman and Robin (film)|Batman and Robin]]'' ([[
* Short reviews about two show/movie adaptations (''Alf'' ([[Mega Drive]]) and ''[[Time Cop]]'' (SNES)) and two medical games (''Rex Ronan : Experimental Surgeon'' and ''Captain Novolin'' (both on SNES))
* ''[[The
* ''Silent Service'' and ''Infiltrator'' (NES)
* ''Spirou'' (SNES)
* [[Role
* ''[[Dragon's Lair]]'' on NES and SNES.
* ''[[Airwolf]]'' on [[Amstrad CPC]] 464, its sequel and the NES ''Airwolf'' game.
* ''[[Excalibur 2555 AD]]'' on [[
He also made six specials without game reviews:
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* [[Accentuate the Negative]]: Doesn't happen as much as you'd expect from an angry video game reviewer, when he gives harsh criticism, then it is deserved. Although he ''does'' state that the only good moment in the ''[[Batman and Robin (film)|Batman and Robin]]'' movie is {{spoiler|the end credits}}.
* [[Accidental Innuendo]]: [[In-Universe]]: Fingers/arms coming out from holes in the wall in the ''[[Total Recall]]'' game ? And looking like... something else due to the NES graphical limitations? Cue the ''Ding Dong Song'' by Gunther !
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* [[Ass Shove]]: How he gets the NES cart in the ''[[Dragon's Lair]]'' video.
* [[Bait and Switch]]: On the ''[[E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial|ET the Extraterrestrial]]'' game:
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Seb : Errr... Speleology ? }}
** In the Airwolf review, he notes that the NES version can be finished in 10 minutes, and since it costed 500 Francs (about 82 US dollars at the time<ref>According to [http://www.bis.org/publ/cpss03.pdf this] the exchange rate in late 1988 was 6.0935</ref>) when it came out, the game basically cost 50 francs per minute.
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*cut to a creaking bed*
Like renting a creaky bed!
*camera pans to JDG, reading a comic book and bouncing alone on the bed*
... Why did I even do that?! }}
* [[Big No]] : At the end of the sports game episode. The next episode starts with this same scene.
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* [[Blind Idiot Translation]]: The few games translated in French.
** Also, a part of the second special. He takes Nicky Larson (''[[City Hunter]]'') and ''[[Dragon Ball]]'' as examples.
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"But there's one thing I ''won't'' forgive, it's ''[[Dragonball Z]]'', and the translations of the attacks!" }}
* [[Brick Joke]]:
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*** In the same vein, in his RPG review, he translates the word "fellow" to "compagnon", which means "ally", while the character being talked about is a bad guy.
** JDG complains about Trunks in ''[[Dragon Ball GT]]'' not being as [[Badass]] as he was in ''[[Dragonball Z]]''. That's because the DBZ Trunks he is referring is ''Future Trunks'', coming from a [[Bad Future]] where he had to grow badass to survive againt the Cyborg menace. The one in DBGT is him having led a less harsh life, so of course he's due to be less developed.
* [[Dope Slap]]: He does this to a [[The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim|Greybeard]] towards the end of his RPG review when he rewards his "quest" with a hammer.
* [[Ear Worm]] : Some of the musics in the games he reviewed, most particularly the theme of Dragon Ball NES (european version), which he notices it.
* [[Every Episode Ending]]: Destroying the game in a manner reminiscent to the episode's theme, like the AVGN often does.
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* [[Face Palm]]: Just check out the [[YouTube]] thumbnails.
* [[Fake Difficulty]]: Lots of his games.
* [[Fanon Discontinuity]]: [[In-Universe]]:
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* [[Franchise Killer]]: According to JDG, ''[[Bubsy]]'' had some potential to develop in a good and successful franchise but was killed by ''Bubsy 3D'''s monumental failure.
* [[Godwin's Law]]: He introduces ''Airwolf'' on Amstrad CPC thusly:
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* [[Grotesque Gallery]]: JDG finds ''Téléchat'' '''creepy'''. Which isn't totally false, considering that many items in the show have an [[Uncanny Valley]]-esque human face (most notably a clothes iron, a phone and a microphone).
* [[Guide Dang It]]: JDG gets stuck at the last ''Astérix and the Great Rescue'' level's beginning. The way to get past the wall is quite wall-banging, indeed.
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** This happens to him a lot because in a lot retro games, most of the plot was explained in the manual, but since he lost/lacks the manual for most of his games and the games themselves raraly give any indication as to what the player is supposed to do...
* [[Gushing About Shows You Like]]: He's a huge fan of ''[[Dragon Ball]]'' and ''[[Jurassic Park]]''.
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"''[[Jurassic Park]]'' is my ''favorite'' movie. I saw it so many times I could tell the whole script by memory!"
"When you buy a ''[[Jurassic Park]]'' game, you expect some quality, since it's the best movie ever." }}
* [[Head Desk]]: In the SNES ''[[Dragon's Lair]]'' test:
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* [[Hypocritical Humor]]: At the beginning of the Sports Games Review, Grenier doesn't even wait for his [[Harassing Phone Call|mysterious caller]] to tell him something to do.
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* [[Insult to Rocks]]: "Saying this game is shit would be an insult to shit!"
* [[Incredibly Lame Pun]]: A french one ; during the Airwolf review, he claims that the devloppers must really "en tenir une couche" (i.e. be really stupid), an expression which can be understood as meaning "holding a diaper"<ref> the accurate translation for this expression is "possessing a layer", probably related to the English expression "being thick"</ref>. Cut to a scene where Seb is playing the game developper, typing on a computer... Holding a baby diaper.
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''Cue [[Losing Horns]] and a "Joke failure" message in the bottom of the screen.'' }}
** In the Dragon's Lair review : "Alright, guys, today, we're going to like leather, I tell you. Because [[Dragon's Lair|today's game]] tanned my hide. [[Captain Obvious|Leather, tanned, crappy joke.]]"
** On Batman & Robin : "This game was made by a company named Probe, so you already know it will live forever in the annals". Cue an [[
** On Excalibur 2555 A.D. : "This game isn't so hard, it is just awfully long and shitty and we take too much time on non-logical enigmas... I shouldn't be surprised, the editor who made this, Tempest, ''is known to only make stinky games'' [[Don't Explain the Joke|(in French ''Tempest'' sounds like "t'empestes": "you stink")]] .
* [[Jeopardy Thinking Music]]: This music is used during "waiting" periods, even though it's not really its typical meaning. Obviously, JDG is not familiar with the show (its French equivalent was only aired in France for a short time) and more with the parodies used in Internet parodies.
* [[Line-of-Sight Name]]: In the ''[[Excalibur 2555 AD]]'' video, JDG thinks the plot has been written like this.
* [[Magic Countdown]]: In ''Airwolf'', not even the countdown works right.
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* [[Man of a Thousand Faces|Man Of A Thousand Faces And Voices]]: Seb, JDG's [[Sidekick]] and cameraman, frequently disguises himself to play a second actor on screen. So far, he played: [[Power Rangers|Zordon]], the CEO of Mauvais Jeux Inc (Bad Games Inc, the Mafia-esque company behind every crappy game in the JDG universe), [[The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim|the four Greybeards]], the clown who programmed Dragon's Lair, The Grim Reaper, Merlin and [[Greek Mythology|Zeus]].
* [[Morally-Ambiguous Ducktorate]]: His alter-ego, Canard-Man ("Duck-Man", a parody of Batman) and his motto "Another victory for a duck!", which is also the slogan of Canard WC, a French brand of toilet-cleaning products.
* [[Most Annoying Sound]]: [[In-Universe]]
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** The music in ''Airwolf'' (Amstrad CPC version).
* [[Mundane Utility]]:
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* [[Mythology Gag]]: In ''Tintin au Tibet'', [[That One Level]] is a call back to a gag in the cartoon.
* [[Nerd Glasses]]: He wears them.
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* [[Read the Freaking Manual]]: The trope is said to him by at the end of his "guide to being angry at your computer" skit in the Airwolf review.
* [[Shout-Out]]: When he is asking his camera operator to adjust the image, JDG's clothes ends up dressed like [[Batman]], then [[The Angry Video Game Nerd]].
** The episode about RPG is a giant ''[[The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim]]'' shout-out, including an opening which is an obvious parody of the famous ''Skyrim'' trailer.
** The whole ending of the Airwolf video is a spoof of the pilot of Ulysses31, a franco-japanese anime.
* [[Sidekick]] : Seb (Sébastien Rassiat), one of his friends who help him to make the videos and frequently plays a role in it.
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** JDG doesn't find ''Life in the City'' to be fitting to ''[[Sonic R]]''. He thinks it'd rather suit a [[Rhythm Game]] at a holiday resort.
** The whole [[Time Cop]] game has a soundtrack like this trope.
** [[The
** In Airwolf, he notes how the music in one of the game's versions<ref>''Airwolf II'' on Amstrad CPC</ref> sounds awesome but only plays in the most boring parts of the game. He compares it to putting epic music in an elevator, cue a skit with him going in an elevator that has "[[Two Steps From Hell|Dragon Rider]]" playing in it.
** Asterix and the Great Rescue set to techno music.
* [[Stealth Hi Bye]]: Subverted in the Airwolf review, where {{spoiler|[[The Grim Reaper]]}} disappears from his sight but then comes back, claiming he was just packing his stuff. ''Then'' JDG himself pulls one on {{spoiler|[[The Grim Reaper]]}} for no particular reason.
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* [[Stock Control Settings]]: JDG is not pleased that the Start button, instead of pausing, switches the type of punches in ''[[Rise of the Robots]]''. He has his reasons, since it means there is ''no longer a Pause feature''.
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* [[Superhero]]: {{spoiler|Duck-Man}}.
* [[Super Mode]]: "Super Grenier de l'espace" (Super Space Attic), a play on "Super Guerrier de l'espace", which is how [[Dragonball Z|Super Saiyans]] were called in the French dub. His "transformation" is triggered after building up too much anger and frustration because of Excalibur 2555 A.D., complete with Gohan's
* [[Tear Jerker]]: [[Discussed Trope|The second main]] theme of the second special. [[In-Universe]].
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"There, I remind that it's supposedly for kids."
"Candies, guns, fuel canisters, buy some matches!"
"There, real funny..."
"Damn, even the off voice seems on the verge of killing itself!"
"Listen to what the [[Big Bad]] says! [...] But it's completely ''sordid'' to say things like that!!"
"But it's horrible! But... But really but... ''Help''!! They show that to kids?!" }}
* [[Tempting Fate]]: Twice in the ''Excalibur 2555'' review, when he comments on how cliché the enemies are :
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''Those two enemies appear with the 1-Up Sonic jingle.'' }}
** And after finding a bar in a cave :
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'''Seb''': Actually, that appears later in the game.
*Footage of said level is shown*
'''JDG''': I hate my life. }}
* [[Things Man Was Not Meant to Know]]: Finishing Airwolf on Amstrad will bring upon the unlucky gamer the wrath of Zeus. Too bad for him :
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'''JDG''': No can do, I did it two months ago.
'''Zeus''': [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (video game)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?]]
'''JDG''': I did it a ''while'' ago!
'''Zeus''': Uh, [[Dark Castle]]?
'''JDG''': Already done.
'''Zeus''': Damn, you really have a shitty life! Uh, E.T.?
'''JDG''': Aw come on, it wasn't that awful!
'''Zeus''': And Barbie? Barbie, don't tell me you've done Barbie!
'''JDG''': Huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuh...
'''Zeus''': Wah, you really had it rough. }}
* [[Torture Cellar]]: He locks some of his worst games in one.
* [[Who Writes This Crap?]] : In a fake movie trailer at the end of the Virus review, after saying a [[Incredibly Lame Pun|horribly lame pun]] on the word "mal" (In this context, "evil", not "hurt". Well...).
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