Written by two of the show’s writers, almost every action in Virtual Stupidity triggers some sort of bantering or quip from Beavis and Butthead. But while the game’s visual fidelity is nice, its greatest strength is the enormous and unendingly funny script, which is completely voiced by the original actors. The characters actually look like their TV counterparts, and the backgrounds of each area are faithful to the show’s grainy, watercolor-ish palette.
While it runs at a modest VGA resolution, slightly dated for 1995, Virtual Stupidity has well-drawn sprite art and plenty of animation that make it look very much like the cartoon, and almost ranks up in quality next to the LucasArts games. About a dozen animated videos unique to the game serve to break up the action and as segues during the story. Events from the show also get referenced throughout, giving fans some added humor. Despite what the cover artwork implies, there’s actually nothing about virtual reality it’s just a slightly more clever way of saying “Beavis and Butthead: The Computer Game”.Īs they proceed through the game, Beavis and Butthead travel through familiar locations like Highland High and Burger World, and just about every character in the show makes an appearance somewhere along the line, including their cynical, bespectacled classmate Daria, the rage-filled Principal Vickers, and their easily-irritated neighbor Mr. On the way to joining Todd’s gang they escape from school, escape from prison, drive a tank, get voluntarily kidnapped by hot chicks and shut in the trunk of a car, and generally annoy people wherever they go. The game progresses like a series of stories from the show loosely strung together, with the titular duo getting into one ridiculous situation after another. The objective of the game is as simple as all of Beavis and Butthead’s goals: befriend Todd, a tough guy dropout who wins their respect by kicking their asses on a regular basis. Virtual Stupidity even frames itself like an episode of the show: it starts with the “Don’t try this at home” disclaimer and the title card with portraits of the duo cackling in their signature laughs. The result is a game that feels like a natural extension of its source material.īeavis and Butthead, of course, was an immediately popular MTV show in the mid-90s about two addle-brained, music-addicted high schoolers with little ambition beyond acting like complete morons.
When compared to the pile of cheap, quickly forgotten Beavis and Butthead games for consoles, it ditches their stale platforming and necessarily watered down content for point-and-click-style gameplay that’s much more fitting.
Released at the height of the duo’s popularity, Beavis and Butthead in Virtual Stupidity is the opposite of a typical licensed product, a rare game that nails the essence of its source material.
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