TheUltimateGamer07, better known simply as The Ultimate Gamer or T.U.G., is a 27-year-old New Jersey-born American video gamer currently residing in Glendale, Arizona. He joined YouTube on January 9, 2007 and is known primarily for his long-running series "The Ultimate Gamer's Guide," a collection of video walkthroughs and strategy guides on many older-generation video games.
T.U.G. refers to himself as a retro-gaming enthusiast, but does try to keep up with the times. He creates videos about classic and current video games dating from the 8-bit era to today. His persona is that of an elder statesman of the video game community who has become proficient in all things video games. Unlike other narrators who show a lot of emotion, he is mostly deadpan, though recently has become more animated and uses a lot of wordplay, puns and self-deprecating humor in his commentary. While not the most skilled gamer out there, he is one of the most knowledgeable, and tries to exhibit his knowledge whenever he can.
The Ultimate Gamer's Guide
His most prominent work is The Ultimate Gamer's Guide, which ran from February 25, 2007, to March 20, 2012. There are thirty editions of the series.
1. StarTropics 2: Zoda's Revenge - getting the dagger early
2. Snake Rattle N' Roll - all the hidden warps
3. Track And Field II - hammer throw trick
4. Rad Racer II - time saver, stage select, night track
5. Tecmo Bowl - invisible team glitch
6. Super Mario Bros. 3 - the treasure ship
7. Nintendo World Cup - easy goals
8. Mega Man 5 - turning Mega Tank into extra lives
The Diary of a Pokemon Trainer
This series was a 96-episode fan-fiction playthrough of the GBA video game Pokemon Emerald, with narration in the form of first-person storytelling. It debuted on June 6, 2009 with its first season ending on July 23, 2009 after 23 episodes.
The series' second season lasted 21 episodes and ran from September 10, 2009 to November 20, 2009.
The third season started on January 9, 2010, the three-year anniversary of The Ultimate Gamer's debut on YouTube, and ran 26 episodes, ending on April 19, 2010.
The fourth and final season started on August 6, 2010 and ended on October 21, 2010, running 26 episodes. It was the only season under YouTube's new fifteen-minute rule. It was scheduled to run an additional four episodes, but due to technical difficulties, the remaining four episodes were scrapped.
Season 1
Episode
Title
Upload Date
Running Time
1
The Accidental Trainer
June 6, 2009
7:28
2
Tug Catches A Pokemon
June 6, 2009
6:39
3
Night Crawlers
June 6, 2009
9:50
4
The Evolution Of Wurmple
June 8, 2009
8:38
5
Nature Walk
June 9, 2009
8:53
6
The Road To Rustboro
June 11, 2009
10:45
7
Rock n' Roll High School
June 13, 2009
10:50
8
Hot Pursuit
June 15, 2009
10:48
9
Another Opportunity
June 17, 2009
10:37
10
Special Delivery
June 18, 2009
7:18
11
Training Days
June 23, 2009
9:19
12
Friday Night Fights
June 24, 2009
7:38
13
The Brawl For It All
June 25, 2009
10:24
14
The Search For Steven
June 28, 2009
7:06
15
Slateport Seashore Skirmish
June 30, 2009
10:46
16
Briny Burglars
July 4, 2009
9:34
17
The Battle Tent
July 7, 2009
9:35
18
Third Time's The Charm?
July 10, 2009
10:17
19
Movin' On To Mauville
July 12, 2009
10:03
20
Student Vs. Teacher
July 14, 2009
5:36
21
Free Wheelin'
July 18, 2009
10:54
22
Fool Me Once, Shame On You
July 19, 2009
10:57
23
Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment
July 23, 2009
10:45
Season 2
Episode
Title
Upload Date
Running Time
1
Fool Me Twice, Shame On Me
September 10, 2009
7:32
2
Tender Loving Daycare
September 13, 2009
9:14
3
Tunnel Vision
September 16, 2009
6:15
4
A Family Affair
September 24, 2009
9:43
5
100-0!
October 1, 2009
9:56
6
Home Away From Home
October 7, 2009
10:17
7
Ashes To Ashes
October 9, 2009
10:34
8
Finding Lanette
October 10, 2009
8:45
9
Showdown At Meteor Falls
October 14, 2009
8:12
10
The Theory Of Evolution
October 15, 2009
9:38
11
Team Magma & The Meteorite
October 21, 2009
8:32
12
Looking For Lavaridge
October 22, 2009
9:57
13
An Eggciting Escapade
November 3, 2009
3:31
14
Fueling Flannery's Fire
November 6, 2009
10:48
15
Sands Of Time
November 7, 2009
5:27
16
Footprints In The Sand
November 13, 2009
10:42
17
Wyanut? Why Not!
November 17, 2009
6:32
18
More Tricks Of The Trade
November 18, 2009
10:04
19
Reviving The Root Fossil
November 19, 2009
7:35
20
No Gimmicks Needed
November 20, 2009
9:29
21
Father Vs. Son
November 20, 2009
8:35
Season 3
Episode
Title
Upload Date
Running Time
1
Shocking Developments
January 9, 2010
6:54
2
The Trick To All This
January 9, 2010
9:02
3
Berry Glad To Meet You
January 9, 2010
10:17
4
It's Raining Trainers
January 12, 2010
9:30
5
Green Grass And High Hopes
January 13, 2010
10:44
6
Strange Weather We're Having
January 16, 2010
10:57
7
May We Battle?
January 20, 2010
9:23
8
What You Don't See
January 23, 2010
9:58
9
Bicentennial Man
January 30, 2010
10:59
10
Uncharted Waters
February 5, 2010
10:22
11
Liquid Courage
February 9, 2010
9:19
12
The Aerial Ace
February 17, 2010
10:55
13
Blaziken Beckons
February 22, 2010
10:37
14
The Master Of Pokemon?
February 22, 2010
3:21
15
A Long Road Ahead
February 26, 2010
10:53
16
I Love Lilycove
February 27, 2010
8:54
17
The Pokemon Show
March 1, 2010
9:47
18
The Safari Zone
March 3, 2010
5:29
19
Pyre Maniacs
March 9, 2010
10:36
20
The Secret Of The Orbs
March 15, 2010
10:55
21
Where There's Smoke
March 16, 2010
6:28
22
Fueling The Fire
March 21, 2010
10:59
23
Sinking To New Lows
March 23, 2010
9:56
24
Water Logged
April 1, 2010
10:31
25
Like A Fish Out Of Water
April 6, 2010
10:53
26
The Wonder Twins
April 19, 2010
11:00
Season 4
Episode
Title
Upload Date
Running Time
1
Space Case
August 6, 2010
12:58
2
Trick Six
August 8, 2010
9:00
3
Sunken Treasure
August 13, 2010
12:35
4
High Seas Hijinx
August 16, 2010
12:12
5
Archie's Agenda
August 20, 2010
11:23
6
Titanic Clash
August 26, 2010
6:46
7
The Amazing Voyage
August 28, 2010
12:31
8
Awaken, Rayquaza
August 29, 2010
6:59
9
Current Affairs
September 3, 2010
14:53
10
Water Way To Go
September 4, 2010
14:23
11
Juan More Badge
September 7, 2010
10:33
12
Exploration Date
September 15, 2010
11:35
13
Lucky Number Seven
September 17, 2010
14:57
14
Ships Ahoy!
September 22, 2010
6:48
15
Good Friends, Better Rivals
September 24, 2010
8:13
16
Victory Road
September 27, 2010
14:32
17
The Best Of The Best
October 1, 2010
11:58
18
On The Rocks
October 5, 2010
13:06
19
Ice Capades
October 5, 2010
4:49
20
Heavy Metal Machine
October 5, 2010
7:50
21
Only The Strong Survive
October 13, 2010
9:47
22
Darkness Falls
October 16, 2010
4:52
23
A Ghost Of A Chance
October 18, 2010
7:57
24
The Cold Shoulder
October 19, 2010
6:46
25
Drake The Dragon Master
October 20, 2010
9:30
26
The Culmination
October 21, 2010
13:30
The UItimate Let's Play
On March 20, 2012, he announced the beginning of a new project entitled The Ultimate Let's Play, to take the place of the recently retired Ultimate Gamer's Guide. The project currently consists of four Nintendo DS games: Pokemon HeartGold, Dragon Quest IX, MySims and Mario Party DS. The project officially debuted on June 4, 2012. .
Unlike the Ultimate Gamer's Guide, audio commentary is not pre-written beforehand and is instead recorded on the fly, and no visual edits of any kind are made during the gameplay (unless noted), though some content is bleeped out for younger audiences. He does try to retain some aspect of his original project by talking about facts and strategies for different parts of games as he comes to them.
Season two has been announced, and the games covered during this season will be Strong Bad's Cool Game For Attractive People for the Wii, Mega Man X: Command Mission for the GameCube, and a series of NES games under the collective name "Ultimate Let's Play Quickies." He plans to start these games in the summer of 2013.
One of his most popular works was the Ultimate Mega Man Gauntlet Challenge, where he defeated all the robot masters of Mega Man 1-6 without taking damage. It also gained some infamy when he used the Select Button glitch to defeat Fire Man. He would follow that up with The Ultimate X-Buster Challenge, to modest, though lesser success.
He has also posted several gameplay videos, which either simply demo some aspects of a game or show off an amazing feat. Despite being a mere gameplay video with no special gimmicks, on June 28, 2012, The Ultimate Gamer Plays Pac-Man became his first video to eclipse the 100,000-view mark.
He also created a project called Pokemon EV Training 101, a 12-minute instructional video on the EV training concept of the Pokemon series. It currently stands as his 26th most-watched video, gaining almost 6,000 hits since its debut.
He has directed one music video in 2008. It was a tribute to 20 years of Mega Man and uses footage from Mega Man 1 through 6. It is currently ranked in his top 50 most watched videos.
The Ultimate Gamer Goes To Phoenix Comicon 2012, where he captured a day in the yearly event and featured well-known nerdcore musicians Snubby J, Mega Ran, and the Minibosses. A sequel is planned for 2013.
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of Mega Man, he uploaded The Ultimate Mega Man Marathon, a complete gameplay of the original six Mega Man games, on December 17, 2012. It is, at five hours, 45 minutes, and five seconds, his longest single video to date.
He uploaded his first unboxing video on April 22, 2013.
Top Ten Videos
As of April 23, 2013
1. The Ultimate Gamer Plays Pac-Man (116,533 hits)
2. The Ultimate Gamer Plays Skate or Die (61,455 hits)
3. The Ultimate Gamer Plays Worms Armageddon (39,101 hits)
Was born July 24, 1985 in Summit, New Jersey, and currently resides in Glendale, Arizona.
Has a library of over 200 video games spanning several eras.
His favorite video game series is Mega Man.
He has been a gamer since 1990.
The first four NES games he owned were Super Mario Bros., Snake Rattle n Roll, 720 Degrees, and Mickey Mousecapade.
He owns the NES, SNES, Nintendo 64, GBA, DS, 3DS, GameCube, PlayStation 1 and 2, and Wii consoles.
He uses the NES Advantage Joystick for NES games.
He has a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science from Elizabethtown College, Class of 2007.
He is partially fluent in Spanish.
Aside from video games, he enjoys playing music (he is a multi-instrumentalist), pro wrestling, writing, gambling, and fishing.
He is a die-hard Arizona, New York and New Jersey sports fan.
He currently drives a white 2009 Ford Focus.
All Ultimate Gamer's Guides were made with Windows Movie Maker except for editions #16-20, which were made with Camtasia Studio.
He most-watched guide is his Advance Wars guide, with eight of the episodes ranked in his top 25 most watched videos. Episode 10 of this guide is currently his most watched Ultimate Gamer's Guide video of all time, with over 33,000 hits.
He has amassed a cult following of over 1,300 subscribers, and his 800+ video archive has reached over 1.07 million overall hits.
On May 2, 2012, his channel eclipsed 100,000 views.
On July 3, 2012, his videos reached a combined one million views.
He considers Ultimate Gamer's Guide #15: Super Mario Bros. 3 to be his personal favorite.
He uses the emulators include FCE Ultra, SNES9x, Visual Boy Advance, and DesMuMe.
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