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Ghosts N' Goblins (NES) - Angry Video Game Nerd (AVGN)

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  • Опубліковано 22 жов 2012
  • Ghosts N' Goblins is regarded as one of the more difficult games in the NES library. Ghosts N' Goblins allows the player to control a knight on a perilous journey to rescue the princess, battling zombies, ghouls and demons on the way. Follow the Nerd in this episode as he sacrifices his sanity to save the princess and to be able to say, "I beat Ghosts N' Goblins"!
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 15 тис.

  • @theriverhudson4005
    @theriverhudson4005 6 років тому +10164

    Anybody else watch 3 or 4 episodes as they're falling asleep at night? There's something kind of tranquil about James yelling at a 30 year old game.

    • @davidwarner9348
      @davidwarner9348 6 років тому +172

      Actually I do haha and avgn is awesome found it by mistake ages ago while looking for robocop 2 on nes and now bang I hum the theme tune :)

    • @voidremoved
      @voidremoved 6 років тому +111

      either this guy or Bob Ross... depends the mood I am in

    • @teodororeyna6614
      @teodororeyna6614 5 років тому +63

      I put it without video, like if it was a radio show haha, a lot of times I had done that

    • @Randomheart0
      @Randomheart0 5 років тому +37

      Yes, then my history is nothing but AVGN

    • @rydermccall3590
      @rydermccall3590 5 років тому +63

      It’s cause he exemplifies the anger & frustration we have for these games: There’s nothing more relieving to this type of rage than finding others who also feels our rage.

  • @TheHero136
    @TheHero136 5 років тому +4225

    You know something, James is actually a pretty damn good NES player and has a couple feats under his belt.
    As of now he has beaten
    Castlevania
    Castlevania II: Simon's Quest
    Famicom Transformers
    Legend of Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
    Street Fighter 2010
    Ghosts N' Goblins
    Frankenstein
    Predator
    I think people don't give him enough credit cause these are all pretty damn hard to beat.

    • @thegentlemanwiththemustach1087
      @thegentlemanwiththemustach1087 4 роки тому +301

      Ninja Gaiden is probably the only game he's never been able to beat

    • @deoclasher88
      @deoclasher88 4 роки тому +527

      Don't forget beating mega man 5 with a game breaking glitch on the final boss

    • @LouJNT
      @LouJNT 4 роки тому +123

      Don't forget Batman

    • @theunknownyoutuber8334
      @theunknownyoutuber8334 4 роки тому +196

      TheHero136 he also beat legend of Zelda ll: adventure of link with.. THE POWER GLOVE

    • @thelovebat
      @thelovebat 4 роки тому +67

      @@thegentlemanwiththemustach1087 In his Castlevania 3 review for his Castlevania episode he wasn't able to beat that. Longplays on UA-cam show how you're able to beat the final boss for that which James didn't pick up on when he tried beating it.

  • @ProtoMario
    @ProtoMario 3 роки тому +3533

    I was never able to beat this game as a kid, and honestly, after seeing this, I remember why now.

    • @saxshton
      @saxshton 3 роки тому +48

      If my mom saw this video, she would've said the same lol

    • @batcat2338
      @batcat2338 3 роки тому +7

      You are bot🤬

    • @saxshton
      @saxshton 3 роки тому +28

      @@batcat2338 no?

    • @sirninji5971
      @sirninji5971 3 роки тому +7

      @@batcat2338 Have you played the game?

    • @AyoGobi
      @AyoGobi 3 роки тому +5

      Lol I love randomly seeing your comments on the videos I be watching.

  • @whatsthisidonteven
    @whatsthisidonteven 3 роки тому +3934

    The new Ghosts N' Goblins game is out and "Get the Knife" is getting referenced left and right.
    AVGN, still the granddaddy of game reviewers.

    • @CyberLink70
      @CyberLink70 3 роки тому +21

      New?

    • @joshuamangnall
      @joshuamangnall 3 роки тому +176

      @@CyberLink70 They are rereleasing a new version of the game! I believe it is for the Switch!

    • @watzup9294
      @watzup9294 3 роки тому +28

      @@CyberLink70 it's coming to other platforms

    • @CyberLink70
      @CyberLink70 3 роки тому +11

      @@watzup9294 Ah, nice.

    • @amberdeyuliis7886
      @amberdeyuliis7886 3 роки тому +9

      Wait really!?

  • @michaelvanslyke5289
    @michaelvanslyke5289 4 роки тому +5786

    The shield theory is true. I figured that out the hard way.

    • @gracefuldice1956
      @gracefuldice1956 4 роки тому +674

      The hard way? The fact that you reached the last level means you had a ton of hard time already, so failing one extra time to learn about the shield doesn't make the experience any worse than it already is. :D

    • @scottiekunkle294
      @scottiekunkle294 4 роки тому +305

      Well at least I dont have to figure it out myself lol

    • @christianbethel
      @christianbethel 4 роки тому +71

      RIP.

    • @PaganShagger
      @PaganShagger 4 роки тому +268

      @@gracefuldice1956 Don't try and make him feel better, let him toil in despair and anger.

    • @bappojujubes981
      @bappojujubes981 4 роки тому +106

      Every way with this game is the hard way

  • @connorscanlan1736
    @connorscanlan1736 5 років тому +3881

    "You wanna pway 'Ghosseses an' Gawbwins'?"
    "I do! I do!"
    That was adorable.

    • @danielbueno8474
      @danielbueno8474 5 років тому +65

      ikr? XD

    • @b1tchb4by3
      @b1tchb4by3 5 років тому +246

      “And that’s one hell of a game to start with!”

    • @thetravellingmemesalesman9719
      @thetravellingmemesalesman9719 5 років тому +125

      @Paul Tincher okay than boomer

    • @sandakureva
      @sandakureva 5 років тому +86

      @Paul Tincher Get off soundcloud and talk to some actual kids...gramps.

    • @L337playing
      @L337playing 5 років тому +54

      @Paul Tincher I honestly doubt he was 3 years old in those clips.

  • @JWStreeter
    @JWStreeter 2 роки тому +979

    "CONGRATULATION. THIS STORY IS HAPPY END.
    BEING THE WISE AND COURAGEOUS KNIGHT THAT YOU ARE, YOU FEEL STRONGTH WELLING IN YOUR BODY.
    RETURN TO STARTING POINT. CHALLENGE AGAIN!"
    I can only imagine the frustration and disappointment felt by the .1% of people who beat this game.

    • @breakingames7772
      @breakingames7772 2 роки тому +5

      Russin attack was the same

    • @matthewjones9237
      @matthewjones9237 2 роки тому +19

      Technically, at that point, they still haven't beaten it yet 😂

    • @PC_Simo
      @PC_Simo 2 роки тому +45

      @@matthewjones9237 That’s the 2nd ending. How many times do you have to beat the game to *TRULY* beat it?

    • @RealGateGuardian
      @RealGateGuardian 2 роки тому +49

      COURAGEOUR is what the game spelled

    • @HermaphroGynandro
      @HermaphroGynandro 2 роки тому +37

      What percentage of people beat the original arcade game by putting in quarters endlessly?

  • @slashingkatie7872
    @slashingkatie7872 3 роки тому +521

    I’d love to see AVGN revisit this with “Ressurection”

  • @frankyramone
    @frankyramone 4 роки тому +1782

    I love how James went with the shittiest picture of a unicorn in the world.

    • @rightfulfuture4
      @rightfulfuture4 3 роки тому +40

      I think his kid might have drawn it

    • @Tarkus_H
      @Tarkus_H 3 роки тому +38

      @@rightfulfuture4 That's really wholesome, if that's the case.

    • @vibrii
      @vibrii 3 роки тому +67

      @@rightfulfuture4 the episode was released 8 years ago, so no.

    • @rightfulfuture4
      @rightfulfuture4 3 роки тому +3

      @@vibrii true, guess I have my times mixed up

    • @criminallyautistic8372
      @criminallyautistic8372 3 роки тому

      Where's the picture

  • @oldfashionedguy1368
    @oldfashionedguy1368 5 років тому +1004

    12:59 the nerd shouting angrily at the jack-o-lantern is a direct reference to the 1989 Batman movie in which Jack Nicholson's Joker shouts at one of the gargoyle statues, ''What are you laughing at!''

  • @_catulus
    @_catulus 3 роки тому +784

    Fun fact: the definition of the word “unicorn” was different in the Middle Ages. At that time, it basically meant any creature or animal with at least one horn.

    • @grylltheonion
      @grylltheonion 3 роки тому +18

      I'm just glad they changed it.

    • @criminallyautistic8372
      @criminallyautistic8372 3 роки тому +4

      Aaaaaaaaaand isn't that it today? Or was it originally not a horse?

    • @_catulus
      @_catulus 3 роки тому +57

      @@criminallyautistic8372 It was originally not a horse specifically, just any animal with at least one horn, so it was more of a categorization than a specific species; it could have described a Rhino, a Bull, etc.

    • @Krystalmyth
      @Krystalmyth 3 роки тому +9

      I mean the word uni (one) corn as in the roll of the horn (partially where corncob got its name I bet)

    • @merlith4650
      @merlith4650 2 роки тому +8

      And what are the sources for this "fun fact"? Because I can't find anything confirming that the word unicorn was used this way. And the horse-like unicorn myth is over a thousand years old referenced in biblical texts.
      You use rhinos as an example, but Europeans had little to no knowledge of African/indian rhinos in the middle-ages. Reports of African rhinos didn't spread through Europe until the 17th century. Where people falsely identified the animal to be the "unicorn" described in the ancient myths due to its vague similarities, and some still argue that ancient rhinos breeds might have had some influence on the myths origin.
      But we are still talking about the mythical creature "unicorn", and not some generalized category.

  • @MediaManPower
    @MediaManPower 2 роки тому +50

    I love how James narrates the ending text in a mixture of disbelief and honest lack of capacity of understanding the gibberish. Amazing acting.

    • @demonbre
      @demonbre Рік тому +1

      Acting?

    • @MediaManPower
      @MediaManPower Рік тому +3

      @@demonbre It's when you're pretending you are someone you're not and yet make it believable for an audience that watches your performance.

  • @theoneitself
    @theoneitself 5 років тому +2534

    "I beat two SATANS... In my underwear"
    The Angry Video Game Nerd

  • @Teabone3
    @Teabone3 5 років тому +3458

    AVGN's swear jar could cure world wide hunger.

    • @sandakureva
      @sandakureva 4 роки тому +193

      Ironically, he's pretty wholesome when he's not in character.

    • @-weegeeman
      @-weegeeman 4 роки тому +57

      Mix that with Dashie's swear jar and we got the universe.

    • @kevin2714
      @kevin2714 4 роки тому +35

      sandakureva makes sense if he gets rid of all his tension and frustration in character cursing up a storm.

    • @adity.atiwari
      @adity.atiwari 4 роки тому +30

      @@sandakureva not james rolfe's jar, the nerd's jar

    • @alexphillips7121
      @alexphillips7121 4 роки тому +1

      FAAAAAAAAACTS!!!!! LoL

  • @Grahamster00
    @Grahamster00 9 місяців тому +38

    I still come back every year to watch this gem.

  • @alessioceola6269
    @alessioceola6269 3 роки тому +306

    Now everyone Is gonna get the knife in HD

    • @robd1329
      @robd1329 2 роки тому

      ....GET THE KNIFEEEEE!!! LOL

  • @johnt.campbell316
    @johnt.campbell316 4 роки тому +1558

    "This is where shit gets criminally insane."
    That line is hilarious.

    • @andrejones3355
      @andrejones3355 4 роки тому +14

      *THIS GAME WAS BAT SHIT CRAZY HARD🤣👍*

    • @banzaikamikaze44
      @banzaikamikaze44 4 роки тому +48

      Considering he likes slayer

    • @YungDebuff
      @YungDebuff 2 роки тому +8

      @@banzaikamikaze44 Quarters for the criminally insane

  • @coffinsmoke1385
    @coffinsmoke1385 4 роки тому +1874

    I remember beating it and when it started over I went insane. I'm still in the mental hospital.

  • @vallore.arcana
    @vallore.arcana 3 роки тому +88

    Can't wait for AVGN's reaction when he sees that Ghosts and Goblins is getting remastered.

    • @1xWertzui
      @1xWertzui 3 роки тому +1

      I think he's gonna get a heart attack from the mere news of it.

    • @1xWertzui
      @1xWertzui 3 роки тому +4

      Now imagine a Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde HD remaster.

    • @masterninjamt6497
      @masterninjamt6497 2 роки тому +1

      @@1xWertzui Bennett Foddy: nyeheheheheheheheheheheheheeheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheh

    • @consumeproduct
      @consumeproduct 2 роки тому

      Its getting a what now?

  • @cathycatsville67
    @cathycatsville67 3 роки тому +147

    14:38 this is still one of the best faces james made during his whole AVGN career XD it always makes me laugh so hard XD

    • @TheHomieLew
      @TheHomieLew 2 роки тому +4

      Looks like Gus from Breaking Bad

    • @CasuallyShadow
      @CasuallyShadow 9 місяців тому +1

      SpongeBob *womp* sound

  • @eggboi2345
    @eggboi2345 7 років тому +378

    For those wondering, you do need the shield to beat the game. If you beat the two satans without the shield, arthur than goes through the door, then you get a message saying,"The weapon has not effect! Did you get the shield?"

    • @bappojujubes981
      @bappojujubes981 5 років тому +89

      That's so fucked.

    • @davedixon2167
      @davedixon2167 5 років тому +63

      That is some buuuuuullllllshit.

    • @towwong2822
      @towwong2822 5 років тому +5

      "MmmpfffAAAAAARGH FUCKING GAME"
      **throws cartridge against wall**

    • @JonesDylan874
      @JonesDylan874 2 роки тому +7

      And then you go back to LEVEL 5.

    • @knightrdrx
      @knightrdrx 2 роки тому +1

      you need the stage select

  • @Decenium
    @Decenium 8 років тому +396

    "wanna play ghostis and goblins?" "yes I do, I DO!" just so damn cute

    • @grizzlywhisker
      @grizzlywhisker 8 років тому +2

      +Decenium LOOK!

    • @rottingbasket3379
      @rottingbasket3379 8 років тому +30

      Those little fuckers are giving me diabetes.

    • @priest1091
      @priest1091 8 років тому +9

      +Rotting Basket stop body shaming u twig

  • @radioactiveoven296
    @radioactiveoven296 11 місяців тому +182

    My dad told me that when he was a kid he took ages to beat this game and when he finally beat it and saw the screen telling you to restart he just took the cartridge outside and threw it up into the air and watched it shatter on the pavement

  • @jdraines
    @jdraines 3 роки тому +203

    Ghosts n Goblins Resurrection announced for Switch!

    • @Pataponaddict
      @Pataponaddict 3 роки тому +5

      It is out

    • @ikelldagay1801
      @ikelldagay1801 3 роки тому +11

      It would be nice to see an AVGN episode as a "resurrection" of the remake

    • @Mr.guy24
      @Mr.guy24 3 роки тому

      Tourture on the go!

  • @take496car8
    @take496car8 5 років тому +978

    its been years since this vid was released and find myself keep coming back. i was born in 70s in japan and i was so glad that this guy, who is from so far made this vid that i feel connected to my childhood. great work.

    • @77zrod46
      @77zrod46 4 роки тому +3

      So have you bothered to try and beat the game several times in a row to see what happen??? No..., Than you are forbidden dummy....,!!!!

    • @NEETKitten
      @NEETKitten 4 роки тому +75

      @@77zrod46 What the actual fuck are you saying?

    • @marlonmontelhiggins8570
      @marlonmontelhiggins8570 4 роки тому +29

      @@77zrod46 - Fucking gatekeeper.

    • @dooplon5083
      @dooplon5083 3 роки тому +4

      @austin M Plenty of reasons actually, nostalgia, curiosity, it being a fun game that you like to come back to. That being said, I'm not entirely sure if I'd wanna return to ghosts and goblins myself and try to beat it, nostalgia or not

    • @grylltheonion
      @grylltheonion 3 роки тому +1

      @@dooplon5083 I've played it many of times and it is not that hard. I did use to watch my father play it when I was younger though. I love Super Ghouls 'N Ghosts more than Ghosts 'N Goblins.

  • @FightMeRLG
    @FightMeRLG 8 років тому +3166

    "You want to cut steak with a plastic spoon? No. Get the knife."

    • @CitizenKahne1992
      @CitizenKahne1992 6 років тому +70

      But steak tastes better when it's difficult.

    • @nonamebob8012
      @nonamebob8012 6 років тому +27

      I always grab it with my toes....mmmmhh uhhyeah delicious

    • @ChrisKunix
      @ChrisKunix 6 років тому +62

      Get the knife.
      Get the knife.
      Get the knife.

    • @ryinf
      @ryinf 6 років тому +8

      Yeah, he said that in the episode. Thanks for repeating it.

    • @handsomebrick
      @handsomebrick 6 років тому +7

      I just shove fistfuls of steak in my mouth with my hands.

  • @Wahl95
    @Wahl95 3 роки тому +23

    16:09 - one of my all-time FAVORITE AVGN moments. I love that scene!

  • @michaelgirtain9043
    @michaelgirtain9043 2 роки тому +40

    I know this video is older, but I always find myself coming back to it..it's probably my favorite..thanks for the years of entertainment james!

    • @defs8073
      @defs8073 Рік тому

      Always? Or do you mean often....

  • @QShaque
    @QShaque 7 років тому +741

    "You wanna play ghosteses and goblin " - Young Jimmy Rolfe.

  • @ValensBellator
    @ValensBellator 4 роки тому +336

    2:27
    Somehow I never noticed that you can actually see the castle you’re heading to on the mountain in the background right at the start of the game

    • @tschooptschoop
      @tschooptschoop 4 роки тому +22

      ValensBellator That's so awesome! :) Great find.

    • @AstroTibs
      @AstroTibs 4 роки тому +33

      There's something like that right before the Level 3 boss in Castlevania. The tower in the background is the clock tower with Dracula's condo jutting off.

    • @Krystalmyth
      @Krystalmyth 3 роки тому +3

      Where Dark Souls found the inspiration to do that.

    • @Minnevan
      @Minnevan 2 роки тому

      @@AstroTibs Draculas bachelor pad

    • @thema1998
      @thema1998 Місяць тому

      I never noticed that until now! 👀

  • @samichopthechimrea8477
    @samichopthechimrea8477 3 роки тому +44

    Who's here after the Mii Costume for Arthur is announced.

  • @kaimorris2970
    @kaimorris2970 3 роки тому +91

    Im suprised this game was actually able to be compressed . They were known for overly compressing game and considering how long the levels lasted it was pretty well done

    • @leroyvisiongames2294
      @leroyvisiongames2294 2 роки тому +5

      Ghosts n Goblins actually came out in the US in arcades before Super Mario Brothers did, so it got a lot of things right (such as having secrets, varied level settings, a sense of progress, and an end goal) seeing that it’s one of the earliest modern sidescrollers.

    • @eightcoins4401
      @eightcoins4401 Місяць тому

      Its actually a pretty bad port of the arcade game

  • @papyrustheskeleton7154
    @papyrustheskeleton7154 7 років тому +1891

    "I did it! I beat two Satans! In my underwear!"
    You scream this in a church, you're the boss

    • @Nitro_553
      @Nitro_553 6 років тому +36

      How does this have 300 likes and no comments? This is the best comment in here!

    • @tolovespunch
      @tolovespunch 6 років тому +6

      Epic as hell

    • @SkyScourgeGod
      @SkyScourgeGod 6 років тому +14

      I'm the 666th like... is this good or bad? :P

    • @bartek8309
      @bartek8309 6 років тому +4

      @Papyrus
      Oh myyyyyyyy

    • @jemmanuel7914
      @jemmanuel7914 6 років тому +2

      Papyrus the Skeleton all hail

  • @NathanielBandy
    @NathanielBandy 9 років тому +1156

    Me and a few friends made it to the last level and spent 2 days trying to beat it. We never did :(

    • @211Appolo
      @211Appolo 9 років тому +30

      You bunch of poor fucks.

    • @octaviogimenez5382
      @octaviogimenez5382 9 років тому +42

      Nathaniel Bandy I beat the game when i was 9, literally cried when i saw that ending, although i was happy that i had to replay the game with that "illusion" stuff

    • @211Appolo
      @211Appolo 9 років тому +26

      Octavio Gimenez 9? Man you were a crazy kid. Good job, I still can't beat it. Maybe because I don't have the patience and the fact that you have to start from the begining every time you play.

    • @SuperFromND
      @SuperFromND 9 років тому +8

      Nathaniel Bandy Hey Nathan!

    • @followthewizard359
      @followthewizard359 9 років тому +5

      Oh Nathan, HI! How lovely to see you here!
      (I briefly became a fan girl)

  • @tapests
    @tapests 2 роки тому +14

    11:08 I cant speak for the NES version, but it's no prank in the arcade version. I remember playing that version and I made it to the final boss without the shield and the game was like "NOPE!" and it sent me back to level 5.

  • @rikustorm13
    @rikustorm13 3 роки тому +27

    And now Ghosts N Goblins is back...

  • @Wistbacka
    @Wistbacka 8 років тому +1439

    But at least you beat the game. Congraturation!

    • @aidenhackley6099
      @aidenhackley6099 8 років тому +119

      No it's conglaturatoin!

    • @welme23
      @welme23 8 років тому +72

      Now go and rest our Nerd

    • @Aviii_
      @Aviii_ 8 років тому +16

      +Just my channel.
      >Now go and beat the game again
      FTFY

    • @mekenzis2114
      @mekenzis2114 8 років тому +58

      you're winner

    • @theelementalphoenix5549
      @theelementalphoenix5549 8 років тому +6

      I actually beat this game too not jokeing

  • @VoidHalo
    @VoidHalo 7 років тому +368

    "In the '80s these were the kind of brutal ass-games that kicked us into shape and heightened our senses."

  • @RIan-vk6dh
    @RIan-vk6dh 3 роки тому +48

    Here after the remake announcement. Get the knife!

  • @JustANormalManungsa
    @JustANormalManungsa 7 років тому +282

    ghost n goblins
    1.get the knife
    2.get the knife
    3.get the knife
    planet of the apes
    1.dont get the knife
    2.dont get the knife
    3.dont get the knife

  • @alexanderstilianov
    @alexanderstilianov 8 років тому +93

    9:41 "Then kill the dragon.
    He's an asshole anyway."
    One of the many reasons I fucking love the AVGN.

  • @SaikyoKoutei
    @SaikyoKoutei 3 роки тому +22

    4:32 you are here for this

  • @clevertree
    @clevertree 3 роки тому +86

    "In level 6 there's an ax.Wanna see what that does?.......I'm not getting it." - James Rolf early 2000's

  • @youcannowplayasluigi3698
    @youcannowplayasluigi3698 4 роки тому +405

    I love how devoted this man is to his fans

  • @zibane6246
    @zibane6246 6 років тому +292

    Lol, NES games were the definition of "Not the destination, but the journey".

  • @songoku9348
    @songoku9348 Рік тому +11

    This episode is 10 years old exactly today. Happy Halloween.

  • @pokekiller787x
    @pokekiller787x 3 роки тому +20

    This is definitely one of my favorite AVGN episodes.

  • @noima13
    @noima13 6 років тому +1164

    Gongraduration, you watched the entire bideo

    • @AAFcommander
      @AAFcommander 5 років тому +81

      My favorite is, "You feel strongth welling"

    • @DkViking1
      @DkViking1 5 років тому +4

      😂😂😂

    • @nathanm8792
      @nathanm8792 5 років тому +3

      hu?

    • @user-uj4os7pk2g
      @user-uj4os7pk2g 5 років тому +26

      You're winner !

    • @fL0p
      @fL0p 5 років тому +29

      @@user-uj4os7pk2g A winner is you!

  • @zincarnate5827
    @zincarnate5827 7 років тому +747

    those poor kids raging at call of duty online have no idea what true rage is

    • @Patrick_The_Pure
      @Patrick_The_Pure 5 років тому +21

      Kids think minecraft is difficult.

    • @rappingbeaniedog347
      @rappingbeaniedog347 5 років тому +9

      nah, I rage at Cuphead on Hard Mode. Sounds silly, but that game tears you apart sometimes.

    • @pluschy7886
      @pluschy7886 5 років тому

      RappingBeanieDog same lol it’s not that hard once you beat it a few times!

    • @kenc5999
      @kenc5999 5 років тому

      ZIncarnatE *souls gamers

    • @DavidWildmouth
      @DavidWildmouth 5 років тому +3

      "Rage" is beating The Legend Of Zelda, only to learn after all of your hard work, with or without using the map included with the game, you HAVE TO BEAT THE GOD DAMN FUCKING GAME ALL....OVER.....
      AGAIIIIIIIIINNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AAAHHHHHH!!!!!!!! 😨😲😡😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠

  • @Hunter-zb5wl
    @Hunter-zb5wl 3 роки тому +107

    Anyone revisiting after dunkeys g&g vid🤣

  • @GoldenDragonLord.
    @GoldenDragonLord. 3 роки тому +31

    Now that this is being remade AVGN is gonna have a field day

    • @FR_720g
      @FR_720g 3 роки тому +5

      Ey Better get the Knife Again

  • @Ryu1ify
    @Ryu1ify 8 років тому +1708

    CONGRATURATION
    THIS STORY IS HAPPY END
    THANK YOU

  • @lisvender
    @lisvender 8 років тому +279

    You can talk about all the funny swear words we've heard in the AVGN series, but "Come on, my mother throws bigger fireballs than that" still cracks me up more than any of them.

    • @RussellTeapot
      @RussellTeapot 7 років тому +31

      how about "this game is harder than fossilized triceratops turds"

    • @coxandrewj
      @coxandrewj 7 років тому +25

      lisvender "Ah fuck my uncle"

    • @romaindanze357
      @romaindanze357 6 років тому +1

      As Muscle Man would say "Ya know who throws bigger fireballs than that? My Mom!"

    • @MrJTMartinetc
      @MrJTMartinetc 6 років тому +1

      I read this comment exactly at the moment he said this in the video. Thank you for being a part of one of the most memorable moments of my life.

  • @blightedgrounds
    @blightedgrounds 10 місяців тому +8

    I say we sign a petition for AVGN to beat this only using the Flame as a weapon 😂

  • @kylereynolds9534
    @kylereynolds9534 9 місяців тому +5

    My favorite AVGN episode I cant believe its been 11 years already

  • @mrmanpersonguy5812
    @mrmanpersonguy5812 9 років тому +95

    "I beat two Satans!!!!... in my underwear!"
    - AVGN 2012.

  • @FaceUnreality
    @FaceUnreality 8 років тому +2841

    The original Dark Souls.

    • @Sam-oq7rb
      @Sam-oq7rb 8 років тому +89

      and much better

    • @FaceUnreality
      @FaceUnreality 8 років тому +25

      randomer#4962645 Well having played both, I love both games, though I never played Dark Souls 2 and 3.

    • @brodericksiz625
      @brodericksiz625 8 років тому +6

      +AlexRyanMOVIEREVIEWS! I agree. There are people who don't especially like it, but I do think it's pretty goddamn amazing

    • @scharlachnachtfalter1900
      @scharlachnachtfalter1900 8 років тому +127

      I would say Ghost N'Goblins is harder.

    • @theleanbusinessman5431
      @theleanbusinessman5431 8 років тому +18

      +Scharlach Nachtfalter - Yeah definitely

  • @gillespie2482
    @gillespie2482 2 роки тому +22

    I got the knife and beat the game. Thank you James! Although on last level you don't really have to farm it. Just use the javelin and then the shield and you're fine.

  • @PhuryousOne
    @PhuryousOne 3 роки тому +12

    Imagine your grandmother taking you to Toys'R'Us as a kid and basically giving you the keys to the video game section to pick out any game you want.... and you pick this one. lol

  • @lotsoflogos
    @lotsoflogos 6 років тому +289

    Damn! Today is the 30th anniversary of James getting his NES!

    • @crescentfreshbret
      @crescentfreshbret 5 років тому +7

      ThisIsLotso I, too received my NES 30 years ago. Christmas of 1988, so in two days, it will be exactly 30 years ago! And this year, I asked for the NES Classic Edition (which, coincidentally, includes Ghosts and Goblins), so it will be quite fitting if I receive it.

    • @otistebeats3958
      @otistebeats3958 5 років тому +5

      @@crescentfreshbret Hope you got that d:

    • @crescentfreshbret
      @crescentfreshbret 5 років тому +6

      absinthe .// I did!

    • @coydog7902
      @coydog7902 5 років тому

      crescentfreshbret
      Holy crap! Awesome!!!!

  • @TeslaChad
    @TeslaChad 6 років тому +1191

    Damn, the Nerd is totally right. This game is absolutely Mega Man mixed with Castlevania.

    • @AxelAlexK
      @AxelAlexK 6 років тому +53

      In design, yes. In terms of difficulty, not really. I find ghosts and goblins harder than castlevania 1. Castlevania doesn't get insanely difficult until the 2nd half. Ghosts is goblins is hard as crap starting at level 1. Also castlevania has a health bar. With ghosts and goblins you get 2 hits and you die.

    • @NotWendy3
      @NotWendy3 6 років тому +26

      Castlevania I also has Holy Water. It makes the game much easier, because it stuns enemies.

    • @chandlerkolberg8477
      @chandlerkolberg8477 6 років тому

      I think 3 is much harder than gng

    • @mlgboiz3340
      @mlgboiz3340 6 років тому

      mega mans run and gun gameplay and castlevannias stiff controls and mega man and castlevannias challenge

    • @burntoutidiot4669
      @burntoutidiot4669 6 років тому

      But worse

  • @amunago080
    @amunago080 3 роки тому +15

    Beat this game in the arcade, I'm still in debt.

  • @Wileman2007
    @Wileman2007 Рік тому +5

    Here we are again, watching this on Halloween like every year

  • @demonhunter635
    @demonhunter635 9 років тому +429

    "It's not bad, it's made by capcom so how could it?"
    Oh... How times have changed

    • @211Appolo
      @211Appolo 9 років тому +66

      XboxOne Universe Well their games aren't bad, it's just that they release 24 versions of one game and make you pay for stupid DLC.

    • @imthinkinwacky2859
      @imthinkinwacky2859 8 років тому +30

      +XboxOne Universe To be fair, Capcom has been getting their act together since 2014. They've been putting out genuinely good games and backtracking on their anti-consumer DLC models.

    • @Xenonfuji
      @Xenonfuji 7 років тому +5

      Sir Grim Locksmith VIII and Ace attorney

    • @herbcruz4697
      @herbcruz4697 7 років тому +3

      odoyoudo Because back then, Capcom was the ****.

    • @twilightlord9950
      @twilightlord9950 7 років тому +1

      Crapcom

  • @TheDarkhounds
    @TheDarkhounds 4 роки тому +271

    12:44 him doing the squealing ghosts kills me every time 😂😂😂

  • @SN1987B
    @SN1987B Рік тому +2

    Coming back to this after all these years, this is still one of my favorite vids.

  • @Novastar.SaberCombat
    @Novastar.SaberCombat 3 роки тому +5

    James, that ending is STILL so amazing. No idea how you remembered EVERY one of those acting / moment beats in one take. :) Bravo once again.

  • @SimonB.
    @SimonB. 6 років тому +386

    "I need to close this chapter of my life. The chapter ... of ... not beating Ghost'n Goblins"

    • @tokenblack7983
      @tokenblack7983 6 років тому +4

      +gurvmlk it's blaster master and rygar for me

    • @lenlimbo
      @lenlimbo 5 років тому +3

      I still have to close the chapter of not beating bubble and bobble rainbow island. The closest I got is when my game glitched and gave me infinite continues, and I managed to beat the dracula boss and reach... I think it was the sixth world.

    • @videomaker580
      @videomaker580 5 років тому +1

      @bill gates It took me 20 years, but I finally managed to beat that game on its original hardware

    • @curbydinobot8633
      @curbydinobot8633 5 років тому

      The only one I could beat waz super ghouls n ghosts, and that was after using the cheat code

    • @tarasybnios5356
      @tarasybnios5356 5 років тому

      Zelda Zelda.. for NES as we called it as kids with my best dude back then! Haha miss the Golden Age of Gaming!

  • @soiboi96
    @soiboi96 6 років тому +495

    "I also found a axe deep into level 6. Wanna know what that does? Well I'm not getting it."

    • @thebaronanative8289
      @thebaronanative8289 5 років тому +31

      IamKrabby what *did* it do?

    • @LaskyLabs
      @LaskyLabs 5 років тому +21

      Fucking tease.

    • @silentype3008
      @silentype3008 5 років тому +14

      @@thebaronanative8289 It did nothing.

    • @atlucas1
      @atlucas1 5 років тому +13

      Phenomenal

    • @Ilias24.
      @Ilias24. 5 років тому +5

      Get the knife!! And later the SHIELD

  • @goobienoob3589
    @goobienoob3589 3 роки тому +7

    I love how when he's excessively angry you can literally hear him squeezing the controller.

  • @JoseRivera-bt3zk
    @JoseRivera-bt3zk 3 роки тому +91

    Here after ghosts and goblins resurrection got announced

  • @arthursheldon9400
    @arthursheldon9400 5 років тому +1135

    Aaand six years later Nintendo decided to include it on its 'Nintendo Switch online' service to teach the current generation how to truly rage!

    • @SteveOdinson
      @SteveOdinson 5 років тому +17

      Yeah. Nice.

    • @34BigPete
      @34BigPete 5 років тому +35

      It's on the PSP as well. Along with it's two sequels.

    • @amateurprogrammer25
      @amateurprogrammer25 5 років тому +5

      FOURTH time!? That's it. I'm breaking out the tasbot.

    • @arthursheldon9400
      @arthursheldon9400 5 років тому +15

      @Jay M the video is from 2.012...

    • @arthursheldon9400
      @arthursheldon9400 5 років тому +24

      @Jay M I meant the video in question: the AVGN ep. about G&G... are you trolling?

  • @activereplayar497
    @activereplayar497 10 років тому +32

    15:51 You can hear AVGN bending the controller out of utter rage.

    • @IAmAnAdmin
      @IAmAnAdmin 10 років тому +11

      I...I watched it too...? I heard the same thing, but thank you?

    • @TaylorOnyx123
      @TaylorOnyx123 9 років тому +3

      I heard the crackling of pure rage as well. Is it wrong that it made me laugh?

    • @drgfromnyc
      @drgfromnyc 9 років тому

      I thought he got so mad he wanted to rip the controller in half

  • @101Volts
    @101Volts Рік тому +2

    13:02 --- As one who beat NES GnG *three times,* waiting for the knife to show up at the bottom of L6 can take 1 minute, *or it can take 15.* I've run out the timer while jumping and throwing lances to the left, near the left side of the screen. That seems to be the best place to knife-hunt (2 ghosts will appear one after the other around there,) but you have to be 4 or 5 floor blocks from the left for it to work right.
    Pun not intended, though.

  • @AnonYmous-wm6wq
    @AnonYmous-wm6wq Рік тому +1

    This series will go down in history as the greatest thing UA-cam has ever spawned. I can’t think of a single thing better, more creative, or memorable

  • @xenogenesis9635
    @xenogenesis9635 4 роки тому +401

    "We could have made the game 12 chapters, but instead you have to play it twice?!"
    Sounds like Diablo 3 to me.

    • @sertdemir7138
      @sertdemir7138 4 роки тому +11

      And Diablo 2 too...you know...

    • @connordervoncyberlifegesen8529
      @connordervoncyberlifegesen8529 4 роки тому +4

      And nier automato

    • @pachicore
      @pachicore 4 роки тому +11

      It's pretty common in arcade shmups. I think it's because they didn't have enough space to store more stages so they just repeat the stages and make them harder

    • @eifary9887
      @eifary9887 4 роки тому +6

      True gamers played Diablo 2 ages before D3's designers were even in puberty

    • @xenogenesis9635
      @xenogenesis9635 4 роки тому +40

      @@eifary9887 Being a true gamer has nothing to do with age.
      What you said is called being arrogant and confused.
      Also you can be a gamer and not give a single crap about any game Blizzard ever published, just saying.

  • @720TeenGamer
    @720TeenGamer 8 років тому +47

    If anyone is wondering, if you don't get the shield, you can't fight the final boss, when you beat both Satans, you get a screen that says "THIS WEAPON HAS NOT EFFECT... TRY AGAIN !! GET A (shield)" and sends you back to level 5

  • @damiennichols4628
    @damiennichols4628 5 місяців тому +3

    They set this up KNOWING the flame was a terrible weapon.

  • @キラキラくりくり頭
    @キラキラくりくり頭 Рік тому +8

    I think that's the best AVGN ending ever

  • @thinkstump
    @thinkstump 8 років тому +95

    This is one of AVGN's better episodes. I like the in-depth, FULL gameplay-reviews of oldschool games. Very entertaining.

  • @Postnghost1234
    @Postnghost1234 11 місяців тому +7

    10 years later, still holds up

  • @thedick009
    @thedick009 8 років тому +675

    Should I get the knife tho?

    • @filopride619
      @filopride619 8 років тому +103

      Nah get the fireball

    • @jackofalltrades417
      @jackofalltrades417 8 років тому +5

      +jude m he said it sucks

    • @sexytime3589
      @sexytime3589 8 років тому +30

      didnt u see rules 1,2 and 3? he said to get the ax

    • @Evanlizardo
      @Evanlizardo 8 років тому +1

      +John Pasiecki no knife! get the dagger

    • @Turel4k
      @Turel4k 8 років тому

      +evan lizardo Daggers* Plural form. You don't have only one, because you will loose him after thrown him. There are many of daggers, you throw those all the time!

  • @joncrall4628
    @joncrall4628 Рік тому +3

    The arcade was just impossible. Either that or i just never had strongth welling in my body

  • @reaperthegodofgames7538
    @reaperthegodofgames7538 3 роки тому +46

    "It's one of the most difficult games in nes library"
    Takeshi's Challenge: Hold my beer.

  • @sonicmario64
    @sonicmario64 5 років тому +128

    After being able to play the "Ghosts 'N Goblins" series again recently for Halloween, here is the best strategy for playing through each game that I've played thanks to James:
    Ghosts 'N Goblins = Get the knife
    Ghouls 'N Ghosts = Get the knife
    Super Ghouls 'N Ghosts = Get the crossbow

    • @JaegerRukajarvi
      @JaegerRukajarvi 5 років тому +5

      The crossbow and the dagger in Super G n' G are the best, hands down. Anything else is suicide.

    • @JACK101Star
      @JACK101Star 4 роки тому +1

      I beat the game with the reaper

    • @mackinshizzaveli4202
      @mackinshizzaveli4202 4 роки тому

      JACK101Star Z Scythe?

  • @afelias
    @afelias 5 років тому +158

    Man, imagine if James could read Japanese and realize that the Famicom Transformers had the same deal, where you needed to unlock Rodimus and then use him to truly beat the game.

    • @MabuseXX
      @MabuseXX 5 років тому +3

      afelias he is at it.......

    • @TheFieryWind99
      @TheFieryWind99 4 роки тому +2

      @spindletea Can't wait to watch him rip off lotsa Japanese kusoge soon!

    • @jayesper4390
      @jayesper4390 4 роки тому

      @@TheFieryWind99 Maka-Maka for one (if he would even do an RPG)!

    • @arthursnyder6935
      @arthursnyder6935 Рік тому

      ​@@jayesper4390he has done a Nerd video on an RPG (Earthbound for those that are asking what RPG game specifically)

  • @Dontbeafraid2
    @Dontbeafraid2 2 роки тому +10

    These older avgn vids are gold

  • @Tyler-hs9eu
    @Tyler-hs9eu Рік тому +5

    Wow, the game ending with the terrible english was just the most hilarious thing, what a reward for all that work

  • @SteadyEddie1983
    @SteadyEddie1983 8 років тому +326

    I love how he gets mad just by mentioning Dr Jeckyl and Mr. Hyde 😅😅😅

    • @foxhound5702
      @foxhound5702 8 років тому +18

      well it is a shitty enough game.... it makes me mad just by thinking about it

    • @DariusFrench6273
      @DariusFrench6273 8 років тому +7

      Same.....I can't help but laugh every time he brings up the name.

    • @cryingwithrage
      @cryingwithrage 8 років тому +3

      DR JEKKLE AND MR HYYYYYYDDDEEE! 😲

    • @Lnblackberry48
      @Lnblackberry48 8 років тому +1

      The game is so bad it's not even so bad it's good . It surpassed that badness so much that it went back to being baaad

    • @DariusFrench6273
      @DariusFrench6273 8 років тому +3

      NoelKreiss 132 Bottom line: One of the worst games of ALL TIME.

  • @saltysteambags4603
    @saltysteambags4603 4 роки тому +188

    “It made us into TIGERS!”
    I just hope it’s not the crappy Video Game Type

    • @darthduck7751
      @darthduck7751 4 роки тому +2

      Very underrated comment. Lmao.

    • @redatouati987
      @redatouati987 4 роки тому +2

      Ethier that or forshadowing to his tiger games video

    • @gengarzilla1685
      @gengarzilla1685 3 роки тому +2

      If nothing else, they'd be great when we're out of toilet paper.

  • @SuperSiIva
    @SuperSiIva Рік тому +2

    I know its late and maybe 'duh' but I learned something about the Red Devils. But if you approach a Red Devil and turn your back on it, it will come to the ground, then you can strike it

  • @lumpyroc
    @lumpyroc 3 роки тому +6

    14:17 is this a reference to Dawn of the dead? I feel like it is haha

  • @dylangoomda9574
    @dylangoomda9574 5 років тому +255

    "Ghostesus and Gobwins". So cute, Nerd. I honestly saw you becoming you with just those words.

    • @troywright359
      @troywright359 4 роки тому +20

      you saw him becoming a foul mouthed adult who dresses up as bugs bunnys and takes a dump on games?

    • @mememan3447
      @mememan3447 4 роки тому +15

      Troy Wright ACTUALLY, James didn’t dress up as Bugs Bunny.
      That was the real Bugs

    • @icanliveforever1243
      @icanliveforever1243 3 роки тому +2

      @@troywright359 You thought that was James beating up himself in a Bugs Bunny suit?

  • @GustavoSantos-ep5jx
    @GustavoSantos-ep5jx 8 років тому +149

    Do you guys feel strongeth welling in your bodies?

    • @locke103
      @locke103 6 років тому +4

      only when i scream out kaioken while banging my girl from behind.

    • @tadeuferreira4059
      @tadeuferreira4059 6 років тому

      After having beat the hella out of this game, yes!

  • @mr.universe1991
    @mr.universe1991 9 місяців тому +3

    Dont mind me, just goming back for my yearly watch of my favorite AVGN episode 😊

  • @dirtydan9636
    @dirtydan9636 3 роки тому +15

    Petition to make avgn to play ghosts and goblins resurrection

  • @Aristowi
    @Aristowi 9 років тому +15

    13:56 That feeling when you finally beat a damn hard NES game, watching him with that reaction makes me feel as if it was me. Ah the memories.

  • @warrenbrandt2572
    @warrenbrandt2572 7 років тому +108

    this was the only game my dad enjoyed playing on my commodore 64...I shit you not I had to leave the house with all the cursing going on.

    • @Loukoulos666
      @Loukoulos666 5 років тому +1

      You are clearly an ill educated idiot. Ghosts and Goblins was released on commodore 64 as well.

    • @Mushroom378
      @Mushroom378 5 років тому +1

      It was released on the C64. Wikipedia it.

    • @capitaoazulao
      @capitaoazulao 5 років тому

      LOL

  • @Lizzaroro
    @Lizzaroro 3 роки тому +5

    After finally beating the game myself, I can confirm that while I couldn't beat the Unicorn with the Shield, you can quickly sneak past him if you time it right.

  • @benlatin4406
    @benlatin4406 4 роки тому +2

    Its nice to see James come out victorious once in a while.