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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  • @theriverhudson4005
    @theriverhudson4005 6 років тому +9922

    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 5 років тому +166

      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 5 років тому +109

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

    • @teodororeyna6614
      @teodororeyna6614 5 років тому +62

      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 +36

      Yes, then my history is nothing but AVGN

    • @rydermccall3590
      @rydermccall3590 5 років тому +62

      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.

  • @michaelvanslyke5289
    @michaelvanslyke5289 4 роки тому +5684

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

    • @gracefuldice1956
      @gracefuldice1956 4 роки тому +663

      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 +298

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

    • @christianbethel
      @christianbethel 4 роки тому +70

      RIP.

    • @PaganShagger
      @PaganShagger 4 роки тому +261

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

    • @bappojujubes981
      @bappojujubes981 4 роки тому +103

      Every way with this game is the hard way

  • @ProtoMario
    @ProtoMario 3 роки тому +3495

    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 +47

      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.

  • @JWStreeter
    @JWStreeter 2 роки тому +888

    "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 +18

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

    • @PC_Simo
      @PC_Simo 2 роки тому +41

      @@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 +44

      COURAGEOUR is what the game spelled

    • @HermaphroGynandro
      @HermaphroGynandro 2 роки тому +34

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

  • @TheHero136
    @TheHero136 4 роки тому +4167

    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 +297

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

    • @deoclasher88
      @deoclasher88 4 роки тому +521

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

    • @LouJNT
      @LouJNT 4 роки тому +119

      Don't forget Batman

    • @theunknownyoutuber8334
      @theunknownyoutuber8334 4 роки тому +192

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

    • @thelovebat
      @thelovebat 4 роки тому +65

      @@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.

  • @connorscanlan1736
    @connorscanlan1736 5 років тому +3805

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

    • @danielbueno8474
      @danielbueno8474 5 років тому +64

      ikr? XD

    • @b1tchb4by3
      @b1tchb4by3 5 років тому +242

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

    • @thetravellingmemesalesman9719
      @thetravellingmemesalesman9719 4 роки тому +124

      @Paul Tincher okay than boomer

    • @sandakureva
      @sandakureva 4 роки тому +85

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

    • @L337playing
      @L337playing 4 роки тому +53

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

  • @whatsthisidonteven
    @whatsthisidonteven 3 роки тому +3856

    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 +171

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

    • @watzup9294
      @watzup9294 3 роки тому +26

      @@CyberLink70 it's coming to other platforms

    • @CyberLink70
      @CyberLink70 3 роки тому +11

      @@watzup9294 Ah, nice.

    • @amberdeyuliis7886
      @amberdeyuliis7886 3 роки тому +9

      Wait really!?

  • @slashingkatie7872
    @slashingkatie7872 3 роки тому +508

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

  • @theoneitself
    @theoneitself 4 роки тому +2479

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

  • @oldfashionedguy1368
    @oldfashionedguy1368 5 років тому +967

    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 +745

    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 +53

      @@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 2 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 +7

      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.

  • @alessioceola6269
    @alessioceola6269 3 роки тому +296

    Now everyone Is gonna get the knife in HD

    • @robd1329
      @robd1329 2 роки тому

      ....GET THE KNIFEEEEE!!! LOL

  • @frankyramone
    @frankyramone 4 роки тому +1762

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

    • @rightfulfuture4
      @rightfulfuture4 3 роки тому +39

      I think his kid might have drawn it

    • @Tarkus_H
      @Tarkus_H 3 роки тому +37

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

    • @vibrii
      @vibrii 3 роки тому +66

      @@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

  • @Teabone3
    @Teabone3 4 роки тому +3444

    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 +31

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

    • @alexphillips7121
      @alexphillips7121 4 роки тому +1

      FAAAAAAAAACTS!!!!! LoL

  • @radioactiveoven296
    @radioactiveoven296 9 місяців тому +145

    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

  • @MediaManPower
    @MediaManPower 2 роки тому +41

    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.

  • @coffinsmoke1385
    @coffinsmoke1385 3 роки тому +1864

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

  • @johnt.campbell316
    @johnt.campbell316 4 роки тому +1549

    "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 +47

      Considering he likes slayer

    • @YungDebuff
      @YungDebuff 2 роки тому +7

      @@banzaikamikaze44 Quarters for the criminally insane

  • @Grahamster00
    @Grahamster00 7 місяців тому +32

    I still come back every year to watch this gem.

  • @vallore.arcana
    @vallore.arcana 3 роки тому +85

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

    • @1xWertzui
      @1xWertzui 2 роки тому +1

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

    • @1xWertzui
      @1xWertzui 2 роки тому +3

      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?

  • @Decenium
    @Decenium 8 років тому +385

    "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 7 років тому +9

      +Rotting Basket stop body shaming u twig

  • @eggboi2345
    @eggboi2345 6 років тому +365

    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 +86

      That's so fucked.

    • @davedixon2167
      @davedixon2167 5 років тому +61

      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 Рік тому +1

      you need the stage select

  • @jdraines
    @jdraines 3 роки тому +199

    Ghosts n Goblins Resurrection announced for Switch!

    • @Pataponaddict
      @Pataponaddict 3 роки тому +5

      It is out

    • @ikelldagay1801
      @ikelldagay1801 3 роки тому +10

      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!

  • @cathycatsville67
    @cathycatsville67 3 роки тому +144

    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

  • @FightMeRLG
    @FightMeRLG 8 років тому +3164

    "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.

  • @QShaque
    @QShaque 7 років тому +737

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

  • @Wahl95
    @Wahl95 3 роки тому +21

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

  • @samichopthechimrea8477
    @samichopthechimrea8477 3 роки тому +42

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

  • @ValensBellator
    @ValensBellator 4 роки тому +333

    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 +21

      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 2 роки тому +3

      Where Dark Souls found the inspiration to do that.

    • @Minnevan
      @Minnevan 2 роки тому

      @@AstroTibs Draculas bachelor pad

  • @papyrustheskeleton7154
    @papyrustheskeleton7154 7 років тому +1886

    "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 5 років тому +14

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

    • @bartek8309
      @bartek8309 5 років тому +4

      @Papyrus
      Oh myyyyyyyy

    • @jemmanuel7914
      @jemmanuel7914 5 років тому +2

      Papyrus the Skeleton all hail

  • @rikustorm13
    @rikustorm13 3 роки тому +25

    And now Ghosts N Goblins is back...

  • @kaimorris2970
    @kaimorris2970 3 роки тому +87

    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 Рік 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.

  • @JustANormalManungsa
    @JustANormalManungsa 6 років тому +279

    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

  • @halonothing1
    @halonothing1 7 років тому +365

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

  • @michaelgirtain9043
    @michaelgirtain9043 2 роки тому +39

    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....

  • @take496car8
    @take496car8 4 роки тому +975

    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 +76

      @@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.

  • @noima13
    @noima13 6 років тому +1162

    Gongraduration, you watched the entire bideo

    • @AAFcommander
      @AAFcommander 5 років тому +82

      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!

  • @clevertree
    @clevertree 3 роки тому +84

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

  • @tapests
    @tapests 2 роки тому +12

    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.

  • @FaceUnreality
    @FaceUnreality 8 років тому +2832

    The original Dark Souls.

    • @Sam-oq7rb
      @Sam-oq7rb 8 років тому +88

      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

  • @youcannowplayasluigi3698
    @youcannowplayasluigi3698 4 роки тому +406

    I love how devoted this man is to his fans

  • @RIan-vk6dh
    @RIan-vk6dh 3 роки тому +47

    Here after the remake announcement. Get the knife!

  • @Hunter-zb5wl
    @Hunter-zb5wl 3 роки тому +104

    Anyone revisiting after dunkeys g&g vid🤣

  • @NathanielBandy
    @NathanielBandy 9 років тому +1151

    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)

  • @zibane6246
    @zibane6246 6 років тому +288

    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.

  • @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

  • @zincarnate5827
    @zincarnate5827 7 років тому +743

    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 +20

      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!!!!!!!! 😨😲😡😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠

  • @alexanderstilianov
    @alexanderstilianov 8 років тому +91

    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 +20

    4:32 you are here for this

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

    Here after ghosts and goblins resurrection got announced

  • @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 +59

      you're winner

    • @theelementalphoenix5549
      @theelementalphoenix5549 7 років тому +6

      I actually beat this game too not jokeing

  • @activereplayar497
    @activereplayar497 9 років тому +32

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

    • @IAmAnAdmin
      @IAmAnAdmin 9 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

  • @kylereynolds9534
    @kylereynolds9534 7 місяців тому +5

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

  • @amunago080
    @amunago080 3 роки тому +15

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

  • @arthursheldon9400
    @arthursheldon9400 5 років тому +1131

    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?

  • @demonhunter635
    @demonhunter635 9 років тому +428

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

    • @211Appolo
      @211Appolo 8 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 6 років тому +1

      Crapcom

  • @pokekiller787x
    @pokekiller787x 3 роки тому +20

    This is definitely one of my favorite AVGN episodes.

  • @goobienoob3589
    @goobienoob3589 3 роки тому +7

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

  • @720TeenGamer
    @720TeenGamer 7 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

  • @soiboi96
    @soiboi96 5 років тому +494

    "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

  • @Wileman2007
    @Wileman2007 Рік тому +5

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

  • @nesisanesessity9944
    @nesisanesessity9944 Рік тому +7

    14:49 is pure gold

  • @lisvender
    @lisvender 7 років тому +278

    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 5 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.

  • @TeslaChad
    @TeslaChad 6 років тому +1192

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

    • @AxelAlexK
      @AxelAlexK 6 років тому +54

      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

  • @moondro6064
    @moondro6064 3 роки тому +52

    Anyone came back here after seeing Dunkey's video?

  • @Titan717
    @Titan717 3 роки тому +22

    Dunky brought me back here. Love the nostalgia. We all are getting old.

  • @Ryu1ify
    @Ryu1ify 7 років тому +1712

    CONGRATURATION
    THIS STORY IS HAPPY END
    THANK YOU

  • @mrmanpersonguy5812
    @mrmanpersonguy5812 9 років тому +95

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

  • @Postnghost1234
    @Postnghost1234 8 місяців тому +7

    10 years later, still holds up

  • @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.

  • @blightedgrounds
    @blightedgrounds 8 місяців тому +7

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

  • @xenogenesis9635
    @xenogenesis9635 4 роки тому +400

    "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.

  • @TheDarkhounds
    @TheDarkhounds 4 роки тому +268

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

  • @keithws2779
    @keithws2779 Рік тому +8

    I think that's the best AVGN ending ever

  • @Dontbeafraid2
    @Dontbeafraid2 2 роки тому +10

    These older avgn vids are gold

  • @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 3 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.

  • @thedick009
    @thedick009 8 років тому +674

    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!

  • @mr.universe1991
    @mr.universe1991 7 місяців тому +3

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

  • @PhuryousOne
    @PhuryousOne 3 роки тому +10

    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

  • @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 11 місяців тому

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

  • @SimonB.
    @SimonB. 6 років тому +385

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

    • @tokenblack7983
      @tokenblack7983 5 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!

  • @SN1987B
    @SN1987B 10 місяців тому +2

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

  • @joncrall4628
    @joncrall4628 Рік тому +3

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

  • @GustavoSantos-ep5jx
    @GustavoSantos-ep5jx 7 років тому +148

    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 5 років тому

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

  • @thinkstump
    @thinkstump 8 років тому +96

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

  • @dirtydan9636
    @dirtydan9636 3 роки тому +15

    Petition to make avgn to play ghosts and goblins resurrection

  • @reaperthegodofgames7538
    @reaperthegodofgames7538 3 роки тому +46

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

  • @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.

  • @ifire1956
    @ifire1956 10 років тому +27

    14:39 dat face xD

  • @BootCampSpecimen
    @BootCampSpecimen 4 місяці тому +1

    “Congraturation” had me dying. I had to hit pause and laugh into my pillow.

  • @MattSayYay
    @MattSayYay 9 місяців тому +1

    11:58 - I love the confusion by the nerd when he sees the second Satan

  • @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 7 років тому +3

      DR JEKKLE AND MR HYYYYYYDDDEEE! 😲

    • @Lnblackberry48
      @Lnblackberry48 7 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 7 років тому +3

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

  • @lotsoflogos
    @lotsoflogos 6 років тому +288

    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!!!!

  • @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.

  • @lumpyroc
    @lumpyroc 3 роки тому +6

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

  • @Ghost_Of_SAS
    @Ghost_Of_SAS 10 років тому +373

    "The idea of a game lasting more than 5 minutes was beyond my comprehension"
    *And then Metal Gear Solid Ground Zeroes happened*

    • @shixiongzhi
      @shixiongzhi 10 років тому +7

      well,i beat MGS5GZ up about 30min,unlike other demo,this fuckin spend me ¥200(HK ver)

    • @Ghost_Of_SAS
      @Ghost_Of_SAS 10 років тому +32

      tomato shi
      At least the 60 dollar Metal Gear Solid 2 demo came with a free game back in 2001 (Zone of the Enders)

    • @Ars-Nova258
      @Ars-Nova258 10 років тому +2

      You clever dog! XD

    • @calvinanderson4245
      @calvinanderson4245 10 років тому +8

      Don't you mean "And then Gone Home happened"?

    • @Nbdestryer
      @Nbdestryer 10 років тому +1

      I wonder if they were inspired by Action 52 when they made GZ. Instead of 52 shit games, they made one short but really good game.

  • @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?

  • @stephensteele2844
    @stephensteele2844 3 місяці тому +2

    36 years later I watch man I’m old

  • @CasualKing21
    @CasualKing21 3 роки тому +14

    Lol so who's here after the Nintendo Direct saying this game is coming to Switch?