Never played this back in the day but I did receive Bible Adventures on the NES from a grandparent. The Ark game on that cartridge is also crazy. You run around picking up animals by hand to toss into the Ark, monkeys in trees throw things at you. In a way it felt more blasphemous than a secular game like Mario.
I got this on gog and played it for maybe half an hour. Didn't touch it after but it was entirely worth it just due to its status as a legendary weird game. Like others have observed, it's actually a somewhat interesting take on a classic
Hahaha, what a coincidence, I played through Super 3D Noah's Ark through it's steam release a few weeks ago. I was genuinely surprised how... *not terrible* it actually was? Also there actually is a benefit to getting the Bible trivia questions correct. It will give you health and feed. If you're already full on both, the question scrolls don't work at all, you'll pass through them. Getting them wrong doesn't have any penalty though.
Edit: just watching this video for five minutes reminds me how GRATING that twang twang twang slingshot sound is. Jesus And what kind of megalomaniacal sicko do you have to be to have large images of yourself every 5 feet, or sorry, ever one and a half cubits Yeah the level design is obnoxious but i had assumed these were Wolf3D levels with only slight modification. Change the eagle banners with renderings of healthy fruits etc
Interesting thing that Steam/Gog version uses ECWolf source port for Wolf3D and the best thing is the dev behind that port actually gets the money from it.
If memory serves the ark was supposed to have extras of animals that were ok to eat according to God and the common enemies are all from that list I believe. I had this when I was a kid and own the GOG release but haven't installed it yet. Its definitely very weird but not a bad game IMO. Also the game has a map function if you're lost.
I actually did encounter this in a Christian bookstore but didn't buy it. I was able to figure out from the box that it was a Wolfenstein 3d clone, but something about the packaging looked off (probably the lack of Nintendo seals). Something about an FPS on a console was just utterly bizarre to me
I'm guessing Nintendo wouldn't have given Wisdom Tree a license even if they'd been willing to fork over the (substantial) fee. I think Nintendo of America still had their policy against explicit references to real-world religions, and while stuff did slip through every now and then, an entire game based on a biblical story would probably have been a bridge too far. Nintendo of Europe was much less sensitive and actually licensed a Noah's ark-themed platformer for the NES (published by Konami of all people), but even they might not have been keen on the quiz parts of Super 3-D Noah's Ark, which IMO can tip over into proselytizing. Wisdom Tree could've just removed the quiz component at no cost to the rest of the gameplay, but would they have really wanted to given that it was the only thing even remotely justifying the "educational" label?
I'm now so very disappointed that Civvie 11 didn't tackle this
Never played this back in the day but I did receive Bible Adventures on the NES from a grandparent.
The Ark game on that cartridge is also crazy. You run around picking up animals by hand to toss into the Ark, monkeys in trees throw things at you. In a way it felt more blasphemous than a secular game like Mario.
I got this on gog and played it for maybe half an hour. Didn't touch it after but it was entirely worth it just due to its status as a legendary weird game. Like others have observed, it's actually a somewhat interesting take on a classic
I downloaded this in a snes rom pack in like 1998
Hahaha, what a coincidence, I played through Super 3D Noah's Ark through it's steam release a few weeks ago. I was genuinely surprised how... *not terrible* it actually was?
Also there actually is a benefit to getting the Bible trivia questions correct. It will give you health and feed. If you're already full on both, the question scrolls don't work at all, you'll pass through them.
Getting them wrong doesn't have any penalty though.
I was expecting something much worse but honestly it feels like a kid version of Wolf - which works!
Edit: just watching this video for five minutes reminds me how GRATING that twang twang twang slingshot sound is. Jesus
And what kind of megalomaniacal sicko do you have to be to have large images of yourself every 5 feet, or sorry, ever one and a half cubits
Yeah the level design is obnoxious but i had assumed these were Wolf3D levels with only slight modification. Change the eagle banners with renderings of healthy fruits etc
Calling it now; this channel is about to blow up further, keep going pal! Love your work
Interesting thing that Steam/Gog version uses ECWolf source port for Wolf3D and the best thing is the dev behind that port actually gets the money from it.
If memory serves the ark was supposed to have extras of animals that were ok to eat according to God and the common enemies are all from that list I believe. I had this when I was a kid and own the GOG release but haven't installed it yet. Its definitely very weird but not a bad game IMO. Also the game has a map function if you're lost.
"Know your Bible, get ammunition." (sorry, "feed") is an interesting take.
One might even, in certain circles, call such a thing "based". ;)
I would kill to see a spiritual successor to this game with full 3D in the style of Quake or Half-Life
I streamed this game years ago and i remember after episode 3 i became not family friendly XD ( the difficulty ramps up to ludicrous levels)
You have the need. The Need to Feed!
As weird as it is, and it *is* weird, it's still functionally Wolfenstein 3D under the hood. And is, therefore, functionally still very playable.
ZMC's Brutal Wolfenstein 3D really fixed Wolfenstein's level design. Maybe Noah's Ark needs the same treatment.
Godlessness... Arks don't work that way!!😐
Honestly looks good
Ned Flanders approved!
I actually did encounter this in a Christian bookstore but didn't buy it. I was able to figure out from the box that it was a Wolfenstein 3d clone, but something about the packaging looked off (probably the lack of Nintendo seals). Something about an FPS on a console was just utterly bizarre to me
So who's job is it to clean up all the feces? And who's driving the ark while Noah is feeding 10,000 animals 😮
Noah runs really fast for an old man 😅
"Why are all these old men so jacked?"
Now, why Noah locked himself out of sections of his own ark is anyone's guess
I played it once. Never again. LOL
I'm guessing Nintendo wouldn't have given Wisdom Tree a license even if they'd been willing to fork over the (substantial) fee. I think Nintendo of America still had their policy against explicit references to real-world religions, and while stuff did slip through every now and then, an entire game based on a biblical story would probably have been a bridge too far. Nintendo of Europe was much less sensitive and actually licensed a Noah's ark-themed platformer for the NES (published by Konami of all people), but even they might not have been keen on the quiz parts of Super 3-D Noah's Ark, which IMO can tip over into proselytizing. Wisdom Tree could've just removed the quiz component at no cost to the rest of the gameplay, but would they have really wanted to given that it was the only thing even remotely justifying the "educational" label?
New PNGtuber images? Cool.
Just experimenting with different styles. I plan to use the old ones on the streams!
Streamed this once as an April Fool's joke. It's surprisingly not the worst thing ever.
@@thatradiogeek For what it is, it isn't bad at all.