@jocaguz18 Kaiba wouldn't change his name I'd get in character,but then we wouldn't have this conversation A Virtual Hydlide in real VR would be advertised though
I played through it once, and I wish theending isnt so cryptic and u can mess up everything cuz u can save everywhere, even after beating the game, which would force me to restart everything in that game cuz of it :/ But otherwise? Solid game, cute graphics, the OST was cool and the progression there was dealable!
@@streeTkiDwannaBe Hydlide is a 40 year old game that predates even the NA release of the NES. Without it games like Zelda and the Y series wouldn't even exist. Hydlide is a big part of the reason ARPGs as a genre exist as they do today. People don't seem to understand just how ancient this game is. It was released in 1984 and predates even the first Dragon Warrior. The reason it has such a bad reputation in the west is it was released half a decade later here, after many of the more advanced games it inspired were already on the market. Of course Hydlide is going to look awful you have already played the better games it paved the way for such as Zelda. I don't think people who weren't alive back then have any clue how vast a gap five years in video game development was back in the early days. To put it in perspective, Hydlide was developed and originally released in Japan back when, here in the west, all we had was Atari games. It is an Atari era game. Sure, it doesn't hold up well now, or even back in the late 80s when it was released in the west, but it does not change the fact it was an important groundbreaking game in its day. It is just so much older than most people realize.
Cheers to VladlustTV, the editing makes it feel like a real return to form. Jared, if you ever bring on someone else as your editor again, I hope you consider them!
@Greg's Retro Video Games & More No one picked anything. It was a fixed choice. If the number was reached, he'd play hydlide. We didn't pick the game to be there. Jared did.
Yes a friend, the one you call on a Friday night because everyone else is busy and you know you’re not going to have a good time with them but it’s better than staring at the walls and slowly slipping into madness. Plus you can get them to buy you a pizza.
The montage music, the highs, the lows!! It was magical. Never thought I could have so much fun watching a man torture himself for our pleasure. Thank you, Jared! You beautiful bastard!
I wonder if the "Secret Characters" are the Hidden Fairies. Devs may have been playing fast n loose with the translation... And gameplay... And story... And yeah....
Does anyone here know Fairune? It's more of a Puzzle RPG where you find items to use them to solve puzzles and "battle" monsters (actually just run over them) of your level or slightly higher to gain exp and be able to battle stronger monsters. This game also did the thing of the "Looping Toroid World", where you exit at the top/left and come out at the bottom/right and vice versa. Fairune is much more enjoyable than Hydlide, despite both games sharing some similarities. It also helps there are more maps to explore, not just an overworld and an underworld, but also an entire lava world, a tower with many levels and a large cloudworld.
30:04 I don't understand how you can be at MAXIMUM STRENGTH and you're still being chewed up like a piece of taffy by the enemies there. The scaling in this game is atrocious even for the time period.
I really hope he plays this one someday. Hydlide 2 is the ultimate Hydlide challenge, it's harder than Hydlide 1 and 3 combined, no joke. One of the hardest games I've ever beaten. The required amount of grinding is insane (again, much more than 1 and 3) and you always feel underpowered. Even after grinding to the maximum stats, most enemies may still kill you in a matter of seconds. It's even more cryptic than the other two games, not to mention you can basically softlock the game if you use some specific items in wrong places. The MSX version is available in English and it has some useful bugs (for example, when you start the game, before you buy any items or equipment, keep killing the ghoul enemies in the graveyard until one drops a black crystal, take it, enter the shop and try selling an item you don't have (from an empty inventory space) while holding the black crystal and you'll earn 30000 gold) but still hard as hell nonetheless, you'll need waaaay more than just 30000 gold to beat this game. The original PC-88 version seems to be a bit easier but it has no in-game music, although the graphics and gameplay are way better than the MSX one. It's probably the best version (well... "best" isn't probably the right word) but it's in Japanese only, and since it's a pain to emulate, he should just play the MSX one instead. But again, this game is absolutely unforgiving. I don't hate it though, but that's just because I love archaic computer games so I'm already used to most of the issues I've mentioned, so I ended up liking the Hydlide games. I would certainly hate them otherwise.
This was a lot of fun. So glad I and so many others in chat were with Jared in his endeavor to give helpful advice and encouragement. Like kill the rock. ;)
Jared!!!!! I think this was one of my favorite videos you’ve done. Your facial reactions with each “death count” equate to a “chefs kiss” for me. You made Hydelide entertaining (a feat for sure!) and i loved the adorable dance breakdown to the inescapable brain-imploding OST. And your video editor is amazing too. 😍
The MC being named Jim literally has the same energy as that one ProZD vine "You'll never save Prince Horace. I, King Dragon, will strike you down...Dennis."
I've actually wanted to play Hydlide since it's like the nasty granddad of Fairune. Hearing that enemies can eventually stop giving EXP has me more convinced it's Fairune's granddad.
Oh dear lordy this was so much better than seeing the whole thing live. Vlad, you give life to the actually-tormenting. Thanks! Poor Jared, when will he escape the black hole vortex of Hydlide? Not in 2020, that's for damn sure.
Before seeing Jerd play Hydlide, I never knew a game could require more than one montages to complete in a way less agonizing than entire-mouth-root-canal-level. When you stare into Hydlide... HydLiDE stAREs BaCk...
Hydlide has somehow mind controlled Jared. At least now he can say he's the top Hydlide streamer, especially if he does Space Memories and the 3D remake.
To be fair, the original version of this game was the birth of the overhead adventure genre, alongside Dragon Slayer. It had an unfortunately late release in the west, sure, but it's insanely impressive for what it is.
Ah yes the game with the most diverse soundtrack of all times. Forget Final Fantasy 14. Hydlide should be in the book of Guinness World Records for its soundtrack.
The funny thing is that this game sold very well in Japan, with 2 million copies sold. It’s when it came to America that all its criticisms came to light, especially with the later games. I just think it’s kind of funny how different a reception it got lmao
Man, the white text, death counter, and some of the special effects reminded me of Miss Editor. Like, to the point I thought she might have done this video specifically for some reason.
Enjoyed the video immensely and the editing was amusing ftmp, though I personally think the edits were a little too busy. Regardless of that however, very enjoyable watch.
I watched the full stream on twitch. This might be the most anxiety-driven experience of my entire life. All of the close calls, all of the Hydlide BS, the intense music and the complex leveling system will haunt me for the rest of my life. Never will Indiana Jones or Zelda be the same
To be fair, the Angry Video Game Nerd also did a video on Hydlide. That's where I first learned about it. So Jared's not the _only_ reason people care about Hydlide.
I think it was interesting hearing Jeremy Parish's take on this (He's been doing more critical reviews of the whole NES catalog since... 2014 I think?) Did you know that the whole combat system and everything was lifted from an entirely different game?
![Hydlide [STREAM ARCHIVE] │ ProJared Plays](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/mOramFcmu5g/mqdefault.jpg)
Jared should put "Top Hydlide Streamer" in his social media
"A smart man would continue to fight slimes."
A smart man wouldn't play Hydlide.
Though he had no choice sadly
@jocaguz18 From where i'm from a thousand dollars is enough to cover my expenses for TWO whole months
I'd even play virtual Hydlide for that much
You can see the life drain out of his eyes throughout the video
@jocaguz18 I'm legally changing my name to Jim,Jim the Knight
@jocaguz18 Kaiba wouldn't change his name
I'd get in character,but then we wouldn't have this conversation
A Virtual Hydlide in real VR would be advertised though
OK, this is taking the horror theme for October a little too far.
or not far enough............ he could have made this video much...much longer.
XD
He could have played virtual hydlide...
The idea of putting 80s style training montage music over the grinding bits is gold.
Agreed, any idea what it’s called? If anything?
Yeah. What's it called again?
The song is "neon training"
Pretty sure Jared has now willingly played through this game more times than everyone else in the world combined
I tried it. It’s not the worst game I played
@@kagaminate2923 Ah. I see you, too, have played E.T.
(Which also wasn't the worst game. It was terrible, yeah, but not the worst.)
few Speedrunners still have played it more, but that's not all that impressive.
It was a sub goal on Twitch, so Idk if "willing" is the right word.
@@Tacticslion Ah, I see you, too, have played Ride to Hell: Retribution
"Hidden characters" probably refers to the 3 fairies that are hidden around the game that you have to find.
True!
Jared: "I hate this! It is revolting!"
Hydlide: "More?"
Jared: "Please"
Nice Star Trek reference 😁👍
There's a spiritual successor to Hydlide, a series called Fairune... basically the same mechanics, but it's actually a GOOD game.
Fairune is dope! Fantastic series.
I played through it once, and I wish theending isnt so cryptic and u can mess up everything cuz u can save everywhere, even after beating the game, which would force me to restart everything in that game cuz of it :/
But otherwise? Solid game, cute graphics, the OST was cool and the progression there was dealable!
The Ys series, which was inspired by Hydlide but did it much better, is great too
@@streeTkiDwannaBe Hydlide is a 40 year old game that predates even the NA release of the NES. Without it games like Zelda and the Y series wouldn't even exist. Hydlide is a big part of the reason ARPGs as a genre exist as they do today. People don't seem to understand just how ancient this game is. It was released in 1984 and predates even the first Dragon Warrior.
The reason it has such a bad reputation in the west is it was released half a decade later here, after many of the more advanced games it inspired were already on the market. Of course Hydlide is going to look awful you have already played the better games it paved the way for such as Zelda.
I don't think people who weren't alive back then have any clue how vast a gap five years in video game development was back in the early days. To put it in perspective, Hydlide was developed and originally released in Japan back when, here in the west, all we had was Atari games. It is an Atari era game.
Sure, it doesn't hold up well now, or even back in the late 80s when it was released in the west, but it does not change the fact it was an important groundbreaking game in its day. It is just so much older than most people realize.
Cheers to VladlustTV, the editing makes it feel like a real return to form.
Jared, if you ever bring on someone else as your editor again, I hope you consider them!
Yeah, it's really good.
I'm from the future! Vlad is editing the gameplay channel now, but number muncher never made a comeback, sorry.
@@Tailstraw_xD Nooooooo! Well, one outta two ain't bad.
@@doslover Well, Number Muncher was just uploaded by Jared, twelve minutes ago.
@@Outside998 Sweet! Watching it now 🙂
"Y'all wanted this"
I wanted Pokemon TCG 2 but I am a patient man
That sure would be great.
Congrats you two.
And thus was his patience rewarded!
You can't blame chat for this one. You did put the option there, after all.
To quote Obi-wan: “You have done that yourself“.
@Greg's Retro Video Games & More No one picked anything. It was a fixed choice. If the number was reached, he'd play hydlide. We didn't pick the game to be there. Jared did.
Seeing this live was a treat. Hydlide itself was not.
The editing on this video was God-tier.
At this Hydlide is a long time friend. Not especially liked one, but a friend nonetheless.
Hydlide is no friend. It's an enemy a confused and stupid one but an enemy none the less.
Yes a friend, the one you call on a Friday night because everyone else is busy and you know you’re not going to have a good time with them but it’s better than staring at the walls and slowly slipping into madness. Plus you can get them to buy you a pizza.
no, it's Stockholm syndrome
Who else thinks Jared should recreate Jim the Knight in Daggerfall (Or some other RPG where you create your own character) and play as him?
In Daggerfall he'd need A LOT of Disadvantages on Jim to make it true to form lol.
Jim the Knight would be, like...the worst Imperial Battlemage ever.
Nobody.
Jim the knight d&d 5e build.
I want it.
@@remixtheidiot5771 Ask the guys at Door Monster, they've got builds for all sorts of stuff like if you wanted to play as Aang from ATLA, or Batman.
I can see why this took so long to come out, the effort did not go to waste.
Oh good, I was sad that I didn't have a chance to catch this.
"I'm amazing at Hydlide"
-ProJerd, 2020
You are an amazing Commenter!
“JIM. Jim the Knight. Jim the Knight doesn’t sound like a knight, sounds like a nerd.”
-AVGN Super Hydlide & Virtual Hydlide (Sega Genesis & Saturn)
This death counter reminds me of Miss Editor. T_T
Fs in the chat
F
She's not dead...
o7
Yeah,no one in the world is capable of slapping text on top of a video like she did
The montage music, the highs, the lows!! It was magical. Never thought I could have so much fun watching a man torture himself for our pleasure. Thank you, Jared! You beautiful bastard!
The secret characters have yet to be found... :-(
Wouldn't be much of a secret if we found them!
To unlock them you have to reprogram the game and add them.
@@Nicholas_Steel
Your just encouraging massochist Jared to figure out how to write code so he has an excuse to play Hydlide again
As another commenter mentioned, the hidden characters may be the 3 hidden fairies.
The pot that's not in the manual is the secret character.
I really like the editing in this one!
I wonder if the "Secret Characters" are the Hidden Fairies. Devs may have been playing fast n loose with the translation... And gameplay... And story... And yeah....
If you beat the entire game without dying, you can play as Indiana Jones.
Well it never specified secret _playable_ characters, after all. The hidden fairies are exactly what I thought that description was referring to.
Does anyone here know Fairune? It's more of a Puzzle RPG where you find items to use them to solve puzzles and "battle" monsters (actually just run over them) of your level or slightly higher to gain exp and be able to battle stronger monsters. This game also did the thing of the "Looping Toroid World", where you exit at the top/left and come out at the bottom/right and vice versa. Fairune is much more enjoyable than Hydlide, despite both games sharing some similarities. It also helps there are more maps to explore, not just an overworld and an underworld, but also an entire lava world, a tower with many levels and a large cloudworld.
@@Keshin4539 wha... DUDE! I'm no bot!
@@Keshin4539 I just thought Jared could play that one, so he could see a better version of a game with some similar design principles!
With how many playthrough Jared has done of this i think he secretly loves the game
Secretly he just can't get past how much that song slaps.
After all, he couldn't hold back his excitement at 4:00
It's like Johnny with 06. The Stockholm Syndrome has fully set in.
Loves yes however my interpretation of this love is that he loves his audience enough to suffer playing Hylide for our amusement.
Hydlide has got to be a nightmare for Jared at this point.
I enjoy the new editing. Will take some getting used to, but seems great so far!
The editing on this was by far the best I have ever seen on this channel. It worked so well! Whoever did this deserves a raise!
New editor, Jared? Show has that familiar coat of paint again, that really compliments your style.
Very very nice editing by the way! ;D
Respect for Jared putting himself through hell again ^^"
Jared and Hydlide is on par with AVGN and Dr. Jekyll and Mister Hyde. Just as entertaining as well. Keep up the content!
Why did this become one of my favorite videos Jared has done so quickly
His first playthough after coming back from his "break" is still one of my favorite videos
Every few years, Jared's like, "Hi there, Hydlide, it's me, ya boy."
30:04 I don't understand how you can be at MAXIMUM STRENGTH and you're still being chewed up like a piece of taffy by the enemies there. The scaling in this game is atrocious even for the time period.
Wish we could get all of Jared's Let's plays edited down like this! Awesome!! I don't have time to watch the 3 hour streams so this is perfect!!!
projared x vladlusttv is my otp
Gotta say... this game feels a lot better with 80's montage music.
@Fresh Burrito Wish I could help you with that, but I'm afraid I have no idea. :P
Hydlide II: Shine of Darkness is waiting for you.
I really hope he plays this one someday. Hydlide 2 is the ultimate Hydlide challenge, it's harder than Hydlide 1 and 3 combined, no joke. One of the hardest games I've ever beaten. The required amount of grinding is insane (again, much more than 1 and 3) and you always feel underpowered. Even after grinding to the maximum stats, most enemies may still kill you in a matter of seconds. It's even more cryptic than the other two games, not to mention you can basically softlock the game if you use some specific items in wrong places. The MSX version is available in English and it has some useful bugs (for example, when you start the game, before you buy any items or equipment, keep killing the ghoul enemies in the graveyard until one drops a black crystal, take it, enter the shop and try selling an item you don't have (from an empty inventory space) while holding the black crystal and you'll earn 30000 gold) but still hard as hell nonetheless, you'll need waaaay more than just 30000 gold to beat this game. The original PC-88 version seems to be a bit easier but it has no in-game music, although the graphics and gameplay are way better than the MSX one. It's probably the best version (well... "best" isn't probably the right word) but it's in Japanese only, and since it's a pain to emulate, he should just play the MSX one instead. But again, this game is absolutely unforgiving. I don't hate it though, but that's just because I love archaic computer games so I'm already used to most of the issues I've mentioned, so I ended up liking the Hydlide games. I would certainly hate them otherwise.
This was great! When he turned up the music I spit my drink out from laughing. Great editing.
I so wish I could have been to this live, this brings back a happy memory of last year
I will never grow tired of Jared's playthrough of this game
This was a lot of fun. So glad I and so many others in chat were with Jared in his endeavor to give helpful advice and encouragement.
Like kill the rock. ;)
22:46 Projared: What's that? You want the music cranked up??
Twitch chat: Louder, Joel, Louder.
Jared!!!!! I think this was one of my favorite videos you’ve done. Your facial reactions with each “death count” equate to a “chefs kiss” for me. You made Hydelide entertaining (a feat for sure!) and i loved the adorable dance breakdown to the inescapable brain-imploding OST. And your video editor is amazing too. 😍
The training music Projared uses is called Neon Training by Chris Logsdon for anyone who's curious.
I dont know what this game is, but it looks *fun*, and by Jared's reactions, it seems to be just that
Whoever is the editor, you made a great job :D
This would been better if he's playing Virtual Hydlide
You're the reason I have a sick love/hate thing going on with this game.
Not gonna lie, I love this editor
Great work, VladlustTV!
The editing on this is so on point
Well with this I have being present and watched the vods for 2019 and 2020 runs. Here is for 2021 run, hope it will be as amazing as this one.
"You guess what the Cross is for."
Converting enemies to Christianity?
Forcing others to forsake their deities before the Word of God?
I remember watching the vod for this here on UA-cam... It was quite entertaining
Bees be like: Welcome back.
Cheerfully: "See, look at all the stuff I got! I must be close to the end."
*Gives a look of complete despair.*
This is the best stream recap I've ever seen!! Mad props to the editor!!
The "What if I kill Jareds" eel killed me.
The MC being named Jim literally has the same energy as that one ProZD vine
"You'll never save Prince Horace. I, King Dragon, will strike you down...Dennis."
I've actually wanted to play Hydlide since it's like the nasty granddad of Fairune. Hearing that enemies can eventually stop giving EXP has me more convinced it's Fairune's granddad.
Im really loving Vlads editing style!
"What do I do if I wanna hear you but not the game? Too baaad." This is the best response XD
Oh dear lordy this was so much better than seeing the whole thing live. Vlad, you give life to the actually-tormenting. Thanks!
Poor Jared, when will he escape the black hole vortex of Hydlide? Not in 2020, that's for damn sure.
Please start doing more of these edited, abbreviated versions of your streams like this! This is awesome!!
I don't know who's doing the editing now but I am loving it
Now we wait for Super Hydlide.
12:10
Rewatched for my favorite one-off moment.
😂
10:44 is pretty good too.
Before seeing Jerd play Hydlide, I never knew a game could require more than one montages to complete in a way less agonizing than entire-mouth-root-canal-level.
When you stare into Hydlide... HydLiDE stAREs BaCk...
"Hidden characters" the fairy in the tree.
Jared, I know it's October, but you don't need to play games that are THIS scary, good lord man.
Hydlide has somehow mind controlled Jared. At least now he can say he's the top Hydlide streamer, especially if he does Space Memories and the 3D remake.
Awfully considerate of that dragon to just sit there and let you heal while you kill him
i can't imagine watching this live lol , thank you of the compilation and happy belated b-day jared ^^
"HI, I'm ProJared, and this is Hydlide 101."
To be fair, the original version of this game was the birth of the overhead adventure genre, alongside Dragon Slayer. It had an unfortunately late release in the west, sure, but it's insanely impressive for what it is.
The editing on this is so smooth :D
Your life goes up and your will to live goes down.
The true Hydlide experience!
Ah yes the game with the most diverse soundtrack of all times. Forget Final Fantasy 14. Hydlide should be in the book of Guinness World Records for its soundtrack.
What the manual didn't say was that the hotline was Schrodinger's number, it's simultaneous ringing and disconnected at the same time
"You say run" is a perfect song for Hydlide, because all your doing is running away from trees
*bees
This edition was genius xD
Hydlide becomes top tier game:
5:21 - 13:47 - 18:34 - 20:34
21:58 - 24:35 - 26:03 - 27:37
The best parts:
9:13 - 30:35 - 31:38
The rest is history. Jim the knight. Killed by bees. Two frames of animation
The funny thing is that this game sold very well in Japan, with 2 million copies sold. It’s when it came to America that all its criticisms came to light, especially with the later games. I just think it’s kind of funny how different a reception it got lmao
So Vlad has just always been an editing god.
I can't wait once Jared starts speedrunning Hydlide on a daily basis! :)
Man, the white text, death counter, and some of the special effects reminded me of Miss Editor. Like, to the point I thought she might have done this video specifically for some reason.
Enjoyed the video immensely and the editing was amusing ftmp, though I personally think the edits were a little too busy. Regardless of that however, very enjoyable watch.
next subathon is gonna have "play king's knight without game genie"
I watched the full stream on twitch. This might be the most anxiety-driven experience of my entire life. All of the close calls, all of the Hydlide BS, the intense music and the complex leveling system will haunt me for the rest of my life. Never will Indiana Jones or Zelda be the same
It always come back to this... Godspeed
Getting a Sword in the wisp cave implies that Jim didn’t have a sword before this point, which explains a lot.
Scott has Zip Lash
Avgn has Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
PBG has My Sims
Jared has Hydlide
The Varalys JoJo reference was easily the best part :) excellent video as always
Jesus, a dragon up against the pre-blue-shirt era Jerd.
To be fair, the Angry Video Game Nerd also did a video on Hydlide. That's where I first learned about it. So Jared's not the _only_ reason people care about Hydlide.
To think I was just watching your Hydlide videos today! Who would’ve though you’d revisit them!
I think it was interesting hearing Jeremy Parish's take on this (He's been doing more critical reviews of the whole NES catalog since... 2014 I think?)
Did you know that the whole combat system and everything was lifted from an entirely different game?
This is a lot more entertaining than regular twitch vods
Loved the edits came back thanks for the hard work and your suffering for laughs
again..
maybe watch a speedrun before they make you play the next one