I did too. I specifically remember insisting that my parents come to my room so I could show it to them. My mom said, "Oh, that looks nice." My dad was impressed.
This game deserves to be discussed far more than it is. Watching walkthroughs is not something I usually do, but I'm feeling epic nostalgia vibes with this one. May I also say that you're really good! 💯
This game, Final Fantasy II (aka IV in Japan), and Super Castlevania IV were three games in the first year of the SNES's life that really showed the system was going to be special when it came to music and sound.
One of my all time faves. Manageable difficulty, fantastic music and graphics, and engaging gameplay. Can't ask for more, especially from such an early title on the SNES.
This was a favorite. I remember my good friend got this for Christmas, and he wasn’t limited to a tinny mono TV speaker as he had a sweet stereo in his bedroom under his TV. And boy did it sound glorious! This game truly sues have some of the best music on the SNES.
Whether you're looking for a progressive look at the portrayal of religion in games, a showcase of artistry, or just an all-round damned good game, ActRaiser is a winner.
"Sir Alex, in which direction do you wish the city to develop?" "Right alongside the currently erupting volcano if you could." "My lord! With all due deference to your majesty, we are already beset upon by hideous fiends! Might we be blessed by your aid?" "By my divine will it is granted! The gift of this earthquake will lay waste to thine dirty hovels that thou may re-build in a manner more pleasing to me."
I knew I was playing an epic with the music on the first level, then the smooth controls, and when the world building started I was blown away. What a great time of life! I loved when games were like this.
Just heard about Actraiser Renaissance & I knew Actraiser sounded familiar, then I looked it up and immediately had a flashback & wave of nostalgia. Remember those "Mode 7" effects. The Super Nintendo had such awesome sound processing for its time. These games still sound good considering how old they are & the hardware. Super Castlevania was another game that had an awesome soundtrack.
This was one of my favorite games growing up which no one I knew was privy to until I saw that others out there know and love it too. The music, the creativity, the story, everything…. *SUPERB* ! 👏🏻
I got this game as a rental from like pick n save or something back in the good old days, and it took me all of the way until now to find what game it was that i got, my friend and i have been searching for the name of this game forever :) It was so much fun back then
Holy shit this brings back memories. I'd completely forgotten about Actraiser, which is weird because I loved this game. Man, do I miss my childhood sometimes
1990 was still deep in the "video games are Anti-Family Values™ and anything that looks like D&D is Satanism" so having a game where you play as god would have thrown the idiot right wingers of the time into a frothing-mad frenzy.
This is one of my all-time favorite SNES games.. when I first got my SNES back in 91 I wanted a game that played like RASTAN and The ASTYANAX this game delivered. Beautiful graphics and beautiful music. Highly recommend this one.
Between this game, Super Mario World, Gradius 3, Street Fighter 2, Super Ghouls N Ghosts, Contra 3, Link To The Past, Super Mario Kart, F-Zero, Final Fantasy ll, Turtles In Time and Super Castlevania IV, the SNES first year of 1991-1992 might be the best first year of any console in the history of the video game industry.
ActRaiser was one of the early SNES games, drawing upon the success of side-scrolling platform action titles and the building model of Sim City. Released in late 1991. A modified version of this game was made for the Nintendo Super System arcade platform in early 1992, a few months after the SNES game was released. This arcade version featured only the action stages, similar to the Professional! mode in the retail version. Among other changes, the game had a different scoring system, and was much more difficult than the retail version: for example, contact with spikes is instantly fatal to the player like in the Japanese version, instead of merely causing loss of HP. Square Enix released a limited version of the game for mobile phones, published by Macrospace on September 1, 2004. It consists of the first three side-scrolling levels of the game, with the town-building portions completely omitted. ActRaiser also became available on the Wii's Virtual Console. It was released in Japan on March 20, 2007, in Europe on April 13, and in North America on May 28. As the game was published by Enix, Square Enix currently holds the rights to the Virtual Console edition.
OMG, when I read SquareEnix (Enix) history in Wikipedia, I saw ActRaiser as one of the Enix classic game, but didn't remember the game at all. Now that I just seen this from Nintendo Direct, the intro suddenly remind me of this game. I played this on NES collection game back when I was kid.
Man, I remember reading a review about this game in a Nintendo magazine decades ago, and one of the comments from the reviewer was about this game having no chance of ever being run on any other console. And now, here I am, playing it on an emulator on my PC. Amusement.
This game feels like a hidden gem, I only discovered it thanks to the internet. It looks like a brilliant blend of side-scrolling action, with top-down strategy. I want this game, it's just a shame it's rare (at least in the PAL region), therefore expensive, haha.
It amazes me how 2 companies like Square and Enix could produce such excellent games then merge together to make the most worthless crap ever put on optical media (FF13, Kingdom Hearts, etc.). It's like they only kept the worst parts of each company.
They've been turning things around the past few years, though. Between FF15, FF7 Remake, Dragon Quest XI, Adventures of Mana, translations for games like Trials of Mana and the Romancing Sagas... I think they've been doing pretty okay. But yeah, their last-gen stuff was definitely lacking. I did actually like the first Kingdom Hearts a lot, but I tapped out long before we ever got to Kingdom Hearts: Memory of Armored Pencil Birth 16.3 Remix - My Dream Piano Weeps HD Edition. I mean, for Christ's sake, what was all that? That story got so insanely overwrought that it made the girl-power thing from FFX2 seem logical by comparison.
I remember watching pictures of this game when the SNES was announced and going nutz over the colors and the size of that centaur enemy. It was the best of the best back then and still is.
The remake really changed up the citybuilding parts. It feels like there's a bit more waiting to get your energy up to do miracles, but the enemy flow is way more manageable between a better attack and the lower frequency (maybe this changes on hard mode? I'm on medium cause 3 lives sounded awful but I'll probably replay on hard) But also feels like less waiting for building they seem to build faster and I think it's cool that what they build helps you directly with the healing items and materials, and the tower defense style sections actually seem pretty cool and fill that more dangerous feeling that the original game had with constant monster attacks. That is to say, the basic building part feels less dangerous and both faster and slower paced at the same time while the forts and tower defense add more depth it seems like.
And to think that this game was made a bit before the time of "Genesis does what Ninten-Don't". This game easily beats the pants of most of the games Sega made back then.
I remember getting this game one Christmas and having a lot of fun with it. I remember the side scrolling bit and making a town, but I don't recall all these bats and monsters flying around the map. Weird!
As a sequel, I was pretty disappointed. As a standalone game, though, I really liked it. It was hard as hell and it reminded me a lot of Demon's Crest, so I really got into it once I got over the missing sim mode.
@@NintendoComplete It's true, I did play through it, it wasn't terrible as a game. I was very disappointed that they dropped the sim elements, and didn't expand them as I had hoped...
@@luciebureau6815 I have no idea. I think most people ask the same question. Iirc, its removal ended up being the biggest critic complaint about the sequel.
It's been a while since I played this game but isn't it preferable to use the Earthquake spell to destroy the houses since it only affects the lower leveled ones? Perhaps Lightning is cheaper? Edit: Ah I see. That Miracle/ Spell is expensive.
I always remember my mates never rated this game... I was hooked, fantastic blend of genres that I would happily still play today ..... ahhhhh nostalgia :)
When I was a kid my friend insisted I play his game, "Actraiser!" I was uninterested bcuz of the cover art and the Name. Fortunately, I gave in and played it and found this game was a jewel 👌 loved it. Hope they put it on the switch already. Nintendo is slacking big time!
My OCD compels me to tell you that there are more roads you can get the game to draw that you missed even after going through all the towns over again. End the town direction thing on a square missing crossroads and it should draw it in for you.
This is a very good game and one of the best SNES games I've played yet. One of the things that shocked me about it, though, was how dang easy it is. I'm not complaining though. It's a nice break from all the brutally challenging games of the era.
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I remember we all went nuts when the camera circled down towards the map. What computer power!
You mean.... NINTENDO POWER......heh heh
"We"? What, you got a mouse in yer pocket or somethin'?
I did too. I specifically remember insisting that my parents come to my room so I could show it to them. My mom said, "Oh, that looks nice." My dad was impressed.
@@Barbe Like The Mouse and the Motorcycle? I loved that! Pbbbbbbbttttt! Wee! Oh no, the trash can.
@@NintendoComplete Those scenes when you descend down to the world are Mode 7 effects, right?
This game deserves to be discussed far more than it is. Watching walkthroughs is not something I usually do, but I'm feeling epic nostalgia vibes with this one. May I also say that you're really good! 💯
This game, Final Fantasy II (aka IV in Japan), and Super Castlevania IV were three games in the first year of the SNES's life that really showed the system was going to be special when it came to music and sound.
Don’t forget Fzero and Pilot Wings.
And don’t forget Dragon Quests V and VI and the SNES remakes of Dragon Quests I, II and III.
@@4ft8y7yyggyyy.8y they said "first year of the SNES's life" dude
One of my all time faves. Manageable difficulty, fantastic music and graphics, and engaging gameplay. Can't ask for more, especially from such an early title on the SNES.
The music in this game is divinely good
My older brother acquired this game in 1992. Of course, my father the music said it sounded like a something from a Catholic Mass…
Very much so 👌🏻
This was one of the few games I didn't mind being single player. I used to watch my brother play this for hours. Hours and hours.
Same here dude
Love this game. Everything from the diverse gameplay, the challenge, the graphics, and the music make this one of my favorite SNES titles!
Yuzo Koshiro made a fantastic game turn into a legendary game!
This was a favorite. I remember my good friend got this for Christmas, and he wasn’t limited to a tinny mono TV speaker as he had a sweet stereo in his bedroom under his TV. And boy did it sound glorious!
This game truly sues have some of the best music on the SNES.
Whether you're looking for a progressive look at the portrayal of religion in games, a showcase of artistry, or just an all-round damned good game, ActRaiser is a winner.
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how are you playing this? pc or some other means? I want this game added to the switch so I can relive this awesome game again
@@JBell300 It's emulated. I used BSNES.
ActRaiser is and was OK. And of course, OK stands for O verinduldgently K ickass
@@JBell300 Welp..you got your wish..and more.
That SOUNDTRACK on stage one. Epic!
Right?!
"Sir Alex, in which direction do you wish the city to develop?"
"Right alongside the currently erupting volcano if you could."
"My lord! With all due deference to your majesty, we are already beset upon by hideous fiends! Might we be blessed by your aid?"
"By my divine will it is granted! The gift of this earthquake will lay waste to thine dirty hovels that thou may re-build in a manner more pleasing to me."
Ahh,ActRaiser.The perfect game for someone who‘s seeking for a fair old-school-challenge
I came here after the announcement of the remaster/remake on the Nintendo Direct. It comes out today too!
Now THIS, is a god damn classic!
I remember first seeing this game when the SNES was released and I was totally blown away by the graphics and music.
I knew I was playing an epic with the music on the first level, then the smooth controls, and when the world building started I was blown away. What a great time of life! I loved when games were like this.
Man this game brings back so many memories and I love it to this day.
Unique levels, great music, gameplay, and bosses. Really memorable!
Indeed. Feel *blessed* to still have the original SNES cartridge. Great to see there are many others out there who love this!
Just heard about Actraiser Renaissance & I knew Actraiser sounded familiar, then I looked it up and immediately had a flashback & wave of nostalgia. Remember those "Mode 7" effects. The Super Nintendo had such awesome sound processing for its time. These games still sound good considering how old they are & the hardware. Super Castlevania was another game that had an awesome soundtrack.
ActRaiser is such a wonderful game.
Very awesome playthrough, Alex!
This was one of my favorite games growing up which no one I knew was privy to until I saw that others out there know and love it too. The music, the creativity, the story, everything…. *SUPERB* ! 👏🏻
Oh boy, you deserve my full respect for beating that final boss, I can remember it being the challenge of my life when I was younger
I used to just hand the controller to my mom because I was tired of dying lol
Been 30 years, that sound when you're descending onto the stage is always so intense
Today, a remake of this game was announced! Totally unexpected, in love it so much
My Little son and i peeped what you did @2:51:10 Jumping to the Music LOL!!
The music was so good in this. Played this alot as a kid
1,000% this game deserves an official award for music at the minimum.
I got this game as a rental from like pick n save or something back in the good old days, and it took me all of the way until now to find what game it was that i got, my friend and i have been searching for the name of this game forever :) It was so much fun back then
This was just wonderful. Thank you. 100% playthrough!
Holy shit this brings back memories. I'd completely forgotten about Actraiser, which is weird because I loved this game.
Man, do I miss my childhood sometimes
One of my all time favorite game. The music, the graphics and the game style were all soo great.
This is the 2nd surprise you make.
It’s like Populous but with action parts.
Nice looking game.
Fun Fact: In Japan The Master was called God & Tanzra was called Satan. Boy Nintendo sure was strict about religion back in the day.
The unofficial spanish translation used the original names!
The Japanese version is supposedly harder.
"back in the day"? lol, no, still to date
Nintendo has a culture of trying not to offend with religious references in the international market. Locally they don't care.
1990 was still deep in the "video games are Anti-Family Values™ and anything that looks like D&D is Satanism" so having a game where you play as god would have thrown the idiot right wingers of the time into a frothing-mad frenzy.
ACTRAISER IS BACK BABY
I'm so stoked.
@@NintendoComplete I also used Alex as the entry name 💯
ActRaiser has returned.
At long last... The forgotten game of my childhood, I have found you again.
This game will make raise your hands as an act of faith
This is one of my all-time favorite SNES games.. when I first got my SNES back in 91 I wanted a game that played like RASTAN and The ASTYANAX this game delivered. Beautiful graphics and beautiful music. Highly recommend this one.
First Snes game along with Magic Sword..... the nostalgia stings hard.
SUCH A CLASSIC 😢
I feel like this was one of *the most* underrated games ever. Here I am still loving it over 30 years since first playing ✊🏻
Man this game was so much fun back in the day
This was one my favorite game growing up!!!!
Between this game, Super Mario World, Gradius 3, Street Fighter 2, Super Ghouls N Ghosts, Contra 3, Link To The Past, Super Mario Kart, F-Zero, Final Fantasy ll, Turtles In Time and Super Castlevania IV, the SNES first year of 1991-1992 might be the best first year of any console in the history of the video game industry.
My childhood right there. It was a GREAT time to be a kid in the 80s and 90s.
This is an underrated rated gem of a game.
1,000%
God that OST.....my heart can't take the awesomeness :D
Wow what a blast from the past. This, and the game Soul Blazer take me back.
the first level track is such a banger, holy
ActRaiser was one of the early SNES games, drawing upon the success of side-scrolling platform action titles and the building model of Sim City. Released in late 1991.
A modified version of this game was made for the Nintendo Super System arcade platform in early 1992, a few months after the SNES game was released. This arcade version featured only the action stages, similar to the Professional! mode in the retail version. Among other changes, the game had a different scoring system, and was much more difficult than the retail version: for example, contact with spikes is instantly fatal to the player like in the Japanese version, instead of merely causing loss of HP.
Square Enix released a limited version of the game for mobile phones, published by Macrospace on September 1, 2004. It consists of the first three side-scrolling levels of the game, with the town-building portions completely omitted.
ActRaiser also became available on the Wii's Virtual Console. It was released in Japan on March 20, 2007, in Europe on April 13, and in North America on May 28. As the game was published by Enix, Square Enix currently holds the rights to the Virtual Console edition.
Oh man, the plague part hits different in 2022… 😳
whoa just seeing this is blowing my mind... I REMEMBER THISSSS
Probably the most hilarious imitation of my mind I've ever seen re-enacted.
Square Enix, I know it's unexpected, but our people have something to tell you... Bring back this series for modern consoles, my Master.
You got your wish! Although it's a remaster. Launches today.
@@jasonmartinez5116 I just saw the trailer. Glory be to the Square Enix gods!!!
OMG, when I read SquareEnix (Enix) history in Wikipedia, I saw ActRaiser as one of the Enix classic game, but didn't remember the game at all.
Now that I just seen this from Nintendo Direct, the intro suddenly remind me of this game.
I played this on NES collection game back when I was kid.
Man, I remember reading a review about this game in a Nintendo magazine decades ago, and one of the comments from the reviewer was about this game having no chance of ever being run on any other console. And now, here I am, playing it on an emulator on my PC. Amusement.
It never did run on another console, emulation is just emulating the original console the game ran on, so still technically an SNES.
Anyone here after the Nintendo direct??
How is it on Switch?
I can't believe I forgot about this game. Seen it on the top 100 NES games and, IMMEDIATELY UA-cam this video
This is one I regret skipping as a kid. I believe I saw it at Blockbuster once or twice. Maybe they'll remake this one day on a next gen console or PC
You got your wish... it looks bad sadly
@@oof5992 I just watched the trailer and some gameplay. It looks ok
MEMORIE$!!! 🤗🤓 I absolutely loved this game! Masterpiece really I'm glad it's back!
This game feels like a hidden gem, I only discovered it thanks to the internet. It looks like a brilliant blend of side-scrolling action, with top-down strategy. I want this game, it's just a shame it's rare (at least in the PAL region), therefore expensive, haha.
If you have no other option, I'd totally recommend emulating it. It's a fantastic game.
It amazes me how 2 companies like Square and Enix could produce such excellent games then merge together to make the most worthless crap ever put on optical media (FF13, Kingdom Hearts, etc.).
It's like they only kept the worst parts of each company.
They've been turning things around the past few years, though. Between FF15, FF7 Remake, Dragon Quest XI, Adventures of Mana, translations for games like Trials of Mana and the Romancing Sagas... I think they've been doing pretty okay. But yeah, their last-gen stuff was definitely lacking.
I did actually like the first Kingdom Hearts a lot, but I tapped out long before we ever got to Kingdom Hearts: Memory of Armored Pencil Birth 16.3 Remix - My Dream Piano Weeps HD Edition. I mean, for Christ's sake, what was all that? That story got so insanely overwrought that it made the girl-power thing from FFX2 seem logical by comparison.
One of the best games I've played back in the day this would look crazy in this day and age
Bloodpool level is so badass. Music gives such a rush
I remember watching pictures of this game when the SNES was announced and going nutz over the colors and the size of that centaur enemy. It was the best of the best back then and still is.
The remake really changed up the citybuilding parts. It feels like there's a bit more waiting to get your energy up to do miracles, but the enemy flow is way more manageable between a better attack and the lower frequency (maybe this changes on hard mode? I'm on medium cause 3 lives sounded awful but I'll probably replay on hard)
But also feels like less waiting for building they seem to build faster and I think it's cool that what they build helps you directly with the healing items and materials, and the tower defense style sections actually seem pretty cool and fill that more dangerous feeling that the original game had with constant monster attacks.
That is to say, the basic building part feels less dangerous and both faster and slower paced at the same time while the forts and tower defense add more depth it seems like.
That soundtrack in the first level man🔥🔥🔥🔥
Epic soundtrack courtesy of the legendary Yuzo Koshiro!
One of my all time favorites! Thank You!
Thanks for this, truly, I always wanted to see the very end..
It feels like ages since I played ActRaiser. It was a bit tough, but it was still good. I need to play this game again. Lol
All boss time stamps:
3:00 - Centaurus
34:50 - Minotaurus
41:29 - Manticore
1:05:05 - Zeppelin Wolf
1:09:56 - Dagoba
1:45:20 - Pharaoh
1:49:35 - Azure Dragon
2:12:00 - Firewheel
2:17:44 - Rafflasher
2:40:43 - Kalia
2:53:40 - Merman Fly
3:28:19 - Arctic Wyvern
3:33:29 - Death Heim Boss Gauntlet
3:36:59 - Tanzra
3:24 why does it explode?
Maybe we should instead ask why he wouldn't explode. ;D
😂
41:32 Is it just me, or does the monster's fireball shot sound like it's saying "Dagobah"?
Lmao, Fillmore is in the Dagobah system
When I was young I used to say "kagoda" each time it threw it's fireballs to keep me concentrated and not falling in the middle while jumping:p
Nostalgia is one hell of a drug, but I completely forgot how overpowered the Star-power was. :o
And to think that this game was made a bit before the time of "Genesis does what Ninten-Don't". This game easily beats the pants of most of the games Sega made back then.
That slogan was actually pre-SNES, when Sega was competing against the NES in the US.
I remember getting this game one Christmas and having a lot of fun with it. I remember the side scrolling bit and making a town, but I don't recall all these bats and monsters flying around the map. Weird!
I laughed out loud when he started doing "urban renewal" in Fillmore.
Love this game!
Actraiser is truly a SNES classic, so sad that the sequel was butt.
As a sequel, I was pretty disappointed. As a standalone game, though, I really liked it. It was hard as hell and it reminded me a lot of Demon's Crest, so I really got into it once I got over the missing sim mode.
@@NintendoComplete It's true, I did play through it, it wasn't terrible as a game. I was very disappointed that they dropped the sim elements, and didn't expand them as I had hoped...
NintendoComplete why did they gave up the sim parts ?
If they were a success, why did they dropped them ?
@@luciebureau6815 I have no idea. I think most people ask the same question. Iirc, its removal ended up being the biggest critic complaint about the sequel.
NintendoComplete that’s too bad because it looks good. I guess we’ll never know why.
The first video I ever watched here was Rygar because it was a game from my childhood I've always wanted to beat so thanks for the help
Np, I'm glad it was useful to you!
It's been a while since I played this game but isn't it preferable to use the Earthquake spell to destroy the houses since it only affects the lower leveled ones? Perhaps Lightning is cheaper?
Edit: Ah I see. That Miracle/ Spell is expensive.
Absolutely loved Actraiser!!!!
I always remember my mates never rated this game... I was hooked, fantastic blend of genres that I would happily still play today ..... ahhhhh nostalgia :)
3:47:53 20th Century Fox theme
One of my favorite games
The sound of him swinging the sword brought me here lol
Brings back memories
The only game of its kind on a 16-bit console!!😮
actraiser a movie from him!WONDERFUL!
Now on Switch in HD
Why don't I have this game on my snes?
eBay my friend 🤞🏻
My life goal is to have a Super Nintendo, Greetings from Brazil🇧🇷
Ryan Harper used to play that game when I was a child.
Actraiser is a fucking masterpiece 😷😷😷😷😷😇😇
When I was a kid my friend insisted I play his game, "Actraiser!" I was uninterested bcuz of the cover art and the Name. Fortunately, I gave in and played it and found this game was a jewel 👌 loved it. Hope they put it on the switch already. Nintendo is slacking big time!
Music was the best as well
3:47:52 20th Japanese century fox ?🤔
My OCD compels me to tell you that there are more roads you can get the game to draw that you missed even after going through all the towns over again. End the town direction thing on a square missing crossroads and it should draw it in for you.
Whos here after hearing about the remake
me xD
Remake?
😅
@@ratkins2780 there is a remake called actraiser renaissance Yuzo Koshiro is back as the composer
I'm here because a friend of mine is doing a musical tribute to the game and I wanted to know more about it. It looks pretty cool. 😎
This is a very good game and one of the best SNES games I've played yet. One of the things that shocked me about it, though, was how dang easy it is. I'm not complaining though. It's a nice break from all the brutally challenging games of the era.
Im playing the remake at the moment and its fun to see the old version in comparison.
3:45
Yoshi: Hello. I require assistance.