Rygar on the NES is completely underrated | Friday Night Arcade
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- Опубліковано 16 жов 2024
- Thanks to Zach for the request. Wish I would have had this game or even some awareness of it when I was a kid.
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Apparently there was a Rygar 2 that came out on PlayStation 2. At a glance it looks like a poor man's God of War, but the reviews are all fairly positive. Anyone have any experience with it?
Yes, it IS a great game. I swear it upon this feather!
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It's not Rygar 2 actually.
Rygar: The Legendary Adventure was a remake combining elements from the arcade game and NES game.
I still have my copy of that version.
I love that game.
There's yet another remake on the Wii that has a crazy aesthetic.
I highly recommend looking it up on UA-cam.
Music sounds like sq5!
Based upon the reviews, and the fact that it predates God of War, "Rygar: The Legendary Adventure" seems to be copying Devil May Cry and Onimusha. (Sounds more like it's copying Hercules). Reviewers didn't hate the game, but it obviously wasn't very popular.
There's also a Wii port named "Rygar: The Battle of Argus", which has much worse reviews, but that makes sense because it's the same game 7 years later without modern improvements and God of War was four years old so it was a really poor man's God of War. As IGN said: "It may have been pretty cool at the time, but by today's standards Rygar is dull, with horrendous dialogue and a mixed bag of visuals."
Rygar was, and remains, my favorite NES game and one of my top 5 of all time, for all the reasons you listed. Something I thought was a very nice touch, the sound designer opted to not have any boss music for the boss fights, instead using the track for an INSANELY GOOD monster roar that was both intimidating and unique. Plus, the music for the Tower of Garba has to be the best 8-bit metal track ever made!
I remember a friend of mine having this game as a kid, and we enjoyed playing it, although it being in English and we not being from an English speaking country, we didn't know very well what to do. Good memories, still.
I recently played the Japanese version, "Argos no Senshi" (which translates to "Warrior of Argos") and one of the most noticeable changes other than the language is that the BGM is completely different. While the western release had an almost Superman-like tune, the Japanese version had a more melancholic, yet heroic, music.
All in all, I think this is a solid and fun game.
I remember being pleasantly surprised when I played Argos No Senshi, the music seemed to be more fitting for the quest Rygar was on.
Indeed, instruction manuals are all but gone these days. Many were brilliantly done, with great artwork.
A remake of the NES version of "Rygar" would be awesome. I don't mean any of the fan projects, I just mean a full remake. It was a pretty good 80's game, although you can tell it really wasn't properly finished. Seriously, it was pretty obvious.
There is another Rygar easter egg in Tecmo's "Secret of the Stars" RPG for SNES. One of the characters can get a rare drop weapon from a certain enemy called the "DISCARMR."
Fantastic game!! I actually got it for my 13th birthday back in 1987!! That morning here in California we had a big earthquake.... schools closed and I got to stay home all day and play!!
Thanks! This video brought back a lot of good memories. We didn’t own Rygar, but my best friend had it; so I borrowed it often. The no saves actually added to the game in my opinion, as then you had to find a way to pause it yet keep it running (with the TV off), so that when mom kicked everyone outside, we weren’t starting over. Seeing that two-headed bear turtle boss made me smile, thanks again.
This game is great for sure. Did a live stream of this a couple months back. It was a little hard to navigate through the levels, knowing which way to go. The chat in the live stream really helped me out
I love this game so much. Every time I played it I would play from beginning to end without stopping. Although I thought the ending was a bit lame I enjoyed the experience up to that point. One of my all time favorites.
I remember playing it growing up. I recently bought it and need to play again. I suspect it would be a different experience today.
Thanks for covering one of the greatest games ever made that never got the recognition it deserved due to not having a password feature. Growing up this was and still is my favorite game of all time. You were mistaken about the last boss Ligar and where the fight takes place because the Palace of Dorago is where you fight the creature who the palace is named after while the final fight takes place in the floating castle which is high above the skies of Rolsa. Just keep climbing those green towers until you see it and once you get to the top just blow the flute that you get from the Tower of Garba
One of my faves as a kid (and as an adult!). I still play a couple times a year, and can now beat it in about 50 minutes. Also my favorite NES music along with Metroid. Check out the original Japanese version, and you’ll hear the music is completely different, and not for the better.
Git Geronimo is there ANY way to play this without buying an original NES and the cartridge?
That music sounds like a "changed for copyright" version of Superman
The other part of the music (he doesn't play it) sounds like a lullaby.
Dave Honkles no, he did play it, and yeah it really does sound like the Dollar General version of Brahms’ Lullaby
This was the 2nd game ever beat (Trojan was the first and deserves a video!). I used to leave the NES on all night sometimes for days at a time. A you mentioned the music is epic and one of my fav parts of the game it really makes you feel like something epic is afoot. Just an amazing game and later in life when I discovered emulators it was the first from my childhood I revisited. You don't want to miss this one! Grab a Nintendo Power with the maps if short on time and strap in for a memorable experience!
I had this game as a kid. I thought that it was going to be a direct port of the arcade game. I didn't know how to get through the game until I borrowed my friend's Nintendo encyclopedia, which had maps of all of the areas and where to find the secrets. With that info, I beat the game in one afternoon. Great game!
Awesome!
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Probably my top interesting factoid about this game is that all of its music uses only two voices (out of a potential 4, not counting digital which was mostly ignored for music in those early NES days). Which in turn means that the overland theme is probably the best two-voice tune I know of.
The reason they kept music down to two voices was to make room for the sound effects, which in turn limit themselves to the two unused voices and are constantly playing.
I never played this one, but knew of it thanks to Tecmo Bowl. I am really amazed at the quality graphics and music given the release year. Thanks for covering this one, it's really enjoyable to visit games that are not familiar.
I only knew about Rygar through friends. I never actually got to play it. I have seen playthroughs. Hey, fun fact Aaron; The music from the temples is the same music as the start screen in the NES shitshow Jekyll and Hyde. Thank you for the hardwork put into this one Aaron and have a great weekend good sir!
I love this game, had it as a kid but never beat it. Played through about 6 month ago and beat it, it was better than I remembered! My fondest memory is jumping on the snails back FOREVER until it froze
...You can make it freeze?!? OoO
@@theusher2893 it wasn't worth it, it took forever. Probably the only reason I remember this game is how long it took.
Fantastic game. I experienced this game on my Atari Lynx before the NES (my Lynx got stolen out of a storage locker I had a few years ago). I then tried the NES title in emulation, and then the arcade version in mame. A simple, yet fun game. Great video.
Rygar was one of the games that made me search out The Official Nintendo Player's Guide. That book was, and still is, one of the greatest publications Nintendo ever put out.
This was a very good game, especially for '87. Had it been made a few years later it would've been a lot more refined. Better yet, on the snes, this would've been a top, top title.
Super Rygar could have been fantastic and a true Metroidvania style game. There are definitely a few I wish we'd gotten. Super NInja Gaiden, and Super Blaster Master, both would have been great as well.
I agree in that I wish I would’ve owned this one as a kid. My cousin’s neighbor had it, so I played it for a weekend one time. I always wanted to beat it and enjoy the full adventure.
Man I loved this game, and feel it was advanced for the time. Loved it, and played it forever. It just gave me a feeling of exploration and mysticism that I rarely got from a NES game.
It warms my heart every time I hear an American pronounce ZX Spectrum the English way. Hats off to you good sir. Tea & crumpets too.
I first played Rygar at a lifeguard party in Topeka Ks summer of 1987, and remember being blown away by gameplay sounds music and graphics. the game aged well, but not the repetitive music
Graeme Cowie just ported the Rygar arcade game over to the Amiga in 2019. It is pretty close to arcade perfect. This looks like a fun variation on the game.
I loved exploratory style NES games like this back then, and this one avoided a lot of the pitfalls that made some of its contemporaries so tedious at times. No currency grinding like in Simon's Quest, no weak first-person segments like Goonies II. It kept to the basics like Zelda and Metroid did: Explore, fight monsters, and find items.
I remember the soundtrack.
Loved this game growing up!
Even owned the Atari Lynx and its version of Rygar.
Our local store at the time had the arcade game and we were able to rent NES games back then. Rygar... being one of many i rented and mastered!
Good times!!!!
Thanks man I appreciate you reviewing this game always one of my favorite, definitely brings back good memories for me, hopefully some of your viewers will like this game as well....again thank you so much for doing this, I owe you one....keep up the good work
Thanks for the awesome suggestion, Zach!
Your welcome!!! I knew you’d do a great job at it thanks again man, always tell people about your episodes
My uncle had Rygar and I'd play it every time I went to visit. The game fascinated me, though I don't know exactly why. Loved the music! Caverns of Sagila was my phone ringtone for a long time.
I got this one as a kid and I remember having to ask my mom if we had anything planned for the day before I played due to the lack of a save or password feature. Also, I was just playing Tecmo Bowl the other day on Nintendo Switch Online and pointed out that Rygar thing to a friend!
Played this in the arcade in the mid-80s then later on MAME. Great game, soundtrack and effects were brilliant.
Played this at the arcade and rented this version from the Albertson’s grocery store as a kid.
Ah, the rental days...good times. Head to Kroger, get groceries and a game!
Yup, renting was how I played most games too. Video stores is where I rent them the most.
Its divergence from the arcade version ended up making it a better game, no? There were some other NES games that did too, like Bionic Commando, a video I just watched. Ah, the memories. 😀
My favorite game growing up. As a six-year-old, I used to whip around the flail weapon that came with my Bebop action figure and wear a red headband and run around the house as Rygar.
I remember this game had alot of talk about it and I seen it everywhere but, it was just another castlevania to be without the fear factor.
i never liked castlevania but loved rygar
Great game. I played it two years ago on original European hardware (it's worth mentioning that, for some reason, the PAL version of the game is harder and you have less health, which makes the final boss a pain). It's a very ambitious and intersting game, and how can you not love that sunset? However, one of the most frustrating things was using the ropes in the top-down sections, to reach another area. I found it hard sometimes to jugde distances and avoid falling in the water.
Good vid man. Nice to have u back
Rygar, Adventure of Link, and Mega Man 2 were my favorites back in the NES days. Rygar and to a lesser extent Trojan were actually the reasons (Not Mario) I got a NES after playing them at a friend's house. Almost a year later another friend of mine traded it for mega man with me and I finally got to put some time in. I will play it through every few years. Wish they would do a faithful re-master one day.
That was awesome, I still have the original cartridge and manual. I didn't beat it until I was way older
Played this extensively when I was a boy. The game is a bit glitchy in spots but the mood and gameplay suck you in somehow. This reminds me of Bionic Commando on the NES... a lot better home version than the arcade... both were way deeper gameplay than I expected from an 8 bit title. Fond memories of this game in my basement surrounded by video game posters from Nintendo power, EGM and Gamepro.
Another fantabulous video game review, cheers!
Rented this all the time was a kid. Loved it. Would love to play it again.
I remember finishing this game and feeling like I accomplished something in life... As a matter of fact, I think I will start listing completing RYGAR on my resume... If my boss doesn't understand I don't want to work for him!
I thought this game was exclusively a rental, Rented it several times and did beat it. My rental store did not share manuals, but when they closed I did buy the game and finally got to see it.
Would play till 4 in the morning, then skateboard all day, then come play more. Love this game.
I missed this game as a kid but played it later. I did play the PS2 remake and still own my copy. Loved that game!
I remember loveing this as a kid but couldn't figure it out on one of the overhead maps I learned if you jump and go from screen to screen you can glitch up to the green grass
I already talked about how the first time I beat this game it crashed on me in another video, so I won't repeat that story here. But I will point out that the game was good enough that I felt it was worthwhile to play through it again to see the ending, so that's saying a lot in it's favor. I remember it was my cousins who introduced me to this game, and I was instantly hooked. Just challenging enough to ten year old me that I wanted to stick with it to see how far I could get. For it's time the graphics, sound, and overall gameplay were top-notch, and it's still a great nostalgia game today. Fun fact: if you let the music play for a while when you enter the second area of the game, it has this one part that sounds a lot like Brahms Lullaby!
A fun game! Glad you covered it in a video.
I wish this game was on the NES Classic.
I actually had a copy as a kid, but never had the manual (I think I traded for the copy or something). One time I saw the arcade version at an ice skating rink and was completely confused as it had almost nothing in common with the NES version.
One of my favorite games. I have been playing this game since it was released. I got this game on my 7th birthday. Great game play. Yeah it has glitches but still an awesome game.
Oh man my neighbor had it, and the rental did carry it where I lived... I played it and Blaster Master a lot.
I played this game back when it came out, and set aside an entire day to beat it. I don't have that luxury today, but the game just released on NES on Switch, and thankfully it has save states.
There's no shame in using save states on this one lol.
I remember seeing this game at my local rental store of choice as a kid but always passed it by. Too bad, I think I would have enjoyed it.
Second best soundtrack next to Shadowgate.
Loved watching my dad play this.
This game is in my top 10 NES games. Very underrated.
I was lucky that my local video rental store that had both the nes version and the arcade in their store. The nes version was a regular rental for me
I had this game and let someone borrow it. Never seen again for years later.
Didn't know Techmoan had his channel going even back in 1982
amazing game. had it day one. beat it many times. although im not sure how i use to beat these games back then. they are way more difficult than games over the last 20 years.
I heard of this game when they brought it back as a ps2 game. Never knew about it before that
Played it growing up. Top 3 on my list.
I got this for Christmas the year it came out. Took forever to complete. I called the video game counselors probably ten times. The ending definitely wasn't worth it.
I lived this game but yeah, not having save capability sucked. I spent five days after school to win it, just grinding through the hard way, killing as much as possible. It would have been three days, but I got home from school day three and found my console power light flashing. I'd left it on all night and day while at school on pause, something happened and it went nuts like NES was wont to do for no good reason. Had to power off and on and start from scratch.
I played the Japanese NES version of this game hours ago I din't know there was an American version too, that's so cool!
Wow. I forgot about his game. I remember playing it in the arcade. :)
I didnt really know about this game until I saw it on james and mike monday but I do love it good length and difficulty and fun
i literally found out about the powerups from this video, no wonder i got stuck at the tower bosses..
Platforming elephants. Lol. Love it.
The best way to play Rygar, use a NES Max controller rubber band the attack and down crouch down up against the wall and go do some chores by the time your done you'd have your character with a longer life bar and stronger attack. Makes it a little easier. Cheers epic game, the music in Sagila's Cave is absolutely incredible.
My apologies for the reposts I do not like edited comments. And UA-cam was giving me autocorrect issues.
You said couch but I heard..."toilet." ;)
One of my all time favorite NES games!
Great review will be sure to check this out
Rygar was a regular weekend rental for me....I still find myself loading the rom on occasion
Yeah, gotta watch out for those "platform elephants" 🤔
All I remember was getting so frustrated trying to use the pulley across the rivers and valleys. You had to drop on it just right. It was cool otherwise
You ever play that Rygar game for the PS2? I remember it was freaking fun.
Okay, I got one for ya. I still play this game once in a while, but a game called Battleantis by Konami doesn't get talked about enough. Its a really good reworking of space invaders/
The one thing I strongly dislike regarding arcade ports to both NES and SNES is when the game is not the arcade game. Personally, one of the best ports of the original arcade game is on the Atari Lynx. The sounds and movement are so good. I was eager when I saw a screen shot of the NES version, but backed away when I saw they made this game into a Zelda 2ish title?
Had this as a kid in the late 80s but i never had the manual and never finished it !
The first time I saw an old Pokemon manga long before their anime series stylization, I thought they were creatures from Rygar.
The PAL version is notoriously harder due to a few bugs and the max stats being 1023 instead of the actual cap of 4095, including the final boss Lygar (Being affected by the coding bug).
An NES classic for sure.
My story is this was in one of my rental stores but I never rented it. I mean who could pass up renting the first Mega Man game?
Drives me crazy when you have to keep ducking in order to hit enemies.
This game actually looks like it would still be really fun to play today, even for a darn whippersnapper like me lol. I'm gonna try and see if there are any speedruns of it!
My all time favorite nes game.
If Rygar on the nes had a save feature it would have been far more popular.
The Official Nintendo Player's Guide had a full walkthrough of this game. So I kinda beat it day 1.
Yep. That is how I beat it multiple times. lol
I had and enjoyed this game as a kif
is the flickering due to emulator?
Village people from the Middle East, some played this back in the 80's I've seen. Actual tribal people. Nice game btw.
Great work Sir 👍
Please don't eat Doritos or Cheetos while flipping through a manual if you plan on reselling it someday. Thanks!
Entire day, took entire nonths as a kid
It may be hard on first try, but it wasn't really meant to be played to 'see the end on first try'. Overall, if you play the game enough, it's possible to zip through the game in about 45 minutes to an hour.