I love it when a game sticks closely to the source material. Which it clearly didn't in this poor man's Contra. That being said, I remember when I was about 6 and saw this at the local Toys R Us. (in 1989). Weird that video games are about the same then as they are now ($60).
The $60 back then would be worth more in today's money. $60 in 1990 is worth about $136 today. I was just looking at generation 2 console prices and some of them sold for what would be around $800 in today's money. Video games and consoles have actually gone down in price over time accounting for inflation.
5:21 it is hilarious that Predator did the contra-metroid crawling jump😂poor man's contra for predators, making them to act like they are in Predator wannabe game - Contra Actually Contra Level 6 boss did look like some downgrade version of Predator with more spikes and mid air spinning pikes
I guess I must've missed that part in the movie where Dutch dons a pink suit and fights paramecium, jellyfish, butterflies, and birds that shat bloody diarrhea on him!
@@pixellectual7808 the flying head was cut from the movie and they didn't have time to train the scorpions to fly eather so they had to kill the one on dylans back.
@@avalond1193like some games avgn covered. He had the rights to judge those movie based games are actually so loosely based on the movies themselves, but not all games are in unplayable state bad or unbearably unfair or something, they are just logically laughable braindead. He did eventually figured out how to beat Jerkyl and Hyde a year ago. But things looked good on surface that had unforgivable difficulty and lags - tmnt, here it is, actually hurts me more Friday the 13th is actually developed by Atlus, the one created Persona for us eventually, had okay designs with dungeon crawling stuff and good music composing stuff back in the days. It is just the games are over complicated, even the manual won't explain then briefly. The game design is pretty unfair, but it is possible to beat it
@@josephsuarez8178 I think GI Joe, City Connection and Robowarrior for the NES generated the bulk of my buyers remorse as a kid. Those 3 games straight up sucked.
I actually think this is a decent game. You have to remember that sometimes movie-based games were being developed as the movies were being worked on, so the developers probably had no idea what the film was going to be like, so they had to use their imagination as to what they thought might be in the movie. Also, if you really do think this game is bad, check out the version it's based on, the MSX version. You'll be begging for the NES version. The NES version fortunately only uses the graphics and music from the MSX version. The only thing that disaster of a game has over the NES version is that Schafer is wearing blue as opposed to pink. In addition, I think Activision/Pack-In-Video more than made up for this game when they released Die Hard for the NES a few years later. Quite possibly the best movie based game of all time, for the NES at the very least.
You realize that the Studio has to sign off whenever a game is being created using a movie they created, right? I guarantee you there has NEVER been a movie to video game adaptation where the devs just guessed what it was going to be like... LMFAO 🤣😂🤣
I think this is a decent game, too. If you judge licensed games solely on if they do justice to the license, then of course games like this are going to look like garbage. This actually plays pretty well despite some frustration with the jumps (it controls better than you might think), and the multiple routes make it fun for replays.
Never even knew this existed. The background graphics remind me of metroid. Interesting how it switches between two different gameplay modes, kinda like Jaws.
some Japanese games would feature this Big Mode combat, like some Power Ranger games on Nes which got you fight like a Ping Pong game. That is unpredictable, so random
Can't say that predator in this game is the sharpest tool in the shed, just shooting and backflipping all the time. ;) Doesn't really seem like a great hunter if you ask me. Also, this game is so bizarre it's kinda incredible. Reminds me of that King Kong 2 game by Konami on the Famicom in which you could kill murderous ducks with teeth in a city area. Licensed games back then weren't exactly too faithful to their source material...
Konami seriously loved their razor-teethed ducks - they made an appearance in Esper Dream and in one of the Wai Wai Worlds I think. And yeah, that movie is exactly what I thought of when I played that game for the first time! :)
the best thing about them was they were ready to play the minute you turn them on, unless it's an arcade machine. my nintendo, sega genesis, gameboy, and game gear still work. my xbox 360 and ps4 died already.
Like Rambo on the NES, I would not be against the idea of a Predator movie based on the video game version. Major Dutch Schaefer running around in a pink uniform shooting a laser gun at armies of multicolored Power Ranger Predators? Couldn't possibly be worse than Alien vs Predator 2. Why do they call the grenades "Pine" in this game?
I remember playing this when I was like 7 years old and I just ran around in a circle Planting those bombs and I had so much fun doing that Lolol didn’t even care about trying to pass levels, just wanted to plant bombs
Ah yes. Predator on the NES. Where the creators saw it fit to demoralize the most masculine character into wearing pink pants with Ugs for boots. While playing a sound track similar to Disney's Ducktail's & Beating the crap out of enemies that would fit better in an R-Type game. I still loved this game, dont ask me why.
I wonder if this was another game and the developer at the las second put the PREDATOR logo and redrawn some sprites. I remember this game came with my first pack on NES games back in 88. Good memories.
I remember when I was a kid my father rented this for me from Blockbuster. When he gave me the game he asked me if I wanted to go to the movies to see Home Alone or stay home and play the game. I was such a homebody I said I want to stay and play the game. 😂😂😂😂
shout out to Big Mode😂 🗣🗣🗣🗣the peak of naming a mode also placing a hand for location indicator is actually nice. Only some arcade games would do this (but most beat em ups didn't have the purpose of doing this unless it had mazes, right?)
One travesty of a game, actually, more like a half-assed middle-school project. Does the movie no justice. I commend the player for sheer skill in playing it.
Dutch only changes out of his pink fatigues when he travels out of the jungle and into pink land, then he switches to his green fatigues. 4D chess right there.
I remember being quite disappointed with this game 😂 and my older brother who loved predator didn’t like his pink jeans lol I got a boy and his blob shortly after and loved that
This game is a record of everything Dutch did when the camera was panned away from him during the movie. Blooper reels show him using his prop rifle to play baseball with a laughing, floating head.
They don't make them like this anymore, Arnold in pink trousers is a bit far I think but you never know these days , the butterflys are awesome random but cool if that's your thing ,the music might not be to everyone's taste again if that's your thing and your happy then that's what matters .
Really feel bad and pity for the game developer, when the main enemy is just the Predator, what else can you put in the game for the player to fight with? At least they tried to make it challenging. The final boss is just LOL Moment, especially the end credit. I will just buy this game for just the cover alone... (with just 2 bar left you manage to beat the final boss is just as intense like in the movie, heheh)
![Alien vs. Predator Longplay (Arcade) [4K]](/img/n.gif)
I remember seeing Predator in theaters back in 87. I was so freaked out by the butterflies and flying jellyfish. Chills me to this very day.
When you're fighting mutant butterflies, happy slimes, and snork-seahorse hybrids, the Predator is the least of your worries...
+Silpiobaire Oh man, Snorks! Now there's a game I would have loved to have had!
don't forget the Metroids
😂
You forgot the giant paramecium and birds that drop bloody fecal matter.
Also Blue and Gray Eric Cartmans at stage 4
I saw a video where someone was playing and they said we were supposed to have Arnold but we got Brett Hart instead. I died laughing!!
Imagine trying to hide from the Predator, but you wear pink pants
The predator doesn't see colors lol
I loved this game as a kid. When I beat the game I nearly screamed.
and nearly sharted
Same. It's a real butt clencher.
@@brianzane5748 😂
I bet he said "What the hell are you?" at everything in this game...
Lol
He probably did, I had the grave misfortune to play it, it's terrifyingly bad and left me with cataracts.
I love it when a game sticks closely to the source material.
Which it clearly didn't in this poor man's Contra.
That being said, I remember when I was about 6 and saw this at the local Toys R Us. (in 1989). Weird that video games are about the same then as they are now ($60).
The $60 back then would be worth more in today's money. $60 in 1990 is worth about $136 today. I was just looking at generation 2 console prices and some of them sold for what would be around $800 in today's money. Video games and consoles have actually gone down in price over time accounting for inflation.
@@GC-ps9mn This is true, too.
5:21 it is hilarious that Predator did the contra-metroid crawling jump😂poor man's contra for predators, making them to act like they are in Predator wannabe game - Contra
Actually Contra Level 6 boss did look like some downgrade version of Predator with more spikes and mid air spinning pikes
I guess I must've missed that part in the movie where Dutch dons a pink suit and fights paramecium, jellyfish, butterflies, and birds that shat bloody diarrhea on him!
THIS IS EXACTLY LIKE THE MOVIES!
Hehehehe hehehe.
This explains everything
Ok imma beginner to this wooooshed kind of thing, so im gonna say :
NO! It's Not! There's no flying heads and giant scorpions on the movie!
@@pixellectual7808 the flying head was cut from the movie and they didn't have time to train the scorpions to fly eather so they had to kill the one on dylans back.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Lmao
The days where the artwork was always better than the video game
I remember Dutch rocking Pink biker-shorts in the movie.
i like the game, i use to be scared of big mode lol i pretended i was in the movie
The game wasn't so bad
@@avalond1193like some games avgn covered. He had the rights to judge those movie based games are actually so loosely based on the movies themselves, but not all games are in unplayable state bad or unbearably unfair or something, they are just logically laughable braindead. He did eventually figured out how to beat Jerkyl and Hyde a year ago. But things looked good on surface that had unforgivable difficulty and lags - tmnt, here it is, actually hurts me more
Friday the 13th is actually developed by Atlus, the one created Persona for us eventually, had okay designs with dungeon crawling stuff and good music composing stuff back in the days. It is just the games are over complicated, even the manual won't explain then briefly. The game design is pretty unfair, but it is possible to beat it
Why is it that the bad NES games always manage to have amazing music?
Cuz they knew the music was the strongest thing they had so they had to truly perfect that part of the game..
Music and the cover of SNES games...always delivered.
It's just embarrassing how they put Arnold Schwarzenegger in pink jumpsuit pants in this game LOL
Looks like Bret Hart with those pink pants.
Ah....Back when I bought games based on cover art....
😂 and then as you are playing the video game... your like braHhHH!!!!! Wtf is This??? Are you serious 😐 🤬🤬🤬😤😤
@@josephsuarez8178 I think GI Joe, City Connection and Robowarrior for the NES generated the bulk of my buyers remorse as a kid. Those 3 games straight up sucked.
@@vram1974 don't forget Platoon
@@josephsuarez8178 I was spared that one, however, I did get predator. It actually wasn't terrible, Arnie's pink outfit aside.
My favorite game ..the music still plays in my mind classic
The music in this game gave me night terrors for years to come.
I actually think this is a decent game. You have to remember that sometimes movie-based games were being developed as the movies were being worked on, so the developers probably had no idea what the film was going to be like, so they had to use their imagination as to what they thought might be in the movie.
Also, if you really do think this game is bad, check out the version it's based on, the MSX version. You'll be begging for the NES version. The NES version fortunately only uses the graphics and music from the MSX version. The only thing that disaster of a game has over the NES version is that Schafer is wearing blue as opposed to pink.
In addition, I think Activision/Pack-In-Video more than made up for this game when they released Die Hard for the NES a few years later. Quite possibly the best movie based game of all time, for the NES at the very least.
You realize that the Studio has to sign off whenever a game is being created using a movie they created, right? I guarantee you there has NEVER been a movie to video game adaptation where the devs just guessed what it was going to be like... LMFAO 🤣😂🤣
Die hard was okay.
I loved gremlins 2, jaws, Jurassic park and empire Strikes back so much more. Top notch. Movie games. Also Alien 3!!!
I think this is a decent game, too. If you judge licensed games solely on if they do justice to the license, then of course games like this are going to look like garbage.
This actually plays pretty well despite some frustration with the jumps (it controls better than you might think), and the multiple routes make it fun for replays.
so glad I didn't beg my parents to buy this for me😕
“You are one ugly beast “ Schafer says.
No that is deff not what he said.
NES movie game endings are hilarious 😂
Never even knew this existed. The background graphics remind me of metroid. Interesting how it switches between two different gameplay modes, kinda like Jaws.
some Japanese games would feature this Big Mode combat, like some Power Ranger games on Nes which got you fight like a Ping Pong game. That is unpredictable, so random
Alright, so it'll never be regarded as the Citizen Kane of the gaming world, but it is a lot of fun and has a great soundtrack.
Indeed.
i appreciate final boss battles where they don't spawn a thousand piddly enemies to annoy you and just drag it out.
I don't remember Dutch in a pink jumpsuit shooting birds and scorpions.
and spheres for upgrade
Can't say that predator in this game is the sharpest tool in the shed, just shooting and backflipping all the time. ;) Doesn't really seem like a great hunter if you ask me. Also, this game is so bizarre it's kinda incredible. Reminds me of that King Kong 2 game by Konami on the Famicom in which you could kill murderous ducks with teeth in a city area. Licensed games back then weren't exactly too faithful to their source material...
+Mariusz Bosy Haha I remember that in KK2! It always reminded me of that demented ducky in Nightmare Before Xmas
Konami seriously loved their razor-teethed ducks - they made an appearance in Esper Dream and in one of the Wai Wai Worlds I think. And yeah, that movie is exactly what I thought of when I played that game for the first time! :)
can’t believe you were able to play this game
this soundtrack slaps though - that’s for sure
I remember buying this game from a local video store back in the day....and it was the case of you played it until you liked it.
I dont see how this game has anything to do with The movie.
I love how this game is true to the movie. It really feels like you're watching the movie.😲
Except the stupid pink pants with white boots. Also his long purple hair
yeah we all remember the flying jellyfish and blood-shitting birds in the movie.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
What... a piece of crap. Predator was such an awesome movie, the people who made this game should be flogged.
Them: “I wish we had games like back in the day!”
Games from back in the day:
the best thing about them was they were ready to play the minute you turn them on, unless it's an arcade machine. my nintendo, sega genesis, gameboy, and game gear still work. my xbox 360 and ps4 died already.
“You are one ugly beast Schaefer says”
Narrator: “except that’s not what Schaefer said..”
😂
Like Rambo on the NES, I would not be against the idea of a Predator movie based on the video game version. Major Dutch Schaefer running around in a pink uniform shooting a laser gun at armies of multicolored Power Ranger Predators? Couldn't possibly be worse than Alien vs Predator 2.
Why do they call the grenades "Pine" in this game?
I think it's for pineapple, slang for grenade
Basically it's Ghost 'n Goblins with a Predator theme
I remember playing this when I was like 7 years old and I just ran around in a circle
Planting those bombs and I had so much fun doing that Lolol didn’t even care about trying to pass levels, just wanted to plant bombs
Congratulations
You have survivied.
Avgn: Barely. 😠
34:05 Never thought I'd see the day when the predator is a floating head
The rest of his body is in black camouflage..
So much better that way
I didn't remember Predator was a flying head
Definitely the director's cut🎥📼
He looks so manly in that green leotard during the close up stages
Já zerei trocentas vezes. Nostálgico.
I remember buying this game for $75 when it first came out. Probably the worst game I've ever played.
😂😂😂😂😂😂
If this is the worst game you've ever played, esp from the NES era, you got hella lucky. This looks decent to me; not good, but not terrible.
Total recall is worse.
LOUIE! I finally found you! I know it's you from your gun style!
It takes a real badass to finish this game.
One of my favorites on NES
Ah yes. Predator on the NES. Where the creators saw it fit to demoralize the most masculine character into wearing pink pants with Ugs for boots. While playing a sound track similar to Disney's Ducktail's & Beating the crap out of enemies that would fit better in an R-Type game. I still loved this game, dont ask me why.
I wonder if this was another game and the developer at the las second put the PREDATOR logo and redrawn some sprites.
I remember this game came with my first pack on NES games back in 88. Good memories.
Most likely
I remember when I was a kid my father rented this for me from Blockbuster. When he gave me the game he asked me if I wanted to go to the movies to see Home Alone or stay home and play the game. I was such a homebody I said I want to stay and play the game. 😂😂😂😂
this game represents the alternate ending where Dutch is having a near death fever dream after losing a fight to the real Predator
I remember beating this game as a kid tough game.I still have the cartridge
shout out to Big Mode😂 🗣🗣🗣🗣the peak of naming a mode
also placing a hand for location indicator is actually nice. Only some arcade games would do this (but most beat em ups didn't have the purpose of doing this unless it had mazes, right?)
Holy fuck i never made it half way so seeing this just made me realize i would've never beat this game lol
My Favorite Game
Who's watching 2024?
The flying predator heads has me dying
Lousy game but at least the soundtrack is pretty good!
the game isn't that bad
3:00. Sounds like Christmas music.
2:56
ah yes, the ghost/jellyfish cave from the movie
One travesty of a game, actually, more like a half-assed middle-school project. Does the movie no justice. I commend the player for sheer skill in playing it.
Dutch only changes out of his pink fatigues when he travels out of the jungle and into pink land, then he switches to his green fatigues. 4D chess right there.
I remember Schaffer fought a flying predator head in the jungle
surprisingly enough this game have the most responsive jump control I ever see in a NES game
Well I was impressed by the quality of the graphic to realistic ratio of the images.
The enemies in this game are ridiculous. He's fighting JELLYFISH?
I remember my cousin renting this and never being able to get past a jump.
Anyone else?
The real Contra
I didn't know Brett the Hitman Hart was playing Arnold in this game.
Also can you play Die Hard on the NES, made by the same guys, and also publishes by Activision?
I recorded that one awhile back :) I'll upload sometime soon.
Ok.
Why all Pack-In-Video games always good music?
wow the soundtrack is legendary!!!!!!
So Nostalgic
I remember being quite disappointed with this game 😂 and my older brother who loved predator didn’t like his pink jeans lol
I got a boy and his blob shortly after and loved that
Confirmed : Arnold is Pink Guy (Filthy Frank/Joji) dad 😆
Ending : Predator and Arnold singing "Nickolodeon Girls" together.
I would have shut the game off the minute I saw the game play.
Thats what i did back in the day
@@holidayinn4293 : Lol
Remember the part in the movie when the floating head started to attack Dutch? Lol. People are probably asking why the scorpions? Any time
This game is a record of everything Dutch did when the camera was panned away from him during the movie. Blooper reels show him using his prop rifle to play baseball with a laughing, floating head.
Well they were at the jungle.... that’s why the scorpions....lol
Are the bird taking a dump on Arnold? This game is sick
The Predators(Yautja) hunts and kills anybody armed. Men, women, children, dogs, cats, birds!
The fact i never knew there was a Predator video game makes me feel like ive never actually been a fan
it's just like watching the movie but with better music
the enemies look like OG Pokemon Placeholders :v
They put arnie in a game with predators, metroids and power rangers. What a mash up🤣🤣🤣
Game genie here predator in energy field
It’s crazy how the cinematic presentation and cutscenes were really good, plus an amazing soundtrack….but the gameplay is absolutely terrible.
Wooow...very nice 🙆🏽♂️🙆🏽♂️🙆🏽♂️
Hahaha WTF does a giant floating yautja mask and goofy viruses have to do with the Predator??
How to get you entire development team fired with one game.
This is when they were just banking on big hit movies and making a terrible quick game to sell to a bunch of us gullible kids
Got this for xmas, played once and never played it again.
I like this game and give it a play through at least once a year. The MSX version was worse in difficulty
Waaaaahhhh get to the choppperrr
The same engine as Rambo. Its seems to be the same story with a gameplay ^^ a bit better ^^
Pack-in-Video developed both, which could explain why they look very similar.
i can't believe this game is worse than Rambo
Our captivity is ending AHAYAH has redeemed Jacob
They don't make them like this anymore, Arnold in pink trousers is a bit far I think but you never know these days , the butterflys are awesome random but cool if that's your thing ,the music might not be to everyone's taste again if that's your thing and your happy then that's what matters .
Arnold with pixel....😂😂😂
If you game over, make sure to please press "Select" and not "Start." Pressing "Start" will permanently erase your save progress.
"Fucking... fuck time!!!" AVGN, Episode 107 'Schwarzenegger Games' XD
Jesus Christ these Bimmy stans are pathetic.
No time limit was a good idea
Where's all the Mega Man fans at?✌
Why do you play as Bret the Hitman Hart?
Really feel bad and pity for the game developer, when the main enemy is just the Predator, what else can you put in the game for the player to fight with? At least they tried to make it challenging. The final boss is just LOL Moment, especially the end credit. I will just buy this game for just the cover alone... (with just 2 bar left you manage to beat the final boss is just as intense like in the movie, heheh)