Classic Gaming Quarterly. Yo bro Happy Holidays to you and yours. I’m not sure if you feel like taking request but I would love to see you do some videos on all the classics video game systems getting re releases and all the video games on said platforms that made them overall classics. Would love to see your take on all these precious childhood memories I had. Thanks, Happy Holidays and Have a Happy New Year Bro
Love this video! I started collecting NP again this year after losing my childhood collection in a move. I’m almost at 50% of a full collection so far! Keep up the awesome content!
Happy Thanksgiving! I know I speak for a ton of people out there who don't usually comment but absolutely devour all your content. It's top-notch stuff, and we're lucky to have you do everything you do. Cheers!
This is definitely my favorite cover of Nintendo Power from back in the NES days. So grisly - so MATURE. No chance of me getting that mag back then, my parents wouldn’t allow it.
This is the issue that I always remember having in my desk in the 2nd grade and my friends and I keeping it out of sight from our teacher because she'd already warned me to not bring it back to school. Memories from that period are fuzzy, but I remember this one clearly. Also, I've never forgotten Scott Baio's bday since.
I love the old retro gaming magazines. I started collecting them back in 97 when I discovered PSM, still missing that 1st FFVII issue. BTW Happy Thanksgiving. One thing I'm thankful for is that you're still making videos, so thank you.
You are some crazy guy, I like your attitude and the format. Conserving these magazines with some insight and reasoning in video format is quite an inspiring and interesting experience and seems to be a reasonable way of preservation for a future audience. Keep them rollin ;)
A blast from the past. I was 7 when this mag was published. I really like the series when you read these old magazines. I remember our home got a NES the following year after hurricane Hugo in 1989. Be easy brother.
I loved the presentation of this video with recorded game footage mixed in with the issue coverage. Excellent production values; I love these magazine retrospectives. Anyway, I recall hearing that a lot of parents complained to Nintendo because they felt the cover was too violent due to the model holding Dracula's severed head. Definitely one of the best Nintendo Power covers ever!
Yeah, someone else actually left a comment on this vid saying that there was no way their parents would have let them have this issue, because of the severed head.
I had this as a kid. Yes, I hung the calendar on the wall. If I recall correctly, it has March 15th as Nintendos birthday. That was awesome, cause it's also my birthday. Great vid, sir.
I definitely read this issue as a kid - I’m born in 77- and this mostly makes me recall how 1988 mostly had underwhelming sequels in comparison to 1987 NES releases. Mega man 2 is the only major exception I recall saving for sacing for the Sega genesis because of how ripped off I felt about Mario 2 and not wanting to risk Zelda 2 or castlevania ii. Hopefully there is an NES in 1987 episode
Yeah, the sequels to these games were a pretty big let down. Over the years they've become sort of dark horse favorites in their respective series' (to some people). I respect that and can sort of understand why, but at the time they were just disappointing. They were so different from the games we loved. I like the fact that they didn't just go with more of the same, but what we got was freakin' weird and didn't live up to the originals. They don't seem that weird now because they've been around so long and fans have grown to accept and even love them, but when they were new it wasn't like that. Minus MM2 of course, as you said. It was better than the original in every way.
Man I remember all these early Nintendo Powers. These "reading" episodes are so great. There were some fantastic, legendary games coming out at this time.
Love your channel! Been following on my personal YT! You inspired me to do this with Mini Truckin' Magazine! Finally getting going. Keep up the great work and passion!
I had this issue as well as most of the first few years of NP, EGM, and Gamepro. Being that there was no internet back then, I'd look forward to reading each issue and kept them all til I moved out of my home after college. I really wish I kept them!
Great show, loved Nintendo Power growing up. I think when Simon's Quest came out, a lot of the sequel NES games tried something new, similar to Zelda. Anyhow great work on showcasing the issue, I will be back for the next one...
It’s nice to finally hear someone talk good about Simons Quest . I always catch flack for loving the game because of its gameplay flaws, but it’s my favorite Castlevania on the nes because of the music and atmosphere it sets and nostalgia . This is a great review of the 2nd addition on Nintendo Power ! Can’t wait for the next video brother 👍🏼
Love these, thanks for doing them! Not sure if it's just my playback or the video itself, but my audio was a few seconds off the video for some reason. Watching on an ipad, not sure if it makes a difference. Anyway, I had an EGM subscription back in the mid to late 90s and early 2000s, but never Nintendo Power, and I regret that now. Thank you for recording these for posterity and nostalgia though! Also fun fact, Melora Hardin is the daughter of Jerry Hardin who played Deep Throat in X-Files. What a great show that was....well, at least the first 6 seasons, anyway...
Great video!! I still have my issue as well after all these years. This issue didnt come out in Canada but was available as a back issue for order once NP was available here in August of '89. One massive glaring omission I think should have been mentioned is that Lifeforce is also 2 player simultaneous play which made it a ton more fun than the original Gradius.
I loved the intro walkthrus in Nintendo Power (and in localised versions of it). They gave a great insight how the game plays, without even seeing a moving picture of the gameplay and level design. :) And nowadays they're such trips to memory lane, instantly reaminding you of the gameplay and level design.
I always thought it was nuts how the Simon Belmont on the cover actually looks like the Alucard sprite from Castlevania III, especially since that game wouldn't even be in released in Japan for another year!
Great NES games that heavily benefited from a walkthrough: - Crystalis - Dragon Warrior - Shadowgate - Maniac Mansion - A Boy and His Blob - Faxanadu - Battle of Olympus - Zelda - Zelda II ... Others I have missed?
I remember when I subscribed to Nintendo Power the one thing that was always number one on the "most wanted" was the 64DD coming to America. Assuming that Nintendo Power was actually publishing the answers on the cards we sent in.
My brothers and I tried for years to beat Golgo 13 and it’s fifth level, which we assumed was the end. A few years ago I looked up a guide out of curiosity to see how much game would have been left if we had figured out how to conquer that level and we were only like 1/3 of the way through. That game was brutal. But gorgeous. Amazing art and music.
16:12 Yea... Simons Quest jams. I seriously loved that game as a kid. I loved watching my siblings play it and I also played it as a 6 year old. "nintendo hard" was just the norm. we learned how to play them.
Chris i don't remember how i found out about it (maybe looking up and down the toys r us video game aisle) but i wanted Golgo 13 pretty badly. I received it as a Christmas gift and played it relentlessly. I absolutely loved how it had a plotline along with scrolling/sniper stages. For a 12 year old, the adult type themes of the game were so taboo that i felt like i was getting away with something by playing it. Absolutely have the greatest of memories of Golgo 13!
If the artwork and the weird phrasing is to be believed, apparently Rad didn't actually have a bionic arm in the NES game-it was just a wrist-mounted grappling hook gun _called_ the "Bionic Arm", confusingly. In pretty much every other Bionic Commando-related thing beyond that, it's a proper bionic arm, so it makes that detail even stranger.
cv 2 is so cryptic that I found a glitch that got me to the mansion with the eye or ring before I learned you had to kneel at a lake and at the side of a cliff. Took me dozens of hours before I stumbled on the glitch and even then I couldn't finish the game. Now that I know what to do the game is a breeze. I personally really like the game. I just wish the game designers spend a little more time on the boss battles with death and vampira. They phoned those in
27:00 I loved Kid Niki in the arcade. It was a fast, fun game, but the NES version was definitely not as good. I remember renting it when it came to the NES and being unimpressed when comparing it to the arcade.
I’m a part of a Facebook group that one time posed the question “what’s your favorite beat ‘em up?” And I saw the weirdest array of answers. from action platformers to even fighting games, and at the time, this confused the shit out of me. It’s a very lax term apparently, to my surprise.
Both Golgo 13 and Bionic Commando have plots based around resurrecting Hitler. I played Blaster Master back in the day, and I have some negative things to say about it: the cavern mazes. I don't think I ever got past the second stage because I couldn't figure out where I was or where to go.
Just found this channel and am having a real nice time. I especially appreciate the personal anecdotes and casual contextualizing. In case you're still curious about that chip shortage - I did some research on it for a paper a while ago, and I can confirm that this one is definitely real. It actually affected the whole US computer industry. Essentially, the US and Japan struck a trade agreement limiting Japan's ability to sell chips in the US. The US was supposed to manufacture their own chips to make up the deficit, but the transition brought the industry to a standstill. Additionally, Nintendo's preference for older tech came back to haunt them as Japanese manufacturers moved on to newer generation chips. Now, since Nintendo controlled production for third party titles, the question of whether they hoarded the available chips for their in-house games is another thing entirely... Source: www.nytimes.com/1988/03/12/us/shortage-of-memory-chips-has-industry-scrambling.html
Hopefully nobody actually pronounces it Guh-Logga 😂 Happy Thanksgiving! Thanks for the upload. Nothing on UA-cam pleases me more than a relaxing read-through of a classic mag.
When I heard that pronounced like that I thought, "I've been saying it wrong from 30 years!" but come to think of it, everyone that I have heard day Galaga says it like I do (Gal-a-ga).
In Zelda there was a tip given to you to teach you to find level five. It was something along the lines of blow the fluid in the place with no fairies. I can’t remember exactly what it said but it something close to that.
The blaster master plot is so odd because a 3rd grade class won a nintendo contest to design a videogame so they just added it into this game that already existed in japan
For me Simon's Quest isn't a horrible game, but it does deserve most of the reputation it has. Some of the design decisions just make me scratch my head. It is far from the bad end of the scale as far as NES games go, but it's definitely on the low end of the Castlevania scale. Lots of modern players love it and don't understand why people didn't like it back in the day, but that's because they can't imagine trying to play it using only what's given to you in-game. If you've already been through it with a guide you just can't understand how irritating it is. The first CV was my favorite game and I got this one fairly early in its lifetime. I refused to believe it was that obtuse, I kept telling myself I was just not understanding the game or that I was missing some key element. When I finally found out how to progress in certain points (via a guide I downloaded from a bbs) I was pretty let down. I will say that it tried some neat things that weren't being done at the time and I do applaud them for not doing the same thing as the previous game. That said, I was very happy when I saw that they went back to the original formula in III.
Christmas 88, 4th grade. I really wanted an NES by 4th grade. Don't think I really cared much yet in 3rd. We had an Apple iic at home so I played that. But anyways, parents wouldn't get me a Nintendo for Christmas. So after my Birthday in Feb, I bought the Action Set and Double Dragon. So got mine February 89. Just confirming that by late 88, Nintendo was really getting super popular among elementary school students (in Cincinnati at least)
I don’t think I could ever get past the first level. I was expecting something like the arcade game, boy was I disappointed! (I put sooo many tokens into TMNT Arcade at Charles E. Cheese when I was a kid, so when it came out on the NES and it turned out to be a decent port I was really happy.)
@@timbdotus I was disappointed too, but I loved TMNT so much, I played it, and eventually beat it. I also played the arcade NES port and while it was ok, it wasn't as fun as the arcade game, haha.
ARC Game Design Yeah, I think I eventually beat TMNT a couple of years later, once I had a bit more patience and a Game Genie! I agree, the arcade version was the best at the arcade. Coop play with 4 other random kids was just awesome! That said, I enjoyed being able to actually play all the way through with a friend on the NES port. :D
I always hate how the NES is listed as launching in 1985 in North America when it was really only the New York City area that had it. For me 1987 is when kids first really started noticing the NES, with 1988 being peak popularity for all things Nintendo.
'the so called chip shortage' Everyone is vg world talks about this. Seems relevant cause we are re-living the chip shortage of the late 80's early 90's. Love it !!!
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Classic Gaming Quarterly. Yo bro Happy Holidays to you and yours. I’m not sure if you feel like taking request but I would love to see you do some videos on all the classics video game systems getting re releases and all the video games on said platforms that made them overall classics. Would love to see your take on all these precious childhood memories I had. Thanks, Happy Holidays and Have a Happy New Year Bro
“You can sit on a guy and punch him while you sit on him. That’s pretty cool.” - CGQ
I love these magazine reading episodes.
The NES era truly was a special time if you were a kid then. It's great to venture back in time when it was at the pinnacle of home video games.
Love this video! I started collecting NP again this year after losing my childhood collection in a move. I’m almost at 50% of a full collection so far! Keep up the awesome content!
Love these episodes. One of the best shows on UA-cam!
Happy Thanksgiving! I know I speak for a ton of people out there who don't usually comment but absolutely devour all your content. It's top-notch stuff, and we're lucky to have you do everything you do. Cheers!
Thanks, man. Happy Thanksgiving to you, too!
This is definitely my favorite cover of Nintendo Power from back in the NES days. So grisly - so MATURE. No chance of me getting that mag back then, my parents wouldn’t allow it.
This is the issue that I always remember having in my desk in the 2nd grade and my friends and I keeping it out of sight from our teacher because she'd already warned me to not bring it back to school. Memories from that period are fuzzy, but I remember this one clearly. Also, I've never forgotten Scott Baio's bday since.
Serious...maybe the best game channel out there.Unfortunaly,new videos are quite rare.
Awesome videos Bro! Love all the attention to detail.
Love seeing new videos from you man, my girlfriend and i just watched this and about 8 others in a row. Been a fan for a long time!
I love the old retro gaming magazines. I started collecting them back in 97 when I discovered PSM, still missing that 1st FFVII issue. BTW Happy Thanksgiving. One thing I'm thankful for is that you're still making videos, so thank you.
Thanks, Jerry. Happy Thanksgiving!
You are some crazy guy, I like your attitude and the format. Conserving these magazines with some insight and reasoning in video format is quite an inspiring and interesting experience and seems to be a reasonable way of preservation for a future audience. Keep them rollin ;)
A blast from the past. I was 7 when this mag was published. I really like the series when you read these old magazines.
I remember our home got a NES the following year after hurricane Hugo in 1989.
Be easy brother.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING CHRIS, FROM MONTREAL CANADA!!!! Btw thanks for the post card last year!
Happy Thanksgiving!
What a day to be alive! Thanks for the awesome video gift!
This video series (and really all of your content) is MUCH appreciated. Thanks.
These magazine reading Episodes are the pinnacle of retro gaming on youtube for me!
Awesome video as always. Thank you for the memories.
Thanks Chris for your top shelf work and giving me something to watch on Thanksgiving. 🙏🏻🍁🦃
YAY! Happy Thanksgiving, Chris! I'm thankful for you and the work you put into your channel, buddy. Truly appreciated...
Thanks man! Happy Thanksgiving!
I loved the presentation of this video with recorded game footage mixed in with the issue coverage. Excellent production values; I love these magazine retrospectives.
Anyway, I recall hearing that a lot of parents complained to Nintendo because they felt the cover was too violent due to the model holding Dracula's severed head. Definitely one of the best Nintendo Power covers ever!
Yeah, someone else actually left a comment on this vid saying that there was no way their parents would have let them have this issue, because of the severed head.
I had this as a kid. Yes, I hung the calendar on the wall. If I recall correctly, it has March 15th as Nintendos birthday. That was awesome, cause it's also my birthday. Great vid, sir.
I apparently did as well. I just grabbed my issue and the calendar is gone. The poster is still there though.
I definitely read this issue as a kid - I’m born in 77- and this mostly makes me recall how 1988 mostly had underwhelming sequels in comparison to 1987 NES releases. Mega man 2 is the only major exception I recall saving for sacing for the Sega genesis because of how ripped off I felt about Mario 2 and not wanting to risk Zelda 2 or castlevania ii. Hopefully there is an NES in 1987 episode
Yeah, the sequels to these games were a pretty big let down. Over the years they've become sort of dark horse favorites in their respective series' (to some people). I respect that and can sort of understand why, but at the time they were just disappointing. They were so different from the games we loved. I like the fact that they didn't just go with more of the same, but what we got was freakin' weird and didn't live up to the originals. They don't seem that weird now because they've been around so long and fans have grown to accept and even love them, but when they were new it wasn't like that. Minus MM2 of course, as you said. It was better than the original in every way.
Great idea for a series. I had all these issues and love the revisit.
These are really great episodes, a lot of memories.
Happy Thanksgiving CGQ!
Thanks, you too Ralph!
I remember this issue so well, especially the cover. It didn't scare me but I was shocked that they made the cover so 'brutal'
Your page is a gift ...Peferct christmas gift here thanks for your hard work
Man I remember all these early Nintendo Powers. These "reading" episodes are so great. There were some fantastic, legendary games coming out at this time.
Love your channel! Been following on my personal YT! You inspired me to do this with Mini Truckin' Magazine! Finally getting going. Keep up the great work and passion!
Nice! I’ll be sure to check it out.
I had this issue as well as most of the first few years of NP, EGM, and Gamepro. Being that there was no internet back then, I'd look forward to reading each issue and kept them all til I moved out of my home after college. I really wish I kept them!
Great show, loved Nintendo Power growing up. I think when Simon's Quest came out, a lot of the sequel NES games tried something new, similar to Zelda. Anyhow great work on showcasing the issue, I will be back for the next one...
EVERY KID loved Mario 2. Thank goodness we didn't have internet snarkdom to tell us how to feel about it back then.
It’s nice to finally hear someone talk good about Simons Quest . I always catch flack for loving the game because of its gameplay flaws, but it’s my favorite Castlevania on the nes because of the music and atmosphere it sets and nostalgia . This is a great review of the 2nd addition on Nintendo Power ! Can’t wait for the next video brother 👍🏼
I love these soooo much!
Love this style of video. Fun take
RC Pro Am looks like the predecessor to one of my absolute favorite SNES games from childhood: Rock n Roll Racing. Still gets love.
Bionic Commando! I played it last weekend, owned it growing up (still have it) one of the coolest games and soundtracks.
Love these, thanks for doing them! Not sure if it's just my playback or the video itself, but my audio was a few seconds off the video for some reason. Watching on an ipad, not sure if it makes a difference.
Anyway, I had an EGM subscription back in the mid to late 90s and early 2000s, but never Nintendo Power, and I regret that now. Thank you for recording these for posterity and nostalgia though!
Also fun fact, Melora Hardin is the daughter of Jerry Hardin who played Deep Throat in X-Files. What a great show that was....well, at least the first 6 seasons, anyway...
Happy *American Thanksgiving, CGQ from Yellowknife, Northwest Territories Canada!
Thanks for the new video!!! Happy thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving!
Great video!! I still have my issue as well after all these years. This issue didnt come out in Canada but was available as a back issue for order once NP was available here in August of '89.
One massive glaring omission I think should have been mentioned is that Lifeforce is also 2 player simultaneous play which made it a ton more fun than the original Gradius.
I loved the intro walkthrus in Nintendo Power (and in localised versions of it). They gave a great insight how the game plays, without even seeing a moving picture of the gameplay and level design. :) And nowadays they're such trips to memory lane, instantly reaminding you of the gameplay and level design.
I always thought it was nuts how the Simon Belmont on the cover actually looks like the Alucard sprite from Castlevania III, especially since that game wouldn't even be in released in Japan for another year!
Great NES games that heavily benefited from a walkthrough:
- Crystalis
- Dragon Warrior
- Shadowgate
- Maniac Mansion
- A Boy and His Blob
- Faxanadu
- Battle of Olympus
- Zelda
- Zelda II
...
Others I have missed?
Robert August de Meijer good list.
I’d add Metroid to that list for those of us who were not so great at drawing maps.
I remember when I subscribed to Nintendo Power the one thing that was always number one on the "most wanted" was the 64DD coming to America. Assuming that Nintendo Power was actually publishing the answers on the cards we sent in.
My brothers and I tried for years to beat Golgo 13 and it’s fifth level, which we assumed was the end. A few years ago I looked up a guide out of curiosity to see how much game would have been left if we had figured out how to conquer that level and we were only like 1/3 of the way through. That game was brutal.
But gorgeous. Amazing art and music.
16:12 Yea... Simons Quest jams. I seriously loved that game as a kid. I loved watching my siblings play it and I also played it as a 6 year old. "nintendo hard" was just the norm. we learned how to play them.
Chris i don't remember how i found out about it (maybe looking up and down the toys r us video game aisle) but i wanted Golgo 13 pretty badly. I received it as a Christmas gift and played it relentlessly. I absolutely loved how it had a plotline along with scrolling/sniper stages. For a 12 year old, the adult type themes of the game were so taboo that i felt like i was getting away with something by playing it. Absolutely have the greatest of memories of Golgo 13!
I loved Life Force!
Golgo 13 is one of Pat the NES Punk's favorite games. I never got a chance to play it. But I've thought about firing it up and giving it a go.
Life Force is one of the most unfair games I have ever played. You almost need to have a perfect run in order to finish the game without using cheats.
a good UA-cam Rewind would have CGQ in it!
If the artwork and the weird phrasing is to be believed, apparently Rad didn't actually have a bionic arm in the NES game-it was just a wrist-mounted grappling hook gun _called_ the "Bionic Arm", confusingly. In pretty much every other Bionic Commando-related thing beyond that, it's a proper bionic arm, so it makes that detail even stranger.
I love bionic commando! I haven't played it for so long! Gonna have to dust that one off and play thru it again!
The clue to finding zelda level 7 is in the instruction manual pretty sure, I think a cave hermit also mentions a secret in the area without a fairy.
in 2044, that calendar will be good again.
Nice Brooks Brothers shirt!
Happy Thanksgiving Chris!
You too, Trigger!
Sweet mother of god, that picture of Dracula. Wow.
The Best Cover Ever Period!!!
Nice work
cv 2 is so cryptic that I found a glitch that got me to the mansion with the eye or ring before I learned you had to kneel at a lake and at the side of a cliff. Took me dozens of hours before I stumbled on the glitch and even then I couldn't finish the game. Now that I know what to do the game is a breeze. I personally really like the game. I just wish the game designers spend a little more time on the boss battles with death and vampira. They phoned those in
You’re flying thru a monsters body. That’s why it’s called Life Force
Wow, that's new to me. I played the game when I was a kid, and didn't know about the back story, but that sounds interesting.
Yrs I loved Blaster Master as a child
27:00 I loved Kid Niki in the arcade. It was a fast, fun game, but the NES version was definitely not as good. I remember renting it when it came to the NES and being unimpressed when comparing it to the arcade.
Great video man!
In Zelda 1 it's clearly hinted in the game where you can find dungeon 7.
I’m a part of a Facebook group that one time posed the question “what’s your favorite beat ‘em up?” And I saw the weirdest array of answers. from action platformers to even fighting games, and at the time, this confused the shit out of me. It’s a very lax term apparently, to my surprise.
ugh! bloody tears! really nice track!
I had the game genie and played RC Pro Am as a kid. The game doesn’t end. You hit a certain level and you don’t progress any further.
Both Golgo 13 and Bionic Commando have plots based around resurrecting Hitler.
I played Blaster Master back in the day, and I have some negative things to say about it: the cavern mazes. I don't think I ever got past the second stage because I couldn't figure out where I was or where to go.
I've read this through maybe a dozen times (the 80's were boring as hell). Even so revisiting these with the extra insight sure is entertaining.
what 80s did you grow up in
I was in fifth grade and we just got our Nintendo for Christmas 88
Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving!
I think they didn't have ads cuz it was a subscription service by mail. You couldn't buy them in store. Dang I wish I kept them all, at least #1.
Wish I still had this issue
Just found this channel and am having a real nice time. I especially appreciate the personal anecdotes and casual contextualizing. In case you're still curious about that chip shortage - I did some research on it for a paper a while ago, and I can confirm that this one is definitely real. It actually affected the whole US computer industry. Essentially, the US and Japan struck a trade agreement limiting Japan's ability to sell chips in the US. The US was supposed to manufacture their own chips to make up the deficit, but the transition brought the industry to a standstill. Additionally, Nintendo's preference for older tech came back to haunt them as Japanese manufacturers moved on to newer generation chips.
Now, since Nintendo controlled production for third party titles, the question of whether they hoarded the available chips for their in-house games is another thing entirely...
Source: www.nytimes.com/1988/03/12/us/shortage-of-memory-chips-has-industry-scrambling.html
Hopefully nobody actually pronounces it Guh-Logga 😂 Happy Thanksgiving! Thanks for the upload. Nothing on UA-cam pleases me more than a relaxing read-through of a classic mag.
I've always pronounced it GAL-LAH-GAH.
When I heard that pronounced like that I thought, "I've been saying it wrong from 30 years!" but come to think of it, everyone that I have heard day Galaga says it like I do (Gal-a-ga).
Happy Thanksgiving!!
Golgo 13 is a GREAT game. Make sure you try it out!
Happy Thanksgiving chris
Happy Thanksgiving!
I had a ? answered in counselors corner about how 2 find Draculas castle
Thanks a lot
I loved the darker setting (As in I'm guessing it was recorded at night?) on this one Chris ;)
In Zelda there was a tip given to you to teach you to find level five. It was something along the lines of blow the fluid in the place with no fairies. I can’t remember exactly what it said but it something close to that.
A Tanned Bro ... lol!!! That may be the worst autocorrect ever 🤣
Chris is the best creator on the tube.
I don't think that's true, but I still appreciate you saying it. Thanks!
Man this is a heavy hitter NP for sure. 👍
I remember renting renegade. I thought it was all right.
The blaster master plot is so odd because a 3rd grade class won a nintendo contest to design a videogame so they just added it into this game that already existed in japan
For me Simon's Quest isn't a horrible game, but it does deserve most of the reputation it has. Some of the design decisions just make me scratch my head. It is far from the bad end of the scale as far as NES games go, but it's definitely on the low end of the Castlevania scale. Lots of modern players love it and don't understand why people didn't like it back in the day, but that's because they can't imagine trying to play it using only what's given to you in-game. If you've already been through it with a guide you just can't understand how irritating it is.
The first CV was my favorite game and I got this one fairly early in its lifetime. I refused to believe it was that obtuse, I kept telling myself I was just not understanding the game or that I was missing some key element. When I finally found out how to progress in certain points (via a guide I downloaded from a bbs) I was pretty let down. I will say that it tried some neat things that weren't being done at the time and I do applaud them for not doing the same thing as the previous game. That said, I was very happy when I saw that they went back to the original formula in III.
Christmas 88, 4th grade. I really wanted an NES by 4th grade. Don't think I really cared much yet in 3rd. We had an Apple iic at home so I played that.
But anyways, parents wouldn't get me a Nintendo for Christmas. So after my Birthday in Feb, I bought the Action Set and Double Dragon. So got mine February 89. Just confirming that by late 88, Nintendo was really getting super popular among elementary school students (in Cincinnati at least)
To let you know Howard and nester stop at issue 25
TMNT was such a letdown. But I still played the hell out of it. It's hard as nails
I don’t think I could ever get past the first level. I was expecting something like the arcade game, boy was I disappointed! (I put sooo many tokens into TMNT Arcade at Charles E. Cheese when I was a kid, so when it came out on the NES and it turned out to be a decent port I was really happy.)
@@timbdotus I was disappointed too, but I loved TMNT so much, I played it, and eventually beat it. I also played the arcade NES port and while it was ok, it wasn't as fun as the arcade game, haha.
ARC Game Design Yeah, I think I eventually beat TMNT a couple of years later, once I had a bit more patience and a Game Genie! I agree, the arcade version was the best at the arcade. Coop play with 4 other random kids was just awesome! That said, I enjoyed being able to actually play all the way through with a friend on the NES port. :D
I always hate how the NES is listed as launching in 1985 in North America when it was really only the New York City area that had it. For me 1987 is when kids first really started noticing the NES, with 1988 being peak popularity for all things Nintendo.
Claaaassssic Nintedo Power issue!
'the so called chip shortage' Everyone is vg world talks about this. Seems relevant cause we are re-living the chip shortage of the late 80's early 90's. Love it !!!
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