This makes me want to try Dino Riki Again. Is there just one hidden bird icon? Or is it like one per stage and you have to know the locations? I just tried it, the platforming is miserable. I'm hoping there's a hidden bird on the first stage somewhere.
@ShmupJunkie
Жыл бұрын
Yes! There’s one on nearly every stage. And often right before you need it. Once you know where they all are you can bypass almost all the jumping. It even flys over the fire traps and anything else.
@mikematei
Жыл бұрын
@@ShmupJunkie It seems like some of the later stages don't have them? Also since Holy Diver is on this list, it includes famicom. So What about Recca? Maybe you dont find that one impossible.
@ShmupJunkie
Жыл бұрын
I remember finding one on every one of the last stage 4 sections except the very last stage before the boss. But that area is doable without it. Im positive there is one for the stage 4 lillipad area and also the green stage.
There's actually a trick in Dino-Riki that not too many people know about. If you have a 2nd person on hand, they can fire on the 2nd controller, while you control Riki on the first. Me and my brother were able to beat the game by having a turbo controller in the 2nd port - he'd be firing, and I'd worry about the platforming. Good ol' days...
@RedLP5000S
Жыл бұрын
Beating the original Castlevania in front of my brother and father was the proudest moment in my gaming life.
@ShmupJunkie
Жыл бұрын
You had proof! I remember with Ninja Gaiden people literally didn't believe I finished it. You needed a friend watching to vouch for you lmao.
@loki.odinson
Жыл бұрын
I still haven't been able to beat Dracula without Save States. 2 forms for Dracula and he is so damn difficult. Much respect to you.
@loki.odinson
Жыл бұрын
@@ShmupJunkie Same here. My friend at the time didn't believe me that I beat all 3 bosses, so I had to beat the game a 2nd time in front of him at his house for him to believe me. That spinning blade slash thing was a life saver and I memorized all of the enemy placements as well as item drops. It was the only way to beat it.
@MarshallMathersthe7th
Жыл бұрын
I remember having trouble beating the first Castlevania at first, but now i can play through it with ease and finish it in like 45 minutes. I remember at first it took me days, even left my nes on overnight haha. But yea, i did it as an adult, i assume you did as a kid which is actually more impressive imo.
@MarshallMathersthe7th
Жыл бұрын
@@loki.odinson It's not that hard when you get the pattern down. Stand right in front of him and jump half a second after he opens his cape to shoot those fireballs and hit his head. Also have the holy water and lots of hearts lol.
@dangunheadachron1603
Жыл бұрын
The first Batman on NES is a masterpiece. I still play it once in awhile. You should definitely cover the Power Blade series Shatterhand, and Shadow of the Ninja. More tough as nails NES action platformers on a Part 2 video. :)
@ShmupJunkie
Жыл бұрын
Agreed on all those games. Batman is a total masterpiece and I really dig Shatterhand and Shadow. Depending on how well or not this video does and if there is interest, I would certainly do more.
@dangunheadachron1603
Жыл бұрын
@@ShmupJunkie i think non shmup related content is a great idea. You'll draw in more people. Maybe they'll discover the shmups we love :)
@ShmupJunkie
Жыл бұрын
@@dangunheadachron1603 That’s the idea. I’m trying to expose new audiences to the genre. It’s hit and miss. Some themes do better then others. This one is off to a really poor start unfortunately but it’s early. Hoping it gets more interest as I thought it came out really well.
@WhiteHat94
Жыл бұрын
There's actually an input bug in Holy Diver. Pressing any 2 buttons, including dpad, on the same frame results in 1 of the inputs getting eaten, and the A button has lowest priority. It's consistent so you just have to be sure to either jump first then move, or be moving then jump.
@ShmupJunkie
Жыл бұрын
Good to know wow! Or would have been good to know a lot sooner haha. I never knew the system behind it. I could just always tell that sometimes a jump just wouldn't happen. So I kind of started doing what you're saying naturally, feeling like I had to be very deliberate in my jump timing and couldn't just rely on it happening every time I pressed the button. So now I know why!
@sargesmash1
Жыл бұрын
Ah, nuts, I just posted the same thing and didn't notice this comment. Yep, that's it. Surprised no one has gone in to fix this particular bug.
@shadowledastray
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for this info! I remember an old Shmup Forums post describing a programming mistake in Holy Diver, and was sure the jumping issue mentioned in video were the result of it. But couldn't for life of me remember what the issue was specifically. That input bug was definitely it, and after seeing how hectic the game gets in this video, that sounds like one stress inducing bug. Lol
@TheElectricUnderground
Жыл бұрын
My favs are the ninja gaiden games on nes, stone cold classics. It would be cool to go through one day and no death all 3 in a row ha
@ShmupJunkie
Жыл бұрын
That would be tricky! It's so easy to get upended during a run with a random death in these games due to all the pitfalls and your timing being off ever so slightly. I've done it for them individually but never tried it in a row lol. Usually it takes a handful of tries before I can get a lucky run like that.
@TheElectricUnderground
Жыл бұрын
@@ShmupJunkie yes I'm looking forward to covering the games on the channel at some point :-) Shame trilogy on snes is so underwhelming
@ShmupJunkie
Жыл бұрын
@@TheElectricUnderground Agree there I have no love for that trilogy. Nor much for the remake on pc engine either. Nobody really got it right porting them.
@ShmupJunkie
Жыл бұрын
HARD NES Games that Kicked our Butts but we can't stop playing. Games so good that despite the struggle, or especially the struggle, they remain nostalgic favorites to replay. Can you beat some of these games? Enjoy this super fun video of my personal struggles and share your gaming experiences in the comments.
@jszekerj
Жыл бұрын
There's a number of them I've completed at least once, and there's some that just whoop my ass lol. All the Castlevanias are so well made, they're tough, but can be mastered. Like Gaiden and tons of shmups. Great vid man! 👏 🎮
@sammylane21
Жыл бұрын
Ninja Garden gave turrets syndrome.😂 Ninja Garden made go RAGE SUPER SYAN.
@ShmupJunkie
Жыл бұрын
@@sammylane21 Gotta love that autocorrect. Ninja Garden sounds like a game that needs to happen! 🤣
@loki.odinson
Жыл бұрын
Try Blaster Master on the NES. It was such a great game with amazing music. The beginning levels weren't too bad, but once you arrived at Level 4 and beyond it punished you for the tiniest mistakes. Level 8 was beyond brutal filled with quick deaths and a boss that will make you cry. It had Limited Continues, so you needed to make your deaths count because once you ran out, it was back to Level 1.
@Ruudos
Жыл бұрын
Never played Holy Diver, T&C and Karate Kid but I've beaten the other games (Dino Riki without continue code).
@greenmaillink
Жыл бұрын
Man, just hearing the Ninja Gaiden songs is enough to put me in a massive nostalgia trip.
@ShmupJunkie
Жыл бұрын
People don’t believe me when I say I still usually watch the cut scenes when replaying it. Even though we’ve seen them endless times. It still takes me back.
@stellacapone
Жыл бұрын
I was just saying the same thing. this video made me cry because I relieved some of my childhood. I really wish things were like the 80s and 90s. Life was much better than
@chasingshangrila
Жыл бұрын
Absolutely 👍
@thewanderingwizard9848
Жыл бұрын
@@ShmupJunkie It's a crime NOT to watch them.
@thewanderingwizard9848
Жыл бұрын
Level 4-2: Unbreakable Determination is one of the best tracks in video game history!
@carlosmariscal6379
Жыл бұрын
I have such fond memories of these games.. I remember my dad would stay up late into the night with me on weekends playing Ghosts and Goblins. I think Hudson’s adventure island was one of the very few games I could not be in my childhood.
@ShmupJunkie
Жыл бұрын
That’s a cool dad to work on that with you. My folks didn’t know anything about or touch games, but at least they got them for me. So I tried to spend lots of time playing with my son who’s all grown up now. Adventure Island is one of the more brutal games!
@omegaman1409
Жыл бұрын
I remember playing Ghosts n Gobblers all night long. It was addictive. Loved the design. The colors and sounds. It was ahead of it's time.
@ShmupJunkie
Жыл бұрын
Had the difficulty been adjusted/balanced better it could be known as an all time classic as opposed to it's cool but impossible reputation. Instead of famous it's now infamous lol.
@brandonlahman7945
Жыл бұрын
Ghosts n Gobblers sounds pretty iffy. Japanese definitely are into some weird shit!
@drewpool4537
9 ай бұрын
"Ninja Gaiden is a dance. And just like real life; if you lose the rhythm and mess up: you die." Best line I've heard in a while.
@ShmupJunkie
9 ай бұрын
Ninja Gaiden brings out the philosopher in us. Either that or a bout of Tourettes 😅.
@RyuHayabusa06
Жыл бұрын
Great video! In my heyday I could beat Ninja Gaiden on a single life without taking a hit until Bloody Malth. That was before I knew how powerful the spinning slash was. I could also beat NG2 on a single life. Now NG3, that was by far the hardest of the trilogy, at least in the US. I've only beaten it once. They screwed up the controls. Oh, and in case you didn't notice, I loved Ninja Gaiden so much I often use it's protagonist as my profile name, lol.
@ShmupJunkie
Жыл бұрын
hahah, my brotha from anotha motha. We both share that love. I'm the same way. I can still run through it no death but not often, as one way or another something gets you. I still love playing through it though like almost nothing else. I never did jive with 3 as much as the first two either. I like the momentum of constantly being on the move in the first game and the second. The verticality in 3 was cool and a fun change of pace, but it also slows the game down in ways and turns it into something else. I eventually learned to appreciate it for what it is, but I don't enjoy replaying it as much either as the first two.
@RyuHayabusa06
Жыл бұрын
@@ShmupJunkie Another thing that bothered me about part 3 was the story. I absolutely loved the stories of the first two games with Jaquio, Ashtar, the demon world, magic swords etc. Part three with it's bio-engineered robots and no real ties to the first two other than Foster and Irene really lost something. And again, the floaty controls really screwed it up. On a CRT TV I can still rip through the game no problem. Every pattern is burned in my brain forever. I remember years ago in Nintendo Power one of the game counselor's best accomplishments was beating both NG 1&2 in under two hours. I thought I was hot shit for doing it in 45 minutes, lol.
@Iohannis42
8 ай бұрын
The NES was definitely one of the best video game consoles of all time, with many interesting adventures that inspired me. As a child I was an avid reader, so I loved games with a good backstory. Games with cutscenes were among my favorite, and it made them so much more than an ordinary game. I definitely left it behind and "graduated" to the Sega Genesis and SNES after finishing numerous games, but nothing could replace the feeling of playing the NES. They are some of my mist treasured childhood memory, whether playing solo or with my little brother. This was a great video! Well done! Thank you!
@hungrygoriya
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing some of your personal battles with some truly tough titles here. This was an awesome watch!
@ShmupJunkie
Жыл бұрын
You probably already know this but this topic was inspired by your video a month ago... which was also a great nostalgic watch. So thank you for the inspiration! It reminded me how much I enjoyed my NES and that I had yet to make a dedicated video for some of those personal battles.
@hungrygoriya
Жыл бұрын
@@ShmupJunkie Well I'm very honoured! The more I play other systems, the more I keep coming to the same conclusion as you. NES is where it's at for me and I never seem to get sick of anything it throws at me. I'm glad you and so many others here are on the same page!
@countdread6467
8 ай бұрын
"I love the power glove, it's so bad"-"Californiaaaa". Your reference to The Wizard(Favorite movie as a kid) and Dune earned you a huge sub. Love those movies to death and all the games you listed are my games too lol. Ninja Gaiden for life! Great video! Other mentions that drove me crazy: Blaster Master, Contra and 8 eyes. Don't forget Battle Toads. Raage!
@ShmupJunkie
8 ай бұрын
Thanks! And welcome to the channel. I love making fun vids like this and always pepper in my fav movies and stuff I was into from that era. Good timing as I’ve been MIA for a couple months working hard on a new vid that releases in just a couple hours. Oh yeah… Ninja Gaiden for life 🤘
@loki.odinson
Жыл бұрын
What was especially frustrating and challenging in Ninja Gaiden was that if you died on any of the 3 different end bosses on 6-3, the game sent you all the way back to 6-1. Ghosts n Goblins was Dark Souls before there was a Dark Souls and the game literally trolled you when you died.
@ShmupJunkie
Жыл бұрын
I only wish Ghosts N Goblins was as easy Dark Souls. I would have beat it with far less torture back then haha. Dark Souls is pretty perfect in terms of where a good difficulty lies. Bloodborne especially was my favorite of their games.
@estebancruz6194
Жыл бұрын
You are a pro bro. I can’t get pass 6-3.. feels impossible. Some day tho.. Ghost & Goblins I can’t handle that level of frustration…
@tayloredon2527
Жыл бұрын
You are an amazing story teller, great video editing ,great voice, awesome games,all this got a little tear in my eyes at the end, thank you , your video was really really good!
@ShmupJunkie
Жыл бұрын
You’re very welcome it’s always much appreciated to hear that it’s being enjoyed. It took a lot of videos and practice to eventually get to this point in editing and putting a fun video together. But I’ve always enjoyed it and hope to make more like it.
@Gersheyz
Жыл бұрын
Dick Tracy was a game that I played through as a kid just fine, but when I came back later in life, it wrecked me so hard I couldn't fathom how I ever beat it before.
@Enjoymentboy
Жыл бұрын
We used to have a list called "Games to be Annoyed By" and Ninja Gaiden was #1 on that list and never lost its spot. I clearly recall one Saturday when we were playing for money my friend lost for the last time and he calmly stood up, popped the cartridge out of the NES, walked outside and hurled it down the street as hard as he could. He came back inside and asked if we wanted to order pizza like nothing had happened. The funniest part is that we had rented it and he needed to return it the next morning.
@ShmupJunkie
Жыл бұрын
😂 I can see that happening. What I loved about NG though is the game was also really good, at least to me. Just that final stage was maddening having to redo. So once I cooled off in a day or two I wanted to play it again. I can't say the same for ghosts n goblins.
@christopherrasmussen9245
Жыл бұрын
I really like your selection of games. It felt like perusing the gaming section of a late 80s, early 90s rental store. Good times, good times
@HE360
Жыл бұрын
In speaking of Ninja Gaiden, one of my favorite games of all time is Ninja Gaiden I, II, and III on Xbox 360. I hope that they'll make a new one soon. By the way, thanks for the great video and the trip down memory lane with the games mentioned in this video.
@ShmupJunkie
Жыл бұрын
I'd love to see another NG game yeah and am all for it. Though who knows if that kind of game will be welcomed by the masses in this day and age. I thought they did a really great job bringing it into 3D with the original and even enjoyed the second one too.
@kainme1901
Жыл бұрын
I remember with Contra as a kid and before I knew the 30 man code, I grabbed the machine gun and left my game on for like 13 hours just shooting guys that walked on screen. We were at a town bbq or something so when we finally I got home and I ran it to find I had about 41 lives I finally finished Contra for the first time. After I learned the code I soon realized I could do it with the 3 lives your giving. Great times and memories.
@ShmupJunkie
Жыл бұрын
lmao that's funny. How did you just leave it shooting guys? Like in a spot where nobody comes from behind you and just taped the fire button down? You're right about the code. A game that originally seemed so brutal became no problem later on. BTW if you're a fan of Contra and haven't before, check out Super Cyborg. It's about a couple years old and on modern consoles but as close to playing SuperC as it gets. I featured it in my last Run N Guns video and it got a ton of response. Game is killer. Not only that, but I'm currently playing an early build of a game coming later this year that I'll show in the next video called Iron Meat. Another Contra homage that so far is just as good or even better. Loving it so far. These two games are literally better than any Konami made Contra game I've played since Contra III on SNES. Can't believe two of the best Contra games out there now are not made by Konami 😅
@kainme1901
Жыл бұрын
@@ShmupJunkie I used a combo of tape and rubber bands to hold the fire button down, and I did it in the jungle stage where the back part where you drop in still showed water. That way no one could spawn behind me, just in front of me.
@ChairmanMeow1
Жыл бұрын
As a kid I loved the idea of infinite continues, but as an adult, I've realized infinite continues = incredibly incredibly incredibly hard game
@ShmupJunkie
Жыл бұрын
With the older games, you had to restart at checkpoints after dying so infinite continues let you keep trying, but still forced you to improve and learn the game. I liked that. The games that let you credit feed without penalty and finish it without improving your skills or effort just lose any challenge or fun for me.
@ChairmanMeow1
Жыл бұрын
@@ShmupJunkie Yea, like I enjoy neo geo games, but its hard to resist quarter pumping at home.
@neojeets
Жыл бұрын
Damn birds, is right! I was terrible Ninja Gaiden as a kid but as an old guy now, I managed to get a no-death clear of this bastard a couple of years ago. Save state practice really helped lessen the time it took to practice and memorize everything. Ghosts n Goblins still kicks my ass though. Awesome video, Junkie!
@ShmupJunkie
Жыл бұрын
I'm in the same boat. Even though I got really good at it, I don't know if I ever did get a no death on NG as a kid. Not until I got much older and just played it to death where it became second nature. Can't say the same for GnG though, it's so unpredictable and random sometimes I have no desire to even attempt such a feat. Though I know there are folks out there that do.
@neojeets
Жыл бұрын
@@ShmupJunkie Yeah Kudos to those who can get through both loops of GnG without dying. The recent GnG Resurrection is another game that took me a long time to complete. Hard as hell!
@-RH80-
Жыл бұрын
Awesome video, I laughed a lot especially with Bayou Billy 😆, which still I havent beated yet. I remember finish Ninja Gaiden just once when I was 10 or 11 using only that cyclone slash or whatever that power up was called. Ninja Gaiden 2 was way easier and beated many times, but then directly from Hell's oven came Ninja Gaiden 3 and kicked my @$$ way worse than the first game. So many great games that requiere practice and patience but once you beat them it felt so damn good. What a great time to be alive.
@ShmupJunkie
Жыл бұрын
Thank you. I had a bunch of fun making it so it's been so cool seeing the great response and enjoyment from everyone. Maybe I had a little too much fun with bayou billy haha. I think most people say that about NG3 being the hardest, mainly with the US changes they made. I definitely thought 2 was much easier, but it's still possibly my favorite one. It's like the original only improved with an even cooler story and visuals.
@DaisyAzuras
Жыл бұрын
Oh MY GOD the Ghost and goblins section is spot on too!
@ShmupJunkie
Жыл бұрын
Unfortunately for the majority of us, spot on in a very nightmarish memories sort of way haha.
@Exlee-dq9uo
Жыл бұрын
Beating Ninja Gaiden was one of my proudest NES achievement. It look serious time and mastery. When I finally did it was the biggest fist pump and hell yeah ever.! A recent game like that in terms of difficulty and making you have to get good was Returnal. That game was amazing!
@ShmupJunkie
Жыл бұрын
Imagine having to restart ninja Gaiden every time you die! 😂 At least they weren’t quite that sadistic. Housemarque has a good track record with their games. I was just playing The Reap for another video I’m working on.
@ryanjamestelles8816
Жыл бұрын
Dude so funny. I fell down the rabbit hole of nes docs and your vid had me laughing so hard. Thank you!! Wizards and warriors is one of my all time favorite nes games! I just like yelling that.
@ShmupJunkie
Жыл бұрын
You know what? Mine too! I played the heck out of both Ironsword/W&W games. You'd think that endlessly climbing your way up through levels and getting knocked down to start over would get annoying, but I just couldn't stop playing it. Just fun to play, good controls, cool music and effects. I still play one or the other every year or so too.
@wizardexemplar5240
Жыл бұрын
Good to see you again! Ninja Gaiden and Ghosts and Goblins both used the committed jump design (Castlevania did as well). There was no way to change trajectory once you started your jump. On top of the brutal difficulty of enemy patterns and damage ratios, your jumps had to be perfect. I never played them when they originally released. I tried them out when they were re-leased on the Nintendo Online's NES games, and I "noped" out pretty quickly. I managed to finish stage 1 of Ninja Gaiden, but I couldn't get through stage 1 of Ghosts n' Goblins. These games were hard, because most require a ton of memorization, and there is little or no room for improvisation or course-correction.
@ShmupJunkie
Жыл бұрын
NG took it to a whole extra level too, not just with jumping but moving in general. The way enemies respawn endlessly and come at you from behind. It's basically saying don't stop moving forward and stay in rhythm or you'll be punished lol. So even if you could jump backwards or in reverse, something would punish you severely for doing it. Vania is very rhythm based too strangely enough even if you don't have to play it that way. I eventually discovered a flow to the enemies and staying in a certain rhythm with them made the game flow easier. Like swimming with the tide instead of against it if that makes sense. A lot of really good game design went into those early games and all that movement limitation was on purpose. Not gonna comment on GnG though that port was unfriendly lmao.
@wizardexemplar5240
Жыл бұрын
@@ShmupJunkie Yes, I noticed that "forward momentum" too when playing NG on Nintendo Online. The birds in stage 2 were the worst, as you noted. That's when I noped out. Yes, movement restrictions were on part of design. That doesn't mean I had to like them, even as a kid. :)
@drewtitanllc3891
Жыл бұрын
Ninja Gaiden is WHY I have Hypertension today at 47 years old. LOL!
@Christian-wr4ge
Жыл бұрын
It's nice to see you branch out into other genres :)
@ShmupJunkie
Жыл бұрын
Thanks. As much as I adore shmups and will keep plugging them, I think we all have a wide variety of games we like playing. So I'm always testing what my community and viewers are interested in and try to mix it up. It's also a great strategy to get new subs that wouldn't normally click on a "shmup" oriented video, but may find how I present them compelling enough to give them more time and branch out into the genre more. Although I doubt watching Dino Riki here would actively make someone want to play it ahaha
@Christian-wr4ge
Жыл бұрын
@@ShmupJunkie funny you say that, cause it made me dig out my old cartridge and try to find the wing items. I had forgotten I had that game so it was nice to see it showcased. Also...what happened to Timmy? Did he move out? XD
@robertmartins1712
Жыл бұрын
Brought back memories of me and my brothers taking turns playing Ninja Gaiden and then laughing hysterically watching them get frustrated every time they would die. Ah the good old days. Thanks for this.
@ShmupJunkie
Жыл бұрын
Almost as good as two player Contra and leaving your friends behind on the waterfall stage to die because they can't keep up! haha
@gamingbolo
Жыл бұрын
Battletoads still playing that turbo tunnel, bring me a smile everytime I passed it.
@ShmupJunkie
Жыл бұрын
Funny enough I think that's possibly one of the easier levels in the game once you memorize it. Even though it seems impossible at first. I always had the most trouble with some beat em up sections.
@gamingbolo
Жыл бұрын
@@ShmupJunkie Correct, it is easy for old gamer like ourself. The level I always get trouble is one of the finals one with the rat boss you have to race and catch. Love that game top 10 of Nes era.
@neojaw2192
Ай бұрын
I use the same “dance” analogy for hard games… couldn’t believe someone else think of it like that
@ShmupJunkie
Ай бұрын
@@neojaw2192 I think I first heard the term “dance with death” while reading the old Sword of Truth books. It was used very poetically in the novels and I remembered it ever since.
@kosinarm
Жыл бұрын
Forgot to tell the game makers there wasn’t a coin slot on the side of the Nintendo.
@ShmupJunkie
Жыл бұрын
Right? haha. I know they did want you to get your money's worth and not finish it so quickly, but sometimes it was a bridge too far. I think games like Contra, Metroid, even Vania straddled the line perfectly. Being very challenging but not to the point where it feels impossible.
@yoman8027
Жыл бұрын
Aaaaaaah, the NES, home of some of the best and also the most painful gaming experiences. But it attracted us like moths to an open flame. Really wishing to see one day from you a video about every NES shooter. I realize that even Donkey Kong 3 must be in it 😆
@ShmupJunkie
Жыл бұрын
Ha! You can bet it will happen. Though I'm getting the most requests for an Every SNES Shooter video first. The NES/Famicom is going to be a beast! Easily over 100 of them I think lol. Such a massive library.
@yoman8027
Жыл бұрын
@@ShmupJunkie At least the SNES shooter video will be notably easier, considering its library is around 30, maybe a bit more if you include some hybrid games like Rendering Ranger or Super Turrican 2. Speaking of SNES shooters: which ones are, in your opinion, the best vertical and horizontal co-op shooters in its library?
@streetmagik3105
Жыл бұрын
Ninja Gaiden and Batman were 2 that I owned, and beat as a kid. Weekends with a friend over, staying up all night and failing, lol. Good times.
@ShmupJunkie
Жыл бұрын
At least Batman didn't kick you in the nuts like NG and make you redo the entire last level after a single death on the boss haha. I can't recall how many times I had to replay that final stage originally before I finally got through all 3 bosses.
@streetmagik3105
Жыл бұрын
@@ShmupJunkie I can't remember how many nights me and my buddy would get to the final stage just to give up hours later. Absolutely brutal.
@weebnerdgaming4908
Жыл бұрын
This is the funniest video you've made so far, Junkie 🤣 That Ghost n Goblins 2nd loop is so darn cruel! In my childhood with GBA bootlegs and its NES emulator within, my pick were the Megaman games. People say Megaman games are hard, but in comparison to other games on the NES, the Megaman games are a cakewalk.
@ShmupJunkie
Жыл бұрын
It's true, the original MM and some others are a nice challenge, but thankfully nothing on the level of brutality compared to these. Holy Diver especially is just evil personified. Ghosts n goblins may be cruel and unfair with it's janky code and randomness, but Holy Diver is cruel in the most purposeful and calculated way that few aside from IREM could pull off. It punishes you on purpose and intentionally for playing it wrong just like a good shmup hahaha. Approach that one with caution.
@bpelectric
Жыл бұрын
Glad you put Punch Out in the ending montage. I didn't beat Mike Tyson until college, with the help of emulators and save states.
@ShmupJunkie
Жыл бұрын
Punch Out is like an old pair of shoes and so much fun to this day. Timing is so spot on that I feel like I should only play it on my CRT. It may not be as hard as the others, but it was an early game and I was very young. So I remember we struggled with the last third of the game for a long time before finally getting through it. It was just a simple concept executed so well and played to the strengths of the console.
@michaels4610
Жыл бұрын
You make me want to try ghosts n' goblins again... Your videos are awesome! For me it was 8 eyes as a single player experience. So good I kept going back!!!! I will always love going back to the ninja Gaiden games!!!
@ShmupJunkie
Жыл бұрын
It made you WANT to play it? 😂 I thought it would only remind most of why they don't play it anymore lol. Even for me that game is a love hate relationship. I love the sequels and play them all the time but I don't come back to the NES version often... mainly for this video. It's a real ass kicker. Now Ninja Gaiden I still can't stop playing all of them. Masterful games. ❤
@michaels4610
Жыл бұрын
@@ShmupJunkie Yup, I want to play ghosts n goblins again... back in the mid 80's it was one of the first games my buddy owned... and it owned us again, and again, and again... Love hate indeed! We only made it to level 3 back then... now... well... not much better!
@mindlessmeat4055
Жыл бұрын
I didn't own Ninja Gaiden, but we did own Ghost n Goblins. I loved that game.
@ShmupJunkie
Жыл бұрын
That was not an easy game to love back then, you are a greater man than I! haha
@stellacapone
Жыл бұрын
This video actually made me cry with happiness because I felt my childhood flash before my heart, as I remembered the music and how hard these games were. This was truly the golden years of gaming 😍🥰💞😍 thx
@ShmupJunkie
Жыл бұрын
I’d much rather have made you cry with the joy of nostalgia than cry in pain from frustrating memories haha. I agree no matter how hard these games were I have nothing but great memories that remain from them. It’s why we still play them ☺️
@stellacapone
Жыл бұрын
@@ShmupJunkie thank you so much. The music of the games alone bought back so many happy times like Xmas and my mom. Giving me some of these games for the first time. I really appreciate this💞💞💞🥰
@riggel8804
Жыл бұрын
There's a trick that makes the bosses in Ninja Gaiden a little easier and more fun. You cancel your atack in the air by pressing down. Timing it right you can get 4 atacks in per jump. The NES is what got me back into gaiming. In my early 30s I went back and beat all the games that traumatized me as a kid. My favorite is Battletoads.
@ShmupJunkie
Жыл бұрын
I didn't learn that speed slash trick until the internet and online videos, but I do know it now. Not the easiest thing to pull off and only super useful on the final boss. But yeah it makes phase 2 so much easier. I didn't want to use it for the video since it's not something I knew or thought to do back in the day. But now that I do, plus the wall climbing jump trick, I do use it. I almost did Battletoads but it's so obvious, I went with Holy Diver to change it up.
@riggel8804
Жыл бұрын
@@ShmupJunkie haha figures you would know about the speed slash. I agree it's not very useful for most the game but I do try to use it because it's satisfying to pull off a four slash. Glad you covered holy diver. Tripped me out when I found out about that game. I've never played through it but I spin the vinyl a couple times a year. Probably Dios best solo album. You interested in doing a 2 player playthrough of a hard game on fightcade? I play street fighter 2 on there all the time but I've been wanting to do a 2 player playthrough of a hard game on there.
@seanyoung9014
Жыл бұрын
Back in 1990, my best friend and I decided to try to finish Ninja Gaiden 1 & 2 in a single day. We did it but I cannot tell you the number of times we collapsed to the floor screaming in frustration. It literally took the entire day and we swore we would never do something so foolish again.....until the next weekend when we finished Wizards and Warriors, Rygar and Trojan in about 36 hours . Lol good times.
@geminiivii
Жыл бұрын
This is the first video I've ever seen from you and I LOVED it. What a great nostalgic trip through some of these insanely hard NES games, it really felt like going on a retro journey. Fantastic video!
@ShmupJunkie
Жыл бұрын
Thanks! And welcome to the channel. I had a blast making this and will likely do more in the future. And hope you enjoy some of my other recent stuff as well. We have an awesome community here.
@SolBuster
3 ай бұрын
Brother you BLEW TF UP with this video. Almost all your videos are in the 20k's and this one sits at 236k as of today haha. Good shit dude.
@ShmupJunkie
3 ай бұрын
Thanks. Think this is my third best performing vid. The recent 80s 90s video is almost at 500k and the Mega Drive Shooters is 750K. This is one of my favs though I had some stupid fun with the script haha.
@capedeh8225
Жыл бұрын
i have to give you my oldman respect , i didn't finish lie 95% of games i own for my nes, its just too damn hard , i give up most of them without ever see the ending
@ShmupJunkie
Жыл бұрын
There were plenty I didn't finish either if I didn't like them enough. But some were so good, at least at the time, I wanted to keep playing. I admit there's plenty that got left behind for many of us and never finished.
@PolishMuscle1981
3 ай бұрын
Arcus just did his 80,000 play of Ninja Gaiden - a true master of the game.
@ShmupJunkie
3 ай бұрын
Arcus is insane yeah. Hard to imagine anyone playing a game that much. But he has good taste!
@pererikgranberg1240
Жыл бұрын
This takes me back to the absolut best time in my life.. ofc im still play video games but the feeling this games gived us is Epic. This was our Golden Game era
@maddoxthorne2297
Жыл бұрын
Loved you ended with The Batman music. Still here that song in my head.
@ShmupJunkie
Жыл бұрын
No kidding. Sunsoft music was god tier in their NES days. Gremlins 2, Blaster Master, Silius… all bangers!
@JD.78
Жыл бұрын
I grew up playing a ZX Spectrum where games had 3 lives and no continues, those punishingly difficult games got me a first class degree in swearing obscenities by age 10. I moved onto the NES after that and learned a new vocabulary, mostly invented by myself. Yeah, those games back then were difficult, some extremely so, but i learned my trade the hard way. Modern gaming is a cakewalk compared to the Speccy and the NES. No internet, no guides, no saves, just die, repeat, die, repeat, die, repeat...win!! Good times.
@PedroFerreira-sx2gd
Жыл бұрын
Agree. Spectrum games were even harder.but the games were nor só fun as the nes
@ShmupJunkie
Жыл бұрын
We had Nintendo Power and paid game counselors taking phone calls haha. We didn't have the ZX here in the states so I didn't get to play those, but I definitely have an idea. As I played many similar PC based games that were nigh impossible and I often gave up on. The quality varied so greatly. What I do love about the NES is how many really good games it had making it worthwhile to keep plugging away. Some I never even thought I would finish and only did due to their fun factor and playing it every chance I had. I think the majority of people never legit finished games like Vania and Contra and only saw part way. And yet they still adore the games for what they did see and it left a lasting impression.
@JD.78
Жыл бұрын
@@PedroFerreira-sx2gd Yeah i agree, the Speccy was hardcore gaming before hardcore gaming was even a thing lol. The NES had far more playable games though, and i swear i've stiil got the indents from the corners of the NES pad on my hands from the 80's...
@JD.78
Жыл бұрын
@@ShmupJunkie I agree with you that most gamers probably never saw the end title screen of many games, particularly the games who's legacy grew to become known as Nintendo hard. I refused to phone up and pay for the Nintendo help line, or rather my Dad refused...so that was that. Most cheats, hints and tips spread through word of mouth from friends in the playground, as did many a Speccy game rented from the library and copied on tape, or NES games too expensive to own. Gaming was challenging back in those days, but i wouldn't change it for the World.
@derekbuckler9888
Жыл бұрын
The expression that you put on Ryu's face, priceless lol. And your right, one of the best games ever made I'm my opinion
@ShmupJunkie
Жыл бұрын
I remember making that photoshop bird edit a couple years ago and laughing my ass off, so I wanted to use it again here haha. The original and also part two are just games I have yet to tire of replaying.
@Steambull1
Жыл бұрын
I used to think Ninja Gaiden's cruelest feature was how it puts you all the way back when losing against the last boss. However, when I eventually learned that the beaten forms of the boss stay beaten, it was just a matter of playing the last stage over a few times. The hardest NES game I've beaten is probably Battletoads - I know, boring answer. I had to re-start that game soo many times during those couple of weeks when I learned it... I never use save states or such even for practice, it would feel like I did something dirty, so I cannot really participate in speedrunning without having a disadvantage (it's standard for speedrunners to practice with save states).
@ShmupJunkie
Жыл бұрын
If it wasn't for the boss staying beaten it would have been a whoooole lot longer to finish an already hard game. At least you could get to each boss with the spin slash and just kill them quick. Now I can just run it clean no continues, but back then I had to replay the last level at least once also for that second form. I remember reading that it was a coding mistake that happens on the boss and Tecmo didn't intend you to redo the level. But I honestly have a hard time believing that. It's too obvious to catch and no way they missed it in testing. I think they wanted to make it hard at the end and then didn't want to admit to it later when called out on it ahaha.
@markus1a1
Жыл бұрын
Ninja Gaiden 1 and Bionic Commando kicked my ass back in the day. While I enjoyed it back then, I really don't like those kinds of games anymore. I give kudos to people that have mastered them. I did manage to beat those 2 games. I think the 8 bit controls were really tough to master. 16 bit seemed much better and easier. Great Video and funny too.
@ShmupJunkie
Жыл бұрын
Thank you. And it’s weird but I’ve become the opposite. I still play modern games and enjoy them but I do get tired of the hand holding and exposition. So I start craving arcade style games and older stuff from my childhood. Or modern indie games that often channel that same gameplay style. Though I admit I no longer have the time to beat my head against the wall like we used to 🤣
@gusdavid7798
Жыл бұрын
Dayum, Billy doing 180mph in that jeep must be a typo.
@ShmupJunkie
Жыл бұрын
Maybe he had it suped up and used moonshine for fuel lol
@unlimitedretrogaming
Жыл бұрын
Superb video!! I always enjoy seeing the NES get some love, not to say Ninja Gaiden. I must admit I am proud to say that I have completed most of the ones featured here bitd and eventually every know and then, except for Dino Riki and Holy Diver. Holy Diver is high on my list, Dino Riki I need to get back at it. Loved the NG as the opening featured game 💯🙂
@ShmupJunkie
Жыл бұрын
Thanks my dude! Of course Ninja Gaiden had to be first. Anything else would be uncivilized. Just do yourself a favor on Dino Riki and make sure to look up or memorize where all those bird icons are. I don't know how anyone could finish it trying to do the actual platforming hahaha.
@unlimitedretrogaming
Жыл бұрын
@@ShmupJunkie will surely do but I got very impressed with you beating Holy Diver, the game is very, very difficult 😦 my respects.
@bryanfahey3144
Жыл бұрын
Honorable mention for this list - battletoads
@WalrusFPGA
Жыл бұрын
Great video! I really need to try Holy Diver and Dino Riki. The rest I've already been through the gauntlet on. Most recent game that bashed me down repeatedly was the Japan-only Valkyrie no Boken. Such a ridiculous and often cryptic challenge. Excellent english translation patch available for it though. Thanks for the entertainment, as always!
@ShmupJunkie
Жыл бұрын
You'll definitely get on with Dino Riki if and only if you look up and learn all the bird icon locations to skip all the platforming. Mark my words you will try the platforming for giggles and it'll be fun at first. But there's no predictable way to play or clear the damn thing without flying over it all lol. Holy Diver is a son of a b 😂 I find it less enjoyable to play and more like going to war when I pick it up. It's not that it isn't cool, but it's the definition of a beast to play through. I'd enjoy getting your thoughts on either game once you do though.
@despeinado340
Жыл бұрын
I swear, no enemy in a game has ever dealt more damage to my psyche than the BIRDS from Ninja Gaiden.
@ShmupJunkie
Жыл бұрын
Still the greatest video game villains of all time! lmao
@FermentedGrumpyGrapeSqueezit
Жыл бұрын
It's crazy for me how the play style of nes games taught me life lessons that today at 38 years old I still apply when learning something new
@danvsjeep8062
Жыл бұрын
i remember staying at my Aunts for a summer in the late 80s. I brought my NES with me of course. She had bought me a couple of games. One of them was Ninja Gaiden. I was absolutely hooked on it for weeks. So brutal... but so good. I remembered dying on the last stage so many times one day and got got so angry that I scream-cried so loud that my Aunt thought I had seriously injured myself lol. I too lost my gaming privileges for a week. I still have never finished the game. But I intend to soon.
@js200gb
Жыл бұрын
Mike Tyson’s Punch out and Battletoads are my favorite NES Hard games. Beat Mike Tyson when I was 10 years old. Beat the Japanese version of Battletoads 8 years ago, but I’m coming for you USA version! Great video!
@ShmupJunkie
Жыл бұрын
Thanks! I can't remember how long or when I finally beat punch out. Those last few fights were kicking our ass back then, even though now it seems easier knowing all the tricks. I never did try or play the JPN version of Toads, nor Bayou Billy. I guess once you finish the US version it would be easier to go back. But I still can't beat Toads now unless I went back and practiced a bunch again. It's been too long. Maybe for the next NES video haha.
@timothylewis2527
Жыл бұрын
I beat a few of these. Bayou Billy (not really that hard of a game) was the crown jewel because Captain N said he couldn't beat it. I was so proud of myself!
@ShmupJunkie
Жыл бұрын
Lol I remember that now. I was watching that old episode of N looking for some assets for this video and saw that. I agree. BB has that reputation because it seems impossible at first. It’s so hard off the bat on stage 1. But it can be figured out and “cheesed” quite a bit. Some NES games you had to cheat right back to complete haha.
@crayfishroll
Жыл бұрын
I loved this video ! And you are 100% correct when an nes game has unlimited continues you know it's a controller snapping game! I recently beat super contra for the first time and I have to say I have fallen in love with my nes all over again !
@ShmupJunkie
Жыл бұрын
SuperC is so good! Speaking of which, did you see me feature Super Cyborg in my last Run n Gun's video? If you love NES SuperC you gotta play it. It's on Switch, Steam, PS4 etc and only a few bucks.
@crayfishroll
Жыл бұрын
@@ShmupJunkie nope but just went back and watched it quick and yep just downloaded super cyborg on my switch !!! Keep the videos coming !!!!
@FarmerSlideJoeBob
Жыл бұрын
I love Ninja Gaiden 1 on NES. I played it as an rythmus game on my NES Mini, cos I know when to jump if I listen to the rythmn of the music. Ghost N' Goblin and Super Ghouls N' Ghost is a kinda Love/Hate Relationship, same goes for the firsr Gargoyles Quest on Gameboy. The damn tower and the 1st boss oooooofffff. But yah I kinda love the NES Hard Difficulty😃😭Good Video Man🙂
@roleplayingpain4349
Жыл бұрын
my buddy and I played so much Bayou Billy growing up that it made me very sad to grow up, become old and realize that the majority of gamers hated it for it's difficulty
@ShmupJunkie
Жыл бұрын
It's too bad as despite it having it's issues I enjoyed it too and have some good memories. That's all that matters in the end. Plenty of much worse old games out there I love too. Nostalgia is like that.
@TheSocialGamer
Жыл бұрын
Great fracking video brother. You've yet to disappoint me 😜🤘🖤
@ShmupJunkie
Жыл бұрын
Thanks dude! What can I say besides I will do my best no to haha
@TheSocialGamer
Жыл бұрын
@@ShmupJunkie than you for the entertaining content but only are the visuals crisp but the commentary is actual hilarious and informative at the same time.
@sargesmash1
Жыл бұрын
So the trick with Holy Diver's jump is that it eats your inputs if you press jump and start moving at precisely the same time. That's why you end up walking off ledges. Definitely buggy, and it changed the way I played the game, always making sure to either start moving before jumping or jump first and then adjust mid-air. And yes, the game is absolutely brutal.
@ShmupJunkie
Жыл бұрын
I realize now that's how I was forced to play the game but I never really thought about why. Just naturally started being more careful and deliberate with jumps. You and one other mentioned the same thing. But I had no idea the exact mechanic or why it was happening!
@nickparsons337
7 ай бұрын
The clip from the original "Dune"? Chef's kiss
@scottbraidwood6519
Жыл бұрын
It's one thing you never hear anymore, when I was younger so many people gave up a game cause it was too difficult and finishing it was a challenge, games now just make failure not an option. It's rare now to find a game difficult.
@ProudEdits4U
Жыл бұрын
Bucky O'Hare is also an NES game that is difficult, but is also hard to stop playing regardless 👍
@retrosuperbox8434
Жыл бұрын
Amazing stuff. Loved the humour and nostalgia. So much suffering haha. Well done
@ShmupJunkie
Жыл бұрын
Thanks! Been wanting to do a fun nostalgic vid like this for a while with some of the games I had stories for. It was a good time and the video is doing well so maybe there's a sequel in it's future.
@gamedruid
Жыл бұрын
man! such memories (and nightmares!! - lol) thank you for this awesome video! Back then i used to look at the box art in frustration after i couldn't beat a level and wonder if there was some secret hidden there! :'(
@stevenwilson5556
Жыл бұрын
13:43 Red Devil Tea bags you before Tea bagging was even a thing! Ha ha ha
@ShmupJunkie
Жыл бұрын
hahaha, I never thought of it like that until I was much older. Then it started looking a bit suspect. Or just dancing on your grave really.
@joram144
Жыл бұрын
Your breakdown of Ninja Gaiden was awesome! What earned my subscription is your bit about mispronouncing Gaiden! THANK YOU!!! LOL
@ShmupJunkie
Жыл бұрын
Hahaha well thanks. I do truly adore the game so it’s easy for me to wax poetic and be funny about it. I think we all pronounced it wrong as kids until we knew better or saw it in the wizard. Same thing with Gradius and Darius. Never said those right until years later.
@caleofcaledonia6226
Жыл бұрын
Beautiful editing so many good cut ins lol
@ShmupJunkie
Жыл бұрын
Thanks. It takes a long time to make these videos but it’s always worth taking the extra time to get them just right. I had a lot of fun making this one.
@derekbuckler9888
Жыл бұрын
Yup, ninja gaiden is a game I need to really sit down and beat lol. It's not easy to admit that, considering how long I've been gaming for
@ShmupJunkie
Жыл бұрын
The sad part is that it's not even that hard of a game until you reach stage 6. With all the health it gives you. I think most I knew made it to the final level but the noped out there haha. That's the "stay up all night grinding away until you get good" segment where it suddenly gets it's reputation.
@thuggeegaming659
Жыл бұрын
I didn't grow up with the NES unfortunately. But as an adult, I beat Zelda 2, Mario 2 USA, and Castlevania 1. All super duper tough, I even have the playthrough I did for Mario 2 on my channel where I beat the game on my last life and last tick of health 😰
@ShmupJunkie
Жыл бұрын
You know... of all the hard NES games I've played, I never went back and played the Japanese Mario 2. And I do really enjoy the old Mario games and their speed. I think I would really like it honestly.
@thuggeegaming659
Жыл бұрын
@@ShmupJunkie You should! It's very good. I never beat the original FDS version myself, but I did beat the All-Stars version aka Lost Levels.
@MarshallFlores
Жыл бұрын
Bayou Billy is masochistically difficult, even with the upgrades from the training levels. Mad City on the Famicom is far more playable. It's an average beat em up on the NES, but there's variety to it with the shooting/driving stages. And the soundtrack is another classic 8-bit Konami banger.
@ShmupJunkie
Жыл бұрын
I’ve yet to try mad city but I keep hearing about it. Though I guess now that I can beat Billy it may seem a bit easy. But I totally want to try it and see the different ending I’ve heard about.
@zzyzxzy9061
Жыл бұрын
I remember as a kid beating The Guardian Legend for the first time. That was as bullet hell as the NES could get and it kicked the shit out of me for a while there. Eventually i learned which side weapon to use on bosses.
@zzyzxzy9061
Жыл бұрын
@Shmup Junkie Hey look 👆👆 A scammer!
@UncaJohnny
Жыл бұрын
Awesome video as usual SJ! I didn't expect to see R.C. Pro Am in here. I love that game but hate that the computer cheats when you have finished a lot of consecutive races in first place. I guess Midway got inspired by it when they programmed the rubber band AI for NBA Jam and NFL Blitz. Seeing the old Bayou Billy comics from Archie Comics is another thing I wasn't expecting. I love those comics! Too bad it was such a short lived series.
@ShmupJunkie
Жыл бұрын
Thanks man! I really had fun making this so I do hope it picks up and does well. I'd enjoy making similar and visiting other games I couldn't here. RC Pro AM was awesome and such a fun game. But yeah I included it because I recall how cheap it could be. Artificially making the AI catch up and make you sweat. No way a human player could do that. I never did see or read those comics back then or even knew they existed. Wasn't til later I randomly came across them online.
@UncaJohnny
Жыл бұрын
@@ShmupJunkie, I remember seeing issues one and two of the Bayou Billy at a supermarket in December of 1989 and I had to have them. I found issue three at a different supermarket during spring break of 1990. It took me years to track down issues four and five, but I eventually got to read the whole story. I love the comics so much that I paid the original penciler (Amanda Conner) for a commission when I went to a convention in the mid 2000s.
@schadenfreude3236
6 ай бұрын
Ghosts & Goblins and Wizards & Warriors are why I have a masochistic streak, I think. Holy Diver looks like if Zelda 2 were a Metroidvania.
@Omniblade_Gaming
Жыл бұрын
I remember when I first beat ninja gaidnen. it took me a long time but i mastered it
@abdulcosmic_oracle3393
Жыл бұрын
Great work! I heavily enjoyed. 👍👌👏😀
@lowmoralfiber9270
Жыл бұрын
Rugged Terrain, what a theme! A bummer that a 16-bit Ninja Gaiden never came out.
@MommysBestGames
Жыл бұрын
While Lifeforce, Contra, and Bionic Commandos are a few of my favorites, I think I was most surprised by the Sunsoft Batman. My friend would rent NES games from the local video store, and once it was Batman. We couldn't get over how tiny yet extremely cool he was! The wall jump was incredible, and the batarangs felt so good to throw. We eventually beat it that weekend before needing to return it, but holy crap that level 4 was freaking hard!
@ShmupJunkie
Жыл бұрын
Beating Batman the weekend you rented it is pretty dang impressive. That’s one tough game and I loved it too. Never owned it either but a friend did so we finished it that way. All of my favorite Sunsoft games were on NES. They had a great run during the late 80s. Loved their music too.
@MommysBestGames
Жыл бұрын
@@ShmupJunkie Yeah, it was a long, long night. And an even rougher day the next day when we had to work some. Agreed about Sunsoft too. I had was Sega, my friend was all Nintendo. When Blaster Master finally game to the Genesis, I was super pumped and bought the game immediately but was a bit let down.
@joshtull4306
Жыл бұрын
the first game i ever personally owned was Cybernoid. i've never seen or heard of anyone beating the game. i even put myself through instant anger moments whenever i think i might get it today only to get so mad i stop playing all games for the day
@argentorangeok6224
Жыл бұрын
Before there was Dark Souls, there was 8 bit NES. I passionately hated Kid Icarus for its difficulty.
@NESADDICT
Жыл бұрын
It took me 5 months of playing battletoads everyday before I finally beat it without warps or continues!
@ShmupJunkie
Жыл бұрын
I was so close to featuring that one in the video but had to cut it for time at some point. And save some good ones for part two. At least Battletoads is a really cool game and worth all the sweat and effort. I remember originally trying to play it 2 player with a friend and realizing there was no way we were going to finish it that way haha.
@decline1822
Жыл бұрын
Loved the Liver King joke hahaha
@ShmupJunkie
Жыл бұрын
You were the first to notice where that was from! lol
@decline1822
Жыл бұрын
@@ShmupJunkie my youtube feed is a weird mix of NES/Sega, Bodybuilding, and Jiu Jitsu pages haha. I am weird.
@StevenCusic
Жыл бұрын
crazy seeing something from assembler on here, i remember back the day before it was a forum, and just a site where i first saw a dreamcast dev kit, still had the red and white theme. Kevin used it for trading ect for rare items
@NinjaRunningWild
Жыл бұрын
Super Ghouls n Ghosts is the hardest game I’ve ever beaten. I must’ve played it on & off for 20 years before I did. And, even if lobotomized, I will never in my lifetime forget the location of each & every chest.
@bruceaskew2107
Жыл бұрын
Stage 6 ninja gaiden drove me fuckin insane recently Ive been playing a lot of classic games on my nes classic hacked
@ShmupJunkie
Жыл бұрын
One of those things you just have to do just so you can say you did it. Or at least experienced the pain of trying to haha.
@megamanmarchek8293
2 ай бұрын
The Lone Ranger is easily the most underated game on the NES. It has my highest recommendations!
@romanellis9156
Жыл бұрын
Ninja Gaiden, Castlevania, Metroid, Batman, Bionic Commando, Contra, Super C, all time greats..
@saetzero_the_moon_king
6 ай бұрын
Checking before watching to see if holy diver cv3 and ninja gaiden 2 are around
@eversosleight
Жыл бұрын
What an awesome entertaining video! Instantly subbed!
@ShmupJunkie
Жыл бұрын
Thanks! I had such a good time making it and was hoping it can reach some new audience. Glad to have you and welcome. I make a lot of videos in a similar style.
@catsaregovernmentspies
Жыл бұрын
Same here
@deniscampbell681
Жыл бұрын
This was Street Fighter 2010 for me. One of the hardest games I've ever played and actually beat.
@ShmupJunkie
Жыл бұрын
I was saving that bad boy for a potential part 2 with battletoads and some other favorites. No joke I remember that game as both hard but fun... at least after the initial disappointment of it not being the street fighter we thought it would be.
@deniscampbell681
Жыл бұрын
Lol man yeah I was disappointed cause I did think it was like street fighter then was like wtf is this, but I fell in love with it. Talk about hard though man sheesh it took me months to best this damn game
@saddemon3913
Жыл бұрын
Recently i replayed Hebereke/Ufouria and Adventure Island 4, and i released how NES games still saved good, but some bosses may had more sequences anyway, instead of staying still and shooting projectiles at player
@ShmupJunkie
Жыл бұрын
Can't believe you mentioned Hebereke! That's such a cool game that almost nobody knows about and something I wanted to show someday in a video. Sunsoft made such good games for the Famicom. Of course I didn't know about the game when I was young, but once I did discover it, I was surprised by how unknown it was given it's quality.
@saddemon3913
Жыл бұрын
@@ShmupJunkie i met Hebereke in my chinise handheld when i was a kid, the game itself is not too hard, but one mini boss still annoying me as hell, its that one big head in underwater section, it keeps follow and hit you, its so hard to dodge him, but game music and graphics making entire atmosphe so weirdly but cute at the same time, this is truly great adventure, and its funny how Hebe, the main hero remembers that he is already home at the end 😆
@stevenwilson5556
Жыл бұрын
Ninja Gaiden was a great game to start out with! One of my absolute favs of all time, along with R-Type (TurboGraphx)
@ShmupJunkie
Жыл бұрын
No kidding. It's still my all time fav series on the NES. And yes, RType blew my mind on the Turbo. I was so happy to own that console when it came out and be able to play it. It was the only way I'd ever get enough practice to actually finish it haha.
@stevenwilson5556
Жыл бұрын
@@ShmupJunkie If you own a TurboGraphx, get a copy of Devils Crush and Alien Crush, they are pinball sims but OMG you won't ever bother with another pinball sim again after playing them and you'll wonder why all the other pinball sims are so bad in comparison.
@ShmupJunkie
Жыл бұрын
@@stevenwilson5556 I don’t just own one I think I own them all 🤣. I’m a huge pc engine nerd it’s the system I grew up with. If you love the console too I did a two part history of pc engine video you’d probably enjoy. I used to play the Crush games on my turbo express as a kid a ton! Was really lucky to own one. What a killer piece of gear that was for its time.
@stevenwilson5556
Жыл бұрын
@@ShmupJunkie I will definitely check it out!
@stevenwilson5556
Жыл бұрын
@@ShmupJunkie I never owned a portable TurboGraphx but I agree that it looked very sweet for its day
@flottenheimer
Жыл бұрын
Bow down to Chump Junkie!! You are in a league of your own. Always enjoying your content so very much.
@ShmupJunkie
Жыл бұрын
Chump Junkie! 😂 I love it Timmy is going to have to use that soon for an upcoming video. Autocorrect at it's finest... or was it... lol
@flottenheimer
Жыл бұрын
@@ShmupJunkie unfortunately all credit goes to auto-correct for that one. (≧︿≦)
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