If you want to learn more about the origins of Monopoly check out this video from the Smithsonian kzitem.info/news/bejne/0oecq5h8rqh2e4Y
@1984Brandon
2 жыл бұрын
What irony that a Parker Brother's corporation exploited the Elizabeth Magie version. Because of the Charles Darrow guy's greed.
@Rudimentarypenis
2 жыл бұрын
I really liked the commentary and addition of the original creator. Awesome video 👍👍👍
@CheapestGamer
2 жыл бұрын
@Marko Polo That was probably a scam as I received the same notification(s).
@jhh-jiynks6568
2 жыл бұрын
Hahaha, cute fun video :) Great humor
@jhh-jiynks6568
2 жыл бұрын
@@1984Brandon I wasn't aware of that untill watching this video. Kinda reminds me of the " battle" Between nikola tesla and edison Edison got all the spotlight
@SNARC15
2 жыл бұрын
That "DON'T BE COMING BACK NOW!" might be the most sinister voice I ever heard in an NES game.
@SNESdrunk
2 жыл бұрын
I really like how the auction theme sounds like a boss theme in a sidescroller. What is your usual Monopoly strategy? I trade almost everything to get all orange/magenta. Houses and hotels don't cost a ton, but they still do a ton of damage to opponents
@Cannotbetamed1
2 жыл бұрын
I like to get the orange and red corner and the railroads.
@spookydonkey42
2 жыл бұрын
SnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnNNNNNNNnnnnnnnnnn
@thekidfromcanada
2 жыл бұрын
My two favorite retro reviewers in one place? Awesome. I hope you have a great rest of your day.
@tainteddragon2438
2 жыл бұрын
I like how all the bidders are wearing top hats during the bid wars. lol
Great review as always! I always enjoy when you, or other reviewers, go the extra mile with your research. I hadn't ever heard of The Landlord's Game or Elizabeth Magie before, so thanks for helping to shine a spotlight on her and her creation.
@Cannotbetamed1
2 жыл бұрын
I just found out about the history of the game this year so I thought it'd be an interesting aspect to include.
@xp8969
2 жыл бұрын
@@Cannotbetamed1 you look at least a decade too young to have grown up playing NES
@Varangian_af_Scaniae
8 ай бұрын
"go the extra mile with your research" Going to wikipedia is an extra mile to you? Or just doing a web search?
@DisplacedGamers
2 жыл бұрын
This one has always been my favorite video game version of Monopoly. I feel like later consoles chased after superior graphics, fancy animations, and more to try and improve upon presentation but simply slowed down the pacing. NES Monopoly found that balance with pace and charm that lets it just roll. Really glad you mentioned the sound as well. It is almost an ASMR game. ... but then you land on luxury tax.
@Cannotbetamed1
2 жыл бұрын
Yes, the pace is so good. The fancier animations just slow things down.
@jazzanarchy1342
7 ай бұрын
Those shots at landlords made my heart swell.
@gregorydougherty
2 жыл бұрын
This is probably my favorite format of video from you. Great work Pam!!
@Cannotbetamed1
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@NerdSooner
2 жыл бұрын
The Genesis version is the one I always played when I was younger. I always liked the cop's Irish brogue, and thought it brought some personality to a game that can sometimes lack in that department. "Dont'cha be comin' back here, now".
@MSUHitman
2 жыл бұрын
Amen, it amazes me that despite technological advances & multiple attempts by multiple developers, this still stands the test of time as the best version of Monopoly.
@GabePuratekuta
2 жыл бұрын
With only the Minecraft version Achievement Hunter made years ago the second best.
@SmallSpoonBrigade
2 жыл бұрын
I'm going to have to get it, but I personally loved the version that Westwood studios did for PC. It had awesome cut scenes in many places and a lot of advantages over the boardgame version. I think the only version that I've found that I like better is the card game version.
@jcaesar19871
2 жыл бұрын
Maybe the devs should start thinking about making the game simple again?
@the_kombinator
2 жыл бұрын
Is it actually that good?
@the_kombinator
2 жыл бұрын
@@SmallSpoonBrigade Nice! I just found it on winworld - I bet it'll work just fine on my 386 SX 16 :D
@violetforeigner2424
Жыл бұрын
This video is great! It reminds me a lot of the style of older game reviews (in a good way, it's really well presented and informative). I also really liked the section about the origins of the game and the general progressivism throughout.
@Cannotbetamed1
Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much!
@thedopplereffect00
2 жыл бұрын
Oh my gosh, I had this NES game as a kid too. Before I got it, I used to play the board game against my stuft animals because no one wanted to play Monopoly with me, lol.
@thatonejeffguy2906
2 жыл бұрын
Monopoly taught me success means squeezing every dollar out of my friends and taking their possessions but I was a thimble so that made it okay
@Cannotbetamed1
2 жыл бұрын
Thimbles can't be expected to adhere to human morals.
@iangrant888
2 жыл бұрын
Pam > The rest of us > Landlords
@phantomstrider
Жыл бұрын
8:39 "Housing should be a human right." That simple line hit me oddly profoundly.
@AsahinaZatsu
2 жыл бұрын
I used to play this as a kid as well and still do as an adult, once in a while. It's my favorite version so, I appreciate the well made video on it. I've also specifically always loved the sounds, jingles and voices in this version. Lovely video. When I moved into my own place, amusingly, the first day I was there, I had a CRT, an NES and Monopoly playing itself in a game of all computers, as a background thing while I unpacked things.
@JamieBainbridge
2 жыл бұрын
It's surprising how much charm some developers managed to build into "simple" games, and that effort wasn't replicated on more powerful systems. One of my favourite NES titles is Lunar Pool for the same reason.
@Stylez-13
2 жыл бұрын
I loved cool spot the video game
@devincurrie4145
2 жыл бұрын
@@Stylez-13 oh yeah I remember that game! Lol
@mrstark1376
2 жыл бұрын
The sound effects live rent free in my head, from the 'don't be coming back now' to the theme that plays when houses are built, it has stood the test of time.
@platapussdragon
Жыл бұрын
For some reason the sound of the dice flashing when you roll 3 doubles & go to jail STILL elicits a primal fear in me for some reason.
@nerdcouncil
2 жыл бұрын
NES monopoly has that right amount of pacing, animations, and oddly eerie track for the console that fit it perfectly. I found the sound effects to draw me in a way that reminisced on other games of the console. perfect iteration. Not too flashy!
@wombocombo3393
Жыл бұрын
My favorite thing of this game is the sounds when someone is sent to jail, including the loud whistle and the turn in jail, XD
@lizardjr.7826
2 жыл бұрын
great video. Love these deep dives into NES games. It's amazing how many options and setting the NES version had.
@onewaylouie
2 жыл бұрын
"...and they all look like rich assholes." 😂😂😂 I actually lolled at that! I've never played the nes monopoly but this was a great video
@SSJ5
2 жыл бұрын
I loved Monopoly as a kid. I felt like I was playing an adult board game when I finally figured it out. I think the NES version helped me learn how to play it better. I agree about this just being the best version. There are so many little things like those sound effects. This is sort of the same reason I find the NES and GB versions of Tetris to be the only ones I like. I would rent this version several times and even managed to get some adults to play it with me. Eventually I got the copy from the rental store when they were selling older games. I spent many times playing this by myself. I didn't like to lose, so I would turn myself into a computer player, take control of the computer players, trade things to myself that I wanted, then turn myself back into a human. I tried to be fair with the trades but you just never wanted that fish bone in the trash can at the end. I agree that it softened the idea of monopolies and property not being so messed up in our society. I feel like we need that original version more than ever now.
@Cannotbetamed1
2 жыл бұрын
Ah, I never thought of turning my player into a computer to get what I wanted in trades.
@MadITGeek
2 жыл бұрын
OMG the cash register eating your money sound. so many memories!!
@YouOpaOpa
2 жыл бұрын
You didn't need to go so hard on Monopoly's history but I'm so absolutely glad you did! Great work!
@Cannotbetamed1
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@YuvalDorfman
2 жыл бұрын
Hay, just stoped by to say that i love your ranking videos, especially the point and click once because thats my favourite genre. I’ve even created an fmv point and click game as my final collage project. Keep up the good work, you deserve way more subs
@Cannotbetamed1
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much
@captaincommie2010
2 жыл бұрын
Very cool piece. I have fond memories playing this with my cousins when we had sleep overs growing up. We used to make a blanket fort around the TV in my room and keep the volume down once it got late so the light from the TV wouldn't be seen under the door and we could sneak staying up to the wee hours of the morning playing! Lol.
@Cannotbetamed1
2 жыл бұрын
Haha, so tricks to pull to get to stay up late playing video games.
@captaincommie2010
2 жыл бұрын
@@Cannotbetamed1 absolutely! Great times and memories. Thanks for the awesome content as always.
@PhuryousOne
2 жыл бұрын
There was a Monopoly on the original XBox called Monopoly Party that was far superior to any other one I've ever played. I used to be able to play about three games in a little over an hour in a 4 player game with 3 computer players because it was designed to flow quickly. It was fantastic. And the graphics and music were good enough for the game for it to be attractive and timeless. It even has multiple boards with different themes to choose from. I highly recommend if you like Monopoly.
@benrogers5845
2 жыл бұрын
The algorithm randomly brought me here just now, glad to have found your channel, nice video!
@Cannotbetamed1
2 жыл бұрын
Welcome!
@SumerNivek
2 жыл бұрын
So glad you mentioned Lizze Magie in this video. It is great that recent books and articles are revealing how the game was originally invented instead of the Gospel of Darrow that Parker Brothers put out for so long. If you haven't read it (or listened to the audio book), I highly suggest Mary Pilon's "The Monopolists: Obsession, Fury, and the Scandal Behind the World's Favorite Board Game." The author does a deep dive into Lizze Magie, her contemporaries, and how Ralph Ansbach (the creator of Anti-Monopoly) started bringing this all to light.
@Cannotbetamed1
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the recommendation
@Ravenlock
2 жыл бұрын
A solid history lesson, neat trivia about game ports, and an excuse to dunk on landlords. A+. 👏👏
@Cannotbetamed1
2 жыл бұрын
You don't think people and corporations buying up all the available properties so they can rent them out has anything to do with the fact that many can't afford their own houses now?
@Ravenlock
2 жыл бұрын
@@tonyp9313 Number of people who buy a property as an investment *not* intending to extract more money out of the people they will rent it to than they bought it for: 0 It isn't philanthropic to profit off other peoples' needs. I'm not saying it's therefore *necessarily* evil, but it's not some generous act. And it's an industry rife with abuse and exploitation and (take a drink) monopoly, as those who make more profit at it can just buy up more land and make more profit in a cycle that only ends where we dictate it to with restriction and legislation.
@Ravenlock
2 жыл бұрын
@@tonyp9313 😂 Seeing as the person who *runs* this channel put the commentary in her video and didn't seem to have a problem with my comment, I'm not too concerned about "staying on topic" to suit your comfort level, thanks. Pam can and should make videos about whatever she wants, and I'm always happy to see some commentary about other stuff that matters in her work.
@Ravenlock
2 жыл бұрын
@@tonyp9313 Good luck with that. 👍
@Ravenlock
2 жыл бұрын
@@tonyp9313 Because she had something she wanted to say, and it's her channel, so she said it. Presumably The Quarry didn't present her with an obvious opportunity to make an unrelated but important point. Nobody's forced to watch. Her audience seems to largely be in favor of her talking about whatever she wants. As a Patreon supporter, I certainly am.
@ricardoidrovo7750
2 жыл бұрын
The script for this review was super well made. It really shows that you like this game and that i means a lot to you (specially as you usted to play it many years ago) The ending part explaining the origins of monopoly was also super interesting to know and well said about how housing is more a right of every human being.
@TokyoScarab
2 жыл бұрын
FINALLY! Someone sings the praises of this game! I have played just about every digital version of Monopoly N64 and earlier. The NES one is just by far the most fun. It's fast paced and has a lot of charm. Most of the fun of this game comes from just trying to exploit the AI as much as you possibly can before they team together to crush you and everyone else! The fact you can just trade at LITERALLY ANYTIME during the course of any person's turn should be used and abused whenever possible! Great vid, Pam!
@Cannotbetamed1
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@AdamVladimirKross
2 жыл бұрын
Monopoly for the NES was the first time I heard a voice from a video game. The "Don't be coming back now" of the Get out of Jail action blew my mind. If the AI was just a little more polished (Don't get me wrong it was amazing for the time) it would without a doubt be a perfect version of Monopoly.
@TeddXplosion
2 жыл бұрын
The awkward dice rolling hand animation makes me laugh everytime. lol
@PetProjects2011
9 ай бұрын
I didn't realize how much I needed to hear someone call out Monopoly until now.
@sarysa
2 жыл бұрын
I think I rented this once, but my family used to play physical Monopoly during power outages. These often happened during blizzards, so we'd be huddled around the dining room table kept warm with winter jackets and lit by candlelight. Games lasted a really long time due to doing the whole Free Parking thing, but we'd often make it through.
@LuigiDM
9 ай бұрын
i have fond memories of this version. i'll never forget the auction music and the disappointment of it not returning to the snes version.
@rkornilo
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for that little history lesson at the end. Used to play Monopoly a lot when I was a kid. Had no idea of it's origins.
@chymera1221
2 жыл бұрын
I always enjoyed this version of Monopoly for all of the reasons that you highlighted. Simply the best way to play, IMO. Loved your detailing of the history of the game, I was unaware of the origins. Great Review very interesting.
@HomestarRunner20X6
2 жыл бұрын
In the early 2000s, Hasbro board games on CD were the prizes in cereal boxes. That version of Monopoly is my favourite.
@travisz3940
2 жыл бұрын
Monopoly is by far one of the few games I play with my friends for weeks at a time. Great memories
@rossrobertson674
2 жыл бұрын
I am a big fan but I wish there was a way to make the game go quicker, especially for kids now with the options they have for entertainment it's hard to get wm to play monopoly
@3ndg4m3
2 жыл бұрын
It’s crazy to me that someone is making a video about NES Monopoly in 2022. Also pretty crazy about the Landlord’s Game. Thanks for helping to bring that to light.
@RPGFort
2 жыл бұрын
Barely a minute in and Pam's slating landlords. Love it.
@Cannotbetamed1
2 жыл бұрын
I can't help myself when talking about a game about being a landlord.
@newavejunkie
2 жыл бұрын
What an awesome video! I had no idea about the history of Monopoly and the Landlord’s Game but it was fascinating to learn about it.
@Cannotbetamed1
2 жыл бұрын
Glad you liked it
@koobsmooth
2 жыл бұрын
Great review! I appreciate the background info.
@Cannotbetamed1
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@sophiafortyfour
2 жыл бұрын
I love the tone and the amount of research and information in this video. This is some great content here.
@Cannotbetamed1
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@Bobbypinker
2 жыл бұрын
Great video. I was obsessed with this game as a kid. I was probably 10 or 11 when it came out, and my 3 best friends and I would play it for hours and hours every weekend.
@Cannotbetamed1
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@aaron71
2 жыл бұрын
I always LOVED the NES Monopoly!! All the cute animations and sound effects totally sold me as a kid :)
@bizandtate
2 жыл бұрын
what an awesome underappreciated game! ive played this with my friends a few times and its always been a blast, despite how old and limited the hardware is. the game holds up to this day and has honestly aged like fine wine in a time filled with board game video games that waste your time with long and uninteresting animations
@gregorys9629
2 жыл бұрын
Looks like it has a lot of charm - nice review! Thanks also for pointing out Elizabeth McGee's role in the history of the game - there is an interesting book out there called The Monopolists which covers the history in detail.
@mystickain8664
2 жыл бұрын
Great review as always Pam!!! Growing up in the 90s I had this game and loved playing it with my mom. I never knew how the game got its start till this video I never even heard of the game " The Landlord " that was basically the blue print for what's now Monopoly. My only real complaint with the video game adaption of Monopoly is you never get the option to play the other versions of the game like Star Wars Monopoly or Lord of the Rings Monopoly, etc.
@erickbefays2544
2 жыл бұрын
So true I loved playing this game, still have a burn around once and a while, try to get my kids to play but they just want no part of it, so like you I play the computer just wish the board game hotels was more popular on consoles. Thanks for the Great video.
@TankZappa
2 жыл бұрын
1:06 Thank you for not being afraid to put this out there. 👍
@djbluejay1
2 жыл бұрын
Great Video! I too use to play the Monopoly board game by myself, and for some strange reason I missed the NES version back when it was first released. Even though I've been playing and collecting NES games since 1987, I finally bought a copy of it about two years ago and I love it! I almost play it daily now. Wish I would have got it back in 1990, and yes it doesn't compare to any of the other versions on other consoles that I have played. Cheers
@Timberwolf0952
2 жыл бұрын
LOVED this version as a kid. Excellent review
@musclesforsupes
2 жыл бұрын
Awesome review! “Don’t be coming back now.” Lol always chuckled at that lol. Also how about that animation for an 8-bit system lol.
@chroniclesofguyver7888
2 жыл бұрын
Fond memories of this game. My parents always saw video games as a "work of the devil" but they were very all right with NES Monopoly. They would actually rent it so the family could spend an evening playing it together. Also agree that no other version of video game Monopoly every quite measured up to this one. I think most devs who make a Monopoly game are just coasting on the established popularity of the name.
@Automat1cJack
Жыл бұрын
I never would have thought that NES Monopoly was that solid.
@winterburden
2 жыл бұрын
This is so cool Pam, thank you so much for reviewing it! 🙆♀️
@jimmyt7233
2 жыл бұрын
When i was very young I remember watching my mom always play Tetris, Dr Mario, and....Monopoly. This video was so much nostalgia for me. I'm glad to see someone else appreciated this game as much as my mom. Now I want to dust off her copy of it and fire it up
@BlakeNortondotcom
2 жыл бұрын
Excellent and informative overview of the larger topic. Great work.
@Cannotbetamed1
2 жыл бұрын
Much appreciated!
@kght222
2 жыл бұрын
when i was a kid me and my aunt used to play this all the time, we even used the property cards from the board game to keep track more easily.
@IsomerMashups
2 жыл бұрын
I still can't believe they took a game about how terrible -vampires- landlords are and somehow made the win condition becoming the biggest -vampire- landlord.
@ZaddyZavid
2 жыл бұрын
cool history lesson , nice to learn about the landlords game. i used to exploit the computer when they wanted a monopoly and id ask for everything they had, sometimes id mess up and they'd bankrupt me with their monopoly. I think i only played the snes version they wouldn't give you everything but it was close enough.
@RealDJDXM
2 жыл бұрын
Monopoly on the phone is the same way where the computers don't stop bugging you about trades
@DiegoSantosCreates
2 жыл бұрын
Wow did not know about "The Landlord's Game" really good info there
@mikesilva3868
2 жыл бұрын
Whoa, it's the Iron Maiden dude! Check him out!"😆
@HarryToeface
2 жыл бұрын
I feel you, boardgames used to be a huge part of my life I played quite a few battletech/city tech campaigns
@HarryToeface
2 жыл бұрын
@@tonyp9313 ..did you not read what I said? XD
@otakubullfrog1665
2 жыл бұрын
I've loved this version of Monopoly since I was a kid and never really tried the ones on later consoles since I never really felt like I needed a "better" version. It's a great NES title that not a lot of people talk about even though it still holds up as well as the board game.
@TheWrightClanX5
2 жыл бұрын
Never knew the origins of Monopoly - fascinating stuff and excellent vid as always! 😊
@AlanThompsonRegularNintendo
2 жыл бұрын
I have been preaching this for years!! It is my all time favorite way to play monopoly! It is a very fast pace version of the game. Also no dealing out pieces and money and property.
@bigmada
2 жыл бұрын
I had an early 90s Apple Mac computer and had monopoly. You could rob the bank and take all the money, but if you rob the bank after rolling doubles you go to jail.
@apollolux
2 жыл бұрын
We somehow had Monopoly on a floppy disk full of games for our Commodore 64 when I was a kid. To this day, the sequence of that specific dice roll, piece movement (usually five), and go to jail sound effects (in that order usually) continues to haunt me whenever I think of digital versions of Monopoly. Even for fans of the C64’s SID chip, those sound effects were grating.
@maple201
2 жыл бұрын
I loved the Westwood Monopoly on PC. Its jazz soundtrack by Frank Klepacki went way harder than it needed to and the animations had so much character.
@TheShinyShow
2 жыл бұрын
You're right about who wants to play Monopoly. When I got the board game for Christmas one year, I swear I played it once with a group of people and after that nobody ever wanted to play. This seems like a good solution
@mikea.3250
2 жыл бұрын
This was one of my favorite games for the NES! Gotta love that 8-bit music one hears when collecting money from an opponent or when you're auctioning a piece of property (remember that?). Great video Pam! Another game similar to Monopoly that you may like is Fortune Street. One version (Wii) features Mario and a few other Nintendo characters, while the other (iPod or iPhone devices) is a more generic form of the game that plays in a similar way to the Wii version. Great to play while on the go. Check it out if you get a chance!
@CardboardBots
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for adding the extra educational background.
@Cannotbetamed1
2 жыл бұрын
No problem!
@shamwowser6449
2 жыл бұрын
I grew up renting the N64 version of Monopoly a lot and loved the gentle yet catchy background music, the wacky sound effects, and all the little character animations. I think a lot of it just boils down to nostalgia; intrinsically every version of Monopoly is basically the same, it's just the little details of whichever one we each played that stick out to us the most.
@inter_1097
2 жыл бұрын
My favorite Monopoly video game was the Windows '95,'98 version made by Westwood. Haven't played it in many years and would love to play it again.
@jamesinciardi5099
2 жыл бұрын
Yes I agree, this is the best computer Monopoly out there. I just purchased the newest form of Monopoly on Steam a few weeks ago. The graphics are really good and they clearly spent a lot of time on it, but all the features, like the sound effects, voices, animations, etc eventually get old and slow things down too much. The NES Monopoly was much more fast-paced, not so much waiting for things to happen. The sound effects and voices were “WTF?” (Like ‘Don’t be coming back now’…WTF is that?) and yet they were somehow memorable. Also the controls on the NES were simple, unlike the computer version, which required mouse clicks combined with keyboard use that wasn’t user friendly.
@ldsviking
2 жыл бұрын
I don't think people realize how well this game sold on the NES. I don't have figures, but it lurked on and off in the Nintendo Power Top 30 (and later 20) for more than three years. Basically, those charts were formulated by surveying players' five most favorite games as well as looking at sales figures. I can't imagine that many kids were ranking Monopoly among their favorite games, so the sales must have accounted for a lot to make up the difference.
@radicaldreamer
2 жыл бұрын
I never played this. It looks pretty complex and amazing for an NES game. Also the green eyeshadow is great!
@Cannotbetamed1
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@macclubbin
2 жыл бұрын
hell yes to both the history and the message - landlords are evil; everyone should have a basic right to secure housing! great review too ;p had never seen the NES version and its fun sound effects before
@robertlevy4613
2 жыл бұрын
No one wanted to (or still wants to) play Monopoly with me. I’m a nerd and studied all statistics on this game (still own a few books). Love this game. Great review. I just subscribed to your channel, keep it up. Between you and UCanBeatVideoGames, I love retro game reviews.
@outlandishusername
2 жыл бұрын
Although not as fancy, there's a version of Trivial Pursuit on the Master System that is the best video game version I've ever played. It's from the early 90s and aimed at a more British-centric audience, so I'm not sure it reached your shores of the Atlantic. However, it's still fun to mess around with to this day.
@Cannotbetamed1
2 жыл бұрын
I'll have to try that out.
@tapytc
2 жыл бұрын
Makes you feel like real life.
@aegisofhonor
2 жыл бұрын
this is my favorite NES game. This was the only NES game I ever bought with my own money that I saved myself. I loved this game and played it to death back in the day. Sadly the cartridge got lost at some point when I lived in my house as a Jr. and Sr. in HS since I mostly stopped playing my NES by that point. I still remember this game fondly and loved playing it all the time.
@ghettostarterkit
2 жыл бұрын
I never knew the full story behind this. Thank you for the video!
@frednificent
2 жыл бұрын
Great video. Didn't know about the landlords game.
@gaberazalas7333
2 жыл бұрын
“Being a landlord is a real job”that made me laugh 😂
@IsomerMashups
2 жыл бұрын
@@tonyp9313 You sound like someone who doesn't have a real job.
@GHKuinli
2 жыл бұрын
I agree that this may be the best version. We used to play this a lot years ago due to it being so easy to set everything up and not worrying about who handles the bank money, it's such a great version of the board game. And with the amount of time we spent on it we discovered that there is a game breaking exploit that can be triggered by the player that can be effective even against human players without them noticing. If you hold "down" on the d-pad while your turn is active the game will "glitch" and skip the pay screen when landing on the opponents properties and thus avoid losing any money, there is no initial setup required for this to work so anybody can exploit it when needed, unless your watching closely for the "skip".
@benkizer9509
2 жыл бұрын
Always enjoy your NES reviews. Monopoly was so fun on the NES!
@dreamlandnightmare
2 жыл бұрын
Thought the music sounded very similar to that in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves for the NES, and as expected, Paul Webb was the composer of that game as well.
@bluelblock
2 жыл бұрын
I absolutely loved this game for all the same reasons. As a kid I loved the cash register/Capitol eating up money. Sound effects were perfect.
@jfshep2128
2 жыл бұрын
This was always my favorite video game Monopoly. Playing this with my buddies during my high school years was a good time.
@EdieMiran
2 жыл бұрын
Wow! I didn't know about the historical origin of the game. I found it very interesting! Thanks!
@bdwilcox
2 жыл бұрын
The history is completely opposite to her revisionist version here. The point of the game was to preach against monopolies by demonstrating their negative effects in order to forward the single-tax theory of Henry George where land is a shared, mutual resource to further free markets rather than strangle them. Darrow sold the game as his own to Parker Bros and when Parker Brothers learned he wasn't the sole inventor, they honored Maggie's patent and bought the rights from her as well.
@Cannotbetamed1
2 жыл бұрын
I thought it was a cool origin story too.
@Cannotbetamed1
2 жыл бұрын
@bdwilcox I don't see how that's completely opposite of what I said...
@alexhydell3608
2 жыл бұрын
Wow! Very informative. This does look like a very good version. I do like solo monopoly. I will be searching for a copy tomorrow!
@terence7009
2 жыл бұрын
the eating register was the #1 reason I always went back to this one
@sfighter0085
2 жыл бұрын
I think the one Monopoly game I played as a kid was the SNES version. While I do think that it is oddball that there exists video games based on board games, this version does look to be the most entertaining. Great video, "Monopoly" in one of my favorite board games.
@IncendiarySolution
2 жыл бұрын
I played this for windows 3.1.1; very similar experience. I recall having a good time with it, but childhood is funny
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