This was originally three shorter videos from a long time ago, but I decided to combine them all into one long video for simplicity sake and add in a few surprises. You know, like when an aging rock band puts out a Greatest Hits album with like 2 new "sorta okay" songs on it and a bunch of stuff you've already heard before.
This is a really cool video, I played most of these when I was young . But I feel like Festers Quest could have made the list . Crystalis is 1 of my all time favorite games , I remember telling everyone that it would have been a better zelda 2 instead of link and so many people never even heard of it , such a great game
One of my proudest achievements was spending one saturday morning completing Blaster Master. No cheats, other than the pause boss battle. Took me roughly 5 hours, and I had a splitting migraine by the time I was done, but I finally beat it. Then I spent the rest of my weekend in my dark bedroom trying to sleep off the agony I gave myself. It was mildly worth it.
@@lennybrewster4673 the games today arent even games lol they're mostly movies. Seriously, try to count how many hours in a modern AAA title you listen to dialogs, and how many hours you actually play a game. If we could call that a game, where you cannot even die and even if you die, you start right from this point. Whats the point of playing? Just to follow the plot? No, thanx, i better watch a movie or read a book
The Legend Of Zelda set my expectations for video games. Period. If you were there and experienced the magic of exploring Hyrul for the first time.... damn... you know.
The opening music of Blaster Master gives me the feels every time. Loved that game. The different play mechanics. The awesome story albeit silly. Great graphics. Merry Christmas to all.
It’s funny you said Merry Christmas because Blaster Master was a Christmas gift from my grandmother back in the day..... My cousin and I rented that game so much from Scarborough Video that she had to get it for me.....
I know you pronounced it correctly but decades of accepted denial will always make me pronounce it "Facks-anadu." 🤣 Those who are unaware, Faxanadu is an acronym for "Famicom Xanadu" as the Xanadu series was an off-shoot of Falcom's Dragon Slayer series only seen on MSX computers.
Me too. And Rygar even more!!! Rygar os my favorite game. I wish i could have played the arcade version of it!!! Its all in platformer style not some puzzle style like version of the nintendo version!!! Which I would have to say i think I love the nintendo version better still anyways!!!
That is quite the accomplishment. I remember renting it as a kid and just wandering around a dozen rooms before I was lost and died. It was so cryptic and confusing.
Simon's Quest was destroyed by the bs obscure hints given by townsfolk. If you like it you should try La Mulana which also has obscure hints but I recommend it anyways.
Some additional suggestions, if you were ever to do another part: - Legacy of the Wizard (simply put, one of the best 8-bit games ever made) - Clash at Demonhead (a classic!) - Tombs & Treasure (this game doesn't get talked about nearly enough, and given your love of the Macventure series, I can't imagine you NOT adoring this oft-forgotten Falcom PC transplant!) - Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (how come you didn't include this one, when you mentioned Zelda 1?!) - Friday the 13th (it IS open-world, after all!) - Solstice (there are outdoor sections and whole other buildings, so it very much counts, and is a highly underrated game!) - Mystery Quest (not especially good, but definitely open-world!) Probably a number of others, but these are the ones that immediately come to mind. Great list, though, either way, and your videos are always a blast to watch! Love your enthusiasm!
My brother and I used to play Silent Service like it was Star Trek. One of us was the captain, giving the orders, while the other had to actually play the game, carrying out the orders of the other. It was a lot more fun than it sounds.
I played the heck out of Pirates! on the PC. It got to where I memorized the map so if I even got the tiniest bit of a treasure map, I knew exactly where it was.
You missed Clash at Demonhead. One of my favs. And what about Metal Gear and Snake's Revenge? I also feel like Friday the 13th makes the cut for being an "open world" game. A lot of people really hated Ft13, but really, once you figure out how to move around the map, it's a fun, decent game.
He undersells crystalis. It is a series of short interesting objectives that lead to an end rather than cookie cutter maguffin quest he makes it sound to be. Nobody in the first town says "collect and combine sword to kill the emperor", none of which actually is strictly part of the game (do not want to spoil).
It's one of those games that really should have had a modern remake. For an NES game, it actually followed a pretty good storyline. Definitely one of my favorite early titles.
Its easily a top 20 NES game for sure IMO, for me its about #10. Then again I think he undersells Blaster Master a little bit too, but thats my #1 fav NES game of all time, regardless of any little flaws it may have.
@@jaydstein Depends on how you define open. While you can't go everywhere from the start, once you unlock an area it is always accessible through backtracking until you get to the final zone.
“What a horrible night to have a curse”. I remember going to Walmart with my mom and she bought me Castlevania 2 and I just starred at the game in the car all the way home. I was young that’s how excited I was to get this game I still remember clear.
Man! The Silent Service mention was awesome! I spent hours playing that game as a kid. Blaster Master is another game I enjoyed in my youth! Thanks for the nostalgia trip!
Seriously and again, thank you for choosing beloved SIMON BELMONT for the cover Simon's Quest is my most favorite Art cover of all time ad it makes the most sense for the topic of this beautiful video
Great list, I'm glad to see you hit on Uncharted Waters here! I've never really played the NES version, but the SNES ports of both it and its sequel were real favorites of mine. As for more open world games on the NES, I'd also include the ports of Origin's PC games we got: Ultima 3, 4, and 5 (note: NEVER PLAY ULTIMA 5 NES!), and Times Of Lore.
Oh! I've thought about a game I played a lot as a kid but couldn't for the life of me remember what it was called. Then I cam across your video and now I know it's called The Guardian Legend! Thank you!
You have to mention Legacy of the Wizard. That game has a greater feeling of exploration of pretty much everything on this list, and it doesn't require completing levels in a particular order. Some people will get frustrated by the maziness, but I think that's a pro, not a con. Honestly, Metroid is mazy, too, and that's part of its charm.
Wow, what a nostalgia rush watching this. I pretty much played all the games in this list that were available in North America at the time. My English was bad back then, so some games were hard to navigate blindly -- but that was the beauty of open-world games, as kids, we didn't care about all the meta crap, we just kept playing and playing, sometimes purposedly taking the longe routes because it was fun!!!
In The Guardian Legend you don't play the last of the people left,you are the Guardian of Earth sent to stop Naju From reaching Earth and its lifeforms from taking over.But great vid,really listed some of the best games I loved as a child,and still do
I hope the twins are healthy and happy. Make sure you raise them to love all types of games starting with the OG, Atari of course. Merry Christmas 🎄🎁 to you all. Best wishes my friend.
'Raid on Bungeling Bay' was a very early open world game, you pilot a heli and have to destroy factories before they build up and and overwhelm you and your carrier. It was also note worthy for being the spark of influence for designer Will Wright who would then make 'Sim City.'
Merry christmas everyone, about 1 game, FAXANADU , it was a revolution at the time, i loved the art, the music, the mood, the open world aspect, but i have 2 things i loved the most: 1- it was the first game i ever played that u could change the way u look with new armor, true it is nothing now, but back then , seeing ur hero wear the armor and weapons, was a miracle. 2- the grind, it was the first game i ever grinded money, in the first shop, a high level spell (the spiky ball) was for sale for a large sum of money, i grinded the early screens for hours until i could afford it, that long grind payed off a lot for what is basically the second best spell in the whole game. love the XANADU games, they still are around, with XANADU NEXT on ps2 being great and TOKYO XANADU on ps4 being the latest and also a great game, but i just widh they can remaster FAXANADU one day, there is a pic online of fanart for this game in HD and it looks amazing...love that game so much,.
Proud to say this is the video that got me to subscribe. Some very ambitious games for the technology of the time. In particular "Silent Service" looks like my kind of strategy game.
Playing Blaster Master (which I'll have you know was a spectacular game), I always felt like I could do a couple of the fake bases to build up my gun, and then it was so easy to waste everything in the room that I'd really only get hit if I screwed up. It was confusing as hell, though. Getting to level 4 was such a hassle.
You're right about farming for gun power. I think that's absolutely what the game designers intended, and specifically why they made the default gun so crappy and inconvenient to use. But the fully powered up gun? Jeez, that thing could mow through damn near everything. If you couldn't kick ass with the fully powered gun, you need to go play some Tetris or something. :D
I love Rygar was great game back when I was a kid. But it had no save feature and my NES console would over heat and freeze the game so I gave up trying to finish it..... I have it on my NES classic, now has save features does not over heat but now don't have time to play.
These days, if you're gonna play Simon's quest, you want to use a romhack to fix the most grevious annoyances. When you do, it goes from frustrating to amazing.
I still have a bunch of Koei games from SNES and Genesis, including New Horizons, the sequel to Uncharted Waters. I played those games for hours on end back when I was in school. I do have to point out the game mentioned is pronounced No-bu-na-ga. Don't know if anyone cares but if anyone ever wondered how to pronounce Japanese names transliterated into our alphabet, syllibals (which I can't spell) typically start with a consanent (can't spell that either) and end with a vowel. Just plain 'n' can be added at the end of a vowel, like in nin-ten-do. And then there is the double consanent (I'm going to be consistent in my misspelling) and stand alone vowels sometimes pronounced separately and now I'm going way off track. Anyway, I still play Koei games from time to time and they haven't gotten old after twenty-five years.
Its probably been 30 years since I played it, but I could have sworn deja vu took place somewhere near las Vegas. I even remember being able to go to the desert. Shadowgate was an amazing game, I will do a quick play of it every now and then. Great vids
The Guardian Legend and Crystalis are two of the most underrated games on the NES. I'm surprised enough people don't even know about them, much less talk about them
Adore the thumbnail to death, Simon Belmont is one of my personal icons and Simon's Quest is in my personal list of most beloved Gems of all times is amazing how under appreciated this great was this whole time sadly and it truly was the very first of it's kind, the very first true Metroidvania it was far too ambitious for the NES era and maybe the first truly Gothic V-game ever created No, this Castlevania will always be far MUCH more than just a video game not mentioning it has my favorite OST of all times i believe i have created what it could be the very first true in-depth 100% No damage playlist for this majestic beauty also did same treatment for CV3 and CV4 THANK YOU for putting Simon Belmont at the cover this is hands down my most favorite version of him every time i think of Simon Belmont the CV2 Art cover always comes to my mind vividly
Haha. That game was awesome. I loved how you could pick up other guys and use them to beat other enemies with. This game is a blast! I still play it now on emulators.
Faxanadu and Crystalis both deserve a GOOD remake (I know Crystalis had a slight remake on the gbc back in the day, but that was more of a remaster with some changes to the story a bit).
The only games on this list that I have NOT played are Pirates!, Elite, Ufouria: The Saga, Uncharted Waters, and Dungeon Magic. The rest I've at least given a brief try at some point, and several are amongst my favorites, both for the NES and for all-time. Rygar, The Legend of Zelda, River City Ransom, The Guardian Legend, and Blaster Master stand out as some of the best games in my opinion, though the others are fine games in their own right. This is definitely not only a good list of Open-World games for the NES, but a good starting point for a Best-Of-All-Time list! One of these days you might consider doing a top twenty best NES games (or thirty, or fifty, or more if you feel ambitious enough!). Thanks again for the great video and stay safe out there!
Faxanadu's hero isn't nameless; he's Jesus. JUST LOOK AT HIM! Ufouria's another fantastic game that I can't get enough of; it's a shame that none of the other Hebereke games were anything like it. If you're looking for others for a part 3 (I can't seem to find part 1), you might want to check out Spiritual Warfare (yes, really), Clash at Demon Head, Castlequest/Castle Excellent, and if Japan-only titles count, Cocoron, Esper Boukentai, Jikuu Yuuden Debias, and Majou Densetsu 2: Daimashikyou Galious.
Goonies II was one of my FAVORITE games from the NES!!! I never understood where I was supposed to go after a certain point in the game, but I didn't care! I just really enjoyed playing it!
I know these games are now on my list to enter my collection! I often don't stray from my childhood experiences which already are 100 titles just for NES not to mention my 2 full billy ikea cabinets of retro games!
5:03 - If the graphics of Pirates! for NES _really_ are bothering you that much, it's worth noting that there are also ports for Sega Genesis and Windows that are pretty much the same but with improved graphics (the windows one was released in the early 2000s, so it's probably the best looking of the bunch)
@8:03 the music during the docking scene in Elite is The Blue Danube Waltz by Strauss, which is the same song used in the docking scene in the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey
I'm pretty sure the game I put the most time into on this list was Uncharted Waters. Thats where I learned to Buy Low and Sell High when buying commodities.
This was originally three shorter videos from a long time ago, but I decided to combine them all into one long video for simplicity sake and add in a few surprises. You know, like when an aging rock band puts out a Greatest Hits album with like 2 new "sorta okay" songs on it and a bunch of stuff you've already heard before.
Ah damn. I thought maybe you'd found some more open world NES gems. But having this as one big video is definitely the right move.
This is a really cool video, I played most of these when I was young . But I feel like Festers Quest could have made the list .
Crystalis is 1 of my all time favorite games , I remember telling everyone that it would have been a better zelda 2 instead of link and so many people never even heard of it , such a great game
@Friday Night Arcade
You mentioned Crystalis AND you pronounced it correctly! Bonus points for you good sir!!
@@youcancallmefunk4745 Same here. Crystalis is my Favorite NES game and in my top 5 of all time!
I would also look into Clash at Demonhead, open world, exploration, upgrades, etc. Great game.
One of my proudest achievements was spending one saturday morning completing Blaster Master. No cheats, other than the pause boss battle. Took me roughly 5 hours, and I had a splitting migraine by the time I was done, but I finally beat it. Then I spent the rest of my weekend in my dark bedroom trying to sleep off the agony I gave myself. It was mildly worth it.
That game wasn't easy 👍. But the nes had a serious learning curve for a lot of software. The games today are a cinch in comparison.
@@lennybrewster4673 the games today arent even games lol they're mostly movies. Seriously, try to count how many hours in a modern AAA title you listen to dialogs, and how many hours you actually play a game. If we could call that a game, where you cannot even die and even if you die, you start right from this point. Whats the point of playing? Just to follow the plot? No, thanx, i better watch a movie or read a book
Clash at Demonhead belongs on this list I think
The Legend Of Zelda set my expectations for video games. Period. If you were there and experienced the magic of exploring Hyrul for the first time.... damn... you know.
I played it way later yet i fell in love with it. Just going around killing mobs is so much fun.
Lol, love the game so much you don’t know how to spell Hyrule.
I absolutely love The Guardian Legend as I've been playing this for 30 years. Still beat it every time.
My favorite NES game
Everytime ? You ain’t got to lie craig
That soundtrack was epic!
My favorite game!
Hell yes. Greatest NES game of all time. Truly a forgotten treasure. I'll never gorget the first time I heard the Intto music.
Clash at Demonhead was an open world game on NES, one of the best ones
LOVED that game...
The opening music of Blaster Master gives me the feels every time. Loved that game. The different play mechanics. The awesome story albeit silly. Great graphics. Merry Christmas to all.
YESSSSS!
It’s funny you said Merry Christmas because Blaster Master was a Christmas gift from my grandmother back in the day..... My cousin and I rented that game so much from Scarborough Video that she had to get it for me.....
Man, Crystalis and Faxanadu were two of my all time favorites. I was hoping they'd be on this list :)
Faxanadu fan here
I love Crystalis but I don't really think it can be counted as "open world".
Crystalis was pretty cool
Crystalis is on this list
Faxanadu very underrated, I remember having to tack back to the beginning to buy some sword or that only one shop had.
I know you pronounced it correctly but decades of accepted denial will always make me pronounce it "Facks-anadu." 🤣
Those who are unaware, Faxanadu is an acronym for "Famicom Xanadu" as the Xanadu series was an off-shoot of Falcom's Dragon Slayer series only seen on MSX computers.
Faxandu is classic! One of my all time fave NES games..
Me too. And Rygar even more!!! Rygar os my favorite game. I wish i could have played the arcade version of it!!! Its all in platformer style not some puzzle style like version of the nintendo version!!! Which I would have to say i think I love the nintendo version better still anyways!!!
Finishing The Goonies II when I was a young kid(pre internet) was probably one of my biggest video game accomplishments.
That is quite the accomplishment. I remember renting it as a kid and just wandering around a dozen rooms before I was lost and died. It was so cryptic and confusing.
Faxanadu and Simon's Quest were some of the best weekend rentals of my childhood.
Simon's Quest was destroyed by the bs obscure hints given by townsfolk. If you like it you should try La Mulana which also has obscure hints but I recommend it anyways.
@@zzasdfwas Glad for Nintendo Power back then 😆
@@zzasdfwas it was really badly translated. There's a romhack of it that changes the text boxes to what they are meant to say.
The fact that I can click on this video and see the progress bar split up into a ton of segments makes me happy inside. NES was a great system.
I loved playing Rygar as a kid. Me and my cousin both beat it multiple times. Classic.
Some additional suggestions, if you were ever to do another part:
- Legacy of the Wizard (simply put, one of the best 8-bit games ever made)
- Clash at Demonhead (a classic!)
- Tombs & Treasure (this game doesn't get talked about nearly enough, and given your love of the Macventure series, I can't imagine you NOT adoring this oft-forgotten Falcom PC transplant!)
- Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (how come you didn't include this one, when you mentioned Zelda 1?!)
- Friday the 13th (it IS open-world, after all!)
- Solstice (there are outdoor sections and whole other buildings, so it very much counts, and is a highly underrated game!)
- Mystery Quest (not especially good, but definitely open-world!)
Probably a number of others, but these are the ones that immediately come to mind.
Great list, though, either way, and your videos are always a blast to watch! Love your enthusiasm!
Thanks so much for the great suggestions! I'll have to look for some of these.
Pirates was my favourite NES game as a kid. It just never got boring.
The Guardian Legend is still one of my all time favorite games. Great game with awesome soundtrack.
This is basically a list of all my favorite NES games from my childhood.
My brother and I used to play Silent Service like it was Star Trek. One of us was the captain, giving the orders, while the other had to actually play the game, carrying out the orders of the other. It was a lot more fun than it sounds.
That actually sounds really fun.
A great game no matter how you play it.
Blaster master is one my favorites by far but the fact you mentioned it made me happy
I played the heck out of Pirates! on the PC. It got to where I memorized the map so if I even got the tiniest bit of a treasure map, I knew exactly where it was.
8 members of your party have been eaten by the Giant Ground Sloth!
I wish I had that level of dedication to a single game.
You missed Clash at Demonhead. One of my favs. And what about Metal Gear and Snake's Revenge? I also feel like Friday the 13th makes the cut for being an "open world" game. A lot of people really hated Ft13, but really, once you figure out how to move around the map, it's a fun, decent game.
Rygar was such a sleeper NES title, cheers for including it!
Blaster Master; "like these guys that are just under the firing line of the tank's gun" *THATS WHAT THE THUNDER BRAKES ARE FOR lol
He undersells crystalis. It is a series of short interesting objectives that lead to an end rather than cookie cutter maguffin quest he makes it sound to be. Nobody in the first town says "collect and combine sword to kill the emperor", none of which actually is strictly part of the game (do not want to spoil).
It's one of those games that really should have had a modern remake. For an NES game, it actually followed a pretty good storyline. Definitely one of my favorite early titles.
Its easily a top 20 NES game for sure IMO, for me its about #10. Then again I think he undersells Blaster Master a little bit too, but thats my #1 fav NES game of all time, regardless of any little flaws it may have.
@@jaydstein Depends on how you define open. While you can't go everywhere from the start, once you unlock an area it is always accessible through backtracking until you get to the final zone.
How have I never heard of Olympus?? That looks incredible. I will now go play it. Thank you FNA!
Merry Christmas! I started playing Elite Dangerous on PS4 this year, and wow it looks so much different and yet so similar to that 8bit version!
Ah, zelda those notes and I am right again ready to save the day.
Thanks for the shout out and this excellent video! Cheers!
I played Pirates a LOT... sometimes trough the entire night. i once made it to be the Kings advisor at the end. good old times... 🙂
Goonies 2 is the only game on nes I couldn't beat without a guide
“What a horrible night to have a curse”. I remember going to Walmart with my mom and she bought me Castlevania 2 and I just starred at the game in the car all the way home. I was young that’s how excited I was to get this game I still remember clear.
My dad surprised me with it for Christmas. It has been one of my all time favorite games.
Man! The Silent Service mention was awesome! I spent hours playing that game as a kid.
Blaster Master is another game I enjoyed in my youth!
Thanks for the nostalgia trip!
Yes, I'd absolutely love a full video on The Goonies II. Merry Belated Christmas!
Seriously and again, thank you for choosing beloved SIMON BELMONT for the cover
Simon's Quest is my most favorite Art cover of all time
ad it makes the most sense for the topic of this beautiful video
Guardian Legend had a slapping soundtrack
Great list, I'm glad to see you hit on Uncharted Waters here! I've never really played the NES version, but the SNES ports of both it and its sequel were real favorites of mine. As for more open world games on the NES, I'd also include the ports of Origin's PC games we got: Ultima 3, 4, and 5 (note: NEVER PLAY ULTIMA 5 NES!), and Times Of Lore.
Oh! I've thought about a game I played a lot as a kid but couldn't for the life of me remember what it was called. Then I cam across your video and now I know it's called The Guardian Legend! Thank you!
Wow that tidbit about Elite on the PAL NES is really interesting!
Rygar was My favorite game I would play every day back in time
I just had a flashback of playing goonies in the back room of the local pizza place. It was odd but fun.
Merry Christmas my dude!! Solid video.
You have to mention Legacy of the Wizard. That game has a greater feeling of exploration of pretty much everything on this list, and it doesn't require completing levels in a particular order. Some people will get frustrated by the maziness, but I think that's a pro, not a con. Honestly, Metroid is mazy, too, and that's part of its charm.
Wow, what a nostalgia rush watching this. I pretty much played all the games in this list that were available in North America at the time. My English was bad back then, so some games were hard to navigate blindly -- but that was the beauty of open-world games, as kids, we didn't care about all the meta crap, we just kept playing and playing, sometimes purposedly taking the longe routes because it was fun!!!
In The Guardian Legend you don't play the last of the people left,you are the Guardian of Earth sent to stop Naju From reaching Earth and its lifeforms from taking over.But great vid,really listed some of the best games I loved as a child,and still do
A video about 8bit RPGs would be sooooo nice!
I hope the twins are healthy and happy. Make sure you raise them to love all types of games starting with the OG, Atari of course. Merry Christmas 🎄🎁 to you all. Best wishes my friend.
Unknown feature about Silent Service: The D-pad on the 2nd controller rotates the periscope!
Surf Wisely.
Ultima and Might and Magic are kings of this
Does anyone remember as a kid hearing the boss music in river city ransom??? Ph man the feels
Definitions of open world can differ but this is a great compilation, haven't heard of most of these before either
'Raid on Bungeling Bay' was a very early open world game, you pilot a heli and have to destroy factories before they build up and and overwhelm you and your carrier. It was also note worthy for being the spark of influence for designer Will Wright who would then make 'Sim City.'
Watched a couple of your vids and then just realized I should be subbed. Thanks for the great content. 👍
Congratulations!! This channel is going to have steady growth for years to come. Keep the content coming!!
My dad LOVED faxanadu and zelda 2. As a kid I figured my dad wouldn't like those games as his first but they were. RIP, Chaz Sternberg.
So many great dynamics in these games. I fee like they were doing more, creatively, back then than now.
Merry christmas everyone, about 1 game, FAXANADU , it was a revolution at the time, i loved the art, the music, the mood, the open world aspect, but i have 2 things i loved the most:
1- it was the first game i ever played that u could change the way u look with new armor, true it is nothing now, but back then , seeing ur hero wear the armor and weapons, was a miracle.
2- the grind, it was the first game i ever grinded money, in the first shop, a high level spell (the spiky ball) was for sale for a large sum of money, i grinded the early screens for hours until i could afford it, that long grind payed off a lot for what is basically the second best spell in the whole game.
love the XANADU games, they still are around, with XANADU NEXT on ps2 being great and TOKYO XANADU on ps4 being the latest and also a great game, but i just widh they can remaster FAXANADU one day, there is a pic online of fanart for this game in HD and it looks amazing...love that game so much,.
Proud to say this is the video that got me to subscribe. Some very ambitious games for the technology of the time. In particular "Silent Service" looks like my kind of strategy game.
"Fah-zanadu" that make so much more sense than the way my 8 year old self pronounced it: Fax-ah-nah-do.
That’s how I pronounced it as well - fax - anadoo
I loved that game, but don’t think I ever beat it. Deluge
Fax-ann-a-doo is the correct pronunciation.
Playing Blaster Master (which I'll have you know was a spectacular game), I always felt like I could do a couple of the fake bases to build up my gun, and then it was so easy to waste everything in the room that I'd really only get hit if I screwed up. It was confusing as hell, though. Getting to level 4 was such a hassle.
You're right about farming for gun power. I think that's absolutely what the game designers intended, and specifically why they made the default gun so crappy and inconvenient to use. But the fully powered up gun? Jeez, that thing could mow through damn near everything. If you couldn't kick ass with the fully powered gun, you need to go play some Tetris or something. :D
I played Rygar for hours and hours. Shadowgate was great!
I love Rygar was great game back when I was a kid. But it had no save feature and my NES console would over heat and freeze the game so I gave up trying to finish it..... I have it on my NES classic, now has save features does not over heat but now don't have time to play.
8:02 Oh that's awesome with the Blue Danube music, straight out of 2001!
River. City. Ransom. !!! I could never remember the name of this game! You are a blessing!
These days, if you're gonna play Simon's quest, you want to use a romhack to fix the most grevious annoyances. When you do, it goes from frustrating to amazing.
does it patch in the Graveyard Duck? because i could never find him and his damn silk bag
Blaster master was my favorite . In and out of tank was mindblowing.
My dad literally found a copy of Pirates! on the ground. It is really good.
I still have a bunch of Koei games from SNES and Genesis, including New Horizons, the sequel to Uncharted Waters. I played those games for hours on end back when I was in school. I do have to point out the game mentioned is pronounced No-bu-na-ga. Don't know if anyone cares but if anyone ever wondered how to pronounce Japanese names transliterated into our alphabet, syllibals (which I can't spell) typically start with a consanent (can't spell that either) and end with a vowel. Just plain 'n' can be added at the end of a vowel, like in nin-ten-do. And then there is the double consanent (I'm going to be consistent in my misspelling) and stand alone vowels sometimes pronounced separately and now I'm going way off track. Anyway, I still play Koei games from time to time and they haven't gotten old after twenty-five years.
:D a nice Christmas present for Dad.
Guardian Legend is underrated.
Merry Christmas
Its probably been 30 years since I played it, but I could have sworn deja vu took place somewhere near las Vegas. I even remember being able to go to the desert. Shadowgate was an amazing game, I will do a quick play of it every now and then. Great vids
There is a Deja Vu II Lost in Las Vegas... was never ported to the NES though both I and II were released as a combo cart on Game Boy Advance.
The Guardian Legend and Crystalis are two of the most underrated games on the NES. I'm surprised enough people don't even know about them, much less talk about them
So glad I stumbled upon this. This is GREAT retro content. Subbed and looking forward to more
Loved Pirates!
Adore the thumbnail to death, Simon Belmont is one of my personal icons and Simon's Quest is in my personal list of most beloved Gems of all times
is amazing how under appreciated this great was this whole time sadly
and it truly was the very first of it's kind, the very first true Metroidvania
it was far too ambitious for the NES era and maybe the first truly Gothic V-game ever created
No, this Castlevania will always be far MUCH more than just a video game
not mentioning it has my favorite OST of all times
i believe i have created what it could be the very first true in-depth 100% No damage playlist for this majestic beauty
also did same treatment for CV3 and CV4
THANK YOU for putting Simon Belmont at the cover
this is hands down my most favorite version of him
every time i think of Simon Belmont the CV2 Art cover always comes to my mind
vividly
Kudos for mentioning The Guardian Legend. Still one of my all time favorite games. I have a Russian buddy making a fan made sequel.
I loved River City Ransom. We never got very far in it though because we'd always just end up fighting each other.
Haha. That game was awesome. I loved how you could pick up other guys and use them to beat other enemies with. This game is a blast! I still play it now on emulators.
Festers Quest. Rad Gravity. Zelda 2. Addams Family. Star Wars. Willow. Maniac Mansion. Metal Gear. Bionic Commando. SMB3.
Oh heck yes please do a review of Goonies II please
Rygar and Blaster Master had top 5 NES music.
Faxanadu and Crystalis both deserve a GOOD remake (I know Crystalis had a slight remake on the gbc back in the day, but that was more of a remaster with some changes to the story a bit).
Man Blaster Master and Guardian Legend 👌👌👌
The only games on this list that I have NOT played are Pirates!, Elite, Ufouria: The Saga, Uncharted Waters, and Dungeon Magic. The rest I've at least given a brief try at some point, and several are amongst my favorites, both for the NES and for all-time. Rygar, The Legend of Zelda, River City Ransom, The Guardian Legend, and Blaster Master stand out as some of the best games in my opinion, though the others are fine games in their own right. This is definitely not only a good list of Open-World games for the NES, but a good starting point for a Best-Of-All-Time list! One of these days you might consider doing a top twenty best NES games (or thirty, or fifty, or more if you feel ambitious enough!). Thanks again for the great video and stay safe out there!
Faxanadu's hero isn't nameless; he's Jesus. JUST LOOK AT HIM! Ufouria's another fantastic game that I can't get enough of; it's a shame that none of the other Hebereke games were anything like it. If you're looking for others for a part 3 (I can't seem to find part 1), you might want to check out Spiritual Warfare (yes, really), Clash at Demon Head, Castlequest/Castle Excellent, and if Japan-only titles count, Cocoron, Esper Boukentai, Jikuu Yuuden Debias, and Majou Densetsu 2: Daimashikyou Galious.
What a solid video Aaron. Top of the line man. Watching seeing games I never knew existed. Merry Christmas to you and family man!
Man The Goonies I miss being a kid
Maaan. I loved the Goonies II. It was an awesome game. And wondered about the name too. My cousin and I played it all the time and beat it many times.
Goonies II was one of my FAVORITE games from the NES!!! I never understood where I was supposed to go after a certain point in the game, but I didn't care! I just really enjoyed playing it!
I know these games are now on my list to enter my collection! I often don't stray from my childhood experiences which already are 100 titles just for NES not to mention my 2 full billy ikea cabinets of retro games!
5:03 - If the graphics of Pirates! for NES _really_ are bothering you that much, it's worth noting that there are also ports for Sega Genesis and Windows that are pretty much the same but with improved graphics (the windows one was released in the early 2000s, so it's probably the best looking of the bunch)
"Pirates!" Was like "Seven Cities of Gold" for the C64 and Atari 800, only as a theme variation. PIRTES! should have won more awards.
Ahhhh man. Silent Service was awesome. It makes sense if Sid Meiers created it.
@8:03 the music during the docking scene in Elite is The Blue Danube Waltz by Strauss, which is the same song used in the docking scene in the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey
Please do a full review Goonies II !
I'm pretty sure the game I put the most time into on this list was Uncharted Waters.
Thats where I learned to Buy Low and Sell High when buying commodities.
Faxanadu is one of my all time favorite games. First Nintendo game I ever beat. These are mostly all great games though.
Absolutely do a Goonies episode
Rygar some of my best memories ever. Best weapon.
Wow nice! I never knew Pirates got a NES port.
Uncharted Waters looks awesome. High seas adventure matey!
Great video. Another cool open world NES game is Nightshade.
OH how i fkn loved Rygar when I was young..... amazing game
Me too and still love it.