The Lone Ranger (NES) Playthrough - NintendoComplete
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- A playthrough of Konami's 1991 license-based action game for the NES, The Lone Ranger.
Similar to The Adventures of Bayou Billy and Laser Invasion, The Lone Ranger melds several different gameplay genres and perspectives into one cohesive experience. In combining elements from RPGs, light gun shooters, and side-scrolling platformers, Konami provides a fresh and polished action cart that matches the quality of their best NES titles.
Much like Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, town areas and action stages are linked by an overworld map that's marked with enemy encounters and notable locations. The game’s eight lengthy stages are episodic in nature, and typically start with The Lone Ranger exploring a town, purchasing necessary supplies and finding out what he can do to help the locals (a treasure has gone missing, an impostor Ranger tarnishes the hero’s good name, a woman is kidnapped, etc) while pursuing the president and his abductors.
In each area, John will encounter several situations that shift the focus of gameplay: in towns and some action stages, the action will be presented in a manner similar to the 3/4 overhead perspective typical of many action-based adventures and RPGs (Crystalis, Cowboy Kid, Willow), while in others it is presented as a classic side-scrolling platformer with controls that are identical to those found in the Castlevania games in stiffness and precision. In both modes, the Ranger has full eight-way directional control of his shots, and both his gun and ammo are upgradable. There are first-person shooter stages that can be played with the Zapper or Konami’s LaserScope (or with crosshairs aimed with the D-Pad) where the objective is to fend off enemies that shoot or throw things toward the screen. When in some caves and buildings, the view shifts to the first person maze point of view (à la Wizardry, Golgo 13), featuring combat scenes identical to those of the first-person shooter stages.
The Lone Ranger‘s graphics are an achievement for the NES hardware, with careful attention provided to the subtlest of details. Though the sprites are small, the amount of detailing in the pixel art makes it easy to distinguish characters from one another, and many stages and cinematics feature an impressive sense of depth thanks to the parallax scrolling in the backgrounds.
The music is heavy with the drum and bass use that Konami’s sound teams were renowned for. The “William Tell Overture,” the theme of the original show, is used on several occasions during cut scenes, complete with a (heavily distorted) digital sample of the infamous, “Hiyo, Silver!” The original music in the game is all appropriate and memorable, and very hummable.
Considering the number of incorporated game types, The Lone Ranger manages to consistently keep its controls both intuitive and responsive. Unlike some games with an excessive number of complex control schemes to accommodate the game modes (California Games, Track and Field II), The Lone Ranger follows the traditional NES control schemes for each game type, removing the single largest barrier to the majority of games of its ilk. The only potential problem I see with The Lone Ranger lies in its difficulty level. Each area must be completed in a single-life and several of the stages can take upwards of an hour to complete, and continuing from a game over places the Ranger back at the very beginning of the current area. Even still, a password system eases a lot of potential frustration, and overall the difficulty is nowhere near as stiff as that in Bayou Billy, making this one a far more enjoyable experience.
Unfortunately, because the NES adaptation was released 34 years after the television show ended, the license was unrecognizable to the great majority of the NES players at the time, and The Lone Ranger‘s release went virtually unnoticed in the shadow of the impending release of the Super NES.
But regardless of the cold commercial reception this US-exclusive received, The Lone Ranger is an NES showpiece thanks to both its technical achievements and the sheer fun it provides.
(This is a new playthrough using the Zapper, because really, the game is so much better with it! The video quality is also way better now!)
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No cheats were used during the recording of this video.
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This US exclusive Konami cart is top notch. It's a real shame that more people don't know and love it.
Truly, this game *is* the OG *_"Red Dead Redemption"_* .
This game was the shit!
You got that right.
It truly is a shame, the game released in August ‘91, within weeks of the US Super NES launch! So right out of the gate it got almost entirely overshadowed by the 16 bit launch. It’s got the typical great Konami quality you came to expect-great graphics, great presentation, great gameplay. Plus, this was one of the games that you could play with the Zapper! The part platformer, part RPG, and part 3D first person shooter fusion worked very well. Even at that point the Lone Ranger was already a pretty old property, not too many kids knew of it. When they announced it I asked myself what could possibly go wrong because I wasn’t sure if even Konami could do it justice but I was dead wrong when I played it at release. They did really right by that property. This is one of the games I always recommend when asked for obscure NES games folks may have missed back then. The reaction is always a really shocked “Holy shit Konami developed it!?”. It was one of the largest NES games size wise at the time. It’s a great rainy day game, you can finish it in about 3 hours if you’re playing for the first time figuring out where to go and what to do. I wholeheartedly recommend it!
@@Dorian_Scottcorrection: better than red dead redemption
I only rented the game but I could recognize, even as a child, how clever the battles in this game were. Definitely a a hidden gem of the NES.
This was always a favorite of mine. I remember they still had the old live-action as well as the 1960's animated versions of the Lone Ranger. The first animated Lone Ranger was Michael Rye (later to be the voice of "Green Lantern" in "Super Friends") and the second in the 80s was William Conrad (for the "Tarzan/Lone Ranger Adventure Hour").
Never played it, but I have listened to the music. It's top notch. The 8-bit rendition of the William Tell Overture is incredible.
I still have my copy and after 31 years it's still a lot fun. 😊
I hear that song and my brain automatically goes to Gokujou Parodius's fourth level.
Konami sure loved the public domain music.
In case of The Lone Ranger, it wasn't Konami's fault, since William Tell Overture is the theme for the TV show.
One of my favorite NES games of all time. Very underrated and that's a shame for such an incredible gem of a game!
A 2000's zeddie asked on Facebook what games to try. Instantly recommended this one.
The frustration of no in level save points always ended with me rage quitting as a kid. Lolololol good times.
This is one of the best hidden gems on the NES. The music in the "Craggy Mountain" levels is an amazing Castlevania-like Western music arrangement... So good.
Lone Ranger in show: I won't kill a man! That's for the law to decide.
Lone Ranger in game: When the *DOOM* music starts playing
The Lone Ranger noticed during his most troublesome times there were only one set of footprints - to which Tonto replied: “Kemosabe, you are not lone - for that is when i carried you.” - footprints in the sand, duderonomy
Spoken like a true "bro", that Tonto.
WOW!! I'm about 30 minutes into the video, and I'm amazed at how great this game is!!! Never heard of it until now!! I just know I would have absolutely loved that game as a kid, big thanks for the discovery!! 😀✌
Np. You ought to try it for yourself. It's a lot of fun.
One of my favorites as a kid.
The Lone Ranger really does represents the height of one of gaming's most experimental eras, one in which the blending of genres like this served to make the whole package feel like an epic. The peanut gallery's reception to the brilliant Bayonetta 3 really shows how completely incapable we have become of accepting this kind of ambition, in a time, now, when extreme entitlement has lead to the most narrow expectations.
I had fun with this game during my Emulation days, this game never released here in Sweden. Maybe because Lone Ranger show was unknown here, still it was a hidden gem for me when I came across this as I recognize the William Tell overtune intro
This game is a mix of the first Goemon for Famicom and Contra. I love it.
Awesome US exclusive. It is worth playing it with the zapper.
Who woulda thunk it??
The lone ranger, one of the best nes games ever
this game looks amazing. so much variety of gameplay!
thankfully i did NOT miss out on this one as a kid, it was one of my favorite carts through the life of the 8bit console.
other high quality ones were avengers... contra1 on nes...
Honestly, I think this is Konami's best work on the NES, and that's really saying something. It's a shame that so few people know of it. The game is not super expensive on the collector's market, but it's starting to get up there, so retro gamers should definitely grab this one before the price gets too inflated. I grabbed a CIB copy about four years ago at a great price, and never regretted it since.
Impressive game for the NES. A world map with different areas, Zelda like overhead gameplay, platformer and first person gunplay.
From 43:38 looks like Castlevania with guns
Man, this brings back memories! I spent some long hours on this game! The sound and sights take me back! If I recall correctly, you seem to play it much better than I did!
Konami had a ton if bangers, and this was definitely one of them. Thanks for the playthrough.
Red Dead Redemption : Origins
Im surprised no one has made a Red Dead themed hack of this game.
Wow. I never got across the bridge to silver and I loved this game. I missed like 95% of the game and cool sections
Very nice parrallax scrolling in some stages.
The Lone Ranger for the NES, by Konami, is based on The Lone Ranger radio and TV franchise, the latter which was off of still rerunning in syndicated reruns when the game was released.
I'm getting a _Getsufuumaden_ vibe from the side-scrolling sections of this game... similar engine with gunplay instead of swordplay, maybe?
One of my favorites and constant rentals back then, and a benchmark title for whatever new NES emulators come down the pike nowadays.
We never got this same in Europe!
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That credits roll was epic as heaven
Very fun game, if quite challenging at times. Wonder if they basically wanted to make a game similar to Getsu Fuuma Den, but for Western audiences. I can see a lot of similarities - overhead view, sidescrolling stages, mazes with unique combat... and the Zapper, on top of all that. There weren't that many games with this many ideas thrown in back then!
this game was a challange but i love it still i still get goosebumbs during the first person shoot out scenes wondering where they will come from and if i'm fast enough to hit them before i get hit
Underrated gem
2:08:49 The Old West version of Metal Gear.
i remember playing and finishing this game. its a great game. I guess the lone ranger got tired of shooting people in the wrist
I’d have played this game before. This game was VERY HARD! Couldn’t find game genie codes for this game & the Final Level was very Difficult. There are parts of the game that you may have trouble with & it’s one of the games that I couldn’t beat.
This game is Wonderful
When the videogame based on the movie is better than the actual movie
I really like the "I have no idea" women in every town.
I was just thinking about this game not too long ago.
Excellent gameplay bro 😏👉👉
Wonderful video.
Wow i played this game like 25 years ago
*_"Lone Ranger"_* on NES. I really like this game. It's got everything you want out of an old Konami game, like good graphics, sound and fun gameplay.
I always get reminded of that *_"Saved by the Bell"_* episode where Zack does a project on Native Americans... and BSs his way through it whenever I see Kemosabe being referenced. I dunno why lol.
Thanks for the weird mental image, Tonto!
Hahaha, Running Zack, iirc?
Oh, here it is: "Kemosabe - Apache expression for a horse's rear end..." what the hey?
Top shelf game
I don't recall playing this game but it looks pretty cool. It quite resembles the Wild West.
he a real wild west hero.
I bet you could take stuff like the music and screen from 1:01:24 or something, make it all grainy and slow and it would be a perfect creepypasta. That music always skeeved me out as a kid, and seeing it with characters with faces that aren't clearly defined is like weirdly perfect
6:03 "I have no idea." Reminds me of "I AM ERROR" from Zelda.
Should download this game for my GBA Homebrew cartridge.
10:09 "Why are you wearing a mask?" Oh, if only she could see the world now!
Lmao this immediately made me think of when Family Guy had a gag about the movie The Mask. "Oh my God, what is this? Am I touching the outside of a house?"
One of the most tragic examples of a game stuck in licensing hell. The last of Konami's silver box games (save for their port of King's Quest V), and what a note to go out on.
Konami used to be sooooo good
Really good game all around 10/10
iSn't there a part where he is on a horse and trying to stop the train or get on the train? Something like that or is that Zorro ?
where does the lone ranger take his garbage? to the dump-to the dump-to the dump-dump-dump
Is that why there are so many horse patties around town? 🤔
@Majoras Hahaha! I see where you went there.
Those were the days when Spongebob was *actually* funny.
RDR3
I want a remake in 2024
Hi ho Silver!
I can't seem to find a game that i used to play as a kid. Since I played it as a kid, I don't even remember the name. But it was about a cowboy . He was maybe going after someone who kidnapped his wife or something. The player can move in eight directions , I think. Ring a bell? Anyone? (Small or major details might be wrong. Since I played it as a kid)
Cowboy Kid?
this is Metal Gear meet Legend Of Zelda
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Is this the game that inspired Disney to do the same-named movie?
I don't think so. It's based on the 1981 box office bomb with Christopher Lloyd.
@@VahanNisanian Yeah i made myself a culture just by searching up Lone Ranger. Did you know it was also a TV series and it had a cartoon?
Was that movie any good? I never saw Disney's Lone Ranger.
@@Dorian_Scott It's on Tubi if you wanna check it out.
The Lone Ranger is so old that it started as a radio show.
When you share Shufflepuck Cafe?
I love how tonto always says “we”. You aint doing nothing to help tonto 🤣🤣🤣