NES Works: Track & Field | Rush ’N Attack | BurgerTime
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Track & Field | Rush 'N Attack | BurgerTime retrospective: Arcade fire | NES Works #039
BIG review next week.
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Jeremy Parish Presents: Retronauts Video Works (Chronological Retrospective Series)
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It's funny, I've been looking forward to 1987 NES Works for a long time because of games like Zelda, Castlevania, Metroid, and Mega Man. So lately I've been eagerly awaiting the "next episode" promo at the end of the videos.
But in this episode's promo, when I saw the screen stayed black for a long time, I knew something very big was coming... Parish masterfully built up the anticipation with the big payoff of Castlevania at the end and I couldn't have been happier lol.
(Though if I paid more attention, I would have actually seen the "Castlevania - coming up in NES Works #40" text in the middle of the video while noting this was episode 39 lol.)
Also still very much looking forward to SNES Works on Super Castlevania IV!
But in this episode's promo, when I saw the screen stayed black for a long time, I knew something very big was coming... Parish masterfully built up the anticipation with the big payoff of Castlevania at the end and I couldn't have been happier lol.
(Though if I paid more attention, I would have actually seen the "Castlevania - coming up in NES Works #40" text in the middle of the video while noting this was episode 39 lol.)
Also still very much looking forward to SNES Works on Super Castlevania IV!
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Segaiden: Sega Ages: Thunder Force IV
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SEGA Ages: Lightening Force overview: Styx and stones | SEGAiden #02
And, just because...
Super NES Works: Waialae Country Club | Super Baseball Simulator 1.000
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Waialae Country Club & Super Baseball Simulator 1.000: Sporting chance | Super NES Works #024
Super NES Works: Super Off Road | Bill Laimbeer's Combat Basketball
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Super Off Road & Bill Laimbeer's Combat Basketball: Super star sagas | Super NES Works #025
A three month Castlevania series starting next week...how about that?
Man, I'm gonna break a lot of hearts when everyone realizes that "three months of Castlevania" remark was just me making fun of myself...
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Well, Rondo of Blood and Symphony are coming to PS4. Considering you're currently going through M2's Sega releases for Switch, perhaps a one off (or two, depending on how you do things) tangent for that release would be worthy of a look?
I'm watching some of your videos posted in the thread and really enjoying them. I gotta ask though, how come you used the GBC's colour graphics when recording gameplay for Game Boy retrospectives? Though it lacks the blurry greenishness of original hardware, the four-shades-of-grey setting adheres closer to the intended look for those games IMO.
Gonna check out the Atari Lynx video now, keep up the good work!
I figured 3 parts that take way too long to be released because you're too lazy to work 100 hours per week. ;)
It's Super Game Boy. Color was built into the system, and many later GB games were designed around it. In the case of first-party legacy titles, Nintendo even programmed specific palettes to activate for those games.
Oh yeah, I forgot Nintendo created those custom palettes. That makes sense then. Will you ever venture into the GBC-library?
If I'm not mistaken, Donkey Kong 94 even has voice samples if you play it on a Super Game Boy.
Yeah, Pauline scream and Ending song.
Space Invaders '94 has a SGB exclusive mode.
And a lot of later Tiertex games and a few other games have a fully upgraded soundtrack when played on SGB.
(more specifically, those games:
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Animaniacs (SGB)(1995-07)(Factor 5)(Konami)
Bug's Life, A (SGB)(1998-12)(Tiertex)(THQ)
FIFA Soccer '97 (SGB)(1996-11)(EA Canada)(Tiertex)(Black Pearl)
FIFA Soccer '98 - Road to World Cup (SGB)(1997-12)(Electronic Arts)(Tiertex)(THQ)
Hercules (SGB)(1997-07)(Tiertex)(THQ)
Hunchback of Notre Dame (SGB)(1997-03)(Tiertex)(THQ)
Madden '97 (SGB)(1996-11)(Tiertex)(Black Pearl)
Mulan (SGB)(1998-10)(Tiertex)(THQ)
Nekketsu! Beach Volley dayo Kunio-kun (SGB)(1994-07-29)(Technos Japan)
Olympic Summer Games - Atlanta 1996 (SGB)(1996-06)(Tiertex)(Black Pearl)
Pocahontas (SGB)(1996-04)(Tiertex)(Black Pearl)
Poko Nyan! Yume no Daibouken (SGB)(1994-08-05)(-)(Toho)
Pro Mahjong Kiwame GB (SGB)(1994-12-23)(-)(Athena)
Small Soldiers (SGB)(1998-11)(Tiertex)(THQ)
Space Invaders (SGB)(1994-10)(Taito)(-)(Nintendo)
Toy Story (SGB)(1996-05)(Tiertex)(Black Pearl)
World Cup '98 (SGB)(1998-06)(Electronic Arts)(Tiertex)(THQ)I'm oh-so-looking forward to GBC breaking your spirit
AFAIK, the amount of shovelware on the system is second only to NDS.
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I really like the overall aesthetic and production design for this series, very clean and fresh.
Kirby's Dream Land 2 does something similar.
I'm incredibly jealous whenever the SGB2 is used in these videos. I really wish that had come here given how much I used my SGB as a kid and it would've been an excellent upgrade when Pokémon hit.
The Works series is a pleasure to watch, like addictingly good. Keep up the good work, Jeremy.
And I know you have a lot on your plate but is there any chance we could get some Turbografx/PC Engine love in either the Works series in the future or a Retronaughts episode? Just a passing hopeful wish from someone who had their Turbo Duo recapped a few years ago and has been taking a deep dive back into their TG-16/PCE collection. I was a proud weird kid who had a TG-16 and a Duo in '93/94 before I finally got my SNES.
Also wanted to say the Lightening Force video was great of course, did an excellent job highlighting why the game is such an impressive set piece for the Genesis and may be my favorite M2 Sega re-release to date.
And I know you have a lot on your plate but is there any chance we could get some Turbografx/PC Engine love in either the Works series in the future or a Retronaughts episode? Just a passing hopeful wish from someone who had their Turbo Duo recapped a few years ago and has been taking a deep dive back into their TG-16/PCE collection. I was a proud weird kid who had a TG-16 and a Duo in '93/94 before I finally got my SNES.
Also wanted to say the Lightening Force video was great of course, did an excellent job highlighting why the game is such an impressive set piece for the Genesis and may be my favorite M2 Sega re-release to date.
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It's really some of the most tasteful presentation on YouTube.
But it's a darn good 20%! Tastes may vary but it's like the shooting equivalent of a fine glass of gin and tonic even I'd say.
FWIW I would maybe be willing to donate Aldynes or maybe another TG-16/PCE game for a video someday if that's ever in the cards. If only I had the time to do my own TG-16 Works.
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Super Off Road is one of my favorite arcade games. I remember when Midway Arcade Treasures 3 came out on the PS2 I was beyond excited. Not only was Super Off Road in the collection, but it also included a "track pack" version with 8 new tracks.
I bring the game home, fire it up, and find out spinning that wheel like crazy is 95% of the fun. Man I was so disappointed.
I remember when my local arcade changed the game so you got 3 credits for a quarter. Put 75 cents into the thing and you could micro transaction your way into having a maxed out truck by like the third race. A friend and I took turns for like 3 hours one afternoon. We had 5 million in the bank and nothing to spend it on since everything was maxed. The game chugs when you use like 50+ nitros in a row.
I bring the game home, fire it up, and find out spinning that wheel like crazy is 95% of the fun. Man I was so disappointed.
I remember when my local arcade changed the game so you got 3 credits for a quarter. Put 75 cents into the thing and you could micro transaction your way into having a maxed out truck by like the third race. A friend and I took turns for like 3 hours one afternoon. We had 5 million in the bank and nothing to spend it on since everything was maxed. The game chugs when you use like 50+ nitros in a row.
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The back cover is pretty extreme too. "2020. Aldynes in..............ARMAGEDDON"
It's not just "rage crisis," it's full on armageddon in digitized font we're talking about here.
NES Works: Castlevania
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Super NES Works: Super Castlevania IV
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Super Castlevania IV retrospective: Simon's big adventure | Super NES Works #026
Next episode...a perfect moment to transition from Halloween to Xmas.
NES Works: Ikari Warriors | Athletic World
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Ikari Warriors & Athletic World retrospective: Anger mismanagement | NES Works #041
NES Works: Mighty Bomb Jack | Solomon's Key
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Mighty Bomb Jack & Solomon's Key retrospective: Tecmo's inception | NES Works #042
Next time...we enter the Pit of Despair.
Solomon's Key was a game my mom and I would sit and play together for hours. It's a memory I have with incredible fondness, and even though she's passed away now, I can't help but think of her anytime I see the game mentioned.
Will definitely watch this one just for the feels.
Will definitely watch this one just for the feels.
Two of Jeremy's books are available in the current gaming Storybundle.
NES Works Volume 1, 1985, is available in the $5 tier, and NES Works Volume 2, 1986, is available in the $15 tier.
NES Works Volume 1, 1985, is available in the $5 tier, and NES Works Volume 2, 1986, is available in the $15 tier.
NES Works: Kid Icarus
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NES Works: Rygar
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Mighty Bomb Jack was a childhood favorite of mine even though it was really hard. Kinda wish it was on the NES Classic. (I really gotta hack my Classics)
Also I prefer Solomon's sequel "Fire 'n' Ice" for its music and art style.
Also I prefer Solomon's sequel "Fire 'n' Ice" for its music and art style.
I loved Rygar so much as a kid whenever I'd borrow it from my friend. I actually beat it as a kid but had to leave my NES on because I couldn't do it in one sitting. I still remember the stress of hoping my grandmother wouldn't turn it off while I was at school and me placing a bit of tape over the power light so she wouldn't notice it was on all day. lol
Rygar, along with some others like Karnov, was one of those NES games that probably made my friends think I was an asshole. I borrowed Rygar from a friend who told me it was a weird game that they couldn't finish. A few days later I gave it back and was all, "That was easy and fun," having completed it over the weekend.
It was nice to revisit it for this project and find that it really is a nicely made little game, like I remember it being!
It was nice to revisit it for this project and find that it really is a nicely made little game, like I remember it being!
Yep, we're getting to some really good stuff now. This series always provides great context, too. The "chron" concept done right!
"It's John the Babtist to Faxanadu's Jesus" is not a sentence I ever expected hear.
NES Works: Section-Z
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