View: https://youtu.be/5ieXgMmjPJo?si=_oMPdA-77c6W909h
A really cool YouTube series I stumbled upon when it recommended me a recent video of his about the horrible dungeon crawler Spectral Tower...
Simillar to NESWorks by Jeremy Parish, this guy embarked on a journey to catalog every Famicom game during its initial run---1983 through 1994---AND with the caveat to do one a day which, as far as I can tell, he kept up with. The series is actually complete and thus there's a catalog of 1000-some videos to go through about 5 minutes or so each on average about every Famicom game, some well known, some obscure, some good, some trash.
The guy actually seems to own all the actual games and plays them himself when applicable---he lacks some of the peripherals like R.O.B. (or Robot) while explaining how to play for those who want to give the game a shot as well as cheat codes, tips, and other miscellaneous facts such as bringing up rarity on occasion for those looking to collect Famicom carts themselves.
His presentation style is very dry and straight to the point which helps the videos work as an easy watch, and I can watch quite a bit in a row while relaxing after work...I'm only up to Episode 111 though so I still have a long way to go! There's also a really nostalgic look and sound to his videos that kind of put you in the mindset of the NES days that makes me very comfortable...this dude is fucking blessed to have such an interesting hobby.
Note he does not cover the Famicom Disk System since that's a different system, BUT this year he's started to catalog the Disk System games so there's so much content on the way.
It's interesting going down memory lane for a system that's mostly foreign but also familiar...I started gaming in 95 or so so I did own a NES and a few games, but it wasn't a big system for me sort of a novelty I'd break out on occasion when I was bored of the Genesis or SNES. A lot of the early games are all familiar to me, but then it starts getting into all the quirky Japanese games that I wouldn't know exist and that's what I'm looking forward to. And all the weird licensed trash that might introduce me to a new old-school manga or anime.
But man...I guess it was different back then because the first few years of the Famicom just feel really lame, it's weird thinking Super Mario didn't pop up till two years into the life when for me I couldn't imagine caring about the NES without that series. Incidentally by the guy's count Super Mario is the 64th Famicom title, though as there's other games that released that day I imagine I can't say that's any official count but it's a neat coincidence.
