One of the best things about being a fairly long subscriber to James’ channel has been to see him grow, come into his own. I love the sense that every video is just James being James, not necessarily trying to follow a trend or style. He’s just doing whatever interests him. I also LOVE when he gets personal and tells stories or gets into a small tangent about a passion of his. It’s cosy and makes you feel like you just popped over to a friend’s house and you’re just goofing off on a Saturday, if that makes sense.
The part about that "going to a friend" vibe is really spot on. It really feels like these videos are truly himself. They're not quite what i'm used to from other RUclipsrs and i really like it!
Thats what i love about nitro rad. Watching his video it just felt like chilling in your friend house while playing some video game and goofing around. I love this dude.
Wow this is literally perfect timing for me. I’m about to go on stage to perform an Addams Family show tonight. So this is just really funny coincidental timing! I know that nobody cares but it’s fun for me!
Despite playing as Gomez, this game kinda feels like a simulation of being an ordinary person who randomly stumbles upon the Addams Mansion and everything deadly it's filled with
In most games, the assortment of wild creatures in the house would be weird. In a game about the Addams Family… it seems completely like what they’d have in their house. Gotta love a series that can make that work
This was a very surprising video since you don't typically cover games like this, but it was wildly entertaining! I'd love to see more retro game reviews if you ever feel like it.
I'd love to do something like this for the Wizards and Warriors games someday. Though I'm sure those ones are gonna be a LOOOOT harder than this was.... But I grew up with Ironsword, and could only ever see most the game via Game Genie. So unfairly difficult, but MAN those games have so much personality!
@@NitroRad Would also enjoy more retro game reviews. Admittedly NES has never been my cup of tea, I preferred 5th & 6th gen consoles (N64/PS1 or GameCube/Xbox/PS2/Dreamcast) but will enjoy whatever you decide to review.
That spoiler warning for the movie without a hint of cynicism towards people who haven't seen it yet is wonderful and a great example of why I love your channel. Incredible video!
Honestly this video's such a neat clean package, feels like a proper modern take of the retro reviews of yesteryear (AKA AGVN clones lmao) with your own style that makes it enjoyable to watch like a lot of your content. Wouldn't mind seeing more videos like these!
Personally I just found this channel and I will say he is more enjoyable than current AVGN. I mean it seems he actually plays the games unlike The Nerd.
Man your intro really takes me back. Id do the exact same thing with my own dad, but instead of old nes games that no one knew or cared about, we mainly scouted for old early xbox and gamecube games that no one knew or cared about. Man gaming on a budget was certainly an adventure.
"You're not getting james rolfe you're getting james me" Dont sell yourself short, you're just as great as The Nerd, thanks for the amazing video as always man!
Man, I never beat this game as a kid either! The freezer was the room I was always stuck on the most because of that stupid jump! I also felt like that money gate at the end would have made me just rage quit gaming entirely as a kid if I got that far. With that said, I loved everything in this video, James! That song at the end with the money run was perfect! Keep up the amazing work!
Videos like this are why I love this channel so much, it just feels so chill and friendly. Feels like I'm part of a conversation, two dudes just kicking back and talking about games that we played.
The editing is obviously phenomenal but I'd like to give a special shoutouts to the impressive audio work in all the little button pushes and sfx - the subtle background noises changing when you're talking about buying NES games and the triumphant music slowly degrading at The Reveal are both especially cool!
Oh my god the money song. Get the money get the money The editing in this is so good, I would love to see more videos like this. It was really cool to see a new style of video from you! As someone who loves doing no bench runs in Hollow Knight, I think I'll have to give it a shot.
I love how you have such a signature style to your videos. Even though you talk about video games mainly, I find I always enjoy nitro rad no matter what subject, no matter how much time has passed. I've been subscribed for years and you're videos have always been just as enjoyable and charming since I began watching
Despite the length this video felt fast paced but in a good way because you made the jumping between footage quick and the way it all flows is really good. I love how well the editing in the introduction just flows especially, like how you hold up the cartridge and then get a close up shot of you holding it in that same position then bring it down. with the music lining up too, Really good.
That was surely a welcomed change of pace from your usual format, it's interesting to see much older videogames covered in details, not in an "AVGN-clone style" but in a more relaxed way! Also your freestyle is lit!
Dude, I can't believe you made a video on this game!!! Addams Family is my favourite game on NES, and the only one that I still enjoy playing every once in a while. It just has a unique atmosphere that I always love to come back to. All the fantastic background art (and the weird looking character portraits too), the open-world exploration, I love everything about this game. Even the slightly wonky gameplay, including how you can't help taking damage so often, is rather unique. Neither me or my dad could beat it when I was a kid, and only much later, playing on an emulator, I've found instructions online on how to access a hidden room in the black painting upstairs, and then I could finally get to the ending. This video still feels like a birthday present to me (even if my birthday is in October). I'm so happy you picked this game. I've watched the first half of it so far, and it's already been a blast. Now continuing to the rest. Thank you Jaaaaaaaaaaaaaames!!!! Edit: Oh, by the way, me and dad found out about the secret music sheet door by ourselves.
I love hearing these anecdotal gaming stories. This is not a game I would imagine you playing on this channel but hearing your history with it makes this video so great!
Never played this one, but the Super Nes Adam's Family game was something of a childhood guilty pleasure of mine. Just really loved the crazy mansion and all its secrets, even if the game itself was hard to the point of masochism.
35:36 ending: Gomez and Morticia dancing in front of the house rooms: dining room with goblin foe 10:4532:25 hall with suits of armor foes 11:0913:0523:58 entrance room 11:0618:24 greenhouse with piranha plant foes 26:2210:54 outside the house 12:04 toy room with teddy bear foe and jack in the box 11:1316:41 Fester's room with spiders 11:32 Wedesday's room with doll foes 11:3522:45 Pugsley's room with piranhas 11:5326:29 inside the tree with bat foes 12:23 bathroom with slippery moving soaps 13:1019:23 ballroom with dragon heads spitting fireballs 13:3915:52 snow freezer with penguin foes and snowballs 14:2920:04 garden with piranha plants 14:34 forest with bird and goblin foes and falling apples 14:4216:0716:5723:46 cemetery with ghosts 14:49 swords room 15:2926:27 library 15:33 pond 16:3217:00 money room 18:1532:11 kitchen with rat foes and flying knives, forks, and pots 18:5219:28 furnace 19:36 attic with bat and rat foes 22:50 roof with falling bricks and bird foes 23:07 chimney with bat foes 25:50 27:54 secret door in the library, 27:57 secret room, 28:36 what pulling each chain does in the secret room 28:44 river and boat in a tunnel with lochness monsters and falling rocks vault 29:0234:22 crypt with skeletons 30:30 34:23 bar with Fester/Gordon and Tully throwing knives fight dialogues: Pugsley 12:0226:56 Lurch 15:3815:43 grandma 19:56 Wednesday 21:1122:44 Thing 30:37 family: Pugsley 12:04 15:36 summon Lurch, 15:56 Lurch playing a song and couple dancing., 15:43 song played by Lurch grandma 19:51 Wesnesday 21:03 using Thing as a shield 25:22 Morticia 35:31 animals: polar bear foe 14:0914:56, trigger bear trap for polar bear 15:06 frog 16:2816:57 jellyfish 17:2017:3417:4518:0224:54 piranha 17:4818:0224:58 penguin 20:23 owl, tree has a face, piranha plants 22:2730:15 The eyes on the portraits move. 10:0813:5914:56 hint 19:35 Gomez floating down on a umbrella 23:4125:5128:25 fog machine 25:32 using frog as a stepping stone 31:15 door that can never be opened 39:48 outside games: NES tnmt 17:36 boardgame 30:12 about Nitro: 0:40 Nitro took swimming lessons and likes pepperoni. 25:0829:22 Really frustrated Nitro. Thanks for playing this so we don't have to. Thorough coverage. 26:17 Nitro singing "die". Nice pipes. 30:3231:39 Nitro singing what he's playing muscle memory 36:13 9:10 Nitro: "I thought you guys are rich and you can't even afford a handyman to fix your house." Maybe the Addams like the old and weathered aesthetic. It's the Addams family. They like strange things. 11:00 Maybe the Addams just like having dangerous pet plants. 14:45-14:56 Hey, cheese is tasty. 17:32 There's corals that sting if you touch it.
@@BoomingInfernape Modern AVGN definitely isn't as good as his golden age, but I wouldn't go so far as to say it sucks, at least not on average. Generally I think it's decent, and when he does more experimental stuff it tends to be great.
I *loved* this. The callbacks to childhood/younger years really hit home and added a genuine feeling to it all. I kind of cast this game aside, despite reading about it in video game magazines. After all these years, though, this video- your work- piqued my interest. Thanks again for this. One of the faster 41 minutes on record. Time flies when we’re having fun watching.
I know you made a whole Patreon video on what it took making the NES light up convincingly at the end, but I'm also in love with that transition at 26:28 you threw in there. There's something to be said about transitions that aren't just "cut from one scene to the next" that's weirdly endearing.
Just wanna say, your videos had amazing editing before, but this video was SOOO much sleeker, like seriously! It is very obvious the amount of effort you put into this video, and I can’t wait to see more
Your description of playing the newest stuff while the old stuff was still common is the most beautiful description of that period. We really would Just end up with random retro games sometimes just like that 🤣
Nitro Rad sighing through his nose then calmly walking through the steps he would have to take to get the remaining $400,000 before resetting is the most relatable part of the video if you grew up on NES games. It takes a special kind of patience to keep your investment up after an endgame barrier like that.
You can really tell this game was made before the term "bullshit" had a definition in game design. It's part of the reason why I often have a hard time playing NES games and anything else from that era. I can appreciate difficulty, but it gets SO ridiculous and sometimes it's not even intentional.
This is like an allegory for life, you can get a family, an advantage, be super skilled but in the end it doesn't matter unless you've got the money. The money song is a bop though
this was fun to watch .. not the struggle but him talking and going through the game. fav part was him going throught game and telling you what he does while it sounding like he is rapping. at 30:26 and 31:35
there were a lot of platformer adventure game hybrids back in the 80s and 90s, you really do not see this genre anymore. i guess its kinda like a predescor to metroidvanias which share a lot of similiar elements such as nonlinearity, finding random objects to use on other things, ect, just without the puzzle solving aspects. would love to see a modern take on this genre, 'cause i think tis a cool idea personally.
I think there are still plenty of these types of games, it's just that they are smaller indie titles now. You probably won't see any from a major game developer. This is why 95% of modern games I play these days are either indie titles or remakes of old 80's and 90's games. 80% of modern games from major developers seem to be either 1st person shooters, walking simulators, or sports games. The only two exceptions to that are Nintendo and Sega who still make plenty of different types of games like they always have.
@@JMFSpike could you name a few? the only "modern" example i can think of is a very obscure russian gamejolt gamed called "Princess Fart" which is super unfinished, and came out in 2014.
I completely forgot about this game. I would rent this from the local store. Never even got close to finishing it. What a nightmare! You are a legend for getting through this.
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This is genuinely wonderful. I didn't think it was possible to do a modern-day "angry review" sort of thing, but you pulled it off!
Second time watching this video now and this one of my favorite reviews from you. It feels very personal and the chronological journey of seeing your nostalgia, your struggles, and your appreciation for the simplicity was really cool.
I’ve always loved the Addams Family and found even more love when I played Fester in the musical version. I’m glad to see someone else have appreciation for it and to have a chill vibe. Great work!
Not sure if you'll ever see this but I love how happy you are to talk about games, good or bad. There's only a couple creators on RUclips with your enthusiasm and some of them have their positivity as a gimmick, but I love the earnest genuine happiness that's your trademark.
OG Zelda is surprisingly palatable. It’s the only NES game I’ve played that evokes a strong adventurous atmosphere and is really solid for most of the run. There’s a reason why games still riff on it (Binding of Isaac is a big example). Mario 3 is super good too if you’re in the mood for it.
@@solomon9655 "surprisingly palatable" makes it sound like NES games are automatically assumed to be bad, or something. There's a bunch of games from that era that are great, and a good game is a good game regardless of when it came out.
@@Jordan3DS Wrong phrasing on my part since I've personally enjoyed many NES games. I didn't meant to imply bad, but maybe unapproachable for casual enjoyment, which I'd say is true for most NES games that aren't the classics. What I meant to say was "has probably aged really well for modern audiences to enjoy". I would describe a ton of old games as really good but maybe not "palatable" for someone unfamiliar with something like archaic controls, difficulty, or direction. For example, I didn't play the OG RE4 until this year and I'd say it's great and aged well but I didn't love the controls, I'd describe them as not palatable for a modern audience. That's along the lines of what I meant.
Man, what a throwback! Growing up, my family was super into horror, to the point that me and my siblings' second middle names were named after famous horror figures, and my sisters was Wednesday. Of course, we were very into the addams family, we had a NES in the basement pretty much just for this game, and i remember trying over and over to beat this game, but never getting too far. Its great to see more of this game that i never got to see!
As others have said, this feels incredibly like the best parts of an old AVGN video but with your own more wholesome spin into it. I always thought that the best AVGN videos were the ones where he had some history with it - they always felt the most involved and with most passion. And naturally, this episode of yours is quite much in the same vein. Thanks for this wonderful time, man
this video has particularly great editing, definitely a new favourite of mine from you. i love hearing people talk about obscure stuff i would've never otherwise thought about looking into also im so excited for the plok review!! i listen to the soundtrack all the damn time lol
I really enjoyed this review/walkthrough. I’ve seen someone else review it before and that was more played for humour with not as many aspects discussed (or discovered probably). The depth of this game and its “where do I go what do I do” nature is really well-explained.
The silent and almost immediate restart when you realized you needed $1M is an all too familiar resignation that anyone determined enough to beat a game that doesn't want to be beaten has felt
Certainly wasn't ever expecting a video about this game. A little different from your usual stuff, kinda walking us through the process of playing the game. Worked really well. Great video, as always.
If someone told me the family portrait room was inspiration for the Kickstarter painting gallery in shovel knight, I would not be surprised. The colours and lighting paired with the fact it’s a nes game and of course that’s where most of shovel knight’s influence came from leads me to believe this. Maybe someone at yacht club games spent hours grinding away at the adams family as a kid too.
The way you took so long to get back to this to finish it reminds me of my Sonic Heroes playthrough. I had beaten all the MAIN stories as a kid but could never get all the Emeralds. The local library stopped carrying the game so I couldn't borrow it anymore and was unable to play it. 10 years later a sibling found it at a thrift store and I bought it, I finally got all those Emeralds and the entire Metal Madness/Overlord portion felt so good. It felt like I had FINALLY closed the book on one of the biggest mysteries I had known (and I didn't see ANYTHING about it online prior, so I went in completely blind. The huge form Metal took caught me off guard and I was HYPED during that last battle. Well worth the wait.
I enjoy these older platformers even though they're frustrating. Kudos for seeing it through on real hardware. Fun to see you covering some older games. I think Plok is a pretty interesting one so looking forward to that!
this video brings back so many memories my grandma used to play it constantly when I was a kid and she was really good at it she knew all the secrets and all the hard levels she did them like it was nothing I remember coming back from school several times and she was already at the final boss that first part of the game where you get the key to the mansion is burned into my memory thank you for bringing back those beloved memories
My girlfriend figured out who that guy throwing stuff from the window is! She figures it's their neighbor that Gomez always shoots golf balls into the yard of and the golf balls are what he's throwing back at you! also you can't call the cops on him cause he's the town judge lol
Honestly, the little frenetic song listing everything you need to redo to beat the game after realising that you need all the possible money you can collect to do so is, like, so charming and catchy. I hope someone do something with it, like a remix or whatever.
I remembered watching Wednesday it's such a good show to watch, the actor for Wednesday nailed her personality to the t. Didn't finish the whole show yet but so far loved it.
Love this video, I always love when creators I enjoy share obscure-ish games from their childhood, that's how i found a good friend of mine when we both offhandedly mentioned Radiata Stories on the PS2
It's got that ghosts and goblins kinda feel. The way you move in and out of projectiles, it's clunky and unforgiving, but something about the simplicity of remembering the patterns and jump arcs is satisfying. So once you get it down it's weirdly satisfying.
By the way, your NES looks like that because it needs the power filter capacitor replaced. Get that done and the picture will be clear as a summer sky.
I'm sure I can do some work on it to make it good as new. But since it's something I rarely use, it's been difficult to justify the investment. Hence why I never invested in a modded RGB NES compatible with SCART cables. Maybe someday tho!
What a fun video this was! I've never heard of this game before, only Fester's Quest, growing up in the 2000's without an NES my first exposure to a bulk of the system's Library was through videos by guys like AVGN & Pat the Nes Punk. This video really took me back to a simpler time when I'd binge videos about old games I'd never heard of before. :)
I started watching all your platformer videos from the beginning and suddenly Muppet Monster Adventure sprang to mind. If you havent played that one yet, its a great one! One of my favorites.
"As far as I can tell it just adds to your score." Oof. Were you in for a shock. It tells you in the manual (which you don't have) that the money is required to enter the vault. Also if memory serves saving your thing uses is the only way to actually cross the roof reliably. Or at least it was for me. Also I believe the secret passage was also hinted at in the instruction manual as was the hidden room behind the window. But if you didn't have the manual the way you'd find out is by randomly going back into the library after having the music played. The door will be open.
Your patience is unbelievable. If i was playing that game and somehow got to the end of the game just to find out i need an exact amount of money/high-score to finish it, i think i would've lit the cartidradge on fire.
I remember getting this game from my friend back in school. We had no idea who "The Addams" were but liked that game and really wanted to know who the heck is Addams and those characters. I did enter that empty painting just because i was a kid who was smashing buttons at random. So when i was jumping - sometimes i was pressing Up as well haha!
This video felt really stylised, different humour tone to the other videos too. I really liked it! I'm super excited to see PLOK, it was a game I rented as a kid and I stayed up trying to beat and it drove me insane
The early 2000s really were so perfect for NES collecting. I got an NES from a local seller in the summer of 2001 and cartridges were regularly around $1 at my local thrift stores. Built up a MASSIVE collection lol
I never would've guessed in a million years, not only would a Nitro Rad video on The Addams Family for NES be a thing that exists, let alone become one of my favorite videos on the channel.
Dude, thank you so much for covering this game. I remember playing it all the time as a kid. My dad and I would try to figure out where all the money was because we found that doorway one time while playing and knew that we needed to collect it. I'm glad you were able to beat it. Good job!
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The slow realization of yours that you needed to collect that money that you chose to ignore is a thing of beauty.
I now want a sound clip of “I can’t beat the game because I didn’t PICK UP A MILLION DOLLARS?!” just from the energy alone.
Every time when I'm playing a gacha game.
Meanwhile, "Get the Money" needs an iTunes release
@@Gnidel this
There's a very cynical late-stage capitalism slant to this
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This whole video felt like an old school AVGN video in the best ways possible
Could've used a few more mentions of diarrhea though
Kinda sad that other RUclipsrs feel more like classic AVGN than whatever the hell AVGN is now.
me: woo hoo a game even nitro can't find a silver lining with!
"I CAN'T BEAT THE GAME UNTIL I'VE PICKED UP A MILLION DOLLARS?!" legit felt like something that would be in an old-school AVGN video.
On the spider death my brain expected to hear "AAAAAAAAAAAASS"
One of the best things about being a fairly long subscriber to James’ channel has been to see him grow, come into his own. I love the sense that every video is just James being James, not necessarily trying to follow a trend or style. He’s just doing whatever interests him. I also LOVE when he gets personal and tells stories or gets into a small tangent about a passion of his. It’s cosy and makes you feel like you just popped over to a friend’s house and you’re just goofing off on a Saturday, if that makes sense.
The part about that "going to a friend" vibe is really spot on. It really feels like these videos are truly himself. They're not quite what i'm used to from other RUclipsrs and i really like it!
I think you just perfectly described how I feel about Nitro Rad's videos too!
Thats what i love about nitro rad. Watching his video it just felt like chilling in your friend house while playing some video game and goofing around. I love this dude.
Wow this is literally perfect timing for me. I’m about to go on stage to perform an Addams Family show tonight. So this is just really funny coincidental timing! I know that nobody cares but it’s fun for me!
Believe me I care I was Lurch a few years ago! I hope it goes well for you!
Break a leg and have fun!!!
That's amazing, wow. Good luck at the show!
That's dope as hell, hope you have a great one and enjoy it, cheers.
Hope it goes well! Tell us after who you're playing
worth the anticipation! Well done sir!
Despite playing as Gomez, this game kinda feels like a simulation of being an ordinary person who randomly stumbles upon the Addams Mansion and everything deadly it's filled with
In most games, the assortment of wild creatures in the house would be weird.
In a game about the Addams Family… it seems completely like what they’d have in their house. Gotta love a series that can make that work
This was a very surprising video since you don't typically cover games like this, but it was wildly entertaining! I'd love to see more retro game reviews if you ever feel like it.
I'd love to do something like this for the Wizards and Warriors games someday. Though I'm sure those ones are gonna be a LOOOOT harder than this was.... But I grew up with Ironsword, and could only ever see most the game via Game Genie. So unfairly difficult, but MAN those games have so much personality!
@@NitroRad looking forward to your 50-minute analysis on Adventures of Rad Gravity :)
That's why I subscribed just now lol. I was hoping it was a retro game channel. Guess im gonna have to go look to see what he posts normally now.
@@MrSkerpentine Not to butt in but that is one of my favorite NES/Famicom games
@@NitroRad Would also enjoy more retro game reviews. Admittedly NES has never been my cup of tea, I preferred 5th & 6th gen consoles (N64/PS1 or GameCube/Xbox/PS2/Dreamcast) but will enjoy whatever you decide to review.
That spoiler warning for the movie without a hint of cynicism towards people who haven't seen it yet is wonderful and a great example of why I love your channel. Incredible video!
Honestly this video's such a neat clean package, feels like a proper modern take of the retro reviews of yesteryear (AKA AGVN clones lmao) with your own style that makes it enjoyable to watch like a lot of your content. Wouldn't mind seeing more videos like these!
agreed........he needs to do ghosts n goblins one of the worst nes games ever.......i'm not taking it back!
Personally I just found this channel and I will say he is more enjoyable than current AVGN. I mean it seems he actually plays the games unlike The Nerd.
nah current AVGN is awesome and still plays the games you damn liar@@Gatorade69
Man your intro really takes me back. Id do the exact same thing with my own dad, but instead of old nes games that no one knew or cared about, we mainly scouted for old early xbox and gamecube games that no one knew or cared about.
Man gaming on a budget was certainly an adventure.
I love that James is channeling all the sass of AVGN without any of the alcohol or profanity.
I always remember the Flash parody on Something Awful who said "every time I say something stupid, I'll drink this gross beer."
"You're not getting james rolfe you're getting james me"
Dont sell yourself short, you're just as great as The Nerd, thanks for the amazing video as always man!
Man, I never beat this game as a kid either! The freezer was the room I was always stuck on the most because of that stupid jump! I also felt like that money gate at the end would have made me just rage quit gaming entirely as a kid if I got that far.
With that said, I loved everything in this video, James! That song at the end with the money run was perfect! Keep up the amazing work!
Definitely a dick move to not let you know about that until right at the end. Though, it is an NES game, maybe that was in the manual.
No better feeling than overcoming a game you struggled with as a kid. Great video, James!
These retro reviews need to be a regular thing on the channel
I mean they are... it's just he usually covers like fifth gen 3D platformers.
Sixth generation consoles are retro
30:32 That rhythm & flow is rad, dude! 😂
pick up thing
BULLETPROOF went so goddamn hard
"row the boat
at the vault
then you choke"
Friggin' love that
Is this supposed to be a reference to a song I don't known of or did James create it on his own ?
@@mrnormal8679 Correct :)
Someone should remix it with Technologic by Daft Punk
Videos like this are why I love this channel so much, it just feels so chill and friendly. Feels like I'm part of a conversation, two dudes just kicking back and talking about games that we played.
The editing is obviously phenomenal but I'd like to give a special shoutouts to the impressive audio work in all the little button pushes and sfx - the subtle background noises changing when you're talking about buying NES games and the triumphant music slowly degrading at The Reveal are both especially cool!
Oh my god the money song. Get the money get the money
The editing in this is so good, I would love to see more videos like this.
It was really cool to see a new style of video from you! As someone who loves doing no bench runs in Hollow Knight, I think I'll have to give it a shot.
I love how he from time to time uses music from Rayman's soundracks, there's some tracks that can sound so goofy if sped up.
I could swear there was only one NES game of the Adams Family, knowing it's actually 3 it's like opening a can of worms. I love it
Omg, zebitas, no esperaba encontrarte aquí
I was surprised to find out there was another Adams Family game on Genesis and it only came out in Europe
Zebitas tomando a Nitro rad como su “Role model” dispuesto ah ser la segunda persona en haber jugado todos los juegos de Jimmy neutron!
It's always a joy to get a new Nitro Rad to watch, also that singing during the perfect money run was awesome as hell XD
WOW!! Something about this is an even bigger step up from the usual insanely high bar you set with your videos and editing. Awesome
Wow, that's a real blast to the past, didn't expect a NES game review
I love how you have such a signature style to your videos. Even though you talk about video games mainly, I find I always enjoy nitro rad no matter what subject, no matter how much time has passed. I've been subscribed for years and you're videos have always been just as enjoyable and charming since I began watching
Despite the length this video felt fast paced but in a good way because you made the jumping between footage quick and the way it all flows is really good. I love how well the editing in the introduction just flows especially, like how you hold up the cartridge and then get a close up shot of you holding it in that same position then bring it down. with the music lining up too, Really good.
That was surely a welcomed change of pace from your usual format, it's interesting to see much older videogames covered in details, not in an "AVGN-clone style" but in a more relaxed way!
Also your freestyle is lit!
Dude, I can't believe you made a video on this game!!! Addams Family is my favourite game on NES, and the only one that I still enjoy playing every once in a while. It just has a unique atmosphere that I always love to come back to.
All the fantastic background art (and the weird looking character portraits too), the open-world exploration, I love everything about this game. Even the slightly wonky gameplay, including how you can't help taking damage so often, is rather unique.
Neither me or my dad could beat it when I was a kid, and only much later, playing on an emulator, I've found instructions online on how to access a hidden room in the black painting upstairs, and then I could finally get to the ending.
This video still feels like a birthday present to me (even if my birthday is in October). I'm so happy you picked this game.
I've watched the first half of it so far, and it's already been a blast. Now continuing to the rest. Thank you Jaaaaaaaaaaaaaames!!!!
Edit: Oh, by the way, me and dad found out about the secret music sheet door by ourselves.
I love hearing these anecdotal gaming stories. This is not a game I would imagine you playing on this channel but hearing your history with it makes this video so great!
Never played this one, but the Super Nes Adam's Family game was something of a childhood guilty pleasure of mine.
Just really loved the crazy mansion and all its secrets, even if the game itself was hard to the point of masochism.
If you think that ones hard try adams family values on snes and genesis. Or dont, its awful
35:36 ending: Gomez and Morticia dancing in front of the house
rooms:
dining room with goblin foe 10:45 32:25
hall with suits of armor foes 11:09 13:05 23:58
entrance room 11:06 18:24
greenhouse with piranha plant foes 26:22 10:54
outside the house 12:04
toy room with teddy bear foe and jack in the box 11:13 16:41
Fester's room with spiders 11:32
Wedesday's room with doll foes 11:35 22:45
Pugsley's room with piranhas 11:53 26:29
inside the tree with bat foes 12:23
bathroom with slippery moving soaps 13:10 19:23
ballroom with dragon heads spitting fireballs 13:39 15:52
snow freezer with penguin foes and snowballs 14:29 20:04
garden with piranha plants 14:34
forest with bird and goblin foes and falling apples 14:42 16:07 16:57 23:46
cemetery with ghosts 14:49
swords room 15:29 26:27
library 15:33
pond 16:32 17:00
money room 18:15 32:11
kitchen with rat foes and flying knives, forks, and pots 18:52 19:28
furnace 19:36
attic with bat and rat foes 22:50
roof with falling bricks and bird foes 23:07
chimney with bat foes 25:50
27:54 secret door in the library, 27:57 secret room, 28:36 what pulling each chain does in the secret room
28:44 river and boat in a tunnel with lochness monsters and falling rocks
vault 29:02 34:22
crypt with skeletons 30:30
34:23 bar with Fester/Gordon and Tully throwing knives fight
dialogues:
Pugsley 12:02 26:56
Lurch 15:38 15:43
grandma 19:56
Wednesday 21:11 22:44
Thing 30:37
family:
Pugsley 12:04
15:36 summon Lurch, 15:56 Lurch playing a song and couple dancing., 15:43 song played by Lurch
grandma 19:51
Wesnesday 21:03
using Thing as a shield 25:22
Morticia 35:31
animals:
polar bear foe 14:09 14:56, trigger bear trap for polar bear 15:06
frog 16:28 16:57
jellyfish 17:20 17:34 17:45 18:02 24:54
piranha 17:48 18:02 24:58
penguin 20:23
owl, tree has a face, piranha plants 22:27 30:15
The eyes on the portraits move. 10:08 13:59 14:56
hint 19:35
Gomez floating down on a umbrella 23:41 25:51 28:25
fog machine 25:32
using frog as a stepping stone 31:15
door that can never be opened 39:48
outside games:
NES tnmt 17:36
boardgame 30:12
about Nitro:
0:40 Nitro took swimming lessons and likes pepperoni.
25:08 29:22 Really frustrated Nitro. Thanks for playing this so we don't have to. Thorough coverage.
26:17 Nitro singing "die". Nice pipes.
30:32 31:39 Nitro singing what he's playing
muscle memory 36:13
9:10 Nitro: "I thought you guys are rich and you can't even afford a handyman to fix your house."
Maybe the Addams like the old and weathered aesthetic. It's the Addams family. They like strange things.
11:00 Maybe the Addams just like having dangerous pet plants.
14:45-14:56 Hey, cheese is tasty.
17:32 There's corals that sting if you touch it.
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@@arkaidov The Addams Family! ☝️
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I'd love to know how many takes it took to get the Game Genie spin-and-holster perfect 😗
Great video as usual!
Maybe it wasn't intended to be, but this is one of the best tributes to the AVGN's work I've seen. Outstanding episode.
You know it's a good day when both AVGN and Nitro Rad post on the same day!
And both played games I deeply loved as a kid!
Modern AVGN sucks though
@@BoomingInfernape Modern AVGN definitely isn't as good as his golden age, but I wouldn't go so far as to say it sucks, at least not on average. Generally I think it's decent, and when he does more experimental stuff it tends to be great.
@@DylanYoshi Yeah most of the modern stuff is pretty meh, but when he does something experimental its usually really interesting.
@@DylanYoshi Modern AVGN is forced and cringe. that on top of James cringe band no one likes.
this is one of my favorite nitrorad episodes. its like going on james's crazy adventure
Started watching this video and the production is INSANE! Major props!
I *loved* this. The callbacks to childhood/younger years really hit home and added a genuine feeling to it all.
I kind of cast this game aside, despite reading about it in video game magazines. After all these years, though, this video- your work- piqued my interest.
Thanks again for this. One of the faster 41 minutes on record. Time flies when we’re having fun watching.
Ditto! It was great to see James’s excellent writing and delivery mixed with a game I played so much as a kid.
I know you made a whole Patreon video on what it took making the NES light up convincingly at the end, but I'm also in love with that transition at 26:28 you threw in there. There's something to be said about transitions that aren't just "cut from one scene to the next" that's weirdly endearing.
Just wanna say, your videos had amazing editing before, but this video was SOOO much sleeker, like seriously! It is very obvious the amount of effort you put into this video, and I can’t wait to see more
Your description of playing the newest stuff while the old stuff was still common is the most beautiful description of that period. We really would
Just end up with random retro games sometimes just like that 🤣
Nitro Rad sighing through his nose then calmly walking through the steps he would have to take to get the remaining $400,000 before resetting is the most relatable part of the video if you grew up on NES games. It takes a special kind of patience to keep your investment up after an endgame barrier like that.
Ah, a laborious deep dive into an unrelentingly cruel NES game. It's like the golden age of RUclips all over again and it feels so good.
You can really tell this game was made before the term "bullshit" had a definition in game design. It's part of the reason why I often have a hard time playing NES games and anything else from that era. I can appreciate difficulty, but it gets SO ridiculous and sometimes it's not even intentional.
Nintendo paid or encouraged difficulty so that children would call the Nintendo hotline. That’s where they made the money.
This is like an allegory for life, you can get a family, an advantage, be super skilled but in the end it doesn't matter unless you've got the money. The money song is a bop though
this was fun to watch .. not the struggle but him talking and going through the game.
fav part was him going throught game and telling you what he does while it sounding like he is rapping. at 30:26 and 31:35
there were a lot of platformer adventure game hybrids back in the 80s and 90s, you really do not see this genre anymore.
i guess its kinda like a predescor to metroidvanias which share a lot of similiar elements such as nonlinearity, finding random objects to use on other things, ect, just without the puzzle solving aspects. would love to see a modern take on this genre, 'cause i think tis a cool idea personally.
I think there are still plenty of these types of games, it's just that they are smaller indie titles now. You probably won't see any from a major game developer. This is why 95% of modern games I play these days are either indie titles or remakes of old 80's and 90's games. 80% of modern games from major developers seem to be either 1st person shooters, walking simulators, or sports games. The only two exceptions to that are Nintendo and Sega who still make plenty of different types of games like they always have.
@@JMFSpike could you name a few? the only "modern" example i can think of is a very obscure russian gamejolt gamed called "Princess Fart" which is super unfinished, and came out in 2014.
I completely forgot about this game. I would rent this from the local store. Never even got close to finishing it. What a nightmare! You are a legend for getting through this.
This is genuinely wonderful. I didn't think it was possible to do a modern-day "angry review" sort of thing, but you pulled it off!
Second time watching this video now and this one of my favorite reviews from you. It feels very personal and the chronological journey of seeing your nostalgia, your struggles, and your appreciation for the simplicity was really cool.
14:09 pugsley is literally bobby hill, like EXACTLY
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26:56 THAAAANKS DAAAYUD
Thank you. I'm from Venezuela and learning english with yours videos. For luck i'm living in Spain.
I’ve always loved the Addams Family and found even more love when I played Fester in the musical version. I’m glad to see someone else have appreciation for it and to have a chill vibe. Great work!
Oh my GOD, the Atlantic Canadian Nostalgia right there 🥰 Swimming Lessons, then some Pepperoni and a visit to the Pawn, I remember those days fondly 🥲
The story of your dad picking games up for 5 bucks at the local shop and you and your him playing through em was really wholesome.
Not sure if you'll ever see this but I love how happy you are to talk about games, good or bad. There's only a couple creators on RUclips with your enthusiasm and some of them have their positivity as a gimmick, but I love the earnest genuine happiness that's your trademark.
the video is 41 minutes long, and it's about a nes game. that's more time than i've ever spent playing any nes game.
Damn, you're missing out on a lot of great stuff
OG Zelda is surprisingly palatable. It’s the only NES game I’ve played that evokes a strong adventurous atmosphere and is really solid for most of the run. There’s a reason why games still riff on it (Binding of Isaac is a big example).
Mario 3 is super good too if you’re in the mood for it.
@@solomon9655 "surprisingly palatable" makes it sound like NES games are automatically assumed to be bad, or something. There's a bunch of games from that era that are great, and a good game is a good game regardless of when it came out.
@@Jordan3DS Wrong phrasing on my part since I've personally enjoyed many NES games. I didn't meant to imply bad, but maybe unapproachable for casual enjoyment, which I'd say is true for most NES games that aren't the classics. What I meant to say was "has probably aged really well for modern audiences to enjoy". I would describe a ton of old games as really good but maybe not "palatable" for someone unfamiliar with something like archaic controls, difficulty, or direction. For example, I didn't play the OG RE4 until this year and I'd say it's great and aged well but I didn't love the controls, I'd describe them as not palatable for a modern audience. That's along the lines of what I meant.
The Japanese version of Castlevania 3 ans Kirby’s adventure are also great NES games.
Man, what a throwback! Growing up, my family was super into horror, to the point that me and my siblings' second middle names were named after famous horror figures, and my sisters was Wednesday. Of course, we were very into the addams family, we had a NES in the basement pretty much just for this game, and i remember trying over and over to beat this game, but never getting too far. Its great to see more of this game that i never got to see!
This was such a fun watch, i love how passionate you were for something pretty obscure like this!! Great video as always James!! >:3 💜
As others have said, this feels incredibly like the best parts of an old AVGN video but with your own more wholesome spin into it. I always thought that the best AVGN videos were the ones where he had some history with it - they always felt the most involved and with most passion. And naturally, this episode of yours is quite much in the same vein.
Thanks for this wonderful time, man
this video has particularly great editing, definitely a new favourite of mine from you. i love hearing people talk about obscure stuff i would've never otherwise thought about looking into
also im so excited for the plok review!! i listen to the soundtrack all the damn time lol
I really enjoyed this review/walkthrough. I’ve seen someone else review it before and that was more played for humour with not as many aspects discussed (or discovered probably). The depth of this game and its “where do I go what do I do” nature is really well-explained.
lovin these retro reviews, James!!! seeing an upload from u always makes my day :]
Played this on NESticle back in the day. You pretty much nailed my first impression.
The silent and almost immediate restart when you realized you needed $1M is an all too familiar resignation that anyone determined enough to beat a game that doesn't want to be beaten has felt
Certainly wasn't ever expecting a video about this game. A little different from your usual stuff, kinda walking us through the process of playing the game. Worked really well. Great video, as always.
I like this approach, and I still also like your usual style, but more videos like this would be absolutely welcome in the future, very well done.
If someone told me the family portrait room was inspiration for the Kickstarter painting gallery in shovel knight, I would not be surprised.
The colours and lighting paired with the fact it’s a nes game and of course that’s where most of shovel knight’s influence came from leads me to believe this. Maybe someone at yacht club games spent hours grinding away at the adams family as a kid too.
1:04 You sir, have earned my eternal respect.
The way you took so long to get back to this to finish it reminds me of my Sonic Heroes playthrough. I had beaten all the MAIN stories as a kid but could never get all the Emeralds. The local library stopped carrying the game so I couldn't borrow it anymore and was unable to play it. 10 years later a sibling found it at a thrift store and I bought it, I finally got all those Emeralds and the entire Metal Madness/Overlord portion felt so good. It felt like I had FINALLY closed the book on one of the biggest mysteries I had known (and I didn't see ANYTHING about it online prior, so I went in completely blind. The huge form Metal took caught me off guard and I was HYPED during that last battle. Well worth the wait.
I enjoy these older platformers even though they're frustrating. Kudos for seeing it through on real hardware. Fun to see you covering some older games. I think Plok is a pretty interesting one so looking forward to that!
this video brings back so many memories my grandma used to play it constantly when I was a kid and she was really good at it she knew all the secrets and all the hard levels she did them like it was nothing I remember coming back from school several times and she was already at the final boss that first part of the game where you get the key to the mansion is burned into my memory thank you for bringing back those beloved memories
Holy fuck the perfect money run had me in tears man
Cool to see you cover an NES game in such detail! Great video!
My girlfriend figured out who that guy throwing stuff from the window is! She figures it's their neighbor that Gomez always shoots golf balls into the yard of and the golf balls are what he's throwing back at you! also you can't call the cops on him cause he's the town judge lol
Honestly, the little frenetic song listing everything you need to redo to beat the game after realising that you need all the possible money you can collect to do so is, like, so charming and catchy. I hope someone do something with it, like a remix or whatever.
I remembered watching Wednesday it's such a good show to watch, the actor for Wednesday nailed her personality to the t. Didn't finish the whole show yet but so far loved it.
Love this video, I always love when creators I enjoy share obscure-ish games from their childhood, that's how i found a good friend of mine when we both offhandedly mentioned Radiata Stories on the PS2
I love your content. Nice NES review. Also, Nickelodeon Kart Racers 3 Slime Speedway has Jimmy Neutron in it.
It's got that ghosts and goblins kinda feel. The way you move in and out of projectiles, it's clunky and unforgiving, but something about the simplicity of remembering the patterns and jump arcs is satisfying. So once you get it down it's weirdly satisfying.
By the way, your NES looks like that because it needs the power filter capacitor replaced. Get that done and the picture will be clear as a summer sky.
I'm sure I can do some work on it to make it good as new. But since it's something I rarely use, it's been difficult to justify the investment. Hence why I never invested in a modded RGB NES compatible with SCART cables. Maybe someday tho!
What a fun video this was!
I've never heard of this game before, only Fester's Quest, growing up in the 2000's without an NES my first exposure to a bulk of the system's Library was through videos by guys like AVGN & Pat the Nes Punk.
This video really took me back to a simpler time when I'd binge videos about old games I'd never heard of before. :)
I'm highly triggered by the reminder that retro gaming used to be an affordable hobby
I'm 44, I grew up playing these, I'm only 5 minutes in, and you are the coolest. Saving this to watch later.
I've finished watching, and this was the coolest. You have a new fan.
Does the raining money room ever stop raining? Would it be possible to just stay in there for hours and collect the million dollars that way?
It stops after about a minute. Probably should've mentioned that oops!
@@NitroRad Damn, they thought of that!
I started watching all your platformer videos from the beginning and suddenly Muppet Monster Adventure sprang to mind. If you havent played that one yet, its a great one! One of my favorites.
Getting AVGN vibes from the title of this video!
"As far as I can tell it just adds to your score."
Oof. Were you in for a shock. It tells you in the manual (which you don't have) that the money is required to enter the vault. Also if memory serves saving your thing uses is the only way to actually cross the roof reliably. Or at least it was for me. Also I believe the secret passage was also hinted at in the instruction manual as was the hidden room behind the window. But if you didn't have the manual the way you'd find out is by randomly going back into the library after having the music played. The door will be open.
3:49 Thats all I had to do with NES games this whole time!?
Wiggle it gently until you see the game screen flashing, then hit reset! I always get NES games working the fastest with that method
@@NitroRad funny enough when I saw you did that, I legit paused the video just to go try it out.
Your patience is unbelievable. If i was playing that game and somehow got to the end of the game just to find out i need an exact amount of money/high-score to finish it, i think i would've lit the cartidradge on fire.
Please review the Tak and the Power of Juju trilogy Nitro there right up your alley amazing games! Tak 2 the Staff of Dreams is king!
I remember getting this game from my friend back in school. We had no idea who "The Addams" were but liked that game and really wanted to know who the heck is Addams and those characters. I did enter that empty painting just because i was a kid who was smashing buttons at random. So when i was jumping - sometimes i was pressing Up as well haha!
This video felt really stylised, different humour tone to the other videos too. I really liked it! I'm super excited to see PLOK, it was a game I rented as a kid and I stayed up trying to beat and it drove me insane
The early 2000s really were so perfect for NES collecting. I got an NES from a local seller in the summer of 2001 and cartridges were regularly around $1 at my local thrift stores. Built up a MASSIVE collection lol
this was really fun it felt like an old school retro review in your own style, and you should do more.
I grew up with AVGN.
Im glad that the spirit of it still continues!
I never would've guessed in a million years, not only would a Nitro Rad video on The Addams Family for NES be a thing that exists, let alone become one of my favorite videos on the channel.
Dude, thank you so much for covering this game. I remember playing it all the time as a kid. My dad and I would try to figure out where all the money was because we found that doorway one time while playing and knew that we needed to collect it. I'm glad you were able to beat it. Good job!
That speeding through the game rap was amazing, this whole review was awesome but that was definetely the highlight, it's both hilarious and catchy
Man, this really fells like some kind of lost classic AVGN's review of the The Addams Family NES Game - and I am all for it!