I remember back in 1991 when me and my dad used to play this and it was so difficult that we had left the NES on all night so we could take a nap and not lose all our progress... Ahh the good old days. Sad news is my dad sadly passed away and i recently found my NES and i wanted to play this game again with him. Like father like son
The good old days. I have fond memories similar to yours of playing Rival Turf (SNES) with my dad before he passed away in 1992. I’ll never get rid of that game or that SNES because of the memories!
I couldn't beat it with a game genie because there were no infinite health codes, only infinite lives. I just beat it as a 34 year old using an emulator with a dedicated rewind button and I promise you that once you beat it, you will feel like you can accomplish anything lol
The remake is on 3DS, Switch, PS4, PC. I'm playing this on my 3ds, an awesome game. Will get the sequel and the final game on PC (released by the end of July 2021).
+vkotis I think the intro is made for the US version Notice the boy's hair is red in the intro but turns blue in the ending. The original (Japanese) version Chô Wakusei Senki Metafight has no intro , and the tunnel in the beginning of the game is also different.
Lol for real I remember the intro, but now I'm sitting here like wtf, bro falls down a hole, puts on a random suit and hops into some space aged tank because he followed his mutant frog?
+Paeak Status In Chou Wakusei Senki Metafight, the game takes place on the planet Sophia the 3rd, located near the center of the Epsilon Milky Way, in which an advanced civilization flourished. In the year 2052, the emperor Goez, who has conquered the rest of outer space and declared himself as a god, and his "Inbem Dark Star Cluster" invade and conquer Sophia the 3rd. The only survivor of Goez's raid is the Science Academy's Nora Satellite, who has escaped and plans to build a weapon to defeat Goez's forces. They build an all-purpose tank called "Metal Attacker" that is driven by a boy named Kane Gardner to take the lead in the counterattack. The game's opening sequence shows Metal Attacker dropped into the battlefield.[1]The plot of the adapted Western release (Blaster Master) is shown at the beginning in a cinematic slideshow as ominous music plays in the background.[2] The game starts with a person named Jason who has a pet frog named Fred who, one day, decides to leap out of his fish bowl and out the door. Fred then touches aradioactive chest, and he grows to an emormous size; Fred and the chest then fall into a hole in the earth.[3] Jason chases Fred down the hole, which leads to a large underground cavern.[3][4] While most sources say that Jason chased Fred down the hole, the game's instruction manual says that Jason fell into the hole while trying to reach for Fred.[3] There, he finds an armored tank named SOPHIA THE 3RD - a vehicle designed to battle radioactive mutants that live inside the earth.[3][4] Jason mounts SOPHIA to find the whereabouts of Fred and to destroy the mutants and their leader - the Plutonium Boss. The opening sequence has been described as "one of the greatest scenes in all of video games".[2][5]
Wow! Brings back memories of playing this with my brother back in 1988-89 in our basement living in Germany. It's funny how even though I haven't played this game in almost 30 years, I can still whistle along with the music during the levels.
Sheamus O'Heeman same, 91-92 for me in bicester me and my yonger brother watching our uncle tony play this everyday. I could get to L4 but mo further lol
@@myiiahlatimore1080 Yes, if you hit the boss with a grenade and pause it the grenade will cook him, then just unpause it once you're sure it's been long enough. Levels 2,4,6, and 7 ☺
Beat this with my dad before he passed away in 2003 we couldnt do it in the early 90s but im just happy we were able to do it.. this gane holds a special place in my heart.
"OMG! You can beat this game in only an hour and a half and they charged full price for it? What a ripoff!" - Modern gamers Seriously, though, Blaster Master is an under-appreciated classic. Sunsoft did an amazing job with the level design, visuals, music, and gameplay. It might have never been a huge commercial success, but it was one of many great gems in the NES library.
yes very true. I especially remembered the amazing level design. it felt a little like metroid. Damn can't believe I played this game 25 years ago and still remembered everything so well, like level design and intro.
I rented this game from Block Buster Video when it came out and I just had to own it. Spent many hours on this game. All the moves and patterns just seen in this upload bring back many memories of just Me, my NES, and 19" RCA Television.
I loved how these types of games really created the feeling of a full world by inviting you to revisit areas you already completed to access previously unreachable spots. I dont think I could ever save up enough fuel to hover to the top level once you return to Area 1 all over again. Killed me never knowing what was up there until now.
Your name was a total flashback. I had forgotten about those "Genesis Does What Nintendon't" ads, which were later followed by "Nintendo Is What Genesisn't." Sega didn't really think that one through. lol
blackrooster_ They made this because it was 1988 & they were proving that you can do on a Genesis than what the NES can't & shown games that blew people away. It wasn't until 1990 when Nintendo finally released the SNES which later Sega made the other famous commercial "Blast Processing" which all it means is that the Sega Genesis has a faster processor.
Man I remember "yeah get his pet back" now I'm like, Uhhhhh so who did he steal that car from? Also APPARENTLY I never made it past the first stage as a kid, damn I was terrible at games.
Haven't seen this game since I was 10 yr old. The music was the best. I spent 100s of fun hrs playing this as a kid. The memories are coming back. I miss the 80s so much.
@@worsethanhitlerpt.2539I'm 18 so I hadn't played this game until I recently got an NES that came with it for around 40 dollars. I consider myself very good at old platformers but wow... this one has left me pretty stumped. Ive gotten very close to the end but only two lives till game over is brutal considering the later bosses are basically impossible without max gun power. Excellent game though.
This was my first game on NES back in 1992 I think and I never reached the end. Suddenly today it came back in my mind and I came here to see how to finish it.
I made it to the VERY LAST FIGHT several times; it isn't hard but the pre final-boss (The skeleton/demon guy) would always wear me down so low that I'd lose before I figured out how to fight the actually last boss. The guy doing the fight here made it (and Area 8) look pretty easy which is seriously impressive. Blaster Master had limited continues; something like 8 or 9 lives throughout the whole game. And no save system. So by the time you got to the end you were NERVOUS if you were running outta lives. Blaster Master's difficulty is True Difficulty though; the whole game is a deadly interrconnected maze; discovering the correct path (and knowing what paths to avoid!) and navigating it is a battle of pure attrition. It seems harmless enough all the way up to Area 3, where you abruptly hit a dead end. You could go through almost the entire game again at that point before discovering the next area to go is hidden in the FIRST ROOM IN THE GAME. And after all the attrition and battles up through Area 7, Area 8 is like a kick in the face. Although not long, every room can drain your health (and hover!) extremely rapidly. If you can even figure out where to go. Needless to say, I don't think anybody beat this game on their first try.
My father died in February and I remember he said before he died he wish he could play master blaster again because it is a badass game . I was to young to play now in my mid 30s I am looking forward to play it . I miss him . He was one the first generation gamers .
Sorry about your dad. This was my son's first game (He was born in '85) We played all the classics . When Double Dragon came to the home platform we were on it non stop
Also, this game literally blew my mind as a kid when you had to go forward a bunch just to come back to the exact spot you started. It was so crafty...
I remember this game, especially the music! I still sometimes sing this song to myself even today. It's insane that I remember it, because it's probably been like 30 years since I've actually played it. But for whatever reason, the song sticks with me.
Same here, man. I'm 44 and I did play this game back in the day, but the amount of time I spent on it is not commensurate with how much I remember this song, lol. I'll sometimes break out whistling this song at work totally and completely out of the blue.
I want to thank you for making this video.When I watch videos like this, it feels like going home again.I get a chance to fully experience a favorite game again while otherwise I would not be able to because I now lack the time and/ or the ability.Sincerely, thanks.
I almost feel bad for kids today that are accustomed to getting a participation trophy for starting a new game or naming their character.. they'll never know the satisfaction of overcoming a true challenge like this game. It would make your hair turn white, you'd probably shed some tears.. but you'd keep coming back to it.
Literally my favorite game. Beyond Halo, Metal Gear, Final Fantasy, I'm pretty sure I've clocked more hours on this and Ninja Gaiden and Double Dragon II than any current gen and I've put weeks in Halo. Wow what an amazing game back then.
I wish I could play this on my Vita so freaking bad :( I just re-watched this and realized I only got about a third of the way through it. I always got stuck around the 35-40min mark
This is one of the best games ever made on the nes, I bought it in the spring of 1988, and I played it for hours figuring it out. Took it to a friends house and he figured out the last level and together we finally beat it. I recently replayed it on an emulator and after 30 years I can still remember how to beat this game !! It also had the best music in a game too !!
This masterpiece was underlooked for way too long back in the 80s and early 90s. Ever since I got it, I knew it would become one of the best games of all time. Had BM have better marketing, it would undoubtly be a consistent top 10 or even top 5 NES game of all time. I even rate it higher than all Castlevanias, because in BM you had better control of the character whereas in Castlevania the jump of Belmont was always stiff and choppy. BM felt like you were playing a SNES game -even way before the SNES came out-. The control was fluid, the graphics were awesome, the music was perfect. There was nothing negative you could say about the game at all. Also, despite being insanely difficult (kudos to the talented player on vid here, makes it look so easy), you always wanted to keep going. I know this may sound stupid, but one of my biggest life accomplishments is the fact that in 1991 I was able to beat Blaster Master.
Totally agree!!! It's a hidden gem for sure. I also beat it around 1991 or 1992... on a Sunday afternoon, determined to make it happen, lol. My family never got a SNES system (*sniff*), but that's interesting about the gameplay being similar. We switched to computer games in the mid-90s instead, like Quake & Doom. But my bro & I still played Nintendo well into the end of the 90s when our Nintendo finally died :(
I used to exploit a glitch in the first interior part to raise my gun level so I get the super wave gun whatever it's called. you just keep going into that one room with the eyeball statue thing and keep killing it and i think you can keep collecting the items hidden in the bricks. Not 100% sure of that as it's been a long time since I played this game. @ 21:20 I love that gun. That's the one that I exploit the powe-rup glitch to get. One of my most favorite NES Games. Soundtrack bring back memories.
This was what a game was back in the day. All the hours of trial and error to find the bosses, finding out what each new power-up did, and how it would take you to new areas (and FINDING THE PATHS TO THOSE AREAS!) My brother and I had about five whole pages written out as a guide to this game. Damn but those were the days...
Who remembers the awesome trick where you could hit one of the early on bosses, pause it, and that would kill it if you held the pause for long enough? This game just had so many insanely fascinating features to it. I could never conquer it, but always respect it.
After you beat the boss you can not collect the powerup and actually walk back outside the cave and explore around without any music playing. it's kind of eerie lol then you can go back in and it's still there waiting for you to collect it.
I haven't tried that yet. you can't advance to the next level without the powerup so i'd say you can explore the level with no music but you can't go to another area.
I beat this when I was a kid. Truly one of the greatest and difficult games. This was in a league of its own. Sunsoft made some great games. I took a picture of the end screen on the TV to prove to everyone in school I beat it. I still have that picture somewhere lol.
I remember playing this as a teen and loving it. In fact, I still have the original cartridge. But the biggest memory I have was that despite being able to beat so many other games (including the two full sessions of Ghosts 'N Goblins, which I believe was pretty difficult), I could only pass the big frog in Blaster Master by using a cheat … where you'd fire a shot and when it hit, you'd pause the game and it would keep hitting the frog until it died. I wonder how I would fare now.
***** I could only get it to work on the frog. I played it when I was really young and I can't remember why I found that boss so difficult. Kinda hated myself a little for having such a rough time and cheating to get through it. But I played the rest of the game fairly. I can't remember that boss you mentioned; it's been too long. On another note, I just noticed that it looks like the player is shooting rainbow ice cream scoops at him. lol
blackrooster_ The pause method only works on certain bosses in this game. I had a very hard time with the lever 5 boss, but the rest of them weren't too bad.
@@TheLoveMario I know this is a late reply, and perhaps you have matured. But it was not a glitch. It was clearly denoted in Nintendo Power that you could use the grenade trick on the level 2, 4, 6, and 7 bosses. And they called it a cheat. Nevertheless, we certainly are splitting hairs with saying exploiting a glitch isn't cheating. I would think that any time you do something the developer(s) didn't intend, you are cheating. And, insulting someone blindly is pretty sad. Like I said, hopefully you have grown up.
I hated the fact that you couldn't save progress. So if you stopped playing, you'd always have to start all over again. Cool game though if you were ready, willing & able to commit the time in one sitting.
Yah, that was a drag to always start over. At least the music made it worthwhile, & since you had to keep restarting it, you got really good at the earlier levels... but the later ones, not so much! It was so frustrating to die at levels 6 & 7. I got to level 8 the 1st time & lost, so I was determined & committed myself to a Sunday afternoon in the early 90s to beat the game. It took me a few hours (maybe about 4-6 the 1st time? I liked wandering around), but I did it, lol. Then luckily Zelda had a save function!
Im glad that the remake has a save function, but there is little no penalty to dying except for losing what ever progress you made. There are no lives afterall. But with save points outside every boss door, I found myself allowing death to take me on bad runs so I could give the boss fights better shots.
Cloud Air i was thinking that ...except nintendo started selling it on their virtual console. I just wanna play it without nintendo gettin their meaty hooks in it
Blaster Master 2 actually wasn't a sequel. It's like the whole "Snake's Revenge" thing, some US developers unconnected to the original team decided to make a US-only "sequel" to a Japanese game (Metafight). The original Game Boy was a retitled Bomberman game. Same goes for the Playstation game that I can't remember the exact title of. The only TRUE sequel to this game is Metafight EX for the Gameboy Color (released in the US as Blaster Master: Enemy Below).
Ms. Pac-Man is another good example. Although it's a superior game, it and a second unlicensed sequel (this one more of a dud) was why Namco yanked their contract with Bally-Midway (Williams Entertainment). On the other hand, it didn't stop them from grabbing the rights to Ms. Pac-Man.
One of my favorites, period. Playing this as a kid with my friends before the internet was a thing and Nintendo Powers were more valuable than gold, it was an accomplishment figuring out the intricacies of this game.
Genialidad el concepto hasta el dia de hoy, imaginen un Baster Master en 3D de mundo abierto donde te subes al carro y destruyes cosas, ah existen? perp no se llaman blastermaster
I bought this game back when it came out long time ago, and I still remember how to beat it today . I played it on an emulator about 2 years ago and beat it !!! Awesome game and one of the best on the nes.
of anyone is interested in knowing. in order to get to the islands inside the man operated area's, you had to get hurt rendering you invincible to get there and hurt coming back or you insta died in the water. you lost a gun each time making it both useless and counterproductive, but at the same time you could get to other doors that way. making it impossible to find your vehicle by exiting were you did not come in.
Alot people were sleeping on this game..Requires alot thinking mindboggling game..Furthest I got was the giant Toad after learning how to crawl the walls..with the tech..vehicle..
Thank you for posting. Blaster Master is my favorite game of all time. I remember when I first got it I was stuck on world one for days, and then I just started venturing around and discovered what I had to do, that day I went from world one all the way to 8, picking the right paths and doors. Sadly I have never beaten the game and at age 39, I don't think I want too. I love getting all the way to say 8 and then just starting over. Stage 6 Music is my Favorite!
I remember as a kid to be so excited by this game that I would get up in the middle of the night to play it at my friends house. That's how good it was and still is.
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I remember back in 1991 when me and my dad used to play this and it was so difficult that we had left the NES on all night so we could take a nap and not lose all our progress... Ahh the good old days. Sad news is my dad sadly passed away and i recently found my NES and i wanted to play this game again with him. Like father like son
Sorry for your dad. Nice memories
The good old days. I have fond memories similar to yours of playing Rival Turf (SNES) with my dad before he passed away in 1992. I’ll never get rid of that game or that SNES because of the memories!
I have memories of my dad never wanting to buy an NES. He instead spend it drinking and buy the women at the bars drinks.
I used to play the game with my brother in thailand
it is the best game from NES ever
So sorry to hear this. What great memories, though. Maybe you I ve got a kid who can carry the torch?
This one of the best NES games of all time that I don't think most people know about.
For sure!!! It was one of my favorites then & still is a great one to revisit.
The Guardian Legend is another.
I do im 42
I accidentally downloaded the Sega Genesis version. Now I'm going to play this.
I think most nes kids know about this game. It was of my favourites too. These songs are burnt into my psyche.
As a kid I never questioned why he had radioactive crates and experimental tanks chillin' in his backyard.
As a kid, you already knew the answer to such trivial things. Now, society has brainwashed you in exchange for employment and a class based society
+charles brown can you guarantee me a better job?
charles brown sheeeiiiiiit can I get a job in the first place???
Well, Monsanto didn’t mind dumping enough PCB into “ours” to the extent that not even the Hudson River can match it. The fish just exploded though.
@@FadingFires have you read about the frogs turning gay !?
Conclusion: Never lose your frog.
I lost a toad once. This didn't happen.
Prequel to John Wick
And stay away from radioactive cans, tanks and caves that just happen to be in your backyard.
Lol
Im French , We eat frog , we dont lost
Never beat this as a kid. It's left me unfulfilled.
One of the few i never beat too
me too, lets finish em
I couldn't beat it with a game genie because there were no infinite health codes, only infinite lives. I just beat it as a 34 year old using an emulator with a dedicated rewind button and I promise you that once you beat it, you will feel like you can accomplish anything lol
@@michael30404 so true
The remake is on 3DS, Switch, PS4, PC. I'm playing this on my 3ds, an awesome game. Will get the sequel and the final game on PC (released by the end of July 2021).
That kid loved his frog...respect
Damn this was a great game. Popping in and out of the vehicle to complete levels was pretty innovative gameplay for the time
As a kid the intro made complete sense to me. Not sure what to think now.
I know exactly what you mean ,lol
+vkotis I think the intro is made for the US version
Notice the boy's hair is red in the intro but turns blue in the ending.
The original (Japanese) version Chô Wakusei Senki Metafight has no intro , and the tunnel in the beginning of the game is also different.
Lol for real I remember the intro, but now I'm sitting here like wtf, bro falls down a hole, puts on a random suit and hops into some space aged tank because he followed his mutant frog?
+Paeak Status In Chou Wakusei Senki Metafight, the game takes place on the planet Sophia the 3rd, located near the center of the Epsilon Milky Way, in which an advanced civilization flourished. In the year 2052, the emperor Goez, who has conquered the rest of outer space and declared himself as a god, and his "Inbem Dark Star Cluster" invade and conquer Sophia the 3rd. The only survivor of Goez's raid is the Science Academy's Nora Satellite, who has escaped and plans to build a weapon to defeat Goez's forces. They build an all-purpose tank called "Metal Attacker" that is driven by a boy named Kane Gardner to take the lead in the counterattack. The game's opening sequence shows Metal Attacker dropped into the battlefield.[1]The plot of the adapted Western release (Blaster Master) is shown at the beginning in a cinematic slideshow as ominous music plays in the background.[2] The game starts with a person named Jason who has a pet frog named Fred who, one day, decides to leap out of his fish bowl and out the door. Fred then touches aradioactive chest, and he grows to an emormous size; Fred and the chest then fall into a hole in the earth.[3] Jason chases Fred down the hole, which leads to a large underground cavern.[3][4] While most sources say that Jason chased Fred down the hole, the game's instruction manual says that Jason fell into the hole while trying to reach for Fred.[3] There, he finds an armored tank named SOPHIA THE 3RD - a vehicle designed to battle radioactive mutants that live inside the earth.[3][4] Jason mounts SOPHIA to find the whereabouts of Fred and to destroy the mutants and their leader - the Plutonium Boss. The opening sequence has been described as "one of the greatest scenes in all of video games".[2][5]
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Wow! Brings back memories of playing this with my brother back in 1988-89 in our basement living in Germany. It's funny how even though I haven't played this game in almost 30 years, I can still whistle along with the music during the levels.
Sheamus O'Heeman same, 91-92 for me in bicester me and my yonger brother watching our uncle tony play this everyday. I could get to L4 but mo further lol
Boy did you know about the trick about the boss pause it will the grenade is on and then un pause it’s only on level 2 and more but I forgot
Sheamus. Me and my brother played this too also in Germany. Was your dad in the army?
Same here, air force
@@myiiahlatimore1080 Yes, if you hit the boss with a grenade and pause it the grenade will cook him, then just unpause it once you're sure it's been long enough. Levels 2,4,6, and 7 ☺
Beat this with my dad before he passed away in 2003 we couldnt do it in the early 90s but im just happy we were able to do it.. this gane holds a special place in my heart.
When you've beaten this game, you truly feel like you've conquered something with the end game credits and music.
They got that ending from Castlevania.
I bought the alternate version of the game, in which he simply buys a new frog. can't say it was worth the money.
Pet shop Tycoon was a horrible longplay.
Which was made by Sunsoft's competitor Moonhard?
"OMG! You can beat this game in only an hour and a half and they charged full price for it? What a ripoff!" - Modern gamers
Seriously, though, Blaster Master is an under-appreciated classic. Sunsoft did an amazing job with the level design, visuals, music, and gameplay. It might have never been a huge commercial success, but it was one of many great gems in the NES library.
yes very true. I especially remembered the amazing level design. it felt a little like metroid. Damn can't believe I played this game 25 years ago and still remembered everything so well, like level design and intro.
Ikr, you’ve got to really appreciate these games for what they are.
no printer just fax
totally bangin soundtrack as well
Its vary short so can i
I rented this game from Block Buster Video when it came out and I just had to own it. Spent many hours on this game. All the moves and patterns just seen in this upload bring back many memories of just Me, my NES, and 19" RCA Television.
I loved how these types of games really created the feeling of a full world by inviting you to revisit areas you already completed to access previously unreachable spots. I dont think I could ever save up enough fuel to hover to the top level once you return to Area 1 all over again. Killed me never knowing what was up there until now.
Thank you for solving my childhood frustration. I can now rest...
To this day, I'm still surprised his first reaction wasn't "Let me jus go back inside..."
This game was years ahead of its time. Its amazing. Thanks for the longplay!
Also kids remember, never leave your radioactive wastes in the backyard.
i grew up playing this game. It's freaking hard!
Naaa
Hell yea it was hard.
Hard as fuck
Not if you had Game Genie lol
it was hard when I rented it & only had 3 days to play it. when I bought it it only took like 7 months
Totally hooked on this game as a kid!!! So underrated!
Sunsoft is kinda like Konami.
Great Music
Great Graphics
Great Games
& Hard Ass Shit Games!
yeah, too bad they had that one little hiccup, goes by the name of Fester's Quest.
TonyBMan Oh Konami has some pretty bad ones too. "Castlevania 2"
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Oh & also, Sunsoft did seem to go downhill when they're putting games on the Sega Genesis.
Your name was a total flashback. I had forgotten about those "Genesis Does What Nintendon't" ads, which were later followed by "Nintendo Is What Genesisn't." Sega didn't really think that one through. lol
blackrooster_
They made this because it was 1988 & they were proving that you can do on a Genesis than what the NES can't & shown games that blew people away.
It wasn't until 1990 when Nintendo finally released the SNES which later Sega made the other famous commercial "Blast Processing" which all it means is that the Sega Genesis has a faster processor.
This game is now available on the Switch as part of the NES Online Service.
You have no idea how grateful I am for this information 👍
This game was way ahead of its time. Played it as a kid was one of my favorite games.
Best. Car. Ever.
Sophia III: Vroom vroom! (Thank you!)
This was my favorite game as a kid for my NES. I played this from the time it came out until I got my SNES in 1991. Great game. 10/10.
The remake is great
This was the only game on the NES that I wanted to play and never did. I'm so glad now I have the Switch version and I'm loving it!
Maazio Genesis/Mega-Drive?
Man I remember "yeah get his pet back" now I'm like, Uhhhhh so who did he steal that car from? Also APPARENTLY I never made it past the first stage as a kid, damn I was terrible at games.
He got the tank from eve
3:09 - ARE THOSE FUCKING METROIDS!?!?!
those are fkn metroids! BLASTER MASTER IS A CLASSIC! :D
: )
Could there be a connection with Metroid? I'm a big Metroid fan and also I think this game is sort of in the same universe as Metroid
Marcus Django Whitaker
Devs were obviously inspired by Nintendo R&D1's Metroid.
Marcus Django Whitaker The new game Blaster Master Zero has an enemy called Mother Brain
Haven't seen this game since I was 10 yr old. The music was the best. I spent 100s of fun hrs playing this as a kid. The memories are coming back. I miss the 80s so much.
This game was MONSTEROUS back then so much shit tough to beat
My brother was very good at games and I dont think he got close to the end
@@worsethanhitlerpt.2539I'm 18 so I hadn't played this game until I recently got an NES that came with it for around 40 dollars. I consider myself very good at old platformers but wow... this one has left me pretty stumped. Ive gotten very close to the end but only two lives till game over is brutal considering the later bosses are basically impossible without max gun power. Excellent game though.
After 37 years I finally know how this game ends
This was my first game on NES back in 1992 I think and I never reached the end. Suddenly today it came back in my mind and I came here to see how to finish it.
Yeah i never made it past the frog this game was definitely hard and long.
I made it to the VERY LAST FIGHT several times; it isn't hard but the pre final-boss (The skeleton/demon guy) would always wear me down so low that I'd lose before I figured out how to fight the actually last boss. The guy doing the fight here made it (and Area 8) look pretty easy which is seriously impressive.
Blaster Master had limited continues; something like 8 or 9 lives throughout the whole game. And no save system. So by the time you got to the end you were NERVOUS if you were running outta lives.
Blaster Master's difficulty is True Difficulty though; the whole game is a deadly interrconnected maze; discovering the correct path (and knowing what paths to avoid!) and navigating it is a battle of pure attrition. It seems harmless enough all the way up to Area 3, where you abruptly hit a dead end. You could go through almost the entire game again at that point before discovering the next area to go is hidden in the FIRST ROOM IN THE GAME. And after all the attrition and battles up through Area 7, Area 8 is like a kick in the face. Although not long, every room can drain your health (and hover!) extremely rapidly. If you can even figure out where to go.
Needless to say, I don't think anybody beat this game on their first try.
My father died in February and I remember he said before he died he wish he could play master blaster again because it is a badass game . I was to young to play now in my mid 30s I am looking forward to play it . I miss him . He was one the first generation gamers .
Sorry about your dad. This was my son's first game (He was born in '85) We played all the classics . When Double Dragon came to the home platform we were on it non stop
Also, this game literally blew my mind as a kid when you had to go forward a bunch just to come back to the exact spot you started. It was so crafty...
I remember this game, especially the music! I still sometimes sing this song to myself even today. It's insane that I remember it, because it's probably been like 30 years since I've actually played it. But for whatever reason, the song sticks with me.
Same here, man. I'm 44 and I did play this game back in the day, but the amount of time I spent on it is not commensurate with how much I remember this song, lol. I'll sometimes break out whistling this song at work totally and completely out of the blue.
telling a story by using pictures...boy those were the days
I want to thank you for making this video.When I watch videos like this, it feels like going home again.I get a chance to fully experience a favorite game again while otherwise I would not be able to because I now lack the time and/ or the ability.Sincerely, thanks.
Makes me feel old that I got this for a Christmas gift as a kid. Great game.
Makes me feel old that I got this for a Christmas gift as a kid. Great game
I almost feel bad for kids today that are accustomed to getting a participation trophy for starting a new game or naming their character.. they'll never know the satisfaction of overcoming a true challenge like this game. It would make your hair turn white, you'd probably shed some tears.. but you'd keep coming back to it.
Ya no shit im a tropy hunter my self games arnt fun enymore
Literally my favorite game. Beyond Halo, Metal Gear, Final Fantasy, I'm pretty sure I've clocked more hours on this and Ninja Gaiden and Double Dragon II than any current gen and I've put weeks in Halo. Wow what an amazing game back then.
This is one that they could remake, not really change much at all and it would still be great!
~JagOfTroy
I wish I could play this on my Vita so freaking bad :(
I just re-watched this and realized I only got about a third of the way through it. I always got stuck around the 35-40min mark
This is one of the best games ever made on the nes, I bought it in the spring of 1988, and I played it for hours figuring it out. Took it to a friends house and he figured out the last level and together we finally beat it. I recently replayed it on an emulator and after 30 years I can still remember how to beat this game !! It also had the best music in a game too !!
7:12
That door scared the crap out of me the first time. Its the animations and that weird sounds it makes
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Watching this brings back the pride I had when I was able to not only beat this game but do it at will. This was gaming at it's finest!
This masterpiece was underlooked for way too long back in the 80s and early 90s. Ever since I got it, I knew it would become one of the best games of all time. Had BM have better marketing, it would undoubtly be a consistent top 10 or even top 5 NES game of all time. I even rate it higher than all Castlevanias, because in BM you had better control of the character whereas in Castlevania the jump of Belmont was always stiff and choppy.
BM felt like you were playing a SNES game -even way before the SNES came out-. The control was fluid, the graphics were awesome, the music was perfect. There was nothing negative you could say about the game at all.
Also, despite being insanely difficult (kudos to the talented player on vid here, makes it look so easy), you always wanted to keep going.
I know this may sound stupid, but one of my biggest life accomplishments is the fact that in 1991 I was able to beat Blaster Master.
Totally agree!!! It's a hidden gem for sure. I also beat it around 1991 or 1992... on a Sunday afternoon, determined to make it happen, lol. My family never got a SNES system (*sniff*), but that's interesting about the gameplay being similar. We switched to computer games in the mid-90s instead, like Quake & Doom. But my bro & I still played Nintendo well into the end of the 90s when our Nintendo finally died :(
I cant beat it, so i watch this video so i can rest in peace
I remember when I jumped down a hole, stole a tank and started to shoot stuff up.
I used to exploit a glitch in the first interior part to raise my gun level so I get the super wave gun whatever it's called. you just keep going into that one room with the eyeball statue thing and keep killing it and i think you can keep collecting the items hidden in the bricks. Not 100% sure of that as it's been a long time since I played this game.
@ 21:20 I love that gun. That's the one that I exploit the powe-rup glitch to get.
One of my most favorite NES Games. Soundtrack bring back memories.
I wouldn't call that a glitch, it's just normal farming
I could try and play that game every day for all of my life and never have been able to beat it thank you for letting me watch it being completed
this game is so good , still one of my favorites of all time.
and the music is so badass that I have it as ringtone on my phone ;)
OMG THIS BRINGS BACK SO MANY MEMORIES
One of the greatest game soundtracks of all time!! I would get to the water stage and park in a safe spot to just listen to the music...
to the Guardian Legend
I remember being baffled that I could get out of the vehicle!
I remember playing this when I was 5 years old and being scared of it, lol. The boxart and opening scene terrified me lol.
Dude, the music in kraids level in Metroid made me stay up with the TV on.
Man I've been looking for this game for SO LONG!!! Played it when I was a kid.... Absolutely incredible play...💙
This game was def my top ten NES game,also I thought it was a bit ahead of its time too
If all it takes to get an all wheel drive jumping tank is losing a radioactive frog sign me the hell up!
I really should revisit this game after playing Blaster Master Zero.
This was what a game was back in the day. All the hours of trial and error to find the bosses, finding out what each new power-up did, and how it would take you to new areas (and FINDING THE PATHS TO THOSE AREAS!) My brother and I had about five whole pages written out as a guide to this game. Damn but those were the days...
Put a lot of time into this game back in the day.
This, Metroid, & Skate or Die were the best
I love the final boss music. takes me back.
Level 4 and 6 music was my favorite! Totally gets stuck in your head.
This soundtrack! Grade A
Hey thank you so much for the memories. Keep them coming please.
the squids in the water portion of the level look like silver metroid fangs and shell
Who remembers the awesome trick where you could hit one of the early on bosses, pause it, and that would kill it if you held the pause for long enough? This game just had so many insanely fascinating features to it. I could never conquer it, but always respect it.
You could use that trick for bosses 1, 2, 4, and 7. I wished it worked on boss 5. That one was the hardest in my opinion.
After you beat the boss you can not collect the powerup and actually walk back outside the cave and explore around without any music playing. it's kind of eerie lol then you can go back in and it's still there waiting for you to collect it.
I haven't tried that yet. you can't advance to the next level without the powerup so i'd say you can explore the level with no music but you can't go to another area.
yeah that you can do
I beat this when I was a kid. Truly one of the greatest and difficult games. This was in a league of its own. Sunsoft made some great games. I took a picture of the end screen on the TV to prove to everyone in school I beat it. I still have that picture somewhere lol.
19:13 never go in the area where that robot ran into, you will never get out.
been there done that, i had to reset and start all over
That spot is 'rage-quit' central.
You can get out with a light touch on the jump button and a little horizontal momentum.
it takes a true pro to do that
I've been stuck down there. It's a real test of not throwing your controller. :p
I fall in love since i see that funni red car in super mario crossover
Same :')
I remember playing this as a teen and loving it. In fact, I still have the original cartridge. But the biggest memory I have was that despite being able to beat so many other games (including the two full sessions of Ghosts 'N Goblins, which I believe was pretty difficult), I could only pass the big frog in Blaster Master by using a cheat … where you'd fire a shot and when it hit, you'd pause the game and it would keep hitting the frog until it died. I wonder how I would fare now.
***** I could only get it to work on the frog. I played it when I was really young and I can't remember why I found that boss so difficult. Kinda hated myself a little for having such a rough time and cheating to get through it. But I played the rest of the game fairly. I can't remember that boss you mentioned; it's been too long. On another note, I just noticed that it looks like the player is shooting rainbow ice cream scoops at him. lol
blackrooster_ The pause method only works on certain bosses in this game. I had a very hard time with the lever 5 boss, but the rest of them weren't too bad.
@@TheLoveMario I know this is a late reply, and perhaps you have matured. But it was not a glitch. It was clearly denoted in Nintendo Power that you could use the grenade trick on the level 2, 4, 6, and 7 bosses. And they called it a cheat. Nevertheless, we certainly are splitting hairs with saying exploiting a glitch isn't cheating. I would think that any time you do something the developer(s) didn't intend, you are cheating. And, insulting someone blindly is pretty sad. Like I said, hopefully you have grown up.
Well then, you're going to hate the area 5 boss.
This was one of my favorite games on the NES. IMO, It was one of the best. I lost count how many times I've completed it.
The last boss is iconic!
All that work, destruction, and risk....for a frog.
LOVED THIS GAME!!!!
When I was a child, I spent hours and hours playing this videogame. Those were good times for me. :')
a couple of the bosses if you hit them with a grenade and hit select and pause the game for 30 seconds the boss auto dies
I agree with you.
They actually showed that off at 1:01:05
The pause trick.
This was and still one of my favorite games of all time
i love this game
One of those games I always wanted to play through but never got around to it. Watched this playthrough on 1.5x speed instead. Thanks for the upload.
I hated the fact that you couldn't save progress. So if you stopped playing, you'd always have to start all over again. Cool game though if you were ready, willing & able to commit the time in one sitting.
This one required 'Iron Man' mode gaming style in order to conquer. xD
~JagOfTroy
or you could had done like most of us did back in the day... turn the TV off but keep the console on when mom wasnt looking ;)
Yah, that was a drag to always start over. At least the music made it worthwhile, & since you had to keep restarting it, you got really good at the earlier levels... but the later ones, not so much! It was so frustrating to die at levels 6 & 7. I got to level 8 the 1st time & lost, so I was determined & committed myself to a Sunday afternoon in the early 90s to beat the game. It took me a few hours (maybe about 4-6 the 1st time? I liked wandering around), but I did it, lol. Then luckily Zelda had a save function!
Im glad that the remake has a save function, but there is little no penalty to dying except for losing what ever progress you made. There are no lives afterall. But with save points outside every boss door, I found myself allowing death to take me on bad runs so I could give the boss fights better shots.
+Jag of Troy
Bro we know who the fuck is commenting you don't need to sign it off
14:30 I remember I used to leave the A bottom pressed down and I could move sideways but shooting forward.
can i ask you if you have any copyright BS from nintendo over this? I love this game to an insane extent
i think copyright bs over this game would come from sunsoft not nintendo
Cloud Air i was thinking that ...except nintendo started selling it on their virtual console. I just wanna play it without nintendo gettin their meaty hooks in it
Bacon Creepy
Nintendo only claims videos of their own IPs. Blaster Master is owned by Sunsoft.
One of my favorits when i was a kid. Thanks for the upload, brings back memories
The main character deserves to be in Super Smash Bros.
Would be a neat idea to include the tank too.
VerdantAssassin Umm... The main character's name is Jason.
This gotta be one of best games for nintendo....i loved it
Blaster Master > Blaster Master 2
Blackops > Blackops 2
sometimes the sequels fuck shit up...
Blaster Master 2 actually wasn't a sequel. It's like the whole "Snake's Revenge" thing, some US developers unconnected to the original team decided to make a US-only "sequel" to a Japanese game (Metafight). The original Game Boy was a retitled Bomberman game. Same goes for the Playstation game that I can't remember the exact title of. The only TRUE sequel to this game is Metafight EX for the Gameboy Color (released in the US as Blaster Master: Enemy Below).
Ms. Pac-Man is another good example. Although it's a superior game, it and a second unlicensed sequel (this one more of a dud) was why Namco yanked their contract with Bally-Midway (Williams Entertainment).
On the other hand, it didn't stop them from grabbing the rights to Ms. Pac-Man.
One of my favorites, period. Playing this as a kid with my friends before the internet was a thing and Nintendo Powers were more valuable than gold, it was an accomplishment figuring out the intricacies of this game.
GRANDFATHER: I fought the Germans
ME: I played Blaster Master
V. V. Lmao
1:01:07
None of your bullshit Mister!
That was the way we got through most of these fights too. I was waiting for it. Take that damn thing down.
Genialidad el concepto hasta el dia de hoy, imaginen un Baster Master en 3D de mundo abierto donde te subes al carro y destruyes cosas, ah existen? perp no se llaman blastermaster
I bought this game back when it came out long time ago, and I still remember how to beat it today . I played it on an emulator about 2 years ago and beat it !!! Awesome game and one of the best on the nes.
Theres a castlevania/ metriod feel to this game.
Memories playing this growing up I cant remember how far I made it on this game back in the 90s
you didn't do the grenade and pause trick! noob! lol
HawaiiRebel Yea I did. I did it on the second crab boss.
~JagOfTroy
CrazyasaFox Sweet! Thanks for the awesome video! brings back lots of memories.
OMFG i've never heard anyone else that knew this trick besides me!!!
Blaster Master The Movie. Starring Mark Harris & Mesha Minton.
A gem
I wouldn’t say it’s a sleeper, all my friends had this game
of anyone is interested in knowing. in order to get to the islands inside the man operated area's, you had to get hurt rendering you invincible to get there and hurt coming back or you insta died in the water. you lost a gun each time making it both useless and counterproductive, but at the same time you could get to other doors that way. making it impossible to find your vehicle by exiting were you did not come in.
Alot people were sleeping on this game..Requires alot thinking mindboggling game..Furthest I got was the giant Toad after learning how to crawl the walls..with the tech..vehicle..
Thank you for posting. Blaster Master is my favorite game of all time. I remember when I first got it I was stuck on world one for days, and then I just started venturing around and discovered what I had to do, that day I went from world one all the way to 8, picking the right paths and doors. Sadly I have never beaten the game and at age 39, I don't think I want too. I love getting all the way to say 8 and then just starting over. Stage 6 Music is my Favorite!
This game, Metroid and Zelda. The ultimate in stay up all night with brothers or cousins playing games. Talk about great memories man
I remember as a kid to be so excited by this game that I would get up in the middle of the night to play it at my friends house. That's how good it was and still is.
This game kept up many a late night in 1988. Loved it.
One of those 'where the fuck do I go'-games