645 1:51:54 Iron Tank 1:54:15 wrath of the black manta 1:58:15 dragon fighter 2:02:54 duck 2:05:34 nightshade 2:07:21 low g man 2:08:47 dash galaxy 2:11:31 g.i. joe atlantis factor 2:14:23 air fortress 2:19:32 gyruss 2:22:15 galaxy 5000
1:13:48 Hey Mike. I know this comment will be buried in your notifications but i can tell when you talk about self depreciating humor about yourself that you really mean it. Please man find something that makes you happy dude or get help. I've watched you and james since i was a kid and now find enjoyment in watching your streams. Please man just find something to love. Thanks -A long time fan
Psychoanalyst: A person who examines or treats people using psychoanalysis (a mental health treatment that works by trying to examine the unconscious mind) Please, don’t become a psychoanalyst.
Sunsoft really knew what they were doing on the NES! This and Batman are really top NES games when it comes to graphics (and they're generally good games too imo).
@@andreavassallo1058 Yes, iirc it used an expanded memory bank for sprites and possibly also audio. Wouldn't be surpised if Gremlins used one too, considering the quality and size of sprites and how it was released relatively late.
Oh gotta give you a “like” for playing one of my favorite games of all time. A few years ago I bought a sealed copy on eBay for $50. It sits on my shelf with Super Mario 3.
Like Legend of Zelda. For Metroid NES, I would tape together graph paper and would go screen to screen drawing out everything on the graph paper making a map. That's the only way I was able to beat the game. I had a huge thing of graph paper that had a Zelda map and another one that had a Metroid map. I wish I had kept them.
Mike, on GI JOE Atlantis Factor If you press select if switches to your gun and each character has a different gun but you have limited ammo for it, it is actually one of my favorite games, its really good once you understand the mechanics.
Try using Google sound search on an Android phone. It's really good at finding makes of stones m songs. It just listens to a few seconds of a song then tells you about the song.
@@DanielBurapavong oh, it occurred to me that the music he uses in his videos are probably Royalty Free so he won't get slapped with copywrite claims. I've fought many copywrite claims due to my videos, and they are a nuisance. I got two or three just last week. Anyhow, because it's royalty free, it is unlikely that Google would recognize the music. Even Mike himself probably wouldn't know, because there is so much out there, and creators are not likely to spend the time concerning themselves with such things.
@@DanielBurapavong also, if you *REALLY* want to. There are ways of downloading the audio from RUclips videos and then cutting out the part of audio you want. jDownloader 2 can download the audio, video, description & subtitles of RUclips videos. I've actually downloaded an *Entire* RUclips channel in I few mouse clicks. It's easy. Audacity can edit the audio track and cut out the segments you want. So instead of a 3 for audio track, you can trim out just that song. Both are free to download. Keep in mind, technically downloading videos from RUclips is a "no, no", I think it's against their terms of use, but there's nothing they do to actually stop people from doing so.
Try using Google sound search on an Android phone. It's really good at finding makes of stones m songs. It just listens to a few seconds of a song then tells you about the song.
@@blairfisher8638 it's most probably a Royalty Free Music which Google or anyone for that matter, is not likely to know including Mike Matei himself. Creators don't have interest in such details. The song sounds good, use it and be done with it. If you care enough to bother and want to download the song directly from this video there are ways. It requires two free PC programs and a computer of course. jDownloader 2, that downloads the audio from RUclips. Secondly, Audacity, to cut out the specific segment or song from the rest of the video.
Defender of the Crown is actually a great strategy game, one that I've logged more hours playing than any other NES game, at least as an adult. When I got it as a kid I hated it and never played it until I was in my late 20s. But it would not make great AVGN material, it has few elements other than the map and some siege/battle scenes.
When Mike is talking about Shit Pickle. That reminds me of the Wacky Deli Rocko episode, Ralph wanted to destroy Wacky Deli because it meant nothing to him, and wanted make the worlds biggest and greatest sculpture work of art because that was his true passion, but no one gave a shit about that, and only loved wacky deli. Probably because your passion is unique to you, and only you, and so no one else can personally connect with it. But if you create something you think is stupid as shit, that will have more appeal to others because stupid shit tends to be more memorable, and gives people that dopamine rush, and so people just prefer and enjoy dumb simple crap lol
Man, that Ufouria game is ahead of its time. It looks like something that would've been created today, like a modern retro title. It has a certain aesthetic that seems relevant today.
the heart upgrade lasts for all your lifes, so that's literally the very first upgrade you should take on this game instead of an extra life. you can take this upgrade up to 2 times I think where you have 5 hearts per life, totally worth it. the power up ugrades are very powerful (you can take 2 of them I think too), especially near the end of the game with the bow that becomes completely broken. also it makes the bosses easy as hell. extra lifes are good for beginners, but this makes the game harder when you approach the end of the game if you only take that as you still die easily and have hard time killing enemies. balloons can sometimes be worth it to buy for the latest stages as you can just skip a huge portion of a stage by using it, instead of being harassed by a million enemies and dying. so basically, all those upgrades are good, but if you want to take heart upgrades, the sooner, the better.
I remember beating this game 10+ years ago. I dedicated a day to it and I ate dollar store Doritos. Love this game and your twitch streams are really good.
13:05 shadow figure on the right side. It stays for a bit and then runs away. Been bugging my head for +25 years... Has anybody ever been able to hit it?
Mike, Defender of the Crown is an amazing game. I used to play it on MS-DOS. It's a good thing you checked it out for 20 seconds, and decided that it's bad.
SunSoft makes some good Nes games Like Batman, Blaster Master, and Journey to Silius not to mention the music great playthrough, Mike glad to see you play it
I can tell you seriously wanted to beat this game. Thexder is a joke on the NES, and the only good version was on the NEC 8800 machine - like who's ever heard of that?
I am sure you have an influx of games, but if you are into FPS rogue-like games, I highly recommend gunfire reborn on steam. The first character you get to play as is a cat, how bad can that be? lol
Heres a thought on a few games to stream, Clash at Demonhead, 8 eyes, Tiny toon adventures, Conquest of the crystal palace, Legacy of the wizard, Krions conquest!
Bro big fan of your content just realize you branch off from avgn glad you did because i love your lets play content keep up the good work you need to get a patrion i would defiantly donate keep it up i can see you doing big things
@@mikematei Billy killed the old batch. If you are asking about the playthoughs ive been stuck on a few games and scoured through some of your videos for help.
@@mikematei since i have your attention. Play through cobra triangle if you havent. You can beat it in under an hour once you get good at it. Good game not a lot of time investment.
I wish Nintendo would do an original NES Metroid digital release where they modified it by putting a map on it. Not having an in game map really ruins the gameplay on the original NES version of the game.
this was one of those few games i actually could finish when i was a little kid, metroid was too confusing, mario was too hard with its life system and kirby was just dull as shit, chip and dale was the other one i could finish too
The music, the graphics, the controls, the cut scenes, the great challenge, absolutely love this game. One of the best on the NES in my opinion.
wish I had this game when I was a kid I only had the awful game boy version
@@NGRevenant We did and it was horrible, compared to mario or kirby...
The most amazing part of Gremlins 2 is that LJN didn't get their greasy paws on it and fuck up this movie game
the music is an underrated classic
Sunsoft always makes awesome music.
Yeah, I was gonna say-I started noticing it @14:30.
You're an underrated classic
its wicked good
@@theunholinesswithin70 Mike noticed it at 1:34:02
This was my favorite game when I was a kid and is the reason I developed a rage problem that I've kept for my entire life so far... Good times
one of the best video game boxes, look at that cover! that's how you make a cover for a movie tie in game
What item would you like? "Yes / No" ;D
5:56 "the deep, dark depths of the NES library"--love that lol tried this a few months ago and I can't get past level 3 haha.
Gremlins 2 is such an underrated movie
Damn, still haven't seen it.
645 1:51:54 Iron Tank
1:54:15 wrath of the black manta
1:58:15 dragon fighter
2:02:54 duck
2:05:34 nightshade
2:07:21 low g man
2:08:47 dash galaxy
2:11:31 g.i. joe atlantis factor
2:14:23 air fortress
2:19:32 gyruss
2:22:15 galaxy 5000
At least now I have something awesome to do for the next 3 hours.
Have you ever played Minesweeper? 😃
1:13:48 Hey Mike. I know this comment will be buried in your notifications but i can tell when you talk about self depreciating humor about yourself that you really mean it. Please man find something that makes you happy dude or get help. I've watched you and james since i was a kid and now find enjoyment in watching your streams. Please man just find something to love.
Thanks
-A long time fan
Stfu
Psychoanalyst: A person who examines or treats people using psychoanalysis (a mental health treatment that works by trying to examine the unconscious mind)
Please, don’t become a psychoanalyst.
The soundtrack sounds like a remix to ghosts and goblins
I was thinking it sounded a lot like festers quest.
These are some of the best graphics I've seen on the nes!
Sunsoft really knew what they were doing on the NES! This and Batman are really top NES games when it comes to graphics (and they're generally good games too imo).
@@correcturegames8389 The second Batman for Nes...at the time i remember had read somewhere that game had special graphics chips...
@@correcturegames8389 Agreed!
@@andreavassallo1058 Yes, iirc it used an expanded memory bank for sprites and possibly also audio. Wouldn't be surpised if Gremlins used one too, considering the quality and size of sprites and how it was released relatively late.
They need to mod Gizmo into GTA so we can see him riding a red sports car.
Fosho
This and Batman (1989) are the best movie games on the NES in my opinion.
So many people want Mike to dive into StarTropics.
That would be so cool.
1:13:43 - Love you Mike!
Oh gotta give you a “like” for playing one of my favorite games of all time. A few years ago I bought a sealed copy on eBay for $50. It sits on my shelf with Super Mario 3.
Like Legend of Zelda. For Metroid NES, I would tape together graph paper and would go screen to screen drawing out everything on the graph paper making a map. That's the only way I was able to beat the game. I had a huge thing of graph paper that had a Zelda map and another one that had a Metroid map. I wish I had kept them.
At least im not the only one still playing this game after years lol.. Thanks dude
enjoy watching these while i work if i miss the live twitch. Love when you try out different games.
Mike learned that speedrunning Gremlins 2 is really fun 1:48:39
Sunsoft really were the Anti-LJN of the NES.
Pretty much. Sunsoft proved that licensed games can actually be good.
🤣👍👍👍
They also made Fester's Quest...
Dragon Fighter actually seemed like a pretty neat game. I would enjoy seeing you play more.
Mike, on GI JOE Atlantis Factor If you press select if switches to your gun and each character has a different gun but you have limited ammo for it, it is actually one of my favorite games, its really good once you understand the mechanics.
Will watch later tonight. Mike screaming "fuck" and raging out is new level ASMR
Wow you just bought me back many years. I loved this game! Go get em Mike!!
Mannn the music from this game is incredible
Does anyone know what the song that begins playing around 43:36 is?
Try using Google sound search on an Android phone. It's really good at finding makes of stones m songs. It just listens to a few seconds of a song then tells you about the song.
@@janX9 Thanks. I just tried it and Google said it wasn't able to recognize the song. I tried Shazam too.
@@DanielBurapavong oh, it occurred to me that the music he uses in his videos are probably Royalty Free so he won't get slapped with copywrite claims.
I've fought many copywrite claims due to my videos, and they are a nuisance. I got two or three just last week.
Anyhow, because it's royalty free, it is unlikely that Google would recognize the music. Even Mike himself probably wouldn't know, because there is so much out there, and creators are not likely to spend the time concerning themselves with such things.
@@DanielBurapavong also, if you *REALLY* want to. There are ways of downloading the audio from RUclips videos and then cutting out the part of audio you want.
jDownloader 2 can download the audio, video, description & subtitles of RUclips videos. I've actually downloaded an *Entire* RUclips channel in I few mouse clicks. It's easy.
Audacity can edit the audio track and cut out the segments you want. So instead of a 3 for audio track, you can trim out just that song.
Both are free to download. Keep in mind, technically downloading videos from RUclips is a "no, no", I think it's against their terms of use, but there's nothing they do to actually stop people from doing so.
Well thats my evening sorted, I really enjoyed this back when I was a kid
Aww I loved Galaxy 5000 as a kid. I used to play it for hours.
The platforming on this game is crazy tho.
What is the name of the song during the break at 46:07?
Try using Google sound search on an Android phone. It's really good at finding makes of stones m songs. It just listens to a few seconds of a song then tells you about the song.
Thank you, I appreciate your help but I tried that and it did not work.
@@blairfisher8638 it's most probably a Royalty Free Music which Google or anyone for that matter, is not likely to know including Mike Matei himself.
Creators don't have interest in such details. The song sounds good, use it and be done with it.
If you care enough to bother and want to download the song directly from this video there are ways.
It requires two free PC programs and a computer of course. jDownloader 2, that downloads the audio from RUclips. Secondly, Audacity, to cut out the specific segment or song from the rest of the video.
2:16:24 I appreciate your Defender of the Crown segment. AVGN material? At least J&MM.
Defender of the Crown is actually a great strategy game, one that I've logged more hours playing than any other NES game, at least as an adult. When I got it as a kid I hated it and never played it until I was in my late 20s. But it would not make great AVGN material, it has few elements other than the map and some siege/battle scenes.
@@titobloodaxe1505 Thank you for your perspective. My experience with it is from watching the Game Players VHS tape.
When Mike is talking about Shit Pickle. That reminds me of the Wacky Deli Rocko episode, Ralph wanted to destroy Wacky Deli because it meant nothing to him, and wanted make the worlds biggest and greatest sculpture work of art because that was his true passion, but no one gave a shit about that, and only loved wacky deli. Probably because your passion is unique to you, and only you, and so no one else can personally connect with it. But if you create something you think is stupid as shit, that will have more appeal to others because stupid shit tends to be more memorable, and gives people that dopamine rush, and so people just prefer and enjoy dumb simple crap lol
I think it is funny how you read chat at 14:49 and don't notice the rat on screen.
Mike should give Lone Ranger more than 5 minutes. Probably one of the better NES titles.
I have beaten the game many years ago. I was just messing around with the games briefly at the end of the stream. Lone Ranger was fun
Man, that Ufouria game is ahead of its time. It looks like something that would've been created today, like a modern retro title. It has a certain aesthetic that seems relevant today.
Gotta love watching Mike play the classics.
the heart upgrade lasts for all your lifes, so that's literally the very first upgrade you should take on this game instead of an extra life. you can take this upgrade up to 2 times I think where you have 5 hearts per life, totally worth it.
the power up ugrades are very powerful (you can take 2 of them I think too), especially near the end of the game with the bow that becomes completely broken. also it makes the bosses easy as hell.
extra lifes are good for beginners, but this makes the game harder when you approach the end of the game if you only take that as you still die easily and have hard time killing enemies.
balloons can sometimes be worth it to buy for the latest stages as you can just skip a huge portion of a stage by using it, instead of being harassed by a million enemies and dying.
so basically, all those upgrades are good, but if you want to take heart upgrades, the sooner, the better.
I remember beating this game 10+ years ago. I dedicated a day to it and I ate dollar store Doritos. Love this game and your twitch streams are really good.
13:05 shadow figure on the right side. It stays for a bit and then runs away. Been bugging my head for +25 years... Has anybody ever been able to hit it?
No, I don't think you can. I think it's just a little foreshadowing that the Mohawk Gremlin is watching you.
Mike, Defender of the Crown is an amazing game. I used to play it on MS-DOS. It's a good thing you checked it out for 20 seconds, and decided that it's bad.
Mike needs to give games more of a chance even the shitty ones
SunSoft makes some good Nes games Like Batman, Blaster Master, and Journey to Silius not to mention the music great playthrough, Mike glad to see you play it
43:30 I Love that music! What game is it from?
I can tell you seriously wanted to beat this game. Thexder is a joke on the NES, and the only good version was on the NEC 8800 machine - like who's ever heard of that?
I always loved this game as a kid
I got that Master Blaster, Blaster Master feel from the very beginning, knew immediately it was sunsoft
You could say Getsu is the Ancestor of Zangetsu from Curse of the Moon.
Naoki Kodaka did the music for both Batman and Gremlins 2 with the help of Seya Shinichi
644 1:49:36 game ending and then random nes games
Loved the video, hope to see more Doom Hacks/mods, or another Solitare Stream
God, I miss Wawa. I haven't had it in years, not since I lived in PA.
I think an underrated NES game is Solstice. You should play that sometime.
Love your videos and sense of humor, Mike. Miss the James and Mike Mondays already. Keep up the good work
That's nice, but there are no Wawa locations around here unfortunately fikin sux and Battle Formula is Super Spy Hunter in the US
Another childhood classic the memories and that music 10 out of 10.
Jim Sterling background music!
love the character sprite great graphics for nes
Has Mike ever played The Guardian Legend on his stream before? I thought I remember him mentioning it in a video somewhere... That's a fun one.
underrated game
I am sure you have an influx of games, but if you are into FPS rogue-like games, I highly recommend gunfire reborn on steam. The first character you get to play as is a cat, how bad can that be? lol
The graphics are good was this game at the end of the nes life cycle?
Sunsoft nailed it on making license games. LJN shouldn't have kept getting all the license deals during the NES.
Heres a thought on a few games to stream, Clash at Demonhead, 8 eyes, Tiny toon adventures, Conquest of the crystal palace, Legacy of the wizard, Krions conquest!
1:18:19 Coffee, Wader, Wafl, Hatdog™
I miss this game ❤
Great game, but hard.
trust me this Iron Sword is a true gem, give it a chance, your in for a treat! it's not easy but so are other more popular titles.
Since your a fan of shoot em ups, you should play Gyruss for the NES. It's quite unique and it's made by Konami.
Trying to play on the retropie now that's hard
Bro big fan of your content just realize you branch off from avgn glad you did because i love your lets play content keep up the good work you need to get a patrion i would defiantly donate keep it up i can see you doing big things
Hey, yeah this channel is for my Twitch vods. Glad you enjoy the streams. As for your question, I do have patreon. Thanks! www.patreon.com/MikeMatei
@@mikematei damn bro thanks for responding you just got a fan for life and you will see my name a lot.
The old batch is dead!
Love the long play throughs... used a few to my advantage... dont tell anyone
ha how so?
@@mikematei Billy killed the old batch. If you are asking about the playthoughs ive been stuck on a few games and scoured through some of your videos for help.
@@cthulhucuttlefish7935 did this with old zelda link to the past videos.
@@mikematei since i have your attention. Play through cobra triangle if you havent. You can beat it in under an hour once you get good at it. Good game not a lot of time investment.
Great music. could be ghosts n goblins in the beginning..
mike have u gotten a copy of gremlins on wii yet?
hay Kyle, dont know about this weekend but good news i scored an NES lot, ill show you later~
I’m not sure mike got the pickle rick reference the chat was probably trying to make lol
Epic game but super hard. How i missed this video. Oh well. Time to watch now
Nothing haunts me like dark castle
Fester’s Quest has a very interesting timer.
Thundercade nicked mobile armored strike command music m.a.s.k
I didn't hear "fist of the Northstar" on the best NES games list
Never could beat beat it back in the days lol
i got this for my 7th birthday and still didn't complete it.. Great game!
strange .. black manta was one of my favourite games on nes =)
1:27:34
Did I just hear Erin?
Fun game looks also like a super Nintendo game
In Zen Intergalactic Ninja each level is different. There are only 2 isometric stages in this game, you just one of this one at the beginning.
ah thats good to know
I like how u show the gameplay. 👍
This soundtrack owns!
Did not know there was a Gremlins video game on the NES.
I wish Nintendo would do an original NES Metroid digital release where they modified it by putting a map on it. Not having an in game map really ruins the gameplay on the original NES version of the game.
You ever almost beat a game and then somebody pulls the power cord and tells you to go outside?
I could tell this was the same developer as Blaster Master without knowing who it was.
Always 8bit Mike, is My favorite Mike.
I never got past stage 4-2 in this game.
Awesome channel buddy
this was one of those few games i actually could finish when i was a little kid, metroid was too confusing, mario was too hard with its life system and kirby was just dull as shit, chip and dale was the other one i could finish too
this is a cool game and i believe i rented it as a kid this is a good movie based game and i like the challenge of it nice play through mike