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Episode 89
Is this the MOST under rated game on the NES?
It's an exciting adventure game with TONS of different gameplay modes. You'll "run and gun" like in Contra, explore dungeons like in The Legend of Zelda, and you'll even experience 3D gun fights like in Lethal Enforcers! Out of all the officially licensed games released in North America, you'd be hard pressed to find a better game that fewer people played.
This game was even made by Konami, one of the premier developers for the NES. You'd think that with so much going for this game that it would have been a sure hit, but instead it destined for obscurity. So what went wrong? In this week's episode we'll find out, then we'll dive deep into the gameplay where we'll learn:
* The important steps to finish EVERY MISSION! You'll know EXACTLY what you need to do to advance the story.
* PASSWORDS for every mission, plus a SECRET PASSWORD that will give you a huge advantage!
* Strategies for getting TONS of money, so you'll always have the best gun and plenty of ammo!
* A secret TRICK to SKIP one of the game's levels!
* Strategies to complete these missions using either the controller or Zapper light gun!
* The secret to the PLATFORMING STAGES - How to make those long jumps!
* The BEST strategies for EVERY BOSS, even BUTCH CAVENDISH himself... AND MORE!
Thanks for watching!
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The Konami laserscope? I can hear the nerd in my head…
FIRE FIRE FIRE
I was probably the target audience for this, as I have always loved Westerns. I was born in '85 and grew up watching John Wayne, Clint Eastwood, and Charles Bronson shooting up 'the bad guys' almost on a daily basis, and while I never owned this game as a kid I sure rented it a lot. I actually believe it was in part inspied by the 1981 film "The Legend of the Lone Ranger", which was one of several movies I watched incessantly, a box office flop starring Klinton Spilsbury. Butch Cavendish was the villain there as well (played superbly by Christopher Lloyd) and part of his plot involves kidnapping President Grant. In no other Lone Ranger media can I find a reference to that, which is what leads me to believe this was based on that. Why they would use a failed movie from ten years before as a partial basis for a video game I don't know, but there it is.
I was just myself musing on why these things were coming back into the public pop culture radar. I'm betting Batman 1989 had a lot to do with it but that may have just been another symptom. I may be misremembering the timeline but it seems like these games and movies bringing back those old properties was before TV Land and Nick At Night. So what was it? Just nostalgia?
Born ‘79, wasn’t super into Westerns but 10 times out of 10 when I would visit or stay over at my grandparents when I was a kid my grandfather would watch them, and I did enjoy them.
@@CeeJayThe13th Nick At Nite started in 1985 and The Lone Ranger was one of their more popular shows up into the early 90s, so maybe someone somewhere thought that the ratings justified making a video game? Or that maybe "Cowboys and Indians" was still popular enough among young boys to warrant a Western video game and they thought a big name license would help it sell. I don't know.
@@KamenRiderGumo well, it's hard to imagine that Nick At Nite is actually (slightly) older than me lol. I'm sure that figured into some of the stuff.
@@KamenRiderGumo there was a cartoon as well, so it was probably based on that
34:24
🤣 "keep murdering this guy for his heart.." worded PERFECTLY..
GOD I loved being born in 78 and growing up with old school video games
You hold a candle for this game the same way I do for Golgo-13. Viva obscure NES licensed games!
Am I the only one that replays the intro like 5 times in a row everytime I watch one of these?
Not at all
My favourite part is when he goes all like; modern gamers that attempt this game will still have to deal with all the challenges that the NES is notorious for... But what if I told you... Well.. on today's episode of u can beat video games.. we'll learn all of that.. aaaaaaaand more. 😎
You are not the only one. I also watch until I hear “sit back and enjoy the cheesy ending”.
Nope and I'll hum the intro music all day too
I recreated the tune on Mario Paint lol
Ahh yes, ninjas. One of the Lone Ranger's most frequent and dangerous foes. Couldn't swing a dead cat in the old west without hitting a ninja.
Seriously, I do like the combination of side-scrolling shoot-em-up stages, top down adventure stages, first person adventure stages and shooting gallery stages. I would have loved to see something like this on the SNES or PS1.
Ever played either the arcade or NES version of _Gun.Smoke_ by Capcom? It was a cowboy-themed shmup that had ninjas in the game as well.
@@Loader2K1 Syd Lexia once said "Superfluous ninjas are a telltale sign of a cheesy video game"
Your videos remind me of the Game Players VHS tapes I had as a kid. I often wouldn't have all or even most of the games covered in a given tape, so I'd watch them over and over just to enjoy the playthroughs and tips. Never had The Lone Ranger back then, but between those tapes and Nintendo Power a kid could really feel like they owned more video games than they actually had. Thanks for covering this one!
Were they the Skip Rogers World Champion tapes? Because some of them are uploaded here
I’m only 30 minutes into this video, but it’s already the best episode of YCBVG yet. Quality writing, useful directions, and tons of interesting history!
This is This New Video Game Nerd and He Ain't Angry
What's up U Can Beat Video Games! Even though it's Sunday, I still appreciate your hard work you provide! All of these notorious games that where a great challenge, you make them look easy with guidance. Thank you
Hands down, my favorite game Konami published on the NES. I know that's saying a lot given their output, but seriously, if you haven't played it, please do. I picked it up Complete In Box about 4 years ago, and I've been kicking myself for this not being a part of my childhood ever since. Thank you for bringing attention to this highly underrated game that deserves to be mentioned alongside the greats.
I remember it being a fun game 🎮 for sure 😎
Yeah, this awesome game must have slipped under my radar when it was released at the time. It would have definitely been one of my favorites.
Id never heard of this one tbh :( looks fun though
It amazes me that they were able to fit so many different game modes into the same game back in those days!
Lol: this is the way!
The only game I know of for NES that accomplished the same was Adventures of Bayou Billy, which he also covered a little while back. It's a good one to check out if you haven't seen it.
@@furiousapplesack Vice: Project Doom is another.
Ultimamente stuntman da codemasters tem tem vários modos de jogo
@@furiousapplesack Ultimamente stuntman da codemasters tem tem vários modos de jogo
The gameplay, the commentary, the maps and texts... It is always so enjoyable watching your videos. Thanks so much.
Wish you a great week. :-)
Fun Fact; the Lone Ranger is loosely based on the greatest lawman Bass Reeves. He escaped having to fight with the confederates during the Civil War, lived with Native Americans, became a federal marshal, 3000 felony arrests and 13 notches in his gun belt. He made Wyatt Earp and Doc Holiday look like mall cops lol
You got proof of this? 🤔
You got proof of this? 🤔
Bass reeves was the real deal
@@merk40tharealest13 ruclips.net/p/PL6G75NdBQ3EcnwosqyE47tazvhK5uh3m-
And don't forget he was BLACK💯
Man, it is crazy how fun this game looks! I have an older dad and the Lone Ranger was his hero growing up, there is no doubt if I owned an NES back in the day I would have had this game! It's crazy how ahead of its time it was.
What a coincidence... My dad is older than me too. Weird huh.
@@TheeSocialPariah Older as in there is a 43 year difference between us. I'm 36 and he's 79.
@Andrew Coderre My dad was 44 when I was born. He passed in 2004, but he also loved Lone Ranger. He listened to old-time radio programs all the time. I'm glad I was exposed to that stuff
Not sure how I could of been a child and not know this game existed. And for NES looks amazing. How did I never know of this game?
The soundtrack on this game is highly underrated. It captured the Lone Ranger theme song damn near perfectly.
Convenient that the show just used WIlliam Tell Overture (Finale), which was very much public domain even in the 1950s.
San Jacinto is not said as San Joaquinto but "San Ha See nto", other than that this gameplay was pure flawless perfection.
Also I love it when you destroy the plot and find hole after hole in the main story.
Halfway thru the video and realized this needs chapters or at least timestamps:
0:00 intro song
0:06 background of the game
5:37 PUPPIES/AALLLLRRRIGGGHT and pre walkthrough game stuffs (secret code)
6:43 Start game.. mission 1: seeking silver
17:22 Mission 2: treasure hunt
29:58 Mission 3. three outlaws
46:02 Mission 4. The imposter
55:30 Mission 5. Chiefs trial
1:06:32 Mission 6. Rescue Clara
1:24:36 mission 7. Cavalry camp
1:37:58 mission 8. The final battle
1:52:00 ish. Final boss for those looking for just that
1:53:00 and that’s that. We beat the came. Cheesy ending. Woo.
Time to go back and watch it now
Lol@ puppies. Good call
@@ggbetz had to ;)
Finally this game is getting a real episode from a pro. Thanks!!!
The ending is so incredibly animated and colorful. I loved it :D Thanx man for this awesome vid!
My dad would've loved this game back in the day. He was a big NES and western guy.
The Konami intro that always comes to mind is the SNES one
You knew, when you saw that intro (and the Capcom one) you were in for a treat!
Butch Cavendish : What is a man but a miserable pile of silver bullets? But enough talk, have at you!
Lone Ranger : *shoots Butch right between the eyes* Die monster! You don't belong in this world!
The Konami and Capcom jingles, as well as SEEEEEEEEEEEEEYGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA, and the Playstation startup tune.
Nintendo: *coin*
One of your best videos yet. What a treat. I always found interesting how many ideas in The Lone Ranger seem to come from other Konami games such as Contra, Goemon, Getsufūmaden or Bayou Billy. Feels like a Best of Konami from that era.
I've not played this one but I always look forward to your content! Your golden retrievers are adorable!
"Funeral homes?" Okay, you got me with that one. Lol
I'm gonna have to sit down, and play this one some day. In recent years, I've really gotten into the Lone Ranger character thanks to seeing old reruns of the TV show. Just love everything he represents, and how he carries himself. A man of justice who doesn't wait for any reward. Just goes out of his way to do the right thing, and rides off with a cloud of dust, and a hearty hi-yo Silver when all is well.
This honestly made my day. I spent a lot of time with my octogenarian grandparents as a kid so I was the weirdo who knew about the Lone Ranger (fun fact, canonically he's related to the Green Hornet). Anyway, I played this game so much as a kid and seeing it again brought back all the good feels.
I'm wondering how many NES games were based on the old radio plays, early black and white shows, old comics, and all those things like or at least based on newer properties based on that old stuff and why those things were so prevalent in pop culture at the time.
Off the top of my head, I can think of Lone Ranger (of course), Gunsmoke (which wasn't based on the show but obviously wanted the name recognition), Fester's Quest (which is loosely based on the original Addams Family show (I think)), Dick Tracy (based on the new movie at the time but also influenced by the strips and radio plays), and it seems like The Phantom and The Shadow also got games but I may be missing that. Of course, Batman and Superman. I'm sure there's some I'm missing.
There's also games based on stuff inspired by those like Who Framed Roger Rabbit and Darkman. Dracula sort of. Monsters In My Pocket. Depending on how far you wanna push it.
I don't think there was a Green Hornet NES but there could have and probably should have been. That makes me wonder how many cool games based on old stuff that we missed out on and how many of them might have been in development. I would definitely have been interested in Green Hornet, The Shadow, The Phantom if we didn't get those.
I'm kinda wanting to dig through a ROM list and see which games are for sure based on those old properties.
@@CeeJayThe13th 3 stooges and Gilligan's Island come to mind l, along with Flintstones (1st season was black & white+ sold Winston cigarettes) and Asterix and Obelisk, and mickey mouse as well
@@ggbetz I had forgotten most of those! I did think of Gilligan's Island though lol.
It's kinda hard to count Batman, Superman, Mickey Mouse, the Flintstones, Scooby-Doo, and things like that since they hardly ever went away and most of the games would be based on the newer projects in those franchises but they're at least worth a mention!
@@CeeJayThe13th felix the cat also comes to mind, but good point.
@@ggbetz Felix the Cat for the NES had only one single flaw: its release date. If it was released in 1989 or 1990 it would be fondly remembered instead of being known as an obscure cult classic. It got buried in the 16-bit era because it came out in '92 - and the newer consoles were front and centre.
The graphical style of the game makes me think this same team at Konami also worked on Mad City/The Adventures of Bayou Billy. Both games have a similar look, as well as shooting stages where you can use the Zapper.
First Gun.Smoke, now the Long Ranger, and later Rising Zan: Samurai Gunman. Were there a lot of ninjas in the Old West?
I remember playing this for hours in my cousin's basement...ah Nostalgia
Thanks for letting me relive my weekends as a kid again.
This is my new weekend morning cartoons.
Thank you for sharing! The Lone Ranger is one of my favorite Western shows!
What an absolute GEM of a creator! Funny as all! Laughing and enjoying. Thank you.
I was wondering when "U Can Beat Video Games" was going to get to this game. I'm glad that it's finally here!
I loved this game, actually I was one of the people who requested this episode. I hope more people getto love it like I do
The writing and editing in this intro is your best work yet. Hilarious. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
This was very fun to watch! Good work, as always!
I can see the Castlevania style gameplay in the side-scrolling levels, with the movement, jumping, the platforms, ladders, and various other things. It's just with guns and not whips, and there's no knock-back when you get damaged, too.
The train at the end of this game reminded me of the train at the end of the Forest of Death level in Double Dragon 2, although that was a Technōs game.
Me too i was thinking that same thing
Even if I have beat the game you're playing, I still watch for your amazing commentary... keep doing what you are doing...
Oh I know of this game. I played it as a kid and loved it. This game is awesome. I have seen playthroughs of this game where some of the players used the zapper and the zapper is indeed easier.
I love this channel, there are games I never knew existed....thank you for all of your work....cute dogs too
Wow, that 'Hey Dude' reference at the end took me waaaaaaay back hahaha
It's weird that you are the only one who has mentioned it so far. I guess we're getting old.
It's just good vibes and quality content on this channel.
Agreed
"Doc! I'm hurt!" "Did you kill 10 men yet?"
This channel is rapidly becoming one of the best on youtube
I love your videos. My favorite is the history that comes with the tutorials
This game reminds me of Sunset Riders
I started watching your channel to see how video games I could never beat as a kid ended, but I watch all your videos for the dry humor. This one was gold
I believe this game was made based on The Legend of the Lone Ranger, from 1981. We even watched this film in school, much better than the Depp version.
Great Video!! Oh and quoting the Hey Dude theme during the credits… chefs kiss sir.
Wow, I forgot about that one. My grandmother got me that game on clearance at a toy store that was going out of business. I never really played it until I was older.
“Nothing makes you feel more like a cowboy than a head mounted laser cannon.” Hahahahahahaha… best thing I have heard in a long time!!!
i used to play such games in my childhood, but now its all apex legend and valo! thanks to you, my interest is back and i just completed rainbow silkroad and many more to go!
Love you Brother.
may you live longer then all of us to tell our story
i love when he played that clip of wilfred brimley for that lone ranger fact lol
I love your channel and enjoy every episode. I was just laughing though at about thirty seconds in, when you said "you'll visit towns to interact with the local people" and show footage of shooting a local guy dead. Quite an interaction, lol!
I used to love this game as a kid. Now I want to play it again.
This is such a good game. I never had it but my friend did and I'd borrow it from him for weeks, if not months at a time! Thanks for bringing back so many good memories!
I wish I wouldn't have missed this game thanks for playing it
I'm really excited to watch this one, as I have never played this game before! I love your videos and keep up the great work, you make my weekends a hard hitting blast of nostalgia and it's awesome!
Edit: I'm only 20ish minutes into this and this game looks like so much fun!
I loved this game as a kid and still do to this day!!
I was ready and waiting! I look forward to these every weekend.
Same it always makes my week better tbh
I HAVE played this game when it first came out, and loved it. I was playing just about anything from Konami during the NES/SNES days as they were awesome. The license did hurt, I think, to some degree, but it's a well polished and fun and challenging game.
Also, I believe U Can Beat Video Games showed the picture of the wrong President. While there's no way to know for sure, since the game just says it takes place in the 'early 1880's', let's assume that covers the period from 1880 to 1883. Chester A. Arthur was President for most of that time block (1881 to 1885).
Never heard of this game, and I think another part of the reason (along with those you already mentioned) why it didn't do well is that by 1991 we were starting to get into the 16-Bit era, plus a few big name games dropped that year, Battletoads and Mega Man 4 to name a couple.
I remember reading about this on Nintendo Power and I was so curious to play it, but I never saw it in stores.
Awww yeah!! Love this game!! Highly underrated gem! I'm glad you gave it the attention and praise it deserves!
Dang I hate missed out on this Nes game as a 80s kid..great narration and coverage as always my guy 💯
This was always a game I saw at my local video store and never bothered to look at. Seeing this makes me wish I would have tried it out.
The funniest into yet - great job on this one!
There was actually a Lone Ranger movie that came out about ten years earlier (1981), so the game is more likely based on that. I guess it depends on how much Cavendish looks like Christopher Lloyd in the game.
Man I'm 38 and I remember on nick at nite watching this lol. I loved all the old shows from back when!
Excellent work! I loved this one as a kid and always felt it was really underrated.
The lone ranger was actually kinda big in the late 70s early 80s. Filmation had a cartoon and there was a movie as well as toys from gabriel
I played this when it came out. My friend owned it cause it was Old West themed. I was not aware of PC RPGs back then, so I played this game to get my RPG fix before I even knew what an RPG was. I liked it.
So you asked who the audience was supposed to be but I just so happened to have known someone who fell in the overlap in the Venn Diagram of "video game players" and "Lone Ranger fans". He is the same age as me so we were kids when the game came out and of course games had long lives back then so it may have been a few years after the game released when he got a hold of it. But, he was raised on a farm, living the real small farm life and his dad was a huge fan westerns and passed it down to my friend. Dude loved Gunsmoke and The Lone Ranger and John Wayne and all that stuff but they also had a Nintendo he played on. A little later they even got a PC and he generally played like shooting gallery games on it.
He started hyping the game up one day at school. He described the silver bullets and the music and all these neat things you could do. It sounded like nothing I'd ever played but a little bit like an action western version of an RPG game. I was very intrigued and just *had* to get my hands on it. I finally was able to get his family to let me spend the night there and a big part of the reason was that I wanted to check out this game.
I ended up thinking it was a good game but that he had over hyped it a touch. It was also way, way too hard for me to be able to do much with it. We were, however, very impressed by the fact that there are real world places that you can visit in the game that were made famous by westerns we had watched. I was enamored with the sprite of the Lone Ranger riding Silver on the map screen.
We ended up not being friends a while later just because we kinda drifted apart. He was definitely about always doing the right things and I kinda liked being bad so it wasn't going to be a BFF situation but we were good friends for a long time and we still speak if we see each other in our 30s now.
But, all of this is my long-winded way of saying that I know who this game was made for!
I like how you threw that "this is the way" in there.
Thanks, Jason!
You can say this game was well worth the money back in the days
Wow, I never knew Konami made a fine game for the NES like this
I've noticed that all characters make the same death pose as Bayou Billy.
I remember playing this game a shit ton in grade school. No matter how many times I tried, I couldn't beat it. I had such a hard time figuring out where to go.
Excellent intro. And a cute new puppy! The videos keep getting better and better.
Thanks!!
Would definitely like to see a robin hood prince of thieves walkthrough, such a great game
I remember renting this and really enjoying it. It was never on sale anywhere when I was a kid
I can thank my cousins for having this game when I was a kid. My family is a big western movie family so I would think that would have been the demographic of people that love westerns. I agree in the 90s westerns were on the out but there was still some being made like "Quigley down under" and "Tombstone." Thank you for video however the first thing of buying the gun isn't necessary. Just press select to one of the two types of bullets and hit B to load up. Never could figure out why they only gave you one revolver and had the option of buying a short barrelled one. Also would love for someone to do a mod on this to give you two guns and use more of the towns and the train system which are mostly wasted. Thank you for the video on one of my favorite NES games that took me 20 years to finally beat.
I think the option of buying the short barreled is just in case you want an extra challenge of going back to the default weapon.
That's funny he thought you had to buy a weapon though.
I like how genuinely excited you sound at the beginning for this game!
I was surprised not just to see this game that far down the list, but right above it was The Bard's Tale which I also loved the NES version of.
What if I told you : I have been wanting to beat this game forever now.
It took me years to beat it.
When I finally did, it was so satisfying.
Looking back, it's the most fun I got out of a single NES game.
Oh man, holding the controller in the left hand to change directions while shooting the zapper with the right actually sounds like a lot of fun! I need to track a copy of this game down
It's the best light gun experience on the NES. You only get light gun segments every few levels though, but they are fantastic.
I never heard of this game. It looks really awesome. I hope that one day Konami takes a chance and ports it to modern machines (PC included).
Also, the Tonto portrait looks like Owen Wilson.
this channel is so relaxing to me. keep up the good work. I never even heard of this nes game back in the day.
GREAT JOB as usual, special thanks for this one though, I never knew of this game.
Bro, your videos are awesome! I don't really enjoy watching playthroughs but your videos are so much more. You have a great style of narration. The Lone Ranger has become one of my favorite NES game. So, it's a shame it doesn't get the love it deserves. I think if the name would have been something like Riders & Rangers it would have sold better. Anyway, great video, Bro!🤩👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️
Watch out for those man-eatin' jackrabbits, and those killer cacti.... Heyyy Duuuuuude~
I knew people would remember Hey Dude
Watching your channel has shown me that I missed a lot of great NES games as a kid. This looks really cool.
I agree with your theory that the license kept this game from being popular. Even when I was reading about it in a brand new issue of Nintendo Power as a kid, I was thinking "What a weird show to make a video game about." I'd heard about the Lone Ranger from my parents, but I never watched it. I sure didn't want to use up one of my precious chances to get a new nintedo game on something about a show I never watched.
This is by far the best jokes I've heard on any of your videos. You are on point for the whole thing.
This was a rental for me. Game is dope as hell. SO much variety. Came so close to finishing it.
Bruh, I never heard of this game! I knew about the long Ranger at that time. But never knew a game was dropped in his honor.
I'm italian and I played this game in my early teenage years. Me and my brother we used to make a lot of jokes about the name Tonto because in italian it means "imbecile, stupid". 😁
Never knew this game existed, but it looks Awesome! It looks like a mix of Castlevania & The Adventures Of Bayou Billy.
DUDE! This looks AWESOME!!!!
49:35 oh man, I didn't know the NES could do day-for-night!
This game is awesome . Never played it before.. on my nes wish list for sure
This game looks very fun. Reminds of so many other games in one. Would of loved to play it as a kid. Lone Ranger was my bed time stories.