This was a seriously underrated game I loved this game when I was a kid. Easily one of my favorites. It didn't get the recognition it deserved. It should be considered a classic.
Is it good? I just looked it up on RUclips and it has terrible commentary which is whatever but has any one played it and recommend it? Where do I get it?
I have fond memories of this game, back when I was 4 or 5 years old. It was this and Super Mario Bros. 3 that my brother and I tackled for a fair length of time, writing down passwords when needing to save or when we got our butts kicked. I tackled it many years later, after finally remembering the name of the game, on emulator and relived the nostalgia, and found myself better able to appreciate this seemingly hidden gem of a game. Some of the boss and sub-boss fights (the lobster in particular in the shooter section, and the skeletal head in the overworld) I thought you couldn't no damage run, but...someone was crazy enough to prove me wrong on that - not to mention that some of the harder sub-bosses become normal enemies later on. I will say, the Mega Flash subweapon was super powerful, and I found that I always had to be careful with using during the crying eye demon head boss (at 29:30), and was utterly required to stand a chance against the final boss. I'll be honest, I was hoping to see the boss rush when you go to leave the planet, but considering that it's a gauntlet and all, can understand why it'd not make the video. 10/10, do love seeing this gem get the no damage boss run treatment. Also, fun fact about the Fireball subweapon (the one used primarily in the final boss fight) - while the exact angle and mechanics of doing so is hard to exactly master, the seaweed eyeball boss' stringy line attack CAN be deleted with a strong enough Fireball. It's especially useful if you can figure out how to pull it off when you fight that boss for the third time, since they're triple the length of the first fight which got shown at 4:20. While I can appreciate not showing the boss fights that are just harder versions of the originals, I suspect it might've *also* been pretty much impossible to pull a no damage run on, or at least far too long to put into the video if it's actually possible. I need to get an emulator and run this game again, jeeze.
Compile were masters of coding back in the 8-bit and 16-bit days! This game is a prime example of that! Sadly most of their games never left Japan and most that did were published by other companies or re-skinned into other games like Puyo Puyo becoming Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine and Kirby's Avalanche when it was released on the Genesis and SNES respectively.
I Beat This Game But It Took Me Two Days To Do It.I Had That One Rapid Fire Slo Mo Joy Stick.I Kept It On Slow During The Boss Battles. No Game Genie When This Hit The Shelves. Still My All Time Favorite.Thanks For Posting And Beating This Like A Pro!
Thank you for creating this video. The Guardian Legend continues to be one of my favorite games that I wish received more recognition. This game has a beautiful soundtrack, challenging boss fights and an interesting and beautiful protagonist.
I don't know what's better, you doing a boss run from this game, or the commdnt section under this video. So much lovr and praise for this wonderful hidddn gem. I can still clearly recall a time when all people said about this title was "Reeee, Zelda & Metroid vlone, REEEEEE, how dare this exist!?!", pushing this title into obscurity and it's hidden gem state. It's sad how many quality titles suffered a similar fate.
29:28 - I came here to see him do this... Wait, you're taking on Grimgrin with zero health and the Cutter Laser? 33:00 - Hah! Smart move. 35:11 - Nicely done. 38:09 - Okay, what's going on here? At only 20 chips, you shouldn't be firing full-spread, you should be firing only one bullet. 40:40 - Yeah, you have some wonkery going on. It might be because you've stitched together multiple plays to show case each boss and you're using the TGL gameplay mode from the password screen. If you're maxing at 800 chips, you shouldn't be firing the 2400 full-spread.
The Japanese version says it's a sequel to Guardic. The Japanese title is Guardic Gaiden. EDIT: Some of the bosses on each sector plays the Guardic Boss theme
25:28 - The number of folks who don't realize this defies belief. The little green octopus creatures that show up in the organic shooter stages and absorb all of your fire don't cause damage on impact. They just blow up. He's not actually killing them with his weapons, they're just absorbing and block it until they collide with his hitbox and just die. Enemy Eraser also destroys them.
I remember this! Too damn hard to understand for a preteen me. Just looking at bosses doesn’t show it, but it is a pretty involved game where you explore an asteroid, unlocking stuff.
The first thing I saw related to this game was the huge planet looking creature in the into screen and the final boss from the Godzilla NES Ambient Visualizer video. Kinda disappointed that the boss here was just a head with arms and not a cyclopian kaiju.
@@_bear_5 If you happen to be talking to me specifically, let's just say triple majoring with a Master's thesis and trading career as an international student hasn't proved easy. So I just kind of decided to follow other stuff that takes less time and effort instead, like curating MMD videos and writing for NationStates.
Boss list:
00:00 Intro
00:10 01 Planet's Defense System
01:19 01-2 Cyber Spider
02:03 02 Fleepa
03:30 02-2 Enemy Crab
04:21 03 Optomon
05:33 03-2 Leech
06:28 04 Crawdaddy
08:10 04-2 Crystal
10:07 05 Bombarder
14:21 05-2 Morph Slime
15:56 06 Clawbot
17:26 06-2 Glider
18:38 07 Teramute
20:39 07-2 Fossil Head
22:08 08 Zibzub
23:30 09 Glider (2nd battle)
24:34 10 Eyeballs
29:28 11 Grimgrin
35:16 12 Eyegore
37:01 Final Boss - Final Guardian
40:47 Ending
Warning: Many of the bosses can appear in other areas in weaker or stronger forms. Some of them can appear as regular enemies in a few other area.
The greatest NES game of all time imo. Still play this game to this day. Legendary/nostalgic music too.
This was a seriously underrated game I loved this game when I was a kid. Easily one of my favorites.
It didn't get the recognition it deserved. It should be considered a classic.
How can i miss this game back in the 80s?! Now i wanna play it.
I loved this game as a kid. And it's a testament to your skill because some of those bosses were HARD
This hidden gem has a great music In the overworld too.
The soundtrack to this game sounds amazing.
I would love a remake of this game or sequel.
Look up The Guardian Legend Legacy. 👍
Fan remake was released in 2019
@@user-klepikovmd Ooh! Where?
Is it good? I just looked it up on RUclips and it has terrible commentary which is whatever but has any one played it and recommend it? Where do I get it?
Try Zanak m.ruclips.net/video/JJuzBzLeYYM/видео.html
Gosh I played this game so much when I was younger, loved it!
I have fond memories of this game, back when I was 4 or 5 years old. It was this and Super Mario Bros. 3 that my brother and I tackled for a fair length of time, writing down passwords when needing to save or when we got our butts kicked. I tackled it many years later, after finally remembering the name of the game, on emulator and relived the nostalgia, and found myself better able to appreciate this seemingly hidden gem of a game. Some of the boss and sub-boss fights (the lobster in particular in the shooter section, and the skeletal head in the overworld) I thought you couldn't no damage run, but...someone was crazy enough to prove me wrong on that - not to mention that some of the harder sub-bosses become normal enemies later on. I will say, the Mega Flash subweapon was super powerful, and I found that I always had to be careful with using during the crying eye demon head boss (at 29:30), and was utterly required to stand a chance against the final boss. I'll be honest, I was hoping to see the boss rush when you go to leave the planet, but considering that it's a gauntlet and all, can understand why it'd not make the video. 10/10, do love seeing this gem get the no damage boss run treatment.
Also, fun fact about the Fireball subweapon (the one used primarily in the final boss fight) - while the exact angle and mechanics of doing so is hard to exactly master, the seaweed eyeball boss' stringy line attack CAN be deleted with a strong enough Fireball. It's especially useful if you can figure out how to pull it off when you fight that boss for the third time, since they're triple the length of the first fight which got shown at 4:20. While I can appreciate not showing the boss fights that are just harder versions of the originals, I suspect it might've *also* been pretty much impossible to pull a no damage run on, or at least far too long to put into the video if it's actually possible.
I need to get an emulator and run this game again, jeeze.
Compile were masters of coding back in the 8-bit and 16-bit days! This game is a prime example of that! Sadly most of their games never left Japan and most that did were published by other companies or re-skinned into other games like Puyo Puyo becoming Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine and Kirby's Avalanche when it was released on the Genesis and SNES respectively.
I Beat This Game But It Took Me Two Days To Do It.I Had That One Rapid Fire Slo Mo Joy Stick.I Kept It On Slow During The Boss Battles. No Game Genie When This Hit The Shelves. Still My All Time Favorite.Thanks For Posting And Beating This Like A Pro!
Thank you for creating this video. The Guardian Legend continues to be one of my favorite games that I wish received more recognition. This game has a beautiful soundtrack, challenging boss fights and an interesting and beautiful protagonist.
I don't know what's better, you doing a boss run from this game, or the commdnt section under this video.
So much lovr and praise for this wonderful hidddn gem.
I can still clearly recall a time when all people said about this title was "Reeee, Zelda & Metroid vlone, REEEEEE, how dare this exist!?!", pushing this title into obscurity and it's hidden gem state. It's sad how many quality titles suffered a similar fate.
Not gonna lie, that fish boss looks quite hard for how simple the pattern is.
This is pretty damn good especially for a 1988 game.
21:40 *Hats Off!* Come to see this for Nostalgia... found a GOD!
This was one of the first hard core games I ever beat.
there's a game inspired by this called zodiac: story of the guardian. it's awesome, but obscure as hell...
Sounds interesting. Can you tell me more?
Holy cow, you're playing out of your damn mind at 21:33 !
Ik this was 6 months ago, but that used to be the only boss thatbi wasnt able to beat until around a year ago, so its insane that this guy no hit it
this is my favorite video from your channel :)
Damn! This game was amazing!
It seems that there are many underrated games hidden from the world that we know, but at least gamers can actually replay them.
29:28 - I came here to see him do this... Wait, you're taking on Grimgrin with zero health and the Cutter Laser?
33:00 - Hah! Smart move.
35:11 - Nicely done.
38:09 - Okay, what's going on here? At only 20 chips, you shouldn't be firing full-spread, you should be firing only one bullet.
40:40 - Yeah, you have some wonkery going on. It might be because you've stitched together multiple plays to show case each boss and you're using the TGL gameplay mode from the password screen. If you're maxing at 800 chips, you shouldn't be firing the 2400 full-spread.
The girl on the thumbnail is so cute.
She is, isn’t she?
What a cute spaceship XD
@@marhansgamingchannel4732 She's a transformer.
VERY underrated classic!!!
I love this game game so much despite me being so bad at playing it, haha.
You make it look so easy, amazing playing
I love the soundtrack of this game
The Japanese version says it's a sequel to Guardic. The Japanese title is Guardic Gaiden.
EDIT: Some of the bosses on each sector plays the Guardic Boss theme
This game has a lot of bosses for an old NES title. Impressive.
29:19 - Holy crap, that took about three minutes longer than it should have. The Lv2 Fireball wrecks that boss. And like every boss before it.
That last boss looks super fearsome- awesome & BLASTER MASTER AS FUCK!!!
21:53 you become a God.
This is impressive.
that Fossil Head battle is insanely impressive @
Reminds me of Blaster Master in a way
Not gonna lie but those overworld bosses are no where near as impressive and god-like as the vertical shooter bosses.
I remember using the side wave weapon against the teleporting ship, and it being a lot faster. More impressive this way though.
Wow this game is so awesome and cool😎
The graphics looks darn impressive for the NES, almost feels like a 16-bit video game.
Especially for 1988!
25:28 - The number of folks who don't realize this defies belief. The little green octopus creatures that show up in the organic shooter stages and absorb all of your fire don't cause damage on impact. They just blow up. He's not actually killing them with his weapons, they're just absorbing and block it until they collide with his hitbox and just die.
Enemy Eraser also destroys them.
I remember this! Too damn hard to understand for a preteen me. Just looking at bosses doesn’t show it, but it is a pretty involved game where you explore an asteroid, unlocking stuff.
What kind of sorcery is this? Respect.
Шикарная игра и музыка!
I'm only 5 years older then this game.
boss list
you're born the same year as my dad!
well... 1 year younger than my dad
Leonardo Ignacio Rodríguez García so you’re like 12-14?!
@@AP-dd3xp yes, i grown up with this kind of games, good old school games
@@AP-dd3xp Who's this question for?
This game is blaster master but with a spaceship instead of tank. And it's gorgeous
Not all bosses. You skipped the Blue and Red Octomon.
Excelente
The music of the bosses sounds like Golvellius music,even the stages look similar.
The first thing I saw related to this game was the huge planet looking creature in the into screen and the final boss from the Godzilla NES Ambient Visualizer video. Kinda disappointed that the boss here was just a head with arms and not a cyclopian kaiju.
Is this the same team who made Zanac? They have the same graphic & sound effects.
Yes, and I think Gun-Nac as well, but all released by different publishers.
good
ガーリック外伝なんて、懐かしい🎵
can you upload the all bosses to bayonetta? please
Or you could’ve typed TGL as the password and just play a playthrough of all the ship stages
Where are the timestamps for each boss? 😂
To answer your question... #RIP Timestamps
I'm a simple gamer, i used TGL password to play this game. XD
I remember that, this game brings me back to Decades!
Sauve
bosses list
4:35 a corona
Lol, its like Zanak. Sound and setting same
Same developer Compile.
Where's the Boss list?!?
Метроидвания до метроидвании
N E W Z E A L A N D 4000
The final boss is just a huge damage sponge, not gonna lie.
Yeah
Why you don't make more videos?
@@_bear_5 If you happen to be talking to me specifically, let's just say triple majoring with a Master's thesis and trading career as an international student hasn't proved easy.
So I just kind of decided to follow other stuff that takes less time and effort instead, like curating MMD videos and writing for NationStates.
@@Meta7 ok no problem i still love your channel ❤
I played this game till my fingers bled and I could never get passed the green eyeball....., stupid jerk
Crab. 3.30
mmmm I played this game long time ago and i think there are more bosses than you show.
Yeah, but they are repeated.
🖤💜💜
Crab 3:30
If someone's reading this, then I must've failed...
Fleepa 2:03
Those bosses have way more health than their patterns deserve
💕🚀🌠💯✔
Claw bot 15:56
System 0:10
Not all bosses.
>_
Сложная игра...
this isn't all bosses... not even close. the hardest boss red grimgrin aint even in this lol...
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