PSX Bishi Bashi Special 3

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Well, to my great surprise, the Bishi Bashi Special 2 video proved extremely popular. So I'm doing the sequel to the game as well. Unfortunately, I don't feel that this one is quite as good overall, but no doubt some of that has to do with the fact that the game is designed to be played with a DDR pad and I've never had the chance to play it that way.

GC Sonic Adventure 2 Battle

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And now we have something a little newer than most, but this is still over 10 years old. This was one of my favourite games of the GC era, and while I can now see that it has some problems, it still has pretty good gameplay and presentation.

NES DuckTales 2

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Here we have the little-known sequel to DuckTales. Compared to Rescue Rangers 2, this is definitely closer in quality to the original game, and it makes some additions that are somewhat interesting. Most notably, the game is much less linear than its predecessor, it takes some decent exploration to complete the treasure map.

The price of this game has also really shot up in recent years. I paid $30 only a few years ago, and you'd be lucky to land this game for less than $75 now. I guess this just highlights why it's better to buy retro games sooner rather than later.

DOS XMas Skyroads

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Well, the fans demanded it, this video has commentary attached to it. It's not a particularly interesting commentary, but hopefully this should stop some of the requests.

Anyway, Skyroads was an early 3D game, predating the N64 by two whole years. The gameplay is very simple, you just have to make it to the end of the stages without falling off, blowing up, or running out of fuel, but it is extremely difficult. Even clearing the first 10 stages as in the video here is no walk in the park.

SNES Pocky and Rocky

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Continuing my foray into shmups, here's Pocky and Rocky. This is a game that's frequently called a "cute-em-up" for its visuals, but it's quite difficult just the same. I was originally going to do this playthrough on hard, but the cutscenes were driving me nuts so I eventually went back to normal and got this great run.

NES SCAT

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We now return to more NES videos, but at least it's in a genre I don't record often. SCAT is a really technically impressive NES shmup, it looks great, has a ton of stuff on the screen, and virtually never has slowdown or flicker (in one player mode, at least).

It's not an especially hard game, but I definitely think it's underappreciated, so I wanted to do a video of it to let people see what kind of action the NES was really capable of.

GEN Puggsy

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I thought you would probably be getting tired of all the NES videos by now, so here's a break for some Genesis. Puggsy is an innovative puzzle/platformer with a neat physics engine and some clever level design. Unlike most puzzle/platformers, many of the levels have multiple solutions, too, which should make this a bit more interesting to watch then some of them might be.

This is a pretty long game, so I do everything I can to keep deaths to a minimum.

SNES Ganbare Goemon 2

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I thought you could use a break from all the NES games, so here's a SNES game instead. It's no secret that I'm a big fan of the Goemon series, and I recently picked up a lot of the Japanese titles. A lot of the stuff from Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon has its roots here, so it's been pretty interesting to play through them.

Playthrough is now complete.

NES Galaxy 5000

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It's another game you've probably never heard of! Galaxy 5000 is basically a spiritual predecessor to Rock n' Roll Racing and Biker Mice from Mars. That means you can expect a lot of vehicular carnage and unsafe driving. All the things I like in a racing game!

GB Trip World

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Here's something totally unexpected, how many of you have even heard of this game? Trip World is a mostly forgotten platformer from Sunsoft that had a number of interesting ideas. Most of the game's enemies are indifferent towards the main character unless he attacks them, and you can also transform into a lot of different forms. Unfortunately, the game is pretty short, so many of these concepts aren't used heavily, but it's an interesting diversion while it lasts.

NES Felix the Cat

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Here's a video which was an (unusually) long time coming - Felix the Cat. This was one of the first videos I intended to do way back when I started this site, but for some reason I never got around to it. It's another licensed platformer, from back in the days when they were good.

N64 Pokemon Puzzle League

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We now return to Tero's Puzzle Gaming. Since Puzzle games seem to be my most popular videos, and Pokemon Puzzle League is probably my best puzzle game, this seemed like a logical choice. However, it took a lot more work than I expected to get this no continue run. The fact that you have to win 16 games in a row and you can lose a game in the span of 2 seconds probably has something to do with that.

NES KickMaster

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Today's game is KickMaster, a little-known gem from Taito. This game has a lot of depth to it, with a pretty cool levelling system and great hit detection. Definitely recommended to all platformer fans. There's lots of room for showing off, too, so this one should be fun to watch.

NES Eliminator Boat Duel

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And we're finally on to new stuff! Eliminator Boat Duel isn't a super popular game, but I think the gameplay is still fairly exciting and I've always had a soft spot for vehicular carnage. It's also got some of the NES's wackiest dialogue.

Although this is played on "easy", the difficulty selection only determines how far into the game you start (easy starts you at the very beginning, and is the only way to play the full game). The racers themselves are always the same strength.

N64 Diddy Kong Racing

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And now, for a bonus Christmas update - Diddy Kong Racing! This was one of my favourites back in the day, and an annual Christmas tradition. This is an especially polished video, I race all 20 tracks in succession and win every last one. It's a Christmas miracle - or maybe I just practiced it a lot.

NES Ninja Gaiden

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More Gaiden this week, but a significantly more famous one this time. In order to prove I haven't gone soft, here's one of the hardest NES games, Ninja Gaiden. This was a pretty stressful one to record, if you die on any of the last bosses, that's it for the run.

SNES Tetris Battle Gaiden

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Since everyone loves puzzle games, here's another one that you probably haven't heard of. Tetris Battle Gaiden is a Tetris spinoff focused around competitive battles. With both players drawing from a common pool of pieces and using special powers to attack each other, you can expect a lot of hard-fought battles and general zaniness.

SNES Demon's Crest

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Gargoyle's Quest is a heavily underappreciated series. It combines solid platforming and some interesting hover / flight mechanics with Adventure and RPG elements. Demon's Crest, the third (and currently last) game in the series, is definitely one of the most impressive platformers on the SNES.

This run took me a lot of tries to record because I insisted on completing the game without dying. Nevertheless, here it is.

GEN Knuckles Chaotix

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And to conclude this run of Sega games we have Knuckles Chaotix. This is an extremely crazy game, which are always the type I like to record, but it's also very long. I probably shouldn't have tried to do this in one sitting.

SMS Wonder Boy 3: The Dragon's Trap

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I don't usually do two games in the same series so close together, but the connection between this game and Wonder Boy in Monster Land is too cool to ignore. Wonder Boy 3 begins right at the end of Wonder Boy 2, complete with a remake of the final stage and music. But the similiarities to Castlevania: Symphony of the Night don't end there, this is also a very early Metroidvania that was very advanced for its time.

I probably didn't need to break this up over three weeks, the first part of the game went much faster than I expected. It's a lot shorter when you don't die. At least it gave time for my next game to arrive.