+Gaming Historian Hey Norman! Didn't know you got down on SSFF. Lookin' forward to your next up, been really impressed and entertained by the last dozen or so things you've put out
The GBC port of "Cannon Fodder" is really impressive technically with the amount of compressed 3D pre-rendered sprites in the menu and the 3D pre-rendered opening cutscene, but also the SFX are also compressed samples that push the audio capabilities of the GBC as well. Excluding the theme song because it sounds like its coming from a PC-Beeper speaker. No disrespect to Clint of LGR or the Nostalgia Nerd, Not bad for a Amiga to GBC port, They did sacrifice some of the controls from the computer ports.
I remember buying it from Toys R Us as a kid, having absolutely zero clue what Metal Gear Solid was at the time, I must have played MGS on GBC front to back at least 30 times throughout my years with the GameBoy. Unbelievable game.
Suggestion: Live-A-Live, a JRPG for the SNES that never made it over here. It's a game where you play through different timelines as different characters and almost every one of them plays completely differently. There's a sci-fi segment that is basically an adventure game, a wrestling/fighting tourney that is just a series of battles, a ninja segment where you can be completely stealthy, a prehistoric segment with no dialogue, etc. It's crazy strange and crazy good.
Yeah, I did not see that remake coming. Now where is our Terranigma? I mean heck, there’s already a translation for that game (though I’m not sure who owns it. Is it Square Enix via Enix?)
@@leeartlee915 Yeah whats weird to me are all the games that basically have an English translation but were never released in the USA. Lots of weird games that got and English PAL release in the UK but not the US. Demon's Souls had an English translation in East Asia which basically was responsible for all of Souls because that translation meant people in the US could import it (the PS3 thankfully not being region locked for games), which lead to Atlus seeing there was enough demand to really publish it in the US, which lead to enough demand world wide for Dark Souls to be published, and the rest is history!
I remember breaking my GBA playing Warlocked hahaha I was trying to run away from some enemies or something and I accidentally pushed the buttons down so hard that I broke the left button on my D-Pad. Such a great game.
+GaggleofDoozies; yeah i got a used loose copy for a couple bucks way back when. it would be cool to have a complete copy but it's really exploded in price, so i'm probably good!
I bought my loose copy back in 2005-2006 for $7. Probably the best retro game deal I ever got. It's crazy how expensive that game is now and it has never been rereleased, which is a shame as Ghost Babel is easily one of the best Gameboy Color games ever made and debatably, the best 2D Metal Gear game. At least it's an easy game to emulate.
Wow Derek, this is truly a great idea! I am a big fan of showcasing games that don't get talked about or in this case are impressive or noteworthy titles that managed to do what they did. I certainly didn't know the GBC Dragon's Lair port was as authentic as it was, and only know Warlocked and MGS: Ghost Babal for there awesome soundtracks, and legendary Jeroen Tel being the main audio man for Warlocked! A title I would like to see mentioned on a future episode is *Jim Power: The Lost Dimension in 3D* for SNES, it probably has the most insane use of paralax scrolling for the SNES, and is brutally difficult, with an amazing soundtrack. So take what you will of where the game can fit in, but I would recommend looking into it! ;)
+WiiGuy's 8BitStereo; oh yeah, Jim Power, that's a good one! it's really hard, is a very bad way, but that shifting perspective makes the game truly unplayable! and i'm sure you know this but that soundtrack tho!
+Stop Skeletons From Fighting Oh yes, I know your stance on Battletoads and games with that kind of difficulty, which Jim Power has. I did a review of that game on another channel I have and pretty much reviewed it in and out and it's whole brutal difficulty. But did highly admire the graphics and how no other game uses that paralax, and the amazing Chris Huelsbeck soundtrack! I'm a sucker for certain difficult games like that, and I love The Lost Dimension for being that so hard and must memorize and the level kind of game, which I can totally understand being unplayable for most. Now that I think of it, an episode of "Games Too Hard For Their Own Good" could work, and that's where Jim Power can be talked about ;)
I think Ghost Babel is actually a "what if" story that takes place after the original Metal Gear for the MSX, as though Big Boss hadn't returned... I think. I should play through the rest of it, it was like having a Metal Gear 3.
This. THIS is what we should've got for the Super Nintendo, to fill the gap between the NES and Playstation. Course then the release of MGS for the Playstation wouldn't have had as much impact, but Ghost Babel plays a little better than the NES Metal Gear games, so it would've been a good starting point for SNES owners if it was ported.
well a few certain codec conversations in mgs2 and completing the special missions in ghost babel imply it's Jack's (Raiden's) VR Mission based on the events of ground zeroes and the phantom pain of all games before those even came out...
Aaah... Ghost Babel, my favorite Game Boy Color game ever. Also I love how it feels more like a sequel to Metal Gear 2 and why they made the story shine a lot too, and of top of that an amazing soundtrack, wonderful gameplay and really nice graphics considering the limitation of the system.
Great idea! Worms for the Game Boy is not the best but it works. There's even Worms Armageddon for the Game Boy Color. Also Street Fighter Alpha shouldn't be on the Super Nintendo, but it is, and it's awesome!
Ghost Babel is 100% a Metal Gear game through and through. I didn't expect it to be considering it was on the Game Boy with just two buttons but boy was i in for a surprise.
+SykoFox I second that and the first Tales game. I never understood what happened with Wolfteam and Namco back in the day. Star Ocean uses many of Phantasia's assets.
How about the Resident Evil Gaiden game for GBC and the fact they put the first to the DS. Just those two alone are enough for me lol. Great new show as always solid content. Keep up the great work man.
A buddy and I bought Warlocked back in the day and played a ton of the multiplayer. I still own my copy to this day and still pick it up again from time to time. I'm still impressed with how well it plays for an RTS.
Super cool idea for a series. Gameboy Color had some damn impressive looking games considering the hardware. One of my favorites in that respect has to be Toki Tori which looks really nice with super smooth animations and lots of colors, sounds amazing and has one of my favorite video game songs.
So cool to see somebody giving a shout to two lesser-known GBC classics, Warlocked and MGS. I was lucky enough to play these as a kid, when they came out, and MGS is easily one of my top GBC games. Personally, I had no idea Dragon's lair was an actual port. That doesn't surprise me though, with games like Alone in the Dark and The New Addam's Family. GBC had quite a few tricks up its sleeve.
Perfect Dark made an appearance on Game Boy Color too, and it, like MGS, is a very solid, highly advanced game pushing the GBC to its limits! Also, Derek, I can see Mischief Makers behind you. Are you going to review that? It's one of my favorite games of all time!
MGS is my favourite GBC game of all time, I remember my mum getting it for me when it came out as a kid and she took me to work with her that day, least to say I was no trouble, just glued to that tiny screen!
I love this concept; I'm a big fan of weird games, and you can bet that I'll be racking my brain for some in the future, but I'm excited just to see what you come up with.
Warlocked is a freaking excellent game. I bought it new right when it came out because i had seen it in nintendo power i think and i had previously gotten into rts games after renting starcraft 64 several times. Warlocked is for sure one of my most played games for handheld systems.
Derek ! I love the way you talk and Nerd about games, This new series looks very promising and i'll be looking forward to not miss a single episode of it from now on
What a great idea for a video series, and what great games to start it with! Superb work Derek, looking forward to more Punching Weight in the future :D
When it comes down to games like these, one of the better examples that come to mind is Alien Resurrection for the PS1. It lacked a lot of polish, making it an infuriatingly hard game that seemed impossible to beat at times, but the way its programmers made it push the PS1 to its limits in order to deliver an atmospheric experience is nothing short of amazing. You ought to check it out if you ever get the chance Derek.
This is a pretty ace showcase for what the GBC was really capable of. I'm looking forward to more, Derek. And if you're inviting suggestions, I would put forward RECCA for the Famicom and Yoot Saito's Odama for GameCube. The former is a blisteringly fast 8-bit technical marvel, and the latter comes pretty damn close to collapsing under the weight of its own crazy ambition but nonetheless earns my respect.
Had a pretty bleh day yesterday. Then I watched this video and it felt all worthwhile. Can't wait to see more episodes. As for suggestions on what to look at in future, I'd like to see your take on the Mega Drive/Genesis version of Sonic 3D Blast: Flickies' Island. I know folks prefer the Saturn version, but I still think the MD version got a hell of a lot done. Really smooth animation that could rival Vectorman, getting an FMV of all things to render half-decently on a system released in 1989, and a fantastic framerate despite what had to be rendered on screen at all times? I think that deserves a look, but I'll gladly enjoy seeing any more surprises you stumble upon. Thanks again, Derek, and have a good one! :)
Amazing idea, Derek. If you ever make a NES/Famicom episode, I suggest Summer Carnival '92: Recca, a technically impressive and crazy fast shoot 'em up.
Great new series man! I've always found Ghost Babel really underrated and I had it numerous times as a kid (even when I'd sell it back I'd keep buying it again because it was that good!) I played the first two Metal Gears more recently on the Subsistence disc for MGS3 and its actually pretty cool to think this game is almost the reinterpretation of MGS1 in the classic style and for fans of those original 2 games, sort of a best of both worlds with the grand next gen console thing and the handheld version that is more faithlful to the original style.
Love the video! I had no idea any of this was possible on the GBC :o I always thought Rockstar's attempts at making a GTA game on handhelds were punching wayyy above their weight. Especially the Stories series.
I'm glad you mentioned Ghost Babel. I played that after I discovered the MGS series and it blew me away. And actually, I DID once play it on a long plane flight!
Sweet, love the new show! This really does open the door to touch on a large number of games. I can think of a game immediately, Fighter Maker on PS1. I can't say it was that good of a game, but oh man did you have a lot of options for creating your own fighter.
I'd check out Hell Night for the PS1 (Dark Messiah in Japan) if I were you. I was basically Amnesia: The Dark Descent, but twelve years earlier. It tried modern survival horror years before it was even a thing. Definitely check it out. Hell, you could fill an entire SSFF video w/ it. It was published by Atlas, so you know it's a good obscure game.
I know it is old news, but Resident Evil 2 being ported to the N64, a game originally spanning 2 700MB disks WITH all the FMV's, was a pretty darn impressive feat too.
Great video! Another Game Boy Color game that was impressive to me was Dragon Warrior III. It's a port of the SNES remake of the original NES game but they were not only able to keep everything (minus backgrounds in battle) from the SNES remake, but they even added more post-game content.
i've wanted to do a review of warlocked from the very beginning of the hvgn but i could never get it right. in a way, punching weight was just an excuse to finally say my piece about warlocked
Stop Skeletons From Fighting Yeah, and you did a great job. :) You should have focused more on the music though, that game soundtrack needs some crazy remixes. :p Anyways, well done. GG.
My brother and I each got copies of Warlocked when it came out, and played it religiously - especially on road trips. We got a link cable specifically so we could play it multi-player and it was phenomenal. The game (along with WC2 and Starcraft) was one of the major factors in the RTS genre becoming my favorite genre of game.
Warlocked was one of my absolute favorite games on the GBC. I've been playing RTS games since as far back as I can remember, and having one that I could carry around, instead of having to play at my computer, blew my little kid brain clean off.
OMG! Warlocked is one of my all time favorite GBC games! my friend and I would hang out on the flatbed of my truck and do head-to-head wars for hours! the only thing that's odd about the vs is that when your friend summons a wizard the whole game pauses and the one not summoning gets a warning screen saying your opponent is summoning a wizard. kinda plays mind games with you when you haven't found an altar in battle to summon your own. love that game!
At 3:27 I appreciate the juxtaposition of having Earthbound CIB and Lunar Silver Star Story Complete casually on display for the audience... and then above that, 7 copies of the Burger King-Xbox Tie-In game "Sneak King".
Great show, I had no idea somebody actually pulled off the "interactive movie" thing of "Dragon's Lair" into the 8-bit Game Boy Color. That's pretty cool.
My brother had Warlocked and he didn't care for it but I remember playing it a ton. Good nostalgia watching that footage. Definitely a favorite GBC game for me
If I may, I'd like to suggest both The Fish Files and The New Addams Family Series, also for the GBC. Both of them are adventure games made by Cryo Interactive, and they're surprisingly well made, considering the hardware. I would also mention that Duke Nukem 3D brazilian port for the Genesis, yeah, it's not that good, but it's interesting to see how they tried to adapt the game to a Genesis cartridge. Looking forward to future episodes of this series, this is looking to be pretty good. Keep it up, Derek! :D
Man!! I had all 3 of these games, those were some good days as a kid, playing at night when I'm supposed to be asleep, under the covers with my Gameboy Color and Wormlight!
Dude, the engineering and programming involved in a lot of GBC games is mind-blowing. I remember playing a snowboarding game that had decent graphics and was pretty impressed. Not to mention many many more.
Nice video! I'm always way more impressed by the technical achievements on 8bit systems for some reason! XD Just for the record, Ghost Babel is an alternate sequel to the original Metal Gear on the MSX. Think of it like an alternate take on Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake :)
Cool new series, Derek. There was an old SNES game, Majyuuou, or "King of Demons", that seems to be your type of thing. Its an action/horror game that wasnt released on the US, probably due to gruesome content. As you like old horror titles, its at least worth checking out (a fan translation also exists). Its more or less the SNES version of Monster Party, but its a more serious game, with some nice monster design. Give it a try, someday, if you have the opportunity.
I'm astonished that you didn't go for the most infamously punching above it's weight game for the GBC of all time, Shantae! Then again, that game has it's time in the limelight, and you usually arent' about that. Still, there's a ton of insane crap for the GBC that could make one do a double take.
+ClexYoshi another vote for Shantae over here, as well as the Crystalis GBC port. I'd also vote for Final Fantasy Adventure, considering the time period it was released.
+ClexYoshi Well, considering he put a rather well-known Metal Gear spinoff here, Shantae would be fine. Shantae's gotten a lot of love the past half-decade, so there would be plenty of fans who'd want to hear about it.
Both Warlocked and Crystalis were games that I desperetaly wanted to add to my collection, but unfortunately I couldn't. Anyway great selection, and IDK if you guys already covered, but Perfect Dark is another fine example of what capable developers could do on the GBC and its limits. Great video guys!
Really liked the video. I think one of the most amazing GBC games was Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare. The gameplay was not great, but it was fun. The graphics though, they were AMAZING! It looks like a PC DOS game in VGA.
nowonmetube Well, this video is clearly about Gameboy games and NOT Gameboy Advance games. tonk82 is talking about a Gameboy Advance game. ..so i just say that it's normal for Gekido to look better coz it's on a more ADVANCED console... Duh!
I really hope this series continues, because there is so much weird ports like GTA on GBC, Alone in the Dark or Resident Evil on the GBC, FPS games on the GBA, or even recent things like Dead Rising on Wii, things that shouldn't exist but yet do. Because sometimes its a lot more fun to talk about how weird a game or a port is than a normal great game.
Great episode. If you're also doing random indie games I suggest ''rogue light'' it is a small but very fun game. Other Gameboy games you should check out are ''Astro boy'' for the gba, and ''Ninja Five-0'' also for the gba.
This sounds like (yet another) show of yours that will be very fun! You may already be considering this game (don't know if you've actually gone on to finish it and formed a final opinion on it), but Xenoblade Chronicles Wii probably qualifies for a show like this. Also, Ico and Shadow of the Colossus on PS2. Resident Evil 2 and Conker's Bad Fur Day are two to consider from the N64. Cramming RE2's prerendered backgrounds, voices and FMV's onto a 64MB cartridge (which used two CD's on PS1) was quite an accomplishment by Factor 5 (who incidentally have a lot of other technically impressive games under their belt if you're on the hunt for impressive games). Conker is also packed with full voice acting, and sports some super impressive visuals as well for N64 standards. Also take a look at the developer VD-dev. They are Amiga veterans who have insanely talented programmers. Their GB/GBC/GBA/DS/3DS games are truly a sight to behold. On GBA they created a fully 3D platformer called Asterix and Obelix XXL. They also managed a GTA-inspired sandbox game (also using polygonal 3D graphics) with Driv3r on GBA. They don't use a fixed camera with an overhead view, it's all over the shoulder and with a controllable camera. They also made a 60fps GTA style game on the DS called COP the Recruit. Their games aren't amazing gameplay wise (though not bad either) but they are absolutely amazing technical achievements. Their newest Ironfall Invasion game on 3DS is also very impressive as well. www.vd-dev.com/Games.html
I can't believe I forgot Warlocked existed, because I owned it when I was a kid! My favorite mission from the campaign was the one where you had to escape the beast fortress with the Grunt... So many restarts from so many deaths.
I loved Warlocked so much as a kid... and I don't know if this is a well known game or not, but my suggestion for a future episode is another gameboy game I grew up with called Revelations: The Demon Slayer. I loved it, you could talk to and convince monsters and even powerful bosses and gods to join your party and fight with you. Then about 2 years ago I realized that it was part of a little well-known, continued series you might have heard of called Shin Megami Tensei, which also includes the Persona games that I love so much, and I never realized it! I've since gotten SMT IV, and love it. But I'll always remember and love Revelations.
+Greg Brech - That was actually my first ever FF game, and just the mechanic of having the characters show signs of exhaustion when on low HP was a technological wonder for lil ol me.
+Greg Brech There would be...so many people that would disagree with you, I feel. Tactics Advance does so many things that are completely opposite of the PSX original, it might be difficult for many fans of the original when they see how much is changed.
+UltimaKeyMaster I'm a huge hugeeee fan of the original, and honestly it's STILL a fft game. stripped down for sure, but being able to play that game on the go back in the day, on long family road trips, was amazing. I felt that it did a wonderful job not being anything too ambitious...simple story, easy controls. it's a 7/10 game but a strong one at that.
I rarely got games other than a few every Christmas. I remember my Mom got me Dragon's Lair on GBC. I was disappointed at first and tried to return it to Toys'R'Us. But it was opened and they wouldn't accept it. Now as a 27 year old. I love revisiting it and have it memorized. Super fun to jump in from time to time on my SP.
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An RTS on Game Boy Color??? Crazy!!! I'm gonna like this new series.
+Gaming Historian the game is excellent. It still holds up when you play it today too so its worth buying.
+Gaming Historian Hey Norman! Didn't know you got down on SSFF. Lookin' forward to your next up, been really impressed and entertained by the last dozen or so things you've put out
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yea its cool. I always see my favorite gaming youtube channels commenting on eachothers videos.
Gaming Historian an rts? Jesus christ!
The GBC port of "Cannon Fodder" is really impressive technically with the amount of compressed 3D pre-rendered sprites in the menu and the 3D pre-rendered opening cutscene, but also the SFX are also compressed samples that push the audio capabilities of the GBC as well. Excluding the theme song because it sounds like its coming from a PC-Beeper speaker. No disrespect to Clint of LGR or the Nostalgia Nerd, Not bad for a Amiga to GBC port, They did sacrifice some of the controls from the computer ports.
Seeing or hearing any bit of Warlocked fills me with childhood joy.
we should make a discord or something and find a way to get other players and play... maybe on an emulator(?)
Dat MGS sprite animation!!!!
+Avalanche Reviews yeah!!
+Avalanche Reviews I know, it's crazy to imagine someone sat there and made each sprite individually to make is so smooth.
I would play this for the sprites alone. Plus I feel like the ost would be cool.
+Avalanche Reviews Looks like it could easily be a GBA game!
Honestly, it's a beautiful GBC game, and I'm not just throwing smoke grenades.
That gameboy version of Dragon's Lair (the original GB, not the GBC) was actually a port of an old ZX speccy game called Rollercoaster.
also someone got dragons lair running on the Sinclair ZX81!!!
@@russellwarren9595that's insanely impressive lol
D'oh! That's not smoke, it's fog! Fog from the foggers we're using! Mmmm! Foggers!
MGS: Ghost Babel is such an amazing game. Anyone who enjoyed the MSX titles or even the first MGS will love it.
I remember buying it from Toys R Us as a kid, having absolutely zero clue what Metal Gear Solid was at the time, I must have played MGS on GBC front to back at least 30 times throughout my years with the GameBoy. Unbelievable game.
Suggestion: Live-A-Live, a JRPG for the SNES that never made it over here. It's a game where you play through different timelines as different characters and almost every one of them plays completely differently. There's a sci-fi segment that is basically an adventure game, a wrestling/fighting tourney that is just a series of battles, a ninja segment where you can be completely stealthy, a prehistoric segment with no dialogue, etc. It's crazy strange and crazy good.
+SpitefulCrow Not to mention it has the best battle menu in the history of ever with an Armageddon option.
im hyped for the remake
Yeah, I did not see that remake coming. Now where is our Terranigma? I mean heck, there’s already a translation for that game (though I’m not sure who owns it. Is it Square Enix via Enix?)
@@leeartlee915 Yeah whats weird to me are all the games that basically have an English translation but were never released in the USA. Lots of weird games that got and English PAL release in the UK but not the US. Demon's Souls had an English translation in East Asia which basically was responsible for all of Souls because that translation meant people in the US could import it (the PS3 thankfully not being region locked for games), which lead to Atlus seeing there was enough demand to really publish it in the US, which lead to enough demand world wide for Dark Souls to be published, and the rest is history!
Somebody else knows about warlocked?!? I picked it up in a big lot and fell in love with it. I also, have never been able to play it with anyone.
I got one somewhere id play with ya lol
I remember breaking my GBA playing Warlocked hahaha
I was trying to run away from some enemies or something and I accidentally pushed the buttons down so hard that I broke the left button on my D-Pad. Such a great game.
So glad I held onto my MGS for GBC......I bought it back in 2000 brand new for $30.....
+GaggleofDoozies; yeah i got a used loose copy for a couple bucks way back when. it would be cool to have a complete copy but it's really exploded in price, so i'm probably good!
Luckily I bought mine used a couple of years ago for 35 bucks. Now it sells for well over 100 bucks.
I bought my loose copy back in 2005-2006 for $7. Probably the best retro game deal I ever got. It's crazy how expensive that game is now and it has never been rereleased, which is a shame as Ghost Babel is easily one of the best Gameboy Color games ever made and debatably, the best 2D Metal Gear game. At least it's an easy game to emulate.
I'm totally down for this series.
+Prime92; yay! thanks, me too!
GBC's Cardrige were huge for an 8-Bit System.
Just imagine a 1-TB PS4 Game
It's actually pretty easy to imagine a 1TB PS4 game. Several AAA games are 100+GB
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Wow Derek, this is truly a great idea! I am a big fan of showcasing games that don't get talked about or in this case are impressive or noteworthy titles that managed to do what they did. I certainly didn't know the GBC Dragon's Lair port was as authentic as it was, and only know Warlocked and MGS: Ghost Babal for there awesome soundtracks, and legendary Jeroen Tel being the main audio man for Warlocked!
A title I would like to see mentioned on a future episode is *Jim Power: The Lost Dimension in 3D* for SNES, it probably has the most insane use of paralax scrolling for the SNES, and is brutally difficult, with an amazing soundtrack. So take what you will of where the game can fit in, but I would recommend looking into it! ;)
+WiiGuy's 8BitStereo; oh yeah, Jim Power, that's a good one! it's really hard, is a very bad way, but that shifting perspective makes the game truly unplayable! and i'm sure you know this but that soundtrack tho!
+Stop Skeletons From Fighting Oh yes, I know your stance on Battletoads and games with that kind of difficulty, which Jim Power has. I did a review of that game on another channel I have and pretty much reviewed it in and out and it's whole brutal difficulty. But did highly admire the graphics and how no other game uses that paralax, and the amazing Chris Huelsbeck soundtrack!
I'm a sucker for certain difficult games like that, and I love The Lost Dimension for being that so hard and must memorize and the level kind of game, which I can totally understand being unplayable for most.
Now that I think of it, an episode of "Games Too Hard For Their Own Good" could work, and that's where Jim Power can be talked about ;)
I think Ghost Babel is actually a "what if" story that takes place after the original Metal Gear for the MSX, as though Big Boss hadn't returned... I think. I should play through the rest of it, it was like having a Metal Gear 3.
This. THIS is what we should've got for the Super Nintendo, to fill the gap between the NES and Playstation. Course then the release of MGS for the Playstation wouldn't have had as much impact, but Ghost Babel plays a little better than the NES Metal Gear games, so it would've been a good starting point for SNES owners if it was ported.
I think metal gear 2: solid snake should've had a SNES port back then , it would've been better for the series
No, Babel was non-canon sequel to MGS1. It's been confirmed multiple times.
actually Ghost Babel takes place after MGS even thou you visit again zanzibar land in wich MG2 Solid Snake takes place
well a few certain codec conversations in mgs2 and completing the special missions in ghost babel imply it's Jack's (Raiden's) VR Mission based on the events of ground zeroes and the phantom pain of all games before those even came out...
Aaah... Ghost Babel, my favorite Game Boy Color game ever.
Also I love how it feels more like a sequel to Metal Gear 2 and why they made the story shine a lot too, and of top of that an amazing soundtrack, wonderful gameplay and really nice graphics considering the limitation of the system.
Great idea!
Worms for the Game Boy is not the best but it works. There's even Worms Armageddon for the Game Boy Color.
Also Street Fighter Alpha shouldn't be on the Super Nintendo, but it is, and it's awesome!
Street Fighter Alpha is on the Gameboy Color
Awesome job! It manages to talk about obscure video games, and not be click bait! Really loved it!
Ghost Babel is 100% a Metal Gear game through and through.
I didn't expect it to be considering it was on the Game Boy with just two buttons but boy was i in for a surprise.
Star Ocean for SNES is pretty incredible for its time, and Doom for SNES too, even if it was far from perfect.
+SykoFox True StarOcean rom is very large.
don't forget the first Tales game on snes too
+SykoFox I second that and the first Tales game. I never understood what happened with Wolfteam and Namco back in the day. Star Ocean uses many of Phantasia's assets.
How does your comment relate to anything shown in this video ?
I'm impressed that they made Doom run on the SNES at all!
Warlocked sounds freaking amazing! God i love retro games i feel like im constantly discovering masterpieces i never knew existed.
Wow, Ghost Babel looks unbelievable!! The animation is so fluid, I have got to play this one!
GBC was a handheld where I think devs loved to experiment and tried to push the limits of the hardware. Had some awesome games.
How about the Resident Evil Gaiden game for GBC and the fact they put the first to the DS. Just those two alone are enough for me lol. Great new show as always solid content. Keep up the great work man.
The GBC version of Cannon Fodder is incredible too. Shantae is also very beautiful.
Perfect Dark Gameboy color.
+DBTGAMER; hahaha, getting a lot of requests for perfect dark
Well, finished up my binge of the whole series!
I just ordered a copy of GBC Dragon's Lair, and Ghost Babel is one of my most desired GBC games. Great video, I'm looking forward to the next!
A buddy and I bought Warlocked back in the day and played a ton of the multiplayer. I still own my copy to this day and still pick it up again from time to time. I'm still impressed with how well it plays for an RTS.
Super cool idea for a series.
Gameboy Color had some damn impressive looking games considering the hardware. One of my favorites in that respect has to be Toki Tori which looks really nice with super smooth animations and lots of colors, sounds amazing and has one of my favorite video game songs.
I'm so glad someone else remembers Warlocked! I used to rent this all the time back in the day. This game needs more love!
So cool to see somebody giving a shout to two lesser-known GBC classics, Warlocked and MGS. I was lucky enough to play these as a kid, when they came out, and MGS is easily one of my top GBC games.
Personally, I had no idea Dragon's lair was an actual port. That doesn't surprise me though, with games like Alone in the Dark and The New Addam's Family. GBC had quite a few tricks up its sleeve.
Perfect Dark made an appearance on Game Boy Color too, and it, like MGS, is a very solid, highly advanced game pushing the GBC to its limits!
Also, Derek, I can see Mischief Makers behind you. Are you going to review that? It's one of my favorite games of all time!
+Real1; i've wanted to review mischief makers for years! i'm hoping to finally get to it in 2016
+Stop Skeletons From Fighting Oh, sweet! It'll be cool to see what you think!
MGS is my favourite GBC game of all time, I remember my mum getting it for me when it came out as a kid and she took me to work with her that day, least to say I was no trouble, just glued to that tiny screen!
I love this concept; I'm a big fan of weird games, and you can bet that I'll be racking my brain for some in the future, but I'm excited just to see what you come up with.
Warlocked is a freaking excellent game. I bought it new right when it came out because i had seen it in nintendo power i think and i had previously gotten into rts games after renting starcraft 64 several times. Warlocked is for sure one of my most played games for handheld systems.
Derek ! I love the way you talk and Nerd about games, This new series looks very promising and i'll be looking forward to not miss a single episode of it from now on
What a great idea for a video series, and what great games to start it with! Superb work Derek, looking forward to more Punching Weight in the future :D
When it comes down to games like these, one of the better examples that come to mind is Alien Resurrection for the PS1. It lacked a lot of polish, making it an infuriatingly hard game that seemed impossible to beat at times, but the way its programmers made it push the PS1 to its limits in order to deliver an atmospheric experience is nothing short of amazing. You ought to check it out if you ever get the chance Derek.
This is a pretty ace showcase for what the GBC was really capable of. I'm looking forward to more, Derek.
And if you're inviting suggestions, I would put forward RECCA for the Famicom and Yoot Saito's Odama for GameCube. The former is a blisteringly fast 8-bit technical marvel, and the latter comes pretty damn close to collapsing under the weight of its own crazy ambition but nonetheless earns my respect.
Had a pretty bleh day yesterday. Then I watched this video and it felt all worthwhile. Can't wait to see more episodes.
As for suggestions on what to look at in future, I'd like to see your take on the Mega Drive/Genesis version of Sonic 3D Blast: Flickies' Island. I know folks prefer the Saturn version, but I still think the MD version got a hell of a lot done.
Really smooth animation that could rival Vectorman, getting an FMV of all things to render half-decently on a system released in 1989, and a fantastic framerate despite what had to be rendered on screen at all times? I think that deserves a look, but I'll gladly enjoy seeing any more surprises you stumble upon.
Thanks again, Derek, and have a good one! :)
"Fogger" makes sense in two ways:
1. Unlike cigs, it doesn't suck your health
2. there are actual handheld foggers!
Amazing idea, Derek. If you ever make a NES/Famicom episode, I suggest Summer Carnival '92: Recca, a technically impressive and crazy fast shoot 'em up.
Great new series man! I've always found Ghost Babel really underrated and I had it numerous times as a kid (even when I'd sell it back I'd keep buying it again because it was that good!)
I played the first two Metal Gears more recently on the Subsistence disc for MGS3 and its actually pretty cool to think this game is almost the reinterpretation of MGS1 in the classic style and for fans of those original 2 games, sort of a best of both worlds with the grand next gen console thing and the handheld version that is more faithlful to the original style.
Love the video! I had no idea any of this was possible on the GBC :o I always thought Rockstar's attempts at making a GTA game on handhelds were punching wayyy above their weight. Especially the Stories series.
I'm glad you mentioned Ghost Babel. I played that after I discovered the MGS series and it blew me away. And actually, I DID once play it on a long plane flight!
Sweet, love the new show! This really does open the door to touch on a large number of games.
I can think of a game immediately, Fighter Maker on PS1. I can't say it was that good of a game, but oh man did you have a lot of options for creating your own fighter.
I'd check out Hell Night for the PS1 (Dark Messiah in Japan) if I were you. I was basically Amnesia: The Dark Descent, but twelve years earlier. It tried modern survival horror years before it was even a thing. Definitely check it out. Hell, you could fill an entire SSFF video w/ it. It was published by Atlas, so you know it's a good obscure game.
*Atlus
I know it is old news, but Resident Evil 2 being ported to the N64, a game originally spanning 2 700MB disks WITH all the FMV's, was a pretty darn impressive feat too.
Great video! Another Game Boy Color game that was impressive to me was Dragon Warrior III. It's a port of the SNES remake of the original NES game but they were not only able to keep everything (minus backgrounds in battle) from the SNES remake, but they even added more post-game content.
I FINALLY SAW A REVIEW FOR WARLOCK. THAT GAME DESERVED ONE SO FUCKING LONG AGO. THANK YOU HVGN! :)
i've wanted to do a review of warlocked from the very beginning of the hvgn but i could never get it right. in a way, punching weight was just an excuse to finally say my piece about warlocked
Stop Skeletons From Fighting Yeah, and you did a great job. :)
You should have focused more on the music though, that game soundtrack needs some crazy remixes. :p
Anyways, well done. GG.
Awesome new segment. The RTS game especially looks interesting.
I still cant believe they cancelled Warlocked 2 - it would've been incredible
this first episode of punching weight is really cool. can't wait for more.
My brother and I each got copies of Warlocked when it came out, and played it religiously - especially on road trips. We got a link cable specifically so we could play it multi-player and it was phenomenal.
The game (along with WC2 and Starcraft) was one of the major factors in the RTS genre becoming my favorite genre of game.
Warlocked was one of my absolute favorite games on the GBC. I've been playing RTS games since as far back as I can remember, and having one that I could carry around, instead of having to play at my computer, blew my little kid brain clean off.
Great video.
Two other impressive GBC games are Cannon Fodder (intro cinematic and lots of voice clips) and the port of Street Fighter Alpha.
OMG! Warlocked is one of my all time favorite GBC games! my friend and I would hang out on the flatbed of my truck and do head-to-head wars for hours! the only thing that's odd about the vs is that when your friend summons a wizard the whole game pauses and the one not summoning gets a warning screen saying your opponent is summoning a wizard. kinda plays mind games with you when you haven't found an altar in battle to summon your own. love that game!
Loving the idea for this series, I can't wait to see more.
HVGN has such a unique taste in games. This is kinda the spiritual successor to the GBA FPS video. Keep it rad, keep living the dream.
I know you covered it in a stream, but I would LOVE to see FPS GBA games again. Love it.
Yup!!
At 3:27 I appreciate the juxtaposition of having Earthbound CIB and Lunar Silver Star Story Complete casually on display for the audience... and then above that, 7 copies of the Burger King-Xbox Tie-In game "Sneak King".
Someone noticed!!!!
Great show, I had no idea somebody actually pulled off the "interactive movie" thing of "Dragon's Lair" into the 8-bit Game Boy Color. That's pretty cool.
Weird games are my favorite.
I think the Game Boy port of Contra 3 deserves a look at for this series.
My brother had Warlocked and he didn't care for it but I remember playing it a ton. Good nostalgia watching that footage. Definitely a favorite GBC game for me
If I may, I'd like to suggest both The Fish Files and The New Addams Family Series, also for the GBC. Both of them are adventure games made by Cryo Interactive, and they're surprisingly well made, considering the hardware. I would also mention that Duke Nukem 3D brazilian port for the Genesis, yeah, it's not that good, but it's interesting to see how they tried to adapt the game to a Genesis cartridge.
Looking forward to future episodes of this series, this is looking to be pretty good. Keep it up, Derek! :D
Man!! I had all 3 of these games, those were some good days as a kid, playing at night when I'm supposed to be asleep, under the covers with my Gameboy Color and Wormlight!
Dude, the engineering and programming involved in a lot of GBC games is mind-blowing. I remember playing a snowboarding game that had decent graphics and was pretty impressed. Not to mention many many more.
Warlocked was one of my first GBC games and I wore it out, I’m very excited to see it make a showing
Nice video! I'm always way more impressed by the technical achievements on 8bit systems for some reason! XD
Just for the record, Ghost Babel is an alternate sequel to the original Metal Gear on the MSX. Think of it like an alternate take on Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake :)
"Stop skeletons from fighting." - What do you have against Killer Instinct?
Cool new series, Derek. There was an old SNES game, Majyuuou, or "King of Demons", that seems to be your type of thing. Its an action/horror game that wasnt released on the US, probably due to gruesome content. As you like old horror titles, its at least worth checking out (a fan translation also exists). Its more or less the SNES version of Monster Party, but its a more serious game, with some nice monster
design. Give it a try, someday, if you have the opportunity.
This was pretty awesome. Thanks for coming up with ideas like this. Im definitely getting warlock.
This is a great idea for a series!
I would've been incredibly impressed playing metal gear when I was a kid goddamn!
Now this is something with potential. I really want to see what else you have planned
Incredible intro. Good video too, and good games, but that intro gets me every time. XD
I'm astonished that you didn't go for the most infamously punching above it's weight game for the GBC of all time, Shantae!
Then again, that game has it's time in the limelight, and you usually arent' about that.
Still, there's a ton of insane crap for the GBC that could make one do a double take.
+ClexYoshi Spirou: The Robot Invasion and Asterix: Search for Dogmatix also feature very detailed animations.
+ClexYoshi another vote for Shantae over here, as well as the Crystalis GBC port. I'd also vote for Final Fantasy Adventure, considering the time period it was released.
+ClexYoshi Well, considering he put a rather well-known Metal Gear spinoff here, Shantae would be fine. Shantae's gotten a lot of love the past half-decade, so there would be plenty of fans who'd want to hear about it.
ClexYoshi how? are these people doing feats that id call pure magic?
UltimaKeyMaster ghost babel is like a different timeline which happens concurrently with shadow moses.
First video I have watched, the introduction alone made me like and subscribe :-)
You should have a look at Cannon Fodder. Has a fully 3D intro and some of the best sound I've heard from a Gameboy Color game.
warlocked was one of my fave gbc games. its amaizing they got a full rts to run on it
Metal Gear on GBC is honestly a great game. Not just a "good enough for GBC game". Its actually good and worth playing.
Both Warlocked and Crystalis were games that I desperetaly wanted to add to my collection, but unfortunately I couldn't. Anyway great selection, and IDK if you guys already covered, but Perfect Dark is another fine example of what capable developers could do on the GBC and its limits. Great video guys!
Really liked the video. I think one of the most amazing GBC games was Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare. The gameplay was not great, but it was fun. The graphics though, they were AMAZING! It looks like a PC DOS game in VGA.
Gekido Advance is a good example on the GBA, if just for the visual department.
Indeed. I was very impressed by how amazing it looked, but i dont think i ever got too far...
But this is Gameboy... Not gameboy advance.
Would you compare a Lada to a Ferrari ?
tonk82 and... Why is that?
dede9806 it is Gameboy Advance 😑
nowonmetube
Well, this video is clearly about Gameboy games and NOT Gameboy Advance games.
tonk82 is talking about a Gameboy Advance game.
..so i just say that it's normal for Gekido to look better coz it's on a more ADVANCED console... Duh!
I really hope this series continues, because there is so much weird ports like GTA on GBC, Alone in the Dark or Resident Evil on the GBC, FPS games on the GBA, or even recent things like Dead Rising on Wii, things that shouldn't exist but yet do.
Because sometimes its a lot more fun to talk about how weird a game or a port is than a normal great game.
Loving what I'm seeing here, definitely subscribing. This is such a great idea for a show.
Super exciting series! Keep kicking ass, man
I love Warlocked. I was amazed at the time how they were able to do the voice samples
I played that Metal Gear game on a flight from Arizona to Ireland...I had so much fun.
Great episode.
If you're also doing random indie games I suggest ''rogue light'' it is a small but very fun game.
Other Gameboy games you should check out are ''Astro boy'' for the gba, and ''Ninja Five-0'' also for the gba.
This sounds like (yet another) show of yours that will be very fun!
You may already be considering this game (don't know if you've actually gone on to finish it and formed a final opinion on it), but Xenoblade Chronicles Wii probably qualifies for a show like this. Also, Ico and Shadow of the Colossus on PS2.
Resident Evil 2 and Conker's Bad Fur Day are two to consider from the N64. Cramming RE2's prerendered backgrounds, voices and FMV's onto a 64MB cartridge (which used two CD's on PS1) was quite an accomplishment by Factor 5 (who incidentally have a lot of other technically impressive games under their belt if you're on the hunt for impressive games). Conker is also packed with full voice acting, and sports some super impressive visuals as well for N64 standards.
Also take a look at the developer VD-dev. They are Amiga veterans who have insanely talented programmers. Their GB/GBC/GBA/DS/3DS games are truly a sight to behold. On GBA they created a fully 3D platformer called Asterix and Obelix XXL. They also managed a GTA-inspired sandbox game (also using polygonal 3D graphics) with Driv3r on GBA. They don't use a fixed camera with an overhead view, it's all over the shoulder and with a controllable camera. They also made a 60fps GTA style game on the DS called COP the Recruit. Their games aren't amazing gameplay wise (though not bad either) but they are absolutely amazing technical achievements. Their newest Ironfall Invasion game on 3DS is also very impressive as well.
www.vd-dev.com/Games.html
I can't believe I forgot Warlocked existed, because I owned it when I was a kid! My favorite mission from the campaign was the one where you had to escape the beast fortress with the Grunt... So many restarts from so many deaths.
I loved Warlocked so much as a kid... and I don't know if this is a well known game or not, but my suggestion for a future episode is another gameboy game I grew up with called Revelations: The Demon Slayer.
I loved it, you could talk to and convince monsters and even powerful bosses and gods to join your party and fight with you. Then about 2 years ago I realized that it was part of a little well-known, continued series you might have heard of called Shin Megami Tensei, which also includes the Persona games that I love so much, and I never realized it!
I've since gotten SMT IV, and love it. But I'll always remember and love Revelations.
Great series. Can´t wait for more episodes.
We need more episodes like these.
MGS: Ghost Babel was actually the first version of MGS I ever played. The nostalgia was strong with this one!
fft for gba! does a great job of keeping the feel of a tactics game, on the go.
great episode, I love this idea / series so far :)
+Greg Brech - That was actually my first ever FF game, and just the mechanic of having the characters show signs of exhaustion when on low HP was a technological wonder for lil ol me.
+Greg Brech There would be...so many people that would disagree with you, I feel. Tactics Advance does so many things that are completely opposite of the PSX original, it might be difficult for many fans of the original when they see how much is changed.
+UltimaKeyMaster I'm a huge hugeeee fan of the original, and honestly it's STILL a fft game. stripped down for sure, but being able to play that game on the go back in the day, on long family road trips, was amazing. I felt that it did a wonderful job not being anything too ambitious...simple story, easy controls. it's a 7/10 game but a strong one at that.
I rarely got games other than a few every Christmas. I remember my Mom got me Dragon's Lair on GBC. I was disappointed at first and tried to return it to Toys'R'Us. But it was opened and they wouldn't accept it. Now as a 27 year old. I love revisiting it and have it memorized. Super fun to jump in from time to time on my SP.
I loved Warlocked. I was huge fan of the Warcraft series and loved having an rts to play while traveling.
Excellent as always Derek