Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts (SNES) Part 1 - James & Mike Mondays

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    Super Ghouls ’n Ghosts is a horror themed side-scrolling action/platform game for the Super Nintendo. It stars a knight named Arthur, who is attempting to rescue a Princess from a group of demons led by Emperor Sardius. In the game, you begin with a shut of armor, which will fall off if touched by an enemy. When this happens, you are left to defend yourself in nothing but your under ware. There are armor upgrades, bronze and gold, which give arthur more magical powers. The game is a sequel to Ghosts ’n Goblins (originally an arcade game) and famously ported to the NES. This is part one of a three part video where James Rolfe and Mike Matei attempt a full run of the game!
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  • @JamesNintendoNerd
    @JamesNintendoNerd  6 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    Like James & Mike Mondays? See more game playthroughs with Mike on Twitch!
    www.twitch.tv/mikemateilive

    • @kk2712
      @kk2712 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Cinemassacre when you guys get the chance can you play Mario sunshine for game cube

    • @Dobermann.Kennel
      @Dobermann.Kennel 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      sigh-The

    • @ScaryKidBellanger
      @ScaryKidBellanger 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Death having a scythe harps back to a forgotten term. "Reaping fields of hay." Then reimagined as a spirit that uses the likeness of the tool to reap souls.

    • @batcat2338
      @batcat2338 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Nope

    • @justintahair9239
      @justintahair9239 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      cool game i tried torch only challenge in this

  • @fedos
    @fedos 8 ปีที่แล้ว +268

    The Grim Reaper harvests (reaps) souls. The scythe is the tool of harvesting.

    • @venom1787
      @venom1787 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      exactly its a metaphore

    • @fattestpony
      @fattestpony 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      came here to say that too

    • @ItsJustMilkISwear
      @ItsJustMilkISwear 8 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      i judge my retro gaming youtubers based on their knowledge of medieval farming equipment.

    • @GFSan
      @GFSan 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      it's still used to this day.
      by the way he was just busy playing the game and his mind was blank. you can see he couldn't even talk.

    • @GFSan
      @GFSan 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      it may be. what's the most entertaining thing to watch, two guys who know a factoid or two guys speculating about it while playing a difficult game?

  • @josephwilles29
    @josephwilles29 7 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Yes, the scythe and sickle are tools for gathering or reaping. Death is personified as the Grim Reaper or the "gatherer of souls". So, Death is depicted as a dark cloaked figure (often a skeleton underneath the cloak) with a scythe because it (he) is reaping the souls of humans in death.

  • @JohnDRuddyMannyMan
    @JohnDRuddyMannyMan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +159

    The Grim Reaper reaps souls, like a regular reaper reaps hay, hence the scythe ;)

    • @CamTheK1ll3r
      @CamTheK1ll3r 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      No idea how I've never made that connection before

    • @robbalan6969
      @robbalan6969 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Thank you, I came here to see if anyone else got this 🤦‍♂️😂

    • @RoyceLovesHisShotgun
      @RoyceLovesHisShotgun 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      You telling me that it really WASN'T about a tired guy who was out whacking hay all day ?!? 🤔🤣🤣

    • @lowen__
      @lowen__ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I was screaming this at the screen the whole time they were talking about it

    • @chrishart4034
      @chrishart4034 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      The HARVESTER OF SOULS

  • @NecrosVideos
    @NecrosVideos 7 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    I said "get the knife" at the same time haha!

  • @ChickenPika
    @ChickenPika 9 ปีที่แล้ว +343

    "Something to do with... Hay."
    "Hay, you're dead."
    Excellent.

    • @hodun8
      @hodun8 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Whacking hay all day?

  • @MistahBroccoli
    @MistahBroccoli 10 ปีที่แล้ว +169

    the SNES controller makes the best plastic creaking noises of all time

    • @dannydunn802
      @dannydunn802 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I think the original NES controller has the best clicking noise

    • @dannydunn802
      @dannydunn802 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@gurvmlk Really? But in your opinion, do you think the original Genesis controller was clunky and clumsy?

    • @shaitet
      @shaitet ปีที่แล้ว

      I hate it personally lol.

    • @StephenPaulChaseJr-nn1ng
      @StephenPaulChaseJr-nn1ng ปีที่แล้ว

      Lol!!

    • @johnlocke5021
      @johnlocke5021 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ⁠@@gurvmlkjust get a better Gamecube controller

  • @MilesMetal
    @MilesMetal 9 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    This has to be my all-time favourite set of 'James and Mike Mondays' episodes. I'd love to see you guys go through the Genesis version of Ghouls 'n' Ghosts/Ghosts 'n' Goblins.

  • @KIRA-EL
    @KIRA-EL 9 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    The Sythe makes perfect sense as the weapon for the reaper Harvesting wheat=Harvester of souls.

    • @JNRBshow
      @JNRBshow 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      my fifth grade teacher says that!!!

  • @sedorikkumanga4937
    @sedorikkumanga4937 8 ปีที่แล้ว +209

    for the scynthe i think its because the grim reaper HARVEST souls like you harvest crops

    • @cameronwier6981
      @cameronwier6981 8 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      reaping is also a term for harvesting a crop, like the saying "reap what you have sewn"

    • @aaaab384
      @aaaab384 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Only an american would not figure that out.

    • @ngastakvakis4425
      @ngastakvakis4425 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Scythe* Sown*

    • @jessyg17
      @jessyg17 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes, that's what reaper means! I love these guys and their videos, but that part was so hard to watch. I felt like banging my head against the wall; I just wanted to jump through the screen and tell them. How can you not figure it out? This is not something I was ever specifically taught, I just thought it was obvious given the reaper's name and tool. C'mon guys.

    • @Shotokan1001
      @Shotokan1001 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The scythe was used to harvest wheat at the end of the season (end of its life) and it would leave the wheat cut evenly across. (symbolizing how all are equal after death)

  • @robinhoodwasasocialist.1401
    @robinhoodwasasocialist.1401 7 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    James.....mike......just so you know, when I'm having a horrible, stressful depressing ass day I always know I can fall back on watching your videos to put a smile on my face. Thank you.

  • @seigeengine
    @seigeengine 10 ปีที่แล้ว +144

    The Grim Reaper wields a scythe because he reaps souls like men do crops.
    To reap is to "cut or gather (a crop or harvest)."
    So the grim reaper is literally a GRIM reaper.

    • @burakoshimazaki
      @burakoshimazaki 10 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      You reap what you sow

    • @seigeengine
      @seigeengine 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      Brad Shimazaki Now I'm imagining the grim reaper sticking little soulettes up women's vaginas.

    • @cheezmunky1
      @cheezmunky1 10 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      How'd these horror nerds not know that?

    • @xpallodoc
      @xpallodoc 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks for the info

    • @Dalle89
      @Dalle89 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      seigeengine HARVESTER OF SOULS! (metallica reference) :D

  • @DrBeef216
    @DrBeef216 10 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    "I just want this to be over."
    Always the sign of a great gaming experience.

    • @jasonbrown4526
      @jasonbrown4526 10 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Unless you're playing Superman64

  • @Bunnellius
    @Bunnellius 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    "Hay, you're dead!"
    That Grim Reaper is a crack-up. :3

  • @sammylane21
    @sammylane21 8 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    Imagine if there were a GHOULS AND GHOSTS movie where you THINK you just saw the ending,hero Knight is standing tall as the end credits roll and you see "CONGRATULATIONS..YOU HAVE JUST SEEN THE END BUT IN ORDER THE SEE THE TRUE ENDING....YOU MUST VIEW THIS MOVIE AGAIN IN REVERSE" just like how this sadistic game forces you to play a 2nd time to see the true ending.I'd be fuck that!Haha!!

    • @thegamethatneverwas
      @thegamethatneverwas 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +Sammy Lane At least they didn't make you pay for it like they did with Asura's Wrath.

    • @MedicMain9
      @MedicMain9 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Flutter Island or EA's Battlefront

    • @stephenwarriors1704
      @stephenwarriors1704 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      yup

    • @Burn_Angel
      @Burn_Angel 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Except that they didn't do that on Super Ghouls n' Ghosts. It was something about finding some shit to know the real ending. Dunno, I never used a guide to beat it.

  • @lordofbanana6869
    @lordofbanana6869 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love listening to deep philosophical conversations

  • @Mundane05
    @Mundane05 10 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Also the Grim Reaper's depicted with a scythe because he 'reaps' human souls like a farmer reaps his harvest. Far as I know.

  • @EmperorNero
    @EmperorNero 10 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    The reason in actuality why the scythe was adopted as deaths weapon was during the black death people said they saw a man in a black cloak outside of town before the black death game and he was holding a scythe and a lantern which put out gas. Obviously it became a myth due to that. People were paranoid or lying,but it became deaths weapon.

    • @EmperorNero
      @EmperorNero 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      ILOVECHICKEN698
      So I mistyped in for is sorry we can't all be perfect ILOVECHICKEN698.

    • @TheWickerMan1981
      @TheWickerMan1981 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Or, he HARVESTS souls.

    • @3Nvisage
      @3Nvisage 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      TheWickerMan1981 that's why he's called the grim REAPER. He reaps souls.

  • @williammilk7874
    @williammilk7874 8 ปีที่แล้ว +124

    Hey don't forget the golden rule!
    GET THE KNIFE!

    • @yournamegoeshere7584
      @yournamegoeshere7584 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I just got you a STACK OF LIKES

    • @SmashAtoms
      @SmashAtoms 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The bow and arrow is best with the power armor.

  • @NemosChannel
    @NemosChannel 10 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    The Grim "Reaper" has a scythe because he's reaping souls? Like you use a scythe to reap hay? Lol.

    • @SurfintheHighway
      @SurfintheHighway 10 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      I have noticed on many of these videos that despite being smart individuals, James and Mike lack a bit on general knowledge. This is a pretty good example of that.

    • @NemosChannel
      @NemosChannel 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      VixXstazosJOB I don't think it's general knowledge that a scythe is a harvesting tool. I'm more surprised that since they actually know it's a harvesting tool they couldn't make the connection :)

    • @wiscoq8093
      @wiscoq8093 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nemo's Channel a scythe is called a sickle by most people when using farm talk

    • @YukoAsho
      @YukoAsho 10 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      WisconsinWrestling KFA Naw, the sickle is the little one. The one you see on the Soviet flag.

    • @adonwins8351
      @adonwins8351 10 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Calling sickle a scythe is like calling knife a sword.

  • @Warhawk556
    @Warhawk556 9 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    This game was legendary back in the day, I remember playing it when I was 6 or so and the graphics being like nothing I've ever seen. It was also terrifying at the time for a kid. The coffins coming up really upset me for some reason and I asked for someone to put a different game in, and they put in Star Fox. An I thought that was incredible for a console game since I had been brought up on PC gaming and we only owned an NES and SMB1 and SMB3. That same year Star Fox came out, we got Aces Over Europe for PC which I was much more interested in since it was about WW2 planes and utilized a flight stick. I only recently re-discovered Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts and remembered it from my youth.

  • @gtochld11
    @gtochld11 8 ปีที่แล้ว +110

    I love when James gets going about iTunes...

    • @cakestalker
      @cakestalker 7 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      He should just get an Android phone instead.

    • @ta0soft
      @ta0soft 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Or a Windows phone :D

    • @icetoseeyou7553
      @icetoseeyou7553 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Rountree1985 HAHAHAHAHAHA nice one... oh wait, you're serious ?

    • @budgetgambler4306
      @budgetgambler4306 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      If you have an Android You get zero hoes

    • @_PuppetMaster86
      @_PuppetMaster86 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ryan Clark He could delete iTunes and use Spotify like I did.

  • @SammyRenard
    @SammyRenard 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I just love how james instantly goes into a rant whenever itunes is mentioned

  • @jakeh2034
    @jakeh2034 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I gotta say, after watching your videos after watching so many other TH-camrs: your volume levels are perfect. Not too loud, but I can hear everything perfectly at minimum volume.
    One thing I wish gamers would do is learn some side compression techniques to better showcase game music during pauses. An automated process to make editing simple, while keeping levels perfect. Audio is my passion, and I feel it's overlooked on a lot of channels. My preferred DAW, Studio One has a great video player to sync up audio tracks to video.
    Love all your work, and always come back to these 3 episodes when I need some long spooky themed gameplay. Can't wait to see future projects from ya.

  • @PhantomFist37
    @PhantomFist37 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    "Two blue balls"
    - Mike Matei, 2014

  • @ThatBrownBat777
    @ThatBrownBat777 10 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Cinemassacre Mike, a reaper is one who harvests the crop (sometimes with a scythe). The "Grim" Reaper is supposed to "harvest" souls for the dead. So that's why in Simon's Quest, you can just walk past him, because he's too busy plowing the field for Dracula.

  • @MsDjessa
    @MsDjessa 8 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    I guess the scythe on Grim Reaper symbolizes how he harvests souls. And some people really did use them as weapons if they had nothing else. Even the 1800s.

    • @MsDjessa
      @MsDjessa 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ***** I don't think it was ever common but it was used when nothing else was available. In Poland they reattached the blade to make it more like a glaive.

    • @RetroFrito
      @RetroFrito 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +MsDjessa Yeah I think you're correct. Reaping is cutting and gathering crops, often using a scythe. Death reaps souls, also with a scythe.

    • @yam83
      @yam83 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +murted murtedovic Machetes are more practical and easier to wield. ;)

    • @MsDjessa
      @MsDjessa 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I should also point out that earlier scythes had a simpler pole for a handle so they were more like regular pole weapons.

    • @MsDjessa
      @MsDjessa 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      ***** Interesting. : ) I only had a guess and wondered about the actual origin

  • @teamvirus6895
    @teamvirus6895 8 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    That should be the slogan for the game. "You're naked, you're dead."

  • @shinemperor8950
    @shinemperor8950 9 ปีที่แล้ว +171

    Likely won't read this, but I imagine that the idea of the scythe and the dead comes from the idea that, the grim reaper harvests souls... and the scythe is used to harvest grain. My guess would be, that early agricultural communities envisioned death as a natural part of life... so the reaper, has his season too.. when he harvests the dead or souls.. that it has its own harvest...

    • @r6random770
      @r6random770 9 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      ShinEmperor thats exactly right. youd think because james is such a horror fan he would know that :p

    • @sickcxnt9444
      @sickcxnt9444 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      You're right

    • @benny2.050
      @benny2.050 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It actually came from the weapon called a scythe which was a modified version of the farming tool a sickle it was smaller and used to rips weapons away from your opponents. Ninjas and assassins used these which they were basically a symbol of death themselves so the weapons were used for the grimm reaper.

    • @Retrovorious
      @Retrovorious 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Benny2.0, shin emperor is correct actually grim reaper with a scythe is a symbolism that's been used since the dark ages

    • @JJJ111JJJ
      @JJJ111JJJ 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Benny2.0 That's not correct at all. Did you just take a wild guess and decide it was true? I'm wondering because you gave such a long and specific answer even though it was wrong.

  • @ProblmSolvd
    @ProblmSolvd 10 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    And to think... there are deathless speedruns of this game ._.

    • @ProblmSolvd
      @ProblmSolvd 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      And Jedi Ninja's.

    • @dricsi07
      @dricsi07 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      There are no damage runs of ninja gaiden 2.... on master ninja.... that....yust insane.

    • @ProblmSolvd
      @ProblmSolvd 10 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Watch damageless runs of bullet hell shooters... Dear god what are these peoples fingers made of!?!?

    • @greedow
      @greedow 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ***** it's only a waste if they don't like games

    • @OmniZeroFive
      @OmniZeroFive 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Man, PJ, one of my favorite speedrunners was working on this game forever. He is godly using the torch (which does the most damage and the quickest when used to it's maximum potential), but even he could never get really that close to putting a torch-run in the books... The time savings would've been massive. Deathless isn't the impossible achievement for this game. It's actually completing it without taking damage would be ideal. Oh, btw, the speedrunners all do the 2 loops, there aren't 1-loop runs, gotta do both for the ending. they do it in about 40 mins give or take. I'd go pull up the actual WR (it's below 40 mins i'm practically certain), but I don't remember who even has it right now so it would be more work than it usually i for me to link the speedruns, normally I have a good idea who holds it, but no clue here right now. Maybe later on I'll reply again. If you see a reply here from me, it is because I've found it to share alright guys. adios (I'll try to figure out the craziest categories that have completed runs too... ususally interesting stuff), Later.

  • @PeteSkerritt
    @PeteSkerritt 10 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Awesome. I'm TERRIBLE at this game, so it's pretty cool watching you guys tackle it.
    I must say that I wish I was better at this game-- or, at least, more patient with it. There's a lot of neat stuff that I missed out on due to my lack of skill. The rotating room, for example, is comparable to (though much harder than) the similar area in Super Castlevania IV. I had seen pictures of this in EGM way back when, but never saw it in real time until now. Then there's the really creepy stage settings; fleshy, gross, appropriate. Of course, there's also seeing all the stuff that would almost definitely kill me, over and over and over again, until I might have snapped my SNES controller in frustration.
    For me, this is a perfect Let's Play game, and I've really enjoyed watching you both tackle it so far. I'm also really liking the banter between you in this part. It's reminiscent of what gaming was like for me with friends back in the SNES era; we took turns playing games to their endings, and we almost always talked about really dumb stuff... most of which usually made all of us laugh. As I've noted on your other videos, they really bring back memories of what it was like playing games with buddies, where having fun was equally as important as playing and/or beating a game. That's what means a lot to me, and why I'm here almost every week, leaving mile-long comments. These videos really hit home for me and my nostalgia, and I really appreciate them.

    • @rathelmmc3194
      @rathelmmc3194 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Emulator and Save States. Max the game a whole lot more bearable when you're rocking the gold armor the whole time.

    • @joeyh31
      @joeyh31 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Well put. I agree Peter.

    • @TheSchmuck2
      @TheSchmuck2 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      10/10 comment, would read again

    • @MSorge13
      @MSorge13 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Peter Skerritt I've never made it too far in this game before, mainly because I've never owned it, so I definitely feel you. I also wish I was great at Ghosts 'N Goblins and Super Ghouls 'N Ghosts, but they're hard!... Maybe one day.

  • @FrancoisRoy
    @FrancoisRoy 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    In the game, you gotta get the TORCH; kills most enemies in 1 or 2 shots

  • @coltonharland2273
    @coltonharland2273 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You harvest hay with a scythe. The grim reaper harvest souls, Christ lol.

  • @LukeOfTroy
    @LukeOfTroy 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is driving me nuts. The sickle with the gold armour completely clears the screen every time.

  • @NoTimeNoEffort
    @NoTimeNoEffort 10 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    I love that Spelunky acknowledges the ridiculous videogame spikes and only actually kills you if you FALL on them, but if you approach them from the side you can just walk through them. I wish more games did that.

  • @hellinterface6721
    @hellinterface6721 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    This is the darksouls of SNES! ...or is Darksouls the SG&G of modern games?? Either way it's awesomely designed, great looking and tough/rewarding.

  • @latuman
    @latuman 10 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    So you just wanna charge or update your phone and not deal with iTunes? Android. You're welcome.
    Apple. Not even once.

    • @Harperlarp
      @Harperlarp 10 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      You can do that with iPhones.

    • @TenouHaruka0
      @TenouHaruka0 10 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Or charge the iPhone without opening iTunes.
      Do a little research.

    • @XH1927
      @XH1927 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It's what they get for having iDevices. I think APPLE is a backronym these days. Not sure what the the LE stands for yet, but I'm quite sure the APP is All Peripherals Proprietary.

    • @TenouHaruka0
      @TenouHaruka0 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      XH1927 Says the guy with an Android icon....

    • @IFZEX09
      @IFZEX09 10 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      +Bridget Orozco Lol android users are hipsters? Apple Inc is the very definition of hipsters

  • @Breaker242
    @Breaker242 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The symbology behind the grim reaper having a scythe is that he is "reaping" the souls that were born and then are ready to be taken again just as a farmer plants a seed and then reaps the fruit when it is ripe

  • @SojiroEX
    @SojiroEX 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I believe a sickle is one handed and a scythe is two handed, both are primarily used for the same thing (reaping crops).

  • @The_Laser_Channel
    @The_Laser_Channel 10 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    iTunes is just ONE of the reasons why I don't use iPhone (no, not an Android "fan boy")

    • @The_Laser_Channel
      @The_Laser_Channel 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      how else do you sync music on it? As far as I remember, it required iTunes to do any syncing of ANYTHING....now granted, i've not owned an iPhone since the iPhone 4....

    • @The_Laser_Channel
      @The_Laser_Channel 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      i don't know what you're talking about, but I was talking about iTunes...

    • @wilddogspam
      @wilddogspam 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      Just jailbreak that shit and use any of the alternatives to syncing on Cydia. I usually just use scp and Bridge to add to library.
      Frankly, I'm having more trouble making Android aware of uploads and playing via Bluetooth than I ever had with iOS. Decide to abandon Apple after it's planed obsolency bit me in the ass and to escape from the hassle that is updating a jail broken device.

  • @pinoi78
    @pinoi78 10 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    WOW...James also didn't beat the Turbo Tunnel in NES Battletoads? Glad I'm not the only one.

    • @nickv.1231
      @nickv.1231 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      Its ok friend...... NO ONE I repeat NO ONE has beaten the turbo tunnel

    • @samuellopes3935
      @samuellopes3935 10 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Nick Vla Hi, I'm NO ONE. Pleased to meet you.

    • @pepekong
      @pepekong 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Nick Vla I did, with one hand. There's a video on my chanel of me doing it.

    • @mrkraz
      @mrkraz 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nick Vla
      Turbo Tunnel is challenging, but after half a dozen continues you'll get the hang of it. I remember beating even the snake pit as a kid, it takes practice but once you memorize it it's not that bad. Think the furthest I've got to as a kid was that Clinger Winger (the level where you try to out-race some sort of portal thing). Good lord now THAT is a fucking difficult level, way more than Turbo Tunnel.

    • @XH1927
      @XH1927 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      mrkraz
      I seem to recall reading somewhere that the turbo tunnel is actually bugged such that it cannot be completed in two player mode. Maybe that's just a myth, though, I don't remember where I heard that.

  • @jayjax229
    @jayjax229 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    The reason the grim reaper uses the scythe is the imagery of him "harvesting" the living. It's a symbolic thing more than a legitimate weapon.

  • @tha_JrØd
    @tha_JrØd 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    "When in doubt, get the knife".
    I owned this game as a kid an its still a SUPER favorite of mine!

  • @Entropy3ko
    @Entropy3ko 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    The idea of the grim reaper having a scythe is indeed tied to reaping.
    Wheat is sowed, grown, it matures and than it is finally reaped. That simbolized the varous stages in human life as well, birtth, growth, maturity and finally death.
    So death is a akin to a person reaping wheat.

  • @chatotalks5325
    @chatotalks5325 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I come back to this LP surprisingly often, It's just so damn funny

  • @zidanetribal1406
    @zidanetribal1406 8 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Step 1. Get the knife
    Step 2. Get the knife
    Step 3. Get the f****** knife

    • @schwarzerritter5724
      @schwarzerritter5724 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      Or the crossbow. The crossbow might actually be better.

    • @MrTheil
      @MrTheil 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      It is a good weapon. The only problem I have with it is that when you upgrade it, the fireballs can just circle around your target not even hitting it, forcing you to wait for it to hit before firing another shot

    • @schwarzerritter5724
      @schwarzerritter5724 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      A. Theil
      Talking about weapons, I wait until the last level to get the bracelet. With crossbow magic, finding all the chests is easy.

    • @MrTheil
      @MrTheil 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's one of the reasons I like the crossbow

  • @droctagonapus89
    @droctagonapus89 10 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    SNES Dark Souls, everyone.
    Ghouls & Ghosts: Prepare to die edition

  • @genequist3859
    @genequist3859 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Dudes the Grim Reaper is a metaphor. People harvested wheat in the fall (the time for harvest as well as the metaphorical death of the year). These factors kind of melded into the metaphor for the Grim Reaper, as he was “reaping”, or harvesting the souls of the dead at the end of their lives. A scythe is just a bigger, two-handed sickle and because of the association with harvesting, that’s what the GR carries, symbolically.

  • @Dashi26
    @Dashi26 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    That poor controller taking a beating by James. Holy button mashing

  • @TheHitForce
    @TheHitForce 10 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    He got a Scythe because he is the Haverster of souls.

  • @Hellwyck
    @Hellwyck 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Super Ghouls 'n' Ghosts is a sequel to Ghouls 'n' Ghosts.
    Ghouls 'n' Ghosts is a sequel to Ghosts 'n' Goblins.

    • @Flo0die
      @Flo0die 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Such a dissapointing comment. Totally undermined any knowledge they may have.

  • @FinalFrantasy
    @FinalFrantasy 10 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Little do they know that the torch is actually the best weapon in the game since it calculates damage by frames. :0 But who cares. It's just a game. ^^

    • @JMandJJ7797
      @JMandJJ7797 10 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Sounds like it gotten significantly better in the sequel.

    • @PooFaceMcButt
      @PooFaceMcButt 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's harder to use though. Dagger is best all round.

    • @PooFaceMcButt
      @PooFaceMcButt 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      But "get the knife" is still the best strategy in this game too. It's fast, allows 3 on screen at once, goes through enemies when you have bronze armour+, does good damage and does max damage when done after a double jump, has the most useful magic too.

    • @Electr0Jesus
      @Electr0Jesus 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      It actually is the best in the game because of it's power. Once you have gold armor and the upgraded shield, you can just keep charging the shield power over and over; most speed runners use the torch, but the knife is also a viable speed run weapon.

  • @scottledbetter7918
    @scottledbetter7918 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The grim reaper would harvest souls like a farmer would harvest wheat, with a scythe.

  • @NMSUNSETGOURMET
    @NMSUNSETGOURMET 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    “What did the edge of the screen look like to him?’”
    Maybe a singularity. Deep huh?

  • @user-sd7qt3hy8l
    @user-sd7qt3hy8l 8 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    weeks ago
    Step 1. Get the knife
    Step 2. Get the knife
    Step 3. Get the f**** knife

  • @fatenabu1
    @fatenabu1 10 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    scythes were used for harvesting, reason Death (Grim Reaper) has one is because he harvest souls. It is all about harvesting...

  • @MrSamulai
    @MrSamulai 10 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Scythe is used to harvest crops. Grim Reaper is harvesting our souls so the scythe is symbolic. Can't believe someone didn't know that.

    • @dradeel
      @dradeel 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Right on! It's pretty damn obvious. He's not called the Reaper for nothing. Not to mention a reaper is also a machine for harvesting grain. Heck, reaper is also another word for scythe, and all other updates and inventions that does the same, so there you go.

  • @justinhackstadt6677
    @justinhackstadt6677 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    The key to beating this game twice in one run is getting the gold armor and spam the shit out of the knife. You also have to memorize every enemy pattern too. Lol

  • @OG_Onii
    @OG_Onii 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    "Can I take a shit without updating iTunes?"
    I swear to fucking god, truer words have never been spoken.

  • @spoonsharkart4550
    @spoonsharkart4550 10 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Grim reaper: reaper of souls like a human who is a reaper of wheat. Kinda obvious actually....

  • @fraxinellla
    @fraxinellla 10 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    "Is there a way to update the OS on my phone and not have to update iTunes?"
    Easy.. get an Android phone. BAM! ANDROID 4 LYFE!!!!!!
    (PS I'm kidding. I don't want to have a discussion about iOS vs. Android.)

    • @KetwunsGamingPad
      @KetwunsGamingPad 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Sadly that sums up every single response...so typical like PC elitists.

    • @fraxinellla
      @fraxinellla 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      Again.. please note my postscript. XD
      I have both iOS and Android devices and love them both.. it was a joke.
      ..but it would indeed solve that problem :D

    • @fraxinellla
      @fraxinellla 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      Maybe the fandroids have a bit of an underdog complex and feel the need to fight the "big guy"... at least that's what the android fanboy in myself feels from time to time. :D

    • @racingspirit9102
      @racingspirit9102 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ***** iOS users just think disputing with Android users is too mainstream. They're just too cool for school

    • @SlowMotionAtomicBomb
      @SlowMotionAtomicBomb 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Why even bring it up then?

  • @stagehog81
    @stagehog81 10 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The Grim Reaper is a harvester of souls. The scythe was a tool used for harvesting grain which is also known as reaping. That is why it became the symbolic tool for the Grim Reaper.

  • @RaidenMustDie3594
    @RaidenMustDie3594 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    The grim reaper using a scythe Is actually because he comes to "reap" the souls of the dead, and since the souls of the dead are plentiful (like wheat on a field) he uses the scythe as sort of a metaphor perhaps for reaping the large amounts of the dead's souls

  • @MegaAppleshit
    @MegaAppleshit ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The SNES mini is the best way to play this game. That save point feature is a godsend for these evil levels of difficulty that classic games game.

  • @micro581
    @micro581 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    The Scythe of the Grim Reaper came from the Greek God Chronos who was the god of death, disease but also the god of harvest, so he was often represented with a Scythe.

  • @maxbrownlie8642
    @maxbrownlie8642 9 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    Demons crest was such a good game that nobody seems to remember..

    • @garyhall331
      @garyhall331 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Max Brownlie gargoyles quest games are good too

    • @zekezzekekan2144
      @zekezzekekan2144 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I actually really enjoyed that game I rented it back when I was a kid and it was so great to be able to be what would typically be in enemy and most games.

    • @VexaS1n
      @VexaS1n 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I love Gargoyle Quest for Gameboy

    • @laurafear3853
      @laurafear3853 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      eithereor x
      Quality game

  • @fsdfgasgfisd
    @fsdfgasgfisd 10 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Step 1: Get the knife
    Step 2: Get the knife
    Step 3: Get the knife
    Step 4: ????
    Step 5: Profit

  • @silentcaay
    @silentcaay 10 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Scythe - Used for harvesting grain/grass
    Reaper - Harvests souls

  • @erichaynes7502
    @erichaynes7502 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    This game was so hard to beat I died hundreds of times during the 2nd run through. I kept it on pause through x-mas and New Years 91-92. I had a friend over and decided to show him how hard the final boss was and incredibly I beat it right away. It was such a grueling experience I took the game and console back to Toys R Us and got my money back.

  • @syphonfillter
    @syphonfillter 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    Haha, they missed the obvious connection, lol, that was painful and hilarious at the same time.
    Its funny how often even some of the brightest of us miss things that are staring us in the face, I don't blame them of course,, they were focused on other things, its natural. It was funny to watch though xD

  • @Fastmagnum004
    @Fastmagnum004 9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    3:04
    ... BUT WHY DOES THE EGG COME OUT OF IT'S MOUTH

    • @HoboTango
      @HoboTango 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Its an homage to Mario Bros.

  • @MrBB81
    @MrBB81 8 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    You two thinking about playing Demons Crest for SNES this October??? :D Please!

  • @stevenclark5173
    @stevenclark5173 10 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I still think you guys should do Starfox 64 (with the rumble pak because that thing goes nuts at times).

  • @midwestogkush1969
    @midwestogkush1969 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Death is the harvester of souls

  • @BambooAcrobatVerte
    @BambooAcrobatVerte 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    “What the hey? Ya don’t wanna whack the hay?”

  • @DraphEnjoyer
    @DraphEnjoyer 10 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The Grim Reaper or Death is depicted with a scythe because he harvests souls. You harvest crops with a scythe

  • @MetalSmasherGaming
    @MetalSmasherGaming 10 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Next week you guys should play Demon's Crest.

  • @trasmethrash
    @trasmethrash 10 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    the angry video gamenerd is not getting angry anymore! D:... lol is cool to see them playing good classics... will we see you playing Streets of Rage 2?

    • @BogusLettuce
      @BogusLettuce 10 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      That's because it's James playing and not the AVGN playing you fucktard.

    • @trasmethrash
      @trasmethrash 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      c'mon, wouldn't it be fun to see him freaking out sometimes?

    • @brogoram
      @brogoram 10 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      trasmethrash
      basically this is a different guy.. this is James(as in the video title). The AVGN guy is 'The Nerd".. he wears the white shirt with pens in his pocket.

    • @trasmethrash
      @trasmethrash 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      i think i get it...

    • @trasmethrash
      @trasmethrash 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      i get it! what i meant is that it would be fun to se him playing the angry nerd sometimes

  • @ShytPump
    @ShytPump 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The scithe was a tool associated with harvesting, and was very intimidating to look at. So for those reasons it was the suitable weapon for the Grim "Reaper".

  • @jasonhurst1
    @jasonhurst1 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ok I just played this today. There's no way that this video isn't heavily edited. They're pretending to not know how certain things work but instantly know how to do certain other things.

  • @ArmorOfGod7
    @ArmorOfGod7 10 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Nothing like watching 2 guys torture themselves with Super Ghoul's 'n Ghosts! You guys are a lot of fun to watch. I like how much you get into it, even when it's the other person playing you get mad right along with them. Great stuff.

  • @SuperJim
    @SuperJim 10 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Its always fun listening to other peoples reactions to games I love to play. Thanks guys, you make 20 mins every Monday fun!

  • @austincurtis2192
    @austincurtis2192 10 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    You guys should play "Legacy of the Wizard" I think you might enjoy it.

  • @johnesco
    @johnesco 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    I really liked the double jump in this game. I'm not normally good at games that require such exact timing, but the double jump would occasionally save you. My favorite of the series.

  • @82drumhead
    @82drumhead 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Mikes face at 16:28 pretty much says it all about this game....

  • @jonathanjensen189
    @jonathanjensen189 10 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    ...but then that's why they call him "the grim *reaper*": he's harvesting/reaping people like wheat, rather than actual wheat

  • @31FilmTalk
    @31FilmTalk 10 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Don't have an iPhone guys, problem solved!

    • @LotusPlant
      @LotusPlant 10 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Bingo. Apple sucks exploding, spiky, blue balls.

  • @GameSack
    @GameSack 10 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    FCP X... no rendering. :)

  • @Tim.Hammer
    @Tim.Hammer 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Because he's the Grim "Reaper." During the process of reaping, they would use a scythe. He is the reaper of souls, so he holds a symbolic scythe. The answer is in his name.

  • @Pray-4-Me
    @Pray-4-Me 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    One of the greatest game series of all time

  • @bassani504
    @bassani504 8 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Switch to Android!!! Its sooooooo much better and no itunes or any software for that matter. You plug your phone in and it treats it like a USB drive. Come on!

    •  7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Aaron Bassani
      True! And each software update on android is actually BETTER than the previous incarnation unlike iOS which seems to have fail coded into it.

  • @Eddie.x265
    @Eddie.x265 10 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Switch to Android you nubs.

  • @retrosimon9843
    @retrosimon9843 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    You guys should play Demon's Crest too !

  • @fenrir-art4742
    @fenrir-art4742 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    3:01 That bird is like a battleship!

  • @MrMasterninjakiller
    @MrMasterninjakiller 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    Cutting down crops with a scythe was called "reaping" hence the grim "reaper"

  • @myheadisntbig
    @myheadisntbig 10 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    does anyone else enjoy these more than the avgn episodes?

  • @unpictures1
    @unpictures1 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    That ice pun at the end... I really hope they actually pull off some Mr. Freeze one liners on the next episode. :P

  • @NealCamerlengo
    @NealCamerlengo 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Technically Super GNG is a sequal to Ghouls N Ghosts which was for the Genesis and other consoles and the Arcade.

  • @shilelea
    @shilelea 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    Reaping is another term for harvesting you harvest some grains with a scythe he harvests souls with his scythe.

  • @blacksabbath1022
    @blacksabbath1022 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Grim reaper holding a scythe represented death if their crops didn't grow.