I dreamt up this game literally in 1987. As I was waking up a vision of a game called “Uncle Fester’s Playhouse came to me. (Kind of inspired by Pee Wee’s Playhouse name. I pitched the idea to Sunsoft Japan and they said, who would care about this old tv show? Lots of convincing. Then I called Charles Addams’ widow in Switzerland and began a long series of expensive phone calls from Chicago to secure the license. My apologies as the game is so difficult, Sunsoft Japan dev team ran out of time and refused to adjust it. BTW, I’m Richard Robbins, former VP of Sunsoft from 86-89. Cheers and thanks for the fun memories.
Thank you very much for the information and background. I had no idea what the story was on this. But I was always curious about the licensing and the difficulty.
This is one of the best gaming videos I've ever seen. I love Mikes commentary and chat. And I love it when he locks in and focuses and then ends up raging. ...its TV gold man, keep it coming!
"I need my pain." Pretty cool you're quoting Kirk in Star Trek V, cause you're kind of like Sybok, in your own way. You share your pain with us here, and we all gain strength from the sharing.
Some days ago I was listening to its soundtrack again and remembered your first gameplay. What a sweet coincidence! It was one of the coziest streams ever, like one of those game marathons with your friends. I miss those.
This game perfectly rides that line where there's so many bizarre and awful design choices all across the board, but its got just enough going for it to play it to completion and go "I guess that was alright."
@@mikematei That was my comment Mike. Im sorry man. What a jerk I am! I couldn't tell if you were joking or not, but I kind of thought you were. Great job man!
2:45:32 - 2:45:53 Best way to say the Bugs Bunny line, hands down. 2:59:40 , 3:01:46 I like how his reaction is kinda slow, like his brain has to comprehend the horror of that spider-like thing.
Missed it unfortunately live. Though I love that in the first five minutes you explain why you've come back to it. Because in cases like this I am never too sure with you whether you are just in the mood to replay the game again or if your goldfish memory caused you to forget that you already beat this game on stream LOL
I feel like I've been watching you play this stream on and off for a year now. I love Mike, he gets so impatient over doing something that takes 10 seconds, tries to rush thru it, but it's literally impossible to rush, then winds up costing himself 10 minutes of time. He does it consistently, too, like 20 - 30 times in this stream alone he's cost himself probably a good 2 hours of having to replay and redo things which would've been only 1 minute if he'd just not been impatient the first time. His torture brought on by his own lack of insight into his character is Sisyphean comedy gold.
1:30:45 Amazing synchronicity with the eyes and mysterious music cue. Only live uncut footage like that can provide this kind of funny, peculiar and genuine content.
Just played trough Festers Quest 🤓 Found out you can just stand on the upper right corner and use missiles to defeat the boss. No potions, no nothing needed 👍🏻
I love your content, commentary, and games you play. It is easy to get rusty at these especially when you play such a huge variety. So long as you enjoyed then it was worth it. I couldn't watch this whole stream but it was fun. Fester's Quest is one of my favorites. I think I have those purple things seared into my mind along with the frogs, slimes, and those mosquito face things. Have a good one, Mike. :D
not really, but at least when it's live, I've would have been able to communicate in the chat. But hey, you replied to my comment, so that's also communication. Thanks Mike @@mikematei
“Was that the guy talking about eating dirt? Ohh no I was the was one talking about eating dirt.” Holy shit I laughed so fucking hard at that. Mike’s high as a kite.
Having replayed this one myself recently. This playthrough, seeing you struggle around 2:37:00 - 2:45:00 up to the point where you eventually just break down into the bugs bunny nyyyaaaaaaaaaah! This helped me. Thank you for sharing.
_Suggested theme song lyrics for this game_ ... "Game is a troll. (snap, snap) Game is a troll. (snap, snap) Game is a troll. (X3) (snap, snap) Wa, wa, wa, wah." (And that little fart sound is where the 'thumbs down' goes. Mike gives a thousand expressions that reflect that fact. And that list. Perfect points for programmers that want to troll their players.
Uh oh lol. This freaking game...so rage inducing! I prefer sunsofts better game of Blaster Master. Hard game, but its good. Controls, battle mechanics, menu system, all good, and not at all like how festers quest is programmed lol. I like to think that festers quest was a test for blaster master, eveen if its not true, i still like to think it.😆 Thanks for the upload Mike. Excited to watch you play this, and watch you rage.😁💜🤝
Hey Mike, I was briefly at this stream. Do you have the SNES “Exertainment” bike and any game(s) to go with it? I’ve never seen you, James, Scott the Woz, or Let’s Play channel actually use one.
I was just thinking of Mike's comments on how the game could be improved, and another way would be to have weapon upgrades be in a store so you can purchase them. You pick up all this money that has no purpose other than buying hotdogs. Hotdogs cost five dollars a piece, completely fill up your health, and you can collect health potions that completely refill your health on top of that. The money is largely extraneous. I think having health pickups spawn on the ground and gun/whip upgrades be in a store would be a huge improvement.
Whats reallllly odd is that I just rewatched @UCanBeatVideoGames broadcast of this a year ago; and its fun to see Mike blow his bloodpressure through the roof.
Mike, how come you never uploaded the rampart stream to TH-cam? Its one of my favorites and has already expired on twitch. Are you saving it for patreon or something?
This was the only game I had for the NES when I first got it, This and Turtles if I remember right. Played it forever! I am in PAL region, which is probably why i never noticed things wrong with the game.
I know this is gonna sound crazy, but I would love to see some updates of this game. Like maybe a version with 16-bit graphics, a version with modern graphics, a version with original graphics but without the glitchy visuals. I'd buy that for a dollar on steam.
7:17:20 hoping this happens soon. The difference between the two tvs is massive. Graphics are like night/day. Always CRT for retro for me. Also glad you revisited this one..not a great game but worth playing again, I think.
Couldn’t agree more. Not sure if it will ever happen as I’m not a tech guy but anyway until then crt is the only way I will play retro. Some people don’t care but for those of us who do there really is no other option currently.
40:20 I think SCP Containment Breach is an example of a great game made for free, given for free still, and with no microtransactions or anything. it's a spooky challenging game, but awesome.
Mike, I was the one with the comment about your "awful" memory. Dude, I am sorry. I am such a jerk! I couldn't tell if you were trolling or not, but I think you were because you don't seem that stupid normally. Either way, it was hilarious, and I had to rewatch it a few times. Good stuff! Keep it up!
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I dreamt up this game literally in 1987. As I was waking up a vision of a game called “Uncle Fester’s Playhouse came to me. (Kind of inspired by Pee Wee’s Playhouse name. I pitched the idea to Sunsoft Japan and they said, who would care about this old tv show? Lots of convincing. Then I called Charles Addams’ widow in Switzerland and began a long series of expensive phone calls from Chicago to secure the license. My apologies as the game is so difficult, Sunsoft Japan dev team ran out of time and refused to adjust it. BTW, I’m Richard Robbins, former VP of Sunsoft from 86-89. Cheers and thanks for the fun memories.
Can you tell us if there was eney unsed bosses or things that were gonna be in game but did not make it in
Don’t recall but we did try and ask the development team to make the game easier and to polish it longer
This is insane 🙀🙀🙀
Thank you very much for the information and background. I had no idea what the story was on this. But I was always curious about the licensing and the difficulty.
You are a legend, sir.
Thank you for this horrible game. ❤
2:45:29 This is what prolonged exposure to Fester's Quest will do to the Human Brain.
Fascinating.
goddamn I hope this ends up in one of those "Mike's screams heard from Erin's streams" compilations.
@@dade-murphy he is used to it its fine
It's more around 2:45:39 but close enough not bad. Update my bad 2:45:33 lol.
@@mattjacobson3616it sounds like bees afters a while
LMFAO 😂
Best part of this chat - "Hey Mike I love you man but your memory is awful, man" - "What did he say?" Reads it twice more LOL.
That was my comment on Twitch! I was laughing my ass off! Good stuff!
Lmao "Bob Gun" Joker from the 1st Batman. Too funny Mike 😁
@@BluesElwoo2 mike at 80, will reach a level beyond any human understanding for the next 5,000 years. LoL
Time stamp
@@tailsprowerfan2729 46:08
Almost eight hours of Fester's Quest with Mike Matei...
Best Christmas present ever.
That’s a full shift at work for me.
@@jamesblinzler7421 Pretty much
@@jamesblinzler7421 this is Mike's shift
He's been naughty.
Mike's streams are are so good,nobody else comes close,so captivating
Nobody watches either
Caddicaru streams are good 🎉
This is one of the best gaming videos I've ever seen. I love Mikes commentary and chat. And I love it when he locks in and focuses and then ends up raging. ...its TV gold man, keep it coming!
"I need my pain." Pretty cool you're quoting Kirk in Star Trek V, cause you're kind of like Sybok, in your own way. You share your pain with us here, and we all gain strength from the sharing.
I ordered the directors cut of star trek 5 on DVD and it should be here tomorrow.
Out of all the problems. The music is not one. It hits hard and satisfactorily. Damn actually.
One of the most metal osts on the system
the overworld theme goes insanely hard for a game based on uncle fester
This was a fun stream!
Love being able to come to here to rewatch them
Some days ago I was listening to its soundtrack again and remembered your first gameplay. What a sweet coincidence! It was one of the coziest streams ever, like one of those game marathons with your friends. I miss those.
2:59:38 Totally relived my childhood with Mike reacting in terror to the alien spider
Love when you do long streams like this, really enjoying this one
This inspired me to spread some holiday cheer this year.
WHATS UP DOC. was good to see you take part in another episode. Your streams and work have made a hard year bareable. Thanks for the fun.
As far as your comedic streams. This one takes the cake. Forget rage compilations. This is THE rage compilation.
i played this a few years back if you want another playthrough its on yt
At some point i’m sure i’ll check that out. Ty Mike
"Mike doesn't care we're all going to die anyway" LMAO
This game perfectly rides that line where there's so many bizarre and awful design choices all across the board, but its got just enough going for it to play it to completion and go "I guess that was alright."
This is one of the best of all time Mike streams.
I love the title screen music so much. Probably because I saw it so much as a kid getting owned by this game
The "Mike's bad memory" comment where he keeps forgetting the comment was hilarious. 46:06
im a good troll
@@mikematei It was honestly hard to tell if you were putting everyone on. Good job.
@@mikematei That was my comment Mike. Im sorry man. What a jerk I am! I couldn't tell if you were joking or not, but I kind of thought you were. Great job man!
2:45:32 - 2:45:53 Best way to say the Bugs Bunny line, hands down.
2:59:40 , 3:01:46 I like how his reaction is kinda slow, like his brain has to comprehend the horror of that spider-like thing.
ReviewTechUSA uses the theme song quite a lot in his livestreams. 😂
you are the first person I met that has just as much rage in him as myself. Thank you.
Missed it unfortunately live. Though I love that in the first five minutes you explain why you've come back to it. Because in cases like this I am never too sure with you whether you are just in the mood to replay the game again or if your goldfish memory caused you to forget that you already beat this game on stream LOL
I feel like I've been watching you play this stream on and off for a year now.
I love Mike, he gets so impatient over doing something that takes 10 seconds, tries to rush thru it, but it's literally impossible to rush, then winds up costing himself 10 minutes of time. He does it consistently, too, like 20 - 30 times in this stream alone he's cost himself probably a good 2 hours of having to replay and redo things which would've been only 1 minute if he'd just not been impatient the first time. His torture brought on by his own lack of insight into his character is Sisyphean comedy gold.
Thank you for returning to Festers Quest!
1:30:45 Amazing synchronicity with the eyes and mysterious music cue. Only live uncut footage like that can provide this kind of funny, peculiar and genuine content.
A straight up beast, and I appreciate you putting these Vods up Mike.
Just played trough Festers Quest 🤓 Found out you can just stand on the upper right corner and use missiles to defeat the boss. No potions, no nothing needed 👍🏻
5:00:25 love the juxtaposition between serenity and rage and how he moved from one mood to the next within one heartbeat
The best to ever do it
My dad loved Dirt so much as a kid in the 1950s, so he bought into the expansion pack
manbaby gaming i love it
this was hilarious, Manbaby Mike rules
“There are too..many…YOOOuuuuuuuu!” -Mike 6:38
Did Everyone Have A Good Christmas?.
Well, my sister made tacos for Christmas. Does that count?
Yas!
Mine was OK.
We used to play this game all the time as kids. Never beat it though
Its a weird mixture of bad and good.
I can't believe that I knew more about everything in the game than Mike did, just because I remembered him beating the game before.
I love your content, commentary, and games you play. It is easy to get rusty at these especially when you play such a huge variety. So long as you enjoyed then it was worth it. I couldn't watch this whole stream but it was fun. Fester's Quest is one of my favorites. I think I have those purple things seared into my mind along with the frogs, slimes, and those mosquito face things. Have a good one, Mike. :D
Comment for the algorithm.
(Also happy to see you play this again)
i used to rent this game all the damn time lol
Playing old school mmmorpg ragnarock while listening to this and doing home office so getting paid for it, best ....life....ever
I can't believe I am watching the full video.. 11 months after it was live. I just like the Nes and I like Mike.. so that must be it.
Does it matter if it's 11 months later? Is there some time limit on watching streams?
not really, but at least when it's live, I've would have been able to communicate in the chat. But hey, you replied to my comment, so that's also communication. Thanks Mike @@mikematei
A Christmas present for the manbabies ！
🤣
Holy shit, another HUGE victory for Manbaby Gaming! Awesome, game doesn't actually seem THAT bad
keep up the awesome work playing great classics!
“Was that the guy talking about eating dirt? Ohh no I was the was one talking about eating dirt.” Holy shit I laughed so fucking hard at that. Mike’s high as a kite.
I remember playing this game at my grandmas house on a standup arcade machine.
This is epic!! Top notch entertainment! Perfect delivery as Mike reads from nintendo power for bad advice😂🤣. Long live Mike Matei!💪🏼💪🏼👊🏼👊🏼😎
18:45 that was some inmaculate comedic timing on that downgrade
This sound track is now burned in my mind.
Watching Mike slowly lose his mind is fascinating... Love this one!
Having replayed this one myself recently.
This playthrough, seeing you struggle around 2:37:00 - 2:45:00 up to the point where you eventually just break down into the bugs bunny nyyyaaaaaaaaaah!
This helped me. Thank you for sharing.
Yeah this intro is very classic… the soundtrack is tough. 🔥🔥
_Suggested theme song lyrics for this game_ ... "Game is a troll. (snap, snap) Game is a troll. (snap, snap) Game is a troll. (X3) (snap, snap) Wa, wa, wa, wah." (And that little fart sound is where the 'thumbs down' goes.
Mike gives a thousand expressions that reflect that fact. And that list. Perfect points for programmers that want to troll their players.
NGL, the Ropers impressions were pretty great. 🤣
Mike having a full on existential break because of this game is a thing of wonder
I love this game.
God this game is so tedious. Kudos Mike for your patience
I remember renting this game when I was a kid and being so pissed off. I could never figure out what to do.
OMG I think you are right about the soundtrack! It Rocks and I always wondered why I liked this game while still hating it. That's it!
Uh oh lol. This freaking game...so rage inducing! I prefer sunsofts better game of Blaster Master. Hard game, but its good. Controls, battle mechanics, menu system, all good, and not at all like how festers quest is programmed lol. I like to think that festers quest was a test for blaster master, eveen if its not true, i still like to think it.😆
Thanks for the upload Mike. Excited to watch you play this, and watch you rage.😁💜🤝
OMG He do it again !!!!
Whenever Mike gets a game over not even Fester on the box art can believe it happened.
You had me at man baby in the thumb.
really going all out with these thumbnails huh? you inspired me to play this the other day on my stream after enjoying your screams
Its funny because i regularly watch your videos on my ps3 i use for my youtube videos when i sleep, so somewhere in your statistics is a PS3 watcher 💪
The King has returned!
Hey Mike, I was briefly at this stream. Do you have the SNES “Exertainment” bike and any game(s) to go with it?
I’ve never seen you, James, Scott the Woz, or Let’s Play channel actually use one.
I was just thinking of Mike's comments on how the game could be improved, and another way would be to have weapon upgrades be in a store so you can purchase them. You pick up all this money that has no purpose other than buying hotdogs. Hotdogs cost five dollars a piece, completely fill up your health, and you can collect health potions that completely refill your health on top of that. The money is largely extraneous. I think having health pickups spawn on the ground and gun/whip upgrades be in a store would be a huge improvement.
Or move be able to move faster
@@bryanna72 Yes, Mike did mention that.
Whats reallllly odd is that I just rewatched @UCanBeatVideoGames broadcast of this a year ago; and its fun to see Mike blow his bloodpressure through the roof.
This is THE game of 1989
I love how instead of a picture of a gun it just says the word "GUN" Hahah
Addams Family Values for SNES is like a sequel to this game.
Is this the US / NA or EU version?
7 hours of amazing moist gaming
18:29 that was just perfect timing lmao
Mike, how come you never uploaded the rampart stream to TH-cam? Its one of my favorites and has already expired on twitch. Are you saving it for patreon or something?
I'll put it on here. I was trying to cut out the breaks. Prob soon.
@@mikematei Thanks, you rock!
Wait I thought this was a 4th of July game... Not a Christmas game. The fireworks show you put on for us the first go around was second to none! 👍
Happy Twenty-23!!!!!!
As much as I used to love this game growing up, I also used to hate it, I could never get far enough
This was the only game I had for the NES when I first got it, This and Turtles if I remember right. Played it forever! I am in PAL region, which is probably why i never noticed things wrong with the game.
I love Mike. Kinda want him to beat all the Final Fantasy's. I've been watching FF5 as my goto back ground for bed for months now lol.
I had this game as a kid too, never beat it of course! 🤣
I did! Couldn't ever beat it's sister game, Blaster Master. That game was a bitch with it's limited continues on real hardware!
Some of the best music on the NES.
3:25:00 Any Amiga CD32? :P
I know this is gonna sound crazy, but I would love to see some updates of this game. Like maybe a version with 16-bit graphics, a version with modern graphics, a version with original graphics but without the glitchy visuals. I'd buy that for a dollar on steam.
1246 1:01:06 the greatest Christmas song of all time. F uncle Ted.
That music though 👌 54:16
I just realize that this game reminds me of master blaster without the vehicle.
Have you ever played Blaster Master on stream? A lot of similarities to this game.
My late cousin James had This video game never played looked interesting saw the TV show in the 90 s yrs later a child saw the movies with Raul Julia
Thank you, Mike, for not editing out videos.
Just getting sent back to the beginning doesn't make it a rougelite. You're saying Zelda would be one, for instance?
This was a big surprise for Christmas, thanks and hope yall have a good one!
When was this streamed? Did Twitch fail to notify me of a stream?
dec 23 i think
@PlZZA Who were you expecting? The Addams Family?
2:45:31 Mike finally looses it. Queue the Bugs Bunny rage yell!
Handled like a gentleman good work Mike
7:17:20 hoping this happens soon. The difference between the two tvs is massive. Graphics are like night/day. Always CRT for retro for me.
Also glad you revisited this one..not a great game but worth playing again, I think.
Couldn’t agree more. Not sure if it will ever happen as I’m not a tech guy but anyway until then crt is the only way I will play retro. Some people don’t care but for those of us who do there really is no other option currently.
40:20 I think SCP Containment Breach is an example of a great game made for free, given for free still, and with no microtransactions or anything. it's a spooky challenging game, but awesome.
Mike, I was the one with the comment about your "awful" memory. Dude, I am sorry. I am such a jerk! I couldn't tell if you were trolling or not, but I think you were because you don't seem that stupid normally. Either way, it was hilarious, and I had to rewatch it a few times. Good stuff! Keep it up!