NES Hidden Gems: G.I. JOE A REAL AMERICAN HERO (Nintendo Entertainment System Review)
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G.I. Joe Real American Hero | 1991
Similar Games: Contra
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After years of focusing on the best games for the NES, I decided to change gears and focus on lesser known cartridges that have, for one reason or another, generally escaped the public discussion and general nostalgia. This series highlights many of the relatively unknown, obscure, and unloved titles in the Nintendo Entertainment System's library. Some of these games are at best mediocre. Many are painfully bad, some of the worst NES games around. Most are hilarious for all the wrong reasons! Occasionally, OCCASIONALLY, a handful of them are actually good, borderline hidden gems.
While you won't find any of these on the NES Classic, some of these titles have managed to make their way onto the Nintendo Switch, so if you don't have an original Nintendo console or ROMs escape you ethically or technologically, there are several ways to play them.
Want more? Me too! Until then, lots of other articles where the pictures don't move and words have to be read can be found on my website: top100nesgames.com
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Even better, it's not Blizzard in that PSA but *ahem* "Snow Job".
Yep. Also of note: Snow Job appears in the completely different C64 game. :)
Get that kid off of my ice, you li’le wankers!
You took the words right out of my mouth. It must have been while you were…
the PSAs were just the Sunbow cartoon, him and Grid-Iron are from the DiC cartoon sive to six years later! 😎
Blizzard was a later figure released in 1988 to replace Snow Job. They are different designs & figures but both legit G.I. Joes.
"Wassss a man. I wasss maaaan" ~ Cobra Commander
I live in Texas. I had a neighbor kid who had this game and I borrowed it from him. I just remember a crisp autumn bite in what is normally a harsh air as my window was open switching between characters and understanding a deeper type of a gameplay as I was young and just understanding things. Moments like that and current moments are all what makes life great.
“Who wants a body massage?”
As awesome as the parodies were, the game was super cool! I remember sneaking into the wall, commandeering a vehicle, and the music changing indicating my new level of awesomeness!
Agreed!
That "insane vehicle" is the Cobra Buzz Boar, one of the more ridiculous Cobra contraptions.
This is a great game though - I love G.I. Joe!
I talk about it later in the video ;)
@@BigOleWordsYeah, I did post before the end. I am glad you appreciate the insane design. Many G.I. Joe fans hate it and use it as a benchmark for when the franchise was in decline. Personally, I dig that stuff.
I used a Buzz Boar when I was deployed in Afghanistan. Damn thing got stuck in the mountains all the time, but at least the Taliban didn't know what the hell it was, so they left me alone.
This game and its sequel were staples for my brother and I growing up!
Lucky!
It's good to know this game exists. And knowing is half the battle!
G.I. JOOOOOOOOOE
COBRALALALALALA!
i see what you did there! 🤣😎
oh and COBRA-LALALALALA!
@@childofcascadiaa fellow movie fan!
Nailed it!
@bostonrailfan2427
Hell ya! That movie is ridiculous and awesome. When me and my brother and our friends were kids, we were *really* into gijoe. We saw the movie and went into absolute hysterics at COBRALALALA and were doing it at each other for weeks afterwards.
That's not Blizzard,
That was Snow Job 😂
This looks like a go job for Snow Job!
Let’s hope he doesn’t blow it!
@@BigOleWords 😂 The Joe's have another guy for jobs that require blowing..
His name is Gung Ho 😂
Really wish I could insert his picture.
Weird, I actually replayed this game for the first time in years last week and here's a video. Gi Joe is an amazing game and definition of underrated gem
Agreed!
I’ve not been able to finish this one, but it’s definitely up there in terms of fun and variety for lesser loved platformers.
Dude I love your style. I wish you'd do more NES reviews, man! You crack me up.
I think I’ve done about 100 so far, so I shouldn’t have that many more to cover!
@@BigOleWords Then you've got, what? 604 to go? :p Man, I just dig yer vids, Chief. They make my day. I don't think you know how good you are at this.
10:50 I owned that vehicle! I totally forgot it even existed! It's essentially a monocycle with a buzz saw as the wheel and the side opens to have a single driver shielded within.
It's amazing the military didn't make the GI JOE vehicles.
Something tells me Russia may have invested billions into exactly that however
This really is a fun game, and it's weird that it's seldom mentioned as a genuine NES classic despite being released close to the peak of the system's popularity.
I have very little attachment to GI Joe: Real American Hero an an IP, but from what I have seen of the cartoon it was pretty much perfect material to adapt into an NES action platformer or run 'n gun game. And this is one of the rare non-Konami or Capcom licenses where the developer gave us a game that really perfectly matches the IP. I don't think it's quite the S-tier game that Castlevania, Contra, Super C or the best NES Mega Man games are. It sits somewhere between A and B tier, which in a library as stacked with quality titles as the NES makes it a really solid game.
Totally agree on all points! KID has become my favorite developer and this is one of their best.
Yo James! Found your channel trying to do a bit of research. 15 years ago I came home from work and my wife gave me a white plastic grocery bag full of nes games she found at a garage sale . And This game (G.I. Joe) was in there. But it gets better! Im just speechless having a nostalgia trip.. G.I. Joe! .. Nintendo! .. Video game Rentals! .. I seen on your top shelf you have some plastic cases. That's what this is, well that size anyhow with a covering..but the video store took the original box and cut it to fit the case. So it has the front, back , and side. And its been in there all safe and protected since the day thay made it. And it has the manual!! I never held something that made me just sit and stare at it , it's so much of my childhood all in one.... it's the trifecta :) I still just look at it and wonder what it's story is? I almost sold it once but the guy was just looking at the value and not the whole picture of how special it is... he wanted to erase the stores name off the cart! oh what I was trying to find information about is the video store.. (Premier Video) it's like they got this game ready to rent but closed their doors? But in all my years I've never seen another complete nes rental have you? Anyhow great channel.... Thank's Mother Brother :)
That’s awesome. I do have a few rentals but mostly a few cases and stickers on labels. And yeah I’d never remove them!
This was such a good game. I didn't even know it was made until a friend loaned it to me.
That’s a good friend!
I used to have the toy version of the one-man-helicopter thing that we see in the game. You'd stick your action figure on it and it was supposed to actually fly by pulling this plastic ripcord, but it never really worked the way you wanted it to work. Anyway, cool video!
That sounds way cool though...in theory!
Yeah I like both Joe games on NES. They're really well done and the sprite work is lovely too. :)
Agreed!
Thanks for posting. Great to see you split the games into two videos. Looking forward to the next one.
I wanted to do both in one video but man covering the first one turned out much longer than I expected
As someone who was balls deep in GI JOE as a kid (my Kindergarten lunchbox) I'd have been over the moon to have this game earlier than my 30s when I learned it existed. One of those rare good tie-ins.
Now there's a sentence I never thought I'd read!
Those Fensler Films PSA clips sprinkled in 👌
_"I wanna get in the fridge too!"_
So good
Haha! As you were describing the "shooting everything" problem, I started thinking of names like, "GI Joe's Secret Castle", then you called it out.
Haha great minds think alike!
man! this game was AWESOME!!! the Atlantis factor too, but this was best
I beat this game a few years ago. It was awesome. The password system was super helpful.
Yeah it is!
"Butts clenched with the satisfaction of victory" is not a phrase I ever thought I'd hear or needed to hear, but here we are. 😂
I’m trying to expand my phrasing ;)
I always liked the graphics in this one, as far as the "realistic " nes games went. It reminded me a bit of turtles 1, and it had the moving jungle trees we didn't get from contra!
I just discovered your channel today and I wanted to thank you for formatting your content in 4:3 aspect ratio - something that is basically unheard of on modern youtube. To this day I still use an old CRT monitor and it is nice not having letterboxing!
I think you’re probably in the minority with the CRT viewing! But yeah I prefer the formatting over having wide space around the footage :)
@@BigOleWords Tiny minority I'm sure, but this screen refuses to die. I suspect too that youtube's compression algorithm is kinder to 4:3 content as for a given number of lines of resolution, there are fewer pixels. Because your game footage is some of the crispest I've ever seen on here.
Ahh, yesss. I always look forward to your NES games no one played videos. Keep ‘em coming! 🤘🏻
You got it!
Great video. Great channel. This was a big NES title for me, used to rent it at a local co op store. Loved it as a kid, not sure I ever beat it, but put in a ton of hours with great memories of solid graphics, music, and action. Imagine if it had 2 player mode!
Hey thanks so much! And this would be TOUGH with w-players :)
"Alright give him the stick....DON'T GIVE HIM THE STICK!!!!!!!"
I couldn’t write one of those if I tried. Brilliant in its total insanity.
Never seen this game before, considering here in Europe we only got "Action Force" instead of G.I. Joe, but this gives me very heavy Contra… err… Probotector vibes, but with more varied/detailed level design. Also very interesting how I can certainly recognize different toys from back then (like that helicopter backpack). Something you can't say for many of those toy series tie-ins back then…
Yeah it seems like they really went full toy integration with these games!
Fun fact, the nerd was gonna talk about this game and all the other GI Joe games because a GI Joe movie was coming out at the time, but he didn't have enough to say about them to justify a full ep, even noting that one of the games were pretty fun.
I'll have to try this one out.
translation from Nerd: “I can’t trash the games because they’re not bad, even if they’re glorified toy commercials”
he did do a game or two a long time ago, i think the C64 version
I would love to see his real opinions on these games
Yeah and unfortunately he’s kinda gotta stay the course with the character and bad games. BUT my favorite AVGN is the Castlevania four part where most of the games are really good but with funny or frustrating moments. The humor feels more natural.
Man, hearing "parking lot prostitute" after a 3 week road trip is SO appropriate.
Also, general infantry seems really misnamed, given how oddly specific each of these characters are. Except Duke. He is definitely "generic army man, U.S.A. edition".
I love this game :)
Thanks for the video dude
You are an outstanding human being !
Damn that’s a really nice thing to say! Right back atcha!
I always wanted these ,got to play at least the first one at a friend's house when I was a kid. And that's for Rock and Roll, that is actually his version 2. At one point they ended up redoing a lot of the Joe's and some of the cobras. And version one of Rock and Roll only had the M60. And answer Captain Gridiron, if I remember correctly his bio said that he was a football star at West point.
Well that almost explains why Captain Grid-Iron exists!
Blizzard was a later figure released in 1988 to replace Snow Job. Not sure how Snow Job got approved as a codename to begin with. They are different designs but both legit G.I. Joes.
Holy shit, Raptor. His action figure was sick.
Good stuff. I really do like this one. There's also a third, even harder playthrough waiting before you get the best ending.
Best ending?!? Damn it now I gotta see that
The ski guy in the PSA is called -- no joke -- Snow Job.
The best alias :)
My favorite new retro gaming channel. 👍🏾
Thanks man!
I'd really like to watch a video that runs down all the games on the NES (and/or other systems depending on how many there are) that allow the player to switch characters like how you pointed out in the video, such as in this game, TMNT 1, and Little Sampson. I, too, really enjoy this feature and I'd like to find out about and play any game that has it. Great video, BTW! Love the channel!
Well you’re in luck because I did make that video! th-cam.com/video/TTEIL6mDNVc/w-d-xo.html
@@BigOleWords Oh, sweet! I'm going to watch that right now! Thanks!
I JUST finished this for the first time this past week. Such a good game!
Good timing!
One of my favorite nes titles
Nice!
Rock&Roll was my favorite and always powered him up fast as possible.
That is the correct path!
I think I remember using the Game Genie on this game. Made it alot more fun.😉👍
Good game - very close to the toy line in the way of characters:..would rent it a lot as a kid
80's father: Ah! These large muscular men of military will ensure my son doesn't grow up as some pansy fruitcake
80's Son: Suddenly I want to want to look at mom's Lumberjack calendar.
Yep maybe. And Masters of the Universe had an even larger gay following, especially since those muscley dudes weren't wearing as much clothing. And when they did? Well, Prince Adam's pink vest and lavender tights weren't exactly the most hetero outfit. :P
@@carn9507guess “Man-At-Arms” was really “Man-In-Arms” 🤣
I rented this a TON when I was a kid, as well as The Atlantis Factor, but didn't actually own my own copies until the late 90's early 2000's. So freaking good!!
This would’ve been an amazing rental :)
I remember this appearing at the video rental place my grandma always took me to in 1991 and taking it home for the weekend and actually really liked it. It was pretty fun. GI Joe was kind of done by 1991 (I was aging out of toys too) but I still enjoyed it.
Thanks grandma!
You can't help but love cheesy 80's/90's PSA's in cartoons. They were always the same. "Don't do drugs, kids." "Don't talk to strangers." "If your house is on fire, call 911" Do any modern cartoons still do them?
I don't think those are thing anymore (at least done straight and not ironically). Those PSAs and other crammed-in wholesome message stuff were pretty much a product of their time, cartoon makers' concession and appeasement in the face of criticism they faced of making nothing but empty, meaningless violent romps that rotted the brains of the children while aggressively pushing their toy lines and unhealthy cereals and fast foods during the ad breaks.
Yeah I feel like the messaging is more integrated into the show instead of crammed into the outro.
Who “Check This Shit Out!” On throwback Thursday’s?
I was a huge GI Joe fan but never knew about this game at the time. I would have loved it - all the bosses and vehicles are straight from the cartoon/toys.
That’s what I assumed but I’m glad to know they actually were toys
I watched those dang cartoons when I was young. It's the only time in my life I liked anything to do with guns.... I grew up
Sadly many others did not!
The replicating boss is an AGP... Anti-Gravity Pod.
Ah ok!
I remember never being able to beat this one. I think i got to the level where you drive the Buzz Saw around.
It gets really hard unless you magically avoid damage leading up to the bosses. Those passwords help for sure
@@BigOleWords We did have a Game Genie, but I cannot remember if it was usable on it, I would assume so and that's how I saw farther levels.
Come one dude, lots of people played this when I was a kid. Now the sequel for this game less people played for sure.
You know, I agree but honestly I couldn’t think of a better category :)
It looks like fun. I had no idea this game existed and I grew up then. I wonder why nobody knew about it.
Not sure considering how popular GI Joe was
@@BigOleWords I know. Because SNES came out in 1990. Didn't play much NES after SNES.
There's one character swap game I'm a bit surprised you missed: JVC's Star Wars. You start out as Luke but as you find them, you can play as Han and Leia (Obi Wan and Threepio aren't playable but they're selectable for certain parts of the game).
I still have never made it past the very beginning of that game!
@@BigOleWords Neither did I. It's a tough game.
Castlevania 3 too
Another really detailed and witty review. Nice job!
Hey thanks so much!
rented his a few times. such a fun run and gun. I'm surprised it's considered a game no one played. I'd think the sequel falls more into that, not the first game.
It probably isn’t, but I haven’t really created a series for games people are more familiar with. I should though, I got things to say about Zelda!
Nice review. I rented both games as a 13 years old, found the Atlantis Factor Way more accesible than first GI joe. Even managed to finish it. First one, nope, too hard.
I played this as a kid but I think I was too young to be good at it, but remember it being different.
Maybe Atlantis Factor?
Butts clenched with the satisfaction of victory. Now that's a tshirt
Working on it!
this one was an underrated gem! I forgot this was a KiD joint though. (would later go on to do the import-only PEPSIMAN!) I remember renting this one. suppose I'll need a walkthrough if I do come across a copy of this? definitely mained Snake-Eyes whenever I could.
I would definitely recommend a map for the later bomb sections. Like Milon if you’re exploring blind you will die before you find what you’re looking for.
You can cling to the inside of that wall you scaled with the Buzz Boar to reach that last bomb.
Isn’t that what I did? I can’t remember now…
@@BigOleWords if you're on foot and jump pressing toward that wall, your character will grab it. The Buzz Boar isn't needed. But, it makes it a whole lot easier.
Most of the toys the vehicles and characters in this game are based on had been discontinued for years before the release of the game.
Interesting…
what an amazing game!!!! played again recently! still so good!
Agreed!
You've put together a pretty good Video Here.
This Game looks like it's pretty awesome.
Hey thanks so much! And it is!
This is one I would have liked cause I was definitely a Joe kid! Seeing all those vehicles animated on screen just looks cool. And yes those toys are just as funny looking in person lol that roller one I remember being so finicky. One of those you’d probably loose parts pretty quickly
Anyways, I always wondered how these games played, so I can’t wait to hear about the other one! Didn’t even know there was two
Dude I’d love to see the actual Buzz Boar in action
@@BigOleWords I wish I still had my old collection! My aunts worked at a department store so I would get a few for gifts. After your video I had to check on EBay. That particular one isn’t a horrible price! Some of the others though 😰
I used to rent this a lot back in the day, never did manage to beat it. The best part of this game is really the soundtrack.
Amazing soundtrack
The copter is just The Battle Copter and the Droid is The Pogo Ballistic Battle Ball.
Hahahaha Pogo Ballistic Battle Ball!?!?
I had that one! The ball.
@@BigOleWords Google Swampsmasher. Lol
I forgot about this game. Hawk with the jet pack was awesome
Simply put, this is a man's game and one of the best on the NES. I originally did not get in to this game but im glad i eventually picked it back up.
@nuksucow
"A mans game", huh?
What, exactly, do you mean by that?
@@childofcascadia th-cam.com/video/851BqHMCaeM/w-d-xo.html
I think you’re relegated to Barbie games only.
@BigOleWords
Bahaha, one time some friend of my moms gave me a barbie for my 8th birthday. It was the only one I ever had. I think it lasted about a month stuffed in a corner of my room forgotten before me and my best friend gave it a buzz cut, painted it and had it be the "100 foot tall monster" attacking our gi joes. The gijoes (of course) won - so we cut a hole in the barbie and stuffed it full of firecrackers as "the monster would come back to life if we didnt make sure it was destroyed".
@@childofcascadia So, you straight up made Weird Barbie.
this is not a cheap game to acquire now, bought it for $100 dollars a couple of years ago, but well worth it, love these originals, great video even though I just discovered it now.
The GI Joe NES games are criminally underrated, awesome games, awesome soundtracks.
The soundtracks are especially catchy for sure
@@BigOleWords no kidding! where are all the awesome remixes?
You unlocked aome of my core memories here
Success!
The bomb placing animation looks remarkably similar to SEGA’s Crackdown
Never played that one!
The music in this game is burnt into my brain.
Just find your channel today
I've been playing G.I.joe my whole life, in fact this was my first ever video game 30 years ago.
I can tell you you are olaying it wrong hahaha, don't waste your bullets on the common enemies, be more tactical, there are a couple of bosses that you can kill with granades. You have to fill one guy up all the way, first Duke (you are forced to by the game) and then you'll see the game is not that hard, I used to get stuck with Metal Head because I didn't realize the joes level up (first game ever remember)
For the levels you need to explere the maps and learn the layouts of them not the bombs placements thet way you'll be sure to check everywhere and dont miss a thing.
Sorry for the long post hahaha I really love this game, maybe I'll do an episode in the future
I know you probably meant "Never released outside North America" to primarily focus on "not released in Japan, surprisingly", but instead my mind went to the UK. There, where patriotic exclusively US heroes might not do so well, they rebranded the toy line as Action Force, with different character names, modified likenesses and entirely different plots, with their own continuity of comic books.
A few years after the release of the cartoon in NA, the decision to keep their stuff entirely different or switch over for easy conversion resulted in minor edits to the cartoon and some attempts to explain to the European audience why the team was now fighting Cobra instead of Baron Ironblood of the Red Shadows. It was a bit of a tragic story, coinciding with the death of one of the UK company's owners, the licensing agreement expiring, and the toy factories shutting down.
The changeover happened in 1985 though, so by 1991 European kids should've been familiar enough with the slightly modified GI Joe main story enough for a PAL localization to be easy. Nowhere near as involved as the Contra/Probotector conversion.
A few other people mentioned that it was big over there, I had no idea!
I still have a massive problem with the name "probotector". It sounds like the brand name of something to prevent alien butt probes.
"Alien abductions happening in your area? Afraid youll end up with something where the sun dont shine? No problem! With our patented 'Probotector' metal underpants you can sleep peacefully, knowing even if they abduct you, your butt will be safe!"
4:00 - Don't forget the other two aspects of Snake Eyes in this game. First, his weapon is the only one with infinite ammo. Second, he can rapid fire grenades. Yeah, Snake Eyes is kind of OP in this game.
Didn’t know that about the grenades!
@@BigOleWords No joke. Any boss that flies above you is a corpse in seconds with Snake Eyes.
Pity there isn't Scarlett and Roadblock instead of Blizzard and Gridiron, giving us the same foursome as the arcade title.
That would be cool! Roadblock is in the sequel: Atlantis Factor.
Gi Joe *2* is excellent, 1 is okay. But 2 is very underappreciated
I haven’t played Atlantis as much yet but I’ll get back to you in a week
I was never a big fan of GI Joe as it always gave me that military indoctrination vibe as a kid and I was way more interested in classic TMNT series anyway. Nevertheless, I thoroughly enjoyed Atlantis Factor as a kid and eventually played this first Real American Hero version via emulation and it's a fantastic licensed game among many on the NES. But like you said the cryptic maze BS in the bomb planting levels can be exhausting and really takes away from an otherwise perfect game. Even though there's a password and continue system it's almost pointless at the later levels trying to rebuild and catch up from a fresh start which is a must in attempting to complete this game which I've never done but gotten close many times. 😄
Agreed on all points. I was also way more into TMNT than Joe :)
Fun game! I am glad to see it get some love!
Yes sir!
Oh man, I loved this game! I had no real attachment to GI Joe, but as a kid in small town, I'd usually rent whatever game was new (or whatever was still available) from the local video store, and even if it was bad, I'd sink my teeth into it over the weekend I had it. This one really sucked me in and I ended up renting it a few times. Still don't really care about GI Joe, but a good game is a good game.
That’s a solid rental right there!
All of my friends played this great game, back in the 90's.
Either this or the Capcom one. I played the Capcom one.
Damn y’all were the cool kids then!
@@Gatorade69 both of Them. But the first one is way better.
@@BigOleWords Man I didn't KNOW about GI Joe games in The Day. I had GI Joe CASSETTE TAPES, though: anyone remember those?
This game is pretty cool! I just wish I had the patience to play it through. I have more patience than I did as a kid for it though lol!
I doubt I’d have the patience my child self did either!
Just discovered your channel! Love this stuff! Subscribing 😊
A good tip for the truck stop ,if you like big booty you gotta ask for tootie fruity.
Hahahaha yes!
I have a feeling Blizzard is only in the game because the Dev didn’t want to use snow job.
You’re probably right!
I remember tons of those Toys
I owned and played this game alot and beat it a couple times.
Awesome!
until today, i still Humm the first level music from THE ATALANTIS FACTOR , i know most people love this one more, but for me ? GI JOE TAF is a superb game, and i just can't get enough of it, mainly because it feels way too much like KICKMASTER .
Honestly, some NES games like Kickmaster and GI JOE TAF are the reason i love games on 8bit systems.
There were a lot of deeper cuts that piqued my interest as I got really into collecting the NES but the KID stuff really resonated with me. Such strange visual choices and inventive sprite designs. It’s like finding out your favorite pop artist made on really weird noise record.
@@BigOleWords awesome, they had their own signature style and i loved that.
No one played? I mean, I can tell you at least four people played it, being me, my brother, and two friends from the neighborhood.
Damn it, I didn’t account for those four! But seriously yeah I’m sure people played all these games but probably GI Joe more than most.
I'm a little surprised that we didn't get this over here. Sure, G.I. Joe was rebranded Action Force for us, but damn the action figures were popular, second only to Star Wars.
I didn't notice any mention of Storm Shadow, that's disappointing, he was the bomb 😎👍
he wasn’t an enemy then, he was one of the good guys…he turned again a few years later
Action Force! And I think Storm Shadow is in the sequel.
@@BigOleWords he is…he’s with the Joes as a good guy
By time this came out , the toys and comic had reverted back to GI Joe name for us UK folk too a couple years before but interest in the property had declined.
@carn9507 I would have been long out of my initial action figure phase by the 90s, and have no recollection of Action Force changing to either G.I. Joe Action Force or just plain old G.I. Joe! Yup, you sent me down a nostalgic rabbit hole this morning, so thanks for that 🤣
If hawk is op how did he get captured!?! It a setup!
I mean you never see Cobra Commander’s face. Maybe it was Hawk all along!
Hey guys. You know, it’s funny, these people they go to sleep. They think everything’s fine, everything’s good. And then they wake up the next day and they’re on fire.
They’re so ridiculous
Fun fact in the comics raptor died form food poisoning he got from a bad can of beans.
My kid self chose the Raptor figure from shelves full of Joe figures cos I thought he was cool... He really wasn't cool at all. But eh, I liked the bird outfit and lil falcon he had too. But yeah, in the Marvel comic even Cobra Commander mocked how silly Raptor was. :P
What a douche-nozzle.
he died alongside a bunch of others after being trapped inside a ship that was buried under rocks and lava…pretty gruesome stuff!
No! That can’t be right!
@@BigOleWords …it’s funny but true! GI Joe #116 showed he and a bunch of others including Dr. Mindbender died from botulism from tainted food
I had the sequel but never had the original GI Joe game
Deep cut there!
i'm old and played tf out of this game
You’re not old, you’re wise ;)