History of Power Rangers Video Games: Mighty Morphin' | GEEK CRITIQUE
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- It's morphin' time! Dragonzord! Mastodon! Pterodactyl! Triceratops! Saber-Toothed Tiger! Tyrannosaurus!
Much of the music in this episode is from the excellent Power Rangers Redux album, by original composer, Ron Wasserman: ronwasserman.bandcamp.com/alb...
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You didn't include the one game I ever had (and I think it was one of my first video games ever). The Power Rangers Zord fighting game. Where you basically fight 3 monsters, Zed and then Ivan Ooze.
It's in part 2: th-cam.com/video/KB9HRpkU-kw/w-d-xo.html
FOOL! The SNES Power Rangers has a 2 player mode. You unlock it with a code.
he missed so much about the snes version... he didnt even mention the megazord fights (epic shit)... its the best by far... love it
One of the few childhood obsessions I was such a huge fan during the Mighty Morphing era.
Part of me wants to just go ahead and marathon the whole fucking franchise, but my god...it really doesn't look like they took much of a break over the past 20+ years.
I still have the SNES cartridge!!! It was awesome when I was a kid, it was a must have, at least in my school, every class mate had the game, it was in a Super Mario World level of appreciation hahahah
After everything is said and done, what I remember the most out of this video, having watched it many months ago, is the part where every ranger got the same word XDXD It's just so funny!
8:25 But it did have a Two-Player Megazord Fighting minigame that can be done through a password. The SNES MMPR game is actually one of my favorite beat 'em ups.
I get a LOT of comments on this mentioning that the SNES game has a 2-player mode. That's true, however, it doesn't invalidate my point. That mode is unlocked with a code, and consists of a player-vs-player battle mode. It's a bonus minigame. My problem with the SNES version is that it's a beat-em-up with no multiplayer. The beat-em-up portion, regardless of the code, has no multiplayer mode.
The Geek Critique I kinda liked the game gear music of both versions
The problem that I have is how you praise the game gear version yet bash the SNES version. Yeah, it doesn't have a multiplayer, but of the two games the SNES game stands on top. You never mentioned the zord battles at the end either, and it was very well implemented.
NEEEEEERRRRRDDDD
Watching this after watching your Metroid series. Gotta say, loving your stuff so far. It's nice to see a fresh new face on the scene that can put out quailty stuff. Subbed. Keep up the good work.
I mean, I've been at this for almost four years, so I don't know if I'm THAT fresh. But thank you! :P
Newer than say AVGN or SomecallmeJohnny. Which, I've been watching them since 2011, I wanna say? So, to me you're new, technically. =P
This was good! Thank you! I’m currently in the process of rewatching the original mighty morphing power ranger series, and it made me want to play the SNES game (the only version I owned/played as a kid). Since i don’t have it with me, watching reviews on TH-cam is my next best option. I definitely remember playing a multiplayer mode on the SNES version I had (both as a kid and as an adult!) Love your review and upbeat and humorous reviews!
This was the first video of yours I ever watched. I’m so glad I subscribed.
dude! awesome video! this was awesome.
I had both the Genesis and the SNES versions as a kid. Over 20 years later and I still play the SNES version to this day. The Genesis version I think I revisited once maybe 10 years ago. Sure there's no Green Ranger, but the overall gameplay is just more fun. And yes, the music's better to. Now if only it had the music from the show like the other Genesis PR game has.
So, if you love the Power Rangers and the genre it's from, the game Chroma Squad is a MUST PLAY for you.
I know this is an old video, but I sincerely hope you'll play it. You'll love it, it's about some stunt actors who decide to start their own sentai show.
You build your studio, have "fights" that eventually take an interesting, more serious twise.
It's excellent.
Can't believe I've only just now stumbled across this video and its sequel. This was a very well made video, sir. And props to you for having the earlier front-loader Sega CD. That's a hard piece of tech to find. Those MMPR games were so much fun back in the day. My favorite was always the Genesis version (still have it, too!). I always hated how short the Scenario Mode was, though. A good player can clear it in about 15 minutes. 2-Player VS was always sweet, and of us gathered around the Genesis inevitably always unlocked and played as the Evil version of the Green Ranger.
NitroVisioN Thanks! The front-loader is one of those things I was lucky enough to pick up before it got rare. I found it, with a Genesis and all the pack in software for about $35 in 1999.
nice video man. brought back a lot of memories. might want to bust out my Sega lol can't wait to see your other videos
This video brought back a lot of memories...thanks!
I love the fact that you used the ron wasserman remade music throughout the episode.
Oh! Wow! That was...fun!
That Tyranosaurus part actually got me to laugh! And I normally don't laugh at things so I really think that was a nice touch!
Plus that face you made at 0:25...that was very smart.
The frames on the video are very VERY good too! What camera did do you use? (Plus editing thing to make it 60fps)
Um...why are there so few female viewers?! Like, do gamer girls not use youtube or something????
Have you heard of/watched Kamen Rider Dragon Knight? It's pretty similar to Power Rangers (and isn't long) and I watched that as a kid. You might like it.
I'm a bit suprised you got this out so quickly. Keep up the good work! :)
(Why doesn't this video have 18 likes?)
+Alienrun Thanks, I had fun making this one. I've had this episode in mind for over a year, and I knew I had to do it before 2016. xD My camera is a Vixia HF R500. It was the first piece of equipment I got once Patreon started coming through, and yeah, it shoots in 60fps.
I have heard of Kamen Rider! It's sort of a sister series to Super Sentai in Japan, and Dragon Knight was adapted for the US the same way Power Rangers is. Actually, there's a crossover movie between the two!
As for the female viewers... I'd say it's the same reason my age demographics skew the way they do. Look at how few high schoolers (13-17) watch TGC.
The majority of my fans were, like me, kids in the 90's. Most of my content so far has covered the games I grew up playing, meaning these videos will resonate well with people who shared my experiences. Video games in the 90's were still very much seen as a "boy" interest. Nowadays, happily, just about every woman I'm friends with is a gamer. But most of my female friends didn't grow up playing them. Some have told me their parents would try to dissuade them from gaming back then because it was "for boys".
The result is that there's a much smaller demographic pool of women who grew up playing the same games I did, and thus less women who might be interested in my videos.
+The Geek Critique
You forgot to mention Haim Saban's Dynaman from Night Flight.
Alienrun As a female ranger fan I know that there are not a lot of us out there. Power Rangers is mostly a "boy" TV show.
Great video I loved the Power Rangers growing up and had this game on my Sega genesis fun game!
For what it's worth, I LOVE the music from the SNES Power Rangers game.
Did you use a filter for you Game Boy recording? Don't do that.
Besides that, great video. Always love the see some love for the Game Gear.
On the SNES beat 'em up game, you actually get two jumping attacks per ranger, and a low combo too. You can even freely switch between the high and low combos.
And the special attack, it was amazing to display the dinosaurs on the screen 😁
There's actually a 2 player mode on the original MMPR game on the SuperNES. Finish the game and after the credits roll it gives you passwords so that you and a friend can play the last 3 Dino MegaZord vs Giant Monsters battles
I was born in 84. I cant remember much about that decade except for what I watch now. But I can remember all the shows I watched as a kid in the 90s. Power Rangers being my favorite. I had the toys, 2 megazord toys and played the games. But stopped watching halfway through turbo (cant remember why). Only recently have I started watching it again on Netflix (up to Zeo). Last year at a comic convention I bought some vintage toys from the show. Including an original automorpher pink ranger (not the best of condition but got it for $2), a red ranger figure from the movie and 2 figurines of Billy and Squat. Plus a recently made white ranger
I got MMPR on SNES for my 5th birthday(maybe a bit later, I was born in 89). I'd had a SNES since I was like 3, but it was the first game I had ever asked for. Also the first game I ever beat, which is funny, because it was like, a month before I could get past the first level.
It's definitely the game that sparked my life long love of gaming.
So glad to see the Game Gear games get the love they deserve. So good.
Great video, brought back many memories for me. you, sir, have just earned a sub
The game gear version was my favorite game. I absolutely loved it. Played it for years even when my game gear was out of style they had moved on from mighty morphin.
The super NES game was the first Power Rangers game I ever owe, not to mention one of the first games I ever owned period.
If this represents a new format for the channel, I love it.
NOSTALGIA OVERLOAD! lol. i'm gonna have to find an emulator and play some of these again. unless my brother actually still has them. thanks for reminding me that i used to love the now-way-more-disney-themed power rangers. the MMPR days weren't exactly pg-13 action movies, but at least we had ROCK, and GOOD songs in the show. Dino Thunder did a damn good job of bringing some of that back tho.
I had the SNES and Genesis versions but preferred the SNES one due to the style - though I always amused at the palette swaps as you mentioned. Still, given the hardware of the time, it I still a decent representation over the shovelware crap that comes out of license properties these days (very reminiscent of the Sega CD I suppose ;))
I played and loved the super NES version, I didn't think anything of the muscular body structure. It was just simply fun gameplay
I knew something was up when I saw your Gokaiger reference in the DKC2 video.
Never was into Power Rangers as a kid, but I do remember having a lot of friends that ate it up. The only Power Rangers game I remember much is "The Fighting Edition" for SNES since a buddy of mine had it. Don't remember playing it much except to watch him bust through the story with the Zords. That was pretty cool.
....funny how TH-cam thinks I need to have Power Rangers in my related videos now. :V
bandora's palace is the base for bandora gang, led by the evil witch bandora (original japanese rita repulsa)
There was an zyuranger famicom title but out by Bandai in Japan. .powerrangers.wikia.com/wiki/Kyoryu_Sentai_Zyuranger_(video_game) more than likely Bandai America used the title as an base for the power rangers NES game. But the sprite was accurate to the prop and we saw the sign in mmpr when the zyuranger stock was in use. The boom comic even kept the sign in there rendering of rita's base.
The SNES may not be the best but it's the one I liked the most out of all the games you talked about... maybe not making it a 2 player was a crime yes... but the game was pretty easy in one player so 2 would totally slay everything like nothing.. well at least, the game had pretty good music, even the main theme almost sounds like the real one from the show god dayum... :0
Bray Wyatt? is that you?
Hush Is Husky Harris...
Brother Hush, I knew you'd come :)
I grew up loving the power rangers as a kid, as I got older I learned about super sentai and I just couldn't go back to PR after that.
7:34: ok let's see the other zords.
Past 7:34: EVERYONE GETS A TYRANNOSAURUS DINOZORD.
Thank you for your review 1st and 2nd I emulate so you helped me a lot
the 2 Power Rangers games for game gear were amazing
Agh! Actually the Super Nintendo Power Rangers game did have a two player mode- it was a reward for finishing the game, and let player two control the three monsters- that scum monster, and the two phases of Cyclopsis. Nothing too significant to write home about but it was there.
The Tyrannosaurus segment had me dead.
i believe i had the Genesis version as a kid although i seem to remember it being a side scrolling beat-em up rather than a pure fighting game, fond memories of those 1st few stages though, never could get to the final boss though.
It’s always amazing that you have a Sega CD for the OG Genesis.
I got the Genesis+Sega CD, all the pack-in games, Sonic CD, and Ecco for $35. Collecting for the Genesis in 1999 was wonderful.
The Geek Critique 1. Wow that’s a good deal.
2. Holy shit he responded to my comment!!!
The Game Gear mighty Morphin rangers game was my childhood. I like the music...
I never played Power Rangers for Sega CD, in fact I never even owned a Sega CD, but I think the game actually sounds interesting. It's like a Power Rangers equivalent of Dragon's Layer.
ive been obsessed since 2003 when i was born im 14 now and im still obbsessed
Oh man! I had the Genesis game, and I loved it. I didn't know they had others, really. The last boss was so cheap! I remember spamming the lightning sword attack (I had no idea what the were yelling when the attack was about to be unleashed).
I never watched Super Sentai, but would you recommend it? I'd me most interested in watch the Mighty Morphin one if anything.
Also, yes...I'm one of those 90s people from your analytics! Great video from a great dude.
+ADaviii To me, it always sounded like they were yelling, "LIGHTENING PLASMA!!!"
I like Zyuranger all right, and it did come out on DVD in the US earlier this year, but it's really not considered one of the great series. My favorite one by a mile is called Gokaiger, which actually might be my favorite television show, period. It was the 35th anniversary season, and the characters can transform into ANY of the previous teams: th-cam.com/video/DW24CLGM_C4/w-d-xo.html
+ADaviii I might be biased since it was my first Sentai, but I really do love Zyuranger, and find that it actually holds up really well.
Shout Factory also put out Dairanger, the Sentai that the Thunder Zords and White Ranger came from. It's also good, but it's kinda weird, and in my opinion it kind of shits the bed right at the end. I've got my fingers crossed that it at least sells well enough to get a release for Kakuranger (The one that gave us Ninjor, season three's Zords and the Alien Rangers.)
I definitely recommend anyone who likes Power Rangers to get into Sentai, especially if you're interested in the production side of the franchise.
+StevenUlyssesPerhero Agreed! Yeah, Zyuranger is fascinating to watch if you're a Mighty Morphin' kid, just because of how different it is from what we grew up with. It provides a lot of explanations to things that didn't really make sense in PR, like why Tommy was always unjustly getting detention or losing his communicator so he'd have to show up late to the fight in season 1.
The Geek Critique Definitely. My favorite thing about Power Rangers as an adult is it's potential to take the footage it has to work with and re-contextualize it in any way the writers can come up with.
... Which is a major part of why Samurai just flat out broke my heart.
I remember the Super Nintendo Power Rangers Game it was awesome, I miss the 90s.
Even if they didn't follow the story, the SNES PR game was a solid action game that was faithful to the source material. The music was pretty dang good and I thought it was actually fitting, the action streamlined but fun, AND you got to play as the Megazord in the last two stages.
I honestly think people critique the SNES Power Rangers game for the wrong reasons. Muscular Pink Ranger is a deal-breaker? Why is everyone obsessed with this?
Minor point, but Power Rangers for the SNES had an Up+Attack that did the combo finisher for all rangers except Kimberly, who shoots her bow. Not that it changes much, because her bow attack is hilariously weak.
3:43 WHOAH I've had this game for years and never knew that Dragonzord in fighting mode made a brief appearence.
+RondoOfBloodX Yep! It's one of Dragonzord's specials, and one of the easiest. Hold B for a few seconds, then release.
+The Geek Critique i've owned this game since it first came out and never knew about that. Wow guees you really do learn something new everyday.
I think the snes first one the reason why it was one player only cause they could figure out how,they would work the megazord part which is why the movie one didn't have the megazord in it
6:37 Thank God! Yes! Back in the days, the 16bits consoles were actually differents from one another (instead of that stupid 720p vs 1080p debate)
7:30
Zordon: Gosei, have you seen my zords?
Gosei: Uhhh... no?
Gosei: (whispers) Tensou, remind me to stop giving the rangers zords every other episode.
wouldn’t surprise me if this was a Zyuranger game as Zyuranger (I am guessing from a scene with the Jin the Genie) had some Sega Sponsorship.
you missed one game power rangers the movie featuring ivan ooze
on snes
There was 2 player on SNES Power Rangers, but required a password.... And it was only the Megazord fight.
The super nes version did have a 2 player mode if you had the right code which was revealed upon completion of the game
0:53 I HAD THOSE EXACT BEDSHEETS
A Battle For The Grid video, plz
I played the Famicom version, I think it's called Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger, and I liked it.
There are 100 power rangers games. That includes all console, handheld and PC power rangers and super sentai games. Some of them are unbelievably rare. Only the PC games are 13. Some are made for rare consoles like sega pico and advances pico beena.
with new movie coming out this year hopefully we'll get an updated game what I'm thinking is Amex between Spider-Man Batman fighting styles and then Zord battles used Titanfall
Bandora's Palace is the Super Sentai verson of Rita's Moon Base
omg I had that pillow case/bed sheets!! ...I miss the 90s now xD
The Sega Genesis version was my first fighting game as well.
2:25 Looks like someone forgot to omit the name for Rita's Lair.
That would explain why the kids in Zyuranger asked the Ginnie for a new video game and got a system which could play Mega Drive/ Genesis Games as well as PC Engine/ Turbografix 16 Games....?
Only game i know for sure is Zyuranger for the Famicom.
Is it weird to suspect that SNES Power Rangers borrowed Sailor Moon's Game Engine?
the Sega versions of the original MMPR let you play green ranger. that put it above the snes version. I loved the game gear version
I had the gamegear ver of one and and the movie i played this sooo much
when power rangers came along. i was still into tmnt and I was barely old enough to remember voltron. so i watched as few episodes in passing interest thinking this will never catch on. it's too cornbread lol! well anyone can see i was just slightly wrong.
for me it was the game gear and the SNES and i loved both
I love Kamen Rider and Godzilla, and its all thanks to the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.
where did you get your gokaiger/supermegaforce shirt from? this is my first video I watched of yours and you definitely have a new subscriber
+TinaTissue28 I actually don't remember! I got it way back before it ever could have been a Super Megaforce shirt, when Gokaiger was still on the air. I'm sure you can find them online, though! I'm really happy you enjoyed the video; welcome aboard!
chances are the "street fighter clone" is a port of a game based off of the japenese version of the show. In the final episode they beat Cyclopsis and defeat Rita or as she is known in Japan Bandora.
+Thomas Zulli Nah, I checked, it's not a port, and was never released in Japan.
I saw the game gear version at a pawn shop last week, it's gone now, if I'd watched this first I would've gotten it.
No mention of the Dream Mode (in the 1 player battle mode, you can only fight certain characters. In the Dream Mode, you fight them all, including a mirror match) and Level Select you unlock when completing the Story Mode on any difficulty in the Game Gear Version (and lose when you turned the power off)?
you probably played it more :P
One of my favorites out of the small library of Game Gear games I owned as a kid.
I'm guessing I must be about 5-7 years older than you because I was a huge TMNT fan and my fave game of all time is SMB3.
I only had the sega cd and it was a lot of fun i liked it more then the other ones i dont know why everyone talks bad about fmv games they were my favorite i never knew people didn't like fmv game until TH-cam came out and i was like what that crazy i thought everyone liked fmv games
Hello fellow ranger fan!
Even though i'm a younger one..
ApolloMaster all are welcome amongst our ranks my friend!
You know, I was originally going to say something about how in the video games they probably had to put on a few extra bits or something for the video games back then, so it only looked like they were buff. But after looking at that scene from the comic book you showed, I suppose you're actually right about American artists.
Still, someone can be both muscular and nimble, can they not?
Pretty sure I had that *exact* set of Power Rangers bedsheets when I was a kid. XD
I never understood why none of the Nintendo Power Rangers games featured the Green Ranger. Green Ranger was only on Sega consoles.
totally disagree with everything u said... snes PR kicks ass, its the best by FAR, u didnt even review it completely... at the end u fight as the megazord(3 battles), AND u can put in a code u get when u beat the game to play 2 player versus mode with the megazord and the monsters...
it's nice to see I'm not the only one who loved the Super NES version of Power Rangers!
7:33 love it
I had the gamegear version, and man, I played that game so much it apparently caused the cartridge to be damaged. It won't work anymore.
Looking forward to Mighty Morphing Power Rangers Mega Battle next year?
I love power rangers too !
Subscribed!
love you man!
I think you missed the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Fighting Edition. I played it on SEGA.
yeah no, he did miss it.
It wasn't officially on the Genesis, but I covered it in the next video: th-cam.com/video/KB9HRpkU-kw/w-d-xo.html
It wasn't officially on the Genesis, but I covered it in the next video: th-cam.com/video/KB9HRpkU-kw/w-d-xo.html
thanks, I just watched that one.
Thanks. My bad though. A really cool game which i didn't know it has special moves. Lol.
I loved Mighty Morphin Power Rangers as a kid, but like PokeMon, it's one of those few childhood franchises I grew out of. I chock it up to both Properties having the compulsive need to introduce new characters and character designs. I know that makes me a dumb Gen 1'er, I just don't have it in me to follow PokeMon or the Power Rangers anymore.
So I guess this could end up being a "History of Power Rangers Video Games."
+Tom Holmes Heh, I totally should have called it that.
That's seagull cd version was ahead of the time
IIRC the SNES game had passwords for 2 player mode, but only with the zords and final bosses.
+IneSanity Just looked up a password and tried it out, and yeah, you're right. I don't think I've done that since we rented the game 20 years ago! What a weird thing to do, hiding a minigame as the only 2-player mode, though come to think of it, Mega Man 7 did the same thing.
I remember having the bed sheets, and my room decked out to match. *sighs* Good days...
I still have the bedsheet! I'm using it to this day for my little girl to swaddle her 😊