I rented this about 15 years ago and played it for 3 straight days without turning off my NES before finally beating it. I wouldn't have guessed the game could be beaten in under 30 minutes - even with an emulator. Great work.
I always loved this game as a kid, even though I had no idea what to do in it, and it was way too hard for me lol. Nice to see it again after all this time, and finally get to see the end :)
I am literally speechless, I've spent so long playing this game. If I played all video games like that, no one can say you spent too much time playing video games.
God damn this game!!! I could never beat it!!! I never figured out how to get out of the infinite stairwell tower, plus the well and the bosses scared piss out of me! I was six. Great work, you got this down to a science.
I remember renting this game as a kid feeling accomplished that I got as far as the well. This was after using a strategy guide, which was a really rare thing back then. There were 2 books, Red and Green. One of them explained how to... well, play the first part of the game.
i dont care if i did not finish this game... i just love the graphics its easy to the eye... the color combination is way ahead of time... last time i played this game it was like 15 years ago...
I appreciate your info on that. This game seems either popular or infamous in Japan. It was used in some Japanese fan-made creations like the Michael Quest animation and Hatsune Miku versions of the game's soundtrack. The Game Boy version, like most other Game Boy counterparts of NES games, seems superior, although they lack color. E.T. and Pac-Man for the Atari 2600 weren't the only ones that caused the 1983 video game crash, there were some others like Strawberry Shortcake for Atari 2600.
I have lucky got a strategy guy and beat this game when I am young (about 34 years ago I think ). Level 1 is a piece of cake, but I am stuck in Level 2 for about a year and fail to go beyond the monster duma down in the well, AFAIR. Then after a struggle I got to Level 3 and my skills become better and got pass the Level 3 Boss. And immediately in that play I get the final boss down and beat the game.
From someone who put way too much time into this game as a kid - There are four final bosses in different rooms on the top floor. Only one is real, and the real one is random from game to game. Since the video creator manipulated luck for fastest time, they picked the correct boss on the first try. The outside platform jumping in the video is possible through mastery. There's a way for Milon to squeak out a bit of extra jump height to get on those upper platforms.
That is useful. That number is the initial count of collected notes inside the first musical box mini-game you enter after you continue your game when you are dead.
so many hours spent running around on the first floor trying to figure out what to do. and to think it was one simple door that misteriesly appears. i figured it would be something like that but DAM!!!
It's underrated. Part of the game's difficulty comes from its pile of obscure secrets that need to be uncovered in order for you to beat it. The unlimited continue mechanism is non-obvious, and you tend to die frequently. That said, I had great fun with the game back in the day, and I still consider it decent. The controls and hit detection are solid, and the rooms are fun to poke around in. The trippy charm of the castle - especially the catchy music - kept me coming back for more.
I've been wondering for the past 20 years how to proceed beyond the bottom door level. not impressed with those secret passages like how does one even figure that out? milon's 'secret' castle is an understatement. but thank you youtube and hisatoki for unravelling the mystery.
i definitely agree. i played this game with my brother when i was about 7 years old and even though it took a LONG time, we eventually figured out what to do in certain areas. did we ever beat the game? no, it was too hard for us. but it was definitely fun. we especially loved the music from the bonus stage!! :)
And it's one of Japan's favorite Famicom titles. It also was featured in the popular Japanese show titled Game Center CX (known outside of Japan as Retro Game Master).
Oh man. I remember this game from when I was a kid. I was terrified of it because of the level in the well where there are those demon guys and everything's on fire, lol.
We rented this when we were kids, and what do you know, we never got past the first level. Maybe because nobody would ever figure it out with a walkthrough!
This game was fun, yet confusing as heck. That and without tools to assist you the enemies later on can be very challanging. Good run through, you make it look easy, but without tools this game is pretty hard.
Most people who thought Captain Falcon never fought before his appearance in the SSB series didn't read or didn't believe in what the SNES F-ZERO manual's comic said before the SSB series was born.
i agree. i found most of the hidden doors when i was a child and my mind wasn't corrupted by being told certain things weren't possible, but i was only able to beat it later on in life when i discovered nnesterj and save states.
Yes, I frequently saw Spelunker, but it actually started on the Atari 2600. Other games I seen Japanese gamers liked a lot are Action 52, The Cheetamen II, Transformers: Convoy no Nazo, Atlantis no Nazo, Ikki (known outside of Japan as Farmer's Rebellion or Boomerang), Challenger, Takeshi no Chosenjo, The Wing of Madoola, some anime/manga-based games and several others.
I actually beat this game when I was a kid, and it was a pírated Cart from Japan used with a special adapter on an American NES, Took a while, but I actually ended up beating it, and without even be able to read a single instruction ingame cause it all was in japanese, also I would not have been able to figure it out by just reading cause the other version was in English and I did not know any English back then, I learned years ago. Of course no one is going to believe me just that easy.
seems there are different slight variations of this game having different enemies etc..while same name maybe? confusing to know which version you'd be getting except maybe the yr of it difrenciates
I don't quite get how you can even finish the well without whatever was needed to not get burned... This game is so hard yet you made it feel like it's a snap to finish! I do own the game (the japanese version so I had no idea what the guy was saying in the store), I've beaten it thanks to NP but I really don't get how you can beat that game without entering most rooms, not get the feather and... what was that in room shown at 3:25? We can jump mid-air like that? I never knew that 0-0
Whoah. That's incredible, I mean, I know Hudson tends to make pretty hard games, but that's just ridiculous. Still, AVGN would be fuming if he saw this. Also, you seemed to be shooting very quickly. Were you using a turbo controller or something?
damn...u did it in 5 min. i spend 1 weeks of intense playing only to complete abt 50 percent of the game. well u can excuse me for tat since there is no internet 20 yrs back.
@braaaainz It's Galaga-style where you can shoot again as soon as the last one disappears. Sit right next to the enemy with a turbo controller and it's easy.
If you came to this video after watching the Angry Video Game Nerd, copy and paste this. Wow this speedrunner has way too much time and patience on his hands.
This game almost put me into therapy when I was about 12. I swear, it was so freakin' hard because of all of the secret doorways, etc. I probably only made it about a quarter of the way through.
OMG....very nice....played this game when i was 4....so very hard...this game confused me i could get to the well and that was it...maybe now i can finally beat it xD
@TragicVlogTv he didnt jusr review that was an old episode the trailer was relased a long time ago and was on game trailers a long time ago he just uploaded the full version on youtube
I beat it i too. Ta-ahhhyte!!! Lot's of continues. But, only one sitting. Paused for a couple hours. It's much, much harder than this dude makes it look. I'm not even sure I believe that he did this without editing....But if he did....he's awesome.
Kids (yes, back in the day when the NES was exclusively a children-oriented market) were supposed to be able to beat this without destroying a TV? What the hell, Nintendo.
yeh this game really is next to impossible hard to beat without at utter least a walkthrough. I wish theyd remake it for the wii or something. The game just had toooooo many fake walls and floors Felt like punkys snipe kitchen on crack, to anyone who gets that reference i give you massive props.
動画の長さ的に1面クリアまでかと思ったら全クリしててビビりましたw
めっちゃ上手い‼️子どもの頃全然三階に行けなくて泣いて辞めたゲームだ🎵この歳になってスッキリしました✨
I rented this about 15 years ago and played it for 3 straight days without turning off my NES before finally beating it.
I wouldn't have guessed the game could be beaten in under 30 minutes - even with an emulator. Great work.
うまいなあｗ
当時小さな子供だったから結局井戸の中どまりだったな
思い出の名作でした
I always loved this game as a kid, even though I had no idea what to do in it, and it was way too hard for me lol. Nice to see it again after all this time, and finally get to see the end :)
小学生の頃に挫折したゲームの最後を見れて嬉しい！
本当に難しいですね
この人天才だよー。
姫様も、まさか誘拐されて5分で助けてくれるとは思わなかっただろうな・・・。
I am literally speechless, I've spent so long playing this game. If I played all video games like that, no one can say you spent too much time playing video games.
I've always loved this game. Thanks for the video. It was kickinrad.
God damn this game!!! I could never beat it!!!
I never figured out how to get out of the infinite stairwell tower, plus the well and the bosses scared piss out of me! I was six.
Great work, you got this down to a science.
あっぱれ！！！
I remember renting this game as a kid feeling accomplished that I got as far as the well. This was after using a strategy guide, which was a really rare thing back then. There were 2 books, Red and Green. One of them explained how to... well, play the first part of the game.
すごいの一言です
i dont care if i did not finish this game... i just love the graphics its easy to the eye... the color combination is way ahead of time... last time i played this game it was like 15 years ago...
懐かしい。名作ですね。
I appreciate your info on that. This game seems either popular or infamous in Japan. It was used in some Japanese fan-made creations like the Michael Quest animation and Hatsune Miku versions of the game's soundtrack. The Game Boy version, like most other Game Boy counterparts of NES games, seems superior, although they lack color. E.T. and Pac-Man for the Atari 2600 weren't the only ones that caused the 1983 video game crash, there were some others like Strawberry Shortcake for Atari 2600.
I have lucky got a strategy guy and beat this game when I am young (about 34 years ago I think ). Level 1 is a piece of cake, but I am stuck in Level 2 for about a year and fail to go beyond the monster duma down in the well, AFAIR. Then after a struggle I got to Level 3 and my skills become better and got pass the Level 3 Boss. And immediately in that play I get the final boss down and beat the game.
Oh my Gosh. That is awesome. I have owned this game for 20+ years and have never gotten past level one. My hat goes off to the guy who did this.
From someone who put way too much time into this game as a kid -
There are four final bosses in different rooms on the top floor. Only one is real, and the real one is random from game to game. Since the video creator manipulated luck for fastest time, they picked the correct boss on the first try.
The outside platform jumping in the video is possible through mastery. There's a way for Milon to squeak out a bit of extra jump height to get on those upper platforms.
太……太強了！😮
うますぎる😮
カップ麺作って食べてる間に終わっちゃうね笑
That is useful.
That number is the initial count of collected notes inside the first musical box mini-game you enter after you continue your game when you are dead.
6分台とか凄すぎw
I've watched this speedrun about 10 times now and my mouth is wide open every time I finish it.
Ah, the day when I discovered that isolated blocks could be pushed to reveal shops...that was a glorious day indeed.
Good god... you got that right... This game used to be so frustrating.. I still have not beaten it...
it's impressive to watch this speed run. At the same time it's also sickening that someone put this much time into such a cryptic game.
so many hours spent running around on the first floor trying to figure out what to do. and to think it was one simple door that misteriesly appears. i figured it would be something like that but DAM!!!
It's underrated. Part of the game's difficulty comes from its pile of obscure secrets that need to be uncovered in order for you to beat it. The unlimited continue mechanism is non-obvious, and you tend to die frequently. That said, I had great fun with the game back in the day, and I still consider it decent. The controls and hit detection are solid, and the rooms are fun to poke around in. The trippy charm of the castle - especially the catchy music - kept me coming back for more.
I've been wondering for the past 20 years how to proceed beyond the bottom door level. not impressed with those secret passages like how does one even figure that out? milon's 'secret' castle is an understatement. but thank you youtube and hisatoki for unravelling the mystery.
i definitely agree. i played this game with my brother when i was about 7 years old and even though it took a LONG time, we eventually figured out what to do in certain areas. did we ever beat the game? no, it was too hard for us. but it was definitely fun. we especially loved the music from the bonus stage!! :)
And it's one of Japan's favorite Famicom titles. It also was featured in the popular Japanese show titled Game Center CX (known outside of Japan as Retro Game Master).
素晴らしい
Oh man. I remember this game from when I was a kid. I was terrified of it because of the level in the well where there are those demon guys and everything's on fire, lol.
すごい！
今必死でやってるのに、バカらしくなるな(泣)
Definitely some Turbo action on that controller/emulator, but damn, well done! And way to play it close with like 1 life bar left most of the time!
We rented this when we were kids, and what do you know, we never got past the first level. Maybe because nobody would ever figure it out with a walkthrough!
This game was fun, yet confusing as heck. That and without tools to assist you the enemies later on can be very challanging. Good run through, you make it look easy, but without tools this game is pretty hard.
ｱｲﾃﾑなしで早くて上手くて凄過ぎる！
まぁ、間違いなく世界一早い。
あんだけ、アイテム集めに苦労したのに…しかもチョッキなしで井戸ってすげー😆
I love how the store is in Japanese, and the Ending is in English.
Most people who thought Captain Falcon never fought before his appearance in the SSB series didn't read or didn't believe in what the SNES F-ZERO manual's comic said before the SSB series was born.
That's some insane gameplay dude.. that's a good tip for bosses: Attack head on.. "poppopopopopppp"... whatever noise it makes when it dies.. lol
Oh, and video description should say tool assisted. Its misleading.
You must be the god of gaming.
まさに圧倒。特に井戸が。
i agree. i found most of the hidden doors when i was a child and my mind wasn't corrupted by being told certain things weren't possible, but i was only able to beat it later on in life when i discovered nnesterj and save states.
早すぎでしょ。。すげぇ。。
Yes, I frequently saw Spelunker, but it actually started on the Atari 2600. Other games I seen Japanese gamers liked a lot are Action 52, The Cheetamen II, Transformers: Convoy no Nazo, Atlantis no Nazo, Ikki (known outside of Japan as Farmer's Rebellion or Boomerang), Challenger, Takeshi no Chosenjo, The Wing of Madoola, some anime/manga-based games and several others.
wow, had no idea there were secret doors outside the castle! no wonder i never beat this game. i couldnt get out of that damn well for the life of me!
In Japan, this game was successful, and had other sequels on Gameboy & Super Famicom.
wow this game is absolute madness
I actually beat this game when I was a kid, and it was a pírated Cart from Japan used with a special adapter on an American NES, Took a while, but I actually ended up beating it, and without even be able to read a single instruction ingame cause it all was in japanese, also I would not have been able to figure it out by just reading cause the other version was in English and I did not know any English back then, I learned years ago. Of course no one is going to believe me just that easy.
man your a MONSTER!!! I beat this game but not that fast!!! :-0
seems there are different slight variations of this game having different enemies etc..while same name maybe? confusing to know which version you'd be getting except maybe the yr of it difrenciates
Just how many people did they think would have the patience to play a game this confusing??
I don't quite get how you can even finish the well without whatever was needed to not get burned... This game is so hard yet you made it feel like it's a snap to finish! I do own the game (the japanese version so I had no idea what the guy was saying in the store), I've beaten it thanks to NP but I really don't get how you can beat that game without entering most rooms, not get the feather and... what was that in room shown at 3:25? We can jump mid-air like that? I never knew that 0-0
I can't think of a game harder than this. My 9 year old self finished battletoads. I couldn't do that now if my life depended on it.
Awesome!
Whoah. That's incredible, I mean, I know Hudson tends to make pretty hard games, but that's just ridiculous. Still, AVGN would be fuming if he saw this. Also, you seemed to be shooting very quickly. Were you using a turbo controller or something?
damn...u did it in 5 min. i spend 1 weeks of intense playing only to complete abt 50 percent of the game. well u can excuse me for tat since there is no internet 20 yrs back.
@braaaainz It's Galaga-style where you can shoot again as soon as the last one disappears. Sit right next to the enemy with a turbo controller and it's easy.
This guy's a machine
If you came to this video after watching the Angry Video Game Nerd, copy and paste this.
Wow this speedrunner has way too much time and patience on his hands.
Do you even use the green boxing glove and the potion to shrink? If not, do you even need to buy the potion?
holy crap man awesome***
This game almost put me into therapy when I was about 12. I swear, it was so freakin' hard because of all of the secret doorways, etc. I probably only made it about a quarter of the way through.
ボスとの戦い早い😲
ホバリング持っていると、
滞空時間を有効ですよ👌
Damn! Of all the hours and days and even years I spent on this game (it was the very first NES game I received) and it could be beaten in 5 minutes?!
すばらしい早さでクリアできますね。
one of the first hardest game i ever beat on my own, i was so proud of my self
かわいいゲーム
i played this game for like 10 mins and i smashed it:)
Im impressed
@HubbaBubba9849 It does have a continue BUT THEY MADE IT HARD TO FIGURE OUT
OMG....very nice....played this game when i was 4....so very hard...this game confused me i could get to the well and that was it...maybe now i can finally beat it xD
@TragicVlogTv he didnt jusr review that was an old episode the trailer was relased a long time ago and was on game trailers a long time ago he just uploaded the full version on youtube
Woah, this game is cryptic as fuck.
That was Chuck Norris playing the first time he turned the console on and of course he never heard of the game too.
この野郎が一番うめえ
dude you are an excellent player and let me guess you used a turbo controller
Oh well, he's great.
Is it true that this game has been selled 750 thousand copies in Japan? If its true... Im amazed.
Tool assisted huh? How do I find this, and what are they doing to affect the gameplay?
ボス速攻がヤバ過ぎる
Tool assisted? Is that like.. using cheats? He shoots bubbles like a madman.. Is that the normal shooting speed?
I beat it i too. Ta-ahhhyte!!! Lot's of continues. But, only one sitting. Paused for a couple hours. It's much, much harder than this dude makes it look. I'm not even sure I believe that he did this without editing....But if he did....he's awesome.
TAS actually means "Tool assisted Speedrun"
this game looks like it could have had more potential if only they didn't make everything a secret and at least gave you a few continues
RIP Hudson
Kids (yes, back in the day when the NES was exclusively a children-oriented market) were supposed to be able to beat this without destroying a TV?
What the hell, Nintendo.
コンテニューはあるけど途中セーブとかパスワードが無いのがきつかった
80年代当時訳がわからなさすぎて泣いてた でもせっかく買ったからやらなきゃと思って頑張ってたけど無理だった
今見たら怒りが込み上げてくるね 誰がわかるんだよその隠し扉、隠しアイテム、落とし穴、正規ルート
yeh this game really is next to impossible hard to beat without at utter least a walkthrough. I wish theyd remake it for the wii or something. The game just had toooooo many fake walls and floors Felt like punkys snipe kitchen on crack, to anyone who gets that reference i give you massive props.
NICE PLAY
クリアに必要な最低限のフラグ回収だけだとこんな短時間でクリア出来るのか〜
普通には無理ですね。
TASだからこそ出来る！
ここまでの動画にするまでの努力はお見事ですね。
If you came to this video after watching the Angry Video Game Nerd, copy and paste this.
since when did anybody have THIS much time on their hands?
Christ wagons, i had this when i was little. That's way too many secret doors.
You have been playing this a long time right?
居然能在6分钟内通关。