Same here. I've never seen this particular game but gave an upvote after 5mins, his Dragon Warrior (am still confused on those names and games) and the Secret of Manna runs are the stuff of legends. A hero. I went through the same whole thing and really meant a lot growing up. Such fond memories of family size twizzlers and hostess cup cakes, 2 liters of coca cola. Those are the days I miss.
I definitely learned something new watching this. I've beaten it a few times and I didn't realize you could control which stages you went to by picking eggs.
I loved this game as a child and still do. The different paths through the islands really boosts the replayability. I had no idea, that it depends on the egg at the end, which level is next. Thank you so much.
Had to go to my moms every other weekend growing up which was rarely a pleasant experience and this along with Pinball's Quest and Fantasy Zone were the only games I had there. I remember playing this for hours on end and was the first game I really ever tried speed running, trying to create the best routes both in which levels to go to and in the levels themselves. Of course I didn't know what speed running was at the time and was just trying to make a game I beat several times already less boring, so it's kinda cool that I can trace my love of speed running back to this game specifically! Also did anyone else think the Water Dino looked like they're wearing sunglasses growing up?
Do you realize when people start finding out you have these highly detailed playthroughs, that they'll become a standard to come watch for those wanting to 100% classic games. Each one of these videos is going to absorb more and more steady watches as you go. It'll be fun to see how many views they have in 5...10...20 years from now. Cheers.
There is nothing I miss more than the old neighborhood VHS & video game rental stores... Even that smell or the dreadful feeling of not seeing that rental case behind the game box you wanted to play lol
Oh hey, I'm awake for release time for once! Yay! Well, I know what I'm up to for the next 2 hours! Time to see what this game had to it cos a weekend with it from the video store when I was a kid was never long enough back then. EDIT: OMG you even said it in the intro, it felt infinite with all the levels! XD
I think I rented this, or maybe I had a friend who rented it, when we were kids. We couldn't get very far, because of how easy it is to lose one of those dinos the game is built around you having. This game takes a TON of practice to get far into, let alone finish, and while I'm glad videos like this exist, I don't think I'm going to go back and try to master it myself now that I'm an extremely old man.
I have never played the Adventure Island games, but i used to love tracing thru the levels in game magazines since they posted most of the stage layouts when they covered the games.
I'd like to mention one thing. In truth, every level in the game has an axe, but in most of them they appear only, if you have nothing in your inventory.
Actually, not every level contains an axe (1-8 for instance), however MOST levels do, but only if you have no axes in your inventory (you can still have dinos, just not any axes).
You missed something in island 2 boss. There are two benefits of you get to the boss with the swimming dinosaur. 1. If you get stuck in a bubble the dinosaur will swim over and release you. 2. The crab will sometimes shoot at the dinosaur instead of at you.
This is a favorite channel, and I look forward to the next episode. Maybe with Halloween coming up we might get something like Splatterhouse: Wanpaku Graffiti for the Famicom? It would be fun to hear your comments on something like that.
@1:31:20, Master Higgins is lucky to have escaped Florida. I'm still stuck here, and the area hasn't evolved much evolutionarily since Higgins' time. I wonder if he had to deal with "Florida Man."😀 I need one of his dinosaurs...
So amazing to see games I spent weeks/months on without ever beating.. and it's beaten in 2 hours along with tutorial and explanations the entire way. One thing I enjoy with stuff like this vs some of the longer RPGs is I I can actually see and consider remembering more of this, trying to apply the lessons for my own success.
Played this with a child hood friend, We didn't have a manual or anything so we made up names for the dinosaurs, i think they included "Sparky and Lavey" but i dont remember what we called the others ones.
29:29 When visiting any Green Dragon (except for the one in 1-4, who gives you the bee the first time you visit him), if you have 5 or more extra lives, you'll actually be awarded with either get one of whatever item you have the least amount of OR a 1-up if you have already 9 of everything (or a meat if you already have 9 extra lives).
Love this channel. I've never played the game, probably never will, but the effort, time, knowledge, and enthusiasm put into this production was/is always amazing and completely exceeds my expectations each time. Thanks for putting this out, I still want to play Dragon Warrior, Dragon Quest? the one with Edrik armor and 2 other items. Also Secret of Manna again, somehow. Will have to google it, I'd rather play those for the next month than what's in my steam library right now - and I have a lot of good games too. Seeing this reminded me of them, thank you.
In my opinion the best Adventure Island title. Super Adventure Island is good too but this one is just so enjoyable to play and Tina looks the cutest by far.
Oh man, thank you for this video. My early 2000's college clump had a NES and some carts we all collectively played, this was one of them, we got stuck somewhere in world 7, and only had to turn the game off when we all left to go home for winter break RIP our near completion. Also 'flower devil', those are 'coyotes' in the original Japanese translation, they look like little red dog people with white teeth in a grin.
I love Adventure Island 3 named the dinosaur pals, in addition to adding another. Blue Camptorsaurus: Taylor Blue Camptorsaurus: Magma Pterodactyl: Don-Don Elasmosaurus: Classie Triceratops: Pokey
Nice video, didn't know about the pathing! Rare fact that i did not see documented anywhere: The green dragon can also give you a 5UP if you reach it with 0 remaining lives.
I haven't played any Adventure Island since the first, been working on the Wonder Boy series though interesting to see where two different pathes from one game can lead
Love this game. Surprised it hasn't been covered yet. Up until just a couple years ago it's been a game I pull out once a year or so. I guess I'm due up. Part 3 is a fun continuation as well, but 2 is the best.
While I'm sure you had video game experience as a kid, it seems as time goes by you get better and better at these 8-bit games that kids nowadays would need months to even be average at
I have physical copies of AI 1-3, and even a reproduction of AI 4 in English. Despite this, I've never sat down and played through them. I beat the 1st game back in the '90s.
I love how hudson reskinned wonder boy 1 to star real live person Takahashi Meijin and continued to make (and localize!!) games starring this japanese micro-celebrity up until at least the gamecube
I played this game as a kid but instead it was Mario, not Higgins as the player. Good times. Got 3 game overs on the last stage before i actually beat the game. those two last frogs were so annoying :D
This looks like a pre-Super Mario World. With all the different exits, finding keys, riding dinos, making it to the goal at the end of each level after jumping over dangerous stuff in the way, and also all the many different levels in this game. This is like Super Mario World before there was Super Mario World. If Super Mario World was on The NES, this would be it.
Probably a Top 10 NES game for me; perfect difficulty, great stage design with none feeling unfair (except maybe the last one in the dino), gameplay variety with animal friends, a fantastic soundtrack, such a step up from AI1. 3 was fine, but I found it to be too easy, too derivative of 2 in terms of formula, and the original music tracks in the game are horrible.
@@JFTC709 Literally in the middle of one, it is a lot of fun, although I have been using the axe vs bosses (the alternative is to bring a dino in and try to leash it to hit the boss).
Seeing a few very long form videos from you which is awesome. Recently I was reminded of the game Syndicate on the snes and assumed it would be in your bideo library somewhere but I can't seem to see it. Has snes syndicate popped up on your radar for an episode?
I hate how you make no other video game tutorials and only on the SNES and NES. Please make tutorials on other consoles because you’re one of the only people that actually helps me advance in a game. Like why not the game boy advance or the switch???
Haven’t been here for awhile, it’s like visiting an old friend you haven’t seen in awhile! My favourite retro channel!
Same here. I've never seen this particular game but gave an upvote after 5mins, his Dragon Warrior (am still confused on those names and games) and the Secret of Manna runs are the stuff of legends. A hero. I went through the same whole thing and really meant a lot growing up. Such fond memories of family size twizzlers and hostess cup cakes, 2 liters of coca cola. Those are the days I miss.
Welcome back!❤
Thanks so much for these videos. I watch them as I'm preparing family dinners for 8 people on Sundays, and they make the time fly by.
What are you making for dinner?
G A S S T A T I O N S U S H I ! !
I do this as well. :D
I definitely learned something new watching this. I've beaten it a few times and I didn't realize you could control which stages you went to by picking eggs.
I loved this game as a child and still do.
The different paths through the islands really boosts the replayability.
I had no idea, that it depends on the egg at the end, which level is next.
Thank you so much.
Had to go to my moms every other weekend growing up which was rarely a pleasant experience and this along with Pinball's Quest and Fantasy Zone were the only games I had there. I remember playing this for hours on end and was the first game I really ever tried speed running, trying to create the best routes both in which levels to go to and in the levels themselves. Of course I didn't know what speed running was at the time and was just trying to make a game I beat several times already less boring, so it's kinda cool that I can trace my love of speed running back to this game specifically!
Also did anyone else think the Water Dino looked like they're wearing sunglasses growing up?
I've waited for this video for 2 years
great
I rented this decades ago and forgot ask about it. What a blast from the past
Do you realize when people start finding out you have these highly detailed playthroughs, that they'll become a standard to come watch for those wanting to 100% classic games.
Each one of these videos is going to absorb more and more steady watches as you go.
It'll be fun to see how many views they have in 5...10...20 years from now.
Cheers.
I had no idea this game was so deep. I still own it, but never got very far as a kid. Thanks for all the hard work and the trip down memory lane!
There is nothing I miss more than the old neighborhood VHS & video game rental stores... Even that smell or the dreadful feeling of not seeing that rental case behind the game box you wanted to play lol
Oh hey, I'm awake for release time for once! Yay! Well, I know what I'm up to for the next 2 hours! Time to see what this game had to it cos a weekend with it from the video store when I was a kid was never long enough back then.
EDIT: OMG you even said it in the intro, it felt infinite with all the levels! XD
Was literally looking for this game specifically on your channel a few min before you uploaded. Thank you
That's amazing
I think I rented this, or maybe I had a friend who rented it, when we were kids. We couldn't get very far, because of how easy it is to lose one of those dinos the game is built around you having. This game takes a TON of practice to get far into, let alone finish, and while I'm glad videos like this exist, I don't think I'm going to go back and try to master it myself now that I'm an extremely old man.
Cobra Triangle... Adventure Island II ... Mega Man 2 and Mario Bros 2-3 are the top 5 of summer games
Oh man, this game brings back soooooooo many memories.
One of the few games I had as a kid in the early 90s, thanks so much for playing this one!
I get so excited when you drop new content! Cheered up my sunday morning.
same it's like when a Nintendo Direct comes out im always hyped no matter what game
"Lol, we can't copy Wonder Boy for the second game."
"What if we copy Mario instead?"
"Perfect"
Never stop making these.
An absolute masterpiece this and Super Adventure Island 2 are my personal favorites
Alright! Thanks for another episode.
Awesome! Always look forward to seeing a new episode.
Heck yeah! New UCBVG video. Great way to start a Sunday
Yay!! Finally another again! Looks like I’ll be occupied in the next few hours! Thank you!👍👍
I have never played the Adventure Island games, but i used to love tracing thru the levels in game magazines since they posted most of the stage layouts when they covered the games.
I'd like to mention one thing. In truth, every level in the game has an axe, but in most of them they appear only, if you have nothing in your inventory.
Actually, not every level contains an axe (1-8 for instance), however MOST levels do, but only if you have no axes in your inventory (you can still have dinos, just not any axes).
This is so much editing and design work. Thanks for a great walkthrough with much detailed info.
You missed something in island 2 boss.
There are two benefits of you get to the boss with the swimming dinosaur. 1. If you get stuck in a bubble the dinosaur will swim over and release you. 2. The crab will sometimes shoot at the dinosaur instead of at you.
Finally!!! I've been waiting for this one! 😄 Thanks!
I would love to see Earthbound 🙂
Hell yeah! What an episode to start off with on a Sunday!
This is a favorite channel, and I look forward to the next episode. Maybe with Halloween coming up we might get something like Splatterhouse: Wanpaku Graffiti for the Famicom? It would be fun to hear your comments on something like that.
@1:31:20, Master Higgins is lucky to have escaped Florida. I'm still stuck here, and the area hasn't evolved much evolutionarily since Higgins' time. I wonder if he had to deal with "Florida Man."😀 I need one of his dinosaurs...
C'mon Bugs Bunny Birthday Blowout! That[s my number 1 favorite NES game!
this guy makes me want to play almost every game he covers
So many precious memories playing AI 2 and AI 3.
So amazing to see games I spent weeks/months on without ever beating.. and it's beaten in 2 hours along with tutorial and explanations the entire way. One thing I enjoy with stuff like this vs some of the longer RPGs is I I can actually see and consider remembering more of this, trying to apply the lessons for my own success.
I found this really soothing to listen to, especially while recuperating from my summer flu ❤
This channel deserves well over a million followers
Nice video!!
Played this with a child hood friend, We didn't have a manual or anything so we made up names for the dinosaurs, i think they included "Sparky and Lavey" but i dont remember what we called the others ones.
My friend had this game. The skateboard was not his friend...
29:29 When visiting any Green Dragon (except for the one in 1-4, who gives you the bee the first time you visit him), if you have 5 or more extra lives, you'll actually be awarded with either get one of whatever item you have the least amount of OR a 1-up if you have already 9 of everything (or a meat if you already have 9 extra lives).
I always learn a lot about games while watching these videos. Thank you!
Adventure Island was another game I knew well back in the day but never beat it. Hudson Soft was a name I started looking for in renting games. Lol
Many thanks U Can Beat Video Games ✌️
Большое спасибо за такой гайд! Много нового и полезного узнал для себя в этой игре!
Proud to say I finished this as a kid. The AI series is criminally underrated
You are the best, thank you for continuing to do these!
I had no idea as a kid the eggs at the end changed your path. So cool.
Great choice! Thanks for the video
Aww, the main character is adorable! He's got kind of a Cupid Cartman thing going on.
Love this channel. I've never played the game, probably never will, but the effort, time, knowledge, and enthusiasm put into this production was/is always amazing and completely exceeds my expectations each time.
Thanks for putting this out, I still want to play Dragon Warrior, Dragon Quest? the one with Edrik armor and 2 other items. Also Secret of Manna again, somehow.
Will have to google it, I'd rather play those for the next month than what's in my steam library right now - and I have a lot of good games too. Seeing this reminded me of them, thank you.
Been anticipating this one ever since you covered the first Adventure Island game!
I appreciate your work in these games
In my opinion the best Adventure Island title. Super Adventure Island is good too but this one is just so enjoyable to play and Tina looks the cutest by far.
Oh man, thank you for this video. My early 2000's college clump had a NES and some carts we all collectively played, this was one of them, we got stuck somewhere in world 7, and only had to turn the game off when we all left to go home for winter break RIP our near completion.
Also 'flower devil', those are 'coyotes' in the original Japanese translation, they look like little red dog people with white teeth in a grin.
I’ve been waiting patiently for this one, me and my 9 year old play this game a lot, and well can’t beat it Hahha
Yesss, this is one my favorite NES games! Thank you for doing this one!
Adventure island 2 is superb! The difficulty level is quite good for a NES game. Awesome guide.
I never played this one. By the time this was released we had already moved on to the Sega Genesis and TurboGrafx 16. Great times!
Let's go!!! New UCBVG content!!!
I love Adventure Island 3 named the dinosaur pals, in addition to adding another.
Blue Camptorsaurus: Taylor
Blue Camptorsaurus: Magma
Pterodactyl: Don-Don
Elasmosaurus: Classie
Triceratops: Pokey
Nice video, didn't know about the pathing! Rare fact that i did not see documented anywhere: The green dragon can also give you a 5UP if you reach it with 0 remaining lives.
There he is!
Thank you for all the amazing content
I loved this game. I didn't know that the different paths were taken depending on the egg you choose.
I love how these games look, I've just got too much ptsd from the first one to play these
Excellent game play and tips on Adventure Island 2
Doggo Jr is super excited for this one!
I haven't played any Adventure Island since the first, been working on the Wonder Boy series though interesting to see where two different pathes from one game can lead
Love this game. Surprised it hasn't been covered yet. Up until just a couple years ago it's been a game I pull out once a year or so. I guess I'm due up. Part 3 is a fun continuation as well, but 2 is the best.
While I'm sure you had video game experience as a kid, it seems as time goes by you get better and better at these 8-bit games that kids nowadays would need months to even be average at
Thank you for your time I love these videos and look forward to every one of them
52:16 wish you'd said "croak some toads!"
Sadako never sleeps. Paul never loses.
We had Wonder Boy at my local skating rink as a kid. Always wondered what the deal with that was!
yes, Sunny, I've been waiting for you to do a video on this one
Also thought i should mention my cat is named Hudson Bee
I love this channel so much ❤
I have physical copies of AI 1-3, and even a reproduction of AI 4 in English. Despite this, I've never sat down and played through them. I beat the 1st game back in the '90s.
Friends of mine loved Island 2. Never actually played it after the first.
And my Sunday is complete.😊
Thanks for the upload!
Adventure Island 2 is good. Lots of new innovations. However, i think my favorite is adventure island 3.
We NEED all of his Patreons to vote for Street Fight 2010. That game is beautiful looking and hard as sh^÷!
I love how hudson reskinned wonder boy 1 to star real live person Takahashi Meijin and continued to make (and localize!!) games starring this japanese micro-celebrity up until at least the gamecube
I played this game as a kid but instead it was Mario, not Higgins as the player. Good times. Got 3 game overs on the last stage before i actually beat the game. those two last frogs were so annoying :D
6:31 - It that... a giant mantis shrimp?
He's back!!!
This looks like a pre-Super Mario World. With all the different exits, finding keys, riding dinos, making it to the goal at the end of each level after jumping over dangerous stuff in the way, and also all the many different levels in this game. This is like Super Mario World before there was Super Mario World. If Super Mario World was on The NES, this would be it.
Interestingly, Super Mario World was released a few months prior to this game.
Very cool thanks !
Dude, did you used to work for the Nintendo Power Hotline or something? How are you such a pro?
This game is pretty intricate for an old nes platformer
Probably a Top 10 NES game for me; perfect difficulty, great stage design with none feeling unfair (except maybe the last one in the dino), gameplay variety with animal friends, a fantastic soundtrack, such a step up from AI1. 3 was fine, but I found it to be too easy, too derivative of 2 in terms of formula, and the original music tracks in the game are horrible.
Have you tried a pacifist run? It's really fun
@@JFTC709 Literally in the middle of one, it is a lot of fun, although I have been using the axe vs bosses (the alternative is to bring a dino in and try to leash it to hit the boss).
Level 5-8 is where I used to rage quit. I would always run out of food before I made it to the end.
Seeing a few very long form videos from you which is awesome.
Recently I was reminded of the game Syndicate on the snes and assumed it would be in your bideo library somewhere but I can't seem to see it.
Has snes syndicate popped up on your radar for an episode?
New vid lets go!
I hate how you make no other video game tutorials and only on the SNES and NES. Please make tutorials on other consoles because you’re one of the only people that actually helps me advance in a game. Like why not the game boy advance or the switch???
i do wish we had a adventure island collection released for every platform but sadly i don't forsee that happening
Informative and fun as always. 🎉
I love you yellow dog!