Goof Troop is Capcom's Forgotten SNES Classic
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ก.ค. 2023
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Welcome to Now in the 90s, where we rewind the clock exactly 30 years ago to see what new video games had just released! This week we had Goof Troop, Shining Force for Sega Genesis, and E.V.O. Search for Eden for SNES.
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Howdy Gentlemen. I don't normally post comments on TH-cam, but I wanted to let you both know this series is a weekly highlight for me. I look forward to them posting every Friday, and I wanted to thank you both for your tireless efforts in providing this retro edutainment each week.
Agreed. When I went on my lunch break and it wasn't at the top of my feed it felt like something was missing. I always watch while i eat.
Jolly good show.
I’m watching while I eat right now.
I post way too many comments on TH-cam. And I concur wholeheartedly!
Yeah this show is so dope.
Goof Troop is still one of my favorite SNES games and the only video game my mom has ever beaten. The OST is full of bangers, the puzzles were perfectly balanced for kids and as simple as the mechanics were they managed to do a neat amount of variety with bosses. Hoping we get a duck tales style remake for the game someday.
Yes please
Jared absolutely needs to play Shining Force. And also Phantasy Star. Sega had some pretty cool rpgs. Also Beyond Oasis is a strong one toom
I second this, Shining Force 2 was my favorite strategy game until FF Tactics came out. The Shining Force games hold up well to this day.... Until Neo that is.
Shining force remade for GBA is probably a good shout.
The originals are fine, as is Shining force CD
100% agree! I'm sure he'll enjoy it, specially Shining Force 1&2 :D
In all honesty, og Shining Force aged extremely badly. The GBA version should be the go to there. And even that aged worse than Shining Force 2, which still perfectly holds up today in my honest opinion. Jared should TOTALLY go for that.
I didn't touch SF until last year. Good freaking god. I have zero nostalgia goggles when I say that. Especially the 2nd one, blew me away for an old school RPG
In terms of music with tonal shifts, Shining Force has a track that absolutely qualifies. The track known by fans as the "circus battle theme" has not just one, but two strong shifts from a tense chorus. Kinda short, but it slaps super hard.
And I might as well also mention the boss theme from Secret of Mana. If you can last against a most daunting foe for a minute, the music shifts to make you feel like the beast no longer stands a chance. Good stuff!
I am pretty sure I have watched every Goof Troop episode atleast 20 times as a kid. This and Darkwing Duck ran in endless loop here.
I'm still impressed that the theme song writers for Darkwing Duck made a rhyme for "D.W."
It's important to mention that Shining in the Darkness, Shining Force and Shining Force II are also available on Steam
Shining Force 2 was actually my first RPG game ever. I was so young and the concept of controlling multiple units on a field was so new that I couldn't get past the first battle. It stuck in my mind, though, and years later I returned to it and beat the whole thing, falling in love with the series and tracking down Shining Force 1 and Shining in the Darkness as well. I love that series. I still need to play Shining Force 3 and Shining Force CD.
You should absolutely play CD and all three parts of III! They’re great!
EVO was an awesome premise. Never made it too far out of the water but I loved evolving my guy.
I've beaten it, but it definitely has several difficulty spikes. That said, most of those have tricks you can use to manipulate the enemies(usually a boss) into a pattern to make things easier. One of my favorite SNES games.
worth a replay. And EVO's predecessor, EVO Theory of Evolution, has been fully translated into English (if you play it, read the manual (also translated) first for some excellent worldbuilding)
@@ChibiKami holy cow I’m intrigued
Toho needs to make a Godzilla soul-sequel to EVO. I need a game where you evolve your kaiju from a minor threat to humanity into the dominant alpha lifeform of the planet.
I REMEMBER being impressed by it. What was the pc game where you could fo something similar?
Shining Force is 100% worth playing. I played through it last month and got hooked on it. The gameplay loop is super addictive. It also has no grinding. If you fail a mission, you can repeat it while keeping your past experience.
Shining Force was one of those games I coveted as a SNES owner, despite the abundance of great RPGs I had access to
MUSHA on Genesis had a number of moments like Dylan was talking about, because the music is (sometimes) composed directly to the onscreen action, like a movie. Particularly a great moment in Level 5 where a miniboss shows up and the music segues organically straight into a boss theme. Not to mention that it's one of the all-time great Genesis soundtracks anyway.
I've never forgotten Goof Troop, I used to love playing that with my father.
Really want to re-play it again now that I'm old enough to actually understand what I'm doing, but while my father still play games he just doesn't isn't into these type of games any more.
My friends and I discovered Shinning Force by playing it on the Sega Smash Pack in about 2001. We loved it. To me my nostalgia for it will always be connected to a Dreamcast controller
Thanks for including Camelot's origin to Shining Force segment. One of the best RPG companies which doesn't get enough praise. Also, I hope you keep on doing a great job for years until we reach Golden Sun's launch ✌🏼
Dylan, your transitions are still amazing. Keep it up dude.
I feel like EVO was too ambitious for it's time. I think if it was redone to add all the things that would be cool with less grinding it would be able to be awesome now.
I remember the first time I found out about E.V.O. was actually through a book of cheat codes I actually found in the library of all things. It got me really interested in the game, but even then, it was really obscure and none of the rental places ever had it. It wasn't until after 2010 that I finally got to play it. I enjoyed it for what it was and still go back to run through it every so often.
I get the feeling that thanks to yourself, the buikd up would never have been worth it
@@meapickle The build up was more of a "Hey, it's a dinosaur game." and not too much more. I was just a nerd that was into that.
You poor bastard. My local game rental had it. I didn't realize I was so lucky to be able to rent it.
This Goof Troop game is legendary in Brazil. Every kid born in the 90s played it.
In response to Dylan's question. Octopath Traveler and it's sequel do that for every boss battle. Seriously, those games have excellent music.
Also still can't stop hearing "I'm your host, Jared, and this is HARD NEWS."
Shining Force 2 is such a gem
I love the town exploration of Shining Force so much! It was my first strategy rpg and I've always been disappointed that it didn't become the standard for the genre since it helps break up the battles. As for whether it's still worth playing, I'm not really impressed with it's story by modern standards but it still has solid strategy gameplay. I think 2 and especially 3 are the better games in the series.
It's crazy how to this day, Shining Force is still one of the very few strategy RPGs to have exploration.
This was a weird week in that I played almost everything mentioned on the show, with the flight sim being the only exception. What's even weirder is that I remember my dad getting really into Shining Force, and he didn't normally care for games.
Goof Troop is a true gem! Used to play that all the time with my brother and when we would get stuck on a puzzle, we'd ask our mom to help. She loved it because her being able to help us with something on a video game was rare. Pausing the game and trying to use my finger to draw imaginary lines for where blocks would go when kicked is a lovely memory.
Also I absolutely bought EVO for MAYBE 35 dollars several years ago. Insane how much the price has gone up!
Shining Force is a classic. It has a lot of charm with fun characters and cool battles. This was my first taste of the TRPG genre and it is amazing how this genre would grow in the coming years with Ogre Battle and later Final Fantasy Tactics.
EVO is greatly underrated - yes it's grind heavy but it's damn unique and there's a lot of replayability. One of my most wanted SNES games.
Goof Troop is a terrific co-op puzzle game. Easy to pick up and play but with a fair challenging curve. Bright graphics and great music. Another banger effort from Capcom in its 90s heyday.
E.V.O. was one of my favorite games as a kid. I still have no idea how that idea hasn't been revisited. It was such a cool idea. And it was fun as hell.
You might wanna check out the PC-98 english patch if you haven't already. The combat is blow for blow Dragon Quest-y but the story and flow are very different.
Granted you'll either adore or despise the dithered graphics.
@@brentbechtold7352 Wow thanks for this comment. I went looking for a video on it and it looks great. E.V.O. was always a favorite of mine and I love classic RPGs.
I loved EVO. It's a little grindy, but as you power up the grinding becomes satisfyingly easier.
This really takes me back! I had a friend growing up who owned EVO and frequently sited it as his favorite SNES game, and when he showed me the gameplay I could see why. Such a unique game, and I recall even at the time (~2005?) the game was very rare and valuable.
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World The Game. In the extra Zombie fighting survival mode, there's a droning track for like 5 minutes or more, then all of a sudden it shifts to another track and that's when it really hits. It's such a cool moment!
It's been a while since I played it, but I recall Shining Force being pretty good as an early tactical RPG. I didn't play it until one of the Genesis collections on the ill-fated Dreamcast, but I remember enjoying it.
EVO is one of the most unique games I've ever played. Highly recommend checking it out.
My mom and I would play this game all the time together when I was a kid. It was truly the one game we played through to the end messing with each other along the way. It was initially why I got into Game Grumps when I saw it on TH-cam all the way back when they started. It always makes me smile to see anyone enjoying it and Ill always give a video a watch if not to just relive it through someone else's eyes.
A great game crescendo scene would be the last 2 stages of nights into dreams. The feeling it gives you when you jump, then rise up as yourself, flying with that triumphant tune playing! 🤌 then there's the boss scene!!!
Tonal shifts in songs, Bombing Mission (opening theme) from Final Fantasy VII. The shift from orchestral peak as it shines the title and the entirety of Midgar then the quick drop into the introduction of Avalanche and Cloud is *chef kiss* even if it's not Final Fantasy VI.
Yes you should definitely play Shining Force. I think it fits the style of games you enjoy and it really is a classic.
Goof Troop the show still rocks.
I remember my cousin emulating EVO back when I was a kid, and it absolutely fascinated me. It's still kind of a unique idea that I'd love to see revisited.
Personally, I think Godzilla is the perfect IP to revisit the "evolve your creature" concept. It's something I've wanted for some time now.
Have u heard of spore
Damn was 9 years old 😳 we were so lucky with such awesome animations
I LOVE Shining Force as a kid and I still got my original copy too. Even tho I was young and didn't know much about RPGS and stuff I still had a blast and makes me love the 2nd and the 3rd game too.
You know, I had never thought about it, but the tonal shift in the music in stage 1 in Castlevania or in some last boss fights is awesome!
Dang, that was a heck of a week for releases. Goof Troop for the Nintendorks, AND Shining Force for us cool kids? 😎
Goof troop is easily one of the best multiplayer games of all time, I've played this with my dad a ton.
In this house, we love and appreciate EDITOR DYLAN.
For YEARS I have called Goof Troop the unsung hero of Couch Co-op.
Goof Troop is a fantastic game. I remember renting it multiple times as it was a great co-op and had that Capcom-Disney charm.
Goof Troop is still one of my all time fave co op games.
Goof Troop is the best two player SNES experience for an evening.
My man coming in strong with the deep lore this week! This week is full of keystone titles from my childhood. I still adore Shining Force and E.V.O. and would happily replay them again and again. ❤
Furi is a good example of a game with tons of tonal shirts as the battles proceed. Each boss fight can have 6-7 lol
Shining in the Darkness, Shining Force, and Shining Force II are also part of the "SEGA Mega Drive/Genesis Classics", available on Steam, Switch, OS3 and Xbox One.
Also, E.V.O.: Search of Eden is one of my favorite games on the SNES. Shame I never owned it, but I rented it so many times that I should have. It's just a lot of fun playing with all the various combos, especially the special ones that give you the secret forms.
Speaking as a non-console gamer, IMO Shining Force is a majestic game, definitely worth being played. Or maybe it was Shining Force 2, forgot which, a friend of mine recommended it to me and I played through it back in the 90s. Great stuff.
I played through Goof Troop with a friend a couple weeks ago. It was our first time playing it. It was fantastic for a few hours of gaming.
Loved EVO when I played it in College ; such a fun game!
Did someone mention Super Castlevania 4? That is my favorite game EVER!
I played both E.V.O. and shining force A LOT as a kid. E.V.O. is a great time although I could never figure out how to be a human, or actually beat the final boss. Shining Force was a lot different than the other RPGs I had played at the time. I liked it but I could never get my head around tactics or how to not die all the time. I think it was the art style that got me interested and kept me playing.
I'd have to go back and tinker with it, but I believe becoming human required going back down to some earlier mammal forms after hitting the last chapter. It's been ages, though, so I'm very possibly wrong. I know the first time I finished it, I didn't know how to become human, so I slogged through to the end as a rhino with a lions head, or something similar. lol
@@y2a1979 I believe you needed to evolve a cat head and a rabbit body in the final chapter, which would then let you evolve a different body and eventually become human. The form you're describing is one of the better non-human mammal forms, though.
"Forgotten"
JonTron and Egoraptor made that game completely unforgotten.
In terms of the non-spoiler music change impact that Dylan mentioned I have to mention xenoblade 1. The switch from calm music to gaur plains really sells the beginning of an adventure. It’s perhaps an overused example but it still hits hard as hell.
Goof Troop was one of the few games I completed on the SNES, it's really fun
Shining Force is the game that I played the most this week. I enjoyed it from start to finish. Evo's the runner up, and while I enjoyed it for what it was, the grind factor is indeed very real in it.
Goof Troop is FANTASTIC I loved it as a kid and it's a great co-op game today!
Every time I see E.V.O. show up, it reminds me of a really strange Gamecube game that I only remember playing once (because, as these stories always go, it belonged to a friend, and they later traded or sold it). A game with a world full of polygonal animals eating each other and evolving to survive. Cubivore was a really weird game, and the most I remember from it was dying when a bigger cube monster just started tearing off my weird legs. It forever reminds me that the Gamecube era of Nintendo went wild with many of its concepts
For tonal shifts in music, the one that sticks in my mind is during the "New York Disaster: stage of Hydro Thunder. For most of the stage, it's sort of epic, slightly ominous, background music but, once you're nearing the end of the subway tunnels towards the end of the level, it briefly slips to a sad piano soundalike version of "New York, New York" for a couple of bars. It's slightly different from "New York, New York" for obvious copyright reasons but you can easily tell what the soundalike is supposed to be if you know what "New York, New York" sounds like.
It's obvious how much fun Dylan has with this show
My friend and I spent many sleepovers besting goof troop. It was glorious when we finally beat it
GOOF TROOP!!!!!!!!!
EVO!!!!
Yeah...!
You should absolutely play shining Force. It's so deep and rich and interesting, and I'm surprised that you've never played it. I'm telling you right now, one of the most innovative things I've ever seen in a game was the giant laser on the bridge. That's all I'm going to tell you about it.
What a great channel. Revisiting these times 30 years ago is something fresh I've not yet come across and won't need to look any further for similar content. Thanks dude!
Something fun to do, open as many now in the 90's tabs and hear Jareed say "Welcome now in the 90's!" the same way over and over
Dylan, the Blockade level in Jurassic Park Part 2 has exactly the kind of music you're asking about! It starts off as this very dark, broody piece, and then absolutely kicks into high gear around the 55 second mark. One of my favourite musical tracks/scores in the entire SNES library.
As for the game, it's an okay (but hard-as-nails) run and gun title, best enjoyed with its only cheat code, infinite continues, and a second player. The music in that game is some of the absolute best of its kind on the SNES, composed by Dean Evans. I bought JP2 the first time I saw it for sale in a store because I accidentally stumbled onto the soundtrack on TH-cam like 10-ish years ago and was blown away. It's one of the only games I can recall not named Super Turrican (1 or 2) to have Dolby 5.1 support. I'd kill to hear this game on a Dolby stereo setup (and Super Turrican, for that matter).
Goof Troop was absolutely a good time as a kid in the 90's if you had someone to play it with. Not a whole lot of good co-op games back then so it was nice to have a game you could both play at the same time that wasn't a fighting/racing game.
I loved everything Goof Troop as a kid, and the game was no exception. I recall I beat it several times either solo or with my sister, who insisted on playing Max. It also helps that the game is very good, and some of the puzzles at the end get surprisingly tricky (at least for kid me).
Shining Force was one of my regular rentals from the local video rental place (a mom & pop place that sprang up a few years before Blockbuster came to town). I played it so much that I eventually bought their copy when they sold it used. Paid $10 for it, but I rented it so often previously that I must’ve paid more than the price of a new copy.
I love the depth you go with your research.. the old commercials you find and edit in are a supreme dose of nostalgia..and I love all your content
Shining force is amazing, I love the series! And I love this series too! Keep up the amazing work guys!
EVO was such an awesome game. I’ve replayed it at least three times over the last 30 years and I think it still holds up. Yes, it’s absolutely a grinding mechanism but it’s a fun grind and the concept of evolving is a nice feedback loop.
Goof Troop is top tier gaming. I had it when I was a kid and played it almost just as much as Zombies Ate My Neighbors, my favorite SNES game. Goof Troop is such a treasure. Love seeing it covered and introduced to people who may have missed out on it.
Shining Force is good, in an old-school way. Jerd should play it!
I must be the only person who remembers EVO fondly. I rented and finished it over a weekend back in the 90s.
Editor Dylan really adds so much to this show
This was one of the best episodes so far! Jared and Dylan were both great! Everything presented was informative and entertaining! Keep going, Boys! I feel like your mega hit episode is just around the corner. 👍
YES! God, I love Shining Force, and especially the sequel, Shining Force 2. Between that, Phantasy Star 4, and good ol' Sonic 2 and 3, they solidified my love of video games as a kid that I still have to this day. I still love to go back and replay Shining Force 2 all the time.
I was never into strategy games, _especially_ as a kid, but let me tell you, Shining Force was just magical. Maybe it doesnt live up to more modern strategy games, but i can easily say it roped me in good.
It probably helped that i first played it on a relative's system, where they had a file farther in with much bigger battles. Its been a _long_ time but i do seem to remember it starts off somewhat slow, but i have the most fond memories of the later parts of the game.
HIGHLY recommend it, even for non strategy fans.
I once picked Shining Force up as a rental when I was a kid, and it blew my mind! I had never played anything like it before, and it's one of the "smarter" games that my kid brain was able to make sense of, at least a little. I'd definitely recommend it, it's good fun!
I loved EVO Search For Eden. It was one of the earliest RPGs I ever played.
Been loving this series, glad to see you and your team keeping up with it! This series is another step for game preservation by having readily available historical information on game releases
When I was a kid and rented games like every weekend, I remember one friday we went into the rental store and found out we could do a 2-for-1 deal. I excitedly picked out Sonic 3 and then I saw this game that kinda looked okay called Shining Force. I ended up spending most of the weekend ignoring Sonic for Shining Force and it became one of my favorite games of all time.
This accompanies my lunch every Friday! Look forward to it each week
Thank you for not spoiling Earthbound. I've actually been playing it, for the first time, recently. Pretty good game. I like all the meme songs.
Goof Troop is that one co-op banger that, no matter who came over, would be played and enjoyed after any amount of playthroughs. Love that game!
Goof Troop is the spiritual ancestor to Legend of Zelda Four Swords
"I don't think we're gettin out of this cave, Max..." - Goofy probably.
Truly bizarre coincidence that last night I felt like playing a little EVO on my emulator. I always really loved that game, even though I never played it on console.
I'm 100% sure people would love to watch Jared play the shining Force line, even just the first one! I know I'd tune in for every single episode he makes on it.
These videos ate a great way to start the weekend, keep em coming!
The Goof Troop game is an amazing childhood memory for me and my brother. It'll always have a special place for me!
I was literally a baby when this came out at least they reruns of the show. I love gooftroop.
I was just explaining evo to my friends last week, they were asking what games enix made as they had no clue square and enix were once separate entities.
For a time Capcom and Disney was really *the** winning formula and Goof Troop is really no exception.
Also, I had no idea of all this backstory to the Shining Force series. That was super interesting, thanks for this mini-deepdive.
As for Dylan's question, I'd say Earthbound's _Cease to Exist_ does a hard turn about a minute in.
If my favorite Disney Afternoon show isn't Darkwing Duck, then it's definitely Talespin. This combination of releases makes me wish there was a combat flight sim of Talespin. And I know the Sea Duck doesn't have guns on it, I haven't thought that far ahead, but I still want to fly the Sea Duck with guns on it.
Jared & Dylan are one of youtube's best tandems; they go together like Lamb & Tuna Fish 🥸
Your teaser from last week made me figure out exactly what three games would be featured! Haha
For dynamic music changes, the x-wing and tie fighter simulation on DOS did it well. The system changed the music seamlessly and dynamically depending on what’s going on. When you’re traversing or scouting, it’s background. When you get into combat, it dynamically shifts to Star Wars battle themes. All with great chip tune renditions of the John Williams originals. When you’re in distress or the mission starts going to shit it shifts again. Absolutely excellent games overall.
And holy hell the missions _will_ go to shit frequently. These games are one part simulation and two parts puzzle on how to compete the mission.
E.V.O. is still one of my all-time favourite games and I keep coming back to it. I don't understand why this game didn't get more attention and how it has never been remastered or ported....