Shigeru Miyamoto was so impressed by Plok's music, he assumed that someone had modified the SNES in order to play it! also check out Spider-Man and the X-Men: Arcade's Revenge on the SNES if you like Tim Follin's music. But I grew up playing the Pickford brother's games, Their game "Feud" was the first game I ever bought with my own money! They're also really nice guys IRL, I speak to them almost every other day on Facebook!

Very well researched (and flattering) video. I'm well chuffed!

Holy cow! A new 16-Bit Gems? Miracles do happen...

Fun story i heard about the audio of this game, aparently when Miyamoto heard the music he was convinced the super nintendo he was playing it on had been modified! Thats the power of Follin :)

I really like Tim Follin's music on Solstice, the underrated NES isometric dungeon game. Shame he quit video game music back in 2006.

I'VE BEEN DIDDLED AGAIN!

I have never heard of Plok before but it looks fantastic, also so very excited that 16 Bit Gems has back!

Good to see this back...I thought it was done for good this time.

I remember when my friend & I first rented this game in the mid 90's, the music floored me & I immediately began to record every level's song as my buddy played it.. still had the tape around & eventually put it into my iTunes.. killer soundtrack!!!!

Plok's soundtrack is definitely one of the best soundtracks on any game ever! Some of it was certainly inspired by 70s progressive rock - Tim Follin (co-creator of the soundtrack with his brother Geoff) cites Genesis, Yes and King Crimson as influences.

16 bit gems nowadays have the pace jontron used to have.

Tim Follin is great on any system he works too. As a c64 owner during the 80s and beyond I have to attest to this! For example Bionic Commando's music was so friggin' awesome!

I loved plok! Then again I'm English so the humour was right up my street!

Who knew playing a good ole fashion platformer takes longer than doing an rpg retrospective.

YES! More 16-Bit Gems! Welp, now we just have to wait a year before the next video.

It's about time this game got more recognition! Plok is my all-time favorite SNES game, and it seriously deserves more love.

Ah! I'm so glad to see another great Roo review rather than hordes of live stream clips, podcast clips, and lets plays that one unfortunately sees way too often these days.

This is one of my favourite platformers of all time. I didnt know that they made a comic. Thats just awesome!

That amazing plok music. I'm glad this game was featured, it really deserves some more attention. :D and welcome back Roo! I knew the wait would be worth it.

Fantastic review Roo! It's finally great to see 16-Bit Gems back in action. While everything about this game is pure fun and greatness, I was so excited to hear you talk about Tim & Geoff Follin's work on the music, by far my favorite aspect of any game, and there work here certainly is a criminally underrated soundtrack of SNES proportions.

After a super long day at work, I couldn't think of a better way to unwind. Thanks Roo!

To echo some other comments, the Plok soundtrack is amazing, with one small flaw: there is only one track for all 7 levels of the Fleapit (excluding the Queen), and it's one that we've heard before, in the Creepy Forest. It's a wonderful track, but it starts to feel repetitive after awhile--would have been nice to introduce a new track to break up the slog through the Fleapit levels (by far the longest levels in the game). Effectively, the last new piece of music is "Gohome Cavern," and there's still 10 more stages to pass after that. Just a small quibble!

It was great to see a new "16 bit gems" in my subscription list. Great to have you back Roo!

Whooa!! Look at all those 16-bit gems in boxes on your shelf... Nice work Roo, the collections lookin' awesome!

So very glad to see 16-Bit Gems going again. You rock, Roo

Glad that you're finally back, it's been along time since a proper episode and I can't wait for future episodes.

Glad to see new episodes. Roo's reviews are the best I've seen.

Thanks for keeping on keeping on, Roo. We all love it, and you.

Best gaming series around! Thanks for doing this!

FINALLY some love for Plok! One of my favorite games growing up. You have done it justice good sir.

Wow it's been so long since I've seen one of these posted! Great work as always!

Fantastic! I have missed your 16-bit Gems episodes! Love'em! Great episode! :)

So glad to see you back, Roo. Awesome review as per your usual quality.

Found this review to see if Plok was going to be worth my $5. Ended up subscribing , looking forward to checking out more of your work (and Plok) in the near future!

OMG 16 bit gems is back awesome Roo thank you for bringing this back

Holy shit!! I was surprised to see this in my sub-box, so happy to see it back!

Welcome back, Roo. Great video as always keep 'em coming!

Glad to see you're back to making these Roo. :D

What a glorious return! It's good to see you again Roo

Welcome back Roo! Plok looks like a intresting game, have to try and find it. Thanks for the review.

Finaaaaally.. Glad you are back... can't wait for the next podcast...

Yay Roo is back with a new video! Nice work. I am sold on this platformer now

It's good to see you back at it Roo! Looking forward to the next one :)

Very much worth the wait. Great to see another Gem, Roo.

Thanks for putting this on my radar. Great episode!

I love this game. And glad to see a great review on it. Deserves more for sure.

Heck yes! More 16-bit Gems! Thank you, Roo.

Welcome back Roo! You've become my favorite youtuber lately!

Man Roo, I love what you do. I seriously, seriously appreciate it and from trying to make videos any time in my life about anything I KNOW how hard it is to make something quality. That being said, I can't imagine how much work it is to create something of your.. caliber(?.. s.. uh.. homonym.. ) That being said .... my first reaction when seeing this upload (bear in mind you had a preview of it like 5 years ago) was "ABOUT FUCKING TIME!" Thanks for everything you do. It's so good, and goes down so smooth, that we literally are DESPERATE for these. Please, please, please, quench our thirst more often! I think we can all agree on this. - This guy.

I had lost my faith. Good to see you back Roo!

Glad to see this finally return!

OH MY I HAVE MISSED YOU ROO THANKS FOR BEING BACK

"Diddle on over to eBay". Damn, that's better than "Googling down low to iTunes"!

Finally 16-Bit Gems is back! And with a title where I ask myself: How could you miss that one for so long Roo?

Just when I was running out of Game Sack episodes I find this show--awesome!

Ohya, I loved this as a kid! Great retrospective.

glad to see you back Roo!

Man, I loved this game so much when I was younger!!

ROO!!! YAY!! Great to have 16bit gems back!

About time, Roo! PLEASE keep them coming!

went out and bought myself a copy in town today! Thanks Roo

Awesome to see more 16 Bit Gems! :D I hadn't heard of this game until now, so I'll definitely have to check it out. :)

Glad to see your back Roo.

16 Bit Gems!!!!!!! Oh snap, and I've got this game CIB, hell yes.. can't wait! Thx for this episode Roo!

GLAD TO SEE YOU BACK!!!

For making a video about this game, I award you one Plokontinue.

WOOT! 16 Bit gems is back.

I cant believe Im about to watch a new 16 bit gems. Amazing here we go!

Tim Follin made the music for rock and roll racing?! WOW! That game's soundtrack was kickass!

I somehow missed out on Plok. I saw it all over the place, and it looked good, but there was a strange "b" level vibe about it that made me pass it up at the rental store time after time. I'm pretty sure I somehow rented Bubsy more than once, though. Gosh kids are dumb... Incidentally, I MISSED 16 BIT GEMS. This is easily my favorite show on all of KZfaq.

Thank you for showing me this game. Looks amazing.

Discovered this game 7 years ago... the game arrived this week. BEST BOUGHT to the SNES, and in my opinion: the best SNES game ever made. :)

one of my favorite games of all time!

You're back! I love your videos! I will check plok out.

Good to see a new vid man, yours are some of the best. My brother owns this game and says it's really fun

I found this in a 5-dollar bin as a kid and only partially knew what a gem I had on my hands. I'm very glad it's getting the attention it deserves these days.

Welcome back roo love your 16bit gems I loved this game as a kid I still have it now think I got it for like £3 back in the 90's Fantastic game happy to see it made the gems list A

ardy lightfoot its truly a 16 bit gem

Man, I love Plok. Great episode :).

Awesome! A new 16-bit gem :) Love these.

"Maybe I should play a game that doesn't take 6 months to review"- Roo from last 16Bit Gems. Lets hope he manages to keep with this mindset from now on.

Holy crap, I missed this somehow as a Child. What a flippin' game. This would've been right up there at the time.

Great review, i remem playing it as a kid but never turkey respected it. Definitely going back for it now!

What is this sorcery? 16 bit Gems episode? holy crap this is great! Roo must've found the phoenix downs.

After all that build-up you did not disappoint

Used to love this game as a kid

Everyone stating that the next episode 'll be uploaded in a year is wrong. I actually discovered based on the original dates of upload that Roo's frequency of video output follows a logarithmic sequence. Meaning that we'll have a new 16 bit Gems video in about 2.6 years. So... see you then!

great review as always roo its good to see you back ^_^

I remember reading about this in the various game mags back in the early 90's. The one I remember most was a comic for the game in EGM, I believe it was. Pretty funny for what it was.

awesome review Roo. please continue to make more 16 bit gems...........and more frequently. I sucks having to wait a long time for new episodes

A NEW 16-BIT GEMS VIDEO!? YEAH!

ooh a new episode! was about to insta-like, but then I decided to first watch it. and then like it.

16-Bit Gems is back!!!! Whooooooooooooo!!!!!

THANK YOU! I picked up this game years ago at slackers and no one believes me when I tell them it was good.

I guess that means I was one of the few who ever got a copy back when it was in production. Thank you Grandma.

Holy Crap!! Roo where have you been man? Please continue this series!

Great review to an amazing game!

Never played plok before but it looks to be a stunning game. This is now on my wish list. Thanks for sharing it. :)

Its about bloody time!

Glad to see a new episode of 16 bit gems, not being facetious here but there seems to be something slightly off with the audio/video sync, its not super noticeable and its definitely watchable but there's just something a bit off about it.