I always loved how the image of a defeated Jason looks like he just got knocked out in Mike Tyson's Punch Out.

I grew up with this game. Still have it and play it often. I've defeated it numerous times and know it inside and out. But, no matter how much I play it and when I get that urge to do so, I still enjoy the hell out of it. :)

Moustapha Akkad really slept on getting a cheesy LJN Halloween game made. As a Halloween fan it irks me thatt after the haul the last movie made and the anticipation of 'Kills' that Halloween heads STILL have no Halloween game outside of the 2600 game.

8-bit Jason is legendary. I know a girl who has him tattooed on her wrist. Interesting how 8-bit Jason has his own cult niche.

I still have my copy of this game! It’s my wife’s favorite NES title

I remember renting this game as a kid. It was frustrating as hell. It's crazy seeing this now and realizing how many different aspects there were to this game that I missed as a kid.

F13 NES always played to me like a video board game or something. The map is kind of like a game board and it almost seems like you're going around it and encountering random events based on dice rolls and drawing cards. It's also borderline an open-world game considering that you can go to any area at any time and do things in whatever order you want. It's one of my favorites on the NES and probably isn't too far outside my list of all time favorites even considering the fact that I've only beaten it honestly one time (and that was by following a video guide and cheesing as much as possible).

An entirely open world game in NES era was unheard of. You have to keep in mind all the technological limitations of games at the time and see why the limited explanations helped keep the game as fresh as possible because you could finish the game in less than an hour. Which usually works in the game's favor since save files were a few and far between thing back then. But imagine paying full price for a NES game and finishing it in 45 mins.

I bought it new and played it as a kids. I had no clue what I was doing and gave up quickly.

Yet this and Jaws are guilty pleasures of mine

Looks like this game introduced the elements of the staples of the horror genre we have today. I never played it, though. I think it may have been ahead of its time.

Learn how to get the torch fast. Use Mark or Chrissy. Never fight Jason in a cabin, draw him out. Hunt him down. Speed runs take a couple minutes and can be executed without a crazy amount of practice.

The video length is 13 minutes. Nice

I loved that "Friday the 13th" TV show! LOL

I had this game when I was a kid. I actually really liked it! After getting the hang of it and understanding it, I was able to beat it quite easily...

LJN definitely had some stinkers but Friday the 13th, Nightmare on Elm Street and Jaws are the only ones I like. Friday the 13th isn't hard really. If you wanna pass the game in the simplest most effective way, use Mark, Crissy and Laura, for each time you kill Jason. They are the 3 fastest. Have one of those 3 get a lighter and light all the fireplaces. Always start with the 2 big cabins on the farthest edge on the west side of the map, then do the 2 big cabins by the cave, then light up the big cabin on the farthest edge of the east side of the map. Do this and the note in the big cabin in the far east side will always say: "There is a torch in one of the cabins by the lake". Then you go into the top right big cabin by the lake and you get the torch. You dont even have to light up the last fireplace. If you light up the fireplaces by the lake first then do the ones by the cave last, you're always gonna get the useless flashlight. After you have the torch, just go after Jason with the character who has the torch to kill him quicker when he attacks the kids or another counselor. On the next day, where you have to kill Jason again, repeat the lighting of the fireplaces with the next speedy character whether it's Mark, Crissy or Laura to get the torch again. You can have 3 characters with torches by the 3rd day. Another tip, if Jason is attacking one of the counselors. Go to the cabin with the character who has the torch, pass the torch to the other character, leave the cabin and leave that character in a smaller cabin. Then go back to the counselor getting attacked by Jason who now has the torch. Get out of the cabin so Jason appears in the side scrolling environment, and hit him repeatedly with the torch. This works especially better for the 2nd and 3rd times you have to kill him to avoid having to time Jason's attacks when he is fastest, especially on day 3. If Jason runs away, keep chasing him so he comes back and you light him up more with the torch. You can pass it this way so much faster. No need to go into the woods, no need to use George, Paul, or Debbie who are snails, nor beat Jason's mom for the pitchfork which does the same amount of damage as the torch.

People don't know that there is an incredible game program that Jason does travel on the road according to the map. There are times you encounter him at some point, but if you follow the road in the same direction as Jason is going, you'd encounter him more frequent.

This takes me back to renting video games at Movie Madness. They had a child size cubicle with family movies on the inside and NES games on the outside.

I remember playing this game over and over as a kid. I was never able to beat it but had fun anyway. The music constantly keeps you on edge never knowing when Jason would appear. Trying to keep everyone alive was no easy task.

NICE! Now, do NoES the Game on NES! I'd love to see how that game was supposed to be played, cause it was just as frustrating as this was.

I stayed with my cousin one weekend and he bought this game while I was there. It literally gave me nightmares. The knife going into Jason's mask, the music...the all of your friends are DEAD comment. It did a seven year old me in.

Saw this nes game on avgn😌

If you want to defeat Jason, just throw rocks at him and light the fireplaces.

this is the first videogame that had me SHOOK

Thank you! I loooooooooove Retro Jason! 🔪🍴✂💉🔨🔧

Actually sounds like a dope game. Maybe some design choices were wrong, but the concept actually sounds intriguing along with the weapon unlocks.

If you used to play this, you should play the fan game Friday The 13th: Return to Camp Blood. It’s an NES rom. You can see it in action on my most recent video with a link to its itch page to download.

It took me forever to figure out the trick to killing Jason in the NES game with ease. Basically any counselor other than Mark or Crissy sucks and is a waste of space ( only good to switch quickly too and hold off a death toll in a cabin) Get the lighter and circle the map, lighting fireplaces and end your journey near the upper left lakeside cabin. As you exit, theres the torch and you can kick the shit out of jason on all 3 levels. Just survive and you walk thru this in no time

9 solo entries? 8 F13 + 2 Jason = 10. Then the "vs" and the remake. Had a big love/hate relationship with the game. Sadly, had to use a Game Genie to beat it.

It was only a few years ago, I learned the councilors all had different strengths.

Damn, you are the Neo of Friday the 13th! I haven't seen anyone ninja flip that much around Jason in any other videos. 🙀

8:43 / 9:28 / 10:31 Jason doesn't kill "children" or "kids." 9:50 Katahdin did that sleeping bag gag first in 'Prophecy: The Monster Movie' (1979).

Never played the newer game unfortunately but I love the NES game. Such a huge soft spot for it, and I had it on my laptop for a while as an adult.

I played this game when it came out and it was hard to beat but I finally managed to

I got this game at a yard sale as a kid. I remember my grandma saying not to play it around my younger cousin due it being a scary game. I never figured the game out back then but did like the encounters with Jason which felt like they were random.

I have keep my original Nintendo plugged up in my bedroom. I still haven't beat this damn game!!!🤣🤣

The details in this game are so cool

I did beat the game eventually, but it was hard as hell and I had no clue about the torch in the game until recently

And yet like every kid had this game. It does have a spooky atmosphere, I'll give it that. And to their credit, doing a Friday the 13th NES game would be tough. Maybe like a top-down version of the later game that came out a few years ago. And each day you escape one of the ways you escape in the online game: repair a car and leave, repair a boat and leave, repair the phone and notify the police and escape on foot, and finally: you kill him. And maybe you have the counselors set up the same way as Ninja Turtles 1 did: you can swap between them at any time on the pause screen, and if all of them die: game over. I wish I knew a damn thing about programming, I'd love to see that game now 😁

Great analysis

Yes I remember finally winning and mad at the ending 😂

I cant wait to see you do the tv series.

Now do Nightmare on elm street on NES.

Credit where its due, good job guys.

Man i was young af, nostalgia like a sumbitch hit me...

Awesome

I downloaded a CAW on my WWE 2K20 of NES Jason Whoever made him did a good job

Nice.

It'sA Fun Entertainment Game. Plus A Collectable.

Bought this new at Eckerd’s and it didn’t have any instructions

Love that game.

I thought LJN did a pretty good job on QB Club and Maximum Carnage.

I had the game a s a kid n i remember it was funny kinda creepy but no ever beat ir lol just got a lil further each time we played it

👍👍

Nine solo entries? F13 had 10.

I want to point out that James knows that LJN is just the publisher and not the ones who developed the games. He knwos full well that this is true, so don't go barrage his videos with snarky comments. Either way, as a publisher LJN still had a lot of control over the quality of the games, so don't let them off the hook entirely either.

Did LJN even WANT to make good games? surprisingly they tried...

Don't give a damn about AVGN's opinion/rant, I'll always love this classic.

I know this is more a movie channel than a game channel, but saying "LJN was just the publisher they weren't responsible" isn't entirely accurate. They purposefully published quickly developed and cheaply made licensed products with the sole intent for pimping out the license for money. They could have said "no make this game better" but they didn't, they wanted product to put on shelves. Pardon the mini rant, love the channel lol

I had this game as a kid and I hated this game.

this game was fucking terrifying when i was like 6 or whatever age. the fact its so fucking confusing and made no sense made it somehow even creepier

i only ever beat this game ONCE! and, after that, i swore to NEVER play it again!

So, so good! 👌🏼