This game was also released on the Game Boy - but only in Japan.

“It's dangerous to go alone. Take this fingernail!“

I’ve been trying to remember what this game was for years good video.

I remember loving this game’s over world system. Very StarTropics-esque. Great video on a fairly hidden gem. :D

I played through this whole series earlier this year and it quickly became one of my all time favorites. Just a week or two ago I played through GQ1 again after I got a physical cart

Oh man, you have no idea how much I love this franchise, and wish it would've been more popular so we could've gotten more of them. Gargoyle's Quest is my all time favorite game on the Game Boy, Demons Crest my fourth on SNES and this one is roughly on my top ten for the NES

The original GQ on game boy was so good too.

This was the last NES game my family bought before we got our Super Nintendo. It’s the only game from my childhood that is CIB. Thanks for the video!

This video is a year old, but it came up in my recommended, and damn, I'm glad it did. Like your format, short concise review with some hu or thrown in, but not as the focal point of the review. Dig it

I love this franchise, the SNES one was the first virtual console game I ever bought, even! I have never finished this one, though... great video as always, Trav!

Another game I’ve always wanted to play . I love ghosts and goblins / ghouls and ghosts

Nice! I've been looking for games to play this Halloween!

Great vid, Travis. This game is an old favorite.

Looks great, thanks for reviewing!

Good choice for October! Have this but haven’t played it yet.

I couldn't pick a favorite with this series. All three games are really good.

All hail the mighty fingernail.

Great Video, keep it up man.

This is a series I've always meant to try. Surely it's easier than Ghosts and Goblins, right?

This is a goodie.

Capcom needs to wake up and continue the series (please keep 2D with beautiful pixel art tho)

Another good vid! I liked the Game Boy game better than the NES. I’m not sure why maybe it just seemed more impressive on a hand held. They’re all good games though.

I was hoping this had something to do with the Gargoyle's cartoon. I loved that show as a little kid in the early 90's

Great video thanks. I love this game but don’t find it easy at all. There’s a hideous stretch a couple of levels in where you go through a couple of flaming bridges and dungeons before the next password.

This reminds me of wizards and warriors

Interesting. I always got the vibe this was huge and needlessly complex and as hard as GnG, glad its not. Great video! I think this has Game Genie life codes to make it easier! Like you, I try to (tho sometimes fail) avoid huge RPGs, tho for me I get super sucked in by the story (or sidetracked to side missions or wandering around) & graphics and rarely beat them (or get sick of grinding), so I attempt to find small scale ones to scratch that itch.

This is an amazing looking game but I think Street Fighter 2010 tops it in terms of graphics. I haven't played much of GQ 1 but this game and Demon's Crest are awesome. They aren't worth what they sell for IMO but are worth playing anyway you can ;)

No random battles like the first game was a major let down for me. When I first played it I thought it was unfinished or there was something wrong with the game but that's just the way it was.😢

I love the first game and had probably beat it a half-dozen times by the time the sequel came out. I was so excited to get it! But when I played through it, I found it pretty disappointing. I understand it serves as a prequel, but it really came off to me as a rehash or port of the Game Boy game, but with less impressive bosses. It's still a great game, however, and I'd still recommend it to new players. It's possible that I was being a little unfair. I'd like to revisit both to see if my original opinion still stands up.

Lol. I dont know what the actual word used was but im pretty sure the concept of "fingernail" didnt translate quite right.

Playing through the Gameboy port currently and for some reason, it’s MUCH easier (earlier weapon upgrades, friendlier jump distances, slower enemies - especially the extremely annoying Doppelganger is totally nerfed, which I’m partial to, screw that guy). Do you know if that’s just something they changed when porting the game, or is it a case where they upped the difficulty of the original Famicom game when they brought it to the west?

Do you have any extra finger nails you could spare?

You said vertical, but I think you meant horizontal.

This is a series of games I'd love to have, but don't think that'll ever happen due to the cost of entry. At least there's always emulation. Great review!