I used to play my Game Boy plugged in by the window at my kitchen table. It's amazing how much my eyeballs could tolerate back then too! Thanks for the info! I'll pin your comment here so everyone can know where to find/play this one.

Was looking for this. Luckily it's pinned. Thanx

@@TheBathrobeWizard ya HG was kind enough to pin it, glad to be of service 😊

Yeah I didn't have an actual Gameboy for years, I played mainly on the Super Gameboy.

Sometimes games just stick to your soul like that. Nice!

@hungrygoriya I give this game a 10/10 if you where a little one in the early 90s

Bro is some kinda time traveling vampire gameboy jrpg fan 😮

Lol good one

@@justinbladedemonsouldo you sometimes forget to breath?

😂 That’s hilarious! … and useful!

I never tried that, but I wish I had... haha

Reminds me of in secret of mana in the kakkara desert town i would push all the dancing motis together and watch em dance together

I guess that's one way to Topple intrusive townspeople who won't stop blocking the entrance to the item shop.

lol, you’re like me.

I loved the Game Boy! I had an NES and a Genesis growing up with a few games, and we ended up getting a Game Boy from a neighbour with a few things, LInk's Awakening included. It's still my favourite Zelda game to this very day and so many of the adventures I've played on it in the last decade or so have been great too. Thank you for sharing your memories! Also, your childhood friends were very lucky you lent them this one!

I hear ya!

Too real, too relatable...

Move to a city. Strangers won't even make eye contact: it's great 😁

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Yeah! I didn't have a lot of friends into gaming back then so I had very few of those moments myself. I remember just being stuck forever in lots of my childhood games and looking stuff up when the internet came around, haha

That was walking in an "8" around the two palm trees, right?

Nintendo Power was a lifesaver for me with this game, ended up being the go to for gaming info because of it. Even would get multiple phone calls from friends about this exact puzzle lol.

I either had to contact the Nintendo helpline or read it in Nintendo Power. Been so long that I dont remember which. But pretty sure it was the helpline

i found a copy of Nintendo Power with the solution, but mom wouldn't let me read it in the store and i didn't have the money to buy it - she said it was stealing to read a magazine without buying it

Thank you! It was fun to set up!

I made maps on grid paper I took from school back then!!!wish I kept them now haha..

Awww I wish you had too! I made a map of the desert in King's Quest V on NES when I was a kid and thankfully hung onto it, but I didn't have graph paper. I had to make my own grids! I still love doing that stuff.

Oh I hope you find them! That's cool that you went through so much effort to really map it all out with all the mattock walls too!

The music was so, so good. Definitely a highlight for this experience for me!

There's funnier names you can give them

@@TonyTheTGR ok

It was so hard to plan how many keys to bring. Sorry that happened :(

Did now know about those versions! Geez now I’m on the hunt for even more versions 😊

Thanks for bringing thses up. Adventures of Mana is the remake, but I think you're right in listing Sword of Mana as a "reimagining". The best description I have for it is that it takes the "Final Fantasy" out of the game and replaces it with elements from the then-established Mana series. I actually like that there were 2 remakes, because it lets you choose your style.

@@zeliardforty-two4692 Sword of Mana is incredible. It's one of the best GBA games in the library.

Arent there monsters who can spawn keys?

Those 80s toy casts were certainly something. One of my He-Man's eye has always looked a little squished.

I'm currently playing through Final Fantasy V, and the fact that I can shove townspeople is so vindicating after playing this! But about the status effects, I agree! It's neat when there's actually a risk to what enemies are trying to do to you. The one game that I feel had crazy status effects was Sailor Moon: Another Story on the Super Famicom. They were incredibly effective there, especially the poison as well. It brings a new level of risk to the experience for sure.

The ending was so sad. I cried too! I've also heard a lot of things about Sword of Mana that have intrigued me but I haven't taken the plunge yet because I just got through this one and want to give myself a little breathing room before I put myself through all that again, haha

For sure. Lots of QOL improvements for a much smoother experience and the art style of Legend of Mana. Also the ability to play as the female lead and have a different POV of the game is fantastic. Anyways, keep up the awesome work HG. I need to start watching the Twitch streams again. Work has been hellishly busy lately.

I haven't played the third Mana game yet, but so far, this one's my favourite.

@@hungrygoriya It's very ambitious, I would only say this. And I think it was meant to be replayed, but I only played it once.

Awww it clearly had a huge impact on you! It's a great one, so I definitely understand why.

Oh wow! That KMart adventure sounds like it was a memorable one for you. Thanks so much about the review. I'm glad you enjoyed!

My pleasure! Thanks for watching!

My pleasure! I hope you had a nice time with it.

I agree. The story here is wonderful, and the characters all had really meaningful and impactful parts to play. It's a pretty special experience!

Hahaha that scenario you wrote out there was great! I don't know what they were thinking naming a baby Dark Lord. It just sets them up for that path, you know? I wish you the very best of luck in finding a copy of this to play. It's a good one and well worth playing if you ask me! I've played some Final Fantasy Legend 1 and 2 (didn't finish either of them) and I liked Adventure quite a bit more. The breakable weapons in FFL games was pretty bothersome. And you're very welcome!

There were so many sad moments in this game, but the worst by far was the ending. I had a good cry after I finished it. I love how different regions got different titles! Back when I first started looking into Game Boy stuff, Final Fantasy Adventure and the Legend games confused me since I thought I knew all the Final Fantasy releases. I'm glad I did a little research and now I have them all.

Thank you very much! I hope the coffee was good too.

So funny how little we can tolerate now that we tolerated as kids eh? I used to play Link's Awakening plugged into an outlet under a bright kitchen window growing up. I can't imagine taking the Game Boy out on car trips. The Super Game Boy was a big positive change for me! As soon as I discovered it existed back in the day, I was on the lookout.

I grew up with one my mom bought from my neighbour with Link's Awakening, Super Mario Land 1 and 2, and Tetris. I'm grateful to be trying out new games for it these days. If you ever try out some of the titles, I hope you enjoy them!

Whatever you do, for the love of God, DO NOT PLAY GAMEBOY MORTAL KOMBAT. I'm serious. It's suckiness cannot be overstated

Noooooooooo that's horrible :( I'm so sorry that happened to you.

I absolutely loved it. It's just a shame it took me so long to play it, but better late than never! I'm glad you eventually found the solution to the palm trees and 8 problem, even if it was a little unconventional. Nice work! And I'm so, so sorry that you got yourself stuck on the final boss fight. Did you save in the room with him? I did that once in Final Fantasy Legend, but with a boss that was a huge difficulty spike. It took me two hours to get lucky enough to get out :( I can see myself playing through this again in the future, definitely. It's quick enough to pick up and play without feeling like it's going to eat up weeks of my life. Thanks for sharing some memories with me!

Yeah, saved right on top of his spawn point! This was all pre-internet so we had no idea what we were doing. As an aside, thanks for refraining from the Zelda comparisons. This game is completely different, and I don’t think a lot of modern reviewers really understand the context of what was out at the time and how cutting edge this actually was. I mean, the only options were really sides scroll, top down, and isometric.

@@mumm-ratheeverliving3138 Nooooo that's the worst :( I saw that happen to a friend playing Ys 1, but it happened on a random enemy spawn point and he died every time he loaded up his game. It was so sad. And thank you for noticing! I think there are so many better ways to talk about games rather than comparing them to other games. This is really nothing like Zelda apart from the perspective similarity! Calling a game a Zelda Clone or Metroidvania feels really lazy if you're taking the time to review something.

I really did! I totally get why it'd be one of your favourites. It's now one of mine as well.

Awww thank you!

That's awesome! I loved looking at the map that game with The Legend of Zelda on NES as a kid too. I spent so much time wandering around that world growing up. I really loved the manuals too. I read through quite a few of those until they started falling apart! I miss those physical bits of video games that we just don't get anyomre.

Awww! I'm so glad you got to experience this game when you were young. I really loved this game, especially the story and characters. I think I would've really enjoyed it if I'd had the opportunity to play it as a kid. Lucky!

I'll have to try out Sword of Mana one day. I enjoy starting with the original before trying a remake.

Thanks for the hype!

Hooray! That's what I'm hoping to do: let people know about the games I enjoy and why I enjoyed them. If you play this, I hope it's a great experience!

Hey thanks so much! I appreciate the kind words. And always saving four keys is a great rule of thumb. The person who wrote those words was very smart!

Hey thanks for subscribing! That's a very kind sentiment. Maybe someday that many more people will find me, but I'm happy with how it's been going here.

I really did love this one. I cried at the ending and everything. It was great!

Me too! But I owned the Seiken Densetsu one and for God I don't know how I finish it without read anything 😂

So glad you enjoyed the video and this game when you were little. I wish I'd gotten to play it back when I was young too.

That one's pretty nice. I like that and the regular Game Boy background.

Awww well I'm glad you found me here. I try to keep these videos personal and am never out to convince anyone to change their minds on how they feel about games. I'm just giving my own opinion about my experience and hopefully that's an interesting perspective! I appreciate the kind and thoughtful comment too.

Awww that's very nice of you to say! Thank you!

@@hungrygoriyayou are very welcome! 😊

I don't know if getting directions from an NPC is really what made me like the game's story, but I don't like putting spoilers in my reviews either and didn't get into the specifics. Lots of the touching sacrifices of the characters you meet that ensure you got to finish the quest were what made the story great. A clear translation helps too. I do hope more people play this game. It's available in lots of different forms for people to enjoy.

Are you thinking of the Legend games? There are three of those on the Game Boy, but as far as I know, the sequels to Adventure were on the Super Nintendo/Super Famicom.

Not every game will be for every person. I'm glad yours made it to someone who will play and enjoy it!

@@hungrygoriya true! But I enjoyed seeing it. Thanks

Thanks so much! I only have my husband and his mad scientist tendencies to blame for that bit of creativity. It made for a few interesting streams though!

Awww that's great that you played it as a kid! If I hadn't stumbled into the solution for "palm trees and 8", I think I would've been stuck there a lot longer as well. Glad you eventually got through!

Oh wow! I played it once and I need to let my soul heal from all the sadness the story delivers. And thanks about the original hardware footage. My husband's a wizard when it comes to this sort of stuff and I only have him to blame for that creativity. I think it looked pretty good!

The naming conventions between regions is super confusing, I agree. And I can only assume they tried jumping on the Final Fantasy name since it was well-established at the time, and put some moogles and chocobos in there for good measure. Other than that, there's nothing really "Final Fantasy" about it. I'm always in awe of what Game Boy adventure games turn out like. I always come into them with quiet expectations and am usually blown away by the end. They're always really good!

Oh thank goodness, haha... this is a good game to have on board for a long adventure. I have no nostalgia for this game since I just played it for the first time recently, but I thought it was great. I imagine your nostalgia's not swaying your opinion too heavily. It deserves a "great" ranking!

I had a good cry at the end too. The whole story was filled with sadness and sacrifice, but that ending? So touching and bittersweet. I happened to stumble into the palm trees and 8 puzzle solution just by poking two trees that had 8 sides a bunch, and I just happened to walk around them the correct way. You're right though: the tiles around them do "feel" different. There were some little hints there for sure!

Right right! I didn't grow up with an SNES, so I spent a lot of my younger days playing my Game Boy in the kitchen under the window at my parents' house. I played Link's Awakening back then so I feel your pain!

Save paranoia is real!

Do any other enemies drop keys? The side of the locked door I was on had no skeletons, but there were some earlier on in the dungeon :(

@@hungrygoriya Possibly, but I doubt it as they always seemed to include skeletons and blobs (low level) in later dungeons of the game where most enemies were at a higher level to match player progress. It's very possible there were still oversights that could result in a soft-lock, but many dungeons or floors include at least one room with the skeleton/blob combo.

Yeah, there's one part where the game opens up a bit, and I got lost there for a little while because of those weird directions I was given. I hope you get back to it sometime and finish it. And you can thank my husband for both of those cameos... he's a menace!

@@hungrygoriya maybe after I finish FF9....and 10...and 10-2...and 12...

My pleasure! Thanks so much for watching!

I think it's one of my favourites now. Thanks so much for coming along on the adventure with me!

I had a similar experience except that I kept trying to go around hitting all the palm trees 8 times and just happened to walk in a figure 8 around the two that mattered. I was overlevelled for a long time as well!

Same. I kinda thought it was silly how easy it was. Didn't think people wouldn't put 8 and run around the palm trees together.

I don't know that I would've come to that conclusion if I hadn't stumbled into it. I'm glad you put that one together though! Everyone does think differently!

@@hungrygoriya To be fair I was 11 at the time and used to ridiculous videogame puzzles

Yeah, top-down perspective, sword swinging... I can see why you felt that way. It's a lot more than that though! I hope you get back to it sometime and finish it, if that's something you're hoping to do of course! I still need to play SD3 one of these days.

Oh really? I wonder how you got out of sequence. When things first opened up, I had a really hard time figuring out where to go (that's the part I mentioned about going east and then north). I wandered for way too long. Otherwise, things felt pretty locked in. I hope if you start it over again sometime that you get through it. The ending was totally worth the trials of the rest of the game.

Goodness, old games are so resilient! I'm so glad your cart still worked after the trip through the washing machine. Thanks for sharing your memories too!

I grew up gaming, but I had the same handful of games for the systems we had almost my entire life. It's only in the last decade or so that I've really upped the collecting and found out about a lot of the games I missed out on back then, this being one of them. And thanks so much for your kindness! I'm glad you're enjoying the channel here.

Hey thank you very much! That's very kind!

A sad and wistful Bloody Tears, perhaps...

Funny how influential the Final Fantasy name has become eh? I think you still got a fantastic game regardless of its legitimacy. And on the bright side, it's still the beginning of the beloved Mana series anyway! I hope you get a chance to play it through sometime if that's something you've been wanting to do.

@@hungrygoriya I have picked up the steam port last time it was on sale, and do play to run through it that way eventually.

Game Boy games seem to always exceed my expectations. Rolan's Curse and Ninja Taro were the only two that didn't really do it for me, but everything else I've tried has been great!

Awww thanks very much! I appreciate the kind comment!

Thank you for watching!

Awww thanks so much for the tip! I hope you enjoy your adventuring!

These are some great insights. I'm happy to know that the original text was a bit more illustrative. And Dr. Bowow's direction blunders might've just been a me problem. Maybe other people might've gone the right way immediately, but I wasn't really sure what he meant. I got really close to the town you're supposed to be going to but couldn't find a way in, so the way I went was definitely misleading. I wasn't sure if I was missing a way in on land or not, but it turned out I was supposed to go a different direction entirely, wrap around from the top of the map to the bottom again, and get in that way.

Yeah, I really loved this game even with its little flaws. They don't add up to anything significant to ruin the experience.

Stumped me as a kid too -- only problem was I did it backwards, lol.

Oh that's funny that the German translation was actually a bit clearer! I don't know if that would've been enough of a push for me to clue in. I wonder how much money Nintendo made on that one puzzle, haha... probably paid for free lunches for a whole year! I'm really curious about the remakes of this one. I've heard mixed reviews but I'd like to see what they're all about sometime.

I did figure that one out at the time, but it wasn't because of the hint(even if the German hint was better), but because of the slight slowdown when walking around those palm trees - I figured something was up then and tried stuff out and suddenly cave open!

I always love when you get that open world travel ability. It really brings everything together!

Yes! It was actually a really beautiful soundtrack through and through with the dungeon tracks being the only exceptions.

It's so good! I understand why you love it so much!

The music felt nostalgic to me even though I'd never played this before now. It's very well done.

The last dungeon was pretty longwinded but I eventually made it through. Glad you got to enjoy this one in part when you were younger. I'm convinced I would've adored this if I'd played it when I was little.

I hope you enjoy it whenever you get back to it. Manuals and extra stuff is a must for me. I love knowing what weapons and equipment do, and especially what items are for. It helps so much with my enjoyment of the game.

I'm so glad that more people are able to enjoy this one with the Switch release. I've been pretty impressed with almost every adventure-based Game Boy game I've played to date. They always do so much more than I'm expecting. And thanks about the setup! My husband's a bit of a tech wizard and set that up for me. I think the shots of the screen came out looking pretty nice!

Thanks for not just blurting out the answer at me. Stumbling into it accidentally was way more fun, haha

If I hadn't had Link's Awakening to fiddle with, I wouldn't have had an adventure game to play as a kid. Even still, you had some great titles! And I hear you about the map! I spent soooo much time looking over the manuals and maps that came with some of my NES games, but especially the map from The Legend of Zelda. I marked that thing up so much and used it to the point that it's falling apart now. I miss those physical aspects of games so much. I think they tried to eliminate some of those issues around softlocking by putting enemies nearby that could drop items you'd need, but for my locked door scenario, there were key skeletons on the other side that I couldn't reach. A little more thoughtfulness on that front would've made this an easy favourite, but even with its little blemishes, it's still very cool and fun. I had to immortalize Luke. Overwriting his save file felt like a terrible thing to me but it was for the greater good.

Oh right on! That's awesome! I can see why it'd be a favourite for you.

This was an awesome one for sure! I think I like this one a lot more than Secret of Mana as well, though I'm really curious to see what the third Mana game is like someday. I wonder if I'll like it more than FFAdventure!

Here's hoping it does come out and you have a chance to revisit this one. It's so unfortunate that so many people met a terrible end to this game through inventory troubles.

Right on! It's a great game!

It's got a little bit of everything I enjoy in other games. That's a great way to think about it!

I haven't tried Legend of Mana yet, but it looks gorgeous based on what I've seen of it. I hope you enjoy this one in whatever form you tackle it in the future. I've heard mixed things about Sword of Mana, and people either seem to love it or hate it. And thanks so much for your kindness! I really enjoy making these reviews, so that kind of feedback means a lot.

@@hungrygoriya if you do play it, keep in mind its sort of an anthology of sort of 'short stories'. And... honestly, do not be ashamed to use a guide, there are some B.S. areas lol, and I say that as someone who loves the game! EDIT: I say playstation below, because the new remaster took out Co-Op play (which is a brutal loss, if you ask me) If you have a friend or partner, and can play it on playstation (or a MiSTer FPGA, or PS2, or PS3, or even Duckstation), it is some of the most enjoyable couch co-op I've ever had in my life. I still miss it, 22 years later haha. And the music, my gawd, the fact that Yoko Shimomura says its the OST that most represents her and how she feels just makes it all that bit more sweet. I would think of Legend of Mana as more of a... Diablo style game. like Diablo 1. Theres a narrative, and some threads, but its mostly just a fun romp of leveling, an adventure (less confined in a dungeon - though there are some settings like that) and getting new pets, and creating golems and crafting their A.I. with like a tetris like system, and crafting weapons, and armor, and magic instruments (you literally will magic into the world by playing mana-infused musical instruments!!!). God, I could go on all day Goriya! You'll love it. Just go into it with an open mind, and an open heart, and if you can, a friend or partner, and it is pure magic. Legendary, some might say :). " Pokiehl the poet told me that the town of Domina exists because I think so. People say this world isn't an illusion, but the Sproutlings know! If you can't find Domina, use your imagination to find it."

I hope you enjoy the replay and reaping the benefits of your tag-alongs. They do some pretty helpful stuff.

It's so nice seeing these games come back around again.

Agreed! I picked up a Super Game Boy as soon as I discovered they existed!

Yeah, that last dungeon went on and on. Glad you got through anyway though!

@@hungrygoriya It wasn't so much the last dungeon, but also the last part with getting to the dungeon. I remember it being so maze-like and bland looking.

I'm glad to be finding these games nowadays and getting a chance to enjoy them. Thanks for checking out the video!

It's a great game! I'm glad I finally got around to playing it.

I'm glad you've always had good intuition about these kinds of things. My blunder in Final Fantasy Legend came about because someone in my stream chat back then promised me it'd be okay to drop the items, but they were mistaken. It was not done maliciously at all, and I think they genuinely thought it would be fine if I dropped those things, but it did put that game out of a winnable status for me and I've never gone back to it since. I played Final Fantasy Adventure for at least four evenings, and every night, a few new people would come in and tell me about how they got stuck playing this. It makes me sad to think about it as well.

Oh wow... that sounds like a complete reinvention of the core game. I had no idea it was so different from this version! it's intriguing but also sounds like it's on the border of being a little too much.

I think I would've adored this one had I played it as a kid. The closest thing I had to an adventure game on the Game Boy back then was Link's Awakening, which was just fine! And I agree with you: Final Fantasy Adventure is awesome. I always make a point to highlight the good and the bad, but when it comes down to it, the bad stuff's just a drop in the bucket in what is otherwise an excellent experience. This is an easy favourite for me.

Thank you very much! My husband felt like a mad scientist setting up those streams for me, but I think they turned out great.

@@hungrygoriya they did indeed. Thank you both

That whole soundtrack was awesome as well!

The one dungeon where I was stuck, the Skeleton enemies that drop keys were on the wrong side of the locked door. :( I couldn't find any others that dropped keys.

@@hungrygoriya oh I hadn't considered that possibility, I guess it's a close swing and a miss for the devs on that one then 😅