I ranked all the NES PAL games, too! - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/sLiAoZCW2a6lg6M.html Join me at OLL '23 - ollgames.co.uk/ Thanks to TheGebs24 - www.youtube.com/@TheGebs24

Thank you for featuring me in this episode John. The SNES is my favourite console so this is perfect. See you next weekend 🎉

As a French Canadian, both Tintin and Astérix were staples of my childhood. They are extremely popular in the French speaking communities and countries as it’s the original languages of both Tintin and Astérix.

Cannon Fodder came from the Amiga. It’s a tactical war game but it’s also very much an anti-war message. It’s incredible.

I had no idea cannon fodder wasn't popular in America. The game was absolutely huge in the UK.

Asterix is barely heard of in the UK these days. The books were popular when I was growing up. But like tin Tin it’s more French were it’s very popular indeed.

Sensible Soccer is almost like a religion for a certain segment of UK gamers in the 90s. It was the best playing football game, hands down cos of "after touch". It's best on the Amiga (as most Sensible games including Cannon Fodder are) Is Terranigma missing off your list? It was Japan+Europe exclusive...it's normally the main PAL SNES game Americans lament not having over the pond

I'm from Switzerland, and while Tintin is/was well known here, I'd say Asterix & Obelix were significantly bigger and more popular. Also your pronunciaton of Obelix was quite alright.

Hadn’t subscribed yet but then you wore Liverpool gear so I’m subscribing!

To french Canadians, Astérix is very popular still. There's always reruns on Canadian francophone television channels during the holidays. The moment Astérix slap em all came for the PS4 I pre ordered the collectors edition for my son.

The 3DO and Jaguar versions of Cannon Fodder were released in the US, you may want to check those out sometime!

Oh that's fun, the white haired lady, Violet, in Micro Machines. Based on a real person, Violet Berlin, a presenter in a videogame news/review series. Also, no Marsupilami games? Perhaps those were Megadrive exclusives...

A lot of what you say is from the UK, isn't. Europe is a collection of countries, and games came from the likes of France (infogrames) and Germany (Factor 5) amongst many others. You need to do a bit more research here

Humans is basically a mix of Lemmings and The Lost Vikings

I'm in the UK and both Tintin and Asterix are not really that big, they did have a couple of TV shows in their time, but nothing huge. Now in french speaking territories they're massive.

Cannon Fodder is the greatest game ever made! How it doesn’t exist today is baffling! The ranking system via survival was just so amazing and gave you attachment to those brave soldiers who achieved the high dizzy ranks!!

Spirou is more pronounced as "Spee-rooh" He's not from the same creator as Tintin (Herge) but quite a lot of other artists (from whom Franquin is probably the most noteworthy) worked on him.

They always try to walk it in! I can't believe John is coming to the UK 🎉❤ 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

France/mainland Europefor TinTin and Asterix, not the UK

Asterix games for Master system were great, XXL2 was also pretty good all the rest were pretty bad but I haven't play the latest 2 yet, they also look pretty good on gameplays.

Both Asterix & Obelix and The Smurfs were super popular here in Germany when I was a kid in the 90s. I mostly remember Lucky Luke, TinTin and Spirou from comics I read in the library. The Smurfs is the only one that kinda had a revival, you don't hear much about the other ones anymore. Oh, and pretty much anyone here called it Super Nintendo or S-N-E-S. I remember being confused when a Russian friend said "Sness".

You should try the Asterix arcade beat em up made by Konami. European exclusive. Surprisingly good !

In sensible soccer, you can select if teams are controlled by player or computer. Once, it goes red and is labelled C for Com, twice is blue for Player. Honestly, I still love playing it to this very day over any fifa

Sensible Soccer was definitely a huge deal in the UK. In the early days you were either a Sensible Soccer guy or a striker guy. I enjoyed both but I played more Sensible Soccer on the PC and I had to have a special boot disk just to have enough system resources to run it. Then International Superstar Soccer turned up and changed the game. I too was waiting for Terranigma to turn up. And get a phat S tier.

Cannon Fodder was a huge hit on the Amiga, made by one of the best developers of the Amiga golden age. Definitely a good time. A really unique and fun RTS-like. Asterix and Obelix are huge cultural icons in France, and are very popular all over Europe. Any new Asterix comic (which are released irregularly) tends to receive preorders in the many millions. A lot of the humor is based around puns and French politics and current-events, which makes it all the more extraordinary that they are still translated well into other languages. In France we even have a Asterix theme park, which is one of the most popular theme parks in the country. There are two very good Asterix games on the Sega Master System, which are probably the best games the franchise has ever received. Lucky Luke is another comic that has been very successful in Europe. It also had a very popular cartoon spin-off. Sensible Soccer (by the same devs as Cannon Fodder!) vs Kick-Off was, during the early 90s, a HOTLY debated issue on many school playgrounds! Sensible Soccer is indeed a game you can play, and it may well be one of (if not THE) best selling games on the Amiga. The SNES port isn't quite as good as the Amiga original, but I still find it quite fun once you figure it out. If you want to get a good British/Euro perspective of what gaming was like on the other side of the pond, check out Kim Justice's KZfaq channel. She has many excellent videos about the Amiga, SNES, and Mega Drive in Europe, including long form documentaries on a lot of major European game developers, including Sensible Software (of Sensible Soccer/Cannon Fodder fame). She also has videos specifically on Cannon Fodder and Sensible Soccer.

Asterix may be popular in the U.K. but in his native France, he’s bigger than anything. He’s basically France’s Mickey Mouse.

Talking of Man Utd, Nintendo released a Manchester United themed Game Boy back then. There worth quite a bit now.

Your giggle at 16:20 almost had soda coming out of my nose.. I'm not sure if you do these things to intentionally be funny or not but they make me bust out laughing. 🤣🤣🤣

I enjoyed Daze Before Christmas probably more than I should have just because of the scenes in between stages; something about Santa acting as a badass action hero just cracked me up, and the power-up that turns you into... Satan Claus? Not sure what that was supposed to be. I could've sworn that I'd seen Waterworld, too! Might've been in Nintendo Power, though; sometimes, they had games they thought would come out, but never did. Excellent soundtrack, though.

Liverpool fan, good man John. Great game yesterday.

Asterix and Obelix are ultra huge duo in Europe, double thhe strange to see only of them running around alone. ( btw if you have not seen the old cartoons and the French movies, you're missing out a lot. Like really really reaaaaally a LOT !

Looking forward to seeing you there bud. Make sure to check out Norwich castle 🎉🎉🎉🎉 and CEX it's sort of our gamestop

Asterix is huge. He has 40 comic books, 40 games, a theme park, 8 movie, 8 animated movies, a comic spin off and loads more.

Woah!!!!!$ love the scarf. Up the reds!!!!! You will never walk alone John Riggs

So glad you gave Cannon Fodder an A, played the hell out of it on the Amiga, top level game back then

Happy Easter John! Great feature showing gebs24. Keep the retro game/system talk coming, I have picked up allot from hearing your gaming history and know how! You introduced me to congo bongo I had never even heard of it. One of my favorite arcade games now! Equally as cool to hear about the places you were playing arcades/ buying your retro games! Like burger chef! That was new to me, great history to find. Some Atari 5200/7800 jaguar content would be cool or sega 32x/Saturn. Or expanding to vinyl records, vintage toys etc

As a Belgian, proud to say that Lucky Luke, the Smurfs and Tintin are all Belgian comic books/cartoons. At least one thing we are good at 😁

I was wondering when your next ranking video was going to happen. Thank you for the great content my brotha

I always forget that Mr. Nutz is not a PAL exclusive, though that's the version I bought. That U.S. Mr. Nutz was super expensive back when I was looking for it, I'm sure that NTSC version is a ridiculous price now. It's a fun game, even the Game Boy Color version is really close to the SNES port.

I love that you're covering PAL regions games too. As much as love MJR and crew, most of the content, such as the hidden gem videos, seem to be based around the US merket (which is understandable, obviously)... BUT, as a 35 year old Brit, who still has no idea why Final Fantasy VI is regarded a better game than VII, I say 'hats off, Sir!!"

when selecting your team in Sensible scoccer, you have to press the button twice to make it controlleble.. C = For computer P = For player controlled 🙂

The Commodore 64 port of International Karate + by Archer Maclean 👌

In Asterix, you can scroll the screen left or right with the L and R buttons so you get more visibility.

Terranigma is the real pal exclusive gem, yes it was also released in Japan, but the language barrier makes it impossible to play. - leaving the pal version as the only English language release!

Way to mail this one in, Riggs...how many times did you say I didn't do any research? And they're all Cs...exciting stuff...

Loved seeing another Liverpool supporter! Go Reds!

I thought “Ryan Giggs Champion World Class Soccer” was a PAL exclusive too? I had that at the time, assumed it was UK only.

Man.. all these games really unlock my childhood's memories 😂

I think you throw snowballs in the Christmas game

Ah man I loved Operation Starfish as a kid! There are loads of secret areas etc to discover, they put some real thought into it

Sensible Soccer is perhaps the best Football game of all time, you definitely need to play it. When selecting teams make sure to mark one as player team and one as computer. You probably set both teams as computer.

Had dino dudes for the jaguar and i loved it. Never knew this was a PAL exclusive for snes.

Big like for the LFC T-shirt and Scarf :D

Tin tin popular in most of Europe, not UK. Astrix is crazy popular in France. Not UK. Smurfs is big in the rest of Europe as well not UK. Also, Europe and UK even though one and the same are worlds apart. With the vast majority of stuff. And finally, whilst over remember that there is England, Ireland/northern ireland, Scotland and Wales. The UK is not England. Many peeps from the US seem to think it's one place. People get very angry when you say they are English, when they aren't (Scottish and the like)

Asterix is more of a main land European thing rather than a UK thing

It’s so cool you’re coming to England. I come from Oldham in the north west so a little way from Norwich. Enjoy your time here 😊😊

Awesome scarf! Love how you ranked the Man UTD game F before playing it. 😂 You certainly are a Liverpool fan 👍

That Arsenal quote from the IT Crowd made me laugh. 🤣Thanks John!!

OMG you never got Cannon Fodder!?! It’s an aiming games and one of the big ones from my childhood! Also looking forward to OLL 23 see you there!

Daze was an Australian exclusive from what I read. I've never seen a copy in the UK.

Cannon fodder was available in the US on the turbographx 3DO and jaguar

John Riggs, so glad our 3DS's street passed each other at Midwest Gaming Classic. Thank you!

My sister and I used to play a lot of Asterix & Obelix when we were kids. It's fun but gets so difficult after a few levels.

Super International Cricket, Rank A. Doesn't fail as a cricket game.

Germany checking in .Happy Eastern John🐰🐰🐇🐣

We had a Hanna Barbera land in Houston back in the day. That was neat. I liked Waterworld also... and Postman.

For the Waterworld thing maybe your video store had imports? I remember mine did and they would come with a region converter. The ones you had to put a local game in the back slot and the foreign one in the front.

‘Cannon Fodder’ for anyone who isn’t aware is compatible with the SNES mouse as well, although it works great with the controller anyway.

That cricket gameplay is gold

YES!!!!! A new ranking video🤟

I have a PAL Super Mario World. Found it in a used book store in Arizona

Lol I knew your face look familiar. You’re that guy that had so much fun, playing shark shark with your friend standing next to u .😂

I can remember there being a ton of outrage for cannon fodder when it was released, feel old now!🤣

You missed all the English Hudson and Konami exclusives. Bomberman 3, twinbee, the fireman etc. All great games.

Love me some Riggs ranking vids. Would love to see Colecovision, SMS & Genesis games get the Riggs ranking treatment one day ;)

As an Australian Super International Cricket was my jam

Love your IT crowd reference 😂

Spirou is also a Belgo-Franco comic like Tintin but from different creators. The graphical style is very different but I understand how they look similar in game form. Both are focused on adventure and have a journalism/investigative theme. But Spirou is more modern in its humor and have more wacky/fantastical characters.

While CANNON FODDER and THE HUMANS were PAL exlusives for the SNES, they both were released here in the USA for the Atari Jaguar. In fact, The Humans (released here as Evolution: Dino Dudes) was originally developed for the Jaguar, having initially starting its development as an Atari Lynx game, and then shifted over as a Jaguar project.

Tintim Cartoons are fantastic. Real, real classics with captivating and eye-catching stories for all ages.

John “ catches with jigs,” riggs

Whoa, I have the same confabulation about Waterworld being at my local Blockbuster. The fuck?!

Looking forward to meeting you next week in my home city

TIL John Riggs is a Liverpool fan, hell yes.

I LOVE TinTin. One of my favorite properties. :)

I just deep dived into European exclusives on my emulators, this list is well timed! Cannon Fodder is definitely getting checked out first!

I loved waterworld, I bet I've seen it 20 times. But I had never admitted it to anyone before. LOL

That Winter Gold seems hella impressive, that probably would have been popular here. Surprisingly good frame rate and playability for a game of that type since most of these games were like half the frame rate.

I dont know what's going on with your play of Sensible Soccer but it's one of the best football games pre-Fifa and International Superstar Soccer. I'd argue it IS the best football game pre-FIFA and ISS. The best version was Sensible World of Soccer for the Amiga - you could play 20 seasons of a career.

I played Cannon Fodder on my DOS PC growing up. It was a lot of fun, though I doubt it would control as well with a SNES pad.

Ahhh a fellow man of culture... Riggs, I don't have you pegged as an IT Crowd fan... Black Books and Father Ted are gold too.

I remember those blue guys... The Smuffs as she calls them

I’m not your buddy, PAL. I need to grab Drop Zone. Didn’t realize there were so few PAL exclusives.

Played Canon Fodder 1 and 2 on Dos back in the day. Amiga/Dos game ported here. nice.

I'm pretty sure there was a Waterworld SNES here in the US. I'm pretty positive I rented it from Blockbuster. I definitely remember playing that game.

Probably should wait 'til the end to comment, but Cannon Fodder was originally an Amiga game, and supports the Mario Paint mouse.

After you play International Superstar Soccer Deluxe, you will know the real measuring stick for soccer games.

We NEED a live action R rated Hong Kong Phooey movie where Hong Kong himself is CGI but voiced by Samuel L Jackson!

LOVE the Scarf Riggs!!!! YNWA Have fun. in jolly ole England

Dropzone was on the C64. I've always thought it came after Defender, but we're talking months only.