Shigeru Miyamoto thought this game was running on a modded SNES as he couldn't believe how good the music was.

Tim Follin really managed to utilize the SNES soundchip's capabilities and made some truly awesome music. I don't think I've seen anyone not like the Beach theme which is just incredible.

You know it wouldn't be a SNESdrunk video without a Ken Griffey Jr. Presents Major League Baseball reference within the first 10 seconds.

Tim Follin is a genius. His music are technical wonders, listen to his early work and you can't even imagine that system ever making that sound. There's a rumor that when Miyamoto heard PLOK's soundtrack, he couldn't believe it was coming out of SNES.

Miyamoto once said the best 2D platforms on the market were Super Mario World, Sonic The Hedgehog, and Plok. He was really keen on this game during development. Don't really remember if that opinion carried on after release.

You nailed it: it's one of the best hidden gems on SNES, the only real problem being how incredibly long it is with no way to save your progress. As a kid I managed to get to the second to last level and by then i was exausted and couldn't do it. Play it with an emulator and savestates and it will be a fantastic experience.

my stepbrother's band is called "mace cove" which is the name of one of the early plok levels.

Plok is a dreamer, a wanderer, a free spirit. He's suave and elegant. He's grade-A, first-class prime cut.

I remember my mom getting this for me when BlockBuster was clearing out old games, and I still have my original copy. I absolutely LOVE this game, it's so wild and creative. Also, the original creators are continuing the game with a webcomic that's still going to this day

Plok aged very good. You can still play it today without any problems. Gameplay, graphics, music, the difficulty, just the whole game design is so beautiful. One of my favourite SNES games 👍

Plok's biggest sin is the lack of a password feature. Once you play the game with savestates, it becomes so, so much better. The biggest reason to play Plok is, yes, the soundtrack. The gorgeous, gorgeous soundtrack.

A spread gun? That sir, is a BLUNDERBUSS. 0/10!!!!!!

Thanks to Tim Follin for this amazing soundtrack!! ❤️ 🎵

Plok is such a gem of a game. The artstyle, the gameplay, the soundtrack and the general feeling of it is just so unique and unforgettable. I liked all those weird and courageous ideas. Especially the idea with playing Plok's grandfather somehow made me feel kind of nostalgic for a past I never experienced, if that makes any sense. Unfortunately I never made it through the whole game, because of those last few vehicle levels, which just weren't my cup of tea. Nevertheless I love watching speedruns of Plok. Adding to this, I just realized that the speedruns in this game are still very competitive, with a new wr just being achieved 5 days ago.

This may be an older video of yours but I found your channel more recently and was like "I wonder if this guy has ever talked about Plok?" And yes you have, and you're pretty generous toward it. I found this in a bargin bin as a kid and the box cover really caught my eye, and the screen shots. I was immediately in love with how amazing it looked, how sharp the controls were and how great the music was.

Plok is the precursor to Jacket from Hotline Miami. A creature of madness and violence, set to the tune of hard synth.

OMFG! I literally freaked when I saw this cause I know I've asked a few times for this!! I LOVED this game as a kid! I rented it every chance I got! The art, the levels, the weird bosses that were giant lips that shot toenails at you(at least that's what I called them) the secret bonus levels/areas, throwing your arms and legs as weapons, I could go on! THANK YOU SO MUCH SNESDRUNK!

It is very fascinating to play, compare and contrast 2D Platform games from the 16-bit era. (clearly the golden age of the genre) Plok is so unique among its peers that simply has to be recognized. Now I think its about time for a play through.

It has the best and most creative soundtrack on the SNES. I think it undersells it a little to compare most of the tracks to Yoshi Island and Turrican, not that they do not have outstanding soundtracks too. This Prog rock comes from insparations of the Moody Blues, Pink Floyd and so many other synth/rock/jazz 70-80's jams sessions.

Plok boss theme is incredible

Fleas take exactly three hits to kill, their color reliably changes each time they take damage. The thing is that they have a big after-hit invincibility time. Interestingly, this timer lasts even longer on the EASY difficulty for some reason, which always made me think the fleas were actually tougher on easy until I figured out that only hits count when they AREN'T flashing. Hits with super weapons seem to bypass the invincibility, too, making them the most effective way to fight fleas.

Plok is the game I think about when someone says Super Nintendo and the intro music is forever burned in to my memory.

Love this game, so glad you finally decided to cover it!

Plok should have been the 1996 Olympics mascot. Everyone loves Plok!

I watched a playthrough of this the other day and I loved it! The captions are hilarious and it looked so fun.

Great review as usual :) Was hoping for it for a long time... Thank you so much for bringing back those memories :)

Ah, another excuse to say "Ken Griffey Jr. Presents Major League Baseball". Never gets old.

I totally forgot about this game!!! Your video just reminded me of its existence. I used to have this game and hated how difficult it was. And the slow start did bore me. I don't know what happened to the game cartridge which is an utter shame. Looking back at this I would def give it another chance and play through. Great video!

I'm surprised you didn't cover this game before. It's certainly one of the most creative and unique SNES platformers, not far behind Yoshi's Island in terms of quality, in my opinion. Yeah, it gets really tough, especially the vehicle levels towards the end, and I think you need more than 2 hours to complete it, maybe 3 or 4

Had definitely never heard of Plok. You learn something new every day. Cheers. 🥂

This was always one of my favorites. My favorite level music was the one in the levels that had those spinning spiky doors, some kind of mountain-y forest I always imagined it. I swore for the longest time that the music in that level was something from Pink Floyd's catalog. Also, I only ever made it to the final boss, did anyone here ever beat it?

I thank you for making this video and I hope you have a great rest of your day

Since you said 'Equinox' and 'Tinstar', I was sure it was going to be a very fun game! Nice video bro' (new fan here)

Love it that you let play the boss music at the end for a while! In terms of "unique and awesome OST's on the SNES" it's right up there with legends like "The Dark Lich" from Secret of Mana (Tanathos battle theme) or "Battle VS. Sinstrals" from Lufia 2. Man, the SNES was not only massive fun in gameplay in so many damn good titles, it also has some musical and still to this day unrivaled bangers in its library as well!

YES!!! I loved Plok as a kid! Such a weirdly awesome game. I do admit the "big bad" is absolutely stupid. Fleas...really? Why not sharks that can run on land like a cheeta and have frickin' laser beams attached to their head! I have a suggestion too. Could you play do a video on Super Widget? That was another game that I was obsessed with. Haha

One of the absolute best SNES-games, with an AMAZING soundtrack. But yes, the game is a slow burner, difficult as hell and the black/white-levels are too long and too many. Still, top 10 in my book.

What a crazy concept. Very intriguing. Very nice visuals.

One of my all time favorite childhood games!

Rented this game back in the day then Got Plok a few years ago for $5 it is difficult but fun I have yet to complete it !!! It's music is very much memorable...!!! Great video thanks for the topic on this title.

Just added this to my ever growing list of "must play" games I never heard of even though I was a big gamer throughout the late 80s and 90s!

Used to own this game. Seeing this video really hits a nostalgic mark with me.

Loved this game when I was a kid! Great review!

Tim Follin soundtrack is A+

Had totally forgotten about that game! I recorded some of the soundtrack to cassette back in the day.

Plok isn't a restroom sound effect? For real, this game looks way more fun than I would've ever given it credit for. Nice review!

One of the greatest underrated games of all time. Others include Congos Caper, Radical Rex, Acrobat, and Cool Spot (yes the old school 7 Up mascot had his own game that was so awesome)

One of my absolute faves

I had this and loved it. I've never met anyone else who played it though!

This is a cool looking game... Never tried it back in the day, but I think I will now. Thanks!

I remember Plok. I rented a few times when I was a kid. Fun times with this game. I don't recall ever finishing it since it was so long, but I remember the music being top notch. One of the better hidden gems on the SNES.

I remember seeing the box cover for this game and would stare at it for so long. There's just so much going on in that picture

This is my favorite snes game, well one of them.. My nostalgia meter goes off.. The music is some of the best

This is one of my favorite snes games of my childhood

Great review.

Oh my god i found it 😂 for nearly 20 years iv been mentioning it but i couldnt remember the name at all😂 when i describe it, "you throw your limbs at people which sometimes you have to find on a coat hangar, an you have to kill fleas" pretty sure people thought id imagined it haha What a game, so so difficult though

had this game growing up! always like it. never got to far in it though it was pretty hard. as a kid anyways...

ngl the story in plok is p unique for the time the first bosses are the ones who take his flag because he's the self-proclaimed king of the island and it's merely a distraction for the rest of the fleas to invade. he's not trying to save a princess or the world, he's just pissed off to have a character who's just trying to work for himself and to have cutscenes and between-level dialogue move him along is honestly really cool in a sea of homogeneous 16-bit mascot platformers

One of my very favorite games as a child. The last levels are frustrating hard though and I never finished it. But still it was nice to look and to listened at!

Ive had this one ever since i was a kid. Such a great game and one of my favorites on the snes. I never got very far as a kid but did manage to get thru it as an adult. Its gotta be one of the few games thats still really cheap that is an incredible game.

This was such a fun colorful little game

I just picked this up about two months back and its a hoot.

I remember Clan of the Gray Wolf talking about this game back in the day

The Boss Music always gave me chills as a kid xD disturbing with the Mouth Bosses haha

It looks awesome! And I belive this would make for an epic speedrun game.

Yes! I still play this!

I completed Plok, looking at the comments I'm 30 plus years later chuffed with myself. It helped a lot that I only had about 4 games so had plenty of opportunity to play it. The music was outstanding and really helped make the game so playable

Excellent and accurate review. If you're a fan of platformers and haven't tried Plok yet, you owe it to yourself to give it a shot.

This was another great video. Very informative review. I don't think I'll be picking this one up though. It just seems all over the place.

Awesome bro

I loved this game as a Kid and still do. It‘s a hidden gem imo

Playing this on the Snes Classic was a treat p

The last time I left a bunch of limbs on a hanger the police showed up and boy was my face red! Great video as always sir Drunk!

Never heard of the game, but it looks impressive. I'm gonna check it out.

cool review never heard of this snes game

3:37 "it takes some balls" It takes some balls to do a review of this game! Subscription earned

Praise Tim Follin

Yup, I have this game and it's very underrated. Music is great, difficulty can be finicky, but I'm glad you mentioned the continue system b/c I'm so tired of having to start over during a game over.

I absolutely love this game, easily in my personal top 5 favourite SNES games. Sure it's balls-to-the-wall difficult, but it just oozes charm and quirkiness so I couldn't help but fall in love with it as a kid. Art style and music is absolutely top notch, loads of variety in game play and level design and I personally thought the challenge made finally beating the game really rewarding (though I definitely would have appreciated a password system!). Fantastic game.

Finally this game gets it's own video after it's been mentioned many times on other Snes Drunk videos. I've been waiting for Plok to get it's own video since I feel it's a really good game and more people need to know about it. Forgot to mention you only earn letters in the Plok counter if you finish the level without losing a life. Or if you find hidden coins. It doesn't take that long to get to where the good stuff in the game is (the second island). The first island's levels are really short and can be even shorter if you clear through one of the bonus level warps. Not only is the music amazing, the songs last longer than most Snes songs.

YES! It's worth playing and it's a great platformer. What's missing is a save system.

Thanks

Great now I got to listen to the soundtrack on my iPod again.

Don't know what it was about this game but I really enjoy it as a kid. Me and my sister played it like none stop. I would even wake up early before school to sneak a play.

Yes! Definitely!

i remember the cover but never played it at all..looks cool

Such a cool game, plus best soundtrack on the super nintendo.

Plok would make for a great cartoon series

This is really one of those gamest that are better played on a modern retro-clone with save-states or an emulator than on original hardware. Don't get me wrong, this game was fun to play back in the days, but it's actually better now with modern hardware!

Pretty underrated game as far as i'm aware, awesome music and colorful world.

I played this game as kid. I was terrible at it and never saw all the things that develop later. The speedrun of it is pretty interesting to watch as some of the intended level warps are extremely difficult for even speedrunners to reliably complete.

You are the best

I've never heard of this one!! Is it just me or does the graphics look AMAZING?

Lol I watched this episode this morning and went to my local game store found the game and bought it!

My cousin had this game growing up and I LOVED it. I recently purchased it for $15aud, a bargain imo. Never finished it then and still haven’t to this day although I haven’t played it on an emulator with save states. Even though it’s aged extremely well, a remake with the ability to save would be amazing.

Nintendo apparently almost published this one, though they did publish TinStar. Probably just a easter egg, but possible a remnant to this original publishing deal, Mario's overalls can be found as a end of stage flag near the start of the game. Plok also showed up in the independently made Atari Lynx game Zaku.

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Great game. Totally underrated.

This is a great game, I'm happy that the retro community has made this game no longer a hidden gem, it's fairly well known now, and you're right that the music is incredible. The music from this game has some of my favorite tracks to relax to.

Hi snesdrunk, I'm snesstoned... Cool videos, keep up the great work bud!

This is the only SNES game I own. I brought it to a party a few years ago, and some of my friends were floored by the soundtrack. Also, Plok is a hangman.