Man, is it me or does this game look INCREDIBLE for the NES? If it had a better color palette, I'd definitely confuse it for an early SNES game.
@homembarata3 жыл бұрын
Yes, that's a very good use of colors for a NES games.
@Splozy3 жыл бұрын
Looks like a master system game
@IllGill3 жыл бұрын
There is a lot of depth to the sprites because they are so big!
@ostiariusalpha3 жыл бұрын
The boss fights aren't quite as epic as would match the rest of the game sadly. Bavmorda was a real disappointment.
@ChibiKami3 жыл бұрын
7 year-old me played it at a friend's house and the wind effects blew my mind. It was such a dramatic effect, and I don't think I saw any game properly try anything like it again until MGS3
@crazyjohnt80123 жыл бұрын
Remember kids...Willow did ocarinas and flying bird friends to carry you around the map before Zelda did.
@ChibiKami3 жыл бұрын
Zelda had the flute that summoned tornadoes in 1986 Much as I love Willow, he can't summon tornadoes
@justinbremer22813 жыл бұрын
@@ChibiKami I think he can call lightning, though
@crazyjohnt80123 жыл бұрын
@@ChibiKami yeah but a bird is far less harmful to summon than a tornado. My house keeps getting messed up everytime I summon one. With a bird I might just get a little poop on my shoulder
@MotherKojiro3 жыл бұрын
And had a sword that slashed, instead of just awkwardly stabbing.
@ThePrufessa3 жыл бұрын
@@ChibiKami great point
@Beelzeboogie3 жыл бұрын
The effort that capcom put into licenced shit was really above and beyond.
@ChargeQM3 жыл бұрын
I want that Capcom back. They're killing it with Monster Hunter and DmC these days, but damnit, give us Mega Man (Legends 3 pls), MvC, and all the other good stuff they've slept on for years. It's bad enough that Konami makes gross fanservice-y Castlevania pachinko machines and nothing else.
@stellaroj3 жыл бұрын
Capcom is doing great stuff these days. Resident Evil 2 and 7 are top-notch, as was Mega Man 11.
@JohnDoe-wq5eu3 жыл бұрын
@@ChargeQM The best news I've heard is that Konami is going to let other people make their games. They've treated their franchises like crap for way too long.
@tealeaf32103 жыл бұрын
@@ChargeQM Is still refuse the existence of that castlevania pachinko machine. There's also a megaman pachinko game (rockman ability) with original designs for the characters and cinematics. There's way too much effort into that one, it's kind of impressive.
@Randomark30873 жыл бұрын
Capcom and Konami made the best licensed games back in the day
@lennywright56553 жыл бұрын
Willow is one of the greatest entertainment licenses nobody under 30 remembers.
@ramrodbldm9876Ай бұрын
Cause it's old af derrrrp
@mikeanderson1370Ай бұрын
@@ramrodbldm9876 I absolutely refuse to believe a movie is "old af derrrrp" just because I was 7 when it came out. 0_O
@cozmicmojo21813 жыл бұрын
NES Willow's no joke. A difficult game, menacing music, excellent visuals. It takes a lot out of you.
@RxMxG Жыл бұрын
This game's musics scared me when I was a kid
@JohnRiggs3 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite NES games. Lots of nostalgia for this one.
@IanDeMartino3 жыл бұрын
Holy crap. John RiggsXSNESDrunk is the crossover I never knew I wanted but now absolutely need.
@LeoRex133 жыл бұрын
Yeah man... really dug this one too! As well as the movie ;) That would make the arcade title the other other Willow for me Lol
@Facusblues3 жыл бұрын
@@IanDeMartino That happened already! Look it up on John Riggs channel. It's the video called "SNES games that should've been on NES" I tried to send you the link but for some reason my comment was deleted.
@ThePrufessa3 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite movies that I never knew had a video game.
@manwithnoname30243 жыл бұрын
I sort of remember this game and I remember enjoying it. I loved the movie. Aren’t they making a sequel soon?? Ugh I know but I’ll watch it.
@nixneato3 жыл бұрын
I think we take the quality of your videos for granted. So I'll just remind everyone they're just great :)
@MM6D3 жыл бұрын
About that...
@Ravenford3 жыл бұрын
Good review, but ... that there is no object or spell with which to recover life until almost the end of the game? The Healing Mace can be obtained from a house in the first town you encounter in the game, allowing you to regain life at the cost of a few magic points.
@FormalTreehouse3 жыл бұрын
Very true, but that healmace is super easy to miss; if you just fight Bogarda without first getting the wood shield and THEN talking to the elder of Dew, the elder never gives it to you.
@Ravenford3 жыл бұрын
It is true that there is such a possibility, although I have never seen it so "super easy", although not unlikely. It may be because the moment I received the shield and they explained to you that you should speak to the chiefman, I quickly went back to visit the houses that I knew were inhabited, specifically the only two with unique portraits. The clues and instructions that the game leaves for you are so clear and exact compared to, for example, Simon's Quest or Zelda1, that it gives me the feeling that to skip something you should not have been paying attention or wandering aimlessly avoiding talking to the NPC.
@FormalTreehouse3 жыл бұрын
I remember doing it on my second playthrough...spoke to the chief first and then the shield guy, did well enough fighting that I never needed the mace, and didn't check for it until after beating Bogarda. Some players might not realize the chief's text changes after recieving the shield...especially those who just gloss over the text because they'd like to get to the next action part.
@j0nnyism2 жыл бұрын
Yea don’t miss the mace. It makes the game almost bearable. Almost
@MotherKojiro3 жыл бұрын
I was going to mention the Healmace that the chief of the second village gives you as an early healing spell, but since someone beat me to it, I just want to say that this Willow has one of the best adventuring tunes ever.
@MrTableDesk3 жыл бұрын
God the sound that monsters made when they appeared, mixed with the backgrounds suddenly coming to life used to scare the crap out of me as a kid.
@therealmccoy153 жыл бұрын
I thought I was the only one. I remember being around 4 or 5 and walking around the village with it's happy go lucky music playing then encountering some of the enemies with the music suddenly changing definitely gave me goosebumps. It's funny when I think about it now.
@MrTableDesk3 жыл бұрын
@@therealmccoy15 yeah, it's definitely hilarious looking back on it now. You're not alone in that though, for a little kid, that's spooky as hell. Like out of nowhere spooky music starts, the world starts wobbling around, and skulls start popping up from the ground, lol.
@greenskiis3 жыл бұрын
What scared me the most were some of the faces for the portraits. Bavmorda's facial expression in her portrait shown in this video is frightening for 8-bit hardware.
@PaulRoneClarke3 жыл бұрын
I hope Warwick Davis is getting his royalties for this.
@j0nnyism2 жыл бұрын
Nope. He was paid about 10p for willow. Unfortunately the prejudice in those days affected pay packets as well as everything else
@princesssprinklesthecat41922 жыл бұрын
Oh hes not even human hes a midget
@mikeanderson1370Ай бұрын
The high majority of time, actors don't own rights to anything created in a film, because they didn't create it. The character, Willow, wasn't created by Warwick Davis. He was a paid actor, paid to represent that character. It's called "work for hire", and it is what it sounds like. You get paid for work. And it's usually a flat fee. George Lucas, Ron Howard, Bob Dolman & Nigel Wooll got rich from it, though. :)
@mikeanderson1370Ай бұрын
@@j0nnyism They hired a TON of people for Willow, and they had a low budget (not super low, but low enough that they felt they couldn't offer a ton of money, considering they had to pay Val Kilmer and Billy Barty, and a few other big names). Warwick's low pay had less to do with prejudice and more to do with budget. The fact is, he got the role because George Lucas wrote the story specifically for Warwick. They had been doing the Star Wars stuff. Warwick played Wicket. Lucas had a lot of respect for Warwick and rewrote an older story of his specifically for Warwick to play the lead role. Lucas had practically begged Warwick to do it. Warwick had mutual respect for George, so he accepted. But, Warwick was only a teen while filming the Star Wars stuff. Willow was a dad, and a bit aged. George needed to wait many years for Warwick to be old enough to fit the part well. It was about 15-17 years worth of planning, on George's part. lol (he came up with the concept for Willow in the early 70s, but needed a short person for it. It was called Munchkins, at the time. When they filmed the Star Wars stuff was when he watched Warwick acting and changed his entire premise of the story to fit Warwick...ending with Willow releasing in the late 80s)
@PaulRoneClarke29 күн бұрын
Residuals then...
@edmaned213 жыл бұрын
I never get tired of you saying, thanks for watching and have a great rest of my day. I love your content, keep up the great work my friend.
@owenitzura3 жыл бұрын
Ahhh, Willow on the NES! One of my favorite games on the platform. As a kid it blew me away on how good it was! I remember that I used to be scared of playing because the monsters would appear so suddenly on the map, the wind would blow and the music would change to a very menacing tune! The caverns also made me so nervous! To this day, it's a game that I love and still own my NES cartridge. Too bad a lot of people don't know about it or haven't played it because it's an "adaptation" of a movie. It's a real treasure every NES fan must play.
@ramrodbldm9876Ай бұрын
So basically you're saying you were/and still are a betawimp
@Galahaddruid3 жыл бұрын
Sometimes I get amazed how advanced some NES games were for their time of release. This looks awesome. I should pay more attention to NES as a source of good gaming experiences. Thank you for raising awareness of those titles SNES drunk!
@Ghennesph3 жыл бұрын
I remember getting the healing spell pretty early. really hard to keep track of where you are and where you're going though. I'd call it overall mediocre, but has some very impressive stuff for NES, and for it's time it was probably quite competent.
@thecunninlynguist3 жыл бұрын
It definitely is! Willow is also still worth watching today!
@johnm39073 жыл бұрын
I watched it a while back yeah its still good. Trolls and the part where all army turns to pigs is still scary ha
@ChibiKami3 жыл бұрын
written by George Lucas back when he took feedback, directed by Ron Howard who is always on point, and exceptionally well acted by an excellent cast. Totally worth watching today though after you watch it, see if you can track down the novelization; it adds some scenes and fills in a few blanks based on extraneous material for example, what happened to Willow's third acorn: on the boat to Fin Raziel's island Willow had to fight a sea monster. He used an acorn there and the entire sequence is skipped in the movie
@ArcaneAzmadi3 жыл бұрын
@@ChibiKami That sea monster sequence was shot, but was cut from the finished film, which is why Willow's hair is inexplicably wet in the next scene. The scene is apparently included on the blu-ray release.
@JohnDoe-wq5eu3 жыл бұрын
@@ArcaneAzmadi Very cool.
@ChibiKami3 жыл бұрын
@@ArcaneAzmadi neat. Was wondering if it was deleted footage or merely storyboarded
@StarRightStarTight3 жыл бұрын
For decades I’ve had that town theme randomly pop into my head. Glad to know I’m not the only one!
@presidentsnow73153 жыл бұрын
This was an exceptionally good NES game, and one of my favorites to this day.
@mendez7043 жыл бұрын
Rented this game when I was a kid, and It became one of my prefered ones in the NES.
@raym14773 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite games, based on one of my favorite movies. Shame the arcade game never got a console port. Capcom needs to give this the "DuckTales Remastered" treatment (along with Little Nemo and Darkwing Duck).
@RetroKiwiDad3 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite childhood movies with two great games attached to it. The soundtrack is also what always brings me back to this gem.
@joaodeoliveira-diaz75743 жыл бұрын
This is the first time the video game character matches the height of the actual actor
@Davtwan3 жыл бұрын
This might be one of the highest quality pixel art I’ve ever seen on the NES.
@zachw25383 жыл бұрын
This and Batman Return of the Joker are probably 2 of the best
@reasonforliving31743 жыл бұрын
Check out The Guardian Legend & Faxanadu as well
@tchitchouan3 жыл бұрын
Have you even seen guardian legend
@tacoenvy3 жыл бұрын
Man I loved this movie as a kid. General Kael was so badass looking with that helmet and armor. Great costumes and armor designs in that movie. At 2:33 under Magic there’s an Ocarina which instantly makes me think of Zelda.
@RetroKiwiDad3 жыл бұрын
Looks like Zelda also took some inspiration from Willow.
@zachsouza77773 жыл бұрын
Airiks gauntlet sword thing was super badass too. the easily a top childhood movie for me.
@johnm39073 жыл бұрын
The scene where everyone turns to pigs is still scary
@sufianramli80173 жыл бұрын
@@johnm3907 I still remember it. Had freaking nightmares
@aztekno20123 жыл бұрын
The music at Bavmorda's castle is a masterpiece!!!
@d3ath8ybac0n43 жыл бұрын
Underrated movie and underrated game.
@JELazarus3 жыл бұрын
I just played through Willow not long ago. Soundtrack is a BANGER. One of the better NES action RPGs. And in the era before the internet, without the strategy guide, I remember it being tough as a youngster. Love it. Great review.
@adamraimond24273 жыл бұрын
I'm surprised that you didn't bring up any of the enemy design... especially that one that spams the spell that turns you into a pig and won't let you leave the screen until you turn back to normal. SOOO annoying; although it doesn't ruin the game in the end.
@iammisterjake3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, that enemy was a nightmare Indeed. However if you get the Devileye sword, magic enemies are more easy to kill.
@tomwaters50903 жыл бұрын
He can't turn me into something I already am.lol
@dxqx37943 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: Tokuro Fujiwara, the director of this game, gave us many Capcom classics. He was behind Ghosts 'n Goblins, Commando, Bionic Commando, and Sweet Home. He also conceived of Resident Evil as a remake of Sweet Home. If you look at Sweet Home (which was released the same year as Willow) it uses the same core engine and is a fantastic game. Unfortunately we only have access to the fan translation as it has never been released in the West.
@joshuaschmidinger39933 жыл бұрын
Love the nes and grew up with it and remember playing willow(I loved capcom and all their games, this is when they were a straight powerhouse, now they can be hit and miss)I could play nes and snes all day today and not even miss the current gen haha. Just love the way they did things, also ps1 😊❤🔥👏 thanks for this, just seeing the screens and like you mentioned, the music(in nes games as a whole)just awesome. I still hum alot of them now and they have inspired parts in my own music as well 😊👍
@john-uf4jh3 жыл бұрын
Willow is so much nostalgia for me even tho i never got very far as a kid and that music is still awesome!
@kornsin3 жыл бұрын
Put many, many hours into this game. It was deeper than I expected and I was already a huge fan of the movie.
@grim6753 жыл бұрын
I literally bought a cart of this at a pawn shop today! Then 3 hours later this video is recommended to me...spooky!
@TheReNesance3 жыл бұрын
I love this game and feel lucky to have nostalgic memories attached to it. My only small gripe is how it's a bit cryptic regarding where to go/what to do in a few spots, but easily overlooked.. And you're dead on about the soundtrack. Absolutely killer tracks from top to bottom.
@chiissu3 жыл бұрын
Imagine: Willow Vs the Leprechaun! Starring Warrick Davis in a dual role like Austin Powers!
@ffxiarcadius3 жыл бұрын
You're high . . Madmartigan vs Iceman though . . bare knuckles, I'd vote for that
@applememesboom50573 жыл бұрын
I played this week ago It's one of a masterpiece
@balkee423 жыл бұрын
Fun game. Cousin had it. Spent many hours/nights playing this one.
@dsnell99403 жыл бұрын
I loved this game as a kid. It seemed like several capcom games like this would go under the radar and end up in bargain bins at walmart. I remember this one, Little Nemo, and Street Fighter 2010 all being random bargain buys that ended up being tons of fun.
@KCUFyoufordoxingme3 жыл бұрын
5:09 I can almost hear Daria sheathing away the extra murderiest of daggers.
@retsz3 жыл бұрын
The soundtrack for this game was awesome. The Advantage does a really good cover of it, too
@newwavepop2 жыл бұрын
it is easily my all time favorite NES game, and one of the top 5 or so games i miss the most from all the various now obsolete systems i have had through the years. i only have 1 complaint about the game, i remember there were two different points in the game where you couldn't really move forward without raising several levels. which basically meant just walking off and back on screen a thousand times to fight the same monster over and over so you could progress.
@4Legacy3 жыл бұрын
Ooh thanks for making my morning. I've always been curious about this game, but never gave it a chance for more than a few minutes.
@dogsbark57503 жыл бұрын
As Zelda was my first love when I was 3, Willow was next. The top down was much easier for a toddler. Its one of my most memorable games in the 80s. Its still an under appreciated game.
@raycerx873 жыл бұрын
I grew up with this game and loved it. Still love it today.
@kirkwalters12283 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!!! Awhile back something had sparked a memory of this game. So when I checked your vids and didn't see anything on it, I searched KZfaq... There were a lot of bad channels to sift through. I finally just gave up lol. This just made my day! Thanks man!!!
@Ray_Wood_19843 жыл бұрын
😅 Hell yes it is! Never played through the entire Willow Arcade but I was lucky enough to get set up to give it a go. Really looking forward to it as it's absolutely gorgeous and the effort put in shines through. Happy Spring everyone! ✌😊
@guymansworth3583 жыл бұрын
Oh my god when that music started at the beginning I got chills. This game was so good for it's time. I'm not sure why it wasn't more popular. About 4 years ago I went back and beat the game and man it felt good.
@jeffersonjjohnson3 жыл бұрын
It went away? I dwell in darkness without you, and it went away?!
@theinfinity7s3 жыл бұрын
Legitimately one of my favorite NES games and one of the best on so many levels. I do hope these games resurface again for the masses to play again.
@hungrygoriya3 жыл бұрын
This is one I have yet to play but I do love everything about it for all the reasons you've mentioned here. Nice work!
@zombiecrusher11003 жыл бұрын
I had this when I was a kid and enjoyed every moment of it.
@BrilliantBenGaming3 жыл бұрын
My brother and I were just sending each other Willow GIFs and then you posted this. I unfortunately never got to play any of the Willow games as I kid but I watched the movies tons.
@TheMultiGunMan2 жыл бұрын
I just picked up this game on eBay. I'm looking forward to playing it after watching your review. Thank you very much for the video.
@SuperUTubeLogin3 жыл бұрын
I loved this game but never managed to beat it until last year. It is one of those games that essentially has a timer in it because you can't beat it without completely leveling up Willow. You have to either be enormously good at the game or you have to max out your level to beat Bavmorda.
@Webhead1233 жыл бұрын
I first played this game at Nintendo Powerfest 1990 and it was one of the few impressions that really stuck with me for years afterward. I was a fan of the movie, so the idea of playing an adventure/RPG of it on NES was really appealing. I only ever managed to rent it once after that, never finished it and never managed to go back to it (the SNES came out shortly thereafter) but, to this day, it's one of the NES games I remember having the most anticipation for. I'll have to give it proper service and finish it one of these days.
@CaptRobau3 жыл бұрын
Id love to see more videos about multiple games on SNES, NES or Genesis, etc. games. Those are my favourites. Weird categories and stuff like that.
@DeltronZed Жыл бұрын
I always loved this game. The music was amazing. Listen to the music in the background of this video and how it starts to show its chops around 2:18. The music from this game still runs through my head to this day and I find myself humming it. Fun game and well made, even if not totally true to the movie.
@cookieskoon20283 жыл бұрын
This is one of my very favorite NES games and one I always recommend to any young gamers enthusiastic about the platform. The graphics are amazing for the time without a doubt and the game under it is spectacular too. Nockmaar castle theme remains among my favorite NES tracks, although I do wish the run time of the game's music was longer. I still replay this on occasion, and happily. It's one of my comfort games.
@carn95073 жыл бұрын
I do love those animated tiles of grass and trees blowing in the wind.
@FinWalrus3 жыл бұрын
I played this as a kid and loved it. Couldn't beat it, but watched a friend do it instead. The game itself was impossible to find when I was a kid, my friend borrowed it of one of his friends, who had the only copy we had ever run into.
@6sKi6z63 жыл бұрын
I'm glad you pointed it out because the first thing I think of when I remember this game is the soundtrack.
@Adjo19913 жыл бұрын
I was surprised he didn't mention anything about the cover art for the game
@whompyjawed21253 жыл бұрын
Recently purchased this one off of Ebay and it still holds up. It's still as fun as I remembered it was 30 years ago.
@brianseier4074 Жыл бұрын
You failed to mention it had no map. My brother and I had to stay in my grandparent's basement in 1992 for 3 months while my parents split. During that time we mapped out the entire game one screen at a time on my accountant grandfather's graph paper cause we had nothing else to do. We taped the edges together and when it was all together it covered the floor of the family room. It took us almost the whole 3 months, but without a map, the game has so much backtracking it's ridiculous. The grass and trees reminds me of the Mana series and Sieken Densetsu., but there's never quite been a game like this one. Hold's a very special place in my heart.
@jasonshiers57713 жыл бұрын
Loving SnesDrunks voices lately.
@opaljk48353 жыл бұрын
I haven’t finished it yet, but it’s definitely a high quality game. I feel like you get the healing spell/rod by the time you’re in the 3rd town or so, and not so much toward the end of the game.
@DecepticonLeader3 жыл бұрын
It's in the second town after obtaining the wooden shield. The chieftain will give it to you if you have that shield.
@lordmoldybutt63613 жыл бұрын
This is the first time I got to see a video of yours that just came out. My phone refuses to notify me that you upload.
@richanater993 жыл бұрын
I vaguely remember this game, but something that really stands out was getting to a part of the game where I couldn't do any damage to one of the bosses, couldn't figure it out, then gave up.
@afk4lyf3 жыл бұрын
I LOOOVED this game and I never understood why all of my friends hated it. I'm happy to see a good review on it! And like you said, that music... It get's stuck in my head every time I hear it. My only major gripe was the passwords save system.
@robmichael81363 жыл бұрын
That town theme stuck in my head for years. Great soundtrack
@shooby94963 жыл бұрын
All of my favorite childhood NES games were mentioned in this video. Willow, Crystalis and Faxanadu.
@darthphayde5083 жыл бұрын
Haven't heard the music in over 25 years, but instantly stuck in my head again lol.
@Adamniezgodzki3 жыл бұрын
That soundtrack was awesome. One of the best in the 8bit era in my opinion.
@sstteev3 жыл бұрын
I own this game and played it once several years ago and completely discounted it (I think because of the slow swording and Nintendo Hard combination), but this video has convinced me to give it another go some day. All right, I want to thank you for making videos and I hope you have a great rest of your day!
@cbthomas9093 жыл бұрын
The arcade Willow was awesome. I'm glad it got a brief shout out here.
@heavysystemsinc.3 жыл бұрын
Willow's okay, I found it a little tedious toward the end. I just wanted to finish it, but it kept doing that 'plateau' thing. You know, where it feels like it's the end of the game over that next hill, and it turns out it's a plateau and in front of you is another hill. Rinse and repeat. I did like the 'feel' of leveling up in this game, how when you get a new sword you must get strong enough to swing it worth a smack. Then when you're all awesome with it, you can quickly just smash through foes.
@francischambless59192 жыл бұрын
finding the swords I really didn't feel this is too much of a problem. I still to this day love the idea of having a more powerful sword but at a cost to how much damage in total in addition to slow swinging. Makes you need to perfect that timing prior to it becoming easy. Now I did feel this way regarding the shields. Just as soon as you get one, you're trading it up for the next. Now that I'm older and very familiar with the game, this comes off far worse than how fast you move through the swords. The highest levels only seem tedious now, when you breeze through most all the game and only want to bump your level up so that the best sword is swung with ease. Otherwise I still love the game.
@seafoamshame13 жыл бұрын
I recently got a haul of NES games from my cousin and Willow was one of the games in the haul. I'm excited to get it cleaned and try it out.
@andrewvevera36503 жыл бұрын
My favorite memory of beating this game was during the credits when the wyllow theme music played for a quick moment.
@KROMO503 жыл бұрын
Favorite movie growing up!! Drunk your voices are on fire.. and for the second year in a row the Oscar goes to Drunk
@DerUntergangRush3 жыл бұрын
It's more fun toward the middle than the loooong beginning and the dull end stage.
@jesusflores-dc2mw3 жыл бұрын
Great review! This is one of those good games that I didn't beat back in the day, one more for my backlog. Keep up the good work!
@legionarybooks133 жыл бұрын
Loved this game as a kid, and it is one of those that still (mostly) holds up today. My only real complaint is that it is EXTREMELY grind-heavy, to the point that it gets a bit tedious later in the game. I do have to agree about the soundtrack, as it is pure 8-bit awesomeness. The music when you first reach Bavmorda's castle is hauntingly ethereal and I would love to hear a modern reprisal.
@TheGryf0xxx3 жыл бұрын
I've seen this game over and over, I need to go ahead and pick it up. Looks like a fun time to playthrough.
@brott-s4h3 жыл бұрын
This is great to see this game getting some exposure! I speed run this game and it is actually quite a lot of fun!
@Pulsed1013 жыл бұрын
This looks more enjoyable than most 2020 AAA games. Emulators save me so much money. Amiga, SNES, PS1 and PS2, XBOX1, MSDOS, so much abandonware. I really can't wait for PS3 "Dantes Inferno", that game was nuts. But an online remake of "Dust 514" would be insanely sweet, that game was so good !!!
@soterioncoil21633 жыл бұрын
Willow would make an excellent title to port to consoles. I'd pick it up and play it again.
@sambollmann19333 жыл бұрын
Just restarted this game recently, and it definitely still holds up. Thanks for the videos!
@PwnySlaystation013 жыл бұрын
I haven't played this game since I was a kid, when it was "new". But I still get that song stuck in my head all these years later, I just didn't know where it came from until now
@MurderWho3 жыл бұрын
If there's one thing I'll bring up, it's the map layout. The maps are all mazes. They're usually just grids, so pretty easy to find your way around each map segment at least, but to find treasures and often to find what needs to happen next, you need to explore every single screen. And they're fairly large. It's worse than the usual NES fare by a good amount, esp. since the close comparison is Zelda, where the dungeons are, well, dungeons, where each room matters in most dungeons. If you already have maps in Willow, you can easily skip, I'm going to guess >80% of the screens.
@kekeke89883 жыл бұрын
Not every screen matters in dungeons in Zelda. There are lots of extra keys, extra rooms (including pointless locked doors). Have you played it recently?
@MurderWho3 жыл бұрын
@@kekeke8988 If you'd played Willow recently, you might see my point. Most maps in the game are MxN grids or slight variations thereupon. It often manages to be maze-like only through sheer length, between-floor transitions, and exactly identical rooms. In Zelda 1, even the 'empty' rooms play a specific role in the dungeon design, if not for the player, and often they also play a map-role in terms of symmetry and shape. At the very worst, a room in a dungeon matters because the shape of the dungeon matters. Most of the rooms in Willow play neither a room specific role, not even to the point of merely delaying the player, neither do they play a specific map role, as symmetry isn't a feature, relative placement in the map is meaningless, and there are no special map shapes. The only role that most of the rooms have, is the meta map role of making the maps large enough that the player can get lost in a simple grid shape.
@mathewm62943 жыл бұрын
I got this game for Christmas in 1990. I loved this game dearly, next to Super Mario 2 and 3 it was my favorite game.
@deprogramr3 жыл бұрын
Absolutely loved this game as a kid. It's a great game. If I had some extra time, and hadn't finished this game like three times already in my life, I'd play through it again.
@CarletonTorpin3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for that cover thumbnail. It is beautiful.
@mikethered1233 жыл бұрын
Willow was a great Blockbuster/Video Store classic because of that archaic password system. It was nigh impossible to beat such a game on wits alone in 2.5 days back in the late 80s. You needed a guide, and even still, most people didn't have the killer gamer instinct they do now. The password system allowed you to hop right back into your adventure, even if someone else snagged the game for a weekend while you were at your grandma's house (and might have erased your save game if battery backup was the method).
@Soulintent953 жыл бұрын
The constant moving grass and trees is really cool. Pretty sure its difficult for the nes to do that many moving tiles at once. Real nice. Reminds me of witcher 3 a bit.
@Benni-rp9or3 жыл бұрын
I loved the arcade version of Willow and was so put off at how different this was that, sadly I didn't give this version a real chance. Seeing you review it makes me want to give it another try. Maybe this weekend. Really great videos, btw.
@GregsGameRoom3 жыл бұрын
I rented and beat this back in the day and have been wanting to play it again ever since. It’s a very accessible RPG for people who don’t typically care for RPGs.
@g.n.kgaming7253 жыл бұрын
Its about time someone is talking about this amazing game.
@tomwaters50903 жыл бұрын
Well now thank you for getting it stuck in my head!!! I really appreciate that SNES Drunk!!!
@joshrebstock3783 жыл бұрын
Good stuff Snes Drunk, you should do more NES games reviews. Now that you have covered every SNES game ever made, lol. Love the channel, keep up the good work.
@SNESdrunk3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for taking the time to watch Josh, I do have a few more NES game Patreon requests like Ultimate Stuntman and Mission Impossible, those should be coming up soon
@-haso3 жыл бұрын
I played this game 30 years ago and still have the tunes stuck in my head.
@Bass0808883 жыл бұрын
Great videogame reviews dude! Really entertaining, you bring back memories of videogames I played long time ago. Would be really nice if create a list of best and worst licensed snes and/or nes videogames. Great work dude!