Dope beat starts at 36:50

The spectre of Nobunaga's Ambition II, and Nobunaga's Ambition: Lord of Darkness loom ominously.

I think we are slowly seeing that you are a mad scientist. No sane person would play this kind of strategy game on the NES.

I personally don't mind the sports games being peppered throughout. Something about mixing genres in the same video is kinda fun.

Only three games were compatible with the Famicom keyboard and cassete data recorder which were bundled together. Excitebike, Wrecking Crew and Mach Rider. Between that and ROB, Nintendo very early on cemented its policy of bringing out peripherals and immediately dropping support. Remember that official microphone that only worked with Animal Crossing on the Wii and a handful of third party sports games

Of all the companies to have survived since the 8 bit era, it always blows my mind (in a good way!) that a niche strategy publisher like Koei was one of them.

"Tokugawa takin' all yo shit" historically accurate.

36:50 is where the science REALLY happens

As a fan of Koei strategy games, you did a good job figuring how to play the first Nobunaga no Yabou NES game, Jeff

100 being the highest number possible for IQ is hilarious

I wish I could reroll to set my IQ

As I said on the Action 52 review, thank you for your sacrifice Jeff. As someone who played StarCraft 64 because I didn’t have access to a PC to play it on, I understand the frustration of playing a game meant for keyboard and mouse on a Nintendo controller… a NES strategy game like this seems like a fucking mess. Impressive that they did it, but in no way the ideal way to play it.

Something not mentioned a lot here is that this generation of games expected you to read the manual. We're used to in-game tutorials being the standard for the past 20 years, but in these days, especially for strategy games, the manual was essentially required. This isn't to say I don't trust the science. Jeff is the master. BUT he's playing a lot of games totally raw that would have probably faired better having read the instructions.

God bless you and God bless the science, Jeff. Feel like we’re going to need a two hour show dedicated to when you get to Bad News Baseball.

I'm much more of a Romance of the Three Kingdoms guy, but I've never had the guts to play the old stuff on the NES before, so I haven't seen much of KOEI's stuff from this era. Nobunaga's Ambition already makes little sense to me, but you add in all the console limitations, and this looks baffling to try and play. I had a good time with this, and I appreciate the science. Only like 9 more of these KOEI games to go on the NES!

I don't often point out Jeff's shirts, but there's a satisfaction in knowing he's down with PLUMMCORP RECORDS.

Romance of the Three Kingdoms II is an excellent NES strategy game. It is better than Duck Hunt.

Takeda looks like Carl from Aqua Teen Hunger Force

Important to remember how out of reach computers were at this time for most people. Even a janky-ass NES control scheme would've been appreciated by people who couldn't afford/understand computers. I bet a certain audience would've been thrilled to have this available.

I just picture some Dad in the 80s getting way into this when everyone else is asleep. Chasing it with some Kurosawa LaserDiscs to maximize the vibe. But yeah, this was a weird one. Kind of interested in the franchise but not ready to jump in with both feet.

It’s almost July 4th and you choose a KOEI historical simulation game that isn’t Liberty or Death?

Can't wait for the Dragon Warrior 3 & 4 in depth looks, interested to see how the science weighs the storyline ambition and overall influence those games have against the lack of really any visual/presentation upgrades from the first game. In my heart they are both top 20 games on the system but I haven't played the NES versions in a long time

1:28:38 It’s been a long time but if I remember correctly, Conflict on the NES allowed you to select the spot you wanted to move to then saying “go there.”

Bonus episodes with more historical "science data and research" for extra tidbits on titles that help the NES games get listed and why. For example Double Dragon 2 and the porting comparisons. The opening scene where blam marriane gets blasted in the beginning. Seeing that and showing why the nes version failed. Or the music in phantasy zone and the gameplay differences. Odd ball context to show why the port failed or succeeded. I hope I am making sense. I would love that content.

My mom and her friend "Fat Dan" would spend insanely long amounts of time playing this

I am going to watch the entirety of this on my second monitor, but the music will drive me insane. This I already know.

I remember wanting this game when I was a kid. Trying to imagine myself at 10 trying to figure this out hurts my brain. Then again, as a kid I had a lot more time on my hands and I learned how to play AD&D, so…. Actually, Jesus, I was 14 in 1989. I always think of the last few years of the 80’s as me being like 10-12.

So this is Total War Shogun.

Hopefully you'll do a full episode for the legend of zelda. It is definitely the best game of all time on the NES

Lol you need to break out some dope beats like this more often!

Didn't one of the King's Quest games make it onto the NES?

Nobunaga's Ambition is in my top 20 Nes games, but it certainly isn't for everybody.

I can’t wait to see which is better, Wizardry: Proving Grounds Of The Mad Overlord or Wizardry II: The Knight of Diamonds.

3:57 Nobunaga

Soon as Jeff ran out of rice I knew we where in trouble.

Then on with the game! Lord, plague has come!

*puts on lab-coat* Alright Jeff, I'm ready for science.

I'm looking forward to Uncharted Waters, another game put out by KOEI.

banger video title, i laughed

Jeff, take this game cart to the landfill in New Mexico where Atari buried the E.T. games and dispose of it.

The subtitles say it's No Bananas Ambition - but are they accurate?

This is so odd, I see the video in the NES playlist, but not the latest videos for the channel

1:23:55 When Nobunaga gets a little too ambitious

Consider taking a break and playing Color a Dinosaour.

Some of these videos with repetitive grating music would really benefit from Jeff just turning them down a bit. Love the vids otherwise but this music is rough.

Jeff's shadow is shedding skin, his old muscles looking for a clue

I think I was the only person who liked this game.

tell me all about Lu Bu and the yellow turban rebellion, Jeffu

Listen, this is called Ranking the NES, not ranking some of the NES. Keep it pure Jeff. We need one official list. Don't Zelda timeline this.

what am i watching

I can’t read what’s going on in every screen of this game, it looks like it’s glitching out. I gotta skip this one.