Grim reapers freaking out scared the shit out of me as a 5 year old child of NES.

Kid Icarus is one of the few games that's harder at the beginning than the end. Why? Because you're trying to crawl your way out of hell in order to get up to heaven.

When I see a Arcus vid: “And clunk”

Ahh the good ol days.....when I could never beat this game!

One of my all-time favorite games.

Love watching you and lackattack, so calm , collected, and just good ol speedrun fun

I struggled asking myself why I can’t stop watching your videos... yeah, it’s the humming. Awesome dude.

Love the classic nes games. Born in the 80s. The absolute time aged 😎!

Please, keep these videos coming!

34 years ago, I never noticed Rygar and the Greeks shared door styles. 😁

One of the greatest accomplishments of my life was finally beating Kid Ick a few years ago, 30 years. after I first played it

Thanks for the cool speedrun of Kid Icarus 👍

Excellent speed run!

Nice, a good way to end my day.

Keep up the good work bud, you’re the sickest!!!

I beat this game as a kid, it was sooo tough. Those damn, eggplant wizards.

Wow. Two minutes in and you've already made it farther than I could all the times I played this as a kid. I stand in awe of your powers.

I am impressed. Well done dude.

I love the guy who goes 🥜 when approached and the little tune kicks off, dur di dur di dur dur !

I’ve only watched a few of these videos. But each each time, I think I’m probably older than this guy but his badass hat and mustache make me question that. And the badass gameplay. Too cool.

This run is amazing Arcus and u could beat it

i finally get to see all the endings to the games I played as a kid. lol

Dude you are awesome!

Such calming music. It seems easy now, but in 1987 those first few levels were quite difficult. I bet I played 1-1 two hundred times. 3-3 maybe 5 at most.

Man you are the legend of nes games

I LOVED this game back in the day. Spent hours ignoring homework to get to that next level. Love Kid Icarus!

This game is hard as nails. I loved and hated it as a kid. Great run!

My fave speedrunner! Never looked to see if he holds any records... I wouldnt be suprised if he held alot!

When you go into one of the stores, if you hit A&B on the second controller you will get the shop keeper to discount the mech about half price.

Merci pour la vidéo

KI was my 2nd NES game, picked it out myself from KMart. Called it "Kid I-Care-Us" like all the other kids. Never could get past 1-4 until a teenager down the street borrowed it from me and showed me how to use the mallets and go through the maze. Once I got to 2-1 it was smooth sailing. I still have my cart. Fav NES game.

This game is a great example of cryptic NES. Power ups based on an invisible score. This game confounded me as a kid. Super hard

After Checking Summoning Salt's Vid On His Accomplishment, My Respect For Arcus Has Gone Beyond The Peak. I Want To Hug And Thank Arcus For Being Ever So Wholesome And Calm, And Well-composed For The Speedruns He Does. I May NEVER Be Able To Do The Speedruns (Given The Fact That I Am Not Allowed To Speedrun On Emulators, Nor I Have Enough To Afford For An Actual Hardware), But He'll Always Be An Inspiration To Me, For Explaining Why Speedruns Are Important.

Oh man, the tiny dancing cats kill me every time.

oh , this is the nightmares of my childhood

Nice one Arcus, I like your channel because I can watch with my daughter, You are the only one not going AVGN style. Thank You. Zelda 2 was awesome too.

not sure why i like your videos so much but i do so clunk subscribe!

"There is that red brick everyone likes to see." that got me lol.

I like your style.

This makes me want to see you run maru's mission

The Strangest Nintendo IP.

you clunk always icarus good job !

Dear Arcus: i hate speed running i feel it ruins games. However between your nonchalant attitude with something very stressful, your hat, your mustache and your calm cool mentality, is what is making me watch YOUR SPEED RUNS. Thank you. Im so bad at NES games. I was never a good platform gamer unless it was kid chameleon. Oo yeah and the "CLUNK" word you say when you start your run. AWSOME

Another good clunk.

nes nostalgia

I always thought the grim reapers wiggin out was funny

Free hugs!

Love this game. I still think the first board is the hardest! Once you pass first level it’s fun.

this game is torture in the first stage

That was a good bloolooloolooloooo

I remember selling this one at my Best merchandise.. Wasn't a hot seller at all but I actually bought a copy and it was fun as hell

Was this run done with fully upgraded arrows? Just curious, regardless this game is hard as hell. Nice job.

The thing that always irked me about this game Was that while you're given a character with wings, and a staging format built for having wings, you can't fly until very late in the game.

28:11 was...just....too....sweet!!

good clunk

Mash, mash, mash.

Dude, once you learn SMB2 USA you will be HOOKED. Once you get good and can competetively understand/perform the mechanics, you wont want to stop playing it.

Whoa!! You dont look 32. You look sheriff.

Was the initial start button to adjust rng?

I’ve beaten the game a couple times, this year. That’s kind of a big deal for me since I love it so much but sucked so hard at it after 30 years. However...I cannot seem to consistently do that 1-4 wall-warp/slide thing to save my life. I knocked it out after about 20 tries, a couple of weeks, ago. Now, I’m replaying with all my goodies from before and I couldn’t do it after like 40-50 attempts. I eventually f’ed off to get to the boss the hard way. Tips are welcome.

aaaaaand.....clunk ^^

When you died at the level two boss that sucked I was thinking you could’ve grabbed one heart from the eggplant guy and go backwards and grab a chalice .Then in three Dash one I would just duck through the floor and take an Insta death instead of going and refilling at the spring that would’ve saved you like a minute

The level three music is supper cheerful compared to most of the game.

At 1545 game time you jumped in the lava and didnt take damage

So I was this video nd in my head I heard u say "and clunk"

📿🕯

Any tips for a batman player?

Damn this game was brutally hard. Even as an adult. I played this as a child. The stuff of nightmares 😂 To top it off the game designers put in the guys who stuck a goddamn egg plant on your head, pain in the ass bullshit and the little thief's who steal shit from you. Really made my innocent childhood life a living hell. Never did get past the 2nd dungeon as a child. But I stubbled upon the password to get to the final level, I beat it effortlessly. Never experienced any of the level 3 levels first-hand. Metroids making an appearance at 3-3!

I still remember in my childhood (my step sister’s name is daisy)putting this password: Daisy Loves Tattoo Always I will get all weapons and power-ups

Whats Up Everyone!

Aaaand clunk

Only way I ever beat this game was the invincibility code: ICARUS FIGHTS MEDUSA ANGELS.

I never knew there was a horizontal level! I never beat level 1-2.

Who says you can't wear a cowboy hat while speedrunning games? Who ever says that is full of it.

Anyone else remember watching the cartoon that kid Icarus was in lol I'm getting old quickly

N clunk!!

Wu Tang Clan

This is such a deceptively difficult game lol.

does it really count though, if you never even got an eggplant head?

real good game. "thanks for the good luck"? is that what he says?

Still a little obtruse, yae

Redo the ninja gaiden. Or complete another part plz!

Uh GG?

Nvm you did

I quit Zmoking! Yay!

Do a KID NIKKI SPEED RUN..

CAN ANYBODY explain why does he keep dying intentionally?

What are GG'S

Ok. What is a P B ?

Please for the love of GOD WHAT DOES P B MEAN

Guardian angel for me please?

Last boss is weak

Does anyone else find Kid Icarus a fairly boring game. I’ve never played it, but watching it, I have to give props to Arcus as this would never have held my attention long enough to get through the whole game.