This music... my childhood. This goes deep, I get emotional to be honest. The whole universe didn't matter when I woke up early and turned on the NES. It was pure living

I remember being 5 years old playing this one Saturday morning in my older brother's room, my parents were away for a funeral and he was babysitting me. He made lime Jell-O, and brought me some in my favorite TMNT Shell cereal bowl... Ah, the early 90's! What a time.

This was 1% Iron, 1% sword, and 98% jumping.

At :6:18 I have always been impressed with this eagle animation. It just goes to show that even with seriously limited hardware the NES was capable of doing great things in the hands of skilled people.

It's actually impressive how every different weapon and physical item the player gets (helmet, shield) appears in the knight's sprite. That's some good attention to detail for a platformer like this.

The soundtrack for this game is fantastic!

this game had some of the best music on NES

This video brings back so many great memories from my childhood. This was one of those games that my friends and I would occasionally pick up and play for about an hour before being beat into the ground by the difficulty. We would usually make it to the first boss in the clouds but that was about it. Then, after a couple years of playing, we finally had a breakthrough and were able to make it all the way to the fire world boss. It was super gratifying to make it that far in a game like is before the age of online guides. Great game

I like how the intro says you're the greatest warrior from such and such land, but you come to this place with no money and little gear.

man I remember how LONG it took me to figure out what to do the first time I played this but I had a lot of fun with it and it remains one of my top 5 NES games

I love how a generic axe is better (an upgrade) than a sword made of fucking diamond.

6:16 always thought the hawk flapping to the beat of the music was the coolest thing ever

Such an underrated series. All three Wizards & Warriors games are a lot of fun.

that cloud music slap so hard!!! love it!

I know, I've played this game for countless hours in my youth, that this is a difficult game. You play it very well, and you got good skill as an old school gamer. Cheers to you! Well played!

Thanks for the video! For some reason this was one of my favorite NES games in the golden 8bit time... I liked it more than its the prequel.... I gotta say that the player missed many "secret rooms" in this game play. I still remember them crearly from the beginning of 1990's

Love the title theme so much; wise decision to let it play out before starting!

I always liked messing with that shop keeper and getting kicked out over and over

Wow. Beating the final four without dying. That is a feat.

I was always drawn to Wizards & Warriors II more, seemed like this one was more fun than it's first. The first one use to drive me batty with frustration. Sometimes Wizards & Warriors was way too hard for it's own good but man what a reward if you could get far.

That's the really first videogame that I remember so far... I was like 4 or 5 years old ! I always remembered the level design and the colors of the first level, the music theme, the birds, wooooooow the music theme is nearly exactly like in my memories ! I'm 31 btw :') so much feels right now...

Brooo I loved this game so much as a kid

I love the final battle/ending music. It's not foreboding like "Will you win?", but "You WILL win!"

Omg I remember playing this as a kid so much memory awesome game

You are unusually good at the skull drop game. I'm impressed.

Thanks so much for uploading! I never owned this, but rented it a lot and always loved it. This whole franchise was seriously underrated.

I think one of the awesome things about this game is that you can play it over and over and always discover some new hidden cavern you missed in a previous playthrough,

Love how the familiar spell features the 'Have a Nice Day' smiley as well as the shop keepers carrying you out by the neck...lmao.

that music brings it all back

So many great memories as young boy. Amazing music !

my brother used to play this game. brings back good memories when he and I were little

I loved playing this game so much when I was 6-9. It took me a while to get good at it at first. I could never get to the last level. Thanks so much for uploading it. It brought back a lot of memories. I'd give anything to play this old game on Nintendo again.

I always thought the hero sprite looked like Garfield's owner Jon.

The music is so spellbinding!

One of the most hardest games on NES I have beaten as a kid recall seeing my old friend from my neigborhood beat this- in 1990 the last stage had the most upbeat music the Underwater music ,Water Elemental cave and game over/Store music were the most memorable :D

Had this game as a kid. I finished it all the way through and I must say I enjoyed playing it.

used to love this game as a kid

For whatever reason I had fond memories of playing this as a kid. It took me forever to find it. Thanks for posting this video.

Fav. NES game as a kid. Thanks for posting man.

I played this again about a year ago. What a difficult game! I can’t believe I finished it as a kid!

As a kid in the bronx, it was very uncommon to come across rpg games honestly. The stores jus didnt have em and it wasnt a popular genre in the hood, so to speak. But man i would have freaking LOVED games like this. I clearly remember goin to staten island around 6 years old, seeing the gold Zelda cart and playing it, i was so mind blown. A bit later my older brothers friend lent me Pokémon Blue and the rest, as you all know, was complete history.

Man this brought back a ton of memories from being a kid. I watched the whole thing with a sense of joy. That was great!!

Holy hell was Ironsword - Wizards & Warriors II a true eye opener here!!! Out of the whole NES Wizards & Warriors trilogy Ironsword - Wizards & Warriors II is definitely the most cryptic off the three (and that's no easy feet compared to W&W 3 either!!!) How would've I've ever known that the Inn gambling in-house game was a crucial element to clock the game?! Find treasure check! Find/buy armour check! Search out spells I get it! But gambling for extra cash when you can't find enough on your travels?! That didn't go with my 9 year old self back in 1988 here!! Oh well the game was truly innovative and out there beyond it's time though. That tavern inn game is so random that I never ever won it so I never played it in now realising that you need to play it in order to win at Ironsword here and the skull that drops into the cups took forever to fall into as well?!! I can't also help but feel that the ending is a tad underwhelming as well after all off the battles here. The level with the underwater elements with the zombies did it for me though but it can be all to easy to miss a crucial chest for spells/equipment from a missed jump as well?! The 1st game is still my favourite of the trilogy but I get why so many people including myself still have fond memories of Ironsword and it's still a fantastic game but it's still too cryptic for kids back then to process though... Ironsword - Wizards & Warriors II is the Dark Souls here and much (if slightly frustrating) love to this game here!!! RAREWARE of today!!! We want a new Wizards & Warriors game out here now!!! Give us long devotees to the franchise and Kuros the knight some peace and closure here!!!!!

I love how Kuros just kind of flails his sword when he attacks.

Awesome brings back my childhood!

Quel plaisir de revoir tout ça !

Baddest warrior in the land? The Shop keeper.

Nes games had the best damn music I could just sit here and chill out to the music

The music was awesome...and bring back all my childhood memories

One of my all time favorites

Man. This makes want to go back and play these games again. I wonder if my NES is still kicking ...

Jag has lit the Kiln of the First Flame🃏

Man your a wizard at this game!! I loved this joint when I was a kid but never beat it nor got far lol. Kudos to you man!

This may be one of the first games I remember ever playing as a kid where I was sane enough to know what the hell I was doing, in the mid 90s.... My god..Nostalgic as heck. I must have been more or less 5 years old. Maybe 6.

i always play that medieval plinko.

As i am watching this i remember how far i got before. I loved this game!!

great video i had an awesome nostalgic time.

One of the greatest games ever imo.. I loved this game. Took me way longer than this because I'd explore every inch though I know what's not there.. Like RE1 & RE2... always felt more accomplished after looking out the window or opening the front door.. I'm getting every chest and gem😃

No one should be this good at Wizards & Warriors TWO

That first level music tho..... ughhh.. so epic

My pleasure. Maybe one day, I'll actually sit down and conquer the third one too.

"Oh, this game looks familiar, I'll watch this." * Music plays* I REMEMBER EVERYTHING!

Loved this game.. played it 100s of times

I always wondered why he jumps like he's on the moon?

Fun and entertaining as a video game should be make another i say thanks.

Every great quest begins with and is explained by "You are *Insert name here*. The Greatest Warrior of All."

I remember getting this, Metroid and Conquest Of The Crystal Palace for Christmas in 1991.

It's a crime Kuros has been forgotten. He had such a simple design, but with a ton of personality. Is normal and jumping stance, the way he shakes his sword, the way he slides. Totally a smashbros DLC waiting to happen.

God this brings back memories, besides the Mario/duck hunt that came with the system this was the second game I got for the nes first being castlevania 2. As a kid when I saw wizards and warriors 2 on the title I thought it was 2 games in one, I tried everything to figure out how to play the "other" game, it wasn't until I was older and rediscovered my nes in my uncles attic that it was a sequel

Dam you David Wise, you always compose so catchy music....

Wow, you play great :) You must've used a trick with the bonus game. Either that or you just know the pattern! Very impressive last boss play as well. Enjoyable run. But you forgot a lot of doors........

No way does that knight look like Fabio.

So many rage quits when i played this...

i can remember the run beating this game long long ago... nothing more satisfying than beating a hard game

Brings back memories......

thanks for the nostalgia

I remember this being my first nes purchase. I never beat it tho'. So I just finished wathing some newer angry video game nerd videos and now i am really itching to beat this game. This soundtrack is engrained in my brain very deep and it seems to have held up well.

Love this game and its music. I need to go back and try to beat it again. I got to the final fight at IceFire, but never beat all 4 of them.

This game was so challenging

Damn bro, that shit was hard... being brought up on that eagle with that music...

Me and my friend played this when were kids water elemental was my favorite tune!

Hello, childhood, we meet again~

Me acuerdo totalmente de este juego¡¡¡ Que difíciles eran, y más siendo niño.

oh my gosh I remember playing this when I was little, got to the part where the four elements come after you. Never got to bet them, they killed me and I had to go back to the beginning. Never had the chance to play it again.... ahh Memories.

What this person did in 44 mins took me the best part of 1 and a bit years

The game cover was the reason I wanted this game. Who knew it was misleading.

To be honest one of my favorite top 5 best nes games know 1 heard of

Familiar spell? I feel like I've heard of it somewhere before...

I remember being a kid owning this game. Once I discovered you can keep your magic spell by shooting the sword piece while jumping over the door, I finally beat the game.

After 20+ years I finally managed to beat this game. Soundtrack is great, but hit detection and constantly respawning enemies are just god awful.

Did anyone else read the credits? How crazy is it that 3 people made this game...

OG dark souls for the NES have all 3 on my snes classic. Only played this game out of the series when Nes came out. Need to beat the trilogy. Severely under rated.

Never could figure this game out. This game and Ninja Gaiden 3 frustrated the hell out of me. I finished all of my games except those two. The only thing i liked about this game is the way he ran. Looks funny! I called him Ol' FAST FOOT!!! 😁

You flatter me, kind sir.

This was one of the first video games I ever had, don't remember getting past the clouds though. :(

Almost beat the first Wizards & Warriors. This one was more of a challenge but still a great game.

Oh yeah, just runnin around on clouds killing tornadoes with a fucking sword. NO BIG DEAL

Exactly. It is an unforgettable intro.

Alright, you know what!? Super Wizards & Warriors! I would fund tf out of that! Need to keep the theme though, just make it SUPER!

You won that skullgame so much money many times, very well done. Then bought that expensive scroll and later a diamond sword. How did you know what to pick time after time :D