When you enter the second screen i get goosebumps from the music and a big smile on my face :)

I remember playing this game on my NES as a kid... I wasn't able to beat it in a day, so I actually left the console running overnight, POSITIVE that it was going to mess up and reset before I could jump back on... But it didn't, and I was actually able to finish it. Such an awesome feeling waking up and seeing the game was still running, lol.

Thank you buddy. i have never been able to beat it. I got an NES in 1990 and i only owned a handful of games and Rygar wasn't one of them. Like many games, i had to rent them, this game was one i would play up until the minute i had to eject the cartridge and get in my Father's car to return it. Like many games, i am now watching play through videos put up by people like you. Thank you very much.

This is 2017, I am 37 years old and I have been trying to beat this game for about 30 years. Thank you!!

I still have this game and over 150 other NES games!

I actually prefer no-commentary during gameplay so thank you for uploading

Thank you for doing this. A true service.

Good ol' Rygar with its glitches, unique monsters and fun adventures. Thanks for posting this. It reminds me of fun times when the NES was new!

Thank you, I finished this game back in the 90s but it took a lot longer. The music takes me back for sure. I also remember crouching down and just killing all these dumb beasts or whatever for hours just so I would be powerful enough for the bosses.

God dang I loved this game. Still do. This is a great video.

I was almost done with the game before I lost it in a move and was never able to complete it. Finally through this gameplay I got to see the end. Tfs!👍👍👍

I never heard of this game before today, and now I see that I have been missing out. It looks like a lot of fun.

thanks for posting! classic game from back in the day!!!

the music to the last stage was so spooky and mystical at the same time back in the days I played this in the 80s. so nostalgic.

Thanks for the throwback brother!

Well this brought back memories. The music, the sound effects, some of the goofy animations, the constant slow down and obscene flicker (to where sometimes you couldn't see any enemies or yourself!)... and exploiting parts of levels to not make it through. I loved this game and it was a beast if you didn't grind yourself up. Interestingly, I never did the tone life build up that you did here... which did make it much harder for me when I finally did complete the game as a kid (I remember leaving it on pause on the area before Ligar... attempting until I could finally beat him, which meant leaving my system on overnight)... I couldn't be bothered to do it for that long back then. I did exploit an issue on the platform with the forest boss all the time though... so I could get past him, because he took sooo many hits. I haven't played it again since I completed it in like 89 or so.

played this game for 100's of hours if not more & never could beat it as a kid. Can't believe you beat it in an hour.

I was always surprised how we never got a Rygar II true sequel for the NES or even a gameboy port for how good this game was. If they added a save feature, I'm convinced this game would be more popular and not so overlooked by classic gamers. For the minor flaws, the adventure aspect/music/originality always blew me away as well as the fun factor! The visuals were stunning and one of the first "Metroidvania" games ever made. A lot of memorization is key but a far better version than it's linear arcade brother. The music still kicks ass to this day and the game aged very well.

I remember being 12, snuck downstairs like 2 or 3 am. Had school that morning. Was so excited after getting to finally play the flute. Had the volume on low to not wake my mom.

one of my favorite games as a kid.

Wow man. Memories. I remember calling Nintendo Power hotline for help at one point. It was the spot where you had to kneel at a cliff edge... ha. I didn't watch all through, I'm building a nes box and will just play it again. epic

I remember this game. I was little and I couldn't finish it but it had something that made me want to play it.

I played this game to death when I got it for my birthday in the 80s. I loved it to peaces. First thing I did was chill on a ledge at the base of Gran Mountain and kill the reptile things till the shield was powered up, Hook up an Advantage controller with turbo and boom. Rygar's an instant badass. xD

It is so funny. You play through this almost exactly like I do. Those robots are so awesome for grinding :P I dunno where I figured out how to do that but it is super effective.

Thank you for sharing this video. I remember I couldn't finish it 30 years ago because I didn't know what to do after 53:45 , haha

i want cry man this my first game, i started whit this and metal gear on my nes ohhh old times realy i wanna back to this times

Loved this game.

Hardest part about this entire game is the journey to that Robot so you can level up and breeze through the game.

I love this game. My little brother likes quest games and he turned me on to this. I beat it. I have the twin system and still attempt to play it once in a while. But I don't nearly have the patience that I had back then to finish it.

loving the soundtrack

I'm here because I never beated this game as a kid, now I can watch how this game ends in 2017 lol

I always like this game

how high can you build up your tone (how hard you hit?) is it possible to get it so high that you like Lygar in one hit?

ever try jumping into the pit in the gods's rooms? I did, it takes you all the way back to the beginning, or at least to Garloz, can't remember which.

one of the best game of all Time ☺

Just thinking about how me and some friends found out that I think the second or third monster that spawns randomly dropped the star power ups. So we took a controller and taped it up so He'd crouch and attack, while picking up the power ups with his shield. Went to sleep, and the game was a breeze the next day.

I remember finishing this game several times back in jrhs days on lil black/white tv...would just let that final score (window) play for hours.

Why did you go to the floating islands area first without the crossbow?

I wondered for years what the hell name of this game was. I used to love to play this game as a kid. Never beat it, tho.

I could never beat the top down parts of the game.

Anyone else find the music strangely hypnotic?

The song that plays in the caves sounds like Dr. Jekell and Mr. Hyde, the ass of a game from LJN.

Great game

For the NES, the music was great.

So many hours wasted just to die at Garloz every time. 10/10 childhood.

Good game

I remember this game being a pita.

I think I never finished that game. I didnt know how to use ropes 29:29

yes great game.

The first video game I ever defeated.

i want meow mix i want meow mix

I hit that forest monster a thousand times and he'd never die, a kill him like nothing

fight fight fight

lots of mistranslators/things that make no sense from the non-indora bald gods, 2AM monsters awaken, ask him to release his daughter, what daughter? There is no daughter.

this didn't hit my sub box. cool vid tho

the nes flickering is awful on this one

Rygar is not an amazing game by any means, but it's defintitley cool, and pretty original. No other game is quite like rygar.

Mine

You mention you can't beat this game in under an hour. Your 30min commentary at the beginning doesn't help.

this music is the drizzling shits. Nintendos version of this game is lacking.

I always hated the music in this game...

I thought this game was a disappointment at the time. Graphics and music sucked compared to the arcade.

please cleanse yourself of the abortion of a version of this game by watching the Sega Master System version or even better the arcade version. Nintendo really butchered this one

Thumbs down for the long, pointless intro.