Startropics 1 and 2 was a huge part of my childhood. I can still remember the music. Hearing it in this video is such a trip.

Changing direction of his jump in mid air!? Are you sure he's not related to that Dr. J?

Respect for the "Who?" Reference

I never knew there was a sequel until I watch this video, hopefully, this series would return at any point.

The "Mike Jones" reference. Absolutely perfect. I tip my hat to you my good sir

That snow field, ugh. It would have made me quit if I wasn’t playing the game to review it. I was excited for the movement not being grid based on this one, even though the entire game design was still grid-based. I found jumping over water and pits really tough here. Also that low health beep... I still kinda like it though, probably just because I like the first so much.

In before they say it: Mike Jones for Smash. Lol. Jokes aside, I really need to play these games. I love a hidden gem or two

I think you’re the only person I’ve ever seen who gives a positive review to Star tropics 2...

I actually still have this gem in the original box and book. Good review.

So sad this series wasn't continued.

Yo as soon as this dude said "Who" I lost my shit. You're a good guy snesdrunk

Star Tropics makes my heart soar, and I am so sad it is such an underrated game, to this day. I would LOVE to see Mike Jones as a fighter in Smash Ultimate.

Wow, didn't expect to see my request pop up so quickly (I'm Halaster on patreon). I'm glad you enjoyed the game! I agree that the time travel elements are the main hook of the game, there's some super cool stuff in there. But yeah, the platforming can be tricky (and awkward) at times, and the difficulty can get pretty crazy. I'm surprised you didn't mention that one boss in the sewers with the sinking platforms, or show it. That one is hell, hah! Great video, and great content as always!

1:12 = automatic thumbs up!

My mom introduced me to video games with this series. Thanks for covering it.

was NOT expecting that Mike Jones bit. Love it and this channel

Still got my copy. Love this game.

That Mike Jones reference took me out 😂. Man, I'm feeling old tho

Although this was a pretty solid title, a 1994 release may have had something to do with it never coming back in the future.

I loved both StarTropics games. I wish Nintendo would do one last game to complete a trilogy.

Great timing and ty! Ive been getting into NES games more lately and ive been looking at this one.

Thank you for always making my mornings awesome SNES Durnk Have a great rest of you're day.

I bought this game in 1998 for $4.00 from a Kay Bee Toys bargain bin during an Academic Bowl trip. Best deal EVER.

Thanks for the review. I was kinda on the fence but I'm definitely picking this one up.

I just downloaded both games onto my phone's emulator. I never wouldve remembered the name of it without you. Been trying to remember it for many years. I found the first game at a yard sale in 98 at the age of 6 for the price of 3 packs of candy cigarettes and 2 warheads: $1.000. I loved it. Months later i got part 2 from a neighbor kid when i traded 5 pokemon cards for it. Common cards, at that Time passed, my nes and games were lost to time. Been trying to remember it for years.. but couldnt . Now i have them both back. Thank you, snes drunk!

What an awesome channel! No work today, I'm binging

Creeper mode here but 9 year old me would've found that 8 bit image of Cleopatra pretty hot.

Reminds me of terranigma a bjt. Meeting influential historical figures. Traveling to areas that correspond to real world location. Solid game

I am so late on watching this video.....but that Mike Jones reference, solid GOLD Keep up the great work, you have been a key cog in my retro game buying/enjoyment

The late release date was the reason I missed it: I was well into the SNES by then, which is a shame since the first game is on my top five NES games list. Thanks for the review, SNES Drunk!

Thanks SNES Drunk. I love both Startropics games (Yes, more 1 than 2) and this was a great way to start my day.

I remember having to mail the NIntendo Power game counselors to find out the code from the letter on the first game. When I was a kid I probably had close to 100 NES games and never kept any of the boxes and manuals usually were lost or thrown away 🤦🏻‍♂️ Boy I wish I still had the games and took better care of everything LOL! This video was a great reminder that I have to play the second StarTropics 👍🏻 Shame they never continued the series, could’ve made for a great N64 game.

The last level was cool how they brought back the old music from the first star tropics

OG Star Tropics is my favorite NES game. I still pine for the Super Star Tropics that never was. Would have loved to see where these developers took Mike Jones on the SNES hardware.

Ahh, this is so right. I played through ST1 but recently tried ST2 and gave up after, as you put it well, the E.T. for Nintendo experience. I'll give it another chance. Thanks SNES Drunk!

Before watching the video: "Yes, it is!"

I almost spit out my coffee at the Mike Jones reference. Damn it, that was perfection!

Just replayed the original on my Switch. Good shit, bro.

Oh man. The Star Tropics games were some of my favorites as a kid.

Another great video Drunk. How many intro's do you have? LOL. I never played the star tropics games but look fun. Keep up the good work.

I never had the first StarTropics game, but I grew up with Zoda's Revenge, Astyanax, and a few others. Most of the NES games I had growing up were obscure/lesser known titles. The only main stream titles I played were Double Dragon II, Super Mario Bros, and MegaMan 5.

That Mike Jones jumpshot scared the shit out of me. Well done.

I've been meaning to pick up a copy of this for many, many years, but still haven't for some reason. Great review!

automatic thumbs up for the Mike Jones joke

Watches video, has great rest of day. Thanks, SNES Drunk!

When the intro scene with Mike used to scare me. Just a brick wall with a blue sky behind it. I thought something was going to come from behind the corner of the brick wall...

I just bought this game and waiting for it to come in the mail. Startropics was definitely surprised me with how good it is other than the last stage that was pretty frustrating

Total length of video: 325 secs. Total length of "SNES Drunk": 3 secs. .92% of the video was spent listening to "SNES Drunk."

This game was so major for me when I was a kid

Hey! Love your reviews! 😎

I'll try for a great rest of my day. I had an appointment set up for 9:30 at a place 45 minutes from where I live, only to look on the website and find they open at 10.

I had a fun time with it when I used to play it on my NES way back in the day. Occasionally fire it up on emulator now and then when I want some simple dungeon crawling. The boss gauntlet at the end isn't too bad, you just gotta collect as many medicine bottles at the end, and try to remember that your fully upgraded psychic shot is way better than your sword, and anytime you take enough damage to downgrade your psychic shot, you should immediately use a medicine bottle to re-upgrade it. The fully upgraded psychic shot travels the entire screen distance which lets you shoot from much further away and it trivializes the first several bosses so you shouldn't even be getting hit the first several of them. Otherwise, IMO, the only hard levels are the Wild West Mines (those gold guys are just annoying and the final boss you REALLY need the invincibility item for because how fast he can kill you) and that Transylvania Area (because it's confusing and it's like an iron-man sort of dungeon crawl). Otherwise... it's really not that hard in terms of difficulty. Other than a few tricky jumps. What really helps to remember is that your character will pause at the edge of a ledge which helps you time jumps to make sure you jump the full distance and not fall short on a jump. Walk up to the edge, wait for the pause, hit the jump button and you're guaranteed to make the jump assuming you were jumping to and from the right spot. If you fall, you were trying to jump something that's not possible, or you jumped at a bit of the wrong angle, or you mis-timed it (with those ledges that appear and disappear like in the London Sewers). All in all, it's one of the better games of the NES library, and one of the few that wasn't nigh-impossible to get to the end of.

That "Mike Jones" reference was hilarious 😂😂😂

This was a good game! I had it as a kid and I remember lending it to a friend of mine for his copy of Final Fantasy. Well, he actually lent my game to someone else and I never got it back so I kept Final Fantasy and later eventually bought Startropics II again! Good times!

Not everyone gets a video game made after themselves. I feel special. And too.....there is actually a Dr. Jones in my family😂

Great references! I own this, havent gotten to it yet. Loved #1

I woke up to star tropics theme as my alarm signal today, I might just need to strat playing zodas revenge because I never played it in the 90's.

I played a bit of the first star tropics on my NES mini and enjoyed it. Cheers for another great vid mate 👌

Love this channel.

Man...seeing this brings back so many memories. I use to play the hell out of this game as a kid. This game series and Guardian Legends need reboots.

I still prefer the first one moreover, but this sequel isn't bad; it's hard if you dont know your way through that damn hedge maze though.

That mike jones “ whoooo “ lmao

Oh snap! I forgot all about this game. One of my favorite NES games as a kid.

Awesome video. I remember seeing commercials for this game and going wow they still make nes games. Have you done Crystalis?

Good to see Tetris blocks getting some love.

Played this for the first time in years when I found it on the switch virtual console thingy. Still love this game

hope Drunk can read this , please kind sir, magic of scheherazade , it is a great game, can u please make a video of it ? and please, if possible , sword master ? thank u :)

The fluid animation on the slimes at 2:39 stand out to me for some reason. Maybe I'm crazy, but that seems pretty damn smooth for NES.

I was so happy we got StarTropic's II. It was like a long forgotten dream coming true.

I had no problem with StarTropics' movement system at all. It was just very very precise, which, the longer you play, the more you'll learn to appreciate. All the enemies' movements have to work within the same system, which makes combat fairly intuitive. Also, the movement mechanics in II make it really easy to cheese enemies and traps, there's a bunch of stuff you can just bypass because of it. I personally feel like they just didn't test it all that well.

You should do a video on all the Bomberman games on snes and/or a video on imported puzzle games.

Always a fan of the star tropics games. Played them back when they were new. Game has the charm of the original and the time travel has a similar vibe to Secret of Evermore; another time traveling usa marketed release from japan. 2 issues I had with second: 1). Biggest issue is no invulnerability frames when hit, unlike the first game. While learning and navigating dungeons it creates overwhelming moments that lost a life. And each death reset weapons and impacted health. Exploration became a grind. 2). with the free movement lining up jumps incredibly finicky. And with disappearing and reappearing platform jumps that rushed some. Also I vaguely recall height being hard to trust as could never be sure I’d get enough distance off that taller platform.

This is my wife's favourite game of all time! She grew up playing it as a kid and it wasn't until we met that I told her about Startopics! Immediately she had to play through the original, but definitely did't like the whole grid mechanics. Still; pretty cool considering the only other games she really likes are Bomberman, Professor Layton, and Puyo Pop style games.

Mike Jones and Dr.J, saving the inner city 👍

I used to have this one. It took me so long to get out of the Egypt stage

He scared the hell out of me when the said, "Who!?", before showing the picture of, Mike Jones.

That mike jones joke definitely showed your age 🤣🤣😂😂

I never played Star Tropics and Star Tropics 2 but I’ll play those games soon.

That music at the end sounded exactly like the music from Spelunker.

Lol at the Mike jones thing.. That made my day

1:14 good one

I play both every year, so yes!

I beat both these games as a kid on the original NES console without hacks. Wish they would continue the series and Mica was my fantasy as a kid.

Is there a secret note in the instructions like the first?

Dragon Quest / Warrior 2 had a similar problem with the map in the final area. Pitfalls everywhere. But it also had a lot of one shot enemies and no save spots. The end of DQ2 on the NES had a lot of issues.

Loved your Mike Jones (WHO?) & Dr. J references! (Chappelle voice) The Black Delegation officially drafts you... But we're giving back Kanye! I wonder, are there any fan-made versions of Star Tropics 1 & 2? #TeamSNESdrunk

Been waiting on this one for 2 years lol

I gotta smoke a grape swisher with this man

Houston respects you, sir.

Yo that mike Jones joke hit so hard 😂 I say the same shit every time

So, in other words, this title was the LAST *EXCLUSIVE* release to the NES platform! History note: 'Tetrad' was the name Nintendo of America decided to refer to the "Tetris Block" for advertising purposes, before The Tetris Company officially declared the nomenclature "Tetrimino" a few years later.

Cool thanks

This game really looks awesome.

I have you have a Great day too!

Looks better than the 1st one so I'd say it's worth playing. It's on my list of games to collect.

Startropics 2 was a good game, but the original Startropics was just so damn good. Definitely play it.

Had me with the Mike Jones joke

"The original's controls may be a putoff" And believe it or not, die-hard fans of the first one wrote off the second game for exactly the same reasons you suggest the second game for!

I have both games for NES and still play them! The game doesn't remind me as much as Zelda as it does Lolo/Eggerland, if you remember that game.

1:14 I almost did a spit-take