I now want a sound clip of “I can’t beat the game because I didn’t PICK UP A MILLION DOLLARS?!” just from the energy alone.

The slow realization of yours that you needed to collect that money that you chose to ignore is a thing of beauty.

This whole video felt like an old school AVGN video in the best ways possible

worth the anticipation! Well done sir!

Wow this is literally perfect timing for me. I’m about to go on stage to perform an Addams Family show tonight. So this is just really funny coincidental timing! I know that nobody cares but it’s fun for me!

This was a very surprising video since you don't typically cover games like this, but it was wildly entertaining! I'd love to see more retro game reviews if you ever feel like it.

One of the best things about being a fairly long subscriber to James’ channel has been to see him grow, come into his own. I love the sense that every video is just James being James, not necessarily trying to follow a trend or style. He’s just doing whatever interests him. I also LOVE when he gets personal and tells stories or gets into a small tangent about a passion of his. It’s cosy and makes you feel like you just popped over to a friend’s house and you’re just goofing off on a Saturday, if that makes sense.

That spoiler warning for the movie without a hint of cynicism towards people who haven't seen it yet is wonderful and a great example of why I love your channel. Incredible video!

In most games, the assortment of wild creatures in the house would be weird. In a game about the Addams Family… it seems completely like what they’d have in their house. Gotta love a series that can make that work

I love that James is channeling all the sass of AVGN without any of the alcohol or profanity.

Honestly this video's such a neat clean package, feels like a proper modern take of the retro reviews of yesteryear (AKA AGVN clones lmao) with your own style that makes it enjoyable to watch like a lot of your content. Wouldn't mind seeing more videos like these!

"You're not getting james rolfe you're getting james me" Dont sell yourself short, you're just as great as The Nerd, thanks for the amazing video as always man!

Despite playing as Gomez, this game kinda feels like a simulation of being an ordinary person who randomly stumbles upon the Addams Mansion and everything deadly it's filled with

Ah, a laborious deep dive into an unrelentingly cruel NES game. It's like the golden age of KZfaq all over again and it feels so good.

I could swear there was only one NES game of the Adams Family, knowing it's actually 3 it's like opening a can of worms. I love it

30:32 That rhythm & flow is rad, dude! 😂

Oh my god the money song. Get the money get the money The editing in this is so good, I would love to see more videos like this. It was really cool to see a new style of video from you! As someone who loves doing no bench runs in Hollow Knight, I think I'll have to give it a shot.

Man, I never beat this game as a kid either! The freezer was the room I was always stuck on the most because of that stupid jump! I also felt like that money gate at the end would have made me just rage quit gaming entirely as a kid if I got that far. With that said, I loved everything in this video, James! That song at the end with the money run was perfect! Keep up the amazing work!

No better feeling than overcoming a game you struggled with as a kid. Great video, James!

The editing is obviously phenomenal but I'd like to give a special shoutouts to the impressive audio work in all the little button pushes and sfx - the subtle background noises changing when you're talking about buying NES games and the triumphant music slowly degrading at The Reveal are both especially cool!

Man your intro really takes me back. Id do the exact same thing with my own dad, but instead of old nes games that no one knew or cared about, we mainly scouted for old early xbox and gamecube games that no one knew or cared about. Man gaming on a budget was certainly an adventure.

Wow, that's a real blast to the past, didn't expect a NES game review

It's always a joy to get a new Nitro Rad to watch, also that singing during the perfect money run was awesome as hell XD

Videos like this are why I love this channel so much, it just feels so chill and friendly. Feels like I'm part of a conversation, two dudes just kicking back and talking about games that we played.

You know it's a good day when both AVGN and Nitro Rad post on the same day!

Maybe it wasn't intended to be, but this is one of the best tributes to the AVGN's work I've seen. Outstanding episode.

Despite the length this video felt fast paced but in a good way because you made the jumping between footage quick and the way it all flows is really good. I love how well the editing in the introduction just flows especially, like how you hold up the cartridge and then get a close up shot of you holding it in that same position then bring it down. with the music lining up too, Really good.

WOW!! Something about this is an even bigger step up from the usual insanely high bar you set with your videos and editing. Awesome

These retro reviews need to be a regular thing on the channel

Your description of playing the newest stuff while the old stuff was still common is the most beautiful description of that period. We really would Just end up with random retro games sometimes just like that 🤣

That was surely a welcomed change of pace from your usual format, it's interesting to see much older videogames covered in details, not in an "AVGN-clone style" but in a more relaxed way! Also your freestyle is lit!

Dude, I can't believe you made a video on this game!!! Addams Family is my favourite game on NES, and the only one that I still enjoy playing every once in a while. It just has a unique atmosphere that I always love to come back to. All the fantastic background art (and the weird looking character portraits too), the open-world exploration, I love everything about this game. Even the slightly wonky gameplay, including how you can't help taking damage so often, is rather unique. Neither me or my dad could beat it when I was a kid, and only much later, playing on an emulator, I've found instructions online on how to access a hidden room in the black painting upstairs, and then I could finally get to the ending. This video still feels like a birthday present to me (even if my birthday is in October). I'm so happy you picked this game. I've watched the first half of it so far, and it's already been a blast. Now continuing to the rest. Thank you Jaaaaaaaaaaaaaames!!!! Edit: Oh, by the way, me and dad found out about the secret music sheet door by ourselves.

Never played this one, but the Super Nes Adam's Family game was something of a childhood guilty pleasure of mine. Just really loved the crazy mansion and all its secrets, even if the game itself was hard to the point of masochism.

I love how you have such a signature style to your videos. Even though you talk about video games mainly, I find I always enjoy nitro rad no matter what subject, no matter how much time has passed. I've been subscribed for years and you're videos have always been just as enjoyable and charming since I began watching

I know you made a whole Patreon video on what it took making the NES light up convincingly at the end, but I'm also in love with that transition at 26:28 you threw in there. There's something to be said about transitions that aren't just "cut from one scene to the next" that's weirdly endearing.

Just wanna say, your videos had amazing editing before, but this video was SOOO much sleeker, like seriously! It is very obvious the amount of effort you put into this video, and I can’t wait to see more

Started watching this video and the production is INSANE! Major props!

I *loved* this. The callbacks to childhood/younger years really hit home and added a genuine feeling to it all. I kind of cast this game aside, despite reading about it in video game magazines. After all these years, though, this video- your work- piqued my interest. Thanks again for this. One of the faster 41 minutes on record. Time flies when we’re having fun watching.

I love hearing these anecdotal gaming stories. This is not a game I would imagine you playing on this channel but hearing your history with it makes this video so great!

This is genuinely wonderful. I didn't think it was possible to do a modern-day "angry review" sort of thing, but you pulled it off!

Nitro Rad sighing through his nose then calmly walking through the steps he would have to take to get the remaining $400,000 before resetting is the most relatable part of the video if you grew up on NES games. It takes a special kind of patience to keep your investment up after an endgame barrier like that.

I love James so much, he's so endearing and excited when he talks about stuff he likes.

I'd love to know how many takes it took to get the Game Genie spin-and-holster perfect 😗 Great video as usual!

there were a lot of platformer adventure game hybrids back in the 80s and 90s, you really do not see this genre anymore. i guess its kinda like a predescor to metroidvanias which share a lot of similiar elements such as nonlinearity, finding random objects to use on other things, ect, just without the puzzle solving aspects. would love to see a modern take on this genre, 'cause i think tis a cool idea personally.

14:09 pugsley is literally bobby hill, like EXACTLY edit 26:56 THAAAANKS DAAAYUD

35:36 ending: Gomez and Morticia dancing in front of the house rooms: dining room with goblin foe 10:45 32:25 hall with suits of armor foes 11:09 13:05 23:58 entrance room 11:06 18:24 greenhouse with piranha plant foes 26:22 10:54 outside the house 12:04 toy room with teddy bear foe and jack in the box 11:13 16:41 Fester's room with spiders 11:32 Wedesday's room with doll foes 11:35 22:45 Pugsley's room with piranhas 11:53 26:29 inside the tree with bat foes 12:23 bathroom with slippery moving soaps 13:10 19:23 ballroom with dragon heads spitting fireballs 13:39 15:52 snow freezer with penguin foes and snowballs 14:29 20:04 garden with piranha plants 14:34 forest with bird and goblin foes and falling apples 14:42 16:07 16:57 23:46 cemetery with ghosts 14:49 swords room 15:29 26:27 library 15:33 pond 16:32 17:00 money room 18:15 32:11 kitchen with rat foes and flying knives, forks, and pots 18:52 19:28 furnace 19:36 attic with bat and rat foes 22:50 roof with falling bricks and bird foes 23:07 chimney with bat foes 25:50 27:54 secret door in the library, 27:57 secret room, 28:36 what pulling each chain does in the secret room 28:44 river and boat in a tunnel with lochness monsters and falling rocks vault 29:02 34:22 crypt with skeletons 30:30 34:23 bar with Fester/Gordon and Tully throwing knives fight dialogues: Pugsley 12:02 26:56 Lurch 15:38 15:43 grandma 19:56 Wednesday 21:11 22:44 Thing 30:37 family: Pugsley 12:04 15:36 summon Lurch, 15:56 Lurch playing a song and couple dancing., 15:43 song played by Lurch grandma 19:51 Wesnesday 21:03 using Thing as a shield 25:22 Morticia 35:31 animals: polar bear foe 14:09 14:56, trigger bear trap for polar bear 15:06 frog 16:28 16:57 jellyfish 17:20 17:34 17:45 18:02 24:54 piranha 17:48 18:02 24:58 penguin 20:23 owl, tree has a face, piranha plants 22:27 30:15 The eyes on the portraits move. 10:08 13:59 14:56 hint 19:35 Gomez floating down on a umbrella 23:41 25:51 28:25 fog machine 25:32 using frog as a stepping stone 31:15 door that can never be opened 39:48 outside games: NES tnmt 17:36 boardgame 30:12 about Nitro: 0:40 Nitro took swimming lessons and likes pepperoni. 25:08 29:22 Really frustrated Nitro. Thanks for playing this so we don't have to. Thorough coverage. 26:17 Nitro singing "die". Nice pipes. 30:32 31:39 Nitro singing what he's playing muscle memory 36:13 9:10 Nitro: "I thought you guys are rich and you can't even afford a handyman to fix your house." Maybe the Addams like the old and weathered aesthetic. It's the Addams family. They like strange things. 11:00 Maybe the Addams just like having dangerous pet plants. 14:45-14:56 Hey, cheese is tasty. 17:32 There's corals that sting if you touch it.

This is like an allegory for life, you can get a family, an advantage, be super skilled but in the end it doesn't matter unless you've got the money. The money song is a bop though

I completely forgot about this game. I would rent this from the local store. Never even got close to finishing it. What a nightmare! You are a legend for getting through this.

The silent and almost immediate restart when you realized you needed $1M is an all too familiar resignation that anyone determined enough to beat a game that doesn't want to be beaten has felt

Second time watching this video now and this one of my favorite reviews from you. It feels very personal and the chronological journey of seeing your nostalgia, your struggles, and your appreciation for the simplicity was really cool.

This was such a fun watch, i love how passionate you were for something pretty obscure like this!! Great video as always James!! >:3 💜

I’ve always loved the Addams Family and found even more love when I played Fester in the musical version. I’m glad to see someone else have appreciation for it and to have a chill vibe. Great work!

this video has particularly great editing, definitely a new favourite of mine from you. i love hearing people talk about obscure stuff i would've never otherwise thought about looking into also im so excited for the plok review!! i listen to the soundtrack all the damn time lol

the video is 41 minutes long, and it's about a nes game. that's more time than i've ever spent playing any nes game.

As others have said, this feels incredibly like the best parts of an old AVGN video but with your own more wholesome spin into it. I always thought that the best AVGN videos were the ones where he had some history with it - they always felt the most involved and with most passion. And naturally, this episode of yours is quite much in the same vein. Thanks for this wonderful time, man

Man, what a throwback! Growing up, my family was super into horror, to the point that me and my siblings' second middle names were named after famous horror figures, and my sisters was Wednesday. Of course, we were very into the addams family, we had a NES in the basement pretty much just for this game, and i remember trying over and over to beat this game, but never getting too far. Its great to see more of this game that i never got to see!

lovin these retro reviews, James!!! seeing an upload from u always makes my day :]

My girlfriend figured out who that guy throwing stuff from the window is! She figures it's their neighbor that Gomez always shoots golf balls into the yard of and the golf balls are what he's throwing back at you! also you can't call the cops on him cause he's the town judge lol

I'm 44, I grew up playing these, I'm only 5 minutes in, and you are the coolest. Saving this to watch later.

I like this approach, and I still also like your usual style, but more videos like this would be absolutely welcome in the future, very well done.

1:04 You sir, have earned my eternal respect.

I enjoy these older platformers even though they're frustrating. Kudos for seeing it through on real hardware. Fun to see you covering some older games. I think Plok is a pretty interesting one so looking forward to that!

Certainly wasn't ever expecting a video about this game. A little different from your usual stuff, kinda walking us through the process of playing the game. Worked really well. Great video, as always.

Cool to see you cover an NES game in such detail! Great video!

Holy fuck the perfect money run had me in tears man

The story of your dad picking games up for 5 bucks at the local shop and you and your him playing through em was really wholesome.

It's got that ghosts and goblins kinda feel. The way you move in and out of projectiles, it's clunky and unforgiving, but something about the simplicity of remembering the patterns and jump arcs is satisfying. So once you get it down it's weirdly satisfying.

I love this video format! I don’t expect you to do ever game review like this, but when you do it is such a treat!!!

By the way, your NES looks like that because it needs the power filter capacitor replaced. Get that done and the picture will be clear as a summer sky.

I love your content. Nice NES review. Also, Nickelodeon Kart Racers 3 Slime Speedway has Jimmy Neutron in it.

The way you took so long to get back to this to finish it reminds me of my Sonic Heroes playthrough. I had beaten all the MAIN stories as a kid but could never get all the Emeralds. The local library stopped carrying the game so I couldn't borrow it anymore and was unable to play it. 10 years later a sibling found it at a thrift store and I bought it, I finally got all those Emeralds and the entire Metal Madness/Overlord portion felt so good. It felt like I had FINALLY closed the book on one of the biggest mysteries I had known (and I didn't see ANYTHING about it online prior, so I went in completely blind. The huge form Metal took caught me off guard and I was HYPED during that last battle. Well worth the wait.

I really enjoyed this review/walkthrough. I’ve seen someone else review it before and that was more played for humour with not as many aspects discussed (or discovered probably). The depth of this game and its “where do I go what do I do” nature is really well-explained.

I remembered watching Wednesday it's such a good show to watch, the actor for Wednesday nailed her personality to the t. Didn't finish the whole show yet but so far loved it.

Getting AVGN vibes from the title of this video!

Dude, thank you so much for covering this game. I remember playing it all the time as a kid. My dad and I would try to figure out where all the money was because we found that doorway one time while playing and knew that we needed to collect it. I'm glad you were able to beat it. Good job!

Love this video, I always love when creators I enjoy share obscure-ish games from their childhood, that's how i found a good friend of mine when we both offhandedly mentioned Radiata Stories on the PS2

9:03 the original Dark Souls

Please review the Tak and the Power of Juju trilogy Nitro there right up your alley amazing games! Tak 2 the Staff of Dreams is king!

Yknow I'm really happy to see this retro side of you reviewing a game not because it's popular but because it holds a place in your heart- it's something you don't see too often these days. Thank you for your effort and patience with this little known title, it was quite amusing!

Oh my GOD, the Atlantic Canadian Nostalgia right there 🥰 Swimming Lessons, then some Pepperoni and a visit to the Pawn, I remember those days fondly 🥲

I'm highly triggered by the reminder that retro gaming used to be an affordable hobby

Another banger from Nitro Daddy

The early 2000s really were so perfect for NES collecting. I got an NES from a local seller in the summer of 2001 and cartridges were regularly around $1 at my local thrift stores. Built up a MASSIVE collection lol

I remember getting this game from my friend back in school. We had no idea who "The Addams" were but liked that game and really wanted to know who the heck is Addams and those characters. I did enter that empty painting just because i was a kid who was smashing buttons at random. So when i was jumping - sometimes i was pressing Up as well haha!

What a fun video this was! I've never heard of this game before, only Fester's Quest, growing up in the 2000's without an NES my first exposure to a bulk of the system's Library was through videos by guys like AVGN & Pat the Nes Punk. This video really took me back to a simpler time when I'd binge videos about old games I'd never heard of before. :)

Ty for this playthrough Nitro! Loved watching this 😁 hello from Ontario!

This was really fun to watch. Thanks so much for making it

The little musical jam at the end really had me cackling. Great video I really enjoyed it!

I absolutely loved this review, playthrough, and almost a bit of a walkthrough of The Addams Family. I got to hear your thoughts about the painful childhood NES gaming that I too have experienced. But, after seeing you play though this I honestly want to beat it myself now! Thank you bro this was freaking awesome. For me, the hardest game that has plagued me my entire life for NES is Solomon's Key. I still can't beat it man. Can't wait for the next video!

this video brings back so many memories my grandma used to play it constantly when I was a kid and she was really good at it she knew all the secrets and all the hard levels she did them like it was nothing I remember coming back from school several times and she was already at the final boss that first part of the game where you get the key to the mansion is burned into my memory thank you for bringing back those beloved memories

The absolute freaking _rage_ in that "I CAN'T BEAT THE GAME BECAUSE I DIDN'T PICK UP A MILLION DOLLARS?"

Yo Rad! I just finished Luigi's Mansion 2 today for first time after I left it for a decade, I went to rewatch your old Luigi's Mansion 2 video (not gonna watch LM3 just yet to avoid spoilers), then after I beat that I had a more cartoon horror fix and have been binge watching bunch of the old addams family 90s cartoon and the 90s movies to which are such a joy to watch

Nitro Rad, I never expected to be interested in an old NES game but you can make the most mid or subpar things so enjoyable, your charisma can get me through any game you review. This one was once again super fun to watch, the money part was really funny! It's clear that you cherish this game, talking about your history with it and what it does well despite what I or others may see on the surface level. Can't wait for the next video you make! Cheers

That speeding through the game rap was amazing, this whole review was awesome but that was definetely the highlight, it's both hilarious and catchy

Love the format of this video! Definitely made my work day just that little bit better. 😊

I love that your branching out to games you don't typically talk about on this channel! Keep changing things up as much as you want dude. Your videos are always great regardless of what they're about. :)

I love it so much when you cover older games. There’s a respectable charm they have and love it even more when you cover them!

I think this may just be your best video yet, something about the style and quality just hearkens back to the old greats of youtube. Well done sir.

Hey, I don't watch your videos much, or really any long-form content on youtube anymore, but this was real excellent. Good stuff, very classic and legit.

Great video! The feeling of finishing a game you couldn't beat as a kid is always satisfying.