A Nightmare on Elm Street (And More LJN) NES Review

[@devonwilliams5738]

The label is not wrong, it's just stupid. If you kill 30 special enemies in a stage, certain parts of the post-mission briefing screens will be highlighted in red, spelling out the hidden message "THE LAST MISSION CAN BE REACHED FROM THE MISSION SCREEN BY PUSHING SELECT AND SEEK THE ADVICE OF THE LABEL TO MAKE IT TO THE FINAL MISSION."

[@robertanderson9447]

That is the most bizarre, convoluted unlock method for a true ending I've ever seen. Maybe they were too busy developing this weird riddle to focus on developing the actual game.

[@Darklordjadow1]

The Riddler is fuming with envy that he never conceived a puzzle that devious and convoluted! What were they thinking?

[@devonwilliams5738]

@@Darklordjadow1 It makes that "Reset the computer" bit in the Genesis game almost look sensible.

[@namekaibandaidintyteemint9376]

@@Darklordjadow1 play Dwago Bill series so Gekko gets the dwago bill on Roblox. Review it

[@ellnats]

point is they fucked it up, so there

[@MrBrandonStar]

The game protagonist is badass like he punches snakes, spiders, bats Frankenstein monster, ghost and rats in the face

[@MrBrandonStar]

@Lord Megawin yup a complete badass

[@megatron6713]

Someone's seen the avgn review.......😏

[@MrBrandonStar]

@@megatron6713 yup

[@ryanhutchinson4467]

Came for the Nightmare on Elm Street review, got an X-Men review as a bonus! 👍 Edit: I also got a Who Framed Roger Rabbit bonus review too! This video is the gift that just keeps on giving! Thanks Jadow!

[@ellnats]

love the Kirby plushies dude, we all got our soft spots

[@Darklordjadow1]

Thanks! I was going for a bit of reality subtext there- before I got on medication that first Kirby Plush was really soothing for my anxiety and depression, and I got him some brothers because I was worried about the first plush wearing out. That's why Kirbys started appearing kinda randomly in my videos.

[@ellnats]

@@Darklordjadow1 i figured thats what they were, basically they're stress animals, fitting since kirby is kinda cute, funny enough i actually always wondered if there were pokemon versions of that

[@GAMEPRODELTA]

Figured Kirby was going to make an appearance in the end of the video, since he popped up at the end of the previous video too.

[@justicierodelaliga]

I adore the Nightmare on Elm St. game. I didn´t understand it back then but learned to appreciate it with time. Liked that it was faithful to the movies and the music is incredibly atmospheric.

[@Takimeko]

Here's an interesting thing regarding LJN and the developer they contracted for that X-Men game: They never credit the developer.

[@Jaceblue04]

Given how crappy that X-Men game is, the devs are probably happy that their name isn't on it; that way, nobody knows who they are.

[@TheDarkUmbreon8623]

One thing I never understood about Freddy, he kills in dreams......can't you just imagine his deadly finger knives as something like, wet pasta? Its a dream, you can do whatever

[@tylern6420]

Also why did none of them imagine as being Freddy? They could have done an epic Freddy vs Freddy battle

[@TheDarkUmbreon8623]

@@tylern6420 Freddy Fazbear vs Freddy Krueger

[@Zedsanji]

These reviews are so hilarious. You, sir, are as awesome as it gets

[@farenhaid13421]

Darklordjadow1: Omg this game is actually decent. AVGN: YOU DARE OPPOSE ME MORTAL?

[@Jasonvoorhees57469]

1:23 I agree I also like the remake. Though that was my first exposure to Freddy and I was 13 at the time but I still really like it.

[@darkknightfan7520]

Freddy saw that jadow was reviewing something decent. Why wouldn’t he jump at the chance to torture him with crap lol?

[@philiprearich3480]

Awesome review! Kirby saves the day! 😊

[@ddjsoyenby]

this was very funny and creative.

[@PiscesPrincess327]

Will you review Ghosts and Goblins? Now that would be funny to see!

[@lightspeedmurphy7546]

This was rather........a surprisingly unique review. Rather 1 review that turned into 3. I will say 1 fact about the X-Men game. To this day, it's still unknown as to who even developed the game and it's speculated that it was either developed by Quest (best known for the Ogre Battle series) or Pixel (a small studio that are mostly known for Cowboy Kid which is a super rare as hell game going for upwards of $250). And there was another Roger Rabbit game for the Famicom that is different from the US NES game, but is actually the original version of Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle which in of itself has a lot of licensing confusion all over the place from Mickey Mouse, to Garfield, to Hugo The Troll (a character from a popular European 90s interactive game show), and The Real Ghostbusters.

[@anonluxor470]

Did you know that watchmen has its own video game? They made two games

[@Darklordjadow1]

I was aware of that; haven't checked out either one though.

[@namekaibandaidintyteemint9376]

@@Darklordjadow1 join paac mem in his adventures

[@ellnats]

i love how your holding a Bop It toy to summon dark tech secrets

[@Darklordjadow1]

I have a broken off handle of a squirtgun that's my Harry Potter wand, but I couldn't find it anywhere until after this video was posted. Probably for the best, all things considered

[@ellnats]

​@@Darklordjadow1 yeah its honestly fitting

[@thedarkestnightmare616]

10:48 'Behold Wolverine, Stuck in a wall!' Wolvie's stuck, wolvie's stuck, wolvie's stuck on a wall, THE FUCK?

[@erainmartinez8175]

Okay that's the most funniest line ever 28:30

[@damianlegion8455]

19:06 So this is the first Interactive Open-World game?

[@MyLandmasterAlt2]

Thanks for reviewing this one as well. Still can't wait for Shadow Man 😄

[@masterseal0418]

There are plenty of quotes I recognize from the AVGN review of A Nightmare On Elm Street(NES). "They should have called this Boo! Haunted House." "What were they thinking?" "This game is my fucking nightmare!" *The entire ending with multiple Nerds fighting Freddy since it's the dream world*

[@EndlessDream]

This is the funniest review you put out!

[@mikekomarinski]

The X-Men review was surprising.

[@elwoodjacobs4353]

"I'm getting ripped by rubber duckies!" Someone put that on a T-shirt.

[@Darklordjadow1]

It was actually "I'm getting wrecked by Rubber Duckies!" Does that soil the T-Shirt worthiness of it?

[@elwoodjacobs4353]

@@Darklordjadow1 Not at all. It makes more sense than what I thought it was.

[@ellnats]

"am i having Fun playing an LJN Game?" you should play the 2 spiderman games they made, Maximum Carnage and Separation Anxiety, those are legit good but when ever you play something bad and you're complementing anything about it, im tempted to bring up that clip of Darkseid saying "savor your moment of triumph, but remember, victory has its price"

[@MegaAnimazing]

They didn't make either of them, they published them, or rather Acclaim published them under LJN's name.

[@ellnats]

@@MegaAnimazing really!?! no wonder its a good game, LJN cant make a good game to save their lives

[@MegaAnimazing]

@@ellnats Hence, LJN dissolved in 1995.

[@ellnats]

@@MegaAnimazing like i said, to save their lives, so ha ha

[@elin111]

"LJN developed the games" was a running gag that AVGN was too dumb to figure out that LJN was just a publisher, people didn't get that and began assuming that LJN is the developer. James Rolfe had even stated that he's fully aware that LJN didn't actually make the games but keeps the gag going because The Nerd character is supposed to be stupid. People also seem to think that "The Nerd" is the real James Rolfe rather than a fictional character that Rolfe just happens to portray.

[@roadbreach]

Dude, imagine Doomguy fighting Freddy Kruger. That would be fucking awesome.

[@mlpfanboy1701]

I want dante fighting him

[@jeremyallen492]

@@mlpfanboy1701 they're incompatible. Freddy's power comes from a person's fear. Dante is one of those dolt protagonists who ain't afeared of nothin Ergo Freddy is S.O.L.

[@domino6490]

One thing I'll never understand is censoring captions but not the audio

[@Lucasub-Seiyuu]

Yeah, the music is pretty nice.

[@Safersephiroth777]

You should rename the video into something like The Trifecta Of LJN! or something like that.

[@Darklordjadow1]

I'll change the name in a few days; I'd like the extra reviews to be a surprise for a little while.

[@Safersephiroth777]

@@Darklordjadow1 Okay I see.

[@KotorFan-zb1bo]

The remake of nightmare on Elm Street, I think is an overheated film. Honest question Darklordjadow, why do you think it's so hated?

[@Darklordjadow1]

I'm not really sure, but I would guess it's due to the lack of more imaginative dream sequences and the use of CGI over the original series' often gorgeous practical effects. There's also the lack of Freddy's sense of humor, but that's more Your Mileage May Vary territory.

[@KotorFan-zb1bo]

@@Darklordjadow1 I kind of liked how Freddy was made more creepy because outside of the first original film, he wasn't scary and was more of a cartoon character. The film's saving grace in my view is Jackie Earle Haley as Freddy.

[@ryanhutchinson4467]

Hello fellow KOTOR fan. I also love the Knights of The Old Republic games.

[@robbyrhodes4572]

How was the lead actor from 2 screwed over?

[@Darklordjadow1]

To the best of my knowledge, Mark Patton was very publicly gay, and Hollywood wasn't nearly as tolerant of that back then as they are now. He more or less got blacklisted as a result

[@robbyrhodes4572]

Good to know. Screw Hollywood.

[@ellnats]

SURPRISE DOUBLE REVIEW!!!!!

[@DariusFrench6273]

The power of AVGN COMPELS YOU! Now you gotta worry about Dick Tracy.

[@ellnats]

wait, spring shoes in who framed roger rabbit? wrong bob hoskins movie dudes

[@Ars-Nova258]

I refuse to believe that it would take 57 numbered Five Nights at Freddy’s titles to reach space. That’s something you see before installment 12.

[@Darklordjadow1]

Well if we count Ultimate Custom Night, Help Wanted, and the upcoming Security Breach, they're up to number 9.

[@tylern6420]

​@@Darklordjadow1 theyre able to make robots that require electricity all of a sudden (seems like a retcon) so yeah why arent they in space yet

[@KentaroMiyamoto21]

Not really a fair fight. Kirby's fought worse.

[@mlpfanboy1701]

Kirby has destroyed eldredge horrors that would wipe freddy out effortlessly

[@MrBrandonStar]

@@mlpfanboy1701 yeah

[@mlpfanboy1701]

@@MrBrandonStar honestly nightmare was the weakest of the horrors.

[@tylerbertram7065]

Hey could you do a review the new Avengers game I want to see your thoughts on it.

[@Darklordjadow1]

I'm betting that it'll end up at the library if it's not there already; I don't plan to pay money for it.

[@jessespringer7723]

Will you do more Ljn in the future sorry

[@Darklordjadow1]

I might do more LJN, but I'm eager to get back more into my own thing for the time being. I got lots of other subjects I want to work on.

[@jessespringer7723]

Darklordjadow1 like what man also would you like to do some shin Megami tensei

[@secretname3342]

Now that you got an emulator you should review Die Hard on the NES!

[@BurningAzure]

9:38, THE GUYS BEHIND PERSONA!? MY FAVORITE SERIES OF ALL TIME!?

[@GAMEPRODELTA]

At least they went on to make better games, unlike the people at colordreams.

[@elwoodjacobs4353]

You should review Beetlejuice for the NES.

[@morietur1861]

Smooth, you pulled a zero punctuation fifa 13

[@ladyaceina]

so what about doing LJNs masterpiece the silver surfer also you mentioned food fight you now legally have to review that film

[@Darklordjadow1]

I'm pretty sure Silver Surfer wasn't LJN. I looked it up. And I'm kinda eager to get out of AVGN retread territory for a while. Well if there's demand (and people aren't sick of hearing about it) I guess I could do Foodfight

[@ladyaceina]

@@Darklordjadow1 ok fair enough thoe your reviews are much better than his as you actually went in depth to the games

[@Darklordjadow1]

@@ladyaceina Thank you; I am flattered! But even still I've had my fill of NES for a while and there are other things I'd like to do before considering a return to the LJN well.

[@jessejones1783]

​@@Darklordjadow1 if that does happen I am not going to watch it because I already hated knowing about that flim because I have seen it

[@leemcdonald1342]

A nightmare on Gamer Lane.

[@triplestar100]

@2:32: you might need to use this dark, forbidden spell yet again to make other reviews of ancient awfulness... like Strider Returns for the Sega MegaDrive/Genesis (one game not many reviews are made of and the one that almost killed the franchise til Capcom made a proper sequel about 15 years- maybe less, give or take- after!)

[@ellnats]

oh my god, this is a nightmare, REVIEWING LJN GAMES AGHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@ScalyTomate]

Shouldn't have used that emulator, I bet that got Freddy on your trail~

[@Nandru85]

Holy crap, are you telling me that the same Rare that put out Battletoads did this abominations?

[@DMSwordsmaster]

So basically, Friday the 13th was ambitious but horribly designed while Elm Street was simple but fun. And X-Men and Roger Rabbit were festering piles of rotting shitbabies.

[@Hailstorm273]

Now, how well do you think you would handle James Rolfe's most hated game; Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde?

[@brainfreeze5597]

14:03 Is tHat A jOJo RefeRenCe Yes I know I'm cancer. 😂😂

[@paulman34340]

I also enjoyed the Remake I believe it was hated because from all those explanations he didn't show his face the actor decided to focus on his Menace more than comedy in one liners! That's kind of what happens when you're trying to remake something that ended up reaching comedic horror and the amount of those in its entire series of far exceed the original that started it all and was the reason it got green-lighted for all those poor sequels in the first place! They forgot that this is a remake of the first movie but then it's similar to the It remake didn't care much for part two but part one did a damn good job especially the actor who played Pennywise who was still able to keep some of his comedic side which made sense you know him always taking image of a clown will still being as scary as possible especially look wise I mean Tim Curry was still scary with the makeup in the fangs but damn did this guy really up Pennywise to 11 with his natural looks and the makeup enhancing it all! They take the you got to hate the Remake because it doesn't truly have the spirit of the original to far! Dammit even entertained seeing it as its own entity referring heavily to the Resident Evil 2 remake I got nothing on the 3rd remake really felt there was a wasted potential with what he was given access to but then again as much as they praised everything in the original third Resident Evil even that one was considered the weakest in the series with its own advantages specifically nemesis who didn't get re-implemented until well Resident Evil 6 doesn't count 7 would be the best example of when they tried to bring Nemesis villains back with two enhancing! People want somebody to blame they need to blame the original Creator I mean fall Fantasy 7 remake also has the same affair they blame it being an episodic form on the current director ignoring the fact the one who suggested a lot of the s*** that they hate is the original Creator himself! They just hate for the sake of hating and even when they touch something they have their mind so set on hating you can see the looks of enjoyment they have while they're looking for ways to discredit because they don't want to embarrass themselves... Just to embarrass themselves

[@MissJackietheLakester]

Now play Bill and Ted.

[@shadowleon659]

Nightmare on Elm Street 4 is my favourite Elm Street film. But my least favourite films in the franchise are Elm Street 5 and the remake.

[@Darklordjadow1]

The thing I liked about Elm Street 4 is that Freddy doesn't play with his food in that movie; he shows up and he kills his victims right away, which gives him more menace and urgency. Good as Part 3 was, it felt like he kept letting the kids go over and over and it's kinda hard not to notice.

[@kosmosfan01]

Come for Elm St., stay for the torture 😆

[@AlphaZeroX96]

You're not a fan of emulation?

[@Darklordjadow1]

I prefer to think of emulation as a last resort when owning a physical copy is either not feasible or too expensive. For both movies and games, I'll always take a physical option over digital if I can.

[@AlphaZeroX96]

@@Darklordjadow1 I see. I use emulators when I don't own the console, a game it's on, or if I don't have immediate access to my actual system.

[@jeremyallen492]

Nightmare on Elm Street being decent is an insult. It shows LJN could make decent licensed games if they put their minds to it instead of throwing shit together and calling it good