Adventures of Lolo (NES) James & Mike Mondays

James Rolfe and Mike Matei play The Adventures of Lolo for NES! This is one of the best puzzle games for the NES.
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[@RegretfulDeadMan]

This is a supremely underrated game. A really good head scratcher in the later levels

[@Bearwolf13]

Love seeing some of the classics and the more obscure games getting some time to shine. I have been getting my nostalgia fix on Monday's every since the series first started and it's become part of my routine...

[@gonzalodavidvazquezgonzale5796]

OMG I loved Lolo as a kid. Definetely a hidden gem. Didnt even remember until I saw the thumbnail, hours and hours of gameplay came rushing to my mind. Damn i miss being a kid...

[@RedrumVideoProductns]

I played through all 3 a few years ago. I remember finally beating 1 when I was like 18-19. Don't think I could beat it when I was a kid, but it was one of my favorites still. Never played 2 and 3 before. Once I got to the end of 3 though, I needed a guide. There are tricks that really do not come to you at all and it gets frustrating. It's a game series of trial and error, but also thinking ahead, sometimes from beginning to end before you even move. Such an ingenious, clever game!

[@neogeo6482]

Lolo's animation looks really smooth for being a NES title.

[@RaposaCadela]

It looks about 3 frames long.

[@JapanPop]

I played the whole trilogy with my dad. We had hours of fun with this game. We discovered Lolo2 it at Nintendo World Championships at the Meadowlands. We were hooked after that.

[@BBKBOSS1212]

Warning : Turn your head away at the intro if you have epilepsy/disorder, Friendly advice

[@DJTide]

James didn't catch Mike's Pearl necklace joke setup lol

[@TheLacks87]

This is not a family show!! lol

[@EpicImports]

Alot of these types of jokes go over James head.

[@SumDumGy]

Mike said it so straight-faced that it may have gone over his head as well.

[@ViktorAKaltenstein]

He seems high at times. It must be the mesmerizing allure of a good game atop a mountain of bullshit.

[@ChuckyIGeRI]

I didn't catch it either, can you explain please? :D

[@nestermrcool]

Final Level password GCVT still remember it after all these years

[@leftypistolero5983]

Mike, disappointed: "Oh..." Favorite line.

[@shawnmacdonald9722]

Time for Kickle Cubicle next on the nes. Another underrated puzzle game. Not as hard as Lolo, it's still a blast to play.

[@Granduppah]

Haha guy from Storage Wars. Watch that every once in a while with my Dad and I always remember that guy the most.

[@retrobution1262]

Love the entire trilogy. Those bloody medusa head things though...not so good.

[@dickcheesehead9714]

There's two more on the Famicom.

[@Untouchaable]

This is a classic. You guys should try out Kickle Cubicle, it's similar to it.

[@John-gq8sy]

That's an absolute favorite of mine

[@schwarzerritter5724]

Intimidation Haven't they already done that? Or was that a homebrew clone?

[@Untouchaable]

Schwarzer Ritter - That was "Little Medusa"

[@quentinparhiala901]

Me to Ricky

[@ViktorAKaltenstein]

Love the game, but hated that fucking owl that never died.

[@horridlorries1237]

“Lolo needs to come back” *Lololo and Lalala from Kirby is what they became*

[@silviainsertsurnamehere9620]

Kirby fucking murdered him and that is why he won't appear again 😢

[@neoasura]

I wondered why this series never took off past the NES? There was a time when the Lolo trilogy was somewhat popular, I remember always renting them, and knew plenty of people who owned these games.

[@ojtheviking]

I wonder if they could have pulled off a 3D version, like Mario 64 or something, but still with the same puzzle element. One would have to constantly look all around the stage to not walk right into Medusa heads and stuff.

[@GameTestPlay]

Lolo 2 and 3 had totally different levels on the Japanese Famicom, check it out if you need more Lolo puzzles!

[@F1NG3RS]

These got so tough towards the end.

[@Elemental3dprinting]

lol the end? that's only half way.

[@xenxander]

"Pearl Necklace" Mike looks about for a moment and James clearly missed the joke.

[@PogueSquadron]

If you ever are looking for a GameBoy game, check out Mole Mania on the original GameBoy. I think it even has color schemes and a border for the Super GameBoy. A great puzzler produced by Shigeru Miyamoto. I'm pretty sure it was made with the Link's Awakening engine. I played a it a couple years back on 3DS and was so surprised by it.

[@frozenaorta]

If you've never played any of the Adventures of Lolo games, you're missing out. They are timeless puzzle games. You'll love it if you like to think. Genius level intuition put into them.

[@DenDhur]

Those Medusa head kills was a nightmare as a kid

[@CainNuke]

Hey guys if you want to play more Lolo levels just play the Japanese versions of the games because even though its the same games levels are totally different and are actually way harder so its like you have 6 Lolo games.

[@jimx117]

Japanese Eggerland Mystery = US Lolo 1, Japanese Adventures of Lolo = US Lolo 2, and Japanese Adventures of Lolo 2 = US Lolo 3

[@BagOfMagicFood]

There's like a dozen Lolo games if you include ones for other systems.

[@ColoniaContraAtaca]

I love the Lolo cosplay from Mike. Nice video dudes :)

[@HermesPasser]

you here Virso :)

[@eraser400]

Starting playing this because James mentioned it in a new J&MM video! It's awesome!

[@NerdNewsToday]

I had seen this game in stores before and ignored it based on the name and label art, but seeing it now really makes me want to check it and the sequels out.

[@jimx117]

That was me renting games as a kid, until I played Lolo 3 by chance at a friend's house in 1992

[@ihaveabigbeard]

"The adventures of lolo? You better have saved your receipt!" -PBTC

[@Gotmilk0112]

"Adventures of Lolo? I hope you saved the receipt!"

[@lilwyvern4]

Lolo and Lala were the boss of the second stage of Kirby's Dream Land, as I recall. That was my favorite stage too, and yet it's never appeared in any remake.

[@sleepyjarvis6062]

Absolutely love all these videos!! James & Mike Mondays are in my top 5 must watch shows. Love all your shows, really love AVGN, but like to watch these because its you guys having fun like memories of playing games with my friends. Cant wait to see something new from AVGN hopefully soon, anything, even a few shorts like Bullshits, or just anything. Loving the movie reviews those are really cool as well. But really love it when you guys go watch a movie together & review while your still sitting in the theater. Mike doing live streams are cool, would be cool to see both of you on a live stream, split screen playing something while you are each at your own homes playing something online co-op. In fact you guys rank #1 on my favorite Crew show, #2 TNT Amusements,#3 Rebel Gaming Club, #4 Game Sack, #5 Game Chasers,#6 Pixel Game Squad #7 CaptNRetro & Emceemurr show, #8 Bad Grafx Gamers, #9 Scottsquatch & jerps93 #10 DEEdave( would be #1if they still made new videos damn it)

[@RetroGamerBoy]

Wow I've never heard of the Lolo trilogy. You guys have blown my retro gaming mind!! 🤘😃🤘

[@retropaul5072]

It was actually released in Europe and the States. I don't think it got a JP release.

[@galegirlygamer1847]

Ditto.

[@RetroGamerBoy]

@@retropaul5072 good to know. I'll pick this up, it looks great. Thanks guys for making the video.

[@Urist_Mythrilforged]

There's a FDS Lolo game called Eggerland. All of the games got a JP release. After all, the series did start on the MSX. Though considering that the JP release and the worldwide releases were different enough to constitute as separate games, I'll give you a pass.

[@JustinEvitable80]

I had this game growing up but sometime in my preteen years, this game, Marble Madness & DuckTales disappeared. I managed to find Marble Madness & Duck Tales about ten years later but re-finding Lolo was only recent.

[@christopherjoy2872]

Monday’s when I get home from work and see a new Monday video I know life is golden.

[@ravinnox2640]

I once held an entire conversation comparing the Lol games to Helloween's Keepers of the Seven Keys. And you released this on the day I'm going to see Helloween in concert...SWEET!

[@violetto3219]

i love solving puzzles in lolo. solving puzzles in lolo is the best thing and the most amount of fun you can possibly have.

[@Andres33AU]

I love the Lolo series! I kinda wish they made new ones, with the same graphics and aesthetics, or have them available on the Switch, as it'd be perfect for handheld devices.

[@Zell2020]

I heard Star Tropics, please James! I'd gladly watch you do that solo as well. Such a good game.

[@lucapirilli]

Jesus, I remember this for GameBoy, it was SO hard near the end, I was never able to beat it back then. Beautiful game, I have to replay it some time to see how I can not beat it again

[@dominikkuharic1259]

This game is fun and entertaining. :) You should of played Ds instead. Very nice game when you're bored. Thank you Mike Matei and James Rolfe for keeping Nes alive through all the classics you play. :)

[@MPCB-oj3hh]

Excellent game, the 3 in the series are in my regular NES rotation.

[@mikemaydonik2608]

The Lolo games are great. But I actually didn't get into them until recently. I rented the first one once when I was a kid, but I didn't know what to do so I gave up on it pretty quick. But a few months ago I got a NES multi game cart for gameboy advance and realized how great they are.

[@joetjoep2038]

I really love how they focus on the gameplay!! Sometimes they just talk and don't focus on the game. I like this so much better!!!! Love the Mondays thnks to you guys!!!!

[@Kiwijr2579]

31:47 It would have been easier if they leaft the heart of the bottom left for last and then immediately shoot that Dragon and push them away to pick up the Pearl.

[@hingeslevers]

I love this game. One minor gripe is that Lolo moves half a grid unit, so you get stuck often. Don't understand why they made it that way.

[@CalaveraCandy]

I remember borrowing this game from a classmate when I was young and loving it. I never owned it though. However, I had Bolo Adventures for MS DOS, which was a fun knockoff. :)

[@canis966]

I have a lot of nostalgia for this game. It was one of the few games my dad and I played together back when I was a kid.

[@johnnycage3673]

13:30 "Maze Craze" (aka. "Labyrinth" in Europe) is one of my Top-5 Atari 2600 games. I still love it.

[@kumatoni5245]

Mike's face after he says pearl necklace. :-D

[@PollyBonanzas]

I grew up with Lolo 2. Great game. Kickle Cubicle is a great NES puzzle game too. Another one I grew up with.

[@Kamakazie27]

Those Medusa head things would jump scare me every damn time as a kid.

[@rurouni5513]

Really cool game! Great video! Play it again soon, please! Cheers!

[@Eis_Bear]

Surely the biggest trilogy on the NES is the Super Mario Bros. trilogy.

[@Derppi]

What's that?

[@chriscalvert4609]

Mario/castlevania trilogies shit all over Lolo and TMNT 😂

[@JamesNintendoNerd]

I think my brain skipped Mario because it is so obvious haha. Very true.

[@KnuckleHunkybuck]

+Derppi I looked it up, and it sounds pretty interesting. It's apparently a series of "platformer" games, where most of the gameplay is based on jumping to/from different platforms. I'll have to give it a try sometime.

[@kingkold]

I am sorry , but I never saw any greatness in Mario 2. Its ok game . That's it.

[@kokichioma1901]

Its kirby friends lololo and lalala XD

[@ladybeavanerdventures]

OMG I had this and lolo 3 never played 2 but omg the memories this was such a great game and the music is so memorable I hope you play all 3 then

[@youtube-person0098]

That epilepsy trigger in the beginning tho.

[@Greeniemean1]

There's also japanese exclusive Lolo games called the Eggerland games that also feature Lolo, Lala, King Egger, and the enemies that appeared in the adventures of lolo games.

[@escorpion182]

i love the lolo's trilogy, this game is a master piece. This game is think, think and think, i wanna the adventures of lolo 4 for switch =P

[@escorpion182]

@@gurvmlk thanks !

[@MartinMatsumoto]

The only reason I look forward to Mondays

[@chriscalvert4609]

This game is awesome. Thanks for the video.

[@calikk15]

Hell yes! Loved these games so much. Always got stuck as a kid.

[@pbliable]

Lolo NES, this game is like the 5th game in the "Eggerland" series , you gotta check them out! "Eggerland Mystery 2" for the MSX console is sorta like NES Zelda.. the way the levels are laid out

[@TheCKing7]

Been waiting so long for them to play this game. Great series

[@jayesper4390]

I love that there's a suicide button in this game! And the death animation is too funny!

[@TheNightstalker80]

Oooh memorys ... I never made it past 4th floor as a kid. I should give it another try ;-)

[@joewitmer3502]

That shot of sad lolo with his hands outstretched is sooo sad

[@airmanaw3]

Great game. This video brought back a lot of memories. With this game the levels got insanely hard the higher up you got. The highest i ever got was floor 15

[@FilthyKingsRock]

One of the passwords is BRBD which makes me think 'be right back, dead'.

[@AtlasBlizzard]

The theme in Adventures of Lolo II is way better. Also, how dare you Mike, the Bubble Bobble theme is great.

[@MrGaiden100]

This game reminds me of Supaplex! I loved that game as a kid!

[@johnk6123]

Never heard of this game, looks like a great classic game. Wish I had the chance as a kid to play it but none-the-less glad to be introduced to it now. EDIT: That song/music on loop though can get to you. I liked it for a bi..glad there were two people talking the entire time because if it was just an hour of game play then I would definitely be bothered lol. GOOD STUFF GUYS!

[@shawn656able]

This game started my gaming addiction at 6 yrs old.

[@hawkeye7246]

It's funny, I've been gaming for over 30 years and I've never heard of these games before. Fun game though. Only drawback is that it's really easy to get stuck on rounded corners... which shouldn't happen.

[@rgn87654]

Damn you James and Mike!!! This game looked awesome and now I am hooked. I am on floor 6.

[@gunpla_sk8]

You guys should play adventures in the magic kingdom Disney Land sim

[@JorechDalc]

This game should've been on mini NES.

[@Candide1776]

it's a great puzzle game. It reminded me (back in the 80s when I played it) of the Atari 5200 game, Pengo.

[@roxynano]

I would love to see more Castlevania James and Mike! Maybe Harmony of Despair? It’s nice to have a coop Castlevania game! It would also be nice for a Contra 3 James and Mike Monday’s.

[@jagtx4231]

"Once you take that heart its open, open season on your ass" -Mike Matei 2018

[@L00kkino]

this games music is melting my brain :D same loop over and over...

[@Codoloco1]

Loving that vhs series, just luv cinemassacre overall. Favorite movie posters or misleading ones

[@chrishall3847]

"WELCOOOME... TO DIIIEE!" you should play the x-men arcade game next week

[@Krristopher]

I need to give this another try. I remember renting it as a kid around 6 or so maybe and not having any idea what to do or how to beat a single level.

[@LastDollie]

22:35 - "Yuuuup" "Which character is that?" "That's... from Storage Wars." "Aww really?" lol

[@RX7JG83]

Basically this is story of two gumballs being separated from each other

[@CandisClassicGameShrine]

OMG I am so happy to see you two play this title. It's been my favorite NES game since I was a toddler lol

[@blaze34]

Hey Mike, if you like puzzle games that much, you should try Antichamber. It's amazing and def worth a JMM.

[@bigboyanimation3799]

how did your old games still working until now? my ps3 i have it from 2010 and now the buttons of the joystick dont work anymore and the ps3 wont turn on and there is no spare parts to repair it, how did your old games still working until now?

[@Miele__]

my right ear really enjoyed this video

[@LilReikoGold]

You guys should play urban champion and try to reach the highest round

[@guiprazeres7]

This and Mole Mania are my favourite console action puzzle games, show it to James.

[@glom_gazingo]

pearl necklace @ 3:10 flew over james's head he dodged a pearl necklace.

[@VacantHaven]

It's definitely a bit epileptic at the start of the credits, other than that, great vid as always

[@joezink881]

Great puzzle game I loved was Tetris attack on ps1. Strongly recommend looking into it if your a fan of puzzle games.

[@checkthapain]

LOVE this game! I'm currently stuck on level 10 though. Refuse to cheat!

[@Ryukuss]

loved this game as a kid this is the game that got my Gma playing nes with us

[@ZipManGem]

Great video guys. Keep them coming. Would love to see you play kings quest series or the myst series

[@JamieDaCosta]

@cinemassacre you guys should play Battle of Olympus on the NES sometime if you haven't already, great game

[@Canadamus_Prime]

I remember playing this game when I was a kid. Never made it past Floor 3 though.

[@maximumrisk2004]

I had this on the gameboy. I quite liked it, but it was certainly a unique game. Which means it left a weird aftertaste to this day.