Bart vs. the Space Mutants (NES) Mike Matei Live

Playthrough of Bart vs. the Space Mutants for NES.
00:00 stream start
0:18 Stage 1 Springfield
08:30 Stage 2 The Mall
17:22 Stage 3 Krusty Land
23:48 Stage 4 The Museum
42:46 Stage 5 Power Plant
01:10:13 Ending
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[@DaimlerStool]

The squeky sound those old NES controllers make when you're holding on to them for dear life to clear a pixel perfect jump lol.

[@1381mark]

I had this stream playing in the background earlier today when I was cleaning the basement. My wife walked in and didn't understand why I would listen to this. For the record I am a couple years older than Mike. It doesn't matter. Nihilism, madness and genuine work ethic. Thanks Mike.

[@iseein4d]

I remember cracking up more than I have in my life when Mike was climbing the tower in Bart’s nightmare. Looking forward to watching you in the 2030s Mike!

[@mikematei]

Comment back on this post when it's 2030. I'll be waiting.

[@chubbycatfish4573]

That 8 bit version of the Simpsons theme will be ingrained in my brain until I am dead.

[@fusionspace175]

Have you watched his Goonies 2 stream yet? That's the music I hear whenever there's silence.

[@Tuvok_Shakur]

and possibly even later

[@rossrobertson674]

Sega 16 bit Simpsons theme for me

[@Edwardsjm]

It'll carry into your NEXT LIFE , as a 3 toed sloth in Zambia 🇿🇲.

[@irishgotee]

Took the words out of my mouth. My god, that sound....

[@johnblake2045]

Mike's streams are so much better than modern AVGN

[@JMLRetroRoom]

When I rented the game as a kid I didn’t know what in the hell to do. Now even after seeing Mike beat this game before, I still don’t know what the hell to do.

[@eraerror5054]

This is the kind of retro lunacy that we all need. Uploading the best run is the optimal viewing experience and appreciated.

[@Greentunic84]

I love watching you play this stuff, Mike. Brings back the nostalgia feels. Don't ever stop. I'll watch when you're 57.

[@gameboizchannel]

Wow Mike, you did this on the first try!

[@xenos_n.]

"You're better off f*ckin sh*t than f*ckin with this sh*t. F*ck this sh*t." -Elderly Mike Matei, 2045

[@jasonbowman6337]

Playing this game over the years has contributed to 1 or 2 of my grey hairs I’m sure. Still haven’t beaten it

[@DavidBirchphoto1.]

I remember playing a lot of the simpsons games back in the day none of them were particularly good until the ps2 era. Mike you are an absolute hero for beating these terrible games.

[@mikematei]

There’s a list of games I beat on my blog if you want to see all the crap i beat haha

[@banzairunner7860]

5:12 “Same shit different decade” 🤣

[@brian9670]

This game fucking blows, but Mike rules.

[@brian9670]

We can agree to disagree. Couldn't stand it when it came out, still can't stand it.

[@silveredgrunion7196]

I remember when I got really sick , I watched the Legend of Zelda randomizer playthrough in one shot. That made a terrible day into one I remember fondly. But i like these "the best run" videos too, well done and thankyou for the content. This game was brutal!

[@mikematei]

I have heard from many people, they like the zelda randomizer streams a lot. What do you think it is about Zelda Randomizer you like to watch so much

[@silveredgrunion7196]

@@mikemateiI suppose if i had to name it, i'd say I enjoyed the exploration of that particular stream, and the concept grabbed my attention. Really well done.

[@jasonjlaw]

Im 41 and have had this game since I was a kid. I've never gotten by the god damned dinosaur

[@megathesimper4050]

Fun Fact That Has Nothing To Do With The Gameplay: Once the current season is over, The Simpsons will have 728 episodes, and yes I even did the math

[@amjoshuaf]

At this rate I wouldn’t be surprised if they start doing AI-generated episodes.

[@megathesimper4050]

@@amjoshuaf At this point the show only continues to exist simply because they want the show to get to 1000 episodes

[@retrogamingknight]

Some relative, knowing I like the Simpsons, gave this to me on the Game Gear for Christmas back in the 90's. It was just as bad as the NES version, except slightly worse music and you had to play it on a 2.5 inch screen. I could never beat it back then, and if I never play it again, it'll be too soon.

[@FINNlSH]

Oooof this was one of my few games on nes as a kid. Im getting PTSD

[@Guns7469]

Frickin love Mike's channel

[@judewestburner]

I spent an inordinate amount of time on the Amiga version of this. Got to level 2.

[@mikematei]

I really should do the other console versions of this game.

[@jasonjones6346]

Got this game when it first released and I was never able to beat it. Mad props to you dude.

[@littleterr0r]

As a kid, I somehow made it to the dinosaur, but I don't think I ever made it past him. I hope the game developers are watching and realize what a piece of shit game they made.

[@caucasoidape8838]

They should feel bad.

[@enjoyearthjc]

I guess I am one of those two guys that is still watching by the end. I will admit that I don't watch the whole video one shot, but I do watch the whole thing eventually LOL.

[@belowboyt9876]

17:45 Im pretty sure the other games gave extra lives also. If you use the magnet you can buy from the store in stage 1, you can use it on the wheel and win automatically every time.

[@radcowley]

Thank you for your service Mike. So much art buried under cryptic gameplay and extreme difficulty. As a kid I would've rented this, and spent the whole weekend dying on the second level.

[@fusionspace175]

So I'm playing Path of Neo and I'm at the MC Escher part trying to focus jump around this madness and I say out loud "Man, this jumping is so hard to work with." At that moment I look at Mike on my phone jumping on dinosaur bones in Museum and I smile and say "What the fuck am I talking about? I have no right to complain here." Love ya Mike.

[@jamesthenabignumber]

Man, fuck this game. Couldn’t get past the museum as a kid. The fucking dinosaur part. The platform hit boxes… the visuals and where you can actually stand do not line up at all. I haven’t gone back to it since then, but you’ve motivated me to conquer this bullshit game.

[@mikematei]

Yeah the museum is the worst part for sure

[@wesburnett5309]

I could only make it to level 3 as a kid tough game it wasn't till years later actually found out what to know and to do

[@ShadowElen]

I was watching this in the living room and my husband just commented "I heard a cat", to which I replied "no, it was Mike Matei".

[@mikematei]

meow

[@MeatWisdom]

Hey Mike, I watched this stream on Twitch, and you mentioned not wanting to play through Bart Vs The World because of the sliding puzzles. Lucky (or unlucky) for you they're actually completely optional. The only purpose they serve is to get extra lives. Same goes for the other mini games. Only the platforming stages are required to open up the boss fights. There's also a hidden level you can unlock in World 4 if you collect every hidden artifact up to that point (and beating it changes the ending), but I couldn't tell you where any of them are.

[@mikematei]

Thats great information. With the slide puzzles can you skip them somehow

[@MeatWisdom]

@@mikematei Just don't select them. If you finish each platforming level the boss fight (indicated by the EXIT sign) will open up. Beat the boss and you'll move on to the next world.

[@MiazgaStudio]

at Level 2 once you reach the moving platforms you can jump up 3x times at the second one and it will get you to the end :)

[@classicmikecade]

-Mike: Nobody has 12 hours to watch a stream in 1 sitting. Me- hold my drink.

[@krisfrederick5001]

It's amazing the pain we will put ourselves through, for nostalgia and a familiar song and some sprites.

[@francisjo3]

I hate the NES Simpsons games so much. I'm amazed and impressed by your dedication to these 8-bit nightmares, Mike!

[@caucasoidape8838]

I was really butthurt that Konami didn't make an arcade port, thanks to Acclaim hogging console rights.

[@duskfall_777]

I actually enjoy the videos where you show how you beat it, like even the failed tries, even if it's 8 hours etc. We get to see the progression.

[@mikematei]

Check out my blog. I have a list of games that i beat on there.

[@joshsimpson79]

I don't know how I ever got through that Power Plant level as a kid, but I figured it out and beat this game. Not because it was good, but because we owned it.

[@bulletpoint728]

Nostalgia with a capital N.

[@lonewolfandcub668]

This channel should have far more subscribers, it's a crime lol

[@mikematei]

Appreciate it, but I don't do this for popularity. I just like playing games and I appreciate when people leave quality comments about the playthroughs. This channel has way more subs and views than I ever expected and I'd be fine with it if it was half as many. It's nice that so many people seem to care though.

[@cadowyn735]

When are you on Twitch? Follow you there but never seem to catch you live.

[@starkmouth]

Sunday Fun day. Bart jumping sounds like Miltank. Milhouse/Miltank confirmed?

[@bergfruehling]

that. fucking. jump noise.

[@TR41N_OF_THOU9HT]

This game was a nightmare when I was a kid, I remember renting it, worst 3 days of my life lol.

[@skipsch]

Playing this when you're five is such a piss off

[@davidlevy6418]

Wow! Good job on beating it on your first try!

[@colt5189]

I don't think I hardly got passed the first stage in this game. I do remember it took me a while to figure out what to do on that stage of getting rid of the color purple, as I guess I didn't have the manual even though I owned the game.

[@stonefacedninja]

I rented this pile of dung back in the day. The mall part was where I got stuck.

[@frankrizzo6513]

I love these videos and thank you for uploading them. I know these can't be monetized lol

[@cygnusz54]

David Crane worked on this?! He was the programmer/designer of Pitfall!

[@masterakaron]

Great job Mike! I personally never had the patience to get passed the Mall stage. I remember my cousin made it to the Museum once or twice, but we never saw the ending. I'll have to show him this video.

[@Nightowl1981]

39:50 Real Rage starts here! (He beats it on the try after this!)

[@andy_dabztha_krypt_keepa255]

damnn im one of those poor bastards that watches till the end xD

[@gullpayne]

Very nice Mike 👍

[@thekenner]

At 40:20 Mike turns into a Jim Carrey character. xD xD xD

[@amjoshuaf]

I had this game as a child and never could get past the museum. It is hurtfully difficult for a child-aimed licensed Nintendo game. And what child could be expected to ever make it past that last level? I didn’t mind hard games as a child but this is a bit much. I decided to try Bartman NES last night and it might be more enjoyable than this one. Although I am save scumming my way through it, so there’s that. One thing about these games is there are some fun art design choices. I love the tyrannosaur in the museum level which is as far from a Simpsons character design as you can get.

[@belowboyt9876]

The museum was hard for me also. When I finally completed it though the last level didn't seem nearly as hard. Bart vs the World was much more difficult with the tedious platforming in some areas.

[@amjoshuaf]

@dbnydnvn I guess Mike’s not as partial to any off-brand character interpretations by the designers at Acclaim. He really hates that dinosaur art.

[@ZitiPatrol]

I was here and I can put a personal GUARANTEE this is a video game.

[@gasmo503]

Sorry to go off topic here, but has anyone suggested Infernax yet? Forgive me if I’m regurgitating old info. This game looks incredible.

[@mikematei]

I tried out some of Infernax on Erins streaming channel kzbin.info/www/bejne/bIaVhWhni9Rkp6M

[@giacomo0605]

I remember playing this game in my first dos pc, never beat the first stage lol!

[@litigioussociety4249]

I rented the game once when it came out. I got stuck on the first level, and gave up. I don't think I ever figured out where some of the items were, and having only rented the game, it wasn't worth my time.

[@ReapsVsTheWorld1]

18:15 OMG I always say this and no one ever gets it! "Fuck it we'll do it live!"

[@DeRockMedia]

i never got passed the mall...by the time i got to it I would die and never got to memorize it well as a kid.. played tf out of the first level though (like anyone who had this game)

[@caucasoidape8838]

I think I barely passed the mall once...and then died by one of those jumping little people. lol

[@supergeoff]

Great Job Mike

[@TheTogoRojo]

NOW THATS HOW YOU START A STREAM!!

[@capsith]

Those ejecting projectiles juked you hard lol.

[@YakiKadafiOutlaw]

Mike you look like Bart Simpson in a way...

[@pentelegomenon1175]

This game was made in New Jersey, except for a little bit of it that was made in Los Angeles.

[@mikematei]

Was it? Thats cool information. Know anything else about the development?

[@johnthomas1422]

I can't believe you beat this on your first try. G. G.

[@BM-wh5qk]

I remember the mall level being much less stressful than the first level of the game due to the abundance of hats as opposed to purple crap.

[@WinAFreeAppleIPod]

wow can't believe you beat this the first try 😍

[@ctrnitro-fueledmaster1684]

I actually have it on NES.

[@wackyt.bobcat7576]

hey mike is always love to see you play love you buddy

[@TheNelsonJames]

Ladies and gentlemen, Dennis Reynolds.

[@mikeycage1587]

When you upload the Zelda hacks, I'm one of the two guys that finish watching the entire stream. 😅

[@svenkarlsen2702]

The anger 🤣👍

[@colt5189]

You should do Bart vs the Word as that's the best NES Simpson's game.

[@ArrowGent]

gorefield and his 9 lives was a GBA game

[@StarshipGhost]

Have you heard of The legend of the Green Children of Woolpit?

[@BM-wh5qk]

I never got past the bones in tar part of the museum.

[@YunaCrawford]

At least it ain’t Bart’s nightmare difficulty

[@caucasoidape8838]

I liked that game better.

[@YunaCrawford]

@@caucasoidape8838 I’ll have to do it at some point but I’d rather go play senran kagura with an Atari joystick

[@fluttershystayshigh4202]

Back in the day we were all baffled about this game, not one single person i ever knew growing up could get anywhere on it, who knows why they decided to make it next to impossible.

[@MrHenrikAndersson]

Wow, you did this on your first try.

[@MetalGearMk2]

Mike- " nobody has 12 hours to watch my streams" me- 👀

[@mikematei]

Well thank you if you do

[@Snake1984fly]

This game is a deep shiiiit bro!

[@D4CENT]

I'm the watch later on KZbin guy 😊🤣🤣🤣

[@knifeteeth]

Rocket the bowling sign.

[@marccaselle8108]

The only way I beat this game when I was a kid was with a game genie and even then it was still crazy hard

[@thomascrawford3564]

I've been subscribed with three different phones for three years

[@mikematei]

Do any of them notify you when my videos come out? 😂

[@pyrobison2002]

@@mikematei mine notify me when you leave the house

[@hardkoregamer1981]

Wizards and warriors series now that's a tough series but comfortable that would make for good gameplay stream.

[@mikematei]

I want to but whenever I go to play the game, I just feel like turning it off. I have to try and power through it someday.

[@rudymotta5430]

will you ever do Vitural Bart on snes? Please...

[@greenripper420]

👍

[@belowboyt9876]

God now that was trash.

[@ThunderFlarz]

2:12 As one of those two people let me just say... (well it would take me a week but I could do it)

[@D4CENT]

I'm starting to doubt the rom is crazy 🤣

[@prettybird4322]

I played this when i was young , and it was soo hard . I think i tried the path to the dinosaur probably 20 times . But i never understood the Next level , suddenly it was a labyrint 🙈🙈🙈🙈

[@mage1439]

I saved up $45 to buy this game back in the day, and never could get past the stupid museum. I feel like vicarious payback watching this. Even then, watching the fight against the dinosaur was as stressful as it ever was. One thing I don't like about these old games is the way they intentionally used your frustration and dwindling patience against you by sending you back. Like, give me a shot to do the thing I failed at, don't make me want to rush through a bunch of jumps again. The more it happens, the more I want to rush, and then the more I die and the closer I come to smashing a controller and threatening to do evil things to the developers. It's weird how all the imagination of this game is just in the first level. And then none at all in any of the other games.

[@StarshipGhost]

Have you ever gone to a Chinese Buffet and filled a plastic bag(s) with food to take home for later?

[@joeldion33]

41:44 😆

[@andreavassallo1058]

Try Genesis version Mike...👍

[@chefbabyryan1]

Mike and I are about the same age these streams crack me up man lmao. I STILL suck at these games! Half of them “back in the day” before the internet we had NO freaking no idea what to even do in the game! Start the game play for 1 minute aaaand… you’re dead. Game Over. You’d have to talk to people on the bus or at lunch and maybe maybe get some clues or wait till Nintendo power came out.

[@caucasoidape8838]

I wish I could time travel and tell my young self what games to buy, and which to ignore. lol

[@squidpotion7795]

40:25

[@mojebi3804]

Upload the whole things please. I'm one of those two guys that watches the whole thing.

[@Tuvok_Shakur]

just dont be one of the masturbators lol

[@supergeoff]

D'oh

[@truedashfan]

Hey Mike one game is like to see you stream is spawn for SNES and possibly the PS2 version as well?

[@mikematei]

Well I did this kzbin.info/www/bejne/nYHQlaOqd8eMqNU