Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde (NES) - Extraordinarily Hard Games [#20]

[@Ryan-hn1it]

“Why’s he got a bomb” “why’s he shooting me” Obviously you’ve never tried to walk around London in rush hour.

[@Oakshield2]

Thought knives were the method of choice

[@Gooner333333333]

@@Oakshield2 Nah we are starting to catch up with America with gun crime

[@lukitacarbonero760]

"This Game is fucking horrible" Avgn - 2004

[@Montygbc]

WHAT WERE THEY THINKING

[@Marinealver]

@$$

[@Scuuurbs]

I wholeheartedly second that sentiment.

[@coreykeesler7014]

I’d rather have a buffalo take a diarrhea dump in my ear

[@standard_wl5466]

The worst part is that James actually hates this game...

[@EricVanWilderman]

Mr. Hyde every time he transforms is like "What a horrible night to have a curse"

[@x-Abraham-x2]

Eric-san?! You watch Ryu also?

[@chipi4179]

Yooo eric POG

[@reddragoon2423]

Simon would be proud

[@cupofjoe4642]

I actually like the concept of this level, that if you die as one character, you have to do something as a different character to get your life back, it was done not too good here but I think that concept would be pretty cool if it was explained better and more fleshed out

[@Domriso]

Strangely enough, a friend and I (who never played this game) came up with a similar concept for a game once, where if you were reduced to 0 hp you would be shunted into another world. There were two worlds, one sort of modern, one fantasy, and you were the same character in each, but with completely different histories, and you would keep getting flipped back and forth whenever you were reduced to 0 hp in one world. Our thought was that every time you got shunted to the other world, your max hp would shrink, and you lost when you ended up with 0 max hp, forced into an eternal flipping back and forth between the worlds.

[@ensanesane]

Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance is kind of like that.

[@skeetsmcgrew3282]

Genius game idea, atrocious execution

[@Olinser]

Yeah like a lot of games it's an interesting concept that was hideously badly implemented. The main problems that you have are that as Hyde you play the level 'backwards', and have to kill enough enemies before you get to the point you died as Jekyll. The obvious problem with this is that if you've gone that much distance into any level, there simply aren't enough enemies that spawn for you to avoid dying.

[@linkedwulf129]

Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver used a similar concept as well, not a different character but you had different abilities in another world if i remember right. It's been ages since i played that.

[@CarlClifford]

Of all the games I wanted to see you finish, this was certainly not one of them.

[@_sharklore_7172]

Guess it depends on the viewer, because watching this was super entertaining for me. This game is just so unbelievably awful.

[@ryannachtrab]

Confirmed terrible, I barely watched the video at all

[@ensanesane]

"It really makes you FEEL like a stressd out Englishman"

[@isaiahpulliam3383]

Jekyll and Hyde: great book, stunning musical, atrocious game

[@RyanLucroy]

True

[@absente85]

Ryu is a monster, I can't believe he did this and with both endings.

[@rubengonzalez627]

Thank you so much for all the effort and dedication you have put into your content. I am just a normal man living in a third world country and I have never been able to donate more than a thumb up, I am very grateful that your videos are an escape valve in my worst days. I will pray for you and for your future. Greetings from Mexico. PD. Sorry for my bada english

[@Ugh718]

Mexico is a third world country?Well I suppose lol

[@informationnotavailable6433]

@@Ugh718 Depends where.

[@chasefogleman343]

The budget for this game must’ve been spent entirely on graphics because that’s the only thing it has going for it

[@mutt-the-barbarian]

Some things never change ;)

[@LocalManMakesMusic]

"The bad news: We're still playing this game."

[@mattunreal1262]

the fact that this game had alternate endings is amazing

[@teflonavondonavon7847]

Ryu: "the doors help u dodge stuff" Also ryu: "you can't dodge anything!!!!"

[@Curt49]

yeah I was curious why he didn't use them to dodge stuff once finding that out

[@johnj4471]

Exactly. But I mean he complains about every single level in MM2 that has a ton of enemies, meanwhile 12 shell jumps is a good level.

[@Suindaer]

@@johnj4471 Because enemy spam is skilless, redundant, and frustrating, while kaizo tricks like shell jumps are satisfying to pull off, especially when the levels that use them are well-designed.

[@Suindaer]

As he explained, the doors are difficult to enter, you have to be in a specific point to use them, so it's generally better to just keep moving because you need to keep moving forward anyways and when he said that the enemies constantly respawned so entering the doors were more trouble then they're worth.

[@johnj4471]

@@Suindaer weird other people can actually deal with them. He’s just bad at enemies as evidenced by numerous Mario games as well as any of his hard games play through.

[@Casdrop_Cacan]

Another extraordinarily hard game you could play is Winnie the Poo's Home Run Derby

[@MrRizeAG]

Don't even joke about this game.

[@gregorywalpole8442]

You absolute sadist. I support this!

[@etherraichu]

Sadly its a Flash game.

[@gregorywalpole8442]

@@etherraichu Flash is no longer supported by browsers, true, but you can still download Flash players (Adobe and Newgrounds both have one) and if the hosting sites for various games are still around you can download the .swf flies from them by digging through the HTML for a direct link, which you can do the usual "right click and save target" dance. It's barely any different from using an emulator to play NES roms in the long run.

[@Ugh718]

@@gregorywalpole8442 Oh ffs man just use a normal emulator like flashpoint instead of that bs like lol

[@jwareplays]

I remember being immensely frustrated with A Boy And His Blob. You should give that one a try, Ryu!

[@ImperatorZed]

That game is cryptic as all getout

[@guidofedeli851]

Please do try its version on the Wii. It's adorable and easier.

[@dizee271]

Nominee for notoriously hard game: Back to the Future 1 on NES. I had this as a kid and couldnt get past level 2.

[@SeppelSquirrel]

Worst part is that you get 1 try for the final stage. If you lose, you have to go back to the beginning. Even worse is playing through it all over to get the good ending, only to realize how bad the good ending is.

[@terravirizion8247]

Oh no not this poop pile of a game. I would rather have Hyde torture me then play this abhorrant game

[@djyanno]

Seriously, did they test those games before release or they just said "Fuck it"?

[@SeppelSquirrel]

This was an early release for the NES, back when developers were trying all sorts of new game mechanics to see what sticks. Also, yes, they had to test the game... to ensure it wouldn't crash.

[@djyanno]

@@SeppelSquirrel yeah I know but I was not talking about crashes but playability and controls. Because this game sucks on both

[@SeppelSquirrel]

@@djyanno Right, the first paragraph of my reply was meant to answer that. There were no "standards" for what games were expected to play like back then. People just made things, and the good things mostly stuck around.

[@cocomunga]

This game really isn’t bad.

[@account-pb2df]

@@cocomunga it's fucking garbage, objectively fucking garbage. Poor controls, nothing makes any sense or relates to the book it's just stuff happening, infinite enemies and difficult for the wrong reasons. Obviously all of these are due to the time period it was made in but it's still fucking garbage

[@aeroxstyler9095]

who is throwing this barrels he ask?! dude donkey kong is it 😂

[@spongyoshi]

"Dude I walked so hard" ryukahr - 2021

[@christopherwilliams5939]

Why don’t the weapons do anything? He’s the angriest gamer you’ve ever heard...

[@jayeverette]

Ah, this takes me back! I lived in Milton Keynes for 6 months. This reminds me of my commute to the bus depot. Only thing missing is the 8 bit concrete cows.

[@jonbourgoin182]

You were jumping to avoid the bombs at first which worked and then you stopped for some reason. Also going into the house was so you could avoid the kids and bombs. How you couldn't figure that out is beyond me.

[@_JadeDragon_]

I suggest Takeshi's Challenge for this series, can't get much harder than that.

[@jeremymitchell5998]

One best days of my childhood is when Wal Mart switched this game out for Tysons Punchout on its demo.I had no nintendo at home.

[@kashgarinn]

Would have been interesting to find out how to pay off the people, and if that actually affected the bomber man.

[@NosAltarion]

I'd wish for extraordinary hard games to not feature too much "bad games" A game being hard because he's janky isn't really the same as a game that is good but hard

[@Yaj7728]

Mr. Gimmick is an extraordinarily hard game, especially if you want to get the secret treasures and the music is fantastic. MR. GIMMICK!!

[@erstam]

I have never seen the true ending. Good job! Catching up on the last 2 years of this series. I love it!

[@StageGeek]

“How did I get hit, I walked so hard!” If that doesn’t scream out hot garbage game, then I don’t know what does.

[@Barbro247]

You should do this series more frequent with more follow up episodes aka part 2.

[@zadiequest341]

This is perfect for Ryu; he has no stress meter.

[@andrewmirror4611]

I actually like that game, it's something special, precision platforming based not around speed, and action, but patience and persistence. Even though a lot of it is based on RNG, it's surprisingly fair, it gives a lot of time to properly react to stuff, and when it doesn't, it doesn't hurt too much. I don't know why people think town folk hates Jekyll, they are just scared of the bomb men, and just accidentally hit Jekyll trying to run away. Theyare only able to attack Jekyll when bomb men are on screen. The game definitely could be better, but I can't not appreciate the experiment this game is

[@elleromance7760]

I hope we can have Ecco the Dolphin part 2 on this series. 😍

[@czzuehlke]

This is the book/story our English class had us read this year, funny how they had a game and then you play it the day of the final test.

[@Gatorade69]

Remember to mention how Hyde uses his Psychowave to obliterate the brain enemies on your test.

[@brokenwizards9122]

This is the first one I don’t hope to see the end of the game. Moving so slow and the annoying enemies are stressing me out xD

[@VirgusK]

GG Ryu. Since you're a fan of Megaman, i highly recommend Little Nemo: The Dream Master (NES)

[@mredmunddante]

I recommended that one before

[@idwolfshow1727]

Yeah I'd love to see that game. The atmosphere is amazing and it's so tricky/unforgiving but still fun

[@TheChrisclifton26]

"Why can't I kill these kids?" Statement of the year right there :D

[@harvinepipsey9024]

Game suggestion: Cobra Triangle on NES

[@DrMrProfessorPatrick]

I second this. Love that game, but it's brutally difficult.

[@SeppelSquirrel]

Good god I'm getting flashbacks already. First few levels: "This isn't so bad..." All of a sudden: "HELP I'M BEING DESTROYED"

[@Patrickeatsandtravels]

Absolute must attempt!!

[@griffinmackenzie]

M&M kart racing for the wii is also painfully difficult

[@jonnybaze7449]

This series needs to be way more frequent.

[@da3daluz]

The cane can be used to kill bees and disarm bombs, not that it's any help at this point :P

[@turtlebearman3775]

This is my favorite series you do. Great stuff man.

[@pyredynasty]

Birds aggressively pooping everywhere is the most realistic game mechanic ever.

[@logicalfundy]

The whole swapping between Jekyll and Hyde concept is pretty interesting, too bad it was so poorly executed. I've seen other indie games do something similar, but for the life of me can't find them.

[@brockdelgster3776]

You should play "Monster in my pocket"

[@nyancatpoptart5441]

(͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@leafster_02]

So Ryu is basically playing all of the bad games that AVGN has played, but actually beating them, and not getting mad

[@SavageGreywolf]

I mean he's still getting a little mad lol

[@FrancescoDeMartino85]

You know what I feel now? Closure. I watched the AVGN video when it dropped many years ago (10? 15?) And I've always wondered what was the game all about. And then you came and completed it with your usual patient, wholesome style. It all makes sense. You and James are the Jekyll and Hyde of youtube.

[@natelison]

The cat's on crack. Classic line right there lol.

[@maxredfern4316]

I am impressed. As a kid I always gave up at the barrel level. I did manage to beat it once and was so mad that it just said "End" when you got to the church. Never knew about the true ending. Nice job.

[@kokosan09]

what I'm taking away from this is that all of England hates Dr. Jekyll 🤔

[@onatgz]

i think ryu will have vietnam flashbacks of this game at his actual wedding =(

[@freddykabuffke461]

yo.. you could've used your cane against the bombs. The money is for a lady in the window. sometimes you can enter doors (as you already noticed) and that lady either beats the shit out of you, taking much of your money and make you go jekyll or she gives you a lot of money (and maybe something else)

[@Alex-in8jy]

The hitboxes on those bomb explosions are absurd.

[@Dark_Peace]

It's fun to see you playing all thèse games. I know all of them from Le Joueur du Grenier's channel and now I feel nostalgic

[@robvenom1058]

Never thought I would see this shitty game rise from the depths to be here for ryu to suffer.

[@johnvipe]

Ryu, the real reason you didn't get hit by that last boss should be obvious! It was all of that intense hyperbolic time chamber-esque training you did in the Ninja Dodge Triple Bowser hell level from SMM2. Again, very proud of you to beat this! :) Enjoy!!!!

[@SavvasDalkitsis]

AVGN takes years to finish the game. Ryu gets both endings in one sitting

[@evilstarlegacy]

I was personally stressing out from watching you get obliterated by barrels and bombs in front of doors you could just hide in. Don't forget your tools lol!

[@Zertyup]

Title : Extraordinary Hard game Ryu : I'm gonna finish this one TWICE EZ peasy !

[@세스크라]

Okay. After seeing this I confirmed one single fact. I REALLY DO FANCY THE CAT.

[@sasamichan]

I plaid this with Game Genie, loose no Health and it makes getting past the bad singers IMPOSSIBLE you actually need to have the coins or to turn in to Hyde to get past them. Pluss the whole you need to be Hyde to get the good ending thing. Hard games that come to mind Back to the Future II and III NES Star Wars NES Home Alone 2 Zelda's Adventure Chulip 3D World Runner Gun Smoke Ikari Wariors Lester the Unlikely King's Quest series Friday the 13th Aaargh! for the Amiga Garfield: Big Fat Hairy Deal ALF: The First Adventure Odell Lake Lemings Myst Mad Dog McCree

[@TylerMRedman76]

It’s hard with Game Genie to get past them but not impossible. I beat the game that way once. It still sucked.

[@escapevelocity5477]

Someone call the AVGN

[@mikevisby8744]

I hope he watches this.

[@escapevelocity5477]

Petition for a crossover episode

[@mredmunddante]

He'd rather eatttt, the rotten asshole

[@shanji92]

James: This game is AAAAAAAS Ryu: hold my bear

[@_sharklore_7172]

There’s something about the way the cat movies and the sound it makes that had me laughing out loud whenever one popped up.

[@Iamyourboo2]

More Zombies Ate my Neighbors next please :D

[@jqwright28]

That cat was not having any of that bird poop. It ran up a tree, lol.

[@PopcornFr3nzy]

Try out Plok on the SNES. There’re two difficulty levels, Normal and Child’s Play. Normal mode is IMPOSSIBLE to beat all the way through. The challenge starts at the first boss and thereafter. SUPER fun game. Highly recommended!! Edit: Now that I’ve mentioned it, I’m going to be super persistent and comment this on every Extraordinarily Hard Games vid that you post, because I’m actually dying to see you try it out. This is comment #1.

[@scottmcleanindeed]

Yes! Plok is an amazing game and would be perfect for this series.

[@marcespinoza6068]

Everyone wants to kill Jekyll because he's a murderous monster. When he transforms into Hyde, those clearly aren't monsters he's fighting because where the hell did they come from? That's how he views the townsfolk when he's in Hyde form.

[@christian_b8659]

They create the monster, that they are fighting

[@mikeallison5549]

I really liked that you finished this one on a KZbin video. Maybe you could do some KZbin updates on some of the others. (Especially Zombies ate my neighbors, and Zelda 2)

[@sotanofangirl]

Are you going to play this version of the "Wedding March" at your wedding, Ryu??? LOL just kidding!

[@Cubanoroller]

It’s such a wholesome series, please keep it going for 2021

[@ciarangale4738]

what is wholesome about it. that word is overused and ambiguous these days

[@rebecatorres6022]

"That's all wanna do, just murder this childrens" Ryukahr 2021 Jajajaja fricking kids man, those combos

[@TheAtoll]

May I suggest you try Waterworld on the SNES? Old School Hard!

[@animalstyle1107]

DYK, That game was only released in Europe.

[@TheAtoll]

@@animalstyle1107 Yep! I have a whole video on my channel cover all the Waterworld tie-in video games.

[@animalstyle1107]

@@TheAtoll Oh nice! Just subscribed and will watch later today!

[@valentds]

@@animalstyle1107 he play with roms i think, so no problem

[@karinaanchondo7613]

Wait, so you mean it's like that Simpsons episode, when Bart looses just by walking? :O (sorry for my english)

[@zalapakashi1987]

cant dodge bomb by running back" ryu: lets try that 50 more times

[@theconsolekiller7113]

Great video. Really enjoy this series. Great that you included the time spent. Gives an idea. I may try this one now. Gun.Smoke arcade was a brutal game I beat some months ago. I find that to be one of the hardest 2D games I completed. It might be interesting to try. The NES one is easy in comparison. Super Smash TV was no joke either on the SNES but not on the level of Gun.Smoke arcade. I would put Super Smash TV as one of the hardest SNES games that doesnt get alot of attention. Jim Power for the SNES was another one but also a very mediocre, overly difficult game. SSTV is very good.

[@BiffHorrific]

26:31 No-one gonna talk about the guy on fire? 🔥👨‍🚒

[@Ss4Goten]

This series needs to be revived. It's so entertaining

[@Andr00Warns]

I would love to see Ryu take on old Sierra adventure games, like Gold Rush, Space Quest, Police Quest, or Loom.

[@BuckStedmanTV]

"You can't even dodge the bombs anymore" THEN STOP RUNNING BACKWARDS

[@fuzzylumpkins9506]

Ok. Ok. Is AVGN picking your line up? As a fan of both you guys this is awesome. You should play the AVGN games. They are fantastic.

[@CrimsonCrime2234]

This game is the perfect metaphor for how hard is to get married in modern life

[@Ugh718]

7:53How tf do u get hit from that far away?Like,lmao XD

[@adityaiyer1982]

It's so funny to watch Ryu get beat up by kids with slingshots!

[@renagadeshwag123]

Thanks Ryo i love all your vids but this one is one of my favorite

[@jacobkohr7243]

The whole time I'm watching this I keep asking "where's the dev star".

[@bobosmith101]

Time to tell Ryukahr there's multiple endings to this game! oh nvm he gets them

[@SuperSmashBrosPr0]

Great stuff ryu. Reccomendation maybe continie the "I finnaly played" series with Skyrim :3

[@TRexTaytay]

"Why are there birds aggressively pooping everywhere?"🤣

[@KevinVideo]

The cane is used to take out the bees. It can also be used on the bombs. Also, the doors are your friend. Use them to hide frequently.

[@HonorinTreason]

This was really impressive. Rented this multiple times from blockbuster and never made it past the first level. How about spy hunter as a suggestion? Not sure if it has an ending but the instruction manual says you can become a helicopter and I could never get past the boat section. The mines were just unavoidable.

[@ysetiadji]

So Ryukahr basically playing all the games reviewed by AVGN.

[@standard_wl5466]

I hope he plays Little Red Hood and Mylon Secret Castle...

[@D20inDisguise]

Can I suggest for a future episode to play Touhou 2: Story of Eastern Wonderland? It would be a bit of a change from the current games you're playing in the series for a number of reasons, but I think it fits the feel of the series PERFECTLY. First, it's not a platformer, it's a shoot 'em up. It's a 1997 PC-98 game, too, so not a console game. Despite that, I feel like the game fits the series perfectly. It's full of BS shenanigans, brutal difficulty, and questionable design choices, which I know you're all about!

[@ytmikelol]

I'd like to see Ryukahr upload complete runs for the previous games he stopped playing.

[@slowbrodragon6951]

11:55 It's Mannenken Piss from Brussels

[@NosAltarion]

Because somehow, in this game, Belgium is part of 19 century London

[@GOOD-WEED]

Sure hope the next variant of Covid doesn't fly around spitting fireballs like it does in this game.

[@TroubleAtHand]

Kings field 1-4 you pick! You'll love it, its made by the same companies as the dark souls series but in 90's and its totally unrated.

[@crowmigration8245]

The cat is the best sound effect I've heard in an NES game.

[@paladinofhonor6634]

Hey Ryu, I for one would love to see you play NARC. Its an arcade game that requires patience and a strong will just to see the ending. It has one of the most difficult and scariest final bosses I have ever seen! Even if you dont play it, just give it a look! It's one of my childhood favorites :)

[@GopherAtl]

I think those guys around the midpoint shooting into the air were actually not shooting at you, they were shooting birds - which were the falling projectiles that annoyed jekyll.

[@redwings13400]

I hate it when I'm just walking down the street and people throw bombs at me. Just super frustrating, I wish people would stop doing that.

[@evilsmoo3358]

See Ryu, this is why I told you to play They Bleed Pixels, the last few levels are also hard, but at least it's actually GOOD.