Forgotten Games: Melfand Stories - SNESdrunk

[@davidhill8565]

I have good news. An English translation patch of Melfand Stories is recently released. The game translated by an online entity called Gan. I was in the 8th grade at the time of the game’s release in Japan. It was released in Japan about a week before Final Fantasy VI.

[@duffman18]

You're the best channel on KZbin for finding all these (forgive me for using this term) "hidden gems". Like you've talked about it before too, other channels call something as well known as Demons Quest as a hidden gem. But THIS game, this cool Japanese beat em up, is an actual genuine hidden gem. You're constantly talking about games no other channel does and that's part of why I love this channel and binge watch your videos one after the other

[@mahanvaz3252]

Drunk makes me want to go play these rare japanese games right away. I have a bunch on the list already. He is awesome

[@cptnoremac]

Most people who make videos or articles about "hidden gems" just search other people's lists and pick their favorites.

[@Hmbs271]

It's also because those games were hidden gems in the days of that console. With internet the hidden gems are constantly getting fewer.

[@bryansullivan336]

Heck yes!!! I have a modded wii with most snes and genesis games. I watch this channel to find the next game I can try . It is difficult to choose each game because there 2,000 games to choose from on my wii

[@kingty2550]

All facts

[@davemarx7856]

Music sounded mechanically correct to my ears.

[@nolikeygsomnipresence270]

It is. Sporadically there are disonant intervals, but everything fits.

[@mariano3716]

I think the timbres themselvres might be -cents off tune, but the notes themselves are all 'agreeing' with each other

[@duffman18]

The music is just advanced polytonal jazz, even if it was accidentally created

[@RoboBoddicker]

Time for an Adam Neely collab :D

[@chrisglass4350]

Well damn. I just commented almost the same thing. That'll teach me

[@hello-cn5nh]

@@RoboBoddicker that guy sucks

[@hello-cn5nh]

LoL It's not even remotely jazzy. Sounds fine tho

[@bes03c]

One of the only channels where I can confidently smash like before watching the video.

[@stripedhyenuh]

About the music, a lot of developers weren't used to the concept of managing PCM audio samples for instruments, since before the SNES basically all Japanese console and PC hardware used sound chips with NES style waveforms or a combination of wavetable synthesis or FM synthesis. These all generate mathematically perfect frequencies for notes of the standard 12-note scale. With samples, a single sound file has to be manually tuned to a base frequency to be resampled for different notes, and a combination of it being the early 90s (less availability of automatic tuning software) and this being a totally foreign concept for composers and sound programmers resulted in some games where the frequencies of different instrument samples were not tuned uniformly. Like a piano sample might be tuned more or less to C natural, while the string section sample might be tuned somewhere in between C and C# or B. Which led to some noticeable off key dissonance in some games, a good example being Breath of Fire 1.

[@abraxaseyes7]

Love the art style on the thumbnail. Brings me back to the 90s

[@7thangelad586]

Looks like Crono is still traveling through time and showing up in games.

[@EvilCoffeeInc]

It almost sounds like the soundfont they're using has overtones that don't harmonize well with the formants. I see why you think it sounds offkey.

[@JamieBainbridge]

Watching this first thing in the morning to maximize having a great rest of my day 👍

[@mauricioesma]

Hahah right on brotha! 😁👌

[@bianodias2000]

This is one of those games someone would describe to you they played one day and you would never guess what is.

[@EricN73158]

Looks fun. Keep up the good work SNES drunk!

[@therootman3487]

This has been my favorite channel for years

[@TheGunmanChannel]

Thanks again for all the awesome vids man.

[@OmegaPrecept]

Good work my friend! Well done! Your dedication to the cause is appreciated.

[@Matrxmonky]

Thanks again, SNESdrunk! Keep up that Famicom line, some of us have HUGE game lists for our PCs and SBCs that we don't know all the games on!

[@RavenNewblood84]

Thank you for spotlighting so many games I have never heard

[@fweefwames]

adding this to my flash cart never even heard of it

[@SegaDream131]

Complete Romsets are your freind....

[@SegaDream131]

@@fweefwames Man, buy a cheap wii and softmod it, get gamecube or classic controllers, play away...

[@backinthedaygamer]

I love this game and can’t believe there’s no patch yet. That carriage mode 7 board looks great. The controls aren’t perfect but I’d suggest this game to everyone.

[@RaapOnPoint]

*You’re the BEST SNESDRUNK!!!*

[@JosiahEverhart]

Sick harmony in the intro

[@HYDEinallcaps]

Sting? As in, the same Sting behind Baroque, Riviera, Yggdra Union, Knights In The Nightmare, and the rest of the Department Heaven series? Hot damn, they have quite the track record.

[@Hmbs271]

Sounds like when the music is affected by an overclock or something

[@aztekno2012]

Dude, the music sounds awesome!!!

[@d3r3koc]

Sometimes I do the SNES drunk entrance sound along with the video and I try and guess when it will end. I never get it.

[@JamieBainbridge]

This sounds like a fun game. I'm going to try this too from now on!

[@d3r3koc]

@@JamieBainbridge it is really fun! especially if you are Snnnnnnnnnnnes Drunk! ;-)

[@DCMann2000]

Those ax wielding guys remind me of the ax wielding guys from Zelda II

[@ggbetz]

A beat em up that's totally my style! Thanks Drunk!

[@Leo___________]

We are now close to the point where you are gonna have to start making new SNES games by yourself in order to have something to review. Do you need a hand with sound design?

[@janderjanus2036]

Maybe I do. Do u have any experience with Unity?

[@OmegaPrecept]

How about you go fuck yourself?

[@benjamin_burke]

Well, that’s harsh. As far as games to review, between Japan, North America, and Europe, over 1700 licensed games came out for the system. Currently he’s been through like 600-700

[@Leo___________]

@@janderjanus2036 I can make funny sounds into a mic, does that count?

[@janderjanus2036]

@@Leo___________ No, it doesn't.

[@TheGameGrinder]

I've been patiently waiting for this to get a SNES reproduction since a friend of mine stopped making them before I learned about this game a couple years back. The music sounds fine to me. Great review, this game looks sweet!

[@travisshallenberger9486]

The characters look super cute, and I love that the status pic has an animation for when they get hit. Also, did anyone notice that they were fighting a Giant "Warm"?

[@geoffreychauvin1474]

Sting is known for JRPGs too. Riviera the promised land, yggra Union, knights in nightmare

[@12ealDealOfficial]

I read that title as "Welfare Stories" and my mind immediately conjured images of anime dudes at the Corn Crib gas station asking if aqua net was covered by EBT, and anime ladies waiting for the first of the month on the front lawns of their trailer homes smoking salems and cradling wedlock babies.

[@beutochton]

Dude I've watched soooo many of your movies, just want to say thank you.

[@MarceloKamui]

never heard about this b4, thanks man!!

[@Ramjet164]

It’s generally harder to enter through the back door, just saying.

[@seanfeld-]

Loved the not that Sting or that sting joke. I thought of the wrestler when you first said it.

[@jmbenetti]

Looks beautiful! Thanks for the great content!

[@maverick_loneshark]

Melodic opening brought to you by the SNES Drunk virtual quartet

[@billystars]

Yet another game I’ve never heard of before brought to my attention. Thank you SNES DRUNK.

[@prezidentialgaming5707]

Now you're playing with power super power

[@irpacynot]

Really great visuals.

[@jjang2922]

That giant warm

[@carlosbfly]

This game looks fun and unique (for the SNES catalogue) - shame no one has translated it.

[@DaedalosC9]

is quite a charming game, perfect for a 90s comedy-fantasy anime on a saturday morning

[@timmer919hep]

I thought that guy's name was Corpse at first. It's Corse at a second glance.

[@skidooshlayman12]

Beat'em Ups are the best

[@obsidianchao]

I love you SNES Drunk

[@jakescukobyte]

This looks like a cool game! I will give it a try. Thanks, SNESDrunk! You too have a great rest of your day!

[@Spectralhyena]

You should consider doing a switchdrunk series. Seeing as a hoard of classic arcade games are on it, new games that would have fit in way back when the classic consoles were out not to mention some of them would have been considered all time greats had they came out back then. You’ve done steamdrunk and I think that the Nintendo switch is much more of a prime console to this for over steam. Also going into sega Saturn, psone, Dreamcast etc. would be a great way to branch out and id love to hear your opinions about games on those systems.

[@Mega_Mikey]

Thanks, I will have a great rest of my day!

[@boorhaave5880]

Enjoy the rest of your day

[@gwgux]

The music sounds like it was inspired from other games more so than having it's own identity. For the tracks you had playing in the video it sounded more like if I were close my eyes and only listen to the sound track I would think I'm hearing different games instead of one.

[@big_red01027]

So you have to save the kingdom from...the Iron Sheik? Either way, the sprite work here is really good.

[@alucardvania986]

This looks great. I am reminded of Chiki Chiki Boys art style on the Megadrive (Though not quite as nice).Especially the skeleton enemies, very similar design.

[@nolikeygsomnipresence270]

00:17 G I A N T W A R M

[@Spectralhyena]

For some reason I get a castle crashers vibe from this game and I don’t know why. Also I highly recommend castle crashers for Nintendo switch, or even xbox 360 or ps3. Highly recommended.

[@DrBloom-uf1ni]

It definitely sounds like they've used two different synths that haven't been set to the same root frequency and therefore are out of tune (with each other). Btw your channel is AWESOME

[@mopbrothers]

This game looks good. A lotta good NES and SNES games never came to the US.

[@MistaTamilan]

This game has a bomb ost.

[@samcawley7608]

love you snes drunk

[@bryansullivan336]

That's is a nice looking game very colorful

[@Alianger]

Slightly off key notes or even whole instruments are somewhat common in SNES games. Some instruments can sound fine at one octave but worse and worse the more they're pitched up

[@pungisotu]

3:20 you left out “through a room!”

[@lldjslim]

I wanna see more Segadrunk

[@FerRattlehead]

Hottie + Whip = Perfection

[@outerspaceman7534]

Don’t lie. You know Sting the wrestler developed this classic.

[@Yukatoshi]

Looks fun.

[@erv255]

they should make melfand stories 2 , ghost sweeper mikami 2 , and collection of mana for pc and systems . And maybe Crystalis 2 from snk

[@christophervaca7116]

The music does have some spicy notes. Not bad though.

[@8wealthyone8]

Sounds like good game. Please recommend other similar fun games.

[@OOOAAAIII]

Guess I'm a little more sensitive to notes being out of key than most commenters here, but would be a pass for me for the music only. Yikes. Little tuning would've helped

[@albertamalachi3560]

Labyules is kind of a pushover. Yes, I've played it back in the day.

[@legendarylia9954]

And?

[@xamislimelight8965]

Music's not really off key, but it is on a weird ass time signature. Like, I listen to Tool, and some of those time sigs were bizarre to me lol

[@cliffjumper1984]

I enjoy surfer sting along more. haha

[@Pridetoons]

Yes you finally talk about this!

[@mikaelandersson1288]

Gorgeous graphics... too bad that it will never see a western translated release.

[@EggmanlandResident]

Music sounded fine to me. If anything, some sounds seemed to use the same sound font as Mega Man X3. So maybe that's what sounded off to you?

[@hneugiii1245]

Beautiful looking games. You should do Popeye for SFC, that is a strange one.

[@chinaphone]

It's just you. 😁🎼🎵🎶

[@drizzyrauvryar6992]

I'm going in the back door 😏

[@lobstrosity7163]

These beat 'em ups without an z-axis look boring but Ninja Warriors Again taught me they can be real fun when done right.

[@renatoleiteuk]

Nice game!!

[@zorochii]

Speaking of Ruk-- I mean that Jetsons game, have you covered it? Especially since it's one of those reskin cases.

[@SNESdrunk]

Yes kzbin.info/www/bejne/hXO7n42wibVma8U

[@nimaiiikun]

a 16-bit version of Guardian Heroes?

[@DanRamirez]

Nice

[@CaptmagiKono]

How does the guy with the trident have the shortest range? Logic would say it should be the longest.

[@argentpuck]

That Giant Warm has a very unfortunate design.

[@jorybeatty1726]

Just here to give engagement.

[@megagrey]

I'll take the silver-haired chick with the whip, get all Castlevania up in this. Might as well since it does branching paths Castlevania III-style.

[@ruffocracia]

feels off-key like when you first listen to Meshuggah.

[@sjf4405]

SMASH THAT MF LIKE BUTTON!!!

[@sjake8308]

Looks decent.

[@joehosier6187]

The music is in key, I however believe it's the baseline that's throwing you off. They're slightly melodic, low register grooves, which can sound strange at times if you're not used to it.

[@GreyDuck54]

Read the title too fast. Thought it said MILFLAND...

[@peterboyll2330]

That sounds better than what I thought, MELFARD

[@foxhound34]

The music sounds like a KZbinr trying to get around a songs copyright by adjusting the key and speed.

[@Phoenix7786]

Music seems ok to me, chief.

[@NerdPirateRadio]

lol, not off key but weird time.

[@Ghost_Of_SAS]

Giant warm

[@xanafalgue5184]

Never heard of this game, looks really great for me! Will this work on my Mega Drive?? :-P

[@nathangamer]

Hmm ... giant warm. OK.