Hudson's Adventure Island (NES) - Extraordinarily Hard Games [#17]

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Hudson's Adventure Island is an arcade game which was ported to the NES. It is insanely hard, long and unforgiving. But guess what.. it's also pretty freaking fun.
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[@JamesFarrOfficial]

This was a spirit-crushing rental as a kid.

[@Thekovaluu89]

I was about to type same thing. Cant remember how far i got in this game (so far looked familiar) but i remember it made me ragequit and never playing it again! xD

[@andrewneedham3281]

Also a soul-crushing game to own, even if you knew the location of the Hudson continue bee.

[@Dusty338]

Yup. A wasted weekend!

[@thebeakershow]

Gotta find the Hudson Bee in Stage 1. He's how you get a continue, but even then it's got extra steps afterwards. Hold Right and press Start on Title screen

[@Emberhawk85]

This

[@Nyah420]

I thought the "hold right + start" was a cheat, not the legal way to activate the continue. The mad men! You need to know a trick to activate your continue or you don't use it! LOL

[@DesireeRodriguezGuitarra]

On the game over screen.

[@crystallchannel]

@@Nyah420 yep, but that trick been explained in manual on NES! So... it't not a cheat!

[@zeusstormbolt8116]

At 7:22 Note that Ryu didn't die to the ceiling, he died of the hunger meter going 0

[@MatheusSilva-dragon]

[@Merennulli]

That was really well timed.

[@taleladar]

That, and the eggplant demon drained his food.

[@informationnotavailable6433]

I remember when I first played Minecraft a similar thing happened to me. I was starving to death, and so confused why I was taking damage.

[@heartofapril.98]

🤣that damn eggplant

[@udelmart]

This game is called "Capulinita" in México because the character looks exactly the same like an old movies actor called Capulina.

[@noatiendoboludos]

Aguja dinámica

[@camcrawford8520]

False

[@JorgeAtreides]

Totally capulinita, for the win. In Mexico we know this game as Capulinita for a mexican comedian actor known as Capulina.

[@itachi-hf3kv]

I swear I thought this game was called La isla de Capulina in México I rented many times when I was little but not until I was older and learnt English realized that it wasn't Capulina 🤣

[@asylum3466]

@@JorgeAtreides isn't that the same thing the guy above said?

[@Dr.UldenWascht]

Ryu: "What's the point of that health bar, dude?!" Me and my brother: * *Laughing in 1989* *

[@jhonchoparce3815]

Hi Ryu if you're going to continue this game I will give you some tips: 1. Fairy makes you invulnerable to everything even fireplaces. 2. Eggs are everywhere in the ground to trigger them only jump on them. To know where they are located you shoot and where disappear the shoots are where eggs stand waiting for you. 3. Lives are given when you complete every 50000 points also they're hid in some levels if you don't lose any live (there is one hidden just before the fireplace in level 1-4 inside an egg). 4. Try to learn how to win without the skateboard, it only makes you lose a lot of points. 5. Top bar means time. Every fruit and m's pot gives it to you (m's pot gets you to the maximum amount of time) 6. Monkey pots duplicates your score. 7. pumpkin fairy takes all the time out from you, so avoid them. 8. First level contains a bonus level, you trigger it by shooting between the pilars before the snake a lot of times. Level 1-3 also has one bonus level you need to take a key from an egg placed in the temple before ice part. Take the key and stay in the platform that falls it will get you up to the bonus level (try to shoot to locate the egg). 9. In the game over screen if you press start and select, the game will allow you to continue in the world you died. 10. Try not to rush because are a lot of things hidden in the game that will help you in the future so try to get everything you can. I hope you see this comment if not at least try to beat this game and continue with the sequels of this beautiful game...

[@lellyboi226]

At least he wears a helmet when’s hes skateboarding

[@lellyboi226]

Whoever liked you are a legend

[@alicestudytips7937]

I am, I really am

[@lellyboi226]

@@alicestudytips7937 AYE You really are

[@lh9591]

His waggling arms are so cute!!

[@MrPooPooJohn]

What a pussy 😖

[@JoannaNext]

Whenever your weapon seems to "disappear" in the air you hit a hidden egg. Just jump straight up at that spot.

[@misugijun]

yeah i am surprised he didn't catch that hints for hidden eggs. i am also disasppointed he didn't find any bonus areas

[@petervonstamer7859]

Or sometimes it is the secret area for the bonus level

[@Nyah420]

I was surprised he didn't find that odd. I bet he noticed, but didn't pay attention to it meaning anything, due to all the janky games he's played. Maybe he just thought it was jank.

[@PandaDemic2012]

To be fair I never realized that there were secret eggs or bonus levels when I played this.

[@WIllis073]

Note that when your weapon appears to stop in midair there is a secret on that spot. eggs, elevators and such. MORE IMPORTANTLY THERE IS A CONTINUE FUNCTION. its referred to as the continue bee or hudson bee, and its at the very end of the first level. A hidden egg on the final platform before the end.

[@cookiethebird3286]

I was playing this game around six y.o. Remember only area 1 round 1 from it. Even i tried nowadays i still couldnt finish the game.Thx Ryu i can finally see rest of this game 🥲

[@moniquemoreti]

This was one of my favorite games when I was a child, I can’t believe I’m watching a gameplay of it in 2020 🥲

[@miguelarbelaez906]

This was my favorite game on the NES, the second one with the "pets" is really great

[@urzak4203]

I was confused when I didn't see the dinos, always thought there was only that version.

[@Heredott]

Ceiling is harmless - stamina bar depleted - everytime you beat a boss it gets a new head and you fight it again in the next world - eggplant depletes stamina bar faster - in night time if you see a purple flower on the ground it means thief is gonna run behind you - - and when you died last, you could jump over the spider and boulder instead of jumping betweek *takes of anime glasses Loved watching the game filled my childhood by the youtuber i love watching Keep up the Good work man ! and i would love for you to finish this game !

[@thesandreckener]

I beat this game way back when! I cant belive you are playing through this!

[@insektuo]

Really?? Wow! I beat battletoads back in the Day but this one made me soo mad 😂

[@marionplaza4240]

Ryu lighten up my days sometimes。this is one of those days。

[@guillermobiasini3755]

For people unfamiliar to Adventure Island, that bar on the top is a stamina bar that get drained as you run. You take fruits to refill it. If the bar ran out, you lose a life.

[@Gigawicket]

It's a hunger meter. It depletes over time whether you move or not.

[@ikedogman1]

This is a “try and retry” game. Once you know the rules and start getting the hang of the pacing it gets super fun and you can tear through it. Brings back memories. My Mom loved this game.

[@zephadusjoltspark6951]

After renting this back in the day, my grandmother decided she needed to buy a copy. She found out about the continues, and would play through a good portion of the day, and left the game running so she could continue later. My NES was held hostage for about 2 weeks until the console decided it had enough and the game froze. I don't think she ever beat the game, but she still brings it up in conversation from time to time.

[@randylivengood3112]

This was one of my favorites as a kid. You were struggling hard!

[@Joe-Angel]

Man I love these retro game videos. Awesome job on first time playthrough. Def got to get those secrets your missing.

[@kchrome9396]

I laughed so hard watching you play this game. You’re hilarious. 😂

[@gregariouscalver]

i totally forgot about this game and seeing Ryu play it awoke some sort of primal childhood memory within me

[@christophercrouch8847]

You can find hidden eggs by firing your weapon. The weapon will vanish before hitting the ground. Jump on that spot to uncover hidden eggs. This is my favorite to play as a kid due to the challenge and pace of the game.

[@staworl]

Couple tips: -When you hammers/fire stop without hitting the ground there is a hidden egg there -there is a hidden egg after the bridge next to cliff in the first level that allows you to continue (still requires a d-pad direction + start at gameover screen) -the egg plant saps you vitality bar -hitting rocks with your hammer causes the snake to shoot you -the milk bottle item refills your vitality bar -the flower power up doubles your fruit points

[@jimykoro]

Thanks for that extraordinarily hard games videos. but please make them longer.

[@sabalshrestha1097]

Ha! Look at Ryu! Dying on first level. Look at him and laugh. Hahahaha. *Starts remembering the childhood and realize that I died more than Ryu on first level and the fact that I still haven't completed this game yet and then proceed to cry.*

[@6zslim627]

That is not your health bar, but the level timer. Also you can continue by holding any direction button and then pressing "start", but it will only work if you get the bee from the hidden egg at the end of the stage. Love the vids Ryu, great job

[@yashgulati5709]

Good lord this game.. I used to hate this game coz it was so difficult but could never put it away!!! Couldn't believe iy when i saw the thumbnail, this brought back memories man :')

[@johnrustic]

Ryu, Master Higgins is a portley fellow, the "life bar" is his starvation meter, he'll die if he isn't constantly eating. When your weapon disappears it signifies a secret egg and there's a hudson bee in level 1 that lets you continue.

[@blazing816]

beat me to it....was just going to mention the honey bee

[@Nyah420]

Body of an out-of-shape 50 year old; metabolism of a 20 year old sprinter.

[@MrPooPooJohn]

There are a lot of secret items when you stand in certain spots similar to Super Ghouls and Ghosts. There are plenty of tips and tricks like bonus levels and items with more points that you need to know if you stand any chance at beating this brutal game. Unless you play it enough to where you can speed run it I’d say look for as many points and secrets as possible. There are a ton!!! For example, finding the hidden Hudson Bee gives you a continue after all your lives are gone. Hold right and press start at the title screen. There are rings that give you 2.5k or 5k (I can’t remember but they are worth finding) Bonus levels are huge too. There are also babies in secret eggs that give you and extra guy. Find secrets just like in Simons Quest, Milon’s Boring Castle or Super G&G. Throw your axe or fire around until it hits something and stops suddenly. Then jump around where it hit the invisible spot.

[@laufendlich]

First I really thought this game will not interest me at all. But the tremendous amount of detail is stunning. One example is the fire power up. Taking it back to how it was for the first humans. Fire changed everything and brought them to a new level. So it did in this game.

[@lyzez3531]

19:18 Awww poor Ryu come here to hug you baby 😍😍

[@jackaljukovsky]

Never beat it, but I loved this game as a child. Thx Ryu :)

[@tophatjones179]

Holy shit, I forgot about this game. I spent soooooo many hours playing this when I was a kid. Thanks for that sweet sweet nostalgia!!!!!

[@Giantshredder]

"Eggplant, with a horn" That's a stem bro.

[@eshuorishas9987]

That eggplant was the reason I sucked at this game. I hated eating eggplant for awhile after playing this too.

[@adamdavis40208]

do eggplants mean something different in japan? they're in this game, kid icarus, probably more.

[@Nyah420]

​@@adamdavis40208 I don't know how true this is, but this is what I've learnt from watching the Japanese show GCCX: Master Takahashi was president of Hudson. They made this game (not Wonder Boy, on which it's based on) and he put himself in it as the main character (look up a picture of him to see why the character has that face, lol). In the West, the Adventure Island protagonist is known as Master Higgins; but in Japan he's "Takahashi Meijin". He was a somewhat famous character from the 80s for his skill at shoot 'em ups (he was said to be able to shoot faster than anyone!). I hear his dislike of eggplant is what made them go with that choice in this game. Maybe other games too.

[@johnrustic]

One of my favorite childhood memories was of this game, every New Years Eve, my whole family would play this game, even my Mom and she never gamed. Good stuff!

[@anthonygostischa574]

And now you understand where all the quarters in the 80's disappeared to. There's nothing better than seeing just how frustrating it is for someone to learn how to play the game 25 years later. Fee hints: hidden eggs are throughout each stage. Where your weapon disappears instead of firing through are either an egg or a bonus section.

[@JimBob-vg2og]

Bro I’ve fallen asleep to your last two hard games vids 🤣 but it because I’ve watched after I’ve arrived back home after work

[@makotokibune5894]

I remember playing this game a long time ago, forgot the name now i'm feeling nostalgic while watching this video. I'm gonna go download an emulator and play this rn :D

[@noodlesgamebox5903]

I suggest retroarch

[@DarkZenith]

the alternate name for the arcade was Wonder Boy.

[@rheabyrne9822]

It's so wild seeing a game that I grew up with and never saw as particularly difficult end up on here, but looking now I guess I can see it.

[@skeletontoes7692]

Right. Felt the same when he did lion king. Never found either of those games very difficult.

[@alejandroballesterosh4252]

Quick tips: "Health bar" is for monitoring the starving, that's why you have to collect fruit (it works more like a timer) There are spots where your tomahawks seems to collide with something invisible, jump twice in such places to reveal a secret egg Angels make you invincible, so you can collide with anything in your path That was a pretty tough game back in the day, so i believe you can finish it. Good luck!

[@BojackUnb0und]

I played "this" as a kid on the Sega Master System as 'Wonder Boy'. I prefer that version.

[@mklip2001]

I believe Wonder Boy is actually the original, and Hudson's Adventure Island was a port of it for US audiences. Granted, none of the other games in the Wonderboy series play anything like this.

[@patricioart4301]

Yeah! In the arcades in my country it was called Wonder Boy. Way better music and aesthetics!

[@uhrw3rk]

@@patricioart4301 I also played it as a kid (when I was about 7-8 ^^) - one of the only games I think I never beat (besides Spider-Man2 (Gameboy - never knew what to do there).Especially the later levels (5,6,7) were unforgiving... Games from that period of time seem to be way harder then games from today (f.e. Shinobi's last level is probably harder then any Doom or Assasins Creed).

[@patricioart4301]

@@uhrw3rk that's because games back then were quite short due to storage capacity. Most can be beaten in less than half an hour. Difficulty spikes (with no save systems) were a way of extending the gameplay making sure you needed to get really good to finish it.

[@uhrw3rk]

@@patricioart4301 that's actually a very good explanation

[@pauloblack5225]

I used to play this game a lot as a kid and yes it's tough and very long but still fun and a great challenge

[@auto8958]

Dude you're the best, around, nothing's gonna ever bring you down!

[@teddine7366]

I beat this when I was a kid. It was one of the three nes games I owned when I was a kid, Ninja Gaiden being one of them. It took me about three months of straight playing this to beat it.

[@dexgray4581]

The “flying eggplant” drained your health/timer meter, it wasn’t the ceiling that took your life in the cave 🙌 hope this helps!

[@grillburgerdaq5121]

7:16 you didn’t die to the ceiling. Eggplant man took your life bars away. You don’t want eggplant man.

[@LoliPeeSlurper]

Red Frog is the Hammer Bros of Adventure Island

[@leknaattheseer]

Looking forward to the moment you beat it. Great video as always, Ryu.

[@omet9250]

keep up these video's, loving these frequent uploads

[@Mr0cb]

I really like this serie ! Keep up the good work and thank you for the entertainment

[@hulluorava]

"We got the pot bonus." :) I love the smirk on Ryu's face.

[@kimkrimson]

Such horrible childhood memories. Thank you for bringing it back

[@Volair]

I remember playing this as a kid and the one for the Gensis. But the Super Adventure Island II for the SNES is such a hidden gem. Much easier by comparison but a lot of fun.

[@cdxs-pf7ju]

Agree on 8:48. So messed up, but so hilarious at the same time. After all that effort jumping over the fire, the rock just effortlessly tosses him back into it 😂

[@pandrus23]

does anyone else think Ryu just loaded a save State during the edit instead of playing all the way back through those levels? This is why he's a professional; I do not have that kind of patience.

[@thegaymingavenger]

I can't believe this game is on here. I played this SO much as a kid (in one of those 64 in 1 things that had a ton of NES games that I'd never otherwise been able to play). To be fair, I never did get very far into it haha

[@jannekaikkonen9707]

Everytime you pass a flower on the ground "sneaky bandit" will run from behind 11:43 :D

[@Real1Gaming]

I have no idea how many times I repeated "it's a hunger bar!!" during this... Especially when he thought he died from touching the ceiling.

[@PrinceFloof]

To be fair now that he's doing games he's not familiar with from childhood, he's going in blindly not knowing what to expect

[@Xezlec]

The game makes zero effort to explain your cause of death though. It's not like Mario where it says "TIME UP" because of course

[@archersomit2026]

Lol that was funny.. this guy such a mess 🤣 blue flying thing increased the hunger and reduced the bar .. he could not understand that....

[@jakenhite]

I still play this game on my Wii U. It's been over a year since I've played, I've gotten to the fourth world (around level 14). The food you collect fills your energy bar at the top-run out of energy and you die (like a refillable timer). Great to see you play it!

[@slykingcronic7666]

Ryu is every arcade mangers nigtmare 😂😂💙💙💙

[@asymptoticspatula]

Brings back a lot of memories.

[@lostcosmos3245]

DAMN! Childhood memories right here! Sat for hours on this game when it came out!!

[@ardynizunia9709]

7:18 No, you died to the healthbar. The "healthbar" is a timer. It refills when you pick up all the fruits around the level and empties over time automatically. It is a gamemechanic to force you to not take your time.

[@cdxs-pf7ju]

18:03 makes you laugh 'cause the fish gets revenge for the KO on the turn before, but then 18:15 makes you laugh even harder 'cause it's exact same spot where game over happened before 😂😂😂

[@chrisfisher1738]

Bro I loved this game I didn’t think anyone else knew this game

[@NatnatGaming101]

If you're not that aware, that meter on the top is your hunger bar, not health bar. 6:56 Eggplant drains it quicker than the normal speed until you reach under 3 hunger points. It's not the spike ceiling that caused death, but by starvation.

[@shanewilson4158]

If you ever decide to live stream more attempts at this game, or if you decide to make a series out of it I would LOVE to see more! If anyone can take this evil game down it's you, sir. Thanks for all the kick ass content Ryu!

[@hamzarao1583]

I swear I beat this game in childhood along with my elder brother....it was soooooo freaking hard we didn't sleep the whole night.... Lovely memories 😍

[@rubygraves978]

I was hoping him to discover any special minigame that skips parts of the level giving you a lot of fruits. Or at least the way to find a hidden eggs with items.

[@aenamhasan9658]

One the most favorite childhood game

[@jaybro3713]

There was a time in my life where i have only few games available to play and this game is in the top 3 of that list.

[@robertbarrett7238]

I spent many a sleepless night trying to beat this game as a child. Thank you for finally playing it.

[@joshuamusicante4841]

There is a way to get infinite continues somewhere in the very first level. There is a hidden egg right near the ledge of the Goal at the end of the very first level, which you either need to shoot or jump around (can't quite remember). It contains an item which gives you infinite continues. As for the bar at the top, you need to keep eating fruit or else your health depletes and you die. Yeah, this game is insanely tough; I think I only got to the 3rd boss.

[@CyanideSublime]

This game ate so many quarters, it became successful. I have no clue how people back then didn't see thru it.

[@shanewilson4158]

This is my new favorite series....again.

[@el-yerba-buena9678]

BTW, the "life bar" is hunger, if you dont collect food you die, the eggplant gives you hunger. Spamming axes is a strat, if an axe disappears could be a secret like here 6:35 , and for eggs that spawn in your back, you can break em whit the axe they can be kicked off screen, be carefull.

[@matisotomayor]

ow boy, memories of the arcade version "Jungle Boy" from 1982, unforgiving but always full of people that game

[@Flowey-THEflower]

Definitely everyone's nostalgia

[@mmsL125]

Never heard of this

[@Naglfar83]

Me neither.

[@thearabicdp]

The older bunch anyway. Good old days, I'm sure it was called something different though

[@Nanolinks87]

"Star power!" *dodges everything anyways*

[@drgusman]

The original arcade game is Wonder Boy, adventure island is a clone

[@hassanawdi3793]

Believe it or not now I have heard of wonder boy even though I was born in 1987

[@hamzarao1583]

Owh really

[@Gatorade69]

Kind of. Wonder Boy was made by Escape (Westone) but owned by Sega. Hudson actually paid for the rights to make a NES version but Sega still owned the property, so they changed the character and na e of the game. In that sense they were actually trying to port Wonder Boy instead of copy it/rip it off.

[@TierTwoWorks]

I played Wonder Boy on the Sega Master System back c.1986. I'd never heard of Adventure Island until a few years ago. Gotta say I prefer the original WB designs.

[@alfasilverblade]

Monster Boy in Wonderland is the most recent game of this franchise. On Switch/PS4 and its realy good but not hard.

[@Namistai25]

Thanks Ryu. These games are really fun.

[@Cheesehead302]

I played this a lot on the bootleg NES Super Joy thing as a kid, and could never get past the first stage lmao. I could never have imagined that it has 32 levels, so much longer than I could have imagined and way longer than most NES games.

[@gabymorgi9465]

if you shot and the hammer suddenly dissapear it means that there is a hidden egg in that spot. also, if you jump in some places it appears a platform that lead you to a bonus screen. it's al about keeping shooting and jumping all the time

[@GeminiSaint1]

Next time try to find the invisible egg with the Hudson Bee in stage 1. It enables continuing after a Game Over. (There are many invisible eggs in the game. If your weapon disappears for no apparent reason, you are most likely hitting an invisible egg. Jump on that spot to reveal them. For example, check at 11:05, right before jumping the bonfire, notice how your weapon disappeared a bit to the left of it, before it actually reached the ground? That's an egg.)

[@Retro6502]

That moment at 8:30 where Ryu holds up the cartridge and you realize he's playing an emulator 😁

[@ninjaguyYT]

Or he was doing the gameplay at a different time and it was just an intro.

[@arliskstudios]

What’s interesting is that the game it’s self is of average difficulty, but if you game over, you can’t continue. That’s what’s so hard about it.

[@Sublimelife909]

Great series and a great game I sunk a ton of time into as a kid

[@HappyHistorianGaming]

I used to love this game as a kid and never knew it was so tough. I guess the difference between then and now is that then I got a game over and went outside to play as the hero of the story; now I just game over and complain

[@gabymorgi9465]

Yes, we were more patient :(

[@louie6204]

I think the bar you call your health bar is actually hunger

[@tiagho14]

OHHHHH. Really? I played this on a clone console and from time to time I remember about this game. Now I find it on one of my most watched channels. That's awsome.

[@Night-Jester]

The learning process is fun in this series. Also kid me liked this game a lot or the sprites or something.

[@PhillyHippy]

LUL 11:53 "I Jumped before there was anything on screen but by the time the thing was on screen I was mid-jump so I had no chance... Y'all feel me? " ... I feel you.

[@noobandfriends2420]

You sound like a gamer who grew up on "everyone get a trophy". Us old fogies grew up on failure like this.

[@dissensia6024]

I remember playing this game when I was younger. It's not bad, but it is definitely hard. As for the thing you think is HP it's sort of HP but it drains of hunger which you use food to replenish making it more of a timer you can get a bonus on.

[@ericedwards69420]

Ohh shiiit THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVOURITE GAME OF ALLL TIME!!! THANK YOU RYU FOR PLAYING THIS MANNNM GODDAMNN

[@Disgardia]

I never finished this game because this game is too spooky and too difficult for little me, thanks for finishing this

[@spartamuzic]

those games was so good playing them on their console always fun! good times.

[@brrrrrrrrrrrk]

When you shoot and the bullets disappear, that means there's a hidden egg

[@pinebarrenpatriot8289]

This is a Sega game called Wonderboy. It was released on the Sega Master System a year before Hudson bought the rights and released it on Nintendo changing the name to Adventure Island and the character.