Hydlide (NES) - Angry Video Game Nerd (AVGN)

[@Jordan3DS]

The issue with Hydlide is that it released in 1984 and was an incredibly influential game for its time, even inspiring Zelda. By the time the NES version came out, however, the games that Hydlide had inspired were already released, and so it felt archaic in comparison.

[@m.a.packer5450]

This is true: Y's and Xanadu were heavily inspired by Hydlide and are still making games to this day

[@judsongaiden9878]

@@m.a.packer5450 Faxanadu was the best.

[@m.a.packer5450]

@@judsongaiden9878 yes it is, I wish there were a lot more like it

[@Sparrows1121]

So Zelda is, Hydlide if better

[@wertydeluxe1405]

Sure bro

[@thetechconspiracy2]

The SAVE option actually does something other than just giving you a password. It does actually save the game, but the save is lost when you turn off the power. However, when you die, you can actually use the LOAD command to load the save without having to type the password, much like a savestate on an emulator.

[@blinkth3dog]

Joseph Still wow

[@cookiesontoast9981]

Thank you, I was just about to comment this, he may have been much less frustrated if he knew this.

[@GrooveScorpion]

What is "speed"? Faster xp?

[@xplinux22]

Really? James showed the main menu that you get redirected to when you die, and the only two options were "Game Start" and "Password." How would you be able to use the "Load" command when you died?

[@OMA2k]

@@xplinux22 : Dunno, maybe starting a new game, then choosing Load?

[@grizzlywhisker]

dr. jekyl and mr. HYDLIDE.

[@mariofan794]

Thanks, Satan!

[@jayesper4390]

grizzlywhisker Wow... Someone thought to do it...

[@imdajasperbaby]

HAHAHAHAHA

[@Thewolfguys.cartoons2000]

Lol clever!

[@juan4allHD]

That's got to be the worst!

[@Halo3machenima]

These are the games in the hydlide series: Hydlide Hydlide II: Shrine of darkness Hydlide III: The space memories Super Hydlide Virtual Hydlide I am not fucking kidding... Please play some of them.

[@christianmunso7482]

Ivan Simpson yes, and he has concluded, while deeply flawed Super Hydlide is the best one out the putrid piece of shit of a series

[@MisterCrowley]

Halo3machenima And the worst of the bunch (I'm sure this joke has been made already, but fuck it): Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hydlide

[@Halo3machenima]

***** Holy shit XD Somebody should make a joke game of that

[@slendy9600]

what console was virtual hydlide on? couldnt have been virtual boy since james covered the whole library for that thing... or was virtual hydlide super obscure and he missed it?

[@IvanovIvanAKrutoi]

slendy9600 Philips CD-i, I think.

[@ericthered1154]

Don't you know AVGN? If you enter dark areas without a light, you're likely to be eaten by a grue.

[@DanHarkless_Halloween_YTPs_etc]

Those were my thoughts exactly. Guess James wasn't an Infocom guy. 🙈

[@chrisbailey7384]

You get killed by the dark!

[@ayylmao575]

You get killed by Gru? What, does he fetch his Facebook mom minions on you?

[@seamusquain2706]

Be cautious, for on your internet journey, if you go too deep, you will be killed by a Gru. His evil minions from the land of facebook will tear you apart!

[@KaijuForceNeo]

Why isn’t this going viral right now?

[@IronOrePickaxe]

I think the nerd should review Virtual Hydlide for the Sega Saturn.

[@hallerd]

***** $1 *****

[@HaneeFannee]

***** $100,000,000 *****

[@hallerd]

Spring Stranger lol

[@Gammera2000]

The worst one in the series was a remake of the 2nd worst (Hylide was remade into Virtual Hylide)

[@itzspencerr1403]

Let's hope Hylide will never be remade on Oculus Rift.

[@AJtheprogrammer]

Jim the Knight Killed by bees

[@ItsRetroPlanet]

+Alexander James Fuck you Nature.

[@GladstnJones]

+Alexander James So I kill bats, Oh i'm sorry... Stirges. STOLEN STRAIT FROM DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS LADIES AND GENTLEMAN!

[@colinbennett8974]

+Alexander James The dragon goes hadbfajhdfguakluha, and the princess EXPLODES into fairys!

[@ihaveanamenowbutitsnotvery1937]

You can actually get one of the fairies right away, by touching one of these trees. But if you touch the wrong tree-BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES

[@supahsta2]

A VERY POWERFULL KNIGHT KILLED BY SOME BEES

[@wawawis]

My parents bought this game for me in 1990, so I'm more than familiar with it and I still have the manual somewhere. Okay, until your experience reaches a certain level, you are vulnerable to dying by tiring out just by walking. You have to have to take breaks and just sit there from time to time, until your life meter recovers. The game takes a lot of patience. It basically gave up on it and it took me years go give it a second try. Once I came back to it, I was able to appreciate it a little more. And though it still is far from my favorite game, I do like the nostalgia is brings me. I, too, had always thought it looked primitive for a 1989 game. But now I know why, and no wonder, it's from 1984. That explains the simplicity and the constant music theme.

[@SephiranPrime]

Play Ys I and II. Have fun. It's Hydlide but done right.

[@wawawis]

VelesXIII I'll have to check those out sometime.

[@wawawis]

Turrican4D LOL I didn't really mind. The did a good job of spoiling me back in the day. It actually happened after I asked for an NES version of Strider. KB Toys said the game was discontinued, so when they were asked to show us similar games, they held out "Code Name Viper", Wizards & Warriors, and this game. I'm not sure how Hydelyde is anything like those games, but that employee evidently saw similarities. Luckily, they got some shipments of Strider unexpectedly the following week. I got Code Name Viper that Christmas. I also rented Wizards and Warriors several times after, but never got around to owning it. Needless to say, those other games stole the thunder from Hydelyde. Not to mention the fact I replaced the A/C adapter to my Atari 2600 at this time after a 3-year hiatus, and also doubled the collection by folding a friend's into it. And within the next 3 years, I also got a Sega Genesis & Super Nintendo. All that said, I think it was probably 1998 by the time I finally gave Hydelide some serious attention. I remember being surprised when an entirely different music is used for the final boss. LOL I thought the same theme would be used from beginning to end.

[@josephcosta8884]

Hey James. I am bipolar, I have severe depression and a rare bone disease called avascular necrosis. I just wanted to let you know, your videos always make me laugh and put me in a better place.. thank you for all that you do James... sincerely Joe Promo ...

[@matx49xh33]

I am really sorry for you situation bro :(

[@dogma9609]

@@dinoman3275 , and why is it so..."Lame"?

[@alexking3153]

@@dinoman3275 🤡

[@somewhereupthere7]

@@dinoman3275 pretty inconsiderate man

[@Brad-lt2re]

@@dinoman3275 lol

[@batsunz]

Makes you wonder if James ever played Zork and is familiar with the concept of Grues - the whole "random dying in the dark" setup was a feature in old games to stop people just fumbling their way through dark areas and skipping parts of the game - you need set items (such as the lantern) to turn off the death flag.

[@jarkspore]

I mean, if I was walking through a maze with fireballs and no visibility, I’d probably smash my face into walls enough to die.

[@AmyraCarter]

Even LoZ games have stuff like this. It's dumb but from what I've experienced these event tiles don't move and can be avoided...

[@autobotstarscream765]

I love how Pokémon ditched that concept and said "you want to stumble through to the end, fighting 1,000 Zubats along the way? Have fun, kid!"

[@makutas-v261]

It still fucking sucks.

[@wardrich]

Man, I can't believe this video is just over 10 years old. I still remember lying in my son's room when he was taking a nap as a baby and watching this. Time is flying by

[@wingedhand2525]

I never realized how poetic 1:25 sounded until today. Back then games really were like small adventures because no online reviews, walkthroughs, etc. It was just you and the game.

[@ARCtheCartoonMaster]

I mean... it still *is* an adventure, because you're supposed to form your own opinion instead of just letting others think for you.

[@simplyhuman3982]

Yes.

[@simplyhuman3982]

@@ARCtheCartoonMaster 😂

[@simplyhuman3982]

@@ARCtheCartoonMaster but they made way points and in game guides instead of just you playing the game. ( not knowing its full potential. )

[@Love-Sensibility]

You and the game, huh? That feels so personal

[@Peter_1986]

I like how he plays the Zelda theme at the end, almost like he's trying to say "screw Hydlide, play Zelda instead". =P

[@Alithenius]

Hydlide does have a working save function, just no battery backup. You can load when you hit start a new game then hit "Load". Loading in Hydlide loads the game that's saved to the RAM inside the cartrige, and in games like Zelda, the battery backup makes it so that when you turn off the game, the ram can still maintain the binary data with a slight surge of electricity. If the game doesn't have a battery backup, it will maintain the save until you turn of the console because the binary is being maintained by power from the console. Essentially, it's just an overly-complicated continue function with the plus side of getting to choose where you continue, because Hydlide actually saves the last place you were standing and what screen you were on when you save.

[@Darthquackius]

emphasis on overly complicated... they could have added load to the death screen.

[@thema1998]

​@@Darthquackius That would've been so much easier. Instead, we got *very* confusing load and save features! 😅

[@AmyraCarter]

You're not killed by nothing; the lantern dispels darkness traps (of course these are invisible but do not change places or anything so you can figure out where they are and avoid them). This is a common thing in games like these, where darkness hides unseen traps that light dispels, and I've played several. Even LoZ games have these, though they don't necessarily kill.

[@pantheman2842]

In Zelda, the only such thing I remember is Ganon and Gemasaur King becoming invincible unless the torches are lit. The former in "A Link to the Past".

[@OlsunEdits]

Whos here from Super Virutal Hydlide? I had to watch this before seeing the new one. Wow jumping back 8 years is such nostalgic feeling

[@Jeannette.81]

Olsun I know right, it's crazy

[@Zholat]

So, how are things in 2019?

[@Anon24052]

Bla it is like a month and 4 days a way

[@legrandgougoulilumine6940]

It's just Virtual Hydlide.

[@reverendneko8512]

Wait, people made custom AVGN action figures?!? I want one. Now.

[@KevinLuper99]

SalmonAniminim same

[@AmyraCarter]

Haidoraido. Hydlide in Japanese. Not sure what it means, if anything (probably nothing).

[@xuanbaoXb]

!!

[@schwarzerritter5724]

Wait... are you telling you do not have a custom figure of yourself?

[@Blueflag04]

Same

[@MP-nq9ht]

Hydlide sounds like some sort of sequel to Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde.

[@eins2001]

Mr. Hydelide

[@andrewcoleman5775]

Somebody make this a movie already.

[@jayden6538]

It predates that game by four years.

[@bigbozza2754]

Yooooo we got the same profile pic

[@rogue7723]

Or a liar-revealed story involving Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Y'know Hyde _lied?_

[@nintenjoel]

Fuck. Ihate this game. Hated it as a kid, hate it as an adult. And now i need it again for my NES collection. FAIL.

[@elchapeau]

i remember renting it, realized it was bad, set it aside -but forgot about it. the late fees meant i couldn't rent another game for three weeks. made me dislike this game even more.

[@Aenygma_]

AVGN needs to review Virtual Hydlide for the Sega Saturn!!

[@singleflips]

+LordAztahoth virtual hydli- *surpressting gag reflex* virtual hydliha- *unable to talk* virtual hydlaha- just show the game.

[@TheChaosDragoness]

Portly Guy the Knight Killed by bees

[@EnforcerX71]

+LordAztahoth Are you trying to kill him?

[@Aenygma_]

EnforcerX71 Not at all. It's the pièce de résistance for the greatest video game reviewer of all time!

[@Gaminggod1997BAGR]

+M3RKSPLOOGESTICK I see what you did there

[@WokeHate]

I love re-watching these episodes, they never get old!

[@kevinslater4126]

When I was a kid I made a map of this game and stepped on EVERY SINGLE SQUARE IN THE GAME to figure out how to get in the castle. I never figured out how to get inside the castle.

[@jediking12]

The music does sound like Indiana Jones 😨

[@FlintG]

It does just in 8 bit lol.

[@elizabethstevenson9707]

I think they knowingly did that... Something something NES memory limitations.

[@vegetasolo1221]

It does sound like Dr. Jones

[@SophSophSoph298]

jediking12 stop insulting it

[@grimmjob8090]

jediking12 No shit

[@kiki88561]

Holy crap, so I'm not the only one who thought that was Indiana Jones...

[@borrisg4972]

It's not. It's Indian Jomes. Totally different song, like Under Pressure and Ice Ice Baby

[@KaijuForceNeo]

Why isn’t this going viral right now?

[@charlottecorday8494]

​@@KaijuForceNeobecause Disney killed Indiana Jones

[@tysonnelson525]

Anyone else having an AVGN marathon?

[@atradtchofanter]

me, 3 years after

[@KevinLuper99]

me at 4 am

[@Ryan_but_the_name_was_taken]

3 weeks after the 3 Years after at 2 am :D

[@gleenfales]

+ryan (Don Cheetos) what ?

[@kulsevdasi]

3 years later. My 5th time watching them all in one marathon I think

[@rimsky82]

The best part of the video is that the nerd uses dot matrix printer paper to write down his passwords. Sooooo classic.

[@leroyvisiongames2294]

If you click “load” after starting a new game, you can continue your last game from where you saved without putting the password back in.

[@ontariodrome]

Hydlide... it sounds like a pretty awful name, like a disease or something. "Hey man sorry, *cough cough* I can't come over today. I just caught a really bad case of hydlide."

[@neilisbored2177]

It's a disease commonly caused by BEEEEEES!!!!!!!!!

[@JianCB2]

Aged like fermented shit.

[@Blueflag04]

CoronaLide

[@ontariodrome]

@@Blueflag04 You're not wrong! I'd rather get Hydlide any day!

[@ontariodrome]

@@JianCB2 He wasn't lying!

[@silverxstar01]

But really, what you said got me thinking. Imagine this: back in the late 80's, there was a poor family. The youngest son was utterly obsessed with the NES, the only present he ever received. He liked Super Mario Bros and Duck Hunt, but playing them over, over and *_over_* again was getting old. He became extremely excited upon hearing about Legend of Zelda at school, hearing his friends talking about this seemingly amazing action-adventure game. One day, this little boy's family decided to go out. In the window of a store, he saw...the Legend of Zelda cartridges, merchandise, everything! He pointed at the window and pleaded his parents to "take a look with him" (of course, he wanted to buy it). Knowing they couldn't afford it, but not wanting to disappoint their poor little son, they decided to go along with it. After realizing that the price was way too high for them, they offered to look in the bargain bin for another game. The little boy dug through the bin, until reaching a copy of Hydlide, which looked like a fun, exciting adventure, just like the Legend of Zelda! Upon checking the price, his parents agreed to get it. _Oh, what this kid was in for._

[@aplasticsoldier9130]

silverxstar that was just sad ;_;

[@chrisr529]

th th that kid was me 😭😭😭😭😭

[@hungryfilms3707]

Damn that was deep. It would make a great horror movie

[@TheZephyrsWind]

I was poor as a kid. Fortunately, my dad would take it upon himself to buy games for me using money that was for his painkillers (he had bad legs).

[@Venislovas]

That's depressing greggory.

[@johnclavis]

Damn, I wish there were a thousand episodes of AVGN.

[@CKru8789]

1/5 of the way there!

[@MichaelHayward]

I thought of Indiana Jones straight away! Before it was mentioned. xD

[@dragonno6587]

***** wow, you have ears

[@MichaelHayward]

Belze Buddha IKR! Their so useful!

[@ReneArmenta19]

+Michael Hayward me too

[@seanhines6554]

Same

[@jaznmarc15]

+sean hines same

[@SoulFoxie]

7:38 Hey look the map is E.T's sprite from the Atari game XD

[@andregon4366]

Mind blown

[@SoulFoxie]

Yeah totally

[@MrCheesyBaconBits]

I can't see it > _

[@SoulFoxie]

Look at the zelda Map,is the E.T sprite from Atari

[@error2205]

Where? R you seeing things?

[@jerm70]

Anybody thinks there should be AVGN toys in happy meals

[@ItsxAxLiger]

(at McDonalds drive thru) emplyee: "Sir I'm sorry but may i ask why you want a kids meal instead of a regular?" me: "Don't worry about it."

[@jerm70]

It walks, it talks, it plays bad games, and downs the beer.

[@evanhorn2843]

Toy 1-AVGN puncher(hit button on the back and power glove punches) Toy 2-Burn bad games(push button fast and the spinning looks like the games are burning) Toy 3-Power glove(push buttons and says your favorite AVGN phrases) Toy 4-Rollin rock(wind up the bottom half and the bottle rolls) Toy 5-AVGN bobblehead(AVGN has his arms folded and has his angry face you see on the thumbnail of big rigs and Bill and Ted) Toy 6-Controller(Has his hands on the side and push buttons on his hands to make his thumbs move like he's playing a game)

[@joey6058]

I can see it. You click a button on his back and he says things like "Ass" or "Shit". Kids will love it!

[@JoxxArt]

You mean ANGRY meals.

[@RamiFive4Five]

Boy! that music really transtport me to my childhood. Playing a game in the dark on the living room at 2am on a weekend or vaccation, dreams are made of both great and shitty games.

[@charliecoccia8875]

At least LJN didn't make this turd.

[@charliecoccia8875]

J.A.L.M Productions Um actually LJN made much worse games than this one.

[@whenthemusicsover6028]

+J.A.L.M Productions It seems the Nerd would agree with you. :)

[@kinamiya1]

You know you fucked up when you make a game even lower than ljn standards

[@thejay8963]

LJN is a publisher, damnit!

[@nicholasj.bonniecrawfordab2346]

@Keith Kevin Kotton EVEN the LJN Defender (Cygnus Destroyer) couldn't defend this game.

[@JumperIncorp]

6:32 - "The game kills you with nothing!" But, it could've been a Grue...

[@JoCoBrony]

Jim the Knight. Killed by rocks.

[@thirdocean3784]

JoCoBrony it's Jim the knight killed by slimes not rocks

[@RAFMnBgaming]

Killed by Bees.

[@beanyapostnuclearyoutubepa4764]

Jim the Knight: Killed by wiis

[@jayesper4390]

JoCoBrony Everyone else died too. The end.

[@UnknownPerson-wc7wf]

Fuck you nature

[@arcsparkasriel]

AVGN is great to watch into the early hours of the morning

[@lucasreimer4500]

That “FUUUUCCCKKK” at the start really FUUUCKKKing got me... everyone in my house is asleep and my volume was too loud.... FUUUUCCCKK

[@TheChaosDragoness]

2:21 *BEES!!* AAAAHH!! Ohmygodohmygodohmygod!!!

[@M1YAK2]

Jim the Knight...Killed by bees...

[@supaanimegal4894]

no... NO! NOT THE BEES!!!!

[@Bauglir100]

A deadly bee weapon. Bees, my god.

[@dialga236]

The Chaos Dragoness Jim the Knight. Killed by Bees.

[@ThePickleBehindTheSlaughter]

@Old Time Films what?

[@youngkappakhan]

I was super surprised to learn that Hydlide was actually a really influential game in Japan

[@johnshea7871]

The NES version was outdated especially since Zelda was succesful

[@olivierpayette4352]

this chanel is so good ! I just discovered it

[@llamaempress]

Welcome! Been a fan of AVGN since 2008. You will not be disappointed :)

[@Horzuhammer]

Been watching since 2006 myself. I think there were like five videos total when discovered the then-Nintendo nerd. Very cool to know new people are still discovering the channel. :)

[@riplixx6577]

watch dragons lair his rant is my favorite 😁😁😁😁

[@RhythmGrizz]

He's gonna take you back to the past

[@MoundN]

Olivier Payette i envy you. I wish I could experience all those videos of him as if i never watched them.. but here I am watching the whole serious the 6th time lmao.

[@noodoru813]

Episode 86, a game from 1986. Coincidence?

[@dialga236]

Nicolas Diaz Amiel I THINK NOT

[@albinandersson9260]

Good Noodle Are you excited over the new Gorillaz album ?!

[@firstnamelastname7244]

Yes.

[@jaakkopontinen]

Hong Kong 97 material.

[@oh_hi_mark805]

the game was made in 84 not 86

[@CAWGregoryBlack]

Could be worse...There could be a crossover of pure shit known as Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hydelide in which you play as a knight with a throwing cane that does no damage and you have to wait for the cane to fly off of the screen to throw another. Up is used to shoot the canes, down is used to jump, left and right are the menu and quit buttons while B & A do nothing. The entire game revolves around you standing around throwing useless canes at monsters that kill you in one hit. You also get stopped by mid-gameplay text boxes that take forever to type what they have to say.

[@ForgefaneCreations]

end me

[@ZatohRondohoon3227]

+ForgefaneCreations Is It Just Me, Or Some Games Titled Hydlide And The Game Being A Centipede-murdering Game Exists?

[@TheLarryburns84]

...what have you done?

[@soulzzplaysgames]

That's soooo deliciously evil.

[@drpibisback7680]

@@ZatohRondohoon3227 Light Novel title.

[@Auksey]

"Speed? Do I even fucking care about what that does?" Well if you complain how long it takes to grind in this game, maybe you would, yes.

[@Burn_Angel]

I started playing Hydlide some time ago (with save states, obviously). I think I'm gonna use this video as a guide, because it's basically impossible without a guide. What the Nerd didn't mention is that you can't keep leveling up with the same enemies when you get strong enough (don't take it like you can really get any tough in this game, at least compared to the enemies), and staying on the water or the sand takes you life slowly too.

[@KitsuneYojimbo]

You know what the best part of it is? The knight you play asin Hydlide.... He's oh so creatively named Jim.

[@seereebee]

I'm gonna miss when the all the old thumbnails eventually get replaced. It makes the videos feel so classic.

[@LemmyKoopaVGA]

I like how he leaves the Zelda music at the end to kinda clean everyone's palate.

[@bluebugaboo3344]

0:54 Hey look its Bob from Monsters vs Aliens!

[@ScarA]

Good lord I laughed really good when he was pronouncing the name of the game at the start.

[@AdamBladeTaylor]

I really enjoyed Hydlide. I had a lot of fun with it. Leveling up wasn't too bad. You just had to fight small things until you could take the bigger things.

[@CrimsonVocals]

0:24 I would love to see a review of Lord of the Sword. Played it as a kid and never could beat it. The problem was that it was an RPG with no way to save the game and no password system. You got two or three lives, I don't remember, but they functioned like continues and there was no way to tell how many you had or how many remained. My SMS eventually just stopped working, as many of them did, and I wasn't ever able to. When I told other people about the game they didn't even believe it existed. Anyway, it wasn't the worst game ever but there is enough wrong with it that it could merit it's own video and I'd love to see AVGN do one for it. It could make up for never being able to finish it myself.

[@JG0en187]

Your mistaken sir I reached in a dogs bung hole and found my wedding ring......

[@zhengyingli]

I came here after the Super/Virtual Hydlide episode.

[@rubikthegeek2138]

Same.

[@theguaable]

Where did you learn to fly?

[@ParanoeX]

3:08 board game you say? iiiiinteresting

[@HemingwayTheDog]

The nerd should play virtual hydlide

[@TheSimsBrothers]

please no, he is going to explode if he does that

[@HemingwayTheDog]

TheSimsBrothers yeah but it would be a cool and entertaining video if he'd review hydlide

[@Daybreak81523]

SEGA SATAN, SHIRO

[@ALIEN-DUDE]

I'm from the future and he does actually review it

[@HemingwayTheDog]

THICC BOI yes i you must understand the joy when i saw that notification thanks

[@keitheubanks2973]

It's Jim the Knight.

[@povilasbuda6490]

hydlide started it Ys and Zelda fixed it

[@BioPhoenixReviews]

the Ys games rock

[@Evilriku13]

BioPheonix well.... the "remakes" do :/

[@sumez4369]

+RedHairdo - To be fair, the PCE version of Ys 1 and 2 IS a remake. It's much smoother than the original, but the original definitely isn't bad either.

[@ericgurganus5193]

Ultima started it

[@wolfyhii5446]

What's Ys?

[@PyroIce1]

The worst thing Mr.Hyde did was that he created a video game series. And they were referred to as Hydlide

[@chainmengaming]

3:43 try slowing down the playback speed by 0.25 to see how long getting EXP takes in *HYDLIDE*

[@rockman7perez]

4:51 mother of god!

[@verapamil07]

I can't believe this was ten years ago. It is the same amount of time from 1990 to 2000. Unreal.

[@redatouati987]

im the only one who here because of the 2 new avgn episodes !

[@Rhino-n-Chips]

4:08 AVGN is delpoyed to fight in Syria but ends up in Baghdad instead

[@cale9747]

unbelievable

[@mr.g1935]

Nice American Movie reference @ 3:30

[@nowi9776]

I can imagine myself liking this game as a child. But then again, I didn't really have standards back then and the sense of adventure in a fantasy world was alluring. Zelda had me wandering around forever and I never got to beat it until I was much older.

[@MrCheapBacon]

Well give this game a top hat and call it Mr Hydlide... Get it?

[@ihaveanunoriginalprofilepi1744]

Hyde = Hylide = Super vomit producing pile of misererable bullcrap.

[@B3Band]

Maybe if you turned "Get it?" upside down.

[@josephcox98]

3:38 umm… random PSA for drugs. Yeah, don't do drugs and all that shit

[@Littled0013]

And guys, think about it... Hydelide = Hyrule THINK.

[@McNab1986]

I'm so glad you mentioned it ripped of Indiana Jones. I was sat there up until you said it trying to work out where I knew the little bit of music you played at 0:55

[@jekblom123]

This game was a hit in Japan.... a HIT... THIS WHAT the FUCK

[@Icelink256]

Well, Hydlide's only competition at the time, was the original Dragon Slayer-- and it was prettier of the two! =P

[@jekblom123]

that's still not saying much

[@2yossie]

Yes, the game was a hit in Japan... but it originally came out in 1984. It's kind of unfair to compare to Zelda that came out two years later.

[@rzeka]

Maybe the PC88 version is better...maybe? probably not tho

[@aic8326]

Love the hero quest use for the board game. Hero quest is awesome

[@marhansgamingchannel4732]

0:33 i love that part.

[@eziotru]

2:12 has always been one of my favorite AVGN quotes for whatever reason.

[@nathandaven]

HAHA that ending though

[@B3Band]

"Oh, you gotta hit him from the back" Like your mom.

[@dellorto84]

at least he didn't cheat

[@AceOfHeartz4]

Weird thing of Mandela effect…I remember a version when I was younger where he did not make the Indiana Jones reference and found myself wondering if he would

[@MassayukiSama]

The problem is that while the original 84's PC88 Hydlide was the pioneer for Zelda and Ys, this remake was made one year before those games came out and it did not improve enough on the original, original Ys on comparison is still a fantastic game because how natural the bump system is and it had a decent story.

[@MassayukiSama]

Also original excellent soundtracks on Zelda and Ys helped to make those franchises solid.

[@MassayukiSama]

You are right the names deffinetely helped and while Hydlide has aged like milk, at least it can be appreciated for inspiring such good series, it's a shame they couldn't remake Hydlide into proper good games, the only one that gets a pass is Super Hydlide

[@EmpressTiffanyOfBrittany]

***** So, seriously, what the fuck does Hydlide mean XD

[@MassayukiSama]

I don't know probably a japanese guy looked at the name Hyde, thought that it was cool and put and suffix -lide to make it sound medieval.

[@andrethegiant3035]

James, thank you for countless hours of entertainment. I was a fan from day one

[@MrZyphR]

Construction Kruger "was" triggered hahahahaha

[@zierin705]

Funnily enough, Hydlide was actually fairly well-received in Japan, and many of its gameplay mechanics would go on to be used in later games.

[@VincentPresley]

Being from Wisconsin, I LOVE all the little Mark Borchardt / Mike Shank things you throw in these videos. RIP Mike.

[@samuellopes3935]

"The first thing that comes to anybody's mind is Legend of Zelda." Nooo, the first thing that came to my mind was Indiana Jones.

[@treehann]

I think that every time i watch this

[@Flashlight237]

Strangely, every RPG made, even Final Fantasy, owes themselves to Hydelide.

[@tomasfong40]

what do you mean? They owe themselves to dragon quest

[@Ms_Drake]

Dragon Quest came out in 86 while Hydlide in 84.

[@seronymus]

But what inspired Hydlide?

[@redmondvalentine2983]

@seronymus Late reply, but I believe Hydlide was inspired by Nihon Falcom's Dragon Slayer games

[@uniresta86]

@@redmondvalentine2983 Correct. Dragon slayer realesed in september, when Hydlide realesed on december of the same year (1984). Besides some earlier experiments, Dragon Slayer is considered to be the original ARPG.

[@JulesVonBasslake]

All these years and i've missed that AVGN has a video on Hydlide. Either i've seen it once and promptly forgot about it, or blocked it from my memory. I only found this via TV Tropes, looking at "so bad it's horrible" list. Strange that it hasn't shown up in the recommended videos for ProJared's review of the game.

[@omegagilgamesh]

"You might as well be reaching into a dog's asshole, because all you're going to find is shit...and mint flavored dental floss."

[@deanshaw6588]

i think guitar guy should get his own little figurine

[@ninjabluefyre3815]

He doesn't seem too angry. Hydlide is definitely not worth it.

[@dwayne601]

MrFireCowboy I noticed that too..

[@vaudevillain_2]

Projared and AVGN everydayh.

[@iNvictaStudios]

Both use to work for ScrewAttack, actually

[@vaudevillain_2]

Yellow Dart or the artist formally known as iNvicta Studios actually, Jared stopped using screwattack some time ago so he can be on normalboots, 'least I think.

[@vaudevillain_2]

Yellow Dart or the artist formally known as iNvicta Studios Ah, that makes sense.

[@Cgamer-eh1nk]

Yellow Dart or the artist formally known as iNvicta Studios Jared Get Fired From Screwattack And Joined Normal Boots

[@Cgamer-eh1nk]

Cgamer2014 I Meant Got Fired

[@christopherpooler5398]

3:10 is the time I found out that you had a Hero’s Quest board game. The baddest board game to ever live.

[@1floony]

what about super hydlide and virtual hydlide

[@wesmatron]

Hydlide - Sounds like the sort of drug most American parents use on their kids instead of parenting

[@wesmatron]

Kenneth Hancock Good call either way

[@blitzblyat3441]

Hydlide sounds like some sort of STD to me, "Sir, I regret to inform you that... Well... You have hydlide, please contact the last woman you've been with to warn her of this."

[@troywright359]

5:08 who is the mysterious Alex?

[@Ulysauce]

With drugs, you always lose? "Dies 3 times"

[@CaPRi_zzio]

Anybody after Episode 161?

[@mrflipperinvader7922]

What's tomb raider got to do with it?

[@Djxiper]

Content worth watching over and over again!

[@FloMonKish]

omg I laughed so much when he referenced Mike Shank's analogy

[@MissingUTAH911]

So, I'm reading an old Marvel comic when I see this ad: Get all fired up... for the adventure of a lifetime! Role playing, action-adventure, password feature, 2 speed levels! Hydlide!

[@carterm.488]

The only Hydlide review I like.

[@autobotstarscream765]

AVGN > Jared...and that's *before* the scandal!