I Ranked Every BANDAI game on NES

Bandai had a nice mix of games. A few solid titles and even a couple hidden gems. Here's a look at every game from Bandai for NES and where I rank them.
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[@JohnRiggs]

Let's Rank every TAITO game on NES. Some great ones on this list! kzbin.info/www/bejne/b5PPZ5KOfMapaJo

[@mredmunddante]

AVGN hammered Dick Tracy pretty bad. My guess as to why all the hate.

[@supraschnauzer]

John Riggs what brand grips are you using for your X BOX series X/S controller?

[@mredmunddante]

@Arcade Kaos yeah pretty much sums it up but nonetheless he is entertaining.

[@glendon3688]

Great job John as always. It makes my day when I see your videos pop up. Keep it up!

[@Benjamillion]

Monster Party deserves more love, honestly. The NES was already home to plenty of weird games, but that doesn't mean it's bad.

[@duffman18]

It feels a lot more like a modern indie title that's very experimental and zany. It's just some developers having the time of their lives making a game, having a lot of fun. It's very whacky and all that but surprisingly it just plays really well too, the controls aren't crappy at all, they're great. I really love it. Reminds me of another lesser-known NES game based on monsters, Monster In My Pocket. It's a Konami game, for the NES, so you know it's high quality. It's a late release too, in 91, so it's taking advantage of the things devs had learned by then to push the limits of the console, plus memory mapper chips and stuff like that existed by then. But it's just a fun little game where you play as pocket-sized monsters in the real world, so like you're jumping around a bedroom and everything is massive in size, like in Chip n Dale Rescue Rangers, or like Mickey Mouse Castle of Illusion on genesis (some of the levels in that game, anyway)

[@derek-64]

it's a decent enough game but i did get a little confused trying to figure some stuff out. not bad, though.

[@iamthatguyfromslipknot1137]

Yeah I agree with you on this one as I loved this game when I was a kid..

[@JohnnyParrotJoe]

Rєαl Ɓєηנαмιllιση I loved that game when I was 10, and I still do and I'm 40.

[@MikeL-gt2wz]

"Sorry, I'm dead"

[@AS-fu1kd]

"instead of Goku you play as this monkey boy" In Dragon Ball, Goku IS a monkey boy

[@Tampafan33]

Lmfao yeah this dude 😂😂😂

[@brittonrupp1481]

What about Athletic World? Loved this ranking video.

[@JohnRiggs]

Ahh!! You're right! Totally missed it. I would've given it a C as well.

[@BlackMoore82]

Yeah GeGeGe no Kitaro was a manga that ran from 1960-'69 then became an anime in '68. There were a few different anime series afterwards in 1971, '85, '96, '07, '08, and 2018.

[@JohnRiggs]

legendary.

[@JohnnyEvilsVids]

Saw the thumbnail for this video and immediately made a cup of coffee. Love these!

[@karliekray8290]

Merry Christmas to you and yours John! Merry Christmas to everyone in the comments too!

[@danielgray2909]

Well Merry Christmas to you as well!

[@bezerker99]

Merry Christmas!!!!

[@adamrivers9886]

Monster Party is one of the best games on nes. Fun halloween game. The Prototype is very interesting also.

[@charleybarley7148]

"one of the best games on nes"? Uhhh, no. It's enjoyable to most, sure, but let's be real now.

[@urinefromuranus]

Toxic Avenger made my childhood great

[@NateB1976]

Love me some Toxie! Don’t forget Kabuki man. That spinoff was pretty good too. Use to always see Troma movies back in the day on USA Up, all night with Gilbert or Rhonda. Surf nazis must die was a good one too.

[@iamthatguyfromslipknot1137]

Mine to mate mine to..

[@urinefromuranus]

Omg, tromeo and juliet was a masterpiece too

[@hikaruk.981]

Prophetic that Bandai was publishing some of Namco's output here because they ended up buying them outright many years later.

[@duffman18]

Yeah they had collaborated so much before that it made perfect sense for them to merge. I just find it so strange now, I can't get used to the fact there's no Namco anymore. Well there is, but it's not the same. It's like Activision-Blizzard. All the old classic game companies are gonna keep merging. We'll see a Nintendo-Square-Enix one day or something odd like that. Oh well

[@BDBD16]

@@duffman18 Spot on. It makes business sense. You have two companies, you combine them, you no longer need two HR, two accounting etc.... If they are already sharing in the IP of the business or somehow collaborate on the product it makes great business sense.

[@karate-ka]

A lot of KZbinrs are doing these types of videos at the moment, but I only enjoy these ones. Great job!

[@Sammy3Peat]

Seriously I love these videos

[@usmanchughtai1751]

Ever since I found your tier list videos, I’ve been down that rabbit hole ever since. Thanks a ton

[@dpgreene]

Xevious is actually pretty good for a 1984 famicom release. The US didn't get it until 1988 so it probably seemed downright primitive by then. It still holds up as a solid vertical shooter and I frequently go back to it.

[@bhvideo8154]

Looking forward to the NES Zapper games ranking video! Shooting Range, Duck Hunt and Hogan's Alley are all fun to play.

[@bstar777777]

I bought Monster Party purely based on the cover art. One of those happy accidents that the game actually turned out to be pretty great.

[@theunfungamer7263]

The boss design in Monster Party is my favorite for any NES games and some of my favorites for any game in general.

[@t.b.8837]

Almost to 100K. I'm proud to be a long time viewer. Keep it up Riggs.

[@BrentHasCoolDogs]

"Its a known bad game!" directly translates to: "I only get my opinions on retro games from AVGN episodes." Don't get me wrong, i loves James Rolfes videos. But you can always tell the people who don't bother forming their own opinions. They're the ones always complaining about LJN.

[@thomasherzog86]

so you assume AVGN invented this opinion? bold.

[@JohnRiggs]

and he's a character, completely different from his real self.

[@almightycinder]

There's like three or four publishers worse than LJN.

[@kenterminateddq5311]

3:14 Plot Twist: Riggs actually gave Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde an S........ .....if the tier list was upside down or based on AVGN standards. :)

[@kouheicoppola2157]

Dragon Spirit is the most interesting game IMO because it was one of the few games where the outcome of the prologue determines the difficulty. Dying at the first boss or any time before that will enable the gold dragon, which is the most powerful dragon, but put the game on easy mode, cuts down on the number of levels, and gives the worst ending. Beating the boss allows you to play the game as intended with all levels playable and the best ending.

[@noop9k]

Have you played the PCE version? Love Dragon Spirit but never saw NES version in the wild.

[@megamob5834]

I think monster party mentally scarred me a wee bit as a child.

[@MotherKojiro]

Hey, someone else who likes the Dick Tracy game! It's hard, but it has such a neat structure to it, and I can't think of anything else quite like it. I really like the wild environments, too; the colors and construction give a weird, dream-like vibe to the whole experience. Monster Party is also awesome; not sure how I first discovered it, but there wasn't anything quite like that, either. I agree with you on licenses, too; they were so afraid that players in the US wouldn't recognize something like Gegege no Kitarou, but nobody knew what a Mario or a Zelda was and it sold like gangbusters, so why not, if the game is good?

[@maxpower10k]

John Riggs positivity and enthusiasm transcends bad gameplay mechanics! Haha 🍻

[@JohnRiggs]

Lots of great games not to be enthusiastic about.

[@maxpower10k]

Haha love ya buddy! Side note: i saw a Riggs Brewery hat at Nordstrom Rack of all places. I almost bought it but figured you had no affiliation lol 🍻

[@leemcginnis5538]

Thanks John! Picked up a copy of Dynowarz at my thrift shop today! It's a solid C, you nailed it. But knowing the issues with it before playing it, because of you, made it more enjoyable! Thanks for your time!

[@duffman18]

When you finally gonna do Natsume bro!? Nah I know you'll get to it eventually. I asked it on one video but didn't really care about it, but then had to keep requesting Natsume on every subsequent video and so now I seem like a mad man who's obsessed with Natsume lol. I just thought they're a developer who made some really top quality games almost at the level of a Konami or a Capcom but some people don't know too much about their games so I thought it'd be a good way for say younger folks to learn about these - sorry I hate this term but I must use it - _hidden_ _gems_ !!! I absolutely love these videos man. They're really good, for finding some of these lesser known games, even ones by big developers that have gone under the radar. I have every NES rom ever downloaded to various devices but trying to find good new games is difficult with so many to choose from. You have selection overload, or selection paralysis, whatever you wanna call it (wikipedia says it's called Overchoice, and it's a real thing that happens to humans, a strange psychological phenomenon). Too many options, so you end up not being able to choose any of them, and you just go and play mario again. Like when you're looking for something to watch on Netflix, too much choice. Narrowing it down by going by developer means you end up actually being able to choose something new to play

[@JohnRiggs]

Sometime. They only had a few games but are worth talking about.

[@randallleddy4822]

Hi John! I was born in Yakima. Haven't been there in a long time. Love your videos. They get me through my work day.

[@GreenDragonPainting]

Greatest rankings videos on KZbin! Ive said it over and over but I simply can't get enough of these

[@whiskeyvengeance]

Really loving this series dude. Lots of titles I've never heard of til now that I'm definitely going to give a try.

[@jasonfarinoli493]

John I've been watching your videos for a little while now. I love how you involve your family that's really cool I may try my hand at this video thing my inspiration being your vids as well as Jason from metaljesus thanks for all hard work

[@CaspisSinclair27]

Dragon Spirit really gets tough, in fact although I reached the final boss several times I never managed to beat him. Those levels where the screen speeds up! It's sadism!

[@calebblack4363]

You do phenomenal work John!

[@damiandoxtater9496]

I'm a new viewer of your channel and I wanted to say that I just love the videos! Keep them coming!

[@michaelwhite5641]

These are always great, thanks John.

[@chriscalvert4609]

My man! Love me some Riggs.

[@JohnRiggs]

we love you back!

[@allnamesaretakenful]

I got Galaga for Christmas one year and had more fun playing it than I did with most NES games. I still play it every once in a while.

[@bullsdeephook1832]

Jekyll and Hyde is one of my favorite NES games. I own both the NES and Famicom versions, I beat them both with Hyde. Haven't been able to get to the church as Jekyll yet. Once you learn how to play the game it's a fun game, just like Friday the 13th.

[@landeny65]

Rocketeer was one of my favorites! Please please do a ranking of Post-black box games from Nintendo soon!

[@MeanMrMustard1]

That'll probably be the grand finale.

[@fredhill5379]

Dragon spirit was one of the games where I remember playing it in the arcade and when I saw it in the game rental store I was so happy.

[@Hungrybillpizzabandit]

Thanks Riggs, finding out about a lot of games through this ranking series.

[@SignalRidge]

These vids are always my favorite! And I haven’t played many of these titles. I agree with you on Dick Tracy! I remember loving that game when I was a kid.

[@tigmo55]

Wonderful video once again, John! I LOVE Monster Party so I was thrilled to hear that you had a similar opinion of that game man. It's definitely one of those enigmatic games that doesn't have top-notch graphics or music but when it comes to originality, it knocks it out of the park! And while the visuals and sounds aren't in the Mega Man/Contra category, they get the job done perfectly. Bottom line...I love Monster Party! Dragon Spirit would definitely be my #2 Bandai game too. Great gameplay and fantastic music in that one. :)

[@Jinx_Skeel]

congratulations on another good work. galaga is an all time favourite for me, it's way up there along with gauntlet

[@shenloken2]

If any of these games were deserving of an S ranking it would either be Dragon Spirit or Monster Party

[@JohnRiggs]

Agreed.

[@Raphael_De_La_Ghetto]

100k is within reach JR! Congrats!👏🏽

[@BigfootLives19]

I can’t not think about Jon Tron when I see Monster Party. One of his best videos. But nice job, Mr Riggs. Entertaining from start to finish. Really good series that I just now discovered, so I’m binge watching all of them. Tecmo and Ultra were great videos.

[@TheJostler]

John I look forward to these every Saturday! Btw I loved Dynowarz as a kid, I’m not sure why lol I managed to beat it a few years ago via emulation, I wish I still had my copy.

[@UCanBeatVideoGames]

Dick Tracy: If the AVGN says a game is bad, that will be the prevailing opinion from the Internet echo chamber. I think his videos are fun, but I wish more people would actually try some of these games with an open mind. Dragon Spirit - this game is great. The PC Engine version might be better, but I'm partial to the NES one that I played growing up. I definitely am enjoying your ranking videos, John! Keep up the good work!

[@SiegfriedM]

I like the main theme in Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hide. And the bomb sound is so satisfying

[@poleythepolarbear9706]

When people talk about Dynowarz, They often don't speak about the terrible hit detection (falling through platforms). The knockback can be brutal too if you are near a pit.

[@zacharyagler3007]

Love it keep it coming. I wanna see more of SNES down the road.

[@O.G.Rex.]

If only there was a way you could make these NES lists, FOREVER!.. Another quality video JohnRiggs!

[@OldSchoolCurt]

Excellent video dude! Ty for giving Monster Party an A! That is def one of my favorite Nintendo games of all time! Can’t go wrong with a kid beating down monsters with a baseball bat!

[@Akuajin]

Monster Party is in my top 5 NES games of all times. KZbin Monster Party LETS GO AGAIN! its a fan made sequel that plays on real hardware!

[@superduty2023]

Thanks Mr. Riggs for these ranking videos.

[@EsotericArcade]

Great video as always John! If you don’t want the issue where sprite flickering is resulting in the sprite disappearing altogether when you get hit you’ll need a capture card that can truly capture 60fps.

[@NESADDICT]

Great job John!

[@dogmd7]

Been waiting for this one! Awesome. I have so much nostalgia for many of these games... especially Monster Party, Dragon Spirit, and Chubby Cherub! I completely agree with you about M.U.S.C.L.E. too, the less said about that one the better lol.

[@biggsweaty]

Looks like youll hit 100k soon. Congratulations!

[@matthewlane518]

I always wondered what a salvadu was

[@darrylhamlin7475]

The three games in the thumbnail are awesome.

[@coorhagon7236]

Always loved Dynowarz and Dig Dug 2.

[@night5653]

John Hancock is that you ?.. lol I love these videos man keep em coming

[@killingacamera81]

Monster Party is one of my favorite NES games of all time. Also, I live down the street from the Riggs Brewery.

[@PKMNwww411_MkII]

What about ranking games by Toho? Ranking every Power Pad games? What about ranking games by a variety of publishers of less than five NES games per capita? INTV published only one NES game.

[@releasecrew]

Dragon Spirit and Monster Party! loved those games!

[@night5653]

Oh my god muscle tag team I totally forgot about that game I had on my multicart and I loved It, there was this star flying around that gave you special power

[@robinhatherall6779]

Hi John. Thank you for recommending McBat 64 on Switch. Loved it. Merry Xmas to you and your family.

[@Slotmassacre]

Love this series

[@heresthedeal9915]

Great list! I think Dragon Spirit is in the top 10 games on the NES as a whole.

[@NALTOdeluxe]

By the way, it’s actually Bandai Namco. I and a few others tend to shorten it to Bamco so we remember the order. I distinctly remember some of the more recent copyright notices on retro stuff saying BNEI.

[@michaelsegal3558]

1:10 the dog reminds me of the dog in Duck Hunt

[@franklinthompson1916]

Bro nothing but respect for you

[@xakpepe5001]

Riggs even when I don't agree with your ratings I always agree with your logic. As a retro gamer around your age I really relate to your videos thanks for the hard work

[@punkydudester3]

I'm one of those people that played that doctor jackal Mr. Hide game and do have some nostalgia for it since I played it so young and it was very hard and I was not able to beat that game without a game genie which is rare for me.

[@eastcoastandloveit3857]

I love love love your ranking videos but I would love to see a code masters ranking video . I know there not considered to be great but there are some who have fond memories with the gold code master carts.

[@MetalJody1990]

Monster Party is a really good one. I showed it to my middle kid on Halloween. She got creeped out lol World Class Track Meet involving alcohol consumption... Now that's a story I wanna hear!

[@Wheels8504]

I had the 3 pack Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt/World Class Track Meet. Still love World Class Track Meet/Stadium Events to this day. My parents however, hated us playing it because of the Power Pad. I was born disabled so I had to use my hands. Still lost most of the time but it's fun.

[@redmist78]

I remember renting monster party from my local video store and I saw the box art and I fell in love. Strange game but I haven't played it since it came out, although I did pick it up at a retro store a couple years ago cuz I sold my other copy

[@jackc7165]

Hey Riggs. Thanks for continuing to release content. I hope you’re doing well.

[@chaseman94]

Thank you for doing these Riggs. What's next????

[@JohnRiggs]

Hoping for Activision, according to a recent poll I made on KZbin. Still got plenty more to do.

[@NESbrownbearhugs]

Monster Party is an S for me. Great video John

[@TheoBeauchamp]

After watching this video, I decided to collect all the PowerPad games (since I already had the PowerPad and deduced that there shouldn't be that many). I searched Stadium Events... My goal was quickly crushed when I performed a search on eBay. I searched for all listings in Canada (that's where I live) and there was only 1. For $25,000... I wondered why it was so much. After a bit of research, turns out that when Nintendo bought the PowerPad from Bandai, they replaced Stadium Events with World Class Track Meet and destroyed the existing copies of Stadium Events. But around 200 copies had already been sold. I'm surprised John didn't talk about this.

[@Rountree1985]

Everyone already knows about this, you didn’t discover some breaking new information. There’s no need to talk about it, it’s been talked to death.

[@TheoBeauchamp]

@@Rountree1985 listen bahd, there's no need to be so condescending... Obviously it hasn't been "talked to death". I've never heard of this. So I researched it and wanted to share. Obviously it's not new information to some people. I mean, we're taking about 35 year old games here. Please be more considerate toward other people bahd.

[@Rountree1985]

@@TheoBeauchamp ok

[@Black01Dragon]

Pebble beach was one of my first games for the Nes. That music still lives inside my head. D is deserved! Dick Tracy got a lot of flack from the Angry Video Game Nerd but I loved that game! B is a great rating.

[@Svankmajer]

Monster Party is an S in my book. So crazy game, and I love it.

[@JohnRiggs]

I probably should be a NES to me, too. Just wish all levels were as creative as the first. Some of those other levels, like the mirror maze or that weird island level with loch ness and shark fish.

[@MasterRoshi8974]

I like Dr Jekyl and Mr. Hide for some reason unknown to me

[@masterchief247]

Who did Godzilla for the NES? Hopeful for that review.

[@alexv2845]

Toho Co, according to google.

[@BlUsKrEEm]

Chubby Cherub sure is a game. Diy Dug 2 is amazing! I played it first this year. I love this game. Jeckle and Hyde was my first "bad game" I have as so disappointed in it when I was a kid Dragon Spirit is one of my go-to boarding killers on the NES. Dynowarz- was the best cover art ever when I was a kid. The game was cool, but man did I love that cover Frankenstein is my second favorite Frankenstein game. Galaga - ok Gilligan's Island - I haven't played it in years, but my sister loved this game back in the rental days. I think it was the first game she ever beat, so she kept picking it when it was her turn. Legends of the Diamond was better than it gets credit for. Monster Party - seems like it was a misremembered fever dream, but it is real M.u.s.c.l.e. is full Rocketeer - makes me want to play Batman Shooting Range - I love all Zapper games. All of them. Xevious - great shooter, but sadly you do not play a dragon

[@storageanddisposal]

I know how to play Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde well, I can get both endings without too much trouble... It still sucks. Monster Party is one of the best NES games. So close to an S for me.

[@et3737]

I really enjoy your channel I never commented before but I just wanted to add my 2 cents

[@almightycinder]

1:35 "These donuts are great! Jelly filled are my favorite! Nothing beats a delicious jelly filled donut!"

[@antibishonen]

3:13 No outbursts, drinking Rolling Rock, or a transformation sequence.... So much for hype.

[@jasonshiers5771]

Somw good games in there Riggs.

[@michaelsegal3558]

9:32 it’s one of those old school baseball diamonds that have that little pathway that connects home plate to the pitcher’s mound I wish more baseball diamonds had that unfortunately the baseball stadium in my hometown of Toronto Canada doesn’t have that pathway that connects home plate to the pitcher’s mound and I wish it did

[@ben2972]

ninja kid is S tier. it has soooo many hidden bonuses and oddities, but you have to play it for awhile to figure out and see all these things ❤❤❤❤

[@oaf-77]

I’m a big light gun fan. I’m looking forward to your zapper rankings.

[@anthony7184]

This !

[@stonedcommander]

Was at 99.9k subs...I subbed and still at 99.9k...My one chance and I blew it. Would have been cool to see it say 100k when I refreshed...Alas, thats an honor for another...Cool vids:)

[@zmbdog]

Gilligan's Island is my biggest guilty pleasure. I enjoy it for some reason.

[@PeterParker-vq2cz]

my uncle had Dick Tracy as a kid and i loved that game. was able to finish the first couple cases and was proud, took a long time, but we had time back in those days :) always wanted to love MUSCLE since i had so many of the little action figure guys, but the computer would just constantly stomp all over me and i never knew really what to do :(