I Ranked Every THQ game on NES

[@JohnRiggs]

Let's Rank Enix games for SNES and binge the playlist while you're there. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jWGYcpujpd-Bq8U

[@seanthegamer1337]

Go John Riggs. Love ya brother.

[@captainnsmegaman4438]

Thq made games on Classic Game Boy

[@SNESdrunk]

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[@ghkillah1995]

@ SNES drunk You have yourself a great rest of the day Mr. Awesome!

[@ripster8766]

Hey love your channel!

[@zacharyagler3007]

Love your videos too SNES Drunk

[@camokazi1313]

SnnNNNnnnNnnes Drunk!

[@kenterminateddq5311]

What about Blue Meanie?

[@Rountree1985]

I can’t wait to start seeing Genesis games in these Let’s Rank videos!

[@MCastleberry1980]

Pit Fighter came up and I just laughed and immediately said "F"

[@angelolapponese1697]

One of my favorite series to watch at the moment. Seriously. Love the tone, love the quality, love the effort. Keep it up! 👏👏👏

[@akildukes7499]

Time Trax was a syndicated show. I think I watched it on local channel 43 WUAB in Cleveland. Dale Midkiff from Pet Sematary was the lead actor.

[@NESbrownbearhugs]

Time Trax in Los Angeles was on KCOP on weekends

[@FreihEitner]

@@NESbrownbearhugs Yeah, it was one of the original "UPN" shows as I recall, along with Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and The Untouchables. Time Trax was definitely the runt of that litter--could have been decent but it was just too similar to say Knight Rider at a time when Knight Rider had ceased to be cool.

[@NESbrownbearhugs]

Also Kung Fu the Legend Continues...not UPN primetime shows...syndication shows.

[@akildukes7499]

@@FreihEitner it was Prime Time Entertainment Network, not UPN. They also had Babylon 5 and Kung Fu the Legend Continues.

[@FreihEitner]

@@akildukes7499 Ah yes, I'd forgotten about Kung Fu: The Legend Continues. Maybe that was all slightly pre-UPN; roughly same timeframe, maybe a year or two off.

[@obthree2830]

@4:42 nice touch in Lawnmower Man with the car bouncing up and down when you jump on it.

[@jasonblalock4429]

1:34 You'd probably like a little indie game called "Hidden Folks" which is kind of a cross between Where's Waldo and a Hidden Object Game. The gimmick is that everything is hand-drawn, and all the sound effects are just the designer making funny sounds. It's really cute.

[@mosiarmstrong]

10:37 I loved Time Traxx.. That was my Saturday afternoon show when I was a kid in the early 90s, along with Knight Rider and Airwolf. Never knew there was a game to it.

[@kenterminateddq5311]

Look at the bright side, Riggs. At least Rocky & Bullwinkle didn't have obnoxious music like the NES version.

[@MalcolmmStromberg]

I have a lot of found memories of Road Riot. My brother and I played the heck out of it. We we always say last lap to each other. Glad to hear the Data East video is coming up. Thanks for another entertaining video.

[@luciousthomas6141]

I loved Ren and Stimpy back on the day. Every Sunday morning back in the day me and my Dad used to trip off of it.

[@JohnRiggs]

Such a great show.

[@kekeke8988]

I just always remember Ren screaming hysterically, and Stimpy being a total moron. It was an insane cartoon. DUUUUH, REEEEEN! YOU EEDIOT! YOU SWINE! *SMACK* *SMACK*

[@Drinkabeerandplayagameofficial]

Best part of James Bond Jr was the theme song. Still stuck in my head 25+ years later

[@usenkey]

Love these ranking videos!

[@Vanoxe]

Love these lists John!

[@johnriddlebaugh7436]

"Time Trax"--along with "Brimstone" and "Andromeda"--is a 90s show I'd be interested in watching to see how it compares to those type of shows in the later decades.

[@woogha]

Brimstone deserved multiple seasons.

[@8KilgoreTrout4]

Love these videos!!!

[@newspooiechannel]

Time Trax was syndicated. In my area, it aired usually on the channel that would become UPN a few years later and I believe our local Fox affiliate for one season. SciFi Channel was still in its infancy and wouldn't have first run shows still on the air for a few more years.

[@eshep71]

Rocky and Bullwinkle was very much a 5am cartoon in the late 80s/early 90s. It reminds me of being awake 3 hours before i had to go to school.

[@benjaminsmythe8967]

To paraphrase Chris from Family Guy; "How do THQ keep getting work?"

[@littleazzyhaven]

Bangerang! Loving these ranking videos!

[@GreenDragonPainting]

Great video! Loved it! These ranking list style videos are the greatest!

[@retrorystergaming577]

Thanks for the list

[@samverick]

Time Trax was a rad show! I'm pretty sure it was syndicated, so it showed up in one of those odd afternoon slots depending on your local stations, but I enjoyed it a ton (and no, I won't rewatch it to tarnish my 13 year old self's memories of it). However, total Mandela Effect moment, because I could have sworn I read about this in an issue of a game magazine being cancelled and for years would think, "That's a bummer, Time Trax would have made a great SNES game." Now that I am properly freaked out, time to hunt it down. Great list as always Riggs!

[@therealbitwars]

This video could have been titled "worst rental games of my childhood."

[@Generali087]

Ok, I was like "there better be a Thomas game if he's going to play the theme song."

[@jamiewallace9647]

Same

[@rosse119]

Been waiting for this one since you mentioned it on an older video, so worth the wait. I remember playing the old Home Alone game and my mate been super impressed with how good the gfx looked.

[@RickyIcecubes]

THQ actually did go on to publish some pretty good games near the end of their run. The first great games they made were the WCW and WWF games for the N64. But they had some pretty good series' on their roster in later years. UFC, Saints Row and Darksiders to name a few. Unfortunately, those series weren't enough to save them from bankruptcy. But THQ is remembered, and they do have a cult following. They had a really good run for what they were, and didn't flat out fail miserably like their other toy-turned-video game publisher LJN did.

[@brianjl7477]

I watched Time Trax! It came out on the PTEN package with Babylon 5 and Kung Fu: The Legend Continues. It premiered very close to when Deep Space Nine also came out. The show was basically a watered down Timecop where he came back in time and could shoot the fugitives with a tag that could send them back to the future. His zapper thing was disguised as a keyfob for his car- very high-tech at the time! I didn't even know it had a game.

[@8thLife]

Oh man I had totally forgot renting that Rocky & Bullwinkle game back in the day. I'm pretty sure I thought it sucked even back then haha.

[@randomgamer-st1ie]

Long time subscriber. Good luck on 100k, only a matter of time.

[@MyRetroLife]

Never owned any of these. Very interesting how bad to mediocre most were. I remember trying out Red and Stimpy Fire Dogs at Blockbuster on a kiosk and thinking “Stimpy’s Invention is SO much better!” Great video John

[@billcook4768]

Recently I’ve been playing through the Saints Row games. So much fun. I had forgotten that THQ used to publish this dreck, and I don’t think I ever knew the name stood for a toy Headquarters before this video. How times change.

[@billcook4768]

As soon as the Wayne’s World Clio started I thought, “It looks like Journey.”

[@tommiefunk2099]

The Home Alone game for the Sega Genesis was a lot better than the SNES one. Time for the time travel of emulation to see how well it held up!

[@Jinx_Skeel]

not very well, I'm afraid. Loved it when i was a child and played the hell out of it, but all the times i tried to go back to it after adulthood i just found it lame... still better than snes versions though

[@danerd8978]

@@Jinx_Skeel I like it, then again I never owned a Genesis until 2012 or 2013. I grew up with SNES. I finally played it on my Everdrive and loved it.

[@kekeke8988]

AWWWW YEEEAH GENESIS DOES! BEST VERSION OF HOMEALONE!

[@Gatorade69]

Is it ? I remember loving the game. Just gotta go into it in the mindest that you have to gather/craft weapons and lay traps in the right house. Definitely the best Home Alone game.

[@Black01Dragon]

I just saw on John Hancocks channel he is ranking games in the exact same way as you John. You know you are doing things right when people are copying you 😊 We know you did them here first John! Keep up the great work!

[@JohnRiggs]

I certainly wasn't first, either. Anyone is welcome to do these!

[@PCGamer77]

Video title is incorrect. Should be: "I Ranked Every THQ game on SNES"

[@tomwaters5090]

I didn't know THQ was a toy company I related to a toy company but it makes sense now because most of their games were about the same level as LJN but for some reason it gets less crap and less hate than LJN even though most of their game library is about on the same level as LJN.

[@ImagineABear]

Both pushed out a lot of licensed games, but THQ found a nice little formula of making games that were 'safe' and not exactly groundbreaking. LJN was around when there wasn't exactly a formula to be had.

[@tomwaters5090]

@@ImagineABear THQ really didn't have a formula a lot of their games were about the same as ljn I I think they had the same level of success and failures that ljn did. I think for the most part all their games were about this the same as LJN they had a few successes but mostly failures.

[@tomwaters5090]

@@ImagineABear hold on i wanted to add to the last response I put out here because THQ as a gaming company lasted a whole lot longer than ljn because I looked up to see what people thought their top ten games were in a lot of them were from the 2000s like 2007 some of them were I don't know when exactly they closed their doors. And if some of the later games they made were just their name that was being used by another company that had bought them until they just retired the name .

[@michaelbrush741]

Rocky and Bullwinkle made a resurgence because Nickelodeon started playing the re-runs every evening like around 6 or 7. I watched it every day.

[@edwardweaver6360]

I agree with you on the rating of these games, i didn't rent them all but the ones i did, you were right on the money. Friends of mine rented most of the others so i was warned ahead of time that they were bad. Thank you and keep up the good work!

[@mrp4242]

Ooh good timing

[@LNSLateNightSaturday]

I have a vague memory of renting Home Alone from Blockbuster and taking it back early. Talk about your low-effort movie tie-ins... ;)

[@junkyarddave]

That's funny. I actually remember Home Alone 1, anyway, was one of few games I remember returning because we thought it sucked so bad.

[@poleythepolarbear9706]

I am looking forward to you covering Ocean Software Snes games. I grew up playing Jurassic Park for the Snes, and never beating it.

[@JohnRiggs]

I liked that one!

[@bigandyt-man3010]

Riggs ruless! Nuff said!

[@bianodias2000]

These series got me subscribed

[@opaljk4835]

Man, John Riggs is killing it lately

[@GAMEPRODELTA]

Time warp was the last Ren and Stimpy game released for the super Nintendo.

[@Der_Kleine_Mann]

Thank you very much vor the ranking. I will look a bit closer for the ren & stimpy games, cause these look pretty interesting, compared to the rest.

[@caiusmadison2996]

I concur, watched Rocky and Bullwinkle around 5:45am. Getting myself ready for school.

[@MotherKojiro]

A lot of people forget how rough THQ was back in the day, and I suppose it's not a huge surprise, since the company was founded by the same person who founded LJN. He was apparently a really nice guy who did a lot for kids. I might be that one person who actually liked the first Home Alone game; there was something about collecting all of the things, depositing them in the basement, and locking them up safe. Maybe that's the OCD talking, and maybe that says a lot more about me than the game, but I enjoyed it. The Lawnmower Man VR sections were neat, but I'd seen a similar thing in Thunder Blade on the SMS (scaling not nearly as smooth, of course) back in the day, so it didn't completely blow my mind; never saw the movie, believe it or not. Time Trax is a game I don't know very well, but the PAL Genesis version was my gateway drug, so to speak, into SEGA Genesis music as a whole; I even had a Genesis back in the day, but wasn't really into the music other than Sonic until that, so it's a really neat game to me. I don't remember the show at all, but the OST is definitely worth a listen; just avoid the NTSC (60hz) version, since that sounds like bad '90s aerobic music.

[@Level-2-Online]

TL-DR shut no one cares

[@Loveistheirwholehapp]

Think you'll ever do one for Gameboy/GBC games? I'm always looking for new stuff to play on that system.

[@keithstone001]

Great video man can't wait for the Genesis series

[@thomasberry4486]

Actually, Wayne's World on the SNES is an all-time classic. It definitely does not deserve a "D" ranking. NOT!

[@JohnRiggs]

classic.

[@scootermcg9910]

Swaaaawinng

[@matthewlane518]

These vids are great 👍

[@dslking]

Data east For nes please

[@duhdeedee]

And there's still Acclaim and Ocean. Abandon hope, all ye who enter. The R&S games do a good job of swiping poses from the cartoon, at least. Yes, that's a redeeming factor.

[@JohnRiggs]

oh my... Ocean... yeah, there's that.

[@BaronMorte]

Love your vids mate; strong work. Suggestion: A video ranking games developed and published by Nintendo; that would be an interesting list.

[@roguemf9187]

I miss renting games and snes, a trip to the video store was like my favorite thing to do. EB games and the like have that cold corporate feeling, there was always that video store that felt like home, that was close to fast food and liqour. They were really cool, like when you rented consoles or vcrs they would give you a cool black case or something similiar to transport it in. I have an idea for ranking videos that I would like to see as a long time fan of Caveman games, you should pop out a ranking of Multitap and similiar device games on how good of a multiplayer game they were. With the recent success of Among Us, it really makes me jones for some party play!

[@scarythingsarescary6493]

Cool vid John!, I’m a northwestern guy myself so it’s real cool to see ppl from my area do this kinda thing. Fantastic content. Maybe you do a Disney capcom ranking? Or maybe just a Mickey Mouse rank? Lol. Have fun sir, God bless.

[@ImagineABear]

LOVED Lawnmower Man. Such an underrated hidden gem.

[@westlancsflips]

Love the video John

[@stephens9772]

James Bond Jr was his nephew lol, I did like the toys and cartoon when I was a kid, he had like a weird fake accent.

[@eastcoastandloveit3857]

With you did a nes code master ranking . Love your videos

[@NESbrownbearhugs]

James Bond Jr is James Bond's nephew I believe.

[@shawn-raymulder9049]

He learned the game from his Uncle James

[@tomwaters5090]

If you want to watch old cartoons for free it even some of the newer ones there's a website called kisscartoons where it has a good variety of cartoons and a lot of the older ones as well

[@derrickthegatorriverboat6993]

Time tax ran on Fox at a weird time on Friday nights back in my hometown. You can watch it today on the Roku app, its a great hidden gem kinda show!

[@BorislavVeselinov]

Is this the same thq that made the smackdown vs. raw games, or is my mind playing tricks on me?

[@randybradley4151]

Yes it is.

[@JohnRiggs]

It is. They got good later in their life.

[@kekeke8988]

@@JohnRiggs Did they get good or did they just find a good developer to make games for them to publish?

[@anthonydee8427]

Whoa that first home alone game is great! Lol man, we loved that stuff. The music on level 2 is top notch stuff. You sure you know what you’re doing in it??

[@mikelveli]

Love ur games Mr. Riggs!! What do u use to capture ur games? I want to make videos like this so bad! Happy holidays to u and ur fam 💯

[@JohnRiggs]

Honestly, nothing fancy. Raspberry Pi + El Gato Game Capture HD.

[@jugghead82]

I didn't really play a lot of the THQ games back in the day for the super NES but I have to say that lawn mower man game looks pretty good. THQ had some really great wrestling games though and burnout was pretty good too. Awesome Vid

[@susanfit47]

The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle had some resurgence in the '90s for a little while anyway. It was always kind of on reruns. It was one of those like "I would watch it like 5am/6am". You know on whatever channel. And I like Rocky and Bullwinkle. I actually quite liked the cartoon quite a bit. But with like the new one and everything. And then they made a platformer based on this. I kind of like it.

[@negativezonestudios2343]

Wow...James Bond Jr. Totally forgot it existed, but now remembering that it had a decent theme song

[@franciscocaro9596]

What happened to The Mask?

[@danielah3398]

The first few games look like NES games, or even older computer games. They have a Jill of the Jungle look to them

[@valeriazaragoza375]

Am I the only one that noticed the title for this video is wrong?

[@hamz7986]

I can never tell if the rocky and bullwinkle games were meant to look like they were made in MS paint or not

[@jessehicks6013]

What about Brunswick world: tournament of Champions bowling game? It was a THQ game for super Nintendo

[@RaulGomez-oi3ug]

Good video, amazing thq 🤣 , please make a video for taito nes ranking please. Thanks for the work

[@xxnike0629xx]

The only game from here that I played was the first Home Alone SNES game. I never got around to beating it. I guess I was too young? I hated fighting those bats in the basements. I also remember having to drop bricks on the ghost boss in the basement... It was always the basement.🤣

[@NESADDICT]

Home alone 2 better be good!

[@JohnRiggs]

it better be better.

[@NESADDICT]

@@JohnRiggs hahahahha I enjoyed it as a kid. But it isn’t perfect

[@ostiariusalpha]

@@NESADDICT No kiddin'.

[@jwill7998]

Do SNES Interplay next.

[@ImagineABear]

Good call. So many classics on SNES from Interplay.

[@JohnRiggs]

ooh, some good ones on that list!

[@Bryan-lu4du]

I watched Time Tracks and remember the guys assistant was like this English maid hologram thing. It was a pretty good show I thought. I think around the same time was Kung Fu The Legend Continues.

[@williamhamilton8438]

If I still had my comic books, oddly my Ren and Stimpy #1 would still be the most valuable.

[@luciousthomas6141]

I remember when Rocky and Bullwinkle made a comeback in the 90s.

[@neosmith8933]

Whoa! I haven't seen a Blue World Order shirt in at least twenty years.

[@philhamid2673]

Wow time trax! I forgot about that show. Talk about a 90s throwback.

[@Tayra_Reberta]

I was watching your NES THQ videos and wanted to see your SNES ones and I notice that there was one Ren and Stimpy game that wasn't mentioned. I understand that it's on the Genesis and not THQ, out of all of them I felt that version is better than all the THQ versions you reviewed. Maybe when you rank all the Blue Sky Software Genesis titles.

[@wyredaftsquall]

If you like Where's Waldo then you definitely have to check out Hidden Through Time on the Switch. It's a game like that where you find different characters or items and you can even make and submit your own created levels. Btw I always look forward to your videos. I love your stuff!

[@Svankmajer]

Cool, but we want NES THQ! Thats where its all at.

[@Blackson187]

I love your content, dude!

[@jamesarnold2399]

I watched TimeTrax it came on before Highlander . I think it was on UPN or Fox.

[@michaelsegal3558]

I think they had Race Drivin’ on the Atari Lynx as well

[@ryangleason5415]

I actually used to play that Timon and Pumba game on the computer ... countless.. countless hours ...

[@tylerpemberton3134]

James bond jr...the best bond game other than golden eye

[@travistaylor3186]

No joke, the Thomas the Tank Engine game for Sega Genesis is actually good.

[@BigHead2615]

I'll have to check it out. As a young kid growing up in the 90's, Thomas WAS my favorite childhood show (and honestly, I preferred the VHS tapes to the Shining Time Station show that was on TV back then, that show wasn't bad, but I definitely only cared about the story segments, and not the in-between stuff), and when I found out there was a Thomas video game on SNES (did not know there was a Genesis game until your comment here), I checked it out, and it felt very disappointing, like, I was glad I never knew about it as a kid.

[@salar7735]

I'm still somewhat in shock regarding the name Sir Topham Hatt.. I always knew him as the fat controller, and what a glorious name that was

[@JohnRiggs]

I remember playing it but will have to look at it again. For my nephew! ..of course.

[@JustinCherriman]

I watched The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle in 2000 at the cinema, it was good but bombed in the box office. Had some famous people in it and was a live action animated like Roger Rabbit. Shame they don't do those kinds of films any more.

[@joselombana8381]

The only thing I remember from James Bond Jr. Was "James Bond Jr chases scum around the world"

[@chadmichael5700]

Hey John, just curious are you related to any of the Rigg's out in Arizona? Kent and Terry specifically?

[@JohnRiggs]

I'm not, unless it's by distant relative or something.

[@chadmichael5700]

@@JohnRiggs cool, just checking. I am related to a bunch of Riggs out in Az so I wanted to ask. Have a good one brother...

[@KeavyGoesLive]

James Bond Jr was the nephew of James Bond. I watched way too much of this cartoon and am sad that my brain saved that information.

[@jimreid5]

I have a question, when you rank games by a company. Are using the developer or ... the publisher? For example would you put rad racer in the ranking of squaresoft games or nintendo games. Since it was published by nintendo but developed by squaresoft.

[@mtwice4586]

I loved the James Bond Jr. cartoon.