Is Jim Power: The Lost Dimension in 3D Worth Playing Today? - SNESdrunk

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[@IkesDaddelbox]

To me the scrolling effect looks like he's running in a circle. Like in a large arena. With that mindset I don't find the effect as disorienting as most people. I still have to look away from the screen every few minutes. Also worth noting that the developers are Fernando Velez and Guillaume Dubail who are responsible for many impressive system pushers for generations. V-Rally and Test Drive for GameBoy. V-Rally 3, Driv3r and Asterix & Obelix XXL for the GBA. COP: The Recruit for the NDS and Ironfall for the 3DS just to name a few. They were miracle workers. Just like Traveller's Tales on consoles they pushed the handhelds beyond their breaking point. Alas Velez died at the age of 46 in 2016. Edit: Why I'm telling you all this? I have no idea.

[@niespeludo]

That's pretty interesting trivia actually. Shame Velez died, he was young.

[@ellisd2600]

Yeah jim power was a eye catcher , but these guys where not the greatest game planners or artist . how ever the assterix game looks great .

[@IkesDaddelbox]

@@ellisd2600 They knew how to push the systems, but yes, most of their games were only average or just good at best. Also, everything from the team that wasn't a racing game was just...meh. Technically impressive but standard gameplay.

[@redcrimson1028]

Good info, i had no idea. Also those games u mention are pretty awesome so was jim powers, it was just a really hard game

[@redcrimson1028]

@@IkesDaddelbox sounds like an opinion to me and u know what they say, opinions are like assholes, everyone has one and some of them stink, i think his games were good and hom lets was no different it was just hard

[@roy4173]

I saw 10 seconds of the video...and just listened to the audio for the rest, lol. Thanks for playing through what we don't have to.

[@matthewlane518]

No shit, I just about chucked on my phone, my eyes still feel like there spreading further apart

[@samos8367]

@@matthewlane518 LOL, same here. At first I thought it wasn't too bad, but I constantly found myself not looking directly at the screen.

[@claudiodiaz9752]

The background movement is disgusting.

[@TheGunmanChannel]

I always get excited when I see a new SNESdrunk vid pop-up 😄

[@hasanalmousawi8830]

Best channel on youtube

[@glowingunknown5625]

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[@phattjohnson]

I love how the plot in the instruction manual perfectly explains the lack of any real enemy AI (as the countdown timer is your 'cloaking device'). Immersion intact. That's storytelling at its finest :)

[@gamerex9378]

I really enjoy your reviews. Keep up the good work.

[@reinforcedpenisstem]

I've been playing Gym Power which is a gym management simulator.

[@2WhiteAndNerdy]

I still have my Jim Power 3D glasses! Fun thing about them is you can use them on other games (and sometimes even TV) to get some level of 3D effect. Trippy!

[@BraveFencer]

I r tried this too and made the games look a little better, I’ve tried it with mortal Kombat 2.

[@gabemewell3643]

The sprites look very detailed in this game, which is impressive for the SNES. Also could emulating and disabling the background layers help improve the game?

[@hjalmarjohnson5846]

I had a similar thought, I'm also curious as to how much tinkering with a game genie would be required to attain the same effect on a physical cart (got one for free from a very nauseated buddy). I feel like mine might be a pipe dream though.

[@mudsh4rk]

You could always get some cheap, neutral grey sunglasses and pop one of the lenses out. I have a feeling it would still be tough to look at even with the glasses but it would probably be an improvement at least.

[@hjalmarjohnson5846]

Ol' Zircon I remember hearing somewhere that does indeed work, to the thrift shop we go!

[@Jayce_Alexander]

The gameplay would still be shite. It's a really terrible game.

[@johns1166]

Love it! I received this game as a Xmas present in the mid 90s. Just got a SNES so all my extended family bought me random games, and this was one of them. I enjoyed the hell out of this one even though I never got past level 3 - you were spot-on regarding difficulty!

[@johns1166]

Also, fun fact - the 3D glasses that came with the game actually worked on Donkey Kong Country, too! Gave it a nice additional level of depth.

[@GentleHeretic]

As soon as the footage started my first thought was that it looked like an Amiga title. Something about the style of the sprites and music jolted some memories or something.

[@pauldavidson6088]

i got a portable emulation device recently... rs-97, i watched this channel before I got it, but now I think i've seen every video. They are all so concise and to the point.

[@CornshaqGaming]

Such a difficult game to beat one of the hardest videos I have ever done but that soundtrack is jamming another great video thanks :)

[@dennisosorno8898]

Great! I was waiting for this!

[@subill]

This has "ported from amiga" written all over it. Would be suprised if thats not the case

[@ikuzoburandeon]

I love that kind of "art style" and there are many games from EA that are like that. Its awesome. 😁

[@madspunky]

Finally! This is one my favorite oddball games!

[@starlightwitch12]

The original Jim Power in Mutant Planet game was also released on the PC Engine CD-ROM as well.

[@dimitrisbam5640]

Have a nice rest of your day guys!!

[@AlexElectric9001]

Woah there are still SNES games I have never seen before/heard of! Thanks SNESdrunk!!

[@redcrimson1028]

Use to love this game back in the 90's it was very hard though. It Had amazing graphics and sound for its time

[@bluekinopio9390]

I feel like this is so ambitious for back then- I appreciate that

[@jmyers1385]

Don't think this game could have been summed up better in under 5 minutes. Great vid!

[@mymusic3354]

Never heard of this game before....It looks interesting....the different background layers and how they move seem to have a "Tilt-a-whirl visual effect....(that's a carnival amusement ride where you pull and push a handle which makes the "Car" you are in spin around in circles)

[@backinthedaygamer]

Another good vid! When I 1st saw this game (last year) I was pretty blown away. Then I got a headache lol

[@CryonicCrusader]

1:03 Funny you mention Mohawk & Headphone Jack. I've been gaming for 35+ years now and only two games have ever legit made me motion-sick. That game, and this game. 😛

[@ryanmckenzie7149]

Lol this is one of your funniest videos yet. Love the sarcasm!

[@ryankennedy6778]

I have found no other game on the Super Nintendo it gives me the same feelings as Jim Powers does. It's that "whoa what is going on no seriously what is going on why is the background doing that"

[@elshrapnel]

Thanks for the video, man!

[@niespeludo]

This actually looks awesome to me. I'll be taking a look and having a playthrough myself. Never knew of this game before.

[@ImaFattyCat]

I just bought it today, boy oh boy... it’s not just meh

[@Umbrella2]

Same I’m curious to try it, the graphics are great!

[@voidstrider801]

@@Umbrella2 Stop skeletons from fighting had a much different take on this game, and I agree with his more, I thought the visuals were sick and not even disorienting or nauseating at all, I thought it was a great game. Guess it's just one of those divisive games where you either love it or hate it.

[@alomon7738]

man, every time i find a snes game at a good price, i take a look at your review, cheers.

[@71dembonesTV]

The title screen music for this game is epic bit you have to sit on the option menu to hear it. Its almost 10 mins long

[@Shane-it8yj]

I can actually see the 3D effect is I half close one eye, it's pretty cool!

[@tyleradam4836]

The music in this game kicks ass though. Chris Hulesbeck.

[@BdR76]

Wow that is so cool :) The X-Out music he did for Amiga is a damn cool & memorable sound track.

[@worsel555]

Yeah, he also blatantly plagarized the first level music too, it's Ys III - A Searing Struggle.

[@RyumaXtheXKing]

@@worsel555 because yuzo koshiro never copied anything.

[@worsel555]

@Ryuma King you will never see or hear me defend Yuzo Koshiro, that man is 100% a plagiarist and I have pointed it out multiple times before.

[@pissmaster8859]

there always gotta be one man that ruins the fun...

[@AngusBeer]

You mention the Steam version, despite what it said in the description it didn't include the NES version, until recently. They were working on a new NES version for years, then the original game's creator passed away, so after renegotiating the rights they finally finished it this year. The NES version plays pretty well. There's no wacky parallax scrolling for one thing. The game is a lot more balanced but it is still very hard. I'm honestly surprised they put so much effort into it considering how unknown Jim Power is!

[@DaedalosC9]

i can't help but notice that he has an airship and yet... he decides to walk through that maze

[@tartrazine5]

Did anyone ever watch Bots Master (which used the same effect during battles) with those special glasses?

[@AmuroRae]

This game looks like nausea-central, but it warms my heart to hear anyone giving U.N. Squadron some love.

[@jujux4116]

Awesome review.but to be fair this game is a real technical demo the SNES could do ! it's impressive how the game manage the background and those effects even it's hard to play ..

[@ManaNaito]

The piece of music at the beginning is pulled straight out of Ys 3's fire stage.

[@RyanParreno]

Well this came up in my recommendations. Would you consider a do-over for this review since Piko has new NES and Mega Drive versions of the game coming out?

[@Dongled]

One of the most underrated SNES games ever.

[@raikohzx4323]

Funny enough, the original Amiga version still tried to be fancy about its scrolling, but made more sense with the directions the layers went and thus wasn't as nauseating (plus not as much as moving). Also, the stage one music might sound vaguely familiar to Ys 3 fans, as the composer had played that game in the summer leading up to composing for Jim Power, so he might have inadvertently taken a little inspiration without realizing it at the time.

[@Kyrieru]

Paralax like that only makes sense if you're running around a tower, which is where other games use the same effect (Though they do it better mind you).

[@zachreddy]

I don't get motion sickness from this, just irritation and anxiety. I've always wondered if it's possible to hack the rom to fix the parallax background layers to scroll at a normal rate. Might require source code.

[@SNESdrunk]

Press 2 and 3 while playing on Snes9x and you can shut the other two background layers off entirely.

[@RWilliams1309]

With the Sega Gens collection out in PS4 and coming out on the switch you should do a straight review on it or just the top games worth playing on it!

[@shannonnezul4903]

Okay, I put my shades over 1 eye and tried the effect it was actually kinda neat. I did not get motion sick from either view. So I guess I'm weird.

[@cloerenjackson3699]

This review rated: Fair.

[@iokcs]

I actually grew up with this game. I have thick nostalgia goggles for it. I used my allowance to buy this at toys r us. I lost my 3D glasses but I still have my cart. :D

[@Fluoride_Jones]

The graphics are quite nice to look at, despite the odd 3-D effect. I'm surprised I had never heard of this series before.

[@Codoloco1]

This got me hammered!!

[@chakrazoo]

This is goin on my "Shady Jay" donation recommend list lol.

[@Halbmond]

Why are the background layers moving in the wrong direction? Is he running in a circle?

[@michaelgibson4067]

How Totally Awesome! ☠️🏴

[@haroldgarrett2932]

i hope some day someone makes a rom hack that reverses the background parallax scrolling

[@lanceuppercut6168]

I didn't think much of the '3D effect' but as the video progressed I started to get a headache and it progressively increased drastically XD Went away half a minute after the video ended so I know it was the background :P So while it doesn't disorient me or give me vertigo or whatever it subconsciously triggers something. I can only imagine how bad it actually is when playing first hand D:

[@boorhaave5880]

Enjoy the rest of your day

[@CaptmagiKono]

It's cool that they were trying for so much, but sometimes over ambition and eye rape can ruin good intentions for a game.

[@PaperMario]

its like earrape but it hurts your eyes

[@StevensBorowsky]

Definitel eye rape here, dunno what they were thinking

[@khaimk4r4su]

Crossed my eyes to check if it improves the experience (it does not) Blurred my sight to see if it helps avoiding the eyesore (it doesn't)

[@marcellofunhouse1234]

Its garbage day!

[@gst013]

Eye rape tends to do that...

[@karimassiboo7083]

This game is fucking up my eyes. Could play it for more than a few minutes..

[@theevn7]

Good memories

[@KoTM25681]

Fun Fact: Jim Powers was also a WWF wrestler from the 90's.

[@DLviewer2]

This game is hard enough to just watch it, I couldn't imagine trying to play it!

[@amerigocosta7452]

There is also a MS-DOS version that features a much needed life bar, to me the best version overall.

[@BraveFencer]

I remember I got this game for Christmas in the 90’s and I did not ask for it lol

[@BrandonSkari]

For what it's worth, the Steam version includes a SNES ROM that fixes the parallax scrolling, gives you 3 deaths per life, and includes some intro graphics per stage. If you have a flash cart, you can pull it off and play it on a real Super Nintendo too!

[@Thundarr.]

I need this

[@daviddefortier5970]

Anyone know if theres a hack to fix the scrolling?

[@randybradley4151]

Yes, This game is still worth playing in 2021.

[@genos_vacuum]

Left my phone in the truck walked into used game store saw this for 9.99 asked the guy to showe footage he did I said I'll take it. Can't get passed 1st level. I love snes games!

[@CyrusAnnihilator]

Can't even watch this video without feeling sick... Great review! (but I wish I had only listened to it)

[@jimsoczka5406]

I picked up this game and I love it. It's pretty difficult. But, it's not the kind of difficult that makes you wanna quit. It makes you wanna keep trying to get farther.

[@yermongo]

Wow, the overhead sections look like they were ripped straight out of Contra III.

[@BloodPump]

Jim power is a frankenstein monster of a game that rips off all it's best ideas from better games.

[@fidelsolis6070]

Game looks decent. I might buy this game i always see it.

[@iamryan9234]

Can you turn the auto captions on please?

[@ScottW967]

Came out today on Switch. Was considering getting but after seeing your video? Nope. Going to save up for the TMNT games…

[@stevecotter6883]

I had this one growing up. It was easier than Contra, which I couldn’t beat at the time, so I actually really liked this game 😊

[@krissymarklewis1793]

Well you are far better than me at gaming. I couldn't beat it even using saved states.

[@Mikey-zj8bn]

Never got motion sickness....till i watched this

[@ApenBaard]

I really hope to ever get to play this game with the 3d glasses! Im so curious how it would look! Without them....yeah no thanks haha

[@inceptional]

Holy sh*t! Dudes, I just discovered that if you simply hold a pair of sunglasses to your eyes, holding them diagonally so you cover only your left eye with them, and then view this game with both eyes open, you can actually see the 3D effect working. It's actually pretty dang cool! 😲 Shame the game is way too hard and clunky to play. Might have been decent if you could actually move while shooting, standard enemies didn't take multiple hits, and the jump wasn't so gimped. Being able to up and diagonally would have been nice too. But that stuff isn't fixed so it's a bit of fail imo.

[@noahhildebrandt1298]

Okay cool, they wanted a 3D effect, fine - but why is the scrolling moving in the wrong direction?

[@ekstrajohn]

Drunk Power: The Lost Dimension in SNESD definitely is.

[@rpghero46]

i would play that

[@Arz2003]

Gonna play it lol

[@ZBR_ProXP]

shout out to TheWiiGuy!

[@quincyq-radio6300]

Wow 😮🎮

[@jacktsang05]

Just bought this lol

[@PFR1930]

It's a good candidade for a hack. Fix the scrolling thing and you're good to go.

[@HighFalutinTootin]

I like it

[@marcushutton536]

I am drunk and the background actually looked cool. that might be saying something...

[@subliminallime4321]

For as over-busy as it is, it looks like the game runs pretty well. I'm not noticing the trademark SNES slowdown...

[@YukiSenmatsu]

Steam version? Oooh, once I get the specs I've been saving up for my new PC, I'll get that. I do have the right specs for it, but modern games wise, I have like toaster parts

[@pulphope]

The timer at the top of the screen puts me off, countdowns ruin games, including 2D Mario - let us explore!

[@duffman18]

I never understood the timer in Sonic games. Because those levels all encouraged you to stop and platform and explore and you were rewarded with rings and shields and special zones where you could get chaos emeralds and eventually super sonic. So why make some levels so long that you can't explore them and still best it within 10 mins!? I regularly got a Time Over in Launch Base Zone. It's bloody huge for a level, all the more reason you should be allowed to explore it.

[@duffman18]

Also it just occurred to me right now. Playing sonic these days I get time overs far less often, if ever. I'm playing the NTSC 60 FPS versions now, but as a kid in the UK I played the slowed down 50 FPS versions, which because the timer still counted at the same speed, in effect I had way less time in every level than if I was American and had the faster version. So no bloody wonder I ran out of time. Those games were horribly optimised for PAL regions already, so of course they didn't give a shit about how we Europeans effectively had harder and slower sonic games. Ugh.

[@zachreddy]

duffman18 that’s fascinating and maddening. I had no idea the timers still counted down the at the same rate on 50hz - I assumed they would run slower same as everything else. Is Sonic the only game that had that problem?

[@CarecaRetrogamer]

Nice game, with nice graphics and stupidly difficult levels. I have a copy, btw... Anyways, I was wondering if maybe someone ever thought of making a Hack that would fix the weird 3d effect... I mean, come on! It looks like the guy is inside a barrel or a cylinder of some sort... if it got "fixed", it would definitely be more worthy of playing...

[@YunierViada]

I have heard of this game before...Yup I get dizzy just looking at it

[@sudoukun]

you can deactivate some background layers on zsnes. maybe that'll help some people, lol

[@dereksdontrun9672]

Just watching you play this made me feel nauseous, and that's not a problem I have playing fully 3D games even. Oof.

[@darkfalzx]

I know this is WAY late, but there is a patch that fixes the counter-scrolling parallax, making it a MUCH more playable game. If only there was a patch that addressed the visual priority between the playfield and the background... Also, the game now costs $20 instead of $5 for some reason!

[@gjsm916916]

I have this game. So hard

[@McD_James]

Watching this footage physically hurt both my brain and my eyes. I'll definitely be avoiding this one. Thanks for another fantastic review.

[@haruruben]

this could have been cool, if they just put a menu option to turn off the special effect

[@LegallyInsaneGamer]

1 minute im sick.. thanks.. gonna go lay down

[@blackwaltz3135]

This game was veryyyy hard for me and my friend when I played it in the 90's, needless to say, we never made it past the 3rd world lol

[@brunoluznunes]

I got nauseia after 1 min of watching the paralax effect.