I Ranked Every JALECO game on NES

Jaleco has 22 NES games of a wide variety. Platformers, Sports titles and a lot more. Here's a quick look at all 22 Nintendo games and where I rank them.
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[@JohnRiggs]

Let's rank games from HAL Laboratory (and a lot more NES companies) - kzbin.info/www/bejne/o36bm4CfhJdqaLc

[@tomwaters5090]

John you talked about that womp em was a sequel to A Japan gameyou show the poster of the game that it was supposedly a sequel to but you never mentioned the name what is the name of that game cuz I would like to play it thank you

[@basildabirbass]

Please talk about Ghost in the shell PS1 and Pitfall 3D

[@Getagirlfriend-y4e]

I'm bored how you mentioned that you have more non subscribers then subscribers watching the videos stop this we all know

[@kenterminateddq5311]

I had to comment under your comment since it doesn't get any thumbs up or response. Riggs, thank you for being a cool dude during yesterday's livestream.

[@kekeke8988]

@@tomwaters5090 It says Sayuuki World right on the screen in big letters.

[@MetalJesusRocks]

Shatterhand is still a blast to play today. Love that game! I also think City Connection is pretty cool too.

[@brianjl7477]

Nice to see the love for Shatterhand - I love that game! It's a very under-the-radar gem.

[@EchoFoxtrot21]

My buddy down the street had it. It was really fun.

[@MrBen2177]

Got pal shattered for €5 a year ago in a lot. Was looking for it for ages and it lived up the hype big time. True classic underrated NES game.

[@JohnRiggs]

Both rule.

[@TheRealDannAlexander]

City connection for the win.

[@thom_muller]

I'm so glad that others can also see the magic in City Connection. That game is just so fun! It's a staple of the 90 bootleg famicom carts we found so easily here in Brazil; if I bought/borrowed one and it didn't have City Connection in it, I'd be bummed!

[@raym1477]

Totally Rad, Shatterhand, and Maniac Mansion are overlooked classics.

[@stormykeep9213]

The NES era of sporting games was kinduv that weird era where you could get the official license of the teams, like in Major League Baseball, but not the license for the player names, or just the opposite in Pro Sports Hockey. I think it was Tecmo Super Bowl was the first to have both team and players licenses and I remember just absolutely loving that.

[@joshmiller887]

I really like Maniac Mansion and just how crazy it is! My brother’s friend would bring it over for sleepovers and we would play it all night. I would love to see an irem list! Thanks for the video!

[@ProudGrip]

Item and Taxan!

[@knightdriver3592]

Jaleco had a lot of hidden gems. As a kid I got Astyanax along with my Nintendo (and my Mario/Duck Hunt pack-in) and I think it deserves more attention than it gets. The music is awesome and for me it really feels like one of those sword and sorcery arcade games, like Rastan or Black Tiger. And Shatterhand is totally one of the best action titles on NES, alongside Batman and Ninja Gaiden.

[@ironclad8093]

The Bases Loaded series on the NES is one of the best baseball series on the console. It captures the physics and dynamics of baseball very well and is one of the few games to do this using the unorthodox behind the pitcher view. It's a little challenging to get used to but the game is addicting from then on!

[@42calking53]

THANK YOU!

[@robbrobb5543]

He under rates for sure it's easily an A/B level game.

[@7thangelad586]

Dave’s Theme in Maniac Mansion is such a killer tune.

[@gimcrack555]

Cooking the hamster in the microwave on the NES Maniac Mansion was awesome. I had the early version, so lucky I could cook the hamster in the microwave. Later the new releases, omitted the part where you can't cook the hamster in the microwave.

[@TrainmasterCurt]

Did you ever play the Prototype Rom on a NES emulator?

[@LivingwithPerks]

Maniac Mansion truly is 'S' tier.... I remember most of the objectives to this day.

[@treedeblue]

Happy to see Riggs channel taking off finally,, his a retro video game professor in my opinion he indeed does ROCK!

[@tookmyjob]

I got Shatterhand new at PharMor for $5 in 1994. Still got it.

[@JohnRiggs]

DEAL!!!

[@DethMetalMetrosexual]

It's worth *far more* than that now!

[@landeny65]

Ha! I got Ninja Turtles II & Prince of Persia (amazing game) for 20 bucks from Phar Mor around the same time

[@tookmyjob]

@@landeny65 That’s sweet. I got lucky, because they were going out of business. I finally beat the game a few years ago.

[@palaceofwisdom9448]

Whenever I think of PharMor, I want to go back in time and tell myself to grab every copy of Tengen Tetris they have.

[@billyphelps1611]

Maniac Mansion was my favorite game growing up! Loved the music.

[@JohnRiggs]

I like how each player has a different tune.

[@billyphelps1611]

@@JohnRiggs have you played Thimbleweed park? I enjoyed it, I only wished it had multiple endings.

[@eliadefilho]

City Connection has such a catchy tune, it reminds me of my childhood (like Circus Charlie for some/same reason)...

[@aaronguerrette]

Everything else could be wrong in this. At least we get Maniac Mansion right. That's all I care. "S" Tier!!

[@shenloken2]

Along with Shatterhand getting an S! Well deserved!!

[@jeffdavis6657]

I been wanting to play more that 10 minutes of it. I guess I have to fire up my Day of the Tentacle and finally play the game, as it is my only legal copy.

[@BM-wh5qk]

Only game I ever rented more than twice.

[@ProudGrip]

Shatterhand was my pick for S tier... but I feel like I really missed out as a kid... never played maniac mansion...

[@TrainmasterCurt]

The Last Ninja 🥷🏻 is S-Tier

[@bryannagiel6363]

City Connection is one of my favorite (grossly under appreciated) NES games. So happy to hear I am not alone!

[@brokenclavicle]

Mr. Riggs, yours is one of the few channels (and by few I mean two or three) which Ranking videos I actually enjoy or even watch. This Jaleco list brought back lots of video rental store memories.

[@eversosleight]

Hit detection on Shatterhand is very generous and favorable for a protagonist who punches save for his robot helpers. Man I love this game! Wish Jaleco made a sequel. Great vid my friend 🤍

[@PixelSlayers]

Really mad they didn't use "Bases Re-Loaded" for any of the sequels

[@jameskm03]

Seems like that would have been a Grand Slam of a name!

[@TheLastLineLive]

Maybe if they ever did like Basewars, that would have worked

[@KTJohnsonkidThunder]

There were a few Super Bases Loaded games for the Super NES I think.

[@rangoononline]

Great list. I'd put Rampart as S-tier for the 2 player mode. Such an awesome port.

[@TheWorstThingEver]

I totally agree on Maniac Mansion. I probably put more time into that game than any other as a kid. It's hilarious and has some of the best video game music of all time.

[@tomwaters5090]

The thing you play as in metal mech looks a lot like Ed 209 from RoboCop

[@devolutionrc8016]

I thought the same thing!

[@tomwaters5090]

@James Bond I not quite sure I understand your reply my friend

[@HeyImKevin]

Bro I might not be a scientist but I know a metroid when I see one.

[@rdgouki]

Totally Rad is my favorite, love the music, sound effects and art style.

[@L0v3_Murd3r_0n3]

Whomp 'Em was one of my favorite games growing up. I can't tell you how much time I put into that game. Never beat it but did get to the last stage once. For me, it's definitely a S tier game. So much nostalgia.

[@L0v3_Murd3r_0n3]

Whomp 'Em is hands down my favorite NES game. I spent so many hours of my childhood playing it.

[@camilowish]

City connection's theme is actually Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No 1

[@almightyfredder]

It's nice to see a fellow ADAM owner. We had used the Coleco Vision slot in a different way: we bought a Coleco Vision to Atari adapter so we could play our collection of Atari 2600 games as well, so we essentially had three games systems in one!

[@indysquirrels]

I've been waiting for all these ranking videos just for Shatterhand. I haven't played it since I originally had it for the NES and wanted to see if it was as great as I remembered it being. Good to see my memory was accurate.

[@mrmanjumac3454]

Oh yeah brother. Freaking love that game. There are some good metal covers of the soundtrack on youtube too

[@palaceofwisdom9448]

I'm shocked that you gave Bases Loaded a D. I never knew anyone to have issues with timing their swing, and the graphics were great for its day. You also didn't mention the classic "You bum!" when a batter strikes out too many times, a rare piece of spoken audio and always hilarious. Plus if you repeatedly beaned a good batter he would charge the mound and get ejected, which became an amusing strategy.

[@obthree2830]

@8:31. I love the top score names for The Last Ninja. Bert, Ernie, Barney, Fred. Deserves a bump just for this😂

[@rydog11]

Man these videos help brighten up the day after a long week. Thanks Riggs!

[@TheTrueBro]

I thought Bases Loaded 3 was actually very good. Baseball games (or sports games overall) bore me but I always had fun with it playing with my friends. Gameplay was easy to pick up and for some reason the music from that game got stuck in my head.

[@iami3rian394]

I almost guarantee this guy is terrible at games. He was whining in another video about autojump, because he can't be trusted to let go of the jump button before hitting the ground. He IS the journos who complain about cuphead being too hard.

[@lldjslim]

Bases loaded 4 man i love that game, i love that behind the pitcher view

[@ostiariusalpha]

I'm one of the few that really loves Bases Loaded II, despite its horrible music, but I have to admit Bases Loaded 4 is the pinnacle of the series for the NES. It's just such a refined product at that point.

[@damianhopkins9561]

Loved the shoutout to us Liverpudlians and our team!

[@antoniolopezmanito3511]

This is like a drug, never bored to see this videos again and again. Hugs from Spain!

[@wallaceblake6618]

I worked at Nintendo in the gameplay call center when Maniac Mansion came out and actually got a call from a very irate mother. Her kid was putting the hamster in the microwave. I still have that old version where it is possible.

[@karlhungis77]

The thing that set bases loaded apart for me was the fact it was the only baseball game with fights. If you hit the best player on the team multiple times with a pitch, he ends up charging the mound. Literally all I remember about that game.

[@TrainmasterCurt]

Thanks John! Jaleco had so many cool games, Maniac Mansion, The Last Ninja 🥷🏻, Pinball Quest, Ninja 🥷🏻 Jajamaru-Kun....etc

[@TheMaskedheel]

Memories of Jaelco games. The soccer game used to make me dizzy with the light green and dark green stripes on the field scrolling by as you ran down the field. Bases Loaded was legendary overnight in my school when it was realized if you hit a batter with a pitch he could storm the pitcher. The tennis game lived up to my theory that all tennis games of that format fail because of depth perception.

[@originalsleepyjon]

I absolutely love this series! Thank you John!

[@davidthompson9910]

Jaleco made a lot of fun games! Good job giving City Connection its props. Great video. Cheers from Seattle.

[@dave4shmups]

I LOVE this series of videos that you do! And props for mentioning Video Games & Computer Entertainment-I loved that magazine! I think you should do FCI next. They brought some of the Ultima games over to the NES, and I've honestly never played any of those games on any platform.

[@SuperKokuJin916]

Whomp 'Em!! OMG one of those games I rented once and NEVER forgot about. We rented this game from our local Raley's grocery store and it quickly became one of my favorite sidescrollers. That Raley's was a goldmine for NES sleeper hits. Just hearing the soundtrack from TOSE developed sports games (Based Loaded & Goal!) are so dang nostalgic! City Connection was the 2nd game I ever played on the NES. I love that little Honda City subcompact car!! Ok. Enough gushing! LOL Great episode, Riggs!

[@DarthEquus]

One of the main designers (Tokuhiro Takemori) from Legendary Axe worked on the arcade version of Astyanax, hence the similar battle mechanic.

[@joshjohnson3442]

I’m one of the guys that asked for this list and I’m not walking away disappointed. Everything is where it needs to be and I love how you have it scattered so you have great to good to awful pretty well balanced out. Can’t agree more about Maniac Mansion and Shatterhand, which were the reasons I clicked on this and wanted it! Great job John, thanks for this video!

[@garyhall7867]

The bases loaded trilogy are D? I think not

[@JSCadarn]

Love City Connection. Bases Loaded II was my favourite of the series.

[@ostiariusalpha]

Bases Loaded II is my favorite as well, inspite of the irritating music; I actually liked the experimental fielding angle they went with. Objectively though, I have to admit that Bases Loaded 4 has the most refined gameplay features of the NES series.

[@themrnails]

Thank you for another ranking video! & congrats on 100k+!

[@kylekostamo1880]

Ice hockey and hit the ice were my favorite nes hockey games. Hit the ice was just silly comical but fun, and ice hockey to me is the go to standard for nes hockey.

[@juangsantos]

@JohnRiggs This was so dope, thanx. Gotta binge-watch all of the ranking videos (again)

[@JosiahIsWrite]

Bases Loaded (maybe the second one) was really special for me because I'd play it with my oldest brother. He'd only play sports games, so it was really fun for me to get to actually play with him.

[@HKgaming86]

Loving these tier list videos, keep 'em coming Riggs

[@brettdulaney9262]

Love your work john astenex i grew up with it slows down bad,dude keep it up, love your work !!!

[@jasonfitzpatrick5067]

I watch and are subscribed to your channel, I love all ya videos! I would love to see a video of your top 20 nes games as I love the nes , it’s the total classic of retro gaming! Loving ya stuff from Oz/ Australia 👍

[@LNSLateNightSaturday]

Bases Loaded has a special place in my heart; I had a friend who was really good IRL at baseball, but I enjoyed kicking his butt at Bases Loaded! I'm an only child, so that's one of my few good "multi-player memories"... ;)

[@MrBen2177]

I’ve played last ninja for hours and hours as an little kid on the c64 and everyone loved it. Me too back then but I cannot imagine that it will excite me nowadays. The isometrics were a novelty back then and ninjas were hot in the 80s but the game is just more or less unplayable and didn’t age well. Nice example of how nostalgia can kick you in the nuts sometimes.

[@HiNRGboy]

Yeah the isometrics were a big deal then, cuz they were all so unique and looked great. Lots of exploration. Some are still really good and play well enough. Others were a chore to play though, it was often too hard to move around and do things that took away from them being fun.

[@HiNRGboy]

I miss the days when ninjas were all the rage 🤣

[@JustMe99999]

Aww, I loved Racket Attack as a kid!

[@gadpunkzine]

Awesome to hear mention of Video Games & Computer Entertainment. We had a subscription and loved that magazine!

[@RetroMMA]

I still have at least 40 issues, among other mags of that era. :)

[@Shawn-ju9ck]

great video, that was a ton of games. Really hope you do the Jaleco SNES games. King Arthur's world is one of my favorite games of all time.

[@chrisdecafasmr]

Watching him scroll past the country options in GOAL and suddenly West Germany appears. I don't know why but that kinda shook me up a little! Like right right, this was pre-Berlin Wall falling.

[@JohnRiggs]

tells you when the game was made.

[@gregdavis569]

Played soooooo many of these games as a kid. Thanks John.

[@O.M.JaYY3]

thanks John! Love this series!

[@tdog5993]

The Last ninja has awesome music! Especially on commodore 64

[@RetroMMA]

It was better in every way on the C64 ;)

[@whosonedphone]

Came here to see someone else's opinion on Metal Mech. I've never spoken about it to anyone. Nice to see all the Jaelco games put together.

[@jebfullinwider4379]

I was waiting to be angry about City Connection... And you proved me wrong! Perfect placement!

[@coffeebro287]

Man the NES has such a massive library.

[@Projectwolfie21]

I love Pinball Quest. It's still pretty unique to this day, just about the only other things I can call pinball RPGs are a couple of Zen Studio's Bethesda themed pinball tables.

[@zackschilling4376]

City Connection was a game I found when playing on emulators and really liked it. Also I like how in GOAL! 2 it had the ads for Rival Turf in the background

[@superduty2023]

Thanks for the content Mr. Riggs.

[@shaq32]

City connection getting the love it deserves

[@missquark_]

I loved City Connection back in the day, it's an arcade game but it's quite unique at the same time. The goal is to finish the levels as fast as possible or the cops and cats will trick you to the most impossible spots even more so it was a little painful for me to see you cross "painted" floors on and on and not flip back to go up and down instead... Lol, now I want to play it now! Great video!

[@DrGamelove]

Thanks for reminding me about Pinball Quest. I’ve been meaning to play that.

[@DannyGPro]

I loved all the base loaded games, defined my childhood playing with my buddy. Even now I do think they were good for what they were, especially the 2nd and 3rd one for me.

[@thomastripp9002]

The one series that stands out to me from Jaleco is Bases Loaded I and II. I still have my brother's cartridges when he had the NES in the early 90s when I was very young. I'm probably the only person who actually LOVES the music to Bases Loaded II. Hoops is another fine game to the NES. I'd like to try Shatterhand, Robowarrior, Maniac Mansion and Cyberball on my modded NES Mini.

[@Infocrumbs]

Yesss. Been waiting for this one

[@Fluoride_Jones]

Your explanation of why you like tennis is rather hilarious. XD

[@BlackMoore82]

There was a Maniac Mansion tv series in 1990, it lasted three seasons. I always thought the running of the ball in Goal sounded like a choppy shotgun, it would drive me nuts growing up. Right there with you on City Connection, I still love the game to this day and the catchy music.

[@ostiariusalpha]

Goal! 2 really is a vast improvement over the original. You have to actually like soccer games to appreciate the difference though, which Riggs does not.

[@trlindley4429]

Great vid john,Congratulations on 100 k !!!

[@JohnRiggs]

Thank you!

[@duckofalltrades]

What’s up John! Just thought I’d let you know that your channel rocks, honestly is my favorite gaming channel on KZbin. Never miss a video, please keep up the awesome work.

[@JohnRiggs]

Thanks buddy!

[@scottishcomedian1769]

Best out of context quote: "I'm not gonna explain myself! It's a D!"

[@shenloken2]

People don’t have to explain themselves when they don’t like a popular game! If someone hates say UnderTale...they hate UnderTale! People need to get over things like this!

[@scottishcomedian1769]

@@shenloken2 I wasn't talking about that. Think about the quote out of context and then you'll get it

[@IanNewYashaTheFinalAct]

When Chris Hansen's interviewing you and asked why you showed him _Bases Loaded_

[@ainarapoza7866]

bases loaded II, in my opinion, the best baseball game on the nes. S class all the way. "the best jerry, the best!" keep the vids coming, love the nostalgia doses you provide for us!

[@harjinderkalkat2764]

yes, i've been waiting for this one. maniac mansion is one of my favourite games of all time.

[@shenloken2]

I didn’t find this out until recently, but the name Astayanax comes from Homer’s Iliad where he was the son of Hector. It’s typical of me to hear literary names from video games first. (Except Dracula...that was the movies.)

[@cargoman7045]

Never tried or heard of City Connection until your video. Just played it. 5 stars. Thanks!

[@kanyonkutta]

Man, Bases Loaded was THE game of my childhood. Had whole seasons and everything. Great game definitely in MY S. Tier

[@northofnashira2575]

So many great memories of playing Maniac Mansion. Don't forget that you can microwave the hamster in the NES version.

[@stevencrocker6786]

I love Shatterhand and Totally Rad. As always amazing content love the videos.

[@TheRetrollectors]

Another great ranking video.

[@camiloadames2381]

In Panama the game Shatterhand was played the Japanese version called Tokyou Soulbrain (sorry if I did not write it well), I played the cartridge in Family Computer, but in Panama both the original nes games and those pirated in Family Computer arrived, and this one in in particular they titled it as Robocop 3. We in Panama said in part to that game Jiban, which was a popular series here between 91 to 93. The funny thing about this is that investigating that the Japanese version of ShatterHand is also a TV program there in Japan, like Power Rangers and Robocop, but that they never gave here. Greetings, I like to see this kind of ranking of 8-bit nes games.

[@haruruben]

Shatter Hand !!!! 👊 🤛 🤜 I remember renting this game a few times and being blown away. I always thought it was a Sunsoft game with that sort of tight gameplay and great graphics

[@JS_2099]

Who knew Jaleco was one of the most prolific publishers on the NES?

[@jesselaidlaw395]

Love this series!

[@FleaMarketFalcon]

Good video. I was one of the people watching without a subscription. Figured it didn't real matter because your videos pop up in my feed anyways but I went ahead and finally clicked that button.

[@rrrob19]

Pro sports hockey looks a lot like the EA NHL games from the 90s for the SNES and Genesis. I am intrigued because I loved those games.

[@indangerdogg637]

O-0o0owww , D for Bases Loaded... For it's Time it was Amazing , Watched my Big bro Play all the time, weak Rating brotha..!!!

[@snoredizzle3242]

Now binge watching your video's.. Dopeeee

[@davidhershberger7899]

I love the video man keep em' coming. Would you ever be interested in doing a tier list by genre and platform?

[@SquarePegs]

I'd forgotten all about Rampart! I loved that game - I'll definitely be playing it again real soon. I also didn't know about Pro Sports Hockey - I'm definitely going to need to get that. Great video, John!

[@gimcrack555]

Rampart! is one of my favorite games. I even played it at the arcades and played it on many computers and consoles. Even a few clones that did pretty good. The game is even on MS-DOS which I play on DOSbox and the Linux clone one isn't bad either.

[@scootermcg9910]

2 player rampart is so much fun. Stressful and hectic. Love it.