Journey to Silius (NES) Mike Matei Live

Playthrough of Journey to Silius for NES! Follow Mike Matei on Twitch ✜ / mikemateilive
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[@Dexlexia]

So many unplayed NES gems. Thank you for streaming these old games 👍

[@Kourumeme]

GI Joe Atlantis factor for nes is also good.

[@drstephenstrange897]

Turrican for NES please!!!

[@backdoorwolf666]

This was suppose to be a Terminator game but Sunsoft lost the license during development.

[@belowboyt9876]

Was looking for this comment before posting it myself.

[@yungmind]

@@belowboyt9876 lol, same

[@skeptic10]

Yeah, but Mindscape's Terminator is way better. It has "gun mode" and a great soundtrack. Mike should defiantly try to beat that.

[@rfk223]

thats a fascinating factoid are 100% thats true?

[@ChairmanMeow1]

If only!!

[@skottihughes6223]

The music for this game is so good. One of my favs growing up!

[@ShaelRiley]

Yeah. Silius does slap.

[@Femaiden]

if anything sunsoft did right it was the musics in all their games. i can see past the reused assets, reused art assets and sprites and backgrounds and sound effects in every game and fake difficulty bosses that have cheapshot unavoidable attacks because their games has some of the best soundtracks

[@mikea1819]

The 2nd stage music is fantastic. Its amazing what Sunsoft created with the hardware limitations.

[@mikematei]

Yeah the music is great, its the highlight

[@starwarsunfiltered7848]

I owned this game as a kid. As per other Sunsoft games, it had great graphics and some of the best music on the NES. Hard as hell, though. I think I finally got to the end boss one time, but never beat it.

[@szopaj]

Hard as f..k but it looks like game for Switch or indie game from 2022. That's the class

[@roastytoasty8559]

i agree the music and the graphics of this game are way ahead of its time for nes.

[@nickpry968]

You can tell it's by Sunsoft, lots of sound effects from Blaster Master and Fester's Quest in there.

[@gohanangered9650]

This is one of my favorites of all time. I'm sad i missed you playing this. :( Sound track on this is just on another lvl compared to others. Literally full fledged songs.

[@mikematei]

The music is really good. I didnt care for the auto scrolling on stage 5. What do you like about it?

[@gohanangered9650]

@@mikematei Oh i enjoy how the game plays for me personally. And the sound track always had me pushing forward. Even if i got stuck on a part of it. Just one of those games i would always go back and play. Similar to games like ninja gaiden 1 and a few of the mega mans. Mega man 1 was one of the nes ones i didn't enjoy much when i was younger. lol

[@jasonbowman6337]

This game is awesome. I didn’t own it as a kid but picked it up maybe around 2003. It’s been one of my favorites since. Thanks Mike!

[@RetroAdam]

The music in the this game. Such bangers

[@mikematei]

Thats the highlight for sure

[@Knightfall3000]

If Mega Man & Contra had a child

[@AxeManGaming]

Man this game brings back great memories. Always a pleasure to see you take on these retro titles. Your gaming instincts are crazy good, and your outbursts are hilarious.

[@mikematei]

Glad you enjoyed the stream. 😎

[@jesseapauty294]

@@mikematei we will always love you're streams mike 👍

[@TheCornyJokester]

@@jesseapauty294 damn right, mike and his streams are awesome.

[@StarshipGhost]

Almost spit out my drink when you gave your tip for balding, lol.

[@seantootle]

Never even heard of this one. Definitely gonna try and give it a shot soon! Good stuff

[@dougo670]

Mike Matei is the best streamer, bar none. Glad you are always yourself and never put on a BS act like many others.

[@AlexioRedemption]

The music from the first stage is a total classic. My brother had this game as a kid and I think he beat the game.

[@RetroDigitalus]

Dang Mike! You really sang that Kingdom of the Gnome song with a lot of heart! Cheers!!!

[@ChiefCoralcola]

I'm forever going to call this game "Journey to Silly Ass" now... THANKS MIKE.

[@SamusGunship]

I have been wanting to love this game for so long, but I won't try it yet because I am scared I won't love it as much as I wish. For some reason, this game looks so much more fun when it is being played by someone who doesn't know it backwards and forwards. I think I have only ever seen people play it who know exactly how to play it perfectly. Now it genuinely looks fun to me. So glad you played Journey to Silius, Mike. Looks like there is another Sunsoft game that I love after all.

[@mattdubya1037]

this game had some of the best NES music!. so much fun to play too. very similar sound effects to blaster master. i think bc they were both made by sunsoft?

[@williambourque926]

Hard to beat this game! Soundtrack it kicks some butt!

[@mikematei]

It wasn't too bad to beat compared to a lot of other ones I've done on here. The auto-scroll stage is the most annoying part.

[@RyudoKaze]

When you started talking about emulating stuff and Retrogaming as a hobby, I thought "You could also just get yourself a MiSTer ." It's basically an open source hardware reimplementation project designed to be used on FPGA. It's the closest you can get to playing on the real consol without playing on the actual consol. It's better than any software based emulation and way more affortable.

[@mikematei]

I have a mister. I showed it on stream recently.

[@RyudoKaze]

@@mikematei Oh you have? I've probably missed it, because I can't follow your streams live as I did in the past because of work, but I definitely have to check the recording out if you uploaded it.

[@hey_you]

I recently found out that this was supposed to be a Terminator game, but they lost the license. You can tell just by the first level. This would have been a much better Terminator game than anything we got on the NES. Also, it's avail for Switch online if you have one.

[@rhysoneill7399]

Nah just get an rg350 has many nes games as well as snes mega drive ps1 gba gb gbc arcade pc engine as well as some pc games jazz Jack rabbit being one.

[@blzr2bull]

What an epic playthrough!! Towards the end when you beat the game I thought you were gonna transformer into the joker before our very eyes as you were laughing maniacally!😅 Great work mike!💪🏼💪🏼😎

[@aaronforcucci9422]

I have over 100 video game soundtracks on vinyl, I fell deep Into a bootleg rabbit hole on top of all the websites that sell licensed vinyls. It's been my obsession for the last 6 years lol 😆

[@aaronforcucci9422]

Also been a big fan of yours for years now mike, all the way back to the OG days of KZbin

[@miket2646]

One of the best soundtracks of any game.

[@WillyWooly]

Hey Mike, it’s great watching you have fun playing old games. I never watch streams but it is perfect for when at work. :)

[@helcometowell9295]

Yes to this

[@AceMoonGaming]

2:57:11 - 3:01:50 that focus was epic as hell!

[@noisetv1863]

This game has rad music and is a good challenge! You really need to conserve your special ammo ( and health) in this one and memorize the levels.

[@theironfox2756]

This was supposed to be Terminator. They could not secure the rights.

[@mikematei]

There are some terminator-like enemies here and there. And the background of the first stage seems that way.

[@theironfox2756]

@@gochem3013 no cap

[@archnemesis8903]

Love the music to this game, and I ended up playing this game for the first time on the switch online service earlier this year.

[@justman4891]

This game was hard as hell. Every damn Sunsoft NES gave me hell as a kid lol

[@TheZeromus99]

Thank you for the correction, it's only a similar sounding word I was thinking of in Japanese.

[@roastytoasty8559]

the music for this game a nes game???? wow!!!! so good

[@Verbalaesthet]

This looks awesome and I have never seen it before - which is a rare combination for NES games. I gotta play this instead of watching you play.

[@gregbrown6921]

I fell asleep with this stream on, and I woke up in middle of a fever dream with mike singing Reading Rainbow

[@belowboyt9876]

Sunsoft could really make the NES pump out some great chip tunes.

[@Bloodstained2077]

Awesome game great music too still play it once in a while on my modded NES mini

[@crt_rex]

"Why is he not jumping?" - I beat this game recently, and I figured it out. I was able to show the jump not working consistently. Turns out that if you try to jump during a frame when your character is turning, it doesn't work at all, which of course, is a major design flaw and causes a lot of trouble.

[@thekenner]

That ending killed me, Mike. I thought for sure I was the only dude on the planet singing that shit in his car occasionally.

[@nai3346]

Mike doesn't know for certain that people in his chat are drunk, he just chooses to assume they are after reading their comments. Great game by the way.

[@EQOAnostalgia]

11:51 Blues Traveler wasn't tellin you no lie. The hook brings you back.

[@ReapsVsTheWorld1]

Growing up my friends never called it 'farming'; we called it 'making coins'. This was during Final Fantasy 9 era.

[@erainmartinez8175]

Odoroku Bakari (awesome)

[@High_Priest_Jonko]

Touch me baby, odoroyou Sunday

[@ChronicGamer-rl2bo]

I wouldn't be surprised if at least one bald dude tried Mike's hair growth remedy 🤣

[@gbarrancos1]

6:00 - Love how Stage 2 music is a sample of Alan Parsons Project's "Sirius" instrumental (the Chicago Bulls entrance song)

[@gyromurphy]

How on earth did I not know about this game? I would have loved it as a kid

[@mikematei]

I didn't have this one back then either. But it seems like many people did.

[@correcturegames8389]

I didn't have this game way back either, but got it last year. It's pretty great - Sunsoft quality graphics and amazing music. As for the box cover, if I remember correctly, this was supposed to be a Terminator game, but Sunsoft lost the licence and quickly made adjustments. Maybe had to rush the box cover.

[@gorteous]

Fun Fact: This was supposed to be based on the first terminator movie, but sunsoft lost the liscensing rights were lost during development

[@mojebi3804]

I already watched the whole thing on Twitch. So now I'm gonna be one of those that KZbin Analytics will show as watching 1 minute

[@mikematei]

Yeah, that doesnt help haha. KZbin tracks how long people watch a video for. 🤷🏻‍♂️🤣

[@teh_supar_hackr]

The graphics on the last two stages reminds me a lot of Metal Man's stage.

[@nunyanunya4147]

wasnt this the Terminator 2: JudgementDay video game that SunSoft lost the license to midway through production and they just changed the name upon release?

[@DoubleAAmazin3]

Sunsoft games have a distinct artistic vibe to them

[@maverickrob9199]

The auto-scrolling suprise during the final level reminded me of how the Dr Cossack stage 3 in Mega Man 4 caught me off guard with an auto-scrolling level. An auto-scrolling level in the Mega Man series was unheard of at that point, and that stage is the only auto-scrolling level in the entire classic series. Weirdly enough, the auto-scrolling actually benefits the stage, so kudos to Capcom for getting the formula right.

[@Bobby8451]

HECK YEAH MIKE!!! This was one of my favorite games back in the day. SUNSOFT had some great games. Blaster Master down to this day is my favorite overall. WooHoo U can also hear Blaster Master sound effects in this as well.

[@DoucheWaffe]

When you realize this was suppose to be a terminator game before sunsoft lost the license to make it

[@darthvader8094]

Wow this game has some kickass 8 bit music

[@icemanxtreme1981]

I think I heard somewhere that this was suppose to be the terminator game, but when sunsoft lost or didn't get the license they reworked the game and changed the title

[@daniboi271]

2:13:39 WTF man!? the killed me XD XD xD

[@kumicopen]

It has very nice music and graphics It ’s the best memory work.

[@gregsaenz6566]

I just wanted to say thanks to Mike for his contributions to the most recent AVGN video over on Cinemassacre.

[@gotsm9959]

I tried mikes hair treament and now my hair is healthier than ever!

[@MidgarMelody]

Going to try out that hair trick - need my hair back pronto!

[@mikematei]

good luck!

[@azagrial]

One of the best nes games and one of the best ost's

[@SolCresta3405]

Now this is a classic.

[@ShaelRiley]

It turns out Mike was The Angry Video Game Nerd all along.

[@paulhouston4711]

Great channel, I just heard king creole by the King and thought of Mike. Take care all.

[@wordman3624]

Journey to Silius is the best Terminator game that isn't actually a Terminator game...but was supposed to be a Terminator game.

[@tolerantxgaming4530]

Please do the David the Gnome theme every video.

[@Peter_1986]

This game looks pretty fun. I guess it will be my next NES experience.

[@Tarman85]

Holy shit, that soundtrack is straight fire. 🔥 ended it with David the Gnome. Fucking excellent, Mike.

[@crushercorpsretro3982]

45:40 It's funny because it's two words that rhyme with Silius! Kinda. Laugh.

[@Tactical-92Yankee]

If this game had a no auto scroll last stage and more health pickups, it would have been way more popular. It was supposed to be for Terminator but there was a license issue. Level 1&3 music is the tits.

[@zachcouch8654]

3:01:51 This is what you have been waiting for everyone.

[@josephpowers7155]

This soundtrack is exceptional

[@HorseTeethModano]

They were going to make Supercilious for the SNES but the big wigs thought we plebs were beneath that one.

[@Misfit_Kitten]

An underrated joke, for sure. :P

[@steelcurtain187]

This one looks like it has a definite Alien movie vibe going on. Pretty sweet

[@TheZeromus99]

By the way Matai means "surrender" in Japanese, his name is literally "Mike Surrender". And he's from Jersey....so that explains it. I guess you have to be young at heart to play classic games, but mike is both young at heart and young at head.

[@ecmyersvids]

Clutch win! GG!

[@maxpower_815]

Mike, you are one of the best, if not the best gamer out there... the way you finished this was amazing, one can really tell you really tried to focus at best... and the rest was just playing around.. i really wanted you to beat this game since last time, and you did... congratulations is an understatement... keep up the great work!!!

[@mikematei]

Yeah there was a certain point near the end where I got serious with it. 2:57:18 haha

[@TheZeromus99]

I had reservations about watching this video but the game is just so good it lured me in. If you ever wonder what the Matei hate is about watch one of these for 5 mins. It's like watching a 9th grade detention frequenter turned loose without supervision. The guy is an asylum escapee, I expect him to start slapping himself in the head.

[@robertanderson2898]

I JUST bought this game yesterday. I didn't know it was that popular, it cost $45. I found 5 other games and they didn't even total as much as that one (Astyanax, Double Dribble, TMNT, Guardian Legend, Marble Madness). I never played the game before. I think the Game Grumps have a pretty infamous video for this game..... :O

[@rudager6905]

Great now I have to try to beat this game. Ugh I mean if Mike can beat it anyone can lol 😆

[@TheSportsShowOnTheDamnYoutube]

I always thought the box cover was cool as hell but never played it

[@BananaTV1978]

You could do the "how many NES games can I name/write down" as a charity stream! That would be really cool. How many in an hour of something.

[@xZippy]

Oh my god that music is fucking amazing.

[@RalphWiggum.1]

Can someone explain to me what the graphics/texture glitches are that all NES games seem to have. It's like a square or line of disappearing textures for a few seconds. Like 12:17

[@anonamatron]

NES had a lot of flicker when there were too many sprites on the screen at the same time.

[@High_Priest_Jonko]

Too many sprites on the screen so it has to unload some sprites I guess

[@gagadreams]

Can't believe I never had this as a kid, it's such a cute game! My attention span for games is non existent, the games I have actually beaten in my life are so few & far between. I basically just play until I'm bored then move on to the next thing, don't have lifetimes to spend on a single game when there's a million games out there to try! One game I am obsessed with is golf, I just love golf games for some reason and play them in my free time, my only video game dedication is golf lol! Guess I just don't take shit too seriously in life, just have your fun and move on to the next thing!✌️

[@linkinparkrulz2275]

This game is like the perfect difficulty, it's hard but not to the point of making you go crazy.

[@NotThatKindOfKiwi86]

So we're just not gonna talk about Mike's hair rutine?

[@retrogameroom9019]

It was this game or festers quest.....glad I chose right

[@Ostnizdasht206]

This game was originally supposed to be a Terminator game, but Sunsoft lost the rights so they made their own game.

[@His0ka]

This game has the best soundtrack on NES imo. Also the Songs are very long before they repeat

[@WillyLee23]

Reminds me a little of Zillion on the Master System

[@DavidBirchphoto1.]

That ending was brilliant.

[@TheTogoRojo]

1049 1:57:09. It's drawing time.

[@wesburnett5309]

Never played it looks sick for 1990 as good as a indie u see on the switch like the music looks like a cross of contra megaman that can't be half bad

[@BabySkinCondom]

ive never heard of this game. great stream lol

[@thomascrawford3564]

The gun sound effects has definitely contr

[@user-vx4vr8rb7i]

Mike, you should finish Garlic on pc. I'm interested in how it ends

[@powerviolence29]

Mike,Did you know a light gun is being made for flat screen TVs? It cost 150 bucks though