Keith Courage in Alpha Zones (TG16) Playthrough - NintendoComplete

[@BlueThunderGaming]

This was an incredible experience for me to re-live this gameplay. My dad died in May 2020 and this is the first console i ever had as a child and we would play together for hours. We even had the handheld version.

[@kena.8003]

That's a great memory. RIP to your father. I won a T16 in a sales contest from my summer job when I was a kid and remember how excited I was when I got home and hooked it up. I believe my stepfather was proud at that moment and he passed earlier this year.

[@BlueThunderGaming]

@@kena.8003 Damn i'm sorry to hear that. RIP to your step father. Thanks for your comment man, I appreciate it.

[@kidgrebo1]

@@BlueThunderGaming Peace to you , I lost my pops October 2020. He got me a TG 16 for my 12th bday.

[@BlueThunderGaming]

@@kidgrebo1 im so sorry man. Much love my friend

[@PRIMARY_WHY_NOT]

Dope. I played Galaga 90 with my father and now with my son on the wii... fortunately I bought it then

[@synthoelectro]

one of the strangest games of my childhood in the early 90's, but TG16 was so fast and still impresses me to this day. When they made Castlevania on it I was seriously blown away. TurboGraphix games were really fun.

[@sgtmario8892]

I dont care what anyone says. I love this game. My mother never watch us growing up. So my father took me and my relatives to his work. And there was a tv and turbo graphics with Keith courage in Alpha zones and galica 90. In his office. Me and my brothers would take turns if one of us died or pass the level....the hours we played. I will always love this game

[@62202ify]

The memories, this was a great game for it's time. I miss TG16

[@carltonalexander946]

They Have The TURBOGrafx16 Mini Now

[@62202ify]

@@carltonalexander946 Nice.

[@jasonjackson4555]

My parents bought a Turbo GrafX 16 for me for Christmas the year it came out. This was the first game I played and it brings back fond memories of my childhood.

[@dave4shmups]

I totally agree with you; I think this game is really underrated! I love the bright colors, for one thing.

[@NintendoComplete]

dave4shmups I love the colors too! Given how often the game vomits rainbows at you, it definitely fits the bill :) Especially during that seizure-inducing screen flash in the ending!

[@isaboteur2562]

@@NintendoComplete Thankyou for uploading this!! I appreciate the full playthrough.

[@purwantiallan5089]

​@@NintendoCompletethis game is amazing even in 2023 standard.

[@DontrelleRoosevelt]

It IS underrated, just like everything else!

[@LionAstrology]

Playing this in 91/92, when I was like 2/3 pretty sure changed my mindset huge, much of life was mundane after that 😂😂😂.

[@Lord_Aghast]

Thanks for bringing me back to my childhood!!

[@NintendoComplete]

An awkward title, slightly better than 8-bit graphics, and being based on a totally unfamiliar anime didn't help Keith Courage sell TurboGrafx-16 consoles, but that didn't stop it from being quite an entertaining game. Get past its warts and you'll find it to be a pretty charming and fun title, I think.

[@graciegj63]

NintendoComplete So does the anime have weird monsters with gun barrels for heads as well?

[@iamwarchief]

@@graciegj63 what about the flying foot-monsters?

[@darrenharris9335]

The music and sound effects were mind blowing ay the time...

[@osurpless]

Neil Guyer70 Probably going to end up using this strategy, as it’s unfortunate that there is no lives system, so you have to run through each Underworld segment each time you die to the boss. Makes it harder to want to do anything when learning the boss, but just get it over with...

[@johndevito2384]

Yeah, that was called Spirit Heroes Wataru, subtitle in English but pretty interesting.

[@rolanddeschain9360]

"Look for the next Keith Courage adventure." So that was a lie

[@JustinHall1976]

I'm still waiting for that and Conan the King.

[@glares453]

Series in Japan is called, Mashin Hero Wataru. Keith Courage is a NA swap much like Mario 2. Only learned this when I saw the Nova Suit in Robot Wars X for the switch.

[@queencancerous5332]

It’s actually based on an anime

[@zackschilling4376]

Theres a Famicom game thats a sequel of somewhat.

[@alteredpenguin2073]

There's a Playstation 1 game.

[@misunderstoodtruth1253]

I used to play this game for hours

[@sky-magnet]

I used to love playing this game!!!! Hilarious that the last boss had that bug where if you jumped in just right he wouldn't even move.

[@iluvwhtchix]

The sounds shines almost as bright as the colors. I loved how powerful the Nova suit sounded. I loved this game. It was very distinct.

[@worsethanhitlerpt.2539]

The glowing statues in the Boss rooms is something Genesis never could match I wish more games used this feature

[@williamsmith666]

"There isn't that much grinding involved." (Half the video is grinding for gold in the overworld...)

[@JustinHall1976]

Yeah, this entire game is gold coin farming.

[@gnaistvlogs]

@@JustinHall1976 But he didn't even buy the alpha sword at the end!

[@toadsonytwo]

This was the first 16 bit game i played as a kid. Loved this game and it brings back alot of memories.

[@ericlaw9974]

I used to have this game I loved it love the music, and action.

[@isaboteur2562]

I'll never forget getting the Turbo Grafix 16 from my Dad for Christmas. I was soo happy. What a great game this was and a awesome system especially for a 9 yr old.

[@MrReganomics1]

Man this did my heart good to see... Thank you for posting this

[@bundo-san]

Excellent platforming and good reflexes. It's so easy to get caught off-guard in this game :P

[@josueavila3721]

Dude this video brought back a ton of nostalgic memories ! My dad bought this system when I was like 2 or 3 and he would play it. Than I got older and I was playing this system along the super Nintendo! What great memories and video game. 😊

[@sydniusalminia5364]

I remember playing this as a kid, such a weird game

[@recieve.believe3344]

My childhood in a nutshell! I remember this game was included with my Turbo Graphics 16 for free. A Christmas present from my dad back in 1991.

[@kiDchemical]

Its kinda funny how in the first 5 minutes of the game he commits armed robbery and murder with a knife to buy bombs 😂.

[@khsabia]

Those walking revolver enemies are absolutely amazing. Director: We need you to design some enemies. Make something cool. Designer: Cool- like a giant head with arms and legs wearing sport shades with a revolver zip-tied to its head, cool? Director: Hell yeah. Giant revolver you say? Will it shoot? Designer: No

[@blacklightretro]

hell ya this is a memory for sure. i loved every second when i played. :D

[@manpower386ify]

Reminds me of the Flea Market Madness episodes with Frank.

[@jamesalvarado3961]

That intro song takes me back

[@ultramanxk7]

I loved this game.

[@chaddingitup2815]

Coming back to the gameplay and seeing the Mashin Hero Wataru characters represented so well after experiencing the anime and characters in Super Robot Wars W is a bit of a trip. Makes me wonder how man other games the anime got that were never ported. And it was a damn good game to boot.

[@jenesaisquoijones5423]

"Don't bring a knife to a gunfight." Also, 4:15 😂

[@skiburnski7543]

I was about 12 years old when I first saw the commercial for TG16 with Keith Courage, and I my brain was completely blown!

[@newvocabulary]

So, basically 2 level layouts. The end. My neighbor had this game and I was jealous as fuck because I wanted to play/beat it. Come to find out, I was jealous for nothing. Thanks for the vid.

[@actorDannyCastellon]

This bring back so many memories since I was a Kid

[@northprime_unlimited]

The first part was goofy as hell but once he puts on the Nova suit it kicks into high gear, the pace and music hype you up.

[@JohnHenrySheridan]

Awesome video and game thank you !

[@cozmicmojo2181]

3:30 Frank arrives

[@Mental_Health_Matters]

Best comment ever

[@akirafudo6128]

Fun game. At first I thought the non-mech parts were boring. But it actually brings a nice balance to the gameplay. Yin and Yang. Kind of like ActRaiser did, with its town building parts.

[@humblehustledlo4983]

This game is legendary. My intro to turbografx. Bomberman and Vigilante 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@henrywashington3732]

On level 2 when he gets the robot suit on and starts walking, I just realized that it's the same screen as Blaster Master on NES.

[@killdren5658]

This game was and still is bad ass. I beat it today after I could not beat it when it first came out.

[@shamarbrowning1234]

Where did you find this game i been wanting to play this bad... please help.

[@mumzly1]

This game, was my first memory of playing video games, well this and double dungeon. (I think that's the name?)

[@charlesmoore4992]

You must mean Double Dragon.

[@chrisdamanda1888]

@@charlesmoore4992 no there was a game called double dungeons for tg16, awesome game imo

[@charlesmoore4992]

@@chrisdamanda1888 I stand corrected, sir. Carry on.

[@Barfbagdontsag]

DOUBLE DUNGEON!!!! I also loved Legendary Axe.

[@UglyHans]

Dang, I'm feeling old. My first memories is playing Super Mario Bros. and Duck Hunt.

[@nmahangu]

My all time favorite game from early teens

[@federicogalvan686]

I love this game it reminds me when my dad was still alive

[@DS-Slug]

Oh my God I found it

[@hardkore360]

they call me Keith "Grinding" Courage... this was (and is) the best retro coin farming simulator.....

[@MrMiddleFinger804]

Gotdamn the hours I use to play on this game, all the sounds bring back memories

[@gingerbreadsandwich]

oh the memories... after so many years I finally found out what console and game this was! YES!

[@chrishines4093]

I loved this game... cool you have a good video thank you soo much...

[@swirvithanlgoodlingsplatt8221]

My mom had brought home a TG-16 one day with this game. Have no idea where she got it. We never got another TG-16 game, you had to order them from Sears. My mom wasn't ordering shit back then, so I mastered Keith Courage. And only dreamed of playing the games I'd see screenshots of in the Sears catalog like Legendary Axe, Vigilante, Bloody Wolf, Bonk, Splatterhouse and China Warrior. I got the tg-16 mini, and China Warrior is the worst game ever, but back then it looked awesome .

[@captainn2094]

I seen on IGN that they announced a Turbo Graphix 16 mini. Sucks that Kieth Courage, Splatterhouse, and the first Bonk are not on it.

[@sega9579]

They just added splatterhouse

[@jamiestarr3086]

That's the equivalent of sega genesis without sonic

[@MicahBuzanMUSIC]

This game had great music, which is no surprise given the system it was on. Bonk is another favorite.

[@SeanSigurgeirson]

Fun to blaze through now and then.

[@ShampooWow]

Awesome video! I like it

[@dretucker9631]

This brings back so many memories and bring back the times then things were a lot better in the world. To tell you the truth I still like the turbo Graphics 16 that was a good idea back then it was only two systems that I really liked was Sega Genesis and turbo Graphics 16

[@NintendoComplete]

I gotcha, I loved the Turbografx. I've still got a Duo hooked up in my living room :)

[@bitset3741]

As far as pack-ins go I liked Keith Courage better than Altered Beast. Altered Beast had a bit more variety to the levels but with the music, the over-world and variety of monsters, Keith Courage definitely had more charm.

[@bubblegumxo]

Just learned this game came with the TurboGrafx! This actually looks awesome! I'm sure having such a silly name didnt help this game or the Turbografx 😂. This had an entirely different title in Japan and IIRC is actually based off an anime!

[@AngelaGreco]

I used to watch my brother play this game. Remember those lil popcorns.

[@ThrowedGenji]

This game had charm and it's own style gameplay, it's really not a bad game other than being tough and the character moving slow

[@ultragoldenantchannel5648]

Good game, but a terrible choice for a pack-in game for the TG16 in America

[@erichebert5104]

That tune bro so lit!

[@johndevito2384]

I realized that this game was based off of an anime cartoon show called Spirit Heroes Wataru. And it was subtitle in English but pretty interesting.

[@samuelcarrasquillo4590]

And Judging By The Character Wataru (or keith courage) His Spirit Dragon Became A Mechanized Warrior (or in u.s. the nova suit)

[@mischitary]

this game has huge "alex kidd in miracle world" energy, to me.

[@megatron8461]

Are nova suits supposed to be bulletproof?

[@KishorTwist]

A modernized KC game would rock!

[@RyBreadisRyGuy]

I remember this game from childhood.

[@screenapple1660]

Second Chapter never came out? :(

[@Doommaster1994]

Technically not. The Japanese version was based on an anime which received a couple/few video games. I know there's one for the Famicom.

[@NYsurfer51]

When I was a kid, I didn't realize when I got in the Robot Suit I was actually supposed to be giant sized.... lol

[@flipjin]

B.A.D - Beastly Alien Dudes!

[@ChikikyoKONAMI]

Keith/Wataru is returning for a new anime next year!

[@50percentGrey]

41:52 Coolest looking boss in the game right there.

[@seanarcher4004]

Someone need to sample that Bass Groove!!!!

[@jasonb.3902]

This was a great game.

[@Cutty-g4w]

This was the pack in for the TG16

[@jamiestarr3086]

I always hated how the enemies respawned. Frustrating memories. Never made it past lvl 4

[@Wobbls]

Pretty sure my younger self got stumped on level 4 also. Watching it now, I have to wonder why lol

[@anthonydomenech]

It's a damn shame they're not putting this on the tg16 mini🥺or legendary axe or splatter house

[@chrisowens3639]

great game...

[@lil----lil]

It's crazy to think that I spent $50 for this game. It's almost inconceivable. Mostly it's probably the memory hardware.

[@anonymousidea9119]

It was a pack in game tho

[@1nfamoussoldier359]

Should've been included in the mini

[@Doommaster1994]

Fun(?) fact: This game was developed by the same company that made Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde for the NES, Advance Communication.

[@K01e_Creation]

Try Google "Mashin Hero Wataru" for the original anime.

[@guho4663]

shut up wapanese lol

[@YamashitaTsubasa]

One of the greatest OPs of all time

[@17Jroach]

I rememebr being gifted this game as a kid never got past level 3

[@dagnabbitwabbit]

Just bought the turbographix mini for my pops on Father's day. Gotta say, we played this game alot when I was a kid. Huge miss not including this game.

[@drunkwithguns]

im almost positive you can put an old copy in the mini and it will work and they sell on ebay for like 10 bux

[@DigiPen92]

Keith Courage is a license game from an anime. It’s likely couldn’t get in hold of the license.

[@grahamjarman]

i like how the last boss is almost impossible unless u angle the fall to land right in front of it. still asleep lol. cool thing about these cards is that they would come w a booklet explaining the game characters more in depth thru story line.

[@speedy63663]

Sadly, there was never another adventure

[@FormerHumanX]

Frank joining the swap meet

[@wildpride1119]

Honestly, you don't even need to go after the alpha sword in the robo zone (zone 7). The Alpha sword in the magic zone (zone 6) is the same exact sword but half the price.

[@icaliver]

I loved playing this game but farming those lucky cats til the ruby coins and farming the bomb upgrades were tedious but necessary task to finish this game.

[@DamienPaulLabonte]

Great intro music

[@haroldgarrett2932]

the song in the first stage reminds me heavily of one of the snes bomberman games

[@ClassicTVMan1981X]

And the first battle theme is also reminiscent of Rygar on the NES...also scored by Michiharu Hasuya.

[@251Mario]

I agree with you dave4shmups,Oswald Epic Loquendero and NintendoComplete about this game I think its a great game

[@hanchiman]

I used to love this anime when I was a kid, I even have the models of them that are easy to assemble. They were like a cheap version of Gundam marketed to younger kids

[@samuelcarrasquillo4590]

Which Is From Takara Toys In 1988

[@RC-go2kl]

Didn't know Wario starred as the sword merchant in this game lol

[@Zionfarm]

I was so pissed. I got to the last stage like probably 3 jumps from the last boss. I paused the game and didn't noticed I hit select after I hit start and the dam game restarted. I was like No No No what just happened. LOL.

[@NintendoComplete]

Oh god, that's one think I hate about the Turbo. Resetting the game because I fat-fingered the Run button wasn't a super uncommon thing for me to do. Oh how I raged lol.

[@throwedgaming6419]

I love this game but geez some of the bosses are so unforgiving but I see now that you have to rush some so they dont have a chance to move

[@saramations]

I think this is the only game my brother had for his tg16.....

[@killerb255]

The anime this was based off of is Wataru.

[@mikedski9698]

Fight The Forces Of B.A.D. In KEITH COURAGE IN ALPHA ZONES! For Your Turbografx 16! From NEC And Hudson Soft!

[@alteredpenguin2073]

This game is actually based off of a 90s Japanese Anime call Wataru.

[@samuelcarrasquillo4590]

Would've Been On CBS Saturday Morning After Ninja Turtles "RYUJINMARU!"

[@Mdriver1981]

Why does the "Wise Wizard" keep telling who he is and what he has to sell you every time you walk into his hut?

[@funstuffonthenet5573]

So weird how you suddenly get a Gundam and the game changes completely. Real boring first level turns cool immediately after. Bad first impression tbh though 😂