Legacy of the Wizard (NES) Playthrough

[@AIWboojum]

Oh god I absolutely loved this game as a kid. Never finished it, but the music and the idea that you can choose your character was just so fun.

[@jasonjerome7712]

You have to beat it with all characters lol. NOONE BEAT IT

[@madsnovember1614]

​@@jasonjerome7712 I definitely did beat it as a kid. Shit took forever though.

[@NintendoComplete]

Legacy of the Wizard is the perfect choice for anyone who played Milon's Secret Castle and thought to themselves, "Wow, this game would've been so much better had they only made it 10x harder."

[@bigduke5902]

Damn right. This game is why I love games. You should play La Mulana next!

[@NintendoComplete]

​@@bigduke5902What is that? Is it an NES game?

[@Baximus]

@@NintendoComplete It's a PC game that imitates the playstyle of a MSX game. It's full of cryptic puzzles.

[@NintendoComplete]

​@@BaximusGotcha, thanks.

[@Priester23]

Yes it was but the music in Legacy of the wizard was annoying. But Milan secret Castle was great and the music was much better❤

[@Baximus]

Ah, my childhood. I could never make it past the second crown, because I never fully understood how items worked, like Xemn's gloves. That never stopped me, as I stopped and started from the beginning so many times. Took me 20 years later to actually sit down and complete the game, but I felt accomplished when that happened.

[@jasonjerome7712]

How'd you ever figure any of it out?

[@JSmooveAKAJRo]

Me too! Lol​@@jasonjerome7712

[@Linuxpunk81]

I got this for Xmas one year out of the blue. Had no idea what to do or where to go but I played it anyway cause I liked the music 😅

[@NintendoComplete]

Yeah, music is always a highlight in Falcom's games.

[@rjcupid]

This is one of the most cryptic games I ever played. Brøderbund was good at that! (e.g. The Battle of Olympus)

[@adamcarlone]

As a kid this game gave me such a sense of wonder. I remember I had no idea where i was going or why, but my entire goal was to get to a room I hadn't seen before every time I played. It really felt massive and mysterious.

[@mathieublais-fortin2851]

I think you really captured what made this game so great! It was HARD! But I didn’t care! Haha

[@justinwolf7490]

Omg thank you it’s been 35 years since I have played this. I’m so happy I think I’m going to cry 😭

[@keifferw7385]

I remember watching my dad play this when I was younger, and through those great family moments I learned a good majority of my curse words

[@secretagent4610]

Reminds me of my dad playing ghosts n goblins. 😂

[@racheledwards2352]

I absolutely loved this game as a kid. So many pleasant memories 💕❤️

[@billkeithchannel]

I was in my late 20's when this came out and fell in love with it. After renting it for weeks I finally bought a copy so I could complete the game. Years later after moving to my own place I would play that Inn screen music to fall asleep to.

[@Yoderman]

I got this game as a present when I was six and I spent years never knowing what I was supposed to do.

[@toddberndt7394]

Same lol

[@NoName-md6fd]

Cryptic and eerie but hidden gem of a game for sure. Though somebody should have warned that it's basically a metroidvania RPG where you control 4 characters and each one has an item that is useful in a very specific portion of the map.

[@Unaliq]

Despite the difficult game, I always had a ton of fun exploring the massive world of the game. So many different places and monsters, along with the items to collect. If only the devs ironed out the platforming and said platforms like the cloud puzzles. The OST is fantastic! So many to listen to as you explore the dungeon.

[@prismaticowl]

One of my all-time favorite NES games. You didn't get a sense of exploration like this that often on the system. Figuring out where to go and with who, learning how to use their kit of items, and beating those bosses that could burst you down in seconds... it's a real tough cookie to break, but it's something I go back to frequently. Also, as someone who likes drawing maps of games as I play, which is usually reserved for RPGs or dungeon crawlers, LotW was one of the few side scrolling adventure games that I was able to map in detail. Each death brought a few more screens into the fold until I had them all, labeled with secrets and who went to each section of the labyrinth. Didn't get much better than that.

[@AsianShadowrunner]

I remember buying this game on a whim, most likely because it was on sale. I've lost track how many times I went nowhere, just going in circles. Watching this playthrough, there is absolutely *NO* way I could figure any of this out. Thanks for showing us, even if it is *YEARS* too late for me. 😅😅😅💀💀💀

[@billkeithchannel]

I absolutely adore the music for the Inn/Inventory Screen. In 2008 I used Fruity Loops to compose my own remix of it.

[@JuraIbis]

This game's platforming makes Hollow Knight's White Palace look user friendly.

[@newcarpathia9422]

I must have rented this game a dozen times back in the day. I never knew what the hell was going on, though. No manual. Somehow, it was still fun anyway.

[@HansKlopek]

The size of this game was so overwhelming as a kid.

[@SomeOrangeCat]

Played the hell out of this, back in the day, but never got terribly far.

[@despawn7663]

Holy hell in a handbasket, i rented this once, I remember the family select screen, nearly became a forgotten memory. Also Oh shit moment look at the camera at 1:57

[@goddessmodel]

this is from my childhood

[@xxHUNGRY4THETRUTHxx]

I had no idea that this was related to Faxanadu until I happened upon the Dragon Slayer series.

[@itsneaparis]

This game!!! I was hitting myself trying to figure out what this game was called. This was my first adventure game! Thank you for posting ❤

[@spoonshiro]

Music by the legendary Yuzo Koshiro! (And Mieko Ishikawa)

[@billkeithchannel]

I adore the Inventory/Inn music. So relaxing.

[@beatsinmycrates]

Epic game, with OST to go with it, Im guessing some of the items you have to find to help proceed? I don't think I ever found the glove lol I just had to walk straight.

[@donaldhavasy2356]

I remember playing this, was fun. Watching back was a pretty lame final boss fight haha. Dragon could have pulled out a second mover at half life or something. I really liked children of mortal, another game where you play as a family, cute little story and pixel art graphics made for modern consoles

[@Pedro_Kantor]

Respect to you sir for not using jump exploit.

[@Shaberry14]

I loved this game!! Nice to know I remember so much h😊

[@rich1603]

Im happy to read that most of us had same experience with this game. Loved it but couldn't get that far. Was never sure what the goal was.

[@DezorianGuy]

1:50 love that

[@elgatofelix8917]

He looks like a pissedoff Bubble Bobble dragon

[@BB-te8tc]

I respect the hell out of this game but the block pushing is unbelievably frustrating and unforgiving. I do not recommend playing this without rewind if it's your first time.

[@NintendoComplete]

I've had to hit the reset button after trapping myself in those spots so many times. It's such a buzzkill when that happens, especially because it's so easy to accidentally move a block into a dead-end position.

[@Steelflight773]

Main issue I had with this game as a kid. You should not be able to trap yourself so easily. Being forced to reset the game over that is absurd.

[@billkeithchannel]

@@Steelflight773 If I had a dollar every time I teleported into rock for Wizardry II... The key to saving yourself was to reset the game before hitting any other button so you reload at the spot before the teleport othewise your game is screwed.

[@Steelflight773]

@@billkeithchannelI could never get anywhere in this game as a kid; never found one boss. I always wondered for awhile what it was like to fight the dragon. I ended up looking up a code online years later to beat the game. I cheated but it was satisfying to see the end. Even my brother could not get anywhere in the game as well. He beat some tough ones without a guide like Shadowgate and Tombs n Treasures.

[@billkeithchannel]

@@Steelflight773 My friends and I were obsessed with_Shadowgate._ We rented it from a grocery chain in our area *Iggle Video* (Giant Eagle) and it took us an hour to get into the castle. Opening the skull was the last thing we tried and it worked. We kept re-renting it for a few weeks and got hopelessly stick on the well room. It was then I bought this as my very first NES game new from a store. $50 in early 90's money. We scoured the convenience stores for video game magazines that printed game hints. At some point my buddy opened the bucket and we were on our way. We were howling mad at the ridiculousness of "opening a bucket." I guess the open command was out bane. I bought Tombs n Treasures at a 2nd Hand store. I never completed it. I still have my hand drawn maps on grid paper (Same with Dungeons & Dragons Pool of Radiance) The line that got branded to my brain all these years is "Get Thee To A Nunnery!" Completeing _Battle of Olympus_ was the most satisfying final stage. You had to complete the stage up side down since your character was invisible but your mirrored black shadow was all you could see.

[@FreedomKat]

I knew it was Broderbund as soon as I heard the music start. That was VERY Deadly Towers lol.

[@80sHairMetalFan]

I remember back in the day roaming around aimlessly not having a clue where to go or what to do. Had to use the Game Genie to cheat my way to the ending in order to see it.

[@PharoahsKingdom]

Try playing Super Pitfall on the NES back in the day 😅

[@shark_bytes_666]

That title song definitely starts to rip into Legend of Zelda a bit.

[@japoniano]

Figuring out how to advance was awesome!

[@Th3ba1r0n]

There has never been a remake for this game has there? Are there any cameo's for other Dragon Slayer titles with the Worzen/Drasle family? Like Ys or the "Tale's of..." Series? Cause this game could use a return to providence. :3 Tower of Druaga got a bunch of remakes and sequels and even an anime.

[@fivespot83s24]

My favorite waiting for poison bottles to despawn simulator.

[@NintendoComplete]

Seriously, wtf is that?

[@jprogman]

@@NintendoComplete Those poison bottle items are dropped soooo frequently by enemies when you have high HP. So annoying. However, the game stops dropping poison when you're low on HP. Nice that the game have some kind of sliding scale allowing you to farm up on anything that you have low amounts on.

[@kermit3421]

Finished this many years ago. I always took the "pet" to the last Crown. It does matter what order you get the Crowns.

[@MatthewBenson321]

I remember being a friend's house watching him play this. I had to go in about an hour and he pointed out it wouldn't take that long to show me the final boss. Obviously that didn't happen. This is the kind of game (like Metroid and Zelda 1) that to this day make you wonder how anyone managed to finish without a guide or someone telling them where invisible walls and such were.

[@Sebastian-kb1vm]

I did

[@danthornton0526]

I remember my mom bought this for us one summer. Very hard to beat. 41:30 The item he'd been trying to avoid is a poison bottle. If you touch it you lost 5 life points.

[@bigduke5902]

The La Mulana of the NES!

[@therealseanw.stewart2071]

U Can Beat Video Games introduced me to this one last year. This looks like a fun, open-world 8-bit adventure. I like how the whole family is needed to utilize the unique abilities of each character, and the how the boy is useless until you find only he can wield the sword to defeat the final boss.

[@daisukegori2112]

3d dot game heroes makes reference to this game.

[@nintendomaster2024]

What is the reference?

[@holidayinn4293]

I don't even remember but if a family member or adventurer or whatever you want to call them dies. Was there any way to rescue or revive them? Either way this was not one of Nihon Falcom's better games that's for certain.

[@shanemabrey8501]

Easily one of the hardest games ive ever played

[@dancrowdus]

The poison item drops were such an insult to injury. As if the game wasn’t hard enough already

[@Sebastian-kb1vm]

I love this game .back in the day we actually used our brains to figure shit out

[@KalypsoVega]

This is amazing!!!

[@Chrisgod3]

This game would make a great metroidvania type reboot

[@CannedHam2479]

This game definitely shouldve been in "THE WIZARD: movie!!!!

[@thecunninlynguist]

30 years from now, will Nintendocomplete's kid be NintendoCompleteJr and doing retro long play of switch games?

[@billypoker7822]

love the very end he teleports like mega man

[@Memory0fAMartyr]

OMG Nostalgia!!!!

[@nimaiiikun]

the mother and daughter's dungeons were the most frustrating.

[@m.a.packer5450]

Easily has some of the best music on the NES, and really fun aesthetics

[@ryanwbee]

Every time Pochi falls!

[@DBoy2029]

I think I now see what you were doing... you were getting the needed gear BEFORE getting serious on getting the Crowns.

[@borrisdillan9783]

I HATE THIS GAME BACK THEN WHEN I WAS A KID (1990) .. THIS GAME SEEMS TO ME HAS NO ENDING! AND THANK GOD NOW I KNOW WHATS THE FULL WALKTHROUGH HAHAHAH! BUT JEEEEEZ.. MORE THAN 2 HOURS OF WALKTHROUGH?? THIS IS VERY IMPOSSIBLE WHEN I WAS A KID COZ WE WERE ONLY ALLOW TO PLAY ONE HOUR AT HOME! HAHAHA!

[@volvoguy804]

Long ass game. Beat it in '90

[@davidcaruso2517]

ALL HAIL LEGACY OF THE WIZARD!

[@mingrui1862]

All together now!❤

[@jasonjerome7712]

Just impossible, I quit playing after like 5 minutes. Just pure clueless of what to do. Now knowing you hav to beat it with every person too? How did anyone know what to do?

[@ハハハハハハ]

友達がハマってたな、、

[@LampreyKisses]

pochi ftw

[@marcoplazamado]

the most imposible game to win ever

[@billkeithchannel]

I said the same thing about _DejaVu._ I had to read an internet cheat walkththrough to finally beat it 30 years later. NostalgiaNES Lite emulator on my Android.

[@Priester23]

I'm sorry to hear a lot of people didn't get to finish this game. I was twenty-three when I got this game it took me about a week to beat it and I didn't cheat. But it was the most challenging game ever played

[@Priester23]

I truly love this game when it came out❤ it was extremely challenging but worth it❤ but the music was so annoying seriously the music was too much😮

[@awwwshit1293]

Dragon wouldn’t die for shit!!