Lookin' at Hacks - James & Mike Mondays

James takes a look at some different hacks Mike has collected over the years Read Mike's Blog! www.mikematei.com/blog/
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[@1leggeddog]

"I played it with my daughter" That moment you realise that you've been watching Jame's videos for a very long time...

[@Swoll826]

Good lord you need to learn how to use an apostrophe. James' or James's.

[@hunterb1243]

I wish he'd have vlogged some of his life, kinda let us follow his progression. But some people like their privacy, and i can understand that.

[@maclaren93]

All of us are old now :0

[@ScaredStraightProductions]

James has two kids now weird to think I started watching him in his mid 20s now he’s almost 40

[@Phoenix7786]

Jesus Chriminy in Heaven he's in his upper 30's now? God I feel old now; I remember over 12 years ago watching him.

[@telmotrooper]

"- It's a Mega Man 2 with My Little Pony characters. - How does that work? - It's a hack." lol

[@NickLMears]

I could watch a several hour video of you guys sampling every one of these.

[@alexsilva28]

Nicholas Mears me too!

[@justincredible5414]

Absolutely

[@ridingcdaoveritfilms8892]

Start the petition, you've got got my 👍

[@o0oAeyao0o]

Burnt Sienna! That's the color of the cartridge at the 12:00 mark. It's a Crayola Crayon color ;)

[@ZenShroud1]

Or Terra Cotta.

[@jasterthefathyena1843]

it's brorange. I know this cuz it's the color of my diarrhea after eating at this one specific Burger King.

[@iPwnZz]

Ocher

[@PainterVierax]

yep, that really showed how uneducated they are for former art students.

[@quinneyjones]

Burnt Sienna was my thought too! I ha a Chevy avalanche that was that same color which we jokingly referred to as Bob Ross Burnt Sienna and we named the truck Bob Ross!

[@VelvetSky1102]

yellow cartridges were made for Russian and eastern european countries for so called Dendy console which is Famicom (japanese NES) clone console, nintendo for some reason didn't care to distribute in this part of world so a 3rd party company stepped in and filled that niche.

[@Eddies_Bra-att-ha-grejer]

The yellow cartridge he was talking about was made for the North American Super Famicom, which were normally always grey. Famicom cartridges came in a huge variety of colors and shapes, so there's no reason why a clone of it would have uniformly colored cartridges.

[@44gieksa64]

in Poland there was a NES clone called Pegasus in the 90's and cartridges were usually yellow and had the same shape as Famicom ones

[@bunnyfreakz]

Russian actually asked to produce Famicom for Russian market. Nintendo refused. So they simply created Famiclone called Dendy anyway.

[@user-kp3ul9dq1u]

Video games were never banned in Russia. Where did you get it?

[@Cole-ek7fh]

there was a north american donkey kong country cart.

[@iagreebut6813]

The beginning felt like an intervention of a hoarder who James is trying to help.

[@alexl.4362]

Laycee Talbott Lacy

[@UltimateGamerCC]

do you even know the definition of a hoarder? a hoarder doesnt keep their shit clean and in order, those carts would be strewn all over Mike's place if he was a hoarder.

[@Shiirow]

Super Contra-ceptive

[@DrymouthCWW]

It works everytime

[@jeffreymcgillivray5408]

I Had just saw Terminator 2 when I played Contra 3, So I was running through that bitch like, " Yea motherfucker!, I'm the Terminator!'

[@bradfab_fx]

😆😆😂😂 i laughed so hard

[@oaktree2406]

@@DrymouthCWW 65% of the time

[@tonybloodcherry]

11:12 I don't know if anyone has said this yet, but aside from the game's name, this is actually the official box art for Mega Man 1 in Europe.

[@richierich6389]

Since we have J&M Mondays and you guys got plenty of those homebrews/hacks.... then why not a series called "What the HACK is this?!"Im not into editing at all so dont know if this is even do-able.

[@dsadams17]

Or Hack'n Stash

[@spacekoalalove]

That would be cool.. like an AVGN spin-off about hacks.

[@benseal3072]

Ya shoot them at the same time but release it on a separate today like Thursday or Friday. Let the fans decide your life schedule. Lol

[@Ek70R]

Awesome idea!

[@myrealnameislarry]

And release the roms for us to play!

[@Matt-Rat]

I would love to see more NES and SNES hacks, James and Mike.

[@Judas1911WR1]

i want to see some of the more obscure hacks... all these Megaman and Mario hacks are the same...

[@loganjorgensen]

I love the donor cart system from homebrews, great use for all those yearly sports titles nobody wants anymore, also sometimes you can get a slight discount if you provide a donor cart depending on the shipping. Literal cart reproductions kind of vary in quality compared to the original Nintendo carts, depends who makes them.

[@elliotbjorksdottir2878]

That Rockman Claw cover is actually the official PAL cover art of Mega Man 1 for the NES :)

[@vgcchoirboy]

Earthbound Zero was cancelled for release because it was too expensive to make and too late in the NES era. It was later rereleased in Japan only GBA, Eventually it would finally get released in the US as "Earthbound Beginnings"

[@cflores1889]

Zachary Erickson its sucks, earthbound and the fan-traslated mother 3 are way better. It has cool music, though.

[@vgcchoirboy]

Charles F. Whoa, that's a bit of an overstatement. I'd say it's not bad, but the other games are better. Kinda like how pokemon red/blue aren't as good as the newer games today

[@zummone]

I get the name of the video is "Lookin' at Hacks" and watching you guess what type of hack you have is fun and all that, but it would be pretty cool if we eventually get to see what the most dubious ones actually are, in a sort of mistery video.

[@VechsDavion]

I would describe that color as salmon red, or maybe terracota.

[@Zinfidel1]

Mother 1 was released on Wii U! A good reason to own a Wii U.

[@bland9876]

I wonder if it's possible to do what people did with the Super Nintendo classic and rip the ROM then play on real Hardware

[@ChaosHellfire]

I actually had a Dendy back in the day :) Its pretty much just a Famicom clone but back then it was the only thing we knew

[@dominicesquivel3901]

USSR or a satellite state?

[@whiteydiamond]

Doctor Wario World? I think that Mandela shit is affecting James' brain...

[@UltimateGamerCC]

i think the yellow cart threw him off. XD

[@MegaConrad]

I blame Polybius 😂

[@wellthismachinekills3809]

Melson Nandela

[@AdHocF1]

You guys always put a smile on my face, please always keep it up!

[@printerwontwork]

This always makes my Mondays better (cause I have school), thank you guys.

[@kmjl92]

The color is called "Burnt Sienna"

[@NY4Life]

My favorite AVGN episode of 2017 was your Power Rangers episode

[@Shinmsl]

Yeah , mine too

[@Jerma987]

James, you are the person i want to be someday, not only as a youtuber or collector but as a human being. You are great. Ps. Mike is too

[@andrewamp1]

They're the reason why I started my collection, don't have a lot of money but after ten years I reached 750 games across various systems.

[@candacegilbert970]

Brutal Super Mario World would be cool to see.

[@MarcoFerrari179]

Most of these comments about James hair loss are probably teenagers/young adults and half of them don't even know they will also lose their hair ;p

[@Rahat-tw8vg]

They'll*

[@RedFire998]

Rahat except he wrote that, only not shortened...

[@RedFire998]

Marco777 It doesn't happen to everyone tho :P

[@Rahat-tw8vg]

Redfire ik but it sounds so unnatural cuz nobody says "they will"

[@RedFire998]

Eh, it's still right and nothing to be corrected. I definitely use They will sometimes.

[@reddoorpaintedblack]

The color is rust!

[@Wildeheart79]

It's umber actually but nice try.

[@GeneralCane]

12:02 - "Name that color." I'm going to say "rust." If not that then "tomato soup."

[@vadont]

i'd say this is the bullshit color !!!

[@liammaxwell6114]

I went with mocha

[@Carlosonebillion]

Burnt orange when it's the zoomed in shot

[@ogeidnomar4601]

Sweet Home was developed by Capcom and it most likely inspired Resident Evil.

[@GribbleGob]

Resident Evil was originally going to be a remake of Sweet Home, but it changed in devlopment

[@hospie]

James should have a podcast

[@KushTime420]

Bob loblaw

[@wearegeek]

Bub Lablew

[@SuckerPunchACop]

Bab LeBlow

[@nAb-IlIIlIlIll]

I love the videos that James and Mike seem genuinely happy in. It's cool to watch two old friends chill.

[@Mondoboneable]

Definitely play Sweet Home when you get the chance! It's one of my favorites!

[@Cendoria]

12:30 It's funny that the poster of Samus right behind them literally has that same colour in it.

[@ZombEKing18]

Sweet Home is Basically the origin of Resident Evil... and Resident Evil 7 is a kind of a remake of it...

[@ZombEKing18]

I said kind of a remake.... I didn't say a full remake.... Re7 barrrows heavy on the plot of Sweet home.... The creators of re7 even said so...

[@ZombEKing18]

Ok, that is a fine word for it... That is why I said "kind of a remake" the main plot is very much the same, only biowepons is the explanation this time cause its resident evil.

[@Godlike_Virus]

Resident Evil 7 is amazing.

[@johnnyroche138]

The Adventure of Link Part 3 Zelda II? Did Mel Brooks produce it?

[@jerememadore9492]

Yes! This one, please!!!

[@daninsummerside]

keep up the great work. sending much love from Canada

[@rbakbrown]

12:00 I'm really certain that the color is burnt sienna.

[@michellewolyniec6159]

I love the dynamics between James Rolfe and Mike Matei. They always seem to be having a lot of fun making their Monday videos....I look forward to watching every week. The one thing Mondays are good for ;)

[@tituswayne632]

Sweet Home was the inspiration for Resident Evil 1

[@starflyer77]

Was going to say this myself.

[@Frellyouall]

and it's based on a Japapnese movie which is on youtube.

[@ikaruga24]

Same here, the Gabeboy accessories was my favorite AVGN episode of 2017 and it also became one my favorite episodes in general. Truly awesome work.

[@echardcore]

Love this. Always wondered about the strange ROMs that appear in the endless lists.

[@BeerdyBruceLeeCentral]

That color is called solid bronze.

[@Wildeheart79]

No it's not because "solid bronze" isn't a color. The correct name for that color is "umber"

[@hamanasiken]

Id say its „rust“

[@Wildeheart79]

rust is not a colour, umber is, google it

[@hamanasiken]

Wildeheart79 i dont agree

[@f.r8580]

burnt sienna brah

[@rblowers001]

I wanted to see the zelda 3/zelda 2 game. Got me curious.

[@UltimateGamerCC]

it's actually a level edited Zelda II, same thing with Zelda II Part II, think of it as seperate second and third quests like in Zelda 1.

[@helenhomunculus5044]

That moment when James finally talks about my favorite game of all time, EarthBound Beginnings! I hope he makes a AVGN episode or James and Mike Mondays video for it.

[@ScoutMoser]

I hope we get to see more of these home brews/hacks on James and Mike Monday's. I think they are very interesting to see.

[@DerfLlennod]

the color is D05722 there is no name because it's not worth one

[@grantorino2325]

There is (seriously) a color called "Rebecca's purple." How about we name this one after James's daughter? 😂

[@Vednier]

When they do closeup i'd call it "carrot"

[@DustinStetler]

Rust

[@MikeELtheGamerLPShow]

I'd call it "brick."

[@ZenCorvus]

It's copper orange. Car and motorbike manufacturers use this color.

[@SYratherripped]

Legend of Link is THE BEST NES Hack of all-time. It's WAY better then Outlands. I've been trying to tell Mike about it for a long time.

[@jond5830]

We need live streams of these games. It is life necessity.

[@mr.dmr.d9348]

The Color is Sage Mike ..lol Love the Work you Both Do.

[@FalcorRedDragon]

Nobody suggested Guardian Legend Secret yet? I'd really love to see you playing it.

[@Horzzo]

Chronologically confused about that Zelda game..

[@Robotech85]

Looking all that those awesome Hack Games! Thumbs up I Love James and Mike Mondays

[@ZombieBite1991]

As far as I'm concerned, that color is called rust.

[@comedyloverism]

I would call it Angry Orange.

[@MrJeanGuru]

Yeah spot on. I was gonna say brick orange

[@PainterVierax]

The saddest part is that those two guys are Art School graduated.

[@neon2o]

I remember playing a hacked Monsters In My Pocket featuring Batman and Flash on my Famicom, that I had actually only recently found out that it's a hacked version. Good times.

[@SkinnyBlackout]

I have this hack. Good stuff.

[@kevinkeretz6484]

Burnt sienna? lol. It would be awesome to see these games played. Awesome videos guys

[@GrandMasterLynx]

What I would love is to see a complete list of all the Nintendo Homebrews/Hack Mike has so I can check them out for myself

[@akufromthefuture7159]

I've been watching james for 10 or more years.. Since the age of 17ish until now. (Age 27) I can't believe how long its been...

[@dantedisbrow3987]

Wow I thought I had a fascination with Rom hacks that's a big hack collection

[@Ruukie88]

Mikes enthusiasm for Saturn Bomber man is amazing hope you guys play it soon!

[@Big_Mara_100]

Talking about the game boy accessories, I actually saw the big chunky accessory in the bottom of a store window just randomly

[@markshadows3667]

Rust color

[@theblackgoatofthewoods]

Theres a Atarigame called Thank You? That one you got to play

[@CowboyFromHellvete]

This is really awesome. Nice to see this

[@animattions64]

Goddammit, the Polybius jump scare got me again!!!

[@DilinarTanel]

I think the collour is shity orange.

[@laharl2k]

It actually looks like cadmiun orange.

[@dylc5604]

It's browange

[@pingASS_]

Persian orange

[@DustinStetler]

Rust

[@Aveziel]

Bronze

[@christopherkane4971]

That weird color of the cartrigde looks like bronze to me.

[@bouelf]

Christopher Kane looks like brick or terracotta

[@BigChoke333]

Christopher Kane looks like cheeto orange to me

[@ViktorAKaltenstein]

I was thinking more of a spicy diarrhea. All grossness aside, that color is dead on.

[@andymatney8807]

Its almost terra cotta

[@fatalcontents9445]

rust

[@jameshoneycutt785]

I really enjoyed this video. Little bit different for a James and Mike Monday.

[@skabcat242]

That wall of posters is epic.

[@Stoiss]

I love this episode so much. I really would love to spend a weekend with you guys and just play hack games. Im already making a list of the ones you showed to try and get them, so please make more hack episodes :)

[@Pix3l_Pr1ncess]

These rom hack videos are always great

[@stevenglansburg856]

Better than all of your videos.

[@joshprendiz71]

So I have a few of these on my hacked Nintendo ,it has all originals and homebrews.Its cool to see you guys having the actual cartridges..

[@asilva5021]

Seeing a james and mike mondays on the manhunt series would be cool

[@KirbytPink]

Not really a hack, but i would like to see you guys try out.... Mega Man Maker.

[@1983esmi]

I'm very surprised they haven't yet

[@FrankyPlaysGames]

Mike please stream/upload some LOZ randomizer playthroughs!

[@sjaypants]

already did--months ago

[@Jspotstudieos]

My god. I've been watching James for ten years

[@ErvastiLeijona]

Mario 3Mix would be awesome to see in James & Mike Mondays

[@nikolap92]

Omg, Super Robin Hood is a great game. You should try it sometimes.

[@Musicradio77Network]

Никола Поповић Better than the other one which was from the "Quattro Adventure" unlicensed NES game.

[@TwoGendersOnly]

Никола Поповић my neighbor had the game. It really was a shiny gold cartridge with four games on it. I was so confused as a kid lol.

[@MegaAnimazing]

The reason why Mother didn't come to America was because it was getting expensive to produce their strategy guides and the battery backups.

[@SpeedyDePalma]

That's possible also when it was planned for release it was around the time of the SNES release and like why Starfox 2 wasn't released was because they wanted to focus their attention to their new console.

[@frozenaorta]

It also fell under the same umbrella as Final Fantasy 2 and 3 in Japan, where by the time a translation and localization could be completed, the Super NES would have been the prominent platform, so they didn't bother.

[@DigiPen92]

MegaAnimazing *EarthBound Beginnings

[@spartonberry]

Final Fantasy II for the NES had a mostly completed translation (I hear it was fully playable but would've needed the writing polished a bit). It sounds like they were planning to do the whole series but maybe the problem was that they waited too long (three years behind Japan was a pretty long time). My guess is that 2 was dropped because they thought America wouldn't like the growth system that requires balancing a characters stats (it was planned to be released at the same time as Final Fantasy Legend II, which was similar but dropped the negative part of the growth mechanic).

[@NewKasuto]

My understanding was NOA completed a lot of the localization for Mother. The thing was NOA wanted to focus more marketing on the launching the Super Nintendo, so Mother was dropped. Somebody managed to get one of the prototype of the NES version and it was leaked on ROM websites.

[@PAZO2FAN]

I saw James play that Firemen game at a meet and greet at an arcade in my town last year

[@imacanoli897]

Saturn Bomberman was incredible!

[@DrBeef216]

Mike - what's your favorite AVGN ep ever, ditto for James?

[@MeximidgeComedy]

Funny how Mike looks at the camera when James takes too long getting a sentence out.

[@hunter1586]

1,000 years ago I do the same thing except there is no camera

[@AtlasBlizzard]

11:00 That's the cover for the PAL version of Mega Man 1. It's awesome.

[@farble1670]

James and Mike discuss games they haven't played. Fascinating.

[@sudicalwig]

You should really look at some of the original homebrews, like BATTLEKID 1 & 2. =) I never heard you mention those. =) Still, a great episode!

[@Telosking333]

sudicalwig yea I wanna see them face the gnasty boss fight 😂😂😂

[@brandonhill4197]

Some of you guys are mean! So what, he's losing his hair happens to the best of us. I personally think James would look good with a buzz cut. It woukd definitely make him look younger. Then he could do a Kirk Douglas falling down tribute episode.

[@brayanargandonaflorentino548]

brandon hill James is turning 38 soon

[@FidFighter]

I lost hair when I was 21. Now 31 and had no hair for over 10 years so i know the feeling when people make fun of which isnt nice. James has more hair than me, so salute to James !!!

[@sinformant]

brandon hill do you mean michael Douglas?

[@superdoonz1]

"Admit....that there is NOTHING...wrong.....with the street!!!"

[@bentindol2909]

Falling Down is an awesome movie. Think about it.

[@randalgraves6979]

I just got a multicart of 117 Disney Afternoon games on a NES cartridge and it’s pink.

[@mikigameplays]

I am so pumped ,you really need to play this games guys ,

[@DarthPerkins]

Brorange.

[@Untouchaable]

Megaman in the Mushroom Kingdom looks great 15:05

[@williamdavis4882]

Any game I'm in is great.

[@uncle_lulu02]

mike did a live stream on it already

[@kevinr.3542]

Mike's mushroom tip kingdom is a magical place.

[@barkingbaphomet995]

thanks for the timestamp.

[@supergeoff]

I was planning to buy that at arcade legacy here in cincinnati,ohio

[@LorenHelgeson]

12:05 - that's probably pumpkin, like they did for that one color for Gamecube.

[@chikarasimmons]

Mike, just do a series with all your hack games. Seems like you got material for plenty of episodes. We would love to see it!

[@karras6239]

Bacon color cartidge?

[@mickeyrube6623]

5:25 Mike: Its Megaman III with My Little Pony characters. James: How does that work? Mike: Its a hack. Duh, James. Duh.

[@battlemageblitz82]

He was probably implying the concept of it, genius...😉

[@akfekh]

Abarenbou Tengu is the Japanese version of the game we got in NA as Zombie Nation.

[@darkiller66]

This video is so frustrating haha, I want to see all of them ! :o

[@julientrez9262]

It's brownze guys! BROWNZE!

[@danperin]

The color name's actually "Sinoper"

[@Ranuyasha]

Dude you guys know that there was a Bomber Man Animated series? I think there were games on the famicom which were based on it.

[@drpork1360]

Yay another james and mike monday!

[@nick6var]

Wario Blast was released on Super Game Boy and allows multiplayer on SNES, with up to four players with the Hudson Super Multitap. Sunman was originally in development as a Superman title before Sunsoft lost the license.

[@Drawkcabi]

The color is rust, maybe?

[@Brantendo64]

Damn. You nailed it with a rusty hammer.

[@Drawkcabi]

Glad my tetanus shot is up to date.