11-26-2020 -- Watch live at / arcus note: the end had to be muted due to a copyright claim, but the full video (with all audio) can be watched on Twitch at / 817067989
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@derekdavidson67383 жыл бұрын
Nothing like sitting out by the lake playing some Metroid. 😂
@gimmethunder3 жыл бұрын
With your pet turkey
@isayahjenkins89223 жыл бұрын
if that aint a true cowboy, I don't know what is
@TheAbsoluteZxero3 жыл бұрын
That's what nature's for. To look at as you play video games
@affliction19793 жыл бұрын
I literally did this back in around 1992 at lake Skiatook, I convinced my mom to let me take my NES to a family reunion, I was originally going to use a shitty black and white TV, but my uncle brought his RV, with a pretty decent 26" TV and he let me hook it up. Me, my brother and maybe 6 or 7 cousins had a blast that weekend. It was about 3 days after my birthday, and I got Metroid and Faxanadu, so those games were mostly played. It was also the first time I drank tequila. Good times!!
@LORDJPXX33 жыл бұрын
@@affliction1979 Great story. Sounds like nice memories.
@Huckhaven3 жыл бұрын
God only knows how many hours my 6 year old self spent playing through this game. 35 years later the music is just as terrifying!
@lancetschirhart76763 жыл бұрын
This game is not 41 years old
@Huckhaven3 жыл бұрын
@@lancetschirhart7676 is it 35 years old?
@lancetschirhart76763 жыл бұрын
@@Huckhaven Wow even the second time around reading this I still got the math wrong. I don't know what was wrong with me, assuming you and the game had the same birthday (??????)
@Sagma293 жыл бұрын
@@lancetschirhart7676 lol,he played it 35 years ago,he didn't say he was born at that time
@Minkuni11 ай бұрын
He came out of the womb, controller in hand.
@h0ll0w0ne Жыл бұрын
I know I'm super late to the party here but can we appreciate that this man just did Cowboys and Aliens way better than Hollywood.
@leemay77803 жыл бұрын
Dude. To beat this game without bombs, without the long beam, only getting two energy tanks and one missile tank is just nuts. Its amazing how compelling NES games are after all this time.
@Truedoogie3 жыл бұрын
You know it’s a good soundtrack when the speedrunner still hums it.
@AboveEmAllProduction2 ай бұрын
He hums everything good or bad
@therealestatewhisperer48063 жыл бұрын
One of the greatest games of all time. The atmosphere, the music, the run n gun timing, the enemy and boss fight patterns. Just fantastic.
@zebunker3 жыл бұрын
Nintendo bottom feeder
@Turbotef3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, this and Blaster Master got quite a few replays (along with Super Mario Bros 2) out of me from 1988-1993
@soldadito343 жыл бұрын
Blaster master and turrican are better
@BSBD782 жыл бұрын
@@soldadito34 😂😂😂
@weltgeist013thomas62 жыл бұрын
I finished it, the long hard way, when it first came out.. I was a kid in high school.. 9th grade 🤔 O.G. gamers know NES.. Point is, I beat this game BEFORE YOU WERE EVEN BORN , Son! 🤓
@Phant0mwolf-Productions3 жыл бұрын
You good sir are an amazing speed runner. Not because of how well you know the games, but it's because of how chill you are when you play. I admire that
@aelechko3 жыл бұрын
And he speed runs like 100 different games while being chill. It just puts me at ease that somewhere in the Midwest a gentle cowboy is playing NES occasionally in his grandmas favourite armchair
@samusvikerness6612 жыл бұрын
I love my Nes but for most games I am anything but chill when playing. lol
@Haywood-Jablomie Жыл бұрын
@@samusvikerness661 I remember tons of 3rd party NES controllers at all my friend's houses back in the day... I never once threw a controller or raged but I bet they sure have !!!
@justinbrink7425 Жыл бұрын
Thats actually a good observation
@matthewdenty84708 ай бұрын
After many fails , many successful runs then a tme record..... it's just an old repeat till he beats his record again
@argylefist13 жыл бұрын
that was a good frozen banana
@adamgray17533 жыл бұрын
The frozen banana booger was the best though.
@RecoJ-oh2nq3 жыл бұрын
He's like the Bobb Ross of Speed Running
@AboveEmAllProduction2 ай бұрын
Yeah that hasn't been said before a billion times, wow did you come up with your whole self, omg can I be your friend you're so crazy
@ThemCubes3 жыл бұрын
"might make some mashed potatoes.....*mashmashmash*"
@Alamyst20113 жыл бұрын
Great job sir. Takes me just over 25 minutes and Ive been playing for years. Always get hung up on something or another. Glad to see you bringing the classics to so many new viewers.
@Jpal2133 жыл бұрын
I was really hoping I could watch something before bed. This really hit the spot! Thanks for all your hard work arcus
@party4keeps282 жыл бұрын
12:24 - "I don't know how to get out of here. Maybe if I freeze a banana..." I'll remember this next time I'm in a jam. After all, it worked.
@JasonMontell25013 жыл бұрын
Your channel does wonders for my anxiety and depression. Thank you for everything you do.
@caseyengle73243 жыл бұрын
Well said. Me to ❤
@Haywood-Jablomie Жыл бұрын
Porn helped my depression. We all have our ways I guess. lol
@Jeffmetal423 жыл бұрын
"what a good boy Arcus'... lol, u kill me man. Never change, you are a gem!
@jvl30973 жыл бұрын
this guy is the man. as mentioned, the bob ross of speed runs.
@MrKnightcastle3 жыл бұрын
Enjoy watching your content. Brings back so many good memories.
@arturkarpinski1643 жыл бұрын
I passed that game back in 90!!! Had to take a Polaroid to prove to my friends at school that it's a girl!!!!
@LorenHelgeson3 жыл бұрын
Very impressive run. I've played this game for 30+ years now - first one I ever beat - and it still hasn't gotten old for me.
@HueyTheDoctor3 жыл бұрын
I now actively anticipate every new Arcus upload.
@thebassclef6263 жыл бұрын
Same.
@taylor66183 жыл бұрын
Same
@DarksouIjah3 жыл бұрын
This game was insanely difficult when it first came out. Well to me it was.
@kozlik123 жыл бұрын
I never would have beaten this game without a walkthrough..... lol. Super Metroid too.
@TraumaER3 жыл бұрын
I had Metroid 2 for Gameboy. I hated it. I didn’t know wtf I was supposed to do so I played Tetris instead lol.
@evandenney83353 жыл бұрын
Never knew where I was going. Super metroid I had better luck but never really could get to far till I got alot older. Just like the legend of zelda. 35 years old and finally have the patience to try
@TraumaER3 жыл бұрын
@@evandenney8335 I beat Super Mario Land on Gameboy last week after 30 years LOL. Only COVID-19 could bring me to boredom where I start watching these speedruns, find emulators online, and find the art of using Save States. Used about 100 to beat that game LOL! I can now die in peace.
@lh95913 жыл бұрын
Not just you. I had a Nintendo players guide that had a full map with item locations and the game was still difficult AF. It was literally a group activity. I acted as the compass to know exactly where we were. Another person kept tally of what items to collect and where to collect them, and how to get there. The person who was best at Mario was the one actually playing the game. When Samus got low on health I usually got stuck grinding for HP on those pots.
@TheHeartlessAlchemist2 жыл бұрын
Man, watching you speedrun is so relaxing. You have such a chill vibe to your runs. Love watching them.
@Haywood-Jablomie Жыл бұрын
Try watching Karina Hart
@phillipmitchell22543 жыл бұрын
When you fell in the quicksand and started beeping I was like "NoooOOOOooOO!!"
@jamesmurray43123 жыл бұрын
10:52 is why I can't speedrun this game. That song is too good.
@newvocabulary3 жыл бұрын
You should check out metroid metal. They have an amazing cover.
@terrorblue2 жыл бұрын
Brinstar depths best theme ever created
@mitchkeith68723 жыл бұрын
I was hoping for the longest time to see you play this! You are without a doubt the pound-for-pound best Retro gamer
@caseyengle73243 жыл бұрын
Well done. You have one of the best communities on twitch. Made my day to see this ❤👍
@OperculumAudio4 ай бұрын
Dude, I absolutely love your channel.
@ghostifacation3 жыл бұрын
This the third speed run I've watched and now I'm reliving my childhood in fast forward!
@kicksex3 жыл бұрын
I’ve heard about the door glitches but never knew you could trigger an instant death with the 2nd controller. Neat
@retrobiggy3 жыл бұрын
GG my friend. Always a pleasure to see your uploads 👌
@larrytipton28683 жыл бұрын
Man making a mockery of my childhood, one game at a time. I salute you sir!
@metalmutherfucker10163 жыл бұрын
Fucking really though
@superduty20233 жыл бұрын
Nice video Arcus thanks for content!
@chamberashes31283 жыл бұрын
Hey Arcus. Big fan! Keep up the grind we love watching
@carloslaroque3 жыл бұрын
Is so nice to watch Arcus so calm playing video games
@aelechko3 жыл бұрын
That was a good frozen banana there
@argedismun23 жыл бұрын
I can’t never memorize this game too many rooms that look the same
@boscopit3 жыл бұрын
I rented it when a few years after came out. Pissed me off.
@palaceofwisdom94483 жыл бұрын
I would have needed forever to beat it without the Nintendo Power map. I managed to find the bosses on my own so there's that.
@TraumaER3 жыл бұрын
@@boscopit imagine Metroid 2 for GameBoy on a tiny ass screen and no internet for help. I hated that game.
@TraumaER3 жыл бұрын
@@palaceofwisdom9448 you should be manager or CEO for beating this crap without a guide.
@palaceofwisdom94483 жыл бұрын
@@TraumaER I probably would have eventually beaten it without a guide. At ten years old I had a very uncommon level of patience and persistence with video games. At least in Metroid you weren't one misstep from a cheap death.
@T-Gunns Жыл бұрын
The music brings me back. Have a lot of the music from these gems of the past from various consoles. Kraid’s hide from metroid in particular. Zelda, metroid, Mario, wizards and warriors, goldeneye, shadows of the empire. (64) Lot of great games from the 80’s-90’s even the early 2000’s. Had some unforgettable epic times playing them. Especially with friends/family. Rock on Arcus
@LocalChoker2 жыл бұрын
Escaping the pit in the kraid room was impressive
@puppymonkeybaby96583 жыл бұрын
Love your vids bud keep it up
@sithlord10513 жыл бұрын
Oh, man... that magnificent feeling of hitting the button 'just right' in an NES game. So much of this is like watching that feeling.
@subedei3 жыл бұрын
Make sure you beat the game in less than an hour to get the beat ending Arcus- “hold my burrito”
@IwatchTubiTrash3 жыл бұрын
I don’t care about Speedruns or watching people play games, but I think this guy just changed my mind.
@smalltownmachineshop68603 жыл бұрын
I appreciate how family friendly you keep your commentary, my kids are getting into watching speedruns and many of the others start cussing when they mess up or are doing good
@robertanderson28983 жыл бұрын
First ever game i owned. I was frantically looking for an NES late '86, maybe early '87, finally found one. Took it home, no Super Mario Brothers inside, but the Official NES Player's Guide was (which i still have). So my parents took me back there, let them know, they let me choose a free game (even though I wasn't supposed to), I chose this one, which I still have (and my NES too). Insane speed run, I never knew about that quick auto death warp! No Screw Attack, Varia, Long Beam, High Jump, Bombs, and just 3 Energy Tanks. Bravo! In the amount of time he finished this, the ending should have Samus naked, lol.
@KSigKid Жыл бұрын
This was actually the first NES game I ever bought too. ...well I bought this and Bad Dudes because I could get both games for the price of Super Mario 2. Picked them right off the wall of Children's Palace. The good old days!
@mycatisromeo3 жыл бұрын
Sweet! I was just thinking the other day as I went through Arcus' videos....where's Metroid? Now. The epic-ness begins!
@KyroDragon3 жыл бұрын
I had no idea walls were more a suggestion than an actual fact in this game. Clearly I've been doing it wrong all these years. Cheers for the chill video, man!
@Abracadavero3 жыл бұрын
Love your plays man! 👍👍👍
@panicfarm98743 жыл бұрын
Mash mash mash annnd clunk: speed run kids bath happening
@phattjohnson3 жыл бұрын
Great tactical frozen banana!
@justdave96103 жыл бұрын
Awesome run! I remember feeling so accomplished as a kid when I was just able to beat this in under two hours to get the Samus without her power suit ending.
@dickmarx12983 жыл бұрын
Arcus is an absolute beast and should be your hero
@iliketostealyourthoughts3 жыл бұрын
If only my 8 year old self knew this screen wrapping trick.....I'd have saved soooo many hours playing this game. Most of which were writing down the dam save codes...... Had a special notebook completely full of metroid codes. But this was the first game I ever beat and will always be a favorite.
@palaceofwisdom94483 жыл бұрын
I got screwed by the code system a few times because I didn't realize that the zero and letter O were distinct characters. I'd keep doing something minor until I got a code with neither. LOL
@countrybumpkin43383 жыл бұрын
Yeah making that password book back in the day was crucial. I was born in 1980 and remember all the great NES games. Like you I was also 8 or 9 when I was playing this and without that password book I never would have beat it, definitely did not know about all that cheating stuff but glad I didn't cuz if you were like me back in the day you only got a game on your birthday Christmas and if your ass was really lucky just out the blue lol.. Thank God we had a family owned rental store down the road from where I live it was 5 days for $3.99 on NES games so that wasn't too bad and luckily my parents would get me a game every week for rental. I remember when the Super Nintendo came out I Zelda back to back to back weeks until I beat it and then when final fantasy 2 came out USA version did the same thing I love that game when it came out. you'd have to pray that they would let you rent it and if somebody else happened to get it pray that they didn't erase your saves.
@Joryo12 жыл бұрын
@@countrybumpkin4338 That’s a fair point in that game rentals started to pop up right at the end of the 8 bit era. I was born in 1979 and played most of my NES by swapping with friends. I remember stuffing all my games into my backpack and riding my bike to my friends house. I even remember putting the games in the black sleeve that they came with thinking that some how they would get damaged without it. The 80s were a great time.
@sopsop77223 жыл бұрын
That frozen banana was clutch
@jabbadabba19783 жыл бұрын
This is my favorite game series ever
@wallyhack54763 жыл бұрын
His voice is very calming 😎
@nostalgicgaming59443 жыл бұрын
I just played this game for the first time yesterday. I always heard metroid was a good game but damn....I'm hooked. Wish I never passed up this classic when I was a kid. I really missed out.
@Kyle-ii4fp3 жыл бұрын
Played this game on the Nes online service and wow it still holds up today ! Definitely a favorite of mine 😊
@mjcook39223 ай бұрын
It's crazy how good this guys is at NES games.
@amarissimus29 Жыл бұрын
The lag in Mother Brain's room always destroyed me. And the damn cheerios slapping you while defenseless in the door. Douchebags. Amazing though, how the frustration of the end never kept me from coming back. Just something magical about NES. Having tortured myself way back when, it's nice to play guilt-free on the emulator once and a while for the nostalgia sans the screaming.
@joesshows67933 жыл бұрын
That game took me months to finish back in the day. So cool!
@mrtree13683 жыл бұрын
I got no idea how people beat this game when it first came out. I've always just replayed the same 15 or 25 minutes gettin lost in the first few shafts and dead ends
@pisscookiex10603 жыл бұрын
Arcus is a NES Legend!!
@JohnSmithZen3 жыл бұрын
I don't usually watch speed runs (just came for the Metroid nostalgia), but I wanted to say this: Cowboy hat and a mustache playing Metroid... I approve.
@1114553 жыл бұрын
you sir have earned my sub!
@XY-dc4yp3 жыл бұрын
You are so chill even when under pressure 👍
@Chino-Kafu3 жыл бұрын
I only hated metroid because I never knew where I was going
@kisubags4373 жыл бұрын
What a good boy Arcus
@TheUnapologeticGeek3 жыл бұрын
Awwww yeah. This is the speedrunning game that started it all.
@rorysimpson87167 ай бұрын
"That was a good frozen banana" is the best thing I have heard on this stream.
@palaceofwisdom94483 жыл бұрын
It never occurred to me as a kid to freeze those spheres in Mother Brain's lair. I'd always get knocked into the pit and have to win by attrition.
@MarMaxGaming3 жыл бұрын
Nicely done!! I still need to beat Metroid, looks like there are lots of different ways to go about it lol
@firstname32193 жыл бұрын
This is Great!! I been playing Metroid recently
@brucecampbell66983 жыл бұрын
You're like the Bob Ross of Speedruns!
@ParumPirum Жыл бұрын
Remember playing this with my friends after school in the 80s. We drew maps on checkered paper to try to make sense of where everything was but we got lost anyway. At one time, my friend wrote the password down wrong so we couldn’t get it to work. Never forgave him 😂
@s_e_t_z32483 жыл бұрын
godlike
@fmdof3 жыл бұрын
I keep wishing he'd mention a happy little tree at least once.
@TraumaER3 жыл бұрын
This guy is Bob Ross 2.0. I love it (no homo) 😀
@13thVault3 жыл бұрын
It took me longer to wash the dishes... and I am pretty good at it. Great run!
@whiskeyandagyro31353 жыл бұрын
I always loved the kraid level music.
@bakerfresh3 жыл бұрын
Metroid and Zelda had such classic tunes. Kids in my 5th grade class would draw out Mother Brain maps on paper and then you'd have to get through their maze. It was still a while before I was able to play the game.
@tom2point0 Жыл бұрын
Great vid. But I swear I thought you were David from Mythic Quest for a hot minute. The mustache and demeanor 😂
@XziledBlog2 жыл бұрын
Outstanding
@Peter_Morris3 жыл бұрын
Man your voice is so calming i half expected you to take off your slippers and sweater and put back on your loafers and jacket at the end.
@Mazza6662 жыл бұрын
Metroid, the pioneer in side scrolling games. Also the best game on Nes
@megamob58343 жыл бұрын
Still have multiple pieces of paper taped together with a hand drawn map for this game that I made over two decades ago somewhere. Good times...
@lightemup10233 жыл бұрын
Amazing skills
@ArtoPekkanen3 жыл бұрын
That was some good frozen banana in there :) good run
@renomiller13 жыл бұрын
One of the Best games ever.
@cptspaulding26763 жыл бұрын
You're just like my older brother but a lot nicer. Keep the great videos up bud.
@bhusk3 жыл бұрын
Chillest gamer in the West
@dangdelucia9 ай бұрын
"Might make some mashed potatoes.. mashmashmash" holy cow i love this dude with every fiber of my being
@rabapab233 жыл бұрын
Wow.... the countless hours I played this back in the day, and could never beat this... and you beat in less than 19m??? Congrats Sir! That was jaw dropping to watch!
@AnalyticalReckoner3 жыл бұрын
I say, "good clunk" and "smash smash smash" when I speed run a poo
@rgii17123 жыл бұрын
My favorite game of all time.
@kennymccauley12 жыл бұрын
Legend ❤️
@ElfWhisper3 жыл бұрын
Absolute a master.
@KiKfilms2 жыл бұрын
My favourite asmr creator.
@B-T-L3 жыл бұрын
I don't understand the music glitch in the first chamber when you enter Kraid's domain.
@corey97463 жыл бұрын
The only speedrunner I care about.
@MarMaxGaming3 жыл бұрын
Haha looking and sounding great!
@jblazer98043 жыл бұрын
Made the pain of the 10 sutures i just got fade away.