Canceled NES Games - Mike Matei Live

[@JohnnyBurnes]

00:00:00 Star Trek V 00:40:00 Robocop Vs Terminator 00:57:00 Dino Hockey 01:00:00 Drac's Night Out 01:10:00 Super Pitfall 2 01:14:00 Squashed 01:17:00 Wonderland Dizzy 01:21:00 Bowling 01:23:00 Kitty's Catch 01:25:00 Sunman 01:32:00 Hard Drivin'-Dreamworld Pogie 01:42:00 California Raisins 01:50:00 Crackout 01:52:00 Dragon Wars 02:00:00 Earthbound 02:01:00 Exploding Fist 02:03:00 Makai Island 02:08:00 Time Diver Eon Man 03:23:00 Free Fall 03:25:00 Pescatore 03:26:00 Secret Ties 03:29:00 Titan Warriors 03:33:00 Tower of Radia 03:35:00 Uforce Power Games 03:36:00 War on Wheels/Xybots 03:38:00 Adventures of Dr. Franken 03:40:00 Airball 03:42:00 Arcadia VI 03:44:00 Bashi Bazook

[@jackmehoff9957]

Thanks

[@blaketindle4703]

Thank you!

[@societyofsin]

Great video. Not enough red arrows in the thumbnail though

[@h3corptempbutevadinganass]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA I WAS GONNA MENTION THAT😂

[@uriituw]

@@h3corptempbutevadinganassCalm down.

[@FlyingPineappleFish]

​@@h3corptempbutevadinganass/SsaS😮😮😮a😮😮😮😮😮😮saa😮😮2a

[@susanfit47]

There was also unreleased Beach Volley, Card Games, Gargoyles Quest II, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York - Kevin's Dream, Monster Max, Popeye, StarHawk, Super James Pond, The Lawnmower Man games for the Nintendo Game Boy.

[@cthulhupthagn5771]

The problem with Star Trek 5 was twofold. First, Shatner had NEVER directed before and he got taken for a ride for the SFX. Some dude working out of his garage conned him into thinking it was a full, experienced company. The other reason was it wasnt until around Star Trek 6 that he got how seriously the cast took the series. To him the series was a silly low budget effort that saved him from poverty. But to most of the cast, it was a career high point and they treasured working it since it was almost the only job they ever had. Around 6 Shatner interviewed the cast to see why most of them hated him (Sulu, Chekov, Scotty, Uhura) and they opened his eyes. They were brutal but honest and he apologized to them all. So 5 was more comedic and played them all goofy because it was how Shatner saw the franchise. Ad for his acting, prior to Trek he did a lot of plays, and back then that was "serious" acting so he was so desperate to keep the job he emoted like you would in a play. Which looks goofy in TV but since the show worked....the directors encouraged him. Sources: Shatners first two nonfiction books: Star Trek Memories and Star Trek Movie Memories. Also, the novelization of 5 is based on the original script and is pretty good.

[@TheZaius]

He interviewed cast members to see why they hated him? Wow.

[@blaketindle4703]

Star Trek V had some good ideas. I liked Spock’s brother as a character. But man the execution was terrible lol. Shatner did such an awful job as director. And there was way too much silly stupid crap that just wasted time. Look no further than them sitting at the camp fire singing row row row your boat and trying to explain it to Spock!😂

[@MortalGuy247]

Thumbnail is pure gold 🙂

[@JyoAnime]

"Super Pitfall II" is really a Famicom game called "Atlantis no Nazo" / The Mystery of Atlantis. It also has a lot of cryptic stuff, like "suicide warps", or seemingly random warps when you expect to just fall into a pit. The overall "Super Pitfall" vibe is extremely similar with that game.

[@SquishyBoogie]

Bro, I love when your hair is all popped up in some of these videos. You got that, “I haven’t slept in fucking days, kill me now” look. It really adds to the entertainment while you struggle and yell at the game. 😂 You know how much we love watching you struggle. Also, your wizard of oz video got me attempting it now and wanting to drown myself in my own piss. I blame this on you.

[@bonehead5463]

Exploding fist reminds me A LOT of the little arcade game they play in Bloodsport

[@kbottrill1]

I always look forward to the old NES/SNES streams. Also cancelled or unreleased games are so fascinating to learn about, even though I don't have an NES

[@artursjoblom5142]

Get a NES and SNES. Or emulate. So many great games

[@kbottrill1]

@@artursjoblom5142 I still have my SNES from when I was a kid, definitely one of my favorite consoles

[@Ashkihyena]

Didn’t know there was a canceled Star Trek V NES game. Knew about the California Raisins one though (mainly cause there was an article for it in Nintendo Power a long ass time ago).

[@LuccianoNova]

Dam man use to watch your contra and castlevania videos years ago. So happy I found you again. I remember you were nasty at legend of Zelda also. Been through hell and back within the last 4 years but I made it out on the other side and I’m so happy I can watch you again.

[@rancherogt8037]

The game with the awesome pause music, is actually a Famicom Capcom game called Higemaru Makaijima, the music was done by the same guy who did Duck Tales, Mega Man 1&2, Final Fight and 1943. It was Capcom's attempt at a Legend of Zelda style game play.

[@mattthemagnificent3648]

If on the odd chance you ever decide to play Dracs Night Out again, you can actually jump on and kill enemies when you have the reebok shoe. Its actually a really cool game and other levels have different styles of gameplay.

[@johnnyfatsacks5209]

That looks like you in the thumbnail after playing Pesterminator 😂

[@asteroidchan]

I swear, the first 10 seconds I was sure I was looking at a tea cup

[@BravesATL2021]

I know this was months ago but are these canceled games on the nes everdrive?

[@MateMagyar88]

2:06:52 That damn Pause sound effect! 😂😂😂

[@StylixDS]

The best part of the stream

[@TheRetroGamerEnthusiast]

*Seizure Warning! Also, How you doing @MateMagyar88? I hope youtube notifications dont excite you excessively because yeah, this is it.

[@blaketindle4703]

I was hoping Super Pitfall II would have a ladder you can go down right at the beginning that makes you drop into a pit of not just spikes, but lava, and sharks, all the stuff from the AVGN episode!😂 Cool to know you wrote that episode Mike. It’s one of my favorites!

[@TheWehzy]

I really enjoy watching your streams and videos at night! such cozy and nostalgic vibes, i love it!

[@sumlin16]

Matei Island was the best one of the stream 😂

[@Karmicx83]

Super Pitfall was a game I had when I was younger. It was all I had. A very flawed game. Then I tried the Super Pitfall 30th Anniversary Edition, they fixed the game, overhauled the graphics, the music. Highly recommend the 30th Anniversary version. Love seeing someone fix a bad game nowadays.

[@TheZaius]

Great use of arrows in the thumbnail but you're missing circles. Ya gotta have plenty of circles.

[@egeeziss]

Time Diver/Eon Man was shockingly good. Better than half the NES library like you said.

[@egeeziss]

@@Andronicus87 I never played games to watch a daytime soap opera on cable TV. Just give me decent gameplay, graphics and consistency regarding level design and bosses & I’m good to go. Like I said, there were far worse turds that didn’t get cancelled on the NES that tormented my childhood.

[@caminoaroma6857]

Its the first time I put a comment in one of your videos but I watch them all every time you upload a new one, thanks for put a smile in me with your great streamings and funny edits.

[@goodall1bay]

Strange . Alot of these games made it to Master System

[@MaliciDWildman]

I know that Wraith of the Black Manta was one of Mike's favorites(wink). Did he beat it? Time Diver: Eon Man was suppose to be a sequel...how? It was a completed finished game that was not released. Any dive channels doing a video on this?

[@jamespero6803]

I remember going to the drive in to see the wrath of Khan. It was the 2nd feature and 7yr old me fought like hell to stay awake for the whole film. Unfortunately I didn't make it, I missed the enterprise blowing up

[@darkangelceresita2768]

Perfect thumbnail. You're getting better at this huh

[@mikematei]

haha

[@Xearrik]

2:38:22 I love the look on Mike's face. I was like, why are you looking at us like this, you're the one who is doing it, and then I knew. Mike was looking at us like that because he was doing it for us. LMFAO

[@Denjired]

Definitely an interesting video. I actually now want to do a search to see which one of these are actual unreleased, unfinished NES games and which ones are unfinished localizations of Famicom games for NES that never saw the light of day. I can say that that Earthbound game Mike put on briefly actually got a release via the Nintendo Switch Online service for the first time officially in North America and Europe last year. Other Famicom games I can see are Atlantis No Nazo (named Super Pitfall II for some reason; that's a game you should give a second chance to, Mike since the Famicom game had nothing to do with Super Pitfall whatsoever), Higemaru: Makaijima (the Matei Island game...just for shits and giggles, I checked out the original Famicom game and yes, the original game has that Pause sound effect as well XD) and that last game you played (Bio Senshi Dan or Bash Bazook). Gonna put Mike's reaction to that Pause sound effect in my Top 10 Mike Matei moments of 2023 list 🤣

[@silenceofthetrafficjams]

The Robocop Vs Terminator game looks like it had real potential!

[@ramzen89]

Damn, some of those looked legit good or at least decent. Surprised that they didn't make it, considering all the trash that DID make it on NES. Cruel world indeed.

[@professorpenne9962]

makes me think that some were made so late the companies just decided to not release them and put out snes stuff instead. shame since some of the games seem pretty solid.

[@howitusedtobe]

Dude I kinda like Star Trek IV on the NES I think it’s on my super console X Cube there is several original series games on it across several platforms

[@relaxandcalmstation]

Huge fan Mike! Loved you as the Joker….seriously, you could of played him in a movie for sure 👍🏼👏🏼

[@mikematei]

🤡

[@tommj4365]

Would love to see a series of 1 second videos Mike beating pretty much any game.

[@deathofkings5633]

It’s actually funny that Chekov and Sulu, navigator and helmsmen, can fly to the other side of the galaxy but when they touch grass in the woods they got lost.

[@grunge6909]

That music when you get the M powerup on the star trek game sounds like the avgn song lol "he's the angriest gamer you ever heard..."

[@liamroberts396]

That's what I fookin said! 🤣

[@blaketindle4703]

Robocop vs Terminator on NES actually looks decent, good even. It’s a shame it wasn’t officially released.

[@GFkilla17]

18k views? so all those red arrrows in the screenshot worked!

[@pbabiesinspace6112]

Thexder for Amiga500 was actually pretty decent. It was pretty weak on NES. Give it a try on Amiga.

[@UtushoReiuji]

My papa always told me you can never have too many red arrows.

[@CarmeloPiccione]

Re: heavy robocop- when I introduced my best friend to zelda 1 he said the same thing about the magic boomerang vs the regular boomerang. "I don't know how this is possible, but this boomerang somehow feels heavier..."

[@dreckken]

Best reaction to a spooky ghost ever!

[@kevo8137]

Did you say I need my pain. Lol

[@mikematei]

I like to interject Star Trek quotes

[@sxhbk]

What does Mike.. Need with a Starship????!!!!

[@chrisr529]

Mike you should check out Wardner any of the 3 versions ( Arcade ,Famicom disk system and Genesis ) all are good .

[@rolljack4779]

Hey mike do you take requests?

[@UberNeuman]

WORP SPEED NOW, MR. SCOTTO!

[@StevenQBeatz]

There's a Super Pitfall 30th Anniversary romhack that makes the game playable! They add some better graphics, music and it's less cryptic

[@daniboi271]

Great idea for a stream, glad you've uploaded this here!

[@hogwasher6436]

Hey, Mike, unrealated question; but, I just watched you play a Super Mario Kart hack and I noticed how creaky the controller is. My Super Nintendo controllers are the same. As someone with experience with them when they were new, were they that creaky out of the box; or, would you say its due to age?

[@cthulhupthagn5771]

To my memory, they always had that creakiness.

[@mikematei]

i think they were always that way

[@StevenQBeatz]

Did mike post that 1 second video yet? 😂😂

[@classicmikecade]

Scotto was the real MVP of the stream. "Hmmm well actshully Super Pitfa....FUCK YOU!" -Mike Matei...best line of the stream.

[@phaolo6]

35:24 timestamp for the Scotto reaction hehe

[@jamesc8259]

You should have more and more red arrows each thumbnail and when you can’t fit anymore just put one giant red arrow for the entire thumbnail

[@Epsilonsama]

Shatner on Star Trek TOS was so perfect. Never understood people dogging on his acting. He was serious when he needed, aloof and funny when needed. He was the perfect captain for that show. He played well off Leonard Nemoy and DeForest Kelley.

[@bigmike8511]

Not sure what is happening but when I'm watching the video on my phone it's fine but when I'm watching it on my fire TV KZbin app the break music plays in its entirety over the stream @1:30 or so and the audio is disjointed for the rest of the video.

[@DaveGrowl-fd7gz]

Me too

[@michaelmorgan9009]

Very nice, looking forward to the next Roger Rabbit on Nes playthrough.. always a good time!

[@clugzo]

Yesterday on the twitch stream mike mentioned the ps4 controllers and the battery life, at walmart they have usb charging cables that are 10 foot usually made by onn for 5$ . That you plug into the front side of your ps4 and the back side of the ps4 controller then you don't have two worry about the battery.. I used that until I got a second controller and a charging stand now I don't worry about charging the ps4 controller and use the wire to charge usb-a phones

[@mikematei]

I bought a ps4 controller charger station. I’ll see if that helps at all. I also ordered a PS2 controller to PS4 adapter thing. So maybe one of these will work.

[@fusionspace175]

I'm pretty sure that Time Rider Warrior Eon game was meant to be a ripoff of Captain Power. It's about the future, it's post apoc, you fight robots, he dresses exactly like Captain Power with the blue bodysuit and giant gold armor, all they did was take off the helmet. I wonder if they hoped to get the license and it fell through or if it was just a knockoff, but if it wasn't, that's an insane level of coincidence.

[@davidJones-mx7yw]

The end boss that laughs & jumps and is purple look like Vigo the carpathian off ghostbusters 2

[@spartacus36526]

As a kid, I had a VHS of ST5 and a TNG VHS tape of Encounter at Farpoint. Watched the shit out of both of them before seeing ST6 in the theatre in 1991. Been a hardcore Star Trek fan ever since.

[@Kaos1989]

48:19 Robocop vs The Terminator password BBC...someone was having fun with the 3 letter passwords...

[@adriangonzalez3600]

That Eon game had some fire boss music

[@flightofdaws8275]

That Earth Bound Music sounds exactly like the Metroid 2 Title Screen Music on Gameboy

[@incognitro1420]

Judging by the arrows...William Shatner climbed a rock with an NES, California Raisin and an NES Controller. But what's he going to play it on?

[@deusvult4920]

1:19:01 you have a substance abuse problem, Mike. Seek help my friend.

[@DazAlienGeek]

Hey Mike! Did you play on a NIN TEN DOUGH? 😆

[@puppykitty6100]

@MikeMatei I grew up with a friend who had Super Pitfall. BOTH of his parents knew and enjoyed the game and video games in general; they were a young couple at the time. It's amazing to me that a couple played games together in the 80s. They showed me all the cryptic stuff with Super Pitfall and Milon's Secret Castle as well. Once you know how those games work, they're pretty fun. They knew one of the Activision programmers responsible for Super Pitfal. I ended up borrowing Super Pitfall and finishing the game at about 10 years old.... So yeah, imagine a childhood where you knew the secrets. Both games hold a significance to me because of this. So there's my argument for Super Pitfall -- know people who knew the developer of the game and you will feel like a treasure hunter who got the secret map from the source. :) I can't imagine playing Super Pitfall blind.

[@LouigiVerona]

I thought I'd just watch for 5 minutes, but here I am 1 hour and 6 mins in

[@lmmckeancps-1409]

I didn't even know such Star Trek games existed 😅 I needed these games back in the day I have Nearly beaten Segas Star Trek on the Vic 20 surprisingly good and playable game for such a graphically challenged system

[@justinjc79]

Could be Scotto. Uhura was named Uhuru in the credits of Start Trek V....

[@Dylan_thebrand_slayer_Mulveiny]

1:45:55 this is exactly why I watch. 22:30

[@camelspiderattack4161]

lmao mike was on one with the banter this stream, top-tier content

[@FusionDeveloper]

2:07:02 (not spoiling. It's worth watching) How about using this as a phone text notification sound or ringtone, hahaha.

[@sageparra4956]

@2:52:00, music kinda sounds like Action 52 at the beginning of the stage.

[@StylixDS]

The music at 3:27:28 is like a great value Castlevania theme

[@ramoncgtc]

Great stream Mike, The thumbnail for the video looks awesome.

[@fusionspace175]

I only clicked because there's like 6 red arrows.

[@ramoncgtc]

​@@fusionspace175 me too

[@WillMunny22]

Can't believe i stuck it out the whole 3 hours 49 mins. lol. Pretty diehard huh Mike?? :P

[@mikematei]

any best part?

[@Desire-Drive]

@@mikematei Dino ، Hockey for sure C:

[@doomedhuh]

Star Trek V was the first star trek movie I saw in the theater. I'd seen 1 through 4 on TV or vhs. But I was just a kid and didn't really process that star trek V was bad. We had the mail away marshmallow dispenser

[@rolljack4779]

Ah yes more nes trash by mike this is gonna be fun🤠

[@jankmedia1985]

2:12, hell yea.

[@blaketindle4703]

Mike you nailed the stereotypical KZbin douchebag style lol “Cancelled NES games YOU’VE NEVER HEARD OF!!!!” 😂

[@panicfarm9874]

Hey Mike do you remember Garfield….

[@SecretSeashell]

I would pay to see a one-man show of Mike arguing to himself as Chekov vs Kirk. I would purchase good tickets at a premium, wear a nice suit, and give a standing ovation for Mike saying like "captain, captain, you are so fucking stupid" for an hour. Fuck AI-generated Seinfeld forever, give me Mike Matei Star Trek impressions fotever.

[@Yikith]

There is a good Star Trek 25th Anniversary game on PC. Completely different from the NES one

[@Knight79334]

And a great sequel, "Judgement rights"

[@Yikith]

@@Knight79334 Really? Never heard of that one

[@rezterralico4369]

Hmm? Like NES sim city on this list?

[@MichaelJesmer]

Time Diver Eon Man looks like a quality NES game. I wonder why it was unreleased

[@CyannePractice]

You're still the same person after all this time.

[@TheGamerFru]

that Eon man game looks pretty nice, kinda like street fighter 2010. I think it didn't came out because it was in 1993, Super Nintendo was already out I guess

[@freddymentos8378]

Every single one of those games looked better than X-men on the NES. It's weird to see a cancelled Stra Trek V game. It looks like a rolling thunder, run and gun with Scotty. from Star Trek V era. I think the only original cast game was 25th Anniversary on the NES. The rest seem to be TGN games.

[@endgovernmentextremism]

Time Diver looks to have great controls and decent gameplay.

[@realgoose5471]

dude that Eon Man game is great i can't believe they didn't finish it! I wonder why? Even the music is outstanding. The music soundtrack is on par with the most of what we perceive to be the best music on the NES.

[@igodreamer7096]

"There are so much arrows in the thumbnail that it reminds me of an Indian raid or something"

[@benjamincrew1949]

Gotta say, Time Diver has got some kickass music.

[@TheRetroGamerEnthusiast]

@01:45:36 ~ a reminder that we are just following the leader. Also, California Raisins was looking like a decent game. @01:52:40 it kinda just keeps going but a really good example comes up when trying to name the character for the next game, Dragon Wars. (Warning: Graphic Language) @01:57:10 STOP HERE! @02:08:18 'Time Diver Eon Man' needs to be fucking released on a cart right now! I can't tell if this game was made by recycling a few other games or if this game was too BA and it was split up into a few other games. Like hello all the TMNT mechanics/graphics and some Metriod+Megaman/Zelda.

[@conswizzy710]

tbh Mike, I've always liked you more than James. I started watching your streams around 2015-2016 (cant remember which year you started). James don't know shit about video games but you actually do, so your content is worth watching. I remember a certain James and Mike Monday when you guys played super mario bros. 3 and James couldn't even figure out how to enter a level for awhile, it completely turned me away from James' content.

[@johntowner1893]

1 second? I beat this game as a foetus from the womb in a nanosecond.

[@jamesburchill7522]

Sorry Mike. On a forced vacation to the Mojave and can't make the live streams.

[@rezterralico4369]

My first movie in the theater for star trek was first contact.

[@mikepenney3311]

What are the Arrow's pointing theres nothing circled in red