MORE Strange Secrets Hidden in NES Games (Nintendo Entertainment System)

[@BigOleWords]

The first Easter Eggs video can be found here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iHmoomRsgtqInqs

[@warpedgenius5182]

was wondering if dragon warrior had some trippy secret????

[@cerebraxis607]

I used to play Magic darts all the time when I was little and I couldn't believe it when I randomly turned into a stone-faced guy after hitting the fly as the alien.

[@mirasbrush4607]

A cool secret: If you press start at the beginning of Where's Waldo for the NES, and then just as the game loads, swap out the cartridge for any other game, you'll have more fun.

[@nxtvim2521]

what happens? I can't find any information on it

[@BigOleWords]

What if I throw in The Great Waldo Search?

[@unoriginaluid]

​@@nxtvim2521 You don't play Where's Waldo, that's what happens. The game is more entertaining when inserted in a toaster oven.

[@graciegj63]

I literally lol. Thanks 😁

[@maltheopia]

Instructions unclear, hastily inserted Win Lose or Draw and had literally negative fun. I demand a refund on this video game secret.

[@Larry]

I might be wrong, but I believe there's a hidden game in the NES version of Ikari Warriors via a cheat code.

[@BigOleWords]

Wait what?!?

[@NiceriusDeathrage]

We miss you Larry. Glad to see you posting comments around the internet. Apparently we browse many of the same websites. Every time I stumble upon a comment on an article from you it makes me smile and hope for a swift and full recovery for you.

[@djachmedd]

Maybe you think of the japanese version of guerilla wars, Guevara. There is an old arcade game hidden in the code

[@gunnaliteswafford3842]

Hello you. I hope you are doing well

[@Larry]

@@djachmedd that could be it, yeah.

[@tarzankom]

On Magic Darts in some games, there will be a fly buzzing around the dart board. If you select the normal alien as your player, use his time stop ability, and actually hit the fly, the game will also switch your alien with the Spock twin.

[@BigOleWords]

Ok that’s wild, but that makes sense as an achievable bonus, especially compared to some of these other games

[@Sojoboscribe]

And there's actually an advantage to this. The Spock like alien has a much stronger Time Stop ability (you won't get that wiggly waver effect anymore, you can literally move your dart wherever you want.) Others I remember There's a way to make the chimp throw backhand, the robot telescope its arm almost up to the board, and the strong man (if you select the heavy darts) to throw them so hard they make the wall shake.

[@andreleclerc7231]

You can hit the fly with any dart thrower to turn into the alien... but it's much harder.

[@HaydenTheHistorian]

the cool thing about the super spy hunter pong mini game is that you are actually rewarded extra lives by beating it. however its almost equally as difficult as the game itself so good luck lol

[@Sinistar1983]

I just got that game, so now I'm gonna play that minigame as long as it takes. And I got the game for 5 bucks

[@chrisnelson5131]

Similar, then, to the sliding number block puzzle in Final Fantasy that rewards you gold for completing it.

[@joshthefunkdoc]

The Castlevania III trick you mentioned is actually used in the Grant speedrun, funny enough. Since he can only use the weakest subweapons, the dagger becomes best for this particular fight. Not only does it deal 4 damage on its own, it freezes him in place and allows you to land a few more hits before he recovers!

[@BigOleWords]

Whoa really? That awesome!

[@Starspun5000]

Man I forget just how expansive the NES library is, Attack of the killer tomatoes, on NES? What!? Great video btw!

[@BigOleWords]

Yeah there’s a lot of random ones out there!

[@FB64_Fakebeta]

Here’s a great one! Play Action 52. As soon as it boots up the title screen, unplug the console and put a Pokémon Red/Blue cartridge in your game boy (either works). You’ll instantly be playing a much better game!

[@BigOleWords]

Heyo!

[@sydneymeanstreet]

_"That's the Cock Ring Warehouse, just south of Santa's Village."_

[@BigOleWords]

Any cock’ll do!!!

[@HylianFox3]

Man, and I thought the Ice Cream Bunny was the epitome of creepiness. Looks like we have a challenger!

[@FlipWilson78]

​@BigOleWords Just don't mention to the guys that you and Kate are getting married... 😅 (Love the Jeepers Creepers skit intro btw! My wife and I quote some line from Mr Show almost daily.)

[@BigOleWords]

@@FlipWilson78 You guys beat the shit out of me!

[@FlipWilson78]

@BigOleWords David was gettin' full-on Jackie Chan and shit! 😂😂

[@SeanNH94]

7:08 ...dang it, I was hoping for 8bit dragon tiddiez :

[@Morgil27]

Can I just say how much I appreciate you not censoring the 8-bit nudity, even though I'm sure youtube wants you to. And I'm not just saying that cuz I'm a perv.

[@BigOleWords]

I mean, let’s be honest there’s not really much to see!

[@Morgil27]

@BigOleWords Yeah, I know, but these days KZbin is stupidly strict with shit like that.

[@chrismeulen8108]

i mean, what was he gonna do? censor pixels with pixels?

[@volvo09]

​@@chrismeulen8108 look at all that explicit detail! Haha

[@Hero-oz9gx]

KZbin: O no, 8 bit titty

[@mrmusickhimself]

When I was a kid, I rented Magic Darts and Robocop 2 as my family watched their rental of City Slickers, and I ended up finding the Darts easter egg by accident. Don't even remember how I did it, but I remember that Alien changing into a Spock knockoff, and now that I KNOW how to access it officially, I guess Young Me simply used "SEX" as a name.

[@BigOleWords]

Hahaha awesome!

[@Matt-Rat]

Man, some cool secrets I never heard of. Especially from Mechanized Attack. I was shocked! I thought, "They did it. They actually did it!" Love Kickle Cubicle! Underrated puzzle game along with the Lolo trilogy...

[@chrisnelson5131]

The Fire n Ice one is your reward for completing the game. The ending sequence tells you how to unlock the extra levels. I actually did a full clear of the game recently on Switch, and boy was the rewind feature helpful every time I messed up minutes of careful setup with a mistimed drop .. The Chain Chomp one was in the Nintendo Power guide, but all the rest were new to me. For your next one, you should include Final Fantasy's sliding number puzzle ( press A+B 55 times while on the ship, earn gold for completing it) and the hidden messages on the level terrain in Snake Rattle n Roll.

[@BigOleWords]

The slide puzzle was one I wanted to include, but I just wasn’t committed enough to play FF long enough to get that footage. One day!

[@velvetbutterfly]

This channel feels like the Relaxed Video Game Nerd. Now I wonder what would happen if the two collided

[@BigOleWords]

We are both named James!

[@alkristopher]

Okay, you might know this one, but in CLASH AT DEMONHEAD, there's a part where you encounter your wounded buddy Joe in Route 32. If you keep going back and forth, Joe's health deteriorates, until he's nothing more than a skeleton. Yikes.

[@BigOleWords]

Oooh that is a good one!

[@alkristopher]

Hey there, BOW WOW. I've been finishing a lot of games recently (alas, very few in my backlog), and now that I'm on this craze, I'd like to see you cover NES endings. Are they COMPLETELY CRAZY? What about the TOTALLY DISAPPOINTING? Maybe one or two sent a tear rolling down your cheek. Who knows? If you need pictures, I've got plenty! Of course, you'd need to include the ending to Stanley: Search for Dr. Livingston. It's genuinely crazy and almost worth going through the whole game to see.

[@BigOleWords]

That is a topic on my list! Stanley is one I keep planning to review but I’ve tried multiple times and just cannot get into it. One day!

[@DivineSmooof]

9:45 If you wait around after the credits play, the game actually tells you about this code. I love Fire and Ice to death, and easily consider it the best puzzle game for the system. It's so polished and well put together, and maintains its challenge without resolving to cheap or obtuse mechanics.

[@BigOleWords]

Huh, did not know that!

[@Metal_Maxine]

Fantastic video. The only thing I know about these Easter eggs is that Family Feud was developed by RARE and (from what I've heard) a lot of British game programming 'culture' at the time revolved around beer and the pub. Maybe there was a Mr Swankey who liked beer.

[@jefflavenz7285]

Family Feud was actually Beam Software. Rare did the original Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune games.

[@Metal_Maxine]

@@jefflavenz7285 Huh. I swear I saw it on a list of Rare games. Ho-hum. Beam were based in Australia.

[@schaffiourketaris2691]

@@Metal_Maxine The Australians a people infamous around the world for their hated of beer pub culture or anything alcohol related😂.

[@ImSquiggs]

That Super Mario 3 Easter Egg gives me a great idea for a themed speedrun - when’s the first Dog Liberator% gonna be done?

[@BigOleWords]

I’m on it!

[@GuardianAngel..]

You know that there is a secret in the NES Game called Rollergames, it has to do with the final boss in the game You see right as he appears at the top of the screen if You time it correctly You can jump kick him “right” into one of the columns in his lair rendering him defenseless then You can just walk up to him and unload Your attacks on him until he’s defeated.

[@BigOleWords]

Say word?!? I love that game, I’ll have to go back and try that

[@GuardianAngel..]

Yes Sir what I said is true I discovered that little hack totally by accident the final Boss in that Game is difficult to beat Man.

[@RaposaCadela]

I know a good one! In Days of Thunder, by Beam Software, there's an elaborate multi-screen slideshow, with caricatures of the developers and interesting text

[@BigOleWords]

That’s one I had on my list but couldn’t get to work for some reason!

[@trwijbenga]

Love this kind of content, the easter eggs, the less known games but I also like your style. It feels authentic. Thanks for the entertainment ❤

[@SovrinnK]

11:11 Appreciated the bonus Mr. Show reference

[@BigOleWords]

Any cock’ll dooooooo!

[@billmartovich9009]

I figured that hidden messages and shout outs in the credits weren't really Easter Eggs. But the expression of the truest love ... wow.

[@ThommyofThenn]

"Looking like a Rush cover band" is some great dialogue. It's both a burn and a complement

[@BigOleWords]

It is definitely both!

[@iainqblank]

I just discovered your channel and I'm really enjoying the videos. Also extra points for using Mr. Show for your intro sound :)

[@BigOleWords]

I was on the 18th hooolllleee!

[@GenerationPixel]

On top of all those glorious Easter Eggs, you also introduced me to Dragon Strike, which looks like a fantasy version of Tornado Low Level or Cyclone! I must now play this!

[@BigOleWords]

Ooooh those look awesome!

[@MelRetro]

*This video is really neat. I didn’t even know of any of these before. Thanks for that.*

[@BigOleWords]

That’s what I’m here for ;)

[@volvo09]

I remembered the chain chomp one, I think I got it from a Nintendo power magazine.

[@jiminboo]

Holy crap the CV3 dagger lightning trick… been playing this game for close to 40 years and just now I find out about this 😅

[@BigOleWords]

I know right, same here! So random.

[@renakunisaki]

Not sure about NES, but several Rare games have extra translations only accessible by hacking. Some that I know: Donkey Kong Country: there's a language select menu to choose English, French, German. This is accessible from the options menu in European versions, but only by hacking in US versions. Diddy Kong Racing: US version lets you choose English or French, but with hacks you can select German or "Japanese" (which is all placeholder text). Star Fox Adventures: the US and JP versions are the same. If you hack your console to bypass the region check, the game switches to whatever region the console is. It also has French, German, Spanish, Italian - available from the menu in EU versions but only with hacks in the others.

[@skRapKlan]

Amazing stuff, all this info is going straight to my Tips n Trix section in my NES notepad! Thanks for another great video!

[@BigOleWords]

Haha yes!

[@skRapKlan]

@@BigOleWords Just love how your info filles in the blanks of what me and my brothers already worked up for 40 years!

[@EdmondDantes224]

The thing that gets me about that Pong game is how much effort they put into it. The ball seems to actually bounce off a table in the background and will sometimes change direction. They could've just put in regular Pong and it would've still been cool.

[@chancepaladin]

milon's secret castle has the best trick ever, so not have to fully restart the entire game when you die ;(

[@BigOleWords]

The continue code?

[@Elucidus]

This will go down in history as my number two contribution to human kind, for sure.

[@BigOleWords]

Number one being that Gotcha footage ;)

[@Elucidus]

@@BigOleWords No! The time I saved a school camping trip by teaching a team of volunteer chefs how to prepare 75 lb of tri-tip for a potluck in 3 hours. Gotcha is #4. :)

[@GuyDude-hk8uy]

@@Elucidus "Tri-tip is a cut of beef from the bottom of the sirloin that's known for its rich flavor and triangular shape" ...interesting.

[@Dorelaxen]

The first obviously being your best selling series of furry porn novels.

[@Zeiru]

@@GuyDude-hk8uy Thank you for researching Tri-tip so I didn't have to.

[@PixelGameSquad]

Been really enjoying your stuff!

[@BigOleWords]

Thanks dude(s)!

[@guardiane]

I always find these secrets fascinating - because you know there's got to be a whole whack that people simply haven't discovered yet.

[@garrycowan4394]

10 bonus points for the Rush reference 😊

[@RP_Williams]

lol That darts game guy looks like Steve Jobs with that black turtleneck

[@BigOleWords]

Hahahaha yes!

[@ecksstream7905]

Super Spy Hunter is one of my all time favorite NES games lol but i never knew about that easter egg that is awesome

[@AshRiot81]

Magic darts was low-key one of my favorite NES games growing up, always nice to see it make a list.

[@MiTBender]

Nice to see my beautiful face up there again

[@Dwedit]

Check out the elaborate Easter Egg screens in Days of Thunder.

[@BigOleWords]

That was one I couldn’t get to work!

[@phantomsmile2733]

Everyone name drops limewire, but no one mentions kazaa (or mp3 rocket for that matter...) nice

[@BigOleWords]

I remember Kazaa working way better!

[@CyberAngel573]

Oh, Super Spy Hunter is so awesome!

[@midimidori4699]

Love that Mr. Show/Jeepers Creepers reference in your splash

[@BigOleWords]

I was on the 18th holllllllle!

[@midimidori4699]

@@BigOleWords I don't know what to think of him. I just got here. Who is he?

[@supermariofan772003]

I really appreciate and enjoy when I can actually learn something new from a KZbin video. Most retro game channels (especially ones focused on the NES) are total ass because they just regurgitate the same few facts that everyone in the community already knows about. While I knew about the Chain Chomp breaking loose and the Pong minigame in Super Spy Hunter, the rest of these were totally new to me! I was especially happy to learn that one of my favorite games, Fire 'N Ice, has an extra quest of 50 levels. I'll have to try that out later. And yes, I know that this has all been documented before by sites like TCRF, but it's cool to see a retro game channel talk about the stuff that others tend to ignore. Good shit!

[@JonathanClarkin]

Love these weird games. Thanks for making unique NES content ! Makes me nostalgic for renting a random cartridge from the local video store…

[@hannibalharkonnen7612]

Did the mechanized attack easter egg with my buddies a few years back, had a good laugh.

[@BigOleWords]

I’m impressed you could pull it off!

[@hannibalharkonnen7612]

@ gosh, I guess I’ve impressed myself.

[@PointlessCarp]

Also worth noting that DragonStrike never released in Japan, or outside of the US for that matter!

[@johnny-becker]

The chain Chomp was actually a continuation of the first Super Mario Bros. I forget how long you have to wait, somewhere around 90 seconds, but the hammer Brothers will give chase and once they do, if you can escape, there is a 24k pure gold star in your future.

[@BigOleWords]

Oh word?! I never knew about that!

[@johnny-becker]

@BigOleWords Glad to help

[@paxhumana2015]

@@BigOleWords , in SMB2J, for Worlds 7, 8, 9, A, B, C, and D, you don't even NEED to wait 90 seconds for the Hammer Brothers to chase you, as they begin to do so immediately. However, for Worlds 3, 4, 5, and 6, the same rule from Super Mario Brothers also applies to this video game. These rules hold true for any version of the video game as well, yes, even for Super Mario Brothers Deluxe/DX, though, in technicality, only Worlds 7 and 8 are able to be discovered by legitimate means, though the coding for Worlds 9, A, B, C, and D can be found in the video game, yet it was not on the cartridge for some reason. Also, the 90 second Hammer Brother rule works on Versus Super Mario Brothers and Super Mario Brothers Special, while a modified version of the SMB2J rules applies to ANNSMB (All Night Nippon Super Mario Brothers), and, in that case, it acts like Super Mario Brothers for Worlds 1 to 8, but in Worlds A to D, it acts like SMB2J.

[@mattsweeney3790]

Spit my drink out at the start of win lose or draw 😆. Gotta love those RUSH cover bands

[@BigOleWords]

I’ve never seen one but I have to assume they resemble Rush themselves :)

[@CSLucasEpic]

Don't know if this is known or not, when I was a kid it was well known, but if you enter the name ZELDA in the original The Legend of Zelda game, the dungeons are all in different locations.

[@BigOleWords]

I mention it briefly in Part 1!

[@danfortuna1984]

man that castlevanina 3 knife thing is pretty amazing

[@BigOleWords]

Right?!

[@Djwunmoshen]

And we’re back toooooo…… “Check this Shit Oowwwt!”

[@23Scadu]

6:26 that was a kickass In Search Of

[@BigOleWords]

With Leonard Nimoy kicking out the jams!

[@Real_Godot]

This one isn't NES, but in Super Punch-Out while on the title screen if you press Y, the right bumper on the second controller, then start on the first you get a free fight against anyone (which isn't much, but it helps if you want to just fight one guy for practice,) but the real fun comes in after you choose an opponent and get to the fighter info screen B and Y on player two and then start allows you to play 2 player, player 2 is the opponent.

[@HallelujahHotdog]

I love videos like these. Thanks for spelunking the depths for us homey.

[@BigOleWords]

You got it!

[@noaht2005]

RACE AMERICA! I saw a hacked version of that on a plug and play, never knew what the original was called

[@Inadvisablescience]

Now I want to play Fire 'n' Ice again. Thank you for sharing!

[@Dac_vak]

If you ever do Genesis games, the game RBI Baseball 4 has a bunch of bible verses when you enter specific passwords. I’ve never seen anyone else cover that Easter egg, but you can look up the codes online.

[@catholiccontriversy]

Not sure about NES games, but on the underside of some PS2 games (I think all the silver DVD games) the playstation logo is in the blanling interval. Then on the N64, stop and swap actually exists in Banjo Kazooie and works if the game (or rom hack) puts the right data into ram.

[@Zeiru]

Okay, I thought I knew basically all there was to know about NES Easter Eggs, but that Castlevania III one definitely had me doing a double-take. I love that, even now, there is random little secrets to discover in my favorite classics.

[@BigOleWords]

Yeah that one is wild. I wish I knew about more of those non-code Easter eggs.

[@cerebraxis607]

In Magic Darts, if you played the alien and held A and B together after shooting, you could control ypur dart and hit the fly and turn into that guy as well. There were a couple other moves too. The monkey had a decent shot as well..

[@gwalla]

The Attack of the Killer Tomatoes cartoon was actually based on the *sequel* to the movie of the same name: Return of the Killer Tomatoes, starring George Clooney

[@-Keith-]

I don't think this is an easter egg, but I haven't seen anybody show this anywhere on the internet so it seems like a bit of a secret. In the game Demon Sword for NES, if you stand around in the same location for long enough without advancing the screen all of the constantly spawning enemies will be replaced with super fast skeletal tigers.

[@BigOleWords]

That’d just awesome

[@-Keith-]

@@BigOleWords It's awesome now, it was nightmare fuel for 8 year old me when I thought it would be a smart idea to farm red and black orbs + keys from enemies on the first level.

[@wraithgar]

SMB3 is where I learned the slang phrase "no dice"

[@BigOleWords]

Hahaha nice!

[@HylianFox3]

What a drag!

[@santiinx737]

May I ask why you don’t replace your yellowed NES controller? I brought out my childhood controller from the garage and it’s in better condition.

[@gridly.todd.h]

Makes me wonder how many codes there are yet to be found. Good stuff as always!

[@darktetsuya]

okay the kickle cubicle one is new to me! yeah would've been nice to just play as kid niki but what can you do. neat easter egg all the same!! wasn't ready for the mechanized attack one though, holy hell how would anyone figure THAT one out?! have not heard about most of these!

[@johnmorey720]

Nintendo Power actually mentioned the chain chomp secret back in the day.

[@the-engneer]

A bunch of super obscure stuff ive never heard of! Love it

[@howitusedtobe]

That alien in magic darts was in another game on the Genesis called Combat Cars

[@BigOleWords]

Is it any good?

[@ilovesmosh2012]

i like this is shot in 4:3 you should keep that as your staple. reminds me of old AVGN episodes.

[@TechnicolorMammoth]

Not about the video, but congrats on Guzan and team for knocking out Messi and Co. Give Rob the Job. Good luck with the rest of the playoffs!

[@BigOleWords]

No idea how after this season but yeah, lovin’ it!

[@TsaliWasituna]

Magic Darts was one of my regular rentals and I used the alien code all the time because his stats were better than the rest.

[@jefflindquist6138]

Well done James !!! Thank you for sharing. 🙂

[@BigOleWords]

Thanks Jeff!

[@TheNewRobotMaster]

Nintendo: Absolutely no religious references in Nintendo games. Race America: I'm gonna do what's called a pro gamer move

[@BigOleWords]

Haha

[@DadRacer]

Great stuff. Always entertaining and interesting 👍🏻

[@BigOleWords]

Hey thanks bud! Hope alls well

[@dendroleon]

commenting to feed the youtube algo thanks for your work james!

[@BigOleWords]

Love it!

[@Jschroeder025]

I could be wrong about this. But, wasn’t it also possible to get the secret darts character by hitting the fly?

[@BigOleWords]

Huh, no idea!

[@Iohannis42]

You have great videos that explain things well.

[@BigOleWords]

Hey thanks for saying that!

[@justinbremer2281]

Is anybody speedrunning 100% Chain-Chomp free yet??

[@nobeac]

Yes Super Spy hunter is a little talked about and kick ass game

[@MrJibaku]

Regarding the lightning in the Japanese version Grants normal attack is the dagger sub weapon so maybe that made it easier?

[@BigOleWords]

Good call!

[@majinbros9971]

I really appreciate the aspect ratio.

[@rho-starmkl4483]

4:36 That’s a severe case of jaundice

[@DNR595-f9f]

!Amazing video! The part at 6:10 reminded me of Rod land in the options when you change the player names to "S-H-T", "F-U-K", "B-U-M", "T-I-T", "S-E-X", "V-A-J", "C-N-T", " P-O-O", "N-O-B", "D-I-K" the fairies blush. I hope the third part is very interesting, these video of Easter eggs from the NES games. Greetings 😉

[@BigOleWords]

Huh, did not know that! Rod land is one I’ve been after for years now

[@broncosbreaks]

The music in fire n ice is bangin!

[@BigOleWords]

Yeah it is!

[@chrismeulen8108]

there's the hidden HAL letters room in Kirby's Adventure

[@BigOleWords]

I thought about that one but decided it wasn’t quite weird enough :)

[@BjornBlood666]

If i remember correctly if you play 250 matches in mortal komhat in versus the game will switch to pong

[@BigOleWords]

No, really?!

[@tattoodude8946]

Just curious and you probably address this elsewhere but, do you own every NES game?

[@BigOleWords]

All but one!

[@markula_4040]

4:36 That is one yellow controller. Looks like your SNES matches. BTW, will you ever cover anything not just NES related? Before I saw that Super Nintendo console, I thought the original NES was the only thing you owned.

[@BigOleWords]

What can I say, they yellow! And yeah I collected a ton of games for differ t systems, I just wanted to focus specifically on the NES

[@retrorami]

Hey, what's the song on the beginning of the video? sounds like somethingt out of a Sunsoft or Konami game, but i don't recognize it

[@BigOleWords]

Super Spy Hunter :)

[@toprem4037]

Damn, show me a game and say it was like Lolo and Lala and I thought mom would have loved that, then you show off Fire 'n Ice which mom did love. Now Im sad.

[@The_Badseed]

Still waiting for Easter eggs from the best NES game of all time : Stack Up

[@BigOleWords]

Are there any?!

[@NintendoPsycho]

6:45 all shoot 'em ups have moving screens?

[@BigOleWords]

Hmmm I mean every one I can think of!

[@mannyodonnell]

was the "should have married a metroid programmer" comment a reference to the "love keiko" easter egg in Super Metroid?

[@gamingtheologian8515]

Biased, but that racing game thing was incredible

[@BigOleWords]

Christoper D!

[@danielkun616]

Hi sir I watched both videos about strange secrets in NES games and I gotta tell you that you gotta check the famicom version of Golgo 13, a game I personally used to play on a famiclone console called the terminator console which used to be popular in my country, anyway trust me when I tell you to check the famicom version of golgo 13

[@BigOleWords]

Is there an Easter egg in the Japanese version?

[@danielkun616]

@@BigOleWords yeap, one pervy cutscene that was censored in the american version