NES Games No One Played: COOL WORLD (Nintendo Entertainment System Review)

[@NYCHAbred]

Lou Reed dressed as Leisure Suit Larry is hilarious

[@BigOleWords]

Thank you thank you

[@khaimk4r4su]

6:16 click for Sartre reference

[@skoetkonung7353]

Camus can do ...

[@oldschoolgamesstories]

I agree, the controls of this one are completely broken. I don’t think I’ve ever made it through any level, nor do I want to.

[@BigOleWords]

Yeah it’s definitely a play once and then banish to the shelf kind of title like Cliffhanger or Castelian.

[@nihao3273]

This was the most frustrating game I have ever played

[@BigOleWords]

Yeah it’s a soul crusher for sure!

[@abysmalvsmarcus]

Try playing it for the SNES

[@juliab1954]

This might not be the right place to ask, but how do you play Tecmo Bowl and Baseball Stars? I got those games with my system and never figured them out.

[@BigOleWords]

Tecmo Super Bowl is one of my favorite games ever. Baseball Stars is cool because it has more of a "team/league building" style of play that doesn't show up in other sports titles til way later.

[@MS-fh4sz]

And I thought the Snes Cool World version was horrible. This Piece of FKing $h1t!!! Blows that one out of the water!!!

[@youreallyplaythat]

Nice. A Wizards game would be nuts...

[@BigOleWords]

If I knew anything about programming I'd get on it stat!

[@captainbeastazoid7084]

Yeah, Wizards game would be dope.

[@RonManGaming]

Haha awesome review!! Yup, I've never played this and it looks like that was for the best!

[@BigOleWords]

You dodged an 8-bit bullet there my friend!

[@matthewlane518]

Hell yes! Wizards was a great flick and could have made a great game

[@BigOleWords]

Yeah it would've!

[@colecantos3273]

Got this for $5 from Software Etc... In 1994. Played it often and beat it a few times. Eventually sold my boxed copy to a well known NES collector in the mid-2000s. I like the game. One time, I think I found a glitch where jumping on the cars in the first stage takes you to a bonus room, but I've never been able to duplicate it. Weird. The game is far better than the movie, imo.

[@BigOleWords]

Wow that is a strong endorsement for Cool world! I'm impressed you beat it, I got so lost.

[@johnreeves5152]

The movie was my introduction to My Life with the Thrill Kill Cult, Sex on Wheelz. Ooh many nights of debauchery were had.

[@BigOleWords]

That’s awesome, definitely winners of the best name award!

[@CapnRetro]

I had Cool World for the SNES, and I had fun with it.

[@SayHello2Kevin]

For some reason this game stirs up my Bart Vs the Space Mutants PTSD.

[@BigOleWords]

I think it’s the colors and the endless wandering :)

[@RetroEdUK]

brilliantly funny review. what a tragic game lol. I'm glad I missed this one albeit I sensed your pain whilst playing it ;0). Cheers!

[@BigOleWords]

Hey thanks! Yeah Cool World is pretty awful, I wish it had at least some redeemable qualities...

[@RetroEdUK]

Perhaps it’s overall wackiness 😁

[@BigOleWords]

@@RetroEdUK hahah

[@gundanout11]

The Angry Video Game Nerd should review Cool World on Nes and Snes.

[@BigOleWords]

For sure!

[@brokengirl8619]

I adored this game as a 5 year old. I remember laying on the living room floo r playing it. I still love it and the sound track.

[@BigOleWords]

At 5?!? Damn this is kinda racy!

[@SabinFigaro]

Guilty! I remember it being difficult as hell...why you keep reminding me of games i didnt beat?! Or was it snes? I feel like I played a different version?

[@goodmorningretro6290]

I've had this game for awhile, but have never played it. It looks terribly confusing!

[@BigOleWords]

It’s also confusingly terrible!

[@danbauer3669]

@@BigOleWords yes! The ol' change the words around joke! That's one of my favorites!

[@nihao3273]

I played it...

[@loganjorgensen]

0:34 The movie of Cool World wasn't rated R it was PG-13, Bakshi wanted to do an R-rated movie like he did in his early career but producers wanted that middle of the road thing that was so popular in the 90s Eg. PG-13 Robocop, PG-13 Conan, PG-13 everything.🤮 As one of the few fans of the movie even I don't comprehend why it was licensed for video games other than everybody was doing that cash grab maneuver, also a big boom time of film studios buying all the comic book licenses they could get. The story doesn't really lend itself well to a primary character or a winning goal, Frank is a soldier with PTSD turned cop but he's not very good at it, while Jack is nuts and is ultimately involved in the undoing of the world.😄 Only positive I can give the game is it does a decent job of trying to look like the toon world seen in the film. I agree that a more linear progression model would have improved the game design a lot.

[@GenerationPixel]

Oh dear 🤣 you really do find the best games 🤣

[@BigOleWords]

Yeah, most of the obscure NES games are...pretty terrible. At least they're kind of interesting though!

[@RetroPixelLizard]

But Is It better than the SNES game?

[@BigOleWords]

You know, I’ve never tried the SNES version!

[@BADD1ONE]

Brad Pitt verses the space mutants

[@otterspotter]

I never played this game as a kid, but I vaguely feel like Nintendo Power magazine refused to even cover it. Like they put it in print that they weren't going to. I could very well be wrong, and while I have every issue of NP ever released, it's not in my immediate possession. I only remember this game at all because of the Marylin Monroe bombshell cartoon character on the cover art. Looks pretty shit though. Glad I didn't spend my allowance money on a rental.

[@BigOleWords]

That’s good funny! Definitely confirm that one day if you can!

[@aza1479]

I bought this game for 0.99 cents at goodwill a long time ago and just recently played it this month. It’s horrible.

[@BigOleWords]

From a collecting standpoint I think you won. From a gaming standpoint? Wellllllll….

[@aza1479]

@@BigOleWords the game is crazy bad, liking your Chanel and watching all the crappy games being played that are on my shelf, just picked up kick master too. have a good one.

[@BigOleWords]

@@aza1479 Hey thanks! And hell yeah Kickmaster, that game rules!

[@TheFLOMAN76]

So much purple! Ughh

[@danbauer3669]

An NES game with a skateboard section? No way... that's so cool! Man, every game should have that.

[@BigOleWords]

That’s for sure!

[@dezm101]

This is such a bad game and one I always associate with Ocean games, the brits love em, but I feel like they put out a ton of licensed trash here. I actually took some animation classes from Ralph Bakshi's son, they are both really cool people. Too bad this movie was pretty awful lol

[@BigOleWords]

Whoa really? That's super cool! Was it mostly rotoscoping?

[@dezm101]

@@BigOleWords actually it was on using toon boom to create digital 2D hand drawn animation. It was a good course, his father even gave a few talks and did an some voice over work on a group project we did.

[@BigOleWords]

@@dezm101 That's super rad! so cool

[@icenine09]

Cool World is rated PG-13

[@BigOleWords]

Oh snap you're right! That's so weird.

[@Mikewee777]

@@BigOleWords PG-13 is rated R by today's standards.

[@gundanout11]

@@Mikewee777 Well real R rated of Cool World was Bakshi's original Idea as a live-action animated horror film, he write the screenplay that featured the protagonist Debbie Dallas, a young woman who was conceived by a Doodle and a Noid. Debbie, who had been born a half animated and half flesh hybrid, considers herself a freak and searches to murder her own father that had caused her deformity and abandoned her and is a really cool story. Then this happen, During production, producer Frank Mancuso Jr. had Bakshi's screenplay rewritten in secret, which had very little similarities to the original pitch. Mancuso, who was best known for his Friday The 13th franchise, felt he wanted to distance himself from the horror genre. After this rewrite Bakshi and Mancuso's differences got the better of them, leading to a physical fight which then led to Paramount threatening to sue Bakshi unless they finish the film. These creative differences, along with some minor issues that followed, is what led to the film's ultimate bombing in the box office. Known as Bakshi's worst film, it's only good factors were its art and the casting of Brad Pitt.

[@HylianFox3]

The MC always looked more like Gomez Addams to me, I can't believe it's supposed to be Brad Pitt. Even for an NES sprite the likeness is horrible.

[@BigOleWords]

I can see it!

[@DadRacer]

Man, no thanks. I’ll pass. Successful video!

[@BigOleWords]

I'm just here to save you from playing any of these :)

[@bluedistortions]

A small correction: Cool World was rated PG-13, not R.

[@danaloveall6338]

it was pg-13

[@Esirre]

the noir-esque, gritty, huge megatropolis backgrounds of the film were the only interesting things and the environment of the game is nothing like that lol. It's not like the movie was super colorful or anything

[@BigOleWords]

That's a good point, the game is way more colorful than it should be!

[@jaredt2590]

Adults didn’t watch animation when the movie came out, if it wasn’t an all audience movie like roger rabbit nobody was going to watch it if it wasn’t aimed at kids.

[@NYHeeb]

This cool movie not for kids.

[@hotmoffitt]

Hahaha

[@BigOleWords]

Bryan keeps asking me to cover Space Shuttle Project, I'll let you know when I get around to that one!

[@hotmoffitt]

@@BigOleWords oh my GOD I would love that so much!!!

[@Dogeathotdog1]

Even the SNES version was trash.

[@BigOleWords]

I haven't played it, and I doubt I ever will after the NES version!

[@Dogeathotdog1]

@@BigOleWords slightly better graphics Just as cryptic. I don't like games where I can't figure things out on my own. I'm pretty patiently stubborn coming from games like Myst and text based gaming. This is the kind of game where you need a walkthrough for every single step and there's just no motivation to figure things out on your own.

[@BigOleWords]

@@Dogeathotdog1 Yeah exactly. It's obtuse, but in no way is it trying to spark the player to discover where to go. It just plops you down in a monotonous environment and says "good luck!"

[@jaredt2590]

Didn’t know there was an snes version, what a waste of money.

[@anthonybernero9720]

Yeah, Cool World sucks. Wizards, though. 🤘🤘

[@BigOleWords]

Wizards rules!

[@anthonybernero9720]

@@BigOleWords when my sister was making santa/gnome Christmas ornaments last year, I had her make mine look like Avatar. 💪🧙‍♂️

[@BigOleWords]

@@anthonybernero9720 haha nice!

[@mightyfilm]

@@BigOleWords Yeah. Cuz Ralph was able to make the film he wanted to make, instead of how the studio kept slapping Cool World out of his hands at every turn. That's why it SHOULD be Rated R but became a PG-13. I'm sure the Ralph cut isn't the greatest thing in the world either, but it had to be better than what the studio did to it.

[@abysmalvsmarcus]

Film was rated pg-13

[@alexhydell3608]

I'm glad I missed this one. Looks like dogshit

[@MyPhobo]

Dude have you seen cool world? It's nothing like wfrr except for the live action mixed with animation. Cool world is hot garbage with random nonsense everywhere. At least wfrr has a story lol.

[@BigOleWords]

I mean the live action mixed with animation is the important similarity. But yeah, Cool World is pretty awful.

[@johnlewisbrooks]

Omg this game was bad...

[@BigOleWords]

Yes, yes it was!

[@abysmalvsmarcus]

Im gonna tinker with fruityloops and see what cool beats i can make with the sdtk