NES Games No One Played: JAMES BOND JR. (Nintendo Entertainment System Review)

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After years of focusing on the best games for the NES, I decided to change gears and focus on lesser known cartridges that have, for one reason or another, generally escaped the public discussion and general nostalgia. This series highlights many of the relatively unknown, obscure, and unloved titles in the Nintendo Entertainment System's library. Some of these games are at best mediocre. Many are painfully bad, some of the worst NES games around. Most are hilarious for all the wrong reasons! Occasionally, OCCASIONALLY, a handful of them are actually good, borderline hidden gems.
While you won't find any of these on the NES Classic, some of these titles have managed to make their way onto the Nintendo Switch, so if you don't have an original Nintendo console or ROMs escape you ethically or technologically, there are several ways to play them.
Want more? Me too! Until then, lots of other articles where the pictures don't move and words have to be read can be found on my website: top100nesgames.com
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[@EdmondDantes224]

That puzzle with the safes is what we call a "Mastermind" puzzle (because there's a game called Mastermind--which can be bought as a stand-alone electronic but is often a default puzzle included with casual compilations or even used in adventure games--which works exactly the same way). The sliding tile puzzles are what we call "oh dear lord."

[@BigOleWords]

That’s exactly what I thought of when solving those! Love Mastermind

[@SuprousOxide]

Electronic? I remember having a physical version of this game, with pegs, that you had to play with a friend.

[@CarletonTorpin]

3:21 - Regarding “Scunlord”, if you freeze at the shot at the timestamp, you can see that the “N” in the word “responsible” is different from the “M” in “scumlord”. That being said, I agree it looks like “scunlord” on screen.

[@BigOleWords]

THATS THE JOKE

[@BigOleWords]

You suck McBain!

[@CarletonTorpin]

@@BigOleWords "Gets out rocket launcher"

[@DemonyxsLair]

I played it in 1995. I was very pleased with the game. One of the most beloved games on the platform, despite its minuses. Perhaps it hasn't aged very well. You should try playing it with a turbo controller, it will reduces the difficulty of shooting, enemies will die faster in these face-to-face encounters.

[@BigOleWords]

But then that leaves me with only the slide puzzles and the horrific platforming to look forward to!

[@HylianFox3]

Oh man, you NEED to do a "Games No One Played" video on Magician. Such a criminally overlooked title.

[@BigOleWords]

That is one on my list that I’ve never given enough time to

[@childofcascadia]

To this day i still tell my pit bull wakey wakey when I make her get up. Magician is ungodly frustrating and really amazing at the same time.

[@rydog11]

Love the Total Recall scream 😂

[@BigOleWords]

Gahhhhh!

[@RaposaCadela]

Little bit of trivia: this game was originally meant to be John Smith: Special Agent, then they made it a licensed title at the last moment! The prototype's available and it's pretty much exactly the same game with a different protagonist I'm actually a little familiar with this game, and the SNES game of the same name! That one, a youtuber I'm a fan of, made a video on over 10 years ago, reviewing + telling the story of how he discovered it: When he was a kid he had a SNES, but the N64 was already out and had 007 GoldenEye, then he found a bootleg SNES cartridge for 007 GoldenEye and bought it, but then he played it and it was actually James Bond Jr. in disguise! That game is awful, I actually have it in a bootleg multi-cart, it also calls it by the wrong name, but I knew what I was getting into because of him. Later I discovered this NES version in an emulator and was surprised by the quality, but I could never get past the first level because of and not knowing how to switch items, and the god-awful sliding puzzle with the syrens. I remember it played alright, sounded good, and looked great, so despite the mentioned issues here I might play it again!

[@BigOleWords]

Didn’t know this was a whole other game, that’s wild!

[@cmfort2696]

"James really gettin down in there for a closer inspection." Isn't he a superspy. Only a scuba suit as a special item?

[@Djwunmoshen]

Me yelling “Check this Shit ooowwwwwwwwtt!” When I get the notification….

[@mattalan6618]

i never do that cause unlike you i am not a fucking idiot

[@JohnnyBurnes]

Maybe the reason Daniel Craig Bond wore Hawaiian shirts and drank Heineken was because he was budgeting paying child support. 🤷

[@BigOleWords]

Heyo!

[@pepijn23]

He didn’t even know he had a daughter

[@bostonrailfan2427]

Giggity!

[@thecunninlynguist]

i liked the cartoon, despite them trying to gloss over the fact that James was his dad, and not his "uncle"

[@BigOleWords]

He was?!?

[@fusionspace175]

@@BigOleWords The story goes that the license holder flat out refused to allow James to be married or have children in the show, feeling that would hurt his image and the brand as a whole for him to be tied down, he was a male fantasy figure. But that was how it was conceived and written, then painted over with the uncle brush at the last minute. I like it because it's the Hong Kong '97 trick done by people with a budget and the license. "Oh, it's James' relative Jim Bond, he's just as good." Also seen on Boardwalk Empire, a magician claiming to be Houdini's brother Hardeen, who can't escape his own traps.

[@alleycatjack4562]

To be fair, I'm sure James fathered a lot of children who didn't know he was their dad.

[@joezar33]

Whaaaa ? So your telling us , Bond having a son and this animation was canon ?

[@bonacrash]

yes finally my favorite segment is back NES Games No One Played

[@BigOleWords]

Just spreading the love to other topics:)

[@bonacrash]

@@BigOleWords thanks a lot 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@ludwigfan3013]

I literally forgot about this cartoon growing up until It started playing the theme song then I was singing along to James Bond Jr 😆

[@BigOleWords]

God it's so catchy!

[@christianhunt7382]

That was great! the highlight on "highest score today" cracked me up. Ya gotta love when the developers break the fourth wall a little bit.

[@eelobrian6727]

I learned two things today. 1. Peter Parker is not only Spiderman, but also James Bond Jr. 2. James Bond's Brother's name is James Bond.

[@BigOleWords]

It's like Mario and Luigi Mario. Just James and James Bond.

[@bostonrailfan2427]

…that actor sure got around: Brainiac, Grumpy Gummi, Ludvig von Drake, Dale just to name a few 😲

[@eelobrian6727]

@Mr.TamOShanter-em6jm 👌👌👌👌best fan theory ever!

[@joshuabidelspach9260]

You always impress with your picks!! I was born in 82 and have no recollection of this game or show. I would have been all over this back in the day!

[@BigOleWords]

Also 82, not sure why I watched this so much but I did!

[@joshuabidelspach9260]

@@BigOleWords we should hang and watch the cartoon "mask" they kinda got sloppy with the acronym but mortal kombat seems to be making alittle money in spite of the misspelling so what the hell.. keep up the good work always look forward to your stuff!

[@aridale]

Neil Baldwin actually did all those games you mention at the beginning as well as HeroQuest and Erik the Viking which are AMAZING soundtracks. Magicians soundtrack is great too. Lethal Weapon has a couple good tracks too.

[@BigOleWords]

Oh word?! I love that Ferrari soundtrack so I’ll check out the other ones!

[@jaysanj152]

A damn shame you didn't go full in-depth with the rest of the item pick ups and power ups because i've stopped using the pistol once i got my hands on the Bombs which is what the game encourages you to use more often and the Shield is super good as you can tank through most of the annoying sections at the cost of not able to do anything i think ? And then there are the flares that'll stun everyone on screen while the big bomb just straight up nukes everything. I really wouldn't call this the "Worst NES Game" Like it has it's flaws but it really has a sincere charm and it sticks with its identity. Also i used to play this in a small tv that's also black and white and i still managed to pull of the puzzles from the first level and i am shocked how i managed to do it as a kid..

[@BigOleWords]

You’re right I didn’t talk about any of them! So yeah while the bomb is better it still take forever. When the flare works it is helpful. The jet pack and werewolf and shield are fine, they just run out too quickly.

[@jaysanj152]

@@BigOleWordsYeah i just never really noticed it because i was using a turbo controller which helped a bit. the Items are super handy when used right and I do agree some runs out quite quick.if only they lasted a bit longer. I really do need to play it again cus for a NES game,It really does stands out.

[@lessthankate]

The SNES version is serviceable at best but contains a boat level where the fun is entirely in how fast you can get the boat going before sending it off a ramp. I'd sometimes load that level just to play around.

[@BigOleWords]

That sounds like a winner

[@EhrenLoudermilk]

The theme is as well burned into my brain.

[@BigOleWords]

It’s so catchy

[@Elucidus]

"Highest score today": someone left an engineer in charge of the copy. "High score is not intellectually honest. I can fix that."

[@chadly63]

You should do a "games no one played" segment on air fortress or ninja crusaders, I loved those as a kid (and as an adult) and I never hear anyone ever talk about them.

[@BigOleWords]

They’re both on the list!

[@ZillMob]

You're older than you've ever been, and now you're even older, now you're even older, now you're even older. And now you're older still. You mentioned tmbg in the last video I watched :)

[@chrisbg99]

I remember watching this but very little of it other than theme song. Which is pretty par for a lot of cartoons from back then. I'm simultaneously shocked and not shocked there was a game for it.

[@BigOleWords]

It’s not even the weirdest NES licensed game. I think I might do a whole video on that…

[@chrisbg99]

@@BigOleWords It is no Platoon that is for sure.

[@mightyfilm]

I never got into the cartoon. I guess it's a decent attempt to make a kid friendly version of Bond as a cartoon show. Even though a LOT of 80's and 90's cartoons that were based off of movies weren't kid friendly to begin with. I just preferred the times when other cartoons did Bond parodies.

[@redline78inc1]

Dude it totally forgot about this series and game! Damn getting old. As usual great video

[@Jackrost01]

You know that something is not alright when in first level you have mines that lead to very long downfall where you can hurt yourself because you don't land on spring(that you don't know is exist) and suddenly you need to fight giant terminator with big gun. After that you have water that act like electric field which lead with tedious, wacky and time consuming jumps to all the way to ceiling that you fall. Reminding that you are still don't know how to control in this game. And this suddenly lead to water section and puzzles with high pitch sounds. Yeah, something is not right here. But I spend some time in this game even I don't know that show is exist(as many other adaptations of this games, expect Jungle Book). We don't have this shows in our regions, but people know this games.

[@Slotmassacre]

Very underrated game and I can’t believe all the hate it gets.

[@BigOleWords]

I can!

[@Ruudos]

Never got past the first levels because of those puzzles (I solved them once but ran out of time). Too bad because I did like exploring the level itself. The game actually started out as "John Smith - Special Agent" until they slapped the James Bond Jr. license onto it. There's a full playthtough on KZbin of it.

[@BigOleWords]

Yeah they really wreck the whole experience

[@tylerbowling]

Some great James on James action here. I love how you always make a sub par game sound interesting. I have this cart myself and am going to spend some time with it. Thank you always.

[@BigOleWords]

Haha Heyo!

[@wowbaggerTIP]

I loved this cartoon as a kid. Unrelated I have to ask about your bumper music. I find myself randomly singing "Check this shit o-ou-out!" and am super curious where you dug that up or who wrote it for you. Can you shed some light on this for me?

[@BigOleWords]

It’s from Mr Show with Bob and David, a sketch called Jeepers Creepers :)

[@BlackKoiRecords]

6:15 As a music producer I can't help but here the Thanksgiving church beat aka "You name it" song 😂

[@dougawesomecities]

Thanks for the sign! I know I gave about a thousand options, love what you chose! 🎉

[@BigOleWords]

Awesome, glad you dig it! I like how this one turned out.

[@geraq0]

I've waited for this review for a long time as this was one of my first NES games and one of my favorites (along with Monsters In My Pocket and Mega Man 4), too bad you didn't like it. Even while all the shortcomings listed in the video are true the aesthetic and the atmosphere of the game is fantastic, it was the darkest and most "mature" game I played as a kid, much different from the Mario games on the same system (yeah, I know, I didn't play Metroid or Metal Gear as a kid), and that parallax scrolling in the jungle blew my young mind. I loved the whole soundtrack, from the rocking main theme (the game even has a hidden sound test!) to the terrifying game over theme, I couldn't get enough of this game and it took me a long time to beat it. Come on, the puzzles are not that hard! Well, maybe the one at 5:38, that one always gives me trouble even to this day, but even then I find the totem boss or whatever it is more troublesome than the puzzles. The first stage is my favorite and I'd say there are far worse ways to spend 30-45 minutes.

[@BigOleWords]

Man you and I could not be further apart on this one! And you had this, Mega Man 4, and Monster in My Pocket? That’s wild, riding the late NES wave right there!

[@geraq0]

@@BigOleWords yeah, I didn't have many games while growing up so I replayed the ones I got a million times and cherish them a lot. It's difficult to be objective in that case, I have a lot of good memories about them. Years later I could get Super Mario Bros 3 and of course that was a whole different thing, but the first ones are the ones that stick with you the most I think.

[@AnsonBeeker]

Can't believe they made a game of this show. Can't believe how many games I never knew existed.

[@BigOleWords]

Dude it’s crazy. Even I keep finding licensed titles I didn’t realize were licensed like Thunderbirds and Gotcha.

[@LevitatingCups]

oh lol i'd forgotten about james bond junior, it felt more like indiana jones junior, especially with really... creative dubs, probably lost media at this point. The games tho, was more of quality of the tv series. If you got nothing else, ehh. that works.

[@geoaltman9344]

Hilarious video! I dont remember the show or game but thank you for informing me I wasnt missing much

[@BigOleWords]

Hey thanks, glad you liked it!

[@slack128]

Anytime I feel really old I'll quote that sketch "my life..."

[@BigOleWords]

Same!

[@slack128]

@@BigOleWords I knew i'd love your channel when I heard your intro from Jeepers Creepers.

[@mr.g4990]

Hah! I remember mentioning this one long ago on one of your videos. I think this game looks and sounds awesome, but could do with (quite) some refinement. You can definitely see the hand of Commodore programmers with those puzzles and some obtuse choices...like how about a Megaman-style weapon selection instead of having to fumble through your items like that, and getting hit in the meantime? And how about the very first enemy you encounter needing like 30 shots for the kill... Some of the graphic details are awesome though. I love all the background items animating. The lights in level 3 are dope. Yeah the list of flaws is long, but it's still a secret pleasure of mine. Not so secret anymore I suppose.

[@BigOleWords]

It definitely has some cool details…and some awful ones!

[@roguerifter9724]

Isn't that a giant hint to what you need to do in the puzzles above the box with a blinking rocket in it?

[@BigOleWords]

Sure, but if I showed you a picture of a finished car and then asked you to recreate it out of lose parts? I mean it’s not THAT hard, but trust me that’s no help

[@Carvania]

I played it in the 90s.. I own it now, pretty rare game.

[@BigOleWords]

Is it? Makes sense though

[@MiTBender]

We're both old 🧓 I'm embracing it. Darn kids, GET OFF MAH LAWN!

[@SegaCDUniverse]

I watched and loved that cartoon. I don't even like the normal James Bond though lol

[@iiqulo]

I haven't played this. I have the SNES game. This one looks like a better game.

[@orangeavenger1597]

Yeaaaaaaaah. Now that song is going to be stuck in my head another 30 years

[@BigOleWords]

It’ll never leave!

[@orangeavenger1597]

@BigOleWords dude seriously like twice a year late at night while I can't sleep it just creeps in. Same with Denver the last dinosaur.

[@whosaidthat84]

As a fan of their respective cartoons, I wanted to play this and Swamp Thing so badly. Now I know why they were swept into obscurity.

[@BigOleWords]

Oof that’s a rough 1-2 combo right there!

[@whosaidthat84]

@@BigOleWords thanks to you, I'll never have to🤣

[@BigOleWords]

@@whosaidthat84 That's what I'm here for!

[@BlitzWhat]

The high score today, sound options and everything else about that start screen screams "this game was designed for Amiga/C64/Spectrum etc."

[@BigOleWords]

Ahhhh that makes sense

[@CrazyHomelessWeirdo]

You know it's funny how things work like that he happen to be a relative of James Bond and becomes a super spy himself and a similar thing happened to me because of my relationship to Arnold Schwarzenegger I came out my mother's womb with bulging biceps.

[@cmfort2696]

The cartoon was super decent. I think it was on in the morning, when your parents wouldn't let you sit still before school, besides eating your Cheerios.

[@javigurrol4451]

I was obsessed with this show! Thank you so much!!!

[@SaxcatGamingCorner]

Magician is an AMAZING game!

[@BigOleWords]

Is it?! I’ve dabbled with it very briefly but never enough to figure it out

[@SaxcatGamingCorner]

@@BigOleWords Check out an incredibly old Deceased Crab LP of it. From like 13 years ago. He explains it well.

[@aloiivwizard]

There can be only one bubble! I love Highlander.

[@BigOleWords]

Oh yes!

[@Sweetestsadist]

That "naked guy" looks like Jimmy Snuka.

[@BigOleWords]

Hahaha nailed it!

[@Elucidus]

The siren noise... make sure not to play that around your girls when they're in the mid single-digits. My 6 year old likes to repeat interesting noises. Like sirens, kitchen timers, etc. Last year, when the oven timer went off he'd walk around the house going "Timer ring", then repeat the alarm noise. And that siren noise, it doesn't sound like a siren noise to me. It sounds like a young kid's poor rendition of what a siren might sound like. OMG, I am so triggered :)

[@BigOleWords]

Hahahahaha noted!

[@RetrocartCollector]

Ahhh man! I always wanted to play this one as a kid and as an adult I really wanted to check it out. At least I know what I’m in for meow! 😂🤣😂😂

[@BigOleWords]

Good luck!

[@bitwize]

This game has all the earmarks of an 80s British home computer game developer: the detailed graphics and animation, the use of big chunky "demoscene fonts", the musical style, even the janky gameplay... all came from the same culture that gave us Manic Miner, James Pond, and Impossible Mission. Scumlord/"Scunlord" was the leader of the criminal organization S.C.U.M., widely believed to be Ernst Stavro Blofeld himself though it doesn't look like him. A few Bond villains made it into James Bond Jr., including Dr. Julius No, who along with his fellow Chinese criminal mastermind the Mandarin from the Iron Man series was given a green-skinned makeover for his 90s incarnation. Presumably this was to avoid offending Asians, but I think that just makes the situation worse.

[@BigOleWords]

I definitely see the Impossible Mission connection

[@ChadzBeerReviews]

This was probably your most AVGN-ish video to date (for better or worse). It seems to have pretty good graphics for an otherwise lame game. I never knew there was a JBJR cartoon, this is the first I'm seeing/hearing of it. How did it slip past my radar? I thought I knew of every 80s/90s nostalgia pop culture reference!

[@BigOleWords]

Or worse?!? What are you trying to say?! :)

[@ChadzBeerReviews]

@@BigOleWords nobody likes a copycat

[@cmfort2696]

I sometimes wonder if, back in the day, programmers secretly competed to see who could make the worst video game for the most money.

[@joshmiller887]

I picked this one up at a convention last year. Knew nothing about it other than I didn’t have it and never heard of it.

[@BigOleWords]

That’s all you’ll ever need to know!

[@joshmiller887]

@@BigOleWords 😂

[@Wair18]

I watched the cartoon never knew there was a game. I would've def played this as a kid.

[@guyincognito959]

I watched that as a kid, forgot about it, and here we are, remembering it just now only from the intro song ^^ Guess it alsp wasn't very memorable xD

[@goatbone]

No shit that theme song keeps finding it's way into my head. It has plagued me my whole life.

[@goatbone]

Also meant to ask are you chasing a copy of Championship Rally?

[@BigOleWords]

It’s one of the PAL games left on the list! One day!

[@goatbone]

@@BigOleWords I have a copy for you. Whats your email address?

[@strikezone1879]

You covered all the flaws and frustrations of this game nicely. But claiming it is one of the “top 10 worst on the NES”?? Not even close. 😂😂

[@MC_HammerYouFucks]

People like this suck at games and don't know what they are talking about and expect people to give them free money via their stupid patreons

[@BigOleWords]

For me, it’s up there. I’d rather play Fox’s Peter Pan and the Pirates

[@justin43098]

Gotta sell it! Lol

[@MC_HammerYouFucks]

@@BigOleWords comment deleter

[@ggbetz]

🎉 this game might win most egregious use of palm tree beach celebrations in any video game! I did remember watching the show, but i knew to avoid the game. Probably never joining the collection! Thanks for reviewing the game!

[@BigOleWords]

I don’t think he could possibly be having less fun on that beach

[@ggbetz]

@@BigOleWords not with what he just put us thru!

[@heelturnsface]

James Bond Jr. chases scuuummm…around the world!

[@GoodVibeCollecting]

The slider puzzles along with the constant siren is what breaks this game. The odd level design and annoying jump back can be dealt with if you practice the game enough. This game could have been great but instead feels cheap. Usually caused by the dev team not having enough time to iron things out. Same thing happened with Battletoads. The music is really good by NES standards. Unfortunately, the best theme in the games is unused. Some may recognize it on my really old videos. ;)

[@BigOleWords]

Yeah cheap is definitely the right word

[@sethdownn575]

3 3 years.. I feel ya man. Me too

[@BigOleWords]

WHERE DOES THE TIME GO!?!

[@EuSouRCS]

"Verifique isso" (the KZbin automatic translation to portuguese being so polite to ignore the sh*t word on the sentence) 👀👄👅

[@BigOleWords]

Love it

[@carn9507]

Eh, I borrowed this one from a friend even though I've never much liked James Bond and I had an alright time with it. I found the graphics quite appealing at least. I think I saw one or two episodes of the cartoon and yeah, wasn't my thing at all. Anyways I certainly wouldn't rank this among the worst NES games. I can think of at least 10 others that are far worse. :O With a few tweaks via a rom hack I think this game could be decent enough. Also the graphics and sound appear to be by folk who are good with the NES. Whereas the Super NES game has graphics and sound by folk who are bad with the Super NES. :P

[@BigOleWords]

The music and graphics are the best part. The rest? Meh

[@DavidFilskov]

Haha - what a reward! - allowed to replay the entire game :)

[@BigOleWords]

Hooray!

[@GeovaneSanciniSR]

Honestly, this game is a masterpiece, compared to the Garbage heinous trash that was James Bond Jr. on Super NES. Man, I hate that game with the power of 100 suns.

[@dougawesomecities]

So what I'm hearing is that you think they should make a switch port of the two titles?

[@stevenmaxwell513]

"And or extra Nostalgia feels well release it at full price digitally and physical for the better part of a year! Brilliant" marketing guy somewhere

[@tkmmkt6569]

… was that a real cartoon?? Hard to believe I’ve never heard of that

[@SwannyTheMike]

Every time I think I know all of the bad licensed games out there, I learn about another one.

[@BigOleWords]

They just keep coming!

[@alexhydell3608]

You are correct. Never played it

[@knightimusprime25]

i seen this in a mall back in 93 but i never bought it nor played it

[@BigOleWords]

You chose WISELY

[@rickykeim2005]

NGL Id probably let someone put this Game in a Microwave. I had someone do that to my copy of California Games.

[@BigOleWords]

Oh damn! California Games does not deserve it!

[@rickykeim2005]

@@BigOleWords a Guy I knew was borrowing California Games and someone told him that putting it in a Microwave would break it. I still don't know why he actually did it though. never got a Replacement from him either.

[@TheTwistedPickler]

I had this game on Super Nintendo and it was awesome. Try that one

[@DiggZiggah]

Why did you think a giant bubble would stop them?

[@BigOleWords]

Haha

[@seanmyster6]

In conclusion, if you want a retro gaming experience set in the James Bond universe, just stick with GoldenEye on N64.

[@cyborgroxx]

What about 007 The Duel for Sega Genesis? That's more retro than N64. The Duel is a good platformer/action adventure game.

[@myzspivey2839]

lovely video 🧡🙏🏼

[@BigOleWords]

Thanks!

[@DanielSheffler]

I played this game an watched the cartoon show

[@Trekmaster47]

James Bond Jr is weirdbecause it implies that the character is 007's son, when he's actually his nephew. I guess 007 has a brother named James

[@fargoretro]

Oy, James Pond mate

[@SiccDeville]

so if this kid is nephew of James Bond how can he be called James Bond Jr? wouldn't his Dad have to be called James Bond SR which would be weird because that would mean he and his brother are both called James Bond.

[@BigOleWords]

Yeah it doesn’t make ANY sense

[@bostonrailfan2427]

Scumlord…since the plot of the show is him chasing down the evil organization S.C.U.M.

[@SabinFigaro]

Puzzles didnt seem soo bad until the noise...eiyaaa

[@Captureman]

This game reminds me of Goonies 2.

[@BigOleWords]

I’d rather suffer through a thousand Goonies II first person rooms than play this again

[@HylianFox3]

OUCH What do you do!?

[@mattsweeney3790]

You know I love me some Muppet references.....and I say often "we've tried nothing and we're out of ideas". This game looks pretty jenky. Hard pass for me, though James... James Bond.....James Bond Jr. IS in my head always too

[@bon7029]

WAIT. Gotcha is based on a cartoon?

[@BigOleWords]

Hahah heyo!

[@jefflindquist6138]

Nice review James. This game could have been a good one.

[@BigOleWords]

Thanks Jeff!

[@TheProgressiveStyle]

finally a new review!

[@BigOleWords]

Hey! I’ve made more recently!

[@musicmotifdatabase665]

i want to remake this game

[@BigOleWords]

You should, it needs it!

[@SuprousOxide]

Why is James Bond Jr. Bond's nephew? Is it so hard to believe that 007 fathered any children of his own?

[@bholdr----0]

I think I remember Drop Zone, and, for my 10-ish year old self, it was pretty good, a twist on the space shooter as an astronaut that can go back and forth as opposed to a spaceship that is always pointing forward... Do you have that game? I'd love to see a vid about it! Anyway, this is a good vid about a bad game. Cheers! (P.S. yeah, I know everything with a front is always pointing forward)

[@BigOleWords]

I do! It was only released in PAL regions

[@buh2001j]

I think those are pukka shells rather than teeth

[@BigOleWords]

JBJ would definitely rock pukas.

[@abdulhammouda4884]

...how do you have so few likes for the quality of these video's???

[@BigOleWords]

I’m gonna go with vast internet conspiracy ;)

[@Rustem_A_]

Tediuos shooting in JBj? Well yeah, but its no match for The Empire Strikes Back for NES😅 That game is for SW most hardcore fans, as any ordinary player just falls into despair with the game and in 90% of cases that happens 'cos you have to shoot bosses and minibosses for eternity to move further. And as for JBj - I had the cartridge back in the days, cos the graphics was cool with the paralax and cutscenes in that startng level, but, man, I was so happy wen I managed eventually to trade the game for smth more fun.

[@BigOleWords]

Oooof Empire. That game is ROUGH

[@Rustem_A_]

​@@BigOleWordsI remember that after weeks of progressing through stages our company of NES cowboys/SW geeks finally got to the battle with Dart Vader, we first tried to apply different tactics, to quickly switch forces types, to found a safe spot etc. We were exhausted and wanted to finaly beat the game that evening. In the end we just turned on super saber and rushed trying to hit Vader as much as possible. And it worked out! On the last bit of energy. Just nearly missed the death of Luke.

[@RadiCalRaCer]

The SNES game was Okey... But maybe i am just nostalgic

[@bon7029]

Dev1: So, what kind of ending do we do? Dev2: just put him in a loincloth on a beach. No one will ever beat this garbage.

[@Whitehorse_crimefighter]

Jbj cartoon seemed good. 90s cartoons were the best

[@mattalan6618]

if you use a controller with turbo fire then the shooting isn't as tedious

[@BigOleWords]

Will it turbo speed the slide puzzles?

[@mattalan6618]

@@BigOleWords yes