NES Games No One Played: SWAMP THING (Nintendo Entertainment System Review)

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Swamp Thing | 1992
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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.
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[@WhiteHat94]

If you hold down the jump button you'll run, same as The Simpsons games, I think that's the main thing you were missing to get past some obstacles.

[@BigOleWords]

That makes no sense! If you're holding it down to run how do you jump? Just let it go?

[@WhiteHat94]

@@BigOleWords haha, yeah, you have to let go of the button and hit it again, then keep holding it to get the speed back after the jump. It feels bad and is very awkward to keep momentum. Imagineering did it for nearly all their games, very weird design decision.

[@Marzimus]

Imagineering for the win...not!

[@marksmybitch4599]

Bart Simpson is swamp thing??...cool.

[@EuSouRCS]

@@WhiteHat94 legendary Holy Diver Speedrunner BTW!

[@wdcain1]

While you were justifiably harsh on the level design, the artwork looks great. The swamp, factory, and forest look amazing. I've seen lousey 2D platformers on NES that look so cluttered but this looks pleasing.

[@28Pluto]

The two Swamp Thing movies from the 80's are actually pretty fun, if you enjoy B movies that pay homage to the 60's monster movies. I guarantee they will always be more entertaining than whatever attempts at a remake will be, because there's actually a sense of fun and adventure in the old ones. (and the special effects get way better in the second movie.)

[@BigOleWords]

I did not realize there was a second one!

[@28Pluto]

@@BigOleWords The sequel has more tongue-in-cheek vibes, but the highlight is the budget was spent on monsters and effects... And Heather Locklear!

[@jackplumley3308]

This is on my list of the 20 or so games I need to complete my NES collection. I know it’s total garbage but I still want it!

[@carn9507]

you got a spare 200 dollars for it? :O It's some costly crap for sure. :)

[@BigOleWords]

That last stretch if rare games if a real dark path, good luck!

[@toddhouchin3252]

My final four still elude me.

[@toddburgess5056]

​@@carn9507200 dollars 😳

[@101fng]

I gotta say, the swamp thing sprite and its animation is amazing. It looks more like a SNES sprite than it does a NES sprite even with the palette limited to just three colors.

[@TheUrbanCavalier]

Love the NES Games No One Played series! Good job 👍

[@BigOleWords]

Hey thanks!

[@Daftanemone]

The dc unlimited/HBO max series is super good. It’s incredibly frustrating there was some weird tax reasons it was cancelled before the first season even finished

[@Thomasmemoryscentral]

Geez Swamp Thing is unlucky with a season 1 on both animation and a HBO series. Did they progress beyond 5 episodes for HBO at least?

[@carn9507]

@@Thomasmemoryscentral 10 episodes. Originally meant to be 13. But 10 were completed. The show was cancelled literally days after episode 1 aired (and had received great response from critics and fans). All 10 were aired and it was a great show. Wish it had continued.

[@scruggy3337]

The obscure "Mr. Show" audio clip in the intro is why I subscribed, but I stayed for the content!

[@BigOleWords]

If I could find more ways to sneak in Mr show clips I would!

[@scruggy3337]

@@BigOleWords Sad songs are the key that get our tears out of Eye Jail.

[@roboexe]

The flowers on the ground - that even appear during in your footage - can be used with the transformations and you could’ve avoided some (definitely not all 😄) of those hurt-traps with the transformations … so, yeah, I kinda really want a follow-up video with you now knowing how to transform / use the one major mechanic that is in the game. 😄

[@BigOleWords]

Yeahhhhh that’s never going to happen ;)

[@jonothanthrace1530]

At least they did a competent job of making ST's sprite look like him.

[@BigOleWords]

That is true!

[@markmyers6756]

I had two of the swamp thing action figures back in the day.

[@BigOleWords]

That show seemed perfectly made to sell action figures and vehicles.

[@andrewdowell6474]

The guy on fire is cool but not as cool as snowboarding down a mountain on a corpse.

[@toddhouchin3252]

Like Fry and Bender using Leela as a toboggan?

[@angelriverasantana7755]

Cliffhanger on NES is dumb but amazing

[@BigOleWords]

That cannot ever be topped

[@ValensBellator]

I remember loving the swamp thing cartoon and having toys… never knew there were only 5 episodes 😂

[@Smaxx]

Wow, watched up util the point where you talked about the Simpsons games and I was constantly thinking "these jumps and the camera (and the level design) constantly remind me of the Bartman game". Crazy. 😀

[@BigOleWords]

Right? It took me a second but then I had the same feeling and it was true!

[@namebrandmason]

I remember the Swamp Thing cartoon, and I liked it enough that I'm surprised they only made five episodes. It's Ring Raiders all over again. I can say Kenner put some love into the Swamp Thing toys.

[@BigOleWords]

That whole show seemed like a toys commercial

[@IceifritGaming]

I never realized the show was that short-lived.

[@Marzimus]

Kenner, that's a name I haven't heard in at least two decades...

[@ChapterMasterDad]

Definately thought Bartman vs Radioactive man immediately! That junkyard background....

[@Thomasmemoryscentral]

Have no idea why they used the enemy bounce sound effect for Swamp Thing if Imagineering recycled the Bart VS The Space Mutants engine for this. Can they not have just used Bart's jumping sound instead? They did it for Home Alone 2 on NES

[@BigOleWords]

Did home alone 2 use the same engine?

[@BigOleWords]

Right?!

[@Thomasmemoryscentral]

@@BigOleWords it reused the jumping and hit by enemy sound effects for Kevin but strangely not the super jump controls of tapping a and b. Maybe Home Alone 2 used a modified engine?

[@feenix219]

From what I recall, it wasn't a real series, but a 5 part miniseries that is basically just a 2 hour movie cut up. All the major cartoons back then had special 5 part episodes like that. IDK.

[@BigOleWords]

Huh, that's kind of cool!

[@feenix219]

@@BigOleWords GI Joe started out as a 5 part mini series, and featured them throughout the run. GI Joe the Movie was broken up that way, as was Thunderats HO! thoe Movie. Thundercats had at least 3 more of those 5 part events, and Transformers had a couple as well. Ducktales did it a couple times. I'm sure there are a few more.

[@mattsweeney3790]

Who knew the opening to this game was that hot!? Ah yes, the Bart vs space mutants engine, A++.

[@BigOleWords]

That Swamp Thing, so hot right now.

[@danbauer3669]

I got this game as part of a crazy collection purchase. It was an NES with like 50+ games and 4 controllers and a four score. I paid a hundred bucks. Buddy really just wanted to get rid of it. This was maybe 15 years ago. Anyway, Swamp Thing was included as something that I hardly noticed until I started using the GamEye app and it told me that this game was $300. What?! Now I don't really know much of anything about Swamp Thing other than that it is a DC comic and an over priced game. And all the sound effects are the same as the Simpsons games. Maybe I'll give this one a go! You've now covered 5 games in this series that I own, but those titles still hold up as "Games I've Hardly Played At All Despite Them Sitting In My Collection For Many Years." Not as catchy a title, I know. Great content, as always, James!

[@BigOleWords]

Oh yeah? What were the other ones?

[@danbauer3669]

@@BigOleWords Snoopy, Time Diver, Crystal Palace and Indiana Jones. Maybe Time Diver Eon Man is in the wrong playlist there, maybe not. Anyway, Snoopy and 2 of the 3 Indiana Jones games were in that bundle. Most of it was junk like Bases Loaded II and Skate or Die but I got the "I gotta get rid of this crap" discount. Almost always worth it! DynoWarz was in that bundle. Maybe that game belongs in this series. See you in the next one, James.

[@used39]

Epidermis Lad is definitely in the Legion of Superheroes.

[@BigOleWords]

Honestly, that wouldn't surprise me.

[@AshRiot81]

Crazy that the swamp thing animated series only had five episodes yet a fully fleshed out toy line. I had so many of them...

[@Larry]

David Crane's Imagineering used the engine for a bunch of other games, I think it's also used on a Boy and his Blob, Attack of the Killer Tomatoes and Ghostbusters II. But did you see the recent HBO Max Swamp Thing series? I thought it was pretty decent, shame they cancelled it after one season.

[@BigOleWords]

Whoa that’s wild, but I could definitely see how those three games would use the same engine. And no, not yet but folks here seem to like it!

[@Larry]

@@BigOleWords Sweet, it's well worth a watch! This could also be a great topic for a future video for you, "Games that used the same engine". Sunsoft, Ocean and Acclaim/LJN definitely reused the same engine a few times with NES games. Like Robocop 2,3 and Darkman with Ocean Etc. and Capcom with Megaman 4 and Darkwing Duck.

[@BigOleWords]

@@Larry Yeah for sure! I've been making a list of games that fit the bill, but man that list just keeps growing and growing and growing...

[@Larry]

@@BigOleWords It's amazing how many there are once you start to notice the simularities. Quite a few "oh yeah!" moments :)

[@Ace-rg2ic]

Great series, going back to watch em all now.

[@BigOleWords]

Awesome, glad you like em!

[@samusvikerness661]

I'm sure all the kids on the playground were just clamoring to get their hands on Swamp Thing for their Nintendo Entertainment System!

[@BigOleWords]

If it were 1988, they might’ve honestly. In 1992? Not so much

[@mlc4050]

Best Kid Kool? You overestimate me. I'd have better luck shoving a marshmallow through a coin slot

[@BigOleWords]

Heyo!

[@susanfit47]

I seen the Swamp Thing cartoon, and I liked it that they only made 5 episodes. It's like Ring Raiders all over again. I seen the show when It was originally turned it down to CBS, during its mid-season replacement debut on Fox as part of Fox Kids Network programming block in Halloween 1990, followed by 4 additional episodes airing weekly in early 1991, and airing in reruns in July to August 1991. I also watched the show airing in reruns on Chip and Pepper Foster's show, Chip and Pepper's Cartoon Madness on NBC, the one with the bulldogs. It was usually like Captain Caveman, Casper the Friendly Ghost, Heckle and Jeckle, Popeye the Sailor, but I recall Swamp Thing being on the show as well. It lasted 1 season from fall 1991 to summer 1992. After NBC cancelled all its cartoon slate, USA Network reran the show on the Saturday morning version of USA Cartoon Express later that year, and The Sci-Fi Channel would syndicate Swamp Thing years later. Last time I seen the cartoon when the U.K. The Children's Channel rebroadcast the show in the 1990's. The game’s followed approximately one year after the cancelled of the show.

[@frankieclayton9303]

We need swamp thing in the DC movies right now

[@BigOleWords]

I think he had a show recently? Have not seen it yet.

[@DuckAvenger]

I remember seeing an episode of the swamp thing cartoon and going out and getting a glow in the dark swamp thing figure not sure if I ever saw another haha

[@BigOleWords]

That sounds like a rad action figure honestly.

[@joshthefunkdoc]

You know, i wonder if "NES Games Using Other Games' Engines" could be a video in itself. This was def a practice kept up for a while afterward - all of Natsume's SNES Power Rangers games had recycled engines from other great games of theirs (Ninja Warriors Again for the beat-em-ups, Gundam Wing: Endless Duel for the fighting game) to pick just one company of many!

[@BigOleWords]

It’s something I’m gathering info on now. I don’t know a ton about programming so that may be a limiting factor

[@ZakTDuck]

3:50 🎶Oooh Skin Man Villain in disguise But Skeleton man Sees through his plan With his skeleton eyes!

[@coopleofnerds]

That box and cover art is fire at least! Hahaha great review!

[@BigOleWords]

That is true!

[@susanfit47]

This Swamp Thing game for the Nintendo NES, is based on the DIC Animation City animated show of the same name, of the Vertigo/DC Comics character Swamp Thing, off of the USA Network's USA Cartoon Express in cable syndicated reruns back in the early 90's.

[@whosaidthat84]

My brother and i had a VHS of the Swamp Thing cartoon pilot episode. We watched it over and over again. Then when we found out there was a game, our hype level was through the roof. But we never found it any where to buy or rent. Thank god we didn't.

[@BigOleWords]

That would’ve been a sobering purchase for sure!

[@whosaidthat84]

@@BigOleWords for sure. But as a kid, I would have forced myself to push through it and like it 😆

[@whosaidthat84]

@@BigOleWords so I just loaded up the emulator for this game right now 😆😆 childhood wish fulfilled!!

[@spoonybardtoma]

I distinctly remember watching the Swamp Thing animated series as a kid on the Chip and Pepper show! The theme song being a knockoff of Wild Thing was absolute genius

[@BigOleWords]

Chip and Pepper show? What was that?

[@spoonybardtoma]

@@BigOleWords The guys who used to make those Chip and Pepper tie dyed shirts with the bulldogs on them had a TV show. They hosted a little live action segment where they acted like cool surfer dudes before playing a random cartoon. It was usually something like Captain Caveman but I remember Swamp Thing being on it as well. I think it only lasted one season

[@spoonybardtoma]

@@BigOleWords Okay, did a bit more digging and the show was actually called Chip and Pepper's Cartoon Madness. It ran on NBC in 1991. The guys are Canadian, so maybe the trend of everyone wearing those tie dye shirts was a Canadian thing? I'm Canadian and born in 1981 so I'd have been pretty much the exact target audience for this

[@tornadot2025]

The jumping sound makes it sound like he's farting every time that he jumps. Also, lol @ 5:06!

[@BigOleWords]

hahaha

[@tenebrousoul9368]

This is the first time I had heard of this game. Ty

[@BigOleWords]

You got it!

[@StorytimewithMayLynn]

Your "jeepers Creepers" audio clip opening is just EVERYTHING! Love it!

[@BigOleWords]

Haha thanks, had to sneak that in there ;)

[@lizardguyNA]

This is one time where Swamp thing was simply not Amazing. If you know about the cartoon, you're definitely rolling your eyes at that quip.

[@carn9507]

oh god yeah they used wild thing for the theme. I'd forgotten that. So cheesy.

[@glowingfish]

This game looks like someone was putting some effort into it, like the level design and art looks like they wanted to make a Swamp Thing game, and not a generic platformer. But they didn't have time to really incorporate any unique gameplay elements. They probably rushed it to coincide with what they thought would be the cartoon's popularity.

[@RetroNatti]

Nice video, thank you for sharing 👋

[@BigOleWords]

You got it!

[@huffdaddy89]

Probably in my bottom 5 NES games of all time, easy. Though the box art is the best part of it!

[@BigOleWords]

It’s pretty low down there for sure

[@et3737]

The graphical style reminds me of Bart versus the space mutants

[@jefflindquist6138]

This game is unique and I like it. 🙂

[@OrdoNekro]

This uses the same engine as Bart v the Space Mutants, theres even a rom hack of this game that replaces Swampy with Bart!

[@BigOleWords]

Guessing you didn’t make it til the end of the video ;)

[@romusz]

Wow, this came out in 1992 huh....no wonder nobody played it. Probably why such little effort was put into it- by that time we were already into the SNES/Genesis. By the look of it though, nobody missed anything!

[@carn9507]

eh I dunno. Some of the NES' best games were in 1992 such as Kick Master, Bucky O'Hare, Super Spy Hunter, Mega Man 5 etc. 1993 had Kirby's Adventure, Mighty Final Fight, Chip N Dale 2, Duck Tales 2. So at least some companies will still putting in the effort for those of us poorer folk who couldn't upgrade to 16 bit yet. :P

[@BigOleWords]

Yes exactly :)

[@broncosbreaks]

Your game cartridge has the distressed look as if you found it in the swamp. Ba-doom, tssss 🥁.

[@BigOleWords]

I got some real swamp-ass games in my collection :)

[@jessewilley531]

Swamp Thing only got five episodes because that was sorta how Murakami Wolf Swenson and DIC would launch new series if they weren't pure commissions in the late 80s and early 90s. They would make 1-5 episodes. Then they would try to get marketing campaigns going. If those products did well, they would go to series. For every Kissyfur or TMNT we got out of it, there were five Toxic Crusaders, Swamp Thing, or Sigfried and Roy: Masters of the Impossible.

[@carn9507]

I didn't even know Siegfried and Roy had a cartoon. :O At least Toxic Crusaders got 13 episodes which is more than Swamp Thing's 5 here. :P I remember the toys of both these shows.

[@thecunninlynguist]

Always thought toxic crusaders got at least 26...but I guess that's 80s reruns do

[@mightyfilm]

@@thecunninlynguist Toxic Crusaders deserved better. Of all the TMNT-alikes that came out in the early to mid 90's, it was the one that deserved to be a hit.

[@jessewilley531]

@@carn9507 Yeah, Toxic Crusaders the toyline survived two waves, so Murakami Wolf Swenson had enough faith for a second batch of episodes.

[@jessewilley531]

@@thecunninlynguist Nope... 13. Though the first five episodes were later reedited into a movie.

[@tonyantonellis9983]

When I make a 3D animated DC franchise I will even inspire a perfect Swamp Thing game.

[@BigOleWords]

Umm ok sounds good!

[@tonyantonellis9983]

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[@tonyantonellis9983]

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[@bes03c]

I remember loving Peter Pan and the Pirates as a kid and being super excited to play the NES game. I thought it was so cool that you could fly. Then, I remember it being too hard and not liking it.

[@taym510Oak]

With swamp thing being one of my favorite characters idk how I missed out on this game I loved the movies and the tv series matter fact I never knew they had a game back then but I see I didn’t miss out on much 😂😂 👍🏿

[@BigOleWords]

I love the Alan Moore comics but this game is one of my all time least favorite games

[@jhfoleiss]

Have you ever considered making a video about playable, fair-difficulty NES games? Most of the NES library was full of crap, like the game showed in the video. I think a video on actually fun games would be awesome!

[@BigOleWords]

There are a few out there for sure, but I've never thought about a video like that. Maybe!

[@sdowns77]

Hi. I’ve checked a few videos out and am enjoying them. May I ask why jeepers creepers semi star is your intro? That sketch is profound and Dino Stamatopoulos is pretty great

[@BigOleWords]

So as a Mr. Show fan, that's probably one of my least favorite sketches. BUT, that sound bite and devil dance David does is pretty funny and for some reason when I was trying to choose an intro sound that's the only thing I could think of!

[@sdowns77]

@@BigOleWords that’s pretty funny. Take a sound bite from one of the least favorite sketches. That song is catchy and I understand why it was in your head. I hate musical theatre but that sketch and Porcupine Race from The State without any irony helped shape what I love from sketch. It’s morphed since I’ve first seen them 25 years ago, but I can’t recommend those sketches to strangers enough.

[@BigOleWords]

@@sdowns77 Yes! Porcupine Racetrack is an amazing sketch. So funny in it's stupidity. They did a zoom reunion thing during Covid and performed that sketch, Tenement, and a few more.

[@RobsRetroGaming]

Good looking game! I need to play this one!

[@BigOleWords]

If you say so!

[@RageyRage82]

Yeah, seems like one of those games that I am simply content with hearing about, and not actually playing LOL!

[@BigOleWords]

You’re not missing a thing!

[@NYHeeb]

Loved the toys. Wish still had them.

[@robertlong6027]

Batman vs Swamp Thing

[@EuSouRCS]

Everybody seems to hate this game,but when I decide to play it for the first time I only stop after beating it,such a peculiar game indeed.

[@BigOleWords]

Props to you for beating it, some of those levels are ROUGH

[@EuSouRCS]

@@BigOleWords After beating Holy Diver 100% and deathless I'm not the same anymore (BTW Holy Diver is a MASTERPIECE,do yourself a gift and score one Retrobit re release cartridge).

[@ChaoticHoly]

I liked the Swamp Thing movies...

[@AntLeonardi01]

You should try the Swamp thing easy rom hack. The game is actually pretty good with the minor tweaks. Run is always on for example.

[@BigOleWords]

That’s awesome

[@AntLeonardi01]

@@BigOleWords yup makes the game worth playing

[@Alianger]

Ain't no thang like swamp thang

[@BigOleWords]

That’s the truth!

[@TheChristianCollector]

I bought this in kmart for a dollar when I was a kid.

[@BigOleWords]

Definitely worth a dollar!

[@skeletor7908]

I love that intro!!! 😎❤️👌🏻

[@deniskenn]

I remember buying this at FuncoLand for like 3$ and being thoroughly disappointed.

[@carn9507]

If you'd kept it you might have made a nice profit. It goes for around $200 loose these days. Because for some folk, the collecting of the game is worth more to them than actually playing the game itself. :P

[@Kylora2112]

I'd be like "I got this game for free and still want a refund."

[@deniskenn]

@@Kylora2112 lol yeah... it absolutely stinks. Surprisingly it's now worth 70x more money than I paid for it. But expensive certainly doesn't mean good. I'm gonna keep it just for my collection's sake but I'll surely never play it again. I still have my games from the 80s and 90s I don't think I'll ever sell any of them.

[@deniskenn]

@@carn9507 I still have it. I don't think I'll sell it though. I still have all my games from the 80s and 90s and I'd like to keep them forever. Even the terrible ones haha

[@carn9507]

@@deniskenn oh cool, well the option is there if you ever find yourself needing some money. :)

[@djachmedd]

Interesting, I actually think the grafics look very good! Sharp colours and nice sprite work (except that factory stage or what it is?) But with that control scheme and inability to attack, I will surely pass on this. Thanks for another objective review! I'll save my money for some other game

[@BigOleWords]

You're not the only one to say they like the way it looks. Maybe it's just me!

[@faub3282]

Just picked this up for $200. Cartridge only.

[@BigOleWords]

That sounds about right!

[@childofcascadia]

Should have been named "attack of the nightmare testicle causes a green guy". That would rule. That jump animation is killing me. He looks like hes sitting on a toilet. @ 5:35, whats that blue thing? It looks like an angry engine.

[@BigOleWords]

Hahaha perfect!

[@backinthedaygamer]

I picked up this dumpster fire back in the day for like $4.99. I so wanted it to be like the comics. In the beginning of the video I was about to toss it in. Thank you for saving me from never getting that tine back lol

[@BigOleWords]

That’s still a solid deal!

[@BenWard29]

This game gives me late 80's Euro-platformer vibes- slippery controls, bad jumping and, of course, Swamp Thing's worst enemy: deadly water droplets! Also, the palette cycling of the fire looks like absolute ass. I've often wanted to check this game out, especially since I used to (occasionally) watch the USA Network Swamp Thing show as a kid. Glad I never got around to actually playing this one.

[@BigOleWords]

That’s a solid comparison

[@P-lanlo-S]

Had this Game on Gameboy as a Kid, never understood what to do or what it was about 😅 but the Cover was nice.

[@RetroReef]

I love Swamp Thing. I so wish this game was good. In a perfect world we would have got a sweet Swamp Thing / Animal Man crossover game.

[@BigOleWords]

That’d be too much for the people ;)

[@locke103]

i played it, buried deep within my channel though

[@fakename2212]

I had and HATED Bart vs Radioactive Man, and as soon as I tried this game, I could tell it was related.

[@intel386DX]

at least the walk animation is nice

[@BigOleWords]

True!

[@banjohero1182]

i love you just for the aspect ratio

[@BigOleWords]

All for you!

[@thecunninlynguist]

I played a rom hack that replaced swamp thing with bart

[@BigOleWords]

I mentioned it at the end!

[@catholicactionbibleonlyist1813]

The Simpsons: Bart vs. the Space Mutants is my least favorite game of all time(played the Sega genesis vision)

[@Ruudos]

The NES version is actually better than the Genesis version (apart from the graphics of course).

[@jamespero6803]

Wasn't Moores run on swamp thing in the 70s?

[@BigOleWords]

I’m not that old!

[@jamespero6803]

@@BigOleWords unfortunately I am

[@knkn5049]

i have completed this game with Bart Simpson hack, last levels have questionable design: long and tideous, and hard to understand where to go, but nothing more nothing less you can find at another platformers

[@BigOleWords]

Nice!

[@justsayinit6789]

thanks bro! can you do a review of Sword Master? Seems pretty decent and just found it

[@carn9507]

Check his past videos. He did Sword Master a couple of months ago. :)

[@justsayinit6789]

@@carn9507 awesome thanks

[@BigOleWords]

Yep, just recently! NES Games No One Played: SWORD MASTER (Nintendo Entertainment System) kzbin.info/www/bejne/qarKZaKijs6rf7M

[@stutterin_stick239]

Believe me or not it took me 2 years to beat this lol 😅

[@BigOleWords]

I’m impressed, I do not share your resolve

[@toddhouchin3252]

I convinced my pal not to buy this and widget for 45 bucks. I finally found one in the wild for him. It was way more than 45!

[@BigOleWords]

Bad friend!

[@toddhouchin3252]

@@BigOleWords I know! But at least he got one for free eventually on my dime, haha!

[@Elucidus]

This may be the most appropriate use of the NES color palette. And this is another entry into the genre of games that make superheroes look lame as hell.

[@childofcascadia]

The jump sprite looks like hes sitting on a toilet!

[@youreallyplaythat]

So... based on your review, am I to understand this is next week's livestream game? :P

[@BigOleWords]

good god no

[@marcgoesblindgaming2076]

I actually do remember playing this Yeah it's pretty unimpressive But definitely played much worse on the NES, Had no idea it used The Simpsons engine, Fun fact and fantastic video thanks for sharing mate

[@BigOleWords]

Sounds like several games also used that Simpsons engine which is unfortunate for sure!

[@necogreendragon]

There are so many nes games that don't have a crouch or down attack. Looking you Metroid. It was always so frustrating to watch those little ankle biters shimmy up to me with no to do but jump over them. Some masochists would combine that with low ceilings and your just eating damage.

[@carn9507]

And some games don't even have a crouch... ALL THEM MEGA MANS! :O

[@BigOleWords]

And while it does bug me a little in Metroid, it's nowhere near the level of "WHY?!" that exists here.

[@bilwisss]

when was the last time you watched the swamp thing films? 1982 1989

[@loganjorgensen]

Makes me sad to play Swamp Thing since it has a lot of potential, shame it's not as good as Sunsoft Batman.😐 I'm not a big fan of overly large HUD status bars but the way this developer uses the full screen isn't very good. All that perspective projection doesn't make sense when you can't move like that(It's not Battletoads.) so the world just ends up looking big and messy while the character sprites seem very small in scale comparison. Let's just say they weren't level masters since that messy layout practice continued on SNES.😝 I'll defend the sprite art because it's actually pretty good for a semi-realistic aesthetic and the plants are actually well depicted which many NES games fail at. Seen worse but yeah the depth-contrast between foreground and background could be better, coupled with the weird perspectives just exacerbates that too.🤔 Somebody should be able to color hack those issues out but really the whole game needs a redux Ie. Swamp Thing: The Good Edition.😉

[@bigguy7353]

Yeah, I played it back then.

[@doordashdriver]

I got the 'rona! I need a list of games to play that take all day because I got nothing to do except lay down and not move

[@BigOleWords]

I recommend Fun House, there’s no way you’ll be that in quarantine

[@childofcascadia]

Oh shit, doordash. Me and my dear hubby got it (at the same time even) almost exactly a year ago. It was 5 days of pure hell where we said we realized how this thing could kill people and another 5 days of feeling shitty but not dead. I heard the one that goes around now isnt quite as hardcore as earlier versions. So I hope its just a shitty cold for you (my boss had it a couple months ago. He rated it "between a bad cold and a light flu". Sucks, but not deathly.) Take care.

[@chaospoet]

I loved Swamp Thing back then ( I was a kid, but thought he looked cool) and this was a big disappointment. I rented it, thank God, and never played it again. This is up there with Conan The Adventurer, also for NES, as one of my worst weekend rentals ever.

[@carn9507]

if you mean Conan: The Mysteries of Time then yeah that's an odd game since it's basically an older 8-bit game called Myth: History in the Making (which was decent on the 8 bit home micros), poorly ported to NES and with Conan inserted as the player character.

[@childofcascadia]

@carn9507 But Conan: Hall of Volta for the Apple IIe is epic.

[@BigOleWords]

Sadly Conan is way worse than SwampThing!

[@BackForwardPunch]

What do you think should have been in a proper swamp thing game if they were making one for nes? The alan moore stuff definitely doesn’t translate to any kind of a game to me… Maybe just visual novels or existential puzzle.

[@BigOleWords]

I don't know, having played something recently like Full Quiet, I could definitely see something in that style. Maybe a Metroid style game where you open new areas as Constantine teaches you new abilities :)

[@BackForwardPunch]

@@BigOleWords Metroidvania is always a fun idea yea. I just feel like it's so dreamy and trippy that I'd wonder what you could do. Back in the day, NES games just defaulted to shitty platformer and called it a day most of the time on a licensed property

[@commentresurrection1841]

lol you totally missed that you can run. Gotta get the manual

[@BigOleWords]

I just looked it up. "Hold A after jumping to make Swamp Thing walk faster." THAT'S RIDICULOUS! Why would I hold the jump button after jumping?!? Damn you Swamp Thing!

[@commentresurrection1841]

@@BigOleWords HA! Yea that makes no sense. Probably trying to be innovative or something.

[@Syranovæ]

But. He makes my heart sing. He makes everything... Groovy.

[@BigOleWords]

That theme song!

[@Jac2Mac]

If you think this Swamp Thing game is bad, wait till you see the Gameboy Swamp Thing game which is even worse.

[@BigOleWords]

[@carn9507]

Yeah this game is awful. The 80s movies have some cheesey charm. But I loooved the 2019 TV show though and still stings a bit that it was cancelled just DAYS after it's well-receieved premiere episode. All ten episodes that were made did air though and it's a really good show. Derek Mears was a fantastic Swamp Thing. :)

[@BigOleWords]

I watched a little bit of it and it seemed ok!

[@NESbrownbearhugs]

Swamp Thing is a very difficult game and pricey.

[@BigOleWords]

Yes it is to both!

[@jameslabrat5177]

I remember this being one of the most frustrating and irritating games I've ever played as a kid 🤬😤

[@FourBudgies87]

Believe it or not the Game Boy version of Swamp Thing is even worse. Many call it the worst Game Boy game of all time and I can't argue with that.

[@BigOleWords]

That's a big nope for me!

[@novelezra]

It sucks that this game sucks because they got the early 90's comic book style coloring just right.

[@BigOleWords]

Yes they did!

[@myyoutubepage199]

what do you mean games no one played? i own this game , i have it complete, stil lhave it since my childhood.