NES Longplay [160] Code Name: Viper

[@SDSOverfiend]

One of the best Nes games I ever played....

[@darkridearts]

Capcom's Rolling Thunder. Also, it takes a real man to walk into the office of a superior officer without pants

[@davisdawson5047]

Carsten a real man, or a baby, or a very attractive lady, or all 3 at once

[@EarlyGene]

He does wear pants, it's because of the NES' palette limitations.

[@Paladin1034]

@@EarlyGene you're fun at parties, huh?

[@ryandiggs750]

Damn

[@robertmcmillan3638]

@@EarlyGene pallette limitations or not, did the game developers not see this? Did none of them think that it was a bit weird that the guys legs were the same colour as his face? You know? Flesh toned. I do actually think programmers are having a laugh at times. It's the same with builders. They always seem to leave deliberate screw ups in a person's home.

[@MHSenju3000]

It's been over 30 yrs and that level 5 music is still stuck in my head till this day!!!

[@realitylapse]

What I loved most about this game is whenever you clear a level, you can see the boss's reaction from his palms gesture, the more he sees me/you/him, progress the more impatient he gets. I am seeing this gameplay more than a decade after. Ahh such memories.

[@aryalsuresh1]

damn i thought that was the player itself. Never thought about this

[@อัครเดชนาคพิทักษ์ไไันามน]

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[@อัครเดชนาคพิทักษ์ไไันามน]

😂vvisL😂❤😂😮😅

[@อัครเดชนาคพิทักษ์ไไันามน]

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[@AdamFerrari64]

One of gamings most well done plot twists. The way Jones says “goodbye” at the beginning, the way you figure out more and more about the truth after every mission, and finish by defeating the man who sent you out in the first place.

[@corporal381]

I was too young to realize it then, but it had to be referencing Iran/Contra.

[@jimmyhuynh6049]

metal gear on the nes already had explored the topic

[@bidhubrahma757]

In my childhood I always had the fear of dying... I used to play very slow... But u played like legend... But good to remember those days.

[@Redox9406]

I just love the ending theme and themes of level 7 and 8.

[@von2300]

the first 2 stages gotta be the most unforgettable baseline in a game, Thanks for the nostalgia.

[@KyuuAA]

Wow, he does look like he's not wearing pants. LOL

[@theimmortalvk9273]

Shut the fuck up

[@renbelmont]

TheImmortalVK woah dude

[@theimmortalvk9273]

ToasterRabbit Don't "woah dude" me. Look at the official artwork on the Capcom Wiki.

[@JinzoCrash]

Yeah Immortal, we all really think he actually wasn't wearing pants.

[@KamyAnai03]

Agree

[@jovalleau]

Sounds like the music composers for Duck Tales had a hand in this one.

[@KingJoffy]

This was one of my favorite games as A's kid, it was so easy to beat though, they need to remake this for PS4 that shit would be lit.

[@bigbabatunde1218]

So easy? The controls were shocking.

[@draken_zx6844]

Yeah those controls damn -_-!

[@carlosalachemunoz5802]

I didn't known this game is consider as hidden gem. I'm glad I played this game

[@PositiveBrothaHakeem]

Part of the reason is because Codename: Viper has never been ported to other consoles or re-released on one of Capcom's many retro game compilations. That being said, CV is a damn good Rolling Thunder ripoff that still holds up today.

[@Livithen86]

I remember playing this game growing up and it had a charm to me back then that I loved it

[@so047]

brings back memories... it was one of my fav games in childhood.

[@jamesl.anderson1384]

They hunted him down. They murdered his friends. Now they've taken the one thing he would kill for - his only friend May Heaven help them. Somewhere... somehow... someone's going to pay If there's a mission that no man could survive...then *he's* the man for the job. Michael J. Fox Jean Claude Van-Damme Code Name Viper Max Eriksson: You Ready Kenny Smith (A.K.A.) Viper: Let Party

[@kagemaru259]

Imagine you're a POW and you're rescued by a pantsless man....

[@CT-yc4gd]

Damn. This was the Goldeneye of that era....

[@Avrelivs_Gold]

They stole his pants and he is very angry.

[@yisroeldovidweiss6845]

Im here cuz James n Mike are totally clueless about this game

[@nydaimyo]

Remember kids: Winners don't use drugs.

[@beckerblue2]

It would be perfect this message , when you finish this game :)

[@firesocks2017]

Put him on the next Marvel vs Capcom

[@AHorseThatIsARadish]

Just did

[@山田太郎-k3p4j]

@@beckerblue2 むっちゃ感動です。小学生５年生以来、約３２年ぶりにこのゲーム見ました。 ずっと探していたのですが、タイトルもわからず、ほぼ諦めていましたが、まさかまさかです😭😭😭

[@truebruh2825]

Love this game when I was a kid

[@AdnanKhan-ty2sl]

There was a Famicon ripoff to this game called Super Morial Arms. Just watched it on CineMassacre lol

[@AmbientPlanet]

I just got here from James & Mike mondays

[@patrick8488]

+AmbientPlanet yeah, it looks like a totally different game when you watch someone who actually knows how to play it. It looks to be a good game.

[@Conan_the_Based]

Same here :D I don't know about you, but I was getting pissed off when those two were like "this high jump is useless" when 5 pixels over was a ledge they could clearly land on with it.

[@DehnusNorder]

+LordDyhalto Yeah these days they mostly Troll. I mean it has been used in Shinobi games all the time too. But oh well that's Cinemassacre for you these days :D.

[@ravekid23]

+DehnusNorder In their defense they are just game collectors and entertainers, not professional players. That video was painfully frustrating to watch though.

[@DehnusNorder]

終わり True, but lately they have been going more and more for the "Troll click" compared to their older style. Like calling people Nerds for helping them out with obscure titles and reveling in their annoyance of people that justly point out that a start button will bring up an inventory in a lot of games. Even calling a game a Zelda rip off, because Factor 5 decided to reuse similar icons to make it more playable on the N64. Factor 5 ported Indiana Jones and the Infernal machine due to nobody else wishing to do it. It was a bit of a rush job,true, but they did an okay job in how well it kept up with the PC graphics the game was ported from. I am having trouble to deny myself the thought that it is all done on purpose to get Troll Clicks. As really enthusiasts like them would know this about Factor 5 (Seeing how much the German Studio did for Nintendo's consoles). I mean they can dislike the game of course, but recently I feel they are just bashing obvious things that they give other titles leeway in for click bait.

[@Andres33AU]

I love the Bionic Commando sound effects. No surprise it's also Capcom.

[@The_Gallowglass]

This is the best version of Super Morial Arms ever.

[@coa9080]

I've been trying to find this game for YEARS. I played it as a kid all the time.

[@williambatson2514]

So many copies on Ebay

[@coa9080]

​@@williambatson2514 yeah but that doesn't mean anything if you can't remember the name. does it?

[@aryalsuresh1]

it was named dead fox in some countries maybe thats the reason

[@Nehulo55]

20:35 this was the best boss fight i have ever seen..

[@EngPheniks]

I used to be freaked out by the statues that come to life in level 4

[@otomo129]

Capcom used to make such godly games, back then it would've been impossible to believe what they became.

[@alvarochaves1999]

But this is a clone of Namco's Rolling Thunder.

[@gauravbisht7703]

Love this game forever ❤ the third area background sound was amazing 👍

[@sharpshooter188]

Pay attention to this matter! Man, we really let translation slide as kids....

[@trueutuber4599]

i remember this game as dead fox definately one of the best game I've ever played ❤️❤️

[@Nehulo55]

ahh.. reminds me of old days

[@thirstfast1025]

Level 7 has such a "Double Dragons II" feel to it!

[@nt.hunter]

Fuck me, was this played by a demi-god? 100% accuracy and going full speed, jeez.

[@turbokiller]

re-Playing it right now!

[@dunndolo]

OMG. This is one of my top 5 games for Nes. Fun and challenging. Music was great. Too bad it was so short though. Good long play man.

[@ShadowXMewtwo]

God man... I used to play this in the early 90s when I was still pissing my pampers. I don't think I ever even got passed the first level but I used to love it and legit though this dude was naked... Good times good times

[@Cornelius87]

just came here to see how to get past the tootsie roll.

[@chrisdavis5918]

Amazing gameplay!!

[@marinadixon1418]

Me re-encanta este juego fue parte de mí infancia,hay solo una cosa yo a este juego lo tenia con las letras japonesas,pero es igual de todos modos. Es muy buenisimo!!!♥♥

[@arelgames7656]

Hay que tener buenos reflejos para pasarlo hasta el final sin duda un juegazo

[@DavidFlores-ix2cy]

Exacto!! Es más, el título tambien venía en japonés, por lo que los vendedores lo rebautizaron como "El agente 007", pero a mi mas se me hacía como otra versión del clásico de arcadias "Rolling thunder". Grandes recuerdos del vicio. Saludos.

[@johnathanrobinzine3149]

I like that oldschool nes code name viper

[@daheilong]

Hahaha. U need a bomb for that tootsie roll

[@jeff97ish]

Got this coming in the mail soon. Looks fun!

[@mrmacedon]

great game of my childhood

[@leadingham3000]

This was a fun game lots of action keeps you on your toes

[@juilversthal8005]

I knew it... I was sure this game exist... 30years without the name

[@truebruh2825]

His eyes I always looked red at the end of the first conversation

[@zionven]

at first it was tough..i started playing this game when i was 11 years old...i played more then 50 times fully without any password...i loved the music in the game so i played lot of time...even today i hear the music of all NES..they are really great :)

[@578morgan7]

this is my childhood the tiem passing by very fast ....................... i want my time come back ..........

[@loydfernandes2855]

Enjoyed playing this game as a kid

[@MegaKronos1]

this game was a copycat of the arcade game called Rolling Thunder. none the less it was a great game and fun for the NES during its time. I had this game and it takes me back.

[@adrianozzz]

Even it looks really difficult, the game seems to be pretty good. Mike and James really need to improve their NES skills hehe

[@meta2006]

+Adriano Garcez Yes, It was not an AVGN video where he could pretend to suck at the game, I believe that for a youtube show like James & Mike Mondays a little research before actually shooting the game play would help.

[@theearthmovesagain]

I understand that James and Mike Mondays are supposed to be humorous and entertainment, but the watching of them two purposefully playing poorly just game after game and complaining about really simple gameplay mechanics becomes disingenuous and infuriating after a while to the games. Yes, there were many titles with some poor control schemes and some unfair difficulty, but unless it was completely broken you were supposed to persevere and overcome it; skill and mastery is what plenty of the old NES titles required and was why we got good at them. But yes, if you are complaining about jumping or about hit rates and are dying too fast, then you probably are just bad at video games. Code Name: Viper was a deceptively tougher title, but it was nowhere near as awful as they played it though. Plus, some cursory research at-least about a particular title before playing it on-camera would not too much to ask for I think.

[@AndreiTãtaruknowledgeWindows]

Best action game for Nintendo,I played it when I was a kid! 😍❤️

[@DCandtheInsectobytez]

5:50 Mega Man 2 Victory theme almost...

[@satpalsinghrawat2415]

The player seems to be so expert. One of my favourite game

[@joystickjedi]

Yah, someone at Capcom played Rolling Thunder and thought "We gotta get us some of that!"

[@stacyparejr7142]

had this as a kid..just got mint copy 2 days ago. love this game :)

[@Mauriciojn]

Meu pai amava esse jogo. Saudades dele.

[@christianhernandez92]

juegaso y todo un master el que lo termino

[@spartan7911]

Commander looks pissed at the end of his intro dialogue 😁😂🤣

[@F25Xanatos]

I played this for way too many hours. I found this "glitch" where if you stay crouched by the bomb wall and then crouch jump your way back the way you came then stood up, you'd walk from where ever you were until you reached the end and be invulnerable

[@DenkyManner]

Yoko Shimomura did music for this (not stage 1, apparently). The map screen does sound vaguely similar to the continue music and player select in Street Fighter II.

[@ketchupkatsup9805]

looks like Rolling Thunder

[@artfoundry4855]

It's funny because Arc System Works (yes, the same company who made BlazBlue) developed this and the NES port of Rolling Thunder.

[@darkridearts]

I love both games

[@АлексейАракчаа-ь7ч]

LOL

[@rocknflip66]

A man with a gun and no pants.

[@TBTabby]

I found some Code Name Viper fanart on DeviantArt! I'd share it, but KZbin doesn't allow pasting text anymore, so I'll just say it's on LukeLlenroc's channel.

[@vjpearce]

+TB Tabby You can paste on youtube still. Are you using Firefox browser? support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1080597 Follow the instruction and you'll be able to paste on youtube again

[@TBTabby]

Yes, that worked! Thanks! lukellenroc.deviantart.com/art/Code-Name-Viper-258195200

[@vjpearce]

TB Tabby No problem.

[@cigoLxeL]

I had that dream again where I was a special agent on a secret rescue mission behind enemy lines... except I wasn't wearing any pants.

[@avinashjaiswal9493]

What took me over 2 hours has now become a 22 minute thing, how times change!

[@thejackal007]

Great run. I forgot the white guards could shoot upwards at an angle like they did in stage 3.

[@frankiv8714]

I remember the stage background of this game was entirely black except the sprites.

[@azumarill1403]

I have this game but it's in japanese and it's called "Dead Fox" for some reason XD

[@Hayao]

The Japanese title for this game is Ningen Heiki: Dead Fox, meaning Human Weapon: Dead Fox.

[@azumarill1403]

Ok thanks :o

[@KitsGravity]

Yeah, me too. I have the Japanese version

[@theoldestkidintheworld7365]

To whomever is playing this, your skills are impeccable. Kudos.

[@skip2mylizzle]

I had to know how to beat that damn first level after watching James and Mike do jack shit. Thank you!

[@jpgo8323]

Longshot: The level themes sound so much like Fletcher's song from Whiplash. Is there an original source or did Justin Hurwitz sample this game's music?

[@SergiusTih]

Бля..ь! Даже я как бы не любил эту игру не проходил её с такой скоростью!) Идеальное прохождение. Автор видео, а ты знаешь что при удержании кнопки в верх можно оставаться в комнате за дверью? Ты очень рискуешь когда выходишь из комнат.

[@LudicrousScotty101]

this game waz fuckin hard, heh still is today.Those soldiers piss me off

[@Sachin_C10]

I played this as "Dead Fox" in the NES & with Japanese dialogues, never understand what the story was all about & here I come & viola. Now I get what all the fuss is all about & the game music wasn't like 1.25 speed here & it felt better to hear on the TV.

[@1159ch]

best shooting game of famicom

[@Polyrhythmic9-1]

They couldn’t even give this man grenades. Dude is just like get them from the POWs. If the POWs have grenades already, then why haven’t they broke free? Food for thought haha

[@JPerez9011]

Rolling Thunder III: Storm over the Amazon....COMING THIS FALL!

[@cherokeefit4248]

It’s shinobi and rolling thunder combined having a child.

[@KASHMIRIYAT0007]

Comamnder Jones was the real villian who assigned task to mr Smith.. ohhh god😭 I miss my thrilling childhood.. I am glad I completed all mission... Loved dead fox along with.. legend of cage , Cuba and contra

[@lobogris606]

Si ese era un juego de disparos en nes. Cómo habrán sido los juegos de disparos en atari?

[@Omniblade_Gaming]

I know capcom made it but damn it had many mega man sounds in it lol

[@evan2902]

Rolling Thunder...without pants.

[@hyp3rj0s3ph]

Actually he's wearing flesh-colored ones.

[@ralfsatriani]

Man, check the soundtrack, i bet it would have won many awards

[@antoinefowler3607]

Me and my daddy played this when I was a kid i was absolutely shocked by the ending lol

[@brottarnacke]

He does kinda look like Van Damme.

[@kjj367]

the guy who played it make it looked easy but its not

[@saschadaehne6951]

Very good gameplay 👍👍

[@dksilentbob]

He's gone commando, as it's called.

[@ronniemagnum]

So it was Commander Jones! I knew it! [sarcasm mode OFF] subscribed:)

[@CT-yc4gd]

Music was amazing. But lol at that letter. "WE ARE SHIP DRUGS! BAD BAD DRUGS! BY THE WAY HE FOUND AT HIS HOUSE. HERE ADDRESS AND PHONE NUMBER! SUPER IMPORTANT! BYE NOW! lol

[@andrejors9501]

quick run like this makes people who never play the game think it's easy.. i remember constantly running out of time in level 2 because i can't find the bomb & the exit lol

[@TheomanZero]

What determines if you find a hostage or a skeleton? I thought it was just time, but you were moving pretty fast and you still found some skeletons. Also, he's clearly wearing green pants in the large sprites. Why'd they make him look like he's pantsless in-game?

[@zionven]

i played it more then 50 times :) when i was a kid

[@ichigokarasu]

I always used to think the sound the hostages made when rescued ("thank you!") sounded like when I farted in the bathtub when I was a kid.

[@kf7721]

This game was fun

[@bl00derly]

best secret message ever