NES Nintendo LAUNCH TITLES 1985 ALL 17 Games - History & Review - The Irate Gamer

NES Nintendo LAUNCH TITLES 1985 ALL 17 Games - History & Review - The Irate Gamer
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In this video, we review all 17 Launch Titles for the NES in 1985! Super Mario bros, Duck hunt, Gyromite, 10-Yard Fight, Baseball, Clu Clu Land, Soccor, Golf, Hogan’s Alley, Ice Climber, Kung Fu, Pinball, Stack-Up, Tennis, Wild Gunman, & Wrecking Crew
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[@PixelGameSquad]

As a long time part of the retro community (had a previous channel before this) I really appreciate that you still are doing this stuff man. Not only does it have that "classic" KZbin feel but still kicks ass! Keep it up bro! The people enjoy 🔥

[@goldinho]

Exactly! Love the channel Riff!

[@scottmartin8888]

Must have taken from AVGN, he reminds me of him.

[@shr00mhead]

@@scottmartin8888 He used to directly rip him off. Looks like he found a way to be his own dude at least a little bit though.

[@scottmartin8888]

@@shr00mhead thats a good thing. Hes gonna gain the wrong type of people who knew he was ripping him off.

[@brysonrobinson524]

He returned when the world needed him most thanks Chris also, I have a follow-up to the monster cereals

[@youwayo]

Great! Breakfast is not ruined!

[@matthewlane518]

Yep!

[@tylerdenaro639]

Yes

[@nux3960]

At this rate he's gonna beat the AVGN pretty soon lol

[@pikachuhutch234]

@@nux3960 I agree AVGN is a ripoff of the irate gamer!!!

[@randomthings7997]

Ah, yes. Who could forget the legendary Maiyamoto and Aiyowata.

[@LineageView]

It was a pleasure working on this with you!

[@TheBlacksheep]

Excellent work! Enjoyed the breakdown on your channel as well.

[@LineageView]

@@TheBlacksheep thank you so much!

[@youwayo]

Someone call 911 cuz I was ROB’ed!

[@jacobbaranowski]

AVGN did it first

[@paradoxzee6834]

@@jacobbaranowski Funny it is not, AVGN did an episode on R.O.B. few years after the Irate gamer

[@leewilliams6208]

@@paradoxzee6834 What So AVGN robbed him back? Amazing.

[@rjevans2728]

It's 2021 and Irate Gamer is unironically the best game reviewer on youtube. Great work, Chris! You've come a long way. ps: RONNIE!!!

[@irategamer]

High praise. Thank you very much. I wish I had more time to do these

[@brysonrobinson524]

@@irategamer can you make a video about the monster cereals Cinematic Universe and what potential has

[@mohamadfaiz6935]

@@irategamer happy new year

[@Zeithri]

Eh, SFDebris is still my favorite. But Chris has really been kicking ass, and I fully approve of finally owing up to the accusations and just still doing this show. That's really what made me start folloiwng Irate Gamer again, just being with " _Alright, I was inspired by AVGN._ ", that shows maturity. And then, good reviews after good reviews. Mostly! So yeah, Chris is certainly on a roll and the roll was good!

[@leewilliams6208]

Untrue. More like a crappy imitation of avgn.

[@pikabluebear9941]

Fun fact, the Nintendo Switch had a hidden easter egg at launch where if you input the birthdate of Satoru Iwata when you first boot up the system, and at the home screen you hold the joycons and do the iconic "Directly to you" hand motion with the joycons and you can play NES Golf on a NES emulator. This is before Nintendo did the Nintendo Online with the NES games.

[@Planetkid32]

You can tell which NES games were launch titles, just by looking at the art on the cartridges themselves. They had the cool little pixel art, the name of the game below it in standard text, and then below that, the Nintendo logo with the words “Entertainment System” to the right of that. All against a black background. I find that kinda cool because it differs from later games, which had non-pixelated art, and it makes them easier to identify them as launch titles.

[@fredpertrench2460]

Hopefully one day my boi Ronnie The Skeleton will return

[@kurtshastany1945]

Probably the best secondary character. Even beating out satan. He should at least be in a golden axe warrior, super ghouls n ghosts or wizards n warriors episode. Hes literally getting blacklisted for complaining about getting blacklisted :(

[@cordaxg6261]

He did ! A couple of episodes back . :)

[@justice4049]

Um. Are you blind

[@jagtaggart936]

While I was never the biggest fan, it makes me feel great knowing that, in 2021, Irate Gamer and AVGN are both still kickin arse and going strong.

[@michaelcuviello9845]

I think his newer stuff has shown a level of maturation in editing and he has shown some original ideas that are not just rehashes of the AVGN stuff. It is still similar but I feel it is now different enough. At least this way with him and AVGN we get twice the content and not all rehashes

[@dicksteptoe9199]

He's a poser

[@unsavedprogress1419]

@@dicksteptoe9199 You trolls are still here? lmao

[@GingerPewbz]

Hey Chris, I've been watching since before I was 10 years old (almost 20 now) and I gotta say you're the reason I got into retro gaming, thanks for being apart of my childhood, and hopefully you'll continue for another 10 years, and beyond!

[@irategamer]

Thanks for the great comment

[@dantethewanderer4989]

It's hard to believe that more than a decade has passed since Chris started the Irate Gamer. It is so surreal to think that many of us have legitimately grown-up while watching this guy, it's wild

[@coltonbrantley9713]

Happy New Year Irate Gamer aka Chris Bores starting the new year off with a banger of a review and with that keep up the good work as always stay safe out there,Lord Colton Of Gallifrey

[@BoomstickAsh]

Opened KZbin and this was the first video in my feed 🙂

[@notanundesirable]

Guy starts talking about games one day and goes off about ghosts the next

[@MrShadowmario666]

Staying for the nostalgia fucking love your videos dude

[@Elfrunner]

6:20 Elijah Wood: You mean you have to use your hands? Elijah's friend: That's like a baby's toy! Marty McFly: Baby's toy?

[@sithcritic8906]

Poor Luigi. Even his fraternal advantage can’t score him more games than Prof. Hector.

[@pepijn23]

Fact: the reason why Mario is in these games is because back then he was not only the mascot, but also the face brand so using him in any game made by Nintendo was allowed.

[@ChadMorningWood]

I remember watching you when I was 8, I'm 21 now. Seeing you review Gyromite & Stackup here was such an amazing mix of new and nostalgia. Really glad to see you're still active, wishing you the best.

[@benwilliams5947]

The way he said Miyamoto and Iwata's names tho...

[@BriansManCave]

The RoboCop game missed a huge opportunity by not incorporating the light gun!

[@EpicLebaneseNerd]

Happy new year Irate Gamer, we missed ya , the world needs ur video , so keep churning them up Chris , much appreciated!

[@b_side8669]

Don’t forget mike Tyson’s punch out Mario was there as the referee as well 😀

[@FreeOpenTruth]

That's not a launch title! If he was just calling out games with Mario in it, there would be tons more!

[@b_side8669]

@@FreeOpenTruth ok ok sheesh 🙄 but I ain’t wrong Mario was pretty much everywhere lol

[@michaelcuviello9845]

Great video, Glad you returned to your roots. Love the editing and effects. Once the AVGN stuff was totally squashed, you stepped up your game and seem to really be having fun. While people can blast your for your beginnings being too similar to AVGN, your activity level and newer stuff cannot be dismissed. Personally, there is room for an irate gamer and an angry video game nerd esp now Keep up the good work..

[@catholiccontriversy]

The ROB the Robot segments really brought me back, because that's how I discovered your channel in the first place back in 2009. Those were the days.

[@scottakanumba1heathen379]

As a 5th/6th grader at the time, there was something magical and exciting about Nintendo's NES launch titles. The near basic artwork featuring pixelated sprites of classic favorites like Donkey Kong and Popeye and instant classics like Metroid and (to a lesser extent) Kid Icarus. The majority still gets gameplay from me perennially - 'cept Gyromite + Gumshoe! 💜🎮❤ Great mini retrospective! 😉

[@FCV0511]

That Hogan's Alley spin effect was pretty hilarious.

[@stephenchase5593]

Super Mario Bros. (1985) is my favorite NES game/ launch game!!

[@thetokutickler]

"After hearing that iconic theme song lifted" Tennis: 1983 Pro Wrestling: 1986

[@zipvid]

Great to see you back, Chris! My cousin had Mario and Duck Hunt back in the day but he never got around to getting the gun controller. Since we couldn't shoot the ducks we had to endure the dog laughing at us. I immediately saw why people wanted to shoot the dog. XD

[@DetectiveGoroAkechi]

Man getting the Nes was a game changer for sure. Glad I was around for it's debut. Of course I was born in 79' so I was there to see the Atari video game crash as well. I always wondered why they changed the title of Kung-Fu Master to just Kung-Fu. I also played the Commodore 64 version of this game first. 😬. Super Mario of course is probably the most iconic game in gaming history. Can we go back to the 80's? Times were way better and less crazy.

[@irategamer]

Agreed!

[@inceptional]

Christ, with this launch lineup it's no wonder the NES came out and dominated the market because there probably weren't 17 games all round this good in the whole of the Atari 2600's library, which I think was the most popular console prior to the NES launching. This is honestly an extremely well rounded and solid launch lineup for NES. I'm genuinely impressed.

[@redlinedreamin]

Always great to see these videos get better and better. 12 years later and he’s still chugging along. Keep up the great work Chris!

[@BigHushAffiliate]

1:35 $139.99 in 1985 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $338.88 today, an increase of $198.89 over 36 years. The dollar had an average inflation rate of 2.49% per year between 1985 and today, producing a cumulative price increase of 142.08%.

[@philiphanan1493]

I saw one in complete condition for only $150.00 several years ago. Way cheaper than today’s prices.

[@UbiquitousGeek]

I’m honestly surprised there wasn’t a Back to the Future II joke in there.

[@jtszabo1691]

This was a fun trip down memory lane, I needed that. Thanks Chris :)

[@jamesdevey2633]

Remember playing Kung Fu and Hogans Alley in the arcades and was absolutely blown away with how good they were on the NES. I still play my original Kung Fu now but unfortunately my gun and hogans alley have broke but I am trying to find them at a cheap price.

[@codyguindon2090]

Madden 92 changed my life, man that game absolutely blew me away

[@bicentenialkid]

Thanks for another great video and have a great day. Take care.

[@goldinho]

“I got the last laugh now” yes you do Chris, great job!

[@b_side8669]

I had the Mario/duck hunt together cartridge two games in one

[@The_Bad_Guy.]

I think that was the most commonly owned NES game there was. It was packaged with a large portion of NES consoles.

[@TheGamerFru]

The tennis music is ALSO the music before a race in excite bike!

[@duckofamazement2735]

Great video Chris!

[@brianthenoob4957]

I love how the photo looks in the cartridged

[@johneymute]

Supermariobros 1 “state of the art graphics” for it’s time,i can hardly imagine that.,trough i found duckhunt very magic feeling with it’s lightgun, it still blows my mind how the lightgun interacts with a crt tv .

[@RealisticFishing]

WOO

[@MizfitZer0]

It is great to see how you have grown, your content has got really really good over the past couple years my man, i was a fan back in the day but you are on a whole new level now

[@dinobyss2471]

Always loved your content Chris!

[@PlatformJunkie]

Love that black box pixel art!

[@thejackal007]

Great video, Chris! You mentioned that Tennis and Pro Wrestling shared the same opening music, but what about Baseball?

[@thejackal3245]

"Where'd you learn to shoot like that?" "7-11"

[@Bobby8451]

I thought the only launch titles was Mario bros. and Duck Hunt and World class Track Meet which me and my Brother got with the Power Pad? Ya learn something everyday. Great vid my man! Keep'em coming

[@ezequielgomez7083]

Super Mario Bros, Soccer, Golf, Kung Fu, Mach Rider, Hogan's Alley and Clu Clu Land are my favorite Nes Black Box

[@nateguimond823]

Another awesome episode keep up the great work Chris

[@RogersRoyal]

When you played Wild Gunman all I can think about was Back to the Future Part II. Kid 1: "This is a video game!" Kid 2: "I got it working!" Kid 1: "My dad told me about these." Marty: "There's Wild Gunman." Kid 2: "How do you play this thing?" Marty: "I'll show you kid. I'm a crack shot at this." Kid 1: "You mean you have to use your hands?" Kid 2: "That's like a baby's toy!" Marty: "Baby's toy?"

[@NESADDICT]

Kung fu, excite bike, duck hunt, Mario bros, and ice climber are my favs.

[@tylerkeller8869]

Nintendo releasing the console, a bundle of games w/the light gun was an awesome deal (I've factored in inflation) for that price and came with a revolutionary gaming experience for the time. Ah, the eighties.

[@thehigherdrake]

Happy New Year Irate

[@TVsMrNeil]

Um... Where's Excite Bike, Mach Rider, and Donkey Kong Jr. Math? Some of these aren't launch games.

[@elreydechicle]

Gumshoe too

[@AdamsBrew78]

Baseball was one of my first NES games back in 85 or 86. As generic as it looked, the mechanics beat some of the later baseball games on the platform. Simple and fun.

[@SkiKoala]

Kid #1: "You mean you have to use your hands?" Kid #2: "That's like a baby's toy!"

[@Kasunoske]

chris i am sorry for dissing you back in the day, you are the king of retro games now.

[@grandgojira8182]

Always great to see a new video chris

[@parihav]

Your new content is awesome Chris!

[@GaryTurbo]

I like Track & Field, it's like a Kinect game before the Kinect

[@rGGdom]

I give a lot of credit to Nintendo and other devs from this era, bc they cemented the foundations of modern single player games imo. This first games were very simplistic renderizations of the arcade type mode of gaming, where you just play to no end in order to achieve a higher score. But Nintendo saw the potential for more cohesive and long forms of play with stages, bosses and an ending, and delivered just that in their first super mario nes game. But then, they went even further with new formulas like the one in the first Legend of Zelda. Is easy to criticize those games now, but in that moment they were just revolutionary. Kudos to devs like Miyamoto for achieving that.

[@SKMCTV]

I used to leave troll comments on Irate Gamer videos 10 years ago when I should’ve been leaving them on Nostalgia Critic’s channel.

[@Musicradio77Network]

I have a couple of "Black Box" NES games going from "Gyromite" to the original, and iconic "Super Mario Bros." I also have another "Black Box" NES game, "Pro Wrestling".

[@mtshark7]

Awesome episode Chris!

[@servine1212]

Been watching thos channel for like 9 years

[@Elfrunner]

I started in 2008. I remember when Chris used to have all the comment sections disabled on his videos. He took a lot of heat for the AVGN comparisons back then.

[@servine1212]

@@Elfrunner thats why he had all that hate

[@mikaeldetlof1028]

Man im so glad the irate gamer is still going strong! Awesome video Chris as usual.

[@dumbgeniusesfilmpodcast8879]

1985 the dawn of video games

[@Drag3ndz]

This is a nice overview of the NES's early days.

[@tylerkeller8869]

3:52: Data East (search KZbin for an entire video devoted to their story) and Ring King. Such a cool game.

[@kri249]

Thanks for revewing the games that I never got to play as a kid. Without youtube in the 80s it was hard to tell if a game sucked or not. Now I know I wasn't missing much.

[@officespace7777]

🎼Nin-ten-do 🎼It's a video game cereal. 🎼 Nin-ten-do 🎼Made in 1989 🎼 Nin-ten-do 🎼 I'll eat, then I'll beat it.🎶 Lol

[@chrisherbert9924]

Loved owning a nes growing up

[@JessicaChastainFan]

This video is NOT Donkey Kong urine! The Mario 1 and Duck Hunt was my first cart. Good times...until the Genesis came out. That's when glory days REALLY began.

[@alexai183]

Very good review!! I didn't know about all of the rest of the black label series.

[@timboslice1979]

I am not worthy.... the awesome nostalgia is so beautifully overwhelming.

[@humpy1980]

It’s always a great day when you post a new vid. Great job!!

[@glasschicken13]

Your reviews are great and always bring a smile 😀 thanks Chris!!

[@lucasmackey2808]

First Irate Gamer Of 2021 baby!

[@bruceaskew2107]

yes my guy is back with great video

[@SpantaxDC10]

The baseball game also had that intro music from the tennis game and Pro Wrestling game haha.

[@nateguimond823]

New irate gamer episode watching right now never miss one

[@Patrick_0n]

Great as always!

[@fazares]

Splendid video..keep up the good job, mate ^^

[@d.t.simonbelmont]

Irate Gamer Season 7, baby!!

[@ChristopherR1981]

I was introduced to video games before the NES (space invaders my first video game) and the NES was the first console I BEGGED MY PARENTS TO BUY... Before the NES, video games to me was just something I played at the pizza place but I never felt any compulsion to want to make it into a hobby.

[@koraichu]

"Mom, can we have AVGN?" "No, we have AVGN at home." AVGN at home:

[@josewednesday1236]

Surprised that this Channel doesn’t have a million subscribers

[@RyanCoomer]

HAHAAHHAHAHAHAH the hogans alley part where you are like "AH FUCK YOU!" Made me LOL AHAHAHAHAHAHA awesome dude so glad you are still blasting out great videos!

[@nkhazov]

That music intro was also baseball and volleyball

[@The_Bad_Guy.]

Great video again buddy. I know you're a fan of the Arcade1up cabinets. What did you think of the new releases? I can't wait for x-men personally. Loved that game growing up.

[@travismcdowell8352]

I love Golf for the Nintendo. I remember I got Golf and Commando for my birthday. I think Golf would be a Really good drinking game 😅

[@glitchard3685]

Ya know.. I dont care what anyone says. I always enjoy these episodes. Tons of interesting info. Fun editing. Just overall really great.

[@kejiri3593]

You finally got to NES!!! Awesome! Was waiting for this : D

[@sfighter0085]

A New Irate Gamer in 2021! Epic!

[@benaiahburns4046]

Where is Donkey Kong Jr. Math? Also, most sources state that Super Mario Bros was not available on October 18, 1985.