NES Weekend Rentals: TINY TOON ADVENTURES (Nintendo Entertainment System Review)

[@BigOleWords]

This is a companion of sorts to a review of the sequel Tiny Toon Adventures 2 Trouble in Wackyland which can be found here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iWrTmHShepV4h6ssi=LKWOyAdGe936lC-8

[@TIDbitRETRO]

Gotta disagree on this being a game “No One Played”. Tiny Toons on NES was a well-known banger. The sequel was the under the radar one.

[@stagehog81]

I still have my copy of it from my childhood. It is a really fun game.

[@brianfoley4712]

Same, loved this game as a kid. I actually plugged my NES back in a few months back and played through some of my favorites, and this was one of them. I recall renting the sequel but never bought it, I think I got through the whole thing over the weekend rental.

[@mightyfilm]

I give the second one credit for trying to do something completely different than the first NES game, but it feels like it's more under the radar because of the odd choices in gameplay mechanic. I think the original SNES title was a stronger game than both, but there's a weird difficulty curve in the train and football levels.

[@colinderue8095]

Yip

[@adventureoflinkmk2]

I played this and owned it

[@cameron398]

Sonic in blackface....never thought I would hear that one.

[@looeyqdraws]

I played the heck out of this game, this game is the only NES game I have a vivid memory of going to toys r us to get

[@billyschwartz3586]

I had an audio cassette recorder that I used to record "Istanbul," "particle man," and "do you love me," right off the TV set. It was my first experience with all those songs and since they were on Tiny Toon Adventures, I assumed they were all modern songs. I asked our school bus driver to play my tape. I was rocking out to some They Might Be Giants plus some 50 year old song by The Contours like they were the hottest new singles!

[@Woodmanclassics]

That Particle Man bit from the show was something special!

[@JamesBeatsGames]

That song got me into the band They Might Be Giants.

[@ringo8410]

I owe Tiny Toons for directing me to Flood, still one of my favorite albums of all time. I'd bet that's true for a lot of people our age.

[@michag798]

Huh? I always though this game was pretty well known. At least for the european NES clone era, not sure how much when NES was popular in America.

[@ingusp5631]

definetely popular in eastern europe (Latvia)

[@GodzillasaurusJr]

I think the same in Sweden.

[@segamatthews5023]

I think the same in Canada. This is one of my top 10 favorite NES games

[@Rogerioapsandrade]

It was very popular in Brazil too, although it was not that easy to find an original copy here

[@ggbetz]

I didn't know anyone who had it and I only saw the sequel recently

[@TheSlashTraxNetwork]

Part 2 to this game is even rarer and actually a lost gem.

[@HaakonAnderson]

Me and my brother rented that game like every weekend

[@pokechamp3987]

Roller coaster level was a nightmare

[@TheSlashTraxNetwork]

@@pokechamp3987 omg yes!!! Avgn level

[@matthewgagnon9426]

I've got that one, but not the first.

[@miamimagicians]

Great games for the NES SEGA and snes

[@owlbelieveit6811]

I learned about it in Nintendo Power about thirty years ago. It's not Mario 3 great, but it's a lot more forgiving in difficulty than Bucky to me.

[@BadAxeEntertainment]

I loved this game when I was a kid.

[@gravitywaves2796]

I don't think this game was nearly as obscure as most of your other picks. At least I remember this one existing as a rental at my local store. Still an awesome video, thanks.

[@Dilemina]

Bucky O'Hare is more obscure than this by far.

[@rho-starmkl4483]

4:45 I think that’s supposed to be the Private Eye.

[@BigOleWords]

Haha that’s perfect!

[@RappingNinja]

Everyone played this game. Everyone alive at the time, it felt like

[@Dilemina]

And it ruled

[@Dilemina]

I also had the Genesis version. But this one is better.

[@RappingNinja]

@@Dilemina I played this one, the inferior NES sequel, the “Tiny Toons Cartoon Workshop” thing on NES, the first Game Boy game, the SNES “Buster Busts Loose,” the Genesis “Buster’s Hidden Treasure,” and - MANY years later - the weird GBA game “Scary Dreams.” My fav back in the day was the SNES game. Most of those were all Konami games except that last one - Konami should really do a “Tiny Toons Collection” like they did with all their old Ninja Turtles titles recently. They’ve got 10 games they could drop in there….

[@Dilemina]

@@RappingNinja agreed. Tiny Toons rules.

[@ggbetz]

I didn't know anyone with this game except myself

[@lionneko]

The Montana Max mansion level keeps killing me. Anyway you can make it easier by using some of the characters in different levels: 1. Besides gliding Plucky is the best swimmer. It's like having a frog suit in Mario 3 2. In that forest level and others there's a few places with breakable walls. Dizzy s spin attack can break those 3. I've never found Furball all that useful but there are a few places to climb up

[@alkristopher]

Not only did I own this game and beat it, but I beat Duck Vader. The second game never grabbed me.

[@hezekiahramirez6965]

I beat Duck Vader too!

[@jeremychurchman]

Nailed it about the huge missed opportunity to switch between all 4 characters.

[@Se7enBeatleofDoom]

Two things I remember most about renting Tiny Toons Adventures on NES. Darth Vader duck and skateboarding mad scientist boss fights.

[@scottwalters9440]

I loved this game as a kid

[@gridly.todd.h]

I had a very similar experience with TMBG's Flood and Tiny Toons. Also, Sonic in black face, ha!

[@peterrosenau9570]

Both NES and Game Boy versions were quite popular here in Germany, back in the day. Was quite common in collections.

[@CrazyHomelessWeirdo]

What do you mean no one played it? that was a very popular platformer on the NES. Tiny Toons what's a long-running series of games by Konami because they were popular and people were buying them. This is not a hidden gem in that regards like whomp em.

[@SirRosser]

If you build up enough speed with Plucky and jump at a wall, he'll splat against it and slowly slide down. Classic.

[@BigOleWords]

Whoa awesome!

[@DanPantzig]

DUDE! Flood is still in rotation today! It was part of my soundtrack to Link To The Past. Seeing that pop up in Tiny Toons was insane.

[@chrisk9613]

I fondly remember this game 😄

[@johnlouisgood]

Played this on NES and GameBoy. Also Ive seen TMBG 15 times and saw the Flood show, so cool that you included the reference.

[@Circus_Diabolique]

Man Tiny Toons brings back some memories

[@skoetkonung7353]

Go away so I can exclaim First!

[@chrisd6287]

Hell yeah!!

[@Mpresley83]

Loved the cartoon series- bought the first two NES games in the early 00s. Solid games. Had Buster Bust's loose for SNES when it was new- another classic.

[@Dilemina]

Tiny Toons 2 for NES is not good. At least the version I played was just bad mini games. Genesis version was a fine game though.

[@chrisbg99]

it is pretty good. Konami did the Toons pretty good justice. The Genesis game is even better. But man that 2nd one on the NES tries to do something different but just isn't fun.

[@chadly63]

As a kid I don't think I ever made it past that Elmyra stage.

[@BigOleWords]

Yeah that would’ve driven me crazy

[@Hank-ip8rl]

Hell yeah, always a treat to see a new video up.

[@GoodVibeCollecting]

The color palette of the first area along with the hud are so obviously inspired by Mario 3.

[@jhoch5]

Oh man, this just made me remember when we rented this game when I was a little kid and my brother and me managed to beat it.

[@scottbogfoot]

Amazing james! I never knew triangle man vs particle man wasn't a tinytoons original, even though i heard it before seeing the cartoon of it. I'm guessing it was Warner bros trying to boost one of their record label bands by pushing it through cartoons. Also the level design is oddly similar to super Mario bros 3

[@ggbetz]

A bunch of the songs I thought were original.

[@Dorelaxen]

LOVE me some Tiny Toons. The show actually got me into They Might be Giants, and I've been a fan ever since. The game is pretty fun up to a point, but damn those later levels are just teeth grinding. Music in it is top notch, though.

[@teruienages962]

Uhm...... I'm PRETTY sure EVERYONE played this game and many people had it, and it's also fondly remembered and a beloved classic. So.... what the hell are you talking about?

[@dieinfire920]

Loved this game. Loved the Duck Vader hidden stage!!

[@joshuabidelspach9260]

Another classic great job man you are really jogging the old memory. Keep up the good work brother!

[@ryuhoshu3303]

The Sega genesis version is my favorite but I was happily surprised when I discovered this version some time ago, it's really good

[@BTG514]

I had a copy of Tiny Toon Adventures. When I got to the woods stage that recommended Dizzy Devil, I'd just go with Furball the cat because by climbing over the trees I'd avoid a lot more enemies than using the limited tornado spin to bust through the destructible blocks at ground level. Eventually I figured out how to trigger the bonus stage to try for more extra lives (you needed a multiple of 11 carrot count).

[@MiggyMeista]

Got this for my 7th birthday back in 1992, it was a lot of fun back in the day.

[@soulden77]

As soon as you mentioned the geek out moment, I knew you were talking about the They Might Be Giants music videos. When I saw those as a kid, my brain melted in the best way. I literally could not believe what I was watching. And you mentioning it here makes my middle school self feel seen and understood in a way that I cannot adequately put into words. Also, I use the first Elvira boss as an “extra lives” hack to stock up on lives. Since the first stage is so easy, you likely won’t die and you can just repeatedly grab the extra life every time and then let Elvira punt you back to rinse and repeat.

[@HtaedDoolb]

"Sonic in black face" 😂😂

[@rampageny]

Legit have not played this game in 30 years, and still remember that quicksand button mashing! So many hops

[@magnusharrison2715]

I used to love this game when I was a kid. Didn't get much further than the 4th world though

[@gluttonousmaximus9048]

1:25 I believe you can just leave the balloon for a bit and return to it. The star ball respawns. It's intentional - the heart for the extra hit point doesn't respawn.

[@RetrocartCollector]

Awesome video brother! I love how you put these together. Really great work. I have so many fond memories of Tiny Toons as a kid and remember being excited when I rented this one. I never made it very far tho 😂

[@chrisd6287]

Tiny Toons is such a fun game and i easily put it in my top 10. Depending on the day, I could possibly place it in my top 5. This game is an absolute nostalgia bomb for me. Great video as always bro 👍

[@halfbakedmedia]

My first game ever was the second one, Trouble in Wackyland. More like five mini-games, and you play Buster on the fifth and final. His physics are the same, but you get a somersault attack with B. There's also a single Elmyra avoidance area.

[@BigOleWords]

Working on a review of that one now!

[@halfbakedmedia]

@@BigOleWords Awesome! I can't wait!

[@ospididious]

One: Yeah, Tiny Toons was an awesome show and I absolutely loved the "They Might Be Giants" videos. Two: This was one of my favorite games when I was a kid. It was freaking hard, but I did beat that game. Its one of those games where you can learn the patterns and then walk through it on muscle memory.

[@mightyfilm]

I had the first Game Boy game. You could switch between three players (Buster, Plucky, and Hampton) at any time, but the only difference in their performance is that they throw different fruits and veg that have different properties. Buster had an arching carrot, Plucky had a spiking pineapple, and Hampton had a bowling ball watermelon. With the exception of one of the last bosses where the watermelon was absolutely necessary, there really wasn't too much of a difference for me. I rarely used them and just turned them in for points at the end of the level.

[@Lunitarium]

I rented this one a lot from the little video store in the small town I lived in before 5th grade. Fun game but definitely beatable. A good challenge for young players.

[@DoorsInTheLabyrinth]

I had a not dissimilar experience, though not via siblings (my older sister was into country and NKOTB). I was in middle school and JUST discovered the local college radio station, so neck deep in all sorts of alternative music. I didn't know TMBG by name, but I definitely did recognize the voice. I had probably heard Ana Ng, but hearing the songs in Tiny Toons made me quickly throw in a VHS tape so I could read who did the music! That was the coolest thing ever, until I realized a few years later I could just call the college station with a band name, and they'd play a song! This game was fun, it was a rental for me, I think I finished it

[@tellemfreddysentya8221]

I loved this game to this day I played so much in my younger years actually played it last night

[@bholdr----0]

Wow thisntook me back! I likedbthis game, even though i was a bit old for it at the time... I olayed it with my little bros a lot. Good memories.

[@dendroleon]

those newshound eyeballs are pretty cool

[@BigOleWords]

Right?! Someone mentioned they’re “private eyes”. That’s pretty good

[@MSGSlayer1]

I watched the hell outta the show as a kid, and I played the hell outta this game. And I loved the Istanbul song.

[@SECONDQUEST]

The skateboarding scientist seems like the inspiration for the Hydro city zone act 1 boss!

[@Julayla]

I played it as a kid and finally beat the game in 2019 years ago. I so loved it as a kid, despite never beating it. Also, the world order I went for each world with for each character were the following: World 1: Furball, World 2: Plucky due to his ability to swim easier, World 3: Dizzy, and the last stages, I stuck with Furball. Trust me on this, I played the game a lot back then and I figured out how to get through the stages (considering I saw you trying to use Dizzy during the swimming level).

[@joshmcgootermier2301]

Played it and loved it. My kids play it with me a good bit.... Man that pirate stage.

[@pokechamp3987]

You know you're rich when your home defense consist of cannons shooting money bags 💰

[@FlyingDuckMan360]

Konami has a solid track record when it comes to Tiny Toon Adventures video games. Among some of the most memorable are this NES game, Babs' Big Break on Game Boy, Buster Busts Loose on SNES, and Buster's Hidden Treasure on Sega Genesis. I'd love for Konami to release them and the other six games in a compilation for modern consoles like they did for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Rocket Knight Adventures. Josh Fairhurst, the head of Limited Run Games, had actively been trying to get a compilation, not just of Konami's Tiny Toons games, but their Animaniacs games as well, released for three years. Unfortunately, when he contacted WB for the licenses, they turned him down, claiming that the revenue opportunity was too small for them. This is despite the fact that both Tiny Toons and Animaniacs had been brought back for modern audiences as part of reboots; Tiny Toons Looniversity for the former, and Animaniacs (2020) for the latter. I personally blame David Zaslav for this, as he is a sexist, racist, anti-animation bigot unfit to run Warner Bros.. I made an entire video rant on this subject and I recommend seeing it.

[@mattsweeney3790]

I still have my Flood album (albeit on cd and man is it scratched like my name was grand Master flash). Man, great review... had to search for it for some reason.....youtubes on that Microsoft again. Keep up the good work, duder, purple monkey dishwasher

[@TheSlashTraxNetwork]

My 7th birthday or 8th I used my birthday $$ to get to buy an nes game I selected Tiny Toons was first game I ever beat on my own besides mario. Great memories of this, part 2, Gameboy version and snes buster busts loose

[@GotTheBestLigma]

I used to love this game, the little mini games like squash were awesome

[@sic6664]

I played this so much. Loved the cartoon too.

[@segamatthews5023]

One of my favorite NES games

[@violinfanatickamraz1403]

I played this all the time. It was tough. And loved the cartoon.

[@Esirre]

I loved the Sega Tiny Toons, you could go close to Sonic's speeds and the slide attack was cool

[@rdzreborn2k7kt]

I still have the physical copies of those 91 TTA games since I bought them on eBay.

[@jaredt2590]

One of my favorite nes titles, you can breeze through it but it doesn’t allow for many mistakes. If you’re mistake prone your lives will drain out fast and you’ll be using a lot of continues.

[@retronemesis7064]

People played this one. Mutant Virus in a Computer World is a game no one played.

[@isabelaeyris6932]

This was one of my favorite games of my childhood. In Europe we mostly had knockoff NES consoles (it was around 2002-2005 when I played almost everyday). Games were cheap, pirated cartridges were imported from Russia and China (this is why so many japanese games were popular in western and central european countries and were impossible to play in US...) and OH. MY. GOD. Tiny Tunes and Chip n Dale were one of the most beloved franchises in Poland. I don't mind that I played pirated versions back then. For us it was this or free PC games from gaming magazines...

[@Carn_Is_Done]

I rented this one and I owned Buster Busts Loose on SNES and Babs' Big Break on GB. :) All good fun.

[@djredshow]

I used to rent this a lot. Twice a month because I never owned a copy. Now it's on my phone what a trip.

[@jefflindquist6138]

Nice review James !!! 🙂 🍒🍒🍒

[@vitaAutLetum]

I'm very familiar with this. It did not go on under the radar. It was great. Everyone I knew definitely played this one.

[@KraalThal]

1:44 Funny that you use a clip from Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse. That too involves having a sidekick you can swap between during gameplay although you have to decide whether or not to keep them or trade them in for another character as you go along. Buster = Trevor (protagonists) Plucky = Alucard (both fly) Furrball = Grant (can climb walls) Dizzy = Sypha (have special moves/attacks)

[@Sir_Adam]

I have this game! I have never touched it, but now I'll have to give it a try!

[@Samscott516]

I played that game a whole lot back in the day .. more people played this for sure

[@howitusedtobe]

Wow dude … What an album to have on deck as your very first

[@Riz2336]

It looks like a decent Platformer. I do remember seeing the tv show a long ass time ago and the little music videos you mentioned

[@guarapo66]

When I read the title I though you were talking about the second game, but this one is a well known and I call it an in plain sight gem 😅 cheap , veary good and easy to find

[@Openreality]

I played this one and i played the SNES one. I loved the SNES one as well.

[@barbedwirefire]

We all loved this game my boy!

[@MJFallout]

Tiny Toon Adventure on Game Boy is a much more streamlined affair. You get to choose between Buster, Plucky and Hamton at will (they have different attacks), and you also rescue one of the minor characters in each world and play as them for a short while (in like, a setpiece segment designed for them.) Hence, it has tighter level design, not much repetition, and some variety. It has nice boss fights, too. It's not a hard game though... but there is a hard mode to choose, so that's nice.

[@Carn_Is_Done]

There was a decent bootleg of the GB game for NES too. And in some ways it feels a bit nicer to control than on the GB. :)

[@supplementarymaterialsbym.5694]

Despite the fact that this is not about a bootleg FOR GB, I think this is the universe in diguise again, telling me I need to collect Game Boy bootlegs.

[@Boogie_the_cat]

We're tiny we're Tooney we're all a little Looney.

[@senseicorey9979]

I played the F out of this. Friend of mine had it when we ....7?....8?.....I had to pick it up when I saw it at the local retro shop......

[@GodheadNee]

awww I too had a much older *somewhat* cooler sibling that I got a lot of cool music from. Flood is a great album!

[@asa-punkatsouthvinland7145]

Well I checked this $hittt ouuuuhouuut... It did not disappoint! Definitely my favorite game review channel!

[@Randomark3087]

I loved this game as a kid. I agree it would've been better if you could switch through the characters like in Bucky O'Hare.

[@Rogerioapsandrade]

Oh ... Tiny Toon, I loved that game and always rented it when available. It was very disputed as there was only a single copy at the store and other stores in the region did not have it. There was another Tiny Toon game that has a different plot and all levels mimic some kind of amusement park ride. That one was way harder than this game.

[@inrainbows1829]

I was 12 and my Dad lived They Might Be Giants and had a similar experience with Tiny Toons Then in my 20's Cartoon Network had the Flintstones do Circles by Souls Coughing

[@ggbetz]

I didnt know anyone who owned this game growing up and i have some good memories with this show on vhs, especially the music videos (which i definitely listen too still) and summer vacation special (which I definitely still quote). Id say this one and the one on sega were top 5s on each console, but you sadly had a different experience.

[@andystreepy3146]

Omg 30 seconds in and I loved that album too not from my older sister but best friends older sister.

[@csikocska]

I loved to watch Tiny Toon Adventures cartoon series in my childhood. I watched that with English and Hungarian dubs. 🙂 I got this game for the Famiclone and it's true that the game looks easy at the beginning, but it gets harder by the progression. I played through this 2 times. The music is catchy, although I was confused when I switched from one of three selectable characters to Buster Bunny, who doesn't have any special ability.

[@joekingofcourse]

sweet video 🎉 what’s your favorite TMBG song? i love that band!

[@BigOleWords]

That’s tough, but at first thought “Road Movie to Berlin”

[@joekingofcourse]

@@BigOleWords great!

[@joekingofcourse]

on Flood i’d have to pick Birdhouse; it’s just too sweet and forever an all-time fave of mine. Deeper, i’d pick I want a Rock or Racist Friend… man- there are just too many great tunes!

[@teal7652]

Sonic in blackface lol

[@Gimili10]

I prefer this to the Genesis and SNES versions because you get to play as more than one character. This is truer to the show as only a small handful of episodes were about just Buster.

[@darktetsuya]

I did rent this one! heard they borrowed a lot of elements from SMB3? but I figure if they're gonna copy from anyone, why not borrow from the best! definitely one I've been hoping to add to my collection one of these days.