Abadox: The Deadly Inner War (NES) Playthrough

[@NintendoComplete]

Abadox is a superb 8-bit shooter that will appeal to anyone who loves Life Force, gross-out visuals, or Konami soundtracks.

[@KarnovJr]

Natsume like Capcom and Treasure was established by former Konami staff. Not a coincidence!

[@KarnovJr]

Abadox's composer Kiyohiro Sada worked on the NES/Famicom version of Contra.

[@Palamedes2009]

Escape the Planet Abodox

[@Palamedes2009]

March

[@hannibalharkonnen7612]

Got my copy back in the day, not an easy game.

[@tinytrashcan2840]

The decision to flip the vertical stages to go from top to bottom was such an ingenious aesthetic touch. Really made you feel like you were just going deeper and deeper into this titanic beast. Love how old games had to get creative like that instead of just taking realistic graphics for granted.

[@Unaliq]

What I love about this game is the fact that there was a first rescue team sent to save the princess though that ended up in failure, but the team did end up destroying one of the orbs in order for our protagonist to destory the second and final orb to save the princess and destroy the organic planet. Super neat storytelling by not having any in-game dialogue, unless you read the manual for the game.

[@oosha2000]

I found this game after searching for so long. Thank you for recalling my childhood days.

[@Dorian_Scott]

Never heard of this game, but seeing Natsume credited on the title screen *_immediately_* sold me lol. Love all of the NES & SNES games they developed.

[@therealquinnzack1819]

Your play through’s are amazing; I love this game but I’ve always found it incredibly difficult

[@Criminally_Insane]

12:51 that OST is PRECIOUS Thanks for sharing! :3

[@rjcupid]

This game is awesome and I still play it to this day. Abadox sounds like a laundry detergent that disintegrates your clothes.

[@NintendoComplete]

Hahaha Borax for the hardcore.

[@Dorian_Scott]

I can already picture the ad: _"For all those tough to reach stains that even the leading detergents can't remove, try 'Abadox'!"_

[@rjcupid]

⁠@@Dorian_Scott”Works in cold water too! Also, it will turn all of your white clothes pink!” Don’t worry about your socks, just Abadox!”

[@rjcupid]

@@NintendoComplete Hahaha awesome. This soundtrack reminds me of S.C.A.T.. Natsume goodness right here.

[@volvoguy804]

I remember the commercial for this game, pretty sick.

[@bnelson383]

I played this a lot as a kid as a friend of mine had it, but it took me a long time to remember what it was called trying to find this again as an adult. All I remembered was it was a shooter with eyeballs and sound that reminded me of contra. If you haven’t played it give it a shot its not a hard game but harder than it looks here.

[@oosha2000]

Same here and I'm happy that I found it after numerous years of searching

[@goremall]

One of the best side scrollers out there, I was more of an Abadox guy than life force

[@ZEKESPILLEDINKMUSIC]

Yes, the game mentions Milton Bradley: the same company that made all those board games. This represents part of their brief venture into helping make video games.

[@GreatMewtwo]

Yes. The Milton Bradley Company (having just been bought by Hasbro 5 years earlier) was very interesting as a Nintendo licensee. They had a hand in bringing their share of Gems to the NES, including this and a few games ported by Rare.

[@azforu29]

Didnt they do Time Lord and Gotcha! as well? Maybe not, cant remember at the moment.

[@matthewbeavers5423]

I still remember the cheat code; AA up, BB down, AB start. Loved this game!

[@DasMachineBrettK]

Finally- someone who know’s!!! After all these years I have found you brother- you are the chosen one

[@theusher2893]

One of my NES faves. Only beat it once back in the day, but damn did Natsume make some awesome titles.

[@grimey5.565]

This is a rare one and was glad to watch your playthrough. Edit Found your Guardian legend playthrough!

[@SoulCrusader]

What a classic! Those sound fx and music!

[@lordlickorice]

This was one of the best and most difficult I played as a kid. It took me forever to beat it. You basically have to play it over and over to memorize what’s coming, so you know which upgrades to get, to avoid, and where to place yourself during attacks and boss fights.

[@rockymitsu]

Yes, you have to admit that this game is also terrifying, This game scared me a lot when I played it as a kid

[@vgaoct91]

This game would've gone to the wind for me if I didn't come across Mark "Masoumi" and his vid regarding Abadox. Good job, though! I'll take my chances with it, no matter how hard it is. (And I'll be anticipating its difficulty from the start) Wanna know something crazy about the JP release? Unlike the localization, the planet that Parasitis has devoured is the Earth and the damsel in distress is Lieutenant Nazal's girlfriend as opposed to a Princess. (Who, once you rescue her, isn't clothed, shockingly)

[@freon22]

Fun solid shmup that’s not ball crushingly hard. Feels like an old Irem and Konami game had a kid.

[@GreatMewtwo]

The game featured music by Kiyohiro Sada coming off of being at Konami for 3 years. His contributions at Konami include the music for Contra, Rush 'n Attack, and Castlevania. Notice that even Konami's signature pause tone appears in this game.

[@SomeOrangeCat]

This one's a classic!

[@POLE7645]

Junji Ito’s Remina: The Game… 20 years before. And with a more uplifting ending.

[@dwightdixon8508]

Missed this back in the day but found out about in an hidden gem vid a couple years ago and it’s got great visuals, sounds, gameplay and music that you’d think it was developed by the likes of Capcom, Konami or SunSoft it’s that good IMO

[@godagon97]

I remember playing this game at 8 years old and thinking, "This game is like a rated-R movie!! Yesssss!" 🤣🤣🍻

[@classicgameplay10]

Those were the days.

[@suprememagnetic4850]

Thanks for the upload

[@dundundata7603]

Never seen this one, nice graphics!

[@thecunninlynguist]

I don't recall ever seeing the marketing push for this, nor reviews or box art. Looks fun yet challenging. But not recca level crazy

[@bigduke5902]

Like 10% of games in the 2D era ever got any kind of advertising.

[@azforu29]

Who remembers the commercial for this? The kid covered in slime saying how great and gross Abadox was?

[@01MEGABOB]

I beat this game as a 7 year old. Seeing this now I have no idea how. This was a great play through too! Some of these screens get absolutely insane.

[@bryangronstrand8850]

This was an awesome game I wasn't able to beat it.. but it was one of my favorites

[@RagingRowen]

My only real critique with this is that the bosses are a tad half-baked, normally with notable safe spots. Some are kinda odd too, like how you can only hit one of Stage 1's Main Boss's eyes, how you've only gotta destroy 1 of the 3 Droids which make up Stage 5's Mid Boss, and you've specifically got to destroy the left side of the final boss and not both sides.

[@NintendoComplete]

If you can hang on to the laser and use autofire like the manual recommends, you can kill most of them in just a second or two.

[@metallsnubben]

That blood covered logo lol

[@Dorian_Scott]

I'm guessing this was released *_slightly before_* Nintendo of America established their ridiculous censorship policies in the '90s. I also recall seeing crosses in "Mappy Land" for NES. And that game was, like... a year or two before this one I want to say?🤔

[@NintendoComplete]

Reminds me of that blood filled swimming pool in Monster Party.

[@KarnovJr]

​@@Dorian_ScottFaxanadu, Dragon Warrior series, Final Fantasy all got religious imagery removed from the Japanese originals which all had crosses and wiccan pentagrams.

[@theusher2893]

​@@NintendoCompleteOr when in Monster Party Mark's freaking FACE MELTED OFF IN THE ENDING?!? Good grief that was a shock as a kid

[@Jexel999]

Love this game it’s kinda like contra and light force mixed

[@ryanv3858]

Loved this game as a kid. Was hard as hell tho. No idea if I ever beat it, If I did it had to be with cheats. Loved the music too. Takes me back to the early 90s

[@TheNei]

Nice game! Like Gradius!!

[@daviddavenport1485]

We need a remake of this

[@darylortiz7636]

Like the old times, nice game it should have a remake, it would be sick.

[@reubenguttenberg7405]

From Milton Bradley and Hasbro gaming since empire strikes back for atari

[@jam2007]

Looks like a fun game. 😮

[@reubenguttenberg7405]

The princess has been captured and it's up to you to rescue her inside the belly of the beast, fight ugly eyeballs, twisted worms, skeleton fish 🐟, guardian ghouls, mutant dogs, and save the planet and the princess from total destruction.

[@NintendoComplete]

Is that the commercial?

[@reubenguttenberg7405]

@@NintendoComplete yes

[@williamcrowe2576]

Well, I've heard of surgical strikes, but this is ridiculous!

[@Vub.]

Can someone PLEASE help me find the old 2004 gamespot Mansoumi videos of him playing this as the hardest game ever and freaking out. I miss it so much

[@jorgesilva19844]

Superb ost!

[@mistermax3034]

Without the cheat code, brutally difficult game.

[@VJFranzK]

Looks like Defender Sidearms + Life Force, Sounds Like Contra!

[@leroyvisiongames2294]

The shield balls orbiting around the player definitely remind me of the “Bit” powerup from Side Arms; definitely some inspiration here. Too bad there’s no co-op mode (which many ports of Side Arms itself also seem to leave out)

[@adrianhorror]

Which version is harder? Famicom or NES? Did someone play both?

[@j.r.3664]

I wonder how Sydlexia is doing, and I hope he and his family are doing great.

[@xxHUNGRY4THETRUTHxx]

After getting greeted immediately by what seems to be reanimated roadkill and other blood guts n' gore monstrosities which seem to be inspired by John Carpenter's The Thing. What do the horrors that await you for the last lever include? Teddy bears?

[@Palamedes2009]

Stage 6 Part 3 19:18 Recieve Orb perfection.

[@Supperdude9]

>Natsume Wut. My favorite farm maker made this?

[@Palamedes2009]

EPIC 19:55

[@zakataksbizarreworld1844]

Abadox is awesome

[@digitalworms]

There was some goodie shooters on nes/snes but sega genesis and TurboGrafx had shooters down to a science!

[@LittleBrother-t6n]

Probably the best shmup on the system.

[@dr.charlesedwardflorendobr3952]

It has a soundtrack that reminds me of Super C.

[@colintitcomb2544]

This game was incredibly fun... an invincibility code was the only way I could beat it, though. Adding to the fun of the invincibility code was that pausing and then unpausing the game got you a full stock of power ups: four shields, missles, the laser, and both "B" powerups which caused the Luitenant to flash pink. Hate the boss music, though... it's far too generic and not scary enough for my tastes.

[@NintendoComplete]

Oh right, I forgot it had that code. It also makes you invincible if you play again after beating it.

[@bigduke5902]

This is definitely one of those games that gets way, way too much praise simply because it's fans think it's a lesser known hidden gem that's criminally underrated. Not a great game in the least, but it's got a really cool theme.

[@KarnovJr]

Tell me you're bad at this game without telling me your bad at this game.

[@theusher2893]

Or maybe people can enjoy something on the merits of its good aspects alone without having to justify themselves to you.

[@zeromusura3497]

Natsume should remake this one.

[@Palamedes2009]

Deep castle Benjamin

[@chill9371]

cool 👍

[@cholder649]

I had a best friend,he was my age and mad cool ,but he had a mean older brother I would go to their house and watch his older brother play this game he would never let us play, even when he died he would never give up the controller he would just restart I swore to all gods when I got older I would never be mean to anyone like he was

[@samuelpie5254]

I wanted to play this game in super nintengo but it never made it till this time.

[@MattisCarlgren]

Love it, but i cant beat stage 2 XD

[@Palamedes2009]

It’s a matter

[@RiverwindGames]

You took way too many hits and didnt die, weird. Another TAS player?