Castlevania's Spin Off Game Boy Game that was Originally Japan Exclusive

[@Leron...]

That was the best and most accurate description of Golf I've ever heard.

[@Sweetrad]

Was literally about to comment about that lmao

[@slashley6106]

Dylan nailed it again.

[@HylianFox3]

He actually made golf sound fun.

[@CSLucasEpic]

Robin William's was better imho

[@raihidara]

​@Persona22 "Here's my idea for a fucking sport: I knock a ball in a gopher hole." "Oh, you mean like pool?" "Fuck off pool." "Not with a straight stick, with a little fucked up stick. I whack a ball, it goes in a gopher hole." "Oh, you mean like croquet? "Fuck croquet! I'll put the hole hundreds of yards away. Oh, fuck off, yeah! Big fun! Ah yeah, that's great!" "Oh, like a bowling thing? "Fuck no! Not straight. I'll put shit in the way. Like trees and bushes and high grass, so you can lose you fucking ball. And go whacking away with a fucking tire iron. Whacking away, and each time you miss you feel like you're going to have a stroke. Fuck! That's what we'll call it: a stroke. 'Cause each time you miss you feel like you're gonna fucking die. Oh, this is the greatest part, oh, and here's the better part. Fuck, this is brilliant! Right near the end, I'll put a little flat piece with a little flag to give you fucking hope. But then I'll put a pool and a sandbox to fuck with your ball again. Ay, you'll be there cracking your ass, jerking away in the sand." "And you do this one time? "Fuck no! 18 fucking times!"

[@23Scadu]

That "good luck" made the Corneria theme start playing in my head. Such an amazing track.

[@gurvmlk]

That's normal. It means you were a gamer in the 90's.

[@MrWholewheat]

and that little high pitched jingle sound effect and the alarm going off and “emergency… emergency… e-wing fighters… prepare for lunch” (i never figured out what it says there)

[@markkoetsier6475]

@@MrWholewheat "Incoming enemy fighters, prepare for launch!"

[@tamerkoh]

I thought it was the Good Luck from Smash TV, haha XD. "Good luck!.....yoooooooooou'll need it!"

[@BewbsOP]

I love the image of people a thousand years from now describing golf as "smacking an egg into a hole without making it angry"

[@8BitAlchemy]

You guys are killing it this week! This is peak Dylan energy and I am here for it

[@robertdanker6193]

This show delivers every week!! I would even enjoy a spinoff like now in the 80s or 2000s!!!👍👍👍

[@baconcatbug]

Don't worry in 7 years we'll have now in the 2000s and we'll also all be dead

[@robertdanker6193]

@@baconcatbug Perfect!!🤣👌

[@Coolman13355]

Still need to do the years they missed of the 90s.

[@InitialDL84]

​@@baconcatbug 😂 but probably true

[@gurvmlk]

@@Coolman13355 I wish. Much as I love this show, part of me can't get over how it started partway through the decade. It makes it feel incomplete as a series.

[@turbomario]

Kid Dracula is an underrated masterpiece imo

[@elmarakovideo]

Agreed! Konami should have made one for the Super Famicom!

[@MelloxMaster]

Awe yeah, nothing like having a Friday off and enjoying my breakfast with some "Now in the 90s", its like Saturday morning cartoons again :]

[@nugboy420]

If u want Saturday morning cartoons Ucanbeatvideogames lol.

[@zxm2501w]

How well this statement fit with my own circumstances is unparalleled.

[@MrWholewheat]

….. looking at my finished bowl of cereal on a saturday after the video finished ….. wth guys…. SYNERGY????

[@KaijuCountry]

I especially loved the energy and humor in this episode. Great job, guys!

[@Stanimus]

You channel always reminds me it's Friday :)

[@JoeyJ0J0]

Kid Dracula is an excellent game and I am glad Konami released an English version for the Castlevania Collection

[@Selnathorn]

Dylan makes golf sound more exciting than it actually is. Almost made me want to play the game until I remembered that it was just golf xD

[@insaincaldo]

Got me reminded of Robin Williams sketch on the invention of golf.

[@Another0]

Really enjoyed the extra flair editor Dylan added to this one with his commentary.

[@SimonCallahan]

I actually have a copy of Kid Dracula somewhere. Maybe I should find it and guard it with my life.

[@ktoba_e]

The theme for Now In the 90s is starting to get stuck in my head, its so catchy. Loved the videio. Thanks for the content Jerd and team.

[@daakrolb]

Today I heard that exact tune in another video. Now I’m wondering who is ripping off who…. Or it’s some of that “rights free” freebie stuff.

[@psirensongs]

@@daakrolb definitely from the free music library, I've also heard it elsewhere. But the association is so strong now, it genuinely throws me off when I hear it on other channels 😅

[@jgstrider]

I know that “Good Luck” voice all too well. Can’t wait to see Star Fox next week!

[@ShinryuZensen]

time to box some spiders and uncover pictures! :P

[@danielpatrickstover1988]

Power Factor looks like a re-skin of the early Duke Nukem games

[@cursedex80]

Hero Tonma's look on his face seems very concerned. Hope he can find the bathroom soon.

[@louyork8379]

Just found this channel, absolutely loving the content!! Been binge watching these videos reliving my youth. What a great blast from the past. Love it!

[@AldorasDeranor]

That has to be the best possible way to describe Golf to someone

[@ayamylautrec7065]

May sound redundant now, but this series is great, good to see this show every week and Jared, cool dude and the editor too

[@Mankey619]

I’ve played Kid Dracula on the Castlevania Anniversary Collection on Switch, and it is a pretty good side scroller game. They even brought Garamoth in Symphony of The Night as a secret boss.

[@WillKeaton]

It is very unclear who the protagonist of _Kid Dracula_ is supposed to be. Some say it's Dracula as a kid, some say it is Alucard, Dracula's son from the _Castlevania_ games, some say it's someone else entirely. No one can find definitive proof, and it has sparked many a heated debate in the past 30 years.

[@daakrolb]

… of 30 years ago, today. Yes! It’s Friday!

[@NexVoidGaming]

Oh man, we are already almost through March! Where is this year going?!? I love this series!

[@LanEXHikari]

Love to see those kinda obscure games or the ones that never left Japan like Akumajō Special: Boku Dracula-kun, glad to see them re-released as ports ✌🏼 Also, that was a very smooth transition, Dylan 😅

[@Armor_Clad]

That golf summary 🤌

[@ryuhoshu3303]

"only YOU LET IT RIP" love Dylan 🤣

[@retrojoe85]

Dylan always adds some extra ingredients to the recipe of every episode! That's nice.

[@MegaReaperking]

If I ever have children I using that description to tell them what golf is.

[@stax6092]

Editor Dylan killed it. XD

[@TyphinHoofbun]

Oh man, SpinDizzy Worlds is one of my all-time favorite games. It's surprisingly cheap for how few copies there are, looks like it's around $15 for a loose cart. I had my first one stolen as a kid, and then randomly found it in a "retro shop" around 2010 so I bought it. Apparently there was only around 80k units made and most of them had to get recalled. The game is actually a port from the Atari ST, and ASCIIWare didn't... technically... have the creator's permission to sell it. I'd have to look it up again, but from what I remember, the creator didn't approve of the final product and denied them permission, and they were like, "Yyyyeah, we kinda... already shipped it anyway? Lol." And there was massive headaches all around. I honestly don't know what the problem is, I love the SNES version. It didn't seem to run much better on the ST, but I also didn't really know what I was doing with emulation on that, so maybe I had things misconfigured. The SNES version adds music, which is a welcome addition, especially since the music is pretty darn good and fairly unique. The gameplay is interesting, since it's all about managing your speed and momentum in order to jump over stuff with ramps, or finding the right set of buttons to hit in order to solve puzzles, or navigate mazes. Some of the timed levels can be a real pain, since it turns the normally lenient "take your time" feel into a frantic "Do everything perfectly and precise right now" challenge, and there's a couple spots that are just NASTY. (One level has you going across the roofs of buildings, but they're all sloped, and you have to hit trampolines on the floor to bounce up to the next building's roof. One of those jumps requires you to manage your speed JUUUUST right, because you have to launch yourself perpendicular to the slope in a straight line across three trampolines to get to the next spot. Too fast, too slow, or even slightly off on the angle with gravity/slope pushing your angle to the side, and you either crash or worse, have to start over from the beginning of the section.) Your fuel bar is also your time limit, as it has a constant slow drain (that I think drains faster when you use the "go fast" and "brake" buttons a lot, but you pretty much have to use brakes constantly to line yourself up for jumps and have to use the speed up button to make those jumps, but the drain is far from a threat most of the time). Landing too hard, falling into pits, running into aliens, and hitting deadly terrain all drain fuel, and all the pickups replenish different amounts of it. Most levels require to you grab all the fuel in a stage before the exit will open. At the end of each world, you get a Bonus Stage where you can grab some extra fuel, but falling off usually ends the bonus stage immediately. There's a "reserve fuel" mechanic that is never actually explained anywhere, but it seems that picking up fuel while full can put some of it into reserve, and if you have any, then running out of fuel will give you the option to "Use reserve fuel" and let you continue with a partial tank. Nice when it works, but not good to rely on, and timed levels don't give that option. Running out of time or fuel is game over, but you can retry the world or switch to another, so you don't have a limit on continues or anything. Progress is saved with passwords, which I believe retain fuel amount but not stage times (which don't have a bearing on anything other than personal pride), but I could be wrong. I highly recommend the game to anyone who is willing to try. The ending theme is hauntingly beautiful and still makes me feel emotions to this day. ^_^

[@jonnycoyote2782]

Holy shit! I have a loose copy of kid Dracula I paid $40 like ten years ago for it

[@Dudeman23rd]

Dude, I have no idea why hearing Jared say "...Good luck!" made me so hyped for next week when I have absolutely no personal connection to the Star Fox franchise, but I can't wait to see it!

[@aggressiveprincess7905]

My wife, who barely plays games, has a nostalgic soft spot for Kid Dracula. I bought it for her on a whim for 30 bucks. Guess I got a good price.

[@MasterArchfiend]

Never realized there were so many Bomber Man games. He’s one of those characters I always assumed died around 1999-2001 and only makes cameos these days. Actually glad to know he got more love than that even though I don’t think I have ever played any of the games. I don’t even think that I’ve played one of those cheap knockoffs from a Plug-n-play or party game. I just know that he exists.

[@elhugox1]

There's an 8 hour video called "the journey of bomberman", go take a look there, that series is WAY bigger than we all though

[@jonothanthrace1530]

Tonma looks like Lina Inverse changed into a boy for whatever reason.

Nice. Now golf has a backstory.

[@HylianFox3]

Surprised Dylan didn't comment that the Power Factor guy is literally just Duke Nukem

[@GOLVEL]

I've noticed that the date he mentions at the beginning aligns with the current one. AMAZING!

[@nathanmarshall745]

Yes, almost like it's Now...but in the 90s

[@GOLVEL]

@@nathanmarshall745 this ProJared guy is some kind of time-travelling guy, I tell you.

[@pixelgoat7317]

The golf review reminded me of Jared's hilarious coverage of a Madden game as an RPG 😂 ...man. It's been years since I've seen that one, it was comedy genius!

[@Wolfburns]

That was the best way to describe golf I've ever heard. Absolutely phenomenal. Can't wait to see what comes out next week!

[@gurvmlk]

I was going to comment the same thing about golf, but had already left a different comment. So I'm glad somebody else picked up my slack.

[@jamesmoss3424]

The graphics in Bomberman 93 are excellent. 😀👍🎮

[@RobotMasterSplash]

It was one of the first Virtual Console games to be released back on the Wii, and I immediately fell in love with the graphics and sound. Hudson games were all such a joy to experience, the gaming world lost a lot when Konami bought them.

[@avereynakama9854]

Another great episode, as always. Really look forward to these each week. Dang it, Dylan. Now I really do want a sports game where the ball gets pissed off at you if you smack it too much. But, seriously, love the spice you add to talking about SO MANY SPORTS GAMES.

[@dannyjablonski8129]

Remember kid dracula is just alucard dik spelled backwards

[@Cool-Spot]

The Castlevania collection on ps4 is on sale right now for $4 and it includes Kid Dracula. Just picked it up :)

[@isleofredemption]

I still get chuckles from Galamoth showing up in Symphony of the Night… I’m waiting for him to show up in Netflix’s poorly-thought-out Castlevania Bloodlines show…

[@Mystik3eb]

Good job on those smooth transitions, Dylan.

[@quarkbent9165]

Ah, the Star Fox Good Luck. Unmistakable.

[@garou119]

You just changed my perception od Golf FOREVER! I used to play Hero Tonma in a bootleg arcade a lot back in the day, and it was a lot of fun! Is Star Fox coming next week?

[@garfieldcat007]

Roger!

[@alonkatz4633]

What's really cool is that Bomberman '93 was released for the Wii virtual console with the 5-player multiplayer intact. The Wii only allows you to connect 4 wiimotes at once, so to play this game, you were required to plug in at least one GameCube controller.

[@alanbalan3539]

Look up "Hi-Ten Bomberman" if you want to see the real gold. Also from 93 but designed for that eras widescreen HD-TVs. It ran on two PC engine consoles that fed everything into a custom PCB and cost 2,000,000 yen for the whole set up.

[@TheL1arL1ar]

The music especially at the end sends me back….Times when I played Captain America/Dark Stalkers/Raiden 2 at my Pizza Hut.

[@kendallcooper8761]

I got a repro of Kid Dracula for the NEWS. Fun game

[@GOLVEL]

As if expecting Friday wasn't hard enough... and so great enjoying when it arrives 😊

[@Alexsavethegame]

Kid dracula is 30 y/o today we should start thinking about starting calling it adult dracula..... wait....

[@mattm7798]

The prices of retrogames are hilarious. Really shows the insidious nature of having a completionist drive...I cannot imagine spending $50 on a retro game let alone $1000, and I grew up in the 90s and am a huge nostalgia nerd.

[@SeanLifeFlame]

I remember that Kid Dracula page ad so vividly, and the only reason for that is because it was in a TMNT comic that I got from a yard sale once upon a time.

[@Protoman85]

Yeah you can beat Tonma in 12 minutes... after you've practiced for 3 hours And lol, "Chi Chi, get the yayo. I mean, 9 iron"

[@cerberus144]

Jared "Good Luck!" My Brain: Emergency Emergency! Incoming enemy fighters! Prepare for launch!

[@Narratorway]

I like how Dylan's sarcastic description of golf would actually make sense as 90's era 'mutant league' style golf game.

[@adventurerofmi]

The castlevania collection only has the NES version of Kid Dracula not the gameboy version so it’s still stuck on the gameboy, I bought the collection just for that game and was so sad playing the NES version lol

[@silokhawk]

1:30 I thought the first console to have a multitap was the famicom in 1985?

[@palladiumporcupine2651]

I really hope this series just completely goes all the way through the 90s. This show is so much fun

[@Engineer_Who]

Dylan _killed_ it this week!!

[@yakumoyomi5765]

Dylan's description of "golf" sounds like it could easily work as the basis for a parody (assuming that hasn't already happened).

[@luliby2309]

Not that long ago, I looked up the Bomberman releases on Wikipedia and the timeline is absolutely wild to look at. "Yearly" is putting it lightly. Bomberman had multiple releases like...every year from the mid-ish 90s to through the 2000s. It's absurd to look at.

[@janneaalto3956]

Tonma looked a lot like Hocus Pocus by Apogee the next year. I wonder if one of the devs played Tonma.

[@Equimanthorn80]

I don't want to take credit away from Jared, but Dylan kind of is the heart of this show. Without him, it'd be another section from Projared's channel, which would be great, of course, but it wouldn't be Now in the 90s.

[@seanwilkinson7431]

The best explanation of golf since Robin Williams!

[@Naterkix]

I think Editor Dlyan's backstory for golf is now my new headcanon.

[@H0lyMoley]

NGL, when you said "Kid Dracula was developed by Konami and was a spin-off / parody of one of their other franchises..." I figured that with such a pregnant pause the answer would turn out to be "Metroid" or something. :D

[@barry-allenthe-flash8396]

The bit on Power Factor for theLynx was hilarious! Thank you for the lols, Editor Dylan! I have never heard of that, but I did play a bit of the Lynx thanks to my cousin having one and every once in awhile I inexplicably have the urge to fire up an emulator and give "Todd's Adventure in Slime World" a shot. Power Factor looks like something along those lines, along with Duke Nukem 2 DOS a bit, so maybe I'll give it a shot. If nothing else, I really feel the urge to show this Paul Tonge fellow _what for_ 😄

[@Rob_Thorsman]

Sushi-X made it a point to complain about the Game Boy in every Game Boy game review.

[@faselessnobuddy]

my new fave channel!! great premise, great aesthetic, awesome hosts!! I😎 I love the early 90s!!!! I only wish you started on Jan 1st 1990 lol

[@yionmrmanalter6054]

Holy moly, that Drip looking fire on my boy jared. Im impressed

[@MrWholewheat]

😂😂😂the way you said “Good luck” is exactly how it sounds in the game, good job man, I started cracking up and thinking of space animals

[@Patch_duress]

@7:22 Power Factor reminds me of Duke Nukem 2

[@cpatnaude7]

I love seeing these mini-reviews, it's a blast from the past!

[@Wyldfyre.84]

I still find myself going back to Spindizzy Worlds. I love the music on that one, and the more laid back Marble Madness style gameplay.

[@johnsesia9050]

Bomberman '93 is actually a sequel to the first TG16 Bomberman, with Bomberman '94 marking the end of that branch of the franchise.

[@trident042]

I've never known about Jump'n'Shoot Drac, but now I'm gonna find and play it.

[@PaleHorseShabuShabu]

I recently got Kid Dracula thanks to the Castlevania Collection going on sale on Steam. It's far better than I anticipated, though I still spend more time with the other games (not you, Simon's Quest).

[@wererat42]

Wow... Power Factor looks suspisiously like Duke Nukem 2.

[@ferdinandcountfathom9298]

I got that Castlevania Anniversary Collection, and ended up really enjoying Kid Dracula, it surprised me, and I absolutely LOVE the character... Like seriously, ever since playing it, I've toyed with the idea of getting a tattoo of the little pixelated character, because I think he's just such a nifty little piece of retro sprite art, having a real Clash at Demonhead kind of feel... Great work as always Jared & Dillon, and thanks for continuously introducing us to games that I personally never heard of, then sought out, and ended up thrilled by!!!😊

[@codydhf3]

I've said it once and I've said it again. There needs to be a "Game reviews used to make no sense" t-shirt with the Now in the 90s logo above it. I'd buy that immediately!

[@TigerNightmare]

I remember wanting the SNES Bomberman and the four player adapter, but I never had more than two friends over at a time, and it was usually one at a time. Even as a kid, scheduling and convenience always get in the way of leveling up socially.

[@dcvanta]

Can you imagine franchises adopting the annual release tag? Like Grand Theft Auto '05, Super Mario '64, Street Fighter 2010 ... oh wait

[@tipulsar85]

I hope that we will get a Bomberman legacy collection some decade soon, but it's now a Konami property. Which means MORE Pachinko machines of Bomberman. Oh and a sequel to Super Bomberman R...

[@LightFykki]

This is definitely the record holder of the episodes until new in sheer terms of the worth of these games in today's market. Just unbelievable how much in price they skyrocketed

[@ComicTail64]

This show rocks my socks.

[@journ9er]

8:40 I think Dylan read my comment on the Lynx's Dracula: The Undead! 😲

[@CronosVids]

Games like Kid Dracula make me quote SNESDrunk: “Play this one any way you can.” Great episode once again.

[@insaincaldo]

Aw.. dang, I had Kid Dracula, it was great. Had I not lost my collection, I might have considered finding a collector.

[@stvojay]

Just here to say I absolutely love this series and get so happy once I see the upload on Fridays! I believe Wii got Bomberman 93 on the Virtual Console. Always a fun game to play. I played only a little of Kid Dracula on my Castlevania collection, if you’re rating it that highly as one of the best Gameboy games, I may have to play a little more. I thought it was only decent of what I tried

[@JIreland1992]

Kid Dracula is such a good game.

[@kappakingdom6174]

Honestly, would love a golf game where the premise involves and angry egg

[@SrSacaninha]

Damn, this show holds a special place indeed. I still have some of the magazines shown here and there, nostalgia hits hard. Makes me wanna grab some pizza and binge watch it.

[@gurvmlk]

That does sound like a good time.

[@marscaleb]

"Good Luck" Holy crap, we're getting to StarFox already? Man, time is just flying by!

[@lucamibel]

1:29 Ayo

[@ArcRay20]

"Kid Dracula on the Gameboy plays more like a Megaman" he even jumps the same way, no way that wasnt intentional.