Panic Restaurant (NES) Playthrough

[@NintendoComplete]

This obscure food-themed platformer is a fantastic example of the craftsmanship that sprang from the NES's later years, and it's a Kenji Eno game (!!). Crazy, right?

[@rjcupid]

“Craftsmanship” is the perfect word to describe this game. It is like a work of art created with a great deal of attention to detail and care. Quality over quantity.

[@edwardgaines6561]

Yeah yeah, but the game is too short!

[@twiztid350]

Sometimes you would go to the Rental store late, when all the games were gone and have to choose from what was left. This was one such game and proved sometimes it was ok to get there late.

[@stardestroyer81]

Loving this NES demake of Pizza Tower

[@budsunny]

I remember buying this game back when FuncoLand was around. Loved it so much and to this day it’s still one of my favorite games on the Nintendo Entertainment System. I even named my black cat Cookie after the chef from this game. An absolute gem of a game.

[@rjcupid]

Great story. It is indeed a “gem”.

[@rjcupid]

I love Panic Restaurant. Beyond being an awesome game it is the “crown jewel” of my NES collection. Taito made such incredible NES games at the end of its lifespan. The song that starts at 10:55 is one of my favourite songs of the era.

[@OMGmyFACE]

If you like that track, check out the Lock 'n Chase gameboy ost.

[@rjcupid]

@@OMGmyFACE Thanks and good call, it really has the same “vibe”. I loved the game Kwirk as a kid, I got to get Lock ‘n Chase too. Have a good one.

[@timmadone8930]

That music is by Kenji Eno, no wonder it's one of the stand out tracks. Kenji Eno not only did some of the music for the game, but he was also the creative designer & wrote the story.

[@edwardgaines6561]

​@@timmadone8930Wrote the story? Well the game is a bit short, but yes the music is very good. Almost SUNSOFT good!

[@timmadone8930]

@@edwardgaines6561 Yes, the code for the original end credits is in the game & can be hacked. In the original end credits Kenji Eno gets full credit for all his involvement in the game. Not sure why the end credits were changed, but it could be because at the very end Kenji Eno said "Thanks for playing, God bless everyone".

[@LPetal86]

Man, don't you just hate it when you're out minding your own business one day, and some sentient food decides to attack you after a horrid man threatens to take away your restaurant?

[@NintendoComplete]

Probably feels a bit like being punched in the face by Eddie Valiant.

[@rjcupid]

Especially someone named Ohdove - I love this game but that is one horrible final boss name.

[@edwardgaines6561]

​@@rjcupidIt's a pun on "hors d'oeuvres."

[@yusakug]

Picked this one up a couple years ago. A lot of personality and great animations in this one. The music is great also, with the level 3 music always sounding like something out of Super Mario Land for Game Boy to me.

[@sdlock83]

The walking rotisserie chicken enemies are cute lol!

[@BB-te8tc]

Drove me nuts that this was featured in Nintendo Power but was released late into the NES's life cycle so it wasn't available seemingly anywhere for rent (us late 80s/early 90's kids didn't know about NES games being manufactured in smaller and smaller quantities). The magazine made it look so good (and it is!) but i didn't get to play it until years later via emulation.

[@NintendoComplete]

Same went for me. I never saw this at a store or a rental shop, and it wasn't for a lack of looking, like with so many others.

[@85futureshock]

Between this and Little Samson, Taito was getting a lot out of the NES graphics chip in its last years.

[@FangPlayz777]

Man , i just hate it when I'm trying to relax and my food starts attacking me 😣

[@tryffel8]

A top 20 plattformer on the Nes. Great game like many other Taitos games. Not really in the same leauge as Flintstones- Dino and Hoppy, but not far away.

[@liburansendirian1232]

always love this kind of art

[@nishanthp4882]

I can't believe I found this after 25 years, amazing!

[@alexisguzman296]

This game looks like fun.. and that frying is lethal

[@alexshadowfax1119]

This game is one of the most frustrating games I've ever played, it looks cutesy and laid back but it's a game from hell, at least to me, it took me 3 hours and a broken controller to get through it and I'll never play it again lol

[@thiscateatspancakes2451]

I met this game today and to think I did not know this game, this looks so nice lol, music sounds good too!

[@Dorian_Scott]

Obscure (and exceedingly rare to find), but a damn good platformer for the NES. Probably one of the weirdest ones, too.

[@VahanNisanian]

Another very expensive later NES game.

[@morechuchoggaming4800]

Yes

[@krystalfan]

and having that nightmare fuel box cover didn't help sales eather

[@NintendoComplete]

Ikr! Can't say it's not fitting for an Eno game, though...

[@krystalfan]

@@NintendoComplete at least the euro box was cartoony and fitting of the game's nature and not looking like it will come to life at night wanting to eat or wear my skin

[@EltioQuesoHD]

pizza tower

[@DarthClam]

Damn the music is great!!

[@FarOutJunk]

If Mega Man and Yo! Noid had a baby.

[@MarcosCenteno-d2y]

I heard this was the rarest game and expensive one to

[@jhonnyrts3332]

Towrr pizza origins

[@mariusamber3237]

Fun little game, enjoyed playing it too. The JP version has credits at the end and a young protagonist instead (wonder why that sprite was changed?) but otherwise it's just about the same from what I recall...

[@NintendoComplete]

I've wondered that, too. Why would Americans prefer playing as a middle-aged man? 😆

[@erikbustamante6831]

Tasty game sir

[@ZEKESPILLEDINKMUSIC]

3:43-4:12 I remember seeing this on Rerez as part of one of their knock-off console videos, because Shane was really perplexed as to why anyone would catch fish with their bare hands like that. Now, I know the original source material.

[@Vermilicious]

I'm not so sure about the gameplay here, but the mini-games and slot machine seemed kinda fun.

[@KelvenCardoso-f1u]

Meu primeiro game! q saudade!

[@ernestlemmingway1124]

Still not the silliest food levels I've seen in a game. That dubious honor goes to the ones Level Ate and Totally Forked in _Earthworm Jim 2._

[@kennethfeltmate7900]

Reminds me a lot of a Wario game

[@Nate-Dawg921]

Final results: Score -180,000 Lives remaining -9.

[@reastatplay]

Я помню, что играл не за усатого старого повара, а за молодого :)

[@AutisticPersona]

I saw a used version of this game........Good luck buying it..... $849!!!

[@AlexNona80]

What about this Naughty Kokkun's Gourmet World

[@diegogoncalvesdesousa3484]

Muito bom

[@KOOPAS1234]

Wasn't this that game that was a Mario bootleg?

[@bgrcomputersltd]

Request: Super Mario 2 (Genesis) Playthrough - NintendoComplete

[@knuclear200x]

Cool it's the game from Bob Burger's. BOB SUX AHAHAHAAHAHHAHA

[@Dorian_Scott]

I forget but wasn't that what Jimmy Pesto put as the initials for that game as an insult to Bob in that episode?

[@knuclear200x]

@@Dorian_Scott CHICKEN LEG

[@davemurray8840]

I hv this gm and original box for sale at 5,000k

[@charlesfahlstrom9542]

Cool game, lame ending.

[@darkerfalcon3747]

I prefer more the JPnese version.

[@melissaleoncreolenola]

A horrible version of Mario

[@doyouknowwhoyouredealingwith]

this game punches mario in the guts, get that right

[@therealseanw.stewart2071]

Very interesting, I've seen this cult classic several times before somewhere but I've never known much about it. The art style alone separates it from other NES games. So much personality and charm! I'm starting to think this was where Pizza Tower took some of its inspiration lol.