#Scheherazade

[@chriscripplercruz1833]

What if I told you that I've been checking your channel all day for this video lol thanks for another good one

[@sharmat1611]

…just subscribe and click the bell

[@chriscripplercruz1833]

@@sharmat1611 been done that lol but I checked to beat the notification bell to the punch lol

[@Dadbot]

I read this in his voice

[@chriscripplercruz1833]

@@Dadbot haha I typed it in his voice lol

[@endlrls]

That's literally the cue I wait for in the video... 😅😅

[@alanbalan3539]

Genuinely adore this game. It has all that early NES/famicom charm, 10/10 setting and theming (still tragically underutilized to this day!) and stays just the right side of being cryptic but solvable. I sincerely hope that your video inspires lots of people to give it a try for themselves.

[@PlasticCogLiquid]

Yep I loved this game back in the day!

[@Marzimus]

Having grown up in the NES-SNES era...I've never heard of this!? 😦

[@Angry_Primate]

I loved this game. I never owned it, but I rented it almost every weekend.

[@gamergrad81]

@@Marzimus One of the best games on the NES easily!!! (IMO) I and my family did play this way back in the day (late 80s) and I always remembered it fondly for many years until like 2002 I finally rebought the game on my own and of course played and beat it after having not seen it for probably well over a decade!! I remember doing my 2 summer college classes that summer and being very eager each day for like a couple weeks or so to come home and play Scheherezade when I was done with class for the day. And the game was even better than I had remembered (and still is)!!! 🤩😍 I still own that cartridge from 2002 today and will actually probably play it again very soon as well as the Famicom version of the game (which I've never beaten ❤)!! Definitely one of my Faves (sorta Aladdin meets Crono Trigger BEFORE Crono Trigger; with Turn-Based battles too!!!) PS: Me and my family always had a GOOD laugh at the expense of Pukin's name because...well.......you figure it out...! Poor poor Pukin........ It just makes me SICK thinking about it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🤢 🥲😋😜🤪😆😂👍👳💯

[@Marzimus]

@@gamergrad81 Pukin- that's great! You've sold me on the game for sure. I only watched about thirty minutes into the video and figured I'd give it a spin soon. Always looking for games to play with my SO as she's not much of a gamer and never know what'll catch her attention. I know the feeling of having to wade through work and/or school just to get back into the console (looking at you DKC2, which took me waaaay too long to realize the pun in Kong Quest.. 🤪). Game on, gamergrad!!

[@the_hiroman]

This game was way ahead of its time: Time traveling, classes, lots of companions, combination attacks, formations.

[@cueball981]

I remember watching my brother complete this game after bringing it home from Nintendo. He helped put together the walk through notes for the game play counselors. Good memories!

[@Isoquant]

A counselor to the counselors... what a legend!

[@cueball981]

@@Isoquant my brother was an awesome gamer back in the day. You can find his Nintendo Power picture if you search for "sexiest Nintendo game play counselor"...no lie! Cracks me up to see the pic with his curly mullet. You'll see! Lol!

[@Isoquant]

@@cueball981 Haha, that's not a phrase I want saved in my search history, but I'll take your word for it!

[@chrisgardner7111]

You’re like my KZbin big brother, beating games to keep me entertained. Thank you. Please don’t burn out, take your time to produce this amazing content I can wait

[@capnheehee8103]

That's a really good way of putting it. I played many of these titles myself, but failed to beat many of them. It's cool just to watch someone who knows what they're doing walk through the game in a straightforward way.

[@ze90s]

hurr durr

[@donutreactions]

​@@ze90sWe get it, no one loves you. No one cares how pathetic you are.

[@Hummingbird78]

I love this format. You’ve captured lightning. Can’t wait until next week!

[@ZappBranniglenn]

"Don't worry about your debt. We will never pay this guy back" That's what I like to hear. This game seems pretty cool! Blending Zelda gameplay with menu based combat sequences. It's too bad the RPG battles seem so pointless, but a neat idea regardless.

[@dragoneye6229]

I also love how you have bread and mashroob. One of those is pretty specific while the other can literally be anything. They could have given you water but no they insist on beverage, which is what mashroob means. Beverage.

[@Wil_Dsense]

Sounds like our old student Ioans… 😂😂

[@Jaded_Spawn]

I try to make it a habit to replay through this gem at least once a year. It just oozes charm, even with some of it's faults.

[@NestalgiaGamer]

My uncle had this one in a crate of NES games, I never played it and now I'm too busy to spend the time on old games unfortunately. It's great to be able to see in depth what the game was all about. Keep it up, this is one of my favorite channels. I always look forward to the weekends to see what game you play next.

[@eddietorres112]

Just finished my playthrough! Never beat it as a kid but this guide made it all possible now. Thanks!

[@UCanBeatVideoGames]

That's awesome! Thanks for letting me know!

[@ESLTeacherTom]

Your dedication is impressive!

[@chrisd6287]

Heyy, it's the English guy! What's up Tom?

[@tyo6896]

I was thinking the same! These videos do these games, creators, and produces credit, always maps and art work. The research alone done on these games is impressive.

[@jebfullinwider4379]

What's the difference between ESL and ELL? Do you only teach English as a SECOND language?

[@jacobwebb2623]

Love this review, "The Magic of Scheherazade" is one of my favorite titles on the NES. The gameplay is fun and the music is fantastic!!!!!! GREAT VIDEO!!!!

[@dragoneye6229]

This same company collaborated with another to make First Queen for the SNES.

[@brianjohnson5272]

I watched my dad spend 2 weeks beating this game back in the 80s! No guide book, no walk through, no internet, just his desire to beat the game. Too this day its TWO battle styles is unique and was rather fun.

[@Berzerkules]

“All about the Yenjamins.” Love it! Thank you for all your work and research and humor in these vids!

[@ObiWanBillKenobi]

2:47 Wow! That cover art has a beauty and detail that hadn’t been seen since the Atari 2600’s games’ cover art! 😮 It’s gorgeous!

[@stevel935]

1:38:45 Yesssss I was waiting for the Reaper to show up sometime on this video. Crazy how it waits for you outside of town and even waits for you while you time travel!

[@NotABot55]

"The concerted attack from the magician is enough to break down your corporeal form ...after all those unfortunate Shadowgate players, you didn't expect someone to fight back! Is this what your colleague from Castlevania has to endure in each entry?" "Well, now it's your turn: It's a sad thing that your adventures have ended here!"

[@rodneyabrett]

I always loved the stuff from Culture Brain when I was a kid. They always had a complexity to their games that a lot of other NES games didn't have.

[@godagon97]

This has to be the greatest NES game I've never heard of. Masterful walkthrough!!

[@Xaintrix]

Already the video is off to a strong start. The way you deal with the merchant was hilarious!

[@CylenX6]

And the college jokes got me as well like the quality of the education classes and transferring school credits lol.

[@sonnieandjacob]

Finally this one gets the coverage it deserves. I dont know anyone else who played it except me. Truly underrated

[@forevernever1883]

Bruuuhhh!! I was like I can't possibly be the only dude who loved this game 😂 but I knew he was going to get around to showing it

[@rubynall80]

All these years I thought I was alone. It's so good to know I was wrong!

[@SmithyyGCN]

I played it and loved it... yet I haven't beaten it...

[@CC-bm3wb]

I remember seeing screenshots for the game way back in the day in Nintendo power but I never got a chance to play it. Glad it's being covered!

[@thepopemichael]

I rented this one nearly every weekend when I was a kid. It's sad that I never beat it, but I'm going to give it a go now that this video is out.

[@ogre27kain]

Such a great game! Brings me back to playing games with my dad when I was little. This video hit me in the feelers hard.

[@thecunninlynguist]

This is one I hear rarely talked about, I haven't played it extensively enough to give proper judgement on it, but from what I played, It's a solid game.

[@gamerboy6787]

Always appreciate the history lesson/context at the beginning of every video. I never played this game, but do remember it being covered on Nintento Power as the "feature game" of that issue. And thanks to your video I finally know how to pronounce the title! XD

[@forevernever1883]

I knew you was going to get around to this game. I've always said it was slept on. Love this classic!!

[@therealseanw.stewart2071]

I've never heard of this game. But it looks interesting and I'm having a blast so far, a half hour in. Some of my favorite NES games are the ones with more experimental gameplay styles, featuring two different "genres" like Blaster Master and The Guardian Legend. In this game, it's weird how it has both Zelda-style overworld combat and Dragon Quest-style turn-based RPG combat. That'll be interesting to get used to! I'm sure the rest of this walkthrough will be enjoyable, as usual.

[@vaedara]

This was the first game I looked through your videos for. I had about given up hope that it would ever get any recognition in the modern era. You do great work, and I thank you for it.

[@capnheehee8103]

I never knew this thing existed until this wound up in my playlist -- and that's shocking, as a 1980s / 1990s kid who once owned an NES and subscribed to Nintendo Power for years and years. There are many obscure titles (especially those never released in the U.S.) that I often don't know much about, but I really didn't expect it for something in THIS genre -- I thought I knew all the 8-bit era RPG/Adventure games! I definitely wish it had been advertised more heavily.

[@EpicLebaneseNerd]

One of the most groundbreaking games on the NES, loved it so much, the different genres, the time travel, the ''mashroub'', the ending and the mystery u needed to solve.....it was insane good and nothing else was good as this amazing game.

[@Yungbeck]

I love the winter world and its soundtrack! - The future sure looks cold. great walkthrough gg man

[@vdogaymer]

Can't believe you did this game, TYVM man, this was def a game like no other.

[@inkredibill6352]

This is my favorite content on KZbin, at the moment. I really love this format a lot. Thank you for making these, bro.

[@The_Vegan_Punk1967]

Wow I remember this game from the 80s. Haven’t played it in like 30yrs. Loved it.

[@joe-edward]

What if I told you the funniest part of this 3+ hour video is at 12:34 - "Do you see the feather on my turban? Do you think that some common rube could afford a turban this fancy??" Great video, as always, and cool game too! Thank you for making these!

[@user-is4jf8yr4z]

Love the humour! I don't even play these games myself but your walkthroughs are great fun!

[@ericjohnson5531]

This is one of the rare channels I turn notifications to on. Thanks for creating great content!

[@workaholick]

OH MY GOD, I remember this, loved this more than Zelda!

[@GuardianAngel..]

Wow!! this guy works fast just the other day I made a request for him to do a breakdown of this game and he already has it done an uploaded, I really appreciate you taking the time to do this Playthrough, coming to think of it you are the first person on KZbin to make a complete strategy guide for this game, Well Done, Keep up the Good Work.

[@dbycrash]

Since day one your vids have been high quality and informative, but your becoming more comfortable and throwing in more humor whenever the opportunity arises has made each entry even more entertaining. It’s funny to think that for the rest of time, unless some horrible catastrophe befalls us, these videos will serve as humanity’s way to conquer these 8-bit masterpieces. 200 years from now someone will hear a joke about the 1980s and have to do their closest thing to googling it.

[@sirellyn]

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES!! Been waiting for this one for a long time! One of the most memorable NES games I ever played.

[@jettdunkley]

I gotta say I love this channel if not for the amazing content but for learning about awesome games I never even knew existed! Thanks U can beat video games!! Your channel is awesome👌🏿

[@nickpry968]

Hearing this music again hit me fully in the nostalgia guts. Classic.

[@COIFISHGAMING]

I am so glad you got around to this one man! One of my favorite games of all time!

[@anthonyroberts6839]

Takes me back to days at my parents on a sat morning just chilling and gaming, thank you for your vids ❤️

[@trudownsouth8490]

I GOT THIS GAME EMULATED ON MY LAPTOP!!!!!!!!! Played it YEARS ago on NES. Lost my cart (someone stole it 🤬) and just downloaded the ROM just LAST WEEK!!!!!! I gotta watch this playthrough!!!! THANX!

[@rustyjones7908]

Nintendo headquarters: Wait, someone downloaded a rom of a 20 year old game we have no intention of releasing again. RELEASE THE HOUNDS.

[@trudownsouth8490]

@@rustyjones7908 Lol. I would tell y'all how to get it but nevermind now.🤣

[@rustyjones7908]

@@trudownsouth8490 Best to not mention sites like that in public, the fewer lips the site's name is on, the less likely it'll be found out. One of the biggest sites for out of print TRPG books got nuked because they started advertising on Twitter and Facebook (along with hosting books that the author made it abundantly clear he didn't want shared).

[@trudownsouth8490]

@@rustyjones7908 Notice that I didn't share it or say where I got it from like my initial comment to you expressed.

[@Ratralsis]

It's so wild to me that I never heard of this game at all until only a couple of years ago. Everything I've seen about it makes me think it would have been right up my alley as a fan of old Final Fantasy and Dragon Warrior games (though I guess they were new at the time). Videos like these really make me itch to find and play it now!

[@tylermills79]

I found this one Friday at blockbuster when I was a kid and initially only rented it because all the “good” games were gone. That was one hell of a Friday night me and my brother stayed up all night and again Saturday just completely hooked but making slow progress lol. I liked it so much I bought it after I had to return the rental copy. I’m lucky in the fact I was old enough to be working in the mid to late 80’s so I amassed a huge nes library that I kept to this day. I’m pretty much going week to week waiting for him to do one I don’t own so I have an excuse to plug the few holes in my collection lol. Honestly hoping for a Link to the past and the rest of the mega man and Castlevania series fingers crossed 🤞

[@chrisd6287]

Wow, if it weren't for you and KRB I would never know about this game and many others. Keep up the great work man, your episodes are something I truly look forward to.

[@LeMayJoseph]

So glad you played through this one! Such an underrated classic!

[@tiagojorge8071]

Wow! I played this gem in the 90's. Here in Brazil, we used to rent cartridges from video stores, and this game was one of the games that impressed me in the 90's. Today I have it in my collection and I'm in the half of the journey, this vídeo will help me to conclude the adventure.

[@fnt100]

Maze in the second world I had one of my most memorable moments. My grandmother yelled at me for putting masking tape on the TV. I was marking the pits in the corridor. Totally worth it.

[@jc.1191]

😂

[@Ba1th1azar]

my love of rpgs stemmed from this game, i loved it when i was a kid and i never looked back. its funny that you'd think it was the zelda games or final fantasy or even the dragon quest games... nope it was the magic of Scheherazade, the music, the gameplay, the setting. i love it

[@scottydu81]

You put great effort into your content and it needs to be more heavily viewed!

[@ChrisGorski]

A truly underrated classic on the NES. Great to see it getting more attention

[@jtt5623]

Dude its crazy how much I look forward to your videos this channel needs a lot more attention

[@timothystanley9737]

Dude, you absolutely killed me with that dan aykroyd joke!

[@joe-edward]

Yes!! Dan AAHHCCHHKK-royd!

[@Jman19781]

The turn based battles aren’t random so much. The hits go in order from one to the next. And if you didn’t notice, when you cast oprin with 1 MP left at level 2, you drank mashroob and went up to 50 MP (max MP is 20 at level 2). Gotta love the old bugs. By the way, thank you so much for doing this game!!! One of my all time favorites, even though it wasn’t one of the top games of the NES. It always has a place in my heart. You are the best!!

[@bazil9649]

Love your content! Look forward to it every weekend. Would love to see Zelda oracle of seasons/ages back to back weekends.

[@trudownsouth8490]

Naw, he gotta do Rollergames first.

[@nugboy420]

That’d be fun! I just played thru seasons then kinda fizzled out on the end of ages. I played seasons on my GB but couldn’t find a cart of ages to used an emulator on my n64 Everdrive to play ages.

[@ggbetz]

My tied for 2nd favorite zelda games(1 is links awakening), I'd love this!

[@ShaelRiley]

Bravo! This was quite the ride. I'll have to actually play this one for the first time, now.

[@MrNb22]

Nice to see you playing this game. I was somewhat obsessed with this game after renting it a few times and being unable to ever locate it in stores. 20:15 - the song here is my jam - prob the best song in an amazing 8 bit soundtrack!

[@FyrenMagus]

The Dragon Warrior Sound kit used on the mazes is so nostalgic, even though it is slightly modified.

[@aaron2u243]

I'm always excited to see more Magic of Scheherazade content, because it is still a bit under the radar. There are a few things you omitted, though, that would have been fun to discuss. Like how the various merchants have preferred classes to give discounts to, or to go into more detail about how to avoid encounters on those "trap" spaces, as you put it. Or how to avoid getting the large amount of Grim Reapers you kept getting! There's actually a much more casual-friendly way to perform the Legend Sword Skip than the way you did it, although you might not have seen it if you didn't check enough different speedrun videos. The Bread of Gotrat and other free coin spots are worth nothing, too! It might be a good idea to reference where you learn some of these tricks from, too. As someone who helped develop some of the strategies you use here, it feels a bit weird to see someone do them and give no credit or reference to where it was learned from.

[@jodysgamingchannel9480]

You point out the one thing that bugs me about these: no research credits given. Would be truly excellent of him to at least put the runners/guides he used in the description at least.

[@dannyjingu]

This was a favorite of mine when I was a kid. I appreciate you doing a video on this.

[@hannes8835]

Thank you so much for covering this game. I was looking for it for some time.

[@Joshhow]

I loved this game when I first played it 30 years ago. I still love it today.

[@jonhorne881]

Yes! Yes! Yes! What an underrated game. Thanks for reviewing and showcasing it.

[@MotherKojiro]

Culture Brain was such a neat company; they made so many oddball games, and unfortunately, a lot of them didn't turn out very well. Magic of Scheherazade was a huge exception; even if it didn't sell very well, it felt like they accomplished everything they were trying to do with it, and it all fits together pretty well. This is one of my all-time favorite NES games; thank you for covering it!

[@zombiecrusher1100]

I always love how your dog pushes the button

[@DipreG]

I played this as a little kid! Took it all the way to the last boss, but never quite finished it!

[@jonus28]

Here to like and comment for the algorithm. I'll come back and watch the whole thing a bit later. Thanks for the great content!

[@Big_Dai]

Oh wow! I'm beyond impressed with its design. From the beautiful sprites of people's faces, to actually showing the Robot translating, to characters telling you about secrets and making the playthrough quite playable (and less annoying), to Oracle of Ages Time-Travel mechanics. Not to mention having both Zelda 1 combat, and turn-based combat on the same game? This is an impressive NES game that does NOT have all the obtuse and annoyances of first developers, and an even more interesting 2nd version (how often did that happen)! Now I'm quite interested in the Japanese version (visuals and names of spells).

[@CortezMCortez]

"Single moms at pizza hut" you slay me dude. That one got me

[@hamescarlos]

My man, I’ve been watching the ads without skipping so you can get the most profit out of them. Please continue making these awesome videos 👍

[@stevel935]

Childhood fave. Such an ambitious game design for that time and they absolutely nailed it.

[@Dorelaxen]

One of my favorites. Spent hours and hours on it back in the day.

[@chadburton3337]

The grim reaper following you through the Time Door is like a metaphor. You can't escape death

[@ThirdPointInLine]

This game is such a ride! I got it in a bundle and went in blind. Was not disappointed, it's all over the place XD

[@Uncle-Jay]

I absolutely adored this game.

[@Uncle-Jay]

The turn based fights were my favorite part.

[@kaynesantor8136]

I cant believe I've never even heard if this game. It was great. I would have never figured out a lot of that back in the day. Or nowadays. Nice job man, worth the wait. Cant wait for the next one.

[@jasonh7094]

I really felt as a kid I played 90 percent of the games probabaly but you find ones that I am not familiar with from time to time - I love it - looking forward to this video :) favorite saturday morning cartoon replacement (sunday today ):)

[@Dadbot]

Never played or even heard of this game. But I love long episodes 😃

[@jonathankardas482]

The Dan Akroyd pun had me dying. That was well executed. Very well played sir.

[@_J_C_]

@2:24:00 AVGN reference!😂 Your videos are amazing, thorough and detailed.

[@jeffosoft]

Awesome videos. The work that goes into them is amazing. Thank you for making them.

[@ggbetz]

Like most here, I learned about it fairly recently. Graphics were nice looking, but I'd heard it was much more difficult than it is, so always held off. Definitely wish there was more to the series, and significantly less flashing colours. I love that sometimes multiple things change colour because they were all tied to the same plane or whatever, shows you the limitations they were working with. Great video and great jokes! Worth the paltry 1 day wait for this huge gift!

[@davidt3563]

Dang, another one I have never heard of! Love relaxing with your videos after work. Thanks for all you do for us!

[@Xenomic]

Man, your videos are always a treat to watch. Great information both on the story of the games and on the games themselves. If I may suggest a game, I would like to see you try Athena for the NES. Been contemplating trying that myself, actually.

[@thecatillaccat]

Love this game so much. Also very much enjoyed the little AVGN shout-out.

[@thrillhouse_vanhouten]

I've never heard of this game in my entire life. It looks awesome!! Adding it to my list.

[@rpc3xl36]

i never comment on anything on youtube. so rare. but you are comfort for me! all your videos are great and your voice helps me sleep. my only complaint is you dont have more videos!!. idk youir name but ty sooo much man

[@aputridpileofb-movies6542]

A very overlooked game, and one of the best early action RPGs, interestingly, the main character you play as looks strikingly similar to another prominent video game character, the main character from the forgotten classic arcade game Arabian.

[@rubynall80]

I am so glad you did a video for this game. I played this many years ago but could never beat the Salamander. I also made the mistake of playing the Warrior instead of the Magician. Now I can go back and finally beat this video game.

[@Sion_Ash]

Thank you for this. Taking the time to do this. I remember this game well. Thought it was really good.

[@Murdoc_rusche]

I want to say that before I watch this, I want you to know that I loved this game, but never beat it, even on an emulator. I always got stuck on the 2nd world. I used the code to explore the final stage all powered up, but never completed this one. I never looked it up on Gamefaqs. In any case, I love that you made a video about this game. I look forward to watching it. Like your Final Fantasy video, it may take me a couple of days. Thank you. So few people played this as younglings. When I was a child, my mother worked at video store called "Take Home Video" in a small town. That's how I could play games like this and Faxanadu and Fester's Quest and other games most kids didn't have access to at the time.

[@Wair18]

This game was so good took me forever to beat it as a kid.

[@AsherTheModder]

This is channel is criminally underrated tbh

[@Absquatula]

A lot of people really liked Bootsy from the Angry Video Game Nerd channel in the past. He had a very comforting and relaxed demeanor and very much had the same attitude of "If I can do, you can to" and that feeling really rings true with this channel. Amazing stuff you got here 👍

[@CylenX6]

I remember seeing this in one of the Nintendo Power magazines way back when, but never got to play it nor knew anybody who ever had it. This is interesting watching this!

[@thehammer5164]

Love this channel! Keep up the quality content.

[@Insane-Howl-Cowl]

I remember when this game was on the shelves at my local rental store. I never gave it a chance, but now I need to go check it out.

[@medleysa]

It’s finally here! Let’s go! Watching now, but your videos are always excellent.

[@gamehunter27]

I give major kudos to #UCBVG because this has to be one of the longest videos for a game I have ever seen. Congrats.

[@davidarriola6412]

3 hours wow