Ninja Gaiden NES :: Live SPEED RUN (

Please leave a 'Like' to show us which runs you enjoy most. Run starts at 01:34. #109, played by Dxtr ( / dxtrslab )
( / superzorix )
Time 0:12:29
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Couch commentators: Sinister1 (( / sinisterwon )
( / lukemiller ) and Duckfist ( / duckfist ) ( / duckfist )
Released by Tecmo in March 1989, Ninja Gaiden follows the journey of Ryu Hayabusa who sets out to avenge his father's death. Judging from the fantastic cut scenes, it also involves a woman with a mullet who may or may not be trying to kill him. This game set the precedent for all subsequent ninja games, in that you run around in broad daylight, kill any and all things in your path, and do no less than 30 flips every time you leave the ground. This game is known to be extremely frustrating, mainly due to the difficulty of the platforming and the unfairness of the birds. Source: speeddemosarchi...
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[@RexManningDay69]

1-1 is where the game really begins to ramp up in difficulty.

[@MrUnladenswallow]

"RYU YOUR FATHER, HE HAS BEEN CAPTURED!" Ryu "give me 12 minutes"

[@rockdesu]

MrUnladenswallow hahahahha.... Funniest comment ever.

[@senounatsuru6453]

You win a thousand internets for that.

[@baseddeathfafy5030]

I'd rather have a buffalo take a diarrhea dump in my ear than play this game again

[@4ll3sb4n4n3]

+BasedDeath Fafy Does the game control you or do you control the game?

[@brottarnacke]

It is such a blast when you know how to play it.

[@saraha180]

AVGN is a pussy.

[@LOKBLUDOM3N]

Nnnnno, IG is. (always using Game Genie).

[@russellmuscle7434]

Well those are your options

[@slendercaterpie]

the comment section on youtube is when it really ramps up in difficulty

[@dmaster225]

No the replies in the comment section is when youtube tries to weed out new commenters. Its here when it really ramps up in difficulty.

[@Hayao]

I'm so happy other people noticed that Duckfist overuses that phrase to absurd extents, he's done so in every single run of this game I've seen him commentate.

[@Captain_Neckbeard]

It pissed me off that people think gamers are anti-social losers who don't help society. Thanks for proving people wrong.

[@KARTIKEYA007]

being social is overrated and as long as u pay taxes u are helping society, so fuck anything which people say

[@Seydaschu]

So there are three different parts that are "the point where the game ramps up in difficulty"

[@_Snowflame]

Ramping up from the previous ramp-up, clearly.

[@PxShadowUK]

Ninja Gaiden is a series of ramps.

[@Benwah]

Shadiku Izayoi It's a sequel to Excite Bike.

[@shantygaming694]

That feeling when you see a guy make the game his bitch that you struggled so much on as a kid.

[@xtraflo]

Didn't realize Toby McGuire was a hardcore gamer ?

[@horsepower523]

Nah, he looks more like Joshua Jackson.

[@unclerogelio3636]

White Noise lol

[@mojo-eq4ln]

White Noise Who's toby?

[@ZachariaYonis]

@@mojo-eq4ln the one and only Spider-Man that mattered

[@OzvenomDnD]

STOP SAYING RAMP UP IN DIFFICULTY

[@Smoove_J]

Bit it really ramped up in difficulty, right when you least expected.

[@snomangaming]

Run starts at 1:34

[@Miyamoto_Jim]

442 likes and 1 dislike.... 442 people pay their respects to this guy dominating this tough tough tough game....1 kid thinks its funny to be the only person to dislike a video...welcome to the internet.

[@Saeraen]

Jim Vaughan just because you like something doesn't mean everyone needs to like it too.

[@BelatedGamer]

Saeraen The question is why someone would bother to dislike it.

[@Saeraen]

BelatedGamer It's hard to answer that, people will dislike a video for many reasons. But whatever the reason, it is their own, and trying to understand why people do what they do will usually end in a headache. lol

[@BelatedGamer]

Saeraen Yeah it's baffling to me. Disliking an opinionated video I can understand, but disliking a random speedrun? Weird.

[@Miyamoto_Jim]

Saeraen You're missing the point, also why would you watch this video if you didn't like it? Are you the ONE who disliked it? Why would you click on a video knowing exactly what its going to be if you dont like it? Is a speed run of Ninja gaiden. You know what to expect.

[@erossirios4656]

Really great commentary, helped me understand the more quick and complicated maneuvers. And I LOVE when people clap in appreciation, video games are incredible

[@MrDajdawg]

Lol, I came to watch this because of AVGN and they mention him multiple times!!

[@realdoomerhours]

These couch commentators are my favourite, I felt like I was watching the golf.

[@nimbylive]

That's why I've never beaten this game. I didn't know the between-the-legs-controller-on-the-chair trick. It's so simple!

[@greecoboost]

10:41 Sinister1: "And another really tough boss coming up" Meanwhile, Dxtr one-shots boss and I'm like: o_0

[@Soriua]

The dude commenting in the left is so godlike. Nice run!!

[@Spanishdog17]

Impressive playing and I learned a lot from the commentators.

[@Centaura]

Fantastic run, fantastic commentary.

[@mrklin99]

Played this on and off since the 90's and never beaten it, this guy just goes and does it in less than 15 min...... seriously humbled here

[@rilexeon]

Is it called Sex Panter because it works 60% of the time, every time?

[@washdog5416]

@rilexeon Briliant insider

[@andyb2341]

these guys make the speedruns look so damn easy. but when i pop in this fucker myself and try to beat this game, it just rapes me over and over while holding me down screaming and kicking

[@brottarnacke]

The key to the game is to kill the enemies as quick as possible just as they appear, keep moving, time the jumps right and never go backwards. There's a reason all enemies (almost) die after only one hit, you can just tear through them. If you do this, most of the game is managable. Then there are some places where you need to figure out exactly how to get past, but once you do, it's not hard.

[@unclerogelio3636]

Andy B lol yeah this game is hard..

[@digitalblasphemy1100]

very good commentary on this run. thanks!

[@pavlo1207]

the guy explaining strategy is so nice and professional. i wish gdq had more of this kind instead of cringy ones

[@dachronicls420]

Is the difficulty ramping up?

[@realevostevo]

Very impressive! Congratulations!

[@Ragesauce]

I wonder what the world record is for this run, sometimes they display it in the "about" section but I don't see it = /

[@joka]

It's 11:48 (or 11:50 depending on how you time it)

[@Ragesauce]

Joka Dang that's fast

[@filippo.diberardino2863]

he managed to make that look easy,daaaaaamn

[@setsunaes]

So... on which of the three points where the game ramps up in difficulty it ramps up the most?

[@Quimper111]

Bluehat wasn't just dropped off there by his moms. He was abandoned. Oo

[@Pat9x]

We've come so far from this man. Just recently Edo_86 beat the whole game blindfolded. GGs to this beautiful community.

[@PsychoDiesel48]

13 minutes . . . . 13 fucking minutes . . . . goddamnit NES games . . . jesus fucking christ. Unbelievable is the only word I can think of for this shit . . . NES games can be optimized way too well. Holy hell . . .

[@warpdriveby]

I randomly looked this up because my friend's kid is into "retro" 😮 games😂! I had this one and know how difficult it is, it's challenging even using save states to any beginner.

[@taurusauric2695]

Why is Ryu moving so fast? It's not normal. Did he used cheats or what? Normally the game runs slower.

[@bluethunder7391]

ok Back in the 80's I played this rage inducing game, I destroyed a Nes Advantage controler because of the fustration, 30 years later I revisited it thanks to emulators. Took me 30 years and save states to finish this game and took this kid 12 minutes finish it? Fuck it I quit games.

[@bluethunder7391]

Don Corleone And you are really interested.

[@axxjam4820]

he makes this game look so easy

[@Jrez]

I wish runners and commentators would quit saying "very difficult boss" when a boss is super easy. Speed running often makes boss fights look quick and easy so it's a bit annoying when they don't discern between what is easy to kill quick and when it requires some crazy strat to abuse a glitch in order to kill quick. I just think it's lame when someone forgoes good commentary for a weak sarcastic remark they think nobody has ever heard before or something.

[@brottarnacke]

I didn't know you could spin slash kill the bosses with only one hit. I knew there's something weird when you use subweapons on bosses, like when the "decoy" jump monster dies after one hit with the big shuriken. Sometimes when you do that, there's a glitch and the fricking jump monsters double up and you're fighting three of them at once. Anyone else experience that?

[@magicshoe8451]

Guy takes 12 minutes, I take 12 FUCKING YEARS TO BEAT THIS GAME

[@XclusiveXbox]

love iiiiiiit

[@Stories_from_Palych]

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@deidarasenpai009]

I never made it past the second stage.... ever... to this day....

[@danballe]

Rachel Brown Dont be discouraged girl!! Keep on rying I beat this game way before you were all born!! Not as hard as Battle Toads! Now that is flipping hard!

[@BelatedGamer]

***** I think Battletoads is universally considered the harder game.

[@BelatedGamer]

***** Sir your arguments are fallacious and pedestrian, fit only for the lowliest of intellectuals.

[@DFPercush]

I'm in awe. That's some amazing execution.

[@obedramirezgomez1592]

When You make a Speed run, please stand very quiet. Let us enjoy the game.

[@mfulador]

Never thought that spin slash instantly kills the bosses lol

[@brunomantovaneli6076]

Why did he put the controller underneath his legs to fight the final boss' last two forms? Is that a helpful technique or just for show-off purposes?

[@channelsurfing]

I'm surprised the crowd of people watching isn't full of weeaboos and such....

[@Hayao]

Super_Buza How are you so sure it wasn't?

[@channelsurfing]

They could be. They just look really normal looking to me. They aren't wearing costumes, colorful clothing and they don't have like a doll next them that people like bring during runs.

[@VengefulCowboy]

Where is Blueglass ?

[@Bananadine]

A bird knocked him into a pit.

[@elysium8131]

in terms of difficulty dark souls > ninja gaiden > castlevania > touhou > others

[@oblivio5758]

wow, me sinto motivado vendo essa speedrun

[@moemorales4967]

gofundme.com/dreamsofagamer speed runs are insane to think about memorizing this complicated pattern of screens and what to do so they can complete it quickly.

[@AboveEmAllProduction]

I wonder when the game ramps up in difficulty

[@imaloony8]

AVGN fucked up. He went to a ninja for help when he should have gone to a speedrunner.

[@patrckhh20]

Took me about a week to beat the game. Another week to really get good at it. Now I beat it in about 15 mins every time.

[@KillaSin515]

Same for me. When I was 13 back in 93 I was beating this game in under 15 minutes without exploiting the glitches.

[@bxyhxyh]

I win Castlevania and Contra easy. But this game is nightmare.

[@benjiwill]

lol this is insane! my best progress run I think was only level 2-1 (!) when I was about 9yo after months of persistence haha

[@thesacrisant]

Ninja Gaiden,one of my top 3 favorites together with The Ninja Turtles and Little Nemo. Fun times is were.

[@elucia12]

who's the asian guy in the back...love him. he only nods when he see's some nasty move done.

[@valhallaoutcast]

damn so a game thats on most peoples hardest 10 NES games can be beaten in under 13 minutes

[@welder4life690]

how does he kill the bosses in one hit? they say, but I still don't get it... he walks in the room and the boss dies wtf

[@JohnPunterX]

how is he capable to defeat bossses so fast?

[@lazerbeam1673]

So basically he's like a real life ninja that snorted an 8-mile long string of cocaine

[@erik878]

I beat ninja garden with keyboard controls

[@bungus2012]

Makes sense that this game was commentated by Ninja Brian.

[@Joshbonez]

That T-Bag at the end tho...

[@CodJapan]

he's tbaging the final boss

[@starklombardi]

The problem with AVGN was that he didn't have any weapons (you lose them when you die) nor did he know that sword cooldown technique. Without the SpinSlash it becomes really hard as there are too many enemies around. As a casual gamer I remember the difficulty of that part.

[@christisrisen6774]

FUTURE GENERATION OF AMERICA RIGHT HERE FOLKS!!! A ROOM FULL OF GROWN ADULTS..WHO ARE IN FINANCIAL DEPT TO THE GOVERNMENT BECAUSE OF COLLEGE STUDENT LOANS.. PLAYING A 30 YEAR OLD VIDEO GAME... VIDEO TAPING IT... UPLOADING FOR ALL THE WORLD TO SEE!!! AGAIN, HERE IS THE FUTURE GENERATION RIGHT HERE!! TIME WELL SPENT GUYS N GALS!!! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!

[@metarotta]

chill out dude

[@NidgeDFX]

nice

[@mateuszmich314]

i beaten the twin gargoyles, beaten the guy who said Ryu's father is alive. i went through room with flying shuriken cosmonauts. but gave up game to 1 knife thrower placed so its impossible to go past him.

[@chrisbreezy3048]

Good grief, this game has given me great levels of stress every time I've played it, but this dude can blaze through in 12 minutes?! Kudos to you, good sir.

[@unclerogelio3636]

man he made it seem so easy...This game is fucking hard !

[@Qisou]

Wow, what a jaw-dropping performance. I spent 8 hours to solve that crappy game without savestates... and you did it in 12 minutes. :) Amazing!

[@hendrysumadi824]

importantly you can beat this game..no problem how many hours your spent.

[@neilgilham4120]

Ive seen a guy named TAS beat this game faster =P

[@camui87]

talking volume is so low, clapping is toooooo loud.

[@mattmolarthompson8529]

13:30 It's not bad. It's unbelievable. Stay proud.

[@aso8446]

If you beat this game you are true legend

[@truebruh2825]

Of course he can beat this tough game now I'm sure if they played it in the 80's they would break the controller

[@townnet]

Why the boss dying fast, is this hack or what?

[@jamiemoll2484]

Dude you kick ass! I wanted to throw the tv and system out the window. You just destroyed this in 12 minutes! WOW!

[@isawabearonce9736]

Way to end the speed run with an awkward handshake

[@jokerjjg]

0:12:29!!! Impressive. My record is 20 years and counting, damn that game is hard!

[@grzlygmr]

Very impressive...a lot of tips I can hopefully apply to my speed run... My personal record is 17:57 on a no death run a couple weeks ago

[@walkingcorpse1224]

AVGN says alot of things about video games that in reality are not really that frustrating, I think for entertainment value. For example when he and Mike played Super Ghouls and Ghosts, it was hard, but not to the point where you could never get Gold Armor, I mean how do u make it so far and not get Gold Armor at least once? Or like when he reviewed Terminator 1 for SNES, which isn't too bad, I mean it's hard if u go straight forward like he did, but u need the items they have hidden in order for you to get past the levels. And he was really close actually to passing the first level lol. And Splatter house, for him to not be able to beat the Chainsaw guy is really disapointing, it's 7 shots and a Slide - Kick, Idk why he made it so difficult haha.

[@nexus1g]

+Christopher Corral He speaks from our childhood from his perspective.

[@walkingcorpse1224]

Lol he'll talk about what he struggled with as a kid and play it as an adult. Besides these are games he reviewed with Mike, so they're technically not even AVGN game reviews. However remember in TMNT NES review where he's shocked from walking over a space to close together, in the first half of the episode he walks over similar spaces, he had made a mistake and showed that he clearly knew that existed haha. Anyways, it's ok, if he knew all the tricks then it would be boring and he couldn't be angry. I think that he reviews them like his point of view as a player for the first time. Like reviewing a game you've played for the first time and give ur automatic complaints.

[@danmorin6103]

Why don't you get your video verified on twin galaxies? That's a awesome run you did

[@oblivio5758]

o bicho fez uma artimanha dando aqueles últimos hits, principalmente no jaquio

[@zeusflores940]

The guy with the blue hat or whatever it is... What a nice way to look so ridiculous.

[@bees6707]

Bruh.

[@DiabolosVT]

it's called being *fabulous* !:D

[@sayr8843]

that looks like irregularjinny...well!

[@sheikhm15]

Haters will say it's photoshop

[@paulphoenix1669]

how the fuck does he one hit kill the bosses

[@HeavyClaw]

Countdown 1:30

[@rockdesu]

My new favorite channel

[@eddylopez76133]

So apparently my youth was all a lie!

[@gooseygoose604]

i've got to the boss once died and was sent back to 6-1 and gave up haha.

[@truecruelty1]

so why does he exactly jump and slash in the air ? i haven't played the game since i was like 7

[@youtubeaccount3560]

because you can continue to move forward while killing enemies. So it's way faster.

[@julesjean9807]

From what I understand your character will briefly stop if you slash while on the ground. However if you jump and slash you won't stop and you can keep your forward momentum.

[@jmeador85]

I miss the days when AGDQ was this size. It's crazy how it's exploded.

[@niltonconde1778]

yo lo intente me demore como 45 minutos

[@Peter_1986]

I always hated the part on 9:38.

[@J4Y84]

Cool Cookie Monster hat!

[@ClevertonHeusner]

It was great.

[@Shadowdancer777]

so that's how you beat the last boss! after all these years!!!! Damn this freaking game was hard.