Stinger NES Nintendo/Famicom SCANDAL! History & Video Game Review - The IRATE Gamer

[@ranpan6082]

Cool Sonic light. Where'd you get it? Like to know where I can get one.

[@ranpan6082]

@Final Boss 64Maybe he'll reply. Love to add that to my game room!

[@irategamer]

It's from first 4 figures. I added the link in the description

[@ranpan6082]

@@irategamer You pinned my comment! AWESOME!!! Thanks!

[@miguelleandri2435]

Mmmm...Wao,Look familiar like Fantasy Zone from Sega

[@MrJoManFu]

Dude. Real talk. Your current season of episodes have been nothing but pure gold. You truly have improved your entire style going from being a copy with borrowing because you were new to the genre of angry reviews but loved what you were watching to pretty much being your own thing entirely. The flow is so great. I really hope your channel grows to that million mark that you deserve. Keep up the good work.

[@joeywomer]

Ironically enough, I still remember asking Chris to review this 13-14 years ago.

[@TrevinAdams]

You were firing on all cylinders with this video! Great editing, story and comedy all mixed together.

[@Markimark151]

Lot of us played Gradius or Life Force on NES, none of my friends even knew about Stinger.

[@ezequielgomez7083]

Is like Lifeforce is on Horizontal and vertical shoot'em ups on Nes even the final boss from Lifeforce

[@Markimark151]

@@ezequielgomez7083 most shooters on the NES were either horizontal or vertical, due to limitations of game engines.

[@Musicradio77Network]

“Gradius” was a great space shooter than this one as well as “Life Force”. Both of them are great than this one.

[@Markimark151]

@@Musicradio77Network you mean better than Stinger?

[@leroyvisiongames2294]

PS that “head that kinda looks like Lucy from Peanuts” is actually Goemon’s face. Goemon was the star of another Konami series that started in 1986 but remained Japan-exclusive until 1992.

[@darktetsuya]

yeah that was gonna be my guess, is that's supposed to be Goemon from his self-titled series (or mystical ninja, for those familliar with the first US release)

[@Culbjay]

Happy 4/20 everyone 🍃🍁

[@FrankFrankly711]

Get High as Fuckleberries

[@jadedheartsz]

it's always a shame when big franchises in Japan never end up being as succesful in the west, like Macross could've been huge if only Harmony Gold hadn't sat on the rights for so many decades, they only just now finally allowed the series to cross-over to the USA.

[@jadedheartsz]

@@drkcharizard I was actually referring to the anime series.

[@bradyvelvet9432]

Interesting to see how the live action movie turns out.

[@DBZking119]

it's always a good day when you get a new irate gamer episode

[@PixelGameSquad]

Hell yeah for a Beatles reference!!! 🎙️ But how dare you mock my beloved Roller Games 🛼 hahaha

[@zrisethesonicgamer]

Parents: Grapes are healthy. Stinger: Oh, so you THINK! >:D

[@chestercastaneda4920]

We actually have Twin Bee available for the Famicom here in SE Asia. Great game. Good OST.

[@fazares]

this is the 2nd one

[@chestercastaneda4920]

@@fazares I know, I watched the video. I was just bringing up Twin Bee.

[@mooonman66]

Haha love the way the cartridge popped back up when he put it in.

[@charliemartin-k7m]

Mine will only play games when it’s in the up position which I don’t mine since all the replacement pens I bought for it only lasted a year.

[@DetectiveGoroAkechi]

That head actually reminded me of Yajirobe from Dragon Ball. Interesting backstory. I thought it looked kind of like Twin Bee, or more like Parodius with all it's weird crap going on. Sonic in that corner like "hey you aren't munching on a chilly dog!" Lol.

[@GameEXTV]

And not only that, but the Twinbee ships also appeared on the Parodius game series.

[@jordywales1921]

Love the intro and the quality. Very good work once again! Stinger always reminded me of opa opa from fantasy zone.

[@jamesbounds]

The Aliens are secretly the Killer Klowns from outer space.

[@leroyvisiongames2294]

Damn it, now the Killer Klowns theme song is stuck in my head!! 🤣🤣🤣

[@jamesbounds]

@@leroyvisiongames2294 Lol, it's a classic film.

[@garfieif8187]

@@leroyvisiongames2294 Kiiillerrr klowns

[@charliemartin-k7m]

Did Sega have a game that was just like this but your ship had legs on the cover and not gloves like the nes version had ?

[@megagrey]

That was Fantasy Zone

[@asa-punkatsouthvinland7145]

Stinger has always reminded me of Sega's Fantasy Zone

[@The_40_year_old-gamer]

Thanks for encouraging me to get the famicom. Did you know that it is also interesting how it is linked in the parodius games, twin bee is a selectable ship in that game? I own it on the Japanese Sega Saturn. The japanese indeed do have better shmups than we do for most parts. Whats funnier is that Gradius, Twin Bee, Stinger, and Parodius are all under the same company. Yet, for the Sega Saturn version of the game, all three ships are selectable.

[@supersonicdrivematthewcoop9557]

You do know that the TwinBee cartoon is not a cartoon it’s an anime

[@notmomoayase]

HOLY SHIT! THE LEGEND IS BACK!

[@mtshark7]

Awesome review Chris! I knew about twinbee I had no idea they made a 3rd game for the Famicom.

[@adrianrojas7491]

I'm glad the irate show's been back. I watched all the irate reviews when I was younger and a lot of these videos pushed me through some stuff as a kid.

[@gregoriocruz4530]

The seizure joke was not cool, man.

[@guibrites]

Loved this review! Keep on with the great job, Chris. We need stuff like that!

[@orderofmagnitude-TPATP]

Chris ma'lad. Thoroughly enjoyed bud. And actually learned something. At the start i thought i recognized the game! Hope you are well. I have some really cool paranormal evidence if you want me to link it. Best wishes.

[@Steveman27]

Can you tell where to look for that arcade cabinet at the intro of your video, the thing that flies to and from the screen? You said it was some generic design. Where can it be found, and how do you do that effect?

[@FCV0511]

It's a joy to see AVGN and IG still releasing videos. Getting to watch both channels still put out new releases really does take me back to a happier time in my life. When the only thing that mattered was the newest flame war in the KZbin comments. Haha. Keep up the great work - it's clear you're having as much as a good time with these as the viewers are. :)

[@OmarAlikaj]

Looks like I'm not too aware of the NES library up till this point.

[@EvaFull]

One of them received a release on the 3DS as part of the Classics Line of games they put out. It is one of the better 3DS games that nobody seems to talk about when they mention 3DS games.

[@almendratlilkouatl]

Please someone tell him that's not a cartoon, it's an anime

[@almendratlilkouatl]

@Derran Thervese we're not back then

[@almendratlilkouatl]

@Derran Thervese I'm not in a rush, you were right, they were mistaken in the past, but not anymore, actually you could have saved some time by not even commenting as your comment doesn't add to the topic at hand

[@MrJoManFu]

Anime are cartoons though. Just cartoons made in Japan. I understand people separate the two and the reasoning behind it is cool. But at the end of the day, they are the one and the same to me. They are part of the same genre. It’s like different sub genres of metal. The creative process and influence may be different from genre to genre, but the root of them all remain the same. That’s just me though. To each their own

[@ericmsandoval]

2:27 Dr. Wily..?

[@Steambull1]

We didn't get the TwinBee series for NES in Europe for some reason. Gradius on NES was the Konami game that introduced me to vertical shooters 30 years ago. 12:25 Ironically I played Rollergames when it was new, lol. It's one of those games you gotta learn to beat with trial and error, but once you get good at it, it's not bad at all (and the musics are badass, of course).

[@jacobbaranowski]

Great to have new videos, thanks. Cep is coming . Happy 4/20

[@danteperry259]

Hey Chris I want to say Love your Videos so much Always Keep up the Good Work on Review Video Games.

[@TheBlacksheep]

Awesome, I actually hadn’t heard of Stinger before this video. Fun with something a little more obscure!

[@jtzor5922]

Agreed.

[@zrisethesonicgamer]

Same

[@Austin-Miller85]

Same never knew it existed

[@sfighter0085]

Finally came around to watching this one. Awesome work. I've never heard of this game, let alone this franchise. And wow, this has to have been the most batshit insane series of games before the "Cho Aniki", only with less muscular men and more weirder. Interesting see something from when Konami wasn't doing mostly "Pachinko" machines and "Yu-Gi-Oh!" video games.

[@darktetsuya]

yeah that's my least favorite part of twinbee, juggling the bells to get the right color while also dodging enemies and bullets, that death montage hit home lol! definitely want to track down a copy for the collection!

[@MarianoMariano987]

Im a gradius and twinbee fan Chris, thanks for this video 😁👍🏼 Greetings from Argentina 🇦🇷

[@irategamer]

You got it!!

[@LadyAceGamer]

Now I really want to watch the TwinBee/Stinger anime.

[@Steveman27]

Immediately this game reminds me of that A10A Thunderbolt plane from the SNES game U.N. Squadron.

[@attackofthecopyrightbots]

never heard of it never really watched irate gamer not sure why youtube sent me here

[@SkimaskTroopa]

Good to see my mans on that grind again

[@planetphatness]

No sequels, no cartoon, also no merchandise amd Macdonald’s happy meal toys, it could have been huge cash grab for Konami in North America.

[@MrVariant]

interesting, that 1:55 cartridge art reminds me of pop'n twinbee (I preferred the snes rainbow bell adventures platformer myself). 2:33 I see shooter twinbee now

[@LegendarySuperVegeta]

Ironically enough, I played the original Twin Bee as a kid and never knew it had sequels

[@unforgivenwrestlemaniac]

Good review and pretty informative as I never heard of the Stinger series before.

[@milczyciel]

Throughout the video I had the uncanny valley feeling that I played this game (despite not playing it at all) and at 9:41 I finally understood why. Yeah, as a kid I had and played (quite a lot) the bootleg version of TwinBee on my local, also bootleg version of NES.

[@strawhataddison]

According to google translate the japanese title is "Twinbee: Cinnamon Scoop up the Skein".

[@kristophsams5036]

One thing that comes to mind, besides the nostalgia of Kidd Video, was the Konami Code. Each game would let you use it and it would do different things from lives, to power ups, etc. Anyone know what the code would do here?

[@attackofthecopyrightbots]

whats the scandal tho?

[@paul.contreras]

Excellent video Chris! Keep up the good job!

[@juiceala]

Isn’t this Twinbee? Edit: so it is Twinbee, I remember playing this as a kid on NES back in the day, this series was everywhere on PC Engine, Super Famicom, even on Playstation and Sega Saturn, it even crosses over with the Parodius series all the way with the bells power ups, I’m surprised Americans didn’t know about this over here in Asia we always knew it as Twinbee.

[@iamthemouse4483]

"You fucking bastards" - Literally everyone when speaking to Konami.

[@andywolan]

A Kidd Video reference? Wow, that’s a deep. I haven’t hear anyone mention that show since, well, when it originally ran in NBC.

[@sxhbk]

New intro chris? Looks good bro...

[@CloudStrife8894]

You Know, Seeing the Game Stinger Reminds me of a shooter game called Twin Bee on the SNES and Turbo Grafx16

[@pikabluebear9941]

And years later, Twinbee and Pop'n Twinbee would end up on the Nintendo Online services where you play NES and SNES games for free on the Switch

[@xandermijares342]

Please review the multiple versions of Earthworm Jim. Such as SNES, Genesis and even the GameBoy version. Such a unique, wacky, fun game. Thanks either way Chris!

[@ezequielgomez7083]

I really enjoy playing Stinger that was my most and number 1 favorite NES game and video game of all time is a port on Famicom Disk System in Japan called Moero Twinbee and I played a lot and I was a huge Twinbee video game shooter fan.

[@FoxBoy1992]

Nintendo would limit how many games a publisher could release back then. It is why so many fled to SEGA and Sony later on. Some companies had to even make different companies just to publish all their games.

[@planeswalker24]

Chris, where’d you get that neat sonic statue?

[@Goto10Gaming]

Wow, a Kidd Video reference. It’s been decades.

[@nkhazov]

This videos pretty funny at the end I like it alot you make me laugh as usual. Best regards Nikita.K

[@satinsguard]

Such a shame that much of the Famicom's innovations had to be stripped when the NES came out.

[@Omniblade_Gaming]

Where have you been irate gamer!?!?!

[@tonythepokemonguy751]

5:42 i want to know how many takes he took to find the perfect one

[@irategamer]

I actually nailed it on the first try! I think I did 2 takes though just to be sure I had it

[@paulsamson4628]

Stinger did have the ending screen and the credits... the scientist calls you one of the best stingers ever...

[@zrisethesonicgamer]

I thought grapes were healthy

[@SolCresta3405]

Also known as TwinBee. We don't meet our heroes Light and Pastel until later, though. I've become addicted to this franchise lately.

[@megagrey]

I was first introduced to Pastel thanks to Konami Wai Wai Racing/Krazy Racers for the GBA. She was one of my mains, jack of all stats like Goemon.

[@SolCresta3405]

@@megagrey I've known Pastel since playing TwinBee. But I never knew she'd be promoted to popular character.

[@megagrey]

@@SolCresta3405 Konami Wai Wai Racing was back in 2001. I actually prefer it to Mario Kart.

[@SolCresta3405]

@@megagrey That's nice. Did you know Pastel showed up in other games like Battle Tryst and Otomedius Excellent?

[@ventrue6516]

I have a feeling that Twinbee is available on Nintendo Switch Online

[@1984Brandon]

Was Blue Stinger on Sega Dreamcast a sequel to this?

[@orderofmagnitude-TPATP]

No. Unrelated.

[@leroyvisiongames2294]

3:58 Fantasy Zone called, it wants its first boss back.

[@LegendarySuperVegeta]

I actually got Opa Opa vibes when I saw the cartoon show

[@FusionDeveloper]

I actually laughed in the intro and 8:38 that was unexpected and funny

[@oniviper]

I actually own RollerGames. Bought it at a flea market when i was young (early to mid 90's). It's not really a bad game imo. It's not great buy comparison to many classics, but i found it quite entertaining.

[@skullyskaric7779]

5:41 owie that's gotta lead a splitting headace, no offence chris.

[@Multz1919]

35 years later...I'm onto you! Lol

[@JB-mm5ff]

There are twinbee tracks and remixes on DDR, too

[@CodyRayy119Games]

i remember renting this game from Video store back in the early 90s. good times

[@jiminboo]

Dude, nice connection with “Kidd Video”... but you didn’t even mention the most obvious connection. The font for “Kidd Video” logo is identical to “Stinger”! 🤯

[@irategamer]

Doh! Nice catch!!

[@kurtschriefer1705]

Stinger was my introduction to schmups as a kid. I've never seen it get much attention so I'm glad to see it here!

[@zmandyce]

Dip my dingle berries in a deep fryer 😂

[@judychen1038]

4:28 4:29 4:30 10:43 10:44 10:47 10:48 10:49 10:50 10:52 10:53 10:54 7:26 13:37

[@rebelscum1825]

Heck yea

[@travismcdowell8352]

This game has alot of similarities with Fantasy Zone. Out of all the Nes games I've owned or played it must have flown over my radar. I'll have to check this out

[@triiistone]

This is a hard game, but its pretty fun. Great review as always, Sir.

[@dylanboland3512]

Luckily,the first TwinBee is on the Nintendo Switch Online nes games,so you have that,but no 3 player one so it’s not all perfect.

[@rangermansgaming7717]

0:10 like sonic light. When look at cover 1st guy think was sonic. But that was before saw cool light. There was on more I thought but not know name of the other game. Look fun game anyway, but when we star we know it go down hill. And wonder why we need to kill food. Thought food was good, oh well wrost evil plan ever. Wow bright, 3:43 I need gamer glasses on lol. Lovey the vids. 12:16 creepy boss in the game series

[@thaddeusmcgrath]

Hi Chris, you doing ok?

[@chiwebacac64]

Holy nostalgia Batman

[@djlamar2]

Hey Chris. So good to see the irate gamer coming back :)

[@Dunskaroo]

Stinger had just the right amount of difficulty. One of the first games for nes I actually beat.

[@kharizmatikone1481]

The porygon joke tho 😆🤣😂

[@neilgilham4120]

Hey Chris, I just want to thank you for making these videos again. Love any classic game reviewed by you. I’m 38 and you play right into my nostalgia. I love AVGN but I’m loving your videos even more lately. Sincerely, thanks bud. 🤙🏻

[@FusionDeveloper]

Awesome Sonic light up figure at the start of the video.

[@christopherthibeault7502]

Solid production. To tell the truth, he's catching up to or even just lapping James.

[@RangerRickTV]

I thought this was fantasty zone.

[@darksydeernie]

"A fly 'em up shooter game." oh yeah this will be a great episode.

[@fazares]

That guy's head, after PAC MAN, is GOEMON's ahah...another, well known, KONAMI's franchise xD