Strange Secrets Hidden in NES Games (Nintendo Entertainment System)

[@BigOleWords]

I made a Part 2 to this video! Check it out here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mpTNn6Grjqidm7ssi=hAMuOSS2X_hwXXrG

[@SpitDragon]

How many times a day do you think about Rome?

[@thatmar1neguy]

I remember seeing something that in one of the castlevania games there was a slenderman in one of the windows

[@beavinator]

I love how everybody thought controlling the ducks with controller 2 was some big "secret", except me, because I was apparently the only kid in the history of gaming who ever actually read an instruction manual.

[@Scarybug]

Same

[@kgrfirdjy]

i remember being happy to find it so my friends and i could do a 2 player game

[@Femaiden]

as a kid, i discovered in gyromite, you could control the levers and stuff with the second gamepad, so you could play it without having to use R.O.B. and honestly, i dunno how that game would even be possible to beat without knowing this, because R.O.B. and its gyros are too janky to be able to pull of some of the perfectly times maneuvers necessary to beat the later levels

[@rosema7909]

Right, you the only one. Stop lying foo

[@lts_Bubba]

I was the middle child and 4 years behind behind my older sister, I was always P2 😑

[@stigmaoftherose]

"What you all came for, the pervy stuff" How dare you so correctly call me out like that.

[@WR3ND]

B( . Y . )BS aren't perverted, but someone drooling over their sister is. You win some; you lose some. Cheers.

[@roguegryphonica3147]

Yeah but we all knew it wasnt going to be that pervy... it is youtube after all.

[@ghostchaser1631]

Hey, I resemble that remark. Lol!

[@Dwedit]

*sees video description* I better see Mr. Swanky in there... 9:34 - Hey I'm in someone's KZbin video now!

[@espfusion]

Congrats you've finally made it 😂 Actually I was kinda surprised he didn't know who you were.

[@joelmgodleski]

Thank you for your service 🫡

[@michaelreardon303]

Thanks, Bubblecup!

[@JiffyDealer]

A comment I read a while ago that still stays with me “Imagine being named Zelda, entering your name, then being frustrated by how difficult the game is”

[@BigOleWords]

Right? Like I feel bad for Robin Williams's daughter!

[@stenh.6243]

I never knew about how to lower shop prices in Kid Icarus as a kid by pressing A+B on the second controller. I am now doubly mad at their high prices

[@BigOleWords]

Didn't know about that one! Neat!

[@SorcererLance]

The original way to do it on the Japanese version was to shout into the second controller's microphone... but it won't always work, as some shopkeepers will feel insulted and actually RAISE the prices in response

[@Frogman1943]

sometimes the prices go even higher. you have to leave the building and go back if its the boss level before the prices rise and try again.

[@Koettnylle]

That punisher joke is perfect

[@NesrocksGamingVideos]

It was also discovered recently (maybe 2 years ago).

[@Elucidus]

“Wait, he’s one of “them”.” My 9 year old, responding to the Punisher’s face getting lit up.

[@BigOleWords]

Hahaha

[@UltimateGamerCC]

"I'm Here To Chew Gum and Kick Ass... and I'm Allll Outta Gum."

[@jamesstaggs4160]

I'll remember the Konami code on my death bed. As you knew NES games were really hard. Cheat codes weren't common back then and you couldn't go online to help you with the game. Contra is pretty tough without that code and I remember me and a friend heard about it in 4th grade. After school we both got on the phone, put in the code and he played through his game and I played through mine. We would tell each other where we were and we both reached the final stage at about the same time. Well suddenly I heard my friend cry out and drop the phone. I could hear him freaking out on the verge of tears. His game froze up on him. He was so upset that his mom picked up the phone and told me I had to call him back later. It's difficult to communicate how it felt back then to get close to bearing an NES games you'd been struggling with for months, so emotions ran high if you started to get close.

[@BigOleWords]

DAYUM, I feel bad retroactively for your buddy. We've all been there!

[@apackofhoboes]

I think for gamers a cognitive test will be knowing the Konami code or not because I feel like if you knew it and then forgot it, your brain is on its way out.

[@rootbeer_666]

If I ever forget the password to the Red Dragon, the final level of the NES version of Strider, then I’ll know I’m in decline DMCC BGCP CPOD I haven’t played that game in close to 35 years but I still know that password

[@alkristopher]

Here are two small Easter eggs. In Uninvited, there's a phonograph in the game room. If you use it, it plays a slightly distorted version of the Shadowgate theme. Speaking of Shadowgate, once you acquire the flute, if you play it, you can hear a few bars of the Deja Vu theme.

[@BigOleWords]

Huh, that’s awesome! I had no idea.

[@StaleWawaHoagie]

I love this channel so much. It got me through some dark times. I remember telling you about 2 months ago that I was going through a dark period in my life. Things have gotten better and I see light at the end of the tunnel. Thanks for helping escape, once in a while.

[@yungmilopkl]

i am checking this shit out right now

[@ThommyofThenn]

Isn't that intro so good haha. I didn't understand what it was until I saw a few of these videos but now it's one of my favourite intros I've ever seen. It's short and there isn't 5 minutes of rambling before it happens. It just immediately get me in the gamer zone

[@Justhatguy1]

​@Stang2023Hell, damn, fart -Bart

[@therollingcreeper1]

Good

[@ThommyofThenn]

@@Justhatguy1 phbbtttsqeeeeeeeek

[@davidcurry332]

Yep

[@BlitzWhat]

Great, now I'll hear the words "robo grindr" in my head every time I see the MM stage select. You'll pay for this.

[@jamisondonald384]

I strongly suspect that this is going to catch on more widely

[@HylianFox3]

Turns out Mega Man was 'Rock' as in Hudson.

[@BigOleWords]

Wood Man is always the pick ;)

[@64_three]

Don't let bro find out about hard man from mm3

[@thesplatooanima8231]

Splash Woman cheated herself into Grindr?

[@Scribblerjohnny]

A friend once gave me a code claiming it was to box Luigi in Punch-Out. It was just Don Flamenco.

[@A_Stereotypical_Heretic]

Eh, close enough

[@jeremyfannon7922]

Dude kinda looks like Adam Sandler too

[@MysticMike]

@6:47 Recca did actually finally come out internationally on the 3DS in 2012

[@BigOleWords]

Nice!

[@HylianFox3]

"This goes from impossible to 'me fail English?' levels of unpossible" Have I mentioned that I love you?

[@BigOleWords]

Gotta sneak in the Simpsons jokes where I can

[@HylianFox3]

@@BigOleWords I mean any jackass can make a hackneyed Simpsons reference but your delivery took it to another level.

[@BatmanSeRiedeTi]

It goes from impossible to Tohou Proyect!

[@BainesMkII]

The idea that the Justin Bailey password was some intentional hidden secret was debunked long ago. The only deliberate password is the debug password (NARPAS SWORD0 0000), which bypasses the password decoding and verification process entirely. The Justin Bailey code was likely just someone playing with names who managed to find some combination that not only passed the checksum test, but also happened to set the "Samus wearing swimsuit" bit (which is a regular bit in the password system).

[@Tones-s1m]

Can you please explain this to me in English?

[@reillo9]

from my understanding, with metroid the password screen isnt really a traditional if-then type like other game passwords are (like Dr robotnik's mean bean machine has a password of "if password entered is purple bean, yellow bean, creature, clear bean = go to final boss"), but metroid's password rather somewhat programs a save file where certain characters in sequence set certain bit values and if it does so legitimately the game accepts it and creates a profile/samus loadout reflecting those bits, and "Justin Bailey" is a gigantic coincidence

[@mycgyver7532]

It is hard to call that a coincidence when the second row is all dashes. The dash character isn't used more than other characters in the password. To think all dashes on the second line with a common name and no symbols or punctuation on the first line, spaced correctly, just coincidentally gives you the most difficult outfit to acquire and 100% completion is patently absurd.

[@BainesMkII]

@@mycgyver7532 Metroid's password system is kind of a mess, in a way that makes it extremely easy to create seemingly "meaningful" passwords, because much of the password can be effectively meaningless. Most of the first half of the password (the "JUSTIN BAILEY" in your case) is used to track the state of each item that can be picked up in the game (abilities, missiles, energy tanks). It tracks the open status of every yellow and red door. It tracks whether Mother Brain and each Zebetite is alive or dead. It tracks your current start location. And one bit is used to record whether Samus is in her armor or her swimsuit. That all seems vitally important, but here's the fun part... The password tracks whether an item has been picked up separate from whether you *have* it. It is the latter half of the password that tracks the abilities you actually have (excepting the ice beam), your max missile count, and the state of Ridley and Kraid. The majority of it is simply spent recording your game time. Each character in the password represents 6 bits of data. It isn't that the dash is special, it simply is the character used to represent all six bits being set. If the latter half of the password is all dashes, then you are credited with having all the abilities except ice beam, having 255 missiles, and Kraid and Ridley are dead and their statues have been moved. The actual "JUSTIN BAILEY" part of the code is ultimately nearly meaningless; it was the second part that gave nearly all of the "completion", regardless of what items the first part tracks as collected. The 11th spot holds the bit that determines whether Samus has her armor or swimsuit, but 32 of the possible characters will give you armor and the other 32 will give you the swimsuit. (The letter E give you the swimsuit and sets two the Zebetites as dead.) By the way, 000000 000020 000000 000020 starts you at the very beginning of the game with the swimsuit. But even that isn't a deliberate code. Using all "0" sets absolutely nothing, and acts as a fresh start. Setting the 11th character as "2" sets only the swimsuit flag, and the 23rd character then needs to be changed to "2" due to the checksum system.

[@LordIvul]

Monkeys and typewriters. The number of eligible passwords is so huge that it was bound for passwords that read coherent words, phrases and even sentences to be found. People created a lot of ridiculous passwords using the community made password generator.

[@wardrich]

I always find it funny how people bring up the 2P controller controlling the ducks in Duck Hunt like it was a secret. It's mentioned right in the manual that came with the Mario/Duck Hunt pack-in lol

[@catholiccontriversy]

But who read the manual?

[@ThommyofThenn]

​@@catholiccontriversyfirst off, great username. 2nd, that's a good point. I wasn't playing games until my own childhood in the 2000s, so manuals then were big, glossy, full color things that were begging to be read. What were manuals like for this game?? Printed on that phone book type paper I'm visualizing

[@catholiccontriversy]

@@ThommyofThenn thanks. They fairly small and were printed on magazine print from what I remember.

[@ThommyofThenn]

@@catholiccontriversy 8:55 me reading the Halo 2 manual :p

[@wardrich]

@@catholiccontriversy Kids who didn't have a gameboy and had to poop lol

[@heavysystemsinc.]

That Mr. Swanky screen I suspect was both an inside joke AND an error screen while bug testing. I don't know about NES development, but error handling is a part of programming, where you insert hooks for if things go wrong and then can get some information about the kind of error. All speculation on my part.

[@BigOleWords]

Huh interesting!

[@Dwedit]

There's no code in the game that will actually load the Mr. Swanky screen, I double checked it. So it's not an error screen.

[@A_Stereotypical_Heretic]

So it's nonsense or just a game genie thing?​@@Dwedit

[@wardrich]

@@A_Stereotypical_Heretic Probably either an inside joke or a placeholder for something during development.

[@BigOleWords]

@@Dwedit dude you are a legend for finding that screen!

[@Morgil27]

I'm surprised that topless wedding dress managed to sneak past NOA's censors.

[@ghostchaser1631]

Well, it's just a small sprite made of 8-bit pixels and it's pretty well hidden, so...

[@Furluge]

6:42 - Those are the katakana characters バキ, romanization baki. It's probably supposed to be a sound effect for a hit or a bunch. Usually sound effects written in manga are in katakana.

[@MiTBender]

Me fail English? Somebody call Super Nintendo Chalmers!

[@BigOleWords]

Haha your icon!!

[@jayhondacr5008]

I have a shirt that looks like the Super Nintendo logo and says "Super Nintendo Chalmers" and it has a little Chalmers that looks like a Mario!

[@jayhondacr5008]

I tried to add a pic of the shirt but instead it made a 2 second video short of it. Lol

[@rubykaylaandogie3334]

This is why we should have got the Simpsons arcade game on snes

[@michaelreardon303]

That’s Unpossible!?

[@xerofetus]

Long time listener, 1st time caller... I love the useless MTPU phone number codes. I could be older than you, but, since childhood until November 24, I never knew about that. Supercool, awesome and, most importantly, fun. Thanks Mang.

[@BigOleWords]

I played it a millón times and never knew til now.

[@wardrich]

9:38 DWedit is actually pretty prolific (to me at least) in the world of understanding the low-level side of games and stuff. I've run into them and their posts a lot over the past 20ish years. They're really awesome. Him and Tepples. I would assume they came across that easter egg when they were either trying to figure out the game's RNG, or the way that the game handles answer checking.

[@BigOleWords]

Awesome. Hes a winner for Family Feud for sure

[@A_Stereotypical_Heretic]

He's in this comments section as well here and there

[@BigOleWords]

@@A_Stereotypical_Heretic what no way! That rules!!

[@BigOleWords]

I promise this is the last time I'll bring up the bizarre code combos of Castle of Dragon and Dragon Spirit....maybe ;)

[@tenebrousoul9368]

Nope. Unacceptable. This is the quality I subbed for

[@HylianFox3]

Dragon Spirit doesn't get brought up nearly often enough for my liking.

[@dangerkeith3000]

Dammit, no, haha; give us plebs what we want! 😂

[@childofcascadia]

And what we want is pixel tits and upskirts.

[@Egryn]

Ok my guy I have a code for you. For Mega Man X on the Super Nintendo, during the Capcom logo , if you input: Down, R, Up, L,Y,B You get a chime. I found this as a kid, but never figured out what it did. Perhaps you can figure it out

[@shorterrecording]

Sports game Easter eggs: - Run a reverse play on offense in John Elway’s Quarterback. Get close to the slot back before you pass it; it has to almost be like a handoff. If you time it right, the guy will run about 10x faster than everyone else on screen, easily scoring touchdown after touchdown. - Use Minnesota in Roger Clemens MVP Baseball. Brian Harper’s game likeness - I believe he is called B. Harpring here - is able to hit a home run every time up if you make sure to pull the ball down the line. I’ve hit 200 home runs with him in a 40 game season (the game starts you in mid-August, only a month and a half of the season). - Bases Loaded beanball brawl players: Paste, Warner and Oho. Hit them with a pitch and they’ll charge the mound.

[@BigOleWords]

Dude those are all awesome. Thanks!

[@etansivad]

"Robo grindr for your next mechanized hookup" cheesus crust dude, loled at that. (And I'm old enough to remember when MM2 launched. We're about the same age.)

[@nesdev]

Duck Hunt is one of those "hidden in plain sight" things. On page 8 of the instruction manual (or p. 28 of the SMB/DH combo cart manual): [2 Players:] Game A can also be played with two players. * One player is the hunter. The other player controls the ducks horizontally and vertically with the control pad, trying to avoid the hunter's shots until the sky color changes.

[@nivaldowesley666]

do you actually read the manual? 👀

[@Syragar]

@@nivaldowesley666 Yup. Because I remember it from the manual as well. A friend and I would take turns playing as the duck and the shooter.

[@nivaldowesley666]

@@Syragar cool! i never opened the manuals to read! 😅 i started to appreciate it more as fewer and fewer games came with manuals. i don't reccal any friend who also read the manuals. we just store the game's box or toss away!

[@BigOleWords]

Huh! I did not know that, neat!

[@wardrich]

@@nivaldowesley666 Yeah man, some of us were kids when this game came out and we needed something to read while we were in the bathroom lmao

[@DGR_Dave]

This was awesome, I love these type of videos!

[@zigazav1]

Hey! DGR is here! Was not expecting to see you here

[@dougawesomecities]

The use Targaryen as an adjective was perfect. In awe

[@BigOleWords]

We’re expanding the modern vocabulary with every hit show!

[@Scufflegrit]

@@BigOleWords that or “stepbrother, what are you doing?

[@r0bw00d]

Concerning the discovery of the Game Genie code for the 19th screen for "Family Feud:" the person who discovered that was someone at Codemasters who was paid to. When the idea for the Game Genie was thought up, the only way to generate a list of codes for each game was to methodically try every single combination and note which ones worked and what their results were. Codemasters hired people to do that.

[@RageyRage82]

Punisher's face needs to be someone's profile pic 😂

[@MiTBender]

Done and done.

[@RageyRage82]

@@MiTBender knew someone would do it!

[@Sir_Adam]

His job here is done.

[@johneygd]

Nothing to care about those easter eggs other then being a gimmick in most cases.

[@g-forcefgt323]

Yo

[@MyRetroLife]

Love this! So many secrets from back in the day. Made us feel like there were infinite possibilities

[@zstick]

"Knock Me Down! Mr. Swanky says: Beer!" feels like the ultimate nerdy memesauce. Can we please, please make that a thing?

[@Brocuzgodlocdunfamdogson]

I know I’m being pedantic but “start” is not part of the Konami code. It’s a pet peeve of mine, I used to argue about it with friends all the time. Some thought there was an extra “B, A”. Some thought “select, start” was part of the code. It’s not. Once you press the A button in the code, it’s automatically entered. Rant over, great video.

[@benjaminvlz]

Yep. The Start button is just what you have to press to begin the game and not part of the Konami code itself. If you press "Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A" without pressing Start immediately after, the 30 lives cheat will still be activated. You can test this by waiting for the demo screen to play out. Then when the title screen reappears, press Start to begin the game and you'll still have 30 lives. You can try the same thing with 2 player mode. Pressing the Select button simply switches between the 1 player and 2 player options on the title screen and doesn't have anything to do with the Konami code. Also, if you inspect the Contra ROM in a hex editor, it only lists "Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A" as part of the code, and not Start or Select, nor does it list an extra "B, A." KZbinr "Displaced Gamers" did a video on it. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bn3RqKaPgZx0ps0

[@mychalevenson7710]

This is my first video of yours and I'm impressed with the subtle nod of recording it in 4:3.

[@BigOleWords]

It works best for the footage!

[@SimpStuff]

Just discovered this channel, I love these videos not only because of the topic but also because of the video format, what a refreshing look after all these 16:9 format videos

[@BigOleWords]

I prefer 4:3 for NES footage :)

[@angelriverasantana7755]

The Castle of Dragon secret reminds me of something in the arcade version, where if you beat the game on a single credit, you get a picture of the main devs with one flipping the bird and a message that says "Take it easy", which is an English phrase infamously used later on by the Touhou Project fanbase as a dig at Easy mode players

[@BigOleWords]

Whoa that’s awesome!

[@ananashund4283]

Pixel art used to look different due to the CRT scanlines, so I bet the princess was even hotter back then

[@BigOleWords]

Such a thing can't be possible!

[@drewpool4537]

30 minute retrospective on color a dinosaur. This would be prime YT content

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

It's not just the Nintendo support number from back in the day - it's STILL in use even now!

[@johnpodger8507]

My friend and I spent hours typing in random codes with the Game Genie using various games back in the mid 1990s. We found some wild stuff. I'll have to see if I still have the mini book of codes we made.

[@BigOleWords]

Haha awesome!

[@billyhorn7886]

The punisher punishing people's nightmares with that face

[@toddwilson7895]

A cool tidbit i discovered about the classic Konami cheat code up,up,down, down,... is on the Gradius series. On the NES both Gradius and Life Force(Gradius 2), the code gives You full arsenal capacity and unlimited lives( i think). By the time the 3rd installment in the franchise arrives Gradius 3 on the Super NES, when You pause the screen and put in the code, You self destruct! It was so cool discovering that for the first time!

[@theusher2893]

In Gradius 3 you self destruct because you're supposed to use the L/R buttons to do it.

[@rootbeer_666]

I think it’s just 30 lives, not unlimited Also, iirc if you were playing a two-player game and one of you loses a life, the other could recapture an Option as it floats away from the crashed Vic Viper (or Road British, for player 2)

[@trailblogger]

0:13 in Duck Hunt I seem to remember shooting the tree instead of the duck right where the branches come together and the duck would drop. No longer have an NES or Blaster to check that.

[@dangerkeith3000]

Yeah on the playground kids were trading gushers like crazy, but no conversion rate was good enough for the hoarders of the sacred Ring Pop™.

[@BigOleWords]

The precious!

[@guardiane]

Mr Swanky says "Beer!". Amazing. I'm glad we're still discovering new things from old school NES games.

[@BigOleWords]

I still can't believe it.

[@Smaxx]

This video made me remember a secret "model viewer" mode built into the SNES game Vortex. I remember figuring out this on my own with no magazine or anyone telling me just through random inputs during the intro sequence, but I just can't remember what it was… 🤔 Interesting enough it's something I can't find on the internet either (or maybe I'm using the wrong terms).

[@EarthboundBenjy]

The weirded NES hidden thing I know of is in the game "Gimmick!", there is a single enemy in the second level that doesn't move or attack like any of the other enemies. Instead it just sits still and does nothing. ...Well, in fact, for whatever reason, this enemy actually responds to player 2's controller. Player 2 can move it left and right, and press A to jump. And that's it. There isn't much to do with it because it can't be taken to the next screen. There is no functionality for player 2's controller anywhere else in the game. There is no 2-player mode or anything. Very peculiar.

[@BigOleWords]

That is amazing, thanks!

[@n.h.s.a.d.m.]

Interesting subject for an NES video. Wow, that got pervy fast! I like the Family Feud one.

[@BigOleWords]

Things always tend to get pervy fast!

[@Woodmanclassics]

lol Mr Swanky! I’ll take a couple cold ones!

[@BigOleWords]

Knock me down!

[@warpedgenius5182]

vodka

[@2BitGamers]

One of my oldest gaming memories is from when my father would play duck hunt and give me the second player controller thinking that it didn’t control anything. come to find out it was a feature

[@BigOleWords]

Little did he know you were the reason he struggled with Duck Hunt!

[@zombiebassman]

The "Browsing Robo Grindr" line got me rolling. You earned my subscription today sir.

[@BigOleWords]

Thanks player :)

[@nomalthenomal]

I didnt come here for the pervy stuff I came here exclusively for Mr. Swanky. Truly legendary, we should all follow Swanky's philosophy Beer.

[@chriscancer13]

I’m pretty impressed, I’ve watched retro game videos since KZbin was a thing, and other than the MM2 bird code I’ve never seen any of these, shocked at the Punch Out one, can’t believe I’ve never heard that.

[@desert_sky_guy]

OMG the busy tone in Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! Thought I knew everything about the game as much as anyone other than the developers and the long-time speed-running crew (who taught me all the things I didn't know from playing the everliving shit out of this game from it's release until I could beat the game start to finish without taking a hit. Was 8 when it came out, and when I was 17 I finally mastered it, lol). Awesome stuff, man, thanks!

[@CeeJayThe13th]

God that intro is so cool. Reminds me of old MTV (or adult swim) interstitials.

[@BigOleWords]

That's a comparison I love!

[@Morgil27]

1:00 Wow, that cartridge has seen better days.

[@AssumedPseudonym]

I haven’t played Mega Man 2 in over thirty years. I still recognize the Crash Man level theme.

[@dimitar297]

One of my first memories was playing that game I day I pooped my pants, it was worth it.

[@DeeCross]

Mr Swanky is the devilish Anti-Wallace that I didn't expect to meet today.

[@Slawek361]

Just the kind of material I have been looking for for a very long time!!!

[@BigOleWords]

Poifect!

[@jaytimgren9676]

Way back in the day I was messing around with The Guardian Legend password screen and found that filling the code with J's , you were taken into the game, but you were locked into an area. That's my greatest NES find.

[@docdoom1987]

Love how that Megaman 2 cart shows the unbridled "love" its given its owner(s).

[@BigOleWords]

Yeah I don't know what happened there...

[@hdofu]

Megaman 3 has some fun things to plsy with if you use controller 2, you can jump super high, freeze everything but megamans mega buster, if you jump down a bottomless hit while using super jump, you achieve undead mode, where you lose your buster, but become invincible (you can use rush jump to shoot) until you pick up power.

[@1Holbytla]

😲😁 That was a great code/cheat! … it’s how I beat Mega Man 3 😕😬😂

[@ThunderHorsePyro]

I was not aware of half of those. Good to know. Also, I must compliment you on how you did not make the music or sound effects from the video game 100 times louder than you speaking like other KZbin videos do. Great job!

[@BigOleWords]

Mixing is always tricky, I waiver on it all the time but err on the side of louder voiceover and quieter music for sure.

[@ThunderHorsePyro]

@@BigOleWords and I applaud you for that.

[@Hiushisan]

A couple of my favorite NES games it would be interesting to see you review: Jackal. Basically Contra, but in a jeep, and with overhead camera. Castlequest. Puzzle/Platformer where you crawl through a castle with 100 different rooms, collecting colored keys that open corresponding doors. It can get really tricky, and it's easy to softlock yourself if you use your keys poorly, but it's really fun.

[@BigOleWords]

I talked about Jackal a bit in my 2-Player Run and Guns video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g5DIgJmmjdCFbrMsi=kW9wKWXSNvUlrFLw Castlequest is on my list but damn if I can make it past the first few screens in that game.

[@Datt-z1u]

"Check this shit out" -- Might be the only Mr. Show reference I've ever seen on KZbin. Liked and subscribed.

[@legomech1946]

I played the heck out of the Punisher NES game as a kid, and thankfully I never accidentally pressed that button combination...

[@maxheadroom4659]

you could write a whole creepy pasta story based on that hidden face. Would have creeped me out if I accidentally found that playing as a kid.

[@choppergunner8650]

​@@maxheadroom4659 It's somewhat creepy due to its random and weird nature, but now, I can't stop laughing at the idea of the Kingpin slowly dying to a dumb-looking Frank Castle and thinking "what the fuck??? I spent my entire life building this criminal empire and this wack-ass idiot simply beats me???"

[@smappdooda]

If you ever do a NES shortcuts video, I found a way to bypass one of the harder "swimming from the gears" part of Battletoads when I was a kid and I've never seen it talked about anywhere.

[@BigOleWords]

Maybe one day!

[@joshuabidelspach9260]

Way to go man! Loved this channel from the start and you are killing it! Right up there with snes drunk, gaming historian and old school avgn. Always look forward to new stuff from you keep up the good work brother!!

[@BigOleWords]

Hey thanks for the kind words!

[@itsmerickv]

One of my faves I didn't know about until recently is on Kickle Cubicle. During the title screen if you hold down a button (I don't really wanna look it up) on the second controller, Kid Niki Radical Ninja will charge in from the side of the screen.

[@BigOleWords]

Holy cow that’s real?! No way!

[@adampaulausky2044]

Never thought to use a game genie on family feud lol

[@BigOleWords]

Hahah right?! Why would you ever need to?

[@PassengersMusic777]

I can’t believe it. It’s like after 40 years, they’re still talking to us!

[@pseudotasuki]

Easter eggs like the one from Family Feud probably get discovered by playing through the game with a debugger checking code coverage, then analyzing the parts of the rom which never got executed.

[@MuresanBol77]

I was a major collector back in the day of the NES but finally sold all my stuff as it wasn't something I could keep up any longer. (Even had a lovely run-in with an ebay fiasco trying to sell a particular cart...UGH!) I had every NES game ever made, EXCEPT for the Panesian games because I didn't want xxx NES games. LOL Loved the video so I'll definitely check out more!

[@BigOleWords]

Even Stadium Events?!

[@MuresanBol77]

@@BigOleWords Yessir!!! I had a complete and MINT copy at the time. Probably paid like $1500 for it way back in or around 2000 or 2001. 😁

[@bcarr1122]

I'd never heard of Over Horizon. It looks fabulous!

[@BigOleWords]

It rules!

[@souulkeeper1384]

That Punisher face one was hilarious. Also was that opening bit from the Jeepers Creepers episode of Mr. Show? Cause if so, very nice!

[@BigOleWords]

Yeah it is!

[@CodySharpe]

Thank you for sharing this video! Odd to think that someone, decades ago, put in the effort to hide these little secrets that don't really effect the game. I wonder what they were thinking.

[@Justhereforinsanity]

I love Mr. Show. That Dave Cross Jesus Christ super star parody (you have as an intro) is great. Mayo-stard bit for the win. Pretty fun channel. Thanks.

[@BigOleWords]

Let’s get the hell out of here!

[@regulusstarseed1368]

Im 41 and still have the mike tyson code memorized

[@RickTheGeek]

That number still works today

[@quinnsoto4501]

Just want to say i really enjoy your content and have been slowly worming through your whole channel. Keep up the great videos!

[@BigOleWords]

That’s awesome :)

[@SpAzArDoUs1]

awesome vid!!! My collection its only about 200 NES games an i have all accessories but the piano. Cool to learn about some of these secrets! Im working on beating every licensed NES game with all endings so I might try some of these!

[@jerimiahbrown9629]

The PuncOut number code I figured out as a child… the phone number was printed in the bottom of the NES and was natural to try

[@jetsilveravenger]

Years later, the comics would eventually have the Punisher become a Frankenstein's monster-type monster (Franken-Castle). I doubt the creators were aware of that extremely obscure videogame secret but it's a fun coincidence.

[@darktetsuya]

ah the castle of dragon one.... classic. LOL! a few of these are new to me, that's for sure! no idea what was going on in that family feud easter egg though, and I've seen some weird ones!

[@theusher2893]

Not really a code, but in Simon's Quest, in the mansions if you walk just up to the horizontal spike walls where you touch them but not enough to get hit, your toehold is enough to let you climb the wall if you jump straight up. You can access some parts of the mansions quickly (and also get stuck where you're not supposed to go.)

[@BigOleWords]

Cool!

[@TheHeroOfTomorrow]

I half expected that Punisher face to go "I'M NOT STU!"

[@BooyaKitten]

CRASHMAN music goin' hard in the bg!

[@BigOleWords]

It never disappoints!

[@mrmusickhimself]

"Hears Mr. Show's 'Jeepers Creeepers Superstar in the intro" OH that's a sub.

[@BigOleWords]

Yessir!

[@mrmusickhimself]

@@BigOleWords I can't wait to see you reach the max of 24 subscribers - the HIGHEST number of them all.

[@afishcalledjuan]

You got some mileage on that "candy corn" shirt

[@BigOleWords]

It's actually my soccer shirt. I think I recorded the on camera stuff right after a game :)

[@robintst]

I now want the Mr. Swanky image on a shirt.

[@BigOleWords]

That would be dope!

[@davidca96]

its funny, I grew up in NC in the 80's and we always thought you had to do up up down down left right left right B A B A start for Contra, when it still works only doing B A once. Whats even better is both still work, hence why we never thought to only try B A once.

[@scottandrewhutchins]

Over Horizon and Reka Summer Carnival '92 are games I don't ever remember seeing back in the day, and I made nerdy lists of NES games back then.

[@theusher2893]

They were Japanese only. Recca was pretty obscure because of its origins and late release, but Over Horizon was widely slated for release in the US. Funcoland/Gamestop published its name in their game price lists because it was practically a done deal but Hot-B was on the way to bankruptcy and Nintendo wanted to focus solely on SNES games during the period.

[@BigOleWords]

Recca was Japan only. The cartridge I showed is a repro :(. Over Horizon though was released in Europe and Australia, just no North America. Both are AMAZING.

[@jfiffl7]

You missed the "Wonkey" Version of the adventures of Link when the Princess Crouches Behind the closing curtain at the end of the game

[@wardrich]

he needs to leave some content for next time lol

[@BigOleWords]

Go on...

[@nesskeaton]

I heard the sound bite from Mr. Show and subbed instantly. Great video, my dude.

[@BigOleWords]

I was on the 18th hooolllleee!

[@nesskeaton]

@BigOleWords "Jeepers Creepers: Slacker Guy. Just walks away without saying, "Goodbye."! Damn, that show was gold.

[@chaddlingle574]

MegaMan had another cool thing you could do with the second player controller, you hold down left and it makes your player jump really high and you could also make him invincible by jumping off a ledge and getting rid of your health bar when you jump back out.

[@randmiller88]

Great video, and lots of info I never knew before. You earned yourself a new subscriber!

[@Jeff-pl3wp]

I love the Mr show nod! That just made my day!

[@BigOleWords]

I was on the 18th holllleee!

[@lynayra6492]

3:20 I have never felt so called out and so seen at the same time before.

[@BigOleWords]

Don’t worry, you are all of us ;)