The Legend of Ghost Lion - The 8-Bit Duke

[@GameSack]

Good masking when Phantasy Star pops up behind you.

[@gabemewell3643]

I'm always impressed with the production value of these videos. Also this video covers an interesting topic that I'm sure many haven't even heard of.

[@The8BitDuke]

Thank you, I’m very proud of this one!

[@maxpower8390]

Its great to see a good review of this game. I first played this game in the mid-90s and fell in love with it. I never find other people that have heard of it , let alone played it. Subscribing

[@danielricardo5029]

I played this game out of curiosity using a NES emulator on a PC when I was about 13 years old. I loved it. I've never played anything like it, I only knew IBM's Alley Cat and Prince of Persia. I really enjoyed the tunes, the fairies, capturing the slug spirit, the little things going on between NPCs and the sweet ending sequence. Legend of The Ghost Lion, pointed me to other nice NES adventures like Musashi no Bōken, I'm glad I played it. I liked this game so much, I got the japanese movie on Laserdisc and got it sent to a professional movie lab to get the pristine data out of it. Might watch it again soon.

[@The8BitDuke]

Ohhhhhhh if you got a good high quality version, let us know if you ever upload it anywhere! I’d love to see that.

[@ricardolima9411]

@@The8BitDuke Oh sure! for some reason the french lab I sent the laserdisc to, gave the data back to me in two formats, one is a DVD that has the picture quality you can expect from early laserdiscs and the other is a bluray disc clocking 107 minutes that i'm sure it's the best known visual representation of this film, I assume they located a master somewhere or did some insane upscaling job for the bluray disc because it looks superb, I can watch it but I don't have material to rip a bluray disc. I do have a hacked Playstation 3 however and I've heard you can rip BR Discs with those, so I'll try to do it as soon as I can, put it somewhere and let you know. Just don't tell Sony!

[@trixiewitchiecoconut]

Yesss I love this title so much.

[@velipso]

Love your videos... No obnoxious yelling like most of KZbin, just a calm well presented and comprehensive review -- thanks!!!

[@The8BitDuke]

Thank you!

[@123vitorthebest321]

I've played the game long ago, but I didn't know about the movie! Thanks for the info and all. Good video!

[@powpuck5031]

The combat becomes much more manageable once you realize the magic rope item necessary for some parts of the overworld is usable in combat. It binds the monsters for a few turns and is reusable.

[@RPGtourguide]

I feel like I’m having a bit of Deja vu here. But that’s silly. This is clearly a brand new video! ;) Great to see another 8 Bit Duke video on the internets. And it’s cool to see a more in-depth revisiting of this game. And even though this one has a lack of jokes about Bread losing its peanut butter and jelly supply, I’ll still give it a Like. :P Hope you’re doing well, man!

[@squeethemog213]

Really enjoyed this review. It was nice to see an forgotten yet still very important piece if history brought to light.

[@JurassicLion2049]

Ghost Lion and Legend of the White Lion are such a strange pair of a video game and film adaptation.

[@quinones.96]

Dude your are seriously great at game reviews specially zelda. Dont quit 10k is 10k

[@victorgortiz2622]

Is the same like Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy

[@daytimesky]

I learned about the movie via articles about the game, and ended up watching the movie on KZbin. After I saw it, I saw you mention this video in the comments of the movie and decided to go check out your video. This is a really good video! While I disagree with your (very understandable) opinion of the movie, I like how you keep comparing the two.

[@SuperTeeter64]

Huzzah! Duke has uploaded! I’m going to watch this when I’m home from work. Looking forward to this. Always enjoy games you talk about.

[@GTV-Japan]

I really enjoyed this! A great effort. Thanks Duke!

[@hemangchauhan2864]

8 Bit Duke after a long time! I'm always surprised with the variety of NES games that were made.

[@lubenretrolletarios7901]

Great job. You're channel is waaaaaay underrated. Keep up and I think eventually you ll get the subs you deserve.

[@The8BitDuke]

This is very encouraging, thank you for watching!

[@wylon87]

So glad you mentioned the box art!

[@noahdumoulin5270]

I have a habit of just instantly hitting like on your videos before even watching and after watching the video I never regret it.

[@Sayajiin2]

Great production! The quality is insane !! :)

[@marywallace3620]

I still have to beat this game and Phantasy Star because out of all the 80s and 90s (j)rpgs I've played over the years, these two game are the ones that I've tried playing and beating many times but I keep forgetting where I was at in these games for one reason or another...

[@Caspicum]

This isn't Beyond the Beyond... but it'll do.

[@The8BitDuke]

It’ll happen one day, don’t worry. I have it all captured at least. Oh boy.

[@Caspicum]

@@The8BitDuke The amount of games I've fully captured and sat on the footage... I feel your pain, my brother. It'll happen eventually though.

[@The8BitDuke]

I have 2 terabytes of DQXI man....it’s a CURSE

[@BlackINKim]

Oh hell yeah! Welcome back!

[@zeldajunkielol2]

I got this game boxed when I bought my famicom years ago and had no idea what it was! Great video Duke!

[@DoubleJump]

Amazing as always, man!

[@Seafoamgaming]

Nice to see you back again! This video was very interesting, and i'm kinda surprised they made the movie in full english but never released it over here. You'd think it would be a no brainer to put on DVD/Blu-ray here since it's already dubbed, but I guess it must have not done well.

[@nathanstinkwater9444]

All right, Duke! Your videos are always awesome!👍

[@MoonSpiritChannel]

I see this game a lot at game conventions. Good to know the history of this game, even finding out about this game's somewhat bizarre movie.

[@AvalancheReviews]

I know how lame I'm going to sound, but I just can't get into RPGs that don't show both the party and monsters on screen. The closest I can get to this style is PSIV. I'm a late 90's nerd, and it spoiled me.

[@The8BitDuke]

Have you ever played Shining The Holy Ark on Saturn? It’s the same kinda style as Shining In The Darkness in Genesis, but it’s from a first-person view - so you see your party run up and hit the enemies, and you see the enemies come around the corner or crawl up from the dirt or fall from the ceiling - I really like that! But I know what you mean, it feels a little empty if you don’t see the party. That’s something I’m really glad they’ve added into Dragon Quest now hahaha

[@TouyaChikage]

Whoa, haven't seen Duke make a video in forever. Welcome back man.

[@Dadaph]

wow... never even heard of this game, but it does sound interesting. Interesting video, I do enjoy old jrpgs, so I want to check it out.

[@TapDat52K]

Oh my god. You bought it. I last saw this on ebay for 1200 opened. The NES market is finally dropping down. Also, always great to see you out and about with new videos Duke! EDIT: No experience with the game. Looks ok

[@The8BitDuke]

That is insane - I bought this from a seller locally in Ohio for not THAT much. It probably goes for around 150 with the box, but my box is a bit rough so the price was much nice. I think she’s about 75-80 for just the cart.

[@TapDat52K]

This was back in like 2010 though... God i feel old xD but glad you got it lower!

[@OldSchoolLife]

Nice to see you back again. Great choice of game to review for your return! I happen to own a complete copy, I got it quite a few years ago before it became collectible. I did get through the game once. I agree, the Ghost Lion is tough to beat! I'm still wondering why they chose an 80's style workout girl for that cover. Strange.

[@OuhPii]

Man, what I would do for such a glorious box-art nowadays

[@StrayThreads]

I've not clicked on a video so quickly after it didn't show up in subscription feed.

[@Leikjarinn]

Miss your videos

[@ThootenTootinTabootin]

Was that Kimmy Gibbler?

[@VampirePrinceKRS]

hmmmm its a shame this game isn't more known & had more fame/fans. Maria there would have a pretty unique fighting style if she was in Super Smash Bros :)

[@donnellmoore656]

Dont run. It is faster just killing the enemy because the enemy will not let you run

[@ZyxthePest]

The movie looks insanely silly and boring, but the game isn't THAT far off from the movie. The basic beats are there, just twisted. Reminds me a lot of Warlock on the SNES/Genesis where they basically merged the first two movies together to create a new plot.

[@itsmerickv]

Hey Mr. Handsome, what did you do the other guy that used to post these videos?

[@The8BitDuke]

I’ve always been cute.

[@Tentacle]

What an utterly perplexing movie. I want to say it's that's because I didn't watch a lot of "family misadventure" films as a kid but no, it's just bad.

[@cosmickatamari]

Dude!

[@assassinsden7478]

Is this a remaster? Because I distinctly remember you having this on your channel before...

[@The8BitDuke]

This is a total remake and a much better video than the one I did 6 years ago :)

[@spookydonkey42]

Great video. I might suggest turning down the game music it overpowers you at points

[@Trekspertise]

This film looks like a masterpiece. Where can we watch it?

[@Trekspertise]

Ah. KZbin. Got it.