This NES Game is Worth $400

[@Nowinthe90s]

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[@EdmondDantes224]

This series reminds me a lot of magazines I read as a kid. For me, while I played games, I more often read ABOUT games and kinda imagined them or wondered what they would like, and very often only actually got to play them later. That was the case with both Bubble Bobble 2 and Pirates Gold, where I didn't actually get to play them until the rise of emulation, though I do have a physical cart of Pirates Gold now.

[@HylianFox3]

Same here, there are so many games that I only just read about and didn't play until the magic of emulation came along. Most of them turned out to be pretty great. Definitely found a ton of new favorites.

[@ElonMuskIsSerbian]

Dylan's comedic timing works perfectly for the rapid segment.

[@ethanwashoe5868]

I hated it

[@slightlyevolved]

I wouldn't let the League thing go either....

[@Kethigar]

Dude I love this channel. Makes me feel like a kid again

[@machomusprime50]

For real!! Lol

[@PROJaiRU]

It's awesome, every episode brings me memories of that period that I had forgotten a long time ago

[@Nowinthe90s]

That's our goal!

[@Dranex11]

@@PROJaiRU genuinely makes me so sad i just wanna kms

[@Dragonsbeard.]

Always nice having a consistent video every friday, thank you Jared, Dylan, and everyone else who helps 😀

[@johndaniels404]

Ironically there won't be one next week lol (not their fault, nothing was released).

[@beardizz]

@@johndaniels404 aww man

[@Dragonsbeard.]

@@johndaniels404 son of a... lol

[@MagiRemmie]

@@johndaniels404 I don't miss these days. Getting out of school for summer vacation but nothing to play.

[@Halloweenowl]

This concept alone was a goldmine, but all the effort each of you puts into it is really what makes it priceless. I love the great flow between Jared & Dylan, you both have a ton of talent and I think bring out the best in each other!

[@SonyUSA]

Please don't ever stop this series! It's my favorite Friday treat for getting through the week!

[@timlarsson]

Woah! Fancy running into you here (Issac at the 'temp)

[@SonyUSA]

@@timlarsson Hi! 😁

[@timlarsson]

@@SonyUSA hope you've been well 😄

[@trident042]

Dylan vs Jared is absolutely an episode dynamic I can get behind. Small snipes here and there every week. Love it! EDIT: What whaddaya mean no games next week??

[@andrewhudson7108]

Gotta admit, that was a pretty smooth sponsorship. Quick transition and to the point. Didn’t even hit the skip forward.

[@hugosilva7617]

Lmao his reaction to actually eating it tho

[@starofjustice1]

@@hugosilva7617 I used to have that service. The food was terrible.

[@kristopherguilbault5428]

"And you don't even have to blow in the box to make it work!!"

[@ShuOra]

Pirates! Gold on the sega genesis is my absolute favorite version of the pirates games. The artwork and music are awesome.

[@cursedex80]

The song of the original Bubble Bobble still remains to this day ingrained in my brain, but can't really say I recall about the second game.

[@yuin3320]

I always thought it was a one game franchise, like if Tetris never got the deluge of remixes and remakes

[@WaldoIsahider]

This comment resonates within me. Much like the tune.

[@MetaKaios]

@@yuin3320 What about Puzzle Bobble? I played that one before I knew Bubble Bobble existed. I'd just thought they were two names for the same game.

[@augustogoncalez6625]

Ooh man… happy for you to get a short break, but it’ll be sad having a friday without this series. Thanks for the awesome job

[@MrTylerWpg]

Been a minute since we had a good old sports games rant from Dylan. Good times.

[@UnclePhil73]

I think Pirates opened my love of open world games. I have always loved the idea of either screwing around or doing something important

[@starblaze27]

I absolutely love Pirates Gold! I would have a couple of friends come by my place to play the game when I got a copy of it. I still play it a couple of times to this day. I would often play the faction that has the least number of cities under their control and end the game with them having control of most of the Caribbean and Florida.

[@kiffar]

I absolutely LOVED the Strike series as a kid. I had the Gameboy one and played it so much. I used to rent Jungle Strike from Blockbuster every chance I got.

[@Pyrithe]

I was always such a huge fan of Bubble Bobble and have actually just recently shared the original with my younger siblings (huge age gap) and I had NO IDEA there was a sequel! In fact, most I knew of "sequels" to it was Bust-A-Move and that was only because I recognized Bub and Bob at the controls. I love learning new things about gaming history with this series, thanks so much for making it.

[@gamingnavi]

Woo-HOO! Best part of my Friday!

[@Xhalonick]

That feel when you get lost in work and don't realize what day of the week it is and get surprised by another NITN episode

[@alanbalan3539]

Small correction. Parasol Stars was not based on an arcade game, it was originally for the PC-engine/TG-16 then ported to many places from there.

[@davidbrown180]

So glad pirates gold is getting talked about very under rated game from that era.

[@MasterArchfiend]

It’s a shame that my birthday is on a Saturday this year because an episode when I turn 30 would be a nice distraction from being old. I could just wait until the next day to watch the first November episode, but one thing that hasn’t changed since the the 90’s is that I am impatient for good games, lol!

[@BladeBlur]

Enjoy your week off, Jared, Dylan and David! You work incredibly hard each week, even on holiday weeks, so you earned a nice rest!

[@Sly88Frye]

I don't remember Jungle Strike, but I definitely remember Urban Strike and I also remember Desert Strike. I do wish I played the games, but instead I just watched my older brother play them. When you said "Reload! Reload!" I thought about Virtua Cop or some other arcade shooter, but I'm not sure.

[@TigerNightmare]

It's Lethal Enforcers!

[@Gondorf5]

Jared: Back in the 90s, games worked RIGHT AWAY. Just pop them in, hit play, and you’re ready to go! Me: Ya! Just pop them in, hit play, and… hang on *ejects cartridge, blows it/cleans it, wipes down CD* Just pop them in, hit play, and you’re good to go. It’s never been easier!

[@justavivi3386]

Fun fact about "Pirates! Gold". AI there is extremely dumb and you can pretty much spam with rapier in the duel and win anyway. You can use pinnace or sloop and with minimal crew for same reason with enemy ships and forts. You don't even need cannons, just rush for duel, that's all. Still have my game cart for Sega btw. For comparisson version for NES is harder.

[@TheBlindDyslexic]

I keep thinking of the LHX: Attack Chopper for the Genesis, every time I see a game about helicopters.

[@tipulsar85]

Hope you enjoy the "week" off Dylan. You probably are already working on finishing the next ep aren't you?

[@linedterror2]

Sid Meier's Pirates still goes hard. The later remake is so much fun, I didn't know there were console versions of the Gold release.

[@Salty_dog132]

Eh, the only other console version of that was Amiga CD32. Which, well... does not count.

[@ChibiKami]

@@Salty_dog132 there was also Pirates! on the NES, but it wasn't Gold

[@Salty_dog132]

@@ChibiKami indeed, and also 2004 Pirates on xbox, but I was talking about Gold!

[@GanymedeBoy]

I'm thousands of years old, and never realized that Bubble Bobble got a sequel. I thought Bust a Move was the only spin off

[@stax6092]

Dylan's irritation at the NFL stuff is great. XD

[@misterknite]

Dylan dunking on Jared's pronunciation of INXS healed something in me that I forgot was broken

[@LordPichuPal]

This is the first I've heard of Bubble Bobble 2, crazy that such a beloved franchise could have so many sequels that just went unheard of like that.

[@snbks4ever]

One of my favorite channels/segments. Nice trip down memory lane!! Enjoy the week off.

[@Krustoficus]

The later 2004 Sid Meier's Pirates was a genuine joy. One of the best games of that PC generation.

[@maddit_line]

My god, Pirates Gold was so cool! Use to love this game. Hopefully it’s ported onto a modern console.

[@kainhighwind2]

You can get it on PC cheaply, and it's so old it should run on anything

[@Salty_dog132]

Or you can play the remake on Xbox. Pretty nice remake, I do say.

[@maddit_line]

@@Salty_dog132 I didn’t know there was an Xbox remake! I’ll have to check that out.

[@Salty_dog132]

@@maddit_linePSP and Wii as well, but those are scaled down of course

[@supersonicjc]

never knew there was a bubble bobble 2 until the 2000's when a friend of mine was trying to get his emulation up and i seen the title and thought it was just a rom hack with how different it was vs the original title, years later its still an obscure title that i have yet to really sit down and play, many of the late NES games with there "part 2" or just being the second game in there series were just way too late at this point with the snes in full swing and the genesis fighting back to be number one... ahh the good old days and the 16 bit war lol

[@MysticMike]

I totally remember renting Bubble Bobble part 2 as I love the first one. Never did actually get the game which I am really sad about especially since it obviously is hard to get one now

[@EdmondDantes224]

I remember wanting it as a kid and never getting it. Ah, regrets. Then again several games I DID get as a kid turned out to be valuable anyway so I can't be too mad. Also, Jared kinda hinted at this but Bubble Bobble is a series that probably deserves one of AVGN's famous "Chronologically Confused" videos.

[@spudmaphot]

I really hope you guys start a now in the 80s series on the anniversary of the NES realease😊

[@EdmondDantes224]

Yeah on that note, this series missed the first two years of the 1990s, so there's some retroactive ground to cover.

[@mikal4580]

I had a hand-me-down SNES and Genesis as my first consoles when I was a kid, and it's funny to watch this series and see the timeline of what my older brother and sister were looking at week to week and what they got. Jungle Strike was one of those games I played a ton on SNES.

[@Mystik3eb]

Unhinged Dylan is one of my highlights of Fridays now.

[@MaybeAnnatar]

Thrilled this series is getting sponsors! It deserves the support.

[@garylshawiii483]

I love this channel wish you guys much success --the structure, the length, the way you guys play off each other in your respectful roles pitch perfect...my favorite channels I've found this year keep it up

[@Greenstone308]

Man, this show is so good. Thanks to Editor Dylan, I now recognize some of the sports games I see at the bargain bins at retro stores that he's made jokes about and am (almost) tempted to grab one just because he made some funnies about it. It's, at least, better than my brain shutting off every time I see anything sports related in those bins. Jared and Dylan make such a hilarious combo!

[@tommy516]

I need more of these, I end up just watching each week's episode like...five times!

[@DemitriVladMaximov]

The stealth aircraft in Jungle Strike is the F-117 Nighthawk, and strangely enough is designated as a fighter aircraft even though it is known primarily for doing bombing missions. It was the precursor to the F-22 Raptor and F-35 Lightning 2 that the US Airforce uses today. The "stealth bomber" most people refer to is the B-2 which is the one that has a "flying wing" design with almost no surfaces to be picked up on radar. As for the helicopter, it looks like a prototype of the RAH-66 Comanche which was a stealth helicopter that was sadly never put into full production.

[@thecunninlynguist]

Wish i knew about Bubble bobble 2 back then. My cousin had part 1, we played it for hours, beat it legit once. Glad i discovered BB2 with emulation.

[@megamarsonic]

Only game I own from this week’s episode is Jungle Strike and, even then, it’s the Super Nintendo port. The Strike series is awesome and I highly recommend everyone to try them out.

[@Advrik]

I got introduced to Jungle Strike as a kid by my childhood best friend; Spent the summer of 1996 jumping between it and Secret of Mana. I loved the little cinematics upon completing major mission objectives, namely the oil tanker. Other than, I just flew around and blew up Washington DC.

[@D1gital-ZER0]

God, I love this show so much! I'm hoping the next episode is Silent Scope, but I'm not gonna look it up.

[@rory_o]

The transition to NFL’s Greatest was hilarious and unexpected. A+ for the humor in highlighting how ridiculous it is.

[@Christina_Rose]

Nit90s is always the highlight of my Friday!

[@anon_y_mousse]

I played the heck out of both Desert and Jungle Strike as a kid, but I had no idea Urban Strike existed. So thanks for that. I think I'll go play one of them now.

[@fista1331]

This show just feels like something that would be sandwiched in with my Saturday morning cartoons and classic Nickelodeon shows. I love it 🙌🏻

[@gokaiorange9576]

Good to know the week of my birthday had no games to show for it.

[@edge3220]

I've come to really anticipate these videos. I was only 5 in '93 but it's all so fun and still relatable.

[@ArcaneEther]

Bubble Bobble; the game series where "spit, slap, and eat 'em" it NOT an NSFW thing...

[@MightyMurloc]

I'm heartbroken, next Friday is my 30th birthday and I was going to proudly and tearfully announce it in the comments. But I understand Game Droughts, see you on the 28th!

[@ParrotMan01276]

Time Crisis in two weeks? I can't wait!

[@NinjaStevE21]

I played Pirates GOLD! as a kid and I loved it! Although I don't remember ever beating it. Great video!

[@davidmortimer9764]

Someone--not sure if it was a parent, a grandparent, an aunt or uncle--actually bought me(? My dad? My brother?) NFL Football for the SNES, and I forgot about it until now, seeing that box art and the in-game graphics. I had NO idea how to play it. I had NO idea what I was doing; I'd only ever played the more basic football (soccer) games on the Mega Drive, and this one was...complicated. It didn't seem like what I pressed mattered, so I just picked whatever 'play' looked the most colourful and whacky and hit random buttons. I never played it for long. I mean, I had Zelda and Mario. Hell, PLOK was a better choice. It was tough, but at least what I pressed seemed to matter.

[@CronosVids]

What?! No new Now in the 90s next week? You guys can have a week off as well. Keep up the excellent work!

[@mercedesplay_more_kof8488]

My god can we PLEASE get a Pirates play through?? That looks like a perfect game for the channel. 😍

[@farcry223]

The 28th. Holy hell that's a long break between episodes.

[@gabrielvampyre]

I loved Sid Myer's Pirates on the Tandy and the NES. I was incredibly happy when I found a complete Pirates Gold in a Blockbuster liquidating its Genesis titles for $5. I had a fully loaded Genesis/CD/32X, and Pirates Gold would be great in the mushroom tower of power. But, I discovered I couldn't save. I assumed the battery on the cart was dead, and Pirates without being able to save is pretty limited. Fast forward many years, I had detached my 32X and decided to pop in the old Pirates Gold cart. Suddenly it was capable of holding a save. After some experimentation, I found the cartridge properly saved when plugged into the Genesis, but not the 32X. All these years, I'd owned a perfectly functional cart with a good battery and the entire problem was trying to play it through the 32X.

[@pinkiepower1968]

This week's games were all so much fun! Gave me more nostalgia than usual in a wonderful way.

[@8bitslasher]

I look forward to this show every week. Gonna miss you on your off week! Release something off the wall that week to fulfill my need! 🤣

[@seanthegamer5552]

Woo Hoo Jared released a new Friday video!!!

[@jackplumley3308]

Great episode. Love the work you’re doing ❤️

[@Nowinthe90s]

Thank you!

[@vgsquirrel]

I’m kicking myself for not buying a copy of Bubble Bobble Part 2 when I was 3 months old.

[@xDmindless]

Holy cow, did I ever get stoked seeing Jungle Strike. Such a sweet game back in the day

[@grw18]

I got flashbacks seeing DOH from arkanoid in the bubble bobble segment. That boss is my first ever jumpscare and scared me crazy as a kid.

[@skipatrolslayer]

Man, I love the Strike series. So much fun.

[@aztn19]

Bubble Bobble 2’s insane price hike makes the bootleg copies look extra sexy right now 😅🤷🏾‍♂️😬 And for me (a 49ers fan) and my cousin (a Cowboys fan), that SEGA CD game was all we needed (that our grandmother could afford back then) as kids when football games went lol!

[@stpablo5299]

this channel is amazing for nostalgia and feeling good

[@Marthelas]

I owned the original Bubble Bobble but had no idea a Part 2 (or 2 or 3 or 4, for that matter) existed until today. Pirates Gold I was lucky enough to experience thanks to Sega Channel, and it's an all-time fave of mine! Never managed to finish all 10 pirate quests though, gotta keep at it.

[@jeffreybasker5810]

No episode?! I'm so sad. You guys have a great vacation though. You've earned it.

[@mjdf122]

Now in the 90s back for another week great times then and still today now

[@typeomaiden4038]

I have Jungle Strike and played Desert and Urban Strike. Some of my favorite Genesis games to play as a kid.

[@SteveBrandon]

Sega Retro, whose "List of Mega Drive games in the United States" list I generally trust more than what's on Wikipedia, has a few Genesis games not already covered listed as July 1993 releases: Best of the Best Championship Karate, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Chi Chi's Pro Challenge Golf, Davis Cup Tennis, and probably the most notable of the remaining not-yet-mentioned July 1993 Genesis titles, Rolling Thunder 3, but they don't give exact release dates for any of them so they can easily be mentioned two weeks from now. Enjoy the break!

[@cappantwan2978]

It’s crazy how Taito continued to support the NES frequently at its final years, making those games very expensive as a result

[@Sinn0100]

You know it actually makes sense that Sid Meyers Pirates came to the Genesis. When Pirates originally released most PC's (not micros) used the Intel 286 which is a 16-bit processor. While the 386 was available it was generally found in high-end workstations. Honestly, I wish more PC games came to the Genesis with a face-lift like Pirates.

[@Jedi_Scowen]

Still got my Strike trilogy for Mega Drive in the loft. For anyone struggling with the stealth fighter level in Jungle Strike, from the start fly right and destroy some ancient ruins to find 4 extra lives. Urban Strike was the only Mega Drive game I pre-ordered. I picked it up on day of release and completed it in about 3 hours.

[@DialSforSam]

Now in the 90's is the highlight of my Fridays.

[@KairuHakubi]

It's both weird that games came out SO often and so close together back in the day, but also weird to imagine a week without Now in the 90s just because nothing came out that week. Surely summer is the MOST important game time!

[@ArcRay20]

9:19 the fucking PLOT TWIST with that set up for that transition. holy fuck!🤣

[@TigerNightmare]

Pronouncing it as I N X S is just me whenever I order food.

[@pharmcat8484]

Lol

[@mavericktitan7874]

Hey! A previous comment of mine made it into this video's end credits! That just made my day! Thank you!

[@chaosmiles07]

The only thing I remember about Jungle Strike was that the fuel gauge ran empty surprisingly fast, much faster than in Desert Strike. Or at least, that's what it felt like to 13-year-old me.

[@menhirmike]

That NFL Greatest: SF vs Dallas 1978-1993 game really hasn't aged well - just like the real 49ers and Cowboys, who haven't won a Super Bowl since 1994.

[@dashalpha]

I keep hoping that someday we'll get a Bubble Bobble collection w/ all the series games (w/ all versions of them, e.g. console, handheld, and arcade where applicable) on a physical switch cart. I can dream...

[@Norrikan]

We payed Pirates! Gold at a friend's house like we were possessed. It's a really great game - as is Jungle Strike, though I am more familiar with the SNES version. Good times.

[@Zeet1]

Enjoy your week off!

[@ericvilas]

Man, idk if I've ever said it but, as someone who was born too late and in the wrong country to experience this nostalgia (I won't be born for another year and a half :P), I really love having this as a way I can experience the 90s era the way my older friends did.

[@miyokohirosuke9164]

Should totally do another episode next week but about what you were doing during this time, what games you were enjoying, what activities, water parks? If you can remember!

[@jamesmoss3424]

The second Bubble Bobble game is very rare and I will play it one day. 😀👍🎮

[@giacatnguyen9635]

I honestly had no idea there was such a thing as Bubble Bobble Part 2. Now I know.

[@Roboshi2007]

I used to love jungle strike, however I could never get the hang of the level where you swap your helicopter for a stealth plane, because 9 year old me could not get the hang of landing to finish, and no saves meant redoing the level to get to that spot.

[@Yet_AGOTI-2]

I initially had the thought "hey, no release weeks could be fun filler!" But then I realized... It's hella cool that nonrelease weeks are kinda built in breaks. So take 'em!

[@FlashaniMan247]

I'd imagine that the PC version of Jungle Strike had entertainingly bad cutscenes.

[@HylianFox3]

Dylan sums up my frustration with everyone who says "ATM machine"