#ZodasRevenge

[@pikmino3288]

StarTropics doesn't deserve to be forgotten. With Nintendo bringing back series like Punch-Out!, Kid Icarus, Advance Wars, and Famicom Detective Club, StarTropics NEEDS to be the next in line!

[@56Tyskie]

One of my all time favourites. I remember dunking the letter under water to get the 747 code

[@KamenRiderGumo]

Keep waiting for Mike in Smash Bros myself.

[@Uncle-Jay]

I would give up both of my balls to see another StarTropics.

[@stevehunt6741]

This and F-ZERO needs to return

[@endlrls]

"What if I told you...." It makes me smile everytime I hear you say it, man! Keep up the great videos!

[@easymentality]

"...annnd more."

[@ArkThePieKing]

"nooo-torious for" that's my favorite lol

[@joshuahampton8214]

All right

[@CylenX6]

"Sit back, relax...."

[@possumorb3770]

@@CylenX6 ...and enjoy the cheesy ending.

[@MisterNinten]

Have I already beaten this game multiple times already? Yes. Am I going to watch this whole video playthrough? YES!

[@markganus1085]

am i going to watch it multiple times?yes

[@zachammer666]

Highly underrated game! Absolutely loved this one back when, but was always stuck at the last Zoda. Showed him who’s boss a few weeks back, did it in memory of my cousin who passed this year. We used to go to town on this game, starting fresh each time and challenging each other with weird level goals. I absolutely adore the OST. Outside of the obvious first party choices, this is my favorite soundtrack on the NES.

[@johngavalas712]

@Wayne Mcfarren you probably haven't even played it dude so stop while your ahead

[@geovaughan8261]

24:27 Cleopatra looking very European is somewhat historically accurate. The ruling family of Egypt in that time were not native, but descended from Ptolemy, one of Alexander the Great's generals, making her Macedonian Greek and not Egyptian. Unlike the rest of her family, Cleopatra _actually bothered to learn Egyptian_ and could speak to her subjects, so she was extra popular with her people. Regardless, a suntan was the sign of a common laborer in both Greek and Egyptian society, and women in particular avoided getting one, lest they risk looking like that had to leave home to work. Cleopatra, as a noble, would have definitely made sure her skin was as pale as possible.

[@dansmith1661]

The Ptolemaic King's even. A long line of his family ruled Egypt as Pharaoh for centuries after the death of Alexander and ended with Cleopatra.

[@NeonDruid13]

Greeks are Mediterranean though

[@franciscopina2899]

​@staghornthedruid957 yes they are, but let's not forget modern Mediterranean people are quite the mixed lot, so that's not exactly the best control sample. Pure-bred ancient Greeks are said to have been mostly white, with the commoners having a more tanned tone, for the reasons already mentioned here.

[@NeonDruid13]

@@franciscopina2899 so greeks are mainly brown

[@jasonmuller1199]

NES is still my favorite console with your help im getting futher in my games than ever before, love the channel !

[@robertlatham4541]

Me too

[@mae2759]

44:22 - I like to quickly hop all the way to the last block and attack from there. Gives you less chance to fall in and it's a little more consistent.

[@johnforkner]

Cleopatra in this game is meant to look like Elizabeth Taylor, as Sherlock Holmes is designed to look like Basil Rathbone. Many people do not know that Cleopatra was actually Greek!

[@HylianFox3]

Also, Cleopatra was royalty, so she probably wouldn't spend a lot of time in the sun. In Ye Olden Times being ghostly white was considered attractive, since it meant that you're rich and didn't have to work outdoors.

[@curtisholland16]

Ps Basil is the best Sherlock

[@TheValoisMadness]

Cleopatra was the last ruler in the Ptolemaic Kingdom in Egyptian history. It was brought about by Ptolemy I Soter, who hung around with Alexander the Great. So it makes sense that she would have lighter skin, though it could have been a touch darker, simply because of the geography. She was not, however, black. Despite what a certain "documentary" stated. A "documentary" that had a lawsuit filed against it, but I don't think that lawsuit really went anywhere.

[@pokey4200]

Man its crazy how under the radar this game was... Ive recommended it to several people who seemed to all have the same "how have i never heard of this game" response

[@chiarosuburekeni9325]

It came out so incredibly late in the console's life that basically there's like zero nostalgia attached to it. By 94 probably 97 percent of console gamers were onto 16 bit and even more.

[@brentfisher9784]

Bravo! Such an underrated game that was released a little too late, since the NES was on its way out at the time. Definitely one of my favorites.

[@oscarcaballeromiranda4585]

There was nothing more satisfying than the victory music at the end of each level. Wow! you´ve done it! is my favorite line of all times...

[@Vasher1]

Thank you for everything you do! Yer videos have reignited my love for the retro games of my childhood and I can’t wait to sit down and play this game once I finish the video!

[@13lood13ath]

Little Nero's Pizza is from Home Alone. "Caesar's Hut" is a combination reference of Little Caesar's and Pizza Hut.

[@13lood13ath]

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[@Breyfunk]

These games are super underrated, I have wanted Startropics 3 for a long, long time.

[@mikeall7012]

I remember finding this game in KB toy store, around the year 2000, mixed in with random SNES and Genesis sports games that they had dug out of boxes in storage when they moved locations, within the mall. They also had a copy original Star Tropics. That was the first time I even knew Star Tropics had a sequel. Me and my friends couldnt get over the fact that an NES game was being sold as new, that long after the fact. I was in highscool and still played my NES only slightly less than my PSone.

[@UberNeuman]

lol. You cover these games so well I don't even feel like I need to play them. Good job.

[@johnrustic]

Another great video YCBVG! I was fortunate as a kid to have both Startropics games and dipping the letter that came with the original in water as a 9 year old and figuring that out myself was something I'll remember for the rest of my life.

[@duckverse5820]

I played the SHIT out of Startropics back in the day, over and over. Between that guide and this one, you've done my childhood proud!

[@kaynesantor8136]

Bro, this series is awesome. You got the formula right. Its gotta be the perfect amount of dog. Nice work man. I'll watch anything you do. Every NES game, let's go.

[@Murdoc_rusche]

I'm commenting just 3 minutes in because I love this game, and played through it more times then the original. The final two levels of the original Startropics always felt more epic to me, but the sequel was more interesting in general. I love that you've made this game part of your series. Thank you.

[@rjs9]

For all the game’s focus on Mike being a southpaw, you’d figure they could at least make his throwing animation left handed

[@HylianFox3]

If you say "No" to the old caveman he'll say something about Mike actually being right-handed and a starting pitcher. I think you're actually _supposed_ to say "No" when he asks if you're the "southpaw reliever" but most RPGs have trained us to always say "Yes" to things like that...

[@hteekay]

If traditional videogame magazine's walkthrough article get turn into video format, this channel would be the prime example of how it would be like. Your videos actually gave me the nostalgia feeling of spending hours reading every words and looking at screen caps plastered on each page of my favorite magazines. Thank you

[@Calcifrizzle]

Nice video! I'm a little embarrassed to admit this, but I only just noticed the little 8-bit Kylo in all your thumbnails. That's a nice touch. ... How dare you call me slow!

[@starlaw3320]

I didn't notice. So cute.

[@Crowen13]

I watch for the in-depth details about the games you dive into. I stick around for the great commentary! You can make a whole additional video pointing out all the little easter-egg quips you make! "I feel like I'm ready to take on Apollo Creed!" Love it! Keep up the great work and thanks for putting these out there for us to watch!

[@mattshu]

Damn I’m glad I stumbled on this channel. I feel like I’m restoring bits of my childhood

[@Southwest4Life]

I really love this youtube channel. You make videos for games i enjoyed as a kid, but couldn't beat. Games i never heard of and would have enjoyed. Last but not least games that i always wanted to play, but never had the money

[@starlaw3320]

I want to see him beat Fester's quest. That game was so hard when I was a kid.

[@UCanBeatVideoGames]

Almost did Festers Quest this month, its very high on my list now

[@Rokabur]

Keeping with the general theme, a possible third game could have been planet hoping around the galaxy.

[@PikangsFutaba]

Wow... you actually did Zoda's Revenge, it took me a while to get the game and now I can play it (on my NES, I already had it on my Wii thanks to the virtual console magic... that unless you do shenanigans on the console is impossible to get nowdays), your guide will help me a lot to beat the game.

[@beewebber3231]

It was my birthday today, and it kinda sucked, this made my day for sure. Thanks! You make it look so friggan easy!

[@jamesc8259]

Happy belated Birthday 🎂 🎁 . I hope you have better birthdays in the future.

[@joshyland]

I really enjoy these videos. Thank you for all the effort to make game completion accessible and interesting. I am sharing with friends who love vintages classics as much as I do.

[@UCanBeatVideoGames]

Thank you!! I really appreciate that you share it, always nice to hear that!

[@RobBreatheInTheAir]

Thank you as always for your consistently great Saturday content. Glad to see those subs shooting too, 50k here you come!

[@mae2759]

1:46:16 - You can avoid spike damage by jumping to the green square to the left or right of the entrance first.

[@travezripley]

Youre so good at these games! This series was so hard! Even with Nintendo Power

[@starlaw3320]

I've been excited for this since the first star tropics video!

[@gwgux]

Great game! I usually have trouble with Zoda Y, but your strategy will make it much easier for me! As for a third game, I always thought they'd finally take it to the stars. In my mind, several years after the last game Mike and Miss Carol did get together and the aliens came back and abducted everyone from C-island except for Mike and his uncle who were stateside at the time (new alien leader wanting revenge for Zoda's final defeat in the last game). They return to C-island after Mike couldn't contact his girlfriend to find everyone gone. Dr. J then reveals the spaceship he was working on based on the remains of the wrecked ship from the first game and has Navcom re-programmed and ready to pilot it (gotta bring that robot back). Then Mike travels to outer space and each chapter as logged in the ship's log is a new planet/solar system he visits to try and find his girlfriend and the rest of the folks from C-island. They would meet up with various alien races (complete with references to other franchises and/or places that Star Tropics is known for and/or funny scenes where Mike tries to explain humans to them) including the ones he rescued along from the previous games and they help Mike by upgrading his ship with new abilities (kind of like how the sub in the first game got new abilities, but more in-depth and we could have some light space combat added to the game). As Mike rescues all the people from C-island they'd join him on the ship, and at the end they'd all be back on C-island with Mike being able to go around and talk to everyone optionally before talking to Carol one last time where they decide to go to the victory party together as a couple. This would've been a much bigger game on the SNES with tons of new places and things to do. Mike's new throwing weapons would've been some high tech "space balls" (yes, pun of the movie, but it's Star Tropics, we expect that), and with all the new alien tech he'd come across, he'd gain some unique new abilities too with some new consumable items (night vision for the dark rooms, hover shoes for temp walking over damage tiles, etc.).

[@RyanRead]

As someone who only played the first Star Tropics thanks to his cousin. Thanks for doing this video to see how the series ended. It was pretty well done and you see the completed story between the two games.

[@queenzelda1221]

I never played NES games but I love to watch and listen to you, you really are amazing!

[@brandoncrusoe773]

The end of the era! NES games forever! (1984-95) rest in power NES games!

[@Parallelepiped2]

Thanks for your walkthrough! This is one of my childhood favourites and I have probably played it through 10 or more times. My grandmother introduced me to StarTropics and I had played her copy of Zoda's Revenge before. I still remember going to KayBee Toys when I was on vacation to get this. It was one of only 3 NES games they had available. They were not on display and I had to ask the salesclerk for it specifically. I remember getting stuck on the brain in Ch. 4, then the boss of Ch. 7. I never understood in the Cactus Dance the going 'right' means from Mike's perspective instead of the top-down player perspective, so I always used trial-and-error to find the mine. Had a blast watching this, thanks again!

[@NSPC3]

Very underrated game. Downfall is that it came out toward the end of the NES life cycle. Well worth the playthrough.

[@-Keith-]

Not gonna lie, I fell asleep watching this 20 minutes in yesterday (long day at work) and only woke up after the video stopped XD Now I have to finish watching the whole darn thing.

[@seannborba8416]

I never knew there was a star tropics 2. Even if you play a game I've never played or heard of I love watching your videos. You have such great narration and you are very detailed in your explanations.

[@sueastside]

39:11 "we can say hello to this *fellow* dog" More proof that it is the dog that is doing the voice over!

[@partridgestorm]

I think it's funny that the magical words are clearly from Surfin' Bird. Every body knows that the bird is the word!

[@zacknicley8150]

I didn’t get to play a ton of games as a kid, but this was one of my favorites! I used to walk barefoot down to the video store and rent it all the time. I loved it. I had no idea what was going on because I’ve never played the first one, but the cover art just drew me in.

[@ramonaltamirano340]

Papa Oom Mow Mow is a song by The Rivingtons. Look it up here on KZbin. It's a pretty famous song. 🙂

[@HylianFox3]

It's also part of Surfin' Bird

[@geoffreywilson7008]

Having played Zoda's Revenge LONG before the original, I'd say the story worked perfectly well. Heck, Zoda and the alien children literally don't show up until the VERY end of the first game, so it practically didn't spoil anything for actually 'playing' the first game.

[@Illgaia]

Thanks for doing this one. I remember playing this as a kid (I remember all these old games), but it's always so cool to see old strategies and secrets I never knew at the time. And the history lessons are always really neat too.

[@Criminal.Lawyer]

44:40 - fun fact that if you take too long to beat the boss, he goes nuts and a log of projectiles will appear likely killing you

[@HylianFox3]

ngl this boss freaked me out when it started spewing stuff all over the screen that's impossible to avoid

[@joshmariota1046]

Very informative. This was one of my most nostalgic past-time games. Thank you and subbed.

[@Jamie-nx2cg]

Great video. As usual. Thanks for the hard work buddy. Never played this game. Living vicariously through you.

[@mross9780]

When I was a kid I found a trick to max out your hearts at 20 early. If you speak to King Arthur again, you will get the same dialog and he will knight you again, increasing your maximum hearts by 1 again. This can be repeated a 3rd time to max out at 20.

[@nervaaugustus7089]

Thanks so much for doing this! I have a love-hate relationship with this game. I beat it as a kid, but for the life of me I can't recall much about it, so this is a nostalgia trip of revivified memories.

[@josephrhodes5025]

cant say i ever played this one but i am totally hyped to watch the video

[@wesleyoldham4222]

1:27:20 Sir Lancelot sounds more like Sir Robin.

[@UCanBeatVideoGames]

Yes! He bravely ran away

[@HylianFox3]

Sir Spineless the Cowardly really should have been a Sir Robin reference. Oh well...

[@ProjectDevilEye]

This game had some awesome music too, I'd been playing all this time too not knowing you could get the dagger early in Egypt. Favorite stage was always old London for Sherlock.

[@jennekke]

This was so much better than the first. The controls were so much better. I used to play through rpgs during my summer breaks in elementary and junior high.

[@robbybeasley4420]

As always love your videos still waiting on that Guardian Legend walkthrough

[@christopherlitzner8445]

This is my favorite game on the NES have played and beaten it so many times, just did so recently earlier this year.

[@blahablast3070]

What if I told you… Love this! Don’t ever change!

[@OuroborosChoked]

Star Tropics 2 is so much easier than the first game. That last stage in 1 is _brutal._

[@Tyidol23]

Very nice video once again. I actually did beat this one for the first time a couple of years ago. Really is a shame this series died out after this game, but both of these games are true NES gems.

[@songsan807]

Played a little bit of Star Tropics 1 when rented from a video game store during the summer. Did not have a chance to play the 2nd game. Underrated game that seems really fun.

[@earlthepearl6414]

I like the intros when your puppy dog brings you the game to play! Lol

[@hanzlim7198]

24:22 Well, to be fair, Cleopatra's dynasty (the Ptolemys) is actually Greek, so maybe she has that for why she's a bit lighter-skinned. Although one would think she could be more tanned.

[@noahmichael2213]

Thanks for posting this. It's so hard. I've tried beating it so many times but I've never been able to get far

[@zibba1331]

This is a game i always wish i had played…glad to see the video on it! Keep em coming

[@rubynall80]

Great video. I am so glad I still played NES games during the SNES era. Otherwise, I might've missed this gem. It's too bad so many other people missed out on it. And I agree that we DO need a Startropics 3. Mike needs to be remembered.

[@matthewporter5048]

Best gaming channel on KZbin

[@Criminal.Lawyer]

1:46:19 you don’t necessarily need to take damage

[@UCanBeatVideoGames]

Coming from you, I suspect this is true - How do you do it?

[@Criminal.Lawyer]

@@UCanBeatVideoGames when you enter the room there’s a little patch of safe land to the left. Jump there (like a knight in chess). Once there push up/right to walk against the upper right corner and jump 45 degrees to safety.

[@UCanBeatVideoGames]

very cool! Does it work the other way, too, so I can get back safely?

[@Criminal.Lawyer]

@@UCanBeatVideoGames yup. It’s harder to make the first jump back because you need to be right on the corner without taking damage but it’s easier to make the second jump back than it was getting there on the way there

[@lvl5Vaporeon]

There's one particular part of this game where I went *Whelp I guess I need some kinda guide* Glad to see this headache averted with your guide!

[@mae2759]

2:02:02 - You pretty much described The Windwaker. lol!

[@UCanBeatVideoGames]

True - I do like Windwaker. If they took the StarTropics style and built a game with the large ocean of Windwaker, that would be perfect! Of course, ill be happy if they make any StarTropics 3 at this point.

[@rcblazer]

I picked up the SNES as soon as I could, so I missed out on this game when it came out in 1994. Seeing your video on it was great though! Maybe someday Nintendo will see fit to give us a third game, or at least make reference to this series in Smash.

[@originalsleepyjon]

Same. Remember back then we'd trade in our old consoles for the new ones because who would ever go back to playing old games, am I right?? Haha we were fools

[@willh7352]

definitely one of my all time favorite video games

[@YourMKArcadeSource]

Outstanding! Thanks for putting the effort and time into making these.

[@ChairmanMeow1]

this is my go to answer for the common question of "most underrated NES game". star tropics 2 has it all.

[@Alamyst2011]

One of the best NES games. Great videos!

[@dydzdk]

I enjoy your channel each week, thank you!

[@turtlelove7]

I got this game when it came out since we didnt have an SNES. It was so amazing and I hadnt played the first one. I later found it at a garage sale and was very pleased. I picked this up the same day as Megaman 6. Also got the top load NES so we didnt have to share our front loader. What a great day

[@UCanBeatVideoGames]

Its cool that Nintendo cared enough to put these late generation games out for the people that didn't have a 16 bit system yet. Capcom wasn't going to release Mega Man 6, so Nintendo published it themselves.

[@striderskorpion]

Little Nero's, I believe, is the pizza place from the Home Alone movie.

[@James-kc4ft]

Little Caesar's mashed up w/ Pizza Hut, but I think you're correct as well

[@striderskorpion]

@@James-kc4ft I'm sure that's what Caesar Hut in this game is a reference to. I was just mentioning where I think he got Little Nero's from.

[@rodneylives]

I love your endorsement of the game at the beginning.

[@Uncle-Jay]

The haunted mansion was my favorite dungeon in the game. It was just really cool to me. Boss was kind of a bummer though.

[@mae2759]

1:10:07 - Neat glitch. If you throw your dagger in this room it will be the Katana.

[@HylianFox3]

That's because the game accidentally uses the katana's projectile graphics for this room instead of the dagger's. If the room had any enemies it would still have the same attack power as the dagger.

[@BlackKoiRecords]

I push that like button like that dog pushes the NES controller button!

[@IMP3TIGO]

Another great episode! This reminds me of Ultima: Exodus... please consider doing that NES (and PC obviously) classic someday!

[@Not5id]

One correction about the Try Your Luck sign: In Zoda's Revenge, they can no longer take away lives. They only have +1 and +2 as possible outcomes, making it possible to get to 9 lives on certain dungeons.

[@redspec01]

Well done! You make awesome videos and your game skills are way above mine! Stay frosty!

[@jakewhit9000]

Dude u da man...love your taste in games and always impressed by ur skills

[@BlazingSoul2085]

A nice enjoyable video to get through my morning. Good job

[@12esinlung]

Another great vid! I'd love to see you playthrough through Uninvited, Shadowgate or DeJa Vu. All tough but very beatable games.

[@COIFISHGAMING]

Great video once again!

[@Sebastian-kb1vm]

I appreciate your work cause I will not be able to play some of the games you play so I get yo relive my past through you

[@jeremymiller6056]

Highly addictive channel bro good job

[@Jazzypants2007]

Man, I have been waiting for this one since the OG video. As always, you do not disappoint. :D So... now that we're here at last, I can say my peace about good ol' Zoda's Revenge. I think for the most part, it's a solid game. My main issue is that cop out, HORSECRAP ending. Didn't Mica EXPLICITLY mention that Argonia was, y'know... GONE?? As in, destroyed beyond any attempt at salvation? Why would Hirocon returning change that? UGH. What a terrible ending. That said, as I mentioned, I think the game itself is a fine successor to Startropics. The eight directional movement is an interesting mechanic that I wish a Startropics 3 would have come out to expand on further by making platforming that REQUIRES you to jump diagonally. Because unless I'm mistaken, there's no REQUIRED diagonal jumping in 2. There are some goofy moments with historical figures, but there were goofy moments in the first game. I mean, for god's sake Mike shoves BANANAS in his ears to block out Zoda's voice. This series is ALL about goofy moments and addictive gameplay. I'd steal your ST3 idea if I had the slightest bit of programming knowledge, HA. I know a user on Deviantart by the name of Diegichigo who actually made some sprites for Mica as a potential playable character for Startropics 3 and I'm all on board with that idea as well.

[@Ricans4Trump2024]

StarTropics is one of my favorite NES games. I didn't even know a sequel existed.

[@JohnWick-uq1su]

Literally the last Nintendo game to ever come out. I remember this, I remember this

[@shunt5001]

The diagonal movement mechanics were GREAT!!!!

[@Dystnine]

The dog is the best gamer.

[@jakewhit9000]

You are correct....there are some copies of the game with little neros pizza...later copies were altered for copyright infringement