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Episode 101
When the Super Nintendo first came out, there just weren't very many two player games. Even games like F-Zero and Final Fight were single player only! Players that liked playing with a friend would have to wait until Data East brought us Joe & Mac.
Joe & Mac started out in the arcade as "Joe & Mac: Caveman Ninja", but for the Super Nintendo version, Data East completely redesigned the game with a home console experience in mind. So what did they have to change to bring this game to the SNES? In today's episode we'll find out, then we'll dive deep into the gameplay where we'll learn:
The best way to beat EVERY Stage!
Where to find every HIDDEN KEY so you can unlock all of the BONUS STAGES!
How to gain INFINITE LIVES!
Detailed MAPS for every Stage!
Where to find TONS of hidden 1-UPS!
How ALL FOUR weapons work, and how much damage they deal!
The best way to defeat EVERY BOSS, even the BLUE DEVIL... AND MORE!
Thanks for watching!
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[@jonbourgoin182]

This channel is so cozy, like a warm blanket on a cold winter day. I absolutely love it. A preemptive congrats on 100k subs!

[@unstoppableExodia]

This channel does walkthroughs the right way. Love it

[@bryansmith844]

Fighting that Mammoth after it’s face gets torn off is one of the most surprisingly disturbing boss fights I’ve ever seen 😅

[@Decepticreep47]

I was JUST talking about this the other day, LOL. It just comes out of nowhere, and is quite startling.

[@Cloudheart1]

I’ve never played this game but I think if I saw that as a child I’d be shaken

[@bryansmith844]

@@Cloudheart1 i did but never got that far, I would be shooketh as well

[@betterthanyesterday3912]

Pics or it didn't happen

[@Skilful_basics8]

I know right!

[@hgbugalou]

Man, my friends and I wore this game out and I played it so much. The boss faces always made us crack up.

[@istrasci]

34:34 - 😮 When I was a kid-probably in 87 or 88-I invented a caveman game I called "The Tar Pits". It was not long after the NES came out and I was playing Super Mario Bros. non-stop. It was essentially Joe & Mac, but several years before it came out. I remember I sketched out several levels on paper. I don't remember having as many powerups; I think basically he just had a club to attack. But I even had "warp pterodactyls" that could take you ahead within a stage (like vines & coin heaven in SMB), or take you to another stage altogether (like warp zone pipes).

[@PhysicalSciences]

I always love the historical intros and the informational side bar during gameplay. Such quality editing.

[@fluttershystayshigh4202]

What i love best about these walkthroughs is the insight we get about the history of the game about to be covered during the intro, very interesting stuff, i wish i had known about this channel a long time ago, this is by far some of the best gaming content on youtube. Huge thanks to all the hard work you put into these videos, this is amazing stuff you do bro.

[@tonydeluna8095]

One of my all time SNES favorite!s I would always play as Joe he was my favorite caveman! Just the facial expressions on the characters faces makes the game comedic! The dinosaurs were awesome especially the boss fights. Another great game to revisit is Super Double Dragon 🐉

[@adambronk1633]

Just keeps getting better! I loved this game with a friend as a kid and this is bringing back the feels.

[@dedhandbandit]

for somebody who absolutely loves video games I just want to say thank you for all the work that you do and for helping everyone in the community or outside of the community in closing I just want to say you have a very calm voice and it's great to watch these to fall asleep to but sometimes I end up watching them all the way through because it's just so fascinating I love these games and they are staple of my childhood so thank you again for all the work that you do

[@scottdecowski4913]

So many hours of my childhood playing this game coop with my buddy. We went nuts when we saw the sequel at blockbuster one day, I loved discovering the different versions on the NES, Game Boy & Genesis years later on the emulators

[@zrayburton]

Haven’t played or beaten this game in ages, was stuck on the last bosses. This helped very nicely/I might attempt on hard for the first time ever now. Thank you sir!

[@Spidernick88]

LOL at the Duke reference during the final boss. Nice job. Christian Latner lol

[@Cellfix]

I've had the Retro-Bit "Joe & Mac Collection" for several years now and I've only tested the three games on it, but now this video has made me want to actually play it and complete the game, on my own the first time around of course ;) Great video!!

[@chesspunk489]

Now this is a game that I beat many times as a kid. I currently have the gameboy version and it's actually not bad.

[@bakuiel1901]

Never knew this was in arcade, loved the SNES game, can't wait to see you beat it.

[@palaceofwisdom9448]

This was a game I wanted back in the day but never got due to personal budget constraints. Thanks for another fun video that let me see what I missed.

[@evintackett7810]

This was my absolute favorite game when I was a child me and my dad played it together all the time

[@JPBrooksLive]

The sequel was one of the games I looked for at Blockbuster EVERY TIME I went... I accidentally kept the instruction book and still have it 😁 so glad it finally came out on the SNES classic!

[@CrabJock]

You ever thought of doing Milon's Secret Castle? It reminds me of Clash at Demonhead in a few ways. Progressing can be fairly cryptic. Seems right up your alley.

[@maxstone9999]

Great video! I love your commentary humor strategically interspersed throughout.

[@MrBojangles788]

One of my favorite games as a kid. My neighbors mom saw us playing the last level against the devil boss and she wouldn't let them play it anymore

[@caucasoidape8838]

Even though he was clearly the bad guy, and they were fighting him. lol

[@MrBojangles788]

@@caucasoidape8838 haha yea, they were really religious, hear no devil, see no devil, fight no devil I guess haha

[@JPBrooksLive]

At least it was biblically consistent with men living along-side dinosaurs 😆

[@MrBojangles788]

@@JPBrooksLive hahaha

[@damageinc5752]

I know the feeling. My friends parents saw the cover of Castlevania 1 on the NES and said it was demonic and took it.

[@goukko]

This is one of my favorite snes games. Played it a lot as a kid. After many years i finally got to that bonus stage in lava level. Didn't know campfire was enemy.

[@nicholaspargeter6913]

This game had me beat as a kid. Thanks for making it look so easy.

[@donwagner8661]

Wow! A great game walkthrough and a paleontology lesson at the same time! This channel just keeps getting better and better 😊

[@miahthorpatrick1013]

Wow I had no idea you had to wait for all of the enemies to clear before striking that red egg. I thought it was just random whether or not the pink pterodactyl took you to the bonus area. Thanks UCBVG!!

[@adventureoflinkmk2]

52:42 -- never would I ever expect this channel to make that kinda reference 😂

[@sceneitallwithjeffandjon6984]

Lol the BBW's!

[@adventureoflinkmk2]

@@sceneitallwithjeffandjon6984 iktr... LMFAO 😂😂😂😂

[@Vile-MKII]

Love how you referenced Little Shop of Horrors during the second boss.

[@framjansen5443]

Love it when y throw in a snes game..Triumphant as always!!

[@craiggosselin6356]

Your Puppy is getting really big. 😀

[@billlyons7024]

The boss designs look great, and they are all huge.

[@bradrentrop3955]

Yes!!!! This was my favorite game as a kid!!!

[@bak025]

The second Pooteranodon boss looks like a Charizard 😂 Love the channel!

[@ravenjmain]

Loved playing this game with my older brother.

[@nemodious]

Loved Joe & Mac!!

[@RoninCatholic]

I liked this game. One of my favorite SNES games as a kid was Congo's Caper, a pseudo-sequel likewise set in a prehistoric theme. (I believe its Japanese name was Joe & Mac 2?)

[@BradWolfe113]

I also love the Little Shop of Horrors reference.

[@Bigbacon]

Always loved this game.

[@djinsanity3575]

Thanks for this. I learned a lot

[@tank8285]

10:45 its because you have to clear all enemies on screen to spawn a bonus level, and the geyser is considered an enemy.

[@stevemorrissey4273]

Fire too

[@OzymandiasWasRight]

100K subs is still WAY too low for the quality of this channel, should be way higher. Ill keep supporting it (still no patreon?) no matter what though. There are many games i wouldnt have played, and some just long forgotten, that UCBVG reminded me of. I remember renting this and playing it with my older brother. We beat it in two days and it was the perfect level of difficulty. Great game!

[@josephrhodes5025]

my brother and i would play this game constantly

[@redspec01]

Never played this one, but it looks like it would have been fun!

[@RoninCatholic]

"Inside a living creature's guts" is probably my favorite level theme, even beating "You are tiny inside a house/in a giant's house" and "Standard issue forest/plains"

[@crassbandercoot4343]

Awwwwllllllllright. Loved this game as a kid. Your channel is awesome, bud. I even use it as background noise when gaming out. SUPER CASTPEVANIA IV WHEN?! (just kidding. You don't deserve the madness of.playing through that nightmare. Dracula X is easier)

[@matthewmartin4394]

You sir, are doing God's work. Nostalgia keeps us young at heart. I'm so curious about how you approach each new project. For example, roughly what % of these titles were u previously well acquainted with, & how often do you play a game for the 1st time to break down & make a vid? Keep up the great work!

[@frankjansson7563]

Best day of the week ^^

[@matthagen67]

This reminds me of "Big Nose the Caveman" by Codemasters. Loved that game as a kid.

[@wyattskinner697]

The devil clone looks identical to player 2 so it can actually be really annoying and confusing in 2 player sometimes.

[@ghin780]

We rented this game so many times as a kid that I think we probably could have just bought it. It was one of those games that was always there and if there wasn't anything more interesting we would get this.

[@lh8vd69]

Love your work mate, say hello to your doggo's for me

[@jonathanplooij3666]

thanks for the guide

[@TheDarkLink7]

This is the second classic game I heard is coming back. First being Oregon Trail.

[@animelife6476]

Owned this back in the days

[@iami3rian394]

Still not my favorite. Let's see how this plays out. Never liked this one.

[@EdsterIII]

I was a Sega Genesis, Dreamcast guy, BUT I also had my Nintendo NES, my Super NES, and later the N64. Nintendo had some amazingly awesome looking adventure games. They had the 2D side scrolling adventure games perfected! It was truly awesome to play and watch. Sega has some great ones too. Castle of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse was one of my favorites on either system. However I loved sports games like NHL Hockey, PGA Tour ⛳Golf⛳, and of course the Madden Football games. NBA Showdown was a epic Super Nintendo game though. Everyone was warring over which was better, but I loved them both. Actually I liked all three, the TurboGraphx-16 was also a fun system. Bonk's Adventure was another of my favorites! These games bring back some great memories, and some frustrating moments as well. But boy were they fun! Nowadays you get games released that aren't even finished yet. They require "patches" or updates. Trying to eliminate physical media, which I will NOT support. I've had too many single games have their online servers shut down and thereby the games useless. What happens when say an entire company closes it's doors? It's why I'm passing on these newer systems and getting the Retro consoles back!

[@HanzSygnal]

Love feel-good island games like this and Master Higgins in super Adventure Island

[@livefreeprintguns]

Yooo new release! I was just saying how I've been getting stoned all weekend and binge-watching these, only for the mad lad to drop another one on us.

[@lurkinginshadows1141]

UCBVG is not only a savant of retro games, but also a comedian as well. His deadpan delivery hides his jokes such as “Joe and Mac were real causes of the extinction of dinosaurs,” and “the real final boss is a blue devil: Laettner.” 🤣 UCBVG must be Kentucky or North Carolina fan…. 😆

[@SeanSR]

More awesome free content! Thanks.

[@Unfixingalloy1UA1]

A game with caveman babes gets ranked with funny number. Classic

[@darkridearts]

Thank you for this! While we are on the subject of prehistoric platformers, would love to see “Toki” and “Prehistorik Man” one day.

[@Macronaso]

This game brings back so many memories. It was a great multiplayer game I loved to play with my friends. Thanks again for the awesome content.

[@Solsta]

This is not a game I have any experience with, so I'm interested to see what this game has to offer. Thank you for your hard work and as always... Super Metroid when 😏

[@adrianwaynereavill7899]

The 100th episode last week was great and the best ever episode in my opinion. This one is going to be good as well.

[@kanisohana]

Please make a video on Kid Chameleon for the Genesis. Thanks

[@CaliPhattie1]

10:40 - The pink pterodactyl that takes you to the secret area would only appear if you hit the red egg AFTER de-spawning the water geysers on the left, since the water geysers are considered enemies on-screen.

[@Ashicated]

Great as always man keep up the good work

[@CreightonDevers]

This was a multiple weekend rental as kids and I just today learned the weapons could be cycled. Even with that it's a hard game but worth the play.

[@BB-te8tc]

Excited for this! I've beaten this on Hard before but I never figured out how to dodge the skeleton t-rex when he falls to pieces.

[@PrivateOGITH]

i Have That Arcade Game Right on my Mame Arcade Emulator' Along With 10000 Other Arcade Games' so 😁

[@wesleyoldham4222]

Ice levels became mandatory in all SNES games after Super Mario World was universally panned by trolls.

[@joeyfarris2543]

And don't forget to go Owww!!!!!!

[@wasekasi]

Actually, it made me play Joe and Mac. Thanks looking forward for another game to beat.

[@bigrule28]

I'm a fan of it videos u should finish the TMNT games like TMNT 4 & Hyperstone Heist

[@glow_n_show8968]

Finally another episode! Thanks 🙏

[@Kara99tg]

I rented this a few times as a kid but never beat it. All this time, I had no idea the boss of a silly caveman game was the devil.

[@flintcityhc1524]

Can you do congos capers? Every video only shows you with full gems and super jumps and shit which is not how most people enter the stages

[@jekw23]

I remember being fascinated by this game as a kid. Eventually a friend lent it to me (I couldn’t afford it) and got destroyed almost immediately. Harsh reality of growing up. Don’t remember how far I got but I know it wasn’t far! Gorgeous looking game though

[@kimstolz8880]

One of the first games we owned for the snes, and was my favourite for years!

[@edparadis6685]

Joe and mac ranked 69 of all time. Mustof been the cave women that they had to rescue

[@lukelowe918]

Hopefully your Little Shop of Horrors reference isn't lost on your audience 😉

[@dieinfire920]

One of the first snes I ever played. I loved the colorful sprites and the overall humor of the game. I never played the arcade or Sega Genesis game before, but years later I did and I must say I prefer the Sega Genesis better because the gameplay is more fast paced, the snes version feels too slow. Another great video as usual!

[@theonly1msbinny]

Actually, the Genesis version was released after the SNES version in January of 1994. And the Genesis version was developed by Eden Entertainment Software. Btw, thanks for another awesome video!

[@Spootington]

Thanks again for another entertaining Sunday afternoon. Sadly, I didn't have or play this game growing up but still, I appreciate what you do.

[@robotdell]

You having the NES version plugged in was a good touch 🫡

[@Zarathustra-rj4yz]

Love seeing more SNES games on your channel. The ActRaiser episode was fantastic, but they all are. 😆

[@redwolflancer3051]

Me and my mom would play that for hrs, even after we beat it, I'd say mom I'm tired of playing and she would say go get your brother

[@SmileyGamer28]

Love how you make the walkthrough keep it up

[@videoclipuploads1412]

Thank you for these videos, could you please make one for Ultima 3 Exodus on nes? Thank you.

[@caucasoidape8838]

Even though the Arcade version is better by most standards, I love this version the most. It has that epic boss music, and a much more interesting final boss.

[@superbonk3021]

Gimme those BBW's

[@khaimk4r4su]

I loved charging up the weapons in the arcade game but oh well, we can't have everything nice in life. Great vid!

[@MrGulpin1]

I have no idea what I’m doing wrong, but the bonus level won’t spawn out of the egg for me in level 1. I kill the purple pterodactyl and all the enemies before it....

[@tolbertjason]

12:06 That's one I had fight in the ghostbusters sega genesis game.

[@rolandocastaneda4429]

I took care of some children who was a good friend of my mother. All I had to do to take care of them was to play this game with him. We had lots of fun. Sadly his mother committed suicide some years later. I won't forget the good times we had together. RIP Sarah. Love David and Andrew and Roland. Thanks UCBVG.

[@brandonnewby178]

Thaaaaank you! Even my SNES friends haven't heard of this game, I loved it.

[@robertlong6027]

Did you ever play a game Chuck Rock on the Sega Genesis it was similar to Joe and Mac

[@MrBojangles788]

I think they had chuck rock for super Nintendo as well

[@KeepEatingIt]

You’re the man! I finally beat Kid Icarus yesterday thanks to you!

[@billlyons7024]

Hard game, I remember it taking forever to beat when I was a kid. That's a real badge of honor!

[@KeepEatingIt]

@@billlyons7024 Yeah, thanks- he gave me the inside info about powering up on level 1 first

[@adventuretaco7140]

It’s more like a caveman themed snow brothers … 😊