"Alright developers, we have our game about a badass vice cop in the future who drives a race car with machine guns. We need a first boss designed and no one is leaving until we nail it." "How about a dark wizard?" "Everyone go home early, we did it."
@StarkMaximum3 жыл бұрын
Wow, this really IS a Ninja Gaiden-style game, Jon's first death was even to a bird knocking him off a platform. It's just like old times!
@VitaEmerald3243 жыл бұрын
Pretty sure it was a hawk instead of a falcon though
@AuracleOfBacon3 жыл бұрын
@@VitaEmerald324 death Birb is death birb
@umbaupause3 жыл бұрын
Jon: "It's not exactly a secret that I like Ninja Gaiden." Me: *Checks channel icon* "...MY GOD!"
@MrEvilbyte3 жыл бұрын
I know right? xD
@ChromeBirb3 жыл бұрын
*Checks banner* Oh gods, the signs were here all along
@Kobolds_in_a_trenchcoat3 жыл бұрын
*takes off sunglasses slowly and dramatically* "...My God!"
@Mythraen3 жыл бұрын
@@Kobolds_in_a_trenchcoat I feel like those should be nerd glasses, because you're a scientist making a discovery.
@Elyseon11 ай бұрын
Nerd sunglasses!
@prof_kolorado3 жыл бұрын
The opening car stage makes me think of the whole "maniac" thing from SpongeBob. "Hart, come in. There's a maniac loose on the highway." "What's his deal?" "He's driving a modified cop car and is shooting other cars with twin machine guns. Eyewitnesses say he was eating an entire bone-in-cut that he grabbed off the road. You seen him, Hart?"
@Darkington3 жыл бұрын
My headcanon is that he's such a loose canon cop that he wouldn't surrender his gun and grenades to the TSA.
@joew12373 жыл бұрын
Kept expecting lucahjin to pop up during that last cutscene
@thyguywithtime6703 жыл бұрын
Just so you feel validated Jon, I laughed at the 5 o’clock joke.
@ChristianCTaken3 жыл бұрын
That'd be MasterTimeThief you're validating, as he apparently edited this LP
@thyguywithtime6703 жыл бұрын
@@ChristianCTaken Damn, didn’t catch that. Thanks for the correction.
@Neogears13123 жыл бұрын
It’s pretty good dry wit.
@MisterJackTheAttack3 жыл бұрын
I laughed too.
@PleaseBanMePlease3 жыл бұрын
Careful, he might steal your time!!
@afrothekobold3 жыл бұрын
"Bagel we talked about this, the doctor said I NEED to stab robots."
@ashleyallison62053 жыл бұрын
"Buddy I'm trying to stab a robot. Please don't ruin my robot stabbing." Stuff like this is why I love your runs.
@PikaPilot3 жыл бұрын
Jon makes people drop their meat sticks. Rated R.
@JeedyJay3 жыл бұрын
When it comes to character writing, "ex-mercenary" is easy tough-guy cred.
@stuartdunlop88343 жыл бұрын
When you had to fight your way to the airport, I liked imagining it was the scene from Airplane with the pilot fighting off all the religious spokespeople.
@MrMario96083 жыл бұрын
"Boys 'Big' and up" That's Jon, alright.
@donweiss23263 жыл бұрын
No, that's MasterTimeThief who was editing
@elisoncrz3 жыл бұрын
I literally just started rewatching the old Ninja Gaiden trilogy series last night to help me fall asleep and I can’t describe how happy I am to see this series lol
@doomdegree25843 жыл бұрын
7:25 This is way easier than Ninja Gaiden Meanwhile, Me who couldn't even get past the first car level.
@millerkarageanes15623 жыл бұрын
Why couldn’t you get past it
@Furen3 жыл бұрын
Excellent job, MasterTimeTheif. I loved the editing in this one. I love Jon's editing too, and would love to see some comments he makes post-production too. Excellently done :)
@ShinyGaara653 жыл бұрын
Ah, Sophia. So this is a PREQUEL to Blaster Master Zero? :p
@solarixstar3 жыл бұрын
Okay but real talk: I want that thinking face sprite art so I can put that in a frame and hang it on my wall; that’s art right there!
@momamario3 жыл бұрын
This is prime proton Jon content. It’s like I’m back in grade 10 scarfing down stale Tostitos
@brianmiller95173 жыл бұрын
Thank you for talking about Italian Spiderman in a previous stream. Loved it!
@Silver_Ws_t3 жыл бұрын
2 projects in 1 week, what kinda else world am I in?!?
@andrewvann47433 жыл бұрын
I love the sassy Jon insertions so much. It's my favourite kind of post commentary.
@CrimsonMoonM3 жыл бұрын
Wow, you're really serious about getting this channel up and running again. We've got more content during these last few months than we'd usually get in the span of literal years. I'm glad to see it. I do enjoy TRG, but there's something special about the calmer atmosphere of your solo content.
@88porpoise3 жыл бұрын
20:15, Proof that Quin is a cool guy. His refusal to look at the explosion.
@ZeeOwlMan3 жыл бұрын
Now here's some classic Protonjon content! Gonna enjoy this LP!
@ApocApocrypha3 жыл бұрын
This is one of those cool looking games I saw in Nintendo Power back in the day, tried to imagine how it played but never got to actually play.
@Tiggeralt3 жыл бұрын
Considering the chip has "Sammy" written on it, I'm guessing it's part of this game's chipset.
@Rexaura8883 жыл бұрын
7:30 Really? Not The Messenger? 14:05 To a bird and into a pit. How appropriate for a Ninja Gaiden-like. 19:48 Good to know that Bagel is allowed to come in during recordings.
@ProtonJon3 жыл бұрын
I was referring to NES Ninja Gaiden likes at the time.
@KenMantheUltimate3 жыл бұрын
I've been waiting for you to do this! One of my first NES games.
@StepperBox3 жыл бұрын
I love that Editing Jon gets to be his own rift tracks.
@PixelHead7773 жыл бұрын
First death in a Ninja Gaiden Clone... To a damn bird.
@Glitch_Man423 жыл бұрын
That “This reminds me of my mercenary days” line reminds me of the line in Star Wars: A New Hope, where Obi-Wan talks about how he fought alongside Darth Vader in the Clone Wars. The film never really brings ‘ The Clone Wars’ up again. But that line also establishes how Obi-Wan knows Darth Vader, that they were in some capacity friends, and adds depth to the world in Star Wars. The mercenary line just doesn’t do any of that, it just kinda says Quinn was a mercenary without informing us about him in any way. He was just a mercenary. And honestly that’s relatable content.
@Pixxeltrixx3 жыл бұрын
Jon on Normal Boots TRG streaming and now going in on KZbin. I have a hard time getting out of bed 😂
@RikouHogashi3 жыл бұрын
more like returning to YT from long aprehention
@millerkarageanes15623 жыл бұрын
Hard to believe isn’t it
@mrsora163 жыл бұрын
That hardcore episode was awesome
@johnnyneutron15303 жыл бұрын
I am so glad you’re back to uploading more regularly. Daddy is back baby!
@HeadsetGuy3 жыл бұрын
I'm guessing there's going to be art next week of Reese as Reese.
@RemLasher773 жыл бұрын
3:04 that face could make for a great emote.
@Zegaexiron3 жыл бұрын
You wouldn't want to see an action movie starring a sitcom dad bumbling his way to badassery to save his family or something?
@DinnerForkTongue3 жыл бұрын
I'd _love_ that. Especially if he becomes badass but is still endearingly bumbling.
@dragicianryudo5953 жыл бұрын
This is a fun quick romp. Thank you for sharing.
@MisterJackTheAttack3 жыл бұрын
4:10 Damn you, Chuggaconroy!!
@cavejohnson99283 жыл бұрын
was that a metal wolf chaos reference at 10:30? or did I just imagine that.
@ladyaceina3 жыл бұрын
ive not played this game since i was like 6 and yet i still remember lots of it im kinda shocked
@louietheswordsman5383 жыл бұрын
I'll be honest, until you said it was released in 1991 I thought this was one of those new-fangled 'retro' games. I'm also just in awe at how good it looks. I feel like I've caught a glimpse of some parallel universe's most popular NES game.
@maikocat3 жыл бұрын
14:00 I see birds are the Vice Cop's natural enemy as well as the Ninja's.
@CarissaNomadic3 жыл бұрын
You can only duck and run because duck-and-run is a scientific advancement of unrivaled proportions.
@fedoraking36113 жыл бұрын
The only thing I remember from this game is the Game grumps moment where Dan says, "Ow, that's real fire."
@henryshrader69123 жыл бұрын
i think that was a different game, can't remember what though. vice was played a while ago by ross and projared i wanna say (although if jared was in it, it wouldn't be up on the channel anymore).
@fedoraking36113 жыл бұрын
No I’m sure it’s this game.
@henryshrader69123 жыл бұрын
@@fedoraking3611 you're right, i hadn't watched the video to the "real fire" part when i commented. sorry!
@fedoraking36113 жыл бұрын
it's okay.
@salemthecat3 жыл бұрын
I was told not to talk about the meat stick so here I am :P
@ZappBranniglenn3 жыл бұрын
Oh I loved this game when it appeared on Switch!
@MikeCappella983 жыл бұрын
TimeTheif you had a lot of fun with the Future Jon edits this episode huh haha
@oceanmaster5413 жыл бұрын
He's able to run while ducking because of his time as a mercenary!
I'm just gonna walk in on some random even and say that I'm reminded of my mercenary days just to see what people think.
@dianeunderhill81313 жыл бұрын
As a person that loves writing, I've got to say the Mercenary line is just a little bit of personal world-building for the character to explain why and how he's so good with his weapons. A lot of games have those one lines or even partly delivered statements that are supposed to give the character history. Even in things like Last of Us or ghost of Tsushima, there are random single lines that make you realize that they developed a whole backstory for these protagonists.
@Kobolds_in_a_trenchcoat3 жыл бұрын
I feel like being a part of the drug enforcement agency (assuming Quinn is American) should be backstory enough for why he knows how to use weaponry. America did have a lot of mercenaries around and after the vietnam war though. Several videos on StepBack (formerly Stepback history) talk about this in relation to 70s and 80s white supremacy... it's not the most fun story.
@RemLasher773 жыл бұрын
I saw *Bruno the Kid* today and Bruce Willis voices the main character in that show. Plus there’s a 3D V-Actor model of Bruce Willis as well.
@GigasGMX3 жыл бұрын
Of course his first death is to a bird.
@modermousev2ofthegoldendeer3 жыл бұрын
Proton Jon statistic count Episode 1 14:02 death 1 Beagle appearances 19:48 Bagle count 1
@sykotiksonik3 жыл бұрын
"Bagel"
@modermousev2ofthegoldendeer3 жыл бұрын
Thanks.@@sykotiksonik
@MegaduceFlare3 жыл бұрын
I see what you're saying about the NA box art since you pointed it out, but personally I think he looks more like Kurt Russell who's inbetween "Big Trouble in Little China" & "Stargate".
@DinnerForkTongue3 жыл бұрын
Like he was growing back his hair from when he filmed "Soldier".
@TheTC3 жыл бұрын
Man I haven't had a good meat stick in years...
@QaRajhCreations3 жыл бұрын
The opening stage's soundtrack sounds like the 8-bit version of Iron Maiden's "Aces High"
@KainYusanagi3 жыл бұрын
This feels more like Golgo 13 crossed with Spy Hunter for the shooting/sidescrolling sections and story, and Shinobi/Ninja Gaiden for the platforming, gameplay, and enemy/boss variety, honestly.
@carpal_tunnel_of_love3 жыл бұрын
First time playing alongside one of Jon's LP's! Definitely having to pause a lot so I can catch up though. If there's anything I learned from Ninja Gaiden... it's that I HATE birds in these sort of games lmao
@aurafox13 жыл бұрын
This game reminds me of my pirate days.
@TitaRussellTrails3 жыл бұрын
Seeing this makes me hope Jon does a Ninja Gaiden black lets play. Or a video of him fighting the ninja gaiden bosses in Nioh 1 and 2
@jimsteel49153 жыл бұрын
10:38 Damn, my first thought of comparison, was the Punisher Nes game. Anyone else feel me? Not to mention I kinda get some Bayou Billy vibes with all the different parts of Gameplay
@amahrle27673 жыл бұрын
I have to give it to the NES online service on the switch, if this did not come on there I probably would not have tried this game out and I really do like it.
@bigcat53483 жыл бұрын
3:54 Aren't those hopping enemies jiangshi? Why is our protagonist fighting East Asian vampires in this (presumably) American cyberpunk city?
@opjm86643 жыл бұрын
Oh, GUN DEC. It's one of the Switch online games I didn't really try. The box art with Bruce Willis isn't actually on there. It's just erased or possibly cropped out.
@dianeunderhill81313 жыл бұрын
Ducking and running, that's what's commonly known as a Roadie Run. I always thought that Gears of War was the first game to use that. With other games choosing to make crouched movement a roll.
@GameGod773 жыл бұрын
"You're a cop, who cares?" Damn, way to get political Jon! XD
@Elyseon11 ай бұрын
So he needs to shoot his way through countless enemies just to catch a plane? Where does he live, Detroit?
@Klaxynd3 жыл бұрын
17:50 I guess Froggy can't play this one!
@XenosInfinity3 жыл бұрын
You can tell Jon is a cool guy because he doesn't watch the boss exploding. That's still a current reference, right?
@StarkMaximum3 жыл бұрын
Poor Kim Ron looks like he suffers from terminal Cirno Disease.
@jasonkeith28323 жыл бұрын
4:04 People have also made the comparison to Breaking Bad and Malcom in the Middle, so that's not too outrageous.
@quez25643 жыл бұрын
Kabuki Quantum Fighter comes to mind when I hear of Ninja Gaiden clones; heard of that one?
@myohel03 жыл бұрын
What about veggie sticks? Would you say celery is a veggie stick? Would you say a carrot is a veggie stick? Or are you thinking a roasted veggie skewer, which sounds pretty good honestly...
@ProtonJon3 жыл бұрын
Veggie Skewer, definitely.
@ToastyMozart3 жыл бұрын
Seems like a real missed opportunity that they didn't integrate the NES Zapper into that shooting gallery mode.
@dprototype64313 жыл бұрын
This game seems neat, I’ll have to try it. The graphics remind me of Batman and Power Blade.
@DanOMega2153 жыл бұрын
Speaking of Ninja Gaiden, NG Master Collection is coming in June for consoles.
@Neogears13123 жыл бұрын
Is there any reason the clock skips a fair bit of time at 15:48? Or is that just a random glitch that’s got no consistency to it?
@ProtonJon3 жыл бұрын
I think I had a brainfart and paused there for a while. Think Time Thief just cut down the wait, which was a good call.
@karlhnedkovsky52143 жыл бұрын
21:50 That background looks familiar...
@the-NightStar3 жыл бұрын
This is one of my favorite NES games. But I honestly LIKE the story and think it's actually better than Ninja Gaiden's.
@appalonius84653 жыл бұрын
I would be very curious to know if you've ever played "Cyber Shadow" It very much feels like a NES Ninja Gaiden inspired game, and it's really good.
@Ridley8823 жыл бұрын
So, in the Japanese version you’re playing as yourself, and in this version you’re playing as either Mel Gibson, or the dad from Growing Pains. Yeah, all of those sound crazy enough for this game, considering what I remember about the plot. And the enemies in general, as explained at 10:03 And don’t forget the hopping vampires from ancient Chinese mythology that showed up earlier.
@Meme_Lor3 жыл бұрын
No, you're playing as Robin Thicke's dad
@mutalord3 жыл бұрын
So I guess the game will end with a giant boss with a small weakpoint that you just keep stabbing with your "whip"
@BiggestSniff3 жыл бұрын
what the? even steals ryu’s phrase
@thecurmudgeon73502 жыл бұрын
I think the guy on the box art looks more like Kurt Russell.
@Rie-Vinaca3 жыл бұрын
"Don't write comments about his meat stick" i do what i want... also i just did
@ntorres64013 жыл бұрын
Oh I know this game. The grumps played it for a bit but never finished it.
@thequietredhead13603 жыл бұрын
3:44 Am I the only one who sees Christopher Lambert crossed with David Hasselhoff?
@Atypical-Abbie3 жыл бұрын
Speaking of futuristic ninja games, have you played Cyber Shadow? It's basically Ninja Gaiden, but well designed.
@MasterFenril3 жыл бұрын
Murdering dogs and ninjas in a sci-fi game.... well this WAS around the time that Samurai Pizza Cats were relevant.
@DinnerForkTongue3 жыл бұрын
The thinking face here should totally be an emote on Twitch. Just sayin'.
@Anubite133 жыл бұрын
This makes me want a let's play of Revenge of Shinobi and Shinobi III from you! The lesser known (but better for the 2D installments in my opinion) ninja franchise.
@ProtonJon3 жыл бұрын
I've weirdly never been a fan of the 2D Shinobi games, or at least the original and Revenge. They always felt so stiff by comparison and I was never a fan of the way the double jump worked and the limited ammo. (Mind you, I was a kid when I played these, so that might feel different now) 3 always seemed pretty grand and interesting though. Funny enough though, I used to REALLY like the 3D Shinobi game, though I never gave Nightshade the try it deserved due to how annoying it was to find.
@Anubite133 жыл бұрын
@@ProtonJon Uh, interesting! 3 is definitely the better one, but I think Revenge of Shinobi is well worth playing. I think it would be a cool idea to try that franchise again now that you're older, even if only in your stream. God knows you play lots of games! Either way, awesome video and love the revival of your channel! You were my gateway to KZbin in 2007 or 2008. First channel I subscribed to and I have no regrets!
@steveobaby60482 жыл бұрын
Ahhhh but John does Castlevania have cutscenes can Simon Belmont climb walls
@jamesmcdavid16733 жыл бұрын
And yet, this game's story is still better than the original Blaster Master's.
@Dash123456789Brawl3 жыл бұрын
I see what you're doing by telling us not to comment about the meat stick, and I respect it.
@shadowsa2b3 жыл бұрын
How does it make sense that tossing a grenade has better range than shooting a gun?
@FourThousand4K3 жыл бұрын
Juicy game
@radishdalek3 жыл бұрын
Have you played "Shadow of the Ninja" ("Blue Shadow" in UK) for NES?
@ProtonJon3 жыл бұрын
No, but I am aware of it and have seen some playthroughs of it.
@Halcryder3 жыл бұрын
"Thicker" and "Meat sticks" Jon, why do you keep doing this to yourself?