Mega Drive Longplay [492] Landstalker

[@nemesismm1006]

I absolutely loved this game. It was one of those I would set and watch my older brothers play and beat. Then I got good enough to do it myself. Amazing memories.

[@lianalukjanova1215]

This video helped me actually finish this game finally today! I’ve been playing for like 10 days now (thanks to the corona virus quarantine, I had plenty of time). I could not handle it when it first came out, I was just 5 years old then , so I watched my older brother finish it and I was just fascinated! Now 25 year’s later i got back to the game, such nostalgia, I LOVE IT!!!

[@timsohn7057]

I couldn’t handle it as a kid too I may give it a go again. For me the hardest thing was the playforming due to the view. i had hard time telling what was where especially moving object jump areas

[@AlexeyMedvedev55]

As a child, I also did not complete the game, because there was a bug with dwarf father and dwarf son. (In the place where it was necessary to cut down a tree for a raft)

[@cosmiccandy8704]

@@AlexeyMedvedev55 OMG, I thought it was just me! I was going MAD thinking I must have missed something, because I've visited the father like 5 times and went around that crazy labyrinth about 10 times more and still the damn son won't shift out the way to let me climb the ladder and cut the tree. So annoying to come this far in the game only for it to have a bug! :-(

[@AlexeyMedvedev55]

@@cosmiccandy8704 not just you :)

[@pyromaniac1]

I've always got stucket in that stupid labyrinth on end game, jesus christ, so hard...

[@markfowlermusic]

A masterpiece, one of the greatest video games ever made!

[@markfowlermusic]

@Mehamed kaddih its a masterpiece, one of the best soundtracks in a game also.

[@mrlewz0r]

@hazRat A Zoomer detected

[@froggy3569]

What is the greatest then? Xd

[@producerdevelopment]

@@froggy3569 chrono trigger

[@-Nick-T]

i have loved few games as much.

[@omutsumamade]

Thank you. I could not finish in 1994 and now I'm back in 2022 playing this with Switch. It is so helpful.

[@Avrelivs_Gold]

One of the very best RPG adventures ever. Motoaki Takenouchi made such a wonderful timeless music... The creators truly put their soul into that fantasy world. And 25 years later I still love it as I did then. Not many games even come close to how heartwarming this game is.

[@-Nick-T]

This game is/was why i even played rpg. hoping for something to come along like it again.

[@yukatoshi]

One of my favourite MegaDrive games.

[@jared1932]

wow the char sprite looks great for a Megadrive game! this game clearly is ahead of its time

[@mattd2275]

I love this channel and this is the first time Ive commented. My mum bought me this game for Christmas one year and I thought "oh my God what has she bought me" turned out to be one of the best games I played as a kid. Thanks mum! and thanks for the memories with a great vid!

[@snowowl4506]

I love Landstalker! It genuinely feels like an adventure.

[@yukatoshi]

Same.

[@EOTA564]

Climax cleverly gave you this large interconnected open world to explore while also maintaining a linear storyline. There’s a constant sense of momentum but also a strong sense of discovery as you access new parts of the island.

[@vipmember3315]

@@EOTA564 Why thank you for this sir, I agree. Can I call you Sillymans? Whee sir, whee.

[@Kapolab]

About the end of the story, the original Japanese version is same as the German version. After treasures sank in to the deep ground, Friday tries to find if some treasures are still left there but couldn't find even a coin, then she cries about they paid so much effort to reach here but they couldn't get even a coin. But suddenly Nigel start talking, "Nigel(Ryle in Japan): It's fine!", " Friday: Oh, you're upset because you couldn't get the treasure.", "Nigel: Hell no I'm not! This kinda thing happens sometime if you are treasure hunter! Darn it!" "Friday: My my my, then I will give you something much much better than a treasure (makes a heart sign)". I like the way how they deal with the situation and move on...like they try to find what is really important and care for each other. How nice it is...That's why the little sad emotional music was playing there and Friday was flying around like she was trying to find something.

[@EOTA564]

It’s what makes Nigel a unique and memorable hero. He isn’t motivated by morality or greed but the thrill of the chase.

[@RavenSweets]

I was just talking about this game with my dad a few days ago. We used to play it a ton when I was littler. Very memorable game ^^.

[@Maltebyte2]

What a Game! What an Adventure! Aaahh my Childhood!

[@foxhound34]

I love how the intro shows near impossible platforming in an isometric view game

[@danieldorn2927]

Was starting this video in the night when going to bed. Woke up and he is still playing....

[@Suedeash]

I know people will say that Phantasy Star is Sega's answer to the Dragon Quest series but this game is honestly the closest any Mega Drive RPG comes to that kind of whimsical adventurous feel that DQ has. The music, the humour, the churches and enemies, it has that really classic RPG feel. Absolutely fantastic game :)

[@captlove8788]

One of my all time favorite game. Brings back a lot of good memories. World of Longplays, you have my big thanks.

[@yumemirai4419]

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Holy shit I remember renting this game randomly and begging mom to let us keep it longer, and she agreed because she was so into it. She called it "3D Zelda." Oh man I'm young again today.

[@yumemirai4419]

I watched the whooooole thing! =D What a great trip down memory lane. Today was a good day. Thanks for uploading this!

[@-Nick-T]

the person* playing is knowledgeable of secrets but bad at fighting

[@krystalfan]

you know how long i waited for this? now only if you guys did shining in the darkness

[@abcmaya]

Shining in the darkness was awesome. played that game to death back in the days

[@larrynintendo6838]

I used to climb my chest of drawers like stairs to watch my older bro play this when I was a little kid. I would get nervous hoping he would win haha.

[@Fishing_4theHal_i-but]

I absolutely loved loved loved this game it felt so much more than any game before it ! The memories are pouring back!!!!! His girl Friday sheesh now I get it after all these years

[@skidmc]

i had this, Soleil, zelda game boy, FF7, and then vandal hearts. I was lucky to choose them by cover being a kid. still love em all better than good novels.

[@Suedeash]

@@skidmc Kid you had fantastic taste goddamn, what a solid list of games How old were you??

[@skidmc]

@@Suedeash well from 9 to 12.. I guess the shops were doing a good job. Appreciate man :)

[@AquamentusZero]

Hard to believe how much I've forgotten about this game... I feel old now.

[@SilverKnight16]

This honestly reminds me of some kind of isometric Zelda-style game with the UI/sound elements from the Shining series. I'll have to try this game out.

[@timsohn7057]

Very good observation! I believe the team were the same. Same engine too. I also think there were some elements of shared world too.

[@chrispools]

This, and shining force 2 got me into role playing games all those years ago

[@-Nick-T]

are we the same person?

[@Katie_Woo]

Currently replaying this from Steam and loving it as much as I did on the mega drive with the added bonus of saving and loading at will (phew) wonderful game and music I still love so much such a classic

[@tatooweeny]

Love the music of this game

[@whittle181]

Love that sonic jump

[@khaoscorporation3921]

Omg watching this brought back memories from 93 such akool game

[@niche9015]

Somehow I beat this game when I was 8 years old. I tried again a few years ago and while I had so much fun playing again, I got to the last area very close to fighting King Nole, but I never obtained the boots I needed to access an area so I had to give up. If there ever was a game that should have had continuous sequels but didn't, it was Landstalker.

[@Rubycon99]

They made Lady Stalker for the Super Famicom and Dark Savior for the Saturn that are similar.

[@coopstar834]

Still playing this today. My dad rented this game from a video store in Fitzsimons Army base in Colorado about 25 years ago. My siblings and I got stuck very early in the game. About 12 years ago, I downloaded a emulator on my pc and played it for a while until my pc broke. I managed to get a little further at the time, but my journey wasn't complete. So I purchased the nintendo switch about a month ago, but the overseas military base that I'm at (just like my dad, lol) only had limited games for sale. So I downloaded Sega Genesis Classics which included this game, and now I can finally finish it. I'm about halfway through it right now, but I know soon and very soon I'll finally unearth King Nole's treasure that has eluded me for so many years!

[@arinzenwankwo986]

Best game ever for the Sega Genesis 💙

[@getthiswork82]

I been waiting to see this game, I will definitely watch when I get off work! Peace

[@irandomingues]

This Game is a Masterpiece!! 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@lindahuu461]

Woww!! I appreciate this video so much. Great job! I watched every minute and second of this (no fast forward) I was 5 years old when this game came out. I would sit and watch my dad play as it was way above my skill level. Brings me down memory lane. Very well created RPG game by Climax Entertainment. Too bad games arent as clever as this anymore

[@NoobHell]

One of my favorites, back in the day.

[@DerekTWhite]

Hey thanks alot for this, really saved me some time. Can't imagine how long, if ever, that I would've figured out where to go at some points haha you did the Lord's work!

[@AquamentusZero]

Oh yeah - in the german version, Nigel doesn't get the treasure in the end. The ground collapses and everything falls into a bottomless pit. First he's unhappy, but then he just shrugs and says 'that's how it goes sometimes, let's just find other treasure'.

[@eternalphoenixlp9482]

well its basicly the same visually as here, just that the conversation indicates, that all the coins and jewels have droped into a pit. Which makes defintive alot more sense since the whole background turned black after killing the boss. Also the german version, fits the end better imho. All the work for nothing, but you have gotten a loyal friend and did not lose your adventurer spirit!

[@Kytk7]

Que lindo juego ❤ Su banda sonora Su historia Sus gráficos. Sin duda la Genesis si tenía potencial para los RPG

[@Rubycon99]

It took me forever to finally see Friday's sprite like it was a little person. I always saw her as a little bat-like creature with the body being a Black Mage-like face and the arms being blonde hair and her head being a little hat. I always wondered why the characters referred to her as a "little girl." :P

[@endermenon4836]

Landstalker: That game where Link's more talkative cousin goes treasure hunting on the island from Pokemon Snap.

[@DjClimamusic]

Nice one, I played this game a few times till the end and I have fun as if I was playing for the first time, thanks for sharing, thumbs up! :)

[@ernestlemmingway1124]

This game saw me through some really tough times during middle school and remains my all-time-favorite. I still play it from start to finish from time to time simply to keep my hands limber because that isometric view requires keen manual dexterity to truly master. There is one thing I still haven't figured out: why the tree warps seem like I've seen them in another game. I've spent thirty years racking my brain trying to figure it out.

[@yaywhewclips242]

Found this at a flea market and played on my inherited genesis later in the day. What a great game!!!

[@der_Alptraum]

10 hours? Wow. I knew this game takes long, but didn't think it'd take that much time to finish.

[@capcom23]

yes because you played Mario in the meantime and forgot. LMAO just kidding :P

[@Kacchi90]

Yup landstalker is a very long game

[@Kacchi90]

@alxxpspqr LMAO

[@pferreira1983]

@alxxpspqr See how fast you do it with a walkthrough and cheats.

[@CornishCreamtea07]

And the person playing seems to know everything to do and is playing through it pretty fast. It looks like it would take a lot longer if you took your time.

[@eswareinmal...2767]

Thank you for this wonderful Longplay. It helped me alot to finish the Game. Didn´t know that Factor 5 was involved in translating the Game into German. Pretty cool.

[@seanstrike3032]

oh my goodness, the gameplay time is more than 10 hours!

[@EOTA564]

9:57:44 This room with the box creatures is great for grinding if you want to purchase enough Lifestock from Kazalt to reach 99.

[@joshuajames1246]

This game was at the best very intuitive and very straightforward.. The main problems including Being easily lost in areas not knowing where to go.. and the overall grind slowed the game down

[@Doggieworld3Show]

A little hard to navigate but one of the most intriguing games of the 16 bit era. I current have it on my Sega Collection

[@RetroRogue.]

I just unboxed my Genesis Mini and looked this up and it’s what I am looking for. Glad it was included on the mini.

[@kjhin6431]

I found an old comic in my attic from 1994 (micky mouse mag) and this game was recommended there. Watching this is somehow nostalgic. as a kid i played plenty of gameboy and SNES games but never owned a mega drive. having grown up with these i feel like this games graphics and gameplay seems pretty nice. but i guess todays kids will never let this pass. i mean if you look at all the indie early access games on steam with similar graphics and gameplay they are mostly negative reviewed and if its not directly trashes the ppl demand updates and more content daily. but this game here was made, completed and shipped around the worls and nobody cried for updates. good old times where games could only be released when finished.

[@pferreira1983]

Landstalker: The Treasures of King Nole to give it its full title.

[@ranransun8795]

nerd

[@pferreira1983]

@@ranransun8795 Hey no my fault they didn't provide the full title.

[@dolvexfrazier6154]

I had really thought that I was the only person that has ever played this game

[@christopherbalboni9820]

for a title Id never heard of this is a best for the system entry. wish i played it all those years ago. thanks for sharing the playthrough👍

[@tuesday13th]

Still have no idea what is the purpose of Blue Ribbon, Spellbook and strange book at Destel church

[@duckwantbreads]

I think the blue ribbon is just foreshadowing that the princess is being held prisoner in the tower, she throws it in the hope that someone will find it and realise she's been kidnapped. The spellbook in the Japanese version is apparently an adult magazine (the variety shop in the Japanese version was an adult shop) so it was probably just a joke item that ended up being censored.

[@marlanaedwards5296]

They really should turn this great quest game into a great movie.

[@MrZillas]

In 1994 or something I fell in love with just the screenshots in the SEGA Magazine. When I read they built these houses, did a photo and scanned them to remodel on computer, I wanted it.

[@yumemirai4419]

Dirk the Dark's riddle still makes no sense. But we were stuck on Whodini's when we had to return it. Obviously we couldn't leave it at that...!

[@nathanprescott89]

SO THIS IS WHERE ALUNDRA WAS BASE?

[@kbg123]

i used to think this was the hardest game ever made until i watched this playthrough and realized the key to combat was spamming jump + attack. thanks to this i might just beat this game some day.

[@Benjamillion]

Bloody hell I wonder how big the filesize was for the recording lol

[@uselessmedia858]

Ikr? This is so long XD

[@Endelite]

@@uselessmedia858 2.6GB at 360p!

[@TheRavenArchon]

I just beat this game today on my Genesis Mini. I've owned this game on several other compilations before, but I never actually played it. Wow. Just wow. Very few 16 bit games immerse me like this one did. Its officially one of my fav 16 bit games now. This walkthrough was also invaluable for the few times I was stuck - typically because I missed something totally obvious. Now, It's not perfect, the perspective often does it no favors, especially for the platforming, and several sections made me want to break things in my pure rage. Like that section where you have to press the switch to get the statues moving, and then run into the alcoves to act as a bridge for the statues to walk across. I thought I was going to lose my mind and I actually rage quit at that section once. I honestly am not sure I would have had the patience for this game if I hadn't played it on the mini with save scumming a plenty. The fact that so many jumping segments knock you all the way back to the beginning of a long chain of rooms is infuriating, and I noped out of that quick. All that being said, the platforming isn't really too bad, and it typically does not outright kill your or anything for failure, you just have to try again. And sometimes again, and again, and again, which is where the frustration comes into play. Overall I give it a solid 8/10. It was basically the Genesis' answer to Link to the Past (Crusader of Centy is closer but few people it seems played that game) and I think it holds up well against Nintendo's game.

[@RobbWes]

Landstalker and crusader of centy both released on switch online at the same time. That statue segment in the final area is still infuriating even with the switch rewind feature in the genesis app. Kept getting stuck in those alcoves. Probably took me about 300 tries. Have played centy yet.

[@kjhin6431]

The credits of these games are treasure troves. I randomly googled a map assisant "Hiroyuki Sasaki" and hes still working in the idustry with the latest one being "What the Golf" or the one before "Resident Evil: Revelations". i often find these ppl from these antique games to be still working on good games today. love it.

[@WickedMo13]

Me and mi madre played this game back in the day, good times especially all of the puzzles and final boss battle

[@DblakeDeathMetal89]

Im thankful the Nintendo Online Expansion pack to play these retro games from the NES,SNES,Gameboy, Gameboy Advance, Sega Genesis & N64 games are on here so people who missed out on some of these games has a chance to finally play them now! Like I finally got to play Zelda’s Minish Cap for the first time, and Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga and others as well. Im really enjoying this Landstalker game I’ve known about it but never had a chance to play it until now

[@estelacpc]

never seen this one! the music and the art are so beautiful!!! 😍

[@yumemirai4419]

IF YOU'RE A MOVER AND A SHAKER FIND THE GODDESS AND WAKE HER!

[@darkdragon0573]

Yay Landstalker nice, thanks :) .

[@vinisasso]

Great soundtrack! It puts me in the mood for adventure.

[@yumemirai4419]

Oh my GOD I forgot about the sound effects, the fricken slimes shouting, Nigel sounds like he's sucking a pacifier when he gets hit... 😍 Man i love this game

[@MrRedfanat]

[RUS] Лучшая игра на Сеге. Спасибо японцам. [ENG] The best game for Sega. Thank japan

[@igable82]

Great game. I remember my brother (who was the one playing) and I (just watching and keeping track of clues and what not) spent over 40 hrs on this game the first time. Some of these puzzles where hard! Also getting the timing down with little room for error on some of these puzzles...ouch. Still love this game.

[@larrynintendo6838]

You are a little brother too huh?

[@igable82]

@@larrynintendo6838 Yes I am. My brother is 14 years older than me.

[@yumemirai4419]

Good lord I forgot how terribly obnoxious and nightmarish Greenmaze and the Lake Shrine were...

[@madquest8]

OMG the isometric jumps which were impossible to calculate, because the perspective made it so hard to guess where things actually were... finished the game, but some parts were so unnecessarily hard!

[@omegasupreme5527]

Still was a fun game for its time but not something I'd want to play through again. Definitely don't want to watch this person play it for ten hours because then I might as well play through it again.

[@duckwantbreads]

The jumps weren't as bad as I remembered when I replayed it, the general rule of thumb to draw a straight line along the bottom edge of the first platform to the bottom edge of the next, if you can't then odds are you aren't meant to jump that way.

[@Anonimus693]

The exact same thing happened to me, when I went to reinvoke the memories of the soundtrack of the very first level of Castlevania Bloodlines - the first opening area, where you usually spend, like, 20 seconds. 3 or 4 hours later, I was half way through the walkthrough video)))

[@DblakeDeathMetal89]

I don’t understand what looking at the map does? It’s not very descriptive to help show where to go

[@tuxysmagicaljukebox5431]

02:26 - "What's with all the jibber jabber?" Who does she think she is? Mr. T?

[@skyhero1888]

I still have this as an original in my genesis collection

[@marlanaedwards5296]

My cousin in law Nelson Hamilton use to play this game when I was 12.

[@МакТар-ъ1р]

Шикарная игра, лучшая на старушке Сега, в данный момент второй раз перепрохожу🎉🎉🎉

[@ivanorozco9673]

raiders of the lost ark's boulder chase booby trap sequence at the 5:37 mark anyone lol

[@the_dutch_kiwi7054]

I could play this game 10x before I had any interest in playing any Zelda game.

[@chocobochick5390]

Backwards for me. Zelda before this always.

[@Bloodreign1]

The perspective and blind jumps you have to make, nah I own a copy of this, but will play Zelda first.

[@PaulNat360]

the first rpg i ever played in the 16bit era

[@kerimtim]

Never heard of this at that time

[@rodolphe1555]

Best genesis game ever

[@andreasfreij4485]

As an Alunda fan maybe i should play this

[@casedistorted]

I rented this game from the video store one day based on the back of the box screenshots. I never got very far because it was a LONG game, 10 hours?? 25:00 is what I remember the most about this game as a kid, the rest kind of just blended together but this little cutscene always stuck in my mind for some reason.

[@doug8171]

I wish the music wouldn’t restart every time you open a chest!

[@timsohn7057]

I remember wanting to get this game so badly and when I did I could not beat it as a child. Simply because my depth perception for this game atrocious lol. Granted the isometric view did make some platforming sections hard. Its a fantastic game i want to revisit

[@gradyvillarreal5738]

It took me days to beat this game but finally i managed to complete the game.

[@ChrisWasNotHere]

never before have i ever seen so many ads grouped together.

[@elianasattarova9747]

0:00 Start / 5:47 Badamli 1 / 5:24:06 Badamli 2 / 9:58:27 Final / 10:10:23 Ending / 10:13:25 Credits

[@deathblowringo4168]

There also some Shining Force sound effects here too?

[@lollo7768]

It reminds me Sword of Vermilion, who remembers it? 🍻🇮🇹

[@ivanorozco9673]

your looken at me who knows sword of vermilion although i never owned a genesis back in the day but i did play sword of vermilion on a sega genesis emulator though lol

[@lollo7768]

@@ivanorozco9673 Because You are younger! I had the first Sega Mega Drive with Altered Beast inside 🤣...but i played Sword of Vermillion for 6 months to end it (very very hard and tough!). The game wasn't translated into Italian but...i learned english better from the game than from school 🤣 bye bye

[@Bloodreign1]

Except this is far, far better than Vermillion.

[@lollo7768]

@@Bloodreign1 This game was more "arcade", i never liked its combat system and, my opinion of course, Vermilion had a greater main story

[@k.j.hulander2204]

My favourite game of all time 😍 And what’s with this talk about difficult controls? I agree that a shadow would have improved playability but other than that, just use the diagonal arrows on the D-pad instead of the usual up/down/left/right.

[@fleafriend]

9:27:42 Wow, what's your mom doing behind that waterfall?

[@mr-806]

There is a hidden lifestock in "verla mine" At 5:29:50 . (walk on the lava) use fire proof And a hidden dhal in Mercator's casino

[@Conglomera]

For the lifestock in Verla Mine : Yes I talked about it right after release.. you can find it some comments down bellow under the name Mammouth Lafouinne, to make it short I was somewhat 'tired' when I played that part and then saved. I didn't call it back after that until I watched the replay... that's unfortunate :( About the dahl : WOW I didn't know about it ... now I must check it back !

[@mr-806]

@@Conglomera glad to see a response. Did you find the dahl in the casino? I recently found a hidden eke eke with perspective effect in mir's tower at 3:28:51. Sorry for my english ( i'm french )

[@mr-806]

oh i forget, there is a restauration in the green maze ( speak with invisible man ) At 4:38:04 This one is hard to find

[@Conglomera]

@@mr-806 Le dahl dans la tour de Mir ; tu me l'apprends : merci ! (à vérifier lors de mon prochain run comme pour le dahl dans le casino d'Arthur) En ce qui concerne le labyrinthe vert j'ai fait en sorte de simuler une perdition tout en récoltant les réserves de vie disponibles, je n'ai pas cherché à rencontrer tous les nains.. cela dit pour la restauration vers la fin tu m'apprends ça aussi et c'est pour ça que je dois absolument y rejouer encore :) Cependant la couille dans mon longplay reste la réserve de vie que j'ai manquée de revenir prendre dans les mines de Verla >:(

[@mr-806]

@@Conglomera Salut :) si tu veux , il y a vgmaps c est un super site de maping de plein de jeux megadrive notamment landstaker: toutes les zones sont mapées avec les différents coffres et leurs contenus ( villages, ville, donjons et chemins) il y manque simplement le dahl planqué de la tour de mir.

[@yenk82]

I've just finished this game, it was hard to complete and very long compared to other games of its period. I'm impressed by its dungeons, puzzles, nice story, the view doesn't help in jumping. As characters and puzzles is clearly superior to my beloved Beyond Oasis/The Story of Thor, as combat system and graphic of course not. Thanks a lot for your guide!

[@Endelite]

Ren & Stimpy reference at 8:49:18

[@JeremyNelson-b9e]

Between this and Sonic 3 & Knuckles for greatest Genesis game of all time with Contra Hard Corps right behind.