Who else loved the show as a kid? This Rare-made port of the old PC title is pretty fun, too - it's nothing deep, but it's certainly good for a twenty minute shot of entertainment.
I'm sorry, NC. I have to disagree with you on this one. While I like the graphics (despite them not being *_too_* in depth for the NES), the incredibly goofy avatars, David Wise's music, and the gameplay manages to come as close to the TV show as possible for the NES... Good. *GOD* , the controls in the Obstacle Course and Physical Challenges blow! To me, it is the example of just *ONE* F-Up *completely* killing an otherwise bearable experience. Had no idea that this was on PCs. Was it on *_MS-DOS_* ?
@@Dorian_Scott Really? I thought the controls were just fine. Yeah it was Dos and C64. I had the PC version. I remember it came on a single 5.25" disk and the graphics were all red and yellow.
@@NintendoComplete 😑 _Oh, dude..._ I played this game *SO* many times in my childhood and thought that the controls were so... *SO* unresponsive. I'm talking *_"California Games"_* levels of unresponsive, here. You just mash buttons and hope your character executes them smoothly. Now,... is the *_MS-DOS_* version better?... And can you *actually* _control_ it in the Obstacle Course/Physical Challenges?
@@Dorian_Scott It plays about the same as far as I remember, just with a keyboard. Did you ever read the manual for the game? The setup is a bit weird, but it's pretty responsive when you're hitting the right button.
Double Dare, Nick Arcade, Legends of the Hidden Temple, Guts, Wild and Crazy Kids, What Would You Do?, Figure It Out, Think Fast... man, those were the days!
And now, thanks to the magic and power of streaming media, they can be shown on Paramount-owned Pluto TV and Paramount+, for a whole new generation of kids who watched Nickelodeon in the 1980’s and 1990’s to enjoy together!
@@danalong1237 They still don't have the other Summers versions of Double Dare, Finders Keepers, Think Fast, Make the Grade, Get the Picture and Global GUTS yet. Wonder when are those gonna be added?
Double Dare, Finders Keepers, Think Fast, Wild & Crazy Kids, Nick Arcade, Get the Picture, Nickelodeon GUTS, Legends of the Hidden Temple, Figure it Out and Brainsurge are all my favorite Nickelodeon game shows!
18:03 And now here’s your double dare host Mark Summers Marc-hi there thank you Harvey Welcome to double dare The show where you can win a mess of cash and prizes by going through our obstacle course We got a good show for you today
“30 minutes from now, Bull makes a deal with the devil on Night Court, but, in the meantime, stay tuned as Jo and Blair get tickets to see a rodeo on The Facts of Life, coming up next, right here on TV-41!”-Ray Foushee.
9:02: “Don’t get slimed! Family Double Dare will be right back!”-Wendell Craig (1940-2020). “You’re watching Nickelodeon, and now, back to Family Double Dare!’-Wendell Craig (1940-2020).
1:15: “On your mark… get set… GO!!!!!!!!!”-Marc Summers. “Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, children of all ages, our circus clowns are hungry and these two families are feeding them. The first family to toss 3 eggs into the clown’s mouth gets $25 and control of Round 1 on the show where even YOU get to run away to the circus!”-Doc Holliday. “We’re even at two! Who’s it gonna be? It is… (bell dinging) …THE BLUE SIDE DID IT! THEY GET $25! STOP RIGHT THERE! Come on over here and let’s play some Family Double Dare!”-Summers. “It’s Family Double Dare! And now, here’s the host of Family Double Dare… MARC SUMMERS!!!!!!!!!”-Holliday. “Thank you! Thank you, Doc! What a wonderful audience we have! Nice to see you! And nice to see you at home too! You picked a great time to join us on Family Double Dare, as always, coming to you from Nickelodeon Studios in Orlando, where we dare our families to run through our crazy obstacle course and, in the process, win 8 fabulous prizes.”-Summers.
17:49: “On your mark… get set… GO!!!!!!!!!”-Marc Summers. “This ain’t no zoo, but these two teams love that Double Dare gorilla, who just loves to catch bananas, and the first team to toss 7 bananas into the gorilla’s hand wins $20 and control of the show where it’s a jungle out there: Double Dare!”-Harvey. “Team two did it! $20! Stop right there! Come on out here and let’s play some Double Dare!”-Summers. “And now, here’s your Double Dare host, MARC SUMMERS!!!!!!!!!”-Harvey. “Thank you, once again, Harvey! Thanks, everybody, and welcome to Double Dare, the show that dares you to run through our crazy obstacle course, and, in the process, win 8 fabulous prizes!”-Summers.
The NES game of Double Dare is a port of the PC title, itself was based on the Nickelodeon game show Double Dare. The release date on this was April 1990, despite an in-game copyright date of 1988. What they were doing since then!? The setup is near-idential to GameTek & Rare's other game show-based titles.
I discovered the show on RU-vid. It was really wild. This is something we wouldn’t dare(no pun intended) to do in my country. The NES version looks OK.
14:43: “That’s the end of the game, and Legendary Guardians, you’re going to the Double Dare Obstacle Course with $1200! You’ve done it! Congratulations, Legendary Guardians, you’re heading onto the Double Dare Obstacle Course in just a moment. We have to say goodbye to the Prisoners of War. You came charging right back until that heartbreaking wrong answer did you in, but you do get to keep the $550 plus these great prizes that Doc Holliday’s gonna tell you all about right now.”-Marc Summers. “I sure will, Marc. Marvel Comics’ #1 tough guy The Punisher explodes onto Game Boy in The Ultimate Payback. Non-stop shoot-‘em-up arcade action and a special appearance by Spider-Man, from Acclaim! And Turtle Power explodes onto the Nintendo Entertainment System in the all-new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project, onto the Super NES in the arcade hit Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time, and onto the Sega Genesis in the all-new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Hyperstone Heist, from Konami! And also, Walt Disney Pictures’ 30th full-length animated classic Beauty and the Beast on videocassette! It’s the perfect holiday gift, from Walt Disney Home Video! Stay tuned as the Legendary Guardians take on the Double Dare Obstacle Course, next on Family Double Dare!”-Doc Holliday.
I’m going to ask you a question. If you don’t know the answer or think the other team hasn’t got a clue, you can dare them to answer it for double the dollars. But be careful because they can always double dare you back for four times the amount, and then you either have to answer that question or take the physical challenge.
This isn't the *_only_* Nickelodeon licensed NES game. There's also *_"Ren & Stimpy: Buckaroo$"_* ... It's a horrible game. Disappointed me as a kid playing it.
Congratulations for mastering the Obstacle Courses! It must have been difficult completing the Obstacle Cources due to the awkward controls which was this game's disadvantages. I'd rather not play this game because of the bad controls for the Obstacle Courses. Rare did a nice job with importing game show games to the NES despite being developed by Gametek.
Now I wonder how an NES version of sister show Finders Keepers would've turned out. I guess just use the D-pad to hover over parts of the room and press the action button to trash it. Would be pretty tricky to render the more fantastic rooms in the house (Tarzan's treehouse, General Store, Sherlock's Study, etc.) And just like that, I'm wishing Nick GAS still exists today!
28:40: “THEY DID IT! THEY DID IT!!! THEY DID IT!!!!! THEY DID IT WITH ONE SECOND LEFT!!!!!! HARVEY, TELL ‘EM WHAT THEY’VE WON!”-Marc Summers. “Marc, the kids have won it all! The watch, the stereo, the pool table, the Schwinn bike, the camping gear, the Nintendo Entertainment System, the Zenith TV set, and, as you said, with one second to spare, they’re going to Walt Disney World in Orlando! A prize package totaling $3000!”-Harvey. “Yeah, Porkins! Way to go! That means you’re going home with $3,420 in cash and prizes! I’m proud of you! We’re outta time! We gotta go! We’re on every weekday at 5:30/4:30 Central right here on Nickelodeon! I’m Marc Summers, see ya next time! Bye-bye!”-Summers. (Harvey mentions the fee plugs) “This is your announcer, Harvey, saying join us back here next time, as long we got each other, for another rumble in the jungle right here on Double Dare! See ya!”-Harvey. “Tomorrow on Heathcliff, our favorite orange cat gets canned… (Insert soundclip) …while Riff-Raff falls for the Whacko Bird! (Insert soundclip) Don’t miss the misadventures of Heathcliff, tomorrow afternoon right here on Nickelodeon! Now, stay tuned for Dennis the Menace, coming up next on The First Kids’ Network!”-Joe Piesak.
Anyone else think that the guy on the rightmost side of the title screen looks like *_Otto_* from *_"The Simpsons"_* ? That's what he always looked like to me.
Sure. That dithered grey pattern above his head is probably from him smoking mad blunts. Marc looks a little wacky there, too, and he is squinting the entire game, so... 😉
O clássico "Passa ou Repassa" no Nintendinho. Nossa! Por essa, não esperava. Apareceu como sugestão no RU-vid. Nunca joguei no console real, mas a característica do game fez lembrar do programa que ainda passa no Brasil, no SBT. Não assisto mais, mas desde criança acompanhava.
16:26: “YES! THEY DID IT! WITH 3 SECONDS REMAINING! UNBELIEVABLE! WHAT A STORY! Listen closely! Doc Holliday’s gonna tell you what you’ve won!”-Marc Summers. “Marc, they’ve got it all, including the Acclaim Grand Slam package and the trip to Club Med in Mexico! It’s a prize package worth $5000!”-Doc Holliday. “Good luck with everything, Legendary Guardians! Don’t spend it all in one place! We gotta go! We’re outta time! I hope you’ve had fun on Family Double Dare! Join us every weekend at 6:00/5:00 Central right here on Nickelodeon! I’m Marc Summers! Hope to see you soon! Bye-bye!”-Summers. “And this is your announcer Doc Holliday! We’ll see you next time on Family Double Dare!”-Holliday. “Tomorrow on Welcome Freshmen, Tara and Alex decide to run away to the circus, despite Mr. Lippman’s warnings… (insert soundclip) …then, on Nick Arcade, it’s the evil Mongo in the wizard level, trying to eat one of our teams alive! (Insert soundclip) Don’t miss Welcome Freshmen and Nick Arcade, tomorrow in Nickelodeon’s O-Zone! Now, stay tuned for Wild & Crazy Kids, coming up next in the O-Zone: Get It Together!”-Joe Piesak. “Family Double Dare was produced before a live audience in Nickelodeon Studios at Universal Studios, Orlando, Florida!”-Holliday.
3:02 We brought the outback with us today and you were gonna be wearing This pouch It’s jumping practice for the baby kangaroos or Joeys What you gonna do when I say goes you’re gonna catch the Joeys as they go flying by your partner you can move anywhere but do not go past that line cant use your hands to catch them it has to go in the pouch however you can use your hands But you can use them to open up the pouch so they can get in You need to catch three of these Joeys in 20 seconds and I will give you $40 and you will keep control
*_"Double Dare"_* on NES... Don't play this one. It *_has_* decent graphics, good music, those silly-looking avatars, and is very faithful to the TV show despite hardware limitations. But, it just *HAD* to have some of the *WORST* controls on the NES I've ever come across on both the *_"Physicall Challenges"_* & *_"Obstacle Courses"_* (Y'know, the best parts of the TV show?). It could've worked, but those controls *_really_* ruin the most fun part of the game. Don't let childhood nostalgia blind you here. This game is probably a Nickelodeon fanboy's worst 8-bit nightmare.
