I think I once put it as “Not every game is a 3 course meal. It’s ok to snack on a bag of chips.” This feels like that for me. It’s brief and simple, but still a lot of fun.
@@CosmicCosmo1 I’ve beaten it without the surface hack and it’s really not much more difficult. Just requires leveling up once more and finding the submarine. You still hang by the surface and just dip around Jaws.
I’m trying to be as fair as I can evaluating these games. Some other have gotten a bad rep from AVGN (Bayou Billy comes to mind) despite not deserving it. Others like Back to the Future absolutely do. I always found this one fun. And glad you’re enjoying! More to come.
While I wouldn't call it one of the best NES games, Jaws was always a decent little game that did all it could to squeeze engaging gameplay out of the plot of Jaws: The Revenge.
I always felt the same way. I replayed it so many times as a kid. Isn’t that the mark of a good game? If you have bells and whistles but aren’t fun, what’s the point?
I have an emulator I received as a gift. It’s really nice. Would love to have you as a member! We have a few custom emojis, member badges, and you get early releases on videos, priority reply on comments, and members only posts.
@@superlip yes membership is $2.99 a month if you want to support the channel in that way. The emulator was a gift that was made to order. Not a company. Just a friend who makes them. I don’t think he’s doing it anymore.
I played JAWS on NES. I would prefer not to speedrun it, instead, I try to get my power level as high as possible, and then just dominate Jaws. I also grab the mini sub while I'm at it.
@@retronate To my knowledge, not from my play throughs. The hardest part is the grinding. It can get mind-numbing, but if you can power through it, and go for the completionist deal, you'll feel way more accomplished, just like in childhood. I remember the first game I ever played that had a timer or clock in it, was Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 4: Turtles in Time, for the SNES. It told me how long I took to beat it, and it was always around a little more than 30 minutes. I played JAWS more like an RPG, because it had that whole random encounter thing like in a lot of old turn-based RPGs.
So I’ve never played that one but I tried it recently at someone else’s recommendation. It hooked me immediately but I’m still figuring out what to do. Trying to work through it without any guides first. Bit of a longer game from what I can tell.
Is that truly considered a glitch? It didn’t feel like I was manipulating anything within the code of the game. I certainly could see the argument but this didn’t feel “glitchy” to me. Just a strat. I suppose that like is shades of gray.