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I still watch pj's runs every once in a while. I hope he does more soon. The guy is hilarious. One of the best gdq runners IMO.

I love how excited puwexil is when PJ defeats ella, we all need a friend that supportive lol

44:30: "Have you tried paper?" Man after my own heart.

Fucking Mecha Richer and Pj are legends, they make stuff funny without trying and thats when humor is the best.

Every PJ run at GDQ is required watching

Well you know how that old wise saying goes: "Give a gnome a fire and you warm him for a day. Light a gnome on fire and you can survive an ice cave." *Seems legit*

Two things. First, this run was really fun to watch! Second, I absolutely loved this game growing up. Beat it somehow and now absolutely love hearing about everyone's struggles. I nod knowingly.

This is another one of my favorite runs that I've watched a hundred times. PJ is a legend and this run is so fun to watch and listen to. Excellent work PJ.

I figured "If you can get in, use this book!" was a mistranslation because 本 is used both as one of the Japanese words for book and as a numeral modifier for counting objects that are longer than they are wide, such as trees, bottles, and staffs. So I looked the game up on NicoNico to see the original line, and they don't even use the word. The actual dialogue at that point is just "もし はいることが できたら これを やくだててくれ！" Translated, that'd be "If you're able to enter, [please put this to good use/this will come in handy]!" No mention of a book or a staff anywhere. So while it's TECHNICALLY translated properly, whoever did it decided to just replace "this" with "this book" for some unknown reason. Also, for the record, when you're asked to put on 300 gold, the original line was "すまないが これで みじたくを ととのえて いってくれ・・・。" which means "I'm sorry, but please use/take this to get dressed and go..."

This run is an absolute _blast_ to watch, it's chock-full of hilarious moments and I never get tired of it.

PJ is one of my favourite runners due to the combo him + his luck + his awful games. Never change, PJ

PJ and Klaige are my favorite runners, they have outstanding chemistry and commentary.

PJ is my favorite runner. Informative, funny, and dedicated.

All fire is truth fire.

OMFG THATS WHERE THE MOON BLADE IS! BRB I've got to go and finally put my Lagoon-induced childhood PTSD to rest.

I love PJ, he can make even an awful game fun to watch.

My first thought was "Well, that's a pretty decent looking NES game." "Limitations of the SNES hardware" - 9:35 ... O-Oh.

This game was a monster. I am one of the many that conquered Lagoon. Thanks for making the video, makes me nostalgic of my early gaming experience. It seriously took me 2 hours to find Thor's pendant, and i literally snapped when i discovered some random NPC had it.

I love PJ's runs.

I’ve been re-watching this speedrun for years and finally I understand the joke at 44:23

Starts at 8:25

I completely unironically love the soundtrack to this game. I didn't grow up with it, but watching PJ's GDQ runs definitely sparks some nostalgia :D

PJ my favorite runner, funny and skilled.

THIS! This is one of the best runs I've ever seen. Top 10

I love this game. It was a great part of my childhood, and they treated the plot perfectly.

remember playing this game when I was little , so much memories

I didn't realize PJ did this game again! I LOVED it in 2012 and I already love this even more! PJ, you made my day. ;w;

Lol I love Pj, such a hell of a fun guy. =) fav speedrunner by far

Wow PJ!! Well done mate. This was very entertaining and hilarious. Thanks for a great run!!

I come back to this video a couple of times a year, such a great speedrun to listen to.

All runs by PJ are great(:

PJ is so great, I like him so much. His runs are always so entertaining.

Time for the roughly yearly watch!

This run is still one of my favorites

PJ is da man. Love his appearances on the *gdqs. When it's him or dram51 i always make time.

Games like this should be remade. It has a lot of potential.

as soon as i saw puwexil, i knew id have all my questions answered hahah. great run!

This game looks *just* charming enough that if I had played it as a kid when it was new, I would probably have very fond memories of it. It seems a bit convoluted in figuring out where to go, but it doesn't seem *difficult*, as long as you stay leveled. Free saving anytime, consistent upgrades and simple magic usage? I feel like a kid would enjoy this and have the free time needed to figure it out.

This is my favorite speedrun of all time! 10/10

this run is so fun and chilled and funny i rewatch it so often XD

Love the music in this game. Cozy run.

Great run and great commentary!

I still think this is my all-time favorite run.

Loved this game.

I watch this run all the time!!! One of agdq or just gdq's best runs of all time!!!

1:16:45 now that is a crazy random boss... damn what a finish.

One of the best Speedruns :)

This is my favorite run next to the Brain Age: TASBot run!

Wow. This game is the SNES equivalent of a 12 year old's RPG Maker project.

Lol, I love how they just make fun of the game the entire time lol. Made me laugh.

Wtf... Is that Ray? Brownman himself in the front row? Swear to god.

I beat this game 20 years ago as a kid playing late at night on my snes. Also, i could not read the japanese text so i figured everything out by just trial and error and just roaming around. Took me about 6 hours.

I loved this game as a kid yea it's terrible but it has a special place in my heart

This should be shared with everyone who worked on the game, I think they'd get a kick out of it!

When you go to watch a random GDQ speedrun and Ray (aka Brownman) is just chillin in the crowd lol

Everyone shits on the graphics on this game, but they were quite decent for 1991. Source: was 9 years old when I played this

42:03 bionic commando rearmed 2 donation from the dev. Hype mode AAAAAAAAAAAAAA

ive played this game a bunch when i was a child i found everything killed all the bosses except for the final final boss i never could beat the final form this game is a legend for sure

I enjoyed watching this run a lot. I would never play this game myself and actually I never heard about it before, definitely not intending to play it now.

Thor (in Lagoon in SNES) is one of only a small number of video game characters with heterochromia (different colored eyes ... fascinating)

“Despite having ONE THOUSAND YEARS of advanced warning . . . “ “If you can get in, use this book . . . “ “I’m glad I’m alive . . . “

I feel like this game had a good chance at being good. The music isn't bad, art isn't horrible, seems to have the mechanics of a normal game almost there. Although that might just be a fantastic runner piloting the dumpster for all I know.

PJ and Puwexil, two legends

43:00 cuddle time is best time

I legitimately enjoy this game as a kid. It has a bunch of faults but I really liked it, but it IS brutally hard.

PJ running lagoon with puwexil and klaige on the couch. Perfection

I knew I recognized Ray just sitting there at the front of the audience lol

the worst thing about this is that i see the skeleton of a good game here

They covered most of the bullshit but to summarize: 1. Your only weapon is a sword the size of a toothpick. No matter how much you upgrade its damage its range never changes. 2. To make matters worse, the screen doesn't scroll unless you're 85% across the screen, giving you no reaction time. Imagine playing Contra like that. 3. This guy knows where he's going but if you don't all the dungeons are huge multifloor mazes with respawning enemies. 4. Yes your health regenerates but not in Boss Fights which are stupid hard. I played this game as a kid. It has one saving grace (Hah!): You can save ANYWHERE. Even in the middle of a fight (but not bosses). I raged quit when I saved right before getting comboed to death that killed me instantly everytime I reloaded. Out of spite I rented it again later only to get hopelessly lost inside one of the dungeons and gave up for good. Fuck this game.

yo, idk why, but so far this is my favorite bgdq, or well... gdq game in general, I'm back here so often

Honestly, this game isnt that bad. If there was a remake of this game with decent mechanics and nice gameplay I would play. The story is simple, but from what I saw seems fun.

Say what you will about this game, but I absolutely *love* the music. Outside of many FF games and SO2, Kemco games have some of my favorite music in them. I say this having both played and beaten both this game and Drakkhen.

"It's a big pile of anime" - Sums up the entire game basically

Honestly had loads of fun with this game. Great speed run and making it look easy, spoiler it's not.

Ah I see a wild brown man :) him talking about speed runs when he was part of achievement hunters got me into watching these things

Music isn't too bad, though. At least that's something :)

I actually enjoy this game. Yes it has flaws, some of them rather glaring, but it's a decently fun little game with a fairly rockin' soundtrack. If the controls were a bit better, the sword a little longer, the plot a bit clearer and the way forward a bit less aggravating, I think it could have really developed a following.

When he's fighting the boss at around 1:14:00 if you get the blue ring (I believe that's a thing?) you can jump over and hit the gems and clip through the gems going forward, making the battle last about 10 seconds. I know this because my friends brother has this game and that's how he was able to beat that boss.

I can confirm 1:13:54 boss is extra fun on low percent. Took many many attempts to defeat when I was at my friends house.

I just hope when summer games 2018 comes up, they speed run this game, with all the talk about short swords, and instantly follow it with the sega genesis "Strider", and talk about how awesome the sword reach is.... maybe even make that a theme.... "Contrast Games Block" where the games have differences that are blatantly obvious.

"How did anyone finish this game as a child?" With extreme difficulty.

I always saw this game at the rental store, but the box art never intrigued me enough to pick it up.

Just noticed Achievements Hunter Ray in the front row! Makes sense he's into speedrunning too 😋

My Brother loved this game when he was young and defended it like it was his child. Meanwhile I was playing FF4 and 6 on, and Crono Trigger and laughing at him.

31:21 The “muddy water” thing must've been decided at the last second because...this doesn't look muddy!

This was one of my favorite games as a child. I swear I'm not a masochist.

Why do I got the feeling that much is lost in translation? Some stuff is more translated literally while other stuff just suffered from goofy translators. (Like those who did much of the german translations of that time)

Strange game...great run.

I wish this game would come out on the Wii U Virtual Console.

1:22:20 for the attempt that shall not be repeated.

Oh hey look! Its the famous Roy from Trophy Finders! Sitting front row! That devilish guy!

Is nobody going to say how Thor looks alot like David Bowie from Labyrinth, he even turns into a white owl thingy at the end... Love both game and movie

I would love to see Lunar Silver Star Story Complete run at GDQ.

Oh my god I didn't know anyone else even knew about this game. I played this when I was a kid, I couldn't ever make it past the first dungeon.

I remember renting this as a kid...never did get too far. It's sad that we got this Ys ripoff instead of Ys V. :p

The enemy death SFX sound the same as the SNES Street Fighter II Dhalsim-stage elephants.

When I was a kid I thought the movable mantle icon was a big brown claw

This looks like a bootleg version of Ys I&II.

What's wrong with minor seconds? (Re: green laser sound)

1:37:06 Ah, you wee still mad at him for that...until he randomly gives it back!