Legend of Zelda Clone Games for the NES (Nintendo Entertainment System) Pt. 2

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ZELDA CLONES ►This is Part 2 of my look at games for the Nintendo Entertainment System that are similar in gameplay or design to The Legend of Zelda. Here I'll be discussing what makes Legend of Zelda so iconic, and which NES games share qualities, take inspiration from, or are straight up ripping it off.
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CONTENTS OF THIS VIDEO
0:00 - Intro / Part 1
0:30 - Startropics
2:03 - Zoda's Revenge
3:46 - Guardian Legend
5:18 - Spiritual Warfare
6:41 - Magic of Scheherazade
8:58 - Willow
10:05 - Crystalis
11:12 - Zelda Clones Summary and Outro
After years of focusing on the best games for the NES, I decided to change gears and focus on lesser known cartridges that have, for one reason or another, generally escaped the public discussion and general nostalgia. This series highlights many of the relatively unknown, obscure, and unloved titles in the Nintendo Entertainment System's library. Some of these games are at best mediocre. Many are painfully bad, some of the worst NES games around. Most are hilarious for all the wrong reasons! Occasionally, OCCASIONALLY, a handful of them are actually good, borderline hidden gems.
While you won't find any of these on the NES Classic, some of these titles have managed to make their way onto the Nintendo Switch, so if you don't have an original Nintendo console or ROMs escape you ethically or technologically, there are several ways to play them.
Want more? Me too! Until then, lots of other articles where the pictures don't move and words have to be read can be found on my website: top100nesgames.com
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@doutchebags 2 года назад

Fun fact: in The Guardian Legend, you can use the password "TGL" to play an alternate mode that cuts out the exploration, and only uses the SHMUP sections.

@BigOleWords 2 года назад

That’s cool!

@jrm78 Год назад

Funner fact: if you input a password of all capital-Js ('J'x32) it works, but you're softlocked in a portion of the map without the proper key to progress. I managed to find it by rage-mashing buttons after one of my passwords failed, because, y'know, terrible password system.

@doutchebags Год назад

@@jrm78 I knew about the JJJJ password (and its weird effects including the softlock), but here's yet another fun fact: did you know that any password space that uses a capital A can simply be replaced with a blank space and vice versa because they share the same spot in memory? So technically I can use the TGL password, make it TGLA AAAA AAAA AAAA AAAA AAAA AAAA AAAA, and it will still work.

@jrm78 Год назад

@@doutchebags I remember hearing about that before, but I forget where. Perhaps in Bisqwit's cracking videogame passwords episode on The Guardian Legend?

@fairport420 2 года назад

the pig butt was the funniest thing in the world as a kid

@BigOleWords 2 года назад

I’m jealous you got to experience that back in the day!

@cameron398 2 месяца назад

I can still remember playing the original zelda and spending untold hours exploring the overworld....finding out secrets from friends at school...and finally beating it. For some reason it came together perfectly in this game.

@GoodVibeCollecting 2 года назад

Crystalis takes the best from Zelda and Y's and does it's own thing. It is one of the best action RPG's on the system which is odd because you wouldn't expect that from SNK.

@BigOleWords 2 года назад

Yeah compared to the other stuff SNK developed it’s definitely an outlier!

@Dogeathotdog1 2 года назад

With the exception of Arcade ports it seems any game SNK developed for home consoles were outliers and unexpectedly good.

@Gatorade69 Год назад

You should try The Mysterious Murasame castle. It was a famicom disk system game but developed alongside The Legend of Zelda and runs on the same engine. It is essentially a Japanse themed LoZ that was never released here in the West.

@BigOleWords Год назад

I’ve always heard about that one but never tried it.

@Ariesgodtron 2 года назад

Crystalis is my #1 pick for NES of all time.

@BigOleWords 2 года назад

It’s up there for sure!

@shortstoryslam9434 2 года назад

I agree, Crystalis is absolutely amazing. Guardian Legend is a game I borrowed from a friend. I really liked it a lot. However, I did own Spiritual Warfare. I played the crap out of that game! At the time I did not know it was a clone game. But it was an amazing adventure to play. I recently even found out that Steam sells it in a collection for $10. Please keep these videos coming.

@lukesmith9692 2 года назад

It was a unlicensed game. Where did you find that back then ?

@BigOleWords 2 года назад

That’s awesome you owned Spiritual Warfare back in the day!

@shortstoryslam9434 2 года назад

@@lukesmith9692 It was for sale at all my local Christian Bookstores. I bought it based fully off of the "Awesome looking" cover art. Some of the local Christian Bookstores would actually let you rent the Wisdom Tree games.

@lukesmith9692 2 года назад

@@shortstoryslam9434 I bought robodemons recently because the box art was awesome. I find it interesting where people would find unlicensed and bootleg games back then

@shortstoryslam9434 2 года назад

@@lukesmith9692 very, very true. You might have gotten lucky at a pawnshop, or a flea market. I got some great games at flea markets.

@RonManGaming 2 года назад

Bahaha dude, I died when you started laughing at the pig's smelly corn hole! Love the content, Bro!

@BigOleWords 2 года назад

Haha thanks bud :)

@maxbetatron 11 месяцев назад

Crystalis raging sea music in the background at the start is my favorite nes song of ALL time

@BigOleWords 11 месяцев назад

That’s a good one!

@mrgustav 2 года назад

Other suggestions... - Love Warrior Nicol - Grand Master - Nazo no Murasame Jou (~Riddle of Murasame Castle) - Dragon Buster II - Yami no Fuuin - Jajamaru Gekimaden - Maboroshi no Kinmajou

@BigOleWords 2 года назад

Hey thanks! I’m assuming those are Famicom titles? My knowledge isn’t too deep there.

@mrgustav 2 года назад

@@BigOleWords Yes, Murasame Castle was even released originally for the FDS and it's kind of a sister game to LoZ. They are all easily playable without knowing Japanese and I thought either you or the people watching this video might be interested in them.

@BigOleWords 2 года назад

@@mrgustav Awesome, great to know :)

@tylerd4884 Год назад

muramasa is basically the sister game to zelda

@tylerd4884 Год назад

@@mrgustav oh shit i just read your second comment after comenting the same thing. oh well

@DrinkGameswithJosh 2 года назад

So many amazing games (and a few shit boxes) that are zelda-esque. Magic of Scheherazade, Star Tropics and Zoda’s Revenge are classics. I still need to track down Willow and play it. Heard lots of good things about it. Another great video. Loving this series dude. 🤙🏻

@BigOleWords 2 года назад

Hey thanks! Willow’s great, not my favorite of the clones, but really good nonetheless.

@mootbooxle Год назад

I’m so glad I found your channel! Great stuff man, been binge watching.

@BigOleWords Год назад

Awesome, glad you dig it :)

@RetroPixelLizard Год назад

"Fun" fact about Star Tropis, It has a copy-protection moment requring you to dip a physical letter Into water to get a code. Beter hope someone wrote the code on the cartridge.

@BigOleWords Год назад

I still have never seen that paper!

@FalsebitPakoPako 15 дней назад

Ah the era of required feelies. Forcibly doing some reading instead of a tutorial. And these days people complain about needing to watch the TV series to get that reference they made in the movie which will lead into a miniseries.

@josephskiles Год назад

The only complaint I had with MOS was at the end if you didn't pick the magician class you couldn't beat the game. I personally always compared it to another of my favorite News games, Little ninja brothers....... That game was awesome

@BigOleWords Год назад

Really?! I never made it that far, but that sucks!

@TheWarmotor 2 года назад

Willow is still one of my favorite NES games. When I was a kid a buddy of mine got it for xmas and was disappointed that it wasn't like the arcade, he never even played it and gave it to me and I played it to completion. Great game!

@BigOleWords 2 года назад

That’s a good friend right there!

@tylerd4884 Год назад

the arcade game is awesome, i can see why he was upset. the nes game rocks too though

@josephskiles Год назад

I rented is so many weekends as a kid, it took me a while to beat the boar boss as a kid. Awesome game

@GenerationPixel 2 года назад

A stellar second part 👏 I won't lie, it was Guardian Legend that piqued my interest the most. I do like a good genre mashup 😎👍

@BigOleWords 2 года назад

It’s a really interesting one for sure!

@joetheman74 Год назад

Golden Axe Warrior on the Sega Master System is an excellent Zelda clone that is more like Zelda then most of the games you have talked about in these videos. I understand your channel is all about the NES but the game is worth a look for any NES fan as the Master System was the closest competitor to the NES and had many similar games. Zelda is my favorite console game of the 8 bit generation and one of the few console games that could draw me away from my favorite PC RPG and Adventure titles of that era. There really is nothing else that truly captures the gameplay and atmosphere of the original. I first played it at a friends house in 1987 and instantly fell under it's spell. The music was so captivating and I was having dreams of the gameplay. I had to beg my mom repeatedly to buy an NES so I could play it and this was right after she had just dropped $1500.00 on my new Tandy 1000 computer setup. It took until my birthday in June of 1988 when I finally opened up that package. My new NES with Mario / Duck Hunt cart included. But there was a second smaller present. Inside was that shiny gold cartridge I had been longing for. Great memories.

@BigOleWords Год назад

Yeah I don’t crossover too much but it would be fun to talk about GAW or Govellius.

@zero_anaphora Год назад

I had Scheherezade as a kid, it was one of my favs. I mostly remember the turn-based combat, which means I was too dumb to know to skip it. I did beat it and there's a pretty great twist at the end.

@BigOleWords Год назад

Neat! I’ve only made it maybe a 1/4 of the way but it’s pretty fun.

@sidneyvandykeii3169 Год назад

This is my favorite game on this list. I never thought of it as Zelda like at the time but, it does meet the criteria for this video.

@AngryDadGaming 2 года назад

1:53 - It’s amazing what one little pixel can do, isn’t it? 😝 I was a huge fan of the _Willow_ movie (and I feel that it still holds up well today), but never saw that they had a game out like this. Those graphics even look pretty good, which is rare of movie games I find.

@BigOleWords 2 года назад

It’s way better than I ever expected it to be!

@spacecomplex7180 Год назад

@@BigOleWords also i've seldomly seen a NES game with so much animation within the background tiles like in this one.

@ryanchurchill5081 Год назад

The story of willow on NES is also a bit different than the movie as well.

@chocomunky128 2 года назад

Awesome video! I'm looking forward to the rest of the series. Even if they take a little longer, I'm sure they'll be worth the wait!

@davidwalden309 Год назад

I just REALLY found this channel today...I LOVE IT. Thank you for doing what you do. Much appreciated. I absolutely do not watch normal Television at all so channels like this are my main source of entertainment.

@BigOleWords Год назад

Hey thanks so much!

@davidwalden309 Год назад

@@BigOleWords I loved video games as a kid in the 80's and still love to play all the games on emulators that I didnt get to experience as a kid, Theres something very fulfilling about playing a game now that as a kid you always wanted but either couldnt find or afford at the time. You do a GREAT job as a content provider in the retro gaming community, in my opinion one of the top 5 of the BETTER ones. I look forward to seeing what you do in the future.

@BigOleWords Год назад

@@davidwalden309 Very kind of you to say, hopefully I don't disappoint!

@davidwalden309 Год назад

@@BigOleWords I think you'll be just fine Sir.

@DadRacer 2 года назад

Nicely done! A couple I haven’t checked out before. Looking forward to more like this!

@alexhydell3608 2 года назад

Lookout! Lol. Love me some startropics. It's the first game I ever beat. I felt like badass

@BigOleWords 2 года назад

Nice!

@gullpayne 2 года назад

Did not know there was this many Zelda like games on the nes thanks

@JetstreamGW Год назад

There's another good thing about Crystalis: You can play it now. It's on the SNK 40th Anniversary collection. It's on Steam, Switch, XBone and PS4.

@BigOleWords Год назад

That's awesome.

@Oribaa90 2 года назад

I just found your channel. Now I love your videos and have to watch them all. The NES/Famicom is probably my most played console right now. Great work!

@BigOleWords 2 года назад

Hey awesome! Welcome :)

@blackenedheart9592 2 года назад

🤣🤣🤣 dude, I just found your channel today and I have to say, I love your intro! Lol 🤣🤣 awesome! Lol.

@BigOleWords 2 года назад

Hey thanks so much!

@bluestrife28 5 месяцев назад

I’m so listening to remixes of Guardian Legend and Scheherazade music after I binge your vids a while. I got nostalgic. I loved the rpg battles in Scheherazade, once you had all of the characters there was a lot of strategy involved I always wanted to play that game more like that, I think it’s even why I played it, because Nintendo Power told about the chapter warp and I could just warp ahead and play the rpg battles.

@BigOleWords 5 месяцев назад

Interesting, I never made it too far in MOS but those RPG battles gave me fits!

@rschmidt9495 2 года назад

Another great video! Some games I need to check out for sure.

@BigOleWords 2 года назад

Hey thanks! There’s some good ones in there :)

@Digitalbooty 2 года назад

Just as I predicted, you're crushing it! More and more subs and the videos are high quality, every time. Thanks for the great content! I wish you more and more success here!

@BigOleWords 2 года назад

Hey thanks for that, I really appreciate it!

@officialusb-neschannel5945 2 года назад

I played a heck of a lot of Crystalis...

@RetroRivals 2 года назад

This was really cool to watch, specifically because I JUST played Legend of Zelda for the first time this year. I need to finish it though. That friggin’ bibly game is hilarious. The praying your way to heaven thing made me laugh. Another great video! Thanks again for your Big Ole Words 😉

@BigOleWords 2 года назад

Man “bibly” is the greatest word I’ve never used until now! And thanks so much!

@FeedEgg Год назад

I love Crystalis so much, I remember when I was a kid me and my dad would play NES games together, I remember going to toys r us and buying "Rocket Man" It sucked really bad so we took it back and bought Crystalis instead and we were hooked. It started my obsession with swords, lol.

@Faraway.G 2 года назад

Nice list. I must try few of them.

@jhalcrow2 2 года назад

I think I'm the only person who has fond memories of Fester's Quest.

@BigOleWords 2 года назад

Probably because he reminds you of your boy Sandusky.

@jhalcrow2 2 года назад

@@BigOleWords doy

@bananonymouslastname5693 2 года назад

I love Spiritual Warfare. If the music wasn't so awful (although the old-timey hymns are a little hilarious), it'd be better, but it's pretty great still, especially when you get the sword of the spirit, which is like the sword beam from Zelda, but that explodes at the end like a bomb.

@BigOleWords 2 года назад

You’ve progressed way further than I have! Totally agree about the music.

@bananonymouslastname5693 2 года назад

@@BigOleWords I beat that game several times. It has one really, really obnoxious feature. The final dungeon is actually the last two dungeons combined. You get your last piece of armor after beating the boss like in every other dungeon, and you'd think it's time to go find the last dungeon and beat the game, but no, you have to go deeper into the same dungeon and find the last boss there as well. I wandered for ages as a kid looking for another dungeon that didn't exist. Still, what other game is gonna let you perform an exorcism by whipping a banana at your neighbor's head?

@BigOleWords 2 года назад

@@bananonymouslastname5693 Yeah that's my only complaint. I put it down a week ago and I already have no idea where I was going.

@paxhumana2015 Год назад

@@BigOleWords , I personally would go with Famitracker covers of songs that were from Skillet, P.O.D., and other actually good Christian music myself.

@thecanaspiersargos308 2 года назад

Greetings from Costa Rica, I really liked your videos. I also have a Nintendo collection, but not like yours. Keep going, your content is excellent. If you can make a video of games, you will never be able to go through how difficult they are. greetings friends and pure life

@BigOleWords 2 года назад

Hey Costa Rica! Hoping the Ticos make the World Cup! And thanks for the kind words :)

@JonLeung1 Год назад

Shouldn't the title of this say "Pt. 2", not "Pt. 1"? Great video, by the way! I like these dives into NES games. I consider myself a NES buff but there are a few games that slipped past me back in the day, like The Guardian Legend and The Magic Of Scheherazade. I should remedy that someday.

@BigOleWords Год назад

Hey you’re right, whoops!

@carmillachoate Год назад

I love seeing Spiritual Warrior get some recognition. I got a copy of it as a kid from the fundamentalist parents of one of my friends and played it to death. I didn't get into the philosophy of the game at all, I just love me a good Zelda clone. To this day, every time I buy a pomegranate at the grocery store I want to go throw it at a sinner

@BigOleWords Год назад

Yeah that game surprisingly rules!

@oldschoolgamesstories 2 года назад

Great series. I knew Crystalis would be the last one talked about! It’s without a doubt one of the best adventure games on the NES. Second only to Zelda! I agree with Willow and Magic of Shaherazade being acceptable alternatives. Really enjoyed playing through those the first time! Can’t wait to see what you bring us next!👊

@BigOleWords 2 года назад

Hey thanks man! This was actually my first time really playing Magic of Scheherazade and I was really into it. Way fun!

@oldschoolgamesstories 2 года назад

@@BigOleWords you’ve inspired me to break out a Zelda clone for the Turbografx 16. To say that Neutopia has similarities would be the greatest understatement of all time. I’ll try to have the video next week!

@BigOleWords 2 года назад

@@oldschoolgamesstories Jealous! I've held back on the TG16 for years but have dreamed of playing Neutopia 1 and 2. Looking forward to it!

@pollitorsiones Год назад

WIllow is amazing, and the sooundtrack is awesome too

@BigOleWords Год назад

All true!

@noobfl 2 месяца назад

for the music alone, christalis is worth playing.. damn those tunes are rocking hard

@marksutter182 Год назад

We never actually owned The Legend of Zelda, but we owned Spirtual Warfare and Crystalis. I played Crystalis so much and it was one of the few games I could beat out of the ones we had.

@BigOleWords Год назад

Those are two solid substitutes!

@NoobixCube 2 года назад

Your list would be probably four times as long if you were also investigating clones for other platforms. For example, God of Thunder for DOS PCs as I mentioned in the comments to the last part, Landstalker and on the Megadrive/Genesis, and Beyond Oasis for the same (coincidentally The Story of Thor everywhere that called it a Megadrive). The Gameboy was full of Zelda clones, like the licensed Quest for Camelot game, The GBC version of Crystalis. I'm sure there are plenty more. I think I'd like to see a video series on clones for other platforms. Like, what substitute did people on different platforms have while they wished they were playing Zelda, or Sonic, or Doom. Or maybe they didn't know it was a clone to begin with? For example, I played Jazz Jackrabbit without realising it was a Sonic clone until I was in my teens. Sonic but with a gun. As a DOS gamer in the 90s, the big hits on console just didn't penetrate into my world. My world of gaming was entirely fed to me by issues of PC Gamer. Sure, huge names like Street Fighter that were being ported to everything under the sun were there (I had some shady bootleg version of Street Fighter 2, that for some reason had Terry from Final Fight in it as Dan, no alternate colour costumes, and mirror matches just made player 2 completely green), but with the exception of big standouts like Doom and Descent, the PC was the poorer cousin of every platform but the Mac when it came to gaming in the 90s. Basically everything we had was a slower, uglier, lower quality port of a console hit, or a shameless clone, or sim and strategy games that would never have worked on consoles. While my friends were playing Super Mario World, I had Crystal Caves, Duke Nukem, and Commander Keen (Keen having started life as a demo to Nintendo by id Software for how Mario could work on PC).

@BigOleWords 2 года назад

This could be a thirty part series if we expanded it to other platforms ;). Definitely the first ones I think of are Neutopia, Golden Axe Warrior, and Crusader of Centy :)

@DC-FGC Год назад

Oh! Guardian Legend kind of reminds me of Sigma Star Saga on the GBA! It's a top-down action adventure, but you're periodically zapped up to a ship(a random ship type) to do shooter segments.

@BigOleWords Год назад

Whoa that game looks rad!

@DC-FGC Год назад

@@BigOleWords It's alright. There is a chance you'll be randomly taken into a shooter stage with the largest ship and the narrowest corridors . . . the combo of ship and stage is somewhat random for those parts. But if you can deal with that - and from your videos, you seem to have a lot more patience with that kind of stuff than I do - the rest of the game is pretty fun and interesting.

@tootyuk 2 года назад

Enjoyable watch Ole mate

@BigOleWords 2 года назад

Thanks bud :)

@youreallyplaythat 2 года назад

Great series. Makes me want to check out Crysalis.

@BigOleWords 2 года назад

It’s a rad one!

@hdofu Год назад

Honorable mention, Golden Axe Warrior for the sega master system... different system yes but otherwise its as close as they come

@BigOleWords Год назад

Yeah for sure :)

@samv.3217 2 года назад

I didn't expect there to be so many games similar to Zelda. But I guess that's not too surprising. It was a revolutionary game.

@BigOleWords 2 года назад

Right? That’s what drew me to the idea, just the ripple effect certain games have on the development of future titles.

@samv.3217 2 года назад

@@BigOleWords This a great retrospective. Can't wait to see what you have in store for the future.

@jstnrgrs Год назад

I remember playing Spiritual Warrior. I walked into a bar to try to convert the lost souls there and was met by an angel telling me that I had no business in bars. As a punishment, the breastplate of righteousness (or maybe the belt of truth, I don't really remember). Was taken from me. I got frustrated at that point since I felt like I was being punished for trying to do good. I quite the game soon after. (I still have the cartridge though). I love converting lost souls by throwing the fruits of the spirit at them. Lol.

@BigOleWords Год назад

I did a review of Spiritual Warfare and that same thing happened to me. I couldn't stop laughing! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-iwI4jzWBP68.html

@ShawnFrost2692 Год назад

This Channel Of RU-vid Is Amazing ! 🤩 You Are Great !

@BigOleWords Год назад

Haha that's kind of you to say :)

@ShawnFrost2692 Год назад

@@BigOleWords I Never Imagined So Many Incredible Games For Nintendo, Thank You So Much For Opening My Eyes To Such A Great World! I Have Already Passed 5 Games In A Row Of Those That You Have Mentioned In Other Videos! Thank You So Much ! 🤩💪🔥

@jrm78 Год назад

If you want to go off-system for some Zelda clones, Ys 1&2 (on Master System and TG-16/PC-Engine, as well as a modern PC port) draws inspiration from Zelda (actually plays more like Hydlide, but doesn't suck) and Neutopia and Neutopia 2 for TG-16/PCE are pretty much straight Zelda clones. Ys 3: Wanderers from Ys for TG-16/PCE, SNES, and Genesis/Mega Drive (aka The Oath in Felghana on PC) deserves a shout-out for taking heavy inspiration from Zelda 2: The Adventure of Link when you get to doing that video.

@BigOleWords Год назад

No mention of Golden Axe Warrior?! UNSUBSCRIBE ;)

@FalsebitPakoPako 15 дней назад

Sigma Star Saga (GBA), with a rerelease on the Switch/PC and Limited Run in 2024, is like TGL: there's alternating action RPG sequence and procedurally generated horizontal shooting stages (which can sometimes generate a dead end stage that forcibly takes a chunk of your health to bypass... Or reload back to an earlier save)

@zetaknight2143 10 месяцев назад

I really love the Startropics 1st game. I'm still trying to find a copy of Zoda's Revenge to play and beat. I wish instead of including them for review as for clones many more games could just get their own review for themselves. I feel Startropics 1 doesn't get enough love and this video will turn people off, especially for mid and late game and all its hidden traps. like dungeon 1. you find a secret room for a potion, you find another pad that unveils another secret room similar for a free potion. then you find another secret button in the same room, opens a wall. you get greedy and it pushes you into a death room full of bones and insta death. the player got too greedy. Startropics downfall is late game Rob the robot (Yes ROB is an omage to NES ROB as an easter egg) but he asks you for a code. you were supposed to add water to the instruction booklet on a page to reveal a code and when I was younger my cousin had the booklet and called me over the phone with the code, we both didn't have internet then and it just built so many memories for me to finally beat. Especially late game where the whole game changes from dungeons to.... well, check it out. In my book it was a sudden twist for the story. Startropics is a 10 out of 10 game for story and ending. Please try to play it thoroughly even with guides and secrets and hidden areas, I'm sure I still haven't found them all. I'm 30 years old and remember playing this for months on my CRT when my brothers had the N64 and I hogged the NES for myself. I skipped your Zodas revenge section as I plan to buy a copy and either play it on my NES or emulate it for save states after I own it. But I wont emulate until I get a copy. Please give these titles justice. they are unique. Fun fact: the youtuber Shesez: boundry break, used Startropic sprites as his avatar for a very long time, I commented about asking if thats where he got it but he didnt comment. But it was Startropics. I only knew because I knew Startropics very well, that game was like no other story wise for me as a kid. Pig butt.

@josevillouta4588 Год назад

Man I love this channel!

@BigOleWords Год назад

Hey thanks so much!

@vineheart01 Год назад

Guardian Legend literally namedropped Legend of Zelda in its commercial. They deliberately wanted people to know its like Zelda.

@BigOleWords Год назад

Huh did not know that, but it makes sense that they’d try to appeal to Zelda fans!

@fgfhjfhjfbhfghf5771 Год назад

There is another game kinda like Guardian Legend on GBA called Sigma Star Saga. Definitely recommend checking it out

@BigOleWords Год назад

Sounds neat!

@AC-cb1oe Год назад

heya i noticed that Guardian Legend uses the same music as Golvellius for Sega Master System, which is also a Zelda clone. Also, that little blue cute sphere character is in Golvellius as well. Golvellius also has the regular top down levels as the main over world and top down shooter style levels that auto scroll

@BigOleWords Год назад

I had not noticed that, but they’re both made by Compile so I guess that makes sense!

@FrontDeskMatt 4 месяца назад

One game I always found very similar to Zelda but never gets mentioned in lists like this is Metal Gear. I think it probably would get a 7/8 at least. Maybe not an open world, but certainly items to help progress, real time combat, status screen, bosses, puzzles, etc. Essentially, Zelda with guns.

@serfillustrated4018 Год назад

The best game on that list is The Guardian Legend. Zelda is a very close 2nd. Both have some of the best OSTs on the NES. TGL is more of a hybrid game with some Zelda-like gameplay. Really its only similarity is that its top down and open world. And where as Zelda has dungeons, TGL has flight corridors.

@versustherest Год назад

I'd say that Crystalis and Guardian Legend are arguably better games than Zelda even though I totally love Zelda 1. In 4th place, I'd say Willow. It's a really challenging yet not unfair game. Looking back, I'd it's got similarities with Dark Souls.

@safetinspector2 Год назад

The guardian Legend was developed by the same folks as Zanac and feels a lot like a combo of Zelda and Zanac

@BigOleWords Год назад

Zanac is great. Gun Nac even better!

@danbauer3669 Год назад

The only ones here I've got/played are the StarTropics games. I never really played the second one, though. The first one gets f'in weird near the end.

@harrimanpd Год назад

Star Tropics is as good as any game mentioned, including LOZ.

@BigOleWords Год назад

Yes it is!

@jescis0 Год назад

Btw, the Japanese version of Crystalis is called God Slayer 😆

@BigOleWords Год назад

The greatest game title ever!

@ImmortalThanos 2 года назад

Crystalis is my favorite NES game. I bought it new with money I'd saved from odd jobs for weeks as kid. Got it from Toys R Us in the Fall of 1990. As great as The Legend of Zelda is, I objectively believe Crystalis is a better game. It's an example of a someone taking a recipe, adding their own twist to it, and somehow managing to make a better dish.

@BigOleWords 2 года назад

It is really really good!

@Sinn0100 Год назад

I think Crystalis definitely is as good as the original Legend of Zelda and it murders the second game but I digress...what do you think about Master Blaster and would you consider it a Zelda clone as well? I ask because it is one of my all time favorite Nes games.

@BigOleWords Год назад

Blaster Master is a tough one as it’s kinda half Zelda / half Metroid. I’ll probably talk about it in the Metroid video.

@Sinn0100 Год назад

@@BigOleWords Now that, will be sweet. Blaster Master is a truly hard game that loves to kick you right square in the....never mind.

@toddburgess5056 11 месяцев назад

LOL @ 1:56 🐖🫏🕳️

@BigOleWords 11 месяцев назад

The best!

@toddburgess5056 11 месяцев назад

@@BigOleWords I mean.... IT'S RIGHT THERE !!! 😆

@nuclearphish8051 Год назад

What about Robowarrior? I think it checks off at least a couple zelda-boxes.

@BigOleWords Год назад

Hmmm yeah it kinda does, good call!

@williammiller3277 Год назад

Love me some Crystalis.

@BigOleWords Год назад

Ain’t that the truth!

@williammiller3277 Год назад

@Big Ole Words only game I played all the way through on my old iphone 4 with controller. Of course only nes game ive played all the way through on my retropi was chip and dale rescue rangers, so who knows what that means.

@doddeddo-5866 Год назад

Crystalis ftw

@BigOleWords Год назад

It’s the best!

@willbloodworth5248 3 месяца назад

Cryatalis and Guardian Legend are both better than Zelda 1. But we did need Z1 to lead the way.

@BigOleWords 3 месяца назад

Crystalis is an improved version of Zelda for sure. GL though is such a different game

@willbloodworth5248 3 месяца назад

@@BigOleWords VERY different. It took the Z1 concept, tacked on a shooter, and somehow made a masterpiece.

@RoninCatholic 4 месяца назад

Spiritual Warfare is one of the better Zelda clones and absolutely the least bad Wisdom Tree game.

@Nathan-rb3qp Год назад

Sigma Star Saga on the GBA from Wayforward has the same gameplay structure as Guardian Legend.

@lupeayala3125 Год назад

What about Blaster Master...???

@BigOleWords Год назад

Yeah that’s a tough one that I probably should discussed. Kinda like a Metroid/Zelda hybrid.

@TheFLOMAN76 Год назад

Crystalis. Just saying.

@decker528 Год назад

Seems like quality should have been criteria #9

@paxhumana2015 Год назад

7:52, or Oracle of Ages/Seasons.

@TimBitten Год назад

Star Tropics is more fun than Zelda 1 or 2!

@BigOleWords Год назад

Hot take!

@ericstevenson2604 Год назад

Another zelda clone is Neutopia on the TurboGrafx-16

@TheRetroManRandySavage 2 года назад

I just could never get into zelda. So zelda esque games would've been a big no no. Maybe I should revisit them.🤔

@BigOleWords 2 года назад

I couldn't get into Zelda at first til I got a little walkthrough help. Once you kinda know where to go it's way more fun and just as challenging. Crystalis is probably the least obtuse of all these games if you're looking for a good place to start ;)

@TheRetroManRandySavage 2 года назад

@@BigOleWords the only game I've played in that kind of vain is that stranger things 3 game. That could be perceived as a puzzle type game, right? Or am I way off on this one. 😂

@BigOleWords 2 года назад

@@TheRetroManRandySavage Haha man I have no idea there!

@TheRetroManRandySavage 2 года назад

@@BigOleWords 😂

@Hardworlder Год назад

It's Crystal-is, not Chrysalis. You can hear the pronunciation in old commercials for the game. And it's better than the original Legend of Zelda by far.

@thatgx3 Год назад

Dude, what's the deal with the gonzo fist/ soccer ball logo on your shirt???

@BigOleWords Год назад

It’s from the Rec league I play in. The founder is a big Hunter S. Thompson fan :)

@edge1000 10 месяцев назад

where is rambo for nes? that game reminds me so much of zelda 2

@BigOleWords 10 месяцев назад

I’ll be come back to Zelda 2 clones soon

@koopakape Год назад

Bro, I've been enjoying your channel since finding it recently but man, please, PLEASE never do that thing again where you focus on a pixellated animal ass and scream hella extreme forced laughter and shouts of positivity like you're getting saved at a Baptist church or something, like it's literally the best thing you've ever seen in your life and you live for animal genitalia, it kinda cramps the vibes lmfao Aside from that, Startropics 1 and 2 and Guardian Legend are pretty much my all-time favorite NES games that don't start with the words 'mega man' so it's always great to see more people covering them in any capacity.

@BigOleWords Год назад

I don’t know man if you don’t love me at my screaming at pig buttholes you don’t deserve me at my calmly discussing Australian exclusive sports titles :)

@Tolbat Год назад

This one was better

@the_kombinator Год назад

Crystalis is far better than Zelda - by a long shot.

@BigOleWords Год назад

Different strokes for different folks!

@bernielindell Год назад

Always enjoy videos like those. Subbed

@BigOleWords Год назад

Hey thanks so much!

@MyPhobo Год назад

I will go out and say it, I don't care if it's Sacrilege: Crystalis on the nes is Way Way WAAAY better than either of the nes Zelda games.

@BigOleWords Год назад

Woah woah let’s not get wild here!

@childofcascadia Год назад

Crystalis is pronounced crystal (like the drink) is. Not crysalis. And fuck that, crystalis took a good formula and absolutely perfected it. Its better than LoZ as an action RPG. LoZ doesnt have an actual story when you break it down. No towns, no narrative, no levelling. Its not really an RPG. Its an action game. Its an awesome game, dont get me wrong - but Crystalis is a better action RPG.

@JonLeung1 Год назад

Also, "Scheherazade" is pronounced "sheh-hera-zah-day".