Metal Gear: Snake's Revenge - Just Bad Games 

...I felt a great disturbance on the RU-vids, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror...

The fact that Kojima stayed at Konami as long as he did is a fucking miracle

The train story...the employee that approached Kojima didn't just tell him about Snake's Revenge. He told him that he didn't feel it would be a proper sequel, and said he wanted Kojima to develop a proper sequel.

Okay, I love the villain names. They feel like what would happen if Metal Gear existed in the Austin Powers universe

"Some stupids are best left unstupided." Konami's motto at it's finest

Whenever I see a new episode of just bad games I know I’m in for the worst time in the best way

A final boss in a Metal Gear game that suddenly becomes insanely tall and buff with seemingly no weaknesses? That's batsh*t insane!

Fun fact; Kojima actually appreciated Snake's Revenge, albeit under the pretense of it being as kusoge (A game that is crappy, but to a hilarious extent rather than just frustrating) He thought that for all its warts it was still pretty faithful, and it actually showcased at Penny Arcade Expo for the franchise's 25th anniversary, an honor MG2 didn't have despite having a full English translation available through MGS3: Subsistence at that point, and MG2 explicitly mentions that it was rumored that Big Boss had been converted into a cyborg in reference to Snake's Revenge. It could even be argued that Venom Snake is an attempt to make a "canon" version of this game, since not only is Venom the reason Big Boss was rumored to be a cyborg, but his cybernetic arm is the same pronounced red as the "Powered Armor" of this game, and the entirety of MGSV is literally about Snake getting Revenge.

John's train dialogue carries the same energy as "There is no war in Ba Sing Se."

It's honestly amazing how the original Metal Gear has THREE different sequel games (Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake, Metal Gear: Snake's Revenge, and Metal Gear: Ghost Babel) and all three aren't canon to one another.

I feel like there was a lost bullet point in the conclusion: Not only did the two sequels release within the same year, the better one was *pitched* during the development of the other! This game didn't just lose the race, it had a headstart.

It's really funny how Snake's Revenge has names like Highrolla Cockamamie and Kojima would go on to have characters named Die-Hardman, Heartman, and Deadman in Death Stranding. I really enjoy the game but those names are weird.

June 17: Rerez devotes 50 minutes to explaining how bad Snake's Revenge is. June 21: Nintendo announces that Snake's Revenge is coming to the Switch. Life is funny sometimes...

My great trick to figuring out the two NES Metal Gear games was when I accidentally tilted the cartridge in my top-loader as a kid, it make the game's graphics super blocky but basically revealed where the enemies look, all the traps, and the doors would look slightly differently to indicate what card to use. Probably the most odd way I made the games enjoyable for myself as a kid.

Fun fact: If you call the codec buddy who gives you boss info while fighting Big Boss in Metal Gear 2, he goes on this wild tangent about a rumor where Big Boss (after being severely wounded in the events of MG1) supposedly became a test subject for a "Snatcher" experiment (a reference to Kojima's sci-fi adventure game of the same name); which has turned him into a cyborg. I mention this because it amuses me that both Snake's Revenge and MG2 make the same strangely specific stupid plot twist.

I like how in the codex conversation he goes AHHHHHHHHHHHH but then he has the decency to say “OVER” to end the call.

I feel games like Metal Gear and Snakes Revenge emphasize the importance of a key ring, or at least more descriptive keys, in modern games. Imagine going through fallout or elder scrolls and you have to shuffle through the pile of keys you collect throughout the game just to open a single door you can’t lock pick.

"Vermon CaTaffy" and "Higharolla Kockamamie" really aren't that weird when you remember that the actual canon Metal Gear games have characters with names like "Hot Coldman".

I wasn't sold on a heavy duty tank but once I learned it can attack from all angles my dream of attacking at an obtuse angle can finally be fulfilled.

I do give this game some credit. It inspired Kojima to make a proper Metal Gear 2, starring Mel Gibson on the MSX and that one art piece everywhere else. And that’s why we have Metal Gear as we know it. For better or worse.

So John's master plan was to get himself captured on purpose, resulting in him going missing (possibly dead) so just Snake could get into the enemy base because he somehow knew the guards were raised in a barn? That's some 4D Chess John's playing there with those tactics!

And so the prophesy has been fulfilled and Snake's Revenge was re-released into the world in the MGS collection Vol 1.

It's worth noting that not only were they told to "make the game different" and all that, but the code they were given was PROTOTYPE CODE.

Since this game is called Snake’s Revenge, and Big Boss is the only character who mentions *wanting* revenge, I think that might be an incredible called-shot about Big Boss’ backstory 🤔

Fun fact: Snake's Revenge was confirmed as being part of the upcoming Metal Gear: Master Collection. That's right, you'll soon be able to play this masterpiece in HD!

The people who were doing Konami's US instruction manuals and stuff rhad a tendency to just... *make things up* This produces things like the whole alternate US Contra continuity, which exists only because of the manuals. Then you have Gradius calling it's bosses "Mayors". Even when this works, like in the Legend of the Mystical Ninja where the wacky instruction manual compliments the game, the manual still talks about a nonexistent "Dragonbeast".

Nintendo just announced Snake's Revenge is coming to the Switch. Your timing with this video was really incredible.

Fun fact! Ishkabibil, or rather, ishkabibble, is some old-timey slang that basically means "no big deal" or "who cares?" Considering the game Adam and Shane just sufferered through, I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that they care. They care *a lot*.

My mom bought me this game on purpose...by accident. There's this game called "Snake Rattle and Roll" that I loved, and the local video game store, Funcoland, had like a menu/news letter thing that listed all the games they had. My little kid brain saw "Snakes Revenge" coming right after my Snake game in alphabetical order and figured this must be the sequel and asked my mom to get it for me as it was only like 8 bucks. Boy, was I surprised when instead of a fun game with snakes, she brings home this impossible army man game.

I didn't realize until years after this game's release that it was not an official metal gear game, but that being said, I loved this game as a kid.

fun fact the grenade trio bosses on the ships have actual names... apparetnly they are named Harry, Curly and Moe

At the time that Snake's Revenge was released, Konami of America would make up their own story for the manuals, which had nothing to do with the actual in-game story. This is why the backstories for Metal Gear NES and Snake's Revenge are so strange and are never mentioned in the games themselves. The MSX2 release of Metal Gear in Europe got the proper backstory for the game in the manual. Even worse, because Snake's Revenge was never released in Japan, we don't know what its real backstory was supposed to be beyond the limited information in-game. The title Snake's Revenge made no sense at the time either, and may also have been made up by Konami of America. By pure coincidence it does make sense now, as Big Boss was retconned in MGS3 to have once been known as Naked Snake. Another funny coincidence related to the later games is how Peace Day never came in Peace Walker but World Peace Day is declared in Snake's Revenge. The requirement to swap keycards for doors was implemented because Kojima wanted to simulate the feeling of frantically searching for the correct keycard to a door. He wanted to implement a similar system in MGS1 (presumably like that in MG2) but he was thankfully talked out of it. The MSX2 release of MG2 doesn't have a list of names you can call on the radio, you have to keep track of the radio frequencies yourself like MG1. You can however type in the frequencies to the radio using the MSX2's keyboard, which is pretty cool.

Who knows what blood curdling war machines the enemy have sniffing us out... "RU-vid premium ad plays"

The plushie advertisement in the beginning felt like a fake parody of a commercial in the very best way possible.

Well, that is surprising. Who would've imagined a bad sequel would've led to the man who made the franchise retcon it out of existence with a proper stellar sequel. Hat's off to you Kojima

Man, I love seeing random people in an odd position dressed up as the airforce pilots while riding wheelchairs with propellers at 16:27 instead of birds.

You guys know damn well you did the 52 card pick up bit as an AVGN reference considering he covered the original game years ago and I love you guys for that.

I mean, a super soldier American football team using sports tactics on the battlefield, IS pretty on brand for Metal Gear.

Little off topic, I feel like the Game Boy Color version of Metal Gear Solid is extremely underrated for how fantastic of a game it is. It's one of my favorite Game Boy Color games.

The box art was oddly censored at Europe region for Snake's Revenge, removing all guns and even the lady on the cover got a censorship treatment. So it looks bit awkward with Snake having his fist raised as Metal Gear is at the background ready to kill him.

Love how a port to the switch was announced literal days after this video released

The names on the back of the box are straight up GI Joe level of corny, maybe even worse. Also, John being a turncoat at least makes his decision to surrender immediately on the off chance that the enemy might leave the door open less dumb. I almost expected us to find him dead in a crate somewhere.

Snake's Revenge was pretty much the Survive of the 'original series' back then.

Calling the mech "Metal Gear 2" makes the entire thing hilarious. Really gives it an air of "SNAKE YOU NEED TO STOP THEM BEFORE THEY MAKE A BETTER GAME THAN THIS ONE"

“Revenge is a fool’s game.” Arthur Morgan

We’re gonna need a lot of POT’s to go through this game.

Watching ProJared suffer through Snake's Revenge was painful. So. Much. Cheapness.

The best episodes yet. I love this version of Snake, how you made him talk and such. Made me laugh, and also man, Konami that was awful what they did. Great work on this video. May give the games a try one day

i played this game in 1992, it was my first MG game, and i was in love. It tortured me, i won't lie, almost gave up on it, but then i noticed how smart this game is. Having to leave on screen in a specific area to avoid being spotted was so outside the box for 1992. the music is great , the gadgets are great. it is a very unfair game. i think the infinite ration glitch helped me out a lot. While many crap on this game, i owe it a lot and i say it is a good game and i will die on that hill.

I’m SO happy you guys made another money ghost plushie! I bought the first one you made so OF COURSE I was gonna waste…. I mean… buy the new one!

"I killed war" is the best sentence ever.

I hope you guys do more NES games. This was pretty fun.

A new Rerez? And Snake's revenge to boot? Fantastic start to my weekend.

It says something when the sequel that involves poisonous hamsters, raising an owl for the purpose of tricking a guard that it's night-time when it's broad daylight, and someone ending a military call to answer the door for pizza is that much more gripping, easy to follow, and better as a sequel.

On the plus side, one of the creators talked to Kojima and said "Hey, we made this game, but this doesn't feel authentic, would you mind taking another crack at Metal Gear?", and thus Solid Snake was created for the MSX. So despite it's cruddy reputation and lack of canonity, it's probably one of the most important games in the franchise.

Also, Snake's Revenge probably couldn't be no worst than Metal Gear Survive

Konami heard you like Snake's Revenge enough to re-release it on Switch.

Something about oblivious snake taking about his buddy John and how he’s now off his Christmas card list was funny and wholesome. 😅

Doofus Snake is kinda adorable. I hope he shows up in more videos.

It’s not just Robocop in there. Pretty sure our “let me get captured” traitor friend John is Rambo. I think they were trying to cover all the 80s action classics given how Snake on Metal Gear’s boxart is Kyle Reece from the Terminator.

I gotta say, the "terrorism" thing in the absurd manual plot gives some real "Deus Ex's discussion of terrorism was meant to sound extreme and absurd but 9/11 happened a year later and reality shifted to sound like the fiction" vibes. Like, "Prisoners of Terrorism" literally just sounds like some 2000s nonsense. "They're not POWs because we refuse to call it war."

Did anyone else come back to comment on this video after it was announced that this game is coming to switch? It's going to be part of a collection

Guard 1: IS THERE ANYONE?! Guard 2 (dead): ... Guard 1: OKAY! GOOD!

25:12 I guess Snake wasn’t ready for some football

That box art man Channeling some classic Rob Liefeld right there, complete with ridiculously unorthodox pose and muscles. Awesome.

Your conversations with Snake throughout the video were incredibly entertaining, and "Princess Coolplan Is In Another Castle" was brilliant. Another awesome job as usual, guys. Also.... why the heck did Kojima-san put up with Konami's crap for as long as he did? Dude has saintly patience, that's for sure.

This and your Batman and robin review are my favorite ones since I absolutely love how the main characters became "guest stars" and interacted with you guys!

Snake's revenge was actually pretty good, I had it back in the 90's and played it through many, many times.

The fact Kojima wasn't told about the Metal Gear port almost reminds me of when Sakurai wasn't told about Smash Bros Brawl's development until it was publicly announced.

There was a port of the original Metal Gear on old phones, the ones before smartphones hit, I had it on my Sony W810i, was a great port.

The fact that Metal Gear development has always been this insane is hilarious and fits perfectly with the games themselves.

46:07 well, I guess if Big Boss is the one out for revenge that would still technically count as Snake’s Revenge. Not sure if that’s what they were going for though. I’m guessing the dev team and advertising (manual, title, game box) teams had little to no contact.

The guards in Metal Gear are a lot like Konami, they "Feel asleep".😈

That makeship AD was amazing....Also made me think about those old Dr.Tean animations I kept forgetting to look this game up, Glad yall are covering it

The John Madden bit got me good, you guys have some really creative gags 😆

Reality is often stranger than fiction, as this gets ported to modern consoles in October

After the Ghost says "I hate advertisements" the LITERALLY play a Google ad behind him. 😂😂😂😂

So. . . considering the MGS collection is dropping, who's ready to waste money on this game?

Pretty awesome seeing they dropped a new video on my birthday. Fucking love this channel!

The secret entrance hole is especially bad considering the last boss teaches the player that holes are Instant Death

So let me get this straight. Metal gear had an unannounced port made which also had an unannounced sequel made to the original metal gear port but the original metal gear (not the port) had a proper sequel made unrelated to the sequel of the unannounced port? Is that correct? Because if it is, this is actually making my head hurt.

It'll be out on Switch in the upcoming Switch Collection of Metal Gear Games, which will also be including the NES version of the first game.

I recall that if you got Metal Gear Solid 3 Substance for the PS2, it came with 2 disks. With one of them having Metal Gear on the MSX, it's how i played it as a kid.

Even if you want to say nothing else good about this game, you gotta admit it has a killer soundtrack.

I always liked snakes revenge better then the first metal gear as a kid. I think cause it was a bit easier or straight forward then metal gear

Your videos are some of the only RU-vid videos I can rewatch! Always a good day when a new Just Bad Games releases

METAL GEAR in 1987 still is legendary even 36 years later.

That madden part had me dying!!! Love you guys.

25:40 rest in peace John Madden

"I, HATE, ADVERTISEMENTS! " *static* *gets advertisement* ...nice! 😂

Good thing you made this video now 4 days before the reveal it was coming back to switch

Just finished metal gear solid: portable ops, amazing timing

Thank you for enduring these bad games for our entertainment! This series is amazing! And I just found this channel like 2 weeks ago! Where have I been??! Keep up the hard work!

ALL the Ultra game manuals were like that (they even used the same typeface!). I wouldn’t be surprised if they couldn’t understand a shred of Japanese but just looked at some screenshots and wrote a plot around those. Maybe they actually played the game with no context and had to invent a plot? My favorite one was one of the Ninja Turtles games that said “the SELECT button used to throw missiles, but the Shredder’s goons broke it.”

37:50 "I don't think John's seen this room." 😂😂😂

Of all the available skin color for Snake, they chose yellow. He looks jaundiced.

Sooooooo uh Nintendo just announced metal gear master collection including this game… YOU OPENED PANDORAS BOX AND NOW IT IS LOOSE!!!

And this happened days before nintendo directs metal gear solid volume one collection came out with snake's revenge in it.

Love you guys. Glad I subscribed to your channel a while ago.💯

Oh man, the memories....I played (and beat) the NES Metal Gear back around 1990, and while it could be a pain, kinda enjoyed the experience. Soon after I got Snake's Revenge. Let's just say I never completed it. I still have both carts but have yet to work up the interest to try it again. Maybe being 61, I just want to play something better. Like, anything :)