Kid Icarus Level 1

[FangSylux]

Pit, the ancient Greek Samus

[trombonemixDJ]

best soundtrack ever

[JintoLin]

Ah the joys of ones childhood :D sadly never got past 3-4 due to them dang eggplants but 10 or so years later with the thanks to save states i was able to beat the game with the help of my dad. Can't wait for the new 3DS game coming out soon

[SWASHMAG]

just started playing this on my 3ds its great!

[JohnDonovanDotBiz]

Wow - this was the hardest game. I tried like heck for what seems like years just to get where this guy got in 30 seconds. I don't miss it. But love the nostalgia. Thank you :) and the box was silver ;)

[lordHioce]

long lvl

[khoraski]

this needs to be a 3D Classic.

[AQdragonfable]

@khoraski Yep they will make this a 3d classic it will be realesed next year

[AdamTaylor99]

@AQdragonfable 3ds classic version if Kid Icarus is released tomorrow in EU

[patagame]

took me 6 years to figure out how to pass th first level

[mariogamersidequest]

This game was ******* hard as hell!

[Sturmvogel]

I remember getting past the first couple stages back in the 80s. Always being terrified of the grim reapers and the music that would come on when they saw you!

[flash3224]

Holy crap! I'm an eggplant...

[obito642]

My older brother had this game on the nes and gameboy I loved to play thisS~!

[elijahw06]

This was only Level 1? GTFO

[CaptainFantastik1]

This game had amazing music. A timeless classic from my youth.

[SonicGem5]

@Steelershaterforlife I'll take this game over all those new '3D' 1st player games any day

[Kaessen]

I remember playing the gameboy version alot when i was younger :P

[JapanYoshiTheGamer]

Now I know that Nintendo entirely remade this platformer into a First-person(ish) shooting game.

[Spl4shD4m4ge]

Way to do in nine minutes what took me two years to master ^^

[Garnetandzidane]

Thumbs up if u hate the fu*king labyrinths!

[Garnetandzidane]

Thumbs up if u hate the fu*king labyrinths!

[tyler225905]

CARFUL ICARUS

[MomijisGirl1]

I have a new obbsession of old video games. Espesically this one. Anyone know where I could get it and something to play it on? I dont know alot about stuff like this but if anyone could tell me!?

[anthonyle999]

@MomijisGirl1 Using NES emulator on this page coolrom.com, and the rom game is also in that website

[millsyrules26]

@MomijisGirl1 If you have a Nintendo 3DS (which I have), it will be coming out on the eShop, exactly the same, just in 3D.

[BrazilskiFarmer]

@MomijisGirl1

If you have a Wii, you can buy it on Wii Virtual Console

[suiwooie]

i loved this game. I beat the damn thing so many times just to see the different endings

[siraldebaran]

come on, tell me the name of a game, where skellies shake in fear of the player :) Haha, great

[JAYDEEClonan]

lolzz u cheeter

[EDGGvideo]

Why does he always crawl to pass through doors?

[nmcvicker03]

this game is like a gay version of metroid.

[skunknuts1]

@nmcvicker03 This game has very little in common with Metroid, so....no.

[wtfmandudeguy1]

@nmcvicker03

plus, im pretty sure it came out before metroid

[nmcvicker03]

@wtfmandudeguy1 it did, but it was worked on by the same group of people at the same time.

[SpikyRatX]

@nmcvicker03 How the fuck does this remind you of Metroid?

[spectrevampire]

Just got this game for the Virtual Console. Only played it for about 10 minutes, but man, is it ever a tough cookie! And fun!

[xXDottyBoyMeXx]

now I realise I am shit

[alicerabun09]

whats the name of that boss?

[visualinfluences]

8 and all little u's

[Mr8bitgamer]

great game, i've beated it today! :)

[jubjub444]

just got this game, now i don't feel like playing it...

[Grindshock]

are you...god?!

[NoskcajJackson]

the new game coming out on the 3ds looks awesome im only 14 and only learnt the nintendo classified this as a francise when i played super smash bros brawl because it only has two games one on nes and the other on gameboy and they haven't released a title in the series in 20 years

[fuckedup610]

when i was a kid I had a friend who played mario, like all the time, I played it later, long after I completed this game. I always used to think this one is better. But both are the best!!!

[Ze1337]

Jesus, man! You're PRO!

[mario2980]

3:38 reminds me of legend of zelda

[xSUPERSONICx99]

@mario2980 That's the old man in his young days

[pkmntrainerful]

its pit? woow in ssbb is awesome and th must be awesome in kid icarus uprising but well....

[threekidsist]

go on site nesplay and play all the nes games well i think all.

[poshko41]

The mere image of an eggplant wizard still stirs within me an automatic, subconscious emotional response.

[IainStudios]

wait, isnt kid icarus a character in captain N?

[powpowouchy5]

amazing how they totally remade this game for the 3ds

[bigun89]

I lost my mind trying to get past the first level

[math67000]

this main song Oo <3

[lilcowface]

Tu lo haces parecer facil D: A mi me ha tomado como 2 semanas llegar hasta ese calabozo y usando Saved States

[ignorethefashion]

I loved this game, one of my favorites.

[grands1am]

About time somebody's actually good at the game!

Great game... the vertical levels are a pure challenge. All the comments about how the game is bad are obviously players who weren't good enough.

I like to see how long I can keep the vertical scrolling going without stopping.

[TheMias24]

is that pit

[molliescoots]

I HATE THIS GAME! no ii loved it, it was just a pain in the ass

[Citadellion]

Awesome music!

[ahmarhammer]

I was wondering who the hell Pit was...

[bamskyline]

why did i just watch that????

[logansooper]

wow what an old game

[wiisalute]

oh this game is so hard! I can't beat level 1-2 I hate those reapers so much! especially when your on that moving platform and the reaper is right next to me and it notices me and i can't kill off it's minions. can anybody help me? any hints or tips?

[Superzeldafanful]

1 question...

Where does this game come from? supernintendo?

the music is cute <3

[MarioNintendoh]

@Superzeldafanful NES. And, yes, the music is legendary

[molliescoots]

@Superzeldafanful it comes from NES (nintendo entertainment system)

[JacobDragyn]

No health, no checkpoints, no fair.

[Kalidor360]

@JacobDragyn thats how games were back then 3 lives, no checkpoints, no respawns just imagine playing some of todays games that way, games sales would be way down

[GodBlessYou2008]

this theme reminds me my childhood. thank mom for buying NES for me :,(

[Blazemess]

damn this is a underrated legendary game

[mustachio31]

I'm thinking of buying this game for VC.... Should I? If not any other suggestions?

[JohnPait099]

@mustachio31 GET THIS GAME!

[kyoshintama]

how many lvls this game has? cuz that 9:03 mins seemed like 1 hour to me...

[9DragonMaster]

this was definately one of my favorite games of all time, and i can never forget the music... Its always with me.

[thefriendsociety]

damn i had this theme stuck in my head for a long time I kept thinking it was the theme for the dirty dozen and other war movies..

[MusicAndZombies]

It's good to know that after all these years those reaper things and the music that plays when they freak out still scares me.

[DeekayX]

@MusicAndZombies Not to mention the random empty musicless echoey rooms. :<

[RollinForReal]

my god, this game is hard as shit. this guy makes it look ez

[TheAbominableRedhead]

Epic (and utterly timeless) melody, but you gotta admit the harmony a few seconds in can be a bit... grating. Ah well, it's delicious 8-bit music. Of course I can't hold that against it. <3

[shark82787]

this game is fun but can piss someone off if you dot jump right

[dingles4breakfast]

His crouches make him look like a crabman.

[RasheemH]

Thats only level 1?!

[TheMarkOfTheBeast1]

This looks shit.

[jaws5204]

@TheMarkOfTheBeast1 ....lol....um...yea...this...c­ame out in 86 how else is it sapose to look

[TheMarkOfTheBeast1]

@jaws5204

I don't mean visually, I mean it looks like a shit game.

[shaadow1762]

@TheMarkOfTheBeast1 hey hey man fuck you how bout that this is one of the best damn games ever made

[Crashdile1]

@TheMarkOfTheBeast1 go to play your faggy gran turismo.

you fuckin asshole

[mrplow321]

@TheMarkOfTheBeast1 Compared to what exactly?

[mrshep357]

so many nes games so little time! :(

[DClem1]

At 4:01 the statue kinda looks like Bob Saget LOL! XD

[JacobDragyn]

This might be the hardest game I've personally played.

[dustobusto]

I just bet somewhere out there, someone has created a wicked trance remix of this theme song.

By the way, those blue vampire things scare the hell out of me, and I'm a grown man.

[samuentaga]

im glad they're remaking it... i know this game is a classic, but it looks so darn annoying

[counterterroristn00b]

what is that grim reaper looking thing? that gets all giddy when it sees you?

[darthkurland]

Win!!

[dale042407]

wow memories..i wish i had a dollar for every hour i spent playing this as a kid

[flipflop2478]

music so funny

[ChryslerLaser1986]

wow just look at you go! I haven't played this game since I was 6. and my family & I always lost and didn't know what to do next :P

[Shr00mscross]

Gosh flashbacks i'm having right now!!. I remember this game!. i had it when i was younger, & just now actually finding out the name of it!. lol

[arealgypsyman]

my dad played this only made it to level 2 ,, a fckin top game still is, daviD FROM r llikes this as ebridgewate

[semicolin]

gahhhh, this tune brings back such good memories. one of the best pieces for a video game!

[Jugglebrosjr2]

who's kid icarus if the person's called pit?

[ZoieFalcona]

@Jugglebrosjr2 Kid Icarus is just a "name" for the game itself. It was inspired by the greek story of Icarus, whom's father and he escaped from a prison using wings made and held together by feathers and wax. Icarus flew up too high against his father's warning and fell to his death. The kid part is basically that Pit was a kid in the game and if you get a certain ending, he "grows up"

[Jugglebrosjr2]

@ZoieFalcona i know that icarus story, that's y i wonder y its called kid icarus. pit doesn't lose his wings and die does he?

[TheGreenPlague]

I remember there was a tv show called Captain Nintendo or something and King Hippo and the Eggplant character in kid icarus were bad guys ...weird. btw, whoever is playing at 3:00 you just slayed, talk about combo

[princessbeffer]

@TheGreenPlague Captain N, the Game Master. (voiced by the same guy who does Dragon Booster and Energon Ironhide)

[tomat1]

<3!

[Johnderrilll]

wat is in the glass that he is drinking?

[Blahguy300]

@Johnderrilll

Red wine

[getmoneygethoes]

love thee song Ohh emm gee

[jaqez]

Check out Tonedeff - "Round Em Up / move in ride out". The background is form Kid Icarus.

[leomanetje]

lol new one for wii looks so much more awesome (afcourse) i could have known when they made him look so good in smbb think i will love both

[danidaniboyboy]

@leomanetje The new one's for 3DS.

[leomanetje]

@danidaniboyboy damn I could have known hmm well up to saving money aigan

[TheVideoGameOracle]

This has to be the most overrated game ever. It sounds, looks and plays aweful.

[DarkGreen2000]

3DS

[crackedheretic]

Replayed this gem just recently, still as good as it was back then, still difficult to play but once leveled up i'm shooting my arrows with confidence

[DelDelincuentes]

744 If I was playing it for the first time I wouldn't jump there I would have provably mistaken it as something else...like in minute 4:36 I would have said it was lava...8:36 That was some nasty thing right there...lol

[kkrivers79]

What I meant was the music when you fight the stage boss. It a lot reminds me of Apocalypse's stage music from X-Men vs. Street Fighter.

[kkrivers79]

When you step inside the cave to fight the flying monsters,the music almost reminds me of Apocalpse's stage from X-Men vs. Street Fighter.

[triforceman1000]

this game has some pretty cool sound effects

[giacotubo]

ICARUS FIGHTS MEDUSA ANGELS

[bdavid81]

Very impressive. As much as I still love this game, I've always been terrible at it. It's the only NES game I own that I've only beaten once. I can't for the life of me remember if I used my Game Genie on it or not.

[CandyAids]

I swear I played this when I was a wee child. The melody sounds so very familiar.

[AntichristDemoncore]

wow nicely played

[xRocketzFighterx]

I gotta respect you for recording this on VHS before you uploaded this on the internet you were really ahead of us aren't you? what year did you record this on video?

btw kid icarus is one of the very few hardcore games I've never beaten, in my life n I still love it.

[dietsnapple89]

this guy makes it look easy

[princessbeffer]

is it just me, or do those last four notes before -start- is pushed sound like the background music to Janet Jackson's Love Will Never Do Without You?

[Buildoman]

That song is epic!

[WONDOCTORJ]

sooo many hours, sooooo many hours......

[Worpstowncity]

@WONDOCTORJ yes and so many hours more

[angelatypes]

OMG THATS SO PWN LIKE.

[WorldChallenge]

After over five minutes of watching it, it still doesn't interest me for some reason.

[Roboprez3]

You need quick fingers and careful jumping to beat this game, cuz level cutoff will kill your ass

[DamonPlz]

For those who don't know

This is the exact Pit from Smash Brothers Brawl!

[DuuuuuhWhaaaa]

Death Jr.s first appearance!

[HelloFade2]

the 2 most annoying enemies in the game are the eggplant wizards and the plutons (you know those things that you can't kill,that jump around and steal one of your special items if they touch you)

[soraanimefan03]

@HelloFade2 agreed...

[HelloFade2]

Do you think there is any chance that we will ever see a new Kid Icarus game?

[Jakester12621]

@HelloFade2

Oh the irony ^.^

[fatstuff1988]

jeez i miss this game

[CalmedNutHead]

Yes this game...its well me as a kid

[CraigOH1981]

btw, those eggplant wizzards PISS ME OFF

[CraigOH1981]

geez, you are just hustlin right along in this thing, and without taking much damage. it takes me about 20 minutes to finish each stage and i'm constantly getting hit lol. i still have this game and my origional NES system. love it!

[wiisalute]

THIS GAME IS FUCKING BULLSHIT!!!!!! I fucking hate those flying enemies. I die too quickly. All i have to say that it's bullshit

[lucalukita16]

@wiisalute dont balme the game, you must just be a bad player :/

[wiisalute]

I'm sorry it's just that this game is so addicting. I love the game but it's so hard! the controls are so slippery. I just hate the eye enemies, the stupid reaper and reapette and specknoses! I always bump into an enemy and die

[MRelement69]

classic video games never get old. good job

[maverickx22]

Lol Jesus 3:33

[djuniverse]

Thanks for posting this. Man, what a great childhood memory. Everything was just better back then. No Internet, so you had to subscribe to the magazine for cheats - but that made them all the more special. This game came out the same day as Metroid. I got them both and spent many hours playing them (and now watching 24 years later on YouTube. Awesome. 5 stars.

[mycatisromeo]

Love this game but let me tell you; the first few levels of this game SUCK ASS. It is so fuckin hard. Then the further you get in this game the more powerful you get and the easier it becomes. Great childhood memory.

[Thetruehypersonic]

metroid's sister game

[WorldChallenge]

Boring.

[lazysleeper6]

dude, you are the god of that game.

[Coobenthal]

I used to subscribe to the Nintendo magazine back in those days and I was so excited when one of the magazine issues gave you an "invincibility" cheat to totally pWn in this game. For those of you that might still have a working NES system, just type the following password:

ICARUS FIGHTS

MEDUSA ANGELS

(lol can't believe I actually still remember this)

Enjoy!!

[KittyFloop]

I played this on Wii not realizing that that boy was Pit in SSBB lol <3

[marckbasketcase]

Very good game and video :)

[Therockdeadrockstars]

I really want to buy this game again, can you play old NES on the wii?

[year2kill06]

i just got kid icarus of myths and monsters for the game boy color

[tomat1]

Get an emulator to pc :)

[harmfulifconsumed]

Yes on virtual console.

[moonmanhere]

the witch was very creepy when i was a child especially when she's getting crazy.

[zeroleminski]

kid icarus borrowed its engine to metroid

[year2kill06]

wish they made a remake for the gameboy advance

[ceeIoc]

i thought using the feather to fly when you were falling off a cliff was the coolest thing!!!

[tomat1]

Take me back!! PLZ!!

[glib11]

so if this came out a year or two before metroid, its pretty much a predecessor. i never got to play super metroid on super nintendo. i heard it was dope.

[Soccerpie888]

this is for the nes right?

[SavedByGODsGrace777]

yeah. But I know a site that lets you play it online.

Do you want to try it?

[Soccerpie888]

heck yeah!

[hootyhaha]

Here's what irritates and conflicts me at the same time. They remade "A Boy And His Blob" I loved that game in the NES days. But it's a vague game. You ask people about it and they don't know about the NES one. Not many do that is. But they remake it. They skip a game like Kid Icarus that is in higher demand, and jump to a vague game like A Boy And His Blob??? What is Nintendo thinking (or not thinking!?).

[sandyapacolipse]

on my 10 best retro games list.

beacause of such memrable music,and great platformer action.

[tod4533]

THIS IS MY FAVORITE MELODY

[HooliganHeroes]

@tod4533

I just finished playing this game at OldSchoolApps[dot]com - after playing for 20 minutes and humming the song in my head I decided to go on eBay and buy one lmao!

[ssbbFan11]

@tod4533 mine too!