Disgrace to Gaming: Zelda's Adventure review (CD-I part 5)

[DrNintendoFever]

Ok now I know what cdi is,its a discrace to Nintendo

[pavy415]

If u don't want loading play with an emulator with setting jacked up

[videowatcher1997m]

Kudos to you for actually playing these CD-i. I wouldn't manage. The games are not only a disgrace to the Zelda series, NOT ONLY a disgrace to Nintendo, but they're a disgrace to the gaming world as a whole.

[xJoeEDangerouslyx]

You think "Gannon" is bad? You sho[uld see the LoZ board game. I find the "Molbrins" particularly amusing.

[mrlinky121]

Princesses for boobs?

[IanSwensonChannel]

I dub thee Zelda Cosplay the game

[marlyonama]

what are these red jelly things saying on 5:01? does any zelda guru know if that's an actual enemy in the series or something they made up, the gwatna?

[percytje666]

@marlyonama thats the water shrine boss talking not those red jelly things

[NorrisArt]

Hmm. I thought this game would actually be WORSE. I never got a chance to play it... Or even if I did, I probably wouldn't have any way, considering how atrocious the first two were :/

[thupermonkeyballs]

i like this game's ending better than the other 2 pieces of crap called wand of gamelon and faces of evil.

[Shadow11614]

in my opinion, i think wand of gamelon and faces of evil are worse than zeldas adventures

[AstralAstaroth]

I think the same as you do. This game feels like a GAME. It still does not pass a test, but it is more deserving of a 5/10 rather than a 2 or 3.

[flamesdemon19]

I don't know why but despite the flaws,Zelda's adventure is something I would play and enjoy back then.Maybe now too I dunno.But perhaps it's just me...XD

[PubliusAfricanus]

@flamesdemon19

I'm with you. Had it been on PSX back in the day I would have worn it out. It's got a Legacy of Kain vibe going for it.

[flamesdemon19]

@PubliusAfricanus lol,thanks.

[EpicWINNER1000]

WOW a positive review on Zelda's Adventure! I've seen a few for FoE and WoG, but most reviewers who have played ZA despise it. Good review!

[breastimus]

They weren't allowed to use Hyrule. Nintendo only allowed Phlips to use 5 Nintendo characters as a part of them changing their minds on the CD add on to the SNES...Zelda, Link, and Ganon being 3 of them. This is why only the 3 main unique elements of Zelda were carried over to these titles.

[Scioneer]

For the Price of this game on Ebay, I'd rather buy a Mint Condition Panzer Dragoon Saga.

[TrueDominguez]

what a rip off

[Cenobite30]

Where does the music from around 9:00 come from? Could swear I've heard it before. Is it Contra?

[plokijuhujiko098]

@Cenobite30 yup, contra boss fight music

[kaiokendo]

really,these graphics are decent and a lil bit beautiful,like the neverhood

[rich1563]

When it is loading, press the down arrow on ur keyboard to play youtube snake.

[laries4]

this game looks gay

[GlennMagusHarvey]

Gasp, a Zelda game on the CD-i that...actually plays like a normal Zelda game!

Seriously, though, I wonder if someone will try to hack Zelda 1 or Zelda 3 (LTTP) and try to recreate Zelda's Adventure as a classic Zelda adventure. That would be one well-deserved fate for this game.

[GlennMagusHarvey]

What was the music used at the beginning, after the FFVI organ intro?

[Luigirocks84]

Ganon in Zelda's Adventures reminds me of the Cyberdemon from Doom.

[OlDrtyBstrd]

It is a shame that too see a great gaming series have 3 ugly ducklings that should have been killed at birth.

[TH3EPICLUST]

Just one thing,

dont get me wrong the CD-I is a piece of shit i hate it but,

without all the bad systems We wouldnt have any of the good systems today such as the Wii or PS3

[roytronix]

@8:08 ZOMG KRACKO JR.

[dalekcarn999]

someone should consider remaking these games i will look into it, but i can never finish these things with any quality.

[lordzebdeh]

wtf!

[extremeeXrement1]

i think this is better than original zelda

[BluDrgn426]

how long did it take u to beat these atrocities?

[lexlinkroy]

best of the 3 i will go a little bit more far and say its better then zelda 2 but that still not saying much.

[ilovemcjeffy]

Zelda and Link looked fat XD

[TheDevilbuster]

Sure, it was a tragedy, but I bet you could hack into the game and improve it. As you said, the game (or more specifically, the engine) could use a bit of work. Also, maybe you could edit the maps to things would stand out a bit more. Maybe you could also re-record the voice acting, but unless you know what you're doing, you should probably just leave it alone.

Unfortunately, I have no idea how to fix the lag. It's possible that it's a result of the CD-I's limitations.

[ZoombiniChan]

@TheDevilbuster Or maybe, as he suggested, cut out the voice acting entirely and replace it with text. As for the lag...I honestly don't know either, but I think the way they did the graphics had at least something to do with it.

[TheDevilbuster]

@ZoombiniChan Replacing the voice acting with text probably would be best. I don't really think the graphics, atrocious as they were, were the cause of the lag, but rather the system itself. For example, the CD-I couldn't handle Mode 7, whereas the Super Nintendo could.

More to the point, the CD-I was never meant to be a video game console, let alone run action/rpg games, such as this.

[ZoombiniChan]

@TheDevilbuster

Although it would be weird to have text playing over live-action. Maybe leave the cutscenes as is but put text for talking NPCs encountered in the actual game. Or redo the cutscenes. But I'd miss Gaspra as he's shown :(

...adapt the game to a system with better capabilities? *doesn't know how that works*

[TheDevilbuster]

@ZoombiniChan Now that I think about it, that Mode 7 comment was pretty irrelevant...Well, maybe the CD-I did have the capabilities to run Zelda's Adventure smoothly; it was probably just executed poorly.

[ZoombiniChan]

@TheDevilbuster I think they used a whole lot of filmed footage for the game also. I'm not sure how much bearing that would have on lag time though

I think I know what causes the lag time! Zelda's not excited about going to save the world as shown in the opening cutscene and so she's dawdling between screens. She doesn't want to die over and over like she knows happens to Link in other Zelda games a lot :O

Sorry, wild fan theories here xD;;;

[davidrocks48]

the only decent zelda game on the cdi

[mulletboater]

cd-i was not about zelda and mario. you are missing the mark on the system review by spending too much time sucking the ytp dick

[GeriatricFan1963]

Don't you think that in Hind-sight, If there were less controller problems for the other games, that (Apart from the cutscenes) they might not be so bad?

If anything, Zelda's adventure is the worst. I can see why they tried FMV, but it just looks horrible EVERYWHERE. and the loading times...Half Blind Gamer does a much more balanced reviews of the CD-I games TBH.

[ShypkusPIes]

all you need to do is find this game rom and burn it on a disk =3

[percytje666]

6:21 ''easy puzzles'' lol you did it wrong :P

anyway this game can't be as horrible as the ET game from atari!

[PlusmaGun]

So I guess that if you gave a grade for all of the Legend of Zelda games that you've mentioned, I guess that you will do something that this:

The Legend of Zelda: S

The Legend of Zelda: A Link To The Past: S

Link: The Faces of Evil: F-

Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon: F-

Zelda's Adventure: D

Am I right?

[CORNHOL0]

Your reviews are pretty damn good! And you don't plagiarise the AVGN like the Irate Boner does. :D

[trevorguu]

The old man looks like a kid with a grey beard and mustache

[TKGB2006]

After hearing so much bad reviews for Zelda's Adventure, I'm surprised to hear someone say it was good. But alas, as you said "Philips wanted to show off".

[Terestrasz]

Zelda's adventure wasn't that bad - just annoyingly difficult for wrong reasons. I respect Nintendo trying something new, though.

[CORNHOL0]

@Terestrasz Uhh, dude, this wasn't made by Nintendo.

[Terestrasz]

@CORNHOL0 WHOOPS, sorry about that. I knew that, I wonder why I typed "nintendo" though.

[Terestrasz]

@CORNHOL0 Oh no wait...I meant Adventure of LInk.

[TKGB2006]

What CORNHOL0 said.

[potetmosgutten]

to Terestrasz

This was not made by nintendo

[Terestrasz]

@potetmosgutten I thought I meant ADventure of Link. XD

[potetmosgutten]

Okay

[Terestrasz]

A lot of people who say the games are crappy have most definitely never played them before in their lives - heck how could you have done it? The CD-I was so expensive when most of these people were growing up, they likely couldn't have afforded it - or even found it, for that matter. (I only knew of it because some kids won a CD-i on LEgends of the Hidden Temple)

[Kelvint13x2]

4:15 XD

[NeroKado]

excellent review.

[PHILRYABKIN]

When is the Hotel Mario review coming out?But this is a great series indeed.

[pikachu896]

its now available

[notyoursavior78]

Cool, I was wondering if you'd ever get around to reviewing this one. Good job, I like your reviews.

Ah man, I can't wait to see your Hotel Mario review.

[DennyVuQuach]

Steve, I am very impressed with this review and other Zelda game reviews. You proved your point very well. Keep up with the great work!

[masterminded78]

That just proves to me that your NOT the ripoff of the AVGN.

[feh2]

I'll actually give credit to the games for going OUTSIDE of hyrule.

[triforceslash98]

majoras mask did the same thing

[Napstrpsx]

Excellent review! You're giving us an inside look to games that really have not been covered much or at all.

Kind of strange that one of the most beloved icons of the gaming world has these games that are so damn obscure.

[AdmiralMcFish]

Oooh, GANNON BANNED

[thee3nd]

reuploaded to fix typo. no one's comment was deleted prior to this comment.

[loomp]

@thee3nd Everyone complains about this game and we've all seen the unholy Tri-Force video of the Zelda CD-I games form The Angry Video Game Nerd but what gets me is that those people paid a lot of money for them, it's like buying a pettegree racehorse but instead of getting a horse the seller shoves your hand up the butt of the horse then steals your cash and horse leaving you broke and a hand full of horse crap. That's the same as paying too much for these games that should be $2.

[conniefrcanada]

he pissis himself of,is he emo

[masticina]

Sigh I feel for you, Hey here the Manos hands of Faith to ease your pain.

[rabapab23]

Another great review!

[ScrewAttackEurope]

Ah, the reason they never named the location Hyrule in any of the CD-i games is because Nintendo only gave Philips the character rights to the games. and even then only Link, Zelda and Ganon. (Mario, Luigi, The Princess and Bowser for Mario). So that's why Hyrule and the Mushroom Kingdom are mentioned.

[IsuckGamer]

Great series! But why did you upload this a second time? :P

[lastvaquero]

I love your vids man, ;D hope to see more from this series ;D

[TheManHamann]

Lol at the intro