Mind = Blown. Just found out about this game from Toplessrobot's 10 best Nintendo games no one played list, such an awesome game, gonna go check out the Rom then see if I can't find a hard copy. It makes me sad that the Super Mario Bros and Kirby series and such get far more credit than awesome little gems like this or Little Samson but I guess the difficulty curve kind of throws these type of games out of the loop. Love your annotations btw.
This game almost never changes the sprite palettes. Indeed, all enemies and sprites have to be drawn using one of four palettes (sometimes a combination of two). This is especially baffling since higher level programming can allow one to delete a palette and load a new one for a new enemy, and repeat the process as needed.
For those who want to know, the colors are [dark green, green, white], [orange, yellow, white], [black, gray, white], and [red, pink, white]
Damn I had a Famiclone with this but I never paid attention I was too busy playing Contra and NekoTown, darn, I need to play this one again, this time for real (instead of just puttin' the game and then taking out :P).
Seriously, fuck CoD. Someone who has a 5.0 kdr is NOTHING compared to someone who can master an NES platformer (or almost any other genre, for that matter).
These games weren't made for twelve year olds who make all-nighters. Most grown adults can't even handle these types of games. This player is PRO in my books.
Nothing like the eighties and nineties Nintendo games.
Awesome video, and an awesome playthrough. Love it!
I have never seen this game before I found it on a Reproduction website and I have to say I'm rather impressed. The music in the game is phenomenal! I may just have to buy a reproduction of this one even though they are rather pricey.
I am the World Record holder on Mr. Gimmick! The Scandinavian version!hi version has more bugs in it, you can skip 2 of the last 3 bosses using the star before the bonus stage
The rounded corners you see at 6:42 are actually ROUNDED, as in walking on them positions the character appropriately on the ledge rather than just being a square collision tile.
I... I'm awestruck by this music. Never before have I heard more passionately composed music on an nes. Those clouds in the beginning are beautiful looking as well!
I loved this game at kid and still love this but i don't have it and it's little bit too expensive rareness in Finland. Last time i saw this for sale the price was 150€. Hope they make remake of this for 3DS. :)
I live in Sweden. Got this game on christmas when I was a kid. It's very rare and many haven't heard about it. The details, music and the fun this game brings is just amazing. This game is way better then Super Mario IMO. Can you record the level where you ride birds if I remember correctly. Mountain stage? The secret treasure there is FULL with traps and really gives you this Indiana Jones feeling.
Apparently i own this cartridge, i bought my NES a couple of years ago and it came with some games. Some of those cartridges dont have any picutre they're just blank. The only trouble i find when playing this is that the graphics are all glitchy but the music is awesome. I hope i can get rid of the glitches by cleaning the pins.
Thanks so much for making this! Gimmick! is easily one of my favorite games, period. I'm happy to see it getting the love it deserves. :)
To those debating the sound- there is both sound expansion and DPCM being used. The sound expansion is responsible for 3 additional pulse waves, while DPCM is used for bass and percussion samples. Check out Gremlins 2, Batman RotJ, and Journey to Silius to hear other examples of similar DPCM use.
You can find the complete soundtrack on my channel.
Thanks for the annotated video. I never knew that I was sitting on such a gold mine (I loan-traded it for Ice Climbers, and the kid who I loan-traded it with lost my copy of ice climbers, so I kept this one, now I suddenly don't feel so bad about my loss).
There's also a built in DPCM chip on the NES. This is where voices are done on, but its also able to make emulate better music. One used the DPCM channel alone on the right frequency to input the entire TMNT song on the NES, near crystal clear!
I don't know if this is a chip on the NES cart, but instead that very DPCM channel, since I played with the emulator sound channels and turning it off resulted in that part of the music missing.
@silenceofthehills Sound chip is some yamaha-type chip, might be standard, but something is probably different. But if you add the chip to a cart and run a resistor on the expansion port, it enables the sound on-cart to go through to the TV. Just gotta have a game that uses the extra sound. NES Batman:Return of the Joker is the only game to use the chip and is used to make Gimmic! games often.
I'm not certain as to what you mean by the above, but what I was saying is that its likely the game wasn't using the japan only famicom sound chip, but the internationaly used DCPM channel. Maybe at some time or another in this game's music does it probably use the sound chip, but at the moment it feels like he ment what is actually coming from the DCPM.
Festers quest, Journey to Sillius and many more in and outside of sunsoft used it in America.
@silenceofthehills This game used the chip heavily. It's not DPCM, as they don't have the ROM for it IMO, but it had better sounds that were more lifelike when used correctly like this. This game does have the chip ONLY used in Batman, Return of the Joker and is pretty good. No DPCM here. They didn't need it. :P
Actually, now that I think about it, I do here the one instrament sounding more Famicom than NES, not the DCPM channel, but extra bits in the BG of the intro and elsewhere.
This is one of the best, if not the best, NES game(s) to never be released in the US, and surprisingly its a Sunsoft title, one of the NES Heavyweights. I wish there was a legal way to play this.
Well I live in Denmark and I've played this game on an original NES. I remember how awesome I thought it was they've hidden all those secret items around. Now if only I could find the copy...
What a fanastic looking game. I feel as though I'm spoiling it by watching, but sadly I don't think I can ever make myself sit down and play through it.
At 5:16, before you ride the bird, up that partial wall up, there is another room with a few bombs and those pink things, which you can push together to get a life or two.
I remember having this game as a kid, but my parents sold it along with all my other Nintendo stuff. Really a shame... I hear a mint condition CIB of this can go for as much as 500€, which is just insane.
I do live in Scandinavia, Sweden in fact, and I borrowed this game from a friend long ago. It's a really good game, well worth checking out :) When I get the chanse I might borrow it again, for old times sake :)
@frostare Wrong. Sunsoft only published it. The real developer of that game is Japan System Supply, who also developed Chalvo 55 and the canceled Virtual Boy game, Bound High.
I own this game. I got it in the early nineties from local shop. You have collect all the special items to get through the game. Each stage has one exclusive item which you have to get. If even one of the items is missing, you can't get to the final stage (and you cannot return to get them either, you just have press RESET to start the game all over again, which may piss the player off).
Yes! This brings back memories! It's actually one of the best games i played as a kid, but almost no one has heard of this game! And you say over and over that this game is soooo hard! That actually makes me proud! :D Cause i managed to get both endings on the console as a kid, but i can't remember how hard it was =) And if you think this game is hard... Try completing Battletoads!! I know i have never been able to :( But great video! And thx for bringing back some good memories!
This game is definetly top 3 for me. I made myself a NES cart buy taking the Japanese famicom board and putting it in a NES cart case with a 60 to 72 pin converter. Made myself a nice label to go with it and it looks pretty damn official ;)
@Banzeken Seems that both, Yumetaro (protagonist of Gimmick!) and Kirby were both inspired by Mega Man. Although Kirby also eats, he's also similar to Pac-Man, the very first cute character according to Pac-Man creator, Tōru Iwatani.
The game looks fantastic on its own but your annotations make me appreciate it existing all the more.
Man. I wish little gem had been released internationally, but with the chip still inside. It makes me a little sad that it's doomed to obscurity as it is.
I'm going to echo previous commenters and say that this is a great video. I just tried this game out and it is HARD -- at least until I get the hang of that throwing angle. Also, the annotations were indeed a useful and interesting addition to the gameplay. Well done, sir! Subscribing, five stars.
I like how you actually use the annotations to express useful and fun information about the game! That's something that most people wouldn't take the time for. Let me just say the extra effort is very much appreciated.
Thanks for reviewing this game! Ever since I saw the TASvideo speedrun of it, I've been curious as to what the game was actually about. Kudos for doing homework on the sound chip coprocessor as well!
According to the Japanese instruction booklet for this game, and its Barcode World card, the protagonist's name is Yumetarō (ゆめたろー). The black round creatures seen in the first level are the Ohagi (おはぎ). Ohagis are named after the Japanese food of the same name.
Guitar solo's and political campaigns are a match made in heaven. My videos combine both. They are only interesting however if you actually like guitar solo's and politcs. I'd be much obliged if you'd critique them for me however.
Actually, the character Popopo was actuated way before Gimmick... Also, Sunsoft, who produced the game closely worked together with HAL and Nintendo. Any number of information could have been 'exchanged'.
Of course Kirby is more notable, but I don't see any sources about his prototype Popopo coming first, nor Sunsoft with HAL and Nintendo.
It's like Street Fighter II and Fatal Fury 1 both being underdevelopment at once. Takashi Nishiyama was one of the main designers of the 1987 Street Fighter and some of SNK's early Neo-Geo fighting games, including Fatal Fury 1.
Does Namco's Wagan Land series count as a cute platformer like Gimmick!, the Kirby series, Trip World and The Legendary Starfy?
Well, it's true. Again, Trip World = Sunsoft. Kirby is the precursor and the pinnacle of that genre.
If they look way too similar, you can start comparing them as a duplicate. Now, what about the enemies all looking like Super Mario Bros. enemies?
You mentioned some games that cannot be compared. Of course there will always be an original. That's beside the point. You could say that Mario was the first shooter and everything else that came after it was tantamount. But, we of course don't.
Of course Trip World = Sunsoft, sometimes I hear someone say it looks like Kirby.
If any game is similar to Kirby, but came before it, is most likely incomplete, right? Sounds like most people are waiting for the first perfect game in a genre, before a completely new and unique game in the genre is created.
Gimmick!'s enemies look like they have more "Japanese cuteness" than Mario's enemies do.
Usually I hear people say the games I mentioned that cannot be compared look similar to Kirby.
I've recently noticed that the way Yumetaro jumps and dies is very similar to how Mega Man jumps and dies. Mega Man was also probably where Kirby creator Masahiro Sakurai got the idea of copying abilities at for Kirby in Kirby's Adventure.
damn thats some good graphics for the trusty nes. i would of instantly been impress with this back in the days, like i was with the kirby game back in 92. the animation is pretty good for both of these games.
Wow, I'm surprised I've never heard of this game until now. It damn well could be the most impressive game on the NES. You could have fooled me and said this was on the SEGA or SNES .
Also, great commentary. Never seen anyone use annotations as well as you do. Keep up the good work.
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Good video, but the annotations went by too quick. Rule of thumb, leave an annotation (or text of any kind) up long enough for you to read through at a normal pace twice.
My God, I'll never be good enough to play this game. I would listen the crap out of this soundtrack, though. Maybe some NSF -> MP3 conversion is in my future...
This is a really cool presentation, by the way! More games could use video essays like this.
This game looks AMAZING, even looks better than dare I say, kirby's adventure! :o ... Which came out in 1993! I would totally have bought this, even though I would only have been about 2 years old at the time :P
This is the best "longplay" video I've ever seen on YouTube. Not even kidding.
Someone already pointed this out elsewhere, but I'd be negligent if I didn't mention that the pink bugs and underground crystal forest are homages to Hayao Miyazaki's Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind. Not as obvious as the ones in Crystalis, of course.
errantharpy: There's a format for NES music called NSF, which is basically the exact audio engine and data stripped out of a game ROM and playable in various audio players.
It looks like someone has kindly ripped an NSF for Mr. Gimmick; I haven't had a chance to try it out yet, but you can find the file and other info pretty easily through a search on "NSF Gimmick" or "NSF FME-7" (the sound chip Mr. Gimmick uses).
Mind = Blown. Just found out about this game from Toplessrobot's 10 best Nintendo games no one played list, such an awesome game, gonna go check out the Rom then see if I can't find a hard copy. It makes me sad that the Super Mario Bros and Kirby series and such get far more credit than awesome little gems like this or Little Samson but I guess the difficulty curve kind of throws these type of games out of the loop. Love your annotations btw.
crestofbaphomet86 4 days ago
thanks for uploading the gameplay. Love the music in this game
7kurgand 1 week ago
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awesome music for nes. graphics are very nice too.
nooblet911 1 week ago
5:15 there is another hidden room :)
BWSpahic 1 week ago
I just found out about this game, I just bought super spy hunter and now I want this, is there a US or EU release or just Japan for this game?
MrRyuHayabusaGaiden 1 week ago
Here's a fun technical fact:
This game almost never changes the sprite palettes. Indeed, all enemies and sprites have to be drawn using one of four palettes (sometimes a combination of two). This is especially baffling since higher level programming can allow one to delete a palette and load a new one for a new enemy, and repeat the process as needed.
For those who want to know, the colors are [dark green, green, white], [orange, yellow, white], [black, gray, white], and [red, pink, white]
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This is one very "cynical" video. =p
thadgiles513 2 weeks ago
Your video is popular on Kampala
reubenshephe25 3 weeks ago
Somehow, this game reminds me of Kirby...
MalcomX175 1 month ago
This game would be an instant classic if it was released in North America.
BossPanzer 1 month ago
i had the Scandinavian version. Sadly it's now sold.
ghsghsuidghuisd 1 month ago in playlist Gimmick!
Thank you for the annotations! This is seriously the best use of the annotation feature I've ever seen on youtube.
Mrevilbobguy 1 month ago
Nice video, this is by far my favorite NES/Famicom game along with Summer Carnival '92: Recca.
Also, to the annotation at 6:33, "Spider"? For me it looks more like a beetle. :P
videogamemaster95 1 month ago
How the fuck can someone dislike this? This is one of the most impressive games I've seen on the Famicom both gameplay and music wise!
kissjuni 1 month ago
Damn I had a Famiclone with this but I never paid attention I was too busy playing Contra and NekoTown, darn, I need to play this one again, this time for real (instead of just puttin' the game and then taking out :P).
This game looks awesome!
SammEater 2 months ago
Seriously, fuck CoD. Someone who has a 5.0 kdr is NOTHING compared to someone who can master an NES platformer (or almost any other genre, for that matter).
These games weren't made for twelve year olds who make all-nighters. Most grown adults can't even handle these types of games. This player is PRO in my books.
Nothing like the eighties and nineties Nintendo games.
Awesome video, and an awesome playthrough. Love it!
jakeh2034 2 months ago
Ya boy Pat turned me on to this one. Gotta admit it gives Contra a run for its money for best NES game
Njcct84 2 months ago
Sunsoft = Master of 8-bit programming.
Seriously, they pushed NES to its limits. Especially with Batman: Return of the Joker.
whaowman 2 months ago
Underrated game,especially the BGM.I think the beginning theme is amongst the best in the NES library.
sugreev2001 2 months ago
I bet hipster gamers would love this game.
I absolutely adore the art style they use in the intro along with the music.
WolfenNights 2 months ago
I had this game as a child, i'm so mad at myself for not taking enough care to save it. Would pay alot to get my hands on this game again.
Precautiouscloud 3 months ago
Hey, it's not fair! That's the Megaman jump!!
KombatGod 3 months ago
how did you come upon this game?! its sooo rare!
97videogamenerd 3 months ago
Great video guy.
chobitssofar 4 months ago
i still have this game on my nes <3
ere666 4 months ago
Great video
AudioFromGazaWar 4 months ago
I have had this game for about 18 years. Did'nt know it was rare. It is a good game.
Nicurru 4 months ago
Great game, great video!
MadeForTeaVea 4 months ago
I NEED THIS GAME!
OldSkoolObbie 4 months ago
This game makes me feel special because it was only released in japan and scandinavia :D
TheMostAwesomeHat 5 months ago
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She apparently had something to do with other Sunsoft games, such as Trip World for the Gameboy in 1992. (Check Moby Games)
h4liphax 5 months ago
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h4liphax 5 months ago
I have never seen this game before I found it on a Reproduction website and I have to say I'm rather impressed. The music in the game is phenomenal! I may just have to buy a reproduction of this one even though they are rather pricey.
DarakuTenshi 5 months ago
woohoo, i live in scandinavia!
i still need to buy an american NES... have some ntsc ones..
anyone want to sell me one? with a single working controller?
TommittajaFIN 5 months ago
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MrNorbert1994 5 months ago
I am the World Record holder on Mr. Gimmick! The Scandinavian version!hi version has more bugs in it, you can skip 2 of the last 3 bosses using the star before the bonus stage
DonSvenneProduction 5 months ago
This game was made by a girl? Cool.
KevinArcade 5 months ago
The rounded corners you see at 6:42 are actually ROUNDED, as in walking on them positions the character appropriately on the ledge rather than just being a square collision tile.
And for the NES I think that's really impressive.
RupeeClock 5 months ago 2
Oh, please, this game is so gimmicky.
Grandy12 6 months ago
This game has really great graphics.
tonniterska 6 months ago
I live in Denmark, and I bought this game a few years ago, mostly as a collector's item. But it is also a very fun game, hard though.
kpaadet88 6 months ago
I'm a Finn! MWAHAHAHA PUNY AMERICANS!
Nerdytimes 6 months ago
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Nerdytimes 6 months ago
Thank you for uploading tvis vid^^ it really takes me back to when I was about 4years old, aaahhh the Nintendo-era.. a fun time to grow up^^
DenDhur 8 months ago
gimmick's jump reminds me of megaman.
nakallo 8 months ago
I... I'm awestruck by this music. Never before have I heard more passionately composed music on an nes. Those clouds in the beginning are beautiful looking as well!
DollarTaco 8 months ago
I loved this game at kid and still love this but i don't have it and it's little bit too expensive rareness in Finland. Last time i saw this for sale the price was 150€. Hope they make remake of this for 3DS. :)
Ipax85 8 months ago
@Ipax85
I doubt it because it only came to scandinavia and japan :(
TheMostAwesomeHat 5 months ago
I live in Sweden. Got this game on christmas when I was a kid. It's very rare and many haven't heard about it. The details, music and the fun this game brings is just amazing. This game is way better then Super Mario IMO. Can you record the level where you ride birds if I remember correctly. Mountain stage? The secret treasure there is FULL with traps and really gives you this Indiana Jones feeling.
NazgulMoonblade 9 months ago
I´m Scandinavian! Yay!
iNils1 9 months ago
@iNils1 do you perhaps own a cartridge of this?
DrRuelel 9 months ago
@DrRuelel Of course not :P
iNils1 9 months ago
very fun game, another good SunSoft game is Trip World for the gameboy though its easier than Gimmick! it is still quite fun
DrRuelel 10 months ago
Apparently i own this cartridge, i bought my NES a couple of years ago and it came with some games. Some of those cartridges dont have any picutre they're just blank. The only trouble i find when playing this is that the graphics are all glitchy but the music is awesome. I hope i can get rid of the glitches by cleaning the pins.
Ongakumm 11 months ago
7:24
Is that guy holding weed?
skinnyhead2000 11 months ago
The bad toys did well! Why must that girl live in the luxury (you have seen the house) while we just suffer the starvation here??? WELL DONE!
AlessioDel1992 11 months ago
Thanks so much for making this! Gimmick! is easily one of my favorite games, period. I'm happy to see it getting the love it deserves. :)
To those debating the sound- there is both sound expansion and DPCM being used. The sound expansion is responsible for 3 additional pulse waves, while DPCM is used for bass and percussion samples. Check out Gremlins 2, Batman RotJ, and Journey to Silius to hear other examples of similar DPCM use.
You can find the complete soundtrack on my channel.
explod2A03 11 months ago 7
The music is SO NES / Sunsoft
RandallFaraday 11 months ago
I think this is a cute little game n_n Love the game and vid (note never played the game I just love how it is)
LordZacknafien 1 year ago
Thanks for the annotated video. I never knew that I was sitting on such a gold mine (I loan-traded it for Ice Climbers, and the kid who I loan-traded it with lost my copy of ice climbers, so I kept this one, now I suddenly don't feel so bad about my loss).
AFnord 1 year ago
I admired the birds.
colombi1anjay 1 year ago
Vey nice walkthrough for such a great game!
buttheadrulesagain 1 year ago
There's also a built in DPCM chip on the NES. This is where voices are done on, but its also able to make emulate better music. One used the DPCM channel alone on the right frequency to input the entire TMNT song on the NES, near crystal clear!
I don't know if this is a chip on the NES cart, but instead that very DPCM channel, since I played with the emulator sound channels and turning it off resulted in that part of the music missing.
silenceofthehills 1 year ago
@silenceofthehills Sound chip is some yamaha-type chip, might be standard, but something is probably different. But if you add the chip to a cart and run a resistor on the expansion port, it enables the sound on-cart to go through to the TV. Just gotta have a game that uses the extra sound. NES Batman:Return of the Joker is the only game to use the chip and is used to make Gimmic! games often.
3GenGames 11 months ago
@3GenGames
I'm not certain as to what you mean by the above, but what I was saying is that its likely the game wasn't using the japan only famicom sound chip, but the internationaly used DCPM channel. Maybe at some time or another in this game's music does it probably use the sound chip, but at the moment it feels like he ment what is actually coming from the DCPM.
Festers quest, Journey to Sillius and many more in and outside of sunsoft used it in America.
silenceofthehills 11 months ago
@silenceofthehills This game used the chip heavily. It's not DPCM, as they don't have the ROM for it IMO, but it had better sounds that were more lifelike when used correctly like this. This game does have the chip ONLY used in Batman, Return of the Joker and is pretty good. No DPCM here. They didn't need it. :P
3GenGames 11 months ago
@3GenGames
Actually, now that I think about it, I do here the one instrament sounding more Famicom than NES, not the DCPM channel, but extra bits in the BG of the intro and elsewhere.
silenceofthehills 11 months ago
Wow, this game really is something else. The graphics and music almost make it feel like a SNES game.
IshidaTheQuincy 1 year ago
this game is awesome!
TheCreator4 1 year ago
This is the best LP I've ever seen. Thank you.
Maytag99 1 year ago
This is one of the best, if not the best, NES game(s) to never be released in the US, and surprisingly its a Sunsoft title, one of the NES Heavyweights. I wish there was a legal way to play this.
downphoenix 1 year ago
holy shit, this is a game on the NES that looks even better than Kirby? unbelievable.
Tr3vor42532 1 year ago
Well I live in Denmark and I've played this game on an original NES. I remember how awesome I thought it was they've hidden all those secret items around. Now if only I could find the copy...
Zeboath 1 year ago
The bird around 5:17 reminds me of the bird in Captain Harlock. The third boss reminds me of the the first boss in Sonic 2 SMS/GG. Neat stuff.
brianvgplayer 1 year ago
Hey Cifaldi! I heard about these videos on Retronauts this week and I love them! What an amazing game, definitely my new favorite NES title.
Nostalgick1 1 year ago
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I've never been so impressed by an old game that I've left a comment.
I've also never been so impressed by such a well put together and informational LP that I've left a comment.
segychan 1 year ago
I've never been so impressed by an old game that I've left a comment.
I've also never been so impressed by such a well put together and informational LP that I've left a comment.
segychan 1 year ago
What a fanastic looking game. I feel as though I'm spoiling it by watching, but sadly I don't think I can ever make myself sit down and play through it.
candygameengine 1 year ago
@candygameengine You really should, this game is a shining pearl in the NES library. Just emulate it.
FeanorBR 1 year ago 2
This game reminds me of Bubble Bobble
barlog20 1 year ago
borrowed FROM me. damn beer makes typing hard sometimes...
Hadmin 1 year ago
i wanna fuck the guy up who borrowed this to me and never gave it back.... this is fucking 350£ here in sweden!
Hadmin 1 year ago
8:04 I think you can kill those things with 8 shots, if I'm not mistaken.
MegatronECS 1 year ago
At 5:16, before you ride the bird, up that partial wall up, there is another room with a few bombs and those pink things, which you can push together to get a life or two.
polysmart 1 year ago 5
@polysmart Yup... you're right. Thanks for the info. I made a video that proves that you're right :)
MegatronECS 1 year ago
the music in the secound stage is way to emotional :')
Blazestalker100 1 year ago
I remember having this game as a kid, but my parents sold it along with all my other Nintendo stuff. Really a shame... I hear a mint condition CIB of this can go for as much as 500€, which is just insane.
parokki 1 year ago
Thanks for the excellent video of the lost gem of platformers. Gotta play it on emuator.
nikdudnik 1 year ago
This might become my new favorite game! :D
Esperantanaso 1 year ago
This might look like KIRBY but it is HARD AS HELL
cascoll2000 1 year ago
hmm nice music, and its very anime
kinmanyuen 1 year ago
Thanks for sharing this.
Looks very cute.
dimebagplan 1 year ago
this game looks like an snes game, it too much for nes :D
HOXHOXHOX 1 year ago
I do live in Scandinavia, Sweden in fact, and I borrowed this game from a friend long ago. It's a really good game, well worth checking out :) When I get the chanse I might borrow it again, for old times sake :)
GuyFromAndromeda 1 year ago
I wonder how people got inspired about the same enemy. Those spiny creatures... They are not much different from Kirby´s Puncs...
Also SunSoft made Chameleon Twist didn´t it?
frostare 1 year ago
@frostare Wrong. Sunsoft only published it. The real developer of that game is Japan System Supply, who also developed Chalvo 55 and the canceled Virtual Boy game, Bound High.
1983parrothead 1 year ago
I own this game. I got it in the early nineties from local shop. You have collect all the special items to get through the game. Each stage has one exclusive item which you have to get. If even one of the items is missing, you can't get to the final stage (and you cannot return to get them either, you just have press RESET to start the game all over again, which may piss the player off).
henriboy84 1 year ago
Yes! This brings back memories! It's actually one of the best games i played as a kid, but almost no one has heard of this game! And you say over and over that this game is soooo hard! That actually makes me proud! :D Cause i managed to get both endings on the console as a kid, but i can't remember how hard it was =) And if you think this game is hard... Try completing Battletoads!! I know i have never been able to :( But great video! And thx for bringing back some good memories!
NeuzX360 1 year ago
Great LP, I remember playing this game a lot as a kid. Also I'm fairly sure the enemy you kill with the bomb is an antlion and not a spider
kahdeksan 1 year ago
Nice video for a nice game:)
TerenceHillLL 1 year ago
The Annotated style was cool
7LucasCabrera71 1 year ago
thats the best goddamn character in the world >:D
MajorasFlask 1 year ago
This game is definetly top 3 for me. I made myself a NES cart buy taking the Japanese famicom board and putting it in a NES cart case with a 60 to 72 pin converter. Made myself a nice label to go with it and it looks pretty damn official ;)
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Banzeken 1 year ago
@Banzeken Seems that both, Yumetaro (protagonist of Gimmick!) and Kirby were both inspired by Mega Man. Although Kirby also eats, he's also similar to Pac-Man, the very first cute character according to Pac-Man creator, Tōru Iwatani.
1983parrothead 1 year ago
The game looks fantastic on its own but your annotations make me appreciate it existing all the more.
Man. I wish little gem had been released internationally, but with the chip still inside. It makes me a little sad that it's doomed to obscurity as it is.
Sandberry 1 year ago
i found this to be enjoyable to watch and the annotations were interesting, thanks
Lupercaleb 1 year ago
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Can you stop sitting in your yellow-stained underwear and making videos of a video game all day?
Please stop wasting your life away.
Like go outside for once.
btw if you want to flame me, I just want to say I do have lots of friends and a sweet GF.
Slugg3r 2 years ago
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reztekz 1 year ago
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Wow I don't get it...
How do you sit on your fat ass all day making videos of video games?
how sad can you get??
Oh and before you guys attempt to flame me, I just want to say I do have a GF and friends.
Slugg3r 2 years ago
Mrs Palmer and her 5 daughters don't count as girlfriends, nor do the voices in your head count as friends.
ShadKats 2 years ago
I'm going to echo previous commenters and say that this is a great video. I just tried this game out and it is HARD -- at least until I get the hang of that throwing angle. Also, the annotations were indeed a useful and interesting addition to the gameplay. Well done, sir! Subscribing, five stars.
theziebster 2 years ago 9
Those blocks at 5:08 look very similar to a type of block found in Super Mario Bros 3.
Gencoil 2 years ago
I like how you actually use the annotations to express useful and fun information about the game! That's something that most people wouldn't take the time for. Let me just say the extra effort is very much appreciated.
Thanks for reviewing this game! Ever since I saw the TASvideo speedrun of it, I've been curious as to what the game was actually about. Kudos for doing homework on the sound chip coprocessor as well!
Riftcast 2 years ago 28
Hey everyone! I would really appreciate it if you checked out my gameplay videos with commentary, let me know what you think! Thanks, Rec0rdit.
Rec0rdit 2 years ago
"Gimmick is such a jerk."
According to the Japanese instruction booklet for this game, and its Barcode World card, the protagonist's name is Yumetarō (ゆめたろー). The black round creatures seen in the first level are the Ohagi (おはぎ). Ohagis are named after the Japanese food of the same name.
1983parrothead 2 years ago 4
Thank you for showing me this.
<3
S1rPrize 2 years ago
I love the music!
voln 2 years ago
This game has some fantastic music!
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pthompson2010 2 years ago
This game should have been released on PAL/NTSC. It looks great and the sound is awesome.
Such a shame.
AtOdinsCall 2 years ago
Your commentary/annotations are really well-done.
Cleverconveyence 2 years ago 3
Mario + Kirby = Mr. Gimmick.
LiLxGHiT369 2 years ago 3
@LiLxGHiT369
Gimmick!/Mr. Gimmick - January 1992
Kirby's Dream Land 1 - February 17, 1992
Gimmick! came out before Kirby was born.
1983parrothead 2 years ago
Actually, the character Popopo was actuated way before Gimmick... Also, Sunsoft, who produced the game closely worked together with HAL and Nintendo. Any number of information could have been 'exchanged'.
Kirby is way more notable.
LiLxGHiT369 2 years ago
Of course Kirby is more notable, but I don't see any sources about his prototype Popopo coming first, nor Sunsoft with HAL and Nintendo.
It's like Street Fighter II and Fatal Fury 1 both being underdevelopment at once. Takashi Nishiyama was one of the main designers of the 1987 Street Fighter and some of SNK's early Neo-Geo fighting games, including Fatal Fury 1.
Does Namco's Wagan Land series count as a cute platformer like Gimmick!, the Kirby series, Trip World and The Legendary Starfy?
1983parrothead 2 years ago
Well, it's true. Again, Trip World = Sunsoft. Kirby is the precursor and the pinnacle of that genre.
If they look way too similar, you can start comparing them as a duplicate. Now, what about the enemies all looking like Super Mario Bros. enemies?
You mentioned some games that cannot be compared. Of course there will always be an original. That's beside the point. You could say that Mario was the first shooter and everything else that came after it was tantamount. But, we of course don't.
LiLxGHiT369 2 years ago
Of course Trip World = Sunsoft, sometimes I hear someone say it looks like Kirby.
If any game is similar to Kirby, but came before it, is most likely incomplete, right? Sounds like most people are waiting for the first perfect game in a genre, before a completely new and unique game in the genre is created.
Gimmick!'s enemies look like they have more "Japanese cuteness" than Mario's enemies do.
Usually I hear people say the games I mentioned that cannot be compared look similar to Kirby.
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I've recently noticed that the way Yumetaro jumps and dies is very similar to how Mega Man jumps and dies. Mega Man was also probably where Kirby creator Masahiro Sakurai got the idea of copying abilities at for Kirby in Kirby's Adventure.
1983parrothead 2 years ago
correction: kirby adventure. i didnt mean to type kirby dream land, though thats one of my favorite games of all time..lol
rahnyc4 2 years ago
damn thats some good graphics for the trusty nes. i would of instantly been impress with this back in the days, like i was with the kirby game back in 92. the animation is pretty good for both of these games.
rahnyc4 2 years ago
Wow, this game looks so amazing, I want to play it :/
I need to find this ROM :P
Ag3ntW1nd3x 2 years ago
this game did come to the us it was kirby but this was kirby earily forum
TONI3K0 2 years ago
Your commentary is the first commentary I've felt finally used annotations correctly. I watched this video mainly for the excellent commentary.
Good Job!
alsoodani 2 years ago
Why am I watching this?
Mumfin 2 years ago
I agree with u!
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Nr1Fails 2 years ago
Not only does it have elements of mega man and kirby, there are direct samples of sound from fester's quest. Cute game.
ccgsales 2 years ago
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OH! and it also has some feel/sound of little nemo.
ccgsales 2 years ago
It's like Kirby, Megaman, Mario and Sonic
SRthemonster 2 years ago
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This is totally Kirby, even down to the graphics.
Megan80 2 years ago
Except that Kirby didn't exist yet, this came first!
theredeye 2 years ago 37
@theredeye I didn't realize that.
Megan80 2 years ago
@theredeye kirby's first game was in 92 for the gameboy.
sayastra 1 year ago
@theredeye february to be exact.
sayastra 1 year ago
@theredeye ha yeah, they were released within like a month of each other though so I don't think anyone ripped anyone else off.
YoOo0oToOo0ob 1 year ago
Also, Kirby wasn't near as hard...
Nostalgick1 1 year ago
@Megan80 the difference is that Kirby is for insecure faggots
boitahaki 1 year ago
omg this looks so fun
I love the commentary you made throughout the video
LOLNONSENSE1 2 years ago
Wow, someone finally figured out how to use youtube annotations well...
sweezyjeezy 2 years ago 42
Fantastic video, I hope this gets more attention.
havelava 2 years ago
That is what you call pure skill. There is no way any one can beat this dude at this game. That is by definition, pwnage.
Foxworthy32 2 years ago
Wonderfully entertaining summary. You've made me love this game after seeing it through your eyes. :)
WaterMedia 2 years ago 5
Reminds me of a mix between Mega Man and Kirby!
Driscol 2 years ago 3
Wow. I was just about to say the exact same thing. I can't agree more.
NexAntonius 2 years ago
This reminds me a ton of Kirby's Adventures for the NES
pezki07 2 years ago 2
Amazing video! The work really paid off. I wish it had come out when I had a NES but now that just means I get to play it on emulator.
cheesewaxed 2 years ago
Wow, I'm surprised I've never heard of this game until now. It damn well could be the most impressive game on the NES. You could have fooled me and said this was on the SEGA or SNES .
Also, great commentary. Never seen anyone use annotations as well as you do. Keep up the good work.
Chenzi9X 2 years ago 4
On the Sega what?
Which Sega system?
SeraphicSin 2 years ago
Have an upvote. "Sega" is a company, people.
creaothceann 2 years ago
Great commentary - the first time I've ever left annotations on. Ever. Really. Honest.
BearsInGames 2 years ago 8
@BearsInGames Agreed, this is the first time I've seen annotations used in such an informative and entertaining way.
lordfinbar 2 years ago
Man it sucks that this game never came out in the states. I would have loved this as a kid.
shizzlebizzfizz 2 years ago
Interesting, that green character jumps just like Mega Man.
KurosanNitebird 2 years ago
Polished LP presentation for a polished game. Your playing and annotations pointed out a lot of interesting details I'd missed.
Isenyne 2 years ago
I love this game. Thank you for doing it justice with your longplay. RIP old redeye website :P
teamtash 2 years ago
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Good video, but the annotations went by too quick. Rule of thumb, leave an annotation (or text of any kind) up long enough for you to read through at a normal pace twice.
cymonsgames 2 years ago
The annotations come up frequently enough that I think it's justified. If you need more time to read it, that's what the pause button's for.
Scypher 2 years ago 4
You did a great job with this! Please make more annotated videos!
DickCollege 2 years ago
HEY YOU KNOW HOW SUNSOFT AND GAIJINWORKS HAVE BEEN HINTING AT PUTTING UNRELEASED-IN-U.S. SUNSOFT GAMES ON VIRTUAL CONSOLE
(...Victor Ireland/Sunsoft crew, are you listening?)
evenmorebetter 2 years ago 2
My God, I'll never be good enough to play this game. I would listen the crap out of this soundtrack, though. Maybe some NSF -> MP3 conversion is in my future...
This is a really cool presentation, by the way! More games could use video essays like this.
tzushih 2 years ago
This game looks AMAZING, even looks better than dare I say, kirby's adventure! :o ... Which came out in 1993! I would totally have bought this, even though I would only have been about 2 years old at the time :P
walkerctranger 2 years ago 2
@walkerctranger actually kirby came out...
kirby's dream land
Release date(s)Game Boy
JP JP November 30, 1992 also 1993 in america.
Mr gimmick
Release date(s)JP January 31, 1992
rahnyc4 2 years ago
This is the best "longplay" video I've ever seen on YouTube. Not even kidding.
Someone already pointed this out elsewhere, but I'd be negligent if I didn't mention that the pink bugs and underground crystal forest are homages to Hayao Miyazaki's Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind. Not as obvious as the ones in Crystalis, of course.
kidfenris 2 years ago 4
Please tell me where you can get the music for this game, because it is straight up amazing.
errantharpy 2 years ago
errantharpy: There's a format for NES music called NSF, which is basically the exact audio engine and data stripped out of a game ROM and playable in various audio players.
It looks like someone has kindly ripped an NSF for Mr. Gimmick; I haven't had a chance to try it out yet, but you can find the file and other info pretty easily through a search on "NSF Gimmick" or "NSF FME-7" (the sound chip Mr. Gimmick uses).
tzushih 2 years ago
I followed your advice and was able to grab the tracks, thank you so much! :D
errantharpy 2 years ago
I norma