Adventure island NES walkthrough (part 1)

(review) Adventure island was released in 1986 for the NES and numerous other consoles. It's a basic side-scroller in which you control Master Higgins (that's the name of the character), much like Super Mario Brothers, through 8 worlds with 4 levels each. You get various powerups and weapons through the course of the game, some are useful but others I can't even guess what they do. Now if only the controls were half as good as Mario : the walking and running are absolutely terrible : by nature you're constantly running to the right, so when it comes to stopping or returning it takes very long to stop and very long to speed back up again, so you're better off dodging enemies than waiting for them to pass.
One cool powerup is your skateboard : it makes you go faster and allows you take one hit before losing a life. One BIG problem with the skate is that you can't stop : you CAN slow down a bit but not stop or go left, this gets extremely frustrating when you're dealing with moving platforms, fast enemies or items that appear BEHIND you because there's no way to go back.
The white bars at the top of the screen indicate your energy : they go down depending of how much effort it takes to perform an action : running drains it the fastest while standing in one spot doesn't decrease it at all. Skating is preffered to running when possible as it takes less effort, conserving energy, and also the speed is doubled. The energy can be restored by collecting just about any item, but some restore more than others. Grab a milk bottle (labaled "M") for a complete energy bar.
At the end of each world you fight a boss which has a different head every time you defeat him and his head falls off. They get harder and harder to beat and take more and more hits as the game drags on.
In this video I am trying to complete the game as fast as possible, although I inevitably die and get slowed down a couple of times. The game was frustrating as all hell to play (let alone record) and the stages are really rehashes of one another only with more enemies. Some areas are SO HARD that I can't immagine how you could possibly beat this game on a real NES console with no save-states and continues. It's virtually impossible to beat on a real console. Final verdict : HARD, FRUSTRATING GAME.

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• adventure
• island
• NES
• gameplay
• walkthrough

[0428733]

Is the sound a bit slow?

[cristian3131]

@0428733 Slow in what way :)

[0428733]

@cristian3131 I remember the songs being played faster.

[cristian3131]

@0428733 Hm, it's because it's in the PAL format. NTSC has a higher framerate enabling the sound to play faster as well.

[h0tbagelbitez]

nice walkthrough! on the first level, when you are on the skateboard, if you actually bump into the first bird, you can get a new weapon that can extinguish rocks.

[cristian3131]

@h0tbagelbitez The fireballs ? I get them later on so I decided to keep my skate for speed.

[cristian3131]

@K0peryto read the description for the milk : it replenishes all your energy bar. As for the flower I have no clue what it does :-?

[lipeterli]

this is a sweet game i loved playing this when i was young

[AdMiRaLeDpIeTt]

next year it will be the game's 25th anniersary.

[cdubadose711]

@leehwmatthew

Its a Eggplant,and yes it does zap your energy.