that wasn't a joke, Ben and I had been talking about reviewing these games together since we both started in 2007.

demons crest has one of the best soundtracks, not only on snes, but ALL VIDEOGAMES periot

@JP47471

Жыл бұрын

I know I made it... work for me when I was listening to it

@jaxxh6529

Жыл бұрын

its now on nintendo switch online the game boy app, and the third game is on the super nintendo app. only thing that misses is part 2 (yes there is a game boy version of gq 2 but the nes is better)

Love the theme to Demon's Crest. That solemn 16-Bit organ sound is so nostalgic.

@JackRed6666

5 жыл бұрын

Demon's Crest has an awesome soundtrack. My favorite is "Memory of the fallen ones".

I totally agree Gargoyle's Quest / Demon's Crest needs a reboot.

@zopilote7

7 жыл бұрын

Dal 'Gurak This is so incredibly wrong, it's baffling that there are 2 likes to this comment.

@halsaufschneider1446

7 жыл бұрын

Why can't we have both? A rebooted or remaked modern and improved version with all the fancy stuff that comes with it. Graphically and gameplay wise, like quick menu etc. And a new title entirely, be it a sequel or prequel doesn't really matter. As long it is part of the franchise and makes sense lore wise. If a new title would be too difficult for what ever reasons, then why not release an addon pack for the "reboot/remake"? Its ironic that some one with the name Dal 'Gurak is against reboots. Because there is a character with the exact same name in the game *Severance - Blade of Darkness*. A game I personally consider, one of the best and unique games ever created. And I want this game again so badly, with modern graphics and improved controls. It just saddens Me so much, that bloody tears are running from my eyes. Because we may never get a game like this ever again.

@RedHairdo

7 жыл бұрын

We don't need a "reboot": we need more of the series, without rebooting anything.

All 3 games are available via virtual console on 3ds and Wii-U now!

@turtleanton6539

5 жыл бұрын

Fantastic

@Azel954

4 жыл бұрын

If anyone cares, Demon's Crest is also avaliable on the Switch Super NES app now.

@xanderfoley6641

3 жыл бұрын

Not anymore…

Derek I came from the future, such remakes never happened. :(

@DreadclawDragodon

3 жыл бұрын

Ghosts N Goblins Resurrection happened, Demon’s Crest remake is possible

I want to imagine that in an alternate universe, Capcom used Demons Quest to say that in one point FireBrand admired the strenght of the human knight who defeated him. Firebrand was curious about the strenght that drove that knight into the impossible. So he sided with humans and hence became known as... SPARDA. As a background lore to set in Devil May Cry.

@jokerfoe14

8 жыл бұрын

Yo that would be fucking epic

@raabm5292

5 жыл бұрын

I love it.

@turtleanton6539

5 жыл бұрын

Yeeee3s

@zeroattentiongaming820

5 жыл бұрын

This I like.

@hansruhlmann454

5 жыл бұрын

Eduardo Gutierrez That sound awesome! Seriously, they just need to get Firebrand into one of the Devil May Cry games in the future!

This video introduced me to this series and I've since gotten all three (although I got a repro cart of Demon's Crest because I wasn't dropping $125 on a SNES cart). Thanks for introducing me to a great series of games HVGN or whatever you call yourself now :)

@turtleanton6539

5 жыл бұрын

Cool

First time I played Gargoyle's Quest as a kid I, no joke, kept KILLING Firebrand on purpose for never letting me pass Level 1 of Ghosts N' Goblins as a kid. Seriously, the Red Arremer was one of the first videogame villains (besides the Hammer Bros.) that led me to rage.

Demon's Crest is one of the best SNES titles for me. Such a great game it is. Thanks for taking the time to cover them. : )

I had Gargoyles Quest on Gameboy when I was a kid and imo it was one of the best games on the platform. I used to play that game till literally the batteries went flat (Not long on classic GB)

Demon's Crest is one of my favorite games ever, even if I can't get very far in it, even after all these years.

Long time fan of Demons Crest here and glad to finally see it getting some love. I do vaguely remember a character mentioning the hidden smash mini-game but I can't remember exactly where. Also, another cool thing is the people in the towns have different things to say to you depending what form you are in. Man, now I want to go replay Demons Crest.

Holy crap, this takes me back...reeeealy back. I played this on my Gameboy. I got the GB as a gift from my father and he managed to get a cartridge that had like 50 games on it (Mario,Zelda and so forth were also included) which blew my mind.

25:48 Sadly that Firebrand comes from Ghosts'n Goblins (he even turns into his white form). I really doubt Capcom developers even remember this trilogy. :'(

@turtleanton6539

5 жыл бұрын

He is in marvelvscapcom

Demon's Crest has made it to VC! Let us celebrate! Perfect for Halloween!

@KonaKonaKaabisteru

4 жыл бұрын

Now it's been released as one of the starting titles on Nintendo Switch's SNES Online! Looks like this classic's here to stay. :)

Demon's Crest is really one of my favorite SNES games. I rented it on and off for years before I finally found a used cartridge for sale, and I still pull it out to play it occasionally; 

Well Derek, you truly have given me an impact on this game. I remember stumbling upon your channel one day and finding this video, and was absolutely stunned at how cool this game looked. I researched it, found videos on it, and fell in love with it. Because of you, and this amazing video, you have given me the ability to own all 3 of these games in their original cartridges. Thank you so much for all that you've done, because of you I own 3 fantastic games in my collection, and wouldn't have even stumbled upon them hadn't it been for you. :)

It may have taken me 7 years to find a cheap copy of Gargoyles Quest, but I finally did today! If I keep this up I'll have the entire series by 2032. Patience is the cheap man's best ally :)

@turtleanton6539

5 жыл бұрын

Haha

All of these games are FINALLY on Virtual Console!

I remember when I saw this video for the first time I screamed like a little girl. So good I watched it numerous times (and it made me discover the first two game's soundtracks, which are wonderful!). I saw you playing this on the spooky stream recently (on the upload, I keep missing the actual stream) and I simply had to come back to this. I love your streams a lot AND PLEASE DO NOT LET THE HATE GET TO YOU. I do enjoy the full reviews more but as a video creator myself I know how much time it takes. It's time calculated by days! A stream should never interfere with this as most of them lasts no more than two hours (except the Megaman Legends one, Jesus dude I'm still picking a good day for it). Plus, He has help setting and running them and it gives a chance for his nerdy bffs to speak their mind. A little note, you two were hilarious in the Clock Tower one. Oh scissor man... Streams not being your cup of tea is totally fine, it's not mine either. But saying he should trash them and only focus on his HVGN review is wrong. So Derek, chillin' with you is always a treat and hey, don't let them skeletons get to yours! And I'm french and this took me 30 minutes to fu****g proofread so you better cheer up or I'll Splatter your face Sweet Home style! that sounds just wrong.

@YourIQDoesntMeanShitToMe

3 жыл бұрын

14 People have seen you. Appreciated.

25:55 Ehm... Derek, that's not Firebrand, that's Arma. You know, the demon you fight three times, the guardian of the earth, wind and time crests?

@joshuanoble5895

3 жыл бұрын

Kinda made me mad lololol

That Game Boy version was a blast playing on the 3DS and I still play the SNES version on my Switch what a hidden gem of a series

I think it's incredible how much atmosphere they crammed into the GB one; my alltime favorite!

I'd just like to point out that Gargoyle's Quest II is and Demon's Crest have just been confirmed for Wii U VC and the former will also be available for 3DS VC

@Joeyboots80

10 жыл бұрын

Sold! Putting money on my Wii-U now!

@007Tubedude

10 жыл бұрын

Do the Wii U and Wii share the same virtual console? Or will it be exclusive to Wii U?

@Jayce_Alexander

10 жыл бұрын

007Tubedude Wii U has its own VC. Nintendo stopped adding games to the Wii's VC ages ago. :/

@quesocoatl21

9 жыл бұрын

about damn time too!

@baigandinel7956

9 жыл бұрын

Better send him an email to notify him then.

Gargoyle’s quest is absolutely amazing. One of the best games of its time.

Man, Derek you're one of my favorite game reviewers. I love how you pick these awesome games that I can't believe I didn't know about. Your enthusiasm is so fun to watch.

Why didn't you mention Snk vs. Capcom? He's a secret and boss in that one.

@turtleanton6539

5 жыл бұрын

Nice

My favorite game was Demon's Crest when I was a kid. I played that game obsessively.

I'm so glad I'm not the only one who remembers this gem of a series. Nice retrospect, HVGN!

Wow! I sat through nearly a half an hour of learning about a game series that I've only heard little about and I loved it! :D Thanks HVGN! :D

thank you for talking about this, none of my friends know about this franchise, and this video just made me happy

16:16 theres a similar pit in gargoyle's quest 1, both are very difficult to cross. however, after what were probably years, i figured out a trick that helps out: while flying across, try to slowly descend by falling just a tiny bit again and again, so sort of a slightly diagonal direction. this prevents you from building up downwards speed at the end, when your wingstrength runs and you fall for a much longer distance, accelerating to a high speed. with these multiple small falls, you can reset your downwards speed each time and keep it rather low. i know its weird and maybe not that simple to grasp why this works out (it seems unlikely the developers actually thought about this), but i found it gave me just enough edge to survive these jump much more reliably.

YOU ARE THE MAN! I adore this series and only found out about it through emulators in highschool, past the prime of the SNES, but once I found Demon's Crest I fell in love and hunted down the other two, now you're here to spread the word through an awesome video, life is good.

“It’s kinda expensive at 10 dollars” my god, that is funny.

I loved the original Gameboy version of this as a kid. I played so much Ghosts and Goblins on the NES that I bought it right when it came out. I was not disappointed. It's still one of my most fondly remembered GB games.

The moment I saw the gameplay and heard the music.. This game is now my instant fave! I love how they made an individual series about one specific enemy.. The most frustrating one.. And they gave him a flippin' game!

Dont know why but i feel this is a spiritual ancestor of the dark souls series

I got Gargoyle's Quest 2 boxed for $20 at a game store. I'm gonna admit that I didn't really like the game at first but when the controls settled in, I couldn't put the game down! Passwords weren't necessary because I didn't stop until I beat it. Definitely an underrated game! Thanks for making this video! Don't ever stop showing the love games like these highly deserve!

Thank you so much for recommending Gargoyles Quest 2. It really gave me and my older a great time when i visited my family in Sweden last month. Already orderd part 1 for the GB for the next time we meet :)

Finally playing Demon's Crest. It's fantastic but I've def had some awkward/frustrating moments, and you brought up pretty much all of them. Items being too hidden, bosses being too easy or hard based on your inventory, and worthless purchase items. Glad to hear I'm not alone on those XD Definitely an action classic though :D

I don't get to watch you often, but it's always a happy nerd treat!

This was a very nice comprehensive look at a series I've heard of but never played. Thanks for sharing.

Fantastic job reviewing some of the greatest classic games of all time. Your videos are always such a blast to watch, keep up the good work bro! :-)

Something I didn't realize is that Demons Crest is on Wii U's vcon.

@killlannisters7195

9 жыл бұрын

Vyse195 Lucky bastards.

@Vyse195

9 жыл бұрын

How?

@killlannisters7195

9 жыл бұрын

It's not on 3ds VC and probably never will be, preventing me from having the trilogy on 3ds instead of just the two ones.

@Vyse195

9 жыл бұрын

I think all three are on Wii U that's weird .

@GatorRay

6 жыл бұрын

+KillLannisters Well you must be happy that Demon's Crest is on the New 3DS VC right?

All 3 of the games are now available on the 3DS eShop!

@BigBossMan538

7 жыл бұрын

Demon's Crest is only available for download if you have a New 3DS.

It's so awesome to hear Ben's voice again. I really miss Video Game Take Out.

Seriously cult game series. The music in Demons Crest is incredible

Been watching your channel for years and this week it randomly started recommending your uploads from 10+ years ago. Pretty stoked, I love your content!!

Demon's Crest was a hidden gem I found by accident a while back and I agree with you, these are games that are just really fun

That introductory music just livened my day quite a lot. It's so majestic, uplifting while still being...odd.

OK, dude, U rock! I grew up with the super nintendo (I was born 1991, late 1991), and I grew up around DKC 1-3, Mario, yoshi's island, Rocky Rodent, ETC. And Every time I see you do an old school game review, (like u do most of the time), and if i can find it, I test that game out, (through an emulator). U are my key to old school gaming and I thank u for that , keep rockin on man :D

Demon's Crest was always one of my favorite games. I am pleased to see it given this review!

Derek, you are an artist when it comes to interesting, funny, and allaround great reviews!

Demon's Crest is like my favorite game ever of all time

The music in these games are fantastic!

About 5 min. ago, I was playing Skyrim, and I was doing a Thieves Guild quest and I was asked to steal a bottle of wine called Firebrand Wine. I just needed to tell this after watching this because I found it interesting because puts a handful of easter eggs in their games.

Oh man! You had to mention MML 3. The wound is still too fresh for me.

@Gojiro7

3 жыл бұрын

sigh......even as a old scabbed over wound, it still hurts being reminded :_(

I seriously warned to play demons crest and now it's on VC, it makes me bloody happy

Dude I'm so glad you reviewed these games, I've only played Demon's Crest (not even ghost and goblins) and I love it, you actually reignited my love for the game so much that I GOT to get a hard copy for myself now. Also I didn't know there was a Gargoyle's Quest sequel for the NES thanks for the education (really sad I missed though). :P

Came home from work and see a new HVGN uploaded. This made my month. Fun Fact: Theres a fighting game called "SNK Vs Capcom: SVC Chaos", if you meet the requirements, after you beat the final boss, you go to hell and meet Red Arremer and engage him in a secret boss fight. Yup, its our boy, Fire Brand!

Fantastic video Derek, you put a lot of thought and love into this one - when I first saw the run time I wondered how on earth you were going to keep it interesting for so long, but you achieved it with aplomb - I really admire your work - keep it up dude.

@xxcrysad3000xx nope, i was originally going to do Eternal Darkness too, but that game is sorta really not good ... at all ... so I put it aside so I could put more time into it, to make sure I was giving the game a fair shake.

I went and beat Gargoyles Crest for the first time when Firebrand was announced for UMvC3. I really really enjoyed it, but never realised it was party of a cross-platform trilogy. I will check them out immediately, thank you sir!

Thank you Derek, if it wasn't for you I would have never gotten into one of my favorite SNES games of all time! :D

Oh my GOD Gargoyle's Quest II is hard! I got seriously stuck on that forest level you mentioned as the first (of TWO) you need to beat to get the Gremlin Stick and I just can't proceed! Spikes everywhere, bullets and enemies from all sides, and the game has that old annoyance of really old games where an enemy will respawn if you let their spawn point move off the screen and then back on again for even a second! So frustrating!

I love the SNES game so much. I've actually been meaning to get back to it.

Stop Skeletons This is a mix I just did for Gargoyle's Quest 2 if you are still looking for some. It may be short but I think NES/SNES mixes are best left short and sweet. here is the link: Gargoyle's Quest 2 Castle Theme

I was lucky enough to be able to play Demon's Crest as a kid.

I never new that firebrand had his own spin-off, i remember him from ghosts n goblins but when i saw him in CvM3 i just thought they took him from GnG, Thanks for showing me this awesome series man i really have to get the whole series, you always showing me games that blow my mind.

I always used those face platforms over the fire bridges to take a hit, then I was able to jump out of the fire quickly enough.

I loved this series as a kid.

I actully knew about Demonscrest first and its only one of these I have played. Fun to know its normaly other way around

Who the hell could DISLIKE this video. Everything HVGN puts out is GOLD.

Holy crap! 30 minutes of Happy Video Game Nerd! YES!!! *settles EVERYTHING down, shuts the door, turns off phones and stops EVERYTHING* LET THE SHOW COMMENCE!

New AVGN Episode and an half-hour HVGN Episode on KZread today? Both on the same day?! One of the best early-Christmas presents ever. :D

Wow, I played 2 and Demon's Crest, but I never knew about the GB version.. I love these games :D

NICE! Always cool to find a rare game in a place like that, i recently for a boxed copy of Moonwalker for 6 bucks at a thrift store.

I remember playing one of the original Gargoyle's quest games. :)

DAWWWWWG that Demons Crest music sends chills DOWN MA SPINNNE!! just when I was missing halloween. Thank u much Derek! u da man!

I found the first (gameboy) gargoyle game on a massive junkyard on the far side of my village about 10 years ago. O God did it frustrated me! I sold it in lake a month. Played a first few levels and always die. It was to hard for 12 year old me. And now, seeing this, I want it back! So many memories...

Demons Crest is literally the best SNES game period.

Wow, The NES one looked graphically MIND BLOWING!

9:35 Kirby was white because sakurai and miyamoto couldn't decide beetwen the colors so because the game was black and white they made him white on the cover

The most underrated series of all time, and the most underrated game on nes!

i remember playing the one on the snes :) it was AWESOME!

Derek, they released Gargoyle's Quest II on 3DS VC and are gonna bring it over soon.

Re Demon's Crest and slowdown: 1) sound on the SNES will never slow down, even if the game does. It's a separate DSP (SPC7000) that has its own loops, outside the game's main 65c816 chip. 2) The reason that the main game code slows down has more to do with the type and frequency of collision detection, rather than the visual elements themselves.

This game (the first one) never seemed to have much of a reputation to me and I just tried it randomly, but I got hooked. The wall clinging and verticality seem unusual for games of this age and it seems like it was way ahead of its time. And my son was enjoying it too and pointed out to me "hey look you can cling on to a tree and shoot the other way" etc. Good fun game.

@Pyroimp Derek seldom drinks wine, he prefers whisky. But the Happy Nerd drinks Red Diamond, Apothic Red and Xwindery because the labels look cool and photograph well.

Demon's Crest has the best music on the SNES to this day. dayum.

My favorite review!! Watch it all the time

at 25:54 it is Arma, not Firebrand

@Demaeter

10 жыл бұрын

Exactly what I was going to post. He´s wrong.

@user-sc6dr4mg7c

10 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure about this, look at his wings

@Demaeter

10 жыл бұрын

הדיל חסון look for a video of the ending its pretty clear that its Arma.

@vguyver2

9 жыл бұрын

It's Arma alright! He was a cool nemesis/rival for the main character.

25:53, actually, that gargoyle in the credits is General Arma, the same gargoyle with which you were fighting at multiple times. Firebrand was always the way you saw him in the artwork of the game cartridge. :)

I had no idea there were any other games directly connected to demons Crest except for the ghost and goblin series that I never played because I didn't know which one was the first one

Finally, some love for my favorite series of the 8- and 16-bit eras! Thanks for the great retrospective as usual, Derek. I was always puzzled why Capcom never followed up on the incredible GQ3 for super nes, but I guess poor sales can kill any ambitious franchise. Although, there is hope seeing as how our boy Firebrand (kickass cool in any form, mind you) made a great return in UMvC3, there's still hope for a re-release/remake/new game.

I love hearing about games way before my time cus I know I will never play them but just like knowing about their history

like the idea of making an HD version of Demon's Crest, it is really an easy money for CAPCOM, that's what I was thinking about , that would be great!!!

25:54 This is Arma, btw

the ending had some foreshadowing i see. im looking forward to that in 6 months