Apparantly, the main reason Color Dreams turned into Wisdom Tree was because Nintendo blackmailed stores from stocking unnoficial Nintendo games, so they skirted around it by going for a religious angle and selling their games in bookstores. Nintendo had no power there and would look bad if they went after a religious publisher.

Hardly anybody ever actually reviews this game at all, let alone plays through and evaluates is fairly. It usually just gets lumped in with all the Wisdom Tree stuff and ridiculed as one of those awful bible games.

I got to take this game home for a week for getting questions right back when I was a kid going to church. The game punished me for merely walking into a bar. In retrospect, that should have been my first sign.

Preach, Sister, preach! I'm sure thousands of non-believers will be converted by your profound message. You're the Mahalia Jackson of the KZread retro-gaming community.

I never thought that there could actually be a "good" wisdom tree game, but this one seems legit.

So only redheads make it into heaven

Luckily for me, I took Monty Python's Self-Defense Against Fresh Fruit course, so no conversion for me. Anyway, great job highlighting a mostly overlooked NES game.

I was raised heathen, so I didn't have the familiarity with Christianity coming into this. I did grow up in Rural Pennsylvania, a time and place where it was just sort of a fact of life, so I got all of the basics, but that was about it; given that his was also not a time and place that was any kind of tolerant to anyone or anything outside the norm, I didn't exactly grow up with a high opinion of it. I say that only to say that I was still able to enjoy this as a solid game; I was able to see all of the Christian elements as just a kind of lore, no different from what you'd find in any other game, though I didn't play this during my younger, angrier days. It's so easy to overlook, but I think it's a worthy adventure for any fans of the genre, regardless of faith. Also, the final battle against Satan is one of the most metal things I've ever seen in an NES game.

All your faith are belong to us!

Good review. I was raised catholic, but I'm not anymore. I'm an atheist now, but it's still fun to mock the Christian faith so I may give this a try as I've obtained it for free via a Fanatical bundle.

This is so great! Thank you for reviewing this one.

Still have my copy of this game and a NES to play it on, I revisit it now and then.

Honestly a super campy very literal adaptation of this into a movie would be really funny. Straight up pelting people with fruit to convert them, an angel scolding you for going into a bar even with a seemingly good reason, a chase scene with invulnerable soulless animals. It offers a lot to work with!

This was my favorite game when I was growing up. Whenever my brothers or I would get grounded, we were only allowed to play the "religious" games. So many good memories watching this.

I just finally purchased this game after going 20 years since playing it as a kid, I'm 31 now! My parents were church goers aswell so my dad bought us these games to play as kids. After deciding to build back my childhood gaming collection I had to start by getting this game, even before getting zelda! The gameplay is so gratifying and fluid to play and progresses just lovely! Just as you said tho some bosses can take a bit of guesswork but once u grasp the tricks and puzzles involved it actually makes the game as a whole seem pretty thought out. They all have some sort of easy way to beat them, it's just a matter of figuring it out. Every section of the game is connected beautifully. One last thing I can not remember tho is how to unlock the first secret path under the pond to the right of where you start the game! You will see a blocked off entrance/pathway right of the entrance to the first boss room. I thought it would become available after the final boss but I remembered wrong. If anyone knows what I am talking about please let me know! Great review!

I played this game on stream before and I must say it was super creative to have the devil's lair hidden beneath a rioting prison. That was just genius.

It’s been soooo long!! I love your content.

Very good review. I played this a lot as a kid and loved it. I'll be watching more of your yt vids!

Clobbering people with fruit, going to sinful casinos, what more could you want in a game? Thank you for sharing this unique gaming experience with us!

Post apocalyptic Zelda bible game XD It was fun watching your stream of this game!