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A very good game, IMO. Too bad it was never released in the states. Anyone beat it yet?
Quote from: Jedi QuestMaster on August 13, 2006, 09:26:07 pm
I'd like to see the movie. I remember seeing parts of it.
It's a very good movie...:D
Great movie! And great game... From what I've played though, the second one really is better. The first one does have amaturish graphics.
The second one is light years ahead of the first, but that doesn't mean it is bad or anything. Still a very good game.
I beat both Goonies games a long time ago. As of the first one, not the official Konami cartridge but on my Famicom multicart.
TRIVIA: The Goonies is filmed in the same town as movies such as "Kindergarten Cop", "Stand By Me", and "Free Willy". That would be in Astoria, Oregon USA.
One of those movies is a movie I liked. Guess which one it is. :P
On a multicart? That's cool, I've never seen it on a multicart before.
It's on a lot of multicarts. One of the nice small games that's easily stolen...
Same for Battle City/Tank...
Pretty much any mapper 0 and the other small games will be on the pirate multi's. There there because they don't take up much space!
That's interesting, Michael. I've always wondered why they choose certain games for multi-carts. I figured it had something to do with when the game was released, because it seems a lot of the first releases or arcade originals are on multi-carts. But I have seen some stunning multi-carts, with games like Snow Bros., which wouldn't seem like an easy one to sqeeze onto the board with a bunch of other games.
Yeah, now I can see why games like SMB, Galaxian, and such are on so many pirates...thanks for the info, Michael!
Bigger roms made a much bigger price cost back then than today (for nes sized roms). That's also why pirate multi's with better, newer games often only have a few--like 4 games seems to be common (but not saying that pirate multi's with 4 always have good games...)... :)
Now that you've mentioned it, I've been seeing Goonies on a lot of multi-carts! :P
Quote from: JC on August 24, 2006, 01:51:47 pm
Now that you've mentioned it, I've been seeing Goonies on a lot of multi-carts! :P
I would've loved to of had known that before I bought the cart for $9.99...:P
Hi guys. I'm getting a blast playing goonies in my famicom. I couldn't remember though where to find the secrets ( boots, raincoat, ear phones) as I last played this game more than 10 years ago. Help please, thanks!!!
Yeah ditto... I just got this game recently, and am getting my ass kicked trying to rescue the 4th Goonie.
Also, does anyone know the story as to why this game was never released over here (besides on the Vs. machines)... I mean it's a good game made by Konami, based on an American movie that just happened to be a huge hit, and it didn't even need to be translated. Not to mention that we ended up with Goonies II, which made everyone over here think "WtF Goonies II? What happened to the first Goonies?". I'm interested to know why this one was never released.
Is the 4th one the one where there's lots of slippery ice looking areas? Because that's what's handing my ass to me right now. I've got everything, but I can't find the exit...
That might be the 5th level.... I'm on the level with the huge boulders that are on pullies that move up and down, and kill instantly... ugh.
It's the third level it seems...where the hell is the exit in that level?
Quote from: DevIancE on February 09, 2007, 11:27:35 pm
Also, does anyone know the story as to why this game was never released over here (besides on the Vs. machines)... I mean it's a good game made by Konami, based on an American movie that just happened to be a huge hit, and it didn't even need to be translated. Not to mention that we ended up with Goonies II, which made everyone over here think "WtF Goonies II? What happened to the first Goonies?". I'm interested to know why this one was never released.
Dunno if you're even still actively posting here, but if you are:
I too wondered this for a long, long time. From what I was told from a Lady who came in with about 200 Famicom carts back in 1996 at a local video game store [Game World, before being bought up by E.B.], who's ex husband was a Konami employee over in Japan...
the reason had to do with licensing the Cyndi Lauper GOONIES *theme* song. As in Konami of Japan didn't have the rights to use it but did it anyhow. I don't know if this is the real reason or not, but when a middle aged white chick who didn't play games herself knew all about Famicom and stuff Konami, I tend to think she knew what she was talking about. I'm of the belief that Konami could have just changed the theme song to something generic but didn't want to. I played the hell out of the game on the VS. arcade cabs and awaited it's NES debut, only to learn that
Goonies 2 was only available. :( I honestly prefer the original and don't like part two at all. But aside from any licensing troubles outside of Japan and Asia concerning Cyndi Lauper (or Arista Records, or whatever label she was on and the film company that released the game) the game was a bit simplistic compared to Super Mario Bros. and likely Konami didn't think the game would sell to well. In fact the graphics are only slightly better than the MSX Computer version on the Famicom. When the game
Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake made the jump to mobile phones in Asia as well as on the MGS 3 Subsistence pack, all the old in-game avatars were switched from the likenesses of Hollywood actors/actresses to a more "Solid-esque" likeness as well.
GOONIES was the third cartridge I purchased for my AV FAMICOM in 2004, and I still have yet to beat it. I actually used to get further in the game as a kid on the VS. arcade cabs! I don't know if I lack the patience to do it, since after (3) continues I quit, or if I just really suck this bad at age 30, as getting past the first 4 areas was a cinch in 1988/89, but not so much now.