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![Chrono Trigger (SNES) Playthrough [1 of 2] - NintendoComplete](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ydXHRKbxwXw/mqdefault.jpg "Chrono Trigger (SNES) Playthrough [1 of 2] - NintendoComplete
Chrono Trigger (SNES) Playthrough [1 of 2] - NintendoComplete")
![Dragon Quest II (SNES) Playthrough [English]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/yh1zZ6qV-54/mqdefault.jpg "Dragon Quest II (SNES) Playthrough [English]
Dragon Quest II (SNES) Playthrough [English]")
![The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (DS) Playthrough [2 of 2]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ylR_t8L579Y/mqdefault.jpg "The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (DS) Playthrough [2 of 2]
The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (DS) Playthrough [2 of 2]")
![Bases Loaded (NES) Playthrough [2 of 4]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/z5czzzR5eK8/mqdefault.jpg "Bases Loaded (NES) Playthrough [2 of 4]
A playthrough of Jalecos 1988 baseball game for the NES, Bases Loaded.
This is the second part of a four-part playthrough, showing games 24-45 of the penant mode, playing as Jersey.
Were a little over halfway through Desert Bus: Baseball Edition! Woo!
Part 1 (1-24): https://youtu.be/eK0BY2_C9cc
Part 3 (46-67): https://youtu.be/anuJt4T0oko
Part 4 (68-80): https://youtu.be/wIBKlkYC22U
No cheats were used during the recording of this video.
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![Festers Quest (NES) Playthrough [PAL]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/z8iwFmt4faU/mqdefault.jpg "Festers Quest (NES) Playthrough [PAL]
A playthrough of Sunsofts 1990 license-based action game for the NES, Festers Quest.
This video shows the PAL version of the game. You can see the original 1989 North American NTSC version here: https://youtu.be/rio0DbVUFTM
On the surface, the NTSC and PAL versions of Festers Quest appear similar, but a couple of key changes made for the PAL release make for a very different experience.
Sunsoft put a fair amount of effort into optimizing the game for the 50Hz PAL standard. In the NES/SNES era, PAL games often had huge black screen borders and ran much slower than their NTSC counterparts, but that was not the case with Festers Quest. The PAL versions image fills the screen (though with some garbage at the top and bottom edges thats not hidden in the overscan area), it runs at the same speed, and the music (including the digitized samples, most of the time) plays at the correct pitch.
But they didnt stop there. The core gameplay was tweaked: Festers gun is now more powerful, and his shots travel through walls and obstacles. These two changes have a huge impact on the games flow and difficulty balance, turning what was once a reasonably challenging game into a walk in the park. With an auto-fire controller, you can casually stroll through most areas without ever taking a hit, and the bosses can be torn through like a wet square of single-ply toilet paper.
Theres also a new snail enemy that turns into a slime puddle, which I thought was a fairly strange thing to include, and you get a couple more seconds of echoing explosion noises when you kill a boss.
If you were someone who found the NTSC version impossibly difficult, youll likely love the PAL version. If you enjoyed the challenge posed by the NTSC version, youll probably dismiss the PAL version as an abomination that completely destroys the integrity of the gameplay.
I love Festers Quest, and while I cant say that this is my preferred way to play it, I think its nice that theres a version that makes it more accessible to those who prefer frictionless gaming.
No cheats were used during the recording of this video.
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