Black Box Nintendo Games (Part 3 of 5) – Pat the NES Punk

The first section of part 2 (errr) of my review of the 30 black box NES games published by Nintendo between 1985-1987. Games played in part 2 include: Mario Bros. Donkey Kong Jr. Urban Champion Hogan’s Alley Tennis Donkey Kong 3 Kung Fu Slalom Gyromite Soccer Wild Gunman Volleyball Balloon Fight Gumshoe Pro Wrestling

Pros -2 Cameras -Sound channel is great -Shop has lots of good apps and games -Sturdier -Better menu Cons -L and R buttons are often nonresponsive – more than DS Lite -Some things in the shop are a bit overpriced -Cameras are only 640 x 480 pixelsWant to support me or just have more reviews come out? If you send me a LEGIT Nintendo Points code in a private message, you’ll get a shout-out, and I’ll review whatever you want. MUST be a NORTH AMERICAN CODE.
Video Rating: 4 / 5

46 Comments

  1. Evilmonkey66699 says:

    If I remember right DK Jr. was also the first game to have “Jumpman” under his new name Mario, as well as Mario’s brother Luigi well sort of in the original arcade game which during the opening intro you see 2 Mario’s(the second one becomes Luigi in Mario Bros.) pulling up the cage with DK in it and moving it into place and says “Get the Key from Mario and rescue Papa” Also Mario get’s his name from the man who owned the old Nintendo of America warehouse “Mario Segale”.

  2. Bylga says:

    This is so good!

  3. talkingbeatlehead says:

    i actually like DK3

  4. EnixDW3 says:

    hey pat were can i find a shirt like that i want one so bad

  5. SonicTheJackrabbit says:

    @lzrbck

    Except Super Mario Kart came out before Donkey Kong Country. (Super Mario Kart, 1992. Donkey Kong Country, 1994.)

    Unless you are referring to Mario Tennis on the N64 but then again Baby Mario & Baby Luigi were there too.

  6. Alhambrattp says:

    Great videos and staying unique, I love it.

  7. jordanv78 says:

    I agree with you. I actually prefer DK Junior to the original. They are both fun games, I just liked DK Junior more.

  8. gr8tgoogelymoogely says:

    your comedy is perfectly timed and not overdone…good job

  9. Sillyzombie666 says:

    huh wow never heard of donky kong 3

  10. Ketorulz says:

    The Donkey Kong theory makes sense. 10 years difference between DK Jr and Country.
    GB version of Tennis is much better, coz you can AIM the shots and players move at balanced speed.

  11. CwalkDarkBoy says:

    I don’t know.Urban Champion seemed pretty good to me back then.Now I find it a 5 minute killer, but still pretty entertaining. *look at those expressions of pain…Uuuuf* Classic !

  12. vintagevideogamegeek says:

    LOL at the beginning! Man, why aren’t people coming back to see these first videos? They are awesome!

  13. lzrbck says:

    Also, Donkey Kong Jr. was a playable character in Mario Kart for SNES (and maybe Mario Tennis for Virtual Boy, i forget).

  14. lzrbck says:

    Your copy of Mario Bros. must be defective. Mine displays both of the crab’s eyes.

  15. nintendork67 says:

    In Wario Land, Mario does make a cameo and is kinda half bad guy half prick

  16. famicomdork says:

    Whoa! One-eyed crabs! In all the remakes, they’ve all had two eyes…what’s up with that?

  17. ElmoThePezGuy says:

    ugh , urban champion .. one of the few blackbox games i have

  18. denmarkguy89 says:

    the only thing that i dont really like about the black box games is that they are some of the more ecspensive nes games even though they are some the ones with leaste content

  19. SamuelNes says:

    hey pat, you should review RPGs on the NES because there are so many and they range from good to bad to weird. It would make a cool review.

  20. PatTheNESpunk says:

    Sam, those two games are reviewed in part one. And I’d say most black box games are worth playing, except for a handful.

  21. SamuelNes says:

    Cool review. The only black box games worth playing are the ones you left out, exitebike and mach rider.

  22. Lesbein1 says:

    would you recomend it to other people?

  23. cocoguy116 says:

    say if u had 408 pictures and u deleted 1 would u hav 409

  24. yourwastingtim3 says:

    Fook freaky, its black friday today :S

  25. DarkNintendo2000 says:

    @keahrra10 well at least thats what i heard, so i could very likely be wrong but i heard that thanks to more memory space and the two cameras on the outside, they somehow benefit to the video ability but it dosnt really matter if it does or not because it has all those other stuff

  26. keahrra10 says:

    @DarkNintendo2000 you cant take videos

  27. DarkNintendo2000 says:

    @emmapaigegirl2000 it does? it didnt even come out yet and it has tilt control, you can take videos, 3d screens, AND MOST OF ALL, you can download the classic NES and SNES games! what could someone want more?!?!

  28. emmapaigegirl2000 says:

    @DarkNintendo2000 you want the 3ds? its horable

  29. RetroJoystick says:

    @max536drago yeah i ended up getting it since im a nintendo fangirl XD

  30. max536drago says:

    @RetroJoystick i think its worth it but dont trade in the ds lite for it if you play gba games

  31. max536drago says:

    my L and R buttons stopped working to and i got them fixed for free so yes the waranty covers it

  32. GameGuy622 says:

    @ryan35310 hey you spelled nintendo wrong and come on do you really have to cus little kids could be whatching this

  33. theparodymonster1 says:

    hello, i have a question i would be thankful if someone answerd.

    i djust bought the xl today and i came home and tried to conect to our internet and when im searching for acces points it says the connection is green, but when i try to conect it dont even get yellow…… anyone knows why? or what i am doing wrong? or what i should do? i would be very thankful if someone answered

  34. CatCatchingRose says:

    This video is very dark. It needs more lighting. You can’t see the mic and caeras.

  35. DarkNintendo2000 says:

    CAN NOT WAIT FOR THE 3DS!!!!!

  36. Whitehawkup says:

    @Warriorsfan354 Upgrade to the DS Lite… All these DSi features are pretty useless. Unless you like… sorry… unless your OBSESSED with puzzle games, don’t get the DSi. I regret getting one.

  37. Warriorsfan354 says:

    I would like to know if I should upgrade from a DS original… Is it a good idea?

  38. pokemonsonicand15 says:

    someone told me u can make ur own game on the DSi XL is it true?

  39. SmokinBabies says:

    can i hook an ethernet cord up to it?

  40. 1epicrose says:

    @MrDSiReview but how to earn points?

  41. Kyorere23 says:

    man, i started wanting the dsi right after i spent all my money… stupid legos…

  42. pokemonlover3228 says:

    i played no GBA games on my dsi so i dont care about it .
    lizardlicker5000!

  43. lizardlicker5000 says:

    only one problem NO GBA SLOT

  44. eevee4everX3 says:

    What was the problem with the L and R button?

  45. Calmdrago says:

    DSi XL come out in US March 28 2010

  46. leepailong123 says:

    im buying the DSI XL