U Can Beat Video Games Video Directory

We’ve linked the Youtube channel of U Can Beat Video Games repeatedly in the past, most recently for their sprawling guide to Final Fantasy II(IV). Yet they keep making new videos. Just a few days ago they did a video on all of of Book I of Ys for the TurboGrafx 16/PC Engine, with one on Book II promised soon. And since they post (usually) weekly, if I did a post here every time they released a video, it’d become one-seventh of our posts!

Here is the video on Ys Book I, it’s 2 hours and 2 minutes:

And here is a directory of every game video U Can Beat Video Games has put up to date. I haven’t inlined the videos because there’s over a hundred!

NINTENDO

SUPER MARIO

• Super Mario Bros. (NES, 1h10m)
• Super Mario Bros. 2 (USA version, NES, 1h8m)
• Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES, 3h23m)
• Super Mario Land (Gameboy, 54m)
• Super Mario World (SNES)
  Part 1 (2h10m) – Part 2 (2h8m)
• Super Mario Kart (SNES, 1h11m)

THE LEGEND OF ZELDA

• The Legend of Zelda (NES, 1h31m)
• The Legend of Zelda, Second Quest (NES, 2h4m)
• Zelda II: The Advenure of Link (NES, 1h8m)
• The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES)
  Part 1 (1h56m) – Part 2 (2h46m)
• The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening Gameboy/Gameboy Color)
  Part 1 (2h31m) – Part 2 (2h36m)

METROID

• Metroid (NES, 1h19m)
• Metroid II (Gameboy, 2h5m)
• Super Metroid (SNES, 3h37m)

STARTROPICS

• StarTropics (NES, 1h36m)
• Zoda’s Revenge: StarTropics II (NES, 2h4m)

OTHER

• Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!! (NES, 43m)
• Kid Icarus (NES, 1h25m)
• Duck Hunt (NES, 28m)
• Kirby’s Dream Land (Gameboy, 1h)

RPGS

FINAL FANTASY

• Final Fantasy (NES)
  Part 1 (2h59m) – Part 2 (3h38m)
• Final Fantasy Adventure (Gameboy)
  Part 1 (1h37m) – Part 2 (2h57m)
• Final Fantasy IV (II in its original US release) (SNES)
  Part 1 (3h44m) – Part 2 (4h8m) – Part 3 (4h17m) – Part 4 (3h36m)

DRAGON QUEST

• Dragon Warrior/Dragon Quest (NES, 2h55m)
• Dragon Warrior II/Dragon Quest II
  Part 1 (1h50m) – Part 2 (3h45m)
• Dragon Warrior III/Dragon Quest III (NES)
  Part 1 (3h59m) – Part 2 (4h23m) – Part 3 (3h35m)

NIHON FALCOM

• Ys Book 1 (TG16/PC Engine CD, 2h2m)
• Faxanadu (NES, 1h36m):
• Legacy of the Wizard (NES, 1h22m):

OTHER RPGs & RELATED GAMES

• Shadowrun (SNES, 3h41m):
• Willow (NES, 2h26m):
• The Guardian Legend (NES, 2h34m):
• The Battle of Olympus (NES, 1h33m):
• Crystalis (NES, 2h20m):
• Gauntlet (NES, 1h52m):
• Actraiser (SNES, 2h37m):
• The Magic of Scheherazade (NES, 3h18m):

BEAT-EM-UPs (“belt scrollers”)

TECHNOS

• River City Ransom (NES, 55m)
• Double Dragon (NES, 26m)
• Double Dragon II: The Revenge (NES, 35m)
• Double Dragon III: The Sacred Stones (39m)

OTHER

• Streets of Rage (Genesis/Mega Drive, 1h15m)
• Final Fight (SNES, 1h5m)

KONAMI

GRADIUS

• Gradius (NES, 31m)
• Life Force (NES, 46m)

CASTLEVANIA

• Castlevania (NES, 35m)
• Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest (NES, 1h17m)
• Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse (NES, 2h22m)
• Super Castlevania IV (SNES, 1h47m)

CONTRA

• Contra/Probotector (NES, 32m)
• Super C (NES, 30m)
• Contra Force (NES, 50m)

METAL GEAR

• Metal Gear (NES, 1h18m)
• Metal Gear: Snake’s Revenge (NES, 2h2m)

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES

• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (NES, 44m):
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game (NES, 1h3m)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project (NES, 1h21m)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time (SNES, 1h)

OTHER

Bucky O’Hare (NES, 1h6m)
The Lone Ranger (NES, 1h57m)
The Adventures of Bayou Billy (NES, 56m)
Jackal (NES, 44m)
The Goonies II (NES, 48m)

CAPCOM

MEGA MAN (a.k.a. RockMan)

• Mega Man (NES, 43m)
• Mega Man II (NES, 59m)
• Mega Man III (NES, 1h19m)
• Mega Man IV (NES, 1h19m)
• Mega Man V (NES, 1h37m)

GHOSTS ‘N GOBLINS (a.k.a. Makaimura)

• Ghosts ‘N Goblins (NES, 30m)
• Ghouls ‘N Ghosts (Genesis/Mega Drive, 45m)
• Gargoyle’s Quest (Gameboy, 1h18m)

DISNEY

• Darkwing Duck (NES, 54m)
• Rescue Rangers (NES, 41m)
• Ducktales (NES, 44m)
• Disney’s Adventures in the Magic Kingdom (NES, 23m)

OTHER

• Bionic Commando (NES, 1h3m)
• Strider (NES, 1h2m)
• Little Nemo: The Dream Master (NES, 47m)

TECMO

NINJA GAIDEN

• Ninja Gaiden (NES, 58m)
• Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos (NES, 1h9m)
• Ninja Gaiden III (NES, 1h3m)

OTHER

• Rygar (NES, 46m)

SUNSOFT

• Blaster Master (NES, 1h26m)
• Batman (NES, 32m)
• Journey to Silius (NES, 32m)
• Fester’s Quest (NES, 1h1m)

RARE

WIZARDS & WARRIORS

• Wizards & Warriors (NES, 52m)
• IronSword: Wizards & Warriors II (NES, 57m)

BATTLETOADS

• Battletoads (NES, 1h)
• Battletoads & Double Dragon (NES, 50m)

OTHER

• Marble Madness (NES, 25m)
• Cobra Triangle (NES, 33m)
• Snake Rattle & Roll (NES, 41m)

LJN

• Friday the 13th (NES, 38m)
• A Nightmare on Elm Street (NES, 48m)

STAR WARS

• Star Wars (NES, 44m)
• Super Star Wars (SNES, 1h8m)
• Super Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (SNES, 1h49m)
• Super Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (SNES, 1h44m)

ICOM ADVENTURES

• Shadowgate (NES, 1h33m)
• Deja Vu (NES, 1h27m)
• The Uninvited (NES, 1h43m)
• Beyond Shadowgate (TG16 2h49m)
• EXTRA: The Untold Stories of Shadowgate (15m)

THE SIMPSONS

• The Simpsons: Bart vs The Space Mutants (NES, 50m)
• The Simpsons: Bart vs The World (NES, 54m)

Uncategorized

• Maniac Mansion (NES, 1h44m)
• Snow Bros. (NES, 52m)
• Aladdin (Genesis/Mega Drive, 1h5m)
• Dragon Spirit (NES, 1h1m)
• Home Alone (NES, 27m)
• Joe & Mac (SNES, 54m)
• Nightshade (NES, 1h15m)
• Shinobi (Genesis/Mega Drive, 55m)
• G.I. Joe (NES, 1h3m)
• Jurassic Park (SNES, 1h43m)
• Hudson’s Adventure Island (NES, 1h27m)
• Solstice (NES, 39m)
• Monster Party (NES, 39m)
• Clash at Demonhead (NES, 1h25m)
• A Boy and His Blob (NES, 44m)
• Sonic the Hedgehog (Genesis/Mega Drive, 1h20m)

and…

EXTRA: Top Ten NES Missed Secrets (17m)