Mr. Gimmick – Annotated NES Longplay (Pt. 2/4)

Posted: 11-03-2010 | 16:16:16 Category: Platform Games


This is the second of a four-part gameplay video of Gimmick!, a platform game released by sunsoft for the Japanese NES in 1992. A worldwide release of this game (as “Mr. Gimmick”) was planned but ultimately canceled, leaving only the original Japanese version and a small release in Scandinavia. Gimmick! was a major accomplishment and a beautiful game, and it’s a shame that the game never had its chance to shine. Be sure you keep annotations on! I spent a long time explaining the history and cultural significance of this game, I hope you learn something.

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8 Responses to “Mr. Gimmick – Annotated NES Longplay (Pt. 2/4)”

  1. klarthailerion, on March 11th, 2010 at 4:16 pm Said:

    You can kill the guy on the unicycle turret without getting hit. If you jump off of your vehicle when it’s at the top of the hill with the water at the bottom, the enemy will be lower than you and you can get the right angle with the star by jumping and throwing it then.

    Great video review here, though. I hope you do some more.

  2. Robocheeseball701, on March 11th, 2010 at 4:16 pm Said:

    Man that enemy on the unicycle turret was so annoying! I ended up figuring out that if you throw a star to the right at 4:33 the game glitches and the enemy disappears.

  3. NonCommente, on March 11th, 2010 at 4:16 pm Said:

    That first mid-level boss got owned so badly.

  4. mechdraft5, on March 11th, 2010 at 4:16 pm Said:

    Thanks for this. It’s really fun to watch and appreciate the accomplishments on past hardware.

    Btw, Wikipedia says the ay8910 has 3 voices[1] and links to a technical page[2] that says “The PSG contains 3 independent channels, a single noise generator, and a single envelope generator.” So it really might only have 3 ‘full’ channels. I wonder what’s actually in use.

  5. miaumiaumiau, on March 11th, 2010 at 4:16 pm Said:

    Wow, I never dared to get on the enemy’s vehicle, I didn’t think you’d get rewarded for attempting it. Gimmick! never ceases to amaze me.

    Thanks for these videos and the interesting annotations. The attention to detail in this game is truly stunning and I’m glad there are other people who appreciate it as much as I do.

  6. esbroker, on March 11th, 2010 at 4:16 pm Said:

    Hi im from Brazil o/

    This is one of the videos better explained and used the best system subtitles of youtube I’ve seen recently.

    This game seems to be great!

    I want my Dingoo to be able to play it anywhere

    @ _ @

  7. breasna, on March 11th, 2010 at 4:16 pm Said:

    this was really interesting, I didn’t think I’d care enough to watch it all

  8. Lerxst2113, on March 11th, 2010 at 4:16 pm Said:

    This game looks amazing i want to try it!

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