This time in the Retro Corner, Guru Larry takes a look at one of the first games hit in the Video Game Vault and one of the worst games EVAR! Link: Faces of Evil did to the Zelda series what Jar Jar Binx did to Star Wars... just 100 times over.
Submitted by NESgamer on Fri, 05/16/2008 - 12:07am.
It's because of the rare these games are, and how hard it can be to find them, doesn't have anything to do with how much they suck because unfortunately they have the Zelda name on them.
Submitted by fattgumby on Fri, 05/16/2008 - 9:39am.
This is crap logic.
It would be as if I were a fan of the Yankee's and of Lou Gehrig. I am such a fan I want to go out and get Lou Gehrig's diese because it is rare and I can one up all the other fans.
Submitted by crimsonchin on Fri, 05/16/2008 - 8:27pm.
You're comparing a chronic disease to a bad game?? Yeah because that's logical.
The reason the game sells is because it is a collector's item. People are willing to pay for it because it will complete their collection - like it or not it's got Zelda in it, making it part of a Zelda collection. When a collector's item is rare the price goes up.
Yeah it's like the time I bought Twilight Princess except I was expecting a good game.
Also for some reason the video won't load for me and in all honesty the only reason I come here now is because of Guru Larry and the angry video game nerd. Is there an alternative place to watch this? if so please reply.
Did you know that this game wasn't even properly licensed?
Its so bad that you can download the rom onto an emulator and it would be perfectly legal, holy crap 0-0
Besides.Nobody would bother to even pay a penny for this game.
Sometimes, if a game is epicly bad, then it becomes so rare that it is a collector's item. I would personally love to have this in my collection. Not to play, of course, but just to say that I own.
the final boss was so disapointing. ya throw one item and its over.
and those snes systems wit the cd drive things were actually made. 50 of them were produced before sony cut the deal with nintendo and all 50 were destroyed. after that sony started to work on the playstation. so if it wasnt for philips makin the sound chip thing that pissed sony off, wed never have any playstation systems. lol
i saw a doc. on it. sony was helpin nintendo with somethin that was gonna use cds as the main thing the games were on, but they found out it used a philips sound chip or somethin like that. so the president of the entertainment division of sony got pissed about it, broke the deal, and they started to work on a game system of their own. and thats what became the playstation. it probly was gonna be the n64 generation system instead of the snes. i wasnt too sure on that part. its been a few years since ive seen the thing where i saw all this
The SNES used Sony sound chips which is why they were looking at Sony for the idea anyways, THEN right before release Nintendo announced that they were working on a new disk drive for the SNES with Panasonic. They didn't tell Sony, they stabbed them in the back and just announced the deal was off publicly. Which pissed off Sony THUS the president of Sony allowing the guy who wanted to create a video game system have his way, mainly for revenge. Orignially the prez of Sony didn't want to do anything video game related, just an important member of his staff did. Then once Nintendo came up with the offer to make a disk drive for thei SNES the president said it would be okay.
And besides the horrible cut scenes, is the gameplay any good?
Nobody ever talks about the gameplay, probably because it's so rare they never touched it. But honestly it doesn't look like such a far cry from Zelda 2.
$1 says the game is actually playable, minus the horrible animation. I mean jeez, Sonic Adventure has the worst cut scenes ever, and it's still a fun game!
Submitted by JestersDead on Fri, 05/16/2008 - 12:02am.
I do. Yes, it's as bad as it looks. Yes, I have played through it. No, it's nowhere near Zelda 2. No, the gameplay was terrible. Yes, it makes little kittens cry when someone plays it. It's so bad to play that it makes Dudes with Attitudes look like a platinum plus title.
I don't know why I still have it. I have nightmares about it. And when I wake up, it's at the foot of my bed.
The gameplay is the second worst feature, right behind the cutscenes. Have you seen a CD-i controller? That alone should let you know that it's already going to have problems.
Zelda 2 is smooth, and for its time, action-packed. Faces of Evil was slow, awkward, and god awful hit detection.
Submitted by Keyblade on Fri, 05/16/2008 - 1:36am.
Wow, this is the first real review/look back at the Faces of Evil I've seen on the internet.
Everything else is just a montage of MAH BOOOI and SQUADALAH in rapid succession. Don't get me wrong, that stuff is HILARIOUS, but it's nice to know a little about the game behind the ridiculously corny cut scenes.
Submitted by popmonkey on Fri, 05/16/2008 - 7:24am.
I can't believe that somebody has made that awful game. It's horrible beyond everything else!
And no wonder why Legend of Zelda fans don't regonize this game as part of the series.
But anyways, another awesome and educational video. Thank you Guru Larry, now I know even more about crappy games.
Submitted by MattdaKnife on Fri, 05/16/2008 - 8:05am.
I just joined as a G1, but ive been coming to this site for a year now, I just wanted to comment that I like Larry, hes the only one on this site besides Craig, that doesnt sound like a nerdy dork.
Submitted by Kreepy Karl on Fri, 05/16/2008 - 10:05am.
The voice actor of the Wizard was a Radio teacher, Jerry Goodwin! So ever time I see the Wizard, I can't stop thinking about my radio teacher, not in the Gay way. '4' 'Mi Boy''Lamp Oil, Rope, Bombs! You Want It?'
Submitted by Plaxer_X on Fri, 05/16/2008 - 3:55pm.
i never really understood the cd hype of the 90s......kinda like when they first came out, there was a lot of random shit tossed around. The wiis experiencing it too, new tech, shit tossed around. Should be 3 or 4 years before developers finally come out with something we all want to play on the wii.......samurai ninjas w real time lightsabers.
Rare Game?
Who would pay even a penny for the shitty Zelda games and why the hell are shitty games going for so much on eBay and all the other auction site??
well
It's because of the rare these games are, and how hard it can be to find them, doesn't have anything to do with how much they suck because unfortunately they have the Zelda name on them.
-The fight is everything-
BECAUSE IT'S....
RARE.
Heck even if the game is considered by most gamers as a non Zelda game it still is a Zelda game.
I don't care if people get mad it still is just like Donkey Konga is part of the DK series or Super Mario Sunshine is of the tubby plumber.
Other things are rare too.
This is crap logic.
It would be as if I were a fan of the Yankee's and of Lou Gehrig. I am such a fan I want to go out and get Lou Gehrig's diese because it is rare and I can one up all the other fans.
yes
Well i said is the logic of these idiots that want to sell it for a lot on e-bay and stuff :o.
I'm a Zelda fan and i wouldn't pay more than $1 for it, just to get it for kicks xD.
-The fight is everything-
What??
You're comparing a chronic disease to a bad game?? Yeah because that's logical.
The reason the game sells is because it is a collector's item. People are willing to pay for it because it will complete their collection - like it or not it's got Zelda in it, making it part of a Zelda collection. When a collector's item is rare the price goes up.
No one collects diseases.
And you can't catch ALS.
Egon in Ghostbusters
Egon in Ghostbusters collected deseases as a hobby.
I believe it was actually
I believe it was actually spores, molds and fungus. And, I mean, who didn't as a 5 year kid, right? ...Anyone? ......anyone?
lol! .... diseases
yeah it would made more sense if it he used an item from the worst player that no one had.
other collectables
Yeah it's like the time I bought Twilight Princess except I was expecting a good game.
Also for some reason the video won't load for me and in all honesty the only reason I come here now is because of Guru Larry and the angry video game nerd. Is there an alternative place to watch this? if so please reply.
Alternate places
Well you can also see them at:
www.xleague.tv
On their WEB TV Service:
http://webtv.xleague.tv/
and also on ScrewAttackEurope's Youtube page:
http://uk.youtube.com/user/ScrewAttackEurope
though they're always a few weeks behind as Revver pay me for videos and Youtube are assholes.
This is one were emulators are exceptional
Did you know that this game wasn't even properly licensed?
Its so bad that you can download the rom onto an emulator and it would be perfectly legal, holy crap 0-0
Besides.Nobody would bother to even pay a penny for this game.
I'd pay a penny just to have
I'd pay a penny just to have it.. I probably wouldn't play it, though
TRU
AVGN maybe
I'd pay a lot of money for a rare game
Sometimes, if a game is epicly bad, then it becomes so rare that it is a collector's item. I would personally love to have this in my collection. Not to play, of course, but just to say that I own.
Actually, the SNES with the cd thing was made
the final boss was so disapointing. ya throw one item and its over.
and those snes systems wit the cd drive things were actually made. 50 of them were produced before sony cut the deal with nintendo and all 50 were destroyed. after that sony started to work on the playstation. so if it wasnt for philips makin the sound chip thing that pissed sony off, wed never have any playstation systems. lol
Hmm
I never heard that they actually made 50 SNES CD add ons... If its true... Maybe one was kept...?
that could not have been the
that could not have been the SNES drive. Sony only came into the mix when phillips screwed up. Sony's deal was for the n64 cd drives.
it was some kind of nintendo with cds.
i saw a doc. on it. sony was helpin nintendo with somethin that was gonna use cds as the main thing the games were on, but they found out it used a philips sound chip or somethin like that. so the president of the entertainment division of sony got pissed about it, broke the deal, and they started to work on a game system of their own. and thats what became the playstation. it probly was gonna be the n64 generation system instead of the snes. i wasnt too sure on that part. its been a few years since ive seen the thing where i saw all this
Actually..
The SNES used Sony sound chips which is why they were looking at Sony for the idea anyways, THEN right before release Nintendo announced that they were working on a new disk drive for the SNES with Panasonic. They didn't tell Sony, they stabbed them in the back and just announced the deal was off publicly. Which pissed off Sony THUS the president of Sony allowing the guy who wanted to create a video game system have his way, mainly for revenge. Orignially the prez of Sony didn't want to do anything video game related, just an important member of his staff did. Then once Nintendo came up with the offer to make a disk drive for thei SNES the president said it would be okay.
You Sure?
Yuo sure you mean Panasonic and not Philips?
I've never heard Panasonic mentioned before in this story.
Does anyone ACTUALLY OWN
Does anyone ACTUALLY OWN THIS GAME?
And besides the horrible cut scenes, is the gameplay any good?
Nobody ever talks about the gameplay, probably because it's so rare they never touched it. But honestly it doesn't look like such a far cry from Zelda 2.
$1 says the game is actually playable, minus the horrible animation. I mean jeez, Sonic Adventure has the worst cut scenes ever, and it's still a fun game!
Yes.
I do. Yes, it's as bad as it looks. Yes, I have played through it. No, it's nowhere near Zelda 2. No, the gameplay was terrible. Yes, it makes little kittens cry when someone plays it. It's so bad to play that it makes Dudes with Attitudes look like a platinum plus title.
I don't know why I still have it. I have nightmares about it. And when I wake up, it's at the foot of my bed.
And I'll take that dollar now.
You owe me a dollar.
The gameplay is the second worst feature, right behind the cutscenes. Have you seen a CD-i controller? That alone should let you know that it's already going to have problems.
Zelda 2 is smooth, and for its time, action-packed. Faces of Evil was slow, awkward, and god awful hit detection.
Haha...
Wing is gonna be a broke ass ho after this feature. =D
Zelda II
Zelda II is a good game :( i don't know why is so underrated!.
-The fight is everything-
It Is good game
its just because it was drasticly diferent then the original, and it was alot harder too.
Actually...
ScrewAttack made a Vault on this WAAAY back when (before I even came in) and they talk about the gameplay there.
These games were only good
These games were only good for one thing: YouTube Poops.
Haha...
Did you hear about the contest where the rules were musicians had to make music using nothing but the CD-I Zelda games?
Here's the winner...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELJoKR9zl-g
And here's the winner with remixed animation...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yjh2BnTTBs
Good stuff.
Can't wait to bomb a dodongo
I CANT WAIT TO BOMB DODONGOS!!!
-The fight is everything-
Youtube Poop
Yeah i love CD-i poops.
i'm so hungry, i can eat a
i'm so hungry, i can eat a octorok ^_^
That has to be the worst
That has to be the worst line in any video game. That or the Barry Burton's "Jill sandwhich" quote.
http://www.myspace.com/retrogamezone
MAH BOI!!!
Thats all that needs to be said...
How did he make this original?
Guru Larry rules! I thought I'd heard every joke there was to make about this game...
SQUADALAH!
Wow, this is the first real review/look back at the Faces of Evil I've seen on the internet.
Everything else is just a montage of MAH BOOOI and SQUADALAH in rapid succession. Don't get me wrong, that stuff is HILARIOUS, but it's nice to know a little about the game behind the ridiculously corny cut scenes.
...SQUADALAH, WE'RE OFF!
Oh god not those games. I
Oh god not those games. I used to have them back in the day. I'm still having nightmares about the wand of gamalon...
"I can't wait to bomb some dodongos!"
~shudder~
Oh god why won't the images go away!!!
meh boi!!
this piece of shit is wat all true warriors strive for
Larry rules
I just Love Guru Larry and his Retro Corner. A lot of interesting stuff every time.
This one was rather common though. I already seen that game several times before. Even if I appreciate the Larry-Spin on it of course!
Awesome!
I laughed my ass off "COOL HUH? - No, not really, no" :D
Didn't ScrewAttack burn a
Didn't ScrewAttack burn a copy of this.....?
This game greatly helped create what is now Youtube Poop, so we should be thankful for it
Yes
That VGV is in Random Awesomeness-- other fun.
-The fight is everything-
WOAH!
I got two copies of Faces of Evil and three copies of Wand of Gamelon...
I think i'll get some rupees for those, eh?
YUKKK
this game makes little puppys die!!! BURN IT WITH FIRE AND HOLY WATER!!!!!!!
dear lord
the only thing about this game is making youtube poops.
like this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgOirMKSg2c
Poops
You have no idea how hard i laughed at it.
Noes! Do not want!
I can't believe that somebody has made that awful game. It's horrible beyond everything else!
And no wonder why Legend of Zelda fans don't regonize this game as part of the series.
But anyways, another awesome and educational video. Thank you Guru Larry, now I know even more about crappy games.
Good has came from this..
Yes, I know. CD-I Zelda games and the word good don't go together, unless phrased, "Good for nothing piece of shit!"
But I must say, the YTP (YouTube Poop) videos that were spawned from this are hilarious.
Good Job Guru. Entertaining as always.
-8-bit since '86
Oh Boy, STUFF!
Only good for the quotes...
BOMBS?
DINNER!
MAH BOI!
SQUADALA!
And then some...
Joke of a game, but it's fun to laugh at how bad it really was.
Snake... you know who that is?
Larry is the Man
I just joined as a G1, but ive been coming to this site for a year now, I just wanted to comment that I like Larry, hes the only one on this site besides Craig, that doesnt sound like a nerdy dork.
Awww
Awww, thanks dude, I appreaciate it!!!
Since you're here...
Since the man spoke on here i guess i also have to shown my appreciation for your videos!, they rock!.
-The fight is everything-
Bless
Thanks dude ^_^
I don't know this game!
I don't know this game!
well..
Well now you do.
-The Jerk.
Lol, you're right.
Lol, you're right.
The Wizard
The voice actor of the Wizard was a Radio teacher, Jerry Goodwin! So ever time I see the Wizard, I can't stop thinking about my radio teacher, not in the Gay way. '4' 'Mi Boy''Lamp Oil, Rope, Bombs! You Want It?'
BEST RETRO CORNER EVER!!!!!
you want it?its yours my friend!
lol
its on youtube poop all the time, sooo funny check it out!
Not a zelda fan,but good stuff
always entertaining ,thanks Larry!
worst "zelda"
cant even really call it zelda cause its not nintendo but this game is terrible. My friend still has it...ugh...terrible memories.
There is even a youtube chain for crap like this.
Just go to youtube and search "Youtube poop" no joke
worst "zelda"
cant even really call it zelda cause its not nintendo but this game is terrible. My friend still has it...ugh...terrible memories.
There is even a youtube chain for crap like this.
Just go to youtube and search "Youtube poop" no joke
duck walk?
wow, that's actually said ingame
Great Retro Corner
That was great mentioning about this game. Are you going to do the other 2 Zelda games that was on the CD-I in a later Retro Corner?
Its a possibility...
Its a possibility, I just don't want to repeat titles so soon, so if we do it wouldn't be for quite a while.
This game shoudent exsist at all
I hate this game with a pashion its such a shity game It shouldent exsist.
ET treatment
They should grab every copy of the three Zelda Philips games and bury them in the desert, or better yet, throw them into a volcano.
You Tube Poop
Aw, he didn't even mention that caused Youtube Poop to be made.
Duck Walk
2D Forever!!!
I'm surprised that i've never seen a youtube poop of the duck walk line.
CD games too early?
i never really understood the cd hype of the 90s......kinda like when they first came out, there was a lot of random shit tossed around. The wiis experiencing it too, new tech, shit tossed around. Should be 3 or 4 years before developers finally come out with something we all want to play on the wii.......samurai ninjas w real time lightsabers.