When I first saw that Limited Run Games was going to re-release two classic Bill & Ted titles on modern consoles, my initial reaction was: “Why?” I mean, these weren’t exactly beloved classics in desperate need of a revival, but hey, if people want to pre-order this weird compilation, then I’m not going to stand in their way. I chalked it up to being a fun novelty, the type of thing I would never think about again. But then Kyle LeClair from Hardcore Gamer all but dared me to post a Review Crew episode all about Bill & Ted, so here we are.
To help celebrate (?) the upcoming physical release of Bill & Ted’s Excellent Retro Collection on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 and Switch, I was forced to flip through the pages of classic magazines like Electronic Gaming Monthly, Nintendo Power, GamePro and more to see what critics said about these games back when they first came out. Strange things are afoot at the Circle K, dude, because this is what 1990s critics thought of Bill & Ted. Bogus.
0:00 – Introduction
1:21 – Bill & Ted’s Excellent Video Game Adventure (NES)
4:29 – Bill & Ted’s Excellent Game Boy Adventure (Game Boy)
5:52 – Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure (Lynx)
7:43 – Question of the Day
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This would have been the easiest game to make a platformer. You could have fought through the White House to get to Lincoln, fought through a Greek Temple to get Socrates etc.
It's pretty lame that they didn't include the Lynx version.
This is absolutely hilarious. Not only is it just two crappy games that anyone can emulate on a potato at this point, and not only does it not have the averagely decent Lynx game, but it’s also expensive as hell for what you’re actually getting. For comparison, for just 10 dollars more on release you could get Sonic Origins with the DLC and have all four classic games with the original versions, remasters, additional modes, galleries, etc. Alternatively there’s also the Capcom Fighting Collection, which is out around the same time and has online multiplayer for each game for $40 at launch. And if you hunk that’s still too much money despite there being lots of content, you could still look for other collections on sale from anywhere between 5-20 bucks. The Castlevania and Contra collections I got for 5 bucks each, and the Mega Man and Mega Man X Legacy collections, and Capcom Beat ‘Em Up collection were 10 bucks each. Likewise, collections for more modern games like Mighty Switch Force! I also once got for 20 bucks. Even games that are in in collections like the Doom series can have them for $2.50 each for Doom, Doom II, and Doom 64, and that’s with quality of life improvements and extra free content being updated in every once in awhile, Quake gets the same treatment and more for it being on sale as low as $5, and Doom 3 although nothing new is added into it also goes fir $5 sales. I can list a lot of other games and game collections here, but I think you get the point
I don’t care if it’s because of it being a physical release, or a limited collectors game title only with no digital release, 35 dollars for this is still absolutely criminal.
This game was trash on NES I sure as hell have no interest in revisiting it on PS4/5
All of these games are dirty stinking turds and you should sterilize your hands if you come into contact with them.
Man, movie licensing for video games has had some weird moments over the years. What on earth wasOcean thinking making a video game of Platoon?
QOTD: No it's not but i guess the license was cheap and rabid collectors will do whatever to make sure they have no gaps in their shelf.
I had Bill n Ted on the Atari Lynx. I dunno if it was bad or I was just bad at it. As a kid you can't really tell for sure.
But I never got past the first level
When you teased this, wasn't sure what was going on. I mean I'm sure I've got it in ROM format for Emulators, but seeing the AVGN video for it, never felt any interest in playing it. As for the question, I'll say they're better off just focusing on rereleasing games people like and would spend money on, and just letting stuff like Bill and Ted for MAME to archive. Because I could be wrong, but I don't see this as being a big seller.
The game boy game was a lot of fun
Whatever design they were going with in these games is absolutely atrocious
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Uhhh…so my apologies, I guess? ^^;
Damn, I was just guessing you'd tackle this regardless of me, if I'd have known my dumb tweet would have led to this, I would have recommended the A Boy and His Blob Collection instead. Still, you once again did an amazing job, Cyril, & I just love seeing you go over these old reviews! Warms my nostalgic heart!
(There was also a DOS game as well, but I skipped that as well, as none of the big multiplatform mags – or even the regular PC ones – likely touched it.)
As for re-releasing games like Bill & Ted…will, preserving them, definitely, re-releasing them in a digital format, yeah, I can see that…but a physical release?? That's what was so "WTF" about this, as others have noted.
I was excited, then you started the review. 🤪
This is probably the single worst collection that a corporation actually decided put together that I've ever seen.
LRG should be giving us a compilation of all six Quintet SNES games, instead of these subpar 8-bit games that nobody cares about!
poop emoji 💩, lol, this games were bad back in the day and didn't deserved a second chance. If you want the NES game you can easily get them for $10 why pay $34.99. Who would asked LRG to release this???, this games will end up in their store and in the end of the year mystery boxes
Yeah I can't say it makes any sense to re-release Bill & Ted's games other than as a cheap nostalgia cash grab, but they aren't the worst games I've played. They're not good, they're not worthy of this re-issue, but whatever. LRG is so far afield from their original stated mission at this point that I just buy what I'm interested in and ignore the rest.
Definitely not a gem collectable. Hopefully limited run understands the error or ways with this re production🤣🤣🤣
If enough people support this LRG release, hopefully we get some more like it in the future. I would love to see some other movie games on modern consoles like True Lies, Home Alone, Moonwalker, & Wayne's World.
The Game Boy version has been in my rotation since it released. I love that game. I'll be getting this just for that…
I had the same thought: what in the hell is this? Why? LRG?
If I was Limited Run games and wanted to rerelease bad games, I would have chosen games that are bad but fun to play. Like a Jurassic Park collection, with all SNES,Sega and GB releases in 1 cart.
I kind of thought they were gonna remake the NES game from the ground up with all the points AVGN brought up, but it's literally just a port.
Dunkey: You will never play Shark Tale on Switch.
Just once I wanna see a developer from one of these bad LJN game give us answers.
Still better than the Wayne's World SNES game…
LJN released games, not making games.
the game was great
Is that only available physical through LRG? Or it's going to be also available both PSN and Eshop?