Kingsley's Adventure - Nitro Rad

A tiny hero on a big quest. Kingsely's Adventure sure is cute, but does it hold a candle to the series its desperately trying to impress?

SOCIAL MEDIA:

[scottb]

I was the lead artist on this game, definitely had a troubled development, and we wished we'd had more time to refine it. But still feel pretty proud of what we accomplished in the short time we had. Can't believe this was 20 years ago now, where has the time gone! Oh and the game was originally called "Bad Custard", but the marketing department was worried about some countries even knowing what custard was and in France it would have been translated to "Evil Cream", which would have been odd. :) p.s. I was also the lead artist on Croc: Legend of the Gobbos, also on PSOne.

[sabb]

Bad Brad is the greatest Anime character ever.

[MrGullisYT]

so this is where nintendo stole the blue botw outfit from

[CazTheGamerGuy]

*Screams to the heavens*
TANK CONTROLS!

[Arexion]

I kinda like the interpretation that this whole game is just the fox character playing, imagining the whole adventure. That's why the whole setup is what it is, and he's imaging the people he knows from the castle as part of the adventure. He is just a kid after all, hence he'd be drawn to the idea of a "true knight" like it means something without questioning how ridiculous it'd be to make a young child a knight and send them all over the kingdom to deal with dangerous tasks.
Or maybe it's meant to be seen as a harmless saturday morning cartoon setting, they usually have these sorts of setups too, despite how little sense they make.

[Drdd]

Also an interesting fun fact: early sketches of the main character show that he was originally supposed to be a rabbit (which fits with the king and queen being rabbits) and he was supposed to have a female support character.

[CutBackDropTurn]

James, I don't know if you'll see this in the many comments you'll probably receive for this video, but I just wanted to say "Thank you." I live in Japan and it can get lonely sometimes, but following you on Twitter and on Youtube has been such a great way for me to just unwind after a stressful day. Your humor, positivity, and more go a very long way in helping me. I think you're one of the best gaming Youtubers out there. This is thanks to your honesty, snappy writing, and easiness to relate to. My job here has been so stressful, especially today, but being able to just decompress with this was just what I needed.

Your videos are great entertainment, but they help in so many ways. I'm so happy to be your fan! Thanks, man!

[TheCartoonGamer]

For a second, I thought you were looking at Tunic. There's like, 3 Zelda-inspired games with a fox as a protagonist -- Tunic, Starfox Adventures and now this!

[BAIGAMING]

Shooting arrows in the tutorial and not getting the crossbow reminds me of Half Life's tutorial - you learn how to long-jump in the tutorial but you don't actually get that module until Xen near the end of the game.

[saturdazedreviews]

Never heard of this game, but it looks kinda charming. I love learning about obscure games like this

[FloorIceCreamGuy]

Oh boy I can't wait for Mort the Chicken. I don't know what it is but I can't wait for it.

[Yozzoy]

Everythings all right, because NITRO RAD IS HERE!

[brisbane]

This looks like the perfect game to get the “N. Sane Trilogy” treatment.

[gnbman]

How have I never heard of this game? It's freaking beautiful! It might have the best-looking art design of its generation outside of the Spyro games. I actually thought at first that it was a modern game made in a retro style (like Zera: Myths Awaken), especially with that very modern-looking cover art.

[AlexOlinkiewicz]

Hey, have you ever heard of a PSP game called DEAD HEAD FRED? If you haven't it is a horror comedy action-adventure game with the main character being voiced by John C. McGinley. The game does have repetitive combat, but I think what really makes the game shine is its Story, Characters, and World.

[saltysaltmaker]

I'VE BEEN TRYING TO REMEMBER THIS GAME FOR YEARS! I ONLY EVER PLAYED A DEMO!

Thank you, Mr. Rad.

[Hedvigu]

This is the game I remember watching an older kid play on a family cruise when I was about 5 years old. Had no experience with video games (grew up with edutainment) and was totally mesmerised by how you could interact with the 3D world around you. "What happens if you go in the water? Can you go over there?". All I remembered from it was a fox on a beach, blue water and some bridges and huts. I still remember the intense curiosity and sense of adventure... and how I never was allowed to play it. My older sister got a couple of minutes tho. But now I fricking have the answer to a life long question.

[eb-the-gamer]

Bald eagle? That's clearly a vulture! XD

[BHM_Productions]

Your videos are an odd comfort zone. I used to watch them a lot throughout 2018-early 2020, but fell off for a bit. Now I find myself coming back to all of your videos. Rewatching you explain these classic, oddball video games is just so engrossing and nice. Never stop doing what you do, Nitro.

[kylewynn]

Is that a copy of Croc 2 and Rascal I see? Sounds like we're in for quite the treat in the near future.