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In today's video we look at Battletoads Arcade - The Arcade follow up to Battletoads console games that was the last from the franchise for many many years. While this may have been the case, this title was way more influential than most give it credit for, so lets take a closer look at this arcade beat em up story.
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@BlackViperGX 2 года назад

If this game killed the franchise, the new one (2020) just closed the franchise for good, it was sooooooo bad.

@commandervile394 2 года назад

The nerfed the Dark Queen, she looks nothing like how she used to. Just like everything nowadays, all nerfed and watered down.

@KenMasters. 2 года назад

@@commandervile394 IKR? The Dark Queen is supposed to be like the love-child of Movie Macabre's Elvira and Men in Black II's Serleena; but instead RARE now downgraded her into looking and sounding like Emma Watson going goth. On top of that, the animation, humor, and style ripped off Nickelodeon's Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles!

@uhhh_adam 2 года назад

You read my mind

@VOAN 2 года назад

This game didn't killed the franchise, it was just the last Battletoads game Rare made before they went to work exclusively with Nintendo.

@commandervile394 2 года назад

@@VOAN Yeah, Battletoads was basically already dead. This game was just the last nail in the coffin.

@maybetoby 2 года назад

At least I could beat this version, unlike the NES game

@normbreakingclown676 2 года назад

I am just gona say it the difficulty of the Battletoads games is just plain unfair imagine that you need to pop in a real quarter every time you die The challenge of these games feel like a scam(much like so many arcade games and that is why so many are kinda bad) I wish that arcade games are remade where the difficulty is more fair, where it's is possible to beat the game with out having to keep poppen pretend quarters over and over again

@milestrombley1466 2 года назад

I'm glad I played it on the Rare collection set on my xbox.

@NavySeal6474 2 года назад

Imagine if they had included Zitz instead of Rash as a DLC character in KI?

@blackflame4506 2 года назад

This is by far my favorite version of Battletoads. It's violent, fast-paced and straight up fun entirely except the last stage which was a on-rails shooting level but still I rather play this over than the SNES version.

@jamieoiler5690 2 года назад

the super nes game killed this arcade mess

@SKVLL017 2 года назад

@@jamieoiler5690 No

@KenMasters. 2 года назад

RARE should've also made a Battletoads 64, where the gameplay is like Fighting Force and Crash Bandicoot combined into one 3D platformer/beat 'em up.

@mark6302 2 года назад

fighting force was awesome

@dragonshinobi1978 2 года назад

I know right?? They should have, idk why there were no battletoads games on n64, I just played Rampage 1 and 2 as replacements.

@shadow96433 2 года назад

It was not the arcade that ruined it.. it was that piece of s*** reboot!! RIP

@slawek382 2 года назад

Actually IF the Arcade KILLED the franchise, then the reboot technically isn't a Battletoads game. What is actually true, because it doesn't resemble the Battletoads ;D

@ultimablackmage 2 года назад

I honesty consider Battletoads Arcade to be the best of the series... but it is extremely difficult. I've beaten every Battletoads game except Battletoads on Battlemaniacs.

@gjergjaurelius9798 2 года назад

I beat every battletoads games except the Nintendo version!🤯

@freakyfornash 2 года назад

This was by far the best Battletoads game for certain. Bummer it was never actually finished though, and never got an official home console release until it was released on the Rare Replay compilation for the Xbox One.

@pigs18 2 года назад

It's funny that I didn't realize it was on there. I had never played this until I completed my MAME set up recently, even though Rare Replay is one of the few XBO games I own.

@DOEBOY91 2 года назад

Best one ever hope dotmue get ahold of it to bring it back to life

@freakyfornash 2 года назад

@@DOEBOY91 Well you CAN play it at home legit as I said though!

@DOEBOY91 2 года назад

@@freakyfornash yeah I have mame and bor on my phone i got most of all classic sidescroller beat em ups all sors ultimate double dragons etc

@freakyfornash 2 года назад

@@DOEBOY91 I used to have the arcade PCB for this game to use in my Jamma cabinet back in the day. But now I have it on both my Mame machine, and modded 2TB original Xbox console. Wish it could have been finished the way it was originally meant to be though.

@OldManDoom 2 года назад

The Dark Queen was probably my favorite video game villain of all time. Evil, emperor and a total babe. Charismatic and funny, she made a great villain for the themes of Battletoads. But so many games didn’t make use of her in an actual, well executed conflict. Even in the arcade, you fight a robot with her projection in the background. I think maybe only the original game had a fight that did her power justice

@falconeshield 2 года назад

How did we never have a crossover with 80s TMNT. Just imagine Shredder simping for TDQ

@ENiceGeo 2 года назад

@@falconeshield TMNT already had their own group of fighting mutant amphibians. Genghis Frog, Atilla the Frog, Napoleon Bonafrog, and Rasputin the Mad Frog.

@marcusbullock630 Год назад

it's not her projection, she was killed in the first game, she's a specter now

@koby_mitchell 2 года назад

I think the real thing that killed off the franchise was RARE being bought by Microsoft

@KenMasters. 2 года назад

Most especially the uninspired 2020 reboot.

@TexasHollowEarth 2 года назад

Man, the Dark Queen re-design was TOO far! Yet xbots act like M$ isn't into censorship.

@KenMasters. 2 года назад

@@TexasHollowEarth The Dark Queen isn't the only bombshell one who has fallen victim into becoming Tumblrized. Companies like M$ actually do censorships for... You guessed it! *Money* Because if no one is going to listen to Woke-activists (which some like Naughty Dog may listen), bribing will buy their cooperation. But it will backfire on M$ because they won't make a profit from sales.

@bezoticallyyours83 10 месяцев назад

This is definitely the big reason

@greatlakesent4831 2 года назад

I played the arcade cabinet a couple of years ago and thought it was great. Until then I had no idea it existed. Also, I feel like Dark Queen played a huge role in shaping my taste in women.

@katiepersons6575 2 года назад

My heart feels for that poor pilot minding his own damn business watching in horror while a pair of enraged mutant toads wail and smash his poor plane while he's trapped inside it.

@emoneyquarantino2208 2 года назад

One of the greatest arcade games ever... How they didn't build on it with a Sequel is criminally insane

@dangunheadachron1603 2 года назад

Beat em ups were a dying genre at the time. People wanted more SFII and Mortal Kombat clones

@jcruz5050 2 года назад

Those idiot game testers whoever they were rating it low didn't help im sure. Probably scared off by the difficulty even tho its pretty much a staple of the series

@MidBoss666 2 года назад

Arcade beat 'em ups were a dying genre at the time, and Rare's DKC series was a success, so they focused on these. No matter how great a game is, it will be put to the side if it doesn't gain enough profit. That, and while first Battletoads infamous difficulty was accepted, since it was a novelty, the later games keeping a frustrating and unfair difficulty level just narrowed down the potential fanbase, especially wirh more and more beat 'em ups with a better balanced gameplay kept popping up.

@chazlonewolff3320 2 года назад

This game was amazing. I think the latest game killed the series. They swapped the styles of rash and zitz. And Rash being my favorite since 1 I was disappointed he didn’t focus on his footwork as his trademark attack style

@krisfrederick5001 2 года назад

We're all masters of the first level of the OG Battletoads.

@O.G.Ashtre 2 года назад

In No Way The Arcade Version Killed The Franchise 😡 I Just Wished We Got An Arcade Version Before We Got The Console Games

@LobsterPuncher 2 года назад

This game was great. Hands down my favorite in the series. This new reboot garbage is what's going to kill the franchise

@VcArena 2 года назад

Hands down this was the best version of Battletoads. Best music, gameplay and graphics.

@kadosho02 2 года назад

Never played the Arcade version. But it looks wild, insane, and fun. Seeing the classic game go for a more mature edition, I like the idea. It is gutsy, awesome, and something to take a chance on.

@oyonan 2 года назад

I think utter neglect did a lot more to kill this franchise

@Varg84 2 года назад

Easily one of the best arcade beat 'em ups... Only thing that holds is back is it ends quite abruptly. I could have used another stage or two.

@EpicJasonX9000 2 года назад

I've never seen this as the franchise killer, but as the grand finale that went out with a bang. to me, Battletoads Arcade aka Super Battletoads is by far the best game in the entire Battletoads franchise. 1994 was a great year for Rare's games since I see Battletoads Arcade, Killer Instinct, & Donkey Kong Country as the Holy Trinity.

@mindphaserxy 2 года назад

This game is a lot of fun and actually pretty rare. The cabinet was a custom just for this game and really rare to find. The boards too.

@TexasHollowEarth 2 года назад

👍. I played at LOTS of arcades growing up.... I only ever saw this at one arcade! Spawn: In the Demon's Hand was also quite rare & this same arcade had that one, too!

@bezoticallyyours83 10 месяцев назад

You know that company who makes the mini arcade machines? It'd be really nice if they made it.

@commandervile394 2 года назад

Best version of the series!

@dadzilla8640 2 года назад

I got the arcade version on my MAME emulator

@hiroshinagoya2469 2 года назад

I liked the Battletoads Arcade it was so different from the NES version, when I saw it I never knew Battletoads had an Arcade version. The game was OK my only complain is the ENDING. I HATE open ending video games.

@JRyoga 2 года назад

Exactly. Unlike previous Battletoad games, there's no direct showdown with the Dark Queen. She's not even involved in the final levels of Battletoads Arcade, which made the game feel incomplete.

@Pulmonox 2 года назад

Developers ran out of time/money. Had to make several cuts, removed a few bosses, a stage (might have been two), heavily modified the final stage as a result, and threw the ending together at the last second.

@hawaiidkw1 2 года назад

What's open about it? The toads survive the crash because they're the heroes and have to, they zap back home via mysterious unseen "transporters", mission accomplished, galaxy saved. Seems pretty clear-cut to me.

@Crimefighter 2 года назад

How would this had killed the franchise? I didn't know of its existence until playing it at Galloping Ghost Arcade - meaning I didn't see it in the wild back then. The game is ridiculously hard yes.

@noskoolikeoldskool 2 года назад

Galloping Ghost in Brookfield IL?

@Crimefighter 2 года назад

@@noskoolikeoldskool yes.

@VOAN 2 года назад

It didn't, after this game Rare left for Nintendo which is why the series didn't get a new game until the Xbox era. When they're with Nintendo they mostly focus on first party titles and titles Nintendo made them create like Diddy Kong Racing, GoldenEye 007, and Killer Instinct. Also the arcade game is different cause it was published by EA instead of Tradewest.

@edwardlomeli5657 2 года назад

Hard but fun. Was lucky to have numerous places have this arcade game

@dougclendening5896 Год назад

It's a BS clickbait title

@MarcSummersH2O 2 года назад

As someone that played the hell outta the original...the blood and gore was what made me want to play it...and man that experience was dope.

@bradjeffords4451 2 года назад

I used to play this game at Big Lots when i was a kid. God, I loved that arcade machine.

@elmarakovideo 2 года назад

This game disappeared from our Lubbock K-mart after only a few weeks. It was awesome to play, and better than SNES Battlemaniacs.

@TexasHollowEarth 2 года назад

This thumbnail is LEGENDARY! Love your culturally relevant, thumbnails THGM!

@mikebison 2 года назад

I used to play Battletoads arcade when I was a kid at an arcade called Celebration Station. I loved the blood and gore. Awesome beat ‘em up. I rank it all the way up there with tmnt simpsons and X-men.

@Gamesta100 2 года назад

Better than that kiddy crap with the trendy style of crappy artwork that they released on XB1 lol

@almightycinder 2 года назад

It's also pretty distinctly unfinished. You never fight The Dark Queen (final boss is Robo Manus, one of her usual henchmen), and there's portraits of the bosses on the wall during the next to last stage that includes Admiral Oink, who isn't in it. He was apparently supposed to be the boss of the snow stage, which explains Karnov's bizarre appearance. Professor T Bird and Angelica also never show up, though they have unused sprites in the game's code.

@jeremiahnapier2516 2 года назад

Where did you find the unused sprites? I've never heard of them before. Is it on emuland?

@almightycinder 2 года назад

@@jeremiahnapier2516 Website. The Cutting Room Floor.

@Pulmonox 2 года назад

Karnath was going to be the boss of stage 4, The Cave Pit, which does not have a boss in the final version of the game. He was re-purposed to the second stage after they removed the Christmas-themed Oink. I remember reading an interview somewhere where one of the developer stated that they simply ran out of time, which is why the final stage took the form that it did and why the ending was so lackluster.

@hawaiidkw1 2 года назад

almightycinder / Breakfast - Thanks, that actually explains quite a bit. Dangit, I _wondered_ who the heck "Oink" was supposed to be! I thought it was just some inside joke at Rare. And yeah, Karnath fits the fourth stage _much_ more than the second. "Ran out of time"? Since when are arcade games subject to Christmas Rush? I'd _really_ like to hear the story on that.

@nickolasallen7734 2 года назад

A local laundry mat that my mom frequented during my childhood had this game. I played it every single time we were there! I don’t recall the blood being in the game aside from battle damage to bosses. I’m sure the owners had the blood turned off. I never made it past the third level. I also had the VHS of that pilot episode. I took it to elementary school one day. Someone stole the tape and replaced it with an episode of the Super Mario Bro 3 cartoon. At the time it didn’t bother me as much because I liked the Super Mario Bros 3 cartoon. But as time went on I was more bummed about it. Now learning that the pilot episode was the only episode, and not having come across it on streaming services, I’m more bummed that the tape was stolen. I’m a collector so I still have some VHS tapes. That would have been among them.

@mikaela5938 2 года назад

this one is the best battletoads, i wish it didn't sell so terribly

@brpadington 2 года назад

I actually like this game a lot more than any of the other Battletoads games. It is not as challenging as the original but it is very fun and creative. You can actually play multiplayer and still win unlike the first game.

@Anyone00TZ 2 года назад

In addition to the blood and decapitations the Battletoads had a move where they would grab an enemy by their dick then wail away.

@aceking121212 2 года назад

No that would be the new battletoads. Bland and boring.

@SlyBeast 2 года назад

This is what I had hoped Battletoads 2020 would be more like. THAT game killed the franchise, not this one. The art style in BT 2020 is absolutely hideous.

@paleknight1 2 года назад

Not to mention the out of place gameplay and story.

@RM2011ish 2 года назад

Unfortunately we live in an age where masculinity and sexiness is not allowed, which is why the Battletoads reboot became what it was.

@Raytheman581 2 года назад

Yum, Darkqueen.

@joeyparkhill8751 2 года назад

Thank you for finally reviewing Battletoads Arcade, Richard!

@xcaluhbration 2 года назад

I remember lusting after the chick in this game back when this dropped in arcades... ... Maybe she was the one that was getting us all ready for Lady D 🤔

@covcova 2 года назад

Is this really “obscure”? I thought it was pretty well known among arcade fans... Regardless, it’s an awesome game, and the fact that it can be beaten makes it the best game in the series

@RetroRulzMyTown 2 года назад

I agree with this, though if you want a beatable Battletoads game, I recommend Battletoads on Game Boy. Its really hard as well, but its MUCH more playable.

@almightycinder 2 года назад

It's quite well know NOW, but back when it was released, it was not widely circulated.

@falconeshield 2 года назад

AVGN fans say hi

@uppercutgrandma4425 2 года назад

I didn't have an xbox when the new game was announced but, I was pretty hyped even though the art style sucked- it seemed entirely designed by a Twitter marketing team. Years pass, I forgot about it (since there wasn't any chatter after the release) finally played it.... I didn't expect it to be soo lifeless

@daakrolb 2 года назад

Battletoads is a legendary series. I never even knew about the arcade version up until a few years ago. Not sure how I missed it???

@zirconviper 2 года назад

The Battletoads arcade was the best. But after that bubblegum shit game outta Cartoon Network, they owe us a more realistic and more badass Battletoads game!

@uhhh_adam 2 года назад

More like the reboot killed the series for good

@jshadowhunter 2 года назад

What the reboot did to the Dark Queen... CRINGE.

@aaronlaluzerne6639 2 года назад

Origin of the art of the girl in the thumbnail icon please?

@GokuMcDuck 2 года назад

I miss that Dark Queen from your thumbnail.

@blackboimuzikkingmario9728 2 года назад

Only played BattleToads/Double Dragon

@chrislowe2793 2 года назад

The aracade version of Battletoads was way better than the console versions . No Turbo tunnel or that annoying snake level. I know people who owen the NES and SNES versions naever made it past 3rd stage (not counting the bonus level in the Battlemaniacs). That's why itvwas included on the Rare Replay and why Rash was in Xbox One's Killer Instinct.

@batman3217 2 года назад

What Killed the franchise was putting the Dark Queen into that HORRIBLE outfit in that reboot video game.

@lordterra1377 2 года назад

I must say the latest Battletoads art style is horrible. Who thought a bright and cute style was a good update to the original? It looks like a bad parody by comparison. The Dark Queen also looks laughable, like she should be a Dexter's Labatory character.

@w1ck3dz0d1ac 2 года назад

I played through this game on mame. It was like a playable comic from Heavy Metal magazine. The art is amazing, the music was catchy. It was one of my favorite arcade games of all time.

@charlesman8722 2 года назад

This game is amazing

@devingiles6597 2 года назад

Hey, Top Hat Gaming Man. Can you please do a review of Battle Circuit? It was Capcom's last beat 'em up game they released for the arcade.

@klusterfuk3688 2 года назад

I'd be so happy if there was an r-rated animated movie/show adaptation of Battletoads that take place in LA and then eventually go to space or something

@pigs18 2 года назад

Agreed, the arcade game didn't kill Battletoads. By this point Battletoads and Double Dragon and Battletoads in Battlemaniacs had done that already. The arcade game, while extremely difficult, is pretty fun and a throwback to the fun early levels of the NES game but a commercial failure due to Battletoads already being dead. But a quick correction: Battletoads weren't created in response to Ninja Turtles. In fact, their creator hadn't heard of the "Hero Turtles" yet. He had designed them when he was doodling back in high school and brought the notebooks out because Rare was looking for a corporate mascot (a la Bubsy, Sonic, or Mario). Of course, Rare saw them as the perfect answer to the Turtles, so that much is spot on.

@krishrama 2 года назад

yesss the definitive badass BATTLETOADS game!! its a crime it never got ported to any consoles back in the days. wish the series continued on after this one. it was epic ride. ya the reboot new battletoads is a disgrace to this and classics battletoads. totally ruined it. just like KI. rare has fallen. want this awesome battletoads back!! :(

@webguy943 2 года назад

Bro this arcade version of BT was the pinnacle of the franchise. No other BT game can rival it. The new recent BT game that came out was a huge disappointment.

@dalesanteford7432 2 года назад

I really enjoyed the Battletoads arcade I don't think it killed the franchise but you didn't see it for a long time until they brought it back also one of those games is Double Dragon Battletoads

@t0xcn253 2 года назад

Imagine being a British school child and one day you have a substitute teacher, when the classroom door opens it's TopHatGamingMan and he's carrying a Mega Drive under one arm.

@TopHatGamingManChannel 2 года назад

I have based various lessons around the ZX Spectrum. It fits into the British Primary curriculum as pupils must learn about British Inventors. So who better than Sir Clive Sinclair!

@3Rayfire 2 года назад

Played it on Rare Replay...I consider it the Definitive Version.

@TheVoicz 2 года назад

The entire Battleterds series sucked.

@krissymarklewis1793 2 года назад

This game was the best of the franchise....it just didn't take off.

@UltimateGamerCC 2 года назад

this killed the franchise??? wtf? it looks AWESOME! man, people back then didnt know better... this is a great offering for the franchise and definitely shouldnt have been it's downfall.

@Lastjustice 2 года назад

I blame fighting games stealing the lime light, as beat em ups played second fiddle to Fighters once street fighter 2 came on the scene. This game was going against the trends of the time, and hardly got any attention. I believe Mortal Kombat 2 just dropped around the time, and everyone was focused on that letting other games fall way side.

@ar.zpoint5700 2 года назад

So what’s the thumbnail art.. research purposes..

@fangy6443 2 года назад

I had no idea that the arcade game came later than the console games. Playing this on MAME is a blast.

@VOAN 2 года назад

@MAME MANIA It came after cause it's a different game. Battletoads on NES, Game Gear, and Sega Genesis are the same game, Battletoads Battlemaniacs on SNES is a different game which also had a SMS port. The Game Boy had both the NES port and a sequel. The arcade game is another sequel.

@fusionspace175 2 года назад

Anyone know how to screencap a thumbnail?

@demonology2629 2 года назад

Utterly ridiculous Battletoads arcade improved the series and even sound like Killer Instinct was narrating it too. If anybody killed the series it was rare they sold the company out

@autobotstarscream765 2 года назад

I'd say BT Arcade UNkilled the franchise considering its warm reception in Rare Replay that seems to have reinvigorated the dormant brand.

@VOAN 2 года назад

It didn't killed the franchise, it was just the last game Rare made before they went to work with Nintendo. Because this game is so violence EA published the game instead of Tradewest.

@-amosc.presley-7192 2 года назад

Do you remember that Video game that's called "Toxic Crusaders" that had remind me of Battle Toads...

@ivanhenley 2 года назад

This is still my favorite Battletoads game, and I loved all their games. I wanted more games in this vein and was disappointed to never get them. But I will always treasure this one for giving me (and my family) lots of fun times.

@howlingwolf131 2 года назад

Yes you are that damn good! From a humble American.

@verbopasado 2 года назад

The Vladimir Putin line sure aged well...

@animeloverryan85 2 дня назад

I wonder if Winky fro. DONKEY Kong Country might make an appearance in future Battletoads games

@OldNick999-real1 2 года назад

I loved the arcade version. I played it whenever I had the chance.

@Cheeselord83 2 года назад

Nah, the latest Battletoads game on the Xbox One was the nail in the coffin. It was downright insulting.

@GokuMcDuck 2 года назад

This.

@l-wolverine2211 2 года назад

It wasn’t the Arcade that “killed” the series, but rather this supposed Animated Series that they tried to make in the early 90’s is what really sank the Franchise. Of all the cartoons I saw while growing up, the Battletoads pilot was considered one of the WORST things that fans have ever seen, and it completely hurt Rare in the long run. Overall, the Arcade was the last chance for Rare to keep Battletoads going, and even though it was successful, it wasn’t enough to save the actual franchise, thus they went into Limbo. Yet, the way how some things are being either Rebooted or Reintroduced, there’s still a chance for Battletoads to make a comeback, through Netflix or Hulu, and also make a Much Better Series.

@jakoclown4175 2 года назад

No, another poster was right on the money when he said...neglect killed this franchise

@O.G.Ashtre 2 года назад

The MAME Rom I Have Is 3 Players

@TheRealBDouble 2 года назад

I'm here because of the thumbnail haha

@KasumiKenshirou 2 года назад

I didn't know there was a Battletoads arcade game. That modern reboot looked awful.

@Lastjustice 2 года назад

Yeah just look what they did the Dark Queen. That alone shows you they didn't understand what battletoads was.

@ChicagoRetroGamer 2 года назад

I absolutely love this game, and will play it at any arcade I ever find it at!

@Choralone422 2 года назад

The Battletoads Arcade game was quite good. IMO it was seriously hampered by having EA as the publisher. EA was well known at the time as a home computer and Genesis/Mega Drive game publisher but not at all in the arcade space. Also the game being a beat em up title released in December of 1994 (so basically 1995) also worked against it. For over 2 years one on one fighting games dominated the arcades at that point. Also, the Playstation & Saturn with their 3D polygon based graphics were coming soon and were being heavily pushed in the gaming press as the future of gaming. In 1995 if you wanted to be competitive in the arcades you either had to be a well known arcade publisher (Sega, Capcom, Midway, SNK, etc.,) or a one on one fighting game or use 3D graphics. The Battletoads arcade game had none of those things going for it.

@isaacriggs4656 2 года назад

This man isn't British. He's Bri'ish.

@TexasHollowEarth 2 года назад

This is one of the 3 games in the Arcade1Up Killer Instinct cab that recently, dropped 👍! It's only a 2 player cab, though 😕

@OfficeArcade 2 года назад

This is my favorite retro brawler, easily ... super underrated.

@KindredEmotions 2 года назад

I loved this arcade ands it makes me hate the 2020 remake that much more. I had such high hopes they would do it right whenever they decided to bring it back.

@TexasHollowEarth 2 года назад

... yet so many still simp for M$, like they're going to make anything, better! They're woke af with pronouns in their bios at online meetings 👎

@pclord20xx 2 года назад

Battletoads Arcade was ignored because arcade owners weren’t investing in three player machines anymore. Also the franchise became diluted with all the various cameos in other games and consoles. It’s was a great game that didn’t stand a chance during its release….

@shoken4421 2 года назад

Battle toads was a beatem up that according to the programmers was intentionally made to be hard and extremely difficult. THAT! is what killed battle toads. Look at final fight ,streets of rage and captain commando and tmnt arcade versions. These games were fun to play without making you pull out your hair especially since these games were out during mid 80s to 90s. (Sorry for the paragraph but meh🤷)

@foxymetroid 2 года назад

The extreme difficulty was pretty much the entire point. Battletoads was essentially Dark Souls before Dark Souls was even a thing. You don't play Battletoads and complain it's too hard. You play it because it's "too hard". Trying to earn those bragging rights was a huge part of the appeal.

@shoken4421 2 года назад

@@foxymetroid i mean yeah but this was an 80s to 90s game that was out along side capcom beatem ups . ill give you an example .my dad gave me 5$ back in the day for the arcade told me to pick 5 games and if i could beat any one on just a buck id get 10 $ for each game. I beat bucky ohare and xmen on a dollar each battle toads took my last 3 dollars even b4 stage 3 . guess which beatem ups were easier?

@Maggerama 2 года назад

It looks absolutely godly.

@joeyparkhill8751 2 года назад

Richard, are you ever going to review the Asterix & Obelix beat 'em up from '92? It was made by that pachinko company... what was their name again?

@an3582 2 года назад

CON-ami?

@Dim4323 2 года назад

Need that pause music

@kaptainkommando6568 2 года назад

I have the rare replay collection and didn't realize the arcade version was there!

@Black-Rat 6 месяцев назад

If it wouldn't be one of the most unforgiving difficulty game in it's consoles and arcades, it wouldn't be Battletoads... Impossible to forget this game, especially with Dark Queen and her cronies such as Robo Manus and Big Blag... So many ways to get hit by a one turn kill attack in that game, like the turbo tunnel...