#Battletoads 

Great vid as usual. Some excellent tips. I told u I was struggling with the inferno hence why I chose to skip it but your hanging low strat makes for a much easier time. Great tip. The steelbeaks I couldn't work out a timing for they are a nightmare tho I first one is an excellent place to farm an extra life as u get 5000 points each time and he infinitely respawns, you just stay behind him. If u die u get the 1up anyway

Only took over 3 decades lol but with a little perseverance and your guide, I finally can say I beat Battletoads!!!!!

I've literally owned the game for 30 years and never *legitimately* saw the fourth level.

So this is what battle toads level 4 looks like. Never seen it in my life. Always gave up at level 3. Your walk through are very nice keep it up please.

Brutaltoads...thank God the first few levels have great replay value, that's all we ever saw 🐸👀

46:30 you can also headbutt the rat so he bounces off the wall and walks back one more time and you gain a little bit more time

thank you, this helped with years of ptsd. suddenly i was a kid again

The difficulty in this game is absurd.... Great vid....

I remember how crazy difficult this game was! Nice to see your guide... oh! Memories :)

love this game. bought it off my friend in middle school for $10. just some additional tips: Wookie Hole: the grey electrodes at the end can be easily avoided by moving to the center of the bottom of the screen and not moving, rather than swinging back and forth and risking damage Surf City: if you run too far forward after taking out the Tall Walkers, Big Blag will "scare" your toad and you'll miss out on the flies Volkmire's Inferno: eff this stage!! use the warp in the Karnath's Lair Intruder Excluder: you can kill Gassers with a charge attack ONLY IF you're holding a stick (not sure about the ones higher than ground level though e.g. 36:43) the trick to getting under the cog in Terra Tubes (41:31) and the trick to take out the Giblet in Rat Race (44:35) is brilliant.

After 15 years of trying i finally beat battletoads thanks ucbvg!

I have beaten the game a few times, but it's definitely one of the hardest games I've ever played. I also believe that beating this game with another player and having you both survive is harder than beating it on your own. Also let's not forget how cool the pause game beat was!

Ninja Turtles NES actually limited you to only 2 continue credits, though I read somewhere that inputting the Konami Code on the copyright screen grants you 2 additional credits for a total of 4 continues.

Pro tip on the fourth room of Karnath's lair: when you're on the red and pink snake (the one where you've got to jump onto the tail and then jump off onto the head) when it goes up and plateaus the first time instead of dropping down you can do a dash jump. If you do it right you'll clear the spikes and hit the exit. With a bit of practice it's not that hard and you can hit it every time.

Oh, so THAT's how you beat Rat Race; I did it the hard way and never wanted to look at it again. When you were saying about Karnath's Lair being the hardest stage, I kept thinking, "Umm... RAT RACE!?" Thanks for the trick! I also think it's really interesting that the first boss is maybe the only instance I've seen of second-person perspective in a video game, unless you count the title screen of a Bond game, I guess.

Epic channel. Your like the final stage of yt retro game videos. Like.. what else could be said xD

A lot of their combo finishers have names, granted most are added in retroactively. The boot used to kick things away is called "Swinging size 13s"

That snake pit was the bane of my 13 year old existence.

Bruuuhhh!!! Thank you. From the bottom of my heart, THANK YOU. I will be mailing you my first born child via FedEx ground. It’s the least I can do for this AND the ninja turtles one 🙏🏾✊🏾👍🏾

Thumbs up for all the background info alone

I watched this video a lot. I can get further than ever before! Still can’t beat this shit!

Your channel is completely underrated good Sir, great Vid as always.

"might be very difficult" he says More like hours and hours of my 10 year old remembering everything to rinish the game. Loved battletoads and loved the vid!

The Clinger Winger (level 11) is very easy if you do this trick: PAUSE in every corner and take your time to press de d-pad to the correct way then unpause. Do it in evey turn and you will have an almost perfect (and easy( run.

The snake stage still gives me nightmares. Legit made it to the final tower, but never beat the game.

Awesome gameplay! Much respect for the hard work man!

...try to get the Dark Queen from behind... Many teens have wished lol.

I legitimately thought this game was like the old Atari ET where it had no ending and was impossible to beat on purpose. As a kid I couldn't beat it, obviously. However, as an adult, I grabbed a ROM of it and _finally_ got through the jetski portion only to have the ROM be corrupt (suspicious!).

Think my cousin and I made it to stage 4 once. Died immediately sliding around. Then never could clear 3 again

I was able to get through turbo tunnel pretty consistently as a kid (even in 2 player playing with my brother) but I think the furthest I ever got was just past the boss in level 5. I later played the genesis version on an emulator and beat it by abusing the hell out of save states, and even playing it that way the snake level was just rediculous. How they thought all but the most skilled and dedicated player would ever beat it legitimately I'll never know (clearly the devs couldn't beat it themselves, atleast not in 2 player otherwise it wouldn't have been released with a bug that makes completing the game impossible for player 2).

The plane level is as far as i ever could get, though i did not know the toad code.

Very interesting 💪🏽

I think I got past the snakes once.... once. Most of the time stage 3 got the better of me

Amazing no way so I want to deal with that LVL 3 is bad enough thank you

You said the water level was Michaelangelo's time to shine, but didn't say why. Does he swim faster? As a kid in elementary school I made it inside the technodrome. I wish I knew how to spawn foot soldier vs jet pack guys. I'm pretty sure I died in the corridor every time. I wish I knew the technique you used.

Rare Should’ve extended the score board one digit more instead of stopping at 999,999.

Music Brooklyn Tabernacle

These kinda games are like gamifyd work

Even using Game Genie I still couldn't beat the game. I got to level 10 legit but that's as far as I could go

Rare really overshot the difficulty on this game for its audience, which is its major flaw. This is another one of those games like Ghosts N Goblins that is so difficult it ceases to be fun in a very short amount of time.

Dude the devs were just straight up evil wtf

Now the question is, is it possible to beat this with two players?

How does this this this video not have 1.5 million view? It's like a cross between a Bob Ross painting and the most annoying fucking NES game ever.

Bro you are the Bob Ross of video games. You make all of this look so easy that anybody can do it. But having owned this game since it came out I only have nightmares. Never got past level 3. Thanks for showing what the rest of the game looks like via playthrough session.

I think I have PTSD from playing Battletoads back in the early 90's. Such a brutal game. Watching this play-through though I realize just how impressive this game is from a technical stand point. The graphics are phenomenal and the gameplay itself (as brutal as it is) has tons of variety and creative ideas. The music rocks too. Truly one of the greatest games of the 8-bit era.

That pause screen beat will forever be stuck in my head

Your walkthrough are like a modern way of reading Nintendo Power, so fantastic and entertaining and eye opening helpful even to the kid in me.

Literally everything I can do to not giggle like a high schooler at "try to get behind her and do a ram attack." Giggity. ...I swear I'm an adult.

There is a shortcut in the 4th snake pit room you missed. It skips the final hardest part! When you’re on the 4th snake (yellow and red) ride it to the top of the screen. Wait until near the end of the snake and then jump way over to the right. It takes you right to the exit!

I'm 40 and haven't played this game since I was around ten, yet the instant you got to the speeder bike section, a combo of music and colors gave me a sense memory panic attack. I remember this game made me think I was bad at video games. New games come with limited edition skins, NES games came with ptsd and a failure complex.

Battletoads isn't just a game that you can learn about and then beat. It legitimately takes a great deal of concentration and fantastic hand-eye coordination. Great game, but I was lousy at it growing up. After beating the bikes, I remember thinking the game wouldn't get any tougher--and it definitely did.

Was stuck on level 7 for the longest now I moved up to level 9. Will be re-watching this video many many times. I'm almost there.

something i've noticed with the turbo tunnel. if you don't die, the changes in the music in the bike part actually feels like it "cues" the obstacles. I love this level a lot and after playing it so many times I feel it was intentional.

God I could never get past the racer level, soooooo f***ing hard

Very cool to see your channel taking off with the focus that it has... with your appreciation for tackling difficult challenges, I think you could appreciate how hard it would be to run 🏃 while playing through a game at the same time. In a wellness & gaming effort, I tackled NG, Contra, Battletoads, and Ghosts N Goblins while jogging behind our homemade NES bike lol. Nice golden retriever too lol we have 2 of them now, a lighter Irish cream that’s 10 months old and our newest is 2 months old, more of the classic darker color like yours :)

Awesome and very detailed tutorial. Thank you! Sadly there is no warp/shortcut for the stage with that giant ball chasing you. I did not know about that 2nd player continue trick. That'll help a lot for sure 👍

A couple notes not mentioned. 10:12 When collecting 1UPS, look for the 1up shadow before jumping. Jump and place your shadow over the 1UP shadow to make sure you get it. Same for anything using a sudo 3D world such as the enemies, floating walls or ramps. At 36:25 those fans can be destroyed with the stick if you still have it. The yellow gassers can be busted too. It gives you a nice breather where you don't need to worry about anything. 46:03 When racing the giblet, you can hit him to turn him around. When the hole is at the side, I like to headbutt the giblet over the hole where he will hit the wall, turn around and land on the platform again forcing him to run all the way back and forth again as you fall down the hole. Run to the next hole and repeat. As long as you keep doing it, it will keep the giblet with you instead of it getting ahead.

This game has alluded me for decades. I can’t believe I’ve actually seen someone beat it! 🤘🏻🤘🏻

I have just stumbled upon this channel of yours and started going through your videos and I have to say that this content is just amazing. Like, it is right up my alley. It reminds me a bit of those old "How to Beat" type of VHS tapes from the 80/90s but these are way more thorough and actually take you through the whole thing while revealing all kinds of cool trivia along the way. It's kinda surreal. Had these videos been released back when I was a kid, I can tell it's the kind of stuff I would have watched on repeat, even if I had never played the games in question. This will definitely be one of the channels I'll keep a closer look at in the future. As for Battletoads, I didn't own it myself back in the day but I did have a friend who had it and we would sometimes play it but like you said in your video, like many other kids we could never get past the Turbo Tunnel part. It's crazy to think that developers back then would purposely create so many cool levels and technically impressive gimmick, only to make the early game so cruelly hard that many players would be lucky to even see half of it. One funny piece of trivia I recently learned of was that just before you kick enemies with your big boot, the game will pause for a second. I always thought that was just solely for dramatic effect but it is in fact the game loading a sound sample to play for the kick. Fantastic video, mate. And gosh darn impressive to see deathless run with a maxed-out score to boot. Maybe one day I'll be able to at least complete it too. One can dream xD Can't wait to see what game you'll be tackling next. If I may suggest a really great, yet underappreciated game, I would pick Ufouria: The Saga from Sunsoft. It's a really cool Metroidvania kinda game. I recently worked on a hack for it, so I've had to go through it a couple of times as a result and it's definitely the kind of game where a guide could be handy on your first go. Either that or Bionic Commando :)

Honestly, the level of difficulty combined with finite continues is why so many people included myself never bothered to get past the 3rd level

Lolz.. Could only finish this madness with my Gamegenie back in the days. Only finished it legit 10 years ago.

I was very young when I was playing this game and it was really difficult for small child. I remember managed after countless of hours to reach to the final tower stage, but never beat it. It's a shame I was so close till the end. Thank you for your video. Nostalgia :)

This is probably the only NES game that I never finished once. But hell was it badass.

your voice and presentation makes this so relaxing to watch.

Really fresh and useful approach on playthrough and speedrun videos :) Love the intro too haha

That speeder bike level will go down in history as one of the hardest levels of all time. Even I hadn't beaten it in almost 30 years. I loved when they crossed over with Double Dragon. Great game, and full of humor and action. Good to see Battletoads getting some love. Haven't tried the new incarnation yet. Looks fun though.

I got past the Turbo Tunnel... about one time in five. I managed to beat the rat race... once. But the clinger wringer ended me. Bravo on making it all the way through this face-punchingly hard game.

Great walkthrough. Love these.

That is legitimate display of skill. One life complete of Battletoads! Bravo.

I had no intention of playing this game when it came out, and I still don't, yet here I am thoroughly entertained by your video. You have a new subscriber and a like. Thanks!

Theres actually a quicker and easier way to finish the 4th room of Karnath's Lair (stage 6). If you climb the yellow-pink snake to the top, when he moves right, you can run and jump to the right over the spikes at the top and fall into the exit.

Awesome well researched content. Your turtles video popped up in my recommendations for no reasons I could think of. So hopefully that means the algorithm is starting to do right by you and start seeing the views you deserve

This is worth sharing!👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Phenomenal work. I've binged my way through a number of your videos, you really do great work.

I beat this game multiple times as a kid both with and without warping. This is what happens when you are poor and have more time than money. It took me forever to get past chapter 11 cause I couldn’t figure out how to gain separation on the curves. I never did figure it out. I played it so much I eventually did it by just instinct with timing when to turn. For chapter 8 you can safely destroy all those stupid gassers with stick or ram attack. Makes it way easier climbing up the shaft. Great video on truly one of the hardest NES games ever made. I bought it for the colorful cover and thought I was going to get a TMNT arcade beat em up clone except with hilarious toads. Then was sodomized by the Turbo Tunnel and realized what I had gotten myself into buying the game. Thanks for the memories. 😅

Yeah the Rat falls directly onto the bomb after the first one in the PAL one so you cant exploit the trick. Personally I quite like the level now I have it memorized tho one extra tip I think is slightly quicker is to jump forward when your on the white moving girders ie the ones with the Holes in that move left to right. Since your slower when on those because of their movement, you gain a few milliseconds by jumping. I think they may have fixed Sergeant Slaughter too cos that ram stun lock thing doesnt work. At least didnt for me. He always jumps up and squashes you if you ram him the first time. Also great work with the Clinger boss, you completely make him a bitch. I tried to utilise that pick strat but I always screwed it up and found a ram and run approach the safest for me.

I beat this game once. The ending wasn't worth a second trip.

Awesome video. I can't even begin to describe how much this game terrorized my childhood. I could never make it much further than the turbo tunnel.

I had this back in the 90s when i was a kid. I beat this game back then and even today it's still a challenge. Snake rattle and roll was one of my favorites as well. I didn't have strategy guides and still figured things out through continuous play. The snake stage was my fav in battletoads.

My childhood. Oh, how many hours wasted until I nailed this game. I played it so many times I was able to consistently beat it with 0-2 deaths. Good times.

Never thought I'd hear the words "duck under the snowman's snowballs"

What if I told you this channel is going to be a hit

Been working on this game for the last month, making incremental progress day-by-day. Literally, many of my playthroughs would see me getting one obstacle or one jump further than my last effort. The levels got easier and easier, though. Today, after God only knows how many tries, I beat the Dark Queen. This game has earned its reputation as one of the hardest games on the NES. Thanks for this excellent guide!

make sure you put this on 2x speed because he talks in slowmotion

A few tricks I learned from my playthrough, or other let's plays. - Karnath's Lair room 4. Ride the yellow/pink snake up, then jump across the 3 spike balls to the exit (or hit the spikes, lose a life but clear the stage if you touch the exit while dead). Or, stay at the top, jump across at the last moment (the head of the snake will be up on the other side, and you can walk to the exit). - Keep spamming Pause to give yourself more reaction time. It's the only way I could beat Volkmire and Clinger Winger..... :( - Intruder Excluder. The stick can destroy the gassers and the fans. - Terra Tubes. Normally for the underwater wheels, you're supposed to hover over spikes while a wheel passes over you. Keep spamming attack to stay in place. - Rat Race, 3rd race. When the rat tries to overtake you on the straight section, push attack to headbutt him forward. Hopefully he'll bounce off the wall and turn around. Positioning is key (knocking him down the hole instead would be catastrophic). With this strat, you don't have to be nearly perfect.

Pro Tip- play the video on 1.25x speed. That way his voice won't put you to sleep with his slow pacing and tone.

I'm surprised that in the Karnath lair in the final room that you didn't show the shortcut to the door. On the yellow and magenta snake, when it comes over its first rise, if instead of jumping down at the last second, you wait for the tail to arrive, if you dash across and jump over the three vertical spikes, you can grab the snake as it comes up behind them over its second hump. Climb to the top of it, and you can just jump to the exit.

Bucky O' Hare wasn't a copy cat of TMNT. He was created in 1977-1978. Both comics debuted in 1984.

but he needs to show us all of this with two players playing. The first cheat alternating between controller 1 and 2 wont work

Ugh, I was nowhere close to beating the turbo tunneling, and seeing it here, I can safely say I'm not ashamed to admit it.

i've only made it to the tower climb and thats with shortcuts and no toadcode! now maybe i will be able to beat the game for once! thanks for the great walkthrough! u got my sub :>

“The turbo tunnel is really easy” “I have to use an extremely rare NES advantage controller to beat turbo tunnel”

I think the level with the gear that chases you and the swimming parts with the shark is the most difficult one in the game, personally.

Battle Toads is next to impossible. That being said I will forever stand by the idea that Deadly Towers is the most difficult NES game by far and one of the most difficult of all time on any platform.

I beat this game on time in my life. Did a dance like no other afterwards. Then I cursed this game to hell.

Rat race Even having trouble on rare replay with rewind xD Fffff I’m to old 😂

Another one I could never beat, usually because my friends and I would end up beating on each other for shits and giggles instead of legit trying to beat it! God, that descent level had us "accidentally" killing each other for hours on end! I have really fond memories of this, even if I only ever saw past the speeder bike level once!

Look, I made it to the 5th part of the rocket car stage when I was a kid. One time I accidently hit the warp, and I consider that beating the game!

Nice vid bro. You must have studied alot for this giude. Nice work on maxing out the score though

"Try to get her from behind." Giggity.