I Ranked Every ACCLAIM game on NES 

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Double Dragon 2 is an easy S. Good moveset, good graphics, a badass soundtrack, more levels, faster gameplay than the arcade version, and I always found the controls very easy to use. I also liked the added platforming as I am not a fan of beat em ups that are nothing but WALK>FIGHT>WALK>FIGHT>WALK>FIGHT.

Love that scene in total recall when he has to fight past that wall of gloryholes.

I'll never get tired of watching these ranking videos.

Honestly, these NES rankings by publisher have re-invigorated my thirst for retro gaming videos on YT. I was actually concerned with channels that cover retro games (or mostly retro) as there is major retro gaming saturation (along with burnout on my end) with reviews, playthrough's, etc. Something as simple as these ranking videos are oddly a breath of fresh air, and I very much look forward to them.

John, you think you'll ever do a ranking series like this on SNES games? That would be amazing!

Wizards and Warriors is an A for me. Some of my favorite NES music. Great list again.

I always thought "Ack! Lame!" When it came to Acclaim. Especially towards the end

Airwolf music is pretty rad, it was close to the TV show music

I remember renting Simpson games from the grocery store. And being so mad at them for being hard. Even krusty I didn't know what to do.

These videos are consistently excellent. This channel has become my favorite for retro games, hands down. Over all the other MJR crew folks as well. Keep up the great work!! Retro is where it's at!

You haven't done Taito yet have you, John? I would LOVE to see that one done next! Or if you feel like taking on something light (after dealing with Acclaim's beefy library) a Vic Tokai video would be fun.

Wizards and warriors was a s in my book. At the time I did not need a game genie I did not have to read a Nintendo power magazine for tips. I could set down and have fun and feel like I got something done while enjoying playing the game. Some times I really don’t understand how you rate these games but in my book it was a solid S.

Thou Hast Discovered Gems! Man, i love me some Wizards & Warriors.

“I love this game. It’s excellent....B” 🤣

These ranking videos are amazing Mr. Riggs.

Hi, new to the channel but I've been liking what I see. The nostalgic vibes you conjure are amazing. I'm surprised I haven't seen anybody post about The Power Team. The cartoon from the 90s that came on during the show video Power. It featured characters from games that were licensed by Acclaim. Almost all of which I think we're mentioned in this video. Side note. Did nobody think that maybe they could have listed Honky Tonk Man's name differently in the WWF game?? Just having his name as Honky is kind of hilarious.

4:27 That's definitely a Lambda class Imperial shuttle.

My dad use to LOVE Tiger Heli. He would play for hours. That and Duck Hunt

Really like your videos... very down to earth and relatable dude. Thanks for the entertaining content!

Love these uploads! I remember staying at a hotel as a kid, the Game Room had Xenophobia and Arch Rivals

You're becoming one of my favorite channels bro. Good stuff

I think Smash TV is one of the coolest experiences on the NES when you use the four-player adapter. Two-player simultaneous with twin stick shooters (two nes controllers held vertically with D-pads at top). It makes the game so much better and bumps it up to S tier for me.

I love these videos of yours!! I grew up with the SNES and although I've always loved older games, I ended up only playing the classics from the NES era -- Mario, Zelda, Mega Man, etc. Of course the extensive retro content on the internet is a great way to expand that, but even then it's usually more about "hidden gems", or maybe the very worst games for some laughs. (Which is great!) But going through each publisher like this is a very fun and bite-sized way of going much more in-depth into the NES library, and I'm really glad you've been making these. The newer ones on the SNES are great as well.

i have been watching watching your videos for a few years now i love your positive attitude . its like im watching a friend...keep up the good work

I agree Double Dragon II: The Revenge is the best of the trilogy, in fact, is one of my top 3 NES games of all time, also, I love the Wizards & Warriors series, we will never know what happened to Kuros in the ending of the third installment since there was no 4th game, I wish there was a kickstarter with the original team who made the game to make a 4th game and complete Kuros destiny.

Thanks for yet another fun-filled video, John! I thoroughly enjoyed it as always and the only games we seem to disagree on are the "3's" of the group. I personally love both Double Dragon III and Wizards and Warriors III and I think the reason why so many don't like them (you actually like DD3 more than most...thanks for at least giving it a C!) is that both games have a learning curve and in the case of WW3, the game feels and plays a lot different. With DD3, it's actually quite fun with two players and there are several "hidden" moves like where you jump and grab a foe by the hair and throw them that are really fun to execute. Double-tapping and running and doing a jump kick actually causes slightly more damage I believe and Chin is a BEAST at simply punching enemies and wiping them out quickly. I learned a lot of little nuances playing that game so much as a kid. :) Also, I loved the whole "stealth" element of WW3 and how you wanted to be a knight/thief/wizard at certain times and how you were essentially trying to sneak into the castle to face an old foe. The underground/underworld area was pretty sweet too (I still remember the battle against the dragon very late in the game.) In any case, I would hang in there with those two games, John. They are hidden gems but it takes some real time playing both games to really see them in that light. I agree with you on everything else though. Double Dragon 2 is fantastic and Smash TV is solid as well. I felt the SAME way playing Cybernoid btw. Just a strange game (feels like a Commodore 64 title for some reason). Keep up the great work man! Your videos rock!

That WWF WrestleMania game is the main reason I was waiting for an Acclaim list on this channel. I think the music should bump it to a D, but everything else about it was mediocre. I think Andre and Ted DiBiase were the only ones to not get their actual theme songs translated into the game, but that could also be because at the time not EVERY wrestler had his own theme music and they slapped something into theme for the game. But dangit if that 8-bit version of "Real American" didn't get me pumped every time I played this game.

I love these rating videos. Thanks Mr. Riggs. Looking forward to your top 10 all time NES games. 😉😉 Keep these coming too, bro.

Wizards and Warriors is BY FAR the best of the list. The music is so good. I especially love the little ditty when you're close to death.

I love these episodes.. When your done with the nes, maybe it will become SNES time

I hate it when people don't realize you DO have a gun to shoot things in World Runner 3D.

Cybernoid is an 8-bit microcomputer game, ported to the NES. It plays like the tunnel shmups of the time.

Arch Rivals. Forgot about that one. Spent hours playing that one as a kid.

15:20 I like the sound of landing in the snow lol. I remember that sound. "....tfft"

I used to spend hours playing destination earthstar, its a game i still like. You have to defeat the enemy ships to unlock the hidden base planet and theres other planets to explore to get fuel and weapons upgrades.

I had 3D World Runner and kind of loved it? There is more variety as it progresses. The 3D was neat every once in a while. I remember finding every NES Simpsons game to be agony. I had Bartman and those bouncing tires were so obnoxious.

I'm glad you at least gave Arch Rivals a B. Arch Rivals was one of my favorite games on the system. I admit i loved the sports games as a kid. I had a bunch of them and whenever i got a new game, it was generally a sports game, but Arch Rivals was my favorite. I played that all the time.

I forgot all about Ferrari Grand Prix Challenge! Loved the little white reflections on the wheels as you sped up.

You nailed the Simpsons rankings perfectly. While playable and a little fun, the terrible controls make them beyond frustrating. And I loved Swords and Serpents when I was a kid, I remember feeling like I was in the dungeon. Great game for its time.

I think Double Dragon II is the best game ever published by Acclaim.

I would've given WWF WrestleMania a G. That game is nightmare fuel.

Nice to see Double Dragon 2 ranked as A. Definitely a fantastic sequel! I’ve never heard of the Bartman and Radioactive Man. Thanks Riggs!

Remember playing the narc arcade machine back in the day at Wal-Mart, goodtimes, keep these vids coming riggs

I’ve enjoyed every one of these so far thank you so much. It does really highlight how important development studio was. Akklaim always had a reputation for at best mediocrity as a kid, but I had no idea they were doing things like publishing the content of Rare and Technos.

The Wizards and Warriors games have a lot going for them, outside of the terrible combat that is. If only it had an actual attack that didn't involve just running into enemies with your sword. That said, I would have liked to see this one brought back in some fashion.

Awesome series of videos.

Bigfoot was so popular, the truck had its own cartoon. "Bigfoot and the Muscle Machines"

Destination Earthstar is a game I got early on the NES. If you think Bigfoot needs a manual then Destination Earthstar needs it even more so. It's a mix of spaceflight sim and shooter (once you destroy all the enemies in a sector the base will appear and then you enter the shooter mode).

Wow, I gotta check out Swords & Serpents someday. That game is right up my alley. Still finding out about new games all these years later, lol.

I've mentioned Culture Brain already. I think it's not mentioned much at all and a very short library but I'd love to see it done. Thanks for your content I really enjoy it!

I worked for Sculptured Software when it was bought by Acclaim Entertainment. We did some good SNES stuff. I think that the reason Acclaim went out of business is that they tried to buy too many companies.

I had so much fun playing Arch Rivals with my cousins growing up. I'm not big on sports games, but the punching is fun.

Love these types of videos.

I like this series of videos. They bring to light certain games I haven't thought about in a long time. I didn't even know there was a Wizards & Warriors III. I'd have given Wrestlemania a D purely out of nostalgia.

Im new to your channel and I gotta say, I love all of the Wizards & Warriors games. They all felt very individual, but the music was insanely cool (thanks Dave Wise), but as a kid, I just loved Kuros. My fave one is 3, because you get to turn into Thief, Wizard and Knight and then kind of level up. Super hard to finish though

Another perfect grading from you john riggs..A+ for you

Cybernoid was made for the ZX Spectrum but had a later port for the C64 which has killer music. The second game was more of the same.

Love this series of videos

I like that you take sports games seriously, even if sports isn't exactly your bag. A lot of these channels have this bitter animosity towards them and I always though that helped strengthen this perceived divide, but even when you don't like a sports game you at least treat it like it were any other and apply the same standards to it. Underappreciated.

Unlimited Continues in Wizards & Warriors? Man I would´ve wished for that in the Game Boy Game!

Another great vid for the series. I agree with you like 90% of the time but I would have given Wizards and Warriors 3 an A because I feel it's underrated and a great metroidvania style game. Thanks for these vids John!

Aklaim masters of the game! Lol ah the memories. I love the Airwolf game. I played that so much. It got hard after level 9. The back of the box said 20 missions. When I finally reached and beat level 20, it kept going. I made it to level 22. I think it just keeps going. It was difficult, it should be a B, but that's me. I was never much of a fan of wizards and warriors because the controls didn't do it justice. My cousins had it but never let me play it. I rented it and couldn't get into it. I bought a copy some years ago and I still can't get past the controls. That's just me. Nice video, I hadn't played most of those. Time I catch up on my retro gaming.

Arch Rivals was originally made in the arcades by Midway, which Acclaim was actually a division of, believe it or not. Moreover, Arch Rivals made the NBA Jam, NFL Blitz/Blitz: the League, MLB Slugfest, and NHL Hitz franchises exist, as well as, ironically enough, hits for the company that would later buy the NBA Jam license in EA with their games of Mutant League Football and Mutant League Hockey, and it even influenced the early Madden titles as well.

Rambo is semi Metroidvania imo, because it does have that open exploration, but you don't really get items to progress, you can technically progress without getting them if you're good enough. That's a game that I had a love-hate relationship with. Lately I do enjoy it, though it's not as polished as similar games like Zelda 2 or Faxanadu, it's still very solid. Props to Acclaim for copying Zelda 2 and getting it out here fast enough to beat Zelda 2 here. 😂

What a Riggs-orously researched ranking

Wrestlemania Challenge was light years ahead of Wrestlemania. I had WC as a kid and I must have spent endless hours playing it! Even after beating every mode, with every wrestler. Absolutely adored Wrestlemania Challenge!

Do Jaleco games next

Finally subscribed to you. Been watching several videos. Wizards & Warriors was fun! Except the “you’re gonna die” music clip. 😅

I love this series, it’s so good. Did you ever consider doing the SNES library the same way? Would love to see that

Need to do games by “Rare” John. Snake rattle n roll

Youre videos are excellent on Lets Rank. I would love for you to also do some Sega ranks. Is that in the future possibly?

Great video, gotta check out Wizard and Warriors now.

I'm not sure if my request for Acclaim led to this video...but thanks for making it! I really wanted to see this :) How about doing American Sammy or Vic Tokai next?

Acclaim had also NBA Jam and Mortal Kombat 1 and 2

Man, I remember playing NARC as a kid on new years eve stating up until midnight. Man that was good fun!

Nice video. Cyubernoid is really a puzzle game - I think people think they should shoot tehir way through (as seen in your video) but it really takes a methodical approach. It is a little loose in the controls so that can make it difficuly, but if you go into it with the puzzle game mindset you can make it further.

Hard foul on Double Dragon III. I get that you didn't connect with it, but damn as a kid that game was everything. Best in the series for me. So cool to get the Kung fu and Ninja guy to mix up the gameplay.

One of my fondest NES memories is playing Swords and Serpents with a group of four eating and drinking one Halloween night with Rock music playing

I liked the Simpsons games. As frustrating as they were. I still had a lotbof fun playing them. Definitely a sklid C for me

I would like this type of series for any classic system!

Oh yeah I love this series already can't wait till the next one or which company it could be Bandai, Activision, Electro Brain, Romstar, or Absolute? Keep up the great work Riggs😁👍

Double Dragon 2 is actually my favorite NES game of all time😅

Akklaim had a little bit of everything for a little bit of everyone. They had movie licensing. They had TV show licensing, they had shooters, they had platformers, they had arcade ports, they had a lot of a lot with Akklaim.

i love STAR VOYAGER and finished it. in order to get to your destination, you have to go on your map, calculate how many times your marker on the map will get to your destination, set that marker there, and when you speed up your ship, you have have your warp build up to that many times of your marker. for example, if you want to get to the planet or enemy, and it takes five moves to get to that destination, you have to wait till the upper right side of the screen builds up to that many times. be carful, the diamond shape of the dots is the black hole and the square shape of the dots are the astroid belts. also, the x's are the enemy,u have to go to each planet to find your upgrade for your lasers and for your shield barrier. also, somewhere in space is an object, if you shoot it close enough, you'll get a bomb too. it takes at least 3 speed machs to land on the planet or port at a space station. be careful though because the enemies are heading toward your main blue base, and once that's destroyed, you lose

I enjoyed Tiger Heli on the NES quite a bit. I even had a joystick shaped like a helicopter control.

14:58 "Now I know what we're all thinking of..." "..." "Glory holes! Alright?!"

Great video. Hal is another company that released some fun games for the NES.

I've been waiting for this one

I had Destination Earthstar since new and only recently sold it. Only NES game I had zero regrets getting rid of.

i would consider rambo one of those "proto-metroidvanias" kinda like simon's quest and rygar

3D world runner did have a weapon, but you had to run into the pillars in the beginning and pick up the rocket powerup icon to get an attack

10:45 1985 Super Mario Bros had the run and action (fireball) functions mapped to the same button which is the template they should of implemented instead for of jump and run mapped to the same button. Also preferable to equipping an item each time you want to run as you're suggesting.

Thank you, J.R.

This is the content im looking for!

Hurts my heart to see Tiger-Heli a 'D'. I loved this game and played it soooo much with my friends. I have never played the arcade version though, so not comparing it to that, just how much fun it was.

Double Dragon II is the very best except for the end boss.

"Its worth looking at just to see" We've all been there

Bigfoot was a controller breaker game. You had to go left/right on the D Pad to make your monster truck actually move int he head to head, and to go faster, you had to go left/right as fast as possible. I broke multiple controllers on that game, and a few fingers playing that game. Lol.

Anybody remember that show Video Power that came on in the early 90's. It had this cartoon called the Power Team that featured Acclaim characters as the "Power Team". It was absolutely horrific, lol.