Rastan Saga 1987 Taito Mame Retro Arcade Games 

This game brings back a really great memory. Way back in the day, there was strip mall not far from where I lived, and in that strip mall was a video rental store. And there they had a Rastan arcade machine. I used to come home after school, cut thru a park to go there and play. After a while I got quite good at it. And one time, I beat the game on ONE QUARTER! I managed to have like 2 lives going into the last level (from which you didn't have an option to continue, but I went for it). I actually had like 5-6 or six people around me watching me play. I felt like an all star athlete with them cheering me on. And when I beat it, everyone was going nuts, jumping, high fives, pats on the back. I felt like a legend. And I watched the closing credits, and then left for my walk home. As the sun was setting, just like in Rastan in the closing credits, I felt like a champion who did something legendary. Good times :)

i swear both rastan, final fight, shinobi and double dragon were the 4 games i played at a local pizzeria when was a child. just thinking of those games brings back the vivid memory of the smell of pizza and garlic. i have them on mame now, and every time i play them i swear i can still smell the pizza. =D

One of the all time greatest soundtracks for a game of it's era.

THAT MUSIC!! Some one was going hard on that synthesizer!! XD

God I miss the 80's. Was the best decade ever!

This game makes me miss arcades so much.

Cant believe i just sat and watched the whole thing

I was playing arcade games religiously between 1983 and around 1991. This was one of my absolute favorites and after seeing for the first time in 20 odd years, I can see why, the music, the background, the action, the villains, Rastan Saga is a great game.

The best part of this game? The OST! Almost thirty years and it's still as epic as then.

Thank you so much for uploading this game. I'm 32 now, but as a kid I remember walking down the street to a corner store to play this game. Brings back childhood memories. My personal opinion best era of video games made.

Now, I LOVED Rastan as a kid...I couldn't tell you how many quarters of mine disappeared into that arcade game, but I couldn't have been the only one who thought that he was basically the Japanese Conan?

This game is a nightmare to actually beat. If you lose all your lives in the final stage including the final boss, you have to start from the beginning. The said last level itself has very frustrating level design, all of the game's enemy types at the most inconvenient places possible, traps everywhere and ect. And the final boss isn't much easier, it'a a dragon way bigger than the player that can breathe fire in the player's direction and fly (very slowly) wherever it wants, and the sheer pressure in the fight makes it even worse, you know that messing up once will send your sorry ass back to square one, which makes you super nervous. But once you do it, you feel like the biggest badass of all time!

Hours and hours playing this game at the liquor store 1987-88- good times in life

The Music of this Game has got to be the greatest tracks ever made in the 80s..It simply never got old to me and hyped me up and kept me going back as a child..Ive never beat this game as i tried hard to..but i still enjoyed trying...this is one of the best ever

I completed this game at the arcade when I was 7. A much older boy taught me at the time. The music in this game was amazing for the time. Very atmospheric

freakin loved this game as a kid. tons of quarters, never regretted it. The music and atmosphere are just so great.

I was in the 7th grade on winter break. Was visiting my Uncle and Aunt in Denver. Went to some huge bowling alley that had two floors of arcade games and pinball machines. Spent close to 10 dollars in quarters playing Rastan. Quickly ran out of money and I still wanted to play Double Dragon II. Dad wouldn't give me any more quarters. Uncle just laughed.

_Let me tell you of the days of high adventure._

This is such an amazing piece of software... the stuff of legends...

it was one of my favorite game,back in the 80's

I remember this game as a kid. Good times and great memories! This guy never got hurt once?! He’s a beast! “Dragon’s Lair”, “Space Ace” and this game were the best games to play in the 80’s. Arcades were in abundance everywhere. Not anymore unfortunately.

One of the first games I played in the arcades - always found it super difficult (using just 10p). Thanks for the upload.

RASTAN's cardio is NO JOKE!

I'm going to build this game in Terraria. Level by level, recreating classic side scrolling games is my hobby. I've done Rygar, both Goonies games in one world & my last project was Wardner aka Pyros. Rastan has great level design values & this is why it's a favorite one of mine.

Really well played, Not a single damage taken in all the game, really nice ! thanks for that video of an old game reminding me of my youngs years !

This was one of the hardest games back in 80s. I have only been up to stage 3 the underground. I really enjoyed this video, thank you

Epic gameplay, I remember dumping a ton into this back in the day. The music was so loud and I loved it, I think the cabinet had a subwoofer installed as well. Definitely one of my favorites.

wow I completely forgot about this game.....everything about it just took me back to memory lane hard....can't believe it after almost 30 yrs this was hidden in my subconscience

Guild member: Rastan, what is best in life? Rastan: Crush your license agreements! See the copyright laws driven before you! And hear the lamentation of the royalties compensation!

I used to play this in the arcades back in '87 when I was 10; what a classic but sadly forgotten gem!

Cool play through, I remember this being so hard back in the day. But what drew me in was the music, this is really some of the best and most epic music I've heard anywhere. I'm happy to see others feeling the same way in these comments.

I remember this game being on blast volume at the arcades. You couldn't get away from it.

never got pas stage 5 and that was 1987...i was there playing all afternoon. This is the first time after 31 years that i see the end. thank u.

Back in the 80’s, I played this game for two hours in the entry area of a Diner in Saugerties, New York. Scap brings a great memories, I love the soundtrack..

This is the game that started the whole holding your weapon in a bad ass manner. Other games in this style were Legendary Axe for TG-16 and the side scrolling sections of Actraiser on the Snes. We need more Rastan like games!

I have been looking for this game for decades not remembering the name and only the music. Thank you for this trip down memory lane ❤

What wonderful memories this brings back, many hours and many quarters spent on this game back in college. I remember so fondly the first time I won - what a rush. You are incredible! Very well played!

So glad I pumped a few quarters in as a poor but adventurous pre teen. now i get to enjoy it stress free watching on RU-vid great sounds brings back sweet memories.

What a year was 1987!! This game was available in most arcades and Guns n' Roses Appetite for destruction was released. I recall playing this game with my walkman on listening to nightrain... cherised memories snifffs...

One of my favorites from back in the day, this and ghouls n ghosts. Luckily have them both on taito legends and capcom classics on my early ps3!

One of my favorite games. Up until a few years ago I was still playing it on MAME.

Would love to see a modern remake of this game. With the power of today's systems you could get beautiful super detailed sprites and better backgrounds. The game needs more variety. The levels all feel the same :wilderness, castle, boss. Speaking of variety a modern remake would need a larger variety of musical themes, this is the same 3 themes over and over. All that having been said, when this game first came out in the arcades it was absolutely stunning. It was way more advanced than any home console that existed at the time.

just been playing this, and god its as solid as i remember playing it in the arcades back in the 80s :)

How did i forgot this game? I watched people play it and was mesmerized. Then I tried it and never got past level 1. The mechanics were the bomb, the music / art were epic. Now I got to see all the way to the end will skillful play. Very very good.

Ruston Saga, Time Pilot, Galaga, Kung-fu Master, Pac Man, Eagle, Street Fighter, and many more. What a beautiful time it was

THE UNTOUCHABLE!! Great gameplay, first time I watch this game full. Thanks great player

I have incredible memories playing this game at the local Pizza place when I was in 5th grade. I always had a pocket full of quarters when I'd ride my skateboard down to that mall.

I remember going into the arcade at the bowling alley after grade 4 or 5 with two quarters, intending to play a game of Rastan and a game of Gauntlet. I went over to the Rastan machine and there were six credits loaded and nobody near it. It was glorious.

I played this game three times in my life: 1. In my childhood at a video store 2. In my childhood at Las Vegas Circus Circus 3. As an adult on MAME So great to relive my childhood memories 😊

My god. I wish I was so good. I spent so much money when I saw a kid on this. I still love it so much!

The most badass video game of all time with the best soundtrack ever

Spent my weekly allowance playing this game at the local 7 Eleven in my town.

back in the day, while playing this game on the arcade I learned to curse like a crazy drunken sailor...it was infuriating and yet so wonderful. A masterpiece.

I loved this so much as a kid...always my go to arcade. Thank you for the nostalgia.

4:23 Is one of the hardest rope jumps in retro arcade gaming. I love Rastan and still play on it a multi retro-game cabinet at a local arcade. The SMS version was pretty good.

I used to love this game. I was terrible at it. I had completely forgotten about it until I heard the music. Thanks for posting this.

taito produced a playstation 2 collection in 2005. i bought it just for rastan.still love this game, cool play thru!

use to play in the bar of the little town where i was livin'...so many years..the old days!!!

I used to play this game a lot when I was a kid but never got to the first boss. Thanks for sharing.

Not even a scratch! I finished this in the arcade on one man also, but I know I took damage. Well done.

Fell in love with this game the first time I played it at a mall in Dayton, Ohio in 1987.

thanks for up loading this game makes me remember my childhood.

Love Rastan Sagas music, i had an HMX

This is Best of the best gameplay.I know because i played it the year it came out and several following years on the arcade cabinet.I tested all that came out in mid 1980's - 1990' and tell that in the platform genre this was very well balanced,tested and caught your interest so you wanted to make it until the end boss.

Lol i remember the game at chucky cheese as a kid . It was pretty cool non stop enemies pouring down on you from the start lol.

I Remember This In The Arcade Day's Dayz And On The Sega Master System

An awesome game the Music and Graphics were really great and were more then impressive back at the time,the music still holds its own and has been incredibly remade with actual vocals and could be in any Fantasy epic movie.

OMG this is the one! I've been thinking about this game lately. I used to play it at a restaurant as a kid while we waited for our food. Could not remember the name of the game at all. Thanks for posting this and thank you RU-vid for your random recommendations.

It looks and sounds like a game that could've been from the conan the barbarian franchise of the 80s 😁 love it

the music is so awesome in this game at the time it kept me dropping money in it

The best walkthrough i've ever seen for this game! Rastan was (and still is) really hard. I never managed to complete it in the arcades back in the day, but this video gives me an incentive to try it once more! The music is arguably the most memorable feature of Rastan (apart from the Conan-like overall theme).

This music is really sweet

This game takes me back to when I was in Jr. High, after school I used to run to the convenient store and drop at least 3 quarters in this game! Thanks for the upload!!!

When I was a kid growing up in Ireland I walked past my local shop and heard that music blasting out the door, had a look in and was instantly addicted, played everyday when I could, problem was I had no money but I had to get it, I stole money wherever I could, I stole from the electric meter, I stole from the gas meter, I even stole money from relatives pockets to play, one time I stole the neighbours milk from outside their door and went to the shop and said my mam bought this and she doesn’t need it can I get the money back, it worked and I could probably write a book about ways i concocted to make some 10p pieces, it was my crack and Taito were my dealers with bubble bobble also being amazing, that music brings it all back, great times for me and the shopkeeper, I’m 50 now and have my own pc and I don’t have to steal again, oh and I owned up to the stealing at the time

man them days Didn't have wash no clothes but I was at the Wash and Dryer Store Sweating and playing Rastan!!!! Awesomeness

That background, y'all!!! That's what clicked in my memories

One of the legendary arcade quarter munchers and worth every quarter. I miss those days.

FINALLY! I've been trying to find out what arcade game was at this Italian fast food restaurant I went to when I was a kid over 25 years ago! I kept telling friends it had this barbarian guy who starts the first level landing on the ground with mountains in the background, but everyone kept saying it was Magic Sword. While that good game also made an appearance at the same restaurant, I knew that wasn't the one I was talking about. It was this game here but I didn't know the title...until now.

I loved this game. Always my favorite arcade game.

Uno dei migliori arcade degli anni 80. La Taito in quel decennio creò dei capolavori senza tempo.

"as expected, I have to kill the dragon" right on, warrior guy!

I hated it when arcade operators had the setting on hard... when the castle music would go nuts, a SWARM of fucking bats would explode around you.

This game bring me back 25 years.And for a while i felt old....dammit.The game is one of the best of their time on 1000%

fabulous music!

You missed only 7 bats and a flying chick...and finished it unscratched!!!!!!!! My respect dude :) :D

I played it when I was a kid too. Remember my 1st impression was the music ranging between, "This is boss!" to "I'm scared now, what's coming for me!"

Que gran juego. Este me lo pasaba completo con 1 vida en la recreativa. La de horas que me pasaba 😁😁😁😁

This game blow your mind with great music, great graphics, great gameplay --> as they call a masterpiece 🤔

With many, many apologies to the estate of Robert E Howard

This, Rygar and Karnov were the rollerskating rink favorites!

There's definitely some fun to be had with 'Rastan Saga', but it always felt like a poor man's 'Golden Axe' in many ways. Either way, I still love Taito and their robust library of titles.

10/10 game. Absolutely god tier. This one ate so much of my money when I was a kid, but zero regrets.

I remember playing this in around 88 or 89 I would of been 8 or 9 also, the music is awesome, the graphics then was magic and I also looked at the character as Conan

My brother and I used to play this game ages ago when it was in the arcades. And still to this day I consider this to be a solid arcade title. And not to mention this is a much better game than the atrocious sequel.

That soundtrack brings back cary memories.

Oh man i loved this game they had it at my local fish n chip shop, i played this instead of ordering food lol.

GREAT GAMEPLAY.ONE OF THE HARDEST ARCADES BACK THEN.IN FACT THERE WERE VERY FEW PERSONS THAT DEAL WITH IT.VERY ADRENALINE CICKING GAME.THANX.

Dude Perfect! I remember this from the arcades, and you NAILED it! Well done, fellow Nerd! Salut!

By Mighty Crom! Thirty years on and it still gets the ol' pulse going.

Notice how the soundtrack fits just about every stage in spite of the environments being so different. Perhaps the Guile's theme of its day.