Let's play what is possibly the greatest arcade fighting game ever created by the legendary game developer Home Data(?): Battlecry from 1991!
Some info on the great Home Data (a.k.a. "Magical Company") from Wikipedia:
Established in Kobe in 1983 to design and develop video games, the company was incorporated on May 29, 1985 as Home Data. During the 80's they developed and published various mahjong games for the Arcades.
Battleborn is an online first-person shooter video game developed by Gearbox Software and published by 2K Games for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. The game was released worldwide on May 3, 2016. Labelled as a "hero shooter", the game also features multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) elements.
B.C. Story is a sports arcade game released by SemiCom in 1997. In the game, one can select from caveman characters Sonlo, Milo or Ballo and engage in "B.C" sports events such as running and climbing.
DOOM 60FPS Gameplay! Rocket launchers, demons, plasma rifles, sucking it up! Yes, it must be DOOM, the futuristic 2016 version. Let's play it in multiplayer, team death match form for the first time and see how many time we can die in a limited time period.
Doom (stylized as DOOM) is a series of first-person shooter video games developed by id Software. The series focuses on the exploits of an unnamed space marine operating under the auspices of Union Aerospace Corporation (UAC), who fights hordes of demons and the undead in order to survive.
Doom is considered to be one of the pioneering first-person shooter games, introducing to IBM-compatible computers features such as 3D graphics, third dimension spatiality, networked multiplayer gameplay, and support for player-created modifications with the Doom WAD format. Since the release of Doom in 1993, the series has spawned numerous sequels, expansion packs, and a film.
The great 1985 arcade classic, Samurai Nihon-ichi by Taito... Did you ever dream to live the noble, but dangerous life of a Samurai? Well, here's your virtual chance of NOT doing that!
Guide a Samurai through waves of on-coming enemies. Use your Samurai blade to eliminate your foes. Push up to jump, down to crouch and left or right to move. Press the overhand button to swing your sword downwards or press underhand to slash upwards. Depending upon the enemy that attacks, different swords motions work better.
Simplistic, repetitious, grating madness! I will not admit to playing the 1992 arcade game B. Rap Boys. It is that bad, and not in a good way. If you want to see the horrid game play video before I delete it from the internets forever, go for it.. Don't say I didn't warn you!
This horrid game was the sequel to DJ Boy. Some more info from Wikipedia:
DJ Boy (DJボーイ) is a 1989 beat 'em up arcade game developed by Kaneko. It was published in Japan by Kaneko and in North America by Sammy.
DJ Boy, also known as DJ Kid, was designed as a standard side-scrolling beat'em up game partially based on the hip-hop culture of the U.S. cities. What made the game unique at the time was the fact that many of the characters rode around on roller skates rather than walking or running. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Boy#B.Rap_Boys
Minotaur, Werewolf, Panther, and Bear action! It could only mean one thing: Metamorphic Force, possibly the greatest arcade video game ever devised by actual human minds! Join us for a complete walk through, long-play, or what-have-you of this righteous 1993 arcade classic.
Metamorphic Force (メタモルフィックフォース?) is an arcade game released by Konami in August 1993.[1] It is one of Konami's last side-scrolling Beat 'em up games to appear in the arcades along Violent Storm.
The game mechanics are similar to those of Konami's earlier arcade hit, X-Men, and runs on the same hardware as their ninja-themed game, Mystic Warriors.
Plot: The Evil One has risen from the dead to rule the world once more. The Greek goddess Athena has summoned the souls of four ancient guardians and bestowed their power upon four heroes to stop the evil once again.[2] These guardians wield the ability to shift into anthropomorphic beasts to fight their enemies. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metamorphic_Force
First time playing the Diablo-style, hack-n-slash Grim Dawn with Snoppies (she didn't have a mic on). We're in search of Burial Hill for the newbie quest "Waking to Misery" to kill Kyzogg the Reanimator! Click to view our Grim Dawn playlist!
Grim Dawn is an action role-playing game developed and published by Crate Entertainment... Grim Dawn is set in a thematically-dark fictional world loosely based on the Victorian era. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grim_Dawn
Funky Jet! A 1992 arcade game about a cool dude with a funky jet strapped to his behind who is out to defeat the bad guys without cause or reason! When was the last time you played a game so exciting and so varied, that you cried? Well, watch this, I saved you the trouble!
Some info about the Mitchell Corporation, the creators of Funk Jet from Wikipedia:
Mitchell Corporation (株式会社ミッチェル) is a Japanese video game developer based in the Suginami ward of Tokyo. Roy Ozaki serves as president, and Koichi Niida serves as vice-president. Some employees are former Capcom and TAD Corporation employees. The company was originally established on February 1, 1960, as an import/export business by the father of Roy Ozaki. Ozaki and Niida took over the company and began acting as exclusive overseas agents for such video game companies as Visco, Video System, Seta, Metro, Home Data, and other small video game manufacturers in the 1980s. Company activity was suspended on 20 November 2012. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitchell_Corporation
Part 1: Is this a crazy new Disney ride or your worst nightmare? At least there aren't any lines to wait around in... Find out what's at the bottom of this first person horror-mystery set in ancient Greece, or else! ... Part 2: https://goo.gl/D1QPjP
Medusa’s Labyrinth is a mythological first person horror game set in ancient Greece. It takes myths and legends that have stayed with us for over 2000 years and mix them together in a game that blends horror with stealth into a unique experience. http://store.steampowered.com/app/436110/
It's going to be partly cloudy with a 100% chance of... Violent Storm! Yes, everyone's go-to side scrolling beat 'em up - the 1993 arcade classic, Violent Storm. Never heard of it? Well, now you have... You'll probably wish you didn't (not that I 'm threatening anyone).
Violent Storm (バイオレントストーム?) is a 1993 side-scrolling beat-'em-up for the arcades produced by Konami.
It is the 1990s. In the beginning, World War III has at last expired. The people are left to pick up the pieces and rebuild their civilizations. However, vicious gangs that prey on these defenseless citizens are obstructing the reconstruction.
The main protagonists are Boris, Wade and Kyle, vigilantes who protect the feared and helpless. Their largest problem is the corrupt, incorrigible, ruthless and lethal gang known as "The Geld Gang". They have commissioned every type of person imaginable. Purple-haired, leather-clad, chain-wielding, lead-pipe swinging, masked, martial art, orange-mohawked and men so strong and immune to pain they use manhole covers as shields.
One day, when the trio is patrolling the streets, alert, ready and able to help those in need, they see a woman named Sheena (a friend of theirs) waving at them walking across the street out of a supermarket with groceries. A moment later, Lord Geld's right-hand man, Red Freddy, snatches her away while riding on his purple hog. Now, the three braves must save Sheena from the grips of Lord Geld. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violent_Storm
The Sigma Entertainment Inc. 1997 classic arcade video game from Japan, Pepsi Man. There is absolutely nothing more that needs to be said. Ok, I lied. Here's some more to be said from GiantBomb:
Above: A box found in the closet full of random console and hand-held games: Sega Genesis, Game Gear, Sega Saturn, Game Boy Advanced, original Xbox, and even a Super Famicom game!
Below: More stuff from the box found in the closet full of random games: Sega Master System, PlayStation, Sega Genesis, Sega Saturn, Game Boy Advanced.
The Video Game is a 1991 arcade video game developed by Sega based on the Marvel Comics comic book character Spider-Man.
Spider-Man and his allies must retrieve a mystical artifact from first the Kingpin, then Doctor Doom.
The game was released as a coin-operated arcade title based on the Sega System 32 hardware. The game can be played as a single player game or up to a four players cooperatively. Each character can do a special move related to their super power which reduces their health. Spider-Man and his allies must retrieve a mystical artifact from first the Kingpin, then Doctor Doom.
During levels the game changes from a side-scrolling beat 'em up into a platform game as the camera zooms to a far-away view of the characters in miniature. Later it zooms back in for the much larger and more detailed characters to continue the brawling.
The game was divided into four acts, meeting various villains, including Kingpin, Venom, Doctor Octopus, Electro, Lizard, Scorpion, Sandman, Green Goblin, Hobgoblin, and finally Doctor Doom. High scores are separated by character; so a high score on Spider-Man may not be a high score on Hawkeye or Black Cat.
SCARE WARNING (and you may want to turn up brightness or play full-screen): Playing the free to play prequel of Passing Pineview Forest. Yes, it's dark. I didn't even know I had a flashlight until after I played. Turns out, this was probably for the best anyway as light can attract some pretty creepy things in the dark...
Description from Steam: Passing Pineview Forest is a free mini-prequel set in the universe of Pineview Drive. Behind the abandoned house on Pineview Drive lies ominous Pineview Forest. The dark, foreboding forest trail leading directly to the Pineview property must be explored – but your every move and reaction is being watched. You must stay calm during your walk – or else IT will take you! To survive you will need steady nerves; for any trace of fear comes at a price — your life. http://store.steampowered.com/app/331120/
Let's suck at the classic 1985 Gun.Smoke arcade game! Yes, Gun-Period-Smoke. I guess this was done for copyright reasons, so as to not have it confused with the western TV show, "Gunsmoke." Or maybe, their grammar was terrible? Anyways, I haven't sunk a quarter into this in decades (that's my excuse), so it's time to suck it up! Let's do this!
Gun.Smoke is similar to 1942 and Commando, also developed by Capcom, but with some differences. This game is a scrolling shooter in which the screen scrolls upward automatically and players only have three ways to shoot, using three buttons for left, right, and center shooting. The player can also change the way the gunman shoots through button combinations. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun.Smoke
SCARE WARNING: You ever find yourself locked in an old, creepy funeral home? No? Well, here you go then: Black Rose a free horror/suspense/jump scare game on Steam.
Description from GameJolt: Black Rose is a first-person survival horror game in which you assume the role of Linda, an average girl who heard rumors about an old abandoned funeral home being haunted. No one knows what happened to many of the people who used to work there, but legend says they were murdered. By who? Linda wants to find this out for herself, so she goes to the secluded funeral home. But not long after entering, things go horribly wrong.
If you were ever wondering if anyone ever made a game combining ninjas, baseball, and batman, well - wonder no more. In this 1993 classic arcade game mega-hit (that I never heard of) we discover the ultimate in ninja/baseball side-scroller beat 'em ups: Ninja Baseball Batman.
From the Wiki: Ninja Baseball Bat Man, known in Japan as Yakyū Kakutō League Man (野球格闘リーグマン Yakyū Kakutō Rīgu Man?, "Baseball Hand-to-Hand Fighting League Man"), is a 1993 beat 'em up developed and published by Irem Corporation in association with its North American division Irem America exclusively as an arcade game. It is the fourth arcade game by IREM to use a belt scroll perspective, following Blade Master, Hook and Undercover Cops.
The game allows up to four players to play simultaneously. Each player chooses from among four characters. The object of the game is to recover various artifacts stolen from the Baseball Hall of Fame, a task prescribed to them by the Commissioner of Baseball. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninja_Baseball_Bat_Man
Played World War II Online way back in the day, so wanted to check out the free-to-play Heroes & Generals. Yes, I know I was creeping around like a little weeny chicken, but it was my first time and I was shaking in my virtual combat boots! I end up killing my fair share, though... muwaahaha..
From the Wiki: Heroes & Generals is a Free2Play Massive Online FPS with a Strategic Multiplayer Campaign, set in the midst of World War II Europe, where Germany, the United States and the Soviet Union fight for control. The game uniquely merges epic first-person shooter action with a rich strategic layer, where your decisions have the power to turn the tide in an ongoing war among thousands of online players. http://heroesandgenerals.gamepedia.com/Heroes_%26_Generals_Wiki
Quite possibly the greatest video game ever made by the great arcade game company, Orca (which eventually became Toaplan), is the incredible Marine Boy from 1982. Yes, Marine Boy. It's apparently about a ninja diver looking for love, because - let's face it - what ninja diver isn't? So, Let's Suck it up, go diving, rescue mermaids and do other assorted related things!
Whoa, here's a nice clutch of video games released for the Sega Saturn: RPGs of different flavors including strategy and action/adventure. Shining the Holy Ark, Albert Odyssey, Dark Savior, Dragon Force, Shining Wisdom, and Mystaria: The Realms of Lore (which had to have a name change to Blazing Heroes due to copyright dispute).
There's nothing like looking in the closet and finding an unmarked box of classic gaming goodness in pristine condition that you completely forgot about for almost 20 years!
I was thinking about sending this photo to WildTurkey2005 (of YouTube fame) because it would cause him consternation. After about 10 seconds of thinking, I sent it. It had the desired effect.
Here goes my first time playing the free-to-play first person shooter Warface in co-op mode. (Sorry about the sneeze at the start!) Snoppies played the tutorial, but I skipped it. As you can clearly see, I am an FPS expert to the 10th degree. If you can't see that, you're probably watching the wrong video because I probably posted the wrong video...
From the Wiki: Warface is a free-to-play first-person shooter developed by Crytek Kiev. Warface is powered by CryENGINE®3, bringing you award-winning next-gen visuals that have been lauded as the best of their kind on any format. In the free-to-play arena, it is without equal. We give you breathtaking locations, and bring you to the deadliest places on the planet to fight off Blackwood. Innovative game design brings intuitive controls and thrilling moment-to-moment gameplay which elevates you to a whole new level of immersion. http://warface.wikia.com/wiki/Warface_Wiki
Let's play Double Dragon! I actually thought this was going to be the side-scrolling beat-em-up Double Dragon for the Neo Geo, but it turns out it was a Street Fighter type of game. Oh, well - doesn't matter, I sucked anyway!
From the Wiki: Double Dragon (ダブルドラゴン?) is a 1995 fighting video game spinoff of the Double Dragon series developed and published by Technōs Japan. It is based on the 1994 Double Dragon movie, which in turn was based on the original arcade game. It was originally released for the Neo Geo (in AES and MVS formats) and later released for the Neo Geo CD and PlayStation (the latter ported by Urban Plant). It was Technōs Japan's last Double Dragon game before the company went out of business, and the fourth and final Double Dragon game released in arcades. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Dragon_(Neo-Geo)
