Even though it's been over 20 years since these Rareware games came out, they do a good job of not seeming dated, and I'm surprised that these former Rareware employees don't look that aged either.

@RareLimited

8 жыл бұрын

+Rafael Rodriguez Kev in particular is like some sort of ageless wizard.

I love this insight into old hardware development, really fascinating.

@Sskekeoekw

5 жыл бұрын

Goemon

"We decided to go with toads because I was totally into toads as a kid" - yeah, I'm sure that was the real reason, and totally not because Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was all the rage at the time. lol

@riks081

6 жыл бұрын

BuzzKill i just left the exact same comment 9 months too late. Should have read the comment section first eh?

@furiousgtribal4325

6 жыл бұрын

My exact thoughts😂😂

@Dehslash9

5 жыл бұрын

The Ninja Turtles dont own reptilian brawler rights

@0utrunner237

4 жыл бұрын

Jayman493 yes they do

@robertbektas1810

3 жыл бұрын

Rik S yeah Buzzkill get off his turf

These guys are legends, they made most of my favorite games from my childhood! All the way from the NES, SNES till the N64 :)

I had no idea sprite creation was so complicated back then. Certainly gives me a new respect for it.

5 things you didn't know about Conker! That'd be awesome!

wow, that cancelled Battletoads game footage was GOLD! thank you very much for sharing it. Would love to see the rom.dumped and released, or as a Dlc for Rare Replay... along with the Battletoads in Battlemaniacs MEGADRIVE port and aome sort of documentary or more info about the cancelled GBA Battletoads game.

"The original Battletoads managed [the difficulty] perfectly." LOL

@memberofchat2825

5 жыл бұрын

it did

@rogallo8377

4 жыл бұрын

@@memberofchat2825 It did not and I would love to see the test videos for it not for arcade version. Personally it took me 20 years to pass this game.

@agemadiev

4 жыл бұрын

This comment is funny because original Battletoads were (was?) playable only until the surfbikes, it was only the 3rd level!

@braydenb1581

4 жыл бұрын

The game isnt hard, it's unfair. You have to play through so many trail and error scenarios that upon messing up, you have to restart the entire game as chances are by the time you get to a new section of the game you only have 1 or 2 lives. The Snake level and ban saws in those tubes are just pure guess work. You could never complete them your very first time playing the game. Difficult games should cause the player to lose but there should always be the possibility that they can barely succeed the moment their first time at it

@mrwizard5012

4 жыл бұрын

If it was supposed to sell game genies, _mission accomplished!_

Toad-ally awesome.

@mjcw6459

8 жыл бұрын

+TheCartoonGamer8000 Your comment made me hopping mad.

@Gyrbae

6 жыл бұрын

The gameplay looks as ribbiting as before.

I Really hope there's another Battletoads game sooner or later it's been a little over 20 years since the last game and it's nice to have these awesome games come back in an HD collection but i would love to see a sequel.

@frobsonsdesenhos

4 жыл бұрын

I got good and bad news for you

@rollingbecks

4 жыл бұрын

xd

love that Rare still has a good relationship with its ex-employees. The BBC could learn a few tricks from these guys.

Battletoads is Rare at their finest. What more can you say? And David Wise has you in for a hefty ride for the whole game with his top notch music, which I can't get enough of. I can't stop listening to Surf City; have that on loop every day!

Good Golly. Thank you so much for finally releasing the arcade game for home console. I was beyond peeved when I found out in 2004 there was a Battletoads Arcade game I some how missed playing when I was a kid. I really am longing for a new entry in the series but alas, the arcade port is the quintessential Battletoads experience people need to remember how fun and interesting this franchise was.

I am *extremely* interested in that canceled Game Boy port of _Super Battletoads_. Unfortunately, I get the feeling that we may never get to see the full thing, much less actually experience it. Kind of surprised the Game Boy Advance prototype never came up, though...

What about the unreleased GBA Battletoads game with the re-designed characters?

@johndianno1716

6 жыл бұрын

why didn't you asked Rare when you recorded this video? ;)

@riks081

6 жыл бұрын

Hello you.

@MelRetro

6 жыл бұрын

Larry has Spoken! 👐

@CastlevaniaDXC

6 жыл бұрын

They cancelled the project

@theskyrax670

5 жыл бұрын

THERE WAS GONNA BE A GBA BATTLETOADS?

Will Rare Co-develop a new Battle Toads game with Platinum? Seems like a good idea.

@---yn4np

8 жыл бұрын

Rare is sadly dead :(

@Xx_HD_xX

7 жыл бұрын

Not exactly. Look up "Playtonic"

@elgustoso4915

5 жыл бұрын

New Battletoads game on the way in 2019 curtasy of Rare, and Dlala studios!

@handsomebrick

5 жыл бұрын

​@@Xx_HD_xX Rare = the Stamper brothers. It was their experience that created the company, not the people they hired.

@goldenboyjr7

Жыл бұрын

@@---yn4np they made a new one

If you guys bring the series back, you should make a deal with a toy company, to make Battle Toads action figures!

Love this series - keep 'em coming!

Thank God for the artist drawing dark queen geez Louise

What an interesting video! Thank you!

That Fulgore framed poster in the back... amazing

Why Battletoads in Battlemaniacs isn´t in Rare Replay?

@dylanmartinez358

4 жыл бұрын

Same question

@tcbvgames

3 жыл бұрын

No SNES games are included in the collection. Obviously, no Donkey Kong Country titles, but no Killer Instinct, and neither Battletoads title.

I was glad they made mention of the box art level. But kinda bummed they didn't explain why the arcade game didn't have the Dark Queen. People seem to think the arcade game was rushed.

@CourierDan

8 жыл бұрын

+Will Medved If you're talking about fighting the Dark Queen, I don't quite know. But if you're talking about her appearing, she speaks in the pre-level banter for Level 3 (and you can see her taunting you in the background when you fight the RoboRat boss)

@Xx_HD_xX

7 жыл бұрын

She kinda looks like a ghost....

@Patricio4Christ

6 жыл бұрын

That looked like the hologram communication device from Star Wars, but bigger.

Oh my god, I wish to have one day a Battletoads arcade Complete version with the Santa Claus in the level 2! Amen

Now... 5 Things You didn't know about Banjo-Kazooie.......

That was awesome! I never knew there had been another GB Battletoads game in the works. Great video; very informative!

who wants the Battletoads Reboot? because I do

@gookawild5543

6 жыл бұрын

Valkyrie Jessica Brown. The reboot is coming next year!

@Itsgeestatus

5 жыл бұрын

There's Ya Answer!!!!! kzread.info/dash/bejne/X62mp5uLhZmqfpc.html

@bifmun4233

5 жыл бұрын

I've got bad news for you...

@gookawild5543

4 жыл бұрын

@@bifmun4233 Silence! Let's be grateful for the return of this fun IP.

@hypergodproductions9970

4 жыл бұрын

ME!!!

Who wants the other versions of battletoads with new levels to be revealed to public? Can we create a voting here and maybe ask tge developpers to publish the unpublished games? Who will be in support of such an idea?

Well this was just absolutely fantastic. Thank you for sharing!

still remember playing Super Battletoads at a recreational center. It was old, the monitor was burnt, almost no volume, but I loved it.

they need to make a movie on it

Love these games! Play em all the time!

Battletoads is back!!! On E3 2018 they announced a new Battletoads! 😍

I'm scared to play arcade games and talk about my dirty secrets now... Cx

There's a small arcade near me that recently got their hands on a Battletoads cabinet. I didn't even know there was an arcade game until I saw it.

Please release that gameboy game. It looks amazing!

Is there an cheat/options menu in the arcade Battletoads? I saw it on AGDQ and it had a screen to change difficulty and lives.

I'd give my left bolloc for an original Battletoads Arcade cabinet! Love you Rareware! 😍

I beat this game once, on the NES. Such a good game.

I know this may not. mean much. but as an old school gamer I would like to see a New battletoads game and heck a movie would be interesting

@nostalgiafactor733

7 жыл бұрын

People would take it as a Ninja Turtles rip off unfortunately.

@GinjiAsgard

7 жыл бұрын

Yeah these days they probably would. Hell it may not be a Rare company title..... But Astyanax hasn't has seen any love in a long time too. And it was one of the first games with a storyline that had cutscenes

@23Scadu

7 жыл бұрын

People took it as a Ninja Turtles ripoff back then too. (For good reason)

@thunderchild1083

6 жыл бұрын

Keith Proxmire Jr I agree a new Battle Toads would be awesome, don’t know if they should make it 3D though but they should definitely have a Co-Op mode if they did remake, remaster or bring out a brand new one

@AvengerAlex

6 жыл бұрын

Microsoft: There you go!

They didn't mention the GBA Battletoads prototype. Which featured the toads with shirts and was worked on for only a week or two or something like that.

Such a great video. I loved Rare games as a kid. Looking back I never had Battletoads (I may have confused them with turtles which I didn't like), but I had; Wizards and Warriors, Ironsword, RC Pro-am, Cobra Triangle, SNake Rattle and Roll, Super Off Road, Solar Jetman, Wrestlemania. I so wish I'd gotten Battletoads, W&W3 and RC Proam 2, never knew about the last one at the time.

Rare Replay forgot to bring Battletoads in Battlemaniacs and Battletoads/Double Dragon

30th Anniversary of Battletoads (1991-2021)

I hope they make a new new game since the last one, I’d like one that bring back how the toads were transformed humans, make Dark Queen evil again and either bring back Princess Angelica or a character similar to her

Those games were real. Guys we really need some new ones from you. Now we can see only Rash in KI. I hope the rest of the Toads will come in some new great games by you.

No time to explain! Just do some additional levels to NES Battletoads!

Remember the battle-toads 3 on Wii meme? I remember.

I've often wondered why the Famicom release of Battletoads is considerably easier than the US version? And why was the pause menu drum beat removed?

I think the reason older games were so much better is they were made by a few people. A few designers consistently. Now a giant team mashes a bunch of stuff together its not cohesive.

@topherowlish

Жыл бұрын

Not only team but different studios. Find me any AAA game (hell, even many Indies) that doesn't have multiple studios working on various things. It's a joke that these studios claim they did it themselves. Most games are made all over the world now.

Glad Battletoads came back in the 2020s. :)

@CrimRui

2 жыл бұрын

That garbage? The art-style and overal game direction is insulting.

I remember this game from my childhood. Games were a Lot harder back then.

I remember this was probably one of the most expensive NES game when it came out by then (around 80Euro in 1991 standard!) during at time when Super Nintendo came out.

Next your going to tell be there is a Battletoads RPG coming out. I hope so. ;-)

@Randomark3087

8 жыл бұрын

+Sea of Thieves Central That would be amazing!

If it were not so hard, it'd be a classic series. It's "classic" feel is only due to us remembering it with frustration and joy. Take out that frustration and you have a winning formula.

the main question - is this cart is pal or ntsc version? pal version is fixed but ntsc version had an issue on one level as you know, so if this is just the ntsc old replica of the cart with error, then i guess you should inform about this! or this is ntsc version but with fixed (like pal version had) level? please tell us more!

We need new game Battletoads & Double Dragon (UT)!!!

Yesss on XBox one!

Wasn't there going to be a battle toads for the Game Boy Advance?

Not one mention of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles even though it was OBVIOUSLY an inspiration given the timing of the game and the personality of each toad.

Cool, it's would be more than cool know about all dev's and what they are doing now

Please revive it as a full 3D game.

Funny. I recently picked up the Game Boy Battletoads game. :P

Battletoads should be put on the ps4 ps3 Xbox 360 and Xbox one. This will show that rare is a company that produces classic games.

When do you create a new battletoads game.. I love this game. BATTLETOADS 2018...

Tfw they didnt talk about the removed brain chase stage from the arcade game

¡¡¡PERFECT DARK ONE!!! PLEASE

Hi Kevin, I just saw you on the Df Retro Donkey Kong Country video.

I hope a fan or someone makes a real instrument cover of Surf City in the near future! Use a Fender Jaguar or what not!

Secretly spying and recording players.... ah, that would have been quite illegal nowadays. But hey, I remember the original game way back, and it was the best fun ever. The game was pretty original at the time, cool and dynamic to play, and loads of fun. You could actually die in dozens of ways and laugh.

So, the unreleased Battletoads game that was "heavily rendered" and based off of an arcade game is definitely a Killer Instinct style pre-rendered CGi Battletoads game for the same arcade hardware that was hyped as being somewhat the "Nintendo Ultra 64"? which would then have multiplied the Ultra 64 hype, the hype Killer Instinct generated and added another well established RARE game into the mix... if so that would have been brilliant because if it was a pre-rendered CGi side scrolling beat em up game using Battletoads... it might have had the hype to become very popular once ported to the Nintendo 64 like KI Gold was even though back then some of the Western gamer journalist magazines (cough Edge, cough) started making it seem like pre-rendered CGi graphics was a bad thing instead of just the lame attempts that did not hold up well compared to the well executed games. However I feel maybe the old RARE back then decided to do some heavy duty research into the Nintendo 64 because of the effect Super Mario 64 had as there is still some news station reporter calling it "a 3d cartoon" aka a playable 3d graphics cartoon which I feel was the cutting edge idea a few game developers had in the last third of the 1990s. This is before the more smooth N64 3d shaded graphics that RARE pulled off became the focus correct?

They are coming back.

I would love to see the battletoads team up with the ninja turtles in the IDW comic :D or have the battletoads dimension hop and beat the crap out of their cartoon pilot counterparts for being NEEEEEERDS!! :D

battletoads is glorious. too bad you didnt get to fight the evil chick in the snes version. hope a new game is made one day. that isnt censored or interfered with

The one thing that still baffles me is how the hell they compressed the PCM samples in the NES versions? From what I have seen and tried to make the code work, without writing a very specific non returning initalization in NSF terms the music rip is not working.

Hell, if they still have that 4th Gameboy title kicking around somewhere in the vault, and if they would have the freedom to release it... With the current retro craze, I am sure they could have a full on hardware release of it, and it would probably sell well. (I know they would have to create their own boards and cases, but I am sure there are places that still make them, namely one of the companies that release physical homebrew titles...)

what about the Game Boy advance game?

Battletoads was a incredible beat ‘em up I’m hoping for another one that’s full 3D unlike the most recent one also I would love for them to add female toads to add variety to the battletoads also have a 3rd party publisher like square Enix Europe get the rights to the franchise so it can be on all platforms and get a studio like crystal dynamics to work on it.

Is that Harry Partridge I hear?

Quick question: How did the Battletoads cartoon come to be based in Oxnard, California? It totally blew my mind as a kid cuz it's my hometown!!! btw, awesome video!

The announcer sounds like a young Pete Townshend.

Oh you meant that lost battletoads game. Not the other one? The GBA one that has a rom floating around on the internet

Do you have battletoads?

@nostalgiafactor733

7 жыл бұрын

*Gamestop employee commits suicide*

@Itsgeestatus

5 жыл бұрын

Of Course Super Kevin!!!!(U Know I'm Cool😎Like Dat🕺🏾Yo) kzread.info/dash/bejne/k398tbWffq7faLA.html

@Itsgeestatus

5 жыл бұрын

Aight😏 kzread.info/dash/bejne/m6WkqMyEoarXcps.html

OMMGG, one of THE harderest! game I have ever played as a kid and damn, i loved it. time for my son to feel the PAIN!

Battletoads and Double Dragon was the best game.

I have a serious man crush on Kevin Bayliss. He is one of the most handsome looking fellas I have ever seen.

I want Battletoads Double Dragon on the XBLA!!! OR the 3DS Virtual Console.

@blaa6

8 жыл бұрын

Minecraft for Wii U. GTFO.

@blaa6

8 жыл бұрын

+mister chef .............Microsoft let the Wii U get Minecraft. Battletoads is not that far fetched.

@DreamStepper

8 жыл бұрын

+'blaa6' Green Thunder Minecraft is a lot different from other Microsoft acqusition that MS intends to treat as a service, it's more MS Office than it is Battletoads.

@smbmadman1

8 жыл бұрын

+mister chef Microsoft let Rare make games for Nintendo handhelds since 2003. Get *your* facts straight.

Please Rare, release Super Battletoads for GameBoy.

I thought the creator was gonna say he was a fan of tmnt. Cause master Buzzard and stuff

I Wish Zitz Was Playable In More Games.. It Kinda Sucks He Only Had One Game With A Different Design & His Own Set Of Moves Which Was The Arcade Game All The Other Games He Was In He Was Just A Sprite Copy With The Same Moves Smh

I have beaten the original NES game without warps or cheats, and it seemed unfair whenever I got to a new level and new nothing about what to do. But that is what differentiates old games from new games. New games don't have the same trial and error. Trust me, the trial and error is WORTH IT.

What about the canceled GBA game?

@HipsterBlackMetalOfficial

7 жыл бұрын

I think thatswhat he was talking about. I mean "rendered" lol.

and then we got a total crib death release in 2020...

MAD, BAD, CRAZY TOADS!!!!

The Ninja Turtles dont own Reptilian Beat'm-Up rights

Hello rare! let me ask you something. may i make a short film that is based on the battletoads, that takes place before the battletoads existed, and make it a prequel franchise, and making the characters as normal toads that get super powers the same powers that the battletoads have? and can i call it "Toads of Fray"? i am asking you because i came up with it, and i can't make it without your permission.

Battletoads arcade is the best one

bring out any or all battletoads title for steam

So good I got a tattoo. :D

¡¡¡VIVA PIÑATA WARDEN!!! PLEASE