0:42 The cast of Babylon 5 vs Gamera 14:50 Mad Stalker: The Destruction of Jarod Syn 24:16 Starship Troopers on Bug Island 33:25 Bizarro Team Sonic Racing 41:30 Blade Visual Communication 54:05 Deep Freeze A Yaushi Akamoto Joint 1:06:45 Mega-Contra-Man

That Gamera game is just Panzer Dragoon.

[confused European noises at seeing Gungage and Rapid Reload] That being said, Blade Arts is one of my current [I'm waiting for this to get translated, GIMME PLEASE] PS1 titles alongside the Vampire: Kyuuketsuki Densetsu and Volfoss Japan only lilbraries are a gift that just keeps on giving

More Gamera 2000! More brilliant / terrible live action goodness. That shit made my day. "Dude you don't have dry hump the bike"

The uniforms from that Gamera game remind me of Babylon 5 so much.

I love this chill longer vids, I hope the hour + ones are performing well. I've always been fascinated by the more niche output on Playstation's 1 and 2. I really wish we got out hands on more Simple Series games in the West!

Full LP of Deep Freeze, please! 😀

I've never played Gamera 2000 before but now I'm interested since it's pretty much Panzer Dragoon.

Gamera Game?! More please!! I would have LOVED that game!!

Bagel at 57:16 looks like the guy who gets stabbed at the start of Indigo Prophecy/Fahrenheit.

Gunners Heaven was released in Europe as "Rapid Reload". Apparently it was too 2D for America.

Bagel. Best character ever

The world is in need of more Gamera games.

Mad Stalker rules. It was originally an X68000 game, and a Mega Drive port was in development and announced in Beep! Mega Drive magazine in Japan back in late 1993, but was quietly cancelled. But it was apparently finished, and that port ended up being actually released a few years ago by Columbus Circle in Japan, then later worldwide by Strictly Limited Games. I bought a copy a while ago (SLG still had a bunch of copies leftover last I checked), and it's a pretty good port.

Gungage was released in EU definitely. A anyway you can remap all the controls to be like modern tps games. And that makes it probably the best tps game on ps1

you could definitely convince me a guy named Wakle Skade was in one of those ff7 side games or books or whatever

Mad Stalker, released first on X86000, was produced by Ukyo Masaki and Imaizumi Masatoshi. And each name have its own an amazing story. Ukyo leave Fill in Café (the studio who created Mad Stalker) to work with Treasure, there created games like Yu Yu Hakusho: Makyou Touitsusen, Guardian Heroes, Silhouette Mirage, the second Sin and Punishiment, and other games for other studios, like the second Code of Princess and Rakugaki Showtine. Imaizumi stayed at Fill in Café and, using the same Mad Stalker engine, created a fighting game called Asuka 120%. Imaizume also worked over the PS1 port of Makeruna! Makendo 2 (a.k.a. Kendo Rage 2), and also created Panzer Bandit. Playing Mad Stalker, Guardian Heroes and Pazer Bandit, you will feel they have the same "soul", and the same can be told to Asuka 120%. After some time, Ukyo and Imaizumi worked together again to create the Phantom Breaker series, and Imaizumi also worked on Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds, who also plays like Guardian Heroes and Mad Stalker. The main star here is Asuka 120%, who is considered the mother of all anime fighters, inspiring many games, mainly doujin games. Games like the first Guilty Gear, and doujin games like the Queen of Heart series (who uses the same mechanics) and Eternal Fighrer ZERO. The studio who created Queen of Heart also created Melty Blood, renaming the studo to French Bread, and also creating the Under Night In-Birth series, and producing Dengeki Bunko: Fighting Climax. Imaizumi and Ukyo are true unsoung heroes in the gaming industry, creating two games important games, Mad Stalker and Asuka 120%, who moved the hearts of many people in other small studios to create amazing beat'em up games, and defining a whole sub-genre in the fighting game industry.

More Gamera in life should never be turned down if you have the opportunity!

1:04:47 That was some of the greatest voice acting I've heard in a game in a long ass time.

Reuben Langdon (Dante, Ken Masters) at 1:03

The intro of Gamera 2000 is technically "We have Battlestar Galactica at home".

Deep Freeze is absolutely fascinating. I'd love to see more of that

Gamera is really neat, Gamera is filled with meat, we’ve been eating Gamera!

I rented Gunner's Heaven from an import shop a few times back in '95. I never owned a Genesis and, ironically, this was the game that made me seek one out to finally play Gunstar Heroes. Love them both.

57:16 Wait the character from Israel is called Bagel? They called the Jewish character Bagel?

We have started with Gamera And there is no better way to start!

I remember reading about Gunners Heaven in EGM Magazine in 1995. I remember specifically, it was the Batman Forever issue. I guess at one point they were aiming for an American release.

Not getting an official Tobal 2 English conversion has always been a travesty. Poy Poy 2 (Poitter's Point 2), LSD Dream Simulator, Goiken Muyou 2, Front Missions I & 2, Samurai Spirits 1, 2, 4, & RPG/KOF 96-98 & KYO/Real Bout Fatal Fury & Dominated Mind and lastly, the most important game only released in Japan, The Master's Fighter (LOL).

A Panther is not a separate species, but a black Jaguar or Leopard. Usually they have yellow/brown-ish fur, but once in a while a Jaguar or Leopard is born with black fur and these are called ''black Panthers'', you can actually see the black spots on them.

Honorable mentions: Critical Blow, Kyuutenkai Fantastic Pinball, Panzer Bandit, Pu·Li·Ru·La, Rockman Battle & Chase (Mega Man Battle & Chase) and Tenchi wo Kurau II - Sekiheki no Tatakai (Warriors of Fate).

I'm genuinely thankful for this video, gives me some games to look forward to trying before it's too late. ;D

Mad Panic Coaster, Slap Happy Rhythm Busters, and Yuuyami Doori Tankentai are some of my favorites no one ever talks about. Maybe next episode?

2:31 That moment is gold and Mad Stalker looks fantastic

Wakle Skade is one of the best names i saw in a game.

"Gunner's Heaven; aka the USA" Absolutely destroyed me.

Not sure if anyone else brought it up but the intro of Gamera 2000 features a little bit of Dante from the Devil May Cry Series in it 🤣 (Reuben Langdon is there for like a flash.)

It seems like any English speaking actors in kaiju movies have the flattest non-acting ever.

The Gamera game looks really neat. I bet it's filled with turtle meat.

Great selection, Gamera 2000, Gunner's Heaven and Mad Stalker are great games! and if you enjoyed Mad Stalker, I recommend Gear Senshi Dendoh for the PS1 as well, very similar (and even better) game

NGL that Gamera game looked super fun.

Gamera 2000 looks fucking sick. Starfox-like rail shooting. direction focus changing and multi lock-on like Panzer Dragoon. and a clean art style that reminds me of Omega Boost? the game looks beyond solid.

Ok, but Deep Freeze looks cool though. Man, Matt playing these forgotten, niche, unreleased in the West Japanese games makes me really miss the PS1 era.

Man more Gamera!! That was both hilarious and epic

02:00 The lady's name 椋木 is "Mukanoki" alright.

Gunners Heaven is made from the same people from Wild Arms a PSOne RPG that came to the US. You can see the characters in that game are the base for main characters in the Wild Arms series.

YES! Gamera 2000! Really glad more peaple played this gem.

I'd like to add "Macross VF-X2" and "Speed Power Gunbike" to the list of Really Awesome Playstation Action Games We Never Got

Hell yeah, Gunners heaven(Rabid reload in europe) is a amazing game. The weapons do behave diffirently between the two characters.

Gamers 2000 was an amazing game.

But if Playstation did focus more strongly on 2D and only got into 3D with the PS2 we would have never gotten Criticom.

Deep Freeze was crazy and I'd be up for more of it!

the Gamera game looked excellent, what a super cool idea of a shmup having a kaiju ally. Gungage didn't look too different from other PS1 shooters, Running High was a SICK WipeOut-style racing with potential, and then there's DEEP FREEZE which Retsupurae covered ages back and is hilarious. I really like Gunner's Heaven though, feels like a Treasure game with some neat ideas!

Nice to bring up CYBERNATOR. It was just re released recently on SWITCH under it's original name with a tag on name. Assault Suit Valken: Declassified. Get it, love it, enjoy it. Push for the sequel's final release to the west, and to get a renewal to an IP many forgot, but the grand mech fans of us from the OLD OLD age remember.

wow, that Gamera game is straight up panzer dragoon meets Star Wars.

That Gamera game's prettier than I expected.

that 2nd gamera boss music sounds like squid sisters

Wakle Skade looks kinda neat.

35:25 I watch yo! Video games Crew play Running High,I enjoy watching them playing it. 55:06 I played this game Deep Freeze when I was 14 back in 1998.

If you liked Mad Stalker, you'll love Panzer Bandit. Also by Fill-in Cafe, it's a similar battle system, more refined, though just like Mad Stalker, ignore the story. Japanese-only dialogue anyway, so who cares? The fighting action is what you come for. As you finish the game with the different starting characters, others you meet during the game become playable, too, and they all have different game plans. Play it "any way you can."

Deep Freeze reminds me of TRAG on pS1

Great video! Loved the diverse games and hate that they didn’t come over.

34:05 these are the True Lies references that keep me subscribed to Matt's content.

2D assets on the PS1 are just orthogonal polygon billboards so you basically have no limits on background layers tile dimensions and sprite size except for memory and fillrate.

1:04 Isn't that Reuben Langdon? AKA Dante from Devil May Cry?

I remember being obsessed with a game that was never released called Saboteur. It was some guy with a katana and his dog.

Great video! Never heard of most of these.

Hey Matt, i finally got some Magic Spoon Birthday Cake cereal and I loved enjoying a bowl to this video! Felt like a kid watching Saturday cartoons again and it is an outstanding cereal so thanks for bombarding us with the sponsorships it was well worth it!!

gungage reminds me of lost planet a bit.

Gamera cutscenes have the Sunny makes Lethal Weapon 6 or Samurai Cop vibes

Mate I'm loving these videos.

Full Gamera Playthrough, disregard everything else

"Gamera" is "Panzer Dragoon" without generationally-changing graphics or physics. A true PlayStation attempt at an incredible Sega Saturn game. (I'm a tad salty). LOL.

Gamora 2000 was actually released before Lylat Wars in Japan

We definitely need to see more of gamera and Lisa . I think I remember gun gage coming out on pal ps1 back in the day, and gunners heaven here was rapid reload. Deep freeze was later released on the superlite 1500 on the ps1 to in Japan so they did consider it a budget title later 😂

I'd love to see you play a bunch of different Kamen Rider games! There's a bunch of fighters by 8ting, the same people behind Bloody Roar!

You had me at Wakle Skade. Unbelievable name, truly glorious! LOL

Bizarre coincidence, I was just rewatching Sean Seanson's ps1 videos when this popped up. Sometimes YT can be a mood reader.

*THE TACTICS HAS BEEN STARTING.*

The european cover art of Rapid Reload (the PAL version of Gunner's Heaven) kinda reminds me of the Wild Arms cover art. Maybe because Media Vision developed both games 😁

I was a star fox fan as a kid and I probably would have loved that Gamera 2000 game. I would have just seen it as a video game exclusive Godzilla rip-off and not care because of the different vehicles. Really don't get that any of these didn't get localized, pretty awesome games.

5:00 An aileron roll, perhaps?

Owh my, your comment regarding taking 2D to the fullest potential within these consoles - preaching to the choir!

There was a similar running game on the N64, except the runners had wheels on their bodies somewhere

Gamera looks more like a bootleg panzer dragoon game. The forest level is identical to zwei. Man PD was such a good franchise.

mad stalker was a arcade game and i agree it's fun i found the arcade version at a Barcade in Nashville

holy shit gamera 2000 is ps1 panzer dragoon

44:17 technically not wrong, any big cat that's fully black is considered a panther, just like something fully white is an alibino

Gamera is the only game to ever make me want to go back to Forsaken

Deep Freeze looks like T.R.A.G. but less anime and better (but still hilarious) voice acting. Or Dino Crisis 2 in Nakatomi Plaza.

King of Crusher was my childhood.

Mad stalker really reminded me of gear fighter dendoh, it was short but damn was it fun

I remember Gunner's Heaven. First game I ever imported, and first game that taught me that graphics don't mean much. It was outclassed harrrrrrd by Gunstar Heroes.

1:10 ....for some reason I just got a blast of Colony Wars.........man, anyone else miss those ?

I honestly want you to play more of all of these lol

the thing about gamera is, unlike godzilla, gamera is NEVER antagonistic. he's called the friend of all children for a reason. He's ALWAYS the good guy and always fights EVIL monsters. SO it'd be weird to FIGHT him.

Awesome!!

Since you dug Mad Stalker, you should give the modern Hardcore Mecha (no, that's what it's really called) a try. It's not as "beat 'em up-y" as Mad Stalker, as it's more focused on ranged combat and there's more stage navigation, but it's got some cool combat mechanics, different weapons to mess with, and (mostly) impressive graphics.

26:03 Sounds dirty. 😂

Need to see more Deep Freeze, even if just for the "amazing" voice acting. Gungage also looks like it could be interesting.

wild arms fan spotting gunners heaven