It’s July 8 2021, and I have owned this game since for over 30 years…….today is the first time I’ve ever seen the snow level….

I realize I'm not saying anything that hasn't been said before, but I gotta say, this is one of the most original and inventive games ever made. The fact that they were able to be so clever with the mechanics as well as create such a uniquely weird camp-slapstick-sci-fi universe within the first couple minutes of the game is just incredible

They pulled off some damn amazing effects for the time and technical limitations. This game STILL doesn't look half bad!

Ok cowboy..you just reached mythical status.. This thing is IMPOSSIBLE and you clunked it to tarnation and back!

It´s one of the hardest games ever and this guy plays it like a baby game. So fast … man you are the game master 🧎🏼‍♂️🙏🏻

One of the coolest soundtracks of all time. And frankly the greatest "pause" music ever. My sister and I played 2 player . The game is insanely hard , but 2 player is 1000 tiers harder lol... Took me about 15 years to finally beat the game. Good job Arcus!

You are the "Bob Ross" of retro gaming

Although it's not a WR, this game is so ridiculous hard that anything even vaguely approaching that time is a serious achievement...

I hope everyone realizes how hard it is to get this good at this game. Ruthless.

The fact you can even beat this game is impressive by itself, let alone doing a speed run, and not losing lives

Man, the fact that you can beat this game at any speed qualifies you as a highly skilled retro gamer… that you can do the tunnel sections while interacting with chat is just legendary.

As a kid this game tricked me into thinking it was just another beat em up, then....😲

I never managed to get past Stage 3 as a kid. So seeing the rest of the game and how hard it is was amazing.

I remember thinking this game had some of the best graphics on NES back when it came out.

Gold and white snake 🤣🤣😂

New Arcus video. Today is a good day

Game still looks great today. Genius programmers at Rare

There is so much to memorise in this run, so many different mechanics. Great job, Arcus.

Impressive, man! That was a damn good run!

In my 20 years of playing this, I think I've only made it passed the bike part like...twice.

This game still amazes me-probably one of the funnest games to watch ever-between the sight-gags (space invaders stealing life), wacky villains (evil snowmen, POV Boss Walker with Terminator vision), and crazy sound affects a’ la 1960s Batman -this game is pure cartoon comedy.

One of the most insane games. You are a freaking master!

Love watching you play Arcus.

Impressive run of one of the hardest NES games that exists

Well watching you play this brings out my anxiety big time but in all honesty great job and a great run as usual

Gold and white snake. You're genius.

The bike part was SUPER impressive! I only way I was about to get past it was because I was lucky enough to have a Nintendo Power subscription and one of the issues showed the layout. My brother would read out the next move as I went.

This game is waaaaay too Battletoads. Thanks for playing Arcus!

Your calmness and cool hand demeanor when youre doing the hover bike segment kills my childhood! It's funny because I remember playing some of these levels, but not all of the levels and then I remembered that I typically warped to the end, and never actually beat the race levels. I never actually did beat the game, either...

Thanks Arcus, everytime I watch you dominate another NES classic I get nostalgia of my childhood. Thanks again.

Guys, he's going for it. Arcus Battletoads WR is gonna happen.

Awesome run

Unreal athleticism displayed by Arcus.

Awesome! King Arcus!

In the past a friend and I rented this game, we played it non stop for 10 hours and couldn't beat it, I can speed run Contra and Mario Bros but Battletoads defeated me, props to you!

thank you sire... you are an eternalll child of my heart

Doing the bike section while reading chat! Unbelievable! G.O.A.T.

This dude is playing the hardest games while rocking side to side on a chair,whispering,singing the game's songs,saying smash and completely relaxed 🤣🤣...I think I grew some gray and green hairs when I was a kid playing these type of games

I like watching this whenever I wake up really early. Jaust jaust jaust. Especially when I had to get up early everyday to go to the methadone clinic back when I was taking it. Jaust jaust jaust!

The good turkey gobble and the good sigh got me rolling lol

Battletoads is such an amazing game. Not extremely hard but very challenging. Seeing the play through brings me memories when I used to play this game over and over. I dare to say I would had been a good contender for these speed runs, was this done in the early 90’s. Also, no need to back before double tapping for big punch/kick. Don’t remember any time I’ve missed the enemy but I can see one running over it.

You're a damn machine! Love watching your videos, pal! Clunk!

GG and beautiful moustache

I couldn't play this game as a kid without my Game Genie

It's hard to put into words what gaming was like when this came out, you had three options- the Game Genie, Magazines with the level layout and the dreaded 900 numbers that cost $$.I had the Game Genie and it didn't do much to propel me farther into the game. Got this for Christmas in 91' and got so burnt out trying to beat the first speed bike stage I just put it down and never played it again. There were few people that could beat that level! So I tip my hat to you Arcus, this is one hard ass game.

I love Watching Arcus and I love that I can watch his videos with my kids. Other runners are fun as well, but a lot of them have a tendency to use language I would rather not expose my 8 and 11 year old to.

Well done man! The soundtrack on this game rocks! I want to play now.

I never had Battletoads as a kid. Neither did my friends or cousins. It looks awesome!

Hardest game I've ever played and you just demolished it! Kudos! I never could make it past the Gargantua Ducts, and I played this game A LOT and had Nintendo Power on it. Nintendo needs to buy Rare and bring this franchise back!

I just have no words...

Love your vids

The key to success was hoarding those 1-ups on level 2. I still think Lemmings on NES was the hardest game I ever played.

i remembered that one time i played battletoads. it was fun

Nice job

What a tough game. Arcus wizardry.

Playing NES at this guys house back in the day waiting for your turn 😢

4:25 - 6:23 you are great Arcus. Id love to eat a spicy burrito

This game is........brutal

I didn't know Toblerone Thursday was a thing

This fucking game. Holy shit.

Good Time!!

Aaaand..... CLUNK!

TOP Global Speedrun

Arcus show your YT fans some love..

happy valentines arcus lets do some mashing !

That Dark Queen reminds me of my ex. Constantly moving around and forever ruining world records.

good gob . . . this is game is really hard but you're great ;)

I never got past the speed runner stage I remember the ramp sections would always fuck me up auggggghhhhh even as a lil dude After a few hours was like FUCK THIS GAME!!!!!!!

The snake is definitely gold and white.

nice

Bout time Arcus plays an actually challenging game

I never imagined anyone could finish level three so easily… or had ever done it at all.

Reset...smash...smash..klunk 👏 👏 👏

Nice logs.

This man has skill. Tough game.

Good videos, dude. Like it. Thanks.

Super like Man 👍👍👍👍

mash mash mash

GG!

ur a god =)

Admit it. You came to see Level 3.

This game was designed for people today to do a speed run. I could never get past the damn car jumping part!!

This game is beyond technical masterpiece and also has great presentation in its story as well, but it's ruthlessly brutal level of difficulty (though not right away) makes it really hard to get through.

GG

Never got past the bike level as a kid

good blalalalalala

Это моя самая любимая игра.

"Aaand...clonk."

Post speed bike stage, into the unknown...

I don't know if its just me, but I've always thought that Karnath's Lair, Intruder Excluder, Terra Tubes, Rat Races, and Clinger Winger (stages 6, 8, 9, 10, and 11) all seemed way too long. They all seemed to just drag on and on... Like they were all supposed to end at a certain point, but devs lengthened them to mess with renters at the time.

My best time at this game is 1999 to whenever i finally beat it .

Game has no chill

Battle Toes

Absolutely fuck that underground speeder level though, I spent so many hours as a kid trying to get past that.

Just playing hackey sack with those birds in the beginning

The clunk man finishes second all time to the mexican runner not bad👌

We demand farmer Rudy

If there is a game, there is a speedrun of it on youtube. Kind of like a rule 34 type situation going on there.

Nes royalty......this game is so battletoads.

man I remember how much I though this was an obvious rip off of ninja turtles, pretty much everything was back in the early nineties. That said, this is definitely the most endearing of them