Battletoads NES full playthrough by Arcus

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Arcus

3 жыл бұрын

12-16-2020 -- Watch live at / arcus

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@megamob5834 3 жыл бұрын

Damn, don’t think I’ve ever seen Arcus play an NES game that he doesn’t absolutely dominate before this. A testament to just how tough this game really is.

@untrustworthyshelfing9953 3 жыл бұрын

It's a shame this game was so hard, because it really is an amazing game in terms of visuals, music, and diversity of levels/challenges.

@paxhumana2015 3 жыл бұрын

@King Mob, I laugh in Dark Souls/Demon's Souls, Devil May Cry 3, Ninja Gaiden (2004), and Shinobi (2002).

@IsaiahBased96 3 жыл бұрын

@@paxhumana2015 shinobi was insane man one of the few games I never got to beat

@pentelegomenon1175 3 жыл бұрын

@@paxhumana2015 Those games aren't that hard because you don't have to beat the game right away, you only have to make it to the next checkpoint.

@SvendleBerries 3 жыл бұрын

To be fair to Arcus, this was only his 6th run. It just takes a while to get everything down. His Kirbys Adventure video from a few months back was the same. Lots of mistakes, not sure what to do with certain bosses, dying. It just takes time. I just think its awesome that we get to see Arcus grow as a player in games hes not familiar with.

@TrollGeezus 3 жыл бұрын

As a kid, I had no idea it was a lot of levels after the speeder bikes. I never beat that level.

@user-eq4zy4nk3p 2 жыл бұрын

Same

@kalimba508 3 жыл бұрын

Had this game as a kid. Never made it past the snake level. Finally beat it in my 20s on emulator abusing save state. Fun game but ridiculously difficult as well.

@TheUnapologeticGeek 3 жыл бұрын

Same. The snakes were as far as I ever got.

@The_Bad_Guy. 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheUnapologeticGeek ha that's funny because I could never get past the snakes either. Until later in life with an emulator and save states like the guy above.

@superduty4556 3 жыл бұрын

I got this game Christmas of '92. Thanks for the memories.

@nathancervantes9131 3 жыл бұрын

So did I; Christmas '92, I was 10. I absolutely thought the soundtrack to this game was amazing.

@robertanderson2898 3 жыл бұрын

LOL i think i did too! But I'm sure it was out before Xmas '91, i think i got Ninja Gaiden 3 in '91, or they were reversed.....

@keresztes92 3 жыл бұрын

i was just born :))

@DarthMohammedRules 3 жыл бұрын

Man, the game designers for this really pulled out all the stops. Difficulty aside, this was really one of the most unique games of its time, with some of the most innovative level design ever.

@panicfarm9874 3 жыл бұрын

Hope Arcus is available for weddings in the future

@user-dd7uh6cn1i 3 жыл бұрын

I think - it's '""im' possible'... of course is ABLE! :)

@TheRantler 3 жыл бұрын

"You may now clunk the bride."

@vksasdgaming9472 3 жыл бұрын

This game is technical masterpiece and hard enough to grind steel. Never beaten it and I have abused savestates as well.

@paulw.9015 3 жыл бұрын

This game is detailed very well for a NES game; it has an arcade vibe to it

@markwilson832 3 жыл бұрын

I respect Arcus a lot. He doesn't cuss constantly when things go wrong. Just a good natured guy with quality content. Thanks Arcus!

@RedmondMonk 3 жыл бұрын

When I play Battletoads it is a non-stop stream of profanity. I think Arcus said "Rats" once and that was about it.

@Kylora2112 3 жыл бұрын

I like his "Stop it!" when he gets "mad" :)

@paxhumana2015 3 жыл бұрын

@redmondMonk, ironically, this game has a ton of them, almost as many as the pigs. Apparently, The Dark Queen has low standards for beings to join her army.

@JasonMontell2501 3 жыл бұрын

This performance deserves an arcus treat

@felps_4500 3 жыл бұрын

The most chill man playing one of the most hard games of the Nes, nice 49:20 fun fact: This stage has a ""bug"' in multiplayer where the 2nd player can't control it's character at the start, then he just die (It's more like a programing error because it always happens as far as I know)

@Enes-wj5xq 3 жыл бұрын

When I was kid I used to love this game so much, had alot of fun. Now I have nes emulator on my phone and play it occasionally.

@MarMaxGaming 3 жыл бұрын

Nice work, love to see it! Battletoads is definitely a game that takes some time... it really does. Recently though, I managed to play this game while RUNNING 🚴 🏃 at the same time, as part of a wellness awareness series. Getting by turbo tunnel, volkmire’s inferno, clinger winger, etc while jogging is seriously no joke lol plus you know, all the other platforming aspect in the game! It was episode 4 of Running & Gaming, I hope you check it out, Arcus! You’re welcome on anytime too.

@Jaundice__ 3 жыл бұрын

Damn this game is tough. Glad to see Arcus give it a whirl.

@jared338 3 жыл бұрын

Xmas with Arcus just seems right. . i mean clunk

@Jeffmetal42 3 жыл бұрын

I finally beat this game (and many other difficult NES games I'd never beaten) in my mid 20s. Now I can beat it pretty regularly and fairly fast... Only took 25 years or so. Thanks for helping me figure out Ninja Gaiden btw, you were who got me through that the first time.

@stonerdemon 3 жыл бұрын

I finished this game without warp zones after months of practice. Still play it to this day. My favorite NES game ever.

@JohnMartin-kf2sm 6 ай бұрын

Seeing Arcus struggle on the first boss lets you know just how hard this game is.

@balamtheknowledge9578 3 жыл бұрын

You have such a warm friendly demeanor I don't understand how your channel isn't bigger... someday you will be big mark my words

@awooinubashiri6903 3 жыл бұрын

Merry Christmas, Arcus!

@ChicagoRetroGamer 3 жыл бұрын

Dude, you rock so much! Just subbed, and cheers to an awesome, but incredibly difficult game! Cheers!

@stevethepyro420 3 жыл бұрын

Merry Christmas from down the street wherever you are in the "old pueblo!"

@jasontodd8071 3 жыл бұрын

Merry Christmas to you and your family, Arcus!!!!

@vegah4432 3 жыл бұрын

This game so ahead of its time...

@med4699 7 ай бұрын

One of the best nes games ever. Like you said, there is so much variety. I made it past the fire volcano level but never beyond idt

@jeremyjohnson57 3 жыл бұрын

Man i thought id never see this game again. Legend

@v33zy79 3 жыл бұрын

Never got past the brain jet ski level. So many hours spent trying to get past it as a 10 year old. This guy gives me closure on games I never beat.

@dalewilkins9063 3 жыл бұрын

Merry Christmas Arcus. You the man. 👍

@phillipcapshaw8003 3 жыл бұрын

Did everybody have a blessed Christmas? or did you get a clunk?

@RahanPlays 3 жыл бұрын

Hooah, we made it through-ah, and that’s the best gift we could ask for.

@desb547 3 жыл бұрын

Clunk no PS5 wtf

@azztazztik7953 3 жыл бұрын

Good clunk😘

@landi2244 4 ай бұрын

PS5 is dead now. RIP

@dannychaos3281 3 жыл бұрын

WR on Ninja Gaiden, the presumed hardest game, but seeing Arcus run Battletoads and failing in segments gives me hope to beat it and to see him improve!

@HowlingMoonCinemas 3 жыл бұрын

@Danny Chaos But Ninja Gaiden was always fairly easy to beat as long as you kept that cool swirl-slash weapon. Battletoads however, that game if played without taking any warps and without trying to cut any corners... is HARD AS F***. Even many people who used the Game Genie or save states now still can't beat it. Definitely one of the hardest NES games made.

@dannychaos3281 3 жыл бұрын

@@HowlingMoonCinemas nah, respect only mate. I've heard both games listed in the top ten hardest games ever -- Battletoads obviously being higher than Ninja Gaiden. I did not mean to take anything away from Arcus' accomplishment, in either game. I, myself had only grown up with a Mega Drive (I'm Australian, so a Genesis if that's easier on you) and have only gotten Battletoads from Rare Replay. For me it does take a lot of practice, patience and skill for both games, admittedly Ninja Gaiden looks easier, having no access to play it, but, I remain hopeful in beating Battletoads, seeing an Idyllic Speedrunner struggle where I cannot fathom at present 😊.

@HowlingMoonCinemas 3 жыл бұрын

@@dannychaos3281 Wait a minute... 🤣🤣🤣🤣but you just said that you had no access to play Ninja Gaiden. How could you assume then that it is so hard and one of the hardest NES games to beat??? It's not. All you need is to keep that swirl slash attack.

@dannychaos3281 3 жыл бұрын

@@HowlingMoonCinemas AVGN man 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@HowlingMoonCinemas 3 жыл бұрын

@@dannychaos3281 What the heck is that???🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@tmpst584090 3 жыл бұрын

Merry Christmas and happy New year from Belarus!!

@youreperfectstudio4789 3 жыл бұрын

I feel like he lost all those lives on the first boss just to show us how much we all suck that he can die a bunch and still beat the game.

@DarthMohammedRules 3 жыл бұрын

Sooo many people thought the Turbo Tunnels were the hardest part of this game, and they never made it past there (or not much further, at least). Little did they know, there's like 3 or 4 more sections of the game like that. :\

@MightyPinto 3 жыл бұрын

I wasn't surprised that most of the run time was spent in the Terra Tubes. That level is a nightmare. Then again, everyone has that one level in the game that breaks them - for me, it was the Rat Race. Took me YEARS to get that third segment down.

@baho5523 3 жыл бұрын

First time on the channel. You beat the turbo tunnel so effortlessly. As hard as I tried as a kid I was never able to but it till the fairly recently, and a I still struggle to beat it lol.

@hellfire66683 3 жыл бұрын

I had to play stage 3 so much when I was a kid the pattern is still ingrained in my brain and I just turned 40 this month.

@TheRealDannAlexander 3 жыл бұрын

Moooo 😂🤟🏼 This has done of the most kickass music. The Bob Ross of classic gaming

@untrustworthyshelfing9953 3 жыл бұрын

When that bomb went off by a split second I would have shrieked. Guy has ice water in his veins.

@seb3858 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video!

@seanfeld- 3 жыл бұрын

I play many smash your face into a wall difficult games. But I remember giving up on this one as a kid because i couldn't beat that first jet race stage. Loved the game but could only get to level 3. I think at some point in gonna go back and beat this one. I live a good challenge. And this game the rest of the way looks really fun. Really difficult too but I like the variety this game has.

@firstname3219 3 жыл бұрын

MERRY CHRISTMAS ARCUS !!

@dieckmantenir7843 3 жыл бұрын

Bro. Happy New Year! 🎉

@boscopit 3 жыл бұрын

My friend got this when it came out. Fun but also a pain in the ass. What's with RARE NES games and going down tunnels into the underground?

@hicknopunk 3 жыл бұрын

Instant like! This game is hard!

@joeskis 3 жыл бұрын

My favorite NES game. Actually beat it back in the day. The key is level 2 (never use the warp). You better get at least 10 lives from the crows. You can rapid kick them off the same wall.

@Parker_72 3 жыл бұрын

Merry Christmas arcus

@pzilla8794 3 жыл бұрын

Does anyone else get the Bob Ross of video games vibe from watching his videos.

@psychotheunsane7285 3 жыл бұрын

Dying only ONCE on the speeder level...I'm convinced you are a god. 😁

@robertanderson2898 3 жыл бұрын

I was about 13-14 when i got this game (1991 or 1992) kind of an early start. Didn't take too long to pass Level 3. Game is just a matter of memorization and super-sharp reflexes. The only real problems i have in the game are in Level 7 Volkmire's Inferno and usually the final section with the gates, that last one especially. Nice run ! The deaths are expected.

@brandonspicer2482 3 жыл бұрын

Lots of variety in this game.

@azztazztik7953 3 жыл бұрын

Happy New Year! Maybe a burrito speedrun to start off the year? Pretty please 🥺

@birdfanboi 3 жыл бұрын

You're like the Bob Ross version of let's players, so tranquil & calm

@rafaechizen 3 жыл бұрын

This game is so brutal it doesn't stop amazing me.

@aaroncrisler6560 3 жыл бұрын

Your speedruns are so soothing and funny because of the dumb noises you make. Keep up the good work!

@mindphaserxy 3 жыл бұрын

Just BEATING this game is an accomplishment

@killachief187 3 жыл бұрын

Great run Bro 😃👍

@kurre7 3 жыл бұрын

The fact that you can beat Ninja Gaiden in two and a half minutes one-handed while blind folded makes it hard to imagine that you hadn't yet done this run before.

@Matrxmonky 3 жыл бұрын

MASHMASHMASH! Seasons greetings, homie. If you're ever in L.A....

@ericruffin4476 2 жыл бұрын

Arcus has so much patience on stage 09... I would have been raged on such a difficult level...

@davidbermudez7704 3 жыл бұрын

Reset...smash...smash...aaanndd klunkkk - Arcus

@JosephQPublic 3 жыл бұрын

Mash mash mash*

@4x3lhunt3r 8 ай бұрын

I beat this game one time. I got a bunch of extra lives on level 2, memorized as much of the game as I could, and managed to find my way up the final tower the first time I ever made it to said tower. I'm the only person I know personally who ever legit beat it. lol good old NES difficulty.

@demonsty 3 жыл бұрын

would it be inpolite to ask how old you are arcus? just wondering if you grew up with these games and got good back then or your mastery was a more recent phenomenon. LOVE your videos man!

@thomasrevere1728 3 жыл бұрын

Merry clunkmas, Arcus.

@Techno_Putze 3 жыл бұрын

Nice vibes!

@phattjohnson 3 жыл бұрын

Upper half of the screen is the best place to throw rocks for the boss 1 fight! Your rock can hit almost anywhere on the screen so get up high and loose them early - the crosshairs are just for the ultra-cool first-person "looking from the gunner seat" kinda view :P Also how far ahead of the curve was this game with its parallax backgrounds and high-fidelity audio.. might need to rock another play through on Rare Replay on Xbox :P Edit: And just like that I've ordered the original cart. Merry xmas to me :P

@aytvvideos2632 3 жыл бұрын

What a tough game to beat

@Matt.4877 3 жыл бұрын

Legend

@joshweigel1131 3 жыл бұрын

Merry Christmas and Clunk

@paulw.4528 3 жыл бұрын

This game looks like something developed recently by independent programmers fully utilizing the NES hardware to its highest potential

@Ironstarfish 4 ай бұрын

Sometimes I get confused by my childhood and think that’s an SNES gsme

@marwynthemasterful6369 3 жыл бұрын

Whirlpools at 14:15 remind me of Cobra Triangle

@classic.freeze.pumpkin231 3 жыл бұрын

GGs arcus

@mattiaspersson3846 3 жыл бұрын

The most difficult NES-game there ever was... :)

@the8thark 3 жыл бұрын

Ghosts N Goblins says hello - it's way way harder. Battletoads is not hard it's just pattern recognition and memorization. Of cause you insta die to new patterns but once you have practiced them all, the game very beatable. Apart from clinger winger on emulator. You need a frame perfect emulator for that stage because any lag just means you can't beat the stage. Works mostly well on console though.

@TStef64 3 жыл бұрын

@@the8thark Yeah, no it isn't. Yes, GnG gets very hard towards the end and luck also plays a factor. But infinite continue's make it beatable for most people with some patience even if they suck. That's why guys like AVGN and SomecallmeJohnny could beat Ghosts 'n Goblins but can't get anywhere in Battleoads. Battletoads does become beatable eventually and even easy if you put in all the practice and basically have the whole game embedded into your muscle memory, but this process takes way way longer than getting through Ghosts 'n Goblins for just about anyone.

@adrianshappymoments9343 3 жыл бұрын

Hello Cheese? NO! Cheese can't dial a phone!

@JohnnyLaRue 3 жыл бұрын

I never could get past the hoverbike part.

@thecasuallifeofagamer4003 3 жыл бұрын

Highly doubt he'll read this BUT I'd absolutely LOVE to see him do Faxanandu for NES ( I prolly spelled that wrong) I loved playing it when i was young and thought it was the hardest game i had. Watching my old favorite Duck Tales now 😁😍😁😭

@_polpon 3 жыл бұрын

Just watching this game being played gives me a nervous breakdown.

@MrCalverino 3 жыл бұрын

this dude is too gud

@jtmarlin1739 3 жыл бұрын

This game was so clunk as a kid and my man lottery tickets the entire game .

@emrahavatar 3 жыл бұрын

1:50 yes pick up the bolder and walk far to the bottom as possible then jump release to hit the screen

@strictlybusiness557 3 жыл бұрын

Damn this game was so hard for me. Still a great game.

@ACtheACE 3 жыл бұрын

Laying it down!

@jamieh4148 3 жыл бұрын

Describe 2020 in 1 word........Battletoads.

@stormykeep9213 3 жыл бұрын

I'm thinking "Whaaa? An arcus Battletoads speed run???" Then I see "playthrough"...Yeah, it really is that difficult I guess lol! I remember as a kid wanting to beat every game I rented...I must've rented this game a dozen times and never beat it.

@lordcolinb 3 жыл бұрын

Hard ass game

@billick6589 3 жыл бұрын

How good is Arcus? He's already shaved more than 20 minutes off his pb before this video was even posted.

@greenkeeperc769 3 жыл бұрын

Love you arcus your my game dad klunk

@arturbarbosa757 3 жыл бұрын

Great!!!!

@bloodsoulsgaming502 3 жыл бұрын

Play little nemo dream master, I really think you would enjoy it

@ExcitingOnion 3 жыл бұрын

yes it's good but so impossible

@theunholinesswithin70 Жыл бұрын

@5:07 Would be funny if those plants on the sides ate the crows as they fell.

@prizim 3 жыл бұрын

that was a good buluhluhluhluhluh

@greeple0 3 жыл бұрын

This game is not too battletoads for arcus!

@CryptomanXADVENT 3 жыл бұрын

How did you get so good???

@joemerkel20 4 ай бұрын

Am I the only one who can’t beat clinger wringer? Anyone with any tips or tricks for it?

@cedric1138 3 жыл бұрын

So once again the coyboy proves he's not actually human! Anyone watching this that's not aware of Battle Toads, it's notoriously difficult! As are most of Rares games, I had cobra triangle and to this day it gives me nightmares😆 brutality hard.