That NES "I'm bad" scared the mess out of me when i first heard it.

I played Bad Dudes back in the day. Bad Dudes has a perfect story. Plus, the action is flawless.

I had this game on the NES as a kid. One of my favorites games I finally beat as an adult.

The music on the truck/train levels is one of the best background tunes on any arcade game, an absolute banger. Great choice of a legendary arcade game to cover, Patman!

Ive always wanted a modern remake of this game with a more in depth moveset and modern graphics. It was one of my favorite games as a kid, it was like playing an 80's action movie.

Played this one a lot in the '80s. It was the loudest game in Aladin's Castle. Robo Cop 2 also showed this arcade game in the background. You can hear the dogs barking in the film. I also believe the game Guacamele 2 makes fun of the game, showing the scene at the beginning.

Great documentary, bro. As always. Played this arcade in Moscow, Russia. 1993 year. Warm memory. ❤

I remember I had just seen a couple of The American Ninja movies and after seeing this in the arcade I became obsessed with it. When it came out on the NES we rented it constantly but could never find a store actually selling it.

For some reason the arcade I went to in the late 80s apparently had the Japanese version. I distinctly remember the Dragon Ninja title screen, and the different sound effects. All these years I thought I was crazy and I had just been remembering it wrong! Thanks for clearing that up for me!

Bad dudes…can still remember playing it and beating it in the arcade…one of the first beat ‘em ups you could go into an arcade with $2-$3 in quarters and beat the game. It was awesome. Loved it on the nes also

Side note: I refuse to refer to that game as Green Beret. Rush’n Attack is such a perfect title it should always be used.

I played the Amiga Version in my Childhood. My Buddy and me loved all those Ninja Movies of the 80s and often played Ninja in the Garden, so this Game was perfect for us.

I would walk to the bowling alley with my brother just to play Bad Dudes! That was back in the ancient days. Then we rented the NES version too. I'M BAD!! Great video as always, Patman!

Now I gotta hook up my pandora bootleg and play king fu master. I used to love playing that game as a kid. Can always count on you for some awesome nostalgic moments

@ 6:49 the Japanese can is not referencing Pepsi, it's Pocari Sweat - famous Japanese sports drink. Great video!

I loved this arcade game when it came out played it prettymuch every weekend at our local pizza joint. I later got it for the nes. Thanks Pat for making me remember the good times from back in the day. I appreciate it

One of my favorite games of all time. Me and a friend of mine used to fill this old arcade machine with quarters when we were kids. This is one of the granddaddies of beat-em-ups, and I'm so thankful I got to enjoy it when I was young. When it came out on the NES, we were so excited and rented it from our local Gas City gas station. I remember playing this for hours and hours on his old NES. Good times. Great memories. Thanks again for the excellent trip down memory lane. Your channel is one of my absolute favorites on KZfaq. Please keep doing what you're doing. 😊

I spent a lot of quarters on this game and was so dang happy when the NES version came out. I always played alone so it didn't bother me on the lack of coop. I loved that NES vesion and beat it many times just like I did on my arcade emulator nowadays! It was as a faithful port as one could ask for on 8bit!

I just played this yesterday with my son on my modded Marvel 1Up Countercade. Your timing is impeccable, my friend!

Another stellar documentary from the Patman! Thanks for the video Patman. Bad Dudes is an arcade classic and hearing that ''I'm BAD" brings back awesome times back in the arcade days in my local mall in 90's

The Commodore home version is very unique with the small sprites and characters and chip beat music tunes. Great review of this series and arcades, Patman, thanks! I like some of the unique abilities to lift and toss objects.

5:38 8:55 The death sound of the dog is just super hilarious 😂😭 Thanks Patman 😆😂

My little contribution to the story. I used to 1CC the arcade game back in the day and discovered (at least in the American version) that the score caps at 999,999. I once point pressed this game and was able to achieve this score BEFORE reaching the final boss (which the Dragonninja alone is worth 400,000 points).

Patman, you are the best! I watch your every video and eagerly await for the next one. I especially like the groundwork and meticulous information search for each game. Don't ever stop! 😄

It's a shame this game never got ported over to the Sega Genesis. Two Crude Dudes was pretty cool but I would have much preferred this original than the sequel. Aside from reducing some of the colors and cutting back the total amount of enemies on screen at once it could have been more than possible. Especially back then as Data East was on a roll with releasing games for the platform in the early 90s. I've read a couple people say the game was past it's prime and too old back when the Genesis was hot. If that's the case they wouldn't have released Joe & Mac 3 years later from it's Arcade release in 1994. But anyway, excellent review as always and thanks for The History of Rampage last week! 😎

Data East games at that time just had a feel and look that I loved. I played the hell out of this game, RoboCop, and Heavy Barrel at the Gold Mine arcade. I just played Heavy Barrel and BurgerTime this weekend on MAME.

the laundromat my parents went to when I was a kid had Bad Dudes, DJ Boy, and WWF Wrestlefest , made laundry day fun for me at least

All of your videos its a enormous contribution to the history of video game

Love this game pat man played this song nest, renting it never play the arcade. I’ve seen a lot of play theories of it but I’m having a hard time finding I’ve been looking for it but I still can’t find it so I’m interested to see your review on the arcade in the story on it. Have a good weekend. Love your channel. Been watching it for two years now.🤘🤘

thanks for the trip down memory lane,as well as learning new stuff! That 12:36 inclusion/comparison was a nice touch.

This is the very first game that I beat at the arcades back in the early 90's; yes it almost took me 6.50 bucks in quarters (and I will always remember the exact amount until the day I die lol) because but I was that determined. Great vid Pat.

Thanks for your awesome content bro! We used to play the heck out of Dragon ninja on the Amiga. Controls were a bit off but it was like playing an arcade machine with me mates. Good times. Cheers PatmanQC, you rock!

LOVE your videos! Your research, quality and presentation! TV quality! Videos should have 1mil views EACH - no less! (Best line "Did the next best thing....use them without permission!")

Had a lot of fun with the Amiga game, it felt almost Arcade perfect back in the day.

This is the episode I waited for bro , 💪🏽 great job

I see you are a man of culture, PatmanQC! The white castle burger choice is what hooked me in!

I just found your channel and instantly subscribed keep these coming forever!!!!

PatmanQC is truly a BAD DUDE! Another wonderful video :)

Another great video Patman!!

The enemy on fire, was one of many inspirations for the Scott Pilgrim vs the World game

I hook up my OG NES during the early time period of Covid-19 and happen to find Bad Dudes in my attic. I was playing it which quickly takes me back in time when life was simpler. Brother Patman, Bad Dudes is long overdue for a sequel and hope some VG company makes a true sequel. Another phenomenal video.

Definitely one of my favorite games, thank you for sharing 🙏

I got this game randomly for some birthday. I didn't get a lot of nes games back then. My buddy and I played the shit out of it for years. Love the memories of this game.

Fun and informative as always. Patman is the real bad dude!

Fun video!! Thanks pacmanqc

Loved the game, loved the documentary! Great work!

Absolutely one of my favorites Thanks Pat man

I was always under the assumption that the blue energy drink/can was modelled on Pocari. I remember playing this game around 1989, myself and my buddies always referred to the blue energy cans as Pocari

You’re still the best PatMan!

I thought you did this game already. That's cool, though. It's one of my all-time favorites and good to see again.

Not sure if i mentioned already that i had the C64version and when i lost all my lifes i left the game running and the tape was rolling and after a short time the game loaded the next levels with a full set of lives,so i continued playing. Another excellent docu Patman, awesome stuff. Some of the conversions tho are embarrasing and the publishers and programmers must have known this im sure of it, lol. Again well done Sir, you are the greatest documentist ever.

The most memorable thing about Bad Dudes to me has to be the music. To this day I still hum the truck stage tune out of nowhere. What a fantastic classic.

Is Patman a bad enough dude? I think so.

Another great vid for another great game! It was like a playable version of an 80s ninja flick by Cannon Films or Godfrey Ho that filled cable TV and video stores at the time. I wonder if the different voice samples were to fit ENG and JPN ways of how heroes sounded in that area's action films.

The best channel to watch while stoned is back! Great video! Keep up the great work! Edit: I just realized didn’t Trump invite a sports team to the White House and serve McDonald’s hamburgers? Wild! 😮

I always enjoyed playing the NES version of this game. It was cool to be a rude, bad dude with an attitude 😎. President Ronnie 4 life.

I've played this game a thousand times over the course of decades and I NEVER knew there was a charge punch!

in the 1980s random ninja attacks were a big problem, thankfully due to the abundance of bad dudes they were eventually defeated

The history of bubble bobble would be awesome 🤞 I'm restoring an arcade cab at the moment

Kung Fu Master, Bad Dudes, Vigilante, Shinobi and Final Fight. Those days of Arcade games were just the best. And something really missing from gaming these days without that Bowling Alley, Pizza shop or Arcade environment.

People give this game shit, but it has wormed its way into everyone's memory whether they played it or not. NES "I'm Bad" is a legendary sample, and a digital Wilhelm Scream to everyone who knows it. Great choice Patman!

I remember Bad Dudes blew my mind as a young kid when I first encountered it at either a local skating rink or bowling alley. I was so excited when I discovered it was coming to the NES. My Grandmother got it for me, and I'm sad to say that the experience of the NES conversion truly paled in comparison to what I originally experienced in the Arcades.

Awesome video

Loved this game, miss those good old days 😢.

Loved this game, played the hell out of it. It was actually pretty easy for an 8 year old. Great video as always.

Thanks for the vid. If you ever make it to Japan I'll take you to the vintage arcade I go to that has a bunch of side scrolling BEU games that never made it stateside.

Patman can you do a history of San Francisco Rush and its sequels. One of my favorite racing games that I wish would get a collection for switch. Would love to see you talk about those great racing games. Have a good one.

Today I learned that you could do a charge punch in Bad Dudes. It is one of my favourite games. Though I played the NES version of it.

Good video 👍

They had bad dudes at the local grocery store when I was a kid. . Loved this game perfect action and great music. I could clock it with one credit.

FYI @patman the BLUE soda can for Japan could more likely represent Pocari Sweat, which is much more popular than Pepsi there. Thanks for the fun videos as always!

Only really played the NES version. It was ok for what it was, didn't even know it was an arcade port til a few years later after playing it.

LOVED Two Crude. Didn't know it was a sequel to Bad Dudes. Remember beating it at a local comic book store in my teens. Also the WWE tag team The New Day has t shirts that have a logo similar to that of the Bad Dudes arcade logo.

Excellent as always 😊 also, 24:45 it says "Paul Owens" in Japanese on the side of the truck. I'm sure one of the developers or something for that version

I always thought the Arcade game was called, Two Bad Dudes. Then the NES was just called, Bad Dudes because you could only play as one player. I was looking for this game for years, but it wasn't until fall of 2023 when I got the Data East Collection on my Mini EverCade. Then I realized I've been looking for the wrong title all these years: it was just Bad Dudes! It is always fun to watch your videos especially the sound part of it. We just take for granite how good it is now a days, but back then it was really just a bunch of different tones of beeps that I lived thru. Ha-Ha?

Listening to your Jim Valley episode right now. 😎

i was literally just playing this game today one of the best arcade beat em up side scroller action games' in the 80s UK was called Dragon Ninja. this game should defo of had a remake.

I used to have the original arcade cab a few years back. Still worked great. Completely regret selling it.

An arcade favortie of mine, also the NES doesn't deserve the hate it gets. Good video 👍

I think the blue cans in the japanese version of the game look a lot more like cans of Pocari Sweat than Pepsi. Also fantastic and informative vid as always!!

Another fine video! It's a shame the movie didn't happen, as I always felt there are few classic arcade games that could translate as well into a campy low-budget flick! I ordered Bad Dudes for the C64, but it got delayed for over 6 (maybe 8?) months. When it finally arrived, I'd completely forgotten I'd ordered it, so it was a pretty awesome surprise.

I played the NES port & the soundtrack is one of my favorites of the 8-bit era. It was fun game, I still remember watching the ninja multiply on the 3rd level blew my mind 🫨 good times!

I used to play this in a old pizza shop in Lawrenceville, Pittsburgh Pa. Along with this cabinet at the same pizza shop also had at one time or another Shinobi,Mortal Kombat,Black Tiger,TMNT AND PINS ....PINBOT,TAXI, WHIRLWIND.... oh the good old days😊😊😊😊

Had the NES port of this game. A staple of my childhood.

Thank you also for mentioning the movie Running Scared. Juts watched it. Buddy cop movie. That was awesome. One joke after the other, good action, filmed between freezing cold Chicago and warm Florida Keys with all the ladies in bikinis. Cannot get more 80-ish than this. 😎

One of the first few games I played in the arcades back in the 80s, and one of my personal favorite NES games too. Man for years I've been trying to find out who the illustrator that was responsible for creating a lot of the marquee and bezel artwork used for a lot of arcade cabinets, including this game.

I love this game!!! One of my favorites of all time!

As much as i played this in the laundromat...i NEVER saw the "vs DragonNinja" part of the title. And i read EVERYTHING,hahaha.✌🏾👍🏾

I’m Bad!

Loved this game in the Arcade and on NES back in the 80's.

i loved this arcade cabinet. remember seeing it in paris orly airport back in the days.

Loved this game. Fighting on top of a tractor trailer was awesome. When matrix reloaded did it over a decade later I freaked out

Beautiful!!

I remember first playing this on in arcade at Walmart of all places, way back before all the Supers popped up. Classic all around.

Y'know, I never knew about the charge-up punch until watching this video, heh.

Damn classic! Even being a predecessor to Final Fight whose graphics were clearly better, this game still looks great! I honestly love the graininess with the high sharpness. Another good video PatMan! 👍👍 Oh also I find it annoying, but understandable, I say "Beer beats Burger", and I think Japan agrees, but you know..the kids.

I grew up with the C64 version (connected to a screen who was capable only of displaying colours in shades of green, like a giant Game Boy), but the original Arcade version was one of my favourite games of all time and the reason why I am in love with Data East productions nowadays! I picked up a Data East Arcade Collection on Evercade just because of it (and Tumblepop also).

My favorite arcade game of all times.

The good old days of playing games in the 80’s and early 90’s as a kid, and wanting to play a game you saw that looked cool and not knowing the name of it. Happened to me with “Rush & Attack” I kept telling my mom “Russian Attack” and “Altered Beast” I kept telling her “Ultra Beast” God I was a dumb kid, good times.

I was 7 when this came out. That was my game too!! Was quarter using left & right on this one. LOL