The Rastan soundtrack also lives rent-free in my head. I'd love to hear a competent heavy metal cover of it.

Your enthusiastic approach to life is a beacon of strength, Mr Patman. You truly have the heart of one of those warriors of old.

I'd Like to See the History of BUBBLE BOBBLE One Day

3:57 that explains a lot as these machines always looked old and/or had another game burnt into the screen! Crazy!

I used to play the Rastan at my local 7-11. I love this game.

Great video, I have loved Rastan since its launch in '86! One fun technical note... The smoothly animated swinging vines seen in the game were achieved with a particle effect. They even show it off by making the separate pixel particles different colors. And it was actually a reused effect that they created for Jungle King/Hunt several years earlier!

Ah one of my all time favorites! A shining example of how to squeeze every ounce of goodness from the limited resources available to arcade systems. Even today I'm still amazed at the sound and what they were able to do with it. I have the tunes downloaded and listen to them now and then when I want a pick me up. The animations and colors were all top notch and hold up for arcade games even today. This was one of the games I worked at mastering as a kid and eventually could one-life the game. I was able to do this with several other games (Black Tiger, Akari Warriors, Spy Hunter, Discs of Tron, etc etc).....yup, spent tons of time in arcades. Great video! Thanks for making it :)

Crazy Story, The first time I played this amazing atmospheric game I also met Frank Stallone in Astoria Queens NYC, Yes Sly's brother in the same Deli that had the cabinet I was playing Rastan in 1987 and he came in the deli where I played it, my mom started talking to him because she instantly recognized him, and he had a music school on Steinway street, I met him and told him he was a great singer in that street scene in Rocky and he was a nice guy. I went back into playing Rastan and the music it stuck with me. Years later I bought a rastan cabinet from a warehouse in Coney Island for 300, I had it for four years until I sold it and later bought a slim Galaga arcade cabinet being I had moved and needed something slimmer, I regret that decision. Anyway this game's music is burned into me, This is when Taito hit the ball out of the park and from that point had a slew of games with awesome music and audio, and wow what a bassy cabinet when you put a coin in and hear that Damm slam, great years for Taito

Hey Patman! Great video! I met Brian Colin 2 weeks ago at Planet Funk Con. He had nothing but great things to say about you and your channel. Thanks for reigniting my interest in the old games I grew up playing, Sir.

One of my all time favorite arcades. Love the soundtrack. My local arcade had the volume cranked up on Rastan and it overpowered all other games so you always knew when someone was playing it.

I never realized how much I missed the Rastan theme music!! I need to get a copy of that score.

I loved that thing in the arcade💁‍♂️

That soundtrack, dude. Also, it was my all time favorite arcade game outside of the original four-player ninja turtle arcade game. Every summer in the 1980s, my family went to the Keys to hunt lobster. We stayed on a campground island called Sunshine Key, and there was an arcade there, and this was the game I played the most. I remember that arcade perfectly, and where it was. I'll always have a soft spot for Rastan.

30:30 the artist is Rudy Nebres, a filipino comic artists whose works included working on Conan!!!

Thank you Patman! One of my favorite arcade games of all time. That heart-pounding theme in the first level set the stage for an epic adventure.

You got to meet Ted DiBiase?! Man, i am so jealous, he's always been one of my favorite wrestlers!

Great thorough video. One of my favorite video games as a kid and that's so cool meet The Million Dollar Man

Patman omitted Rastan was featured in the movie "To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything! Julie Newmar". Patman's wife dragged him to that movie and surprisingly he thoroughly enjoyed it.

No mention of Volgarr the Viking? The gameplay and first level are clearly inspired by Rastan. If you ever wanted to play Rastan on hard mode, you should give it a shot! You'll be glad you did.

The first arcade/video game I was obsessed with. Great video, thank you! Long live Rastan!

Excited to watch this one! Keep up the great work, Patman!

I was pretty broke growing up so I couldn't play many arcade games. But I would just stare at the demos for hours on end; moving from one game to the next. I remember the Rastan demo fondly but had forgotten how beautiful the game is. Thanks for this video!

Yo Patman!! Thanks for the shout-out!!! True pleasure seeing you at Planet FunkCON this year!!!

I used to go creek stomping in my old shoes then ride my bike to the local pizza hole in the wall and grab a slice and play Rastan until the streetlights came on back in the late 80s ! I miss those days 🥺🥺🥺😥

Before Golden Axe, there was Rastan.

7:52 Rod-If you are carrying it, killing an enemy of any type causes all other on-screen enemies of the same type to die.

Your videos really make me yearn for the good old days. Kinda bittersweet. Hopefully in a few years I'll get an arcade opened up

Love this documentary. Great memories about Rastan arcade, and of course, the music indeed lives rent free in our heads.

Rastan was the first arcade machine I put my quarter into at Captain Video in 1987. The soundtrack hooked me in immediately when I heard it blaring louder than any other cabinet at the time.

The fact that the Apple IIgs had the best home port was unheard of. It was in class of its own on that system. What John Brooks pulled off, with no sprite or scrolling hardware at all, was amazing.

YES!!! Been waiting for this! Thanks, Patman! Love Rastan!

Wowwwww wasn’t expecting this one. Wowwwwwwwwww. Thanks for this great review. I LOVEEEEEE your channel. You are a great guy 😘

Rastan = Still a fun game (arcade, sms) Nastar = Complete crap in all versions Warrior Blade = Completely awesome and alongside Golden Axe: The Revenge of Death Adder the absolute greatest Fantasy Hack n' Slay game ever produced.

one of my favourite games and loved "The Rastan soundtrack lives rent-free in my head." . Your vids also always bring out that nostalgic glow. Keep up the great work

Thanks for another awesome retrospective Patman QC!

Thanks for the vid. When this came out I'd just started martial arts training, and my local arcade had just started renting VHS tapes. Those were the days. I rented a lot of Brucesploitation flicks.

Awesome documentary! Thanks so much!

Pat, you are an absolute inspiration and your videos are too good!

As always, your videos bring such nice childhood nostalgia, and in a way it's sort of therapeutic. Re-visiting all these games and their history is like being right there in front of the arcade cabinets. Keep on Rockin'

Good lord. That's some good use of the EGA colour palette. Nice Also, Thanks for covering one of my favorite arcade games!

Fantastic video. This is a game that I remember playing in the arcades and I still love it to this day. The music is spot on and the gameplay keeps you coming back for more. I’ve nearly completed it but not quite. Looks like I need to come back for more Rastan!!

I’m embarrassed to say I missed out on this one, I’ll have to give it a try here soon! Another fantastic vid my friend, hope you’re feeling better! ❤️🎮

Thanks!

Your passion for games really comes through on your videos. Thank you for making these.

The main theme is perfection and has also been living rent free in my head since 1987.

Brilliant video and game! 👍👍👍 Loved the music - it also lived rent free in my head for 40 years!! 😂😂😂

I’m sitting here at the John Deere classic watching your new video and let me say Patman you hit a hole in one with this video ! Awesome 👏🏻 ⛳️

There was a Rastan game at my local movie theater where I grew up in the 80’s. Good memories.

Found a game i need to play! Rastan 3! Thats why you watch every Patman video! Thx Pat!

Thank you for saying Taito correctly! Many people don’t know the proper way. My local 7-11 on Lincoln Ave in Chicago was a test site for video and pinball. They had Rastan there which I believe was the Japanese version or test. The bats never came out if you stalled anywhere. Also the generic enemies that are abundant in green were black on the version I played. Didn’t know there was an Apple IIGS version which I would have gotten for sure! This is one of my favorite arcade games with the whole package! Thank you for doing a more in depth vid on this classic. Keep up the great work as always! Maybe see ya at a future MGC.

Epic video as always!

Awesome video! Rastan along with Golden Axe, and Afterburner are my top favorites of all time. The epic music really is the icing on the cake. Rastan is also available through the AtGames arcade legends ecosystem as well.

I've got Patman fever. I'm going outta my mind. Thanks for your efforts once again, Patman QC.

Another awesome video Patman. ⚔️

Great video. Queef sounds were the funniest yet 😂

This was one of the very first arcade machines that I bought way back in 1996. I got it off of Craigslist for $80 non-working. All that it needed was two fuses and it has worked flawlessly ever since. It gets a good amount of play in the arcade when we have company.

Another banger, Pat! Great job!!!

Glad You're feeling better, brother. That's an awesome video. Have awesome day

Rastan 1 is cool. I always wanted the port for the SMSystem, but never found it in stores back then. A tough arcade game. I remember reading about the rope vine in the C64 version being a game breaking glitch. The sequel was a step down but the 3rd one was good. Great coverage of all the Rastan games' history, Patman, thanks!

Another great game my D&D friends and myself enjoyed greatly. Also, holy hell pat, you kick major ass at this game.

Rastan in CHAMPION WRESTLER was one of my favorites. Best wrestling game

Favorite game of all time for me. Great content, I subscribe! ;)

As soon as you drop in the quarter and it makes that crash sound...you know you're in for a treat.

Taito announced they will, release Warrior Blade: Rasat Saga Part 3 via arcade archived somewhere around novenmber this year 🎉

If Mr.Patman was the one playing Rastan in this video, then he was exceptionally great at it. I did not notice any loss of health nor any hits. I do know what he means by the main theme song for the beginning stages of each world being fused in the mind (well living in there rent free)because inctedibly ever since I heard it, I never forgot the tune, so I can hum along to it at will at anytime, even if I am not playing the game! 😜 Thank you for another great history lesson, to this fabulous retro game! ✌

Great video! Loved this game when it came out in the arcades. Glad you included the Apple GS conversion - the Artist did a remarkable job of recreating the Graphics in only 16 colours. However, the scrolling is wobbly and tears quite a bit. BRAVO for including the Amiga version - which is being made right now. You are right up to date! So far, the Amiga version looks amazing: great graphics and both scrolling & animation are beautifully smooth. And it does the music perfectly! All the more amazing for being made using an off-the-shelf engine rather than one written specially for the game.

YOU DID IT!!! Rastan revisited 😍🙌🙌

WOW!! that wrestling game in beginning was popular in arcade. Awesome game review. I remember that as a kid .🤯

Quarter muncher indeed. I wish I was better at this game back in the day because it was so cool. Music and sound effects are indeed top notch and the thing I always thought were the best features of it. Thanks again for another video of a great game.

Rastan is one of my all time favourite arcade games as for the cool graphics, excellent tight gameplay and that amazing soundtrack. Have you done a video on the R-TYPE game series as that is my all time favourite arcade shoot-em up! Thank you for all your amazing in-depth videos, a real joy to view.

Brilliant version for the SMS there, the FM soundtrack is amazing.

Hi pmqc never played raston but i have now. And im glad i did cheers pal 🤣🤣👍👍

Excellence in video game reviews … PatmanQC🎉

Crom, I have never prayed to you before. I have no tongue for it. No one, not even you, will remember if we were good men or bad. Why we fought, or why we died. All that matters is that two stood against many. That's what's important! Valor pleases you, Crom... so grant me one request. Grant me revenge! And if you do not listen, then to HELL with you!

Those Outrun cabinets are probably pretty valuable these days 💰💰

Hey Pat!! Haven't seen an upload in a couple weeks. Just checking in to say I hope all is well my friend!

Wow. I have been enjoying your channel for years and never understood the Bob Ross reference till now lol.

Yes remember playing this in the tiki hut of the holiday inn…had so many other games that truly cemented my love of arcade games like shinobi and double dragon…so many memories…times we could never have again today

Loved this game! I could get all the way through on my first man, you just had to move relentlessly forward and all the obstacle timing would line up perfectly.

good video thanks. one of the best sundtracks ever

This is awesome buddy

Always loved this game, and the soundtrack is absolutely epic

played it back in the 80's when i was a teen, now 50 and still a favourite, though i find it hard to get to 4th stage now days.

I love this game. I still play it at a local arcade on retro arcades with multiple games on each of them. The rope jumps in round 2 over the fire are ridiculously hard but otherwise great game.

Great Video. I had the Apple 2GS version, I was wondering if you were going to mention it, as most people aren't familiar with it or it's games. I loved that PC. Thanks PatmanQC!

I was so happy to see Rastan available on the PS store recently! Many years ago I had the Taito Collection for the PC but the disc is now lost.

Great video - earned a welll deserved sub from me. There were a few highlights of this video for me. The MSDOS port has the best graphics I've ever seen in a EGA game and it seems that might've pipped Commander Keen to being the first scrolling platform game on the PC. Why does no-one ever mention that!? The Apple IIGS port is the best Apple IIGS arcade port I've seen so amazing work Novalogic for doing those ports. The other highlight of this video was learning of Warrior Blade which I hope is supported by MAME so I can check that out. Speaking of MAME, this video was missing my fave Rastan fact. Rastan was the first 16 bit / m68k arcade game emulated by MAME, hence a significant milestone in MAME and arcade emulation. I wasn't surprised to see Barbarian get mentioned. Barbarian is currently getting ported to the open source Uzebox console so I look forward to playing that soon.

I loved the box art for Rastan. It was so evocative of the time.

The music came in to my head soon as I seen the title ❤❤❤

My favorite arcade game of all time. Still holds up too

Love this game, but not being allowed to continue on the last stage sucks. One interesting thing, the poison item only does a little damage and gives a ton of points, so it's actually not a bad idea to grab it since it'll usually get you close to an extra life.

Fantastic choice 👌

Rastan was a very memorable and interesting game. It is one of my top favorite arcade games of all time, and on my list of homage re-makes.

That original game has so Much Atmosphere. The intense music, pulsating and pounding - slow bit building to to that crescendo! Along with the heartbeat and the attack sounds! The music and sound effects are top notch example of immersive. Then we have the great graphics of the time and the Beautiful colors and changing sky which also helps create and capture that mood. Beautiful game.

Ahh my favourite game.🤘😆🤘

You don't jump higher with a longer button push and there are 7 songs. Opening song (not in the US version) Main theme, castle, boss fight, level clear, final boss fight and the ending theme.

Great video as always. Ah, one of the games I told myself that I'd buy an arcade cabinet for if I ever had the money. I loved this game and the music. Those poor folks in the UK. I couldn't imagine trying to be a gamer there in the '80s with those screwy computers. Poor bastards.

The arcade version music is otherworldly! you want to live as long as possible just to hear more

History of Rastan in 2024 is what I didn't know I needed! Fucking awesome.

Awesome