The Outfoxies review

[CaptainBardiel]

Black Lagoon more like it...

[glitchedgamer]

No More Heroes meets Super Smash Bros? I need to play this.

[MrDerfbomb]

Hmmmm... What game does this remind me of? It defininetly can't be S.S.B. Can it? Yes it can. I just have to say, old games are sometimes better than new ones. S.S.B. Melee is the best version of S.S.B. because there's more stages where you can fly on a ship... Just buy The Outfoxies and S.S.B. Melee.

[outlaw87100]

Super Smash Bros totally ripped off this game

[ExplorerDS6789]

Mr. Acme? I thought he was murdered. They framed Roger Rabbit!

[hmmsmellslikefish]

I killed plenty tokens cuz this game rocks! Thank you Whimsy's!

[Trancemaster2052]

If they ported this to Xbox Live Arcade, I'd totally get it. Looks like alot of fun. I don't even remember this game back in 1994.

[purvicide]

Ah, Hunter/Hunted-esque.

[drewmaughan]

This game is the absolute shit... just watch out for the surprises in that last level. This is easily the original Power Stone/ Smash Bros.

[SoljaBadGuyBoyTellem]

Bernard White looks more like Jax on crack.

[xYoshi1096x]

Go play Vice city

It has all weapons

[spoonshiro]

If only Namco would make a sequel to this instead of one shitty Tales game after another.

[halodoomhpf15]

isnt there an arcade emulator for games like this?

[Zontar82]

This game was incredible,i didnt knew what to expect when i played it back then as well..the twins Are the creepiest chars in a videogame ever..included when they commit suicide by killing each other when they lose

[xxashyy]

Was Power Stone influenced by this game too?

[onoratodanny]

I'm kind of a n00b when using MAME. I want to play games like this so bad but just don't know how to install the ROMs on MAME and I heard It's a very long process. so I just have two questions.

1) how do you install roms onto the MAME emulator?

2) Can someone give me simple instructions on how to do this without it becoming a frigging Einstein project?

[Chaosscouter137]

Where did you download these games?

[ComradeMagnum]

@TheAnimeExpert156 Super Smash Bros was heavily inspired

[spoonshiro]

A very overlooked game. Namco should put this on Xbox Live.

[leoviper]

No flamethrower? =p

[MasterZebulin]

@leoviper I'm complaining more from the fact that it looks like you can't throw the opponent.

Also, the distinct lack of TRASH CANS as weapons.

[drackula96]

my birthday is march 9th...i now know what i fucking want xD

[70sHippy]

This game was a major highlight of my childhood, i wish i could play this game again, well i guess i could buy the system and the game from somewhere like EBAY. They have every fuckin' thing.

[thefrogga84]

very nice game

[xxashyy]

This reminds me of a 2D Power Stone.

[Caztro72]

This game looks great! For some reason I feel like this could have been an inspiration for the Smash Brothers series. Namco has to put it on one of their Namco Museum compilations! Shoot! Why do they keep giving us 100 re-issues of Ms. Pac-Man and not treasures like this game?!

[SarahKreuz31]

w-what is that? Filmnstuff giving a GOOD rate for a Videogame? Must be the wrong clip. *gonna check it out*

XD

[ArcangelZero7]

Wow this game looks awesome!  Haha at character selection I was saying "pick the monkey! pick the monkey! pick the monkey!" :P You have good taste, my friend XD

[coruscant100]

I think the Super Smash Bros series are the sequels to The Outfoxies.

[greenteen85]

looks pretty cool. wouldn't mind this on ps3. idk if it'll happen because every game nowadays tries to be as epic as halo or killzone or what have you. not many down to earth ones

[xxxCRAZYLOVExxx]

now i know from what game smash bros inspired from

[Rakiarmas]

Man this is must-try-game.

[humanconvertable]

Namco seems to be one of the most sucsessful third party gaming companies I know. Pretty much every single game I know made by them, including this one, rocks!

[thegreatsamurai82]

the new soul calibur was a bit of a stinker...

[Chrono256]

Third Party?

[xyling]

They had this game in the arcade a block away from our place when I was in college. We spent tons of money playing head to head every night.

Brilliant game.

[RainMan34]

So yea, nice review. It's also cool to see how the Smash brothers was notably influenced by the design of this game. The breakable environments, the in and out camera work. Interesting considering a number of the staff who worked at Namco to make this game later defected to Nintendo!

However I think I prefer this game to ssbm. Although less playable in control scheme, the environments are way cooler imo.

[theboombody]

That helicopter falling is beyond awesome.

[RainMan34]

Wait... I was with you until you said the storyline was interesting. There is a storyline? No one is going to play this game for its storyline lol.

The gameboard that namco made to present this game to the public was being outdated by more current boards and thus the public probably wanted different fare and weren't willing to put quarters into this game. Plus the name wasn't exactly catchy.

Still, a vastly overlooked game with very innovative graphics for the time

[traceacex]

You're a real good reviewer - kind of remind me of playitbogart. Trust me, that's a compliment. :)

[theboombody]

I wish I could find PlayitBogart's review of Hydelide, but I guess it was lost forever.

[IRAPEemos666]

This game was truly ahead of its time!!

It does remind me a lot of Super Smash Bros.

[Keddo126]

Great review filmnstuff

[littlegreengamer]

holy crap! this is almost like a predecessor to "smash bros." one of the first to have the in-and-out camera movements, wide environments and multiple weapons.

[hallucifuge]

Nice video, I now want to play the featured game very badly.

>:-D

[absofuckinglotly]

do shity game review they are more funny

[HellmaskerD]

Oh wow! An old 90's arcade game I'd never even heard of! This looks REALLY cool and right up my alley. Many thanks for bringing it to my attention!

As far as why it didn't catch on... well it was the early/mid 90's, the height of and last days of true arcade gaming. Titles were getting pumped out so rapidly and the market was so crowded at the time, that a LOT of really wonderful gems sorta got drowned out and lost in the mix (like Elevator Action 2, another overlooked favorite of mine).

[filmnstuff]

Yeah, Elevator Action 2 rocks. I might do a review on that one in the future too.

[Chaosscouter137]

@filmnstuff Yea do it plz. When I was a little kid, I used all my quarters on that game as well as tekken and TMNT for the arcade in Corpus Christi

[GreenPhoenix91]

I have to say the assassin aspect ofthe game is cool and the stages remind me of super smash bros indeed this game is a hidden classic worthy of recognition.

[tobeymaguirefan433]

That "Betty" chick reminds me of Hello Nurse from Animaniacs, lol. Nice vid, btw. :D

[filmnstuff]

Try MAME. It's an awesome game.

[exo0O]

Only if you don't misuse it for making the most shitty fighting game ever. ;)

[brucegray666]

That game looks fucking MAD!!!!!

How did you get it on your PC? Is there somewhere I can download it from?

[filmnstuff]

I think this game is also a big influence on Super Smash Bros. series and No More Heroes.