Bad Dudes video game (NES) - Deathless speed run - Part 3

[southsidesman]

We though these Nintendo games (Entendo as my father used to say) was the most mind dazzling, overwhelmingly awesome graphics and gameplay that mankind could fathom!!

And then next year Sega Genisis came out, and they asked for more money, and I thought... hmmmm.

I was stuck with all these 8-bit games.

After they kept pulling the rug under me, I thought, well - ya'll can have the games. I'm done.

A whole lot didn't. Those the ones waiting in line "for their sons."

GOD bless 'em!

[NewYorkS4U]

I always thought the robotic-looking enemy from the forest level was Robocop without the helmet. 

[alfredunhill]

this was the game back in the day.....loved playing this in the arcade...

[punkstarfunk]

lets go for a burger..

LMAO

[MistressClawful]

I watched your Bad Dudes vids back when I uploaded mine, but didn't have a chance to comment then, guess I was distracted.

We play very differently on this game, yet both very effectively on kicking its ass. Awesome job as always. Impressive for me because of the amount that you use the spin kick, which for me is kind of hard to pull off.

[kingofkings63a]

well it aint bad cus put it this way, i use all the major consoles, & i play on old skool emulators more than anythin. earlyr on i turned off mario galaxy, refused 2 put on uncharted, & put bad dudes vs dragonninja on, classics win!

[shincyriades]

Heh, back in the day, this game was the jam. It's a little dated compared to later beatemups, but still a classic imo. I suppose, similarly, in ten years some people will probably think most of the current flood of first person shooters is bad. :P

[Vikashar]

Oh, yes, definitely. It's just the natural progression for games, and for that matter, nearly every venue which evolves. Even though we look back on old movie making styles and video games with reverence for how good they truly are, styles at a certain age just wouldn't fly contemporarily, if released in a new package.

[shincyriades]

I see what you mean, Vikashar. I guess it's up to entertainment buffs such as us to value the classics even if no one else does :P. But at least many classics are indeed being rereleased on Xbox Live Arcade, Wii Virtual Console, Gametap and so forth. Good times!

[Vikashar]

I guess what it's truly inspired by are all of those 80s action movies. Ex army guys who are 'bad' and are somehow the best choices to resolve national/international crises. Heh.

[Vikashar]

Ha ha, so funny how lame my childhood's standards for cool seem today. Anything called 'Bad Dudes' today would be laughed out of the market. Then the president asks to go for a burger, because that's badass. XDDD

Anyway, thanks for this. I never saw the ending when I played it in the arcade. "I'M BAD!"

[DTysonator]

Yeah I always wondered myself why the President didn't ask for a slice of pizza instead, seeing as how popular pizza was during the late eighties, largely because of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon series craze.

Maybe Mirage Studios told them that it would be a "bad" idea if pizza was shown at the end of Bad Dudes and that it would cause some confusion. Data East was more than likely making a political statement about America being a fast food nation.

[confusedbanatt]

I think you're overthinking the choice of food. Maybe the president likes burgers better than pizza.

[DTysonator]

Yeah, you might have a point there, but who really knows for sure, right?

It's fun to think up the possibilities, as it keeps things interestin. Besides, just about anything is possible! :)