George, you have simply got to be the hardest working solo-project games channel on TH-cam. And the level of quality in your videos surpasses most other review and games journalism sites. Well done, man.
I love the way you did this, framing the games as a way to talk about the company history. Was really interesting to get a retrospective on a company struggle that largely went unnoticed in the barren arcade wasteland that was the UK.
"There's not as much to say about this one [Neo Turf Masters]" Neo Turf Masters is the truth, the best music SNK has ever offered and its a true contest of pure skill, champions are born, men are destroyed, Neo Turf Masters.
wow im really gad to see someone talk about SNK's history in a vary professional way. This was vary interesting and entertaining, I enjoyed this vary much.
+xisumavoid I'm not usually a fan of those types of games, but I bought the slug series in a bundle a while back. I put in about 30 hours in EACH game. They are hella fun!
+treeghettox As awesome as they are, I felt X sorta overused the food mechanic and ruined a couple of stages. Especially stage 4. Aside that, it's a better game in many more areas.
+Mochachocakon Agreed! MS3 has you riding a woolly mammoth while gunning down zombies with gattling guns mounted on its sides! How is that NOT the pinnacle of awesomeness?
Metal Slug is actually rather fair once you learn the controls and rules of the game. Vehicle and power up placement is usually planned out for upcoming areas and players are rewarded for risky moves by getting better weapons. Controls are smooth on foot(well, they were in the arcade) and the game always lets you know what attacks kill you and what moves don't. Metal Slug 3's mutliple path system allows people to figure out which route works best for their playstyle and encourages experimentation while punishing stupid mistakes. that being said some of the bosses are somewhat designed around trial and error, but the game normally gives players a vehicle(with health) beforehand, so that it is possible to see how the bosses attacks even work. Its brutally hard and ridiculously unforgiving, but also the finest kind of that type of game. When you finally get good, its satisfying. Metal Slug is certainly not for everyone, that's for sure.
This and the Sonic video prove, Bunnyhop isn't a person, it's a reviewing machine. Regarding the monster game... don't you need a referee to pin someone?! Are the civilians the referees, or the military? Would be funny.
I watched this video with a Neo Geo cabinet 10 feet in front of me. You started analyzing Garou right as the opening cutscene flashed by, and I'm so happy you're here to acknowledge that games existence. It truly is a gem.
It doesn't matter how great a game is if a player can't get far enough into the game to see said greatness. And Sengoku 3 isn't exactly a beginner-friendly beat-em-up.
Lovely retrospective. While I am in love with the Neo Geo I really appreciate someone who isnt gushing about every single Neo Geo game they play. Hearing some more technical arguments regarding game play is really sobering.
Story of my childhood: Austria has very strict gambling laws and since Arcade video games have a lose-state, they fall under the designation of a slot machine. Therefore, you can only put them into gambling parlors where minors have no access. So the only time I got to go to an arcade was when my family managed to afford a holiday in Italy all two years or so. And then, I had like 10 quarters per evening for 4 nights. I became a gourmet of arcade machines and seeing some of the old SNKs here really warmed my heart. Good memories.
Metal Slug 3 is by far the pinnacle of Nazca's amazing series. It has everything they could have absolutely packed into an 83MB cart... soldiers, aliens, mummies, zombies, monkeys, Tons of Slugs (Metal Slug, Elephant, Driller Slug, Marine Slug, Ostrich Slug, etc..)) It even has horizontal and vertical shooter stages! Tons of branching paths, and even a tribute to IREM's (Nazca) previous game In the Hunt. ... ... ... It's really not cheap. You just need to Lear the boss patterns. Such as the one where this guy keeps dying. It's not hard at all. You just have to time the jumps and stay off to the side.
I really love these long retrospective videos going through different games in a series or company. If you have the time and desire, I'd love for you to do more of them.
My group of friends and I are just now being introduced to this SNK company because of their modern ports that seem to dominate the Nintendo SWITCH eShop at this very moment. We're very impressed and having so much fun, and I would love to buy a set of more modern, physical SNK series anthologies~!!
Well, it's not an anthology, but King of Fighters 14 just had a Switch port announced earlier this month, and there was that anniversary collection that came out not too long ago.
SuperBunnyhop has to be one of the best video game channel on TH-cam, I can't think of anyone else whose content is so consistently excellent and varied on such a reliably frequent basis. I absolutely adore his work.
+felman87 They also made Faselei for the Neo Geo Pocket Color, which is usually regarded to be the best&most sought after game on the system. And Koudelka between the two :)
+felman87 Aruze is now Universal Entertainment Corp. The weirdest thing is Shadow Hearts and Koudelka are their only console IPs, on top of the handful of arcade IPs they also own. But they do nothing with them, even though they produce pachislot equipment and software.
On that Hokutomaru intro screen, the little guy in blue who goes flying when he crashes always tickles me for some reason (I play Garou alot!) - the poor fellow! For anyone wanting to play SNK fighters online, I highly recommend Fightcade - its an awesome program that plays your ROMS and allows you to play against other people online. Its criminally overlooked - check out the (very cool) installation guide here on TH-cam.
@7:17 Ahh yes, the "Sprite Size Wars." I never paid attention to 'sprite size' until I remember reading that apparently Gunstar Heroes was almost axed here in the West because the execs at Sega hated the tiny sprites. I love a big beautiful sprite but god man, the size don't matter. It's the style and the detail!
Which is funny cause in a lot of cases the bigger sprite sizes means its harder to see whats around/ahead of you at any given time when playing a level (CoughSonicCough)
Last Blade Fun Fact: both Daisuke Ishiwatari of Guilty Gear fame and Hidetaka Suehiro aka SWERY65 worked on Last Blade. It was the first game SWERY worked on.
I love learning stuff like this, but the best I've got is that the composer for Secret of Mana (Hiroki Kikuta) formed his own company not long after and directed Koudelka.
I got the humble bundle a couple days after this video. And the Last Blade is one of the few fighting games that made me want to master it. It's amazing.
This video is so fucking well made. I didn't play a single game on this list and watched this video anyway, because it was so interesting, at least for someone like me who is really interested in gaming history. Shock Troopers and The Last Blade are the two games which stuck out the most for me from here. Actually I just realized that I played Metal Slug X on Steam for like an hour and so and closed immediatly because I thought "WTF is this?", but at the same time I was so amazed by the animations and always thought "how the hell did they made this back then?"
Bunnyhop does not have much knowledgh about snk. He literally called Garou a spin off, which its not, he implied that kof 2002 and kof 2002UM are almost the same game, and he barelly skimmed through kof, its a shame if this is your introduction to snk, this video did not make snk justice at all.
I got the SNK humble bundle as well, but the only games I've gotten around to trying out so far are Twinkle Star Sprites and Shock Troopers. I dove into them completely blind, not even seeing a single screenshot of either game before playing, and both of them surprised me very positively. As a result though, I really appreciate this list because it gives me a good idea of which other games I should try out and which I should avoid. Unfortunate that Shock Troopers 2nd Squad seems to belong in the latter group; I was really looking forward to playing that one just because of how much I enjoyed the first game.
Metal Slug 1 is really easy though, basic memorization will get you through that one just fine, the only stage that is more of a test is the final stage which throws everything at you.
+berry Box Exactly. He has no idea of what he's talking about. He probably tried it a couple of times, didn't like that you can't shoot diagonally or something equally stupid and blamed it on the game since calling Metal Slug hard is the popular opinion. It's like someone reviewing a Cave game, dying in the first couple of stages and complaining about the difficulty.
Yeah, I'll give him 2 and 3 since those are more difficult but they're not impossible, 1 however I disagree with because of how easy it is to learn and blast through. It's rough at first yes but it's so forgiving with its enemy placement, weapon placement, and boss designs. Some practice can net you a run under 10 continues easily.
Wow I JUST watched this video today and then a few hours later I get an ad email from GOG saying they just added 15 SNK games to their store. They know...
You know, this is a really long video, but because it's super bunnyhop, I don't care; I love his videos enough to the point that they never feel as long as they are.
There was a time I was 'on that level' with my metal slug play. Yes, even on 3. When you're spending money on lives in that game, you learn to recognize the telegraphing.
It seems so ironic how KoF evolved from a crossover special into SNK's only full-featured franchise. It really sucks that it seems crazy for anyone to expect them to make anything other than ports nowadays. Even if they somehow got the capital for a new title other than KoF they'd be so backed into a corner that it'd be impossible for them to make anything other than a reboot of any of their older franchises.
A CMVS (consolized MVS cabinet), a MVS multi cart and two Neo Geo joysticks is one of the best purchases you can make for two play couch co-op&VS gaming. It's also a must have if you appreciate pixel art. It'll cost around 700-850 dollars (unless you know how to build a CMVS yourself), but it's so much cheaper than collecting for the AES and you don't have to deal with the load times of the Neo Geo CD. I pretty much stopped collecting for both systems when I got my CMVS, though there are a few exclusives on the Neo Geo CD.
I love Last Blade. It's a fighting game I found out about just trawling through old fighting games and finding one that made me think of Ruroni Kenshin. (Or at least my memories of it, which I have to say don't hold up under actually watching the show now.) It's the game that got me into actually playing fighting games occasionally. Too bad I was years late to the show.
George I like your videos, and stuff like this and the sonic video are great, but I have one bone to pick. I was surprised you said Metal Slug 3 is the hardest and most bullshit, its the only one I have extensive experience with. I had so much fun learning the game. Playing coop with a friend who isnt as good with the 2 credit limit and trying to clear the game was one of the best experiences I've had with games. You can outrun attacks, you can find paths that are viable. I was eventually able to clear level 1 2 and up to 3's boss without dying (and Im not super hardcore). That 4 boss death montage, the attacks ARE avoidable, you jump to the side at the homing ghosts, and do your best to dodge the bullet hell stuff. That boss is a challenge, but we found a path through the maggots lair where you can hold onto the shotgun by staying in your slug and burning it down to minimize loss of life. I never beat the final boss but we consistently got there (I could of done it solo by switching off and using the other 2 credits you get if you do that). That boss may be a bitch but the tension, the strategy that comes from being forced to replay (which helps you learn pathing and how not die to the first few levels). Clearing 2's boss and 3 and its boss without dying was thrilling every time, as was the final stretch to the end (and the last level which was so tense because of the continue system). You're probably right about the quarter grubbing, but challenge tuned this game that can be cleared in a negligible amount of time by a skilled player into hours and hours of tense fun. This kind of experience is why games are so appealing as a medium to me. Im not bragging I know people 1cc these games just for real I loved mastering (or getting as close as I could) this game. Hardcores is needed. Sorry I love that game and not just for aesthetic or nostalgia. Its the journey man!!! Thanks for pointing out last blade and shock troopers or whatever Ill give em a shot. semper games
+GameFAN69 69420 My thoughts exactly. There may be some sections that seem unfair, but only on your first playthrough. With a little memorization and reflexes, you can dodge anything (okay maybe not the fourth boss's yellow attack). Plus, getting better at this game is fun and rewarding. A true masterpiece.
My favorite Neo-Geo games are all non-fighters. Here's what I feel are some of the best the Neo has to offer: NAM-1975, Magician Lord, Top Player's Golf, League Bowling, Sengoku 2, Blue's Journey, Top Hunter, Spinmaster, Wind Jammers, Magician Lord, Cyber-Lip, Riding Hero, and Neo-Turf Masters
I will have to disagree with you, but pretty much everything besides Sengoku 3 was spot on. Sengoku 3 is easily one of the best Beat m ups out there. It translated fighting game standards to a Beat m up, made motions part of the moveset and rewarded you for doing combos. Also, 3 stages? You didnt even finish the game. It had a lot more, and path chosing with character unlocks as you played. One little thing to note, you dont attack with the weapon if there are no enemies nearby, you use the punch button for that. It has a different approach compared to other Beat m ups, and that is what makes it so unique.
I grew up in Sardegna, Italy and at the only bar near my flat they had the first Metal Slug, and let me tell you I got so good at it playing from the ages of 3-5 (had to stand on a stool just to reach the buttons) that I used to school the local teens and win money off them. Good fucking times.
+Tobias Davies Watch his early videos. He blatantly attempts the Plinkett voice at times. Still does, on occasion. Back in 2012-2013 every gaming TH-camr that weren't aping Pewdiepie were trying to ape Redlettermedia. SuperBunnyHop, Game Grumps, GamingBritShow, etc.
Man I am such a sucker for good pixel art and these games have so freaking many of it. I love it! Especially The Last Blade. I mean Jesus it looks so freaking nice!
According to my cousin in Mexico, arcades are still popular past times and SNK games are extremely popular. He then demonstrated this by kicking my ass at King of Fighters
+Shiro yeah!! all the best players of the old man SNK fighters are from south america. I'm part of a facebook group that organizes Last Blade matches which is super active and I'm pretty sure I'm the only one there who's not from Brazil!
SNK's backgrounds, to me, still seem unmatched for the most part, even considering 3d games and stuff by ArkSys. Each time I see the things I'm utterly blown away by exactly how they could have done it with what they had. If it were possible, I'd like to see the thins on display somewhere. It's unfortunate that the collection did not include Kizuna Encounter. That game was really interesting, and it's tag system remains a favorite of mine among other games, which are more like Marvel's tag system. Also it has King Lion, who is sublimely silly.
Thank you for recommend shock trooper, I bought the bundle but I haven't have the patience to try every game so I hadn't discovered shock troopers until now. Unfortunately, the standalone emulator runs very slow, the web versions runs at normal speed but the fullscreen option clips the upper and down of the screen :(
Man, watching this gives me nostalgia orgasm, but also makes me feel sad seeing the company's glory days long faded away from they. Er, just a heads-up: the Striker system was added in KOF 99. Also, the footage shown for KOF 2002 is actually KOF 2002: Unlimited Match, the updated re-release for PS2.
SNK's pixel art is some of the greatest pixel art ever put into games, and hasn't been topped even today imo
Fuck yeah.
CPS3-era Capcom can give them a run for their money though.
This is a joke right?
George, you have simply got to be the hardest working solo-project games channel on TH-cam. And the level of quality in your videos surpasses most other review and games journalism sites. Well done, man.
+griffinlobster I'd say RetroAhoy puts more effort, but they're both top notch, journalistic gaming TH-camrs.
*****
I guess, he keeps changing his name.
The name is Ahoy, RetroAhoy is one of his series
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It was XboxAhoy once outside of Xbox videos.
+protocetid Yes, he changed his name just once
I love the way you did this, framing the games as a way to talk about the company history. Was really interesting to get a retrospective on a company struggle that largely went unnoticed in the barren arcade wasteland that was the UK.
"There's not as much to say about this one [Neo Turf Masters]" Neo Turf Masters is the truth, the best music SNK has ever offered and its a true contest of pure skill, champions are born, men are destroyed, Neo Turf Masters.
No other golf game touches Neo Turf Masters.
The only soundtracks that can rival Neo Turf Masters is Metal Slug itself.
SNK games used to be the kings of the arcade? So you might also call them, the king of fighters?
+IntroExtro I want to, trust me.
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+Lord Blue balls *Guts
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wow im really gad to see someone talk about SNK's history in a vary professional way. This was vary interesting and entertaining, I enjoyed this vary much.
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The grammar police are here
The grammar police are here.*
I added a period.
Here's what you do:
- Take the rom out of the folder it installed in
- Put into mame folder
+WakkoWarner123 NeoRAGE and to some extent, FightCade are both valid options as well.
True
+WakkoWarner123 Makes me wish MAME supports all those roms, but MAME loves to be a pain in the ass.
+Tony TheTGR I've tried a few games, Maybe I'll pick it up again in some time and Test all the Roms via NeoRAGE
Might as well just find the roms yourself then, and not pay for them. :P
I love how you can see him do the double take at the character named 'butt' during the garou portion
Metal Slug played fast and smooth at the arcade! Its really worth playing on a proper emulator :-)
+xisumavoid I'm not usually a fan of those types of games, but I bought the slug series in a bundle a while back. I put in about 30 hours in EACH game. They are hella fun!
+treeghettox You can play MS2 with constant FPS on the emulator.
+treeghettox As awesome as they are, I felt X sorta overused the food mechanic and ruined a couple of stages. Especially stage 4. Aside that, it's a better game in many more areas.
I came into the comments when I got to Metal Slug. What the hell is this guy talking about?
Bunny Dumps ragging on Metal Slug? Hang, let me get my pitchfork and torches.
wait for me, i got my public execution rope
+Mochachocakon Agreed! MS3 has you riding a woolly mammoth while gunning down zombies with gattling guns mounted on its sides! How is that NOT the pinnacle of awesomeness?
Yeah the metal slug games were awesome.
Metal Slug is actually rather fair once you learn the controls and rules of the game. Vehicle and power up placement is usually planned out for upcoming areas and players are rewarded for risky moves by getting better weapons. Controls are smooth on foot(well, they were in the arcade) and the game always lets you know what attacks kill you and what moves don't. Metal Slug 3's mutliple path system allows people to figure out which route works best for their playstyle and encourages experimentation while punishing stupid mistakes.
that being said some of the bosses are somewhat designed around trial and error, but the game normally gives players a vehicle(with health) beforehand, so that it is possible to see how the bosses attacks even work. Its brutally hard and ridiculously unforgiving, but also the finest kind of that type of game. When you finally get good, its satisfying.
Metal Slug is certainly not for everyone, that's for sure.
Ya he really undersold it
Terry was the Mascot?
damn... he was my favorite and pretty much the only one i could play properly... he is such a Cliche American, i love it. xD
Jesus Christ George, didn't realise this is the time of year where you pump so much quality content. Keep it up man!
Just to be clear: I also can never decide whether I want to look like a real person or an anime person
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Metal Slug is a masterpiece. Perfection.
+SufamiDan Metal Slug 3 my favorite.
I'm with you pal. 3 is my favourite also.
Metal Slug 3 is a long orgasm.
+GuyRification and just when you think it's over, you get struck by a second one twice as long.
I absolutely love this in depth multi games format, keep up the good work
Another awesome vid!
I've been dying for more videos about games in their original context and in this case a retrospect as well.
Thanks so much!
This and the Sonic video prove, Bunnyhop isn't a person, it's a reviewing machine. Regarding the monster game... don't you need a referee to pin someone?! Are the civilians the referees, or the military? Would be funny.
I watched this video with a Neo Geo cabinet 10 feet in front of me. You started analyzing Garou right as the opening cutscene flashed by, and I'm so happy you're here to acknowledge that games existence. It truly is a gem.
Oh hey a video that's NOT black for 20 minutes at the end. Thanks bunny hop! Knew I could count on you.
That 'Perfect Dark' SFX [13:45] was a well known stock to anyone who played UFO:Enemy Unknown back in the 90's. For shame.
Just here cause of the SNK in Smash rumors. Intriguing..
That GeoCities joke still gets me every time I watch this video.
Garou: MotW and Last Blade 2 are the two best fighters I've played, period. They were truly masterpieces.
Clearly SBH didn't spend much time with Sengoku 3. It's actually one of the better arcade beat em ups out there.
I remember having no trouble reaching 20+ hit combos in Sengoku 3, while SBH speaks as if the game barely had a combo system at all.
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It doesn't matter how great a game is if a player can't get far enough into the game to see said greatness. And Sengoku 3 isn't exactly a beginner-friendly beat-em-up.
Is anyone watching this in 2019 trying to figure out which character is coming to smash?
Lovely retrospective. While I am in love with the Neo Geo I really appreciate someone who isnt gushing about every single Neo Geo game they play. Hearing some more technical arguments regarding game play is really sobering.
Wish I could watch this is SnoopaVision ;_;
Story of my childhood: Austria has very strict gambling laws and since Arcade video games have a lose-state, they fall under the designation of a slot machine. Therefore, you can only put them into gambling parlors where minors have no access. So the only time I got to go to an arcade was when my family managed to afford a holiday in Italy all two years or so. And then, I had like 10 quarters per evening for 4 nights. I became a gourmet of arcade machines and seeing some of the old SNKs here really warmed my heart. Good memories.
Metal Slug 3 is by far the pinnacle of Nazca's amazing series. It has everything they could have absolutely packed into an 83MB cart... soldiers, aliens, mummies, zombies, monkeys, Tons of Slugs (Metal Slug, Elephant, Driller Slug, Marine Slug, Ostrich Slug, etc..)) It even has horizontal and vertical shooter stages! Tons of branching paths, and even a tribute to IREM's (Nazca) previous game In the Hunt. ... ... ... It's really not cheap. You just need to Lear the boss patterns. Such as the one where this guy keeps dying. It's not hard at all. You just have to time the jumps and stay off to the side.
I really love these long retrospective videos going through different games in a series or company. If you have the time and desire, I'd love for you to do more of them.
We need Last Blade 3, or a SamSho crossover. I need my fix of Setsuna, SNK.
God dayum those SNK animations and pixel art makes me giddy inside
because of this i homebrewed my wii just to be able to go through SNK's catalog of the 90s. So far, FF Special is really kicking ass.
My group of friends and I are just now being introduced to this SNK company because of their modern ports that seem to dominate the Nintendo SWITCH eShop at this very moment.
We're very impressed and having so much fun, and I would love to buy a set of more modern, physical SNK series anthologies~!!
Well, it's not an anthology, but King of Fighters 14 just had a Switch port announced earlier this month, and there was that anniversary collection that came out not too long ago.
SuperBunnyhop has to be one of the best video game channel on TH-cam, I can't think of anyone else whose content is so consistently excellent and varied on such a reliably frequent basis. I absolutely adore his work.
I am loving these series-wide retrospectves!
Last Blade 2 is like the best fighting game ever.
Great video. Being a long time SNK fan, this was a treat.
Aruze....They own the Shadow Hearts genre. One of the best RPGs I've ever played (and I've played a lot). That series never got the love it deserved.
+felman87
They also made Faselei for the Neo Geo Pocket Color, which is usually regarded to be the best&most sought after game on the system. And Koudelka between the two :)
+felman87 Aruze is now Universal Entertainment Corp. The weirdest thing is Shadow Hearts and Koudelka are their only console IPs, on top of the handful of arcade IPs they also own. But they do nothing with them, even though they produce pachislot equipment and software.
Dawg, Sengoku 3 was awesome. Also, the striker mechanic showed up on KoF 99' first. Loved your video ♡
I did not expect this to trigger as many nostalgic memories as it did. Metal Slug 2 was nice man.
Was you saying this would come out tomorrow your april fool George?
On that Hokutomaru intro screen, the little guy in blue who goes flying when he crashes always tickles me for some reason (I play Garou alot!) - the poor fellow!
For anyone wanting to play SNK fighters online, I highly recommend Fightcade - its an awesome program that plays your ROMS and allows you to play against other people online. Its criminally overlooked - check out the (very cool) installation guide here on TH-cam.
of course, garou is a fantastic game, so much so that i would easily put it in the top 10 fighting games of all time
inb4 Smash people who are interested in learning about SNK and not bitch about them
omg I remember Twinkle Star Sprites that game was actually quite sick. Shock Troopers 1 and 2, OMG. Shame you didn't like the 2nd one
That ending song is so good, it brings goosebumps. But man these games still look pretty good even today :D
@7:17 Ahh yes, the "Sprite Size Wars." I never paid attention to 'sprite size' until I remember reading that apparently Gunstar Heroes was almost axed here in the West because the execs at Sega hated the tiny sprites. I love a big beautiful sprite but god man, the size don't matter. It's the style and the detail!
Which is funny cause in a lot of cases the bigger sprite sizes means its harder to see whats around/ahead of you at any given time when playing a level (CoughSonicCough)
Last Blade Fun Fact: both Daisuke Ishiwatari of Guilty Gear fame and Hidetaka Suehiro aka SWERY65 worked on Last Blade. It was the first game SWERY worked on.
I love learning stuff like this, but the best I've got is that the composer for Secret of Mana (Hiroki Kikuta) formed his own company not long after and directed Koudelka.
I got the humble bundle a couple days after this video. And the Last Blade is one of the few fighting games that made me want to master it. It's amazing.
If anyone is intrigued by George's glowing review of Shock Troopers, it's now available on the Switch's eShop.
Put that seizure warning as an annotation.
Oh Garou, I wish there were more like you.
This video is so fucking well made. I didn't play a single game on this list and watched this video anyway, because it was so interesting, at least for someone like me who is really interested in gaming history. Shock Troopers and The Last Blade are the two games which stuck out the most for me from here.
Actually I just realized that I played Metal Slug X on Steam for like an hour and so and closed immediatly because I thought "WTF is this?", but at the same time I was so amazed by the animations and always thought "how the hell did they made this back then?"
Bunnyhop does not have much knowledgh about snk.
He literally called Garou a spin off, which its not, he implied that kof 2002 and kof 2002UM are almost the same game, and he barelly skimmed through kof, its a shame if this is your introduction to snk, this video did not make snk justice at all.
I got the SNK humble bundle as well, but the only games I've gotten around to trying out so far are Twinkle Star Sprites and Shock Troopers. I dove into them completely blind, not even seeing a single screenshot of either game before playing, and both of them surprised me very positively.
As a result though, I really appreciate this list because it gives me a good idea of which other games I should try out and which I should avoid. Unfortunate that Shock Troopers 2nd Squad seems to belong in the latter group; I was really looking forward to playing that one just because of how much I enjoyed the first game.
Metal Slug 1 is really easy though, basic memorization will get you through that one just fine, the only stage that is more of a test is the final stage which throws everything at you.
+berry Box Exactly. He has no idea of what he's talking about. He probably tried it a couple of times, didn't like that you can't shoot diagonally or something equally stupid and blamed it on the game since calling Metal Slug hard is the popular opinion. It's like someone reviewing a Cave game, dying in the first couple of stages and complaining about the difficulty.
Yeah, I'll give him 2 and 3 since those are more difficult but they're not impossible, 1 however I disagree with because of how easy it is to learn and blast through. It's rough at first yes but it's so forgiving with its enemy placement, weapon placement, and boss designs. Some practice can net you a run under 10 continues easily.
Metal Slug 1 is by far the easiest metal slug. How bad are you at this games bunnyhop?
+David Bux are you saying Metal Slug 2 is not easier?
Jim Tiberius The last level with the aliens and the boss always fucks me over
+Jim Tiberius Metal Slug 2 is easier but nobody plays it so nobody knows how easy it is.
Wow I JUST watched this video today and then a few hours later I get an ad email from GOG saying they just added 15 SNK games to their store.
They know...
Just to say: I love this style of video! Look forward to seeing more!
You know, this is a really long video, but because it's super bunnyhop, I don't care; I love his videos enough to the point that they never feel as long as they are.
I remember Shock Troopers. Spent a lot of change on the arcade but it was totally worth it.
There was a time I was 'on that level' with my metal slug play. Yes, even on 3. When you're spending money on lives in that game, you learn to recognize the telegraphing.
This video and his sonic one has made him my favorite(non-abridging) youtuber!
It seems so ironic how KoF evolved from a crossover special into SNK's only full-featured franchise. It really sucks that it seems crazy for anyone to expect them to make anything other than ports nowadays. Even if they somehow got the capital for a new title other than KoF they'd be so backed into a corner that it'd be impossible for them to make anything other than a reboot of any of their older franchises.
Kof turned into kinda of its own thing, it even has a long storyline.
A CMVS (consolized MVS cabinet), a MVS multi cart and two Neo Geo joysticks is one of the best purchases you can make for two play couch co-op&VS gaming. It's also a must have if you appreciate pixel art. It'll cost around 700-850 dollars (unless you know how to build a CMVS yourself), but it's so much cheaper than collecting for the AES and you don't have to deal with the load times of the Neo Geo CD. I pretty much stopped collecting for both systems when I got my CMVS, though there are a few exclusives on the Neo Geo CD.
Thank you for putting out a real video on April 1st. So much non-content.
I love Last Blade. It's a fighting game I found out about just trawling through old fighting games and finding one that made me think of Ruroni Kenshin. (Or at least my memories of it, which I have to say don't hold up under actually watching the show now.) It's the game that got me into actually playing fighting games occasionally. Too bad I was years late to the show.
George I like your videos, and stuff like this and the sonic video are great, but I have one bone to pick. I was surprised you said Metal Slug 3 is the hardest and most bullshit, its the only one I have extensive experience with. I had so much fun learning the game. Playing coop with a friend who isnt as good with the 2 credit limit and trying to clear the game was one of the best experiences I've had with games. You can outrun attacks, you can find paths that are viable. I was eventually able to clear level 1 2 and up to 3's boss without dying (and Im not super hardcore). That 4 boss death montage, the attacks ARE avoidable, you jump to the side at the homing ghosts, and do your best to dodge the bullet hell stuff. That boss is a challenge, but we found a path through the maggots lair where you can hold onto the shotgun by staying in your slug and burning it down to minimize loss of life. I never beat the final boss but we consistently got there (I could of done it solo by switching off and using the other 2 credits you get if you do that). That boss may be a bitch but the tension, the strategy that comes from being forced to replay (which helps you learn pathing and how not die to the first few levels). Clearing 2's boss and 3 and its boss without dying was thrilling every time, as was the final stretch to the end (and the last level which was so tense because of the continue system). You're probably right about the quarter grubbing, but challenge tuned this game that can be cleared in a negligible amount of time by a skilled player into hours and hours of tense fun. This kind of experience is why games are so appealing as a medium to me. Im not bragging I know people 1cc these games just for real I loved mastering (or getting as close as I could) this game. Hardcores is needed.
Sorry I love that game and not just for aesthetic or nostalgia. Its the journey man!!! Thanks for pointing out last blade and shock troopers or whatever Ill give em a shot. semper games
+GameFAN69 69420 My thoughts exactly. There may be some sections that seem unfair, but only on your first playthrough. With a little memorization and reflexes, you can dodge anything (okay maybe not the fourth boss's yellow attack). Plus, getting better at this game is fun and rewarding.
A true masterpiece.
Been watching Plinkett Reviews lately perhaps? Some of those jokes with that slow dull voice sounded familiar :P
King of the monsters was my jam as a kid, never really had a problem with it and the controls flowed really well with me personally, for some reason.
My favorite Neo-Geo games are all non-fighters. Here's what I feel are some of the best the Neo has to offer: NAM-1975, Magician Lord, Top Player's Golf, League Bowling, Sengoku 2, Blue's Journey, Top Hunter, Spinmaster, Wind Jammers, Magician Lord, Cyber-Lip, Riding Hero, and Neo-Turf Masters
I will have to disagree with you, but pretty much everything besides Sengoku 3 was spot on. Sengoku 3 is easily one of the best Beat m ups out there. It translated fighting game standards to a Beat m up, made motions part of the moveset and rewarded you for doing combos. Also, 3 stages? You didnt even finish the game. It had a lot more, and path chosing with character unlocks as you played. One little thing to note, you dont attack with the weapon if there are no enemies nearby, you use the punch button for that. It has a different approach compared to other Beat m ups, and that is what makes it so unique.
I grew up in Sardegna, Italy and at the only bar near my flat they had the first Metal Slug, and let me tell you I got so good at it playing from the ages of 3-5 (had to stand on a stool just to reach the buttons) that I used to school the local teens and win money off them. Good fucking times.
Yesssss blazing star ! One of the best shmups ever made, with one of the freakiest final boss!
Oooh yeah dat gun-foetus-thing! Awesome...
Never would have pegged bunnyhop for being a wimp who thinks the Metal Slug games are difficult most of the time.
19:59 did you go all RedLetterMedia on us for a second there? :D
+Tobias Davies Watch his early videos. He blatantly attempts the Plinkett voice at times. Still does, on occasion. Back in 2012-2013 every gaming TH-camr that weren't aping Pewdiepie were trying to ape Redlettermedia. SuperBunnyHop, Game Grumps, GamingBritShow, etc.
"SEIZURE WARNING"
Thanks Duck King!
Samurai Showdown is my all time favorite arcade fighting game..
+TimmacTR Then you should probably know that it's called Samurai Shodown.
(Sorry :D )
InnerPartisan VERY HONORABURU
I like this new video variant. Keeps things interesting :>
It's funny how this fast review of 24 games on a sale bundle turns out to be an all complex analysis about the history of a company.
Man I am such a sucker for good pixel art and these games have so freaking many of it. I love it! Especially The Last Blade. I mean Jesus it looks so freaking nice!
This is the first time I've ever heard anyone call Metal Slug "style over substance".
You really deserve like ten times the views you have now- the quality of your content is insane!
This video was worth the day delay. Nice job man.
games journalists need to take a page out of george's book. this guy is amazing
22:22 "And there`s soo much, god damn waiting...."
According to my cousin in Mexico, arcades are still popular past times and SNK games are extremely popular. He then demonstrated this by kicking my ass at King of Fighters
+Shiro yeah!! all the best players of the old man SNK fighters are from south america. I'm part of a facebook group that organizes Last Blade matches which is super active and I'm pretty sure I'm the only one there who's not from Brazil!
Any plans to work on more long-form analysis/retrospective videos such as this? I really enjoy your channel, but these is probably my favorite.
Thank you for being an island in the storm of April Fool's nonsense by posting actual content today.
SNK's backgrounds, to me, still seem unmatched for the most part, even considering 3d games and stuff by ArkSys. Each time I see the things I'm utterly blown away by exactly how they could have done it with what they had. If it were possible, I'd like to see the thins on display somewhere.
It's unfortunate that the collection did not include Kizuna Encounter. That game was really interesting, and it's tag system remains a favorite of mine among other games, which are more like Marvel's tag system. Also it has King Lion, who is sublimely silly.
Thank you for recommend shock trooper, I bought the bundle but I haven't have the patience to try every game so I hadn't discovered shock troopers until now.
Unfortunately, the standalone emulator runs very slow, the web versions runs at normal speed but the fullscreen option clips the upper and down of the screen :(
You should keep doing these, I love them.
I’m glad a lot of these games are on the switch some of my first purchases were gorou last blade and shock troopers
I for one remember Shock Troopers fondly; cant say the same for its sequel tho.
I remember when SNK use to be loved by many people back in the good old days.
Baseball Stars and Crystalis for the NES are what SNK should have tried to be. Two of the best games on that console.
Man, watching this gives me nostalgia orgasm, but also makes me feel sad seeing the company's glory days long faded away from they.
Er, just a heads-up: the Striker system was added in KOF 99. Also, the footage shown for KOF 2002 is actually KOF 2002: Unlimited Match, the updated re-release for PS2.
Superb work. Thank-you!
This should have been called "Bunnyhop segues like a pro for 32 minutes"
Next we need a retrospective that doesn't end in a tragedy.