Metamorphic Force review [Arcade] - SNESdrunk

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  • @gammagantle
    @gammagantle 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    I enjoy the recent uploads of arcade game reviews, most games I never played...

  • @gimmer_
    @gimmer_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    I can’t believe you missed “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream GOAT”.
    It was right there!

  • @josepartida1711
    @josepartida1711 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Lisa Frank, Spyrograph beat’em up...your descriptions are always on point.
    I miss the 90s
    👍

  • @TurdMcNugget
    @TurdMcNugget 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Love seeing these 90s arcade games. Thanks SNESDrunk!

  • @theinfinity7s
    @theinfinity7s 4 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    I love Konami's production and ability to adapt something, from the early 90's era, into an arcade. I wish they had never stopped making beat 'em ups like this.

    • @zylowolf7919
      @zylowolf7919 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Same for Sega and Capcom.

    • @ArcaneAzmadi
      @ArcaneAzmadi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I wish Konami had never stopped making good games.

    • @zylowolf7919
      @zylowolf7919 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@ArcaneAzmadi but they lost all their best guys. They should at least be able to make a good Bomberman...

    • @ArcaneAzmadi
      @ArcaneAzmadi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @MultiTarded You wot?! _Square_ the worst? Worse than Konami? Worse than Activision-Blizzard? Not even close.

    • @ProjectGenesisMusic
      @ProjectGenesisMusic 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I wish Konami's beat em ups have more expansive move sets like Capcom beat em ups, but this game and X-Men at least had a special move and 4 players. A fantastic game for sure!

  • @kuma1388
    @kuma1388 4 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    “I won’t let anyone step in this area”

    • @ggbetz
      @ggbetz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      *Waltzes right into area*

    • @zylowolf7919
      @zylowolf7919 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Still better than Magneto.

    • @kaimcdragonfist4803
      @kaimcdragonfist4803 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      “Master of Magnet!”

    • @TR0N117
      @TR0N117 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Gandalf approves

    • @Belgand
      @Belgand 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@ggbetz Noooo! My AREA!

  • @otakon17
    @otakon17 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    2:25 it HAS to use the same damn engine as the X-Men Arcade Game.

    • @JohnDoe-wq5eu
      @JohnDoe-wq5eu 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The late 80's and early to mid 90's we're all about recycling.
      Bottles and cans or videogames it all got recycled.

    • @magusvirga
      @magusvirga 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@JohnDoe-wq5eu Your comment is so underappreciated. Have my like, good sir!

  • @michaelclark2097
    @michaelclark2097 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    3:06 THAT'S EYDOL FROM KILLER INSTINCT WITH A SPECIAL VIKINGS COLOURWAY

  • @ravagingwolverine
    @ravagingwolverine 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Great to hear your review. It's quite a good game. It's definitely heavily based on X-Men, probably running on the same game engine. The cool thing about Metamorphic Force is that it's totally original, which means they weren't constrained by a license, so they could go crazy with this one. I really like the feel of this one, plus it looks and sounds good. I like that they kept the attacks to grounded enemies, plus the addition of grab moves. Wonderful beat-em-up game.

  • @TPRES_74
    @TPRES_74 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    One of my favorites on MAME. A short game though.

  • @ztoxtube
    @ztoxtube 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    My brother and I discovered this recently at an arcade and we were instantly hooked. We were making beastly battle cries to match the brilliantly over-the-top game style.

  • @mgdalmighty1994
    @mgdalmighty1994 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    The two headed one looked like idol from killer instinct

  • @willeysingleton3057
    @willeysingleton3057 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Loving this deep dive into 80's 90's arcade games.

  • @AzizidarkReborn
    @AzizidarkReborn 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I was not convinced this was an acid trip until I saw the wavy rainbow effect around seafoam green Satan wearing yellow spandex. Your reviews are always poetic and ooze with charm. If you haven't already, you HAVE to cover Ottifants on Sega Genesis. Holy god is that game a trip.

  • @Dj.D25
    @Dj.D25 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Some of the songs in this game were used in Konami's Guitar Freaks/Drummania games.

  • @DRCEQ
    @DRCEQ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    I remember playing this one a long time ago. I ran out of quarters on the final boss. :/

    • @only25cents45
      @only25cents45 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Man that sucks

    • @willeysingleton3057
      @willeysingleton3057 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You should have shook down the kid next to you playing T2 saying i need your Tokens quarters and fanny pack.

  • @remakeyourself
    @remakeyourself 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Haha, you had your coffee this morning! It's easy to hear the energy and good-mood-ness, or maybe it's just matching how bonkers the game is.
    Totally saw that nightcrawler animation right away. Great video, I gotta find this game!

    • @SuperPeterok
      @SuperPeterok 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      That was a nice comment.

  • @DGen_apparel
    @DGen_apparel 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Omg I haven't seen this game since 96' in third grade,... now I feel old,.. truly an underrated gem of the 90's !!

  • @jaymzfilkoski223
    @jaymzfilkoski223 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you for the entertaining video and also for referencing Lisa Frank. I made a joke at work about someone wearing a very colorful sweater and said "Calm down, Lisa Frank!" No one within ten miles got the joke. It was then that I had realized, I'm getting old😑

  • @KyussTheWalkingWorm
    @KyussTheWalkingWorm 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I really appreciate your recent arcade-related videos. It's surprisingly difficult to navigate this space as well as finding good sources of information.

  • @thelegendinhisownmind7038
    @thelegendinhisownmind7038 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Metamorphic Force is an arcade game I have never heard of; but I'm of course very familiar with the X-Men arcade game, since many, many of my hard earned dollars were poured into that one back in the day, (just like any other arcade rat 😊). I will have to download the rom immediately, and play it on MAME today. I can't wait.

  • @Hektols
    @Hektols 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    When I first saw the game I believed that it was an Altered Beast sequel.

    • @zylowolf7919
      @zylowolf7919 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Me too. I thought Sega pulled a Revenge of Death Adder and made a sequel to Altered Beast that never got a home port.

  • @fatenabu1
    @fatenabu1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    some of the colors reminds me of Transformers: Generation 2 repaints

  • @buckymanny8050
    @buckymanny8050 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    "When your opponent is prone on the ground, you can wail on them" you sound like wayne campbell!

  • @lotsofgames
    @lotsofgames 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This video was great and had me cracking up. I first played this one a few years ago and yeah it’s really great.

  • @Monechetti
    @Monechetti 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I think this is your best review - your descriptions are spot-goddamn-on. Plus this game looks tight as hell.

  • @pikepunk1
    @pikepunk1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I really enjoy the expanded content. I can only watch so many creators, so for me, this game would have been forgotten. I get my SNES content from here, plus your excellent delivery on a variety of other games. I hope all is going well for you also! Keep up the good work please!

  • @taipion64
    @taipion64 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Keep up the good work, I look forward to your videos every week.

  • @DarkMProductions
    @DarkMProductions 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This is one of those rare games that you can unironically love or ironically love. It's amazing either way, and hilarious.

  • @NYCHeavyHitz212
    @NYCHeavyHitz212 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is some of your best commentary yet. Would be nice to see you in some eSports commentary one day, particularly fighting games which will forever stay close to retro more than any other genre of games so that seems to be right up your alley.

  • @gopherbone697
    @gopherbone697 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love all the obscure games you're talking me into trying out, thanks!

  • @quiettimegaming3642
    @quiettimegaming3642 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    In 1995 I befriended a kid in my 6th grade class who I was in Chess Club with (I promise I wasn’t that nerdy, I just liked chess, lol)
    He told me his grandparents (who he lived with) ran a company that rented all kinds of amusement equipment, including arcade cabinets, pinball machines, and ticket games.
    The first time I spent the night at his grandparents house, he showed me the garage, where he had a pinball machine and an arcade cabinet.
    The pinball machine was The Twilight Zone... and the cabinet was Metamorphic Force.
    We beat the entire game, lol. I would have kept playing, but we had rented DK: Country 2, and spent all night playing through that (plus he was kind of not as interested since he had been playing the game for months by that point).
    But I would go to his place and play this ALL THE TIME. Eventually his grandparents took MF away, but they put Darkstalkers in its place... which we went nuts on.
    Crazy that his GP would only bring the cabinets that people weren’t renting... how could this AND Darkstalkers get ignored?
    Lol, I miss the 90’s.
    Also: 1:53 I always found that super-funny “I won’t let ANYONE step in this area!”...
    Players IMMEDIATELY step in said “area” and he gets knocked out of the “area”.

  • @goatbone
    @goatbone 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love the arcade binge you are on.

  • @brandonharding118
    @brandonharding118 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love this game! Great review!

  • @jong2359
    @jong2359 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    3:33 LOL the gameplay through this segment is hilarious, just bounding across the landscape at 199.99mph... the 90's were just awesome.

  • @FoxHoundV
    @FoxHoundV 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Yes it is 93!

  • @dariohc6898
    @dariohc6898 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Looks like a metal album

  • @juanortiz9123
    @juanortiz9123 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I spend years i mean YEARS looking for this game without knowing the name! thank you so much!

  • @Dorelaxen
    @Dorelaxen 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I friggin' love this game. Never got to experience it in an actual arcade (though the quarters I pumped into X-Men back in the day would surely make up for it), but thanks to MAME, it's been one of my go-to party games for a long time now.

  • @Marzimus
    @Marzimus 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This looks insane! Thank you, Mr. Drunk, for another missed tubular arcade game.

  • @nixneato
    @nixneato 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    God I love your show. All I need after a long hard day :)

  • @thesleepygenius
    @thesleepygenius 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Never heard of this game, which makes the review even better. Great writing this episode as well. Good stuff, SNES Drunk.

  • @crunchsixfoe
    @crunchsixfoe 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Lmao, more games need to steal that "Dead Soon" feature

  • @chakrazoo
    @chakrazoo 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    "Neon Bowl of Fruity Pebbles"-Great quote :D ima steal it during a livestream. Awesome review dude

  • @chuckyluvsu13
    @chuckyluvsu13 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love this game. Great video.

  • @keiv54
    @keiv54 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    You are the ideal youtuber for my minimal data plan

  • @ahzekahriman5840
    @ahzekahriman5840 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I was actually thinking about this game about a week ago. I couldn't remember what it was though. Thanks!

  • @undiadevidanovela
    @undiadevidanovela 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    What a videogame! I love voices and colours!
    Greetings from Argentina!

  • @kennethchia4194
    @kennethchia4194 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    If you are in Minnesota and want to see a cabinet in the wild, they have this game at Up-Down in Minneapolis.

    • @SNESdrunk
      @SNESdrunk  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm not in MN anymore but that is good to know, do they have any other games?

  • @burgervonstadt6503
    @burgervonstadt6503 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    "Any way you can"??? WHY WON'T YOU SAY MAME!? Just kidding. Great vid as usual.

    • @burgervonstadt6503
      @burgervonstadt6503 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @matt fahringer No.

    • @jeffg492
      @jeffg492 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      This plays on FBA. Doesn't need to be MAME.

    • @burgervonstadt6503
      @burgervonstadt6503 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jeffg492 I was making a joke about someone who went off on the previous video about emulation. Check the Twitter page.

    • @RudeKeyser
      @RudeKeyser 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Burger VonStadt Right? Total shill.
      :P

  • @megamarsonic
    @megamarsonic 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Didn't play this one growing up but the Swap Shop (a flea market here in South Florida) has it's own arcade filled with new and old games including this one. I wasn't a fan that your health drained Gauntlet style but the gameplay itself was a blast and certainly gave me that X-Men arcade game feeling.

  • @TheGameGrinder
    @TheGameGrinder 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    The game looks and sounds rad! I never heard of this one, great review!

  • @blazerocker1734
    @blazerocker1734 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Feels like a mashup of Altered Beast and Golden Axe.
    Great review.

  • @luciousthomas6141
    @luciousthomas6141 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This game is bonkers! I play it in my super retrocade every now and then!

    • @luciousthomas6141
      @luciousthomas6141 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Nefarious520 it's ok. It doesn't have the best emulation and you can't add any emulators to it but you can play alot of arcade games flawlessly on it including this game and X-Men. You will find some arcade games don't run well on it though. Especially the more advanced cps 2 and cps 3 games run very choppy on it. It plays all the arcade versions of SF 2 very well for example. It also plays NES, SNES, Sega Genesis, TG16, and Neo Geo games as well. You can add games to it very easy. It is easier to mod than a retropie or any of the minis and its very convenient. It runs GBA games as well but alot of those run choppy on it. It also runs Gameboy and Game Gear games as well!

  • @thenostalgiafactor5023
    @thenostalgiafactor5023 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Total length of video: 264 secs.
    Total length of "SNES Drunk": 3.5 secs.
    1.33% of the video was spent listening to "SNES Drunk."

  • @yusakug
    @yusakug 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    The comic store I used to go to back in the 90s had a mini arcade in the corner, and they had this one. Great game, and since that comic store is the only place I knew that ever had it, I will always associate that game with going to the store on Wednesdays to pick up new issues.

  • @andrewfryer6187
    @andrewfryer6187 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Oh man, I completely forgot about this. One of a handful of arcade games I got to play as a kid. I remember thinking it was pretty crazy.

  • @Heavy-P
    @Heavy-P 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome. I can't believe I never heard of this one before.

  • @codyjnelson
    @codyjnelson 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Think I saw a “Dead soon” above the Vikings offensive line last season....

    • @SNESdrunk
      @SNESdrunk  4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You definitely saw it hanging over Xavier Rhodes' career

  • @TheArtOfB
    @TheArtOfB 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    This looks amazing!

  • @ArtDocHound
    @ArtDocHound 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video! 🐣

  • @michaeljohnston9944
    @michaeljohnston9944 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    2 Fast 2 Furious - Metamorphic Force
    Nice review! :D

  • @Kj16V
    @Kj16V 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "Dead Soon!" This needs to be a meme.
    Example:
    Guy in a crowd watching a Ford Mustang do a burn out.
    "Dead Soon!"
    [Gets hit by Mustang]

  • @azuza2525
    @azuza2525 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Before he even said it in the video i was like that is nightcrawlers special attack :P. I love the look of this game but have NEVER heard of it before. As always another fantastic video SNES drunk!

  • @Paxtin
    @Paxtin 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It's like if Altered Beast had been adapted into a 90's Saturday morning cartoon, and then that cartoon was adapted into a game of it's own.

  • @Jef_Vermassen
    @Jef_Vermassen 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wohaa! Radical man!

  • @LoganPP
    @LoganPP 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Man , I didnt known this game but when I found a video here in TH-cam I was impress. The graphics are better then many games at the time, the speed dont need to mencion, the animations then.... The best is I found it playable online.

  • @brandonhill7594
    @brandonhill7594 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I really enjoyed this game !!!! One of my favorites.

  • @jasongretencord3326
    @jasongretencord3326 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "Dead Soon" seems like it should be a meme

  • @TobyDeshane
    @TobyDeshane 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    OH! Took me until the end to catch that this is an arcade-only game. I sat there the whole time, in awe, thinking this was a mega-obscure SNES dream game. 😏 STILL, though, this looks incredible. Somehow I'd never heard of this. Putting it on the list to visit next time I'm in, uh, arcade town.

  • @zerobatsu
    @zerobatsu 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I saw this in a ski rental place as a kid and never forgot, but never knew the name of the game. Now I do.

  • @mrmanjumac3454
    @mrmanjumac3454 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    This and Battletoads were in the same mall arcade I went to as a kid. Loved this shit

  • @tallikx
    @tallikx 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Certainly one I like to play at times, and it's especially great with multiplayer.

  • @CayugaKing
    @CayugaKing 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Omg so many memories! Fantastic game 😍😍😍😍

  • @travisshallenberger9486
    @travisshallenberger9486 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow. This one looks nuts!

  • @ElBribri
    @ElBribri 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    looks great

  • @joeboyko8013
    @joeboyko8013 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    _"These creepy looking things straight out of an inter-dimensional cable show..."_ You're right. They do look like *Sleestaks.*

  • @charlesfahlstrom9542
    @charlesfahlstrom9542 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Saw screenshots of this in EGM when I was a kid. Always wanted to play it, but never ran into it at arcades. Shame it was never ported to consoles.

  • @eliascsjunior
    @eliascsjunior 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm gonna play this right now anyway I can!

  • @stumpmonkey7068
    @stumpmonkey7068 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I don't normally "like" videos, but once you made that cod piece joke, you got a like from me. Good show!

  • @UfodexENMD
    @UfodexENMD 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Holy crap thank you I remember this game but I couldn't remember its name!!

  • @BayRidah26
    @BayRidah26 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    This game looks awesome! I never saw this before

  • @mauriciooyarzunmiranda895
    @mauriciooyarzunmiranda895 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Big fan of this game!!!

  • @justacloud3374
    @justacloud3374 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ha i found this arcade game on TH-cam way before Snesdrunk found it himself 😎

  • @lennywright5655
    @lennywright5655 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    90s + Trapper Keeper + Acid = Metamorphic Force!! No home console could handle this, it doesn’t care how many “Teraflops” you have.

  • @paulpalace6292
    @paulpalace6292 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have this game on the Pandora 9s+. I've never played it. I'll have to check it out.

  • @Soulvale88
    @Soulvale88 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    These end up being my favorite videos on this channel. All of these great arcade games that seem to come from this alternate dimension where there was an entire generation of consoles between the super Nintendo and the Nintendo 64. And these would be the games to those consoles. Check out Ninja Batman Baseball. Avgn did a short on it and it was really something to see for yourself.

  • @emailchrismoll
    @emailchrismoll 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I was just trying to remember what the name of this game was the other day. Another arcade hidden gem beat em up was Mutation Nation for NeoGeo. That would be a great one to cover in a video.

  • @jasonsd8017
    @jasonsd8017 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I miss games like this

  • @starlightwitch12
    @starlightwitch12 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    This game runs on the same arcade hardware as Mystic Warriors, Martial Champion, and Gaiapolis (and also Monster Maulers and Violent Storm), which are also great Konami arcade games as well.

  • @razrentals8897
    @razrentals8897 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I never knew about this game until a couple years ago and it felt like such a classic that I missed out on. Like you said it must be the same engine as X-men because it’s so similar, but that makes it great. Back then I think Konami made the best beat em up games. It was nice finding a new one. I also agree with you on your comparison to altered beast and yeah, this game is way better.

  • @warpath375__
    @warpath375__ 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    You really blurred the lines on your sarcasm. Couldn't tell if you like the game or not. Your sarcasm is top notch.

  • @lopony7944
    @lopony7944 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    There's a dope anime called MOLDIVER they use the term METAMO-FORCE
    Look it up!
    They had I Pads with actual Pages back in 1993!

  • @Skotch_Korean
    @Skotch_Korean 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm gonna try and look for this one on my Pandora's Box.

  • @Davtwan
    @Davtwan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Imagine going about your day when a goddess says you’re a recantation of a guardian spirit and sends you to an island to fight lizard-people.

  • @donniebravo19
    @donniebravo19 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    😲
    What a Rare Gem
    A Beautiful Masterpiece

  • @markula_4040
    @markula_4040 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Probably the fastest paced beat 'em up I've ever played.

  • @big_red01027
    @big_red01027 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Konami was on fire in the late 80's and early 90's...literally and figuratively.
    Of course, the funniest moment in this video was the idea to get rid of the annoying beeping in LttP and putting "Dead Soon" up instead. Hilarious.

  • @big_ry82
    @big_ry82 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    One of the best side scrolling beat em ups ever.

  • @melvinblackburn195
    @melvinblackburn195 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is an under appreciated classic, like Battle Circuit. This game may be inspired by Altered Beast and clearly uses some of the X-Men arcade engine, but I'd like to see a modern game inspired by Metamorphic Force.