I had a head injury and lost a lot of memories. For years I've been trying to track down an old, what I thought was, an indiana jones game. I think I just found it. Thanks Ryu!
@@philippfrogel9355 well for me it was 12-13 years. My memory is a little spotty after the incident too for about 6-12months. At the time it's not like I was freaking out going 'who are you people'. It was more like walking around completely exhausted. I know I retained the ability to speak, but I had to learn how to read again. So take that as you will
@@willstith1 To be fair, that is exactly how the word looks and how I'd pronounce it as well. But I hardly know what a Bayou is, since we don't have them in Australia.
"You are one dude, and you have to fight waves of bad guys who have the same moves as you, the same health as you, and they can pick up items and health just like you can." wat
@@DarkSyde24 plenty of games had that. Like NG3 which was way more punishing in the US. Some say because they thought the west preferred harder games, others say because in japan you cant rent games while in the west you can. So by making it more difficult people are more likely to buy it, or at least rent it for longer
I remember when this game came out in the ‘90’s. Got it for Christmas. Being from Louisiana, it was cool playing a game set in the south, especially once you get past the driving levels and make it to Bourbon St.
@@tunnelmind4449 That makes no sense. So what about the Japanese version Mad City ? The game was trying to be a lot of things, three games in one. The lightgun stages weren't bad, the driving stages weren't bad and the only thing "bad" was the beat em up stages and they were bad because the game is hard as hell/unfair. The Japanese version actually fixes many of the problems with the Beat em up stages. It's not the best beat em up but it's not a bad game especially the Japanese version.
That was my absolute favorite NES game. I played that and marble madness constantly when I was between 6 and 10. Thanks for this. I had the game genie, but was too young to know what cheat codes were.
I like checking out the mario maker stuff from time to time, but this series is the reason I am subbed to this channel. I would love to explore all these games on my own time, but I dont have that time, and its better with Ryu along anyways. Please keep em coming. A tad more feequently if possible :)
I played this a lot back in the day as a kid. I still have my physical copy. The game was originally Mad City on the Famicom but they re-titled it and put it on steroids on the NES for whatever reason.
The reason the American version is so hard is because it was originally for arcade cabinets so they jacked up the difficulty to make more money on quarters ... This is the official story not something i made up
@@thenonexistinghero he can't appreciate truly good games unless he experiences some bad ones along the way. The one thing no one can take from this game is it's ambition. Beat 'em up, shooter, and driving segments all in one should've been a sweet package. It just didn't work out quite like they hoped.
I had been watching you for like 2 years I follow you and like all your content my notifications are tripping didn't know you drop this banger. Thanks man👍👋👋👋
I owned this game when I like 7. Items like the turkey can be picked back up by the enemies if the run over them, just like all other items. The crocodiles you have to sit back just far enough where you can kick them and they can't hurt you. The "cape" item is actually body armor, enemies wearing that can't be hurt by bullets but once it's dropped bullets hurt them same thing when you pick the armor up.
I remember we had Bayou Billy for the NES as a kid! We had a pizza party trying to beat it and it was so dang hard! Just you wait Ryu, those driving stages were no picnic!
The alligators can be manipulated into a back and forth pattern and they'll just repeat it over and over. If the situation allows it...manipulate them into a back forth pattern where they’ll hit the indentation of the shoreline. Then all you have to do is stand back and hit them. Hitting them with the "stick" is ideal.
Gators destroyed me as a child over and over and over. But I did enjoy the practice mode getting to play the gun section you definitely should get one. Also pretty sure the turkeys aren't disappearing just being picked up by the enemies. They pick up whatever is on the ground just like you, but they don't use the turkey. Hit them and they drop it again.
I remember liking this game when I was a kid. I remember beating it, too. I can accept the former, but after watching this video I have no idea how I accomplished the latter! Methinks there must've been a Genie involved...
Remember playing this on and off for a few years, think I got to the driving level this video ends on, maybe one or two stages after, but definitely never finished it. What a pain in the ass, checkpoint-free continues-free game.
Someone might have mentioned this already but...game mode B gives you a targeting reticle so you can use the controller for the shooting sections, enemies can pick up health drops as well as weapons, and those vest that the enemies sometimes drop protect you from bullets and maybe knives, I can't quite remember.
Oh my god... you heard our request for this game This was legit the first game I ever remember playing along with mario/duck hunt. the light gun sections were badass oh and that vest item is 'bulletproof' and u get a little defense. it protects enemies from all weapon attacks and breaks ur weapon (stage 3 boss) until u knock it off. tough guys like that boss, just do alot of up/down and throw a whack when u line up with him u can stun lock most enemies with the right rhythm also the gators are like human enemies and pick their own dropped items back up (meat). stand at that perfect distance n kick is the only strat for them SOBs
I find this hilarious. I was getting through the first two stages no problem as a young kid. But I guess that shows my age more than anything. Do bump and jump or adventures of lilo if you haven't yet. Keep up the good work.
Or space limitations. Considering the game has a lot in it. Fighting stages, zapper stages, driving stages and even a voice sample of "Bayou Billy." That's a lot to cram on a NES cart.
Great video. This was one of those games that was way over inflated difficulty wise for the US market. The Japanese version, Mad City is the same general layout but I beat that one in 24 minutes the first time I played it. That version was too easy but atleast enjoyable and not super tedious with enemy health. The game felt very sloppy overall. I enjoyed it somewhat because I owned it back then, but it was always very frustrating. I only made it to the third boss back then and it gets much harder later on. Its not a good type of difficulty though. It feels very drawn out and cheap. It felt innovative at the time with the 3 different play styles.
@@outcast170 True. I have some nostalgia for it but its not all good nostalgia, ha ha. Soundtrack and graphics were great and the multi genre approach though. The japanese version is a better example of what the game couldve been like.
@@zekossss Right. Thats what I heard. I remember how it was back then too. Alot of those games seemed designed to troll you and punish you, ha ha. I didnt start beating alot of NES games until much later as an adult on emulation (legit).
Lol!! Seriously though, what was Konami thinking when they made the Double Dragon intro? Gut punching a chick wouldn’t fly in 2020 but the 80s/90s were a different time apparently.
@@paularized1 Obviously Feminazi influence didn't exist on that era? I mean, if society had good sense those days no one should think it's normal to be punched or abducted on the first place regardless if it's man or a woman, or they would simply treat everyone equally and that would just be saw as a game.
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I had a head injury and lost a lot of memories. For years I've been trying to track down an old, what I thought was, an indiana jones game. I think I just found it. Thanks Ryu!
This is so cool
happy for u man! I wld have given u a like but its 69 likes hoho
That's such a crazy coincidence
what, that can happen?
like 22 years completely gone? you dont know what persons were important to you etc?
@@philippfrogel9355 well for me it was 12-13 years. My memory is a little spotty after the incident too for about 6-12months. At the time it's not like I was freaking out going 'who are you people'. It was more like walking around completely exhausted. I know I retained the ability to speak, but I had to learn how to read again. So take that as you will
Ryu: "Bay-you Billy"
Me: "Nnnnoooo..."
Billy from the bay
LOL I rewound that part. I was like no way did this dude just say Bay you
@@willstith1 To be fair, that is exactly how the word looks and how I'd pronounce it as well. But I hardly know what a Bayou is, since we don't have them in Australia.
I love the guy, but sometimes it’s like watching an alien that came to earth to play all the games. 🤣
the enemy is picking up the turkey, just like they do with the knife.
I would say that's perfectly fair, but video games aren't supposed to be fair for the enemies. That's sadistic.
"You are one dude, and you have to fight waves of bad guys who have the same moves as you, the same health as you, and they can pick up items and health just like you can."
wat
@@sandordugalin8951 they don't use the health they just pick it up to drop it again
"he's weak against the gun"
Same
Aren’t we all
"bullets, my only weakness! how did you know!?"
Still takes to shots to kill him. That's pretty strong against a gun.
What is this, Shin Megami Tensei?
"clutch turkey" seems like a decent e-sports team name. i'd defo use that if i ever make one.
Definitely would. Plus you get to hear "The Winner is CLUTCH TURKEY" lol
Or some cult sex technique
"I used my last bullet to shoot some more bullets!
But it didn't care, man."
I'm dying here!
"spamming jump kick doesn't work"
...welp, there goes all of my beat 'em up skills.
Man, I haven’t played that game in a minute. Also, the enemies pick up the health drops if you don’t get to them in time. Good stuff, man.
Double Dragon: Louisiana!
It's Double Dragon...but with less hygiene
The enemies are able to pick up the powerups they drop after dropping them that's why the turkeys are disappearing
Those boulder guys are clearly the inspiration for the ones in dark souls.
Play Milons secret castle. Or hectors quest
This game should be called an "Extremely Unfair Game"
The Japanese version is actually a better game and is much easier, less crocodiles, etc.
@@Gatorade69 Then you know our version is bullshit when the Japanese version of anything is considered easier.
@@DarkSyde24 plenty of games had that. Like NG3 which was way more punishing in the US. Some say because they thought the west preferred harder games, others say because in japan you cant rent games while in the west you can. So by making it more difficult people are more likely to buy it, or at least rent it for longer
15:09 casually dropkicks a bird out of the air, no response
“I got the turkey! I don’t know how it works.” - Ryu, 2020
"He's weak againts the gun, who would've thought" the more you know.
My only weakness, bullets.
Well, the scuba guys are strong against the gun fyi.
Only the white one was, the thing that popped out of him that looked like a cape was a bullet proof vest
*I love this oldschool retro videos.* 😃
I remember when this game came out in the ‘90’s. Got it for Christmas. Being from Louisiana, it was cool playing a game set in the south, especially once you get past the driving levels and make it to Bourbon St.
I'm sorry but I'm so glad you're having a hard time on this one. I've rented this one when I was a kid and got my ass kicked so hard :)
This game is less of a *hard* game and more of a *bad* game.
Yeah this was one of those wasted weekend rentals. No redeeming qualities what so ever.
Git gud scrub
The game is bad because it's hard. The japanese release is actually way easier.
@@Gatorade69 I disagree, the game isn't bad because it's hard.
It's hard because it's bad.
@@tunnelmind4449 That makes no sense.
So what about the Japanese version Mad City ?
The game was trying to be a lot of things, three games in one. The lightgun stages weren't bad, the driving stages weren't bad and the only thing "bad" was the beat em up stages and they were bad because the game is hard as hell/unfair.
The Japanese version actually fixes many of the problems with the Beat em up stages. It's not the best beat em up but it's not a bad game especially the Japanese version.
Ryu going full Yoda: "My stick!"
But the seagulls...
That was my absolute favorite NES game. I played that and marble madness constantly when I was between 6 and 10. Thanks for this. I had the game genie, but was too young to know what cheat codes were.
Ah, the staple of every 80's game: the flying jump kick.
4:08 When you try to take on three Vegetas at once.
Somehow I envisioned TFS's Krillin teaching him the multi-form technique.
Krillin: "Ok, now yell 'Kage Bunshin no Jutsu', Vegeta."
Vegeta: "No."
@@Merennulli DODGE!
Only if it's GT Vegeta.
I like checking out the mario maker stuff from time to time, but this series is the reason I am subbed to this channel. I would love to explore all these games on my own time, but I dont have that time, and its better with Ryu along anyways. Please keep em coming. A tad more feequently if possible :)
"I do want her back…also her face……
…and……there are other nice parts too…"
13:11 correct
5:09 Nice bird kick!
15:09*
I played this a lot back in the day as a kid. I still have my physical copy. The game was originally Mad City on the Famicom but they re-titled it and put it on steroids on the NES for whatever reason.
The reason the American version is so hard is because it was originally for arcade cabinets so they jacked up the difficulty to make more money on quarters ... This is the official story not something i made up
I still have this game. My nine year old has a serious love/hate relationship with this one.
Why do you hate your nine year old so much you let them play this atrocity?
@@thenonexistinghero he can't appreciate truly good games unless he experiences some bad ones along the way. The one thing no one can take from this game is it's ambition. Beat 'em up, shooter, and driving segments all in one should've been a sweet package. It just didn't work out quite like they hoped.
"I tried to bring a knife to a boss fight"
Never Bring A Knife To A Fistfight.
That thing you knocked off the scuba guy is a bulletproof vest
I had been watching you for like 2 years I follow you and like all your content my notifications are tripping didn't know you drop this banger. Thanks man👍👋👋👋
Stumbled on you being top watched on reddit today. Keep up the good work!
I owned this game when I like 7. Items like the turkey can be picked back up by the enemies if the run over them, just like all other items. The crocodiles you have to sit back just far enough where you can kick them and they can't hurt you. The "cape" item is actually body armor, enemies wearing that can't be hurt by bullets but once it's dropped bullets hurt them same thing when you pick the armor up.
I remember we had Bayou Billy for the NES as a kid! We had a pizza party trying to beat it and it was so dang hard! Just you wait Ryu, those driving stages were no picnic!
Ryu: "There must be some way to deal with these guys... that's not this."
Narrator: "In time, Ryu would come to find that he was ever so wrong."
The alligators can be manipulated into a back and forth pattern and they'll just repeat it over and over. If the situation allows it...manipulate them into a back forth pattern where they’ll hit the indentation of the shoreline. Then all you have to do is stand back and hit them. Hitting them with the "stick" is ideal.
You're on a good streak playing good old games lately. I loved this as a kid
Watching Ryukahr never realizing the enemies pick up the power ups like turkey was priceless!
always made me think I'm playing as Crocodile Dundee for some reason lol
The movie was popular at the time of this games release.
I wouldn't be surprised if they tried to get a licensed deal for it, but failed.
This game made me rage out back in the day, and I remember making it to Gordon's mansion but never to him...grrr
Tetris players call the alligator battle the killscreen
Lol they call anything that's hard a "killscreen"
The killscreen in classic Tetris has been rendered a legend and surpassed
Yes!! Ive been waiting for this game. “Bay You” lol.
00:52 "This stage uses the controller. What else would i use?"
11:47 sudden realization hits
This is 100% new to me.
I love this series.
Edit: Looking forward to more ZAMN
Gators destroyed me as a child over and over and over. But I did enjoy the practice mode getting to play the gun section you definitely should get one. Also pretty sure the turkeys aren't disappearing just being picked up by the enemies. They pick up whatever is on the ground just like you, but they don't use the turkey. Hit them and they drop it again.
The way Ryu says Bayou at the beginning broke my soul lol
Wow, crazy nostalgia from this video.I had this as a kid and completed it. So tough!
Loved this game as a kid, I had forgotten about it until I saw this, it was a hard game!
I wasn't aware of this series until your last installment, but the first game that popped into my head was this one! Lol
You cannot be telling me you're doing this Seires without the origional NES Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!!
Stage 3 boss had the freshest boots in all of 8 bit fashion.
We played this game as kids all the time besides Mega Man 2, Zelda 2, and all the other good stuff. The music rocked back then, and does nowadays.
I remember liking this game when I was a kid. I remember beating it, too.
I can accept the former, but after watching this video I have no idea how I accomplished the latter! Methinks there must've been a Genie involved...
The lady was kidnapped
Ryu: 0:56
"Completely unfair: the game"
Lmao I want more epic hard games! Ryu’s reactions are the best 😂
It not the turkeys disappear, it's the crocs are picking the turkeys up. Yeah that game is freaking hard.
I owned this game as a kid. Never made it passed the 1st mandatory alligator fight.
15:30 "I lost all my health trying to get the health"
A pretty good life lesson actually.
Several early Chinese emperors had that exact problem.
Can't believe you played it. I owned it and finished when i was just a kid!!! Good job
The enemies pick up the turkey. Even gators. I’ve only ever beat the game using a game genie, but it’s awesome. There’s driving levels, too.
Remember playing this on and off for a few years, think I got to the driving level this video ends on, maybe one or two stages after, but definitely never finished it. What a pain in the ass, checkpoint-free continues-free game.
It took me years to beat this game! One of my greatest accomplishments!
Love this series.
Ryu: This is impossible.
Me: Has he tried -> I wanna be the guy
Thanks Ryu for this very entertaining video. Keep up your good work.
As usual he promised to come back to the game and never did.
Good addition to the series ryu!!
I actually beat this game way back in the day. The driving section was always my favorite.
Okay, but Ryu going ultra instinct on throwing guy at 23:00 was SO clutch 💪💪💪
When I was 8, the alligator fight was as far as I ever made it. I saw that pool of water and instantly remembered the disappointment
As a boy named Billy, this game destroyed my childhood.
Someone might have mentioned this already but...game mode B gives you a targeting reticle so you can use the controller for the shooting sections, enemies can pick up health drops as well as weapons, and those vest that the enemies sometimes drop protect you from bullets and maybe knives, I can't quite remember.
Oh my god... you heard our request for this game
This was legit the first game I ever remember playing along with mario/duck hunt. the light gun sections were badass
oh and that vest item is 'bulletproof' and u get a little defense. it protects enemies from all weapon attacks and breaks ur weapon (stage 3 boss) until u knock it off.
tough guys like that boss, just do alot of up/down and throw a whack when u line up with him
u can stun lock most enemies with the right rhythm
also the gators are like human enemies and pick their own dropped items back up (meat). stand at that perfect distance n kick is the only strat for them SOBs
11:46 haha I had seen that coming after the use the controller screen
This game came out when I was 8. Never got past that big dude that tool your last continue.
Loved this gameplay!
As we say in the "Bayou", "Bye you!"
"wonders if anyone would get that reference"
Yah man when you go retro , let"s go all the way , pretty cool
I just watched a TAS playthrough of this game. Boy, is Ryu about to get a run for his money!
0:24 Protip: point the sharp side of the knife towards the neck of the person you're attempting to kidnap.
I find this hilarious. I was getting through the first two stages no problem as a young kid. But I guess that shows my age more than anything. Do bump and jump or adventures of lilo if you haven't yet. Keep up the good work.
You can tell that the game developers really took pride in that one cutscene image they use over and over.
Or space limitations. Considering the game has a lot in it. Fighting stages, zapper stages, driving stages and even a voice sample of "Bayou Billy." That's a lot to cram on a NES cart.
I haven’t seen this game in yeeeaaaaars! I forgot about it honestly. Holy memories/nostalgia batman!
Turkey's aren't disappearing, they are getting picked up by the enemies just like the other dropped items. Gotta grab em fast.
^This. Was going to mention it as well, but wanted to see if someone else brought it up first.
crocodiles don't live in the bayou. only bayou alligators give out delicious turkeys, everyone knows this.
normally i hate vocal fry, but it sounds good when ryu and nigel do it lol
The shoot em up levels were damn fun and easy with the turbo controller. Then again, what’s not easy with a machine gun?
Dude....that was brutal
"Bay-you".....the cajun in me is smh!!!! lol
I love your hard games series
best series love it
00:28 Love the voice acting XD
Yeah, definitely looks like the enemies can take the health pick ups just like they pick up knifes, sticks and what I assume is a bulletproof vest
Not the Lord of the Flies, but the Lord of the Birds
Great video. This was one of those games that was way over inflated difficulty wise for the US market. The Japanese version, Mad City is the same general layout but I beat that one in 24 minutes the first time I played it. That version was too easy but atleast enjoyable and not super tedious with enemy health. The game felt very sloppy overall. I enjoyed it somewhat because I owned it back then, but it was always very frustrating. I only made it to the third boss back then and it gets much harder later on. Its not a good type of difficulty though. It feels very drawn out and cheap. It felt innovative at the time with the 3 different play styles.
Yeah, the game itself was pretty not good, it was the novelty of it that made it really stick to the memory.
@@outcast170 True. I have some nostalgia for it but its not all good nostalgia, ha ha. Soundtrack and graphics were great and the multi genre approach though. The japanese version is a better example of what the game couldve been like.
In the US Ninny was trying to "fight" rental market with difficult versions of Japanese games. But I guess you knew that.
@@zekossss Right. Thats what I heard. I remember how it was back then too. Alot of those games seemed designed to troll you and punish you, ha ha. I didnt start beating alot of NES games until much later as an adult on emulation (legit).
He’s shutting their mouths so they can’t bite him in the water lol
I remember playing this with my brothers when we were younger and this game was brutal
At least Annabelle didn't get punched in the stomach like Marian did.
Lol!! Seriously though, what was Konami thinking when they made the Double Dragon intro? Gut punching a chick wouldn’t fly in 2020 but the 80s/90s were a different time apparently.
@@paularized1 Obviously Feminazi influence didn't exist on that era? I mean, if society had good sense those days no one should think it's normal to be punched or abducted on the first place regardless if it's man or a woman, or they would simply treat everyone equally and that would just be saw as a game.
The last battle was insane lol XD
20:46 To me, it felt like the enemy took the turkey.
EHG is my absolute favorite. Thnx for bringing it back Ryu, and just in time for holidays.
Bay you billy. I literally started making this comment to say it’s pronounced bi you billy but I see the game already told you. :)