For me I don't have any hold-ups about pirating games that aren't really available any other way like this one but my own morality kicks in when that's not the case. I still remember one time I pirated Sonic Generations 3ds remember I was having a really good time playing it and I stopped because I started feeling bad that I wasn't giving the devs anything for it, that they worked all hard on making a very fun game and in the end didn't get anything for it. It just didn't feel right. For giving you such a good time one ought to give something in return back. I suppose it's less impactable for Mega corporations / when the price is insane, but doubly true for smaller and independent creators. ( though since the days of the demo are kind of dead now pirating it to check it out before buying, or seeing if you can run on your computer sound fine.) Nowadays as an adult while I still feel that way, a bigger issue has been time. Why pirate all those games that'll never get around to playing? I have so much already, I'm just going to be getting a bunch of things that are going to take up space on my hard drive that I'm never going to use. The realization you could pirate everything but will never have the time to play any of it is actually a depressing thought.
@Joe Blow Yeah. I don't know how much money Capcom has made on the beat-em-up bundle(hopefully it did well), but they wouldn't have bothered with it if people didn't already know the games from emulation. Even some people who didn't play them before may have known the reputations of games like Battle Circuit or Armored Warriors. I know I was happy to pay for the beat-em-up bundle because I knew how good Armored Warriors and Battle Circuit were, among others. I hope they eventually make Alien vs. Predator available on digital PC platforms and consoles, as they did manage to re-license it for that arcade panel they released, but I'm not buying that thing because AvP is in it.
Joe Blow for these old games I think of it like a book that is out of print, did the author really want their hard work to be buried? Of course not! Piracy is preservation.
THIS game is my entire childhood, at least early days of school skipping. The day I found it was possible to play in PC, was one of my most memorable and happiest day.
@@sandyamaulana2317 Battle Circuit is included with the existing Capcom beat em up bundle. It's one of the best purchases I've made for my switch, Armored Warriors in particular is fucking crazy and one of the most inventive and fun beat em ups I've ever played. But yeah another beat em up bundle that has all these license games on would be amazing, if it was ever possible. It'd probably be really tricky to get the licenses again, I mean look at the Duck Tales remake, you literally can't buy it anymore as their new license for the game ran out so they had to take it off all online storefronts, a real shame. You can only play it by pirating it now. But yeah in a perfect world, we'd get the punisher and AvP and the rest. Alien v Predator is probably the best beat em up ever made, it's a huge amount of fun, it never gets boring and repetitive like some beat em ups do (looking at you final fight)
As someone else said this was insanely popular in Brazil. Easily found in any arcade place or bar in the 90s. Even today if you talk to anyone who likes arcades there's a high chance it's one of their favorites. Mustapha was the most popular character here, mainly because of his appearance, his clothes look like the uniform from the biggest gas station brand in Brazil.
I remember being at an arcade back in '95 and seeing this game's Continue screen and subsequently the game over screen. For whatever reason it stuck with me most of my life but I could never figure out what the game was until I randomly came across this video! Thanks for finally answering that question!
A true classic at the time of release, Hannah was always my favorite but people at the arcade I used to go would pick Mustapha most of the times. The enemy boss design reminded me a bit of Captain Commando
Did the term "gene splicing" even exist in 92 or 93? If so, I don't think it was well known enough to be a pop culture reference in a video game. It strikes me as a term which only became widely known after Dolly the Sheep which was like 1996.
My favorite beat em up, there's nothing like it except The Punisher which, I'll admit, is superior in many aspects. C&D has better bosses and more characters though so it's up to preference I guess.
Yeah. I don't really differentiate between the highest quality beat-em-up games. Punisher, Cadillacs & Dinosaurs, Battle Circuit and some others can all be in the running for the best, and not everyone will agree on all of it. C&D has something special and might make it my personal favorite as well. One, I didn't have expectations for it. I love the premise of fighting the dinosaur poachers. And one thing C&D has over Punisher by a lot is the game's music. C&D may have the best music in a beat-em-up game. But C&D and Punisher are both among my favorites and I go back to them pretty often.
I grew up playing this game in emu (I was born eight years after this game came out) and god damn, I don't know how to describe it but the aesthetic of this game is really what got me obsessed with it. I don't even know what to call it or if there's a label for it or a category of any kind. I love it. (plus the gameplay is really really good)
@@mgadapatpigilan620 it's nice to see when someone is supposed to grow up on 7th and 8th generation video games but, oddly enough, enjoys old school aesthetics and appreciate them for what they are. Cheers! There is still hope left in humanity it seems
I remember this being absolutely HUGE here back in the day during the arcade days, but personally I only played it myself in "whatever I could". It's really awesome and definitely worth playing!
Dude, I was only born in 1991, but by the time I was 6, I had basically seen every single dinosaur movie at my blockbuster. I remembered watching it as a kid, and have rewatched it recently. It’s funny how this game is so violent, but the show’s hero is a pacifist. Overall, thank you Drunk, this was a great 1st vid for 2020. WAHOON! XD
Why _WOULDN'T_ you watch a video about it? It's a great game as you know. And yeah SNESdrunk is very relaxing to binge, I sometimes put on playlists of his videos for hours at a time, there's just something nice about it as you say
I spent way too many quarters on this game back in the day. So much fun playing or watching others play. Thanks for bringing this game up and have a great 2020!
Everybody at the arcades in Bulgaria played as Mustapha. He was so popular that the game was often referred to as Mústapha Good times. This, golden axe, knights of the round and king of dragons ate my lunch money every day
I had a Jack Cadillac toy as a kid but had no idea what the series was. Still one of my favorites, brought him everywhere. Accidentally left him in the first Blade movie. RIP :(
I remember the cartoon series, but I don't think I watched more than one episode. I'd assume it was one of the 90's pushing the envelope of what could be considered kid friendly, but things were probably wildly toned down for Saturday Mornings from the original comics. What makes this game amazing is that it came out around the time of the 6-12 demo cartoon, but it was brutally violent, had a higher difficulty than most, and in every single way was very much NOT a kid friendly game. Imagine you're an 8 year old kid who watches the cartoon show and you see this in your local family friendly arcade, you pump quarters into this thing, and you see blood spurt out of the bad guys when you punch them. How delighted you'd be, but how horrified your parents would get. Which is the most amazing thing about the game. You'd think a very much not age appropriate game that could have been mistaken for that kid's cartoon's tie in would have caused a major moral panic. But the game and to some extent cartoon both flew under the radar and totally got away unscathed while Night Trap and Mortal Kombat were dragged in front of Congress. Ha!
I dont know why, but this particular arcade cabinet was everywhere here in my country! and from what I've heard, that was the case in many other latin America countries. I practically grew up playing this game with my friends, and i didnt even knew it was based on some cartoon.
Dude, your reviews are great! I love this game, my local Arcade had a Cadillacs and Dinosaurs machine back in the day. I see some similarities, or maybe the same 'feeling' or atmosphere with Taito's Growl (Runark). Anyway, it's really a cool game, specially if you play it with some friends. Have a nice day buddy.
An awesome beat-'em-up! This was even released as an app. My personal favorite character was Mess; the slow and strong type, but a little quicker than Haggar from Final Fight.
It's funny, I ended up preferring Jack and Mustapha over Hannah and Mess. Mess is my least favorite character to play. But I'd say the differences in the characters don't matter quite as much in C&D as in many other games of the type. Some say this is the best beat-em-up. Others say it's very good but not as good as others. I say it's pretty much tied with a bunch of others for being the best, and I've done some extensive testing. Games like this, Punisher, AvsP, Battle Circuit, Amored Warriors and some others(including non-Capcom games) are all high-level games in the genre, so I don't try to determine which one is better past a certain point. They all have something going for them. C&D has a charm to it that brings me back to it and might be the beat-em-up I play most. I love the premise of battling dino poachers. The game looks and plays great. The music is fantastic. The last one is more important than I think a lot of people realize. Good game music can be the difference between a snoozer and a really exciting game. In Capcom's own library, Knights of the Round and Warriors of Fate are less interesting to me because the music holds them back. There are a bunch of truly superior beat-em-ups and C&D is among them in my opinion and doesn't lack compared to some of the other top games. This game may have the trickiest licensing scenario. They would have to license Xenozoic Tales along with GM/Cadillac. But it's also the easiest game they have to modify, if they wanted to, to remove the licensing hassle(like Sega has done with Out Run). They'd have to modify sprites and change names, but it could be made into a generic dinosaur beat-em-up game without a huge amount of work. Not that I'm expecting that, but it's something I have thought about. I'd be fine with changes if they look good as I'm not attached to the C&D property other than the game itself.
Ah the 90´s... when you could pick two random cool words, splice them together and make something out of it that would surely be turned into saturday morning material (this cartoon in particular was fine enough) ^^
There was definitely a 4 player cabinet!! It was awesome. That’s something I really miss from that time. Making friends playing 2 or 4 coop arcade games. Good times. And please mr Snes, give us more arcade reviews!!
Never heard of this ip, but the dinosaurs attacking everyone, the minor enemy character progression via name evolutions, and the guns doubling as clubs. Looks pretty great.
In my opinion, a good beat-em-up should have 1) a variety of enemies, 2) lots of weapons and items for pickup without there being so many that it makes unarmed attacks irrelevant, 3) special moves, and 4) distinct characters to play as. This game looks like it has all of those things, with great graphics and sound on top of it all. What a winner.
My wife and I have played this a million times. I love the music like most Capcom music from this time period. Still waiting for the day this gets rereleased on something. Also, the Dino’s won’t mess with you if you don’t mess with them and keep that fat dude from hitting them.
It's funny to realize that this is considered an obscure game, because in Brazil it's one of the most popular arcade games ever, up there with Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat games. Every arcade had at least one.
This is one of my favorite games/beatemups of all-time, not because of something that stands out in particular. It's just an all-rounder that looks, plays and controls just right while adding a ton of amusingly absurd moments.
I played it on vacation in Italy in like 1997-99. I was totally obsessed and played it every evening and used all my money for especially this arcade game. Damn is it good...
I remember really enjoying the cartoon back in the day, one of those ones that only got a single season though unfortunately. Would have loved to have seen more of it as well as Battletech.
The franchise got a toy line (I THINK by Playmates) and I remember almost every month Wizard Magazine would have somebody send in a custom action figure. Hannah Dundee was ALWAYS the base for a female they hadn't made yet (Jean Grey, Rogue, Wonder Woman, etc).
Great Game! I spent 3 months back in 2017 working on single credit clears of this game, it was totally worth it. Also yeah, as you said the AI is cheap but there are some cool infinite loops especially with Mess. Capcom needs to release this again but for now you can play Final Fight LNS which is a home-brew beat-em up on the OpenBOR engine. It has the Cadillacs characters in and they even have new moves. "FInal Uppercut!"
Loved the comics (Xenozoic Tales, first came out in Death Rattle) and game growing up! I was obsessed with dinosaurs and my grandmother even made me a full dinosaur costume to wear (head/fully functional tail), which I wore everywhere haha. I was such a sassy dinosaur :P
This is one of those weird games that all my gamer friends know about somehow, but we never played in arcades. We did however play it "anyway we could" 😉
Big shame this game aswell as The Punisher and Alien's vs Preadator weren't included on the Capcom beat em up bundle on ps4. I know its to do with licencing issues but Capcom should of bought the licences and went all out.. Oh well there's still Mame at least.
This game represents everything that must not be in a Nintendo game, I assume that's why we never saw a release in the SNES. Happy new year 2020 SNES Drunk! I imagine your are preparing certain SNES' baseball game to celebrate that humanity made it this far.
Kick ass game. And very smooth as well for an arcade, without cheap deaths to gobble coins. I remember playing this back in 1994 with the money I've saved from school lunch. Good days. xD BTW, you should review Alien vs Predator arcade at some point. It's simply the highest point Capcom ever reached with this kind of game.
Looks like a good 90s style beat em up. If it got a home console port i would try it out. Also, with the graphics i don't refer to that as "pixel art". Those are sprites.
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Great way to begin 2020, if you ask me. :) There was a time where every seedy bar/pub in Brazil that happened to have an old arcade machine lying around, had this exact game in it.
This is the Arcade game that I have played it the most. When I got MAME I played it so much, I was able to reach the final stage without continuing. Yeah I was that good.
I just saw some footage of a game I'd never heard of. "Night Slashers", a side scrolling beat 'em up that had a horror theme with of zombies, werewolves, and gore. Know anything about this one? The footage I saw had been modded to have The Evil Dead's Ash as a playable character.
It's one of those games I played at a very young age, and the image of a boss, I think it was the Butcher, slicing up a dead dinosaur really stuck with me, I remember being pretty fucking upset about it and I reveled in his blood after beating the shit out of him. Riveting tale of revenge and carnage from 8 year old me.
Hagar and Zangief have similar moves. Blanka and the Blanka rip off are there to make you think. LOL! I used to write videogame concepts ( over A thousand ) and pretty much all of the Capcom games are mine. I used to save some time by reusing characters, music, sound effects, themes, stories Etc. That is why there is A lot of clone games out there. It gave people A chance to experience A similar game on A different console. I do create games anymore, so enjoy them anyway you can!
this game, the punisher, light bringer, Wizard Fire (1992), dungeons and dragons arcade and x-men arcade game would make a great beat em up arcade collection..
Although this might ve one of the Lesser known( ff, CC, even punisher Is More famous) Is one of the More polished beat em up Capcom made in that era, it's visible how they just applaid all their vast experience in this one. I think it's a perfect game, the flaws you mention are just design choices they on purpose
Absolutely loved this game, comics and cartoon series! Funny how this could have easily been made into JP spinoff but I'm glad it still stands on its own!
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I really enjoy the “play it anyway you can” = “pirate the shit out of this” lingo
Another great case for emulation here. There is literally no other way to play this game and I never would've discovered it if not for FB Alpha.
For me I don't have any hold-ups about pirating games that aren't really available any other way like this one but my own morality kicks in when that's not the case.
I still remember one time I pirated Sonic Generations 3ds remember I was having a really good time playing it and I stopped because I started feeling bad that I wasn't giving the devs anything for it, that they worked all hard on making a very fun game and in the end didn't get anything for it. It just didn't feel right. For giving you such a good time one ought to give something in return back. I suppose it's less impactable for Mega corporations / when the price is insane, but doubly true for smaller and independent creators. ( though since the days of the demo are kind of dead now pirating it to check it out before buying, or seeing if you can run on your computer sound fine.)
Nowadays as an adult while I still feel that way, a bigger issue has been time. Why pirate all those games that'll never get around to playing? I have so much already, I'm just going to be getting a bunch of things that are going to take up space on my hard drive that I'm never going to use.
The realization you could pirate everything but will never have the time to play any of it is actually a depressing thought.
@Joe Blow Yeah. I don't know how much money Capcom has made on the beat-em-up bundle(hopefully it did well), but they wouldn't have bothered with it if people didn't already know the games from emulation. Even some people who didn't play them before may have known the reputations of games like Battle Circuit or Armored Warriors. I know I was happy to pay for the beat-em-up bundle because I knew how good Armored Warriors and Battle Circuit were, among others. I hope they eventually make Alien vs. Predator available on digital PC platforms and consoles, as they did manage to re-license it for that arcade panel they released, but I'm not buying that thing because AvP is in it.
I think the same thing when he said that, like, the same words XD
Joe Blow for these old games I think of it like a book that is out of print, did the author really want their hard work to be buried? Of course not! Piracy is preservation.
THIS game is my entire childhood, at least early days of school skipping. The day I found it was possible to play in PC, was one of my most memorable and happiest day.
This game was rad in indian arcades. Wasted so many coins on this.
Soumyadeep Chanda yeah, this game made a dent in my economy as a kid, as well as any other capcom beat'em up arcade i could find
use mame plus to run this game, like as arcade.
Imagine a licensed Beat Em Up Bundle with this game, The Punisher, Alien vs Predator, and both D&D games.
^^THIS^^
I am DOWN
I'd add Battle Circuit to that!
@@sandyamaulana2317 Battle Circuit is included with the existing Capcom beat em up bundle. It's one of the best purchases I've made for my switch, Armored Warriors in particular is fucking crazy and one of the most inventive and fun beat em ups I've ever played.
But yeah another beat em up bundle that has all these license games on would be amazing, if it was ever possible. It'd probably be really tricky to get the licenses again, I mean look at the Duck Tales remake, you literally can't buy it anymore as their new license for the game ran out so they had to take it off all online storefronts, a real shame. You can only play it by pirating it now. But yeah in a perfect world, we'd get the punisher and AvP and the rest. Alien v Predator is probably the best beat em up ever made, it's a huge amount of fun, it never gets boring and repetitive like some beat em ups do (looking at you final fight)
X-men
One of the few arcade games I actually finished at the arcade proper. Took some 20 quarters, most used against Slice and the Slisaurs.
As someone else said this was insanely popular in Brazil. Easily found in any arcade place or bar in the 90s. Even today if you talk to anyone who likes arcades there's a high chance it's one of their favorites. Mustapha was the most popular character here, mainly because of his appearance, his clothes look like the uniform from the biggest gas station brand in Brazil.
I remember being at an arcade back in '95 and seeing this game's Continue screen and subsequently the game over screen. For whatever reason it stuck with me most of my life but I could never figure out what the game was until I randomly came across this video! Thanks for finally answering that question!
I’m going to keep commenting how much I really like the arcade reviews, because I really like the arcade reviews. Keep it going! Thank you SNES Drunk.
A true classic at the time of release, Hannah was always my favorite but people at the arcade I used to go would pick Mustapha most of the times. The enemy boss design reminded me a bit of Captain Commando
I was a Mustapha guy myself.
Yup, Mustapha is easiest to get used to
Mustapha was so popular, most people knew this game by the name of Mustapha.
I use mess cuz he's bigger
Not calling Slice after their genetic mutation "Splice" is one hell of a missed opportunity
Did the term "gene splicing" even exist in 92 or 93? If so, I don't think it was well known enough to be a pop culture reference in a video game. It strikes me as a term which only became widely known after Dolly the Sheep which was like 1996.
@@JamieBainbridge As far as I know, yes. I think as a concept it's been around since the seventies at least.
My favorite beat em up, there's nothing like it except The Punisher which, I'll admit, is superior in many aspects. C&D has better bosses and more characters though so it's up to preference I guess.
Yeah. I don't really differentiate between the highest quality beat-em-up games. Punisher, Cadillacs & Dinosaurs, Battle Circuit and some others can all be in the running for the best, and not everyone will agree on all of it. C&D has something special and might make it my personal favorite as well. One, I didn't have expectations for it. I love the premise of fighting the dinosaur poachers. And one thing C&D has over Punisher by a lot is the game's music. C&D may have the best music in a beat-em-up game. But C&D and Punisher are both among my favorites and I go back to them pretty often.
What's C&D??
@@shaunpenn139 Cadillacs and Dinosaurs, duh
Nahh this is one superior for sure. Gameplay, design, bosses and especially the music
2:38 Blanka, is that you??
Blanka is also in captain commando it seems!
Also, notice the knife guys are reused from Captain Commando. It's all good though, these are great games.
That’s what I said! LOL
One of the greatest memories of my childhood was this game. Going on holiday to find it in an arcade was just bliss 🥰
"I hope you have a great rest of your day!" Don't tell me how to live my life.
Have a great rest of your life.
@@JamieBainbridge Only vaguely threatening...I LIKE IT! It only needs to be spoken in the voice of Dr. Claw to really sell it.
Haha
You win the internet Sir! This day of 1/26/20. Congratulations!
I remember on emu paradise this was always the most popular arcade ROM on the site
Thomas Johnston and I never understood why because I had only played the Sega CD game hahaha
*sigh* RIP Emuparadise. Still haven't found a site as good as it.
@@lilwyvern4 yeah, it's too bad. They really got spooked by Nintendo.
@@lilwyvern4 You can still download from emuparaide, you just need a Google extension, it is very easy to install
@@agustindanielgimenez9483 Is there a version of it for Firefox?
I grew up playing this game in emu (I was born eight years after this game came out) and god damn, I don't know how to describe it but the aesthetic of this game is really what got me obsessed with it. I don't even know what to call it or if there's a label for it or a category of any kind. I love it. (plus the gameplay is really really good)
I don't even know what I can compare it to. The adventures of Bayou Billy comes close but not so much.
Most Deadest Pool of em All. Now I want to see a Mame arcade machine made out of a stuffed ostrich
@@mgadapatpigilan620 it's nice to see when someone is supposed to grow up on 7th and 8th generation video games but, oddly enough, enjoys old school aesthetics and appreciate them for what they are. Cheers! There is still hope left in humanity it seems
I remember this being absolutely HUGE here back in the day during the arcade days, but personally I only played it myself in "whatever I could". It's really awesome and definitely worth playing!
The greatest beatemup of all time. Once again, M.A.M.E. is KING.
I'M A BAD MAMBA JAMMA - best win quote from Mustapha
Let's not forget to mention the outstanding soundtrack in this game. Peak CPS1 Capcom sound here!
Dude, I was only born in 1991, but by the time I was 6, I had basically seen every single dinosaur movie at my blockbuster. I remembered watching it as a kid, and have rewatched it recently. It’s funny how this game is so violent, but the show’s hero is a pacifist. Overall, thank you Drunk, this was a great 1st vid for 2020. WAHOON! XD
This game was huge in South America. I never played it
Why am I watching a review of an arcade game I played the hell out of when I was a kid? Your videos are always nice to watch
Why _WOULDN'T_ you watch a video about it? It's a great game as you know. And yeah SNESdrunk is very relaxing to binge, I sometimes put on playlists of his videos for hours at a time, there's just something nice about it as you say
Why hasnt this seen a release on modern consoles is a disgrace!!
Have a great rest of your 2020 Snesdrunk. :)
I spent way too many quarters on this game back in the day. So much fun playing or watching others play. Thanks for bringing this game up and have a great 2020!
Everybody at the arcades in Bulgaria played as Mustapha. He was so popular that the game was often referred to as Mústapha
Good times. This, golden axe, knights of the round and king of dragons ate my lunch money every day
In Serbia too, mate ;)
Man, I played this game *sooo* much in the arcades. Mustafa was my favorite character. I loved his running attack. Kept doing it over and over again.
I had a Jack Cadillac toy as a kid but had no idea what the series was. Still one of my favorites, brought him everywhere. Accidentally left him in the first Blade movie. RIP :(
I remember the cartoon series, but I don't think I watched more than one episode. I'd assume it was one of the 90's pushing the envelope of what could be considered kid friendly, but things were probably wildly toned down for Saturday Mornings from the original comics. What makes this game amazing is that it came out around the time of the 6-12 demo cartoon, but it was brutally violent, had a higher difficulty than most, and in every single way was very much NOT a kid friendly game. Imagine you're an 8 year old kid who watches the cartoon show and you see this in your local family friendly arcade, you pump quarters into this thing, and you see blood spurt out of the bad guys when you punch them. How delighted you'd be, but how horrified your parents would get. Which is the most amazing thing about the game. You'd think a very much not age appropriate game that could have been mistaken for that kid's cartoon's tie in would have caused a major moral panic. But the game and to some extent cartoon both flew under the radar and totally got away unscathed while Night Trap and Mortal Kombat were dragged in front of Congress. Ha!
I dont know why, but this particular arcade cabinet was everywhere here in my country! and from what I've heard, that was the case in many other latin America countries. I practically grew up playing this game with my friends, and i didnt even knew it was based on some cartoon.
Was watching a Vinesauce stream VOD (Nintendo Prototypes 2) and Vinny totally name dropped this channel. He even did the SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSNESDRUNK.
I remember playing this on a local arcade years ago in 2004, when I used to live in my old household.
In poor places of Rio de Janeiro you can find bootleg arcades of this game until TODAY, it is a true legend here.
These last few arcade reviews have been really cool. I'm really excited to play all these games.
I love your reviews never stop. Lots of love from the Gulf Coast Mississippi.
Dude, your reviews are great!
I love this game, my local Arcade had a Cadillacs and Dinosaurs machine back in the day.
I see some similarities, or maybe the same 'feeling' or atmosphere with Taito's Growl (Runark).
Anyway, it's really a cool game, specially if you play it with some friends.
Have a nice day buddy.
Personally, Mess is my main, but most kids at that time played as Mustapha. He was so popular that the game was even called the "Mustapha" game.
Best beat'em up ever, also very fair to finish it with one credit. Mustapha best character, with second Jack and worst Mess
An awesome beat-'em-up! This was even released as an app. My personal favorite character was Mess; the slow and strong type, but a little quicker than Haggar from Final Fight.
It's funny, I ended up preferring Jack and Mustapha over Hannah and Mess. Mess is my least favorite character to play. But I'd say the differences in the characters don't matter quite as much in C&D as in many other games of the type. Some say this is the best beat-em-up. Others say it's very good but not as good as others. I say it's pretty much tied with a bunch of others for being the best, and I've done some extensive testing. Games like this, Punisher, AvsP, Battle Circuit, Amored Warriors and some others(including non-Capcom games) are all high-level games in the genre, so I don't try to determine which one is better past a certain point. They all have something going for them. C&D has a charm to it that brings me back to it and might be the beat-em-up I play most. I love the premise of battling dino poachers. The game looks and plays great. The music is fantastic. The last one is more important than I think a lot of people realize. Good game music can be the difference between a snoozer and a really exciting game. In Capcom's own library, Knights of the Round and Warriors of Fate are less interesting to me because the music holds them back. There are a bunch of truly superior beat-em-ups and C&D is among them in my opinion and doesn't lack compared to some of the other top games.
This game may have the trickiest licensing scenario. They would have to license Xenozoic Tales along with GM/Cadillac. But it's also the easiest game they have to modify, if they wanted to, to remove the licensing hassle(like Sega has done with Out Run). They'd have to modify sprites and change names, but it could be made into a generic dinosaur beat-em-up game without a huge amount of work. Not that I'm expecting that, but it's something I have thought about. I'd be fine with changes if they look good as I'm not attached to the C&D property other than the game itself.
Ah the 90´s... when you could pick two random cool words, splice them together and make something out of it that would surely be turned into saturday morning material (this cartoon in particular was fine enough) ^^
...This was a cartoon and a comic book back in the 90's? I have legitimately NEVER heard of this until today.
There was definitely a 4 player cabinet!! It was awesome. That’s something I really miss from that time. Making friends playing 2 or 4 coop arcade games. Good times.
And please mr Snes, give us more arcade reviews!!
Easily the best beat 'em up game ever made.
Played this back in 1995 with my brother on holiday in Portugal. Great memories. Also have a great New Year ☺
Part of my childhood back in the days when I spent my summers in belgrade.
My fave arcade beat em up I don't know why it doesn't get more recognition
Never heard of this ip, but the dinosaurs attacking everyone, the minor enemy character progression via name evolutions, and the guns doubling as clubs. Looks pretty great.
In my opinion, a good beat-em-up should have 1) a variety of enemies, 2) lots of weapons and items for pickup without there being so many that it makes unarmed attacks irrelevant, 3) special moves, and 4) distinct characters to play as. This game looks like it has all of those things, with great graphics and sound on top of it all. What a winner.
My wife and I have played this a million times. I love the music like most Capcom music from this time period. Still waiting for the day this gets rereleased on something. Also, the Dino’s won’t mess with you if you don’t mess with them and keep that fat dude from hitting them.
I'm really digging Hannah, especially that kind-of pivot kick thing she's doing.
It's funny to realize that this is considered an obscure game, because in Brazil it's one of the most popular arcade games ever, up there with Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat games. Every arcade had at least one.
You just gotta love those beat 'em up screams and yells. Hooyaaaaggh!! Priceless
This is one of my favorite games/beatemups of all-time, not because of something that stands out in particular. It's just an all-rounder that looks, plays and controls just right while adding a ton of amusingly absurd moments.
HAPPY NEW YEAR, DRUNK! HOPE YOU'RE SNES SOBER THIS YEAR!
I played it on vacation in Italy in like 1997-99. I was totally obsessed and played it every evening and used all my money for especially this arcade game. Damn is it good...
I remember really enjoying the cartoon back in the day, one of those ones that only got a single season though unfortunately. Would have loved to have seen more of it as well as Battletech.
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It was awesome, do go and watch it
Yup alot of blink and you missed cartoons back in the day. I remember some of this also Bucky O'Hare which is a great game.
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@@Cosmicslopman Bucky O'Hare was badass, loved me some Deadeye Duck.
@@thumpire Yeah it's a classic that suffered because it was near the end of the nes lifespan. It's another groovy konami soundtrack as well.
Love that this game has vertical dashing! Wish more beat-em-ups allowed for that.
The franchise got a toy line (I THINK by Playmates) and I remember almost every month Wizard Magazine would have somebody send in a custom action figure. Hannah Dundee was ALWAYS the base for a female they hadn't made yet (Jean Grey, Rogue, Wonder Woman, etc).
I was searching for this game yesterday as I forgot the name and you made a video on it. We’re fated for each other
This, The Punisher, and Alien vs Predator are the magnum opus of beat em ups
Great Game! I spent 3 months back in 2017 working on single credit clears of this game, it was totally worth it. Also yeah, as you said the AI is cheap but there are some cool infinite loops especially with Mess. Capcom needs to release this again but for now you can play Final Fight LNS which is a home-brew beat-em up on the OpenBOR engine. It has the Cadillacs characters in and they even have new moves. "FInal Uppercut!"
The very first game I played on an Emulator! Great job, Drunk!
Loved the comics (Xenozoic Tales, first came out in Death Rattle) and game growing up! I was obsessed with dinosaurs and my grandmother even made me a full dinosaur costume to wear (head/fully functional tail), which I wore everywhere haha. I was such a sassy dinosaur :P
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Oh man, I loved this game! I used to play it on Mame. The music in the elevator was awesome. I didn't even know about the comic/cartoon until later.
The quality with which they made The Pirates of Dark Water on the Super Nintendo, ala Final Fight style, I now rule your argument valid.
in my childhood days in arcade we called it "Mostofa" and still call it Mostafa game :P
Growing up in Cairo, Egypt this game was so popular in the arcades due to one of the selectable characters is called “Mustapha Cairo“
This is one of those weird games that all my gamer friends know about somehow, but we never played in arcades. We did however play it "anyway we could" 😉
Big shame this game aswell as The Punisher and Alien's vs Preadator weren't included on the Capcom beat em up bundle on ps4. I know its to do with licencing issues but Capcom should of bought the licences and went all out.. Oh well there's still Mame at least.
Happy new year SnesDrunk!!!
This game represents everything that must not be in a Nintendo game, I assume that's why we never saw a release in the SNES.
Happy new year 2020 SNES Drunk! I imagine your are preparing certain SNES' baseball game to celebrate that humanity made it this far.
I loved this arcade game. The cartoon was really good as well.
Kick ass game. And very smooth as well for an arcade, without cheap deaths to gobble coins. I remember playing this back in 1994 with the money I've saved from school lunch. Good days. xD
BTW, you should review Alien vs Predator arcade at some point. It's simply the highest point Capcom ever reached with this kind of game.
I loved this game! One of the arcades at the mall near where I grew up had one.
Looks like a good 90s style beat em up. If it got a home console port i would try it out. Also, with the graphics i don't refer to that as "pixel art". Those are sprites.
Great way to begin 2020, if you ask me. :) There was a time where every seedy bar/pub in Brazil that happened to have an old arcade machine lying around, had this exact game in it.
The arcade stuff is cool! Keep that MAME running SNES Drunk!
This is the Arcade game that I have played it the most. When I got MAME I played it so much, I was able to reach the final stage without continuing. Yeah I was that good.
This game is THE quintessential arcade exclusive from the mid '90s!
Your videos are the highlight of my mornings! Thanks Drunk!
the harmonized intros are getting better!
I just saw some footage of a game I'd never heard of. "Night Slashers", a side scrolling beat 'em up that had a horror theme with of zombies, werewolves, and gore. Know anything about this one? The footage I saw had been modded to have The Evil Dead's Ash as a playable character.
As others are saying, Mustapha all the way, man. His running kick is awesome.
Love the new arcade reviews. So many games I've never heard of.
Cadillac and dinosaur arcade was awesome.
First time I heard was the cartoon back in the day.
Oh boy... I put SO MANY QQUARTERS in that machine back in the day...
It's one of those games I played at a very young age, and the image of a boss, I think it was the Butcher, slicing up a dead dinosaur really stuck with me, I remember being pretty fucking upset about it and I reveled in his blood after beating the shit out of him. Riveting tale of revenge and carnage from 8 year old me.
During a couple of months we had an arcade on my workplace, and we played the heck out of this with a friend.
This is one of the best beat em ups ever made
one of the best beat em ups ever made
Hagar and Zangief have similar moves. Blanka and the Blanka rip off are there to make you think. LOL!
I used to write videogame concepts ( over A thousand ) and pretty much all of the Capcom games are mine.
I used to save some time by reusing characters, music, sound effects, themes, stories Etc. That is why there is A lot of clone games out there. It gave people A chance to experience A similar game on A different console.
I do create games anymore, so enjoy them anyway you can!
this game, the punisher, light bringer, Wizard Fire (1992), dungeons and dragons arcade and x-men arcade game would make a great beat em up arcade collection..
It had a sequel on the sega cd, so it is a huge mystery why it didn’t get a port to anything.
Edit: did you know Elon Musk programmed the sequel?
I don't know if this is still available but I found this game on an app.
Although this might ve one of the Lesser known( ff, CC, even punisher Is More famous) Is one of the More polished beat em up Capcom made in that era, it's visible how they just applaid all their vast experience in this one. I think it's a perfect game, the flaws you mention are just design choices they on purpose
I never got the pleasure of playing this game in the arcades but I have since played it multiple times on Fightcade.
There was a Mega CD version of Cadillacs and dinosaurs. It wasn’t this though. It was some FMV game :(
Did you not watch the video? He stated that they're not the same.
Fantastic beat em up. Thanks for reviewing it.
Absolutely loved this game, comics and cartoon series! Funny how this could have easily been made into JP spinoff but I'm glad it still stands on its own!