Finally the mystery has been solved!!! The name of this arcade game eluded me for years, but by some stroke of randomness it showed up in my suggested videos this morning. I remember watching a guy at the arcade play this game and beating it.
Somehow I'd forgotten about this one. What a fun game; the companion system really set it apart. I remember using the priest guy a lot, with the blue energy.
This game was a work of art. The fact you can only keep one teammate and one magic item with you is annoying. But the constant sense of progression with the tower floors and knowing how many there are to go was great.
This game was before my time and I don't really watch play throughs, but I actually sat through this whole video and was really entertained. Looks like it was an awesome arcade game! I can only imagine how sweet the cabin art was 🤘
I'm a big fan of these scrolling action/RPG hybrid fantasy games. If you liked the general notion of D&D but wasn't big on tossing dice and all that, you could play your favorite archetype, bash the crap out of slews of monsters, and scoop up tons of loot and XP. And you didn't have to spend hours in your basement to level-up your fighter into a mighty warlord.
i would always go on "errands' with my parents at age 5 or soand the 7/11 we always went to had this in it. my dad would read like the entire newspaper while loitering in there, and i'd play this game for what seemed like hours. it was the game that made me realize i was going to love fantasy and RPG's for the rest of my life
I have a very different story - I always used to see this game in the arcade and wanted to play but I could never convince my Dad to let me have any money for it because he simply didn't believe that I would have any idea what I was doing and it would be 40c wasted - which was a totally fair assumption, I sucked at games. "Why don't you go give Rygar a try instead, son?"
Goldenaxe did that for me. Strange enough, my dentist had it lol never seen this game in an arcade though. Only ever played it on snes. Its loads of fun on there too even though it runs like ass sometimes. Understandable why it runs so slow... it isnt too far off from the arcade version itself.
Downloaded this game for the PSN in a package that included Final Fight. First time I played it, I couldn't stop until I beat the game. This is an awesome arcade game! :D
I spent years trying to remember a game I saw at the skating rink. I think this was it. I don't think I ever actually played, which made the character preview at the beginning all the more fascinating.
Muy pero muy buen juego de aventuras espero que en el futuro saquen una segunda parte de este increíble juego con las mismas gráficas de su epoca. A pesar que es un juego ya muy viejo pero se merece su segunda parte.
28:43 clutch backstab magic dagger rescue. Wow this game's as long as I'd imagined it was when I was a kid, never seeing anyone even get to floor 20 in the cabinet.
And by the way, the best, safest and fastest way to end the game, is to destroy bats on the level 5's bridge until you'll get a ring. Then go back to the first chest of the level and summon the thief. Who comes when you open the chest and don't pick up the coin. Then you kill bats again and if you're lucky you can get a second ring to get one more thief on first hidden chest at next level (up the platform on the right of the entrance). Makes him lvl3. If lucky, you'll get a red heart at the priest to make him lvl4. What's already strong enough to kill what you can meet there. Lvl6 on next floor with the one imprisonned. And might be lvl8 at the end of same floor for you can find bats again and still a chest to catch him. If you didn't make the mistake to summon him on a previous chest. And then you run all the forty-three floors left that fast and that easy. As I remind.
I could remember this when it was in a arcade room. The floors just go and go but I saw the final boss at the arcade room and I’ll just say this, it’s easier on console. It’s basically a sped up version of Castlevania with upbeat music, better weapons and companions. Great game
Had this at my local Putt-Putt. Played it for many, many hours, even with a gimpy joystick that would get stuck at times. That Lizardman was awesome though, and after six or so dollars in quarters, I finally finished it. Good thing too, by the next week the Simpsons arcade game had replaced it. And of course, I "lost" lmao, some money on that one too. As my late grandmother used to say, some man is driving around in a cadillac I paid for with my quarters.
I spent too much time celebrating my victory as the dialogue before the ending choice went by. I didn't know what to choose, so I chose yes. At that point, I didn't play that game for a long while just to go through 50 damn levels for the good ending.
I bought this with paper route money a long time ago. It wasn’t just surprisingly good. It was great. Basically a beatumup with meaningful progression.
_MrGolibroda if you pick up the black orb, you are shown sat on big evil throne saying you took his place. _FeMaiden damage even when not hit is because health is time. As time decreases, bars go down. About map, chests are a detail but it shows where stands exit. For you have to find it, the shown or the hidden to get to next level. And that's why health as time may be a bit problematic : ) _1StlwY1 Original ARCADE game was not laggy. And about sound effects, you didn't have time to care cause you knew you could die soon. So you focused on the game. That was very cool to play, indeed. Willow, Ghosts'n'Goblins, Black Tiger, Street Fighter and II, Final Fight, Dungeons & Dragons, 1942, King of Dragons, Strider, Three Wonders, Tiger Road... and many games that made us expecting their next when we were down with the last. And compared to many other brands that were flooded arcade places, CAPCOM has been that high. _What I would like to know is the way to get screen shooting that nice when playing. Would you enlighten me please ?
Here from Street Fighter 6 (open beta) To explain: there is an in-game lobby where you can run around, chat buy some clothing, play actual Street Fighter 6 online or find classic Capcom arcade games, which apparently change every certain period of time. This time there was this
This game was my 1st game in the SNES in 1994😢😢 i was remembering when. My Father 😢😢 hwas the gift for me from my father, now my fathjer not is with me...he's in the Heaven
The thief was extremely underrated. His starting range is short but his bombs are powerful. And the way his bombs arch at ligher lvls makes him extremely good at crowd control. The additional ability to detect hidden chests and booby traps were just icing on the cake. I agree with the other guy though; the ninja is shit. His atk is way too low and the player wasted a lot of time relying on him.
Fuckin' A I've been looking for this game for years. I used to go to the roller rink in the early '90s and play the shit out of this one. Could never remember the name.
Ending (Break the orb) Drokmar: Gwoooh!! You destroyed the orb!? Are you truly Everyone's hero!? GWOOOOOOHHHH!!! And thus, the world has been freed from Dark forces of Drokmar and the black orb, and once again reunited with the light.
Surely this is the spiritual successor to Capcom's earlier Back Tiger? I has the dragon bosses, Keys, treasure chests with gold or bad guys, lots of Zenny, the appearing and disappearing enemy spell casting mages, the bastard bats! The first boss makes the same pillars of fire attacks found in Black Tigers chests..
I played this game quite a bit in the mall arcade room that was near my dad's ex-girlfriend's house never did beat it though! :( Thanks for uploading it!.
lol... never seen this game before, and i know tons of arcade games.. when i saw the initial text my first thought was street fight the game itself looks like a mix of golden axe and black tiger
Just think about that hilarious typo: the Lizard Man was "brided" with a diamond ring...not "bribed", but *Brided* with a diamond ring...just like my ex-wife. =)
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This was everything an arcade game from the 90s should be.
My favorite game as a kid if I could find it.
No matter where you were in the arcade, you knew where this game was. You could hear BOOYAAA! BOOYAAA! over everything else
For some reason I memorized this line since many years ago:
"I'm of the line of the Great Dragon. I'll put an end to your little adventure".
Finally the mystery has been solved!!! The name of this arcade game eluded me for years, but by some stroke of randomness it showed up in my suggested videos this morning. I remember watching a guy at the arcade play this game and beating it.
Somehow I'd forgotten about this one. What a fun game; the companion system really set it apart. I remember using the priest guy a lot, with the blue energy.
This game was a work of art. The fact you can only keep one teammate and one magic item with you is annoying. But the constant sense of progression with the tower floors and knowing how many there are to go was great.
This game was before my time and I don't really watch play throughs, but I actually sat through this whole video and was really entertained. Looks like it was an awesome arcade game! I can only imagine how sweet the cabin art was 🤘
you can play it on the retro handhelds that are a hot item these days.
I'm a big fan of these scrolling action/RPG hybrid fantasy games. If you liked the general notion of D&D but wasn't big on tossing dice and all that, you could play your favorite archetype, bash the crap out of slews of monsters, and scoop up tons of loot and XP. And you didn't have to spend hours in your basement to level-up your fighter into a mighty warlord.
i would always go on "errands' with my parents at age 5 or soand the 7/11 we always went to had this in it. my dad would read like the entire newspaper while loitering in there, and i'd play this game for what seemed like hours. it was the game that made me realize i was going to love fantasy and RPG's for the rest of my life
RPG FOREVER
I have a very different story - I always used to see this game in the arcade and wanted to play but I could never convince my Dad to let me have any money for it because he simply didn't believe that I would have any idea what I was doing and it would be 40c wasted - which was a totally fair assumption, I sucked at games. "Why don't you go give Rygar a try instead, son?"
Goldenaxe did that for me. Strange enough, my dentist had it lol never seen this game in an arcade though. Only ever played it on snes. Its loads of fun on there too even though it runs like ass sometimes. Understandable why it runs so slow... it isnt too far off from the arcade version itself.
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A classic, and a personal favorite. This game must be remastered.
goddamn this game. I sacrificed many quarters to the arcade gods.
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I FUCKING LOVE this game. Once you have the Knight or Wizard at level 5 or higher, there's no need to swap partners.
The beautiful colors and textures of 90s arcade - you can't see it without a good CRT monitor, felt like being inside a great fantasy book
The partner system was so interesting.
Do you have an Partner?,
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@@DieEineMieze plz schyyyy...
Never thought anyone could make it to the very end. Great job!
Downloaded this game for the PSN in a package that included Final Fight. First time I played it, I couldn't stop until I beat the game. This is an awesome arcade game! :D
Finally, I've found u...after all this years :( .... I miss this game!
I spent years trying to remember a game I saw at the skating rink. I think this was it. I don't think I ever actually played, which made the character preview at the beginning all the more fascinating.
We can all agree that all mages were the best companions.
Poor bear. It probably was just wandering around looking for food. He didn't need to die.
It Was THE Blonde Barbarian Or HIM, Why, Did YOU Expected to be HIS Food, Instead Of HIS Opponent???!!!
I have been looking for the title of this game for so long!! I finally found it, I used to love playing this game as a kid!
BOOYA! BOOYA! BOOYA!
Muy pero muy buen juego de aventuras espero que en el futuro saquen una segunda parte de este increíble juego con las mismas gráficas de su epoca. A pesar que es un juego ya muy viejo pero se merece su segunda parte.
I wish that a beat-em-up sequel was made from this game using the same engine that powered the excellent, yet completely underrated Strider 2013 game.
The nostalgia is so strong....
i'm surprised nobody noticed this game's similarities with black tiger, must have been made by the same persons, no doubt.
Yeah Capcom made both. Black Tiger is a much better game though.
+David Medina w2wwssssss
Gylfi0
And hence King of Dragons.
Black Tiger to Shadow Over Mystara or even Red Earth is a pretty logical progression.
I like all of those games, each has its own merits.
Nice observation
1:53 The gauntlet increases Power Power.
Not just mere Power, but POWER POWER.
It's so bad!
It needs the Infinity Gems. Or Infinity Stones. Not sure why they changed the name for the movies.
GET RID OF ME!
TAKE ME OUT!
REMOVE ME!
I LOVED this game but it was so hard to find! Thankful for the MAME emulator, now I can play it anytime I want!
What happens at the very end if you select YES to take the Black Orb?!
SPOILER:
You turn into Drokmar and the world is plunged into darkness as you assume his throne.
28:43 clutch backstab magic dagger rescue. Wow this game's as long as I'd imagined it was when I was a kid, never seeing anyone even get to floor 20 in the cabinet.
Ah the classic arcade days of shaded enemies to indicate it’s a higher level after about 8 levels
And by the way, the best, safest and fastest way to end the game, is to destroy bats on the level 5's bridge until you'll get a ring. Then go back to the first chest of the level and summon the thief. Who comes when you open the chest and don't pick up the coin. Then you kill bats again and if you're lucky you can get a second ring to get one more thief on first hidden chest at next level (up the platform on the right of the entrance). Makes him lvl3. If lucky, you'll get a red heart at the priest to make him lvl4. What's already strong enough to kill what you can meet there. Lvl6 on next floor with the one imprisonned. And might be lvl8 at the end of same floor for you can find bats again and still a chest to catch him. If you didn't make the mistake to summon him on a previous chest. And then you run all the forty-three floors left that fast and that easy. As I remind.
MUST GET EVERYTHING!!!!
Useless, idiot, but personnal fun is personnal and I can't discuss it. Anyway, was talking about a time we had to pay credits to play.
Oh my god, I love this game so much a kid.
I could remember this when it was in a arcade room. The floors just go and go but I saw the final boss at the arcade room and I’ll just say this, it’s easier on console. It’s basically a sped up version of Castlevania with upbeat music, better weapons and companions. Great game
Had this at my local Putt-Putt. Played it for many, many hours, even with a gimpy joystick that would get stuck at times. That Lizardman was awesome though, and after six or so dollars in quarters, I finally finished it. Good thing too, by the next week the Simpsons arcade game had replaced it. And of course, I "lost" lmao, some money on that one too.
As my late grandmother used to say, some man is driving around in a cadillac I paid for with my quarters.
This is a classic game,I was played it in my childhood.
This is what a side scrolling beatemup should look like! Oh, forgot to mention the console ports were excellent as well!
I loved this game. Lots of quarters spent.
I spent too much time celebrating my victory as the dialogue before the ending choice went by. I didn't know what to choose, so I chose yes. At that point, I didn't play that game for a long while just to go through 50 damn levels for the good ending.
I think the hero is saying BOOYAH! every time
+AxisDimension I know right?! Hell He says it more than Cyborg or Ron Stoppable do. And that's their catchphrase!
MegatonDestron
I would have liked to see a spiritual part 3 in this series. A lot people liked playing this game, and Black Dragon back then.
I bought this with paper route money a long time ago. It wasn’t just surprisingly good. It was great. Basically a beatumup with meaningful progression.
This was amazing back when I was a kid playing this 👌🏻
The original Dragons Dogma
I was about to comment the same thing !!! it has Chimeras and even Pawns !!!
King of dragons
_MrGolibroda if you pick up the black orb, you are shown sat on big evil throne saying you took his place.
_FeMaiden damage even when not hit is because health is time. As time decreases, bars go down. About map, chests are a detail but it shows where stands exit. For you have to find it, the shown or the hidden to get to next level. And that's why health as time may be a bit problematic : )
_1StlwY1 Original ARCADE game was not laggy. And about sound effects, you didn't have time to care cause you knew you could die soon. So you focused on the game. That was very cool to play, indeed.
Willow, Ghosts'n'Goblins, Black Tiger, Street Fighter and II, Final Fight, Dungeons & Dragons, 1942, King of Dragons, Strider, Three Wonders, Tiger Road... and many games that made us expecting their next when we were down with the last. And compared to many other brands that were flooded arcade places, CAPCOM has been that high.
_What I would like to know is the way to get screen shooting that nice when playing. Would you enlighten me please ?
Anyone else smell the coffee in the convenience store? I’ve time traveled to a happier place in my life for a second
Here from Street Fighter 6 (open beta)
To explain: there is an in-game lobby where you can run around, chat buy some clothing, play actual Street Fighter 6 online or find classic Capcom arcade games, which apparently change every certain period of time. This time there was this
I applaud you for having played Magical Pop'n.
One of my teen childhood favourites!!!
This game was my 1st game in the SNES in 1994😢😢 i was remembering when. My Father 😢😢 hwas the gift for me from my father, now my fathjer not is with me...he's in the Heaven
SNES version is really good apart from the lack of 2 player.
The only thing I can remember about this game is: it's so damn long!
This game is on SF6 in the battle hub sometimes in case anyone's looking to play it again.
Magic sword is Legendary with ABSOLUTELY AWESOME graphics
A Spectacular and ABSOLUTELY AMAZING arcade game 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖
True power of destiny!
Now available on Capcom arcade 2nd stadium ❤️❤️❤️ my dream came true
wow you made this game look so much easier than it actually is...gratz.
1:50 Gauntlet - Increase power power
Good run, though I cannot fathom the use of the ninja. The lizardman and knight are far superior.
The thief was extremely underrated. His starting range is short but his bombs are powerful. And the way his bombs arch at ligher lvls makes him extremely good at crowd control. The additional ability to detect hidden chests and booby traps were just icing on the cake. I agree with the other guy though; the ninja is shit. His atk is way too low and the player wasted a lot of time relying on him.
This priest makes more sense to me as an NPC than the armored clerics of D&D.
I am on vacation and I saw this game. It was broken but I still wanted to see the gameplay.
one of my favorite nostalgic games
good times
Omg I’ve got so many memories of playing this day and night the retro game are really the best! Better than fortnite obvs
I regret not having played this game.
Fuckin' A I've been looking for this game for years. I used to go to the roller rink in the early '90s and play the shit out of this one. Could never remember the name.
B&G club for me. played for hours till my brother and I could beat it with no deaths. thank goodness it didn't require quarters.
They used to have this at the Brushieland dentist's office I went to as a kid.
Is it me or does it sound like he's yelling booyah!! when he attacks
I played this on the good old snes :-)
I couldn't remember the name of this game I loved it as a kid I just realized what it was and now I'm going to mame the crap out of it.
1990 arcade game... awesome
Ending (Break the orb)
Drokmar: Gwoooh!! You destroyed the orb!? Are you truly Everyone's hero!? GWOOOOOOHHHH!!!
And thus, the world has been freed from Dark forces of Drokmar and the black orb, and once again reunited with the light.
How did the purple ninja get caught? Aren’t they the master of stealth? SMH
Everyone is entitled to a bad day at work.
I’m entitled to a million dollar’s. But I don’t see it yet.
He had trouble using his skills in a European environment
Surely this is the spiritual successor to Capcom's earlier Back Tiger? I has the dragon bosses, Keys, treasure chests with gold or bad guys, lots of Zenny, the appearing and disappearing enemy spell casting mages, the bastard bats! The first boss makes the same pillars of fire attacks found in Black Tigers chests..
Yes I can confirm this is the spiritual successor to Black Tiger. There is a documentary about these two games on CZcams.
Bon jeu
Très bon jeu
d'arcade
Anthologique
Thanks Chat GPT i was looking for name of my childhood game :D
Love this game. .solid as.
juts finished yesterday ..great game,..
Trick is, once you get the diamond ring, not to pick up anything else, till you killed/atttacked a lizardman.
Then he will kneel down and join you.
Lizardman
"Becomes an ally only when brided with a diamond ring."
Barbarian is gay confirmed
This old school RPG style of gameplay reminds me a lot like Socerian, but with much better updated graphics. I really liked that game :(
Welcome back in SF6.
my favorite companion was the priest (white robed guy). when he did that force field move you could stand inside it with him for protection
I played this game quite a bit in the mall arcade room that was near my dad's ex-girlfriend's house never did beat it though! :( Thanks for uploading it!.
1:15:06 Nice fakeout
I always made time for this game at the arcade.
It's bundled in with ps3's Final Fight as a hidden bonus game.
A very beautiful game.
That "hooya" sound effect sounds an awful lot like Jean Claude Van Damme.
OMG I've been trying to remember the name of this game for sooooooo long
lol... never seen this game before, and i know tons of arcade games..
when i saw the initial text my first thought was street fight
the game itself looks like a mix of golden axe and black tiger
Just think about that hilarious typo: the Lizard Man was "brided" with a diamond ring...not "bribed", but *Brided* with a diamond ring...just like my ex-wife. =)
Yeah, this game is kinda cool, but also very hard. I never could get that damn lizardman to join me though. Classic fantasy adventure :)
Excellent
This needs to be on Switch, I don't care how, Arcade Stadium or Arcade Archives.
And now it is on steam ❤️
I always played this game in the arcade. Too bad I could never get past the first stage
Muy buen juego , un clasicaso facil pero con cierta dificultad
A local arcade by me has the original arcade cabinet to this and i play it alot
By the Power of Greyskull...I have the Powerrr!
first time i played this when i was child i said YES
XD
"Time up"...nice, you managed to scare me.
minute to avoid to scare me?