The Adventures of Bayou Billy (NES) Playthrough
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- A playthrough of Konami's 1989 action game for the NES, The Adventures of Bayou Billy.
0:40 Practice mode
6:36 Game A begins
Having just destroyed the Red Beans 'n Rice Warehouse, the front for an international crime syndicate headed by the cigar chomping villain Gordon, Billy returns home for some quality time with his lady friend, Annabelle. Gordon is not pleased with the disruption to his business, however, and kidnaps Annabelle in retaliation.
"It's up to you to rescue Annabelle! Do you have the courage to fight Gordon and his men?"
Crocodile Dundee in New Orleans The Adventures of Bayou Billy is one of the best known examples of Konami's multi-genre, "everything but the kitchen sink" approach to game design that the company leaned into in the NES's later years.
Bayou Billy starts out as an arcade-style brawler. Setting out from his swamp hut, Billy punches and kicks his way through waves of thugs, ninja, scuba divers, and hungry gators.
Before long, Gordon's crew of paramilitary goons show up to gun Billy down, and the gameplay shifts gears by becoming a first-person rail shooter. With the Zapper or a d-pad controlled crosshair, Billy has to fend off several waves of baddies and an attack chopper.
After another short beat 'em up stage, Billy hops into a Jeep and speeds down the highway toward New Orleans, kicking off a 3D combat racing segment. The Jeep, which tops out at an impressive 180 mph, is equipped with a front-facing gun that can wipe out cars and obstacles on the road, and Billy can toss dynamite to bring down incoming planes.
Once he has made it to New Orleans, Billy does a bit more brawling and light gun shooting on Bourbon Street before finally arriving at Gordon's plantation estate where Annabelle is being held.
There's a lot to see and do in The Adventures of Bayou Billy, and the variety in the gameplay modes does a great job at preventing any tedium from setting in over the course of the game's nine stages. The beat 'em up sections play well despite suffering from slightly dodgy collision detection, the light gun segments are fast and fun takes on the classic Operation Wolf formula, and the driving stages control well and the faux scaling effects are smooth.
It's a quality game with top-notch graphics, sharp controls, and a kicking soundtrack. It stands out as a real achievement for the NES hardware, and the US release even sports a few upgrades over Mad City, the original 1988 Famicom version. The graphics were touched up (especially in the driving stages!) and some digitized speech was tossed in to spice up the presentation.
Unfortunately, that's not all that changed during the localization process. The alternate endings and the quiz minigame were cut, and the difficulty was "rebalanced."
And by rebalanced, I mean that it was hiked up so far that it upended the entire experience for a lot of people. Enemies have triple the hit points they had in Mad City, and in the driving stages, road obstacles were added and the life bar was dropped in favor of one-hit kills. You also get less ammo in the Zapper stages: the original starts you out with 150 bullets, while the NES one gives you just 50.
And that sucks, because Mad City was excellent. Bayou Billy isn't nearly as hard as, say Solar Jetman or BattleToads, but it asks for way too much, and once you've made it through the long and arduous process of learning the game inside-out, all that's left is the mindless repetition of a few simple patterns. It's playable, but it's not nearly as fun as it once was.
If you find yourself wanting to like The Adventures of Bayou Billy, do yourself a favor and check out Mad City. It's a worthy Konami classic.
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The original Famicom version was excellent, but Bayou Billy is too hard to be much fun. It looks and sounds great, though!
This game is frustration incarnate lol
I own the Famicom game, Mad City, not knowing it was so much easier and I was shocked when I beat it, thinking “wow, this is what everyone is so worked up about?” A few days ago I actually picked up Bayou Billy for my nes… WOW what a difference that
made👀
You really whipped em good
Ever wonder if there's a ROM hack that fuses Mad City's content and challenge with Bayou Billy's enhanced presentation?
Oh come on, don't tell me you don't enjoy taking double the damage from enemy hits and the worsened driving controls on the jeep segments? All so that you might want to re-rent it from Blockbuster over and over again? 😜
But in all seriousness, this and so many other games having strange changes compared to the original Japanese release is always something that will be amusing to think about.
I love this game. So diverse for an nes game. plus the box art is amazing.
I bought it because it looked cool
FANTASTIC soundtrack. Like Snake's Revenge, Tsutomu Ogura's layered, almost symphonic sounding music is hypnotic. The first stage track in particular is just incredible. The graphics are equally awesome. But, that difficulty. Yeah. Absolutely kills the entire thing.
Konami loved to make the hardest NES games, Contra, the original TMNT. That's why we have the code.
The first stage music is great. The background chords always reminded me of the guitars in that INXS song Need You Tonight.
@@Dzztzt contra? hardest? lol
@@ZoeMuller80 only people who play it religiously don't think it's hard
@@Dzztzt guilty
God, I love this bongo track so much. The NES had the best bongo track ever of all the 8-bit and 16-bit consoles.
The enemies in full scuba gear in knee deep water always make me laugh.
Haha right? And how many ten foot gators live in that tiny ass pond?
I have this game and I spent two solid weeks playing nothing but it. I made it my mission to beat it and by golly, I did it! One of hte most white-knuckle gaming experiences I've ever had.
It was an ordeal beating this back in the day. Thank you for showing it off.
The way he walked slow in the water bullets bouncing off now that’s cinematic 🤌🏿🏆
God I miss when games could be like this. A vaguely referenced plot that seems like it could be really intricate but the game refuses to tell us what's going on. In my head canon Gordon Ramsay is the villain and the player character is Crocodile Dundee. A bunch of game modes back to back, one mintue you're playing a side scrolling beat em up (on a beach?) where when you hit enemies they poop out a knife or a thanksgiving turkey then next thing you know you're in a stripped down spy hunter clone (in the farm fields of Kansas?) apparently going 180mph in the jurrasic park jeep, then you're using the light gun in an on rails shooter in the jungle against dudes with bazookas.
I would have killed to have this game as a kid with my nes.
Konami games always had that wow factor, didn't they? If you like this, you should also check out The Lone Ranger and Laser Invasion. They do the same genre mix-up trick, and they're both fantastic.
“As a reward you will receive a meatball.”
They could've left those driving stages as they were on Mad City. That could've spared the painful memories of a sore left thumb. Should've had the NES advantage back then.
Right? I hated it when games forced you to hold the up button. Rad Racer was guilty of that, too. It always made my thumb hurt.
Guy going around Bourbon Street beating everyone up...thats Bourbon every day!
Whenever I walk past my friend Bill I say..."let me get Bayou Billy." he will never know
I appreciate you knew what you were doing with that thumbnail there~😏😏
Your original Bayou Billy play-through is what made me a fan of your channel. I thought, if this guy is this good at this game he is the real deal. Happy New Year Everyone!
Oh no kidding? :) That's cool, thanks. Happy New Year to you too!
@@NintendoComplete No problem! All the best to you in 2024 Alex.
Bayou Billy is like that kid you meet on the playground who initially looks cool, and seems to like you, but quickly shows his true nature as a bully by kicking you repeatedly in the privates, and laughing at you for thinking you were cool enough to hang with them…Saying this, I realize that I may have some deep psychological scars related to this game…
Ultimately, I think the worst part of the game is that they made the driving stages have one-hit deaths. It sucks all the fun out of them and just makes them a chore to get through. Especially the highway! I don't mind the difficulty of the street-fighting stages because you can usually get through it if you manage to keep a weapon. And the zapper/controller aim stages are fine, you just have to be on your toes and can't take a break with the bosses.
Man! This is one of the best games on the NES, I remember playing it in the 90s, the soundtrack here is the coolest of all 8/16 bit titles, it’s a pity there are no SNES and Mega Drive ports, or am I missing something? Thanks for the nostalgia, man!
Far as I was able to make it as a kid was bourbon street. Go Bayou Billy
Konami sure liked making their games harder for North America. They REALLY overdid it with this one though!
For sure, like even worse than Castlevania 3.
It makes Castlevania 3 look like Kirby lol
This game was so billy bad ass!!! Country boy making it to the city.... had a gun cabinet in my room by then lol...
Finished this one just a year ago in about four tries. Call it the magic of Christmas if you will...its clunkiness didn't stop me liking it. For me it was all about the driving stages making or breaking it, the rest can indeed be tamed.
Have a good New Year's Eve everybody.
I love how with the vest, bullets just bounce off you like they were corks, but get punched or kicked and the vest flies off your body (and you take damage from the hit!) And despite all the changes from Mad City, they kept the driving stage "KMH" speed value, so your Jeep can do 180mph--long before the Trackhawk existed!! EDIT.. Nope, having just looked, Mad City has the Jeep doing 250kmh.
I don’t recall this music being so FUNKY
Музыка в субтитрах пробивает до слёз, боже как она шикарна❤
This game sure was fun, and tough one to master. Interesting how the Japanese version "Mad City" is significantly easier compared to the Western release. With this one, get used to seeing the Game Over screen many times until you get good at it.
I think the reason there are games that get a huge difficulty raise when ported from Japan to US was in response to game rental stores in the US. They didn't want anyone beating the game over the weekend on a rental, so they jacked up the difficulty.
Everyone knows this already. Very common knowledge
Thank you for doing the play through it was a struggle with and I been at since I was 7, I'm 38
Great game, only finished it once. I remember that long driving stage, it hurt my damn fingers.
Banger; great memories
I played this game a lot as a kid. The characters were interesting, music was great, enemies were cool, setting was neat. I got pretty far but man I could never beat this one. Always wanted to see the ending though!
Are you a bad enough dude to save Anabelle?
Those stories are all the same and they are so cheesy, but I remember wanting very much to rescue the women in those games at my miniature self time.
Still believe this is the hardest game I have ever played.
I wish the game play for this game were better because I love its concept and I absolutely love the soundtrack
Somewhere, Captain N is shaking his fist at this video and probably downvoted it.
😂😂😂
_captain n?!!_
You must be old like me!!
The Game Master
This game gets hated on but I dig it. I like the three different game modes in one. Street fighting driving and shooting all-in-one. Kind of keeps it fresh as you play through it. Another classic by Konami
my cousin had this game. and i always enjoyed playing it. Hard as nails tho.
Watching this playthrough as an adult makes me feel much better about my frustrations trying to best this as a kid. Thanks for uploading!
I actually had no idea that this version was so much harder. I wound up playing the Famicom version, and not only was it easier, but you could actually keep the weapons you found in the practice mode over into the real game. Starting the game with a Whip made most enemies a cakewalk, let me tell you. XD
aah bayou billy... souvenirs/remember... Don t forget that you can control the fire with pad B ...love this game... many thanks for posting this at the edge of 2024 😃
So his name was never Crocodile Dante? i feel betrayed now!:)) awesome game, i finished it a lot of times when i was younger
Konami is one of the best video game companies on the planet ❤
*_WAS_* one of the best video game companies. They're a complete joke now.
Konami is pretty much dead now.
@@mywifesboyfriend5558 Yakuza owns them, now. That's part of the reason.
It's kinda strange Annabelle Wasn't covered up but the Japanese one she was
He hit that guy so hard a piece of chicken 🍗 popped out of him. 😮
AVGN: "Random meats coming out of enemies ass or a weapon to fight back"
Easily one of the greatest soundtracks in all of gaming.
Good graphics. Great music. Diverse gameplay. But everything is spoiled by uneven difficulty and a curved percentage of hits on enemies.
I remember this game being so brutal for no reason i havent played the Japan version yet. I have to say the soundtrack slaps. Also, happy new year!
i remember the commercial for this game
I had this game as a kid, and you basically had to do the training stages to have a chance at getting through the thing the first few times. The "Street Fighting" stages are the most annoying even after you're good enough to get through the other stuff, even if you're careful with your jump kicks until you pick up a weapon, you're liable to get kicked around a dangerous amount because of how long it takes to beat everyone up. And those gators in the early stages were the height of tedium, if you get unlucky they could take AGES to surface in the right spots.
I had this game hard as hell
I think because of watching Captain N before owning an NES I expected Bayou Billy to be a much more important part of the overall NES experience than it actually was.
Also it seems like the Captain N sound effects were like 50% from this game, even for Mega Man. Also Bayou Billy as represented on the show was like 75% Pitfall! 25% actual Bayou Billy
Amazing video.
Played this game as a kid. One of the most HARDIEST GAMES I’VE EVER PLAYED. Had to use Game Genie to beat it. The Japenese one is a better game than the USA version of it. Still remember using the Zapper on the 3D stages & sometimes used the regular controller too. It’s still a good game regardless of the Bull****.
Used game genie? Weakness disgust me
@@ZoeMuller80 That is your opinion dude. I do have a bad temper so I used it to enjoy the game. There were times that I didn’t use it on all the games I’ve played in the past since there were no codes for it. Also dude, you’re the 1st person to argue with me using a cheat device for past games. Nobody has ever replied to say what you said in the past when I’ve commented games that are posted on CZcams.
@@xwf1000v3 its a joke. A Naruto meme lol. And did you assumed my gender?
@@ZoeMuller80 I don’t think I was talking about Naruto. I know what it is but never watched it. Also I had no idea about your gender. The name is mysterious due to the fact that are Males that I’ve seen are named that. Also I had no idea if your Profile pic is fake or not. If I somehow offended you, I apologize for that.
@@xwf1000v3 never watched it? Smh. Google weakness disgust me Naruto and you will know. I don't know any male who is named zoe
This game bring back both good and bad memories, the frustrating driving stages bring back the bad, but the game wasn't almost impossible battletoads hard😂
cool and I love this game so much 👍
Thanks happy weekend
Scary story, I grew up with this game on the NES.. Through sheer determination, I beat it. 10 years on, hearing "Captain N" had failed, I thought "Wait, what? Thought he was the game master! I were still in grade school when I beat that!"
Then again, The Adventures of Bayou Billy wasn't among Captain N's first games on the NES.....
But... When I was a child, I always asked myself the question "Why is Indiana Jones called Billy?" :D
180 mph in a jeep. That's funny.
I mean this is Josh just watching your playthrough of bayou Billy I love by you but I beat bayou Billy a few times and it's an awesome game
Man what is going on here, my game doesn't look this crisp and bright on my NES🤔
Awesome
YEAH!!!! =D BILLY!!! GOOD PICK CAPTAIN!! Hated this game. Gators ate me up. Sad times!!
The game play and music of this reminds me of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2. Which makes sense since it was released the same year by the same company
Still a better love story than Twilight
I don't know how I did it but I beat this once when I was a kid and it took me playing it daily for MONTHS to learn how the enemies would attack ya and the best way to go about it. No joke it's a hard one.
Is it bad game design if the game plays so unique? The on foot sections of this game do not feel good at all in a pick up and play scenario. It has such a weird design of how you need to do and avoid damage.
I think the most frustrating thing about fighting is that you don't stun the enemies when you hit them, so they can often hit you right back unless you jump kick so that you land just outside their attack range.
An absolute classic. Also I disagree with the "it's too hard to be fun".
To me the main difficulty came from the damned driving stage, but once you got past that you were golden.
Very cool!!! 🔥🔥🔥
Thank you for another amazing playthrough NintendoComplete!
Thank you! :)
Fuckin' good old days 🫡
These animations came from the genesis and snes.
11:17 Poor Annabelle
Nah.
*Oh God!*
MAD CITY!! 😱😱😱😱😱😱
B BILLY, ONE OF THE TOUGHEST GAMES AT THE TIME, AND THE DAY I beat it brought such a feeling of accomplishment
I'm sorry, but the first person shooter scenes STILL remind Me of Gotcha! The Sport.
this game makes the dark souls series seem easy
“As a reward, you will receive a meatball.”
99% of us were able to beat the US version using save states after emulators. Can you blame us, though? This was brutally hard! Thankfully, JP version isn't that bad!
So true....This game is fun, but the difficulty for the western release was in my opinion way too high.
@@Phantom.Gaming64 Streets of Rage 3 also followed its example... Although it was to prevent people from beating the game easily over the weekend through rentals, I'm not sure about the reason behind Bayou Billy's insane difficulty.
Bare Knuckles 3 all the way, baby!
@@YaervethStreets of Rage 3 was such bullshit.
Who the fuck carries a roast chicken with them in a fight?
*as a reward, you will recieve a meatball*
😐
...um... is bayou billy a _hobo?_
It'll be good for collecting the lint in his carpetbag.
Sure this game is crazily hard, i did completed once in the nes emulator (Not actual nes console).
It's recommeded to do practice first.
The driving stage is the hardest part due the rough turns.
However, it's possible to dodge enemy vehicles and enemy aircrafts without destroying them, they're not mandatory but recommeded to take them out if the going gets too dangerous.
So the "meatball" you got in training. What does that do?
Strangely enough for no reason the international/NES version was made more difficult than the Famicom
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this game have more levels ???? x.x
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This is one of the games I got for Christmas in 1989. Bullshit difficulty ruined an otherwise good game.
Hola amigo una pregunta como consigo el juego de super bomberman
Muito bom jogo pro ness
HA HA HA HAAAAAAA!
THIS GAME HAVE FINAL BOSS LEVEL ????!!!! xD jaja
Difficulty in US in a nutshell.
Konami with Mad City/Bayou Billy: Too Easy. Let's make it hard as hell.
Nintendo of America with SMB: The Lost Levels: Too Hard. Let's skip it and localize Doki Doki Panic as SMB2
-in a nutshell-
I never finished it
Wow! 1980's Nintendo had no interest in making games beatable for kids, did they?
why do you want me to play mad city the japanese version of this
Американская версия этой игры очень сложная. А Японская под названием "Mad city". Намного проще
2:41 💀💀💀💀💀
HA HA HA HAAA
NintendoComplete Para Terminar Dosmil Veintitrés Nos Comeremos Las Doce Uvas De Una En Una Cuando Suene La Campana Y Empezaremos Dosmil Veinticuatro.
Is that a tradition where you're from? I've never heard of it. Happy new year!
@@NintendoComplete Hoy Es Nochevieja
@luisfernandomiguelpiris252 Haha I know, I was talking about the grapes
@@NintendoComplete Hoy Es Año Nuevo
Dear pictures of Baba Bowie
This game was horribly hard
It wasn’t a hard game anymore than Tetris was.