Bio FREAKS - The Worst Fighting Game

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  • Опубліковано 21 гру 2024

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  • @GuileWinQuote
    @GuileWinQuote 3 місяці тому +1209

    HOW WAS THIS NOT ALREADY AN EPISODE

    • @johnredbeard5074
      @johnredbeard5074 3 місяці тому +34

      Forreal! Ive been scouring his vids for one and now i know why i coyldnt find it. My favorite game from thos time period

    • @AloeHalo
      @AloeHalo 3 місяці тому +13

      There is too many of them lol

    • @laughingseal2282
      @laughingseal2282 3 місяці тому +21

      It's not that bad tbh. It just aged like an egg

    • @segurojames
      @segurojames 3 місяці тому +6

      I know right? When I first knew this channel I immediately started searching for this game lol. It's finally here

    • @THEFLTCHANNEL
      @THEFLTCHANNEL 3 місяці тому +6

      Wait, Guilewinquote? 🤨

  • @samfivedot
    @samfivedot 3 місяці тому +405

    My favorite Bio FREAKS trivia is that Yasuhiro Nightow, the creator of Trigun, thinks this game is awesome. He talks about it a little in the Gungrave artbook

    • @VolatileViolet
      @VolatileViolet 3 місяці тому +53

      Well, both have very "Wild West, world gone to shit" feels and guns, so I can see it.
      Neat. I never knew that.

    • @davidchez513
      @davidchez513 3 місяці тому +16

      ​@@VolatileViolet A bit random but nice Klonoa's profile picture!

    • @Mordecrox
      @Mordecrox 3 місяці тому +17

      Some creators do have some of their creations as their pets even if they weren't well received. Like some company developed some rail shooter they were proud of but reception was very mid. So with a much lower budget they scrapped a little game to make some funds...
      A little shmup called _Raiden._
      Now a respectable franchise by itself but the devs still swear by their urban commando shooter as an underappreciated classic.

    • @Flint-Dibble-the-Don
      @Flint-Dibble-the-Don 3 місяці тому +11

      He's right. This game ruled.

    • @nosidezero
      @nosidezero 3 місяці тому +6

      This honestly makes a lot of sense!

  • @RanmyakuIchi
    @RanmyakuIchi 3 місяці тому +215

    Whenever Ssapo isn't on screen, all the other characters should be asking "Where's Ssapo?"

    • @iceknight90
      @iceknight90 3 місяці тому +29

      Ssapo should be louder, angrier, and have access to a time machine.

    • @registereduser
      @registereduser 3 місяці тому +17

      And you should win things by playing!

    • @KylerMarkle-p5i
      @KylerMarkle-p5i 3 місяці тому +29

      So you want a totally realistic, down to earth dystopian game about corporate overlords, but also want giant lizard monsters and robotic minotaurs?

    • @randombutler
      @randombutler 3 місяці тому

      Probably misses his old apartment

    • @ninjaswordtothehead
      @ninjaswordtothehead 2 місяці тому

      They should have put him in a hip-hop context, maybe rastafied him by say, 10% or so.

  • @Double512
    @Double512 3 місяці тому +131

    this game absolutely deserves to get ripped on but at the same time it had so many cool ideas and was a novel concept at the time that i would never say it's complete garbage. maybe with a sequel they could have turned it into something amazing

    • @atomdecay
      @atomdecay 3 місяці тому +11

      Yeah that opening narration is enough to keep this one afloat from the river of doodoo

    • @ASFalcon13
      @ASFalcon13 3 місяці тому +10

      Right? I do remember playing this one back in the day (my grandma rented this one for my cousin and I...she was mortified! 🤣).
      ...but yeah, as he was going through the game here, I kept thinking, "Well that seems kinda cool." "That's pretty unique and creative". Like, there were some interesting ideas here...but it seems like they just didn't stick the landing. Maybe if it would've gotten some more care, development time, balancing, and polish...

    • @PoonWraith
      @PoonWraith 3 місяці тому

      Did you guys try first person mode in this game?

  • @swanky2202
    @swanky2202 3 місяці тому +228

    "I have seen the amateur, and it is you!" -- "Combination!"
    Another contender for the show: "Celebrity Deathmatch"!

    • @Penguindude1
      @Penguindude1 3 місяці тому +8

      PS1 or PS2 Celebrity Deathmatch?

    • @crescentfreshsongs
      @crescentfreshsongs 3 місяці тому +14

      @@Penguindude1 Oh god, the PS1 version could actually rank as The Worst Fighting Game.

    • @polaricedragon7052
      @polaricedragon7052 3 місяці тому +2

      Oh God. I have a older brother who owns the ps2 version, and it was just wild. His favorite was Carrot-Top because of the thing where he uses the opponent's ribcage to play the La Cucaracha.

  • @W0lfenstrike
    @W0lfenstrike 3 місяці тому +56

    Fun fact: Sapo is a literal translation of Toad in spanish, so... I guess it's original enough with that extra S, lol.

  • @Globalastral5
    @Globalastral5 3 місяці тому +430

    The “Techno-Industrial Civil Wars” sounds like a nightclub

    • @MovieEnvy
      @MovieEnvy 3 місяці тому +44

      It's the sister club of Tech-Noir from Terminator 1.

    • @luiszuniga2859
      @luiszuniga2859 3 місяці тому +15

      sounds like tomorrow

    • @Claymoresmash
      @Claymoresmash 3 місяці тому +12

      Laser tag complex

    • @bdpickett
      @bdpickett 3 місяці тому +5

      In Alabama.

    • @comettamer
      @comettamer 3 місяці тому +6

      Or a Technopunk band

  • @tossingturnips
    @tossingturnips 3 місяці тому +139

    "Strangely attractive skeleton?" S-shut up! I only watch for the articles.

    • @tommiefunk2099
      @tommiefunk2099 3 місяці тому

      Sure Jan. And I only watch porn to see if her sink ever gets fixed.

  • @personaldinouse
    @personaldinouse 3 місяці тому +62

    I wish a similar concept like this was explored today. The art direction and character designs are top notch and the idea of duking it out as mutant cyborgs with blade arms, missiles and machine guns in a grungy techno dystopian future sounds rad as hell. One could dream though . . .

    • @johngrey444
      @johngrey444 3 місяці тому +10

      Arena fighters just cant get any love. Pit-Fighter (which i personally enjoy, though the genesis version), Power Stone, Bio FREAKS, Ehrgeiz. all lost to time...

    • @eldrichnemo9312
      @eldrichnemo9312 3 місяці тому +4

      @@johngrey444 except Power Stone is back next year and there's a chance so many people will play 1 and 2 Capcom could make another

    • @zwenkwiel816
      @zwenkwiel816 3 місяці тому +6

      Yeah games in the 90's were just way out there with their premise and visual design.
      Kind of miss those days.

    • @zwenkwiel816
      @zwenkwiel816 3 місяці тому +2

      ​@@johngrey444we still have wrestling games I guess but yeah, really miss that type of game as well...

    • @foriarez944
      @foriarez944 3 місяці тому +1

      Anarchy Reigns is underrated

  • @MrPresidentFox
    @MrPresidentFox 3 місяці тому +202

    The intro volume this episode is noticeably more quiet. Thought something was up with my speakers for a moment.

    • @Kresegoth
      @Kresegoth 3 місяці тому +17

      Thank you! For a moment I thought it's a bye bye for my headset.

    • @ringtail14
      @ringtail14 3 місяці тому +9

      Same! I was so confused and then I got majorly startled once he started talking

    • @atomdecay
      @atomdecay 3 місяці тому +5

      Same here lol, doesn't bother me but I did check my volume

    • @Leetgrain
      @Leetgrain 3 місяці тому +4

      Might be due to UA-cam's "stable volume" setting, you can turn it off where you change the resolution

    • @drwilyecoyote5357
      @drwilyecoyote5357 3 місяці тому

      legit thought my hearing was going bad.

  • @christianbuffum-robbins8904
    @christianbuffum-robbins8904 3 місяці тому +106

    Matt continues to spam MadWorld/Anarchy Reigns soundtracks for edgelord stuff, I love it

  • @williamcote4208
    @williamcote4208 3 місяці тому +211

    SSAPO! SSAPO! SSAPO! SSAPO!

    • @foursix32
      @foursix32 3 місяці тому +18

      I WILL NEVER EVER RUN AWAYYYYY

    • @FutureDeep
      @FutureDeep 3 місяці тому +9

      PRAISE SSAPO!

    • @masterdoge7219
      @masterdoge7219 3 місяці тому +4

      That stream was so legendary that, when I saw this thumbnail, Kitty N's theme immediately popped into my head. Matter fact, I barely ever remember anything about Bio F.R.E.A.K.S. besides Ssapo dancing to that.

    • @Mordecrox
      @Mordecrox 3 місяці тому +5

      SSAPO SUPREMACY

    • @mindwarp42
      @mindwarp42 3 місяці тому +3

      PRAISE LORD SSAPO!

  • @gamelord12
    @gamelord12 3 місяці тому +67

    WB has done plenty more with the Midway properties since the acquisition! They had that Gauntlet game made by Arrowhead, and...uh...okay, so the TWO things they did with the Midway IP was Mortal Kombat and that one Gauntlet game that people weren't thrilled with.

    • @MattMcMuscles
      @MattMcMuscles  3 місяці тому +63

      And that Gauntlet game is 10 years old.

    • @thecaptain6520
      @thecaptain6520 3 місяці тому +23

      There's a Rampage arcade game at Dave & Buster's. It's based on the film adaptation with The Rock and it's the only good thing to come from it.

    • @ferrarimanf355
      @ferrarimanf355 3 місяці тому +13

      @@gamelord12 They do know they have the San Francisco Rush IP right? Actually, don’t tell them, they might make it a microtransactioned mess.

    • @zenbear9952
      @zenbear9952 3 місяці тому +3

      @@ferrarimanf355 I remember the arcade version of that being extremely popular

    • @ferrarimanf355
      @ferrarimanf355 3 місяці тому

      @@zenbear9952 Some modder just did what WB refuses to do and made an unofficial HD remaster of Rush The Rock: Alcatraz Edition. ua-cam.com/video/qgzrJ_BhubM/v-deo.htmlsi=hRk68rIWyUN-foNL

  • @KarmikCykle
    @KarmikCykle 3 місяці тому +66

    I don't remember what I had meant to rent, but I remember coming home from Blockbuster one Friday after school and finding Bio FREAKS in the case in place of whatever I had expected to spend the weekend with.

  • @NeutralDrow
    @NeutralDrow 3 місяці тому +4

    _"His right arm will put you in a hospital. His left arm will put you in a dustbin."_
    ...why the heck do I still remember that ad from EGM-squared??

  • @ll1ll1ll1ll1ll
    @ll1ll1ll1ll1ll 3 місяці тому +29

    Man that Max clip made me hungry.

    • @TomTokyoYugi
      @TomTokyoYugi 3 місяці тому +1

      Me too, I'm getting really hungry on some delicious taco's just like Maximilian Doom. 🌮🌯

  • @menorasendaiba6404
    @menorasendaiba6404 3 місяці тому +130

    8:50
    Rip doodssapo emote
    You will always be remembered as the part of Max emote

    • @victortalons6873
      @victortalons6873 3 місяці тому +7

      Wait, when did Max get rid of it?

    • @menorasendaiba6404
      @menorasendaiba6404 3 місяці тому +6

      @@victortalons6873 actually no but sometimes he remove to give a slot to another emote. I rarely see doodSsapo emote circa 2019-2020

    • @bazzfromthebackground3696
      @bazzfromthebackground3696 3 місяці тому +5

      We were spamming the hell outta it at Evo.

    • @menorasendaiba6404
      @menorasendaiba6404 3 місяці тому +2

      @@bazzfromthebackground3696 well that's good to hear

  • @nekohoney5162
    @nekohoney5162 3 місяці тому +41

    Dinorex needs an episode. It plays so bad that it makes tiger handheld fighters look like Marvel 2

    • @ferrarimanf355
      @ferrarimanf355 3 місяці тому +8

      @@nekohoney5162 It’s like Primal Rage, but without the fun or gore.

  • @robintst
    @robintst 3 місяці тому +34

    Big ups to Ssapo, the heart of Bio F.R.E.A.K.S. ☝

  • @cdcdrr
    @cdcdrr 3 місяці тому +8

    You know what? Just because the narrator can do a great Tony Jay impression, I'm calling it: this game has something almost no other fighting game has ever matched: that smooth, badass bass.

  • @PeacefulSubmission
    @PeacefulSubmission 3 місяці тому +32

    That Max cameo though. LOL

  • @Sean_Bird
    @Sean_Bird 3 місяці тому +71

    Ah yes, this… classic? It’s something alright.
    Shout out to Ssapo.

  • @nataliadeavilapires2136
    @nataliadeavilapires2136 3 місяці тому +20

    As a busty woman who regularly wears crop tops without bras.... i can't imagine fighting that way without ' boob flash' being one of my special moves... cause it already restricts my important combo move "reach slightly above head to get thing off grocery store shelf."

  • @MagmaMKII
    @MagmaMKII 3 місяці тому +42

    Every new episode we get closer to the inevitable episode on Tongue of the Fatman

    • @SuperSwordman1
      @SuperSwordman1 2 місяці тому

      Oh wow, just googled it. That thing has a chance of being the worst off look alone

    • @MagmaMKII
      @MagmaMKII 2 місяці тому

      @@SuperSwordman1 How it looks is actually the best part of it.

  • @emilysong2000
    @emilysong2000 3 місяці тому +28

    It's the glorious return of "I have seen the amateur..."...I have missed it so much!

  • @irkalla100
    @irkalla100 3 місяці тому +48

    Strangely attractive skeleton indeed.
    I had some fun with this game as weekend rental. I had no idea there was a windows version? What the heck?!

  • @MoonlightStrider
    @MoonlightStrider 3 місяці тому +9

    Anytime Ssapo is mentioned I hear Bust a Groove playing in my head.

  • @Keith_Norman
    @Keith_Norman 3 місяці тому +21

    Most of the moves are projectiles from extremely long distances and some people can fly; the finishers are all close range..... Yeah that definitely makes sense

  • @kameronbishop2725
    @kameronbishop2725 3 місяці тому +51

    You leave my B.I.O.F.R.E.A.K.S alone 😭 This is the second fighting game I ever played, first being MK4 ❤

    • @gamin9wizard945
      @gamin9wizard945 3 місяці тому +9

      It can be REALLY difficult to learn to accept that one's favourite childhood games were crap.
      Coming from a guy who just started playing a LEGO Video Game Remake with his little brother for nostalgic reasons, just to realize that it's broken and dysfunctional [soft locks, bugs and crashes everywhere] as well as cheeseable af,
      I still haven't fully accepted that reality myself yet though
      It's difficult to accept that reality without ruining the good memories you have

    • @poindextertunes
      @poindextertunes 3 місяці тому +2

      both garbage. no disrespect

  • @CassiDS
    @CassiDS 3 місяці тому +23

    1:41 "What's the opposite of shine?" Rust.

    • @IrishKeshiHead
      @IrishKeshiHead 3 місяці тому +3

      I think it’s better for dulling

  • @HVVVVVVVV
    @HVVVVVVVV 3 місяці тому +37

    PRAISE SSAPO

  • @meisteryannick4000
    @meisteryannick4000 3 місяці тому +18

    I love the characters so much, I made an entire series of fanarts + short videos. But yeah, the actual gameplay isn't very good, sadly.

  • @MaterialBlade
    @MaterialBlade 3 місяці тому +70

    5:24 FATAL DEVIATION

    • @Dave0G
      @Dave0G 3 місяці тому +3

      Subtle, yet effective reference 😂

    • @MoonlightStrider
      @MoonlightStrider 3 місяці тому

      The perfect reference for any old Tully Arsed Bastard

    • @SofaK1ingN1c3
      @SofaK1ingN1c3 3 місяці тому +3

      You're making the game look bad and that's not good

    • @TheGentlemanGamer
      @TheGentlemanGamer 3 місяці тому

      Or "fetal deviation" as the characters in that movie say it.

    • @bloodanddajugs
      @bloodanddajugs 3 місяці тому +1

      “ What the Fuck is This?!”

  • @GameAlicornLuna
    @GameAlicornLuna 3 місяці тому +45

    Still vouching for Twin Goddesses for Worst Fighting Game

  • @MauZangetsu
    @MauZangetsu 3 місяці тому +19

    Max's message got me rolling

  • @0ceans711
    @0ceans711 3 місяці тому +2

    9:44 "psyclown battles exclusively for the state of illinois" that's one hell of a sentence

  • @claytonrios1
    @claytonrios1 3 місяці тому +27

    I love how you use the Anarchy Reigns soundtrack by the way. "They Come From Underground" works particularly well for this game.

    • @SingerOfW
      @SingerOfW 3 місяці тому +7

      OH MAN
      I'M SO GLAD I WORE MY QUARANTINE SUIT TODAY

    • @claytonrios1
      @claytonrios1 3 місяці тому +3

      @@SingerOfW That song really only played for one side mission unfortunately.

    • @SingerOfW
      @SingerOfW 3 місяці тому +5

      @@claytonrios1 It's okay, I think I spent like ten times as many hours listening to the OST as I did playing the game (and I played a bunch of it online).

    • @claytonrios1
      @claytonrios1 3 місяці тому +7

      @@SingerOfW The soundtrack is probably the best part of the game.

  • @Bornfromjets719
    @Bornfromjets719 3 місяці тому +19

    Every episode:
    "Oh hey, I rented that!"
    🤣

  • @robbie_the_mastermind2176
    @robbie_the_mastermind2176 3 місяці тому +107

    I remember Maximilian Dood play this game.

    • @MrFutago87
      @MrFutago87 3 місяці тому +24

      Almost 10 years ago. Crazy to think it was that long ago.

    • @Woopay
      @Woopay 3 місяці тому +5

      Praise Ssapo

    • @VeronikaGama
      @VeronikaGama 3 місяці тому +2

      I remember Danny Devito playing it too

  • @claytonrios1
    @claytonrios1 3 місяці тому +46

    I swear Delta looked a lot like a more cybernetic version of Black Orchid.

    • @theblocksays
      @theblocksays 3 місяці тому +3

      Also a bit of Tanya to, this WAS Midway after all.

    • @claytonrios1
      @claytonrios1 3 місяці тому +2

      @@theblocksays Yeah before Tanya became a warrior priestess for the new timeline.

    • @eldrichnemo9312
      @eldrichnemo9312 3 місяці тому +1

      Delta looking a little like Black Orchid is part of why I kept playing this game. Well, that and her laser swords

    • @zadenhomunculus8652
      @zadenhomunculus8652 3 місяці тому +2

      I saw Delta in this video and thought, "Ah, yes, a 90's female fighting game character. Reminds me of other 90's female fighting game characters."

  • @jonothanthrace1530
    @jonothanthrace1530 3 місяці тому +29

    For all of its qualities, the characters in this look like they'd make a fun line of figures, even if you just 3D Printed the models.

    • @LordArikado
      @LordArikado 3 місяці тому +5

      I could totally see these being sold as model kits with swappable weapons and armor!

    • @dantehchad2227
      @dantehchad2227 3 місяці тому +3

      McFarlene Figures Presents: BioFreaks!

    • @jonothanthrace1530
      @jonothanthrace1530 3 місяці тому +3

      @@dantehchad2227 These guys do absolutely have a McFarlane feel to them.

  • @Corplos
    @Corplos 3 місяці тому +9

    I have fond memories of visiting the Midway offices in High School and playing the arcade version of this and Carn Evil

    • @ferrarimanf355
      @ferrarimanf355 3 місяці тому +2

      @@Corplos Was the arcade version complete and not buggy?

    • @Corplos
      @Corplos 3 місяці тому +2

      @@ferrarimanf355 seemed to be fairly complete by my recollection

  • @lordandmasterpatrick
    @lordandmasterpatrick 3 місяці тому +7

    Yknow.... Omikron DOES have a big focus on the fighting game mechanic...

  • @QuietM4n
    @QuietM4n 3 місяці тому +11

    Really wish WB games would tap into that library and use them as other realms in MK

  • @danglover
    @danglover 3 місяці тому +8

    This was a really cool game with great characters, special moves and limb cutting. The only minor problem was the fighting system was too easy to cheese and ended up with two players just flying around spamming the projectile attacks.

  • @Boonehams
    @Boonehams 3 місяці тому +7

    This can't be the worst because I own it. I would never own the worst fighting game. It's a fine game.
    ...I SAID IT'S FINE.

  • @MagnusMKI
    @MagnusMKI 3 місяці тому +7

    I still own my N64 copy. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.

  • @eddiemudie952
    @eddiemudie952 3 місяці тому +3

    You should do an episode on KISS: Psycho Circus.
    The story of the studio behind it is interesting enough that it involves John Romero and I would love to see your highly talented research skills tell the story of how Third Law's first game of the only two they made came to be.
    Personally I think it's tragic. There's a lot of passion and soul put into their work despite how it performed financially and critically. Aliens Vs. Predator was the only other license they worked with, then they closed forever after that.

  • @pabulum28
    @pabulum28 3 місяці тому +2

    I had a theory from long ago here that I kind of shared online about how Hunger Games was sort of a ripoff of BIo Freaks; both involve the country fragmenting into sectors and having a tournament to the death to resolve things. Some people think Suzanne Collins ripped off Stephen King or Battle Royale here but I think we know what the *real* source material was that she aped.

  • @Globalastral5
    @Globalastral5 3 місяці тому +43

    Dear Matthew McMusclington,
    The public requires your statement on the re-release of Capcom Fighting Evolution. This is important. Please advise

    • @MattMcMuscles
      @MattMcMuscles  3 місяці тому +48

      Gonna have to wait until the next episode of the Triple KO podcast, I fear.

    • @Lightspeeds
      @Lightspeeds 3 місяці тому +11

      @@MattMcMuscles Understandable, have a nice day!

    • @MagmaMKII
      @MagmaMKII 3 місяці тому +6

      I wouldn't put CFE anywhere close the games in this series.

    • @emilysong2000
      @emilysong2000 3 місяці тому

      I hope that when Matt and his buddies talk about Capcom Fighting Evolution on the next episode of Triple KO, it will be part of a chapter called "Somehow, Capcom Fighting Evolution Returned!"

    • @dunes8817
      @dunes8817 3 місяці тому

      @@MagmaMKIII don’t know about that. While it wouldn’t beat the worse ones, it may be messy enough for an episode.

  • @Coretempest
    @Coretempest 2 місяці тому +1

    I rented it once. I was amazed I could crash my n64 by throwing too many javelins because it was cool that they just stayed in my opponent.

  • @Balkroth
    @Balkroth 3 місяці тому +8

    I wasn't actually aware it came out on platforms besides PC. From what I remember it ran/worked fine on pc.

  • @geek_on_coffee
    @geek_on_coffee 3 місяці тому +6

    I remember playing this on the N64 as a kid lmao, I loved it personally, but I'm so down to see this.

  • @johnredbeard5074
    @johnredbeard5074 3 місяці тому +4

    Dude ive been looking fthis one!!!!! I was absolutely obsessed with this game in middle school, too many sleepover blockbuster memories with this one!!!! ❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉thank you so much!

  • @C_Train74
    @C_Train74 3 місяці тому +5

    My grandma bought me this and the PS Casper movie tie-in game when I was like 12. This one is definitely not gonna be a winner on this list, but it gives me nostalgia.

  • @boxxwiition2928
    @boxxwiition2928 3 місяці тому +8

    I actually love this game on N64, it's smooth😮

  • @B_plizzle
    @B_plizzle 3 місяці тому +9

    As a five year old with a hand me down ps1, this game was the shit

    • @11bg00
      @11bg00 3 місяці тому

      This game is probably not appropriate for a five year old.

    • @derekmaullo2865
      @derekmaullo2865 3 місяці тому

      Blind ideals you have there. You are not welcome​@@11bg00

  • @ludajr91
    @ludajr91 3 місяці тому +3

    3:38 where is that "woah" sound bit from? I've heard it in a lot of content lately

    • @tossingturnips
      @tossingturnips 3 місяці тому

      I've been curious about it too, so I googled it and apparently it's been used since at least the Konami game Parodius in 1990.
      If you look up "parodius wow" on google, you should see a few links to it. As for how it became a meme, i have yet to find out.

  • @NeoKad99
    @NeoKad99 3 місяці тому +9

    I was JUST watching your entire Worst Fighting Game playlist, so this is excellent timing!

    • @johnredbeard5074
      @johnredbeard5074 3 місяці тому +1

      Me tooooo! And looking desperately for this one,lol

  • @tallestlalafell2345
    @tallestlalafell2345 3 місяці тому +6

    SSAPO!!! THE KING RETURNS!

  • @Giantwaspface
    @Giantwaspface 2 місяці тому +1

    Picked this up unboxed and without instructions for five pounds back in the day. It's weird, janky and overall not too great... but me and my mates still had hours of fun with this game. It was so crazy and over-the-top we couldn't help but love it.

  • @Totem4563
    @Totem4563 3 місяці тому +8

    My first fighting game on the N64, oh how was I sweet summer child back then with this game and Superman 64 making up part of my childhood.

  • @kisaLuver
    @kisaLuver 3 місяці тому +7

    Happy Ssapo Ssaturday!

  • @Aqua_Xenossia
    @Aqua_Xenossia 3 місяці тому +3

    Part of me sooooo wants to see Evil Zone/Eretzvaiju covered, but then the problem with that is…Evil Zone doesn’t actually suck, once you realize what it’s doing.

    • @greek1237
      @greek1237 3 місяці тому +1

      Evil Zone was pretty good.

  • @27altoids
    @27altoids 3 місяці тому +3

    Would love to see a BoomBots (PlayStation) video. Watching The Neverhood go from their debut to Skullmonkeys to… whatever BoomBots was delivered a new level of pain.

  • @drawslashplay7384
    @drawslashplay7384 3 місяці тому +3

    Another Blockbuster rental memory unlocked.

  • @Unotuchable
    @Unotuchable 3 місяці тому +2

    Honestly the game could have been fun if it went all in on being a head-to-head ranged combat game like Virtual On. It'd be barely a fighting game but it would have had a much more coherent design.

  • @nicolayrenekleven7501
    @nicolayrenekleven7501 3 місяці тому +5

    The PC version worked/ran just fine as far as I can recall, though it was a bit awkward to play on a keyboard.

  • @KionKamon
    @KionKamon 3 місяці тому +4

    Dino Rex is one you should definitely cover Matt
    Edited due to typo

  • @joeyfarris2543
    @joeyfarris2543 3 місяці тому +7

    BIO F R.E.A.K.S was awesome and so was MACE👍👍🤘🤘😎😎

    • @heavenseeker1324
      @heavenseeker1324 3 місяці тому

      Glad to see MACE get a shout out in this episode. It was my N64 fighting game of choice and it was..... alright.

  • @jeremywreagan
    @jeremywreagan 3 місяці тому +2

    Cyber Gladiators deserves to be put in the ring. It's an early 3d fighting game for Windows. It was made by Sierra Online, the folks behind Adventure Games like King's Quest, Space Quest, and Police Quest. Even though the booklet that comes with the game lists the combo moves, they are identical for every character. That is, if the keyboard input actually reads. Just jumping out the way to dodge incoming attacks might make you fall out of the tiny arenas. If that wasn't bad enough, every arena throws things at you, like flaming spears, rocks, and lava blobs. So you're going to get wrecked by the computer, whose inputs never miss and are always faster than you, and if you try to keep a distance the arena will get you. It's awful and deserves to be placed in the pantheon of awful.

  • @Xearrik
    @Xearrik 3 місяці тому +4

    I rented this a few times and like it.
    I remember the games difficulty being frustrating at times. I remember little else.

  • @lauriepenner350
    @lauriepenner350 3 місяці тому

    That text crawl makes me imagine the camera panning over an American nightmare wasteland, then across the border into a nice Canadian suburb with kids on bikes and a guy mowing the lawn, and someone says "Things have really gone downhill in the States, eh?"

  • @zombl337og
    @zombl337og 3 місяці тому +4

    we really need someone to buy Midway and revive their properties

  • @Charredasperity
    @Charredasperity 3 місяці тому +2

    You can't escape "Heavy Nova" forever, Matt

  • @markwolkotte1415
    @markwolkotte1415 3 місяці тому +5

    Delta and Zipper head were my go to fighters lol

  • @ccelizic
    @ccelizic 3 місяці тому +2

    Kinda funny about the ranged stuff in this. I had this as a kid and I'd play it with my siblings on and off and we enjoyed it. And then one friend plays it with us and discovers you can just pick someone with a rifle and just spam shoot from a distance and nobody can do anything about it. And I was finally able to counter them by taking the minotaur and spamming a ranged special that strafed and fired rockets at the same time, and then it was just a ranged game and nobody was enjoying it. So basically we just didn't play that game with that particular person anymore.

  • @craigvard1639
    @craigvard1639 3 місяці тому +4

    I played it on PC. It worked fine if you had 3Dfx.

  • @flmalegre
    @flmalegre 3 місяці тому +2

    8:48
    Wow, can't believe you got a Cameo from Chad Kroeger!

  • @stargazerkg
    @stargazerkg 3 місяці тому +3

    Where is that "I HAVE SEEN THE AMATEUR at around 0:23 from?

    • @jackthejjackweatherly9967
      @jackthejjackweatherly9967 3 місяці тому +1

      It’s from the video game “Expect No Mercy”, which was also reviewed on this show

    • @emilysong2000
      @emilysong2000 3 місяці тому

      It comes from Expect No Mercy, one of the previous winners (or is that losers?) of the title of Worst Fighting Game!

    • @Air_OK
      @Air_OK 3 місяці тому +1

      The game Expect No Mercy, another hilariously bad fighting game. Matt has a Worst Fighting Game video on it and it has one of the best claims to the title lol.

  • @chichirocket
    @chichirocket 3 місяці тому +1

    Akihiko voice: "I've been waiting for this!"

  • @WolfmanBrown
    @WolfmanBrown 3 місяці тому +3

    This was at the checkout lines of Zeller’s for YEARS.

    • @Orpheusftw
      @Orpheusftw 3 місяці тому

      That was exactly where I bought my copy. I think it was only $19.99 at the time. 👌

  • @MikeLaRock88
    @MikeLaRock88 3 місяці тому +1

    Biofreaks was really cool as a kid. I wouldve given it a 7/10 just for the music, designs and unique gaming experience. The camera angles were the worst part for me

  • @lobstercoco
    @lobstercoco 3 місяці тому +4

    yes I play this game on PC I own it

  • @Seydaschu
    @Seydaschu 3 місяці тому +2

    Sabotage for Multiversus!~
    (As an April Fool's update, suprise, it's actually Sub-Zero and/or Scorpion)

    • @Seydaschu
      @Seydaschu 3 місяці тому

      (BTW UA-cam warns you about posting inappropriate comments if you say the name of the character on the cover.)

  • @eyesofwater123
    @eyesofwater123 3 місяці тому +3

    Ah, I remember this game. I played it on N64. I didn't know it was on Playstation and computer.

  • @Dabear3234
    @Dabear3234 3 місяці тому

    I remember buying this 5 years ago out of morbid curiosity and reading through the manual it was a really cool idea of Techno oligarchs putting bio mutant weapons in arena combat to entertain the masses while settling their corporate disputes, the lore was really cool the problem was everything else

  • @grodygrungus8543
    @grodygrungus8543 3 місяці тому +3

    Cover Celebrity Deathmatch here, you scallywag.

  • @danielgervasi9567
    @danielgervasi9567 3 місяці тому

    Like Max, everyone should eat a Chipotle burrito on National Ssapo Appreciation Day in honor of everyone’s favorite frog man fighter 😂

  • @bruvisdone6997
    @bruvisdone6997 3 місяці тому +3

    Praise the Ssapo and the random cali burrito.

  • @BlazeHedgehog
    @BlazeHedgehog 3 місяці тому +1

    We love you Ssapo

  • @BriannaBow
    @BriannaBow 3 місяці тому +7

    Im a biofreak 😈😈

    • @RawrX32009
      @RawrX32009 3 місяці тому

      Bio-freaky 👅👅👅

  • @VulpeRenard
    @VulpeRenard 3 місяці тому +2

    Matt mentioned how horrible the camera was, but I was surprised he didn't mention the biggest issue with it. The jetpack, which was one of the big gimmicks actually making this a pretty interesting game to play back in the late 90s, had a control scheme that was _entirely relative to the camera's angle._ So literally every time you flew up and the camera spun around like a bad Matrix ripoff, the same direction you were holding down on the stick has, in the past 4 tenths of a second, become six different directions. This almost always resulted in you rocketing directly into a buzz saw or a mulcher or some other environmental hazard that would **immediately amputate one of your arms.** And as he mentioned, with the majority of every character's moveset being GUN or some form of projectile, losing a limb actually nullified every attack that required it, including using said firearms.
    Other than that, this game really did have a lot of charm which did help make it entertaining. The motion capture was surprisingly advanced for the time, and the characters' animations had a lot of personality to them, very fitting for that mid-90s Acclaim style of humor.

  • @CaliIzActive
    @CaliIzActive 3 місяці тому +4

    this was the first game i ever played on n64 with Blast Corps, cant remember anything about it besides thinking the box art was cool

  • @kochiyama
    @kochiyama 3 місяці тому +2

    Does anyone know what Purge says during his "Lawn Mower" special? I could never make it out, except it ends with "cut the grass". Always loved Purge.

  • @UfodexENMD
    @UfodexENMD 3 місяці тому +4

    ALL HAIL LORD SSAPO!!!!!!!

  • @randhallcarteri
    @randhallcarteri 3 місяці тому +1

    I have carefully evaluated the MAME library... Here are my humble suggestions of games capable of dethroning Pit Fighter:
    - Survival Arts (top contender)
    - Blood Warrior
    - Best of Best
    - Solitary Fighters
    - Ring Rage
    - Heavens Gate
    - Dark Edge
    - Shogun Warriors
    - Dragon Master
    - Superior Soldiers
    - Tao Taido
    - Fighting Fantasy
    Hopefully we have years of episodes to come! 😅

  • @FlappableElf
    @FlappableElf 3 місяці тому +3

    I love this game, I don’t know why please don’t ask 😂
    Edit: I played the PS1 version

  • @zentazym1
    @zentazym1 3 місяці тому +2

    This looks like one of those games I would have rented back in the 90s and suddenly remembered it 20 years later but wouldn’t have been able to remember the name of it. Like Silent Bomber and Jersey Devil lol

  • @skateboard_sandwich
    @skateboard_sandwich 3 місяці тому +3

    FIRST! And where's my sequel, Bio F.R.E.A.K.Y.?!