Rolling Thunder Longplay (Arcade) [QHD]

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  • Опубліковано 5 лют 2025
  • Game Info
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    Developer: Namco
    Publisher: Namco
    Year of Release: 1986
    Game Review & Impressions
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    Although familiar with Rolling Thunder, I hadn't really appreciated just how refined the gameplay of Namco's platformer really is. Sure, it's difficult as heck, but the general flow of the game -- shooting bad guys with split-second timing before ducking into cover behind a convenient door -- is actually really satisfying. Use of the upper and lower play areas is key to avoiding the neon-coloured goons which besiege you on all sides, so quick reactions are the order of the day.
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    TBC

КОМЕНТАРІ • 110

  • @Calbenmike
    @Calbenmike 8 місяців тому +75

    Do not be deceived, this game is very hard. This gamer is exceptionally good.

    • @GalileudoLinux
      @GalileudoLinux 8 місяців тому +6

      It's true brother ...

    • @ilovesignedcomics6945
      @ilovesignedcomics6945 8 місяців тому +3

      Hard af, but loved every second of play 🤗

    • @thecitizenchan
      @thecitizenchan 8 місяців тому +2

      There’s always gotta be that one guy^ :eyeroll:

    • @solouno2280
      @solouno2280 8 місяців тому +2

      I know... Dark souls is overrated, before 2000 every game was dark souls

    • @thecitizenchan
      @thecitizenchan 8 місяців тому +1

      @@solouno2280 mhm. a simple game where you just slide beers down a bar to customers was dark souls. Lol.

  • @lionelsteele007
    @lionelsteele007 8 місяців тому +6

    Man, the evil leader took TWENTY-FIVE AK bullets to the neck area before going down...

  • @C.Y.123
    @C.Y.123 9 місяців тому +20

    All the panthers and bats were harmed in the making of this video

  • @AbominusRules
    @AbominusRules 8 місяців тому +6

    This game is still so awesome! The sprites, the music. Top notch stuff!

  • @jaydub7386
    @jaydub7386 8 місяців тому +6

    Ahhh, 1980s arcade nostalgia. This was extremely hard, but the player here makes it look easy.

  • @yosoywilliamgreen212
    @yosoywilliamgreen212 8 місяців тому +3

    i watched the whole thing.
    i had never seen the advanced stages and it felt like finding one eyed willy’s rich stuff.
    my childhood thanks you.

  • @deceiver444
    @deceiver444 9 місяців тому +28

    Certified classic

  • @rasmuswittsell10
    @rasmuswittsell10 8 місяців тому +7

    Looking at this video now, I just realized how close I was to actually clearing story 1. Story 2 appears to be a replay with some extra details and much improved enemies. But, considering how bad I was at playing almost every other arcade game in the 1980:s (Ghosts and goblins for example), I think I did pretty good with this one.
    Good times! Thanks for sharing!

    • @sionbarzad5371
      @sionbarzad5371 8 місяців тому

      Ghosts and goblins was harder than this iirc, you had to memorize everything 😆

  • @AXEL77hrm
    @AXEL77hrm 9 місяців тому +4

    Dude, you really did a great job! I had been stuck in stage 4 area 1 for months, and seeing your ability to avoid enemies with perfect timing was magnificent, as well as saving almost 800 bullets while I usually run out... Excellent indeed! 👍

  • @ZacHawkins42
    @ZacHawkins42 8 місяців тому +3

    First videogame I can remember playing. My parents were broke as a joke when they got out of the Navy (mainly due to my unexpected arrival; my Mother's DD214 was dated 6 months before my birth 😂) and couldn't afford a washer/dryer set. Because of this I ended up propped on a stool in front of various arcade cabinets in laundromats as a little one. This happens to be the one I remember. Good times.

  • @MrCydoo
    @MrCydoo 9 місяців тому +2

    lots of memories for me, one of the best game i have played when i was young :) Great job !

  • @PeterParkerduGlobe
    @PeterParkerduGlobe 9 місяців тому +3

    Amazing player, for an incredible game. Thanks for sharing.

  • @kevindavis3598
    @kevindavis3598 9 місяців тому +2

    I remember this game being so frigging hard. I never beat it. Awesome gameplay. It look like it took some time.

  • @Peter_Morris
    @Peter_Morris 9 місяців тому +2

    I had Capcom’s take on this game for my NES. I got it solely because I knew it was basically Rolling Thunder. This game is just an absolute classic. It’s so fun!

    • @JasonHodgin-uw4im
      @JasonHodgin-uw4im 9 місяців тому +4

      Code Name Viper. I had that game too. Very underrated.

  • @TekDristan
    @TekDristan 8 місяців тому +3

    I loved this game as a kid. I used to play at Peter Piper Pizza, in Phoenix.

  • @104d_3rr0r_vince
    @104d_3rr0r_vince 9 місяців тому +20

    Fantastic game indeed.
    I think this one inspired Shinobi.

    • @StaffyDoo
      @StaffyDoo 9 місяців тому +1

      Yeah, “inspired” 😏😁

    • @goldcanyon340.
      @goldcanyon340. 8 місяців тому +2

      You can definitely see the similarities. Those were two of my favorite arcade games in the late 1980’s

    • @104d_3rr0r_vince
      @104d_3rr0r_vince Місяць тому

      @@sakis-c9x Έχω αλυσίδα που σκοτώνει ελέφαντα.

  • @miroslavzima8856
    @miroslavzima8856 9 місяців тому +7

    Once we missed bus becuse this game and we had to walk 8 km home.
    Good times xD

  • @HummaKavula-DontVoteForStupid
    @HummaKavula-DontVoteForStupid 8 місяців тому

    OMG!!! I forgot all about this game. Played this when I was a kid. This game was crazy hard.

  • @DingoYabuki
    @DingoYabuki Місяць тому

    I didn't know what to expect for the final boss fight, but it's hilarious you can just gun him down with the machine gun 🤣

  • @JamesBond-mj1wy
    @JamesBond-mj1wy 8 місяців тому +1

    Insanely hard game. You got skills.

  • @jel3726
    @jel3726 9 місяців тому +1

    Good timing haha they discuss this game in the latest retro gamer magazine

  • @Bobaklives
    @Bobaklives 9 місяців тому +1

    I remember picking up the Tengen port for my NES, they couldn’t use the standard NES gray casing because parent company Atari didn’t want the restrictive license. It’s a fun read how they worked around the lock-out chip with their black cartridges.

  • @frankiefriedman6158
    @frankiefriedman6158 8 місяців тому +2

    I remember playing this game at Dave And Busters. It’s truly grueling .

  • @-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-
    @-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- 8 місяців тому +4

    wow, he just looked sooooo happy after rescuing her...

    • @ryansnow2116
      @ryansnow2116 8 місяців тому +3

      He just realized that he got friend zoned

  • @hexkwondo
    @hexkwondo 8 місяців тому

    Colorful! I like it! This would have felt right at home on the Sega Master System.

  • @dboygreenz
    @dboygreenz 2 місяці тому +1

    Yesir way ahead of it's time!!!

  • @yourbigheadcousin5434
    @yourbigheadcousin5434 8 місяців тому +2

    the theme music at the level starts sounds like the music in Dumb and Dumber when Lloyd is running through the airport to catch Mary.

  • @andrewniemirowski633
    @andrewniemirowski633 8 місяців тому

    ah,that brought back memories,well played.

  • @cbear5199
    @cbear5199 8 місяців тому +5

    I don't remember the torture porn between levels.

  • @LPetal86
    @LPetal86 9 місяців тому +4

    The flaming guys in Area 4 remind me of the final stage in _Splatterhouse_ with the rolling, bouncing logs. Both created by Namco, I wonder if they did that as an in-joke?

  • @soakingbook
    @soakingbook 8 місяців тому +3

    Hard to believe this game was a mere 20 minutes.

  • @waynemacfarland1546
    @waynemacfarland1546 9 місяців тому +2

    The leader of the bad guys almost looks like Master Yoda from Star Wars.

    • @Oddmanoutre
      @Oddmanoutre 8 місяців тому

      I thought he was reminiscent of Phantomas from Phantomas contra New Scotland Yard...

  • @ArttuTheCat
    @ArttuTheCat 8 місяців тому

    I played ROLLING THUNDER for the
    first time on the Commodore 64,
    ever since my older brother got the compilation called GIANTS (tape) for christmas 🎁🎄🎅 back in the early 1990's.
    I also played it on my Amiga 500,
    and it was absolutely slow and frustrating 😹🕹️.

  • @zerogrey3798
    @zerogrey3798 8 місяців тому +2

    I spent way to much money on this game back in the day.

  • @alfertvaldez5240
    @alfertvaldez5240 8 місяців тому

    I remember I used to play this one often in namco 50th anniversary
    Good times

  • @Xanduur
    @Xanduur 8 місяців тому

    I absolutely love this game!

  • @theamericanshepherd5378
    @theamericanshepherd5378 8 місяців тому +1

    Somehow all those hooded characters reminded me of an episode from Speed Buggy.

  • @ericfisher1360
    @ericfisher1360 8 місяців тому

    Those are some villainous dudes.

  • @bruthamann5697
    @bruthamann5697 8 місяців тому

    Oh man, I forgot about this one 👀

  • @AgentofLADON
    @AgentofLADON 9 місяців тому +2

    I miss this franchise. Bring back Agent Albatross, Leila, Jay, Ellen, Geldra, Neo Geldra, Gimdo and Dread.

    • @theodorehsu5023
      @theodorehsu5023 9 місяців тому +1

      I think they did a “Rolling Thunder 2” and for Genesis a “3”.

    • @AgentofLADON
      @AgentofLADON 9 місяців тому +1

      @@theodorehsu5023 yeah, 2 had Gimdo rebuild Geldra and added Leila as a playable character. 3 was a concurrent plot to 2 and had Agent Jay and Ellen take on Dread the arms dealer.
      Still it needs a comeback. A third person gunslinging adventure game.

  • @shawnio
    @shawnio 8 місяців тому

    I remember playing this in the arcade, thought there was some kinda music though. oh there it is, it gets so hard by the end of it too, probably cost me 50 dollars in todays money lol

    • @shawnio
      @shawnio 8 місяців тому

      he does make it look easy lol

  • @pixelgoat7317
    @pixelgoat7317 8 місяців тому +1

    I am awful at this game, but I enjoy playing it while making Bond/Sean Connery noises 😆 🤣 "Myeeeh! Maaaartiiini, shaken not schtrrrrred! Myyyyyeh!"

  • @SnakePlissken-gk7ix
    @SnakePlissken-gk7ix 8 місяців тому

    Totally forgot all about this game. Very similar gameplay as Shinobi.

  • @ChaoYun
    @ChaoYun 8 місяців тому

    If I could jump that high I'd probably go play in the NBA.

  • @JohnnyCasey
    @JohnnyCasey 9 місяців тому +1

    They knew what they were doing with all those cutscenes with girl during intermission.

  • @ArcadeLink
    @ArcadeLink 8 місяців тому +2

    Badass game. Hard as shit.

  • @chengfu7063
    @chengfu7063 9 місяців тому

    Excellent real gaming

  • @whyk2282
    @whyk2282 9 місяців тому +1

    It's a game that reminds me of Rough Ranger and Sinobi...

    • @djwho75
      @djwho75 8 місяців тому

      Rough Ranger is the korean(and ugly)version of Rolling Thunder

  • @bwuh
    @bwuh 9 місяців тому +1

    Hmm wonder where Technocop got its inspiration?

  • @SD78
    @SD78 8 місяців тому +1

    Basically Shinobi, right down to the animations.

    • @MuToiDMaN
      @MuToiDMaN 8 місяців тому

      Except no crouch walk!

  • @TheSolidSnakeOil
    @TheSolidSnakeOil 8 місяців тому

    I remember playing this as a kid and not understanding a single that was happening in this game. Happy to say, I still don't.

  • @BD-em4vd
    @BD-em4vd 8 місяців тому

    It looks quite difficult. Like Elevator Action but with masked bad guys

  • @illuminatidad
    @illuminatidad 8 місяців тому

    One time I played this game and ran out of time at the very end of the stage but still passed it and the game soft locked on the cutscene

  • @jorgemedina-gb9fj
    @jorgemedina-gb9fj 8 місяців тому

    Magnificent!

  • @StaffyDoo
    @StaffyDoo 9 місяців тому

    Ohhh so this was the game SEGA “got inspired with” when they created Shinobi, and its sequel Shadow Dancer! 🤭

  • @MylstarElectronics
    @MylstarElectronics 9 місяців тому +1

    The reason says here, South Korea's SunA Electronics' _Super/Rough Ranger_ (1987) does have plagiarized ideas that mocks similar identical gameplay but only 10-stages total and without rapid-fire machine guns

  • @Stormstallion
    @Stormstallion 8 місяців тому

    So - Lupin the III vs Galactor?

  • @nirv
    @nirv 8 місяців тому

    8:42 - you didn't need to go in that door and then pop out, did you?

  • @Bluemortal001
    @Bluemortal001 8 місяців тому

    Classic game
    Along w glogo 13 or whatever it was called

  • @Cohenfx9000
    @Cohenfx9000 4 місяці тому

    (1986) Rolling Thunder

  • @Bluemortal001
    @Bluemortal001 8 місяців тому

    Can’t tell you how many times I miss jumps in this game
    SMH 🤦‍♂️

  • @frankcastle9691
    @frankcastle9691 8 місяців тому

    It's like kung fu with a gun

  • @ininja32
    @ininja32 8 місяців тому

    I had a hard time with the acarde game, yes I suck, but I bought the nes version and improved.

  • @ariffrahman1446
    @ariffrahman1446 8 місяців тому

    why is so similar to lupin lll nes?

  • @piece4157
    @piece4157 8 місяців тому

    Have this on a 10 in 1 arcade machine. Cant get past the second level lol

  • @willmurray9179
    @willmurray9179 8 місяців тому

    Repressed ptsd

  • @deoglemnaco7025
    @deoglemnaco7025 2 місяці тому

    19:30 this scene where the woman was chained up used to turn me on as a kid. Now it doesn’t anymore

  • @JohnDoe-fv9si
    @JohnDoe-fv9si 8 місяців тому

    Omg !!! I used to spend hours playing this game at the arcade. It was impossible

  • @ininja32
    @ininja32 8 місяців тому

    My advise, always duck and shoot.

  • @IsiahTomas
    @IsiahTomas 8 місяців тому +1

    Coffee Talk: I'll leave you with a topic. Rolling Thunder is neither a Rolling nor a Thunder. Discuss, discuss.

  • @blueringedoctopus4778
    @blueringedoctopus4778 9 місяців тому

    Cheesy ending

  • @mirror8519
    @mirror8519 7 місяців тому

    Damn i could not remember the name of this one, i knew it as "that one game where James Bond kills the purple KKK"

  • @umbertoricca4177
    @umbertoricca4177 9 місяців тому

  • @philershadi6037
    @philershadi6037 9 місяців тому +2

    You have 8 health bars, but every hit takes off 4 of them. Why not just have 2 health bars? Nobody knows.

    • @JohnnyCasey
      @JohnnyCasey 9 місяців тому +1

      Maybe if you set the arcade machine setting to make the game easier, they'd only take away 1 or 2 health bars.
      I also love that this comment is at the bottom, meaning that somebody hated you for saying that, even though you made a good question.

    • @philershadi6037
      @philershadi6037 9 місяців тому +2

      @@JohnnyCasey That’s possible, but I’ve never messed with the dip switches. In my local arcade, it was 4 health per hit.
      Also, I didn’t actually like this game much. That probably offended anyone who loved it. No hard feelings.

  • @danielskrzyniarz3829
    @danielskrzyniarz3829 9 місяців тому

    👍👍👍👍👍

  • @ricj9594
    @ricj9594 7 місяців тому

    😢

  • @ManRusSPb
    @ManRusSPb 8 місяців тому

    Похожа на Sunset Riders

  • @Робот-б3з
    @Робот-б3з 9 місяців тому

    проходил эту игру на спектруме

  • @brooklyn9398
    @brooklyn9398 8 місяців тому

    🇺🇲 NYC 🙏

  • @VenkmanPhD
    @VenkmanPhD 8 місяців тому

    what a disappointing end bad guy lol

  • @MrDavid-gg2kk
    @MrDavid-gg2kk 8 місяців тому

    wugh

  • @miroslavhokes626
    @miroslavhokes626 9 місяців тому

    Stupid game... Death after the only shot and repeat all the level from the start - it cannot stay be funny too long... :-(

    • @mokkorista
      @mokkorista 8 місяців тому +2

      You must git gud

    • @dalaxdercrisper957
      @dalaxdercrisper957 8 місяців тому +1

      This game is too realistic then. Normally you would have died or nearly being to door's death when get shot in real life.

    • @miroslavhokes626
      @miroslavhokes626 8 місяців тому +1

      @@dalaxdercrisper957 Normally you can't kill hundreds enemies by your own, normally you can't jump three meters high, normally you cannot shoot hundreds of bullets without reloading and without full warehouse of munition... Arcades are not designed to be realistic...

    • @dalaxdercrisper957
      @dalaxdercrisper957 8 місяців тому

      @@miroslavhokes626 😉