I like how each of the crew refers to the “Golden Guns” with such reverence. My head-canon is that they’re some kind of ancient artifact, or experimental alchemical invention that they stole, and have been exploiting the hell out of.
I think it's less likely they stole them and more likely that they were gifted them by a good friend from where they called home and said friend was likely killed by Vincent when he was a human rather than a skeleton monster from the sounds of it the pirate crew has encountered Vincent many times before long before they were searching for Posideon's breath and have been longtime rivals of his
And the only reason the Captain hasn't taken them from Eric and Leah is because the Guns are…bonded to them. Thankfully for him, they're not ambitious enough to strike out on their own.
It would be kind of neat if the treasure at the end was the two golden guns and it time loops you back to the start. It would be on brand with an arcade machine wanting you to do this over and over again.
So, a thing I noticed about the "Sword Phantom" enemy; they seem to be a shout-out to the SoulCalibur series. They resemble the iconic Zweihander design of Soul Edge complete with the eye in the middle of the blade. Also, the fact that they're wielded by pirates certainly calls to mind Cerevantes, the initial wielder of Soul Edge. Not to mention the fact the "Evil Swords Consume Souls." Dead-on for Soul Edge's M.O. itself. As another aside, the Final Boss, Captain Vincent, dual wields swords and tends to fly and teleport around. Which also might seem to be a reference Cervantes' fighting style, as his style incorporates teleportation, as well as a bit of flying. It's made by Bandai-Namco, so makes sense they'd slip a shout out in.
LARGE ENEMY CRAB also i loved the "i can't even count how many!!!" "six. there's six of them." seriously though, i love how whenever there's a crab or spider you must emphasize its size and that it is, in fact, an enemy. i see you Bexx
Really love this game. One of my favorite memories was completing the original cabinet with two friends on my birthday. We did 3-player by having one of us use the wheel exclusively. To this day one of my favorite rail shooters, I want to try one of the updated versions some day.
I am so happy to see you reviewing this! I first played this game on a cruise ship, and it is still my favorite arcade game ever, even with all of it's issues.
This is an arcade game that is actually nostalgic for me, I remember when I was nine and my dad and I completed the game in one run, he must have spent like forty dollars on revives.
THANK YOU. I am so glad someone points out how annoying it is with the first mate exposition dumping how the Phatom Blade enemies work while you're fighting them XDD Good review as always.
I feel like people who grew up with old arcade shooters like L.A Machine Guns and the first Jurassic Park arcade game that had the "non-stop, no reloading action" gameplay were very happy to play this game for the first time On another note, I really hope you tackle Dark Escape, that game was truly a unique arcade experience (it was quite literally a virtual haunted house where you can actually die)
I love seeing stuff about older obscure or non mainstream games, your up there with mandaloregaming for me with just how calming it is to watch. Kinda video I watch once with a cup of tea and then put on the background whenever I need something to listen to while working XD
Bexx I think there's a ghost trapped in a sword!!! Don't get distracted, just shoot the sword!!! But seriously, great review :) Another stellar video from Bexx. Now, a word of advice: SHOOT THE SWORD THERE'S A GHOST TRAPPED IN THE SWOR-
I remember playing this game so much! I had a big Vikings and Pirates phase during my childhood thanks to How to Train your Dragon and Pirates of the Caribbean so this game shot up real high on my list of favorite arcade shooters! The way this game says “PERFECT” still lives rent free on my mind! Plus, I really love the music and the character designs. The character designs feel like the perfect mix of anime-esque but still keeping that pirate grunge, something that’s surprising rare with pirate media from Japan.
Out of all the arcade games I played, Deadstorm Pirates was one of the ones that always stuck out to me. I don't even remember where I played it or who I played it with, but I have vague fond memories of sitting in the booth with two other kids where two of us would be on guns and one on the wheel. Haven't found a machine out in the wild as of recent though, hopefully I can see one again.
I just remembered this game existed today, and was searching if there was anyone talking about it...uploaded *_1_* day ago. Surely, this video sent a wake-up call directly to my brain.
Joseph's voice reminds me of Barry from the OG Resident Evil. Wouldn't be surprised if they shared the same actor. If the crew are indeed inspired by famous pirates/sailors from pop culture, then I think Duncan might be based on one of the harpooners from Moby Dick, such as Daggoo.
Always a good day when you drop a video! I'm hoping you cover Haunted Museum Duology someday, the protags in those games make me laugh with their cheesy dialogue.
Oh I remember this game. My sister really wanted to play it so we went to the local arcade that had it. we spent as much as we could on gamecards and we both spent all our credits to beat this game. It was great.
This was the first arcade rail-shooter I ever played, and the first one I ever finished (Pirate autistic hyperfixation go brrrr), so I'm really glad you covered it!
This is a small thing, but I really appreciate you saying it looks like a PS3 game when that’s actually true, rather than the annoyingly common “this looks like a PS1 game” people say about games that look unpolished.
Great retrospective. Still my favorite mounted turret game. Hope the new sequel, Goldstorm Pirates, will be just as good as the original and Special Edition.
This is one of the few Railshooters I've managed to play so it was super exciting to see you finally cover it! I remember playing in one of the original sitting booth back when the FatCat's bowling alley was still in business. It was super fun playing this with my Mom and Sister as despite not generally being good at videogames they were really good shots so they enhanced this already great game! My mom helped with the first 2 levels then my sister helped with the River and the other level we did (It's been awhile so I don't remember which helped with the other 2 stages not listed here) and finally my mom came back to help take out Captain Vincent and we claim Poseidon's breath for ourselves! It's thanks to this experience that I generally gravitate to Railshooters anytime I find myself in an arcade.
Bexx you are awesome and I hope you are feeling better! I appreciate you and your videos! Your videos are informative and fun! You are a majestic gem of grandeur.
YES!! FINALLY!! I was looking forward to this. This is the one of the few arcade shooters that I've actually encountered in the wild at my local Walmart, and I was waiting on your video to see if it's actually worth the money.
Y'know, after doing some research on this throwback of a game, I learned something interesting about one of the game's characters. And i gotta say, I'm surprised-
@@BexxReviewsit's been in testing for a year now! annoyingly haven't had the chance to play it myself so far as it hasn't been trialled in europe yet, or appeared at any amusement industry trade events outside of japan, but it should be out in arcades before the end of 2024
One of the rail shooters of all time not quite sure what it has, but it has alot of it I was not expecting to see Birdramon from Digimon as a inspiration for a boss great vid as always 🙂
YEESSS OMG I WAS WAITING FOR THIS AFTER YOU MADE THE LET'S GO GAME RETROSPECTIVES!!! These three games are literally what I gun for (pun intended) every time I go to an arcade and are a big part of my childhood as I used to play them with my mom and we had fun every time!! (Funnily enough I always did the button qtes and steering wheel qtes) and I'm so happy you finally tackled the last one I love!! (P.S I haven't watched the video yet but will do know and I'll express my thoughts after!!) Anyways THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR AMAZING REVIEWS BEXX!!!!!!
Oh man…this is great stuff. I played this game with my buddy Game Overlord V. He played the game for a on-rails game marathon. Fun times. REALLY wish there was an easy way to play the special edition😭👍🏻
Another Banger video Bexx. I couldn't believe the Sword Ghost part, is like they recorded all those lines and decided "screw it, we are gonna use them all"
Good to see a new video of this channel, i know some times the difrece in the amount of vews from video to video can be hard but you cover a lot of rigth skills, this reviews are done with very good coallity so keep going because what you are doing with this channel is talent
god i remember this game, when i went to go visit my grandparents, since they lived in a massive city, me and my brother would play this game whenever we went to the mall. the mall in my hometown also has the booth version. i think i once saw the special edition in person, the bird and frogs seemed familiar to me along with the skull keys. in any case the Spanish language versions of the machine have a neat thing, the levels are labeled by difficulty, with the river rapids and starting level being "for beginners" and the cave level being "the hardest one". additionally if i recall correctly, in some versions of the arcade machine, you could go to the final level after beating any one level outside the starting ship. i dont think i ever took advantage of that, and i remember loosing to the final boss's first phase as kid and running out of tokens. it makes me kind of happy to know i'm not the only one who experienced these really fun arcade games.
I love these kinds of retrospectives. Just to add some information, the Random Anime Character at 50:27 is the Chinese Splash Art for Original Gangplank from League of Legends.
I play this a lot when I go to the beach and I really like rail shooters since I grew up with a lot of them. I wish that in my younger days they would have given us sequals to some others such as crypt killer, and some law enforcement ones that I can’t remember the names but you get new guns by shooting crates similar to virtua cop which is a great one since it started the series. I hope we get a lot more as the years go on even if they do go VR and I would like to see virtua cop come back as well as silent scope and target terror.
Oh man where have I heard the giant birds cry before. It sounds like a stock sound but I know I’ve heard it in other games before, this is driving me nuts.
I live this game I played the special edition with the movement setting and air blowers and all that this was an awesome game it all so had a sky level with a bird boss and the old city level
These reviews always transport me to the past.. I miss seeing goofy games like this in most of the nicer arcades that you'd see like at an indoor waterpark in 2006 or something
Have not seen this game in at least 10 years, pretty sure they stopped making them ages ago and my usual arcade spots removed them in favor of the twd or other rail shooters This one was so cool
This game was kinda a bop. Unfortunately the one we had at my Arcade was old as hell and kept having part failures. After a while it got more expensive to fix it than it was worth and it ended up going to the big Arcade in the sky. Im certain the cab still exists somewhere in another Round1, or got sold off to a collector or vendor, but it's sad to see it go.
there's this rail shooting arcade i saw on UA-cam and it was published by IGS in Japan called monster eye. there was a special edition for monster eye but the name was changed to monster eye 2
excellent review, but you forgot to mention that he's a ghost trapped in a sword, you have to shoot the sword
I hate and love this comment at the same time
I went Bexx reviews to review igs pirate revenge arcade game.
@@JosephGames2006 And maybe she can do a retrospective on the Endless Ocean games.
Good point, but you forgot to mention that you shouldn't be fooled, aim at the sword
his body is just a sham👴🏻
We need more butter for that crab
I like how each of the crew refers to the “Golden Guns” with such reverence.
My head-canon is that they’re some kind of ancient artifact, or experimental alchemical invention that they stole, and have been exploiting the hell out of.
I think it's less likely they stole them and more likely that they were gifted them by a good friend from where they called home and said friend was likely killed by Vincent when he was a human rather than a skeleton monster from the sounds of it the pirate crew has encountered Vincent many times before long before they were searching for Posideon's breath and have been longtime rivals of his
@@alexconn7473 Another interesting theory.
And the only reason the Captain hasn't taken them from Eric and Leah is because the Guns are…bonded to them. Thankfully for him, they're not ambitious enough to strike out on their own.
Well they are fully automatic infinity pistols, I'd revere them if they existed in real life too tbf
It would be kind of neat if the treasure at the end was the two golden guns and it time loops you back to the start. It would be on brand with an arcade machine wanting you to do this over and over again.
I really like this arcade game
And I love how you said “large enemy crab”
And “GIANT ENEMY FALSE CRAB”
I don’t think I’ll ever not find bad arcade game dialogue funny and charming. There’s just something about it that makes it perfect
Its the "so bad its good" delivery
I still think Goldman's voice work from house of the dead 2 is just peak.
Why is "The sounds of Patrick Star mid-coetus" actually the best possible description of that yelling💀
I hate the mental image that brings to mind and the worst part is how accurate it is.
2 things. Either Patrick is stuck to Duncan and is along for the ride, or Patrick is experiencing CBT
22:16
So, a thing I noticed about the "Sword Phantom" enemy; they seem to be a shout-out to the SoulCalibur series.
They resemble the iconic Zweihander design of Soul Edge complete with the eye in the middle of the blade. Also, the fact that they're wielded by pirates certainly calls to mind Cerevantes, the initial wielder of Soul Edge. Not to mention the fact the "Evil Swords Consume Souls." Dead-on for Soul Edge's M.O. itself.
As another aside, the Final Boss, Captain Vincent, dual wields swords and tends to fly and teleport around. Which also might seem to be a reference Cervantes' fighting style, as his style incorporates teleportation, as well as a bit of flying.
It's made by Bandai-Namco, so makes sense they'd slip a shout out in.
It explains why the NPC doesn't shut up about it, they actively want you to realize the reference.
That makes me happy as a Soul Calibur fan.
You also have to shoot the sword, the body's just a sham.
LARGE ENEMY CRAB
also i loved the "i can't even count how many!!!"
"six. there's six of them."
seriously though, i love how whenever there's a crab or spider you must emphasize its size and that it is, in fact, an enemy. i see you Bexx
Movie theatre employee here. We have this one in our arcade. Its always really popular.
"Th-the kraken? 🤓" you didn't have to do him like that
im just glad there's someone who's reviewing rail shooters these days.😌
Really love this game. One of my favorite memories was completing the original cabinet with two friends on my birthday. We did 3-player by having one of us use the wheel exclusively. To this day one of my favorite rail shooters, I want to try one of the updated versions some day.
I am so happy to see you reviewing this! I first played this game on a cruise ship, and it is still my favorite arcade game ever, even with all of it's issues.
I’m sorry, a CRUISE SHIP???
Bro really was fighting on the high seas lol
A CRUUUUUUUUUUUISEEE SHIP????????
This is an arcade game that is actually nostalgic for me, I remember when I was nine and my dad and I completed the game in one run, he must have spent like forty dollars on revives.
My son and I have played this for years at Chuck-E-Cheese.
Thank you for doing this.
THANK YOU. I am so glad someone points out how annoying it is with the first mate exposition dumping how the Phatom Blade enemies work while you're fighting them XDD
Good review as always.
But SWORDS!!
It was just funny how often he says it imo
I feel like people who grew up with old arcade shooters like L.A Machine Guns and the first Jurassic Park arcade game that had the "non-stop, no reloading action" gameplay were very happy to play this game for the first time
On another note, I really hope you tackle Dark Escape, that game was truly a unique arcade experience (it was quite literally a virtual haunted house where you can actually die)
The pokemon reference really caught me off guard, but I am so here for it 😂
I love seeing stuff about older obscure or non mainstream games, your up there with mandaloregaming for me with just how calming it is to watch. Kinda video I watch once with a cup of tea and then put on the background whenever I need something to listen to while working XD
Nearly dropped my food, but I’m glad I’m not missing the premiere!
Really neat to see someone talk in length about this game. One of my favorite arcade games of all time.
Bexx I think there's a ghost trapped in a sword!!! Don't get distracted, just shoot the sword!!!
But seriously, great review :) Another stellar video from Bexx.
Now, a word of advice:
SHOOT THE SWORD THERE'S A GHOST TRAPPED IN THE SWOR-
I remember playing this game so much! I had a big Vikings and Pirates phase during my childhood thanks to How to Train your Dragon and Pirates of the Caribbean so this game shot up real high on my list of favorite arcade shooters! The way this game says “PERFECT” still lives rent free on my mind! Plus, I really love the music and the character designs. The character designs feel like the perfect mix of anime-esque but still keeping that pirate grunge, something that’s surprising rare with pirate media from Japan.
I absolutely can’t get enough of you talking about rail shooters
Out of all the arcade games I played, Deadstorm Pirates was one of the ones that always stuck out to me. I don't even remember where I played it or who I played it with, but I have vague fond memories of sitting in the booth with two other kids where two of us would be on guns and one on the wheel. Haven't found a machine out in the wild as of recent though, hopefully I can see one again.
Wake up babe, new Bexx rail shooter review dropped
I worked at a Peter Piper Pizza in the arcade area right before Covid and "...the Kraken! That's the Kraken?!" will be embedded in my memory forever.
I just remembered this game existed today, and was searching if there was anyone talking about it...uploaded *_1_* day ago. Surely, this video sent a wake-up call directly to my brain.
Joseph's voice reminds me of Barry from the OG Resident Evil. Wouldn't be surprised if they shared the same actor. If the crew are indeed inspired by famous pirates/sailors from pop culture, then I think Duncan might be based on one of the harpooners from Moby Dick, such as Daggoo.
Always a good day when you drop a video! I'm hoping you cover Haunted Museum Duology someday, the protags in those games make me laugh with their cheesy dialogue.
October
Oh I remember this game. My sister really wanted to play it so we went to the local arcade that had it. we spent as much as we could on gamecards and we both spent all our credits to beat this game. It was great.
This was the first arcade rail-shooter I ever played, and the first one I ever finished (Pirate autistic hyperfixation go brrrr), so I'm really glad you covered it!
Oh hell yeah, can´t wait until tomorrow :)
Thanks for covering this one. Very enjoyable watch!
This and Let's Go Jungle were always my favorites. So excited for the sequel
Im si happy to see so many people loving this arcade game, really shows just how fun and memorable arcade games are
This is a small thing, but I really appreciate you saying it looks like a PS3 game when that’s actually true, rather than the annoyingly common “this looks like a PS1 game” people say about games that look unpolished.
Great retrospective. Still my favorite mounted turret game. Hope the new sequel, Goldstorm Pirates, will be just as good as the original and Special Edition.
Yay you're back.
Honestly love your railshooter reviews.
This is one of the few Railshooters I've managed to play so it was super exciting to see you finally cover it! I remember playing in one of the original sitting booth back when the FatCat's bowling alley was still in business. It was super fun playing this with my Mom and Sister as despite not generally being good at videogames they were really good shots so they enhanced this already great game! My mom helped with the first 2 levels then my sister helped with the River and the other level we did (It's been awhile so I don't remember which helped with the other 2 stages not listed here) and finally my mom came back to help take out Captain Vincent and we claim Poseidon's breath for ourselves! It's thanks to this experience that I generally gravitate to Railshooters anytime I find myself in an arcade.
"I heard this will take us to the ceiling monster is!"
Me: ...where and who told you that, gramps?! >_>
I vaguely remember playing this back when i lived up state in a chuckE'cheese as a kid thanks for bringing me back to memory lane
I love your reviews. They're always so well made.
I went Bexx reviews to review igs pirate revenge arcade game.
Damn Peter pan got competition also humor is still s tier
Bexx you are awesome and I hope you are feeling better! I appreciate you and your videos! Your videos are informative and fun! You are a majestic gem of grandeur.
YES!!
FINALLY!! I was looking forward to this.
This is the one of the few arcade shooters that I've actually encountered in the wild at my local Walmart, and I was waiting on your video to see if it's actually worth the money.
Y'know, after doing some research on this throwback of a game, I learned something interesting about one of the game's characters. And i gotta say, I'm surprised-
great overview as usual, little surprised at no mention of the upcoming sequel goldstorm pirates though!
WHY DID NOBODY TELL ME?!
@@BexxReviewsit's been in testing for a year now! annoyingly haven't had the chance to play it myself so far as it hasn't been trialled in europe yet, or appeared at any amusement industry trade events outside of japan, but it should be out in arcades before the end of 2024
This is the first arcade game I ever beat! Some people jumped in and out, but I saw it through.
wake up babe new Bexx video dropped
Yeaaaaaaaah!
A staple of my theatre for the 2010’s til about like, 2019-ish?
Ooooooh this is one of my favorites, I can’t wait to see what Bex has to say
Great video and I'm now waiting for the eventual dark escape video with bated breath.
I've been waiting for another one of your reviews!
My favorite channel on UA-cam right now.
One of the rail shooters of all time
not quite sure what it has, but it has alot of it
I was not expecting to see Birdramon from Digimon as a inspiration for a boss
great vid as always 🙂
This was my childhood back in chuck e cheese, thank you for making this video.
YEESSS OMG I WAS WAITING FOR THIS AFTER YOU MADE THE LET'S GO GAME RETROSPECTIVES!!! These three games are literally what I gun for (pun intended) every time I go to an arcade and are a big part of my childhood as I used to play them with my mom and we had fun every time!! (Funnily enough I always did the button qtes and steering wheel qtes) and I'm so happy you finally tackled the last one I love!! (P.S I haven't watched the video yet but will do know and I'll express my thoughts after!!) Anyways THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR AMAZING REVIEWS BEXX!!!!!!
"The Kraken has a health bar and you know what that means."
IT CAN BLEEEEED!
Oh man…this is great stuff. I played this game with my buddy Game Overlord V. He played the game for a on-rails game marathon. Fun times. REALLY wish there was an easy way to play the special edition😭👍🏻
Another Banger video Bexx. I couldn't believe the Sword Ghost part, is like they recorded all those lines and decided "screw it, we are gonna use them all"
Oooooh this game is nostalgia incarnate for me, I used to play it with my aunt!
These things take months to come out, but they are worth every second of waiting.
One of my favorites thanks for the nostalgia
Good to see a new video of this channel, i know some times the difrece in the amount of vews from video to video can be hard but you cover a lot of rigth skills, this reviews are done with very good coallity so keep going because what you are doing with this channel is talent
god i remember this game, when i went to go visit my grandparents, since they lived in a massive city, me and my brother would play this game whenever we went to the mall. the mall in my hometown also has the booth version. i think i once saw the special edition in person, the bird and frogs seemed familiar to me along with the skull keys.
in any case the Spanish language versions of the machine have a neat thing, the levels are labeled by difficulty, with the river rapids and starting level being "for beginners" and the cave level being "the hardest one". additionally if i recall correctly, in some versions of the arcade machine, you could go to the final level after beating any one level outside the starting ship. i dont think i ever took advantage of that, and i remember loosing to the final boss's first phase as kid and running out of tokens.
it makes me kind of happy to know i'm not the only one who experienced these really fun arcade games.
I love these kinds of retrospectives. Just to add some information, the Random Anime Character at 50:27 is the Chinese Splash Art for Original Gangplank from League of Legends.
I play this a lot when I go to the beach and I really like rail shooters since I grew up with a lot of them. I wish that in my younger days they would have given us sequals to some others such as crypt killer, and some law enforcement ones that I can’t remember the names but you get new guns by shooting crates similar to virtua cop which is a great one since it started the series. I hope we get a lot more as the years go on even if they do go VR and I would like to see virtua cop come back as well as silent scope and target terror.
never played any on-rail shooters but love your reviews of them :3
I just played this whole game at the arcade today and I had fun. Thanks for reviewing this game
I've been waiting for this one!
Thank you for making these, they really help me relax after a stressful night at work. Thank you bexx.
Oh man where have I heard the giant birds cry before. It sounds like a stock sound but I know I’ve heard it in other games before, this is driving me nuts.
I live this game I played the special edition with the movement setting and air blowers and all that this was an awesome game it all so had a sky level with a bird boss and the old city level
These reviews always transport me to the past.. I miss seeing goofy games like this in most of the nicer arcades that you'd see like at an indoor waterpark in 2006 or something
I loved playing this game with my dad
Always great to see a new Bexx video.
Another fun one, nicely done! It was real fun to learn about this game!
Have not seen this game in at least 10 years, pretty sure they stopped making them ages ago and my usual arcade spots removed them in favor of the twd or other rail shooters
This one was so cool
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This game was kinda a bop. Unfortunately the one we had at my Arcade was old as hell and kept having part failures. After a while it got more expensive to fix it than it was worth and it ended up going to the big Arcade in the sky. Im certain the cab still exists somewhere in another Round1, or got sold off to a collector or vendor, but it's sad to see it go.
Great video! This is a very popular game at arcades, and it’s great seeing it being covered in detail.
This is pretty good nice job there’s something about your videos that are informative and very very relaxing🎉
Great review! BTW- I recently found a Jurassic Park 2015 cabinet at a truck stop near my home. I just need to convince a friend to play co-op with me.
Always look forward to your videos!
there's this rail shooting arcade i saw on UA-cam and it was published by IGS in Japan called monster eye. there was a special edition for monster eye but the name was changed to monster eye 2
wake up babe, new Bexx Reviews just dropped
I clicked this so excited only to realize it hasn’t premiered yet :L whoops oooh boy its gonna be a long morning now hahah
BEXX POSTED?! "it is good day"- Heavy weapons guy
Please do a review of Magical Truck Adventure, that game is so buckwild
This was so much fun
I have so many fond memories of this game, used to have a machine at my local Chuck E. Cheese, even got one of the top spots on the leaderboard
a very underrated gem in my opinion
great reviewxx!
A unique Pirate rail shooter!
Goated game I forgot existed lmao
Love your reviews. And im really exited to see your next! Maybe the alien one? Or perhaps termanator?
Awesome job, well done! ✨⭐️✨
Glad you're back but i had to do a double take at 39:38 "too small to enter the hall"?
Hearing "Patrick Star mid coitus" then hearing exactly that gave me a good laugh.