Capcom Arcade Beat 'Em Ups

Review about all the classic side-scrolling beat ‘em up arcade games made by Capcom. #retro #retrogaming #nes #snes #jamesrolfe #mikematei #atari #playthrough #gameplay #gamereview

[PositronPlays]

Still one of my favorite genres to revisit when I just want to chill. Capcom really set the bar back then.

[JazGalaxy]

After about 25 years the CAPtain COMando pun just hit me...

[Paeronhierta]

Man, Capcom basically owned my childhood.

[brittislove]

The punisher was hands down the best capcom beat-em up!

[Aggrofool]

AvP and Punisher actually have good moveset variety for their time, so it's sad that Mike prematurely declared them generic.

[onemuststand]

1:51 Actually, Guy was trying to beat some sense into Cody because Cody didn't wanna stay with Jessica (the girl) and wanted to keep cleaning up Metro City. This became an obsession for Cody in the Street Fighter Alpha series to the point that he would rather go to jail while fighting rather than settle down into the quiet life with a girl.

[Ghost_Of_SAS]

Single pauldrons were common in the middle ages: they were heavy, so having only one allowed the fighter to be less encumbered than a knight in full plate, coupling it with a particular fighting stance allowing the unprotected side of the body to remain out of harm's way.

[eckomind]

I loved Capcom since I was a kid. This video brings back memories. Keep up the great work Mike

[rcso]

11:30 In The Punisher I was able to finish it with just one coin at the arcades. There's another attack Guile's flash kick style that doesn't consume healt. When you grab an enemy, you can keed him until cutting his throat, shotting at his face or, my favorite, do a special attack to knock the surrounding enemies; the funny part is you can grab kingpin and perform a special attack and you will see the kingpin swirling around all the screen. To defeat the robots, move in middle of them and hit them twice and move vertically to avoid being hit.

[priesty]

Is mike wearing mascara in this video?

[dannyparray]

Beat-em-ups took up most of my gaming time...I hope it makes a major comeback at some point.

[richyroa]

Cadillac and dinosaurs, man! I think I spent a fortune on it.

[Manobaru]

There's a pretty huge oversight in your Punisher mini-review here, Mike. This game had not only normal attacks and specials that consumed your life gauge. It also had command specials, like Guile-style somersault kick (even done with similar input: d, u+A), and pretty descent combo potential for a beat-em-up game.
The same goes for Alien vs. Predator. Huge combo potential and command specials like dragon-punch-like uppercuts or knee attacks for the Predators, dive kicks, and other cool gameplay mechanics, that you seem not to even be aware of.
It's a shame you completely missed that.

[johnnybensonitis]

Hope you get to make more like this, Mike!!! I remember when I was like 7-8 years old in the local skating rink, stunned in disbelief at how awesome the new TMNT arcade game looked. I know it's not Capcom, but it was one of those moments my young, video game-loving mind was completely blown. It took a couple weeks before I got to play it since the bigger kids surrounded it constantly, but when I did it was so worth the wait. The first time I made it to the Rocksteady and Bebob boss battle and seen them accidentally run into each other head-first after I jumped to dodge them I was mystified that was even possible in a game!

[MiniPainterGamerDadD]

This video was definitely a trip down memory lane. I remember playing most of these growing up. The AVP arcade was sooo damn fun.

[facerip]

Look at the jump in quality of the sprite work from 1986 to 1994. I remember it felt so exciting to see arcade games progressively get better and better back then. It felt like 2d style beat em ups would always be around. And then it all fell apart and went away seemingly overnight. I miss these games terribly.

[demgutts]

The shoulder armor on Perceval protects the stick end of the axe, he's supposed to use the head of the axe to block the bare side. Lancers wear something similar

[blvk]

captain commando was already the mascot before he had his own game. he appeared inside games instruction booklets.

[nightowl]

King of Dragons is one of my all time favorite games. It was also a huge influence in getting me into fantasy further. I think its low-key brilliant.

[schtive]

You gotta do a version of this for the Konami Arcade beat 'em up's next!