Same here dude. Iron Tank was a very intense game for both my dad and I and we both struggled to make headway in the game. I was maybe 5 or 6 at the time and so many Saturday morning memories. Miss you dad
I remember my Mom renting an NES at blockbuster before I got 1. I stayed up all night playing this game until I beat it. I had blisters on my thumbs. I thought to my 11 year old self "Heh, battle scars." I went to bed a legend in my own mind. The 80s and 90s were such a great time to be a kid.
0:32 Fun fact. That right there is HMS Warspite firing at Sword Beach. The most badass battleship in history. That tower sheer structure, broken aft gun. That angle and shot is ripped right from her most popular D-Day (of the few that even exist of it). FYI: She was the first to fire on D-Day, tanked 150+ enemy shells during the Battle of Jutland, achieved the longest naval shot in history, only ever tied by the German battleship Scharnhorst. The list goes on.
I have been trying to tell my friends about this game for years and could never remember the damn name, sure enough 2 seconds into gameplay and I am like OMFG this is it! Thanks a ton for the video m8 ~~~!!!!
if you own an original nes and still have this game i wouldnt be putting wear and tear on it thats for sure, thats like taking the monalisa for a walk in teh rain! get a damn emulator and stop putting miles on something valuable
@@stanleymunro1500 Well Mario 1 didn't really have non-linear in-game multiple paths like this, you could just skip entire worlds in the warp zones at the end of some stages, but the levels were totally linear. The nearest to this was Mario 2 that had sort of similar multiple paths.
Yeh with the technology now the tanks would be ten times cooler. Nintendo really doesn't look at it's properties very well, there should be more to Nintendo than just constant Mario and Zelda titles.
Played this in Panama with my uncles when I was 5 in 1993-1994. One of the first video games I ever played but I could not name it for many years until I found it in a search.
What I learned about history today: World War ll was won by a lone guy in a super-tank who single-handedly took out the entire German defense forces. Wait a minute, that doesn't sound right...
One of the people who did the music for this game was Toshikazu Tanaka, who also worked on the Metal Slug series, some of the titles in the King of Fighters series, and some of SNK's other well-known classics. I don't know which parts of this soundtrack he contributed to though being the music for this game was co-composed by two other people.
Fun fact: the red bar at the bottom of the screen is your life meter, not fuel; plus it does not deplete automatically like in 1942 or 1943 (SNK vs Capcom). Running over small soldiers gave you some life back as well as the "V" power-up, but hitting anything else takes it away.
I spent hours playing this game as a young teen in the 90s in Australia, had to borrow it from my local video store I didn't own it. I was into tanks a lot so I loved it but I missed so many secrets to defeating those boss tanks quickly that you've just shown me now 30 years after the fact, if only I'd had youtube back then but then I guess cheating isn't as much fun as cracking it the hard way. I cant remember if I ever beat it but I don't think so.
This game was always frightening and anxiety-inducing to me as a kid. Your tiny tank against these gigantic cannons and monstrous tank machines. Such a classic.
I used to love playing SNK's Tank-III but that game used the legendary LS-30 rotary joystick and MAME isn't very good at emulating rotary controls. But THIS looks great! VERY close to the arcade version but optimized for NES controllers. This game is going on the Super Retrocade TODAY. Thanks my friend, good stuff!
Aside from the elements taken from TNK III, it allows you to mix and match different cannon buffs. It also has branching paths, meaning even after you beat the game, there's still more to see!
One of my favorite nes games as a kid. I loved the different paths that lead to easier or harder game play. My only issue is the manual said 2 could play at the same time. Please tell me this is a typo cuz I could never get 2 players at once.
Man, I have many memories with this game. One of my relatives gave me his copy, and I played the s**t out of it. When I was heavy into "gangsta rap" music (No Limit Records in particular), I made "Iron Tank" my "stage name." Ahhh...those were the days.
took me a long time to beat the game but when i finished the game that was it. never played it again. it was such an achievement for me. 1 of the hardest games hands down....
I remember learning about WWII in history class, and talking about how the Nazis had giant tanks with 8 gun turrets, and how the war was won by one man in a little tank.
The Nes version of DD (as well as other game adaptations) is so poor compared to the arcade version. They need to remake the arcade game versions for the switch.
Played and won this game numerous times as an elementary student but there is one scene (I swear) I only came across once, there is an air strip screen with a plane that looks way out of place, like a modern day stealth, thought it was a secret scene or something, never found it again.
In order to see that part, you play the game as normal until you get to the highway, where you take the right path and then turn left towards the city on the upcoming fork. You'll go through the aforementioned city, fight a bunker, then go to a lake. After that, you'll end up in a submarine pen and fight a battleship. Finally, you'll end up on the airstrip and the mystery plane is at the end, replacing the usual one. Also, I believe it's based on the Horten Ho 229.
Reserve fuel. If you absorb one fatal blow (being run over by a think tank was a favorite of mine), you lose all your normal fuel but gain the amount in the reserve supply.
I loved this in the arcade. I was wondering how do you rotate the gun turret on the NES? The arcade machine had a joystick which could be twisted to rotate the turret. I have the arcade game on my PS3 but it's pretty much unplayable in the later stages because you can't quickly rotate the turret like you can in the arcade.
@BxxDxx Hoodoo That might work on a simplified version for a console but without changing the gun turret's direction you can only get as far as the statue level in the arcade. For the PS3 release they should have used the analogue sticks for the turret. Rotating it with L and R is far too slow, you need the instantaneous action that the twisty joystick gave you originally if you want a dog's chance of completing the game.
Is this off an emulator? Or actual cartridge? I don't remember bosses dying that quickly even with Blast, Fire and Long range. I'm old now, so maybe I just don't remember.
2 observations. 1. How did the 7 year old version of myself get to the final level of this game. This game looks hard and scary. 2. How is this game even the just the first few levels more engaging than most modern day games? Thanks for the video. Reminds me of my younger days and countless hours playing on the NES.
I bought this game without having played it frst in 1988. I didnt like it at all at first. Thought i wasted my money. Went back to it i dont know, maybe a year later. Finished it and discovered how awesome it actually was and after that i'd play it through at least once a month. A NES underdog for sure. Gotta say though i know theyre nazis but these soldiers are so cute i felt bad running them over....
Yeh I had to laugh at that description, the word existed but it wouldn't have been used the same way, the core word of awe was used more to mean actual amazement and bewilderment rather than simply slang for something good like it's used now.
Wow that look easy, but it was vvery tough game to play and win. Some place you had to stop and move slowly to trigger a ennemy shoot, and other things, very hard.
вот та игра, которую я искал. я в нее играл еще в школе, но не мог вспомнить название. тут игрок просто проходит мимо, а я пытался всех танков застрелить и боссов долго убивал а он с 1-2 выстрелов побеждает)))
Я тоже в школе в нее играл... С одного-двух выстрелов убивает легко, наверное, из-за того, что он перед боссами переключает мошность (по ходу, на максимум).
Я тоже когда играл в детстве с каждым танком вступал в бой и тут же появлялись ещё танки. Лишь потом я понял, что лучше все эти танки по возможности объезжать. В битве с боссами я ставил всё оружие на максимум.
No, shoot the officers with the tanks machine guns! You will get power-ups for your tank when they die that way. If they die by shooting them with the main gun or running over them you don't get awarded the power-up.
Good thing SNK decided to Dump Micronics that developed their IPs on the NES. Since they decided to do it themselves, we got better games such as this one, Guerilla War, POW, Baseball Stars and Crystalis. I prefer Nes version of Tank III then the arcade. The arcade version is just too insane!!!
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I always used to play this game with my dad as a kid. Lots of happy memories.
Tim F Same here I can remember my dad going through Warp lvls on Mario like it was nothing
Same! He was obsessed and wouldn’t stop till we beat it
Same man this was definitely our favorite game!
Same here dude. Iron Tank was a very intense game for both my dad and I and we both struggled to make headway in the game. I was maybe 5 or 6 at the time and so many Saturday morning memories. Miss you dad
Me too man. Some of the best memories with my dad. After that really never saw him again.
I remember my Mom renting an NES at blockbuster before I got 1. I stayed up all night playing this game until I beat it. I had blisters on my thumbs. I thought to my 11 year old self "Heh, battle scars." I went to bed a legend in my own mind. The 80s and 90s were such a great time to be a kid.
Iron Tank is without a doubt one of the best NES games of all time.
0:32 Fun fact. That right there is HMS Warspite firing at Sword Beach. The most badass battleship in history. That tower sheer structure, broken aft gun. That angle and shot is ripped right from her most popular D-Day (of the few that even exist of it).
FYI:
She was the first to fire on D-Day, tanked 150+ enemy shells during the Battle of Jutland, achieved the longest naval shot in history, only ever tied by the German battleship Scharnhorst. The list goes on.
I loved how the boss tanks where so gigantic and you had a tiny tank lol.
Thanks for the answer to a question nobody asked you condescending prick
I have been trying to tell my friends about this game for years and could never remember the damn name, sure enough 2 seconds into gameplay and I am like OMFG this is it! Thanks a ton for the video m8 ~~~!!!!
I’m still in my 40’s and still fire up my NES and play this from time to time!
if you own an original nes and still have this game i wouldnt be putting wear and tear on it thats for sure, thats like taking the monalisa for a walk in teh rain! get a damn emulator and stop putting miles on something valuable
@@stanleymunro1500 Not happening.
I like how this game has multiple paths! It must be the 1st of it's kind to have such a feature.
not really mario was before this and it had ways to take different paths other than the linear one. jsut top down not side scroller.
@@stanleymunro1500 Well Mario 1 didn't really have non-linear in-game multiple paths like this, you could just skip entire worlds in the warp zones at the end of some stages, but the levels were totally linear. The nearest to this was Mario 2 that had sort of similar multiple paths.
If ever there was a game that deserved a serious modern remake, this is it. So good.
Metal Slug is a spiritual successor.
Yeh with the technology now the tanks would be ten times cooler. Nintendo really doesn't look at it's properties very well, there should be more to Nintendo than just constant Mario and Zelda titles.
Zanac Prime Thanks Captain Obvious.
@@thehydronater7628game da snk
@@thehydronater7628 This isn't a Nintendo property, it's SNK's baby.
I have this game and I played numerous times but I never ever got to see the ending. Nice work mate!
Played this in Panama with my uncles when I was 5 in 1993-1994. One of the first video games I ever played but I could not name it for many years until I found it in a search.
What I learned about history today:
World War ll was won by a lone guy in a super-tank who single-handedly took out the entire German defense forces.
Wait a minute, that doesn't sound right...
Imagine if there'd been two tanks instead of one!
You better believe it, that whole D Day landing thing was just a cover for Paul.
Mano, joguei isso na minha infância, isso ficou cravado na minha mente durante os últimos 11 anos, tô muito feliz de ter reencontrado esse jogo
Boa lembrança
It makes me nostalgic because it took me 3 years to finish the game, I was 10 years old. I cried with joy when I managed to finish the game :')
This is an individual who has played a *lot* of Iron Tank. Almost TAS levels of positioning and preparedness for Boss fights. Very nice indeed.
i love this game! one of the best games in my opinion!
oh yea..i feel like this game is very under rated, its never mentioned in lists of top nes games..but i love it....of course its pretty hard
This game & another SNK game Guerrilla War are some of the best nes games
I loved this game. The nostalgia feels omg. The soundtrack though! So amazing!
The 8bit graphics of archive photographs look amazing.
One of the people who did the music for this game was Toshikazu Tanaka, who also worked on the Metal Slug series, some of the titles in the King of Fighters series, and some of SNK's other well-known classics. I don't know which parts of this soundtrack he contributed to though being the music for this game was co-composed by two other people.
Fun fact: the red bar at the bottom of the screen is your life meter, not fuel; plus it does not deplete automatically like in 1942 or 1943 (SNK vs Capcom). Running over small soldiers gave you some life back as well as the "V" power-up, but hitting anything else takes it away.
Iron Snake, the father of all Kojima's Snakes...
I always thought this got ideas from the first Metal Gear. Character’s name is Snake, you have a radio you get messages on.
Actually no, he is an ancestor of Ralf Jones from Ikari Warriors and later The King of Fighters.
He is Ralf Jones from Ikari Warriors and TKoF.
I remembered I played this plenty of times. Great memories. Can't remember how many times I beat this game.
I spent hours playing this game as a young teen in the 90s in Australia, had to borrow it from my local video store I didn't own it. I was into tanks a lot so I loved it but I missed so many secrets to defeating those boss tanks quickly that you've just shown me now 30 years after the fact, if only I'd had youtube back then but then I guess cheating isn't as much fun as cracking it the hard way. I cant remember if I ever beat it but I don't think so.
good old memories! i used to beat this game again and again! this game was really fun!
This game was always frightening and anxiety-inducing to me as a kid. Your tiny tank against these gigantic cannons and monstrous tank machines. Such a classic.
The explosion at 2:00 scared the piss out of me as a kid. Lol!
I could make it through to the end without dying, but this is some next level awesome, here. Impressive!
These longplays are amazing. I've never got past the first tank boss. Now I know yo switch it to L and stay off to the side. Thank you!
Loved this game. Soundtrack is great too!
I used to love playing SNK's Tank-III but that game used the legendary LS-30 rotary joystick and MAME isn't very good at emulating rotary controls. But THIS looks great! VERY close to the arcade version but optimized for NES controllers. This game is going on the Super Retrocade TODAY. Thanks my friend, good stuff!
Aside from the elements taken from TNK III, it allows you to mix and match different cannon buffs. It also has branching paths, meaning even after you beat the game, there's still more to see!
Nothing beats a classic video game...
One of my favorite nes games as a kid. I loved the different paths that lead to easier or harder game play.
My only issue is the manual said 2 could play at the same time. Please tell me this is a typo cuz I could never get 2 players at once.
It was likely just copy and pasted from Ikari Warriors or Guerrilla War. Such a feature is never seen here.
I love the suicidal troops that run into you just to die. This game truly is a lot of fun.
One of the best old games!
This game woulda made a great 2-player co-op
summer of 1988 it was me and this game all night.. for a few nights until I passed it.
God I rember this game at a arcade in the grocery store. Loved it
Man, I have many memories with this game. One of my relatives gave me his copy, and I played the s**t out of it. When I was heavy into "gangsta rap" music (No Limit Records in particular), I made "Iron Tank" my "stage name."
Ahhh...those were the days.
Elton "Big E" Thomas, if you are going to have a dope ass stage name, then there is a far better one and it is called W-M-D.
We no limit soldiers, I thought I told you
Using a video game title as your stage name gives me major Scott Pilgrim vibes
took me a long time to beat the game but when i finished the game that was it. never played it again. it was such an achievement for me. 1 of the hardest games hands down....
This was my experience exactly.
Really?! Was it that hard? I beat it several times when I was a kid.
How it's possible that I haven't got this game yet!!! It's like the Guerilla War gameplay that I always wanted!!!
My childhood game! Good old times!
Я любил в детстве гонять в эту игру )))
At today year's old, I learned the specal bullets could be combined.
I played this with my friend when I was a kid. The boss at 27:55 was impossible! We gave up on the game after that haha xD
Based on a true story..
Wait what.. serious? Could you link me an article about it?
Ofcourse its true, people in the 1940s always used the word "awesome" to describe weaponry....@@TheMixedPlateFrequency
I remember learning about WWII in history class, and talking about how the Nazis had giant tanks with 8 gun turrets, and how the war was won by one man in a little tank.
Based on true events (with a few liberties taken)
I heard that if you run over soldier instead of shooting them, you get a slight fuel increase, not sure if that's true or not.
What a Nostalgia i miss those times
Fury (2014 film)
Paul?! Bullshit
...
Is Ralf Jones!
Would love a remake of this game for switch as well as double dragon and platoon
The Nes version of DD (as well as other game adaptations) is so poor compared to the arcade version. They need to remake the arcade game versions for the switch.
@@manhattan7055 yeah they do arcade games where in an entire league of their own
The troops getting killed look like Charlie Brown yelling "Ugh!!!!"
Played and won this game numerous times as an elementary student but there is one scene (I swear) I only came across once, there is an air strip screen with a plane that looks way out of place, like a modern day stealth, thought it was a secret scene or something, never found it again.
In order to see that part, you play the game as normal until you get to the highway, where you take the right path and then turn left towards the city on the upcoming fork. You'll go through the aforementioned city, fight a bunker, then go to a lake. After that, you'll end up in a submarine pen and fight a battleship. Finally, you'll end up on the airstrip and the mystery plane is at the end, replacing the usual one.
Also, I believe it's based on the Horten Ho 229.
Cool! Thanks for answering that mystery! I may have to replay it! 👍
@@manhattan7055 No problem :3
how did you run over mine at 13:46 and not die?
Reserve fuel. If you absorb one fatal blow (being run over by a think tank was a favorite of mine), you lose all your normal fuel but gain the amount in the reserve supply.
thanks!
I loved this in the arcade. I was wondering how do you rotate the gun turret on the NES? The arcade machine had a joystick which could be twisted to rotate the turret. I have the arcade game on my PS3 but it's pretty much unplayable in the later stages because you can't quickly rotate the turret like you can in the arcade.
IIRC you have to hold down A and rotate the d pad to the desired direction, but it's been years since I've played this.
@BxxDxx Hoodoo That might work on a simplified version for a console but without changing the gun turret's direction you can only get as far as the statue level in the arcade. For the PS3 release they should have used the analogue sticks for the turret. Rotating it with L and R is far too slow, you need the instantaneous action that the twisty joystick gave you originally if you want a dog's chance of completing the game.
I'm not sure about the PS3 version, but for this game, just hold down B and push a direction.
As an 80s kid, I remember this game. Fun times! Nice trip through memory lane.
This music remembers the Spectreman theme...
Wow! Amazing game! I just discovered it!
Is this off an emulator? Or actual cartridge?
I don't remember bosses dying that quickly even with Blast, Fire and Long range. I'm old now, so maybe I just don't remember.
If you knew how to use menu system they were one shot. I played this game endlessly
2 observations.
1. How did the 7 year old version of myself get to the final level of this game. This game looks hard and scary.
2. How is this game even the just the first few levels more engaging than most modern day games?
Thanks for the video.
Reminds me of my younger days and countless hours playing on the NES.
It's probably more exciting than modern games because it drops you straight into the action instead of forcing you to sit through drawn-out cutscenes.
Thanks for the memories!.
Paul is Ralf Jones of Ikari Warriors, right?
yes,this game takes before friendship with Clark
I bought this game without having played it frst in 1988. I didnt like it at all at first. Thought i wasted my money. Went back to it i dont know, maybe a year later. Finished it and discovered how awesome it actually was and after that i'd play it through at least once a month. A NES underdog for sure. Gotta say though i know theyre nazis but these soldiers are so cute i felt bad running them over....
ScareScraper Totals of
F6 30:00
Penguin Toad
iron tank came out in july of 1988 and guerilla war came out in july of 1989
Did words like "awesome" even exist back in 1944?
The word existed, but not in the modern slang form.
Yeh I had to laugh at that description, the word existed but it wouldn't have been used the same way, the core word of awe was used more to mean actual amazement and bewilderment rather than simply slang for something good like it's used now.
80's SV-001 (Metal Slug) tank.
Im on final mission right now playing this game from the phone
this game deff took longer than 30 min to beat thats for fucking sure, i remember sitting playing this game for hours trying to beat it.
This game represents Humanity: too much violence.
how the hell did you get scott the woz the mystery game of crypticism
Huh?
Running over enemy soldiers, la la la! Running over enemy soldiers, la la la!
That is a rather nice surprise, isn't it?
Snake Plisken back to the WW2
"Enemy's long range bullets are awesome." mmm, kay?
this game needs reboot loved it so much go snk
Metal Slug series is from SNK too.
1:11
Looks like peter griffin getting in the tank.
😭😂😂😭😂😭
"Hey Lois, remember the time I invaded Normandy?"
An NES game with screen shake? Well that’s something.
goddamn this game lol. kicked my 7 year old self every time
22:44 glitch don't work
is there a famicom version of this?
There is, called "Great Tank".
Iron tank remind me of contra in contra I gunned down everything in sight
Wow that look easy, but it was vvery tough game to play and win. Some place you had to stop and move slowly to trigger a ennemy shoot, and other things, very hard.
23:02 the best fking part, I hope this song serves as an inspiration to defeat the Russian troops and peace prevails, not war
this game was awesome! lol
Fury the game.
How nice to play a game where touching the enemies kills THEM instead of you for a change.
everything Icari Warriors should have been
Bruhs just running over people with a tank 😂 how did I not know about this game
Thanks.
❤❤❤
this is heavy
TNK III: now with an anachronistic backstory, annoying game play interruptions, and seizure hazards up the wazoo.
вот та игра, которую я искал. я в нее играл еще в школе, но не мог вспомнить название. тут игрок просто проходит мимо, а я пытался всех танков застрелить и боссов долго убивал а он с 1-2 выстрелов побеждает)))
Я тоже в школе в нее играл...
С одного-двух выстрелов убивает легко, наверное, из-за того, что он перед боссами переключает мошность (по ходу, на максимум).
Конечно я переключал всё на максимум, а то с главарями биться долго.
Я тоже когда играл в детстве с каждым танком вступал в бой и тут же появлялись ещё танки. Лишь потом я понял, что лучше все эти танки по возможности объезжать. В битве с боссами я ставил всё оружие на максимум.
Ghosts: 159
I could never beat the game I always tried
КЛАССНАЯ ИГРУХА
Это точно!
Very hard game
GAME OVER You Ran Out of Time! Floor Reached F6
No, shoot the officers with the tanks machine guns! You will get power-ups for your tank when they die that way. If they die by shooting them with the main gun or running over them you don't get awarded the power-up.
Good thing SNK decided to Dump Micronics that developed their IPs on the NES. Since they decided to do it themselves, we got better games such as this one, Guerilla War, POW, Baseball Stars and Crystalis. I prefer Nes version of Tank III then the arcade. The arcade version is just too insane!!!