Fun fact - Actually Cadillacs and Dinosaurs was HUGELY popular in poor countries like mine (Bulgaria), where official arcade cabinets where unaccesable and expensive, so arcade operators had to use bootleg PCB boards. In a lot of countries this game was called simply "Mustapha". The game was insanely popular to the point, that when someone sees an arcade cabinet, even if the game is different, he wouldn't call it an arcade cabinet, but just "Mustapha" :D
Excellent, technical beat-em-up with deep fighting mechanics. One of my all-time faves. I like playing as Nick Fury, better. I revisit this game alot on my PSP via CPS1 emulation.
This was one of my all time favorite beat em up games. The others were -Alien vs predator (capcom arcade) -Ninja baseball Batman (irem arcade) -punisher (capcom arcade)
I love Capcom's arcade beat em ups! Cadillacs and Dinosaurs and Alien vs. Predator are probably my favorites. Special mention to Armored Warriors, Battle Circuit, Dungeons and Dragons: Shadow over Mystara, Captain Commando, Punisher, and well geez... pretty much every CPS2 beat em up made! Thank goodness for Capcom beat em ups!
@@TheHellboy1980 I had to move to a much smaller property and couldn't find any buyers for it so I left it. The Landlord apparently chopped it up for firewood!
Have you tried Armored Warriors on CPS2? It has great Capcom music, visuals, story, game-mechanics, & 3-player gameplay. It runs great on a PSP via emulation.
I’m 35 years old and found out only a couple of years ago that there was a cartoon about this game (I lived outside of the USA). Man, the 90’s were good.
This game is hugely popular here in Brazil. If you see one or more arcade machines anywhere there is a big chance it is Cadillacs & Dinosaurs. It's a pity this game is such a licensing nightmare to be rereleased anywhere. One of the best Beat em Ups ever, better than even Alien vs Predator.
Hopefully one day they'll settle the copyright issues and re-release it. It would be a great game to include if they ever make a Capcom Beat 'Em Up Bundle vol. 2
Love your videos Dude. and also this Game, Played it over and over, in the arcades and mame, and there is nothing like beating up a dinosaur to calm it down.
I absolutely love beat 'em up games and Cadillacs and Dinoaurs is one of my all time favorites, I still play it until this day whenever I remember it from time to time. Personally, I loved the tv show as a kid as well and this explains why it never continued, I think it was a really good show for the time and I don't know why everyone knows TMNT or Captain Planet, yet very few people I know remember this gem, though I was really young and I don't even remember the plot, I just know I loved it when it aired and I think I will download it after watching this video and watch the whole season. heard the home release never happened, because they could never license the Cadillac name, they could have just put the original comic game though, but I think they were not willing to invest in the game if it just didn't share the same name with the popular arcade release. Anyways thanks for the video it was really fun to watch you got one cool channel here so I'm happy to subscribe
Cadillacs and Dinosaurs is the greatest beat 'em up ever. I find it funny when americans say Turtles in Time or Street of Rage are the best beat 'em up. They probably didn't play Cadillacs and Dinosaurs at the time.
I remember watching Cadillacs and Dinosaurs when it was on CBS. The network had a habit of putting shows in bad timeslots resulting in their ratings plummeting/no one seeing the shows/eventual cancellation.
I remember seeing ads for Cadillacs and Dinosaurs. But like mentioned in the video it came on after all the top shows and so late in the morning that I was outside by the time it aired.
This game is well known on our country in morrocco we called it mustapha i remembered when i saw it on arcade back in 95 my older brother told that it was based on saturday morning cartoon aired on cable channel , and i hated my self for not seeing the cartoon.
I remember hating the cartoon so much! I never truly watched it except for a scene here or there. But it wasn't as amazing to me as other things that were in that same time slot. I never knew there was an arcade, though.
Eco warriors who get around in one of the most fuel inefficient vehicles possible! But then I think "Dinosaurs and Priuses" wouldn't have had quite the edge.
Older cars would probably be easier to get running in the post-apocalypse than modern cars that need special equipment to deal with all the built in computers, etc.
@@KasumiKenshirou You can clearly see that the cadillac they drive has been modified to run on something other than gas, possibly steam and electric power. It looks like the only thing cadillac about this car is the old style emblem on the front and maybe the headlights and grille. You can see no emissions coming from the tail pipe, and steam coming from the engine mods on the front fender side of the car.
I was going to suggest that you cover this game so am really looking forward to watching the video. It was quite a popular arcade game in Egypt in the 90s, i think a lot of it had to do with fact that there was a character called Mustafa, i remember my friends would always argue over who would get to pick him!
@@hectorosbert The amount of money i spent on this game in the 90s...every single arcade club in Bulgaria had this game, it was the goose with the golden eggs. The best side-scrolling beat 'em up ever. I love Streets of Rage but Cadillacs and Dinosaurs was on another level.
Bro, gotta tell you, i normally tend to doze off at this kind of videos, but yours are entertaining through and through!!! You have an excellent level both of research and narrative to simply make it a fantastic while. Here is my subscription, good sir!
I first came upon the arcade machine in Brighton, then got to experience it again at home via MAME. To this day, tho, I had no idea of the comic book/animated series tie-in, let alone the Mega CD game!!!
You might not know this, but in Bangladesh, where I live, this game is a perennial favourite. Just about everyone above the age of 20 who has lived in a city at some point has played it, and it's known to most as 'Mustapha' after arguably the strongest playable character in the game. The biggest reason for this is the fact that here, arcades became a thing for the first time back in '94, and this was the first (and for a while, only) side-scrolling beat-em-up we got to play. Titles like Captain Commando and Streets of Rage came along later, but this was and a quarter of a century later still is the most widely played (and loved) video game in the country.
Phantom 2040 also used the environmental collapse trope as an independent cartoon released around the same time. Along with Exosquad, Aeon Flux, The Maxx, and maybe Highlander Animated series, these were among the most memorable independant cartoons of the 1990s. (Outside of obvious mainstream cartoons of the 90s such as Batman the Animated Series and X-Men.)
Ive always enjoyed Mark Schultz Xenozoic Tales ( early title for Cadilliacs and Dinosaurs) and loved Capcom for bringing this title to life!!! To me, Capcom was winning me over as my favorite gaming company with gameplay and visuals! ( Sad what happend to them years later...)They also did a fantastic job with Dungeons and Dragons & Aliens vs Predator! ( Hey, could you do a review on these franchises too?)
A pretty Big fan of this series and of the comic books Xenozoic Tales. Another nice game, don't know if you remember is Knights of the roudn table. Maybe you can Make a video about it.
My kids are obsessed Cadillacs and Dinosaurs for the past couple weeks. They play it on these Chinese emulator handhelds I bought them. Funny this video came out just as my kids discovered the game.
this game, the punisher, light bringer, Wizard Fire (1992), dungeons and dragons arcade and x-men arcade game would make a great beat em up arcade collection..
another great video. Hope you're doing well and virus free. Catilacs and Dinosaures was released in The USA on the Sega CD however it was more like a point and click game. Its not the same as this
Where I grew up, this game was the premier arcade experience. I can't think about that era without picturing this game and its crazy vivid colors. Most arcades had it but the machines were always packed. I had to go out early so I could play a few coins before the big kids showed up! Everyone played as Mustapha, because of his leg attacks. In fact, we called the game "Mustapha"! (Edit: Apparently, people in Morocco did too) I always found it weird that the rest of the world didn't really care about this game, I'm glad it's getting recognition lately and I hope they finally port it to a damn console already. On an unrelated note, I would drink Hannah's bath water.
This game was awesome. Although I remember seeing a movie theater having it in its arcade room, I didn't play it until much later. One of the most overlooked beat-em-up games that Capcom ever did. I never watched the show, but I was familiar with it. I you like checking it out, even though I'm sure it probably wouldn't hold up now. Hope we get a video on The Punisher now.
Awesome video as always. Yes this game had awesome art , still a classic. It’s a shame this game and Alien vs predator would be a licensing nightmare to rerelease legally.
Fire ass licensed game. 47th Street is without a doubt one of the very best beat em tunes. I got history with this property since I watched the show as a kid, read the comics a few years ago and while unfinished it's fire.
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Fun fact - Actually Cadillacs and Dinosaurs was HUGELY popular in poor countries like mine (Bulgaria), where official arcade cabinets where unaccesable and expensive, so arcade operators had to use bootleg PCB boards. In a lot of countries this game was called simply "Mustapha". The game was insanely popular to the point, that when someone sees an arcade cabinet, even if the game is different, he wouldn't call it an arcade cabinet, but just "Mustapha" :D
same in my country Bangladesh ..
in Turkey also we used to call it "Mustapha" :)
Same! It's probably cuz of the character Mustapha
The same applies to my country, Algeria. We called the game Mustafa and Mess, the big guy lol, hannah, the woman and jack, just jack
That's really cool that all of us from several countries like similar things I think that really cool
This is a cool beat em up, fun as hell. You should also review “The Punisher” beat em up arcade!
Excellent, technical beat-em-up with deep fighting mechanics. One of my all-time faves. I like playing as Nick Fury, better. I revisit this game alot on my PSP via CPS1 emulation.
the sewer part is kinda similar to Punisher's
This was one of my all time favorite beat em up games. The others were
-Alien vs predator (capcom arcade)
-Ninja baseball Batman (irem arcade)
-punisher (capcom arcade)
Some pretty solid beat em ups there squire
@@wrena79 thank you my liege
peasant...spell it as u say it , it is NINJA BASEBALL BATTO MAN :p amazing game.
@@EpicLebaneseNerd Hahahaha. Who's the peasant now? Ninja beisuboru batoman
@@ohdaUtube *takes a knee ''Command me Sire''
I love Capcom's arcade beat em ups! Cadillacs and Dinosaurs and Alien vs. Predator are probably my favorites. Special mention to Armored Warriors, Battle Circuit, Dungeons and Dragons: Shadow over Mystara, Captain Commando, Punisher, and well geez... pretty much every CPS2 beat em up made! Thank goodness for Capcom beat em ups!
I had the arcade machine of Cadillacs and Dinosaurs in my living room about a decade ago!
Nice 👍
what happened to it ?
@@TheHellboy1980 I had to move to a much smaller property and couldn't find any buyers for it so I left it. The Landlord apparently chopped it up for firewood!
@@benjinho10 Oh wow :'(
Sad.
Nobody...
One of my favorite beat em ups. My wife and I have played it through many times...
And some of the best video game music ever.
Have you tried Armored Warriors on CPS2? It has great Capcom music, visuals, story, game-mechanics, & 3-player gameplay. It runs great on a PSP via emulation.
@@TexasHollowEarth you should see it on the super console x it's arcade perfect
Do Dungeons and Dragons: Tower of Doom & Shadows over Mystara!
I just watched someone play Mystara. It looks pretty cool.
i would love to see this along with the quarter munching D & D: Tower of Doom
Yesterday, I was talking to my mom about birds being dinosaurs. She said: "So, that means the big dinosaurs would taste like chicken".
What a delicious thought. Kentucky Fried T-Rex.
In fact the Chicken is the closest living relative to T-rex, so yeah, maybe!
So if we resurrected dinos via cloning, we could end world hunger. :D
It was real?! I thought this was some strange dream I had when I was like eight.
This is my first arcade game I beat on cabinet at the Bretton bowling ally in Peterborough in the 90s
10:25 "...in a broken utopian world"
Also known as a "dystopian" world...
Hehehe
Look, a smart alec...
A month ago me and a friend went to a cafe/bar, and they actually had this arcade game. I loved it as a kid, pure nostalgia.
We called it Mustapha in South Africa 🤣 my favorite beat em up game of all time.
Cadillacs and Dinosaurs was very popular in Brazilian arcades in the 90's. A respectful arcade had to have one of these. Also SFII and KOF98
The Cadillacs and Dinosaurs cartoon was friggin' awesome!!!
There was also a 3CD version of Cadillacs and Dinosaurs: the Second Cataclysm for MS-DOS. Which I have and never played.
It was horrible bro.
The driving game? Yikes, you aren't missing out
Kinda like my copy of Sim City 3000.
You should definitely review a arcade beat em up called growl
I’m 35 years old and found out only a couple of years ago that there was a cartoon about this game (I lived outside of the USA).
Man, the 90’s were good.
This game is hugely popular here in Brazil. If you see one or more arcade machines anywhere there is a big chance it is Cadillacs & Dinosaurs. It's a pity this game is such a licensing nightmare to be rereleased anywhere. One of the best Beat em Ups ever, better than even Alien vs Predator.
Hopefully one day they'll settle the copyright issues and re-release it. It would be a great game to include if they ever make a Capcom Beat 'Em Up Bundle vol. 2
You should do a video on “Alien vs. Predator”, “Knights of the Round”, and “King of Dragons” all by Capcom.
Also, “Metamorphic Force” by Konami.
Yes! Love "Knights of the Round" and "King of Dragons"! They have nice soundtracks
Love your videos Dude. and also this Game, Played it over and over, in the arcades and mame, and there is nothing like beating up a dinosaur to calm it down.
I absolutely love beat 'em up games and Cadillacs and Dinoaurs is one of my all time favorites, I still play it until this day whenever I remember it from time to time. Personally, I loved the tv show as a kid as well and this explains why it never continued, I think it was a really good show for the time and I don't know why everyone knows TMNT or Captain Planet, yet very few people I know remember this gem, though I was really young and I don't even remember the plot, I just know I loved it when it aired and I think I will download it after watching this video and watch the whole season. heard the home release never happened, because they could never license the Cadillac name, they could have just put the original comic game though, but I think they were not willing to invest in the game if it just didn't share the same name with the popular arcade release. Anyways thanks for the video it was really fun to watch you got one cool channel here so I'm happy to subscribe
the game is known as mustafa where i live because the character was so popular
its still remembered as a timeless classic here in Bangladesh
Cadillacs and Dinosaurs is the greatest beat 'em up ever. I find it funny when americans say Turtles in Time or Street of Rage are the best beat 'em up. They probably didn't play Cadillacs and Dinosaurs at the time.
And you didn't either.
It's more than Americans saying that my friend. Turtles in Time and Streets of Rage are held in high regard in many countries.
In South Africa🇿🇦 Cadillacs and Dinosaurs is considered there greatest beat em up
@@SimphiweRadebe135 so is in Brazil
There's no such thing as "best", there are only "favourites". Games, movies, music etc. are all subjective.
"That's impossible, dinosaurs rarely attack people!".
Does Jack/Capcom not fully grasp the definition of the word "impossible" , "rarely", or both?
In the source material Jack actually believes that. Also, he has a pet dino. :3
It's someone using "literally" literally wrong, literally...
And when is Capcom Aliens vs Predator Arcade beat'em up coming up, game was so much fun in the arcades
I remember watching Cadillacs and Dinosaurs when it was on CBS. The network had a habit of putting shows in bad timeslots resulting in their ratings plummeting/no one seeing the shows/eventual cancellation.
Beating up dinos with only your fists. Awesome. The comic is quite good. Great artwork.
Everybody missed your Jeremy Corbin joke, Top Hat Gaming Man. Twice even.
I remember seeing ads for Cadillacs and Dinosaurs. But like mentioned in the video it came on after all the top shows and so late in the morning that I was outside by the time it aired.
Also, you have the love the comic-styled BOOMS! POWS! and TAKA TAKAS
And the Comic style ta-tas!!
This game is well known on our country in morrocco we called it mustapha i remembered when i saw it on arcade back in 95 my older brother told that it was based on saturday morning cartoon aired on cable channel , and i hated my self for not seeing the cartoon.
We called it mustapha too in my home country (INDIA). We all play this game just to end it in one coin.
I remember hating the cartoon so much! I never truly watched it except for a scene here or there. But it wasn't as amazing to me as other things that were in that same time slot. I never knew there was an arcade, though.
This brought me back to the early 90s... i must have been one of the few kids who watched that cartoon.
One of the best games from my childhood, that I still play to this day.
I still play this game in my old PSP. Absolutely fun, addicting and satisfying game.
Eco warriors who get around in one of the most fuel inefficient vehicles possible! But then I think "Dinosaurs and Priuses" wouldn't have had quite the edge.
Older cars would probably be easier to get running in the post-apocalypse than modern cars that need special equipment to deal with all the built in computers, etc.
@@KasumiKenshirou You can clearly see that the cadillac they drive has been modified to run on something other than gas, possibly steam and electric power. It looks like the only thing cadillac about this car is the old style emblem on the front and maybe the headlights and grille. You can see no emissions coming from the tail pipe, and steam coming from the engine mods on the front fender side of the car.
Stagecoaches & Dinosaurs could've worked. It likely would've had a more Western-feel, then.
I'm pretty sure the fuel source is modded to be clean. It's probably just the shell of a caddy over something more modern.
In the serie, they use dinosaurs feces as fuel for their cadllacs.
I love this game! It is a complete gem! I love the guns and weapons much like Punisher, and Alien Vs. Predator.
I was going to suggest that you cover this game so am really looking forward to watching the video. It was quite a popular arcade game in Egypt in the 90s, i think a lot of it had to do with fact that there was a character called Mustafa, i remember my friends would always argue over who would get to pick him!
Same thing in Bulgaria haha, the game was called Mustafa here as well :D and it was hugely popular arcade game
@@kamenstoychev8375 Haha yeah you're right, they did actually just call the game 'Mustafa' now that i think about it.
@@hectorosbert The amount of money i spent on this game in the 90s...every single arcade club in Bulgaria had this game, it was the goose with the golden eggs. The best side-scrolling beat 'em up ever. I love Streets of Rage but Cadillacs and Dinosaurs was on another level.
Bro, gotta tell you, i normally tend to doze off at this kind of videos, but yours are entertaining through and through!!! You have an excellent level both of research and narrative to simply make it a fantastic while. Here is my subscription, good sir!
I am from Bangladesh, this game was a staple in our arcade community and it kept the arcades alive for many many years well up to the late 90s ~
This was massively popular in my country....even years after release..you can still find it in arcades and pool halls to this day
Still love playing this game.
This game was highly popular on South America (till today).
"This is because they didn't listen to Greta Thunberg"
Lmao, that got me laughing.
"A stress call from Jeremy Corbin" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I first came upon the arcade machine in Brighton, then got to experience it again at home via MAME. To this day, tho, I had no idea of the comic book/animated series tie-in, let alone the Mega CD game!!!
My local video shop had this arcade machine for a fair bit. It used to change every so often.
Played this for the first time the other day! Brilliant game.
Captain Commando, AVP and the D&D beat em ups were the best Capcom put out at that time.
Around 2005-2009, before smartphone games, Metal slug, this, captain commando ruled the gaming scene in my place.
You might not know this, but in Bangladesh, where I live, this game is a perennial favourite. Just about everyone above the age of 20 who has lived in a city at some point has played it, and it's known to most as 'Mustapha' after arguably the strongest playable character in the game. The biggest reason for this is the fact that here, arcades became a thing for the first time back in '94, and this was the first (and for a while, only) side-scrolling beat-em-up we got to play. Titles like Captain Commando and Streets of Rage came along later, but this was and a quarter of a century later still is the most widely played (and loved) video game in the country.
Phantom 2040 also used the environmental collapse trope as an independent cartoon released around the same time. Along with Exosquad, Aeon Flux, The Maxx, and maybe Highlander Animated series, these were among the most memorable independant cartoons of the 1990s. (Outside of obvious mainstream cartoons of the 90s such as Batman the Animated Series and X-Men.)
Another beat em up classic from Capcom is Alien vs Predator which also never got a home release.
I hope that game would be featured here someday.
Ive always enjoyed Mark Schultz Xenozoic Tales ( early title for Cadilliacs and Dinosaurs) and loved Capcom for bringing this title to life!!! To me, Capcom was winning me over as my favorite gaming company with gameplay and visuals! ( Sad what happend to them years later...)They also did a fantastic job with Dungeons and Dragons & Aliens vs Predator! ( Hey, could you do a review on these franchises too?)
definitely uses the same engine as captain commando
This game plays a big role in my childhood. Love from India.
Cadillacs & Dinosaurs was one of those arcade cabinets that were always occupied because they were just so good.
A pretty Big fan of this series and of the comic books Xenozoic Tales. Another nice game, don't know if you remember is Knights of the roudn table. Maybe you can Make a video about it.
In Serbia it was really popular in the 90'..I remember playing it in 98 and 99'.Great game
Good timing, was playing this last night! Pcb was a must own with this awesome game having never received a home conversion.
Got this on super console x it's arcade perfect with upgraded to hd
Hi tophat,u gotta do the spiderman beat em up, the one with namor I loved that
I do like how you covered the levels well ThGm.
Never played this game, nor saw the animated series. Sounds fascinating. It had an amazing concept.
Damn, that and Punisher, best capcom brawlers ever
Armored Warriors & AVP, too. Really deep mechanics, for brawlers.
I have a vague memory of playing this and loving it
It was kind of popular over here in the United States too where I'm from Cadillacs and dinosaurs the TV was a hit for a while
My kids are obsessed Cadillacs and Dinosaurs for the past couple weeks. They play it on these Chinese emulator handhelds I bought them. Funny this video came out just as my kids discovered the game.
this game, the punisher, light bringer, Wizard Fire (1992), dungeons and dragons arcade and x-men arcade game would make a great beat em up arcade collection..
another great video. Hope you're doing well and virus free. Catilacs and Dinosaures was released in The USA on the Sega CD however it was more like a point and click game. Its not the same as this
THIS is worth covering! C&D arcade was amazing!
I loved this game. I knew I couldn't be the only one.
The animation for the tv series is pretty good and the voice acting is top notch.
Can you take a look at Capcom's Alien vs Predator or Knights of the Round?
Where I grew up, this game was the premier arcade experience. I can't think about that era without picturing this game and its crazy vivid colors. Most arcades had it but the machines were always packed. I had to go out early so I could play a few coins before the big kids showed up!
Everyone played as Mustapha, because of his leg attacks. In fact, we called the game "Mustapha"! (Edit: Apparently, people in Morocco did too)
I always found it weird that the rest of the world didn't really care about this game, I'm glad it's getting recognition lately and I hope they finally port it to a damn console already.
On an unrelated note, I would drink Hannah's bath water.
I strongly recommend reading Modern Masters: Mark Schultz. It covers how Xenozoic took off, however it doesn't cover the arcade game at all.
Loved this game as a kid, and if you haven't done it I'd be very interested to see you also cover the D&D arcade games too...
This and AVP are the true lost gems of the era.
The best beat em up ever made
This review is very well done. Thanks!
The Punisher, Cadillacs, Alien vs Predator, Metamorphic Force greatest beatem ups.
it is 3:24 am , and i can stay up this late and more as long as Big daddy Top Hat has a new video i didn't see yet .
This show was pretty cool. You can find the toy line on ebay. I really enjoyed this game as well! Too bad this series didn't go that far. Great video!
This game was awesome. Although I remember seeing a movie theater having it in its arcade room, I didn't play it until much later. One of the most overlooked beat-em-up games that Capcom ever did. I never watched the show, but I was familiar with it. I you like checking it out, even though I'm sure it probably wouldn't hold up now.
Hope we get a video on The Punisher now.
I loved the TV show, and was a massive creative influence for me.
We call it Mustofa 😂My childhood, me and my friend grew up playing this and Kof.
Đark Moyan kof ? Yu mean king of fighters
@@q8ali2000 Yup and Punisher the game too.
Awesome video as always. Yes this game had awesome art , still a classic. It’s a shame this game and Alien vs predator would be a licensing nightmare to rerelease legally.
This is the best beat them up of all time,..Cadillac and Dinasours is awesome!!
Love that classic, Capcom pixel art.
Best beat em up game ever!!!!!!!
Always wanted a home port of this gem.
This game is strangely popular in Pakistan, even to this day.
Jay ARe hmm hmmm I wonder?
@@THE_MAQ355 wonder what ?
I'm possibly the only person on earth who knew the IP first from the tabletop RPG...30 years later I played the arcade game
Fire ass licensed game. 47th Street is without a doubt one of the very best beat em tunes. I got history with this property since I watched the show as a kid, read the comics a few years ago and while unfinished it's fire.
I miss the side-scrolling beat 'em up games. They were simple, but required skill, and were a fun/satisfying experience.
When i see a new video of big daddy tophat:
YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH + instant like!
Ammer Reduron snap bro. Lol
I would love to see a Cadillacs and Dinosaurs open world game like Days Gone or something!
Always hated playing CnD because my friend always made me choose Jack. Finally, played it on PC using emulators and enjoyed it. But, missed my friend.
i rarely finish beatemups ... but i liked thiss so much i continued going
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