The Turbo has so many great games that I’ve overlooked because nobody I knew growing up had one. Thank god for emulation so I can play these awesome games
I got the Turbo Duo for Christmas in 1992, I absolutely loved the system. It was one of my all time favorite consoles, and I had so many great games for it. Splatterhouse, Cosmic Fantasy 2, Dragon Slayer, Lords of Thunder, Gate of Thunder, Ys I and II, Ninja Spirit, Bonk, Bonk 2, and a few others.. Though should probably give up my gamer card, there was small used/import game store in my town, and in 94 or 95, I traded my Turbo Duo for an Atari Jaguar... worst trade I had ever made and regret it to this day.
One of the greatest soundtracks in the history of anything along with FF4 & 6, Super castlevania 4, Streets of rage 2, and SOTN. Such an awesome game. Thanks for the memories.
The soundtrack for Gate of Thunder is also quite good. I played both of these games on a Turbo Duo at my friends house as a kid. Still enjoy them from time to time, one of my favorites.
This games is freaking amazing! On the SEGA CD there's also narration for the cutscene, and the voice actor is so good| Makes everything sound even more epic
The term "Shmup" was coined by the english magazine Zzap!64 during the mid-80's shoot'em up craze. They loved childish diminutives. How it has later become common place worldwide is quite puzzling.
Now THIS is a treat! Been a fan of this game for years, and still blast the soundtrack in my car to this day. Glad you guys got to playing it :) FYI: It's on Sega CD too with higher-quality audio.
he does that ALL the time XD I love James when he isn't scripted. he just reverts to his introvert form and just nods appreciatively. I think there's one with Pat where Pat goes off on a tangent and wait for James to chime in and he just goes "yeah!" XD
It must have been regional because over here in Aus, those games were always called "Shoot em ups" in the 80s and 90s. It took me a little while to catch on that these days "Shmups" is just a shortening of that old phrase.
I always called them space shooters, which isn’t fair to 1942 but growing up with Galaga on a master system and Doom/UT(it was an old master system) just what they were to me.
I like that name since you freely move your character anywhere in the space of the screen. And it has the double meaning since most of the games take place in outer space
One I would recommend and it's made by Capcom and ported to Super Nintendo. UN Squadron because aside from side shooter, you also get sub weapons too and different planes.
The music featured in this game is amazing. Wish I grew up playing games like this. Although I did have a couple good scrolling-shooters on the TurboGrafx.
I remember a Johnny Turbo ad talking about this game and how "Feka's" CD system had a game that didn't come close. Then the Sega CD would get "Lords of Thunder." (A game which I have a copy of for that system.)
it remembers me of "Gynoug" on the Mega Drive. The best shmup in my opinion on 8/16 bit consoles is Thunder Force IV on the Mega Drive. really impressive graphics, and a badass metal soundtrack.
Hey James and Mike. I'm Josh Fraley (A.K.A.) Brutally Awesome Warrior. I am a die-hard fan of all your videos. Especially the AVGN videos! I also like to play retro games like Sega Genesis, Snes, Playstation, etc. I especially like to play Neogeo. I even watch slasher films like Friday the 13th, Nightmare on Elm Street, Halloween, etc.
It's really cool seeing James truly enjoy this awesome game. Seeing the kid come out in him put a big ass smile on my face. Lords of Thunder is metal as fuck.
It's been hard to come to terms with the fact that there are so many video games to play these days. This IS a good thing! However, growing up with me and all of my friends waiting for the next game to come out after playing the previous one to death was a lot of fun and quite the bonding experience. These days, only the most popular games are known and experienced by a large number of people. That leaves a metric shit ton of other games which are played by a handful of people (relatively). In the end, I think it's a win win situation. You get the shared experience of playing the biggest titles that everyone can relate to and then you get that niche experience with the oddball games you and a (again, relatively) few other people have played. It's the best of old and new! :)
Nerd is so funny when he starts getting upset. He was so relaxed and chill when he watches his friend play the game. When it's his turn to play the angry video game nerd starts to surface. What a perfect name to give himself. No offense, but I could imagine a really cool and funny cartoon series using Nerd's personality. Kind of reminds me of the cartoon Clarence. Maybe one day this will materialize. If it does I would definitely tune in.
I gotta play this game @ some point! Yeah I love those huge bosses in the games from that era too. Another good example of a game with huge awesome bosses was Ranger X for SEGA.
David Drouant My dad and I had a whole strategy when I was a kid. We'd go a10 as soon as we could with Greg and take turns doing as many truck runs as possible til we had enough to get the ultimate jet! Of course I my 7 year old ass did the truck runs mostly to grind out the $ for him :P
Japanese isn't written right to left. On full pages it will be top-down, with columns right-left, but on something like a controller, it's all left to right. I would recommend playing Zero Wing if anyone hasn't before. It has a few unique elements that make it fun like being able to grab an enemy and use them as a shield, or then shooting the enemy's ship out like an extra weapon and grabbing another.
Mike: Look at you! You're like the ultimate warrior badass. Just don't hit things. *Cuts to James with barely any life or power* Mike: Yeah, you got fuckin destroyed.
Feel the power of the *PC ENGINE* Pound for pound one of most diverse and greatest collectable formats of all time. 🔥🔥🔥🔥 Bithead1000s Pc Engine vids are a must watch.
Play "The Guardian Legend", one of the most underrated NES-gems imo. It's kinda like a combination of Zelda and shmup, and it works perfectly. And The soundtrack is gold, too.
I fucking love Lords of Thunder. I don't have a Turbografx or PC Engine but this game is the sole reason I want to get a DuoRX. This is probably my favorite shooter.
Brenden Sousa If you get any Duo recapped, it's just as good as the R or RX. I have the original white PC Engine with the interface unit CDRom2 combo. Any with a New laser, new gear (like on mine), and recapped then any are good to go. Duo R and RX are always recommended if you don't get those things done mostly due to better caps they used.
I use to play firepower 2000 with my brothers when I was a kid. I hope they get to that game soon. I couldn’t remember the name of the game. I have looked everywhere for a copy of that game.
What I believe the person who told you that these type of games don't involve thinking was trying to say is that they're more reaction based than other games.
The flicker is called hit flash. The Wii port of Metal Slug Anthology was terrible because it didn't have any hit flash. Every other platform release has it.
Play Thunder Force 3, or 4 for an awesome challenge, also behold their great soundtracks. Gen's a great shooter console also. But I'd like to try this series sometime and other Pc-Engine shooters.
Since you guys mentioned it, I love the Flash Gordon movie too! Well, I'm a huge Queen fan, so of course I do hehe ;p though all the other stuff in the movie, like the campy-ness, cheezy story, neat special effects, space battle action, etc. are all lots of fun too.
Shmups are the purest form of video game I love the games on the pc engine genesis and Saturn. The ones on SNES aren’t quite as good. Never could get into bullet hell shooters or puzzlers like ikaruga. But I love this thunder force and radiant silver gun. They’re my favourite of the conventional horizontal and vertical shmups
The Turbo has so many great games that I’ve overlooked because nobody I knew growing up had one. Thank god for emulation so I can play these awesome games
Six String Check out the original Splatterhouse and the Legendary Axe games... Unless you already have, then you already know.
This was my all time favorite game on the Sega CD growing up. The soundtrack to this game is what made me want to learn guitar.
I got the Turbo Duo for Christmas in 1992, I absolutely loved the system.
It was one of my all time favorite consoles, and I had so many great games for it. Splatterhouse, Cosmic Fantasy 2, Dragon Slayer, Lords of Thunder, Gate of Thunder, Ys I and II, Ninja Spirit, Bonk, Bonk 2, and a few others..
Though should probably give up my gamer card, there was small used/import game store in my town, and in 94 or 95, I traded my Turbo Duo for an Atari Jaguar... worst trade I had ever made and regret it to this day.
@@Jayce_Alexander exactly!
Legendary axe, salamander, neutopia, dungeon explorer and snatcher are amazing too
The soundtrack of this game is just insanely good.
I totally agree!
I'm literally thrashing
One of the greatest soundtracks in the history of anything along with FF4 & 6, Super castlevania 4, Streets of rage 2, and SOTN.
Such an awesome game. Thanks for the memories.
Thunder Force 4 (Litening Force) is a great shmup.
Awesome graphics & amazing music. One of the best 16bit soundtracks ever.
just looked up the OST for this game and ... GOOD LORD, STOP READING RIGHT NOW! CHECK OUT THE FREAKIN OST OF THIS GAME, ITS FUCKIN AMAZING!
DustMan2704 yeah really wish they would turn up the in game music and sfx.. I wanna hear that shit
The soundtrack for Gate of Thunder is also quite good. I played both of these games on a Turbo Duo at my friends house as a kid. Still enjoy them from time to time, one of my favorites.
Mike: yeah you look like a total badass
Next moment
Mike: Yeah you got destroyed
This games is freaking amazing! On the SEGA CD there's also narration for the cutscene, and the voice actor is so good| Makes everything sound even more epic
Over here in Europe, we called them shoot em ups.
Which later was shortened into Shmups.
The term "Shmup" was coined by the english magazine Zzap!64 during the mid-80's shoot'em up craze. They loved childish diminutives. How it has later become common place worldwide is quite puzzling.
Might be wrong, but I think that with these early CD ROM Games, the music is stored like a regular Music CD.
Probably, you could play the commodore tapes in a walkman.
It actually really is you can even put some sega saturn games in a cd player and it will play the sound track
You are correct. I have this and yea you can play it on a standard CD player.
A lot of these older games used Red Book Audio for their music.
Wonderful to see shoot 'em ups on this show, it's my all time favorite genre! I hope the audience reaction is enough to incite more of them! :D
You guys probably should do these forever...
That didn't age well.
@@floppyseizure8615 LoL
I just want to say this. THANK YOU FOR INTRODUCING ME TO THIS GAME!!!!
The soundtrack is just epic! :)
One of the very best shoot'em ups ever made. Simply.
Turbo Grafx was the SHIT!!!! played the hell out of it at my cousin's place. Also, Heavy Metal was an adult cartoon action movie too!
Really? I remember watching it when I was a little kid, and didn't think anything of the adult scenes... but that's the way my parents raised me.
Cool story, bro
The TurboGrafx is still the shit, and I still have 37 games for it! I was the one kid who bought it instead of the Genesis and I never regretted it.
Now THIS is a treat! Been a fan of this game for years, and still blast the soundtrack in my car to this day. Glad you guys got to playing it :) FYI: It's on Sega CD too with higher-quality audio.
"Mhm" - James 2018
*slow nod* - James 2018
-James 2017
-2016
-2015
-2014
-etc
James 2017 -Edibles
James 2018 -Xanax
"Uh huh" "Yeah" "Mhm"
I still love James very much
he does that ALL the time XD I love James when he isn't scripted. he just reverts to his introvert form and just nods appreciatively. I think there's one with Pat where Pat goes off on a tangent and wait for James to chime in and he just goes "yeah!" XD
those worlds are in spanish, like bosque, which is just forest
I played this game on SegaCD and it was really fun. I finished it, too.
I miss the 90s the good old days
I love James and Mike mondays
A full half hour of my favorite RUclips duo to help brighten up a dreary Monday morning before work? Sign me up!
Your wifes already handling the kitchen duties so I'll have to pass on your suggestion 🙄
awe, someone didnt get tucked in last night, lord sosa? xD
your wife is in the kitchen already
then tell that bitch to make me a sandwich then
Oh no you misread me , I don't actually have a wife. I'm only borrowing yours - she's quite the cook ;)
jessica96 maybelle Don't worry she was tucked in very well I must say
It must have been regional because over here in Aus, those games were always called "Shoot em ups" in the 80s and 90s. It took me a little while to catch on that these days "Shmups" is just a shortening of that old phrase.
I miss James and Mike Mondays :(
I always called them space shooters, which isn’t fair to 1942 but growing up with Galaga on a master system and Doom/UT(it was an old master system) just what they were to me.
I like that name since you freely move your character anywhere in the space of the screen. And it has the double meaning since most of the games take place in outer space
One I would recommend and it's made by Capcom and ported to Super Nintendo. UN Squadron because aside from side shooter, you also get sub weapons too and different planes.
Love that game.
UN Squadron was a highly underrated game
Play the arcade/MAME version; it's two player co-op.
I'd still recommend the Arcade/Mame port too.
You guys should try Thunder Force IV aka Lightening Force on Genesis, the music is 100% pure genesis synth, the best genesis synth you'll hear.
Warrax it is good. That or MUSHA are neck and neck.
Thunderforce III is also up there, synthwise and as a game! So many great shooters on Genesis ...
One of my faves soundtracks also Alisa Dragoon
Not to mention the graphics, which are top notch.
Can't believe they're playing one of my favorite shmups EVER.
The music featured in this game is amazing. Wish I grew up playing games like this. Although I did have a couple good scrolling-shooters on the TurboGrafx.
Guys, Rondo of Blood has a save feature and level select.
Oh man I lost it at the way James says "I don't want to be one of Satan's dudes" lmao
We called them "Shoot'em ups" as kids, "Shmups" is a new thing to me. In Japan they call them STGs (ShooTingGames)
"You've got FULL POWER! Now just don't hit anything"
*cut forward* 2 health, 0 power
"Yeah you got fuckin' destroyed"
classic.
Back in the day, I always called them GAMES. "Side Arms" for instance.
You missed UN Squadron, probably the best shooter on SNES. Also Legendary Wing on NES is great.
Played it alot growing up & liked it..... until I discovered the CPS1 arcade original that was 2 players + there was an arcade-only sequel!
Mike, play Chroma Squad with James, I think that game was made for him!
Summer Carnival '92: Recca is a fantastic shmup on the Famicom.
That and Crisis Force are the best and its a shame they never came out over here. Thank God for emulation.
Holy shit! You're right. I've never played Crisis Force. It's really fucking good! Thanks, dude.
I remember a Johnny Turbo ad talking about this game and how "Feka's" CD system had a game that didn't come close.
Then the Sega CD would get "Lords of Thunder." (A game which I have a copy of for that system.)
You guys gotta do MUSHA, lightning force, steel empire, and biohazard battle for Genesis
Biohazard Battle is unreal. We'll give that one another shot soon
I also recommend Air Zonk.
*Axelay for the SNES!*
Awesome vid and game bros! :D
it remembers me of "Gynoug" on the Mega Drive. The best shmup in my opinion on 8/16 bit consoles is Thunder Force IV on the Mega Drive. really impressive graphics, and a badass metal soundtrack.
It's been over a decade and you guys are still going strong. Congrats you guys
those called shoot 'em up games in Europe, in Turkey at least.
Hey James and Mike. I'm Josh Fraley (A.K.A.) Brutally Awesome Warrior. I am a die-hard fan of all your videos. Especially the AVGN videos! I also like to play retro games like Sega Genesis, Snes, Playstation, etc. I especially like to play Neogeo. I even watch slasher films like Friday the 13th, Nightmare on Elm Street, Halloween, etc.
Man, I love you dudes, please never stop doing this!
James, do more of the Angry Video Game Nerd episodes!
It's really cool seeing James truly enjoy this awesome game. Seeing the kid come out in him put a big ass smile on my face. Lords of Thunder is metal as fuck.
My favorite shooter on PC Engine
I love how you are still around after 2006!
This game is badass
thank you for saying that because holy shit this game is badass
And it's on Wii U? Neeeeeed.
For me most PC engine games are unknown. This looks difficult shoot`em up game.
When i was teen, i used to play Gradius with C64. Lovely game it was!
It's been hard to come to terms with the fact that there are so many video games to play these days. This IS a good thing! However, growing up with me and all of my friends waiting for the next game to come out after playing the previous one to death was a lot of fun and quite the bonding experience. These days, only the most popular games are known and experienced by a large number of people. That leaves a metric shit ton of other games which are played by a handful of people (relatively). In the end, I think it's a win win situation. You get the shared experience of playing the biggest titles that everyone can relate to and then you get that niche experience with the oddball games you and a (again, relatively) few other people have played. It's the best of old and new! :)
James and Kuwabara mondays
Nerd is so funny when he starts getting upset. He was so relaxed and chill when he watches his friend play the game. When it's his turn to play the angry video game nerd starts to surface. What a perfect name to give himself. No offense, but I could imagine a really cool and funny cartoon series using Nerd's personality. Kind of reminds me of the cartoon Clarence. Maybe one day this will materialize. If it does I would definitely tune in.
Or a modern day Jekyll and Hyde?
I gotta play this game @ some point! Yeah I love those huge bosses in the games from that era too. Another good example of a game with huge awesome bosses was Ranger X for SEGA.
OMG you guys HAVE to play U.N. Squadron!
Mos Def,my fave was the A-10 Thunderbolt
UN Squadron!!!!!
David Drouant My dad and I had a whole strategy when I was a kid. We'd go a10 as soon as we could with Greg and take turns doing as many truck runs as possible til we had enough to get the ultimate jet! Of course I my 7 year old ass did the truck runs mostly to grind out the $ for him :P
Keep the turbografx16 cd videos coming!
Japanese isn't written right to left. On full pages it will be top-down, with columns right-left, but on something like a controller, it's all left to right. I would recommend playing Zero Wing if anyone hasn't before. It has a few unique elements that make it fun like being able to grab an enemy and use them as a shield, or then shooting the enemy's ship out like an extra weapon and grabbing another.
Mike: Look at you! You're like the ultimate warrior badass. Just don't hit things.
*Cuts to James with barely any life or power*
Mike: Yeah, you got fuckin destroyed.
Feel the power of the *PC ENGINE*
Pound for pound one of most diverse and greatest collectable formats of all time. 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Bithead1000s Pc Engine vids are a must watch.
Play "The Guardian Legend", one of the most underrated NES-gems imo. It's kinda like a combination of Zelda and shmup, and it works perfectly. And The soundtrack is gold, too.
"you'd be like Satan's dude"
"I don't want to be Satan's dude"
ROTFL!!
that hairstyle. mike, keep it up!
Bringing the Beaker look back... Lol
Woot. A good game on James and Mike Mondays to start the week.
Mike is looking fancy today.
awesome classic ; fantasy-style thunderforce
Have to admit, I'm glad to see you guys take a break from the newer Mario games.
this game was awesome. I beat this game when I had a Turbo Duo back in the 90's.
I fucking love Lords of Thunder. I don't have a Turbografx or PC Engine but this game is the sole reason I want to get a DuoRX. This is probably my favorite shooter.
Brenden Sousa If you get any Duo recapped, it's just as good as the R or RX. I have the original white PC Engine with the interface unit CDRom2 combo. Any with a New laser, new gear (like on mine), and recapped then any are good to go. Duo R and RX are always recommended if you don't get those things done mostly due to better caps they used.
Mike: "Its so important that you collect the money... and the power orbs."
James: "Meatballs"
I use to play firepower 2000 with my brothers when I was a kid. I hope they get to that game soon. I couldn’t remember the name of the game. I have looked everywhere for a copy of that game.
it's nice to discover a game in that way...and it reminds me when i was young with my bro' and cousins!
"You're like the ultimate warrior"
*next scene*
"Yea u got destroyed"
dead
Damn, that’s why Mike left. James annoyed him too badly playing this game. He never forgave.
What I believe the person who told you that these type of games don't involve thinking was trying to say is that they're more reaction based than other games.
The flicker is called hit flash.
The Wii port of Metal Slug Anthology was terrible because it didn't have any hit flash. Every other platform release has it.
This is my favorite SHMUP of all time.
Not sure if i just missed it but i think Altered Beast would be a great game to do for James and Mike mondays.
UN SQUADRON!!! loved that game.
My favorite of all time was Thunder Force 3 for the Genesis.
They make mondays awesome and always am looking for their videos
Play Thunder Force 3, or 4 for an awesome challenge, also behold their great soundtracks. Gen's a great shooter console also. But I'd like to try this series sometime and other Pc-Engine shooters.
Oh my gosh! James, you're going to be in Michigan next month?! I want to go to Astronomicon just to see you! That's awesome! ^_^
Shoot em up? I like einhander. And I sort of don't like shoot em up with projectiles bigger than the ship.
Great game, that soundtrack is superb!
reminds me alot of forgotten worlds on sega
Forgotten Worlds was also released on the system the were playing....
Yep. with voices in it.
The Satan discussion was hilarious.
I see an "animated" video coming for that very soon, lol
Mike that shirts beautiful, what is that velvet?...... deek
"Look at this, you're like the ultimate warrior bad ass!! Just don't hit things"
-cuts to -
"Yeah you.. you got fucking destroyed.."
Awesome to see you guys showing love to some great shmups!
Mike looks younger day by day
he ages backward
He's devouring James' vitality.
I really liked the banter/commentary in this one
Since you guys mentioned it, I love the Flash Gordon movie too! Well, I'm a huge Queen fan, so of course I do hehe ;p though all the other stuff in the movie, like the campy-ness, cheezy story, neat special effects, space battle action, etc. are all lots of fun too.
play wild guns on the snes great co-op game.
Phelios on Genesis was one of my favorite shooters, also liked Tiger Heli on NES. I guess I prefer vertical scrolling shooters over side scrolling.
James dropping all bombs at the begining of the stage...x 3
Mike rocking a Dr. Bomb hairdo for a turbografx game
I have to wonder if it's intentional
Shmups are the purest form of video game I love the games on the pc engine genesis and Saturn. The ones on SNES aren’t quite as good. Never could get into bullet hell shooters or puzzlers like ikaruga. But I love this thunder force and radiant silver gun. They’re my favourite of the conventional horizontal and vertical shmups