20 Ultra-Violent Arcade Games with Brutal Dismemberments

[@ricepony33]

Well done! I grew up in this arcade generation and it truly brought me back to my early desensitization :)

[@christlevania5933]

Primal Rage had some pretty gruesome attacks/fatalities.

[@jjenk911]

He covered that in a different video. But yeah, gruesome moments.

[@elmono6299]

I swear that's a fighting game that deserves a comeback. 🦍🦧🦖🐍

[@b1gnasty69]

​@@elmono6299the characters should just be added to MK

[@Jayce-o2j]

I'm a ps2 owner and it still works to today 2024 and I loved it and still do

[@maddestmike5791]

The House of The Dead. We came for the gore, we stayed for the unapologetic campy acting.

[@BitsBeats]

True fact

[@f.k.b.16]

The best of both worlds!

[@rcblazer]

I remember being able to use some attacks in Night Warriors: Darkstalkers' Revenge that could cut an opponent in half.

[@YunaxRikku23]

You are right. I believe it was morrigan's over half that could use her wings to cut opponent in half.

[@darulezlulez2625]

I remember when you cut Felicia in half, there's a fish bone in her stomach, lol

[@darulezlulez2625]

@@YunaxRikku23 And if you end the fight with Lilith's "throw", she cuts her opponent in two halfs horizontally

[@HiddenVariable777]

Talbain cuts his opponent in half when he finishes with "Moment Slice".

[@rcso2010]

Yedah cut them in half and absorb an orb from his enemies.

[@PalkosHorrorCollection]

I played ‘Blood Storm’ so much back in the day. An incredible amount of hidden material in that game.

[@bParallax]

Thanks for this B&B, saw a few arcade games ive never seen before. Time to add to my MAME emulator folder.

[@BitsBeats]

For these types of comments I make videos. thank you!

[@galvinstanley3235]

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[@brorianszk]

Wow! Red earth's pixel art is gorgeous!

[@BitsBeats]

Indeed

[@orkoto6057]

CPS3 board, Beast of a game

[@brorianszk]

@@orkoto6057 Indeed!

[@OddballEddie]

The 2nd Beast Busters game on the Hyper Neo-Geo 64 was also quite the gorefest, it was in 3D you'd blow the zombies heads off or their entire torso which would result on tons of blood gushing from the waist. It was actually pretty fun, the guns were machine guns similar to Gunblade NY which also had a rumble function.

[@GroovyFlacko]

That battletoads arcade game is amazing. They should’ve remastered/re-released this version instead of that recent sequel they put out😩

[@elmono6299]

That sequel was more of a parody than an actual game.

[@GroovyFlacko]

@@elmono6299 honestly! From the art style to the gameplay, I knew that wasn’t the battletoads we know n love

[@elmono6299]

@@GroovyFlacko well the good news is that Battletoads arcade is playable on Rare Replay for the XBOX ONE.

[@Ramsey276one]

I always hoped it would be ported The NES one felt like an AU more than a port, but it was still fun, regardless of the difficulty EVEREST… XD

[@esotericmissionary]

This video unexpectedly transported me back to Peter Piper Pizza back in the early '90s of good times, great games, and the (not quite) cardboard pizza of today. 😄

[@erockbrox8484]

The problem with Blood Storm is that they are just using violence for the sake of violence and it has no taste, where as Mortal Kombat has a coolness factor and good character design and violence is just part of the game.

[@mostverticalproductions4808]

MK, for all intents and purposes, still plays fine and has a bit of depth and complexity to it. Bloodstorm didn't and got by only on shock factor.

[@erockbrox8484]

@@mostverticalproductions4808 Exactly the blood is only there to enhance the game, but if you take it away it should still be a good game.

[@enragedninja]

Time Killers: "Tis but a flesh wound"

[@opscontaylor8195]

Best way to anger a random player at the arcade. Be good enough with kicks that you could let them take off your arms, then win with kicks only.

[@SpacemanHardy]

We can't forget 1998's CarnEvil.

[@lilwyvern4]

Night Slashers is one of those overlooked gems. Pretty solid game, satisfying combat, good music, and a reasonable difficulty curve for an arcade game.

[@platstar4268]

OMFG thank you i've been trying to find out the name to some of these played them all the time when i was a kid

[@SolCresta3405]

It really pains me to pull off Fatalities in Samurai Shodown, honestly. Especially if it’s on someone so innocent like Nakoruru.

[@street1008]

I have an unending weakness in such a game. I refuse to deal a "deathblow" to her or her little sister.

[@SolCresta3405]

@@street1008 Same here! Heck, I usually tend to avoid doing Fatality moves on everyone except for some boss characters.

[@dugonman8360]

I kinda do the same thing in MK depending on the character I play. Liu Kang wouldn't kill Johnny Cage or Sonya so why would I do it if I'm playing as him?

[@SolCresta3405]

@@dugonman8360 Exactly.

[@EUROCORP2027]

if they are fighting then they must face whatever they throw at them

[@frumper912]

I'm so glad Zombie Raid is on the list! I still have an original arcade cabinet of that game! the game freakin ROCKS!

[@soulreaver1983]

Absolutely 💯 awesome 😎👍

[@BitsBeats]

Many thanks!

[@soulreaver1983]

@@BitsBeats You're welcome 🙂👍

[@andersonrodrigo63]

Very cool list

[@dermetzger]

0:24 - Homie walks out the joint then just showed EVERYONE how he was finna roll 😂😂😂😂

[@RTPJu]

These games always were too cartoonish to impress and even during my childhood (in the 80s) I've seen "violent" videogames more as a lol. Nice video anyway... thanx!

[@MrMartellSincere]

I appreciate the hard work that went into making this video showcase brutality 🤠😳

[@ReviewTechAFRICA]

Hard work? Lmao he just took random short gameplay clips and put them together. You think he actually recorded the gameplay? kwab

[@carlosgoldstein1057]

Maybe Exidy's Chiller should be mentioned. That one was quite the dismemberfest

[@illustreightr2630]

Yeah, Exidy’s Chiller was a glaring omission. There was even an NES version of the game that was released without the Nintendo Seal of Approval.

[@gustavonunez5959]

Let's divide by genre (most arcades and few home consoles): + Fighting · Mortal Kombat series · Eternal Champions series · Samurai Shodown series - War Gods - Mace of the Dark Age - Red Earth - Time Killers - Blood Warrior - BloodStorm - Bio F.R.E.A.K.S. + Beat 'em up · Splatterhouse series - Night Slashers - BattleToads - Zombie Revenge - Wild Fangs + Run 'n Gun - N.A.R.C. - Smash T.V. - Total Carnage - S.A.R.: Search and Rescue + Rail Shooter · The House of the Dead series · Beast Busters series · Area 51 series - Zombie Raid - CarnEvil

[@evilblader7]

Juela la intro de Tecmo knight, que gráfico D: Ese Red Earth fue una excepción a la regla, Konami y Capcom no se caracterizaban por hacer juegos así de violentos, no como Midway que a esos no les temblaba el pulso. No quiero sonar sádica, pero Samurai showdown V es de mis favoritos precisamente por eso, o sea son armas corto punzantes manipuladas con gran fuerza, obviamente debe haber despedazados y voladero de tripas xDDDD ese detalle me decepcionó en el Samurai showdown que sacaron para PS4 (juego que no dude en comprar) pero es un poco difícil de manejar y aunque tiene sangre, no tiene eso de mostrar partidos por la mitad, y cosas así. Mash t.v el juego del calamar 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣👌 ese juego estaba demasiado adelantado a su época. De nuevo excelente vídeo amigo mío.

[@BitsBeats]

Midway lo que pasaba es que estaban por encima del bien y del mal. Añoro compañías tan pasadas de rosca como ellos...

[@evilblader7]

@@BitsBeats Entre el bien y el mal, pero nos gustaba y lo extrañamos 😉😉😉😉

[@CactusJacksEar]

Blood Warrior is a bloody classic!

[@Upāsaka_11]

Narc is a perfect example of how vicious the Say No to Drugs campaign actually was. Little kids were playing this in arcades!

[@jasonmaclean719]

Battletoads arcade will forever be a gem because of the nut punching.

[@cristiandobrota8370]

As always... AWESOME!

[@BitsBeats]

Many thanks Cristian!

[@cristiandobrota8370]

@@BitsBeats Long life to your channel.

[@NekoHazrd]

I think the most violent arcade game I've played in my life is Carnevil. Enemies would get more and more disfigured the more shot them until whatever limb you were shooting finally came off. Not to mention the terrifying enemy designs. Beast Busters second nightmare would come in second.

[@LeftStickGaming]

I Second carnevil. Each bullet leaves damage marks in the area of the shot.

[@IdentityCrisis1581]

I have never even seen the splatterhouse arcade cabinet. I thought it was a tg16 original for years because that was the original i first saw. And to this day i havent actually seen the original arcade standup. I know it exists but it was never in any of the arcades i went to. They had all the neogeo cabinets with the blood turned off so it looked like the enemies were vomiting milk. And mortal kombat was what everyone thought was the most gorey. But it was actually pretty tame compared to other games that never got the attention it had. Tecmo knight was far more brutal than MK and so was splatterhouse. But those werent in every arcade. The only place i ever saw tecmo knight was in a flea market arcade that had a bunch of stuff i never heard of. Tecmo knight was like a brutal version of golden axe. I did play that a lot. I owned splatterhouse on tg16. And emulated the arcade version after i learned it existed. So i have played it. But i have never physically seen a splatterhouse arcade stand up. I would have clogged it with coins and wore the buttons off it if i had.

[@vittosphonecollection57289]

You forgot to put Paper Mario The Origami King where Mario grabs the jaws of a stapler dog and breaks them with his arms 😂😂

[@elmono6299]

Here are 2 honorable mentions: Primal Rage🦖 and Carnevil🤡.

[@thrillhouse4151]

Watching Leo cut that dinosaur in half and roar raised my T levels by 400%.

[@GodzillasaurusJr]

Narc has the player ripped apart by dogs, too. That really made an impression on me as a child.

[@Davtwan]

Jeez, I wasn’t expecting that out of Smash TV. Who knew being run over by a tread could lead to such dismemberment?

[@RedRanger2001]

Fact: The AES version of Samurai Shodown V is censored in Japan, due to the wake of the Sasebo slashing.

[@screwthenet]

Never heard of Zombie Revenge, but holy cow...that game would have eaten SO much of my cash back in the day in an arcade. It was easily mid ot late stage PS1 quality and looked gorgeous! Long live UMK3 and House of the Dead!!! ^

[@illustreightr2630]

It was also available on the Dreamcast.

[@MrShotgunWaffles]

1:42 I DON'T REMEMBER HIS HEAD BEING SO SMALL LMAO

[@jerrycuff013]

I'm sad that killer instinct wasn't added to the list in this video. That game was just as bloody and epic as Mortal Kombat and Samurai Shodown.

[@HexenStar]

Between Mortal Kombat and Samurai Shodown - there is a hyperspace jump in terms of gore. The former is the revolutionary turning point of realistically presented violence and gore, while the latter - is nothing more than a cartoony PG-13 circus in that regard. Right along with Jerry, when he's angry at Tom.

[@jerrycuff013]

@@HexenStar I don't care how badly you think Samurai Shodown is, it's still a popular fighting game that SNK has crafted for fans to enjoy and love over the years.

[@RedRanger2001]

Killer Instinct doesn't have dismemeberments, though. And the "fatalities" are more cartoonish much like Looney Tunes or Tom and Jerry...

[@ahuman4386]

That "flash" from Orchid though.... ummm humm

[@MagisterHamid]

Red Earth looks absolutely fantastic

[@Dorelaxen]

Let's not forget that the Battletoads arcade game also allowed you to use the ballsack of giant rat men as punching bags.

[@DanHemsath]

Ah, Zombie Revenge...I can never forget "boolets".

[@Retrotude]

4:22 "Just a flesh wound!"

[@bruceaskew2107]

Walk it off ya pansy 🤣🤣

[@dexterramey8787]

Didn't expect Altered Beast. I watch a short doc on that game. It is part of the reason the Genesis launch didn't go well. I still got it though.

[@nastymkfan]

OMG Zombie Revenge is on Arcade!!! 🤩

[@KuroNoTenno]

It's amazing what SNK manage to get away with in SamuShoV Special.

[@Pedro38906]

My church going violence despising grandma gave me my most violent game: Mutant Chronicles. Of course she had no idea 😅

[@MichaelTaylor-qp2xf]

Having never really played Red Earth, I never knew how violent it got. Then I said "Oh Shit!" out loud when Leo cleaved Hauzer down the middle like it was Happy Tree Friends, just with less blood.

[@joesaiditstrue]

MK2 was much more violent than UMK3. Kung Lao and Scorpions dismemberment fatalities specifically

[@tomnamsa]

Kung Lao slicing up Baraka in MK2 is the best thing I've witnessed at the arcades.

[@Larry]

I'm surprised Thriller didn't get a mention, the original body horror arcade game!

[@Kousaburo]

You mean Chiller?

[@Yomens123]

With Haohmaru now in Soul Calibur 6, It made the game way more gory. Since Soul Calibur 4 and the addition of Critical Finishes, for the first time in the series, it is strongly suggested that now characters can die during combats, as many character's Critical Finishes will show your opponent dead on the ground (no breathing animation and motionless). Yoshimitsu basically cut his opponents head off without actually cutting off the head or Algol crushing his opponent with his throne, then again without having blood, organs and body parts splattered everywhere. It never was at the level of mortal kombat but with the addition of Haohmaru in Soul Calibur 6, for the first time in the series it actually show blood ( and quite lot of it). What make it more gut wrenching is when you use Hoahmaru's Rage Explosion Critital Edge on Talim, a sweet and purehearted 15 year old girl (She could be the equivalent of Nakoruru or Rimururu). Hoahmaru will slice her open, with her blood spewing and raining down everywhere, then she fall dead on the ground, motionless, with the camera lingering on her dead body in the background.

[@NekoHazrd]

Beast Busters Second Nightmare was a million times more violent than the first one. Also, CarnEvil is probably the most violent arcade game ever next to Chiller.

[@etnwhvac]

I was hoping to see Kill Thrill, but I remember it was never released!!

[@MrNateMinier]

I believe the horrible and gruesome finishing moves of Ballz 3D was what lead to the creation of the ESRB

[@brendonjenkins462]

Time killers was so much fun, just a pity it never got a console release

[@BitsBeats]

There's an awful port for the Sega Genesis

[@jr.a8301]

@@BitsBeatsthe genesis version was horrible

[@MKF30]

While MK didnt start or end with the gore and blood it did it the best and still does imo with the insane fatalities over the years as well as brutalities. MK took ir to new hieghts with causing the ESRB system Sub-zero's headrip will forver be infamous lol 😆 alot of these others made by midway too like narc and smash tv, total carnage etc they made some of the most violent games in the 90s beaidea MK of course. Nice vid! Honorable mentions to bio-freaks, KI and Mace the dark ages.

[@jr.a8301]

time killers. you could literally decapitate your opponent mid round. such an underrated game

[@armorbearer9702]

I noticed a pattern. Dismemberment usually equals blood. Blood has to spray like a Quentin Tarantino movie. The exceptions are _Altered Beast_ (1:41) and Red Earth (6:43). I believe this is a wise and creative choice. Dismemberment is eye catching and grabs players attention. Putting a ton of blood can be a bit distracting and alienate certain audiences.

[@BitsBeats]

Love your comments

[@Yomens123]

With Haohmaru now in Soul Calibur 6, It made the game way more gory. Since Soul Calibur 4 and the addition of Critical Finishes, for the first time in the series, it is strongly suggested that now characters can die during combats, as many character's Critical Finishes will show your opponent dead on the ground (no breathing animation and motionless). Yoshimitsu basically cut his opponents head off without actually cutting off the head or Algol crushing his opponent with his throne, then again without having blood, organs and body parts splattered everywhere. It never was at the level of mortal kombat but with the addition of Haohmaru in Soul Calibur 6, for the first time in the series it actually show blood ( and quite lot of it). What make it more gut wrenching is when you use Hoahmaru's Rage Explosion Critital Edge on Talim, a sweet and purehearted 15 year old girl (She could be the equivalent of Nakoruru or Rimururu). Hoahmaru will slice her open, with her blood spewing and raining down everywhere, then she fall dead on the ground, motionless, with the camera lingering on her dead body in the background.

[@thrillhouse4151]

I don’t know why people are scared of blood, corpses are scarier.

[@bruhmomentum404]

surprised that chiller isnt here

[@daleketchup7434]

0:32 this would’ve put a tear in ol’ Ronnie Reagan’s eye

[@peelslowly28]

0:41 This woulda put a tear in old Ronnie Reag's eye. 😢

[@mossysalad3772]

I would’ve been upset if Splatterhouse wasn’t on here!

[@becketmariner]

lol King Wulf got the Black Knight monty python treatment.

[@Hello-hz7gj]

Cool

[@BitsBeats]

🙌

[@TheKaoff]

4:23 : "TIS BUT A SCRATCH"

[@jr.a8301]

"a scratch? your arm's off" 😂

[@Wolfie1262]

The generically named light gun shooter “Space Gun” might be more bloody than any you put on the list lol aliens explode and their innards hit the screen and slide down it

[@nerdstudent8852]

Too bad Eternal Champion doesn't make into the list, anyway it's a great list, imagine if some arcade have all this titles in one place, that would be wild 😁

[@_X-Y-Z_]

Eternal Champions is a console game which is probably why it wasn't on this list.

[@BitsBeats]

That's it. Great game anyway

[@TheStandardBearer]

Narc was a crazy arcade game.

[@geldofpunk32]

Chiller is a major oversight

[@MajinErick]

1:15 Was that the intro? OMG dude...she was murked.

[@Shinobi33]

Which overkill is the one on the thumbnail?

[@MegamanYT2024]

Is no one going to talk about that tecmo knight (in japan known as wild fang) has not just brutal gore, but also a brutal and terrorific continue screen?

[@alejandroalfonso6545]

Mortal Kombat: hold my beer

[@bruceaskew2107]

5:38 buy me bonestorm or go to hell🤣🤣🤣

[@patg929]

Time killers better be on this.

[@jackmagaiver5188]

Excelente

[@pauljordan0203]

I've played Smash TV before, and I enjoyed that game.

[@erintheangry2]

Warriors of Fate has special attacks and weapons that gruesomely dismember enemies. Including bosses. Most of the time enemies just fall over when you beat them but if you hit them with certain attacks or weapons they can be cut in half, or outright explode into pieces, usually just leaving their legs. My boy Kassar can do a spinning desperation move that cuts people in half, and a special power punch that explodes the top half of the body. WITH NOTHING BUT HIS FISTS!

[@harrihaffi2713]

Never played more than samurai shoedown (I) maybe I should check out the rest of the series.

[@m.d.seedorf9418]

Where is the 1986 arcade game Chiller? It is a lightgun arcadegame where you have to torture and dismember victims in the most gruesome way. Very distasteful and fun

[@Kos4Evr]

Weaponlord was a very savage fighting game That splatterhouse footage is from the turbographix. The arcade version did not have green blood.

[@jackmcslay]

4:10

[@BitsBeats]

🤣👌

[@mariopatrino3453]

How about "Eternal Champions" Sega Cd version. Pretty brutal fatalities.

[@steveomera251]

17 out of 20. Not bad.

[@CMCAdvanced]

Also, Eternal Champions Challenge From The Dark Side deserves to be on this list if any does

[@opaljk4835]

Does Splatterhouse usually sound like that?

[@johnlewisbrooks]

An arcade game often overlooked is called Dead Of The Brain and its SUPER gory and intense!

[@aweirdredtoad3637]

Arcade? It was for the PC 98.

[@gustavonunez5959]

I never heard of that game.

[@aweirdredtoad3637]

@@gustavonunez5959 That's because it's a Japan-only game.

[@gustavonunez5959]

@@aweirdredtoad3637 Oh, I see...

[@lucassattelmayer994]

Dont have in the list the most gorest for 80s, Chiller

[@wenaldy]

You should add Chiller (1986).

[@MickyThunderV]

What's the outro music?

[@Spindler2007]

That wolf howl used in Altered Beast at 1:53 is the same wolf howl from the movie An American Werewolf in London.

[@PowerSkunk92]

I'm surprised that CarnEvil didn't make this list.

[@BitsBeats]

I tried to emulate... But was imposible to me to do correctly. Great game

[@f.k.b.16]

Mortal Kombat is the only fighting game I can take gore seriously on. All the rest are just cash grabs and even as a 12 year old kid... all the gore on the other games just seemed distracting. Time Killers at least offered variety and to me is the runner up in the fighting category.

[@jackmcslay]

Samurai Shodown, Primal Rage and Killer Instinct are pretty solid too

[@fierysmile2929]

As amazing as KI is, the gore always kinda sucked in it. I get that there was way more blood in it than MK, but no one really played it because of the blood.

[@wxscooter]

I figured Chiller would definitely have been on here.

[@x7ameedo700]

Nice videos, but the your game description in your video is too far below that you miss half of the gameplay, try raising it and transparent the bar

[@nikopunksuperlink]

house of the dead 2 and 3 my childhood memories 😊

[@bw8685]

I remember seeing Tecmo Knights in the arcade as a kid. I was still innocent enough to know my parents wouldn't approve of me playing it so I never did. Been looking everywhere for the ROM ever since emulators became a thing.

[@MegamanYT2024]

Im just telling you, never ever lose on this game, because you will see the most perturbating continue screen of your life, dont even think about searching it on yt

[@deciduous_reaper]

I’m kinda Surprised Carnevil wasn’t on this list considering that was a brutal bloody Shoot em up games