Arcade Longplay [596] Metamorphic Force

[@ElvenRaptor]

THIS IS IT! I played this once in an Aladdin's Castle over 20 years ago, but never forgot it, and I've been looking for this damn thing since forever! I finally found you, my elusive memory!

[@trassage]

My story exactly :) More than 20 years of searching are now over.

[@NeahoBosozuku]

Such a classic. I feel like a kid again. Waking up to my favorite Saturday morning cartoon show with a large bowl a cereal and a half eaten pop tart, just because.

[@joseguevara8321]

Good old Days, not to mention the Good old Beat Em Up Arcades from Konami, Capcom and Sega.

[@TGMShoNuff]

Such incredible animation and art direction. Crisps details and killer music.... Wow!! This was reslly Konami Arcade Classics at its finest!

[@JohnSTF72]

A real gem. Everybody praises the X-Men arcade, but this is just as good. Excellent animation, great moves and music.

[@cherylcopes04]

It's a shame that the forgotten games like these and the other rest didn't get the fame and recognition that it needed.

[@finallyfamous9628]

It only came out in arcade thats what set it back

[@TheShadoek]

Hot damn! What a hidden gem. The animations are so good and smooth, and the combat is so blunt and lacking in the fancy department (Repeteadly kicking enemies on the ground, punching them on the belly) that it reaches out as hilarious. Also, mandatory *Altered Beast Sequel joke here.*

[@trassage]

Oh my gosh! I've been trying to find this game for 20+ years! I played it only once on a train station of a city far from my home. I didn't know the name of it and only recently I thought to try "arcade beat em ups" search on youtube and there it is! Oh. memories :)

[@robem9835]

Finally after so many years I figured out which game i played in an Hungarian arcade (in Kunfehértó). I was around 12 years old at that time 🙂. This is totally awesome! Thanks for uploading!

[@atanvardo5730]

A hidden gem of old beat'em-ups. A creative game of this kind, what is a rare thing.

[@yusakug]

The comic book store I used to go to used to have this in their little mini arcade section. I used to play this a lot with my friends. Brings back a lot of memories just watching this video. It was an awesome store, and wish it had never closed down. Also, this is the Konami I choose to remember.

[@DBoy2029]

+yusakug I agree--before they decided to pull that recent bullcrap!

[@Loader2K1]

Konami died to me when they changed their classic logo with the red and orange ribbons that formed a plus sign to that more generic red-and-white and white-and-red logo.

[@jasonross6727]

The "ribbons" are actually "waves". Konami is the Jaoanese word for "wave", so they made that part of their classic logo!

[@bronysimpson3250]

To think how many awesome arcade beat em ups there are that I've never been aware of years ago that I'm only now becoming of aware of. and this is one of them.

[@somanoma6465]

Great animation These kinds of games never get old

[@THE_MAQ355]

Soma noma I couldn’t have said it better 👍👍

[@RainingSteel]

Merry christmas Word Of Longplays.

[@dasstu]

"Who are you to wake ME?!" *Proceeds to get his lunch money stolen.*

[@alienspacebat5218]

I won't let ANYONE step in THIS AREA! That first boss is totally ridiculous.

[@DBoy2029]

I agree when one person said "This is what Altered Beast SHOULD have been."

[@stealthyjaboc9466]

word

[@geardog24]

original game or remake?

[@DBoy2029]

geardog24 Either.

[@shinobixa4]

Amen

[@sompret]

Feels more like Werewolf: The Apocalypse

[@RaveRaptor7]

"I won't let ANYONE step in this area!" Immediately gets snagged and punched several times

[@sompret]

Claude's wolfie boots are ridiculously adorable.

[@phillnewton740]

Jeez, I been searching far and wide for this game. I remember playing it a long ass time ago at a bowling alley with an old friend at his birthday party in the early/mid 90s and I couldn't remember for the life of me what it was called.

[@Klos1neMN]

I played this game for the first time yesterday night at the arcade. Wow, I was incredibly impressed. Reminded me of the 2 screen X-Men game and Altered Beast. It's loud there so I didn't hear any of the awesome soundtrack. Seriously, how did I miss this game when I was younger? I don't think any of the arcades had it.

[@ShinobiShowdown]

This looks like Golden Axe + Altered Beast + weirdness

[@Hotshotter3000]

And drawn by furries because holy shit! Those guys are intensely sexy with their ripped bodies and... damn it!

[@mr.e6033]

It really is! Haha

[@atanvardo5730]

Yes! Very much like it. Although I would say more of a combination of 'Final Fight' or 'Streets of rage' (rather than 'Golden Axe') with 'Altered Beast'.

[@jarrenherbert8852]

And evolved into Bloody Roar!

[@tifforo1]

This feels like an inferior (but still definitely good) cross of X-Men arcade and Turtles in Time to me.

[@noaidesign]

*REMEMBER WHEN KONAMI WAS ACTUALLY GOOD ???*

[@geardog24]

sadly yes😢

[@yamaoman6086]

DONT FORGET CAPCOM

[@Loader2K1]

I think part of the problem is today's technology. Back then, when the technology was limited, video game companies would work harder on their games to make up for the fact that the technology wasn't there to do what they really wanted to do with their games. Now that we have it, I guess developers' attitudes to making video games now is "Whatever."

[@yamaoman6086]

Loader2K1 you are right since they got technology they also lost passion , the way they make video games ;/

[@Beastkingzetta]

THEN: THANKS KONAMI NOW: FUCKONAMI

[@станиславматвеевский]

Happy X-mas and bests longs .

[@salvagebar]

Totally laffo'd at 8:32 "WHO ARE YOU TO WAKE ME-KRAAWWWK!" ~beatdown intensifies~ Putting the boots to him!

[@TheCow-j1l]

The way you fight the cyclops bros ^-^ so satisfying

[@hemidas]

My childhood thanks you for this longplay!

[@bazzjedimaster]

Maybe is the cartoony graphics engine they used, but this game always felt like it was attached to a Saturday Morning cartoon that never existed, you can feel it in your bones, like there is this massive franchise that never came but we only got a peek from this game.

[@nahuelcejas4307]

Años buscando este juego! Pensé que lo había inventado en mi mente, desde chico que no lo jugaba en el barrio, no lo ví más! Me encantaba!

[@ImmoralFlame314]

That transition in the middle of Stage 4 is so fucking awesome.

[@diegocobo8]

I'm still playing this gem on my Nintendo Switch ❤

[@lukevankleef4245]

This feels like it should've had a 90s cartoon.

[@Slymind]

The ending is neat, cool art and music.

[@scoobydoobydoooo]

This game should be recognised as one of the best beat em up classics. It offers something fun and different. The characters are cool, the music is tense and fitting, the boss battles are fun. The levels themselves can be a bit repetitive though. You can see this game was designed to absorb tons of coins at the arcades. A game to play with your mates as you argue over who gets to be the panther. Vendetta, Streets of Rage, Final Fight and Captain Commando probably rate above this one. Not many more.

[@SpinDoctor91]

"I won't let anyone step in this area! *gets comboe'd*

[@gamingquarterly6353]

A classic hidden gem in my book.

[@eu.luis.terrancondorivarga8495]

Como no suspirar al recordar este jueguito, es una parte de mi niñez, hermosos recuerdos, gracias..😉

[@edssonantoniodelgadoquenta9970]

Lo tengo en la ps3

[@eu.luis.terrancondorivarga8495]

@@edssonantoniodelgadoquenta9970 ah que super, felicidades, yo lo jigaba en las maquinitas con fichas jaja todo el dia lo jugaba los domingos pasando la final muchas veces..🇧🇴

[@edssonantoniodelgadoquenta9970]

@@eu.luis.terrancondorivarga8495 si puej son clásicos estos juegos

[@BaronNate]

"YOU WILL NOT COME IN THIS CIRCLE!!!!" *proceeds to come in the circle, kick that goats ass and then taunt him,* LMAO, funny and awesome both. Never saw this game but damn it looks amazing! I LOVE watching the wolfman stomp bosses out, LOL.

[@AfrodisiShaq]

Finally got to play this game at Galloping Ghost Arcade and it was amazing!

[@michaelcgreywolf2976]

One of the best beat'em up furry games aside from Bloody Roar. Good old memories 😊👍🐺

[@TetsToys]

Dayum! That music. this looks a lot like the X-Men beat em up game from the arcades.

[@RiotEXE]

Good, I wasn't the only one thinking that

[@jblue88hoodgamer54]

Tets' Toys that's because Konami made them both just like how they made ninja turtles at the time.

[@davidkruse4030]

Same engine

[@goricexi7118]

I played this a lot when I was younger. I don't remember the soundtrack being this METAL.

[@gregorybatara8105]

"This game makes Altered Beast looked so tamed."

[@surge79uwf]

One thing that made the Konami beat em ups cool is that you could beat down fallen enemies.

[@TheItalodancers]

Underrated,similar to Violent Storm

[@gaialanzer81]

This is what a sequel to Altered Beast should've been like. Looks like a cross between Altered Beast and X-Men.

[@masterlee1988]

+Frank Bautista Yep, best way to describe it.

[@austinreed7343]

Frank Bautista And the Ripping Friends.

[@azureoverlord9346]

No

[@thecowboy2]

It's metamorphin' time.

[@wasteoftime5848]

I would have loved this game back in the day. Strange thing I noticed, konami recycled a bunch of attack animations from from it's Xmen beat em up. Probably the same engine and hardware to boot.

[@theimmortalvk9273]

Talk about a buried treasure from Konami's history!

[@LizardClone2]

Needs to be downloadable for the PSN

[@waynecuff3140]

This is probably one of the most underrated arcade gems. Absolutely kick ass side scrolling at its best. Thanks to Mame wouldn't of had the pleasure. Oh the soundtrack is amazing as well.

[@CarozQH]

This is probably the best furry beat 'em up aside from the Bloody roar series by Hudson.

[@gordontaylor2815]

It's definitely an improvement on Altered Beast, probably about as much as Arkanoid improved on Breakout.

[@wayofthewicked]

CarozQH bloody Roar is the balls ❤️❤️👌

[@silentdebugger]

22:21 You don't even let the boss gets 2 words out before curbstomping her

[@lelxrv]

Never saw this one. Gonna try it out. Looks absolutely bonkers cool.

[@xRocketzFighterx]

Holy shit this is hype. Why dont we have games like this anymore ?

[@geardog24]

because they hate money.

[@xRocketzFighterx]

+geardog24 ooooh thats pretty much alot of companies or developers because I've never seen anyone do an indie side scrolling brawler or with fantasy like Metamorphic Force, Bucky O'Hare, Battletoads, Magic Sword, Golden Axe. But its gotta be difficult to make a new one and appeal to people especially modern day people at least streets of rage holds up and i can make people weep at their destroyed cars in final fight :P.

[@jackdoe552]

4:10 Evil boss " I won't let anyone step in this area!" Woof man: punches boss in the breadbasket 20 times 😆

[@masterlee1988]

Hmm, he's playing the European version since that version lacks the boss rush on Stage 5 like the Japanese version as it seems to be an American exclusive. As tough as the boss rush was, it did have some awesome music to go with it. Also this game is awesome!

[@cliffordyoung3614]

The soundtrack to this game is bangin'! 17:10

[@sutanpuu]

8:45 Hey, it's blaze phoenic from Megaman X

[@EternalGuardian07]

You can definitely see the inflence the X-Men arcade game had on this.

[@JustinJTime]

This game is so 90s.

[@Loader2K1]

Konami actually gave a fuck during the late '80s and early-to-mid-'90s.

[@JustinJTime]

Loader2K1 And now the newest release of Casltevaina is a god damn slot machine...

[@Loader2K1]

Neo james82 SMGDH. I'm starting to think that the video game industry is intentionally trying to destroy itself.

[@JustinJTime]

Loader2K1 That's how I see it as well...real shame :(

[@MrLaughs4you]

I can imagine blood sweat and tears went into the making of this game

[@closingpython5462]

I remember when I was a kid my mother would let me go to the arcade every Monday, Wednesday and Friday with my friends to play this game for like two hours and I would would stay in the arcade two hours past my given time to be at the arcade.

[@bonelessskeleton8818]

Poor succubus, she hasn't even finished her opening line 😂

[@jetheotaku]

Hopefully this game will someday be rereleased as a arcade archives on the PlayStation and switch

[@egg64]

4:16-4:18 absolute gold

[@netorodrigues4829]

Wow, the music is very good!

[@raymondserna3791]

This should be a movie

[@Deu5MaK1nA]

This looks like a mod of the X-men arcade game. The enemies move/fall/attack just like the enemies from X-men, even the special attack is Nightcrawlers.

[@neptune04]

+phz3dztrt1on same company that made the x-men arade game made this one so they probably reused elements.

[@ВаляКонарева-ж8т]

And Altered beast because main character can transform into animals

[@HsienKoMeiLingFormerYANG]

Kenshiro thousands fist System sim & oh yeah that soundstage in first part like Night Slashers?

[@AnnCatsanndra]

23:56 Is this the only non-playable character in the game that doesn't inexplicably explode when defeated?

[@AlexOjideagu2]

In the US version your health constantly ticks down even when you are not hit

[@DocWolph]

Ever Played "Gauntlet"?

[@alexojideagu]

@@DocWolph I never played Gauntlet but I've seen it. It was a famous game.

[@spikeriley]

The Japanese version is a lot easier, as it has a health bar instead of the Gauntlet-like health system.

[@Necrowolf81]

You’d think they could have given each character a unique special.

[@thenycestmc]

konami used to stay robbing people with the countdown health

[@pig1800]

I wonder why there is nobody mentioning the connection between this game and GuitarFreaks & Drummania series(GFDM)... The composer of this game is Mutsuhiko Izumi, later he become the producer of GFDM. Stage 5 Boss Music "Demoness of the Colosseum" later become the Boss Stage "Model DD7" in GFDM, and Final Boss Music "Bird of Fire" later become the Boss Stage "Model DD6" in GFDM

[@joedoe1096]

fantastic animation and music, but damn, looks like it needs a harder mode. TMNT4 had the exact same strengths and problem.

[@KalibreSteelblast]

"NOW YOU'LL SEE MY REAL STRENGTH" *(proceeds to get jumped-kicked out of the sky and then floor-stomped repeatedly)*

[@Dorelaxen]

Shame this was never ported to a home system, as it's just as good, if not better than X-Men.

[@neat3468]

This basically the X-Men Engine.

[@greshzuki8234]

It's funny they are referred to as "brave youths" when they are not kids or teens or at least don't look like kids / teens. And the mess up with her face during the "awaken my brave warriors!" scene is disturbing and a bit funny at tbe ame time.

[@Bangcat]

It's possible that this IP was something Konami wanted to continue in a way. A goal among others when the acquired Hudsonsoft who held the publishing rights to Bloody Roar. Did Konami swallow Hudsonsoft to perhaps continue this series with a similar IP, or simply swallow the other publisher to silence their fighting game IP, so Konami's Beat em up IP could reign un challenged? An interesting theory of possibility and conspiracy. The one thing that could be said for sure is that many refuse to buy Konami unless they see Bloody Roar see the light of day yet again.

[@SmashTom]

Game looks great! The music reminds me a lot about the TMNT games on the NES and SNES. Did the same composer (from Konami) make the music maybe?

[@TheDarkYoshi64]

+SmashTom Izumi, the person who composed the music for both the first and second TMNT games for arcades, composed the music for this game alongside another person.

[@Loader2K1]

This game's soundtrack was composed by Mutsuhiko Izumi and Mariko Egawa.

[@TzanteFreak]

FANTASTIC GAME!!!

[@Novastar.SaberCombat]

I never heard of this game. The ice/crystal level looks fantastic! Good inspiration as I continue to pursue creating a video game version of "Diamond Dragons". 💪😎🤟 🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨

[@susanfit47]

The game mechanics are similar to those of Konami's earlier arcade hit, X-Men, and runs on the same hardware as their ninja-themed game, Mystic Warriors.

[@SaraGolduck]

Awesome music!

[@ICEGOD2]

Thought this one was done already wow.

[@pinkspider28]

The level one stage music is so fucking good. Things to do today. Download the soundtrack!

[@nickthetoycollector3360]

Never seen or played this one. Looks intense. I wonder if Konami used the TMNT engine, as it looks and plays similar.

[@albertodiez4215]

No sabia que existia este juego. Recuerda demasiado a otros pero aun asi parece que esta a un gran nivel en todos los apartados. Tendre que probarlo

[@robertocarrascovelasquez3155]

🐺🐺🐺El que más me gusta es el LOBO SIBERIANO 😅🇳🇬🇧🇴

[@cherylcopes04]

They should make a sequel to this.

[@MrTyphoontyphoon]

such a badass game !

[@juanjimon4970]

BEAST!!

[@technoir-1984]

When a Power Metal fan is called to make a videogame soundtrack!

[@r.j.j.o]

So basically a furry beat-em'-up with a banger soundtrack and Saturday morning cartoon vibes like He-Man or Thundercats? I LOVE IT!

[@VideoGameStupidLC]

8:42 Why does this remind me of an anime where the tough main character is kicking the crap out of the comic relief?

[@JKZEROkenjiMB]

Awsome game right there.

[@riverradaok2347]

Buena movida lobezno kyle ★★★★★

[@MajinErick]

4:03 When a goatman with a sickle shows up, it's time to get serious