Capcom Arcade Beat 'Em Ups

Review about all the classic side-scrolling beat ‘em up arcade games made by Capcom. #retro #retrogaming #nes #snes #jamesrolfe #mikematei #atari #playthrough #gameplay #gamereview

[@PositronPlays]

Still one of my favorite genres to revisit when I just want to chill. Capcom really set the bar back then.

[@HJ-mj2zk]

Play violent storm by konami its a good beat em up game to dude

[@AlphaProto]

Capcom's beat'em ups were good. Konami's were the best.

[@MoejiiOsmanTV]

funny enough some of th ebest beat em ups were not made by capcom - streets of rage 2 and golden axe 2

[@PositronPlays]

Surprisingly never played that one, I'll have to check it out! :D

[@motoas5771]

Mike is missing important special moves of Punisher and AVP but stating those are lacking. CAPCOM's AVP specifically resembles fighting games, so Mike didn't know anything about that but "Woo, this game is a bit monotonous !" He's a know-it-all in this review.

[@onemuststand7353]

1:51 Actually, Guy was trying to beat some sense into Cody because Cody didn't wanna stay with Jessica (the girl) and wanted to keep cleaning up Metro City. This became an obsession for Cody in the Street Fighter Alpha series to the point that he would rather go to jail while fighting rather than settle down into the quiet life with a girl.

[@RoyStantz]

And since then, Maki has been trying to defeat Guy in order to claim the title of Bushin Master.

[@ragemishima]

Akio Furukawa Thank you! I posted the same thing before I saw you actually beat me to it but i'm glad people agree. Does Mike know Cody's love for fighting landed him in prison? XD

[@figment1988]

and this was something which Capcom would parody in the arcade adaptation of Little Nemo where if you manage to beat the game without continuing, you'll be able to see two ending parodies, and one of them is a spoof of Final Fight's ending where Flip assumes Guy's role while Nemo assumes Cody's role.

[@JazGalaxy]

After about 25 years the CAPtain COMando pun just hit me...

[@ProfGlaucio]

JazGalaxy lol..Same

[@alejorag]

WHAT

[@3Rayfire]

Really?

[@NeoKyoKusanagi]

What...the...hell.... HAHAHA Nice!

[@teddybouka]

JazGalaxy I didn’t see it until I read your comment.

[@brittislove]

The punisher was hands down the best capcom beat-em up!

[@Aggrofool]

AvP and Punisher actually have good moveset variety for their time, so it's sad that Mike prematurely declared them generic.

[@JarosawSwierczewski]

Doesn't matter what he says - it doesn't diminish the greatness of those games.

[@Paeronhierta]

Man, Capcom basically owned my childhood.

[@tomaton777]

and now they try their best to shit on you during your adulthood

[@Paeronhierta]

ain't that the truth

[@richyroa]

Cadillac and dinosaurs, man! I think I spent a fortune on it.

[@chakir348]

Ricardo Roa one of the best arcade games ever

[@richyroa]

Mustapha was the man. I was expecting to see the special moves but a great video, regardless.

[@MetalSmasherGaming]

That game was awesome. Alien Vs. Predator was another really good one that I remember fondly.

[@epiczeven6378]

One of my Favs! Awesome soundtrack too

[@richyroa]

I once finished it with one coin. I was playing with 2 more friends, though. You can cheat the bosses by having a char punching off screen, while the second or third character covers your back. Works with *almost all bosses. Plus, you get 1ups at 50000 points, and then another one at 1m. This game and Final Fight 3 on SNES are probably my favorite beat them ups ever!

[@Ghost_Of_SAS]

Single pauldrons were common in the middle ages: they were heavy, so having only one allowed the fighter to be less encumbered than a knight in full plate, coupling it with a particular fighting stance allowing the unprotected side of the body to remain out of harm's way.

[@OptimusPrimeribs]

Pauldrons...I just learned a new word...thank you.

[@priesty1234]

Is mike wearing mascara in this video?

[@BartSmith85]

xsarahxrichx xsarahxrichx He looks a bit like Freddie Mercury from Innuendo album era.

[@dimitrisbam1132]

xsarahxrichx xsarahxrichx 😂😂thinking the same think!

[@FindALLTheThings]

I heard Mike had beauty surgery done. Not sure if it's true but it kinda looks like it in this video.

[@Antilluminati]

Yuck

[@robinwood2262]

xsarahxrichx xsarahxrichx

[@dannyparray599]

Beat-em-ups took up most of my gaming time...I hope it makes a major comeback at some point.

[@Manobaru]

There's a pretty huge oversight in your Punisher mini-review here, Mike. This game had not only normal attacks and specials that consumed your life gauge. It also had command specials, like Guile-style somersault kick (even done with similar input: d,u+A), and pretty descent combo potential for a beat-em-up game. The same goes for Alien vs. Predator. Huge combo potential and command specials like dragon-punch-like uppercuts or knee attacks for the Predators, dive kicks, and other cool gameplay mechanics, that you seem not to even be aware of. It's a shame you completely missed that.

[@tartrazine5]

And Punisher does crazy stuff like jump-kicking his way into a building when there's a perfectly good door right beside.

[@PotatoMcFry]

I think 90% of the people that play these games are unaware of these special moves. I know that I never found out until I read about the game a decade later on GameFAQs. The games needed a move list on the cabinet, like fighting games used to do.

[@Maru96]

@Potato Or maybe you could figure out by playing the games, like anyone with a brain.

[@dee5298]

Marcel Weber Leave the cryptic shit to Zelda.

[@letsplayagame226]

Exactly - Running moves - which in this game are rolling moves. Grabbing, grab and throw from combo to which ever side you need to. jumping with grabbed opponent - with 3 different moves. Rolling special, etc. It's like Mikey never played the arcade.

[@pidgeisonline]

Capcom: A king of beat em ups

[@Avrelivs_Gold]

Technos

[@pidgeisonline]

N1GHT5 cheeky!

[@AllardRT]

Sega.

[@pidgeisonline]

RT Sega vs Konami vs Capcom

[@milosmisic89]

Overall yes but everyone knows Streets of Rage 2 > Final Fight (and everything Capcom ever did)

[@blvk3]

captain commando was already the mascot before he had his own game. he appeared inside games instruction booklets.

[@MiniPainterGamerDadD20]

This video was definitely a trip down memory lane. I remember playing most of these growing up. The AVP arcade was sooo damn fun.

[@facerip356]

Look at the jump in quality of the sprite work from 1986 to 1994. I remember it felt so exciting to see arcade games progressively get better and better back then. It felt like 2d style beat em ups would always be around. And then it all fell apart and went away seemingly overnight. I miss these games terribly.

[@eckomind]

I loved Capcom since I was a kid. This video brings back memories. Keep up the great work Mike

[@johnnybensonitis7853]

Hope you get to make more like this, Mike!!! I remember when I was like 7-8 years old in the local skating rink, stunned in disbelief at how awesome the new TMNT arcade game looked. I know it's not Capcom, but it was one of those moments my young, video game-loving mind was completely blown. It took a couple weeks before I got to play it since the bigger kids surrounded it constantly, but when I did it was so worth the wait. The first time I made it to the Rocksteady and Bebob boss battle and seen them accidentally run into each other head-first after I jumped to dodge them I was mystified that was even possible in a game!

[@aguilerajohn]

Why does it look like you hit the powder room?

[@gratefulkyle1]

John Aguilera lmao Always. Zombie mode

[@earthwormjim91]

Mike's got some weird issues. He was wearing colorful makeup and got embarrassed so he edited this vid and has been trying to takedown any images from the original upload anyone posts online or any uploads of the original before he edited it

[@thealarm7057]

Because he might have? @@earthwormjim91Why would that be strange, people on camera usually do it all the time, but when a KZbinr does it it's weird? I didn't even notice/care, but it's not weird, I'm pretty sure you have the same issue about presenting yourself on camera when you think being embarrassed or worried how you look.

[@Alientcp]

This is one of the huge channels. Image is quite important in the entertaining industry, and it does make you look better under the lights (or without anyways, thats why women use it to begin with). It doesnt matter if he uses or not,.

[@xXMalakianXVII]

@@Alientcp holy COPE

[@cactusmanbwl1990]

I love this video. Seeing a retrospective of these games really made my day. I hope Mike makes more videos of this style.

[@shinobixa4]

Capcom should do a Beat Em up collection.Put it on Xbox Live and PSN. Let it have multiplayer

[@nicholasdunlap2275]

shinobixa4 absolutely

[@dee5298]

That would be pretty damn awesome.

[@SurvivalHorror100]

Funny you should say that...

[@Fuelcut99]

Wow

[@lowerclassbrats77]

Or on disc like recent Mega Man releases.

[@ZombieRommel]

Great vid! It is a little heretical to state that Alien vs Predator and The Punisher are lacking, though. IMO those are some of the best beat em ups of all time. They don't need branching paths when they have such immense gameplay freedom. Some people play AvP and do giant combos on par with a fighting game's. You should do a Konami beat em up video now.

[@ztoxtube]

I like how Percival's armor is on his right shoulder when he faces left, but as soon as he starts walking to the right it switches somehow to the left shoulder. That's a hell of a trick.

[@Joeykm1972]

Oro from SF3 taught him that trick with his one armed fighting trick.

[@Untouchaable]

This makes me want to play some Beat 'em ups now. Good job.

[@John-gq8sy]

About to put on some streets of rage 2

[@popo237]

Cannot go wrong with Dragon's Crown.

[@urboiijeffy253]

Ricky or some Golden Axe!

[@bluefat8096]

The enemies are numerous and you have to fight it off. It gets your heart beating faster and your hands are sweaty on the joystick. As you finish the game and see the credits then you feel good yourself. Capcom Arcade Beat 'Em Ups are always fun to play!!!

[@Randomark3087]

IKR? I love Beat 'em ups!

[@edwardgaines6561]

Beautiful memories. In my opinion, Knights of the Round was Capcom's answer to *GOLDEN AXE.*

[@demgutts]

The shoulder armor on Perceval protects the stick end of the axe, he's supposed to use the head of the axe to block the bare side. Lancers wear something similar

[@nightowl8363]

King of Dragons is one of my all time favorite games. It was also a huge influence in getting me into fantasy further. I think its low-key brilliant.

[@HQMan2008]

Cadillacs & Dinosaurs is based on the cartoon, which is based on the comic book originally called XENOZOIC TALES. Check it out, it's a really good comic book.

[@garrison282]

Its awesome to see how good mike has gotten at making his own scripts and creating his own videos

[@JamesNintendoNerd]

garrison282 Thanks! Writing scripts is time-consuming but I enjoy doing it. I worked for a few weeks on this compiling footage and even got some new lights. Thanks for watching -Mike

[@michaelsierra9]

Cinemassacre Unique thing about knights of the round is that it had a block/parry move which i don't think any of the other capcom beat em ups had.

[@kryskarr23]

garrison282 Mike does his best work solo and scripted.

[@SomeOn]

He's not bad but the way he talks feels like a young kid in front of the class

[@commonsensei8719]

His compusure is better than the ultra stiff gaming historian

[@ffkingcat]

guy doesn't get mad cody gets the girl, he stops cody from walking away from her

[@TaborHill]

I love these types of videos. Thank you, Mike!

[@Jouhan]

Cadillacs and Dinosaurs + Punisher = best

[@ajpecanic]

Thanks for this video. It takes me back to my arcade days. I had forgotten about some of those titles and the later ones I hadn't even heard of. I'll have to check them out.

[@845H1R]

Punisher is pretty generic overall? It's one of the best examples of the genre!

[@buda3d2007]

Die Hard by Sega the arcade beat em up is awesome, very overlooked and funny as hell in parts, really worth the review

[@rcso2010]

11:30 In The Punisher I was able to finish it with just one coin at the arcades. There's another attack Guile's flash kick style that doesn't consume healt. When you grab an enemy, you can keed him until cutting his throat, shotting at his face or, my favorite, do a special attack to knock the surrounding enemies; the funny part is you can grab kingpin and perform a special attack and you will see the kingpin swirling around all the screen. To defeat the robots, move in middle of them and hit them twice and move vertically to avoid being hit.

[@weclock]

I think this is the best Mike video I ever saw. He didn't tell any grating jokes, he didn't tell any jokes. although he did look pregnant at the arcade machine.

[@demonicar]

Knights of the Round is so awesome. I love upgrading each character . I have the Beat em up collection which has most of these games.

[@DanielBMS]

1:49 For the last time! Cody was not jealous! Cody was being rude by ignoring Jessica so Guy performs a standard combo on him to slow him down.

[@Xx1SailorScoutxX]

DanceGameGuy That Stepmania avatar though

[@Locomamonk]

Excellent recap of all the entries, I knew the main ones since I used to play them in the arcades, but I had no idea at all about the not so well known ones. And I completely forgot about the Punisher one even though we beat it several times back then. Great video!!

[@ItsaDogandGame]

Loved seeing this collection of games. Would love other uploads that focus on genre bundles from specific publishers, like this. Great stuff!

[@oregonsmalljaw3732]

Your crazy Mike Punisher is one of the best beat em ups I have ever played.

[@AcidGlow]

Knights of The Round had a nice soundtrack

[@joshblack4291]

Great review! I loved Final fight 1 through 3. It was my favorite beat em up series. You just gave me a list of new games to play because I wasn't aware of some of them. Thanks!

[@doctormaz1095]

Great work Mike! The improvement in the quality of your episodes is through the roof.

[@icychill105]

that Elvira pinball poster is awesome

[@alexl.4362]

icychill105 Elvira was hot as hell

[@Webhead787]

Alex Lopresti she still is.

[@garadak7.]

so were her titties

[@NatiPerPerdereNPP]

Cadillac and DInosaurs and The Punisher are the best ones, hands down. I think Mike failed to learn every move you can do in the latter. It's probably the beat em up with the most moves and the weapons are awesome.

[@davidleewrath6919]

Nati Per Perdere Cadillacs and Dinosaurs is one of the best things ever created.

[@Alianger]

AvP is on par with those imo.

[@sainttrunks1982]

Alien vs Predator

[@demoniktusk758]

Far from the best ones especially compared to the other ones in this video

[@dantevivas6646]

Vendetta was cool too

[@conjuringfire6181]

I hope Mike does more of these history videos, they are excellent!

[@schtive81]

You gotta do a version of this for the Konami Arcade beat 'em up's next!

[@jameswatts5058]

Cool video Mike. You and James have always kept me in the know about great beat em ups. Can anyone say NINJA BASEBALL BAT MAN?

[@joelojeda806]

Do Konami! They did some of the classiscs of the 90s!

[@jandrem]

Warriors of Fate! Man, I played that many, many years ago at a random town fair in an arcade they had set up. I had never seen the game before, or since, and couldn't think of the name. Thank you for showing it!

[@artcrime2999]

I don't usually like your videos Mike, but I like the editorial script you've got here. Make more of this stuff.

[@fenomozo9108]

Can you review the Metal Slug series or SNK games? that would be awesome

[@ashtonclark2229]

I think SNK games would be quite an undertaking, since they made a new series every five minutes back in the day, especially all the fighting games.

[@vladalexeev8529]

and they all were great! :)

[@mistertagomago7974]

Feno Mozo If you like Metal Slug you should check out Gun force ii! Actually id like to see him tackle Irem :D

[@moisttowelette9153]

i love all these mike solo videos anyone else?

[@DEVIANTGEIST]

Excellent review of some great classics! I'm looking forward to seeing more beat em up reviews in the future!

[@Darmani2MB]

Great video Mike! You just introduced me to a couple of good looking games that I've never heard of

[@robertoromerocarmona2629]

According to what you said I think you will enjoy "Dragon's Crown" a lot, Mike (ps3 and Vita)

[@ADPRadio]

King of Dragons is one of my favorite games ever. I swear if capcom ever makes a sequel they will get ALL my money.

[@Paeronhierta]

I always enjoyed than one too. Seems many haven't heard of it thou'. Guess it was somewhat obscure in comparision to some of their other releases.

[@Paeronhierta]

Hah, you probably got me beat there :)

[@dexter1981]

for me too, and it has a great soundtrack! (my fav is Hydra cave)

[@rowdyraverx]

My favourite too!

[@BlagomirDao]

Great game!

[@dedalus167]

Very good video. Unfortunately, I didn't grow up with access to arcade games, so I'm very interested in learning about them and discovering a few gems.

[@WegnerTheDeftones]

Super Baseball Batman is another fantastic beat em up. My all time fav is AvP and seeing you guys play that recently was fantastic!

[@chakir348]

the best one for me is Cadillacs and dinosaurs I dont why people don't talk about it too much

[@elmarijuano209]

Cadillacs and Dinosaurs was my childhood o_0

[@sandyamaulana2317]

Love this! I always love Capcom's beat em ups, particularly Knights of the Round and Warriors of Fate (I played Tenchi wo Kurau, the Japanese version). In the Knights of the Round, if you string kill the same type of enemies (e.g. soldiers), you get score multipliers. The tougher the enemies, the higher the multipliers. If you successfully do this, you can collect higher scores and level up faster.

[@jelhaj7769]

wow I emailed cinnemass recently about Cadillacs and Dino's so glad you guys talked about it in this video.

[@justingarrett1675]

I loved the Alien vs Predator arcade game.

[@juanelorriaga2840]

Agreed that game was boss in the mid 90s

[@dragoveles7450]

Easy with the makeup dude

[@MystikNoodle]

Hell yeah Captain Commando! I had forgotten about Knights of the Round until I saw this video. Team Lancelot FTW! I loved playing beat em ups back in my nickel arcade days for a couple reasons: My coins tended to last a little longer compared to other types of games and the co op aspect made it fun to play with others. Ah, good times. Great video! 👍

[@dan_evilrobot]

I love Beat 'em up arcades like Turtles in Time, The Simpsons and X-Men but after watching this video it makes me want to play more of them. Awesome video Mike!

[@8-BitEric]

Good stuff man, love arcades

[@ThatOldSchoolMagic]

Next do Capcom Arcade Fighting games

[@Video-Games-Are-Fun]

he should really do one on games that revolutionized the genre and one of the videos should absolutely be street fighter 2 the world warrior. it really had a massive impact on gaming as a whole in the 90s. funny but it still does 30 years later with the release of ultra sf2 on the switch!

[@jameshoneycutt785]

I love these informational vidoes Mike! Thanks!

[@Ronnie06spartan]

Thank goodness the Capcom Beat 'Em Up Bundle lets you lay most of these awesome beat 'em ups!

[@CanadianShow]

They should release these as a bundle

[@danperin]

You can always find the roms on the internet...YAR

[@drewsebastino2889]

Lol.

[@jknifgijdfui]

Well what do you know but it's missing dynasty wars and all licensed games

[@vfudge5692]

Guy beats up Cody to make him talk to Jessica.

[@jabroni5249]

This is my 1st time seeing this episode...what rock have I been under smh lol. Great job Mike👍

[@rommelbicidoctor3632]

Its Good to see that Mike is more proffesional, less bad language and more serius. You have my recógnition

[@andrewkimery7056]

night slashers by data east was way better than most of the beatem ups that were made,but that one never gets talked about even by these guys despite they're love for classic monsters.

[@BeatEmUps]

Love me some Beat'EmUps ;)

[@mr.e6033]

Heck yes

[@JaseTV]

This was really interesting. Good concept for a video. You should do more of these with other genres/company's.

[@dubsknit]

That was great segment mike ! hope you can make more. Maybe nes rpg's , capcoms fighting games, maybe current platformers or something, there is a loooong list this way.

[@f0ry0u81]

Mike looks so damn beautiful in that make-up.

[@mitchell2719]

Surprised you didn't mention the excellent Scott Pilgrim vs. The World game along with Castle Crashers

[@ikhwanpaco8579]

hey..thanks a lot mike for this review,i almost forgot most of the names that i have played,until now,after watching your review it all came up to my mind,oh god!!how long have i been looking for 'warriors of fate' and 'captain commando'...i really reallyyy enjoyed this video,not to mention i enjoy all of your's and James' video,cheers pal :)

[@JamesW6179]

The dude in the Punisher game with the tank treads is actually an X-Men antagonist, he's Bonebreaker, one of the Reavers. The Reavers were a bunch of cyborgs, and actually had a portrayal in the recent "Logan" film. The main antagonist in that film, the guy with the cybernetic hand, was a depiction of Donald Pierce, long-time leader of the Reavers, who in the film were cyborg mercs (Although no where near as cyborg-y as the comics.)

[@BioMega96]

Oh wow, never knew that guy was an established marvel character when I played it long ago. That's pretty cool

[@beeell8017]

Nice make up lol looks like Rachel Maddow lol!

[@vlweb3d]

*I HAVE ALL OF THESE GAMES ON MAME ...* *MAME IS AWESOME !!!*

[@demoniktusk758]

I recomend Fightcade, it has online multilayered

[@garyspencer6291]

Sure is!

[@KronnangDunn]

Actually Dinasty Wars was released in Japan in April 1989 and Final Fight was released later in December 1989. I can confirm this because at my town (Monterrey, Mexico) I remember playing Dinasty Wars months before Final Fight. I played Dinasty Wars in the summer of 1989. Final Fight was released in most arcades in my city until early 1990.

[@Chishannicon]

It's been too long since we've had one of Mike's list-style videos. I like Mike in general, but he is definitely at his best when he does these kinds of videos on his own. Please make more vids like this one, Mike!

[@marauderz]

@Cinemassacre it sounds like you don't know about the Down, Up + Attack combo moves that all the late Capcom beat them ups contained like in Cadliac, AVP, etc. etc.

[@zeriam6177]

"Konami Arcade Beat 'Em Ups" Please, Mike.

[@MitsuomiTakayanagiEC]

Great video, I thought Id played them all but there are some on the list I haven't played and look pretty good thanks

[@ChrisBSmith21]

awesome video. thanks so much. brought back memories. now I feel like playing some emulators.

[@beanwithbacon]

It might as well be a scientific fact that the beat em up genre was perfect with Streets of Rage 2.

[@beanwithbacon]

For speedruns yea, but Axel allows for the most creativity in how you play.

[@slightreturn1045]

Streets of Rage 2 is the GOAT. Tight controls, distinct characters, tough bosses, and one of the best soundtracks of all time.

[@beanwithbacon]

ROFL, it expanded greatly on the theme. Final Fight has extremely shallow combat compared to SoR2. Streets of Rage more or less perfected 2d brawler combat. Not to mention what the SoR series did for video game music. It completely changed what people thought could be done with it.

[@gedaman]

Final Fight was always better than Streets of Rage. Better controls, larger sprites, better character design and gameplay.

[@Sergio_L.C.]

I don´t like the fact that the character doesn't move a little between attacks at SOR2. if you start to punch at wrong place, you are screwed. The time that takes to character move again, is huge. SOR3 is way better in gameplay.

[@brutallyhonest123]

Is Mike wearing silent era film makeup? 0_o

[@AHeroAlmost]

It's been been a long time since Mike did this type of episode...looking forward to more!

[@philippmuller8312]

i really enjoyed the video! i'd be very much interested in more arcade reviews!

[@CurtisDoesStuffOnline]

Mike, the purpose behind that shoulder armor (Knights of the Round) is to act as a shield. Instead of a plank that can be yanked away, it's literally armor.

[@matthewjones8798]

Curtis Schmalenberger this guy... deserves a beer.

[@DarkKnightTrinity]

Why is it huge on his shoulder and not just a vambrace then ? Nah, doesn't make sense.

[@sweetwater921]

Mike looks beautiful

[@RrraverCrow]

Knights of the Round is probably my all time favorite beat'em up.

[@BlackArroToons]

Good review, thanks. For the tough character at 6:00 , wearing the shoulder armor on one side, whenever he turns the other way, the armor switches to the other shoulder.