DownTown Longplay (Arcade) [QHD]

[@outlandishusername]

I've never even heard of this game. If I saw this in the arcade back in the day, ten-year-old me would've thought this was the greatest thing ever.

[@adamb89]

I already know my ten-year-old self would insist on calling this game "Outta my way I gotta shit" based on his walk. He's like a pigeon-toed sasquatch that just endured anal congress with a fire hydrant. Side valves and all.

[@MrRolyat98]

It was weird. The joystick was this strange contraption that twisted in eight different directions to account for which way you were facing in addition to pushing your character in the right direction

[@outlandishusername]

@@MrRolyat98 After reading your comment I saw images of the cabinet and the octagonal stick. I can see how it works in principle but having never played it, I can't tell if it would practical or not. Seems like it would be more fitting for a top-down shoot 'em up or Smash TV.

[@CGoldmill-dz4gk]

This is definitely Mike Douglas in falling down 😂

[@UMAMIMAMU]

D-Fens.

[@dragoncoolproduction6329]

I'm rolling back prices to 1965. What do you think of that? Donuts, package of 6, how much?

[@LPetal86]

This is officially one of the weirdest games I've ever seen. I guess it's the graphical style that is cartoonish yet gritty, (and a more realistic perspective on the sprites there, too) complete with meandering music. I will say it's rather amusing to imagine ending your white collar job shift at 5 PM and heading to the subway station to head home, and this is how the rest of your day goes. Certainly enough excitement in one day!

[@Gyang79]

WHOA! This game does exist! Thought I dreamed about playing this game when gas stations had arcade cabinets in them.

[@Maxwe11Z]

Falling Down, the game!

[@davidbermudez7704]

HAHAHAHAHAHA he just needs his suit case 😂😂😂😂😂

[@GenY42]

I was just about to say the exact same thing

[@obotprime339]

I love it when the attract mode gameplay looks like it was done by somebody who never played a video game before

[@UncleTermite]

I missed this one in 1989 I was in Junior high school but I was home bound bc I was sick and getting homeschooled fir 2 years in 89 I barely left the house itself and never left the property due to my illness so never knew about this one I was playing my Turbo Grafx and Genesis all day and night .

[@XXthekingofyouXX]

Falling Down: The Video Game

[@WaldoBagelTopper]

what an odd little piece of gaming here. Never saw this before. Super interesting.

[@jcolunga]

Never seen this game before, but it reminds me of Avengers by Capcom. Care out around '86 or so in the arcades.

[@nirv]

Luigi will have a fight on his hands if he goes after THIS CEO!

[@VJFranzK]

2:02 who is that in the posters? John Lithgow?

[@Головастик]

KZbin: this is GTA San Andreas

[@KnowYoutheDukeofArgyll1841]

GTA San Andreas in the Eighties.

[@hatsunegod1]

​@@KnowYoutheDukeofArgyll1841cops corruption

[@RetroPixelLizard]

I don't know what's more abrupt, the ending or the big bad himself who goes down In one.

[@burningsoutherncross3146]

Falling Down before Falling Down Fight Club before Fight Club or both

[@raineyhayes3821]

"So, did I pass the street combat test."

[@Loader2K1]

Thanks for introducing me to this game's soundtrack. In my humble opinion, I believe the musical direction was to give the player(s) pretty much the vibe of seedy dive bars all across America of the 1980s, LOL.

[@Kyntteri]

15:37 I knew the cops are rotten in this game but daym.

[@Crowley9]

I am perhaps more impressed than I should be with how the game has separate graphics for someone knocked down slumped against a wall.

[@kidney122398]

I remember playing this at the Eastgate Mall back in the day. Interesting music and odd game.

[@alkohallick2901]

That's hilarious when he gets the gun!!! 😆😆😆

[@a4a72698]

I could see right away it had a rotary joystick. I've played similar fist fighting games in the arcade and while unique were frustrating to play because it's hard to hit opponents.

[@mikejoe3551]

I think I would know. I spent my life in arcades and don't regret it 😊

[@marcoschukerberga1418]

Top down brawlers are an interesting concept I think is a genre not very well exploited but we have some very good ones like Gaiapolis or Lightbringer

[@shadowraygun4000]

Makin’ my way downtown walkin’ fast faces past and I’m homebound

[@ratoim]

If I could fight All the bad guys Do you think boss Would pass me by Cause you know I'd Punch a thousand times If I could be... Home tonight!

[@Chef_Alpo]

And I hit you (Duh-duh-duh dun, da-dun) And you miss me (Duh-duh-duh dun, da-dun)

[@ilikecakeandbiscuits]

Love it, so original

[@SDSOverfiend]

Far from it.

[@pablot-r9402]

Never got a chance to play this growing up, I'm sure it was a relatively rare arcade cabinet release to the USA. Very ambitious for 1989.

[@ratoim]

So our protagonist gets shot at by corrupt cops, one shots a dwarf, and is greeted by a Central American strongman?

[@nehemiahpouncey3607]

This was during that time where Game companies were doing fighting Games from a birds eye view. Even capcom did it.

[@grantdeancommons5390]

This game ive never seen before i doubt the mainstream media would love it lol 😆 certainly making me laugh a lot 🤣

[@lucasmr3215]

from the creators of wizard of Oz and nosferatu on the snes

[@MasDouc]

This game looks awesome

[@UncleBen-h2y]

I’ve never seen this game! This is hilarious

[@shellum]

So, how do I go about playing this on my computer? Tried to emulate it, but no luck there so far.

[@alkohallick2901]

Never saw this before.

[@VJFranzK]

There was an earlier Capcom game with a similar perspective. "Avenger(s)" Hissatsu Buraiken

[@megagen88-b5w]

"TOUGH TURF!"

[@alkohallick2901]

I guess this game didn't make much money. You played it straight through and only took 4 hits.

[@Artbymirach]

Is this an open world beat em up game? I don't know but the graphics are better than gta advance

[@digitalrookie]

Was this Taitos answer to Double Dragon?

[@SDSOverfiend]

Hell no 😂

[@aalloy6881]

More like Taito's answer to a now forgotten Konami arcade game called Crime Fighters. Aged comparably well, too.

[@SDSOverfiend]

@@aalloy6881 No… it’s a Answer to Capcom’s “Avengers”

[@nehemiahpouncey3607]

Seta predicted GTA 1.😮

[@AegisAuras]

3:32 bro, that’s not how you’re supposed to “lay pipe” on the ladies 😭

[@Bobaklives]

Every game should end in a military coup.

[@HaloInverse]

I dunno about _every_ game, but...I'd agree _more_ games should. It would certainly make both Bejeweled and Animal Crossing more immersive.

[@TheRealJPhillips]

CALIBER 50 Part 2: The Return Home

[@fherdavila2458]

WTF! I was searching this game after years!! I played when I was a child. I didnt remember the name. A thousand thanks bro! 🥲🥲🥲🤩

[@myflyisopen.8732]

Reminds me Capcom's Avengers.

[@DarkwingDude-f8w]

27:40 Holy shit, you were Mickey Rourke all this time!

[@TheVulgarPeasant]

Someone explain, are you rescued by Saddam Hussein at the end of the game?

[@nwoking666]

So in the end he was working with Saddam Hussein?

[@Longlostpuss]

I would have put some quarters in this machine if I'd known about it, but what on Earth is the premise of the story? Why have we got some random guy in a shirt and tie just going around and beating people up on the street? Falling Down wasn't even out yet was it? So we can't even say it was inspired by that. Or Was Falling Down inspired by this game? THAT is the big question.

[@RogerQray]

I"m sure my uncles loved this game

[@IsaacKuo]

How many rotary stick beat 'em ups were there?

[@SDSOverfiend]

Atleast 5

[@perilouspalms2497]

why does he keep going into the sewers?

[@davidbermudez7704]

Downtown LA: The Game

[@dimviesel]

2:20🤣😂🤣

[@danielgreen6547]

Why are the cops shooting at him at the end of the first stage????

[@nehemiahpouncey3607]

They thought he was associated with The thugs.

[@nehemiahpouncey3607]

Crooked cops.

[@mattwatts7008]

all this to get to the packers game.

[@grantdeancommons5390]

Imagine every opponent was called bob,the main character is a bobsleigher 😅

[@dimviesel]

2:39😆😄😆

[@IsaacKuo]

You spend so much time in the sewers, I feel like this game started off as a "mutant hero" game, but then they decided to go in a different direction.

[@jordanbyrd9821]

Hmm this is just like avenger.

[@ry-op9yg]

この頃から信用無いんだなLA市警

[@joserizaldob.patino3293]

Double Dragon to style of games the NES or FAMICOM .

[@angeldeb82]

What a weird brawler this game is!

[@Red_Sutter]

Definite 2-bongo game right here

[@Truth_Advocate]

What are those flaming balls that some guys launch?

[@iangould3910]

I swear the cars are the same models as the original GTA game

[@dimviesel]

3:13 no more😅

[@Kosuma]

It looks like a java game...and i love java games😁

[@EuSouRCS]

True Lies on SNES/Genesis: 👀👄👅😌😂✔

[@maestro-zq8gu]

Not so much a game as an accurate retelling of city life in 1980's America.

[@aalloy6881]

Doubt the kingpins of the 1980s USA underworlds were ever that comically short.......Or in-person for delicate illegal deals like in Miami Vice, either.

[@chengfu7063]

The good times

[@jupiter-8405]

It looks like it came after the Double Dragon era.

[@nehemiahpouncey3607]

Capcom did this as well.

[@nehemiahpouncey3607]

Doing beat em ups from a birds eye View was strange.

[@nehemiahpouncey3607]

Capcom also had a game like this.

[@angelmesa9530]

🤩

[@Umbrellamax.]

GG 😉

[@TheMorning_Son]

GTA Final Fight

[@findrich]

So...top-down single Double Dragon with no kicks?

[@jamesfoxx564]

You can can kick, dude

[@mikejoe3551]

This ieaa not an arcade game.

[@netowork3d]

Músicas terríveis, o jogo é interessante...

[@MLO860.]

What the heck am I watching?

[@slickrichelicopter8977]

Why is he jerking back and forth when he holds the rifle? It's not a shake-weight!!😅

[@HaloInverse]

Maybe it's like one of those flashlights that you have to shake back and forth to charge up?

[@barrymaslow8441]

JANK

[@lucianomoreira3651]

I was the 666

[@JakubSK]

GTA stole the idea from this game.

[@TheVulgarPeasant]

Cop killer simulator

[@nehemiahpouncey3607]

Years before GTA.

[@NoIAMetaData]

Uno de los padres de los arpg y diablo ❤

[@Jackfromshack]

bot

[@NoIAMetaData]

@Jackfromshack NPC

[@Highlander1432]

Bidenville

[@doublebass1985]

What a terrible view for a beat em up the isometric view is god awful for a game with a lot of hit boxes get mingled

[@fherdavila2458]

The control knob in the arcade operated normally but the upper part rotated 360° to position the character for the action. It was amazing.