Judge Dredd | SNES Longplay

If you like, see this newer playthrough with better video quality ( • Judge Dredd | SNES Lon... ). Even though this film was never thought of as a "proper" Dredd movie, more like a Stallone action/sci-fi vehicle with the name Judge Dredd slapped on it, see this great analysis about the ways this film was actually influenced from 2000 AD.
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[@AnthonyRosbottom]

Thanks for uploading this. I was the main background artist on this (did all the level graphics except the statue of liberty one) and I had forgotten a lot of what I created. (it was 26 years ago to be fair :D )

[@Rod0411]

Anthony Rosbottom a crappy movie still gave us that good video game, it was cool to play it in 97 on my Sega Genesis. Thanks for your work.

[@karebushmarebu233]

@@Rod0411 2000A.D gave you the video game Screw the movie

[@MrErick82]

Thank you for being a part of my childhood. This game screams Cyberpunk

[@stickboy8219]

yeah and I fought in the war I did

[@starcitizenaxion9956]

I remember playing this!! Brings me back !

[@aestees]

this game is really hard. good job. an underrated snes classic

[@mikeadams7904]

Ive got half way through. Really tough game

[@josemarques131]

@@mikeadams7904 have you managed to beat ir yet?

[@texasgent4694]

​@@mikeadams7904 You're better than me, I never even made it past Aspen Penal Colony smh

[@dandreelovelace6969]

I beat the entire game at 9 years old

[@josuemoraes1333]

Almost 25 years. I remember playing this game at 1:00 AM in the first day of 1996... :D

[@MrStevenWolfe]

That moment when the game is more faithful than the movie...

[@Scurge237]

It really is

[@multitudeofidols]

I like that it goes past the plot of the movie and includes a new storyline that incorporates the Dark Judges.

[@AnthonyRosbottom]

@@multitudeofidols We had to finish the game before the release of the film. Initially we only had an early draft of the script to go on. Then I was given 2 or 3 colour photocopies of some of the concept art. It had purposely been colour photocopied about five times so each generation of copy was was worse and worse. A little while later I was allowed to visit the sets at Shepperton and take photos. The halls of justice set was up at the time so that's why that level is closest to the movie. That set got broken down and rebuilt as Rico's lab so I had to go back to the heavily degraded concept art for that. So the extra Dark Judges storyline was a necessity otherwise it would have been a short game :)

[@xFlareLeon]

The 2012 movie is faithful.

[@GrymmEvil]

@@AnthonyRosbottom Thank you for your work on this. This was one of my favorite SNES games and one of my favorite games, period, as a child.

[@Kotstulle81]

I won this Game from a Gaming Magazine Giveaway when i was a Kid. FeelsGoodMan

[@Life-Row-Toll]

Awesome!

[@CloudStrifeZX]

+NewEarthArmy lucky!!

[@Johny40Se7en]

This looks cool, the sound effect for Dredd's pistol sounds exactly like when the T-1000 was shooting at John and hitting Arnie's back in Terminator 2 =P

[@mikethomas5231]

An absolute classic game.If I still had my sega I'd be playing it right today.Just because it may be considered"old" doesn't prevent it from being a fun game.👍👍👍👍🍺.

[@prestonwilford935]

I'm 31, an I keep telling people, just because the game is old doesn't mean it's not good, most people Will never realize what it was like to not have a memory card or auto save function to save your game or a password system to continue where u left off lol, I find myself playing older games these days

[@texasgent4694]

Same here, I'd give ANYTHING to have another crack at this Lol

[@susanmurren-azad8787]

Really good depiction of Deadworld. Can't think of a movie tie-in which uses the film plot and then diverges from it in the 2nd half.

[@AnthonyRosbottom]

We had to. Not much cooperation from the movie people as far as reference went.

[@Mike14264]

I can. Lawnmower Man, a movie about virtual reality, believe it or not! First half of the SNES game (up until the fight against Jobe) follows the story of the movie, kinda... but the second half deals with the aftermath of the cliffhanger ending, essentially a sequel with the developers' own plot! That's of course not counting with the computer game, which only dealt with the part where the protagonist enters the virtual world, and the game's own sequel, named War Games I think.

[@LukesGamePage]

Ha cool, used to play this loads. The world needs a new Judge Dredd game; open world Mega City one! Dream game for me

[@stephanegaze4723]

Lol hell yeah a good Dredd game on PS4 PS5

[@Aero51100]

Had this as a kid with my dad. Miss this alot and the SNES

[@michaelfangt1083]

Soundtrack is Awesome

[@guilhermegmoreir]

Your primary objetive is to save the whole planet. *THAT'S ALL,* good luck!

[@stephanegaze4723]

For saving the planet. Destroy all u see lol

[@Wolf-zo4tq]

lol

[@DonBurtango]

That last stage music used to really scare me as a kid haha.

[@marioiacolucci]

music of doom!

[@justus8256]

kkkkkkk

[@kagemaru259]

I rented this in the summer of 95. I never got past Rico which I thought was the end of the game. I had no idea Judge Death was even in it.

[@chadking1938]

Well at least in this game he keeps the uniform on and the helmet too.

[@ShinobiEngineer]

Had it. Never finished it. Thank you!

[@ChocolateDon929]

Fcwz I'll never forget that password code never!! Lol

[@ouzo]

Lmao! And QBGB

[@marvinwicks6548]

This game was plenty decent enough.

[@johnathon_able0006]

So many memories 😭😭

[@SamuelPereira1955]

Nice man, i play this game more than 20 years ago... at 14:08 i always thought was alien, till now! :D

[@majikmonkee]

I used to love this game tho I remember it being a real ball buster at times. Any Dredd fans know what the hell that recurring giant roach thing is supposed to be?

[@Lantern_Jack]

majikmonkee His name is raptaur and he is a brain sucking alien in the comics.

[@beezy22]

Dredd was hard at first but once I figured the boss strategies and weapons, beat the game many times...

[@TheQuarterGuy]

You betrayed the LAW!

[@PaxBritannia]

Laaaaaaaaaaw!?!?

[@Sparklemuffin_1]

Omg remember playing this years back at my grandparent's as a kid good times :'(

[@riktorheverez1068]

funny thing is that Chopper never actually died

[@CloudStrifeZX]

Captain falcon the game, jk but really captain falcon design is based on judge dreed

[@N019R0C5]

Hahaha, but if it were Captain Falcon: The Game, he wouldn't need the gun, it would just be FALCON PUNCH!

[@johnpollard3320]

Cop McScotland

[@clipCommander101]

I remember playing melee when I was like 5 or 6 and thinking dredd was literally in the game

[@Theshark15z]

I have this game for my SEGA. There are some difference besides the graphics and sound effects. One, it seems like the bosses are a lot easier to beat, because they flash red when you are hitting them and in the genesis version they don't, you just see a small blood spat and they take more hits to kill. Second. the computer consoles that you need to activate or deactivate for the security doors are switch around in different places, not far from the location in the snes versions, but just a few spaces away. The exits are also in different places as well. Also it feels a lot easier to capture the Dark Judges in the Snes Version because they move slower, the Sega version they are fast as lightning.

[@KAILOONE]

I have played both snes and genesis version and beat both several times. They both have around the same difficulty, and almost exact levels. Only some levels change, and the most noticable difference between these two games are the graphics. And also that judge dredd can kick on mid air on the snes version. The snes is like closer looking than the genesis version. I personally think I like more the genesis version, its just faster I think although I'm not sure.

[@Theshark15z]

KAILOONE The Snes version you battle with Chopper on the Mega City one Level but in the Genesis you don't and each boss has there own music while the Genesis uses the same one for all. I do like the snes version better.

[@KAILOONE]

Theshark15z Yes I know that the snes version looks better has more details and more music effects. But example when jumping with dredd he kinda jumps and falls at a rate and also when running he it feels akward. Meanwhile on the genesis version when jumping, dredd jumps and falls fast or slow depending on how hard you press the button and also when running it feels smoother. The snes version is more appealing but I enjoy more the the way it feel on the genesis version. It comes down to opinions I guess.

[@Theshark15z]

KAILOONE I know. Some prefer the Megadrive and others like myself prefer the Snes.

[@3xperiment8]

@@KAILOONE I never played the Genesis, but the Snes is really good looking. I think controls are good on both versions. I need to try the Genesis version.

[@beezy22]

Got this game many years ago from wal mart....at first I had trouble beating judge dredd on snes, but once I got the hang of the levels, I beat the game so many times I put the game in my game case and never played it again...

[@74810Eric]

02:06:44 Blizzard? Warcraft Blizzard? 02:07:10 Thanks: Tim May's Cd player. I wish I could know the history behind all of this. Looking at credits can be rewarding sometimes The best part comes at 02:08:00 ... Just read that

[@AnthonyRosbottom]

Hi, I'm the 'Blizzard' referred to in the credits. I was the main background artist on this game. When I got my first videogame job back in 1988, I had just moved from Australia to UK and I had blond hair so my employers gave me the nickname of 'Blizzard of Oz'. It stuck and to this day I'm known as 'Bliz' in the videogame industry (the nickname got shortened over the years thankfully!)

[@llllukaz]

@@AnthonyRosbottom Thanks for that game, i appreciate It, whats up with the ghosts though?

[@AnthonyRosbottom]

@@llllukaz Thanks. Not sure about the ghosts. I wasn't involved in deciding what enemies were included. I think in the comics Judge Death can pull souls from people and they're represented by ghosts - but it's been ages since I read the old issues so could be remembering wrong..

[@Xalerdane]

I am genuinely surprised that the completion of the movie plot is only the _halfway point_ for this game.

[@nike80nl]

I had this game in the mid 90's. Loved it back then 😎

[@luciousthomas6141]

Someone needs to do an MSU-1 version of this using that intro and the outro that you used. The way you put this together was brilliant!

[@Paur]

Man, I hate how the enemies have invincibility frames after every hit. Seems like the only way to beat this is to exploit your advantages and collect those extra lives however much you can.

[@JDX32]

54:37 Best music of the game. Love the lawmaster theme!

[@animemangafan1987]

You can arrest the Judge Hunters after shooting grenades against them

[@treyfolkmen7942]

I was never able to beat last stage of this game, because I couldn't figure out where and when all those spikes would come from underground. Having monochrome TV didn't help either.

[@bobbq8380]

One of my fav, all time best, reminiscent classic games ✌

[@FirstLast-cg2nk]

This game was painfully hard.

[@danohyeah5893]

That's probably why i don't have good memories of it.

[@animeloverryan85]

Does using rubber bullets knock off points? I guess what I'm saying is, that you appeared to know which perps were guilty and you've arrested them. But on the 8th level, you didn't appear to know or had reflexed and sentenced two or more of them when they surrendered

[@Life-Row-Toll]

I miss this game!

[@ThunderMarco911]

Arresting perps will give you a double bonuses, and after you arrested them all, you truly feel badass (it requires different bullets to make the perp surrender). This game can be hard when there's a puzzle challenge. Other perps and bosses are too evil to be arrested, they get sentenced instead.

[@brockhard3555]

This game is really long but its good cause so many games end within 45 minutes or an hour. This guy flew through it, it takes me around 4 or 5 hours to beat it.

[@williamsmith666]

Deadworld is hard as hell, though.

[@tomlocke2805]

Cheers for the vid mate helped me on a few levels playing on psp nice 1

[@tonyabayman2344]

What the HELL is that thing that drops out of the ceiling at 14:09??!!

[@joeyromriell7514]

They should have added more levels to this game!

[@danohyeah5893]

I think I hired this from Blockbuster. I don't remember it blowing me away.

[@firefly44220]

Game looks better than the movie

[@nanobotsaviour3733]

its based on comics

[@stephanegaze4723]

Now we cant judge a movie make in 90's i think. And the "Dredd" movie is not bad too for me

[@RunplaysinHD]

movies in 90s were 100 times better than any modern shit

[@WorldsWorstBoy]

didn't know there was a dredd game!

[@rafaelcamargourango5082]

Underrated. Hard as fuck and the controls are not so intuitive, you have to discover some moves.

[@blackyoshi1230]

If it had angle-aiming controls like Metroid post-Super, I would be complaining far less.

[@rafaelcamargourango5082]

I think I spoke too soon. It bored me at the 4th level, so stiff and monotonous. Kirby Super Star made me discard it completely, of course.

[@RichterBelmont2235]

Did he just shot a guilty man to subdue him? Then he shot another guity man to death then trapped his soul? Man you can't escape DA LAW.

[@DavyDave1313]

40:56 POLICE BRUTALITY

[@joshuasteele4164]

well done

[@silenig]

thanks

[@Wolfdragon92584]

I remember buying this used along with Hyperzone and Wayne's World when a local video rental place called Front Row went outta business in 2002. Solid game, and the cheat system is really fun too (enter LUXURY at the opening screen). Awesome graphics, fun bosses, and labyrinthine levels. Demolition Man is best on Genesis, Judge Dredd is best on SNES.

[@-soaponarope-1261]

The judge stopper was my favourite type of ammo

[@darklordxaodu4151]

I always thought this game was sick just because it had so many levels, too many dope ass platformers had the 5 stage curse but Dredd delivers and that dead world tho

[@darklordxaodu4151]

Ps anyone playing this in 2020 on a snes is OG

[@Mike14264]

It does have the dreaded sewer level tho. It's also pretty funny you say this, considering I saw a comment just below yours that said they should've added more levels!

[@fredthiemann517]

Was hoping they would have used the "I am the Law" Anthrax song in the game, or the movie, but can't have everything. This sure is a good game. Recently found it at used record store. Just finishing it with a friend from high school. It sure has taken a long time to get to that undead level Fred

[@j.p.obregon1415]

I remember the stage on the Lawmaster being so awesome. Plus it sounds like a Mega Man game!

[@marioiacolucci]

still got it!

[@mkefayati473]

The whole time this dude is getting bribes in boxes. nice one JUDGE!

[@derrickwatkins2431]

Can we get a game in 2020.

[@onesimoj]

Demolition Man do SNES é um jogo muito bom também, achava muito difícil ele na época

[@Bommis3]

I loved this game when I wasyoung Thank you:)

[@Wilson-0077]

I got to the mission at 1:53:10 and stuck. I did not find the device and i fought the alien boss first. Then I couldn't exit or go back to explore. Is there a way to go back after you kill the boss or you're screwed?

[@goldeagle2005]

There is a way. After killing the boss, go forward where the flame throwing guy it. Somewhere there's a spring which will bounce you back up to the main area and you can continue searching.

[@0mnicide]

This game sort of scared me as a kid. I don’t know why. I mean I wasn’t terrified by it but something about it just kinda creeped me out in the same way the Jurassic Park SNES game did.

[@sserpent21]

Great underated game. BTW the Judge Hunters can be arrested (?) if you hit them with a grenade

[@konstantinkoverchenko9587]

I couldn’t get enough of this and Aliens 3 on the snes. >_

[@MarvinDaMartian]

This Game Was Actually Hard Made It To The End Of Hell

[@juliovictormanuelschaeffer8370]

Why is it that Probe made so many good games for the SNES?

[@AnthonyRosbottom]

We had our own middleware that handled the creation of platform games really well. There was a map editor side to it for the levels but also a sprite animation editor that gave us really fine control over things like damage area hitboxes so they could change in size and position per frame. It was also really good at compacting sprite and level graphics. Because we weren't writing the backend systems from scratch for every game, we could create these games relatively quickly and cram more graphics inside.

[@juliovictormanuelschaeffer8370]

@@AnthonyRosbottom amazing.

[@juliovictormanuelschaeffer8370]

@@AnthonyRosbottom you did an excellent job, Mrm Rosbottom. The soundtrack is superb, and the settings are insane and psychodelic like in the original comics, and the gameplay is fun (something modern videogames constantly forget to have).

[@willietabors2591]

"I knew they do that"

[@craigcotter7476]

judging by this, the makers knew a lot more and cared a lot more about the source material than that shite director Fanny Cannon and Sly Strokeface.

[@rebb9890]

You know, the main gun sound is very similar to the gun sound from "Terminator 2 Judgement day", when T-1000 shoots T-800.

[@animeloverryan85]

you didn't want to use the rubber bullets? would it have just knocked off points arresting perps or using the rubber bullets?

[@marioiacolucci]

I also have all the passwords!

[@Tkdbar]

FUCK YES. Free time. LETS DO THIS

[@richardr5393]

I'm the one that created the background graphics for the statue of liberty level. With my boss Ant. About 30 years ago or something. Wow. 😅

[@rdu239]

The Dark Judges appearance is too anti climatic and just tacked on padding to extend the game a bit more

[@jacobspowell4416]

How many missions is their exactly?

[@RunplaysinHD]

i think its the longest action game on SNES. 26 missions. It would take 2-3 days for an ordinary human being to complete it

[@gananbionico355]

Great game and great movie (I love them both).

[@TheMichelob]

how do you the password function in this game? everytime I input a password it says invalid. Do you get passwords for beating certain levels? im tired of starting from the beginning when I get game over. Help :S

[@jonasdeoliveira965]

esse filme do dread com Stalone é muito top acrítica na época foi injusta

[@PassportBrosBusinessClass]

You took a whole lot more damage than I ever remember taking. Maybe the game was easier than I remember?

[@slamjackson2137]

Holy Crud

[@ronaldovindas3094]

A Cop Falcon

[@_Bandit88]

I never defeated the clone.

[@josealcantaramarino3149]

XD

[@AndruJorj]

Playing on an emulator, and for some reason, I can't exist the first level. No matter what I press, I can't go "in".

[@BarrickMacready]

Muh memories

[@MaskedManiacReviews]

Im on the final level dead world with a score of 3,011,560....with 2 lives. This game is so brutally hard.

[@felipecastillo9940]

1:01:45, Robot glicth lol.

[@congratsyouarethemoonmaster]

If you imagine this is a judge dredd game based off the comics with Stallone likeness, then it is a better game lol

[@RunplaysinHD]

Best version of the game, for SNES, as usual. Better graphics than the Genesis, more colors, and 3d level instead of a boring shmup level

[@RaikenXion]

How do you actually arrest them? like what button do you press?

[@joeyromriell7514]

I beet this game when my mom had to go to jail!!

[@valduran3489]

The way you play is a little frustrating like are you trying to make a run walkthrough with damage hits or just actually play the game? But we all play a lot different! 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@malmstring]

Game looks good but what's up with the insane running speed and high jumps? Makes little sense and looks goofy.

[@christianlopez2468]

So these thugs get shot in the face, and they're just like "I surrender" but when you kick them in the groin they just disappear into the afterlife. That's so bad, it's cool!

[@jeanvitor8457]

Depois que eu concluo a fase não aparece o password, o que eu faço?

[@yaBoyRome]

damn i had this game i think in JHS it was hard to beat never finished it....i played everyday tho

[@aiedne]

Essas munições vermelhas e para prender os caras de roupas brancas, na primeira fase e você não fez isso.

[@joeyromriell7514]

I beet this game a long time ago!

[@djhaydouglasboladao1067]

14:09 What is this creature?

[@anthonysloan2620]

Shit I just looked this up. Thank you fore this!