Konami Arcade Games You Never Heard of OR Forgot About!

Konami arcade games were some of the best and most fun arcade games that you could hope to find in any arcade room. Most people know about all of the console games Konami made, but very few know about these excellent arcade games made by Konami. In this episode, I will talk about some of the best arcade games Konami made that you've probably never heard of or forgot about.
Games covered:
00:30 Gaiapolis
02:37 Salamander 2
04:38 Surprise Attack
06:43 Vendetta
08:30 Mystic Warriors
10:25 Violent Storm
12:00 Devil World
14:03 The Main Event
15:57 Metamorphic Force
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[@BigRetroShow]

Name a game that I missed in this episode!

[@PinkwaveGamer]

Vandetta and Violent Storm are my favs from them all, as they both remind me a bit of what Cyberpunk 2077 (which I adore) would have been like if made in the early 90's. Both also sound like great names for classic hard rock bands.

[@BigRetroShow]

Especially Violent Storm. I too love Cyberpiunk. That game is so immersive . Love it when games give me an escape from real life

[@jbFromNYC]

Monster Maulers, Xexex, Ajax, COWboys of Moo Mesa, Bucky O' Hare

[@sonicmario64]

As of right now, "Mystic Warriors" is offically playable on the Nintendo Switch just like "Sunset Riders" and "Vendetta", and it is an excellent arcade game by Konami that is definitely worth playing, to which I hope "Metamorphic Force" will be released in the near future as well. :D

[@BigRetroShow]

I love that you can get some of these games on the eshop

[@NefariousWes]

I loved Vendetta back in the day. Bought it for Switch not too long ago. Oh man, The Main Event. Remember the cheesy "actors" they had on the cab? Cool video. Your editing has gotten better.

[@BigRetroShow]

Thanks bro. I appreciate that. The Main Event was always an automatic quarter drop whenever I saw it. I loved the voices in that game

[@The_Bad_Guy.]

I own that Konami arcade cabinet that is in your thumbnail haha. It's sick. Bought it off a guy last year for 200 bucks.

[@BigRetroShow]

Wow what a great score!!! And they say good deals can’t be had haha

[@therexershow]

Some great ones in there. Mystic warriors very underrated. I’ll have to try Surprise attack. Not familiar with it but it looks great.

[@BigRetroShow]

It’s a lot of fun, except for those anti gravity levels. Man they are tough

[@ThunderFist1978]

I have a number of these at Galloping Ghost Arcade, and I saw and played Vendetta and The Main Event at other places as well in the past. Another game that I feel deserves to be here that never got a home port is “Rock N Rage”, which is an overhead beat-em-up from 1986, which sadly will most likely never receive a console port since it used so much licensed music

[@BigRetroShow]

I’ll have to check that one out thanks for the suggestion.

[@edwardgaines6561]

You can play the actual arcade cabinets *The Simpsons,* *Vendetta,* and *Metamorphic Force* at _Galloping Ghost Arcade_ in Brookfield, Illinois. Highly recommend the pilgrimage! 🎮

[@BigRetroShow]

It’s definitely someplace I’ve been wanting to go

[@edwardgaines6561]

@@BigRetroShow Do it, you will not be disappointed! It's on 9415 Ogden Ave (US RT 34) and there's a nearby motel that's nicer than it looks.

[@mooarcadegames]

Great video, keep up the good work!

[@BigRetroShow]

Thanks man I appreciate that !

[@8BitGlitch79]

Awesome, thanks for sharing these. I might have to fire up the ole Retropie and play some of these. One Konami arcade game I played as a kid that most people don't know about when I mention it is Devastators. It's just like the Konami Gi Joe arcade game.

[@BigRetroShow]

I had actually considered that and played some of it but it didn’t make the cut because I wanted to leave room for perhaps a part 2. Good game though.

[@8BitGlitch79]

@@BigRetroShow Yeah I hadn't seen the cab itself since I was a kid, and last year when at the Midwest Gaming CLassic there was one there and I played the hell out of it. I use to play it at a pizza place my family would go to everytime we made a trip to the mall and it brought back so many memories while playing that. I was for sale actually also, would have loved to have bought it, but can't justify spending 1300 for just one game. I'll stick to the retropie.

[@BigRetroShow]

@@8BitGlitch79 I feel ya . If I had the room I would go full on Twisted Gaming lol. I would consider spending that much only on games that I grew up with and had a lasting impact on me.

[@BeyondUselessMedia]

Awesome episode again and so many Konami games i had not even heard of! The arcade culture was so small here in Finland that we missed tons of games.

[@BigRetroShow]

If only they would port them over to the home consoles you guys could partake in these great games.

[@show-me-retro]

Damn Los, I literally haven't heard of hardly any of these... great stuff brother!

[@BigRetroShow]

Thanks Pat. I had a lot of fun putting this one together. Try them out if you can

[@show-me-retro]

@@BigRetroShow are you playing them on a pi?

[@BigRetroShow]

@@show-me-retro I'm playing them from MAME on my PC.

[@MeliPlayful-Tengu]

So much nostalgia!!!

[@BigRetroShow]

I’m a dealer and y’all need that crack nostalgia haha

[@MeliPlayful-Tengu]

@@BigRetroShow true lol

[@backinthedaygamer]

The Main Event brings back some old school memories!

[@BigRetroShow]

Oh man it’s such a fun game

[@chengfu7063]

This company needs to release some of these great games in some form of a collection like all the other companies have or at that very least be able to find bootleg copies of this stuff

[@BigRetroShow]

A lot of them need to be on a compilation

[@kielnetheller]

thanks for listing the games

[@BigRetroShow]

Sure thing. It’s something new I did and I thought that it would be helpful for people. Cheers 🍻

[@futureskeletons66669]

Try Green Beret, Jail Break, Iron Horse and Jackal.

[@Nintenjoe25]

Metamorphic Force is life ❤️

[@BigRetroShow]

It’s probably one of the beat ‘em ups I’ve ever played

[@Nintenjoe25]

@@BigRetroShow Samesies!

[@Nintenjoe25]

@@BigRetroShow I mentioned it in one of my collab videos! kzbin.info/www/bejne/h2HTepSdm62iZ9k

[@l0stndamned]

Interesting list, but it's missing Monster Maulers.

[@BigRetroShow]

Thanks for the recommendation! Never played it

[@one_point21_gigawatts]

I need to check out some of these and I hope to see some Konami games on the iiRcade. Free Online retro play is coming soon.

[@BigRetroShow]

That would be dope. Sadly I don’t think any of these aside from Metamorphic Force and maybe Violent Storm would make it on there. A lot of these are too obscure

[@one_point21_gigawatts]

@@BigRetroShow iircade has a knack for bringing rare gems to the platform. 😊🤟

[@BigRetroShow]

@@one_point21_gigawatts right on

[@julesgamergourmand]

Konami = fun ! Sur !

[@BigRetroShow]

Indeed. They were great games

[@bobalinx8762]

What about Bishi Bashi or Parodius?

[@BigRetroShow]

I’ll have to check those out

[@29Pgeniux]

Like 👍

[@BigRetroShow]

Thank you appreciate that !!