Robo Army (Neo Geo AES) Playthrough - NintendoComplete

A playthrough of SNK's 1991 beat' em up for the Neo Geo AES, Robo Army.
Played through on the normal difficulty level with Maxima.
Robo Army was one of SNK's earlier beat 'em ups for the Neo Geo platform, and though it'll probably never be considered one of the machine's defining titles, it certainly knows how to entertain.
You can't fault SNK for their creativity when it comes to games like Robo Army, since its completely outlandish plot line and scenario is part of what makes the game so memorable. Dr. Jeed, a scientist from Neo-Detroit, kidnaps Maxima and Rocky, two cyborg police officers. They manage to escape, and of course, feel compelled to fell the mad scientist's nefarious plot by set about destroying everything in sight. I won't spoil it, but it has some hilarious "plot" twists.
Robo Army is a belt-scrolling beat 'em up like Final Fight or Sengoku, and gameplay largely consists of walking from the left to the right, punching everything until it dies or explodes. The fun twist here is that your cyber-cops can turn into cars, Transformers style. And for some reason, they look just like Sophia from Blaster Master. Go figure. You can just pick up cars and throw them at the enemies of you prefer. Either tactic is effective. The game is fairly difficult - enemies can take out massive chunks of your health in one hit, and you have to be careful about your rhythm and attack timings, but it's pretty manageable after a few games.
The graphics really helped to sell the game back in 1991, and the look does enough to set it apart still. The enemy designs are fantastic - many of they remind me a lot of the gross corruptions from Mutation Nation, but you get the added variety of a lot more robots thrown in this time as well. Cars suddenly stand up, sprout appendages and attack, a robot gorilla that fills half the screen oversees cells full of human prisoners - the sheer outlandishness of it all gives it a distinct personality. I loved the look. The sound is about as good - it's full of strange voice samples and some music that rocks surprisingly hard for such an early game. Of course, good luck hearing it - most of the time you'll be hearing the sounds of your metal limbs clanging against everything alongside some announcer incessantly yelling out "Cyberball!!"
Overall, Robo Army is a fun and ridiculous take on the beat 'em up that fans of 90s arcade games should enjoy. Even better, it's available on all of the major consoles thanks to Hamster's ACA series. After beating it countless times on the Switch, I figured it was about time to upload a video.
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No cheats were used during the recording of this video.
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[@robertwilson3866]

This game is amazing. Only The Neo Geo had the power to run these kind of state-of-the-art graphics

[@NintendoComplete]

Robo Army is fantastically bizarre and hugely underrated. If you've ever wanted to punch a robot monkey as a cop that also happens to be a Transformer, you'll get a huge kick out of this one.

[@mariofan0453]

NintendoComplete can you play the rugrats game boy color games?

[@Loader2K1]

I for one would love for SNK Playmore to hire Platinum Games to make a remake for the current generation of consoles myself.

[@Googlesucksballs]

People tend to forget that SNK made a bunch of good beat em ups in the 90s

[@humansrants1694]

Guy that helped to start the neo Geo woked on Streeet Fighter then they got some devs that made R-Type.

[@gagecrawley6223]

I have this game on my Xbox One. And it’s a great game. Everything about Robo Army is awesome. The sound of metal bashing metal, nuts and bolts flying, the constant fighting, the onslaught of robot soldiers...it’s a pleasure to finally be playing this.

[@Loader2K1]

Nickelodeon's short-lived, video game-based game show from the early '90s, Nick Arcade, introduced me to Robo Army. However, I wouldn't get to play the game until the mid-to-late 2000s, when video game emulation of 2D, cartridge-formatted and arcade games became commonplace and virtually easy. Quite possibly my favorite enemies of the game are the ninja robots that hang upside down not unlike how Spider-Man can, and I love the Area 4 BGM.

[@mysteriousbaldman3927]

A great hidden gem.

[@AlidarJarok1]

Such a fun game. Thanks for playing this.

[@hanchiman]

I always remembered this game where you can pick up a Robot arm as a club

[@MatthewTheWolf2029]

I know he's saying "Cyber Ball!" But to me it sounds like "Tiger Claw!"

[@ChrisSmith-gt6lg]

I love this game. So much fun!

[@danielroque657]

This is a great videogame!!!

[@marcelomouramartins6952]

Robo Army and Eight Man. Best fighting games.

[@austinreed7343]

Trivia: Maxima in The King of Fighters is not the same character as this Maxima. The Maxima from this game does appear as an assist in “The Rhythm of Fighters”.

[@JohnnyOTGS]

Nickelodeon's game show (Nick Arcade) had this, not played often but I remember this on the game show. Now that you posted this Alex, if you ask me it's like Final Fight meets Megaman (it's an enigma to me why SNK made this instead of Capcom), but as i said before, I prefer this over Cadillacs and Dinosaurs or Sunset Riders.

[@Loader2K1]

Nick Arcade was where I discovered Robo Army myself. I always hated when the contestants on the show either didn't select a video game I wanted to see played or sucked at it altogether (i.e., the bata version of Sonic the Hedgehog 2 on the Genesis/Mega Drive).

[@binkaram6577]

@@Loader2K1 but capcom made armored warrior instead

[@Loader2K1]

@@binkaram6577: I know, LOL.

[@eugenehills8371]

Power levels two enemies Maximai life 🧬 Motorcycle 🏍️ 💥💥💥 car throws

[@therealseanw.stewart2071]

This game is so campy and over-the-top you can't help but want to play it for yourself! XD Robot stuff from the 80s and 90s like Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers and Voltron and stuff, it's all epic and absurd with smaller robots combining into one huge robot boss and shit. It's great.

[@Loader2K1]

I remember a lot of science fiction from the 1980s and '90s centering around on robots myself. It was insane.

[@gabrieleanselma6944]

Too actual this games with the ascend of that dangerous artificial intelligence... there is a lot of profeticall things in the arcade videogames

[@eugenehills8371]

Maximai robot dog punch pow

[@vadikmusic1896]

Great game! Which BIOS did you use?

[@NintendoComplete]

I had Unibios set to load it as the AES version.

[@vadikmusic1896]

@@NintendoComplete I am using MAMEUIFX emulator (32-bit) 0.175.1 and I also UNIVERSE BIOS (v1.0 to v2.1) but the game won't start. Can you advise something in this case?

[@violentkim]

one question,you play the neogeo games in mame?

[@NintendoComplete]

violentkim Yup

[@Baby-pg7eb]

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