RUGAL IN KOF 94 ARCADE MODE IS JUST... TERRIBLE

[@TheBlacknoah]

7:41 Justin: "Nah this is free". Rugal: And I took that personally.

[@A-1-Sawce]

My favorite part of older KoF games was how immaculately fair and balanced the bosses always were. They really respected your quarter and made sure it'd go long in their cabinet.

[@marcusmeins1839]

XDD

[@parsian32]

I know right? How nice of the developers to make the bosses fair for our wallets and not cheap OP money takers lol.

[@carlosaugusto9821]

In a way, the perfect arcade games. I mean i doubt the arcade owners disliked that aspect of the games.

[@Jeffmetal42]

100% fair

[@GHOST5691.]

1000% fair 👏

[@Ash__Adler]

It was great that Justin actually thought he'd beaten Rugal without seeing any genocide cutters 🤣

[@randymaramot3076]

Seeing Justin playing KOF'94 definitely surprises him thanks to Maxmillian. But the one thing that got him more surprised is a reference at 7:11 that started to the first CVS(not CVS2), where Guile and Rugal have a special intro involving that statue.

[@rafaelcabanizas4486]

I've seen from kof destiny about rugal that everyone turn into statue thats i know about.

[@ryanadams8735]

After facing Rugal a few times, M Bison seemed so free.

[@typhlocube9359]

Same, after beating Fatal Fury Special with Geese and Krauser, I beat SF2 Bison recently and it felt rather easy. SNK be built different.

[@carlosaugusto9821]

But Bison was always easy. It's Akuma and Gill that are more challenging. (Still not on the level of Snk bosses in the early and mid 90s overall)

[@carlosaugusto9821]

@@typhlocube9359 Snk was always trying to outdo Capcom in many ways, and i guess one of the factors was difficulty. "SF2 cpu is this way, so lets make our cpu harder". It's really natural to feel that way, when going from a Snk arcade mode to a Capcom arcade mode.

[@typhlocube9359]

@@carlosaugusto9821 I agree that Bison is the easiest SF boss overall, but Shin Bison is still really hard.

[@kingdomcomesuperman3669]

And Young Geese makes Rugal feel free.

[@JDDK28]

“This is the last boss? This is free .” Oh, Justin. That isn’t even his final form…

[@peterplaatjies9267]

Dude... i thought he knew. How disrepectfull!!

[@unkeptorc9656]

lol I love when Justin asks "why is this so free now?" they wanted your coin, first fight is easy the next one is tough so they can drain your pockets of quarters.

[@Formedras]

It ain't free, you paid!

[@deadlyraver4454]

lol. The game is all like,' the FIRST ones are free. You'll be paying later, just trust me."

[@unkeptorc9656]

@@Formedras lol

[@coreypatterson5827]

Mortal Kombat games do the same thing. Give you one or two easy rounds per credit, then body you.

[@deadlyraver4454]

@@coreypatterson5827 We got over on the early MK games though. First there was the thing where you lure them into a corner and keep mashing high punch, then there was "The dance" where you keep walking back and forth in a particular manner. I haven't played MK since................well, I think I played 3. I don't know if they had any crazy stuff beyond shao khan, but that was crazy at first. Beating him was a source of pride for many of us back then.

[@GSEleven]

Seeing Justin feel experience my daily suffering when KOF 94 went on sale in the e-shop made me feel relief. I'm not utter trash for thinking this game's difficulty is absurd.

[@carltasticdrew9633]

It's because he's playing on lvl-8 difficulty. I'm already having trouble on lvl-4 what more on 8.

[@GHOST5691.]

This games level gave me stress

[@dariogonzalez8989]

@@carltasticdrew9633 It's not just because he's playing on level 8. Rugal seems to be the only character that's not affected by the difficulty level on '94, and is just as much of an asshole at level 1. I know from experience.

[@carltasticdrew9633]

@@dariogonzalez8989 I see. I'll try cranking up to level 8. I play on lvl 4 and all i do is far standing HK but AI counters with sweep anytime so i tried to do lvl 1, and somehow became free. Edit: i tried cranking it up and they do my strat and input read BS. Yeah this is fiiiinne. 😵

[@nai3346]

Seeing a FGC legend struggle with a game's AI that you always knew was BS is very cathartic.

[@LookingForTheTop]

Always a treat to see people who grew up with capcom handling SNK bosses

[@aquilonianace4791]

Absolutely

[@djpegao]

It's hilarious since they believe Akuma or Bison to be cheap, until SNK slaps them hard with a reality check..... ..... and the newer KOF bosses are also a pain to deal with. *IGNIIIIIIIIIIIIIZ!!!*

[@eeyuup]

@@djpegao Freaking Igniz. Dude could legit hit you with a really fast low kick while standing. Utter bullcrap he was. SNK and their goddamn bosses.

[@joedec]

@@djpegao and don't forget Magaki who takes Bullet Hell to a whole new level.

[@caedavch.9883]

Most of the damage taken from Genocide Cutter is from the tip, where it has only a single hitbox. Taking the full thing is what makes people rage about him.

[@CHADCONTEXT]

Is it true the full attack takes half the health bar?

[@ZeroDividedByZero]

@@CHADCONTEXTWhen the POW gauge is fully charged and the full damage of the attack is dealt, yes. It does.

[@tcchip]

Can you imagine even without a super move, Rugal in 94 was by far the most overpowered version? Even in 95 where he first got his Gigantic Pressure super, SNK dialed his damage down a little (but then you also had to fight Saisyu, who was much harder than Rugal's first form in 94). So far all the hits taken from a Genocide Cutter in the video were only from the tail end of the move, so it's at its weakest. If you really want to know just how bad Rugal can be in 94, get hit by his Genocide Cutter deep. The first time you see the effects, your reaction is going to be priceless.

[@mappybc6097]

Yep. In 94, If GC lands as a counter hit and all 3 hits connect, there is a chance you'll be stunned on top of losing 60% life. Obviously, you are dead af against lv8 Rugal if that happens. That makes KOF 94 Rugal the only SNK boss I know that has touch of death combos.

[@PikangsFutaba]

@@mappybc6097 True, either you get stunned or instant-killed by that Genocide Cutter (in 94 Rebout under a player control, Rugal's damage output is way much lower, but AI Rugal is the same OP as in vanilla 94).

[@tcchip]

@@mappybc6097Heidern can also do 100% damage if his Moon Slasher counter hits at very close distance. The most obvious way to do it is against Andy Bogard's elbow dash. I've tried it at round start and died instantly. Believe it or not, that bug remained in 95. Rugal's Genocide Cutter turns your life from full to red and dizzies you in 94. After that, he'll either Reppu Ken or God Press you while you're dizzy for the finisher. The fastest KO I faced against a boss however was Mukai in 2003. He wiped my entire team in little over 10 seconds. That damned pillar super did like 80% damage, and he used his LDM to petrify my incoming character before I could block it.

[@h.m.5724]

@@tcchip 1. that bug isn't in kof 95 2. The easier way is to hit Kim with it not Andy

[@Jeffmetal42]

Lmao! He didn't know this Rugal was a two round fight. 😂😂😂

[@glaubergft]

Thank you for bringing KOF 94 to the channel. Please try also 95. I love both, so many memories!

[@carlosaugusto9821]

He already played KoF 95, 96, 01 and 11. (I dont remember about 99)

[@giulianohernandes]

Congrats to the editor by making this a 15 minutes only, it took so long on the live stream lol

[@carlosaugusto9821]

I can imagine being KoF 94 on hardest mode

[@FizzMax]

Oh yeah, it's always a struggle when I edit an SNK video and J gets to the boss and there's still like over an hour of footage left LMAO

[@chostylish]

Joe: "Sus kick" Justin: "Darn right..."

[@malikarsyasakani]

One of the most disrespectful bosses in FGC history: Rugal, Black Air Force Personified.

[@apophenic_]

Justin finding the lore with the statues was so pure.

[@shinjoni]

This old school games warm my heart man, things were so jank back in the day and we still loved it.

[@lonewolf9325]

KoFXV Rugal waiting, menacingly

[@RLomoterenge]

Rugal towards Adelheid: “Look how they massacred my boy.”

[@Benxall]

Kof94 where you can play fieball with Rugal and win, in 2002 the bastard's counter and projectiles are so fast it's suicidal to even try

[@kingdomcomesuperman3669]

Rugal for sureis a Nightmare in this game if you have no strats but tbh I found '95 Omega Rugal harder for the Saisyu input reading and killing my teams round 1. Nevertheless this period of SNK boss syndrome was relentless, especially Young Geese.

[@leandrotarsia7212]

'95 is WAY worse than '94. The whole game is trying to steal your quarter at some time or another. Specially Clark, Heidern, Kim and Chang.

[@doncinati7644]

Saisyu can just casually take 70% from you when he feel like it ….. AND YOU STILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH RUGAL 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@tcchip]

Saisyu made the fight hard in 95, but Omega Rugal was actually kinda toned down from 94 damage-wise. Even with his new super, he wasn't doing anywhere as much damage as 94 with Max mode.

[@GHOST5691.]

@@leandrotarsia7212 bruh Rugal gave flashbacks of my struggles of years ago in these years

[@seraphlai9664]

13:13 Even JW's baby girl felt to pamper her Dad instead😇

[@JDDK28]

I’ve been waiting for this one Justin! This is still my favorite king of fighters. I even have the arcade cabinet in my garage. Thank you for consistently bringing the best content. GL at Evo this year!

[@JoaoLucasK]

Justin, fighting Rugal the first time: "This is free" Rugal: "....and I took that personally"

[@ShinyGBZ]

I was waiting to see how much you struggled with KOF 94 lmao, this game makes every opponent feel like an SNK boss

[@carlosaugusto9821]

Yeah compared to Capcom fgs on the hardest difficulty, all opponents were like a boss even on the regular difficulty.

[@booksandneko]

I never knew that guile/rugal intro in cvs2 was a call back to this game. Awesome.

[@PrisonMike196]

GUESS WHO'S BACK?!

[@PikangsFutaba]

18 fails on Rugal... yeah, the game is hard of course, and this was the 1st time KOF did the 2-phase boss fights, 2nd time was KOF 95 and then 99 (in the NeoGeo era by the way), of course in 99 you can cheat Krizalid's phase 1 after a failed match to have him on 1/4 or 1/3 of health to pretty much skip that 1st phase, however 2nd phase wipes you out of any continue service you pick if you decide to use them.

[@opa-age]

WOW never noticed before that the computers behind you explode on Rugal's stage.

[@TheOnideadpool]

ahahaha SNK bosses are always a pain in the noots. I enjoyed watching you play this run boss!!! the excitement you put in these runs is contagious (in a good way).

[@kaiser8773]

Welcome to the SNK hell

[@jaywalker3553]

There's nothing like waking up with a fresh cup of Folgers in your cup or running into a cheap ass boss fight at the end of a video game great way to hang in there mate 👍🏾

[@yes4me]

Oh... my first fighting game ever... I still remember this game

[@carlosaugusto9821]

Very good start. The only bad part is ruining the challenge feel of almost all Capcom fgs.

[@eyeversion]

When they revealed that Omega Rugal will be available on the new KOF I actually laughed thinking first try to beat the Rugal from 94 on level 8 in arcade. I used to spend hours and hours trying just that. 94 is the best. The moves are tough but worth learning.

[@volvoguy804]

This is personally my fav KoF. Very technical-oriented. Brazil FTW!

[@thegamer7832]

Rugal phase 1: dont hurt me please Rugal phase 2: so you chose death.

[@Kasigi03]

Harper laughing at her dad getting out lamed is funny as shit

[@paolocalaycay3879]

After losing so many times to Rugal in KoF 94', Shin Akuma of SSF2 Turbo seemed to be fair.

[@doncinati7644]

12:25 94’ RUGAL such a war crime 🤣🤣

[@danzgt]

Love this 😍😍 what was the Cowabunga collection coming soon I’d love to see some TMNT tournament fighter

[@Darktotaled]

what i like about 94 Rugal is that he can ToD when in max mode

[@greatnessexiled1655]

The Original headache. The CPU was on complete beast mode on Level 8 difficulty. Fun Fact: Lucky can beat Rugal with one button.

[@smileytlj23]

SNK was really running kids for a months rent worth of quarters every time they hopped on the sticks

[@peterplaatjies9267]

Love this gem. You did m3 a big favour by concentrating on that jerk!! I have created new profane words fighting rugal/Rockman.

[@mokkorista]

After being defeated second time, Rugal is taking off his pants. Justin Wong: 🥴

[@bluu3393]

It's the back to back screams for me lmaooooooooo.

[@Lupo32]

Tip , trick them into jumping or dodging your fire ball then use your super move. Also your taunt makes your opponent Lose super meter .

[@microblast3700]

Kim fake charging is insane

[@DemonChildCC]

Even on level 1 difficulty, this is the hardest KOF they have ever made.. Nearly impossible to beat.. I have seen people beat level 8 difficulty with ease though.. Some people just know how to make it look easy..

[@gurukof]

take a shot everytime this guy says Bruh xd freaking love the stages and music of this game waay better than later games except maybe 96

[@exiledchild610]

Robert Garcia carried the whole match thats a fact.

[@fRikimaru1974]

11:35 Transformers! More than meets the eye! 🤣🤣🤣

[@erick103]

Always funny watching Mr.Wong squirm. Please play Art of fighting 2 on the hardest difficulty. I will keep demanding it until it happens! 😁

[@treytison1444]

The baby noises went so well with Justin making the whining noise at the same time seeing his victory taken away lol.

[@shoken4421]

If you check the video justin is playing on lvl 8 difficulty snk hardest cpu and capcoms hardest cpu are totally different. Lvl 8 on an snk cart means the cpu blocks every thing. Only when you fight the final 4 bosses in the old sf games does the difficulty spike.

[@menosay1912]

Don't dodge his attacks, just block and keep charging and taunting, if you dodge he is more likely to come in on you. Also once he starts charging in response to you either charging or taunting, jump CD for knockdown, hop back and repeat. Just like he stands there and eats fireballs when charging, he won't stop even if you run up to him. You got the start of the strategy, but your handling of it was poor. Also first round, jump in with B, throw as you land.

[@whizthesk8r]

Boss rage playlist finished good shit man! Excited to see you play sf6!

[@ShaneDouglas713]

*Wong faces Rugal in his 1st state* Wong: "This is free..." Me: No, it's false hope...

[@santibelmondo5480]

On KoF with Extra Mode (Chargable Meter) You have infinite Supers when your HP Bar flashes red. If you charge the meter with critical HP you enhance the Super.

[@vapersmith7859]

Even better RUGAL IS BACK! and he is back with the nightmare difficulty!

[@philmason9653]

You did in 20 game overs what I haven't been able to do in 20 years.

[@SirVejeiro]

ah yes i remember the suffering, specially when you try to clear the game with the Fatal Fury team and Rugal counters Joe Higashi leg sweep with a single genocide cutter dropping his hp from 100 to 0 in one go...

[@garrynewby1442]

That statue reference of guile annoyed Capcom so their response to that was to create Dan in the Alpha series. Dan has Roberts ponytail and Ryo's dark Tshirt and his moves were piss takes of both Ryo and Roberts moves.

[@bryanchang8467]

I have the rebout version for PS2 and ran through the arcade mode with Rugal, kaiser waved all the way through lol

[@Turnabout]

Joe is cake in '94 if you know the trick. If you stay defensive and toss out fireballs once in a while, he will eventually Flash Kick right into you. Block and counter with a throw. Rinse and repeat. The AI falls for it every time.

[@ihavetubes]

Can't imagine the fear the last guy felt seeing he was the only hope left after the two friends got defeated by Rugal, it's very anime esque.

[@ihavetubes]

Also the level of detail is insane, puts the new titles to shame.

[@Rugalbernstein777]

Hahahaha, Justin finally fought God himself!

[@zerocalvin]

personally, I think KoF is the only game where it's easier to fight another person than AI because the AI is design to be as broken as possible, especially the final boss...

[@DonVecta]

Oh, you think SNK fighting games are your ally. You've merely adapted the SNK games. I was born in them, molded by them. I didn't see an ending in the highest difficulty until I was a young man and by then it was only blinding. RUGAL BERNSTEIN betrays you, because he belongs to ME! (Jokes aside, if you want NASTY AI, you should try Art of Fighting 2 and Samurai Spirits 3... you'll learn true darkness~!)

[@kendonl.taylor5111]

Justin, CPU in King of Fighter 94 are psychic.

[@TheHeartlessAlchemist]

Looks like Rugal out Justin Wong'd Justin Wong.

[@robgoins3672]

Better you than me. I ain’t got the heart to get smoked like that.

[@thepaper888]

Just curious Sir Justin, Any thoughts on ninja turtles cowabunga collection? Fighting game in it.

[@gungriffen]

This is the easiest form of Rugal isn't it? I remember 95 being harder, 98 harder then that, and 02 fucking the hardest with CVS2 being close. Max played this one on Level 4 Normal and everyone after on the easiest Level 1. There is a bit of difference I've noticed. The easier it's on the more defensive and counter based the CPU is and on the hardest difficulty the more up your ass and rush down it becomes. In later games on Level 1 the boss waits for you to move, on 8 it doesn't even wait for you to get up.

[@JoaoLucasK]

95 is only harder because of the Saisyu fight

[@luismaca142]

hey Justin, I've been watching your videos a lot recently because you make fighting games look really fun. I've been thinking of getting into fightings games I just don't know which one to start out with, any recommendations ? the last fighting game I bought was street fighter 5 when it first came out , but that was the reason I didn't like fighting games anymore, barely any characters and it was just lame after a couple of weeks. any thought on helping me out please :)

[@MagmaMKII]

Best way to defeat Rugal is to turtle in the corner and hit him with a blowback attack when he approaches.

[@spiralpower1620]

So... Guile strat?

[@juniordeolinda]

Em 12:58 , o massa e há risadinha do nene contribuindo com há sacanagem de Rugal, ri de mais aqui, já passei muita raiva dessa :v !!

[@deadlyraver4454]

*Justin Wong:* "This thing is mad cheap!" *Me and the rest of the world:* "Have you ever played through Samurai Showdown 2? Just sayin."

[@bigshorty4855]

True, ss2 on level 8 is brutal. I could 1cc it on neo geo back in the days when it got released. I tried it again couple years ago, apparently I suck now 😆

[@carlosaugusto9821]

Did he ever try AOF2?

[@bigshorty4855]

@@carlosaugusto9821 that game sucks, I hated it but did beat it with everyone just to see the endings. Yt would have been nice back then lol. I did like the music and overall presentation of the game. Shame it plays like shit.

[@deadlyraver4454]

@@bigshorty4855 Aw man. As if it wasn't bad enough, a certain someone would also jump in if you were getting too good at it.

[@bigshorty4855]

@@deadlyraver4454 you can actually fight him every even fight in the game, so like 6 x or so lol.

[@SpeedyDePalma]

King of Fighters 94': Ok this is free nah wait a minute.

[@dbzeh6837]

I love KOF but I have to say that the COu in tbis game is crazy. As a Kid I've managed to beat some teams in the Rcade but suddenly the difficulty would ramp up. I tried playing it on a portable device recently and I had a lot of trouble getting to Rugal, the CPU blocks everything. Rugal v.2 is impossible.

[@SuperEarther]

come on guy you need to face the real rugal in kof 98 combo mode!

[@wookiepoon7170]

Neo geo games on switch with a hori arcade stick is amazing

[@GHOST5691.]

Justin I know how you feel I endured this pain, the arcades we had was all level 8 kof94/95/96🤣

[@odanobunaga3832]

Beating this game is stressful on Level 8. I ended up doing it too.

[@yangyeelung1784]

The only thing is that there are two version one version is pitch black back ground the other vision is rugal have all the wax figures of all street fighters characters

[@RozwellMunchausen]

Justin says free to rugal Rugal: a'ight, so you just chose death

[@V.C2024]

3:36 3:48 Kim CPU not Charged!

[@danielrecommends]

Seriously though that one throw you did with Robert should have won the round but the computer decided to give it baby damage! These games seem extremely frustrating!

[@thiagoribnog]

At least playing Level - 8. Respect.

[@carlosaugusto9821]

The default difficulty level for real legends. A guy like Justin has to play all games that way.

[@Zero254]

His backdash in this game was always funny

[@chrislee367]

Snicker. Team Sakazaki / Art of Fighting ... they're not that good. Capcom vs. SNK, Ryo's level 3 super was good, however (it was invulnerable for multiple frames and was anti-air). Much of KOF94 was doing counters, also maxing out your meter was good (did more damage and unlocked the special move). The easiest to beat Rugal including the second form was actually Team Japan. Turns out Kyo Kusanagi's Shiki Orochinagi (the one Justin said "What?! That anti-air'ed you? Me?") is a really good move, just that one can't combo into it -- but standing close, it does tick damage, and then can done over and over once your life bar is low, and is a great equalizer. If the other person twitches, you let go of the button ...

[@Chrismaxterplus]

Yes doctor, I only Hear genocide cuter , gemocide c....

[@AdachiCabbage]

I like the SNK hard and Nintendo hard games compared to modern stuff now with hand holding but it's my own personal opinion.

[@grandmasterrodimus1480]

ANOTHER CHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESE VICTORYEEEEE! 😆 🤣

[@DKarkarov]

It's like Justin has never fought cheesegal before. How did you not see it coming? It's SNK and Rugal.

[@DaveBuford]

Let's go Justin! Pallet swap UMVC3!

[@RichardMeikle]

Justin my guy how did you not realize he was beating you with normals. Guaranteed to have a second phase.

[@TonyTheTGR]

I forgot all about the stupid damage from throws scaling UP from MAX mode/low life XD

[@fRikimaru1974]

When there was blood in fighting games...