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

[@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 👏

[@TheBlacknoah]

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

[@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.

[@deathscythe9158]

The comment that dude made was hilarious. “Don’t tell him the strats, let him suffer.” 🤣🤣🤣

[@michaeljordan8694]

😂😂😂💯

[@unkeptorc9656]

just like we all did back in the day

[@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.

[@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.

[@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!!

[@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)

[@shinjoni]

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

[@RLomoterenge]

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

[@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

[@chostylish]

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

[@apophenic_]

Justin finding the lore with the statues was so pure.

[@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

[@lonewolf9325]

KoFXV Rugal waiting, menacingly

[@manny7369]

I wish they would bring back fighters would be standing in the background.

[@carlosaugusto9821]

Yeah it was a special detail that really stood out in KoF by that time. No other game had that. Totally unnecessary things unrelated to gameplay but that still make a difference - in the 90s SNK was the top fg company innovating and overdelivering all those special details. But SNK really dropped the ball in that aspect since the 00s, and nowadays it's been even worse.

[@kaceejones2282]

@@carlosaugusto9821 I don't think so even in the 2000s SNK still had that flavor in atleast few of their games up until KOF 13.

[@vitormlb]

So it is not just me that miss this little detail. Yeah, seeing the other chars reaction (cheering when you hit / feeling when u're hurt / in shame after lose) was something that add to the sense of team. I think it add only 7 more frames per char to all these reactions. Understand when they remove it from 99 on (maybe to save some resources as they were probably squizzing all what MVS had), bit nowadays they could add those. You know, for the old times ❤️

[@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!

[@malikarsyasakani]

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

[@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

[@tomytymo6724]

Justin content be like: -Get beated by a Hard af boss. -Get Daigoparry by everyone.

[@nai3346]

Fighting game bosses make me wonder why they even bother to make endings

[@booksandneko]

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

[@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.

[@jancassio]

Genocide Cutter definitely is the most lethal move is KOF series.

[@rafaelmartines]

13:12 Your daughter cute laugh was perfectly timed😂🥺

[@DuarteJoseph]

He is father? I didnt know

[@seraphlai9664]

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

[@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.

[@falconeshield]

96 is the best one from the Pre-NEST era (98 is dream match doesn't count) but 94 is insane at how mind blowing it was at the time. And the CPU is designed to steal as many quarters as possible.

[@opa-age]

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

[@volvoguy804]

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

[@PrisonMike196]

GUESS WHO'S BACK?!

[@atk1152]

Love how the old school boss mess around with you on the first round before destroy you on the second round

[@jasondeveraux6150]

That "Sonic drowning" music triggered my PTSD for a bit...lol

[@Kasigi03]

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

[@thegamer7832]

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

[@seanwilkinson7431]

The lore of 94 was that Rugal beat a bunch of the world's strongest fighters and turned their bodies into statues, as well as taking their moves (Reppuken from Geese, Kaiser Wave from Krauser, and maybe Genocide Cutter is a modified Flash Kick from Guile). But due to Geese's popularity, this was retconned two games later when the Boss Team showed up ALIVE in '96. They even hint that Eiji and Billy teamed up with Iori in '95 because Geese asked them to. Also, because of OG damage scaling, God Press and Genocide Cutter essentially turn into OHKO supers when Rugal is in MAXIMUM.

[@carlosaugusto9821]

I mean, if even regular chars take around 70% off a single max dm, naturally Rugal deserved that damage being a boss - an early Snk boss.

[@dodykusumanto8377]

It never retconned. Rugal never intended to killed Geese and Krauser. Beat the game with Fatal Fury Team, and in the ending, you will see Geese and Krauser there, amused that someone can beat Rugal. So does in 95, Geese appear in FF Team ending.

[@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.

[@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 👍🏾

[@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).

[@mathieud1256]

Your daughter loled at your defeat 😆

[@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.

[@respectfulremastersbymetal8336]

That little Ryo death motage was hilarious.

[@microblast3700]

Kim fake charging is insane

[@DavidDDavidsonSA]

Fun Fact about Rugal: He was originally planned to be worse. so, so, so much worse.

[@rugalthreesixteen6812]

Wait so you're saying Rugal was originally planned to be worse than Geese and Krauser?

[@DavidDDavidsonSA]

@@rugalthreesixteen6812 Well the original plan was that he'd have the moves of every fighter you had beaten in the arcade ladder on top of his own moves. However as you can imagine that got scrapped with the ran into hardware, budget and time restrictions.

[@AlexTheSoutherner]

@@rugalthreesixteen6812 I've managed to beat Geese and Krauser in every game, and Rugal in 98 and 2002, but I can't beat him in 94 and 95, to be fair though, I have more fun just watching how ridiculous his AI is throughout 5 to 10 matches than ever actually getting around it.

[@Darktotaled]

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

[@doncinati7644]

12:25 94’ RUGAL such a war crime 🤣🤣

[@smileytlj23]

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

[@bluu3393]

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

[@dharkstworld707]

10:12 that "why the boss music isn't stopping?" moment XD

[@GamerGee]

11:41 genocide.... 11:43 cutter

[@JoaoLucasK]

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

[@kaiser8773]

Welcome to the SNK hell

[@jacksmith4460]

7:20 CvS2 best fighting game ever made

[@HadoukenSpammer]

0:03 Where's that "time up" music from? edit: nvm, my brain searched my deepest childhood memories to find this was Sonic 's drowning theme.

[@wrensa8031]

Since 2001 I never knew why Rugal and guile had a statue …. 21 years later I get closure

[@danielelia2256]

Details from this 94 KOF are incredible, producers made a huge work for his time.

[@addyred1861]

10:10 I was waiting for him to discover that he has fight a stronger version of rugal🤣🤣🤣

[@greatnessexiled1655]

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

[@fRikimaru1974]

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

[@paolocalaycay3879]

You know a character is OP, when he can finish the whole round with just 2 anti-air moves, in this case, 2 Genocide Cutters.

[@AlphaProto]

Rugal is a tough boss to beat on high difficulty. Another game with a really difficult boss is SNES Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Tournament Fighter's Kari. She is super difficult to beat on full difficulty.

[@exeortegarubio]

Well, Rugal is coming to KOF XV as a free DLC, including him as an extra, unforgiving boss.

[@paolocalaycay3879]

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

[@jeffbatista]

That guile reference was sick

[@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 .

[@vitormlb]

13:12 is it me or even Baby Wong laugh at that? 😂

[@philmason9653]

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

[@ynotwalk7391]

i think the KOFXI boss is still the funniest with that energy sphere super that covers the screen

[@Ukyo82]

This Rugal is beating by crouch C and doing block all the time, I learn this on hard way at arcades :D and most easy team to beat Rugal in this game is Art Of Fighting and Ikari Team because their crouch C sweeps do good distance manage to pierce under Rugal anti air, when you do block and pressing him with crouch C he start do anti air only

[@treytison1444]

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

[@ShaneDouglas713]

GENOCIDE CUTTER!!!

[@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..

[@danzgt]

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

[@peterplaatjies9267]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@vahnsose]

According to Capcom/SNK lore, the guy that worked on Street Fighter left Capcom and created his own version of SF in King of Fighters. That's why there such an influence in the KoF games

[@DARKONE-E.I.C.O.S.A.T.]

Yeah... they played my guy Robert Garcia...his kick went from most dominant in SNK HISTORY (IN AOF 1&2 IT ABSORBED HAOHSHOKOKEN) TO A LESS NEEDED MOVE. Robert was too good in the first 2 AOF games... then.... the B.S. THEY NEEDED RYO TO SURPASS ROBERT...

[@deanbrooks7297]

Now in kof15 Robert is better than ryo again lol

[@carlosaugusto9821]

But Robert is better than Ryo is almost all KoFs. In some cases very much better. And overall Robert has always been better managed than Ryo. Both Ryo and Robet lost their long range fireballs in 95, but Ryo still today has a nerfed fireball, while Robert recovered his long range fireball since 99.

[@exiledchild610]

Robert Garcia carried the whole match thats a fact.

[@ranzusguilbert]

I just read the name "Rugal" and lost two credits.

[@whizthesk8r]

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

[@TheNawaf258]

Come on man you were so close to beat him I did beat him by stalling him long enough to beat him

[@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! 😁

[@bryanchang8467]

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

[@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

[@beastorizeofsion]

This is one of my FAVORITE KOF games! I love 95 and 94.

[@Rugalbernstein777]

Hahahaha, Justin finally fought God himself!

[@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 :)

[@mokkorista]

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

[@BlakeWhoLivesAtHome]

I learned these old SNK games the CPU is so cheap. CPU charge characters don't have to charge so they're legit broken. Just try facing Jubei or Billy in Fatal Fury Special. Jubei can even have two projectiles (pizzas) on screen at once

[@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?

[@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.