Sunset Riders: Why the Hype? - SNESdrunk

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[@philcollinshill2951]

Anybody who's played this game in the arcade knows that this is one of the best games of all time

[@Shishkebarbarian]

can confirm. was lucky enough to play in back in the day. was always one of my favorites. But damn, this was a quarter eating beast.

[@xbalamirey1609]

❤️

[@Cyrus_Shokan]

Absolutely!!

[@darthwalshus2876]

Sunset Riders, Turtles in Time, and Megaman X 1-3 always made for the best sleep overs.

[@loveinapipe]

They had this cabinet at a round table pizza by my house growing up... I used to love this game, I would always go with my mama dukes to get pizza and play this game... Great childhood memory

[@antonioo8911]

As many here, I made the first contact with this game when child. Now I'm finally on my way to beat it. Already did it on easy mode. Now trying normal before going for hard mode. That's some kind of life milestone. Antonio, 32, long haul truck driver from Brazil.

[@SugarStrangler]

They recently placed an arcade at my local mall and when i saw the Sunset Riders machine i went apeshit.

[@xXLunatikxXlul]

That sounds fun!

[@JustStayingGroovy]

Lol.

[@CidGuerreiro1234]

This game was the definition of fun and everything videogames stand for. It was brilliant in its simplicity. You'd pick one character, press buttons and immediately figure out everything you had to do to have fun with it. No stupid tutorials needed. Love it.

[@Black-Rat]

Bury me with my money....😂😂

[@Nelward64]

I bought this game for $5 at Blockbuster in the '00s because I thought "Sunset Riders" was a funny name.

[@tmorelli1982]

I got mine for free 😁 Emulators dude

[@ray_sattler]

I paid 2€ with box and manual in almost perfect condition like 5 or 6 years ago, yeah i think it was 2014. Very lucky. Together with a mint module of demons crest also for 2€. Best deal i ever got besides my free nintendo 2 door sideboard^^

[@xantastic6301]

Paid $30 without box but the clear protector thing..SNES version.

[@BroDude0]

Cool story, bro

[@zerocal76]

Don't cash in yet. I see some listings on eBay for several hundred. Keep that shit in great condition and sell when you retire. Well def be worth a few thousand at least!

[@Bloodreign1]

Shame one of the arcade games best animations with Cormano wasn't included in this port. A certain boss, on the train stage, when Cormano beats him, the guys hat flies off, Cormano catches it midair, tosses his old hat, and keeps the boss's hat for himself. Oh and I have both SNES and Genesis versions of this, got them while they were still on the cheaper side. Seems like whatever I get cheap, goes up shortly after I buy it (hello Conquest of the Crystal Palace, to be fair, that has started to go up even before I just bought a copy), or goes up after I tend to gloss over and wish I had that certain game. Then when I go to get it, it's expensive. Guess my luck is hot and cold, depends on the game.

[@chrislukes9037]

No mention of the slide maneuver! I think this technique (along with the way you swing yourself up onto upper platforms, I suppose) add an element of agility to the challenge of dodging slow-mo bullets with a large hitbox, which distinguishes the game from spaceship/airplane-based shoot-em-ups and provides its unique feel that is a hybrid of platformer, beat-em-up and shoot-em-up.

[@singkingkaraoke]

OH GOD I NEED TO GET MY SNES BACK OUT.

[@Hboogie182]

I play it on the Steam Deck.

[@dy120481]

One of my favorite arcade games as a kid. Kids today don't know what they're missin'.

[@parkerbrown953]

"allright ma'am, don't worry about it."

[@LissaBroyles]

We had Sunset Riders & Street Fighter 2 Championship edition arcade games in the lunchroom at my high school. I was late to my English class afterwards soooooo many times lol.

[@yakovhadash]

Home sick from work, holding a snesdrunk film festival in my house

[@smuface1up246]

It coming to the switch so far the Japan has it hope for western released. Update: It now available worldwide

[@71dembonesTV]

Man this game is that perfect balance of fun and challenge. Chief Scalp 'em was as far as I could get for a long time. I've beaten the game on easy and normal mode now but hard mode still eludes me. I really would have rather not known there's a "super hard mode"

[@goldenboy82]

I LOVED Sunset Riders! It was one of my favorite SNES games ever. I would love to see this added to the Virtual Console.

[@Chraan]

I am confused, whats all this talk about a "virtual console", don't you guys have emulators?

[@goldenboy82]

@@Chraan My comment was made seven years ago when the WiiU was a thing. They added a lot of Arcade Games on the WiiU Virtual Console.

[@Shishkebarbarian]

man this game is $100 today and it's still worth it to be honest. as games get more expensive it becomes necessary to curate and this is a great addition to any library and is such a wonderful product of its time. the western setting is not only fun and perfect for such a game, it pays homage to the carnival western themed shooting games of the 40s and 50s when westerns were in peak vogue

[@sneasy8472]

My favourite SNES game, period.

[@ArgoNation33]

I played this arcade game at a small shop when visiting Mexico as a small child

[@justinvarga3184]

love the reviews you do on these older games. Keep up the great work!!

[@SNESdrunk]

Justin Varga Thanks Justin

[@phillyphil3860]

I bought this game for my nephew on his nintendo switch. We both live playing it.

[@deathsnitemaresinfullust2269]

This game is on Switch?😯 How much was it?👍

[@esands36]

"Bury me...with my... money". Best boss death. 😂

[@vicman3122]

Imagine a collection that includes Sunset Riders for SNES,Genesis and Arcade called Sunset Riders Trinity(A small reference to a westerm movie)

[@UnlicensedOkie]

This game is so damn expensive Lucky I'll be getting it for cheap this Thursday

[@LameGenie]

This game made me fall in love with arcades in general. It's too good.

[@skybluerob8850]

I grew up playing the Mega Drive version of Sunset Riders and loved it. It was only years later as an adult that I learned about all the differences between the Mega Drive and the (much better!) SNES ports.

[@spillsndebris]

Such a fun game. I'd only ever played it on the SNES until about 2017. "Alright ma'am, we won't shoot him!"

[@eskimojoe6564]

I been wanting this game for a long time and i finally got my hands on a copy.My local game store had it for $80 and i know the price was steep but this game is so good i had to have it once i seen it in the wild.I would recommend playing it on a emulator before you go and shell out that much on a originial copy but to me it was worth every penny.

[@jasonwalker7729]

I spent many a Saturday night playing sunset riders, turtles in time, and mario kart with friends at sleepovers.

[@pythoncoder2553]

Found an arcade machine of this and it's awesome. I love how you can walk in a bar and get drunk.

[@niespeludo]

I feel I should mention Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa for the PS1, it's a spiritual sequel of sorts and it is great to be honest. It deserves to be checked out if you like Sunset Riders.

[@Bloodreign1]

There is no PS1 version of that game, it is arcade only, and forever will be due to licensing. There's also Mystic Warriors in arcades, which uses the same engine, but oddly runs in super slow motion when all 4 players are onscreen. Instead of cowboys, you control one of 5 ninja warriors, but seems to be a spiritual successor that plays just like Sunset Riders.

[@niespeludo]

Bloodreign1 you're right, not exactly sure why I remembered it on PS1 for some reason. gonna take a look at the mystic warriors arcade, thanks

[@DavideGendo]

@Bloodreign1 the reason of Mystic Warriors' slowdown is just that the hardware used for it was put at its limit. Look at this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y3TPdKaZi56ad5o As explained in the description, it uses an overclock function of the emulator, eliminating the slowdown.

[@marcianoacuerda]

I played the hell out of this game in the arcades, i spent a lot of money trying to get gud. I could even get to the final boss with two credits, but i was never able to beat him. Luckily I got it for the snes, and I etched every enemy, boss and pattern into my brain so I could beat it in hard mode with Billy. Sadly a friend of mine lended my cart and lost it, SOB.

[@Corehaven22]

I loved this game in the arcade and one day saw it was on the SNES and snagged it not long after. I think I might have played this more than any other SNES game. I could usually beat it in a few hours in an afternoon I was pretty good at it. I did that about 1000 times. I have not played it since I was a kid. I watched your boss battles here. I think the game had a ground slide where your character would slide across the ground, and I remember using that constantly in boss fights to avoid their attacks and win. I didn't see you use it. Although I could be remembering wrong.

[@SmashJT]

Very nicely done review man. I had a friend tell me about this game the other day and somehow I never heard of it before. Watching your review makes me want to play it now! -JT

[@Texy88]

It is great, but be warned - it’s bloody hard at times!

[@adenforst230]

This game, International Superstar Soccer Deluxe (along with its many hacks) and Top Gear were HUGE in Brazil.

[@Rodzilla97]

my favorite snes game

[@robertdavis4192]

Everytime you say "you're gonna have a bad time" I think of the ski instructor from the South Park episode"Asspen" "If you french fry when you need to pizza, you're gonna have a bad time"-South Park

[@45Temujinpimpslap]

Nickel-a-play in Denver has this arcade with all the Booze, Broads, and Bigotry still in tact. God bless that place.

[@jerrygomez3825]

Where was Nickel-a-play?

[@45Temujinpimpslap]

I can tell you in person homeboy! See you on boxline 8.

[@jerrygomez3825]

😯 wha... alright, you got me, who is this? FBI, CIA, NSA?

[@tatayaya]

Something great about this game is the two different types of shooting the controls have: shooting while walking, and shooting aiming.

[@zagobelim]

Love that game. Had great times playing it with my brother in our childhood.

[@nickrosetti9224]

One of the first games I played when I got my raspberry pi. It's awesome

[@alicevon-schott7872]

Five years after this video came out and this is the first I've ever heard of this game. It's a hidden gem to me.

[@jerrygomez3825]

The music is great, try it.

[@Ragesauce]

loose carts are upwards of $90 now, everyone labels them "rare" when they aren't, and "vintage" like that's supposed to mean something.

[@mateobonavento3939]

I played this game all the time with my friends! The only time we made it to the end (we sucked at it lol) was because of a glitch (?) that gave us infinite lives. I remember my friend pushig all the buttons like crazy and somehow that happened.

[@Kimera92]

This game is hard AF for kids dude. Me and mt brother strugled a lot with it too.

[@therangercast5206]

My mom had this game as a kid and passed it down to me when I was really young and it was my favorite game ever and it still is even before it was really popular and the hidden jem astedic faded into the darkness but even 10 years later I've still never beat it

[@retrorambles517]

I'm watching in 2019 and I have this on my modded SNES classic

[@Firguy_the_Foot_Fetishist]

From the sound of it: this game's OST really loves its Synclavier stabs.

[@ther0n1nnamed47]

The arcade version is now avalible on the switch (not sure about anywhere else at the moment)

[@Smoothie_The_Gamecat]

And in June 2020, we now have an arcade perfect version on current consoles like PS4 and Switch, in which you can choose between Japanese and Western versions.

[@Akiga_games]

Cool video yet again! Awesome review Drunk!

[@HusseinAli-7610]

One of my favourite classic games, even tho I've never beaten it

[@boyonthephone1]

Got an emulator so thanks, I'll check it out. Thanks for evermore for pointing me in the right direction and have a great rest of your day

[@dioxideuniversal]

i appreciate that this video only showcases the pink poncho guy

[@NostalgicRoe]

Still have this game CIB. Amazing game for multiplayer!

[@loadedhot1034]

This was my favorite game growing up.

[@vermis0161]

Marry me with my money

[@lizardman7364]

aye chi wow wuh

[@iHATEFORCE]

Hasta la bye bye

[@LitGaming999]

Me and my friend use to make that joke when we were younger. It sounds close enough and is even funnier.

[@Gojiro7]

glad im not the only one who thought thats what he said XD

[@jacktorrance6404]

Here we are today and I'm playing the arcade version on my ps4. Here's Johnny!

[@Jerhevon]

Arcade Archives recently brought the arcade version to the Nintendo Switch. And I presume it's also available on the other consoles as well. :)

[@bayoustormryder3823]

I used to this game for hours

[@dapardine]

I’m watching this in 2021 and man has the game skyrocketed since this video came out. I actually bought reproduction cart because I just cannot afford these ridiculous prices online. The game is fantastic and should be experienced by anybody who wishes to play it

[@kuolanen]

I used to spent lot of money to this game the in the arcade. Couple of years ago I was lucky enought to get this game to snes for cheap prize. That CIB is the gem of my snes collection.

[@ChrisCa1601]

This is now part of the Arcade Archives series on PS4 and Switch.

[@mastermindmartialarts]

I loved this game in the arcade.

[@ethanmarhefky5676]

0:16 Red Dead Redemption 2 definitely paid tribute to that little scene. Check out some of their posters for the game if you don't know what I'm talking about

[@DoomRater]

Pistol guys don't have as much spread but they DO get more bullets and faster bullets too, so I always play as those dudes.

[@DoomRater]

R GG Not nearly as much. You have to get a gun power up before there are two bullets on screen and even then you get three clusters of shots as opposed to only two. Also their bullets are faster meaning you'll get more shots in from a distance.

[@DoomRater]

R GG What exactly are you talking about? I am referring to the SNES version. Try it yourself: double up the power on any shotgun guy and count the number of bullet clusters on screen. Then do the same with pistol guys. You'll see who has more bullets and who has faster bullets.

[@GaZlovesGames]

Had to get this!! Have never played.

[@JB-js8uv]

Chief Wigwam has killed me more than every other game put together

[@neilyringworm]

played this to death as a kid with my next door neighbour. bury me with my...... money

[@stolasthegreatprince4166]

Konami in the 90s was a master at doing boxart.

[@enriquegomez8114]

Stolas The Great Prince - And a GOD at doing video games.✌

[@aznbigboyjo3]

I remember buying this game at the discount bin at kb toy store for $20

[@bsquire1]

Thanks to Arcade Archive, you can play the best version.

[@blessuu]

I wasted so many quarters in this arcade I own the snes version and I loved it so bust it out to play

[@GamingWithDrew]

Love Sunset Riders. Great review. Keep up the awesome work, man.

[@Chriskros1984]

Sunset riders so many good memories ..

[@Gurukay]

Ahhh...I remember the cafe in my hometown had this game on a arcade machine :D

[@atomzero1]

Played this all the time as kids. Great game.

[@leocorrea5935]

Just for the record: Genesis' version isn't an arcade port. It's just another game with same title, but, different level design, gameplay, bonus stage, etc. Some chars are the same (Cormano, Billy and some enemies/bosses), but, it's a different game. Nice review, tho.

[@cherokeefit4248]

I got this game. Happy to have it in the collection.

[@CorvetteZ06owner]

I came, I saw, I liked, I Subbed !!!!!!!!!!!!! 😎👍🏻

[@SASR]

"There's almost a shoot em up quality to the gameplay" - ya reckon?

[@misham2563]

Chief wigum is a boss on here as well as a Character from the Simpsons which is also a Konomi game.

[@thelife_ofBrian]

I see this on the Japanese e-shop for the switch today...

[@eriya181]

"Bury me with my money" brought me here lol

[@npc.retro87]

I loved this game. I still own it. Its almost impossible to beat on single player with normal mode.

[@enriquegomez8114]

Nick - Try the best cheat for this game... 1 player, 2 conteollers (alternated)✌

[@KennyMcCormick99]

AWESOME GAME!

[@michaelnorrisisdabesteva]

Saw it CIB at the game store for 200 dollars recently

[@TheRealCaptainFreedom]

The arcade game was epic.

[@parkerbrown953]

the music rocks too

[@RetroClash95]

The genesis version is a completely original game, while the SNES game is an arcade port, similarly to how Hyperstone Heist is all new and Turtles in Time is an arcade port. Both are amazing and totally worth playing. So, I don't think one is necessarily better than the other. I just think they are all worth playing. Don't limit your options.

[@SNESdrunk]

Well, I guess that's almost a defeatist's perspective, in the fact that the Genesis version is so utterly stripped down that it's almost a completely different game. There are only two playable characters, and a total of four stages. So yeah, it's practically completely original because it had to be.

[@RetroClash95]

SNES drunk it absolutely didn't have to be an original game due to limitations. They could have easily done a port of the arcade with a larger 16 meg cart or on the sega cd. The sunset riders game on Genesis is very small, I believe it's 8 megs. The SNES port of the arcade is a pretty large game in comparison to the Genesis release. Besides having the same game on different consoles was very uncommon in the 16 bit era, especially from Konami. They did no multi platform games at the time, except for games they published like Zombies Ate My Neighbors. I just think that it was a good thing that we got an all new Sunset Riders game on the Genesis, and it shouldn't be dismissed if you like fun games.

[@whosaidthat84]

common rider dude. the genesis one sucks compared to the SNES one. Its a bastardized version

[@Bloodreign1]

The Genesis version is not a new game, it IS a port. Blame Konami for being cheap to Genesis owners for that game, they could've done a far better job with a bigger cart.

[@ced214]

common rider exactly and another thing the Genesis version had different bonus stages and the snes version removed the prostitutes that kiss you (Nintendo cencership) oh and in the video he states that Genesis version had no voices but I own that version and it DID include voices so he is either misinformed, biased or never played it(bury me with my money, Yippie!!!!!, thank you nice boys etc.) P.s only 2 playable characters is really a nit pick when there are only 2 different gun types pistol or shotgun

[@Skullsinthecrowd]

Damn this channel is good.

[@CheddarBayBaby]

Out on Switch today

[@deathsnitemaresinfullust2269]

This looks Awesome! Can't believe i have never heard of or seen this game before. 😄👍

[@Douken]

Awesome game, can get hard. But it's an awesome multiplayer.

[@Rodelero]

Me and my little bro would rent this every other weekend on SNES . 2 dollars for 2 days. I played commacho he played billy

[@dlumbreras90]

I havent played this game in over 25 years im gonna try and buy it

[@retrorambles517]

Having played this on the arcade can and the SNES it's pretty good and looks pretty accurate It's a bit too difficult for me

[@13Gangland]

Everyone, the game is out for the switch!!!! Go buy it!

[@SlyBeast]

I replayed the arcade version of this recently with my son. What's offensive about it?

[@thrillington2008]

SlyBeast Hispanic and Native American stereotypes

[@SlyBeast]

Pssh...people are too sensitive these days.

[@NYCHeavyHitz212]

Here we go.

[@UnlicensedOkie]

Scalping didn't originate with the Indians The French taught them about scalping

[@mannyvillafana128]

I remember this game in 2000..