TH Strikes Back Longplay (Arcade) [4K]

[@nocturnGER]

Contra meets Dragonball Z meets Heavy Metal meets H.R Gieger - this game got it all! What a shame this never found a bigger fanbase

[@NargaCat]

Well you see the fanbase could expand like the death animations for the enemies.

[@purplebunnyowo1820]

And duke nukem

[@evilcrashbandicootthetouho2753]

I said that too

[@dwightross1694]

I was about to say the same thing you took the words right out my mouth 😂😂😂

[@dr.blasphemy0715]

@@NargaCat Inflation much? 🤨

[@SupaTuffGong]

This is wild. Can't believe I never played this, and I grew up in this era. Gaelco is easily one of the most underappreciated of this time. So much under the radar heat from them.

[@roncorcobadomirrota1767]

Agree man!! This videogame ist a must!!

[@brianpj5860]

The artwork and pixle density is just outstanding!!!

[@ProtonCannon]

This is so deep 80s fun in references it almost collapses into itself! Intro opens with "I'll be back!" from Terminator. The main protag is basically a fusion of John Rambo and Goku even Power up scream sound effect is almost identical to Goku's voice.. You fight bikini wearing women with Xenomorph head helmets, literal intelligent dinosaurs wielding jetpacks and swords and some frogmen from space. The backgrounds are often is like H.R Giger paintings. Everything is crazy. I miss over the top silly games like this, we can't have these anymore becasue it will get sued to oblivion.

[@Abraxis-Gnosis]

The first boss is Bowser too

[@bernardafuturagael9213]

And the voices of the second and Four Boss is riped from original sound of Dhalsim,s stage Elephants from Street Fighter of Capcom

[@blackflame4506]

Man this game is a mind trip with Contra, Battletoads with a healthy dose of Dragon Ball Z references peppered through out. Thanks for the LP Al!

[@EternalRoman]

Including the Japanese voice of Son Goku screaming when powering up.

[@aodhablackheart]

And those traced Mortal Kombat 2 sprites

[@SuperKitaroShinX]

Also Yu Yu Hakusho with the spirit guns

[@EternalRoman]

@@SuperKitaroShinX Well... Dragon Ball was the show that made shooting fireballs from one's hand a staple, so still, more like Dragon Ball than Yu Yu Hakusho.

[@Father_Wendigo]

@@aodhablackheart ... and Splatterhouse 2 & 3, and Battletoads Arcade. That said, I still admire the absolutely gonzo presentation.

[@Hatchyack]

How am I still to this day finding awesome looking arcade games I'd never seen before?

[@grimmthrashr1035]

80s man... 80s

[@DenkyManner]

I think reality is shifting beneath us. This game didn't exist back then. But now it did.

[@erdebi]

This game was developed by Gaelco, a Spanish company. Maybe publishers didnt spread more than in Europe I am afraid.

[@Tuliotrivinooficial]

​@@erdebi Even in Europe gaelco was pretty obscure. Gaelco was relatively known in Spain and had a little presence in Portugal, Italy and France, but good luck trying to find a gaelco machine in United Kingdom or Germany.

[@ecto123]

I know how you feel! I just discovered this game recently as well!

[@aaaaa-nw8hc]

I consider this game a hidden gem. In its days it suffered from the lack of publicity and the weight of the most popular games, but today it is noticeable that it is very good and with differentials.

[@mathewgagnier9432]

Man, I missed out on so many platformers. I grew up in the 1990s, but I feel like I could have seen so much more if I had just looked around thoroughly.

[@kicksville]

Doesn't just look like Goku - his "power up" yell is definitely a lifted clip of his voice in Japanese, Masako Nozawa

[@rober4]

It is

[@edwardgaines6561]

Nobody likes a copycat, but still good game.

[@rober4]

@@edwardgaines6561 in Spain we called it the Goku game, nobody knew the real name of this saga anyways.

[@cybergothika6906]

It looks to me like some sort of Communist Goku or something. We have that with Superman too. Red Son, maybe Chinese or Soviet.

[@pepperachu]

They put an amazing amount of detail in the death animations

[@SwedishEmpire1700]

Not to mention in the alien tits

[@EnchantedSmellyWolf]

Totally!

[@rikozama8153]

the devs are into some serious inflation fetish.

[@earlofsandwich7884]

I wonder which kind of player they were trying to attract? ;)

[@mozzarellamaniac6300]

That first boss is obviously Bowser and you can't tell me otherwise

[@edwardgaines6561]

@@earlofsandwich7884 Good question. Neckbeards didn't exist in the 90s, so maybe Trekies?

[@EnchantedSmellyWolf]

@@edwardgaines6561 just made up words.

[@phenrilwolf]

10:13 And futanari.

[@marcoschukerberga1418]

Nice gameplay for those who wonder why his final score ends with a number 4, it is not because he used 4 credits there is a bug or something in the stage 3 boss that gives those 4 single points at the end for some programing error, so the player indeed used a single coin to finish this game and those who remember is hard as hell to pull this out .

[@Sharksleep]

"Man literally too angry to die."

[@Toybountyhunter1974]

Damn, DBZ meets Heavy Metal directed by David Cronenberg & Asst Director HR Giger.

[@Hougekin]

This game is so dope even the last boss just squirt when defeated...

[@ЕвгенийШевчук-ф7ъ]

и пукает

[@ermacn.cheese726]

That looked more like a fart. God this game is so weird and is disturbing.

[@dynajay4106]

HOLY SHIT! It's Goku! And he's teamed up with Geese Howard? First time I've seen this game and it's fucking awesome. Got Goku shooting calorie blasts at the enemies, making them super fat like Thunder on Big Trouble in Little China. Sweet, chill 80's music while riding on platforms. A big-tittied alien boss gets her shit ruined. From what I see, it's a top notch Contra-like game.

[@_--INFiNiTE_C0NSCi0US--_]

😂

[@diabolivirtusen-tavares-ea4392]

Thats Rambo. Not Goku

[@edwardgaines6561]

@@diabolivirtusen-tavares-ea4392 He looks suspiciously like the son of Krypton, er the planet Vegeta!

[@andrewskey3379]

sure is a hell of a way to sell the game to someone

[@aaaalakdkd8986]

Is not goku, is liu kang

[@فوز-ض4ب]

Incredible game for its time 🤩 the animation and graphics are outrageously awesome! I love the bonus round music! 🥰

[@ChaoticHeroGames]

Man they should've ported this to a console. I totally would've played this as a kid!

[@mywifesboyfriend5558]

I miss the days of the late 1980's, Early 1990's playing games like this at Huck's, or the Mall, with crowds around me watching me kick ass. Meeting new friends. Gaming with a headset just isn't the same. Kids are missing out on so much.

[@Flameb0]

the 90's weren't so great for everyone. i lost my leg in a bear trap.

[@mywifesboyfriend5558]

@@Flameb0 Sorry about that, I sometimes forget where I leave those things. At least you can make up a cool story to tell people! "My leg was vaporized by aliens!" "I was doing cartwheels in a mine field!" "I fought Wolverine!" "Jigsaw caught me, and it was the only way I could escape!" The possibilities are endless.

[@charlesdarwin7647]

And most important - no censorship!

[@slingshotdon]

Arcades were exciting but also a damn hussle and rip off

[@mywifesboyfriend5558]

@@slingshotdon Sometimes, yeah. That's true. That said, there was something about that experience that consoles never quite captured. Just a different time, I suppose.

[@Unaliq]

This is one fine KusoGe. I admire that the opening uses Arnold's "I'll be back" line.

[@Chernobog2]

It sounds like they sampled Goku's Japanese voice for when the player character gets a powerup

[@Unaliq]

@@Chernobog2 Yeah!

[@MrXabungle]

There is so much going on that even the player avatar has its own personality.

[@HulkHands54]

It reacts accordingly to what's happening on the screen! Pretty awesome detail!

[@evanhanley6437]

This is a really cool little game. Its definitely obscure. Love how the second boss had the elephant sound effect from Street Fighter 2 and that the final boss had a stock monkey sound effect. Would like to see a Gaelco arcade collection on PS4 or Xbox 1.

[@Thrashgu]

One of our two best run 'n guns along with Biomechanical Toy. Gaelco was probably the best Spanish videogame developer of that era.

[@sergeb7796]

Have you ever wonder what a collab of Akira Toriyama and H.R. Giger would look like? Well I have a game for you...

[@thefearhawk8805]

The most amazing thing to me is that they put "owner of a lonely heart" under it.

[@coprographia]

All the time. I wonder that all of the time!!

[@roncorcobadomirrota1767]

Este videojuego 🕹️ va más allá de lo salvaje!! Es toda una obra de arte!! La imaginación salió de sus límites!!❤

[@Abraxis-Gnosis]

The way the people explode is sick

[@rbl3d]

One of the most underrated Spanish arcade game.

[@oodo2908]

Is it really Spanish? That would explain the sexy bitches. Spanish art styles can be exaggerated, too. What about the amphibians?

[@hkoizumi3134]

This is amazing. It's like alternate history of Goku. What if Frieza never blew up Planet Vegeta.

[@InvictusSolDeus]

This game bleeds 90's everywhere.

[@alexolro81]

7:17 That´s the elephants FX of Dhalsim Stage!

[@Father_Wendigo]

Figuring out where the sprites were traced from is like a HOPA on top of the actual arcade game. I noticed repurposed content from Battletoads Arcade, Splatterhouse 2 & 3, Mortal Kombat II.

[@MrShotgunWaffles]

The main character straight up looking like Goku and Rambo had a baby together.

[@pixelgoat7317]

Another good title for this game would be,"Liu Kang and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day."

[@shujinkoMK]

He got sick of Raiden consulting with the elder gods

[@SamuraiMotoko]

The animator sure loved his inflation animation

[@falsehero2001]

Breaking news; inflation fetishist goes full super Saiyan on army of latex sealed space dominatrixes. More at 11.

[@chenholmes6393]

That first stage theme is stuck in my head

[@tycho042]

Such a bizarre game. Goku/Rambo hybrid fights a mad scientist's army of women aliens

[@badshootykat5574]

This game was so ahead of its time. Really highlights "modern society". 👏👏👏

[@treevsy]

HR giger spaceships and a Goku clone that causes alien women to inflate to death.

[@mike-6139]

The fuck??? How?

[@mike-6139]

@@treevsy It's all modernism fault, let's go back to good times, when was fine to beat women and mistreat minorities.

[@DoomKid]

I mean, who doesn’t wake up, turn into Goku and go around blasting stuff? That’s pretty much every day modern life.

[@FUTURAGAEL]

original sound of Dhalsim,s Elephants from Street Fighter in the voice of Boss of Stage 2 7:14 and Boss of the stage 4 15:23

[@robertnsappjr5750]

The power of inflation is op over 9000

[@ManuelJordan317]

Interesting soundtrack, simple but nice! - thanks for this video!

[@softhwarangpark870]

I've been looking for this game for a long time. My God... I played it when I was young, but now that I look at it, it's a game with a lot of sexual elements. So thank you

[@talmonjohnson4388]

That gargoyle got his head beat all the way in across the sky

[@Kj16V]

11:22 Way more anatomically correct than we needed, lol

[@Naruxos07]

13:53 that has to be a soundclip from DragonBall. The way he yells sounds like Masako Nozawa.

[@DeathsNitemareShepardOfHope]

So basically Contra, Splatter House, Metal Slug, Dragon Ball Z and Fist of The North Star? Yes Please, Absolutely here for it 😄👍

[@spook-kane2839]

>shooting with their fingers >both protagonists are red and blue Yep, this is Cuphead on steroids.

[@erikc.9167]

The explosion animations are very satisfying.

[@GenyaArikado]

amazing game! The music is awesome too! I really like the first game as well! ;)

[@GamingManiiia]

I enjoyed this one on my phone with MAME emulator.. it brings my memories back...🥺

[@dayanarapedigan9155]

Where i can download this game?

[@aderitosantos1695]

Como amo minha infância, crescer jogar arcadas da Gaelco , mui bien

[@lululefey9057]

I feel like I watched space Goku or Bardok wearing Goku’s pants fighting space Amazon’s?!?! How did I miss this Game!!!

[@wealthprosper6251]

So basically Rambo discovers he’s a saiyan warrior that can fire blasts from his hands instead lugging all those guns with him in missions. Got it

[@VeryEvilGM]

* Keeps staring at the death animation. *

[@Ideashark]

I’ve never heard of this game, wonder if censored on release or something, also wow it looks so crisp!

[@santakosoundsystem7542]

It was only released for arcade coin-op machines. And it was only widely available in Spain and Western Europe.

[@umagnus77]

you have earned a new sub

[@onceuponapad]

I loved that game back then! You bring me so much memories!!!

[@SK_yg]

What a awesome game

[@chill-do-rado2809]

The dragon at 6:36 sounds like dhalsims elephants 😅

[@isekaijin]

for those looking for the thumbnail part, here it is 10:12

[@hoxide]

rare to see TH either this or the original, gaelco didnt export to many out of spain (yes it was a spanish developer as indicated on the vid info XD) but as some one who had time on spain at that era, i played on cabinet, more the original than this one, but they are visualy and gameplay a pleasure.

[@wariodude128]

This game is like if Rambo could Kaioken and super saiyan for brief periods of time, and I am all for it. Feel like I need a cigarette after watching this, and I don't even smoke!

[@TeryJones]

It's like the American 80s movie adaptation of Dragon Ball Z we never got...

[@MarinettePFP]

More 90s with the explicit gross-out humor and all but yes

[@Alienkarrot]

Just played this on my evercade and Holy crap what a ride!

[@BrockLee3]

LOL! Looks like the Developers had a bit of an inflation fetish. Also, And, Akira Toriyama called...he wan't his Dollar Store Goku back. And, Super Mario called...he wants Dollar Store Bowser back ( at 4:06 ). And, Street Fighter called...they want their elephant sound-effects back ( at 7:12 ). And, John Bobbitt called...he wants his severed p3n!s back ( 12:38 ).

[@eealexaglittermzeereignmar303]

Contra meets Dragon Ball Z & Duterte Fighting Crime II meets Heavy Metal 2000 meets Giger - this game got it all! What a shame this never found a bigger fanbase Well you see the Superheroes Super Saiyang 3 fanbase could expand like the death Toei Animantions for the enemies. I said that too 🕹🎮📱💙💖💙💖💙💖💙💖💙💖💙💖💙💖💙💖💙💖

[@iangillan2858]

Gaelco the best Spanish videogame producer of all times!!! La española Gaelco ,la puta caña de España!!!

[@asoshah321]

i understand this man very well...he travelled across the universe for a chance to procreate with that spider goddess.

[@FireBomberBassist]

The thumbnail is something else man. 😱 lmao this game looks incredible though.

[@DezorianGuy]

Wow, the sprite-art is quite metalslug-esque. Love it!

[@ghostly8846]

Goku travel to another dimension.

[@RcadeLife]

Never played it. I can't believe I missed out on this one 👍

[@BirdRaiserE]

So basically, you play as Yamcha against the forces of balloon-tits frieza

[@OuroborosChoked]

I choose to believe TH stands for Todd Howard and this game is an exact recreation of a dream he had after marathoning Dragon Ball Z (taking a break partway through to watch Heavy Metal).

[@wheresatari668]

TH has to stand for Ti**Y Hag because that thumbnail😅

[@Xunkun]

6:40 - That's the stock elephant sound also used in Dhasilm's stage from Street Fighter 2.

[@dameTHEname]

This game is genius!🔥🔥🔥

[@trentonbates3114]

I saw the thumbnail and thought it was goku getting choked out 😂😂

[@fusionclean]

Fantasy Martial art (Dragonball)+ Sci-fi ( Alien Invasion ) = Epic

[@christianfranco6597]

A Dragon Ball-like guys inside a Super Contra-like game?, this is really a dream come true. XD XD.

[@123pauliscool]

Never thought I'd see goku melt bowser, but here I am

[@MechagirlSachiko]

In 1993 (Or was it 1994? I don't remember well) this game ate my quarters for as long as my holidays in Tarragona lasted. On one of the final days, I finally managed to beat it. What a ride.

[@jordansalas3375]

bro it seems as if dragon ball and contra had a night of passion and this came out as a result

[@perunus4281]

Эта игра безупречна! Словно сам Император человечества подарил нам видение его бесконечных сражений в Варпе против сонма демонов, пока его тело восседает на золотом троне.

[@DeathsNitemareShepardOfHope]

6:42 This boss is making the elephant noise from Street Fighter 2 in the India stage. 😄👍

[@manafbenayache1880]

Gotta try this game on my FBA ! NB been playing video games since 25 years

[@dronescoVKE]

Never heard of this. Feels like Dragonball, battletoads and dogs of war had a baby that plays like a Mix between Joe and Mac and Contra if that makes any sense at all.

[@dronescoVKE]

Maybe I should have read your description first…

[@dronescoVKE]

Ridiculous how much the final boss could take. 😂

[@mozzarellamaniac6300]

He can also stomp the enemies like Mario and the first boss is obviously copied Bowser

[@Dramure]

Dragonballz, ninjaturtles, xyenophobe, contra, xmen, battle toads, double dragon, Avengers, ikira warriors, and Heavy metal,, its all there lol I love it.

[@mozzarellamaniac6300]

There's also Mario references like stomping enemies and Bowser 🤣

[@DoomKid]

Don’t forget some Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat references, for sure

[@Frankenburger]

I'm a little curious as to the plot/story of this franchise, especially this game since it takes a more serious tone to its predecessor. Like, are the enemies invading and abducting? It seems to me that the boss of stage 3 was once a human female, and not one of the normal baddies.

[@KannX]

It's like Splatterhouse meets Contra and Dragonball. Pretty awesome!!

[@noside.foxhound]

Woah! this is so cool!

[@Rkiser0592]

ripping off every anime of the late 80s early 90s and it being amazing...love it

[@ArttuTheCat]

Hey, this game looks awesome 😺👍🕹️. I definitely would like to give a try 😺👍. Also, this gives me some ideas for drawing my own furry comic arts 😺🐰🦊. Thanx, AL82! 😺👍

[@aaaaa-nw8hc]

The proposal of this game was innovative in its day and still is today.

[@ArttuTheCat]

@@aaaaa-nw8hc I also figured out, that this game reminds me a little bit of the old comic book magazine of the 1970's - and the 1981 movie - HEAVY METAL. I still have some copies of the magazine and a movie on VHS and DVD. 😺👍

[@Мидгард-ц4н]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/p5TPm596fbh-hZI 😃 got

[@sdfghgtrew]

@@ArttuTheCat i have heavy metal on bluray. Very nice.

[@arial012]

Eewww

[@RyllenKriel]

This is why parents tell their kids never to point fingers at anyone. Not only is it rude, but dangerous as lasers may shoot out and kill them. Only point fingers children when Heavy Metal alien women invade the planet.

[@noviny2341]

Que juegazos hacia Gaelco

[@ಠಎಠ]

that stage 2 boss music had the FUNK

[@k1n63d]

And so Goku once again defeats the Red Ribbon Army!

[@ВиталийДенисов-л8м]

😁😁😁Такое чувство, что у автора игры были одновременно жажда мести к сексуальным девушкам в латексе и боязнь всех видов рептилий.

[@Shadow-MCMXCV]

Excellent gameplay bro 😏👉👉

[@Tarifa80]

No, señores y señoras. No es un juego japonés. Es un juego ESPAÑOL. Por eso no fue tan conocido. Pero Galeco, topo, opera,... Todos españoles tienen una gran lista de buenos juegos que no se llegaron a reconocer y hoy son piezas raras y desconocidas.

[@DoomKid]

Yup, this is from Spain, seems very underrated

[@NephiTheSpaceWarrior]

After winning the first Mortal Kombat tournament, Liu Kang fought alien thots from space.

[@Freddyfan1428]

neat how the female enemies explode as if they're suffering Kitana's "Kiss if Death" Fatality from MK II! (And I am guessing it's mere coincidence that they are rather 'perky' in their frames? LOL!)

[@edwardgaines6561]

Obviously one of the game devs had a vore fetish. 🤢

[@VulpeRenard]

@@edwardgaines6561 Wrong fetish. Also maybe, you know, as they've already basically bitten off Dragonball, maybe they're also just biting off Fist of the North Star as well.