That OTHER 3D Beat 'Em Up! - Gekido (PlayStation)

[@MattMcMuscles]

I wish I had played this growing up! (nobody I knew owned it) because it's pretty fun! Needs more polish and punchier sound effects, and maybe SOME type of story? But beyond that, good stuff!

[@ciTatic]

The GBA sequel was ported to multiple platforms and is worth playing at least once, imo.

[@TheCosmicSkeleton]

I had the demo when I was a kid but my dad thought it was stupid so he wouldn't buy it for me but that's okay now I'm an adult with the ability to make my own purchases

[@venomstar6789]

hey mat why not spike out on the og xbox that a great looking 3d beat em up

[@Siriuskamikaze]

Never owned, but rented several times back in the day. Wish I owned it, because it was better than Fighting Force. I say that as a fan of the first Fighting Force.

[@curtisjackson4090]

Loved this game back in the day. Also the VS mode can also get "Mario party" levels of competitive 😂

[@Vespa-Due]

NAPS are Italians (I think Sicilians more specifically), not French. “Zio Mimmo” was particularly fun because in Italian is something like “Uncle Dominic” and among us Italians it gives some kind of old-funny-uncles-you-see-drinking-and-make-dirty-jokes-at-Sunday’s-lunch vibes.

[@pescando]

Oh man, I’m so glad Matt said the name of this artist, Joe Mad. Going to his website was like taking a trip down the raddest memory lane of the 90s

[@Ltasty]

Randomly bought this in the mid 2000's to play on my PS2 (one of the very few ps1 games I bought) and had loads of fun especially playing with friends. So much replay value

[@edoardob3416]

NAPS Team are an Italian team, the gba Gekido game its a super underrated game

[@docterfantazmo]

That late 90's/early 2000's soundtrack, my gawd... I feel my edges beginning to sharpen.

[@charaznable8072]

Funk Soul Brother.

[@dylanrasmussen5575]

This used to be one of my family's favorite games growing up. We even got the 4 player adapter for arena mode. Absolute classic for me.

[@solblackguy]

You sound like you had one of the best childhoods

[@yukaslash355]

I met Joe Mad at a Puerto Rico Comic-Con a few years back and had him sign a bunch of PSM covers for me including the Gekido cover :-)

[@fernie-fernandez]

Joe Mad needs more recognition.

[@PsychoGoldVideos]

Actually there are a lot more than 6 playable characters. I played this game to death with my dad, my siblings and a couple friends. It took forever but you can unlock all of the bosses to play as and they arent just palette swaps. Each one had totally different move sets. Sure looking back it looks janky as hell but at the time it was amazing XD

[@KloserLb]

This was my favorite game when I was Young. My favorite character was Tetsuo; he had a lot of combo potential

[@UrbanSamurai1975]

I had both this and the Wu-Tang Clan game for the PS1 back in the late 90's / early 2000's. Both are underrated gems.

[@bejammin2000]

"He's probably the old sensei type" He's FUCKING JACKED.

[@CODBlackOpsMasterC88]

Matt, you've gotta press the shoulder buttons together to use the explosive supers that deal massive damage at the cost of a little bit of the life bar. These supers mop the floor with large groups of enemies and bosses. Also depending on which characters you start playing the arcade mode with, the levels are different and so are the bosses. Love this game! ✌️

[@kewanmasud5623]

Yes! If you start arcade mode with Ushi, I think you start in a battleship of some sort?

[@CODBlackOpsMasterC88]

@@kewanmasud5623 Yeah that's right and you fight a mystical turtle man with lightning powers. You also go to some secret lab and fight two robot bosses at the same time.😂

[@robpaul1583]

Loved the hell of this game! The soundtrack by Apartment 26 was pretty damn cool.

[@curtisjackson4090]

*....MASH DA TREES🎶*

[@WhispyWoods.]

Love your coverage of old beat em ups!

[@MattMcMuscles]

Thanks! There's tons more over on my 2nd channel!

[@WhispyWoods.]

@@MattMcMuscles there’s a lot of good content there! I need to get to watching 🎮

[@menorasendaiba6404]

You know what, Matt? This game is supposed to play in multiplayer because of the pace (and timer pressure). And yes, so much fun with friendly fire :) Thanks Matt to make my comment (in Fighting Force video) became true

[@pauloamaro4095]

I can't believe I mentioned it here the other day and you actually played it!! I freaking love that he punches the shit out of the devil!

[@milesvega7306]

Dude this was my game back in the day, I love this game so much. I wish this got rereleased and I loved the voice clips. Plus the style was so good for ps1.

[@DrWhatson94]

This game really seems to nail what a 3D beat em up should be

[@CD2k7]

When I used to play this a lot when my cousin brought it over. It was hella fun especially playing with 2nd player. It's good to see that this game is getting noticed because it's underrated gem.

[@curtisjackson4090]

Amen to that. And learning the combos and VS mode were mad fun. And the OST was pretty addicting

[@jamesd4223]

Yet another gem I never knew about at the time. Considering the graphics held up pretty damn good for a PS1 game I’d probably have been blown away by them back then.

[@curtisjackson4090]

This game was the goat 3D beat em, and if you had a 2nd person to play with.... man 💯. The whole package was great

[@mrbuckets1106]

Omg that old Interplay intro brought a tear to my eye

[@michaelfavocci6722]

Recently found your channel, and I love it dude! You’re a great commentator and your choice of games to play is unique and fun/funny to watch!

[@acedian44]

Come to Geikido, the land of OCCASIONAL EARTHSHAKING EXPLOSIONS

[@shirodarkstar1836]

This game brought back some memories. I miss these old 3d fighters. Would LOVE to see someone pick up battle arena toshiden as well, i haven't heard anything from that series in ages.

[@bardofsteel]

That song from level 1 is dope! It's Backwards by Apartment and it also appears in the Mission Impossible 2 soundtrack.

[@r67network13]

Love this game back in the day! Tetsuo was my main.

[@lexnoil]

I never heard of this game, but now i want it in my game collection.

[@profoundpro]

I bought it back in the day. It's pretty bad iirc. Terrible music lol

[@andrewamp1]

I just bought it on eBay, I really liked what I saw.

[@bashirjohnson4120]

Great video I wish someone could pick this game and make a new game or a remake or something to bring this game back

[@nedzed3663]

I bought this game back in 2000 when I was 20, and loved it. It was the ONLY beat em up that was out at the time. This was before retro gaming became a thing

[@bv728]

SACRIFICE YOUR BARREL FOR MORE TIME ON THE CLOCK How the hell did I miss this, this looks super good.

[@xavier8951]

N.A.P.S. Team is Italian.

[@williampearl1810]

That band is called Apartment 26. A British electric rock band. They weren't bad but fizzled out after 2 cds.

[@TungstenViper]

I can feel the grunge and edginess crawling unto me.

[@kidumby7599]

Actual pedestrians in a beat 'em up? Consider me sold.

[@thallesregis]

18:00 Well, the re-usage of enemies in beat'em ups never made much sense if you think about it. Did the Mad Gear gang discover cloning technology or something?

[@gunslave99]

I just assumed they weren't dead. They just got back up and kept fighting.

[@LordQuadros]

I thought the character rendering style in the FMV was kind of neat. I like how it makes them pop against the backgrounds. That said, the character animations themselves were... decidedly wanting. Very floaty, everyone running like they really need to take a dump, it's not a great look. Also, in regards to the question "Has anyone ever gotten timed out on a beat 'em up?", I recently did playing through Streets of Rage 1 just before getting to Mr. X. Then again, I'm also not great at beat 'em ups.

[@TheChiefSteve]

I love Gekido! Played it first on a Demo Disc and searched Months for the Full Game.... I love the Fights and the Soundtrack!

[@Red-in4fx]

Oh man thank you! I was waiting for this!

[@YukaTakeuchiFan]

The Genesis port of "The Punisher" had stupidly tight time limits, actually - though it was worse to the point of "I honestly don't know if it's possible to complete certain levels on single-player before it runs out" at higher difficulties.

[@mikeverzosa2061]

In standard beat 'em up fashion, the enemies are off camera

[@malaketh]

I remember my mind being blown when I first played as Ushi and could pick up cars and stuff.

[@Syntheticbreed]

Gekido. Now there's a name I haven't heard in a long, long time. Roughly 2 decades. Used to play this shit all the time back in 7th grade.

[@JamesBond-rs3nn]

Thank you for buying me this game mum xxxx you were ahead of our time R.I.P 🎉❤

[@KnottsBear-yTalesPreserved]

I love that you gave some love to this game! Awesome!!

[@jonkenkhel5244]

Played the gba advance version is it was actually pretty fun to play

[@Kenshiro3rd]

I played it... it was garbage. Only thing good was its pixel art.

[@jonathanalvarez2909]

If you write pizza on the password menu, you become invincible.

[@ALbertoDoriguzzi]

Nah, it sucked.. Art was decent, gameplay was sadly boring and uninspired

[@whitestriderable]

@@Kenshiro3rd well probably you said that because you weren't able to beat the first level... :D

[@kenopsiugh5645]

the game boy advance advance ?

[@xanderac]

I used to play the soundtrack to this on my walkman when I went to school, I think the most memorable part of this whole game was the music for me but I do remember the game being pretty tough even in co-op

[@RECOG121]

Gorilla fight on a boat...OH SHEEEEEIT *Old man Joseph voice*

[@Krs55]

I had this game when I had the PS1. It was awesome and the 4 player capability was well worth dropping the money for additional controllers. I wish Interplay didn’t go out of business cause I really wanted a sequel for this game and not the GBA or PS4 sequels either.

[@sleepymermaidariell337]

I totally forgot about this game! Wish I had played it more now!

[@fluffyman85]

The appearance of the first enemy type makes it look like an army of Solid Snakes.

[@ghostroses777]

YESS Matthew! My request was made. 🤝 this game kinda sold on me when I was first looking at, the music was also selling. P.s next one you gotta play is panzer bandit or FF2 if you wanna keep up with the 3D fighting games.

[@ilnonvivo]

I love this game! i played it SO MUCH with my friends back then.

[@LiquidDIO]

Bad Dudes had time pick ups.

[@solblackguy]

I wish I could go back in time just to play the shit out of it and integrate it in my childhood.

[@SlicingDicingGamingENT]

Me and my brother bought it by chance when we were younger. It was always one of my favorite beat em ups just by it being different.

[@blitzrick3678]

I had (and still have hidden away somewhere) this game growing up. I had no idea how to play or what was going on, but it was pretty sick.

[@SubaruMalibu]

Not sure if I love this game because I had fun with it 20 years ago, or only because there were so few brawlers on the system (the soundtrack was pretty good at least). On the other hand, Gekido Advance was fun! IIRC, it's also been ported to newer systems.

[@ONShypnos]

There weren't many brawlers in that era but Gekido was one of the stronger 3d ones. The PSX actually had a few cult beat em ups - Gekido, Crisis Beat, Stuntmaster, Panzer Bandit, Tai Fu, Gear Fighter Dendoh, Hokuto no Ken, even a re-release of Captain Commando. Nothing that'd become definitive the way Final Fight and Streets of Rage were but a good smattering of second tier titles.

[@maverickg233]

I never got the chance to play this as a kid when blockbuster was around, but I finally got the chance too a decade ago through my modded PSP with a PS1 emulator. Fun times indeed...

[@WillowEpp]

I'll bet the story is in the instruction manual, like a '90s game. More 3D brawlers? Oh boy, I think it's time to get bodied by Spikeout! Also, Urban Reign is sick.

[@hombre-lobo5673]

On my disc all characters were unlocked in the beginning, and there was only one track by Appolo 440 carrera rapida for whole game, but i dont complain good track) and Kintaro was my boy to go

[@waterdrinker90]

Crisis Beat! It's a very neat 3d beat 'em up on the psone.

[@tutorialsnottrash7882]

Lol Yoooo I can't believe someone else knows about this legend of a game. My brother & I use to play this together almost as much as we played NARC on NES

[@robertcurry4832]

Omg this was my shit, the soundtrack went crazy 🙌🏾

[@Mr.mister.J]

I enjoyed it. Beat it ages ago. I'm still halfway decent with Travis and Tetsuo. Kinda knew the barrel wasn't coming with but maaaaaan, did I hope he was still holding it.

[@LumbridgeTeleport]

Dude this is a port from an actual “arcade” game where you went to an arcade and put in actual quarters to play. That is where the time limit stuff comes in and scores after levels

[@MattMcMuscles]

Nope, there was never any arcade version of this.

[@1991zabel]

I played the shit out of the demo of this one, love the Joe Madureira artwork here.

[@TheOldest]

That licensed music though, takes me back.

[@metalbudsgaming8371]

Backwards by Apartment 26 intensifies.

[@damntree5637]

yo me and my cousin used to play the shit outta this game when we were kids and i still remember us getting upset over that train boss cos we cant get through it.

[@chickenblood94]

EVERYTHING'S GONE BACKWARDS NOTHING'S WHAT IT SEEMS I AWAKE FROM MY NIGHTMARES SMASH THE MIRROR, SMASH THE DREAMS

[@LegionXMoose]

dude, I was searching everywhere for this game I only remember fragments of it and the cover art from the back of my mind for eons I don't know why I remember NTSC Cover art even though am in PAL region but whatever time for me to buy this game and play it again.

[@zhaoyun255]

I recommended another awesome PSX Beathemup, Panzer Bandit.

[@craigharleyschmuhl]

Travis is just Leon Kennedy meets Peter Steele.

[@SnipingMachines]

Keep the content coming 🎬

[@TheRunningComedian]

This game was so God dam awesome.

[@seinenwax94jr9]

This game gives me MTV Spider-Man vibes.

[@panelsandbars]

Joe Mad has his own game studio nowadays. That’s what he spends most of his time on

[@bobbynick5358]

Yeah this game I won't mind seeing a HD remaster or a remake. But a HD remaster would be interesting as it's rare seeing ps1 games get a hd face-lift, but N64 I've seen plenty of those.

[@sketchrfl]

i've never heard of this before but i got to find a copy this looks fun.

[@eon001]

I don't think this got a release in the UK. I vaguely remember it though. Specifically the character designs.

[@Lenriak]

It did, I had it. But I'm sure a lot of music was removed though, I remember a few levels not having any music.

[@j-asher]

I loved this game back in the day but because I had it boot bootlegged, it didn't have any music on in it lol

[@edgeyberzerker]

This game looks hype!

[@alanmcmillian]

as a comics guy in the late 90's/Early aughts, I've come to view Joe Mad as one of the reasons why the business became as hostile to the talent as it has, along with the image 7: waiting in a primadonna artist to deliver on a deadline was enough to piss off editors so badly that they took steps to ensure that artists couldn't gain the clout that they had in the 90's after the speculator bust in the early aughts. that said, the GBA port is nuts: huge sprite, great animation, but the story and presentation are half- finished and there are exploration and semi metroidvania elements that are VERY clumsily implimented.

[@TheCosmicSkeleton]

I forgot what this was called I wanted this but I couldn't remember the name thanks now I can add this to my list

[@mateobonavento3939]

I'd be surprised too if my guy was doing a combo and they interrupted him by firing a gun. That goes against all the video game logic I know and love.

[@ArthursLittleWorld]

DUuuuude this game is epic for a ps1 title, alongside badass Fatboy Slim music that this game has (some of those tracks fits perfectly with game atmosphere) !!!

[@deltavagen9796]

That thumbnail though 🤤

[@DarkkingForever]

I have played this before. I have the sequel on the switch

[@_sonexay]

I bought this game because I thought the cover looked cool and I think there's a Moby song in it too.

[@DaiHachiHachi]

I only ever played the demo because I never found this in a store lol.

[@NeedEntertainment]

Might as well re-visit Zombie Revenge why not?

[@xxwalakopangalanxx]

Crisis Beat I'll just leave this here.

[@DramaKingMan0]

That soundtrack though

[@toiletsinjapan9933]

these goofs at naps also made a fighting game on amiga of all thingz

[@RuLoR666]

After 30 minutes of searching: there is Legend for the ps1. Liked it as a kid but i also liked fighting force alot

[@thump2319]

I use to love this game

[@joshfraley8019]

This game is pretty decent. Nice soundtrack and everything.

[@osvaldoilustrador]

This game is soooooo amazing!