The History of the Ikari Warriors Trilogy - arcade console documentary

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[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Sorry for the delay, as I mentioned in the description I've been having some health issues but finally got this one finished. Hope you all enjoy it.

[@yumann]

Get well soon, good Sir.

[@jamesmoss3424]

I hope you're ok.

[@ravager48]

Content can wait, you just take care of yourself.

[@spineknife2386]

Get better soon, sir

[@MrPoestyle]

I hope that you feel better soon . I really enjoy your videos . I am also having some undiagnosed health problems at this time . I have been waiting 3 months now to see a neurologist . I will finally see one next week .

[@DontWalkRUN]

Feel better, Patman!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Thank you

[@jasontritt3243]

Hope U have a speedy recovery. Can't live without the vids 😣

[@brittislove]

Patman, we gotta talk about your eating habits on taco tuesday, it sounds like its getting wild

[@niceguy60]

Ralf and Clark, the real Psycho Soldiers.

[@KenMasters.]

Athena and Kensou, the real Ikari Warriors.

[@CoinOpTV]

Classic co-op arcade game - hope your health is better!

[@Issac_The_Last_N7]

Now i can't stop thinking about that AVGN episode A-B-B-A 😅

[@JohnGarciaOHMSS]

And "Where did the hair go?"

[@MrFatsluttytone]

Avgf got nothing on the Patman

[@mentalphilanthropist35]

@@MrFatsluttytone Can't compare, two different animals.

[@grandspringdale838]

Them scrotum guns have been haunting me since the 80's🥺

[@TG-ge1oh]

@@MrFatsluttytone Apples and Oranges. AVGN is a foundational block of KZbin gaming content. He's the stone wheel, the cave art, the first tamed wolf. Ofc he'd be different from later content creators.

[@MrPoestyle]

The amount of research that you put in and the quality of your videos is just amazing . You're the best !!!!

[@patflat456]

Thank you for the quality videos and your effort. We appreciate them.

[@jarrodhook]

Pat Man, we’ve never met obviously, but I’ve been watching your videos for awhile now and I’m glad that your sickness didn’t keep you from uploading. You’re a good man, and even though I haven’t watch the video yet I know that I will love it, because I used to love this game as a kid. The offer remains open buddy, any time you’re down in New Zealand the beer and the frames are on me. Take care of yourself, there’s over 50,000 people here that probably feel the same way as me. And as always, You the man PatMan!!

[@PANTYEATR1]

i played this arcade in a local laundromat...it was hard to get to the end and it was exciting to see guys get closer and closer, not knowing what was coming next. the joystick could twist to aim the character. classic indeed!💪

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

It was really good

[@treborironwolfe978]

Re; Taco Tuesday.. I purchased an authentic Ikari Warrior cabinet and mounted in my bathroom for just such occasions.

[@Deathtank75]

😅

[@noakesy316]

Can I pop round for a dump please?

[@treborironwolfe978]

@@noakesy316 Of course you can, silly! It's two-player don't ya know?

[@harag9]

Wow, loved this game in 86, played it on the amstrad 1512 I had, took ages for me and my brother to complete it, but we did it! Thanks for the memories!

[@mattmora4873]

I played this game for like 7 years as a kid and finished it once on a rainy Sunday when the power ups aligned perfectly. Best memory

[@carlstanland5333]

I had the NES version and I remember it being hard to find in stores. After my birthday, I called around weekly and begged my parents to take me to get it when I found it.

[@RyllenKriel]

Ikari Tako Tuesday. I like this idea, especially since "Tako" instead of "Taco" means octopus in Japanese.

[@SneedyKetler]

And “Ikari” means angry. Right? So Ikari Tako literally means “raging octopus”?!

[@Wpit2]

Perfect video before bed on a Sunday night

[@eribertogonzalez2160]

Thank you PatmanQC for another great video!

[@EverettNewell]

Thanks Patman. Always a good day when you deliver a new vid.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Glad you enjoyed it, Thanks for the nice words

[@erneststackhouse1133]

I remember the 1st time I rented this game on the NES. I was at a Birthday sleep over & they let us rent one movie. I rented ikari Warriors! Birthday boy was kind of mad as he wanted to just watch Bruce Lee movies all night, but I stood my ground & got his mom to rent it. After the movies were over guess what we all did way into the night? We played ikari Warriors! We all knew that was Rambo on the screen & it was a fight to be Ralf & not Clark. Crazy to think Contra is an Arnold 2 Player game & ikari Warriors is a Rambo 2 Player game!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Yes, it is a bit strange although both movies were very popular at the time

[@ellebee42]

I hope you're feeling better. Love your documentaries!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Slowly but surely, thanks for the nice words

[@adrianshappymoments9343]

Thanks PatmanQC! Another awesome video from my favorite KZbinr. I had this game on my NES growing up, but all I remember about it was hitting A-B-B-A a trillion times everytime the scrotum guns killed me. Lol

[@InazumaStudios1]

Hope you are feeling better, Patman! Thanks for your hard work!

[@NEStalgia1985]

Never played victory road but looking at the cabinet art i was trying to figure out the clouds and the aliens and i said what the hell, and then u explained it .... perfectly....spot on cabinet art

[@BaronMorte]

Love your content and the obvious amount of effort and attention to detail Patman; keep up the strong work. You deserve WAY more subs; you'll get there.

[@MixologistMilo]

Great work sir, thanks for effort and content! Merry Xmas

[@CinemaMacabro]

I loved this game in the arcade, but one of the best follow-ups using the same rotary controller was SAR from SNK, an awesome alien space zombie run and gun game that was violent as hell! great video!

[@jasontakahashi6374]

Thank you so much for this video. Remember playing the first two games. Quarter gobblers, but really fun. Cannot wait for the next video!

[@qfapodcastabouthowardstern]

Glad to see you're still doing these! Cheers~Fillmore

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Absolutely, thanks

[@rolingthunder8612]

fun fact: Snk actually tried getting the rambo licence for the arcade version, but were unable to secure the rights for the japanese release. for the US release, they actually begon nagotiations with the man himself, but these were haulted by other snk staff when the Ikari name started to be associated with the game. for the record, the japanese version of rambo first blood part 2 was called rambo: ikari no datsagocu or something to that effect-it translates to rambo: the furious escape. the final name can thus be considered a remnent of when the game was to have the rambo licence.

[@mattj65816]

Everybody gather 'round. It's time to join PatmanQC for another journey through the land of bloops and bleeps and farts and queefs...

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

LOL, thank you. :-)

[@BlueyChandler]

Hope your well, really enjoyed your dialogue for this Ikari Warriors.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Thank you very much, let you enjoy it

[@ThePsychodo]

Man I loved this game growing up. Thanks the the great video and I hope you’re feeling better

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Thank you, slowly but surely :-)

[@inphanta]

Another great video to brighten up my lunch hour at work. Thank you once again. 😊

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Excellent, thank you. Glad you enjoyed it :-)

[@shareofmoney]

Great video. Hope you are doing better and glad to see this upload.

[@MrSegAsh]

Hey Pat, Love this game, Love this Channel. Hope your feeling better 🙂

[@davideo5451]

why is this guy so underrated, this video makes me happy. it takes me LITERALLY to the past!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

That's the nicest compliment I've had all day. Thank you for this :-)

[@strider4176]

Glad that your feeling a little bit better great video you should make a video on jackal arcade like to know the story on that game.

[@skinned66]

It's amazing how bad some of the ports were that we were expected to putting up with.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

I agree, and we put up with all of them. It's like I tell my son that was all the technology we had back then if you wanted to play it at home

[@midnightkitty8172]

I rented the NES and this game many times when I lived in Northern Alberta ( in the middle of nowhere ) and at that time it was great IMO. In fact, I rented the console and games so many times I could have bought my own many times over LOL. Thanks for another great video game review, Patman. : )

[@nemesisenforcer751]

Please do docs on Guerilla War, Mercs, Desert Assault and Heavy Barrel at some point in the future too if you ever get a chance. I grew up the playing arcade run and gun games and Ikari was my fav series so thank you so much for this video. :)

[@angrycandy5441]

Love your content dude, keep up the good work x

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Thanks a ton!

[@TheCOZ]

After not playing the arcade version for so many years, I've forgotten how good it was. Dropped many quarters in one at the local 7-11 with my buddies back in the day.

[@williamwheeler5128]

Great overview! I loved these games back in the day.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@TweekTweek45]

Every movie you named are some of my favorites good stuff.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Those are my as well :-)

[@shawnthaicon2586]

Your narrating is second to none 👏

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Thanks a lot :-)

[@BlackArroToons]

Great video, thanks! The Ikari Warriors had a very unique look to it, with the red glow to the flashing ammunition fire and explosions in the video game. The one hit defeats made this game a quarter-muncher as intended.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

That was one thing I didn't like was the one hit kills, thank you

[@FreihEitner]

Ooh yeah. In 1986/1987, I loved Ikari Warriors on the NES and Victory Road in the arcade (but only in 2 player mode where it was already way too difficult yet so enjoyable).

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Such a classic

[@dhazard1976]

I had Ikari Warriors 2 for my NES. I loved that game.

[@godphoenix66x]

Oh my God I remember pumping so many quarters into Ikari Warriors after school at the local Pizzaria. Great memories. I would play this and Ring King.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

I used to love that game as well

[@SuperSuperPork]

Great video!! Always thought Heavy Barrel was part of the series. . . cleared that up!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Thank you :-)

[@piratestation69]

Scrotum guns.... A - B - B -A... Where did the hair go.... This reminds me of an AVGN episode...

[@adrianshappymoments9343]

Up down left right .....

[@fwdcnorac8574]

When this game came out my buddies and I were hooked! I even came up with a pen and paper version we would play with graph paper during class. Eventually we developed a backyard version with plastic soldiers and rubber bands. All kinds of rules and modifiers. Lol. Fuck, the old days!

[@slikdarelic]

one of my favorite games.. i couldnt wait till it came to home consoles.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

I always enjoy it as well

[@fordxbgtfalcon]

Got your self a new subscriber here. Great channel!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Awesome, thank you!

[@jasonz7788]

Great work Sir thank you

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Thank you too!

[@Eff_One]

I always wanted SNK to someday announce that the player characters in P.O.W. - Prisoners Of War were, in fact the Ikari Warriors. It would make sense if they were the same characters.

[@douglasmcfarland9040]

Great job on this, loved this game in the arcade. The nes game may have sucked but still liked playing it with my brother.

[@pinrod1]

I never clicked on a video so fast! Happy Little Games!!!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

You're the best! Thank you

[@pinrod1]

@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries so are you the Bob Ross of retro game reviews/retrospectives on KZbin, the PBS of the internet?

[@NYKgjl10]

Man, I grew up playing Ikari Warriors. Still have my NES game cartridge till this very day.

[@juliusanderson4528]

I forgot all about this game! It was amazing!

[@hawksleygamingproject4164]

When you got to Ikari 3 and said "speaking of explosions" I expected Taco Tuesday to return 😂😂😂 great vid as always

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

LOL, thank you

[@guillaume797]

Great video asusual bro you re the man!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Thanks a lot :-)

[@BrimstoneButcher]

My first experience with Ikari Warriors was the first arcade game. For Christmas one year I received the NES port as a present. At one point I had the sequel on the NES as well. Both games were decent at the time for me. Ikari Warriors II has some really awesome music on the NES. Never really cared for Ikari Warriors III at all. Great video as always, hope you are well Sir.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Thank you very much, I enjoyed the NES games back in the day but they don't seem to hold up in my opinion

[@PAKA62]

In Ikari 3 you are supposed to press the kick button while moving the rotary joystick to perform a roundhouse, add a jump and you get a hurricane kick.

[@warrenclarkjr.2755]

That Kung Fu cut scene at 21:14 though.🤣🤣🤣 Great video as always.

[@pferreira1983]

Speaking of health issues me and my family currently have the C virus so no judgement from me. I thought this was a very good video, good to see my favourite systems here Amiga and ZX Spectrum turn out so well. My only nitpick is you didn't cover the platform conversions of the sequels, would have liked to see how those turned out. Apart from that pretty perfect. 👍

[@mc-jw3wl]

I love this review its on par with everything from the arcade. Great game for its time. The NES version was a nightmare and that music......omg....headache inducing!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Thank you very much, I like the NES version back in the day but it was hard to play in 2020

[@theflyingninja1]

I was absolutely adamant this came out for the Sega Master System. Turns out it was a complete clone called Secret Command.

[@travezripley]

I loved this game. Many, Many hours of Seat time as a youth my Bros.

[@retrorystergaming577]

I was certainly the target demographic for this game. The muscle bound macho men of the 80s were a massive influence on my childhood. I was always terrible at the verticals shooters. This game was a little more forgiving than something like gunsmoke where I don't think I past the very first encounter

[@dranimations7902]

I remember this game or a version of it. - Hope your doing ok - I thought you were worn out after all the Castlevania!.

[@wanderandargo]

I play this trilogy often on the SNK 40th Anniversary Collection. I love SNK/Neo Geo games!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

You and me both

[@intothewonderful]

The late 80s, I played this game a lot on the Amiga. I agree this was the best conversion.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

It was really well done

[@zachariahscott6648]

I had managed to watch 8 minutes of this during my 1st break at work; I will watch the rest of it at my next break minus a meal. I always suspected that Sly's Rambo character influenced the sprites for the Ikari Warriors. It turns out that I was right all along.

[@GLASSGHOSTHUNTERS]

Greatest game channel ever!

[@Merchant1521]

I thought there was a trick in the NES version if both players both tried to get into one tank at the same time. I mean the exact same time you would end up with each player in a tank. I am old and played this a game as a kid so I could be wrong. My memory isn't as sharp as it use to be. Great review I miss this game it was a classic but brutally hard. I played this game for hours on NES.

[@jeffjackson9679]

I know some people hate on it, but Victory Road was my favorite game back in the day. Loved the different weapons and bosses that Ikari lacked (although I do miss the tanks).

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

I like playing it as well

[@jvd1983rmd]

The euro c64 the music takes me back

[@bmkretrogaming7634]

Nice documentary Patman! This is definitely an arcade classic. Of the ports I particularly liked the Atari 7800, and Atari VCS/2600 ports. Though admittedly the Atari VCS/2600 port is rather lacking. It along with the Atari VCS/2600 ports of Front Line, and Commando obviously reused many of the same gameplay designs, and elements though they were given their own uniqueness to each individual game. Hope your health continues to improve!!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Thank you very much, and thanks for the nice words regarding my health.

[@2011Savere]

I used to love this game on Nintendo. They need to do an anniversary edition of all SNK games.

[@sfcd4757]

you know a game is great when you can still instantly hear the music just by hearing the name ot the game

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Absolutely :-)

[@ock538]

Thanks Peter

[@joggeg]

Thanks. Great stuff as always. Will the next two videos be Victory Road and Ikari III: The rescue? (-:

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

I covered both of those in this very video

[@jorgeng7251]

Ah ok. I meant the homeports of the two games 🙂

[@RobertR1611]

One of my favorite rotating joystick games was Midnight Resistance. I'm not sure if you're planning on covering it in the future.

[@RW77777777]

that one was fun; you got to buy better guns at the end of the level with $$

[@TheCOZ]

That MSX version was crazy with the bodies not disappearing and the blood bursts!

[@MrBSAKing]

Just Like the real rambo movies!

[@robd1329]

I never this was an arcade game..i had the NES game as a kid and remember playing it everyday!

[@paulkiefer3893]

#3 looks great I never saw that one before

[@stevelee372]

Similar to Guerilla War - beards! (Check it out, Castro-tastic) 😉

[@skree_fpv436]

I remember way back as a kid I was at an arcade that had Victory Road's volume full blast. The whole time I was there I hear "Warriors! Show some guts! You can't escape me! Come catch me if you can! AH-HA-HA-HAA!" over an over. 😀

[@Cyclingismywholelife]

I played the Ikari warriors on the NES when I was a kid, so tough, I used infinite lives on game genie to beat it, it took forever to beat the levels, I’m sure I am gonna beat it any day now.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Yes that was one tough cookie

[@coktoe4487]

Hope you're OK man.

[@jamesnoble3502]

I liked how in the NES version when you killed an enemy they did a weird dance before disappearing but in the other versions they pirouetted around like ballerinas before disappearing. Only one version had them laying on the ground in a pool of blood which was at least realistic Btw, the NES port is still the most tedious game I've ever played in my life. Back in the late '80s me and a buddy played it for like 3 hours straight because that's how long it takes to get anywhere in the game and that droning depressing music loop is still permanently burned into my brain 35+ years later

[@justafanofnerdculture7602]

I love the original version of this game on the NES to this day! Also, I think that the titular characters names were changed to Paul and Vance, for some reason. A,B,B,A!!

[@daviddavenport1485]

We need a new Ikari Warriors game! Come on SNK/Playmore, make it happen!

[@KenMasters.]

Shock Troopers 1 & 2 should’ve been IKARI IV & V.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

I agree

[@ogma9027]

The Amstrad CPC version is a brilliant conversion, one of the best games on the system.

[@TheGr81SLASH]

Get better soon, Patman! That 2600 version was dreadful though, just brutal.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Thank you, it was beyond bad :-)

[@GoombaKiller171]

Ralf gets hit in Ikari Warriors: "Augh! That's it, I'm done! You'll have to go on without me!". Ralf gets hit in KOF: "What? Was that supposed to hurt? That's funny-- *GALACTICA PHANTOM!".*

[@azaz...]

those controls were insane

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

They were definitely unique

[@Lauren_Tyler]

After the NES was released in 1985, Jack Tramiel realized that not only could the Atari 7800 be a big money maker for Atari Corporation, but he also thought he could milk the Atari 2600 as well. Unfortunately, some questionable choices were made for the Atari 2600 in terms of later releases, one of them being Ikari Warriors.

[@changkim5850]

Engrish, hahaha you always slay me. Keep up the good work.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Thank you! Will do!