The SHOCKING History of Pit-Fighter !

[@BeastGamerKuma]

Pit-fighter was a great memory to revisit as I played the mess out of it when i was kid. Definitely was unique at the time just like Narc.

[@perfectsplit5515]

It introduced the world to the awesome tornado kick. It was Ty's supermove, which they called the "double kick". In real life it is a technique of Kung-Fu and Taekwondo (I think). Later in Street Fighter II Zangief has a tornado kick. And later in Tekken II, Lei Wulong's unblockable attack is a spinning tornado kick. And in the discipline on Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, there is actually an escape technique from the bottom of the North-South position which is like a tornado kick on the ground. (But it is used for wind-up, not to hurt your opponent)

[@jagtaggart936]

Pit-Fighter was a head-turner at arcades back in the day and don't let anyone tell you otherwise. Even when Street Fighter II hit, it still got lots of play. When people didnt want to wait for their turn at SFII, and MK was too crowded, it was a nice option. Ty was the best character too.

[@TheUsualSuspekt]

This game was legendary for its time. However, getting that power pill was damn near impossible sometimes

[@demonology2629]

It was possible if you can keep the computer opponent away from the power pellet pill which always imagined it was 💪🏻STEROIDS 😁

[@jacobprice8048]

@@demonology2629 always thought it was pcp

[@YesterdaysMoose]

When I was a kid I wrote a school assignment ranking arcade games and Pit-Fighter was number one. It had just come out and I was very impressed. In retrospect, it's very simple and there were probably better games.

[@HiryoEilde]

Refreshing you called Frank Dux a con-artist. To this day people still try and tell me he broke a world record putting his "palm" through bullet proof glass or had the most consecutive wins in an underground tournament that really.... never existed. Despite him being a fraud, really liked the film. Thanks for the video on Pit Fighter. I remember playing it only once and thinking it was a horrible version of a side scrolling brawler that wanted people to think it was a fighting game. Never knew anything else about the game.

[@Subfightr]

We were so stupid back then, it's like we saw these karate movies and thought we were watching a documentary. I fell victim to such bullshido fraud like frank. I got sexually assaulted, and learned the hard way that the 2 years I spent in karate classes doing bs limb disabling nerve strikes etc, were just that, bs. Thank goodness for MMA to help expose this nonsens

[@dbycrash]

The only ppl who believe his story are uninformed plebs.. the type who think wrestling is 100 percent real

[@Subfightr]

@@dbycrash back in the 80s/ early 90s though, we didn't know any better. Sure we could test it but... But .. the dude once killed a bull when he exploded it's heart with a 1 inch chi punch!

[@victoryLeo1]

I miss The Pink Man series on Frank Dux and the other prolific martial arts frauds.

[@wing0zero]

Frank Dux could kick so fast you could see the sonic boom around his ankle.

[@joeyparkhill8751]

Word of advice: If you are going to play Pit-Fighter, play it on MAME & NOT on Super Nintendo! Or, if you are the owner of an Atari Lynx like a certain Top Hat Gaming KZbinr I know of, play Pit-Fighter on that! it's surprisingly faithful to the arcade game.

[@Invidente7]

The génesis versión was such a hit that a Pit Fighter 2 was almost released for the génesis featuring recycled sprites from the infamous arcade blunder Guardians of the hood.

[@psychopoison]

@@Invidente7 Im still waiting for Pit Fighter II prototype pop up one day, only a few photos available unfortunately

[@socillizt4life]

I just play it on ‘Midway Arcade Origins’ for the 360,which I’m assuming is arcade perfect as I nvr came across this in the arcades back in the day.Maybe I did but if I did I don’t remember playing it. I have a blast playing it now though.I prefer it to the 1st 2 Mortal Kombat games.

[@mikelazarus4735]

Totally got hooked with this game back in the day. Then came Street fighter 2 and Mortal Kombat classic. My top 3 favorites.

[@SylveonTrapito]

The amount of fun playing it on the Genesis with friends was infinite.

[@perfectsplit5515]

Remember each fighter could attack a temporarily downed opponent. -Ty - ax kick -Buzz - body press -Kato - double palm heel strike I remember on the Genesis I would play as Buzz and then jump over a downed opponent and then attack in midair, to do a "flying body press". My college roommate and I got a kick out of it.

[@autobotstarscream765]

Fun is Infinite with SEGA.

[@Zero-0-Cypher]

Arcade was more fun.

[@jackimhoff6767]

Horrible port lol literally ruined a weekend for me as a kid

[@gamingcyborg88]

I remember playing the cabinet on its last day operational at a Pizza Hut when I was 10 and I was the very last patron to beat it at the restaurant The manager said after I beat the cabinet the lunch was on the house

[@Lord_Deimos]

Loved Pit Fighter on the MD, so many memories.

[@stevensonchambers5577]

I will never forget first seeing Pit Fighter in the arcade the year it was released, and being completely surprised by the photorealistic graphics2.

[@perfectsplit5515]

We all instantly thought of Van-Damme when we first saw Ty.

[@siblingrivalrywithtonyaand6939]

I remember the first time I played that game it was at a bowling alley. Crowds of young teenagers and young kids. Good times

[@perfectsplit5515]

You wanted to make sure you had that pocket full of quarters in reserve - so that you did not have to run back to the change machine before the continue-countdown finished!

[@renegadebit7733]

I know this game gets panned a bunch, but I do enjoy both the MegaDrive and Atari Lynx versions of it.

[@RafaelSantos_]

13:37 this port has one of the best ost from the video game history, the high score screen ost and the opening are both epic as hell

[@jeremyhall2727]

Blood sport.. that's what I first thought when I saw this game when I was a kid

[@biggjoshhardcore]

This was another great video from you Mr. top hat. pit fighter has always fascinated me I feel like the best port is easily the Genesis version I still have it.

[@perfectsplit5515]

The arcade version was hard. The Genesis version was easier, "softer", and had a more reasonable level of difficulty.

[@bransonbenson9520]

I unapologetically LOVE Pit Fighter!! Always have always will💯

[@jaye23able]

I was just playing this last night on my PC using the MAME emulator

[@bulletpoint728]

I have a Pitfighter arcade cabinet. It was the second arcade machine I ever picked up. Thank you for making this video. It’s so much fun to play. I can’t bring myself to sell it 💪🏻

[@roninja6929]

It was such an amazing game for the time and I always thought they missed a trick of not continuing with more Pitfighter games. I chucked £s into the original machine in my local back in the day. I had the LCD version, (that my gran gave to me😂) and many years later the Mame version. On a side note, I think they could have done a Pitfighter vs Mortal Kombat crossover.

[@yetanotheruser1989]

Love this game. Unfortunately I've never played the original arcade version but have the Mega drive port and I just love the atmosphere and the gritty nature of it. It just has a wonderful 'B movie' nature too it.

[@perfectsplit5515]

Yes, it was clearly inspired by martial arts B-movies involving no-holds-barred fighting tournaments. There were lots of them in the 80s.

[@dexocube]

Had some fun with this on the megadrive with my cousins back in the day.

[@davidtran9444]

i felt my eyballs jumping out of my skull when i wandered into the arcade and saw this cabinet for the first time. the genesis port was fabulous janky fun. i still pop it in and play it today, but i can only beat it with ty. i like the buzz character's moves but his show-off taunt after a bodyslam takes too long and lets the opponents recover and wreck you.

[@clarenceboddicker6679]

I owned the Amiga 500 version when I was a kid, I played the hell out of it, I loved it.

[@perfectsplit5515]

Couldn't you "cancel" out of Buzz's show-off taunt by doing the forward-forward body roll? I think you could "cancel" out of Ty's post-supermove taunt by doing the cartwheel.

[@jeffm5056]

I totally agree with you. I think the reason Pit Fighter gets a bad reputation was due to some of the abysmal home ports, namely the SNES, which had every reason to be good considering it's graphics and sound capabilities, but it wasn't. I had this on the Genesis/Mega Drive, and I felt it was a decent port. But the rest of them...good heavens were they ugly.

[@perfectsplit5515]

In the arcade version, you could never use the pick-up on the Chainmen, even if you were energized with the power pill. In the Genesis version you could. What was really great was if you got energized with the power pill, picked up a stick and then wacked that spectator who semi-came into the ring to interfere with the fight. You could wack him across the room!

[@erikrosenquist9839]

A timeless classic game.

[@dbycrash]

The sound effects were truly ground breaking.. changed gaming forever. “UNGHHHH” “YEAHH!”

[@luisreyes1963]

I'd like to thank Top Hat Gaming for finally revealing the ending to Pit Fighter, which I never saw when the game was in arcades. 👏

[@erikhagler3500]

I remember playing this while waiting for the bus at the convenience store near my house. Thank you for reviewing this. Also, it seems that this has a lot of influence for Def Jam: Fight for New York.

[@dtjrealmc]

This game is the best ever.. it needs to be remade into a Movie.. and remade into a new video game with real people!!!

[@AngryCalvin]

One of the most mind blowing games in arcade history. Just over 10 years we went from Asteroids to digitalized actors. One of my friends worked at a local arcade and I saw this game for the first time in great awe over the realistic graphics. I knew then arcade games would never be the same. In the not too distant future we watched the arcades flooded with games like Street Fighter II, Fatal Fury, Primal Rage, Mortal Kombat, etc with a different type of gameplay leaving Pit Fighter as a game that is still unique to this day.

[@psychopoison]

I remember seeing Pit Fighter for the first time, 10 years old me thought that We had reach the limit of graphics perfection and nothing could get any better then Pit Fighter lol

[@ericnorris723]

Ducks and Koo-Mite

[@heartbreakkid2]

Classic game

[@Kitsune44X]

Good to see the channel back in the game, so to speak. I wish you all well.

[@patryk8619]

I hope now everyting is fine!!! Take care!!!

[@gcforreal]

Game is a guilty pleasure (the arcade version only) people hate it but I enjoy it

[@balboa0621]

I still love Pitfighter. For atmosphere, cheese, and button mashing fun, it’s still a blast.

[@kevinsadler1333]

I used to love this game.

[@bransonbenson9520]

I still do💯

[@dbycrash]

Before there was MK people were fighting in a crowd where weapons would randomly be thrown out… no fatalities but the winner got dat pit. Don’t you dare f with Southside Jim. Atleast this is more of a fighter than smash bros lol

[@BaronLector]

This game was set up next to WWF WrestleFest in my arcade in Germany way back when.

[@nunayadamnbusiness]

I still remember Pit-Fighter in the Pizza arcade right next to Mortal Kombat.. such nostalgia.

[@perfectsplit5515]

I think they were released a full year apart or more.

[@nunayadamnbusiness]

@@perfectsplit5515 of course, but that didnt matter back then.

[@jamesmoss3424]

The graphics on pit fighter are excellent. 😀👍🎮

[@kinggold5378]

😮 I just posted this as my wallpaper on Facebook today...!!

[@trudownsouth8490]

You are lying.

[@bransonbenson9520]

@@trudownsouth8490 who cares? Why wud someone lie about that and why do u care about something so trivial?

[@trudownsouth8490]

@@bransonbenson9520 Because his name is Lucifer you goofy.

[@brianm5563]

I LOVED Pit Fighter. Actually loved the Genesis version, stripped down as it was. Even though the characters were small with no scaling, the Genesis version did a pretty good job bringing the arcade game home.

[@justincash386]

Kato was a beast....i forgot his name hope im right

[@mr.multiverse7686]

Yeah You are right..mine is Ty

[@GregsGameRoom]

There's also an Atari 7800 proto version. Doesn't really look much like the arcade though.

[@ChoperJoJo]

It was a super fun yet silly game lmao. I always laughed while playing it

[@gingergreek]

I Loved this game as a kid, me and my mates pumped £££ into the arcade and would piss ourselves at the silliness of it. I then bought it on the megadrive and fairplay it was descent enough. It defo goes down as why of my all time fave arcade games and endearing megadrive games

[@nathanthompson8728]

Had it on the Amiga and loved it

[@steammachine3061]

Most people knew it better as shitfighter lol. I played it in the arcades back in the day and I can certainly see why it got attention. But a pretty looking game in the arcades that's worth a few credits purely due to it's interesting visuals doesn't nessesary translate well to a home port. Nice to see you got your channel back

[@songoku9348]

This game was also semi sexual......

[@bransonbenson9520]

Semi sexual? Lol can you please elaborate??

[@Moncriefs]

"Guardians of the 'Hood"🤣🤣🤣🤣 Man you gotta be kidding me

[@heelspawn8023]

Whenever Buzz won a fight, it sounded like he was saying "suck this" lol

[@wing0zero]

I remember playing Pit Fighter in the arcade and I had the Amiga version for home, I had fun at the time with it.

[@stephenrivera5871]

Wow I used to own this game and play it like crazy

[@nicktaylor8032]

I love that you managed to work in the phrase "as was the style of the time..." Premium content as always my brother.

[@MKF30]

Yeah gotta love Karate Champ inspired every major fighter now SF, MK, KI etc etc

[@GokkunGuru]

Ty’s special move is such a sight to be seen. I don’t think it’s a real move that’s ever been performed.

[@DolFunDolhpinVtuber]

Used to play the arcade game before I went to high school, it was right next to a Street Fighter Alpha machine.

[@gaditeuk]

I remember when I saw this in the arcade & being totally blown away by the graphics

[@SegaCDUniverse]

I could never understand the saying while going up on the forklift as buzz. "The fit!"?

[@BowBeforeJOW]

9:32 a victory BJ?

[@FWDSUXARSE]

Lol looks like it.

[@FWDSUXARSE]

Call it a VBJ 🤣

[@troystrain2436]

Totally should've stuck with Masters of Buffness

[@orderofmagnitude-TPATP]

All sorted then now? Hope so... no matter what - I hate sudden bouts of having to lose half a G for pretty much nothing.... (washing machine or car...or copyright for 3 seconds) Well... its always amazing that your audience cares and helps; you've probably profited in the end. I've had help plenty of times from my audience in the past. Outsiders treat them like they have a gun to there head. They have a choice and are coherent. No one has too. Just make sure you thank them properly; that's all I guess?! Best of luck.

[@vincentshadetree]

I remember playing this when I was a kid and I think I was indifferent back then to it and still feel that way today

[@n.b.l.5709]

I loved my pit fighter on sega genesis

[@stingyringpiece]

i loved pit-fighter, mega drive (genesis) version was fun even if a little scaled down "you wimp" Great review TH Thanks

[@Heavy_C]

I LOVED this game, and always thought the original MK pulled a lot of inspiration from this game.

[@Kos4Evr]

Seeing as mk1 was also inspired in no small part by jean-claude van damme

[@perfectsplit5515]

@@Kos4Evr -Ty was Pitfighter's "Jean-Claude Van-Damme" -Johnny Cage was Mortal Kombat's "Jean-Claude Van-Damme" -Guile was Street Fighter-The Movie-The Game's "Jean-Claude Van-Damme" - and he really was Jean-Claude Van-Damme! -And now "Kickboxing" is Shaolin vs. Wutang's "Jean-Claude Van-Damme" (Just realized Tekken missed out by not having their own "Jean-Claude Van-Damme")

[@Sektor9999]

The atmosphere of this game used to scare me when i was kid, idk the music, the environment, the aggressive characters, specifically the last Boss threatening sometimes between fights, anyway good memories from my childhood arcade times.

[@SegaCDUniverse]

I love this game! Nice to see it get a video

[@dwaynemccall3600]

The Sega Genisis/Mega Drive was the best version especially with two players...still play it to this day on drunken nostalgia party nights

[@ceciliorubens]

To this day it is the fighting game where the characters have the most plausible motivation: money.

[@davidfeston4370]

Kim Rhodes of "Supernatural" and "Suite Life" fame got her start in this game. I might have missed your mention of her so please forgive me if you had. Thank you as always for an awesome video.

[@torrentvirus13]

I was wondering who that character was portrayed by. Have you ever found any behind the scenes stuff on Pit-Fighter?

[@johnbcardin]

A buddy and I split the rental of this for the snes. I heard it was bad and pushed for it anyway. I still feel bad about that decision.

[@arielramos1722]

I hope when you address the issues you currently are under, will bare good news. Hope everything is going well for you, your wife and your family. Cheers.

[@Tim85-y2q]

Considering this was basically trying to do the same thing Mortal Kombat later successfully did, they had thr right idea the execution just wasn't there.

[@hiramsart]

The arcade deserves to be released on modern hardware. Maybe a remastered port.

[@dylan.t180]

Played this on ps2 back in the day thanks for the retrospective as always

[@registereduser]

I remember this from when I was a kid. I never saw anyone play it, though. I never knew there where other characters than the ones in the demo that plays when the machine was idle.

[@redveinborneo4673]

Weird that I never saw a pit fighter arcade game as a kid. I did have the genesis version though and I loved it regardless of what any negative reviews had to say about it.

[@wrena79]

I know this isn't an A tier game but man I'm still a sucker for the arcade original . Have the PCB in the collection and still enjoy playing it.

[@subzippo]

Pit Fighter was panned? I loved it and played the hell out of this back in the day.

[@GotTheBestLigma]

I used to love this game in the arcade, also the Sega Genesis version, spent a lot of time playing it and thought it was a pretty good port, i didn't realize the snes version was that bad i never played it.

[@Unquestionable]

I remember the weekend my friend rented the SNES version of Pit Fighter. It was fun for about an hour and then we just went back to whatever else it was we had been playing.

[@Subfightr]

So glad to see you back Mr Top Hat. I hope that crook who was harassing you didn't get a dime.

[@AuzmanProject1]

Honestly, Van Dammes Lionheart always reminded me of Pit Fighter

[@LEETINK32]

We love the videos you do keep up the excellent and awesome work 5 stars 👍👍

[@SomeOrangeCat]

The Genesis port is a guilty pleasure of mine.

[@donaldjohnson1148]

This one was actually popular in my local arcade as a kid. I won't lie, I enjoyed playing this a lot. The Sega Genesis port was pretty decent and was one of the first games I had for the system. But it did get really easy, really fast. But I do remember it for the most part fondly.

[@perfectsplit5515]

One time I donated blood and went to play Pitfighter later on in the same day. Big mistake. The stress of the playing the game was too much for me to handle in my weakened state.

[@Ttw1976]

I always wanted a part 2 to this game.

[@Iluvcars-m7x]

very weird fighting game

[@truemperahzentertainment6133]

Reminds me of MK1 (1992) FYI the sequel was cancelled!

[@MrQdiddy85]

I used to have this game and as a kid it was one of my favorites

[@VictorHernandez-nj2lo]

Please talk about dungeons & dragons:tower of doom & shadow over mystara arcade games,the bouncer & urban reign on ps2,mortal kombat shaolin monks,scott pilgrim vs the world game,dragon's crown,& mighty morphin power rangers mega battle

[@garytucker3563]

Great times and lots of quarters spent on that game!

[@mangaranwow2543]

Kato was an obvious reference to Bruce Lee, who played the role of Kato in the Green Hornet television series.

[@kadosho02]

I remember seeing this game at arcades. Crazy how much it was capable of, later inspiring tons of games. Final Fight and others definitely had a hand in showing games can be so much more

[@trudownsouth8490]

Mortal Kombat did it better.

[@steammachine3061]

@@trudownsouth8490 Pitfighter did it first. Although if we're specifically talking about digitised graphics then the arcade game journey (based on the band of the same name) did it first.

[@trudownsouth8490]

@@steammachine3061 Mortal Kombat did it better.

[@steammachine3061]

@@trudownsouth8490 only of you were a 13 year old sexually frustrated edgelord that wanted to pretend at being grown uppy. Otherwise streetfighter 2 did it best

[@bransonbenson9520]

@@trudownsouth8490 Dont forget about N.A.R.C.

[@brianduncan4868]

Pit-Fighter was impressive at the time when it hit the arcades. I remember playing the SNES version over my friend's house, and being astonished at how horrible it was. My stepbrother bought the Genesis version, and it played/felt more like the arcade version (sans the scaling). My stepbrother and I would play through it numerous times back in the early nineties. The Atari Lynx version was impressive as well. The arcade version is playable on PS2, Xbox, & Gamecube on the Midway Arcade Treasures 2 disc.

[@4ArchieLee]

I'm ready for The Wrath of South Side Jim!!!!!!!!

[@A..D..D]

A friend gave me the Gameboy cartridge for my Birthday . I played the shite out of it . It was bad but so good . I remember the Martial Artist character had that ridiculous jumping bicycle kick special move . Loved it . Those times ……

[@perfectsplit5515]

You mean Kato's flip kick? It could only be executed at close range, when your downed opponent was getting up. He was a black belt in the (fictional) flying dragon style of karate.

[@andreasheiss8441]

Great vid! Thanks

[@eman-zb6py]

It's pronounced KU-MA-TAY