Violent Storm review [Arcade] - SNESdrunk

[@kind2311]

Dude, whenever you release an arcade game review(s), I open up MAME and immediately add it to my favorites list. I have so many gems on there now thanks to you. I'm a gracious fan, and I hope you always have a great entirety of your day.

[@fidelsolis6070]

Kool I have many gems too. Try peacekeepers for the Snes and Slammasters for Snes..There are.of the best games ever.

[@Lusadio_Rafantes]

Where can I download MAME??

[@lhfirex]

SNES drunk keeps proving why emulation is necessary, with all of these awesome classic games he discovers that aren't available or preserved any other way.

[@nugboy420]

Shhhhh

[@baustin1215]

“I'm gunna get you eventually. Everybody wanna knock Gildo down. I'll go straight to Sheena and I'll be there yes I will. This world is very difficult but i've got nothing to lose, now. There's no defeat. You'd sooner die; challenge the begining of the end. 'Till I rescue Sheena I'm never gunna stop. Believe my power; Now I spend my time fighting all around. I'm a tough guy; do it man. You'd think you can beat us We got the look! Oh so fine! Just wait, I'll get even with you.” Best rap ever

[@JanPospisilArt]

That's a very reasonable and realistic threat. Gonna get you, eventually. Life is hard, man. But still gonna get you.

[@bildo1977]

It's way better than the track on Twin Eagle. Whoa, whoa, whoa. Gonna break you down. The tables will turn around. You'll see.

[@TheZackofSpades]

ZCS unknown from M.E. is a national treasure

[@Vancegeoffmen2]

this song is one of my guilty pleasures. the whole OST is awesome

[@ValkyrieTiara]

I dont think any two words in that rap rhyme.

[@Frietuurs]

This was actually Konami's very last beat em up, so it feels like they just gave it all their all. Sick music WITH lyrics, fun gameplay. Poking fun at themselves and other developers. It's just tons of fun and Konami left a bang with this game in the arcade. It's too bad this game just disappeared after all the arcade hype.

[@KenMasters.]

What Konami could've done was take their beat 'em ups another step further in the world of 3D. Just like how they did with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1, 2 and 3 in the 2000s for PS2, XBOX, GameCube and Game Boy Advance.

[@edwardgaines6561]

Konami even stuck in some in-jokes like Sledge as a human TMNT.

[@danielshimoda9246]

Wade`s outfit and fighting stance is a parody of kenshiro from fist of the north star as is the first song you showed with lyrics. It's good goofy stuff I remember playing this as a kid and having alot of fun.

[@ChargeQM]

I am shock.

[@airjordan4ever]

Yes, that is Kenshiro's fighting stance

[@jmyers1385]

Wade Duck, Now that's a name I've not heard in a long time... *blank obi-wan stare*

[@starlightrevenant]

I remember playing and finishing this back years ago, and also one of the bosses is actually disguised as a Power Loader from Aliens (since Konami also made the Aliens arcade game), and this is actually the third in the Crime Fighters series of beat em ups. Kenichiro Fukui (known for the Einhander music) is one of the sound designers of Violent Storm, as well. The David Lee Roth-sounding track is named Who'll Be The Hero and the rap is titled Feel My Power, though.

[@orinanime]

Awesome info! Thanks for sharing! What are the other games in the series?

[@DJOptimusFunk]

​@@orinanime Crime FIghters (1989) and Vendetta (1991). I only ever played Vendetta in the wild as a kid... Great game!

[@hondragrid]

The amount of appeal this game oozes. This game was designed to pull you in while you walked past the arcade cabinet. The over the top style, the music with lyrics, everything about this game screams PLAY ME! Its a shame this game hasn't had a revival on some console or through steam. This game has so much character, so much love heart and soul was put into this game. Its criminal that it hasn't had a re-release.

[@felipeguimaraes1359]

This game is like a time capsule to the early 90's!

[@DangerDave-e7u]

I never thought I'd hear a US Acres reference, ever.

[@peterplaysbass]

LOL - right?

[@terrycraft6500]

Yea I completely forgot about that show.

[@Mepholar]

Loved garfield and friends

[@youisiaint]

THE BUNNY RABBITS IS COMING

[@michaelhoule2134]

In Canada it was called "Orson's Farm". I enjoyed it and the cartoon also.

[@animatrix1490]

I think this was my first ever SNES Drunk video--I was trying to find out more about beat-em-ups. Binging these videos has become something that keeps me sane over the past month or so, so thank you for putting out so many and keeping them such great quality. It's always a nice time watching a video on this channel, and I feel like I've learned a lot. I technically was "there" (alive) for the whole SNES era but we didn't have any video game consoles at my house until I saved up and bought a GBA. It's cool to see some of the things I didn't experience as a kid!

[@travisshallenberger9486]

OMG Wade Duck! I can't believe you mentioned that! I loved U.S. Acres and thought it never really got credit for being anything more than something to pad out the hour long Garfield show with the catch all "and Friends" to be added to the title. Oh, um, but yeah, the game. This looks crazy as hell in the best possible way. And something I love about your reviews is that you highlight the music when it deserves to be, and this music is just as off the rails as the game looks.

[@AdamKFlood]

"Tossing around the old pig skin."

[@mace2gorc872]

Funny as hell. Piglet hut hut hut.

[@HybridAngelZero]

"Violent Storm, a storm of violence yeaaaaahhhh~" I wasn't expecting a U.S. Acres reference today, but I'm glad I got it. I really gotta play this sometime

[@thecunninlynguist]

A US Acres reference. You've made my day. And this game looks awesome.. Wonder why it never got a port.

[@yaburu]

Dude I'd forgotten all about that show. I used to watch it religiously as a kid. I concur with you, day=made.

[@spineknife2386]

@The Deadpool Who Chuckles. Dude, where are they showing that? Would love to show my step daughter. I turned on a modern garfield cartoon and we both hated it.

[@ultimacj]

@@yaburu

[@yaburu]

@@ultimacj Ahhhh, a man/woman of culture.

[@thecunninlynguist]

@@spineknife2386 Hulu

[@suprastevio2264]

Dude between this and the Jurassic Park Arcade, you're really bringing the heat when it comes to cool, lesser known, arcade games!!!

[@SDinOZ85]

A "YEAH-EH" James Hetfield would be proud of.

[@cazamilfs8945]

Llicca has nothing to do here nay!!!!

[@They_drew_first_blood]

Who?

[@OmegaSpecter87]

Lol YEAH-EH!

[@SNESdrunk]

Needs more OOOOOH-AHHH!

[@mariano3716]

Hello-ah ah

[@thenostalgiafactor5023]

Total length of video: 370 secs. Total length of "SNES Drunk": 6 secs. 1.62% of the video was spent listening to "SNES Drunk."

[@Geekzarro]

I did it! Finally did it! I've been following you a couple of years now, but never watched your videos in order, so I took the oportunity of being in quarantine and watched your list From Oldes to Newest, and oh man, it was a blast! Many afternoons, but I enjoyed everything, even watching episodes I watched no so long time ago. I really love it when you say "Wade... no, no THAT Wade" xD and sometimes when you say "right up your ally" just cracks me up hajahahaha I had more things that I thought to tell you when I finished watching this, but that'll do. Thanks for everything Drunk, say hi to Clyde for me, and have a great rest of your day!

[@Leo___________]

Great find! Quality couch-op games are always in demand!

[@Catkeeper]

I love this game, it's like Fist of the North Star was an 80s Saturday Morning Cartoon from the US, but they kept in the violence.

[@prestonmetalhead9341]

Intro gets longer and I love it it makes me laugh each time. Also when watching your older vids(4 years plus) theres no difference which is a good thing. You haven't sold out to raid or anything like that I greatly appreciate that hate watching vids where they sell out so keep up the awesome videos.

[@koopakape]

i love how many games cross over between SNESdrunk and VGjunk, two of my favorite sources for finding out about obscure classic games. Every time i see one of you cover anything the other has i get this little feeling of glee like a game i love getting a port to another console with enough different that i get to check it out and enjoy it all over again.

[@ZetaAlphon]

“U.S. Acres” Wow, what a reference!

[@JamieBainbridge]

"Other underrated Wades, like these two additional Wades you've never heard of either!"

[@raphaelfp]

I played this one a couple of times when I was visiting my grandma in another town. Always regretted that it hasn't got a console port, because it was a lot of fun and goofy just as you mentioned. Kudos for the singing and mentioning Wade the Duck, made me wish for a beat em up starring the U.S. Acres gang

[@danielszemborski]

Only made it to track 6 on the soundtrack--"Feel My Power," and I'M HOOKED! THANKS!!!

[@troyspartan992]

I’d buy that for a dollar!

[@Chud_Bud_Supreme]

Boris likes to make big trouble for Moose and Squirrel!

[@melvinblackburn195]

Violent Storm is a favorite of mine because it encapsulates what I want to experience in gaming. Its just a goofy, lighthearted good time, that also happens to feel just about perfect control wise. It may not quite measure up to some of the heavyweights in the genre, but no other beatemup makes me feel so loose and satisfied after playing it.

[@RodriguezTrendy]

„Violent Storm, a storm made of violence“ 😂 This was even better than the 5 minute long SNES Drunk intro

[@javaly78]

If you look online Violent Storm is supposed to be part of the Crime Fighters series right after Vendetta (Crime Fighters 2)

[@KenMasters.]

Want to know the plot hole of those two games? Crime Fighter 2 takes place in the present of 1991 where Crime reigns over Dead End City again while Violent Storm takes place in sometime in the 1990s (like Final Fight) where World War III ended and brought an Apocalypse.

[@NicoSensei]

This is one of the absolute gems from Konami! There's a kind of Mad Max -ish feeling to it.

[@thatoneguy4452]

This video reminded me of an arcade game I played as a kid. I went to search for it despite only really remembering the final boss only to realise that it was this game I was remembering. Something in my subconscious must've recognised things I couldn't.

[@michaelk8860]

At the same time, I both can and cannot believe you made a "U.S. Acres" reference. Well done.

[@unstablebable4766]

When you sang violent storm I screamed lol love the videos bro keep it up 💯

[@josealqueres]

Very cool game! Just downloaded it and played through the end. Thanks for the recommendation. Please do more videos with arcade sugestions.

[@Helvetica_Scenario]

You finally got to Violent Storm. Nice. This one is always a pleasant surprise when digging through mame roms.

[@Vancegeoffmen2]

I was recently thinking to myself "I wonder is SNESDRUNK will cover the "Crimefighters" Trilogy of games?" Good to see at least the 3rd one/coolest one has been represented here.

[@EduardoAbelardoRodriguezGuzman]

Crimefighters, Vendeta and Violent storm

[@SwordfighterRed]

I've always felt like this game was made for a Saturday Morning Cartoon that never existed.

[@chigimonky]

I'm amazed when I learn about a good game that I've never heard of

[@Morthaniel]

I'm sure there's another famous Wade Wilson but it's escapes me.

[@Nnyisme]

I remember pumpin coins into this cabinet back when it came out and i loved the whole throwin pigskins at people on the train stage. God this took me back ty.

[@thecontinuingadventuresoflenny]

I have never heard of this game before but did grow up during the arcade era. Everything about it screams Final Fight even down to the sound effects. Thanks for the great content and awesome review. 😃✌🏽

[@ZockAmigo]

Man you are on fire today! Great Video as always man. Love your humor

[@SubaruMalibu]

Hell yeah, man! I've sung the praises of VIOLENT STORM on my channel as well. I see you are a man of culture.

[@flannelkitten9509]

I finally played this at the galloping ghost in Chicago, this is a great hidden gem, totally worth activating my carpal tunnel!

[@mekman4]

I love the size of those character sprites! I think it’s a missed opportunity that Turtles never got Konami built sprites that large and even larger boss sprites in their beat ‘em ups. Sprites! Great Stuff!

[@johnriddlebaugh7436]

The soundtrack in one of the stages reminded me of "The Heat is On."

[@SNESdrunk]

On the street!

[@gooncrusher]

0:18 is that the Shockmaster!?

[@XCM666]

2:25 In Disney's Silly Symphony classic "Three Little Pigs", in the smart pigs house there is a picture of a football on the wall titled "Uncle" (or father, I don't recall). I guess these used to be made (and possibly still are made) of pigs leather. Or maybe they just made the dam piglet spirits and then decided against giving your enemies a face full of bacon.

[@Davtwan]

Cheery post-apocalyptic setting? This is Saturday morning 90s personified into a video game.

[@nnickplays9713]

If only i could grab someone to play this with. If only i could warp to you and play it together. Thanks for the awesome review, stay blessed dude.

[@Sannidor]

I had pleasure to play it on real cabinet as a kid. One of most rewarding arcade experiences for sure. It's silly how such gem slipped through retro compilations on modern consoles but maybe there are some copyright shenanigans involved.

[@elbravovierde8010]

For me this game is a dream come true! Huge sprites with facial expressions and creative settings!

[@DrGamelove]

This definitely looks worth checking out. Thanks for doing a video about it!

[@jackfables3470]

1:40 Now, I want a sequel called Violent Storm 2 : A Storm Made Of Violence ! 😹

[@johnbakasmoothhotchocolate]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who remembers Wade Duck. I still love me some Garfield & Friends, even in my 30's.

[@JeffreyOsb]

Needed 30 more seconds of SNNNNNNNNNNNNNES at least. Also, was that Clyde in the background @1:22 ? I'm glad he's making game cameos now!

[@bertnbirdgaming4315]

Boris: "Better luck next time Slug Heads"

[@SNESdrunk]

I am in-veeennns-ah-bull!

[@spineknife2386]

Loved the us acres reference sir.

[@nugboy420]

I feel like I’ve said this before… the harmonies in the intro are chefs kiss 👩‍🍳 💋

[@nugboy420]

1:35 no shit am I a fucking psychic? Some reason I sensed I had to comment about it. Since for some reason every day the past 3 weeks to a month my feed has had SNESDrunk as my first video other than my late night talk shows. It’s crazy. So I am glad I picked this video to comment this on, tho I doubt anyone will see this. 😢

[@kri249]

The 90s all roled up in an arcade game. I wish I got to play this back in the day.

[@Runetone]

The Boss at 2:17 has arms from the Aliens power Loader. Konami did the Aliens Arcade game to ;)

[@cameronstone4495]

Is that one guy on the train supposed to be the Scissor man from Clock Tower, but with a ticket puncher!?!

[@Buckdawg]

How was this not more well known at the time? Looks awesome!

[@KyoshoLP]

Football = pigskin. :P Also, I think I see what you're doing with your intros ever since that amazing one. Making them juuust long enough to piss off the idiots that hate it and hopefully make them leave. Major props. Oh, and I need to try this game. Love the style of it.

[@etansivad]

I've never heard this game mentioned before, but now I have to play it. Reminds me of the arcade game "ninja baseball batman" -- it's a baseball themed brawler that is completely bizarre and lots of fun.

[@ElectriX2099]

Vid made me laugh. Out loud. Waking people up in my house. Thumbs up!

[@axeoseilez3207]

Omg when you sang i fucking died that was incredible.

[@MegaHoro]

There should be a 90s Beat 'em up based on the show "Martial Law"

[@reinforcedpenisstem]

Great idea!

[@RJinthematrix]

I've been looking for this game FOREVER

[@leroypaulsen4566]

Thanks for introducing this game. So many roms, so little time and there are hidden gems like this just waiting to be played :)

[@timmer919hep]

This might be the most 90s beat em up ever made and I love it

[@Sparkbomber]

Excellent review of a really fun looking beat em up...

[@mr.vidjagamez9896]

I love the Konami licensed beat-em-ups and I hope 1Up Arcade can do the other non-Turtles games as cabinets some day, but man would I love a collection of Violent Storm, Metaphorical Force and Monsters Maulers, or even a Capcom Belt-Action style collection for consoles. I was very disappointed years ago, I was going to buy an arcade cabinet off of someone who told me the machine was Violent Storm, but turned out to be Vigilante instead.

[@shoeflaps]

It's the brawler I always go back to when I get the itch. Konami's music team were slapping it in the 90s

[@roushimsx]

I'm not much of a fan of Konami beat em ups, but this one always clicked with me. Thanks for covering it!

[@BobSmith-kk4kp]

Wow, I missed this one back in the day - a damn shame, as it looks great. Kinda reminds me of the goofiness of Godhand, a bit. Hope this gets a PC release someday. Thanks for covering it!

[@ultrazasha]

You should seriously release a compilation of all SNESdrunk intros one after another one day. I'd watch it.

[@DamienCooley]

Awesome, never heard of this and I love beat em ups... Thanks for finding this!!!

[@amphobos]

Your vocal stylings were epic good sir!

[@polterghost_]

3:10 Is this Scissorman from the Clock Tower series?

[@tinytrashcan2840]

Boris's punching stance is amazing.

[@allnamestakenlol]

Many of these games seem to be more on the pastel-side of their coloration and I wonder if that was the intended look or if it was to compensate for CRT screens and might have looked different on older hardware?

[@Jimmy_G412]

This game giving a new definition to the phrase "throwing around the old pigskin"

[@merso10]

I just logged in to KZbin to look for stuff on Violent Storm, and before I even do a search, this is the first thing that was recommended to me. Coincidence? Yes.

[@KWHere2]

Maybe not. Google is always watching.

[@bsquire1]

2:03 That moonwalk to the music.

[@W_0_W]

I would be very interested to see your overview of color palettes used in different games!

[@brandonbentley5453]

Great Channel, solid. 👍 I was looking for a Streets of Rage play style beat em up and wasn't disappointed in this amazing game...very cool and odd at the same time.

[@jarrettrichard3022]

I laughed out loud at the singing dub. Good stuff. 👍

[@ravagingwolverine]

Kudos to you for the Wade Duck reference. I always loved Garfield and Friends back in the day. The cheery tone and weird music hurt this game for me as it's not my style. I don't mind the goofy stuff in the game play. I believe this game is in the Crime Fighters series which also had some funny stuff in it. As for the boss issue, that's something Konami liked to do. I've found that they would briefly make bosses invincible for one hit in X-Men when their energy was almost gone, giving them a chance to get a free hit on the player, which would often do enough damage to take a life right before beating the stage.

[@pda1799]

Oh man, that singing was awesomeeee, YEAH!!!

[@TriathlonMatt]

This looks ace! Can't believe I haven't heard of it before so thanks for sharing 👍 plus was that a remote control car bonus pickup item?! 😎 😂👍

[@captain0080]

The soundtrack seems to be based on popular 80s songs like Bob Seger's Shakedown and Phil Colin's Susudeo, also the body bilder boss is a pillar man.

[@otaking3582]

1:00 Wade Wilson? But that looks nothing like Deadpool!

[@TheAGNOSTIC_who_YT_CENSORS]

1:45 This game was the original 'Anarchy Reigns'!

[@TheAGNOSTIC_who_YT_CENSORS]

... Even though the OST skill gap between the two is huge beyond just the time period LOL!

[@CaspisSinclair27]

I guess it could have been okay on the Sega CD. The SNES or Genesis would have butchered it.

[@danmakuman]

Or for the Saturn

[@Craudio171]

Or PlayStation 1

[@EuMestre]

In super nintendo would be a max of 3 enemies on stage 😅

[@marlondaniels7912]

@@EuMestre plus no lyrics for the songs

[@SuperTeeter64]

I might have to play this over Parsec with my buddy. Hal, if you're reading this. XD You know we have to play it!

[@TwesomE]

One of the things i stumbled when i made my research for this awesome beat em up,was the fact that was some kind of continuation-spiritual successor from Konami's series of the vendetta games aca crime fighters if you remember those as well! This is one of my favorites in the genre and in some parts even better from final fight as a whole.Better build as a quality and not that cheap as well,but you are talk to someone that likes a little better even streets of rage so that's that! But it is forgivable since the one released in 89 while the other in 93 so there's that as well and can't help love final fight as well allot!