Arcade Longplay [865] Time Soldiers

[@tb303wpf1]

This game drained my parents of quarters when I was a kid. I never could beat it though. This, Heavy Barrel, and Ikari Warriors always gave me hell at the arcade. Lol Kids today will never know the joy of 80's arcade games.

[@Dirty_Dumb_NAFO_Scum]

I feel like the definitive experience of this genre was Caliber Fifty, although I played all the others you said, and I liked them all, especially Time Warriors because of the very interesting concept. Caliber Fifty was the most fun of them all to play.

[@Dorelaxen]

I remember playing this one. Had one of those rotary joysticks like Ikari Warriors and Heavy Barrel. Excellent game.

[@CASTLEVANIA.SOTN.]

"rotary joysticks". I remember that too.

[@TeranIcer]

U mentioning Heavy Barrel tells me ur a real arcader 👍

[@landom9080]

when I played this game at my local arcade in the 80s, the music was turned up on the cabinet, all you heard was constant explosions since every common enemy makes this noise when they are killed. The voices in some of the bosses really made this game cool and innovative back in the day. The Age of Rome was my favorite track in the entire game. It was one of the few arcade games you could beat with 50 cents if you and a friend cooperated and played the game methodically. Alpha Denshi went on to design games for the Neo Geo AES... the explosion of the bosses as they are killed were used in Ninja Combat.

[@TheOldFartGamer]

I though that sound familiar when the bos dies. it seems to die the same way too

[@Jamie-yp7qz]

Time Soldiers ran on the Alpha-68k hardware. While this may not seem important, Alpha Denshi and SNK refined the hardware to what is now known as the Neo Geo MVS.

[@MultiJamesman]

MVS was great but got a little long in the tooth after a while.

[@jeffjackson9679]

I actually owned the arcade machine of this for about 15 years, bought it off a guy on ebay for less than $200. I loved it with the rotary joystick controller, but never did beat it. On the last level, you can not continue, so if you lose the lives you have, it's game over. That was frustrating, but made it worth owning the game, since most arcade games from that era, you just could keep hitting continue to beat the game, so it was cool they put that feature in. Wish I would have seen how this guy beat the game before i sold the machine, maybe then i could have beaten it myself! Oh well.

[@ranchdressing1037]

Playing this at a friendly laundry mat who would give me quarters to play, I can't tell you how jealous I am lol. Wish I knew ya!

[@stinkypinkeee5085]

Did you tey hitting "A,B,B,A"?

[@dorpth]

Just like Ikari Warriors for NES had the continue code stop working at the end of stage 3. I wonder if the arcade version was the same.

[@tilasole3252]

@@dorpth look up Ikari Warriors AVGN =P

[@tilasole3252]

Shinobi in the arcade did this as well. Did not matter if you had a relatively clean run up to the last stage. You could be on your last life and if you died, you could not continue. Raiden in the arcade had something similar on I assume the last stage. You could continue, but you were sent back to a check point after each death, did not happen in the game up until that point. Never beat either of those games.

[@avenuePad]

This game always intrigued me as a kid. The time portals also remind me of The Guardian of Forever from Star Trek's "City on the Edge of Tomorrow" episode. It was also a time portal.

[@darrenclements6028]

Time Soldiers is ABSOLUTELY AWESOME and STUNNINGLY AMAZING arcade game 💖💖💖💖💖💖

[@howieg2019]

89 or 90, they had this at a corner store, whole block was there, always gonna have love for this🤩

[@cwing1028]

Took me forever to remember the name of this game

[@bonesjackson81]

One of my favorite SMS games. Wish it had a Genesis conversion.

[@cryingclown83]

Glad to see another SMS aficionado! I don't seem to see a whole lot of people who even KNOW about the Sega Master System! My all-time favorite game for any console is "Spellcaster" for the SMS. My brothers and I spent about 2 years beating that game, mostly because of how hard it is to navigate the pyramid maze with almost every room looking exactly the same. Plus, we didn't even have the internet to help us with such an obscure game for such an obscure console. Anyone have any other SMS games they liked?

[@bonesjackson81]

@@cryingclown83 I didn't know SMS existed till my late twenties. From the games I have I dig these most; Master of Darkness Sonic Chaos Land of Illusion Really want SOR 2 and Power Strike 1&2

[@cryingclown83]

@@bonesjackson81 I'm afraid that I'm not familiar with any of those games, but if you want advice on what else the SMS has got going for it, then I've heard that Psycho Fox is a really good game if you can find it. It was always one that I wanted to play, but my parents never bought it.

[@pferreira1983]

@@cryingclown83 Play those games Bones recommended. They're classics along with Asterix!

[@Bloodreign1]

I have this one in my collection, one of 26 SMS games I own. A couple other nice arcade ports for the console I have are Sagaia, aka Darius 2, and the fantastic Bubble Bobble.

[@johnhenningfield4360]

This game was the bomb-diggity LOL, mad quarters disappeared playing this arcade 👍

[@xavierpaul49]

What made Pizza Hut a whole lot funnier in my days

[@dukesilver6786]

Used to beat this game on a single quarter back in the day!

[@DarthEquus]

Ninja Commando on the Neo could be considered a spiritual sequel to this game. It features a similar perspective, time travel, and it's made by Alpha Denshi as well.

[@1Raptor85]

As a huge SNK fan how have I never played this?!??! Did anyone else notice btw that the boss music is almost the same as doom E1M1's opening looped? (and yes, I know this game is 10 years older than doom), I wonder if there was any inspiration or if it's purely coincidence that it sounds so similar.

[@roderickstockdale1678]

Only 5 or 6. Doom came out in 93.

[@raymiller4808]

Wow! Was a fun game I used to play it at the fried chicken place lol used a lot of quarters tooo! Memories nostalgia

[@marcellachine5718]

Other very good 80s arcade games. Legendary wings, road blasters, double dragon, black tiger, heavy unit, r type, vigilante, ninja gaiden and others I have forgotten. Any console ports of these were in vain compared to the arcade.

[@gregoryjohnson9733]

Loved this game at the bowling alley.

[@pferreira1983]

Need to get hold of the SMS version.

[@Rook_Gaming_Original]

Loved this game as a kid

[@TeranIcer]

I played this thinking 'how TF do I go BACK in time & they STILL have better weps than me'. 😮

[@BenJabituya]

SNK made Time Soldiers for the arcade. SEGA ported the game to their Master System and credited Alpha Denshi.

[@herbbranan2188]

I loved these arcade games that utilized a rotary joystick. Heavy Barrel was another favorite. I remember being pretty good at the game, but never making it to the end on a quarter or two. One day I had a pocket full of quarters and decided, "Today I'm beating this game!" I made it to the last battle after a few coins, died, went to continue and found out that you couldn't continue in the last world. I was ready to shove over the cabinet lol. Eventually I did beat the game on only a couple of continues. Yet I'll likely never forget the rage I felt the day I found out you couldn't continue in the last level. But this playthrough... OMG, just the the powerups already! It's like watching someone play Super Mario Bros, get the fire flower, but too afraid to ever use it lol

[@WillScarlet1991]

Commando + Ikari Warriors = Time Soldiers.

[@buzznugget]

Time Variance Authority: "We must protect the sacred timeline." Time Soldiers: ...

[@tynao2029]

definitely a gem

[@huny98181]

Best ARCADE game ever !

[@keithbaker23]

I loved this arcade game as a child

[@redbutterflyprincessgeanne4620]

Looks fun.

[@BenJabituya]

This game plays so much like Ikari Warriors!

[@chanceForNotBeingRapper]

the muffled death sfx was hilarious 😂

[@dextherion1]

Who else thinks the enter initials for high score music sounds like Kansas dust in the wind

[@handsomebrick]

If you saw this game in arcades right next to Alien Syndrome, you'd probably want to play Alien Syndrome instead, and that came out the previous year.

[@00769jamesm]

Midway ran on this style and came up with a couple of games that worked right back in the day I wonder if anyone out there can name them

[@TromaDogg]

Smash TV and Total Carnage are really similar to this, they probably took their inspiration mostly from Robotron 2084 though.

[@mastersproutgamer9327]

Truly a great game. I just wish that it was included in the Arcade Archives lineup.

[@katiesanfilippo]

I had this arcade game in my den growing up played it many times and beat it a few. Sold the game because it ended needed repair. Anyone know if this game is at an arcade anywhere ??? Not that they’ll be open now after covid 😒

[@paulj.brazzlejr.4392]

Damn, that scream when you die. 😄

[@Krankysimo]

Sounds like a dank meme XD

[@Cdzknm]

0:29

[@johnhenningfield4360]

It's been used in several arcade games back in the 80's

[@paulj.brazzlejr.4392]

@@johnhenningfield4360 But it's so ear catching! Almost like that scream in Star Wars.

[@johnhenningfield4360]

@@paulj.brazzlejr.4392 "definitely a cool scream LOL 👍"

[@adammorris9429]

There was a grocery store I used to go to when I was younger that had this arcade video game when I was younger. While my mom was grocery shopping I would play this a lot. Love this game. Have it now on the Sega Master system but not quiet the same. Any console that has this version??

[@TromaDogg]

It was added via a free DLC patch to the SNK 40th Anniversary Collection for PS4/Xbox One/Switch

[@VikosM_]

my friend and i played it. we were good pro in the little machines

[@aurelienn.5024]

The boss music make thinking of the music of the first level of doom a bit.

[@MrArrylay]

A game as difficult as this, they could have given us a better ending then that.

[@luisreyes1963]

Yes, they should have. 😑

[@petercandido7000]

I like this game really much

[@cryingclown83]

20:32 Thick McRunfast!

[@Zebpro]

I love this game on Master System!! :-) Why did you die near the end?

[@codprocamp4690]

You forgot to put WOL for the high score

[@mohammedkalimraza5877]

Nice gameplay

[@chrisfalcon_vt]

Ninja Commando but without the ninjas.

[@FunkyStudios]

banger game right here

[@vincenzoferrara9887]

Comment on fait pour choisir la direction pour tirer ?

[@dailynewsgrind6116]

Wow. I've been looking for this game for years. I had forgot its name. Cool. ON A SIDE NOTE: its funny the black enemies take more shots to kill while the others are one shot kills. LoL WTF?! LoL

[@marcellachine5718]

The black enemies look like geordi laforge from star trek the next generation with a metal detector.

[@roderickstockdale1678]

Because they bad mofos

[@frankmastromauro5630]

Great video

[@Psyclonus7]

What does your character say when you respawn/start the game?

[@esta7763]

I have been trying to figure this out also. Anybody know what they are saying?

[@patriciozazzini3182]

i played this game a lot it was a better Ikari warriors with Guerrilla war

[@murder.simulator]

EGM gave this a poor review on home systems because the player's shots fire from the shoulder rather than the center of the player. I think it deserves better

[@johngavalas712]

I can only shoot straight I can't shoot diagonal left right or behind me on mame can someone help me

[@sarcasticguy4311]

Best ending ever!

[@edbain6495]

Sad the only port was 8 bit

[@jackmagaiver5188]

Ótimo jogo arcade

[@stinkypinkeee5085]

I wosh I could get this to work properly on my emulators...

[@raymiller4808]

Also fun Inari warriors victory road:)

[@wickywoo1635]

;lol you killed all the cavemen,,, and elminated them from the gene pool, and thus us.

[@steffniko4055]

Look at his feet. Litterally doing tap dance 💚

[@redbutterflyprincessgeanne4620]

😲, oh wait this is on snk 40th anniversary collections on the switch, I just got snk 40th anniversary today and check all the games. So nevermind putting on the switch😒

[@ikagura]

Is this related to Gain Ground?

[@luisreyes1963]

Not exactly. Gain Ground was based on a soldier trapped in a malfunctioning virtual battle simulator.

[@raymiller4808]

I mean Ikari warriors victory road

[@MultiJamesman]

If you think this is cool check out Out Zone - it will blow your mind.

[@TMS9918A]

That ending is pathetic.

[@locovel10]

Well done tough guy but let's not be afraid of your super weapon, oh-kee? (Was this invincible mode?!) Such a strange game, I used to love playing it at the circleK