Bad Dudes (NES) Playthrough

Описание: A playthrough of Data East's 1990 beat 'em up for the NES, Bad Dudes.

"The president has been kidnapped by ninjas. Are you a bad enough dude to rescue the president?"

Bad Dudes is a port of Data East's 1988 arcade brawler Bad Dudes vs. DragonNinja, and boy did I love it as a kid. A buddy of mine got a copy for Christmas, and we spent a ridiculous number hours after school over the following few weeks doing our damndest to rescue the president and get those burgers.

It's pretty simple: as Blade or Striker (or both in the alternating 2P mode), you march through a random assortment of levels beating down a veritable army of ill-tempered, palette-swapped ninja (and the occasional attack dog) as you search for Georgie.

In addition to your standard range of punches and kicks, you get some fun power moves (like a spinning kick and a fire punch), as well as the ability to wield daggers and nunchucks. The controls are simple given the limitations of the NES pad, and they're more than responsive enough to accomplish the mission at hand.

The graphics have been simplified but still bear a strong resemblance to the arcade game's, but I personally think that the music improved a great deal in the move the NES. The digitized grunts and groans are gone, but the most important voice sample is still here - in my mind, that painfully loud and distorted, "I'M BAD!" clip is one of the most memorable things about the game.

Bad Dudes is classic 80s arcade fare, and the NES conversion does a great job of bringing it home. If you've not played it before, you should give it a try!

And if you like the music, maybe you'd like to check out my SNES arrangement of the theme from the second and sixth stages:    • ♫GREASED LIGHTNING (Bad Dudes) SNES Arrang...  
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