What was up with that ripoff Battletoads???(& other ripo - Page 2

~~Tokka-B~~ · 01-17-2003, 07:37 PM

Ah, but you still did not understand me, I mean the beat em up one, if you were following the conversation correctly...

~~Reznorite420~~ · 01-17-2003, 07:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Tokka

Ah, but you still did not understand me, I mean the beat em up one, if you were following the conversation correctly...

Ah, but apparantly you're ignorant, because I WAS referring to the beat-'em-up one. Which one did you THINK I was talking about?

beaker · 01-17-2003, 08:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Tokka

You obviously don't know that I was talking about the video game the whole time, which was like in 1990 or something...So yes, they copied the video game from Double Dragon as every beat em up has.
Of course Battletoads was a rip-off of tmnt, I thought you already knew that, duh. It was still good though,

Um, check the game out if you have the rom of it. Notice the beat em up 4 player arcade TMNT game clearly says 1989...I should know, it was one of my fave games of 1989 at the arcades next to NARC, Strider, and Final Fight.

~~Tokka-B~~ · 01-17-2003, 11:25 PM

I am not talking about the arcade, I am talking about the console game, duh...even since it was '89, it copied Double Dragon...so HAHAHAHAHA!!!

Domo · 01-18-2003, 01:55 AM

I loved Biker Mice, Bucky O'Hare, and Cowboys of Moo Mesa! Samurai Pizza Cats was one of the funniest cartoons I've ever seen. They made up the entire dub, and it consisted of parodies and spoofs of everything along with some really great tung-in-cheek jokes. Though I do agree they were unoriginal in alot of ways, it doesn't mean they weren't good series. I loved the Street Shark figures and the Battletoads games, but I never saw either of their cartoons. From what I've heard they never got past the pilot episodes.

tekcop · 01-18-2003, 10:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Domo

From what I've heard they never got past the pilot episodes.

Street Sharks had at least one season.

*TigerClaw* · 01-18-2003, 08:51 PM

Extreme Dinosaurs is more of a Ripoff of Dinosaucers.

beaker · 01-20-2003, 12:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Tokka

I am not talking about the arcade, I am talking about the console game, duh...even since it was '89, it copied Double Dragon...so HAHAHAHAHA!!!

The 1989 NES game wasnt even close to Double Dragon...it wasnt even a beat em up. It was more akin to the NES Ninja Gaiden, and even that is a stretch.

As for the ubiqutious range of early 90's TMNT Ripo...err, I mean 'TMNT influenced' cartoons...I dont see any revivals planned for those properties

~~Tokka-B~~ · 01-20-2003, 12:52 AM

I am not talking about the 1989 game..that was more like castlevania...I am talking about the 1990 tmnt 2 game, that was a copy of double dragon, duh.

**Karpo_007** · 01-20-2003, 02:10 AM

No that was bad conversion of the Arcade game...

~~Tokka-B~~ · 01-20-2003, 10:59 AM

Yes, and the arcade game was also a copy, now that you mention it!

robot717 · 01-20-2003, 11:17 AM

Battletoads was indeed a TMNT rip-off and a bad one at that.The games were absolute crap.There was a moronic comic in Nintendo Power magazine and as I've heard a crappy cartoon.Fortunately for the gaming and animation communities Battletoads is now long dead,buried and lying in an unmarked grave in a junkyard somewhere.And if I knew where said grave was,I'd happily go and relieve myself on it.
By the way,I've lurked here for awhile but this topic made me want to register.I HAD to get this off my chest.

*Brodie* · 01-20-2003, 04:44 PM

I liked the Bucky O Hare toys, but the tv show bites.

~~Tokka-B~~ · 01-20-2003, 05:26 PM

Way to go robot...according to that, every beat em up is a ripoff of double dragon...

In fact, there even was a game where BOTH battletoads and double dragons were in together...so HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

robot717 · 01-20-2003, 07:09 PM

Battletoads wasn't really a Beat-em-up.It had a few Beat-em-up style levels but it also had annoying can't-fit-into-any-category levels like that godawful speed bike level and Bungee Jumping.
And Tokka every Beat-em-Up is kind of a rip off of Double Dragon,or to be more precise it's offspring.Double Dragon created and defined a Genre

beaker · 01-21-2003, 02:29 AM

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Originally Posted by robot717

Battletoads was indeed a TMNT rip-off and a bad one at that.The games were absolute crap.There was a moronic comic in Nintendo Power magazine and as I've heard a crappy cartoon.Fortunately for the gaming and animation communities Battletoads is now long dead,buried and lying in an unmarked grave in a junkyard somewhere.And if I knew where said grave was,I'd happily go and relieve myself on it.
By the way,I've lurked here for awhile but this topic made me want to register.I HAD to get this off my chest.

Here here! Good to see that and other TMNT ripoff garbage just another forgotten relic of the horrific early 90's.

Now then, as for beat em ups...it's my favorite genre. thank goodness for MAME! Some were good(Final Fight, Double Dragon, golden Axe)...others, not so good. While Double Dragon is unquestionably the original, it was Capcom's Final Fight in 1989 that truly revolutionized the genre.

Sadly, the latest attempt, Square's Bouncer...was about as interactive as
Dragon's Lair. That is why I am so excited about City of Heroes online this summer...finally, a massive multi player online beat em up!

And finally, dear gosh almighty I cant see how that pathetic NES TMNT Arcade keeps getting mentioned. Its like watching Aliens edited for tv with bad reception at 2pm and thinking youve seen the movie in full.

**Karpo_007** · 01-21-2003, 03:40 AM

Yeah. The otiginal TMNT aracde is probably the best arcade game ever made... Of course in the eyes of non TMNT fan, it coul be just ok. Well Im not that harsh about the nes conversion, When it came out, there was no mame or powerfull enough PC to run it. And the nearest arcade I know had it was hundreds of Kilometers away. But today the choice is clear.

~~Reznorite420~~ · 01-21-2003, 07:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Karpo_007

And the nearest arcade I know had it was hundreds of Kilometers away.

Hundreds of kilometers away? I've been living in the city too long...

**Karpo_007** · 01-21-2003, 07:55 AM

Well I live in a small town, The only TMNT arcades I knew back then were in amusment park in Helsinki. There were probably others, But I didn't know where.

beaker · 01-21-2003, 05:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Karpo_007

Well I live in a small town, The only TMNT arcades I knew back then were in amusment park in Helsinki. There were probably others, But I didn't know where.

Good to see the TMNT revolution still has a global reach! ^_^

01-20-2003, 04:44 PM	#33
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01-17-2003, 07:37 PM	#21
~~Tokka-B~~ Banned Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The Lost Sewer Posts: 1,829	Ah, but you still did not understand me, I mean the beat em up one, if you were following the conversation correctly...

01-17-2003, 11:25 PM	#24
~~Tokka-B~~ Banned Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The Lost Sewer Posts: 1,829	I am not talking about the arcade, I am talking about the console game, duh...even since it was '89, it copied Double Dragon...so HAHAHAHAHA!!!

01-18-2003, 01:55 AM	#25
Domo Random Punk Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 45	I loved Biker Mice, Bucky O'Hare, and Cowboys of Moo Mesa! Samurai Pizza Cats was one of the funniest cartoons I've ever seen. They made up the entire dub, and it consisted of parodies and spoofs of everything along with some really great tung-in-cheek jokes. Though I do agree they were unoriginal in alot of ways, it doesn't mean they weren't good series. I loved the Street Shark figures and the Battletoads games, but I never saw either of their cartoons. From what I've heard they never got past the pilot episodes.

01-18-2003, 08:51 PM	#27
TigerClaw Mutant Tiger Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Hialeah, Florida, USA Posts: 14,165	Extreme Dinosaurs is more of a Ripoff of Dinosaucers.

01-20-2003, 12:52 AM	#29
~~Tokka-B~~ Banned Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The Lost Sewer Posts: 1,829	I am not talking about the 1989 game..that was more like castlevania...I am talking about the 1990 tmnt 2 game, that was a copy of double dragon, duh.

01-20-2003, 02:10 AM	#30
Karpo_007 Inactive Moderator Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Finland Posts: 8,798	No that was bad conversion of the Arcade game...

01-20-2003, 10:59 AM	#31
~~Tokka-B~~ Banned Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The Lost Sewer Posts: 1,829	Yes, and the arcade game was also a copy, now that you mention it!

01-20-2003, 11:17 AM	#32
robot717 Random Punk Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 18	Battletoads was indeed a TMNT rip-off and a bad one at that.The games were absolute crap.There was a moronic comic in Nintendo Power magazine and as I've heard a crappy cartoon.Fortunately for the gaming and animation communities Battletoads is now long dead,buried and lying in an unmarked grave in a junkyard somewhere.And if I knew where said grave was,I'd happily go and relieve myself on it. By the way,I've lurked here for awhile but this topic made me want to register.I HAD to get this off my chest.

01-20-2003, 05:26 PM	#34
~~Tokka-B~~ Banned Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The Lost Sewer Posts: 1,829	Way to go robot...according to that, every beat em up is a ripoff of double dragon... In fact, there even was a game where BOTH battletoads and double dragons were in together...so HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

01-20-2003, 07:09 PM	#35
robot717 Random Punk Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 18	Battletoads wasn't really a Beat-em-up.It had a few Beat-em-up style levels but it also had annoying can't-fit-into-any-category levels like that godawful speed bike level and Bungee Jumping. And Tokka every Beat-em-Up is kind of a rip off of Double Dragon,or to be more precise it's offspring.Double Dragon created and defined a Genre

01-21-2003, 03:40 AM	#37
Karpo_007 Inactive Moderator Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Finland Posts: 8,798	Yeah. The otiginal TMNT aracde is probably the best arcade game ever made... Of course in the eyes of non TMNT fan, it coul be just ok. Well Im not that harsh about the nes conversion, When it came out, there was no mame or powerfull enough PC to run it. And the nearest arcade I know had it was hundreds of Kilometers away. But today the choice is clear.

01-21-2003, 07:55 AM	#39
Karpo_007 Inactive Moderator Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Finland Posts: 8,798	Well I live in a small town, The only TMNT arcades I knew back then were in amusment park in Helsinki. There were probably others, But I didn't know where.