Still one of my favorite genres to revisit when I just want to chill. Capcom really set the bar back then.

1:51 Actually, Guy was trying to beat some sense into Cody because Cody didn't wanna stay with Jessica (the girl) and wanted to keep cleaning up Metro City. This became an obsession for Cody in the Street Fighter Alpha series to the point that he would rather go to jail while fighting rather than settle down into the quiet life with a girl.

Man, Capcom basically owned my childhood.

After about 25 years the CAPtain COMando pun just hit me...

Single pauldrons were common in the middle ages: they were heavy, so having only one allowed the fighter to be less encumbered than a knight in full plate, coupling it with a particular fighting stance allowing the unprotected side of the body to remain out of harm's way.

11:30 In The Punisher I was able to finish it with just one coin at the arcades. There's another attack Guile's flash kick style that doesn't consume healt. When you grab an enemy, you can keed him until cutting his throat, shotting at his face or, my favorite, do a special attack to knock the surrounding enemies; the funny part is you can grab kingpin and perform a special attack and you will see the kingpin swirling around all the screen. To defeat the robots, move in middle of them and hit them twice and move vertically to avoid being hit.

AvP and Punisher actually have good moveset variety for their time, so it's sad that Mike prematurely declared them generic.

captain commando was already the mascot before he had his own game. he appeared inside  games instruction booklets.

I loved Capcom since I was a kid.  This video brings back memories.   Keep up the great work Mike

This video was definitely a trip down memory lane. I remember playing most of these growing up. The AVP arcade was sooo damn  fun.

guy doesn't get mad cody gets the girl, he stops cody from walking away from her

Hope you get to make more like this, Mike!!! I remember when I was like 7-8 years old in the local skating rink, stunned in disbelief at how awesome the new TMNT arcade game looked. I know it's not Capcom, but it was one of those moments my young, video game-loving mind was completely blown. It took a couple weeks before I got to play it since the bigger kids surrounded it constantly, but when I did it was so worth the wait. The first time I made it to the Rocksteady and Bebob boss battle and seen them accidentally run into each other head-first after I jumped to dodge them I was mystified that was even possible in a game!

Look at the jump in quality of the sprite work from 1986 to 1994. I remember it felt so exciting to see arcade games progressively get better and better back then. It felt like 2d style beat em ups would always be around. And then it all fell apart and went away seemingly overnight. I miss these games terribly.

I love this video. Seeing a retrospective of these games really made my day. I hope Mike makes more videos of this style.

Punisher was one of Capcom's best beat em ups, they should bring it to consoles and Steam since they seem to be working with Marvel again.

Die Hard by Sega the arcade beat em up is awesome, very overlooked and funny as hell in parts, really worth the review

Cadillacs and Dinosaurs + Punisher = best

I like how Percival's armor is on his right shoulder when he faces left, but as soon as he starts walking to the right it switches somehow to the left shoulder.  That's a hell of a trick.

Cadillac and dinosaurs, man! I think I spent a fortune on it.

King of Dragons is one of my all time favorite games. It was also a huge influence in getting me into fantasy further. I think its low-key brilliant.