Mame Men

Knowing is half the battle! In this episode we discuss the 1992 rail-shooter Gi-Joe A Real American Hero. Only together can we defeat Cobra Commander!

New year same Arcade Duo. Double feature special featuring Castle of Dragon (1989) and Monster Maulers (1993). Two totally different play styles with short playthroughs. Video available head on over to www.twitch.tv/mamemenpodcast

Radioactive cigarettes keep this japanese Cyborg cop alive. Based off the 1963 anime, this Pallas beat-em-up released on NeoGeo was a real treat.

In the 1990s, World War III has at last ended. The people are left to pick up the pieces and rebuild their civilizations and the Mame Men are left to kick some Gang booty. Violent Storm is Konami's 1993 beat-em-up using the Mystic Warriors hardware and featuring some classic 90's pop culture looks. Jump in and see what this possible future looks like!

The leader of the Black Warriors gang, Willy, kidnaps and **SPOILER ALERT** Kills!!! Billy's girlfriend there's only one answer.  Billy and Jimmy Lee fight their way through the 4 levels to seek revenge against Willy and dismantle his gang along the way.  This 1988 Tecnos Japan game is the sequel to the first entry in this legendary series.  Don't forget to stretch, and enjoy our episode for Double Dragon II: The Revenge.

When the Evil King Death Shadow mounts his army to bring about the reign of his Empire of Horror, Athena bestows the power of 4 guardians to the souls of 4 mortals. These guardians behold the power to transform to 4 powerful beings to aid in the defense of the planet. Konami utilized similar mechanics to previous games such as X-Men and Mystic Warriors, so naturally we had to try it out! Enjoy this classic 1993 arcade that quickly climbed the ranks for at least one of us!

U.S. Marine Captain Frank Castle, accompanied by the Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. Nick Fury, hunts down the Costa crime family for killing his family while in the park.  A classic two person beat 'em up, The Punisher utilizes many different weapons and pulls in a plethora or Marvel characters to fight, we even get our canned Capcom character models to guest star.  Sit back and enjoy the punishment!

The Simpson family of Springfield pursue the evil Smithers who has their baby Maggie, and a lovely diamond she's claimed as her pacifier. We fight our way through the town to get to the Power Plant and rescue Maggie with some familiar pit-stops along the way. Konami brought us America's favorite family as brawling bullies in 1991 complete with team-ups, and all the familiar faces you've come to know in Springfield. Listen, enjoy and don't have a cow man.

Captain Commando and his team race through Metro City to stop Scumocide and his evil team. With classic Capcom beat-em-up tropes this 1991 game gives us a feast of combos and graphics. Flamethrowers, electric blades, and a mech-baby, this game holds not shortage of fun concepts. Commando Kick back and enjoy the show!

Yeehaw! Konami's 1991 shoot 'em up, Sunset Riders, is a top tier arcade for our hosts where we hunt the bounties of a famous western gang.  Our first game that features the shoot 'em up trajectories was a blast, literally.  Pull up a seat at the bar, pull your hat down and have a whiskey while you listen to this bar brawling shooter!

Final Fight with a horror skin, Night Slashers saw us take on classic horror monsters and their horde of evil minions.  Developed in 1993 by Data East, this beat 'em up brought all the game features together we like to see in an arcade if only they had a better soundtrack!  In conjunction with our good friends at Big Dumb Monsters podcast we played through and kicked our way through the armies of Death!

Imbued with mighty powers of different animals and dinosaurs alike, the Power Rangers faced off against an army of ooze and putty baddies to save Angel Grove.  Developed in 1995 by SIMS Banpresto for the Sega Genesis, this movie adaptation of the near and dear to our hearts story has a full cast of all the Rangers of the time.  Facing off against the main movie villain Ivan Ooze, we fight through some lineups and with our Zords all the acrobatics imaginable.

Sent to Earth to defend it's people from the evil Queen Beryl, the Sailor Soldiers use their special powers to combat her forces.  Developed in 1993 by Angel, this beat-em-up features the Sailor powers of all the planet soldiers to fend off the Dark Kingdom.

Sent by Zeus himself to save his daughter Athena, two warriors battle through Neff's underworld army.  Altered Beast was developed in 1988 by superpower Sega.  Loaded with power-ups and transformations, we make our way through the punishing levels and bosses in this popular and expansive universe. 

Take an ancient shogun rising from the grave, add some good guy ninjas and make one part cowboy.  That's the route Sengoku takes in 1991 from developers SNK and Data East.  Super ninja powers, leather chaps, and mystical orbs help us see the demise of the evil shogun and save our modern realm from annihilation.

The 80's were a different time, women were aggressive gang members attacking karate gi sporting good guys. A crossbow wielding, wheelchair rolling, swole baddie makes us take up arms in Final Fight which was created in 1989 by Capcom. No dance numbers in this gang war, but you can bet there was a ton of graffiti and knives.

The long awaited episode nine tosses us into the world of Yuria with all of the classic Conan tropes.  Magic, sexy ladies in iron bikinis, and a muscley Arnold look alike as the protagonist, Golden Axe was created in 1989 by Sega.  We get a pleasant surprise when we play through the original story to the Golden Axe series and save the King and Princess of Yuria.  Spoiler alert, there were no camels punched in this game.

Our eight episode has us putting together our duo of the Earth's Mightiest Heroes.  Created in 1991, the Data East game features a projectile mechanic and a new method for counting the score.  Facing off against some of the Avengers greatest foes we certainly didn't have to revenge anyone!

Our seventh episode gives us the X-Gene and powers us up to tackle Magneto and his diabolical plot.  Developed in 1992 by Konami, our favored 6 person deluxe arcade comes to life and we spring into action with our new powers, SNIKT!

In our sixth episode we explore the magical world of Santa and his evil twin?!  In this Norwegian developed, Funcom game for SNES we take turns attempting to save the Christmas prep of Santa with his Krampus twin!

Our fifth episode brings us back to Neverland as we play through Hook.  We join in as Peter and his Lost Boys to fight off Hook's pirates.  Developed in 1992 by Irem we groundpound our way through the ship to save Pan's kids.  Bangarang!

In our third episode, we play through a timeless fight between Aliens and Predators. Developed by Capcom in 1994 this game you take up arms as cybernetic humans and predators to fight hordes of Alien Xenomorphs. With weapons aplenty, and special abilities that recharge we sure had enough opportunities to slay the hordes and bring honor to our hunters. Lookout for the acidic blood!

In our third episode we discover why dinosaurs make a great fuel source! Developed by Capcom in 1993, Cadillacs and Dinosaurs threw our heroes into a compelling tale of dino abuse featuring a twist ending.  Rawr!

In our second episode, we play through a classic Arthurian tale and face off against all sorts of blade wielding baddies. Developed by Capcom in 1991 this game boasts a leveling up system and fancy wardrobe changes. Hazar!

In this premiere episode, we discuss the classic Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles arcade game, the seed that sprouted this podcast. Developed by Konami in 1989 this beat 'em up has stood the test of time, and Shredder's wrath. Cowabunga!