Bad Dudes

[Seik]

I was just thinking about how awesomely cheesy old game intros used to be. One of my favorite intros was for the arcade game Bad Dudes.



I remember walking past this machine in the arcade as a kid and seeing that and just thinking, 'no motherfucking god damned way am I gonna let a bunch of ninjas kidnap the president.' The intro undeniably hooked me and the game got my quarters. Mission accomplished.

Here's the ending. Ignore the douche talking.



Another awesome one I remember is the intro to Final Fight:



Couple things about this intro. 1.) The music is awesome. 2.) I remembered the daughter being pixel bursting hot back in the day - no suprise, she still is. Check out those knockers!

Another cool one I remember is the intro to NES Ninja Gaiden. This thing blew my fucking baby child mind to smithereens.



And the intro for Contra on SNES was sweet too.



Although Bill Rizer didn't have to tell me to attack aggresively. That was a given.

Anyway, I love old videogame intros and I know there are a ton more good ones that I can't remember. Please post any awesome ones you may remember. Some of these I haven't seen for years and they get me all nostalgic. And in the case of the Final Fight intro, wet and horny, 'cause the daughter is all hot and tied up. Tongue firmly planted in cheek.

Also, did you guys just skip these intros when you played the game? I always watched them. In a way, these are the precursors to the big, blown up long winded MGS4 style cut scenes we see today. I liked the cut scenes back then, and I like them even more now. But you can't beat the charm of those old school cutscenes/intros.

EDIT: I searched and couldn't find a similar thread so I apologize if this has been done before.

[YellerDog]

Double Dragon II! Your girlfriend gets shot! Time to rip the face off some motherfuckers!

[Dyne]

Also, did you guys just skip these intros when you played the game? I always watched them. In a way, these are the precursors to the big, blown up long winded MGS4 style cut scenes we see today. I liked the cut scenes back then, and I like them even more now. But you can't beat the charm of those old school cutscenes/intros.

EDIT: I searched and couldn't find a similar thread so I apologize if this has been done before.

I used to sit and gawk at every intro years ago. Now I usually skip any cinematics or intros I can. I'm sure sitting through 18 publisher/developer/licensed 3rd party middleware splash screens doesn't help either.

[MechDeus]

Not nearly as cheesy as the first one, but I loved me some Ninja Gaiden 2 intro.

This video (which is resisting embedding for some reason) has all the cutscenes from the game, totaling 26min. I know it was cutscene heavy in between levels but had no clue they were actually that long. Fear the NES storytelling.

I'm sure sitting through 18 publisher/developer/licensed 3rd party middleware splash screens doesn't help either.

I think my hatred of those started with NBA Jam on the Genesis. Every time you turn it on there's like five or six unskippable intro screens for random associated companies that no one playing the game gave a shit about.

[gameoverDude]

One that's awesome is Super Chase's attract mode intro, with its hilarious Engrish and cool BGM.



0:12 - "You've got a FINALY TUNED SPORTS CAR with a custom gearshift with two speed, hi and low."

0:29 - "Your mission is to catch up with CRIMINALS, bump into them until they're weakened, pass them up, cut them off and bring them to justis."

0:34 - "The button on the shift knob is for a five-second HIGH-POWER BOOST of nitro fuel witch can only be used three times in any one mission".

0:45 - "The team CHASE HQ is.... a highway-elite team which is formed to cope with increasing-dayly heinous crimes."

0:50 - "By using special driving techniques, this team will down crimes who escape by their car!! no one matches for their driving techniques."

[SamuraiMoogle]

Not nearly as cheesy as the first one, but I loved me some Ninja Gaiden 2 intro.

This video (which is resisting embedding for some reason) has all the cutscenes from the game, totaling 26min. I know it was cutscene heavy in between levels but had no clue they were actually that long. Fear the NES storytelling.

Favorite Nes game of all time for me. I loved the story telling in it.

[Seik]

Lol @ Super chase. "Criminel Termination". Love it.

And holy shit I had no idea Ninja Gaiden II had 26 minutes of cutscenes. That's unbelievable. But then I was thinking, is there another NES game that has better cutscenes than the Ninja Gaiden series? I would say no.

[Korly]

Yeah, I always dig the intro to Double Dragon where the dude walks up and punches your girl straight in the stomach and then just walks off with her.

Seeing as how that didn't work the first time, they gun her down in the sequel. That stuff was/is hardcore.

[A Robot Bit Me]

I think my hatred of those started with NBA Jam on the Genesis. Every time you turn it on there's like five or six unskippable intro screens for random associated companies that no one playing the game gave a shit about.

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[Seik]

Yeah, I always dig the intro to Double Dragon where the dude walks up and punches your girl straight in the stomach and then just walks off with her.

Seeing as how that didn't work the first time, they gun her down in the sequel. That stuff was/is hardcore.

Haha. I never thought of it like that but that's hilarious.

Intro to Double Dragon:



That's storytelling with a point right there. Cut's straight to the chase, no need for a super long explanation of what's going on. Also, there's no sound in that intro, save for the synthesized sounds of footsteps. Fuck yea man.