Amiga · Amiga CD32 · Family Computer · Nintendo Entertainment System · Sega Game Gear
3.28 from 885 ratings
1701 members have it in their collection · 26 playing now · 200 backlogged · 131 wish listed
How long? Main story 2h · 100% 79h (from 6 logged playthroughs)
Status Roach Jul 17, 2026
I started playing Battletoads today. I managed to make it to Surf City with save scumming but the previous level, Turbo Tunnel, frustrated me enough that I think I'm going to call it quits for the day and play something else. The villain being a babe is pretty cool though.
Status Bill_Clicks Feb 18, 2026
Status Chovus Dec 17, 2024
Beat on 30 frames slow motion mode while save stating almost every 5 seconds. Pretty sure I played this with my cousin coop back in the day though I highly doubt we got past the hover bike level. The 1st 2 levels were great beat em up play with fun weapons. The 1st boss was especially creative with the action …
Beat on 30 frames slow motion mode while save stating almost every 5 seconds. Pretty sure I played this with my cousin coop back in the day though I highly doubt we got past the hover bike level. The 1st 2 levels were great beat em up play with fun weapons. The 1st boss was especially creative with the action viewed from the 1st person perspective of the enemy. But then level 3 was the infamous hover bike runner style. It was creative how the upcoming obstacles flashed on screen as a warning of what is coming but the pacing was way way way too fast towards the end. Even in slow motion it took me several tries to beat. It was such a ridiculous difficulty spike, and completely different genre that it was like going to a candy store to buy candy then waking up with your kidney missing. It wouldn't be so bad if it was treated as a bonus stage or slowed down enough to actually be beatable without excessive practice. The rest of the game continued the trend of having annoying and overly difficult non beat em up gameplay when all I wanted was to beat the shit out of stuff. I found the flying runner stage even harder than level 3. There was a lot of creativity again, and for the platforming levels, other than the dumb blind drops that led to death if you did not already know the correct way to fall. The hardest part of the game was racing the rat to the bomb. For the 3rd and hardest race the only reason I succeeded was heavy save state abuse to get multiple perfect punch timings on the rat to send him backwards, and even then it was ridiculously close. I would never want to play this game legit past level 2
The game had quality production but its problems came from the design. Too much cheap difficulty and not near enough beat em up gameplay.
5.5/10
Status scoopings Nov 10, 2024
Great Sound, good Look at the beginning scenes (tho pretty lame/outdated for 91 during the actual game itself), but it has all the brawler issues that make me dislike the genre. It was fun smacking a few enemies with the bat? leg of an alien? thing? But meh. Not my thing. I love love love the Pause music idea tho …
Read moreGreat Sound, good Look at the beginning scenes (tho pretty lame/outdated for 91 during the actual game itself), but it has all the brawler issues that make me dislike the genre. It was fun smacking a few enemies with the bat? leg of an alien? thing? But meh. Not my thing. I love love love the Pause music idea tho :-p And I can see why this got well-established, since it's unique among NES brawlers and could be fun back in the day with a friend etc.
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Status kingbk83 Jul 4, 2020
Most overrated game perhaps I've ever played. This game was considered "great" in 1991 when the NES was ruling the roast, but my goodness, it's one of the many NES games where horrible design flaws basically makes the game unplayable. This game is a Ninja Turtles rip off featuring three mutated frogs: Rash, Zits and Pimple. In this game, Pimple …
Read moreMost overrated game perhaps I've ever played. This game was considered "great" in 1991 when the NES was ruling the roast, but my goodness, it's one of the many NES games where horrible design flaws basically makes the game unplayable. This game is a Ninja Turtles rip off featuring three mutated frogs: Rash, Zits and Pimple. In this game, Pimple and the princess are kidnapped, so Rash and Zits must fight through 12 levels to stop the evil Dark Queen and rescue their friends. Things start off fine enough, but then you hit level 3 and all hell breaks loose. I'm talking the turbo tunnel. You have to ride these super fast speed bikes and dodge obstacles where if you miss ONCE, you die and start at whatever checkpoint you end up at. The issue isn't just that this level is so difficult, but the fact it's early in the game and you have LIMITED continues. Also, good luck if you play with a friend. Friendly fire is turned on, so you can hurt each other, plus in levels like this one, if one of you dies, you both start over. I remember throwing the Game Genie on to see what the other levels looked like and many of the same frustrations appear in these levels: unfair level of difficulty, cheap design, length. I just never got the love for this game and never will.
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Status thegameistobesold Jun 25, 2020
Tunnels......easy thanks to save states
The Rat Races.....some miraculous thing happened I defeated and detonated the last bomb in time
-Clinger Winger....I used 2 different controllers...I used a keyboard....still I was frustrated...I couldn't beat it
Until I used "slow motion" in retroarch but even then it demanded precise button presses and concentration
I can finally say after 29 years of …
Tunnels......easy thanks to save states
The Rat Races.....some miraculous thing happened I defeated and detonated the last bomb in time
-Clinger Winger....I used 2 different controllers...I used a keyboard....still I was frustrated...I couldn't beat it
Until I used "slow motion" in retroarch but even then it demanded precise button presses and concentration
I can finally say after 29 years of first playing this game I beat that black haired bitch and saw the ending!
-FUCK YOU BATTLETOADS I'm done with gaming.........for now! ;)
