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The Adventures of Bayou Billy

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The Adventures of Bayou Billy

Jun 1, 1989

Port of Mad City

2.08 average rating based on 93 ratings

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The Adventures of Bayou Billy is an action game released by Konami for the Nintendo Entertainment System in North America in 1989. It is a revised version of the 1988 Family Computer game Mad City. The game employs various play styles that were popular at the time such as beat-'em-up, gun shooting and racing. The majority of the game follows a beat-'em-up format in which the player character (Billy) must engage in hand-to-hand combat against every enemy he encounters in order proceed from one area to the next until reaching the end of each stage before his health runs out. … More
The Adventures of Bayou Billy is an action game released by Konami for the Nintendo Entertainment System in North America in 1989. It is a revised version of the 1988 Family Computer game Mad City. The game employs various play styles that were popular at the time such as beat-'em-up, gun shooting and racing. The majority of the game follows a beat-'em-up format in which the player character (Billy) must engage in hand-to-hand combat against every enemy he encounters in order proceed from one area to the next until reaching the end of each stage before his health runs out. Billy's basic attacks consists of a punch, a kick and a jump kick performed by pressing the A and B buttons simultaneously. The player can also arm Billy with one of three melee weapons dropped by certain enemies: a throwing knife, a club and a whip. Less
Release Dates
Jun 1989 Full Release (North_America)
Nintendo Entertainment System
Jan 24, 1991 Full Release (Europe)
Nintendo Entertainment System
Nov 26, 2015 Full Release (Europe)
Wii U
Jan 07, 2016 Full Release (North_America)
Wii U
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How Long Is The Adventures of Bayou Billy?
Main + extras: 1.5 hours
100% completion: 1.0 hours
Total completions: 2
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GigaDeathNullGolem gave Jul 2, 2023
GigaDeathNullGolem gave Jul 2, 2023
Subpar 2.5D Beat 'em Up with some lightgun and racing bonus stages.
This review is for the Nintendo Entertainment System version

The original game is known as Mad City and supposedly it has multiple endings and has far less difficulty. Somewhere along the line, Konami decided it would be a good idea to localize a US Release of this that was inspired by the movie Crocodile Dundee I guess, and we get Bayou Billy a seemingly jack--of-all-genres action hit for NES... At it's core it's a beat 'em up that play and looks a bit like P.O.W - Prisoners of War its probably the most tedious and difficult beat 'em up i've played in years though.

enter image description hereEnemies have different attacks, ranges and movement patterns, you tend to fight more than one enemy at a time and that makes it so tough.

The light gun bonus stage was pretty good I thought, even if generic. The driving bonus stage however just sucks. it's timed and you not only have to watch out for obstacles on the road but there are also helicopters that fly by to drop bombs on you. Losing a life per wreck is a pretty serious penalty, here! enter image description here
Swap the Vegemite on burnt toast for some creole and glitched fists in Bayou Billy!

Overall, this wasn't worth playing but …

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The original game is known as Mad City and supposedly it has multiple endings and has far less difficulty. Somewhere along the line, Konami decided it would be a good idea to localize a US Release of this that was inspired by the movie Crocodile Dundee I guess, and we get Bayou Billy a seemingly jack--of-all-genres action hit for NES... At it's core it's a beat 'em up that play and looks a bit like P.O.W - Prisoners of War its probably the most tedious and difficult beat 'em up i've played in years though.

enter image description hereEnemies have different attacks, ranges and movement patterns, you tend to fight more than one enemy at a time and that makes it so tough.

The light gun bonus stage was pretty good I thought, even if generic. The driving bonus stage however just sucks. it's timed and you not only have to watch out for obstacles on the road but there are also helicopters that fly by to drop bombs on you. Losing a life per wreck is a pretty serious penalty, here! enter image description here
Swap the Vegemite on burnt toast for some creole and glitched fists in Bayou Billy!

Overall, this wasn't worth playing but it was short. Really no aspect of the game is good in any way. It flickers all over the place because you fight too many enemies. It doesn't or look especially outstanding. It's way too stupid hard. The story is hokey and couldn't be more banal. The bonus stages are interesting to look at but don't make it more fun. It's funny to think that this is an unlicensed Crocodile Dundee beat 'em up, and i mean, it basically is.

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