

It is assumed that the series was an attempt to capitalize on the popularity of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. This is a unique game which was never ported to consoles.- Battletoads - The Cartoon - Pilot Episode - Battletoads TV Showīattletoads is a half-hour, animated television special produced by DIC Entertainment, airing in syndication in the United States on the weekend of Thanksgiving 1992. The last game of the critically-acclaimed series that was originally released for the Nintendo NES in 1991. TECHNICAL Main CPU: TMS34020 10 Mhz), Zilog Z80 4 Mhz) Sound Chips: BSMT2000 24 Mhz) Players: 3 Control: 8-way joystick Buttons: 2 TRIVIA Released in December 1994. In one level, the Toads wear jet-packs and descend a tunnel and in the final level, the Toads shoot enemies from a vehicle. Some levels are Double Dragon-style 2.5D brawlers, while others are strictly two-dimensional, platform-like stages. The game's stages, in addition to having their own unique visual theme, often differ in gameplay style. Enemies include aliens, mutant rodents and snowmen.

In a visually unique twist, the Toads can knock the game's enemies 'off-screen' so that they appear to fly towards the players, breaking the fourth wall. Each Toad also has its own signature exaggerated power and attack, in which their limbs turn into objects such as axes and drills. The Toads each vary in fighting style: Rash is nimble, Pimple is burly and strong, and Zitz is a balance of the two. Arcade Video game published 29 years ago: Battletoads © 1994 Electronic Arts Battletoads is a (mostly) horizontally-scrolling beat-em-up in which up to three players take on the roles of Rash, Pimple, or Zitz and must punch and kick their way through six enemy-infested stages to save their alternate universe from the Dark Queen.
