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Battletoads

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First release
Jun 1991
Developer
Rare
Genres
Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Platform · Action, Science fiction, Comedy
Platforms
Amiga, Nintendo Entertainment System, Amiga CD32, Family Computer

Battletoads is the first game of the Battletoads series. The game is a platform scrolling beat 'em up, with varying elements of racing, climbing and vehicle-based obstacle courses. Players start with three lives each time the game is started, which get replenished every time the player continues after getting defeated. The game contains no saving system or password features. The player has a maximum of six hit points that can be replenished by eating flies. It is by some considered to be one of the hardest games of all time, and it have previously been listed at 8th place in IGN's "Top 10 Most Difficult Games to Beat."

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Storyline
Fresh from her recent defeat at the Battle of Canis Major, the Dark Queen decides to take out her aggressions on her archenemies, the Battletoads. The 'Toads and their mentor, Professor T-Bird, are currently escorting Princess Angelica home to her father, the Terran Emperor. During a rest stop, Pimple takes Angelica out for a drive in the Toadster, but the vehicle and its occupants are swallowed up by the Dark Queen's ship, the Gargantua, and taken to her tower on planet Ragnarok. Rash and Zitz are quickly sent down to Ragnarok's surface to rescue their friends, unaware of the dangers that await them, but willing to chance it all on their rescue mission.Read more

Fresh from her recent defeat at the Battle of Canis Major, the Dark Queen decides to take out her aggressions on her archenemies, the Battletoads. The 'Toads and their mentor, Professor T-Bird, are currently escorting Princess Angelica home to her father, the Terran Emperor. During a rest stop, Pimple takes Angelica out for a drive in the Toadster, but the vehicle and its occupants are swallowed up by the Dark Queen's ship, the Gargantua, and taken to her tower on planet Ragnarok. Rash and Zitz are quickly sent down to Ragnarok's surface to rescue their friends, unaware of the dangers that await them, but willing to chance it all on their rescue mission.

Release dates
Nintendo Entertainment System
Jun 1991
Family Computer
Dec 20, 1991
Nintendo Entertainment System
Feb 18, 1993
All 6 release dates
Amiga
1994
Amiga CD32
1994
Nintendo Entertainment System
Sep 1995
Age ratings
ESRB E
Game modes
Co-operative, Multiplayer, Single player
Perspective
Side view
Keywords
aliens, cyberpunk, bloody, animals, street fighting
… All 39, death, robots, spaceship, hand-to-hand combat, brawler, side-scrolling, mutants, snow, dark humor, high score, 8-bit, snowman, boss fight, explosion, anthropomorphism, pig, scatological humor, skeletons, original soundtrack release, extreme violence, ice stage, melee, friendly fire, difficulty level, female antagonist, cheat code, auto-scrolling levels, temporary invincibility, meme origin, finishing move, second person perspective, amphibian humanoid, femme fatale, nes game pak - a-rom series
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IGDB · recorded 23 Oct 2026

Language data: IGDB · recorded 23 Oct 2026