NES

Battletoads

Title screen.

Japan Title screen

Beginning Mission screen

Impressive drawing (consider it's NES)

Story unfolds between levels

Toad freaks when he sees giant robot.

Fighting the level 1 boss.

Toads swings about on a rope.

Whatever that's supposed to be!?

Didn't quite make it.

Turbo Tunnel, level 3-- space invaders come to take away your power bars; stop them before they succeed

Much of the Turbo Tunnel consists of racing through on a turbo bike and dodging obstacles

The Arctic Caverns, level 4, comprise the obligatory platformer ice level, but done exceptionally well-- this is a malicious snowman

Reduce a snowman into a pile of snowballs for your own offensive use

Much of Surf City, level 5, is on a surf board down a river-- dodge the whirlpools and mines

Halfway (that's right-- halfway) through level 5 is a miniboss

After the miniboss, surf's up again

Karnath's Lair, level 6-- negotiating the snakes

The snake level-- one of the toughest levels of any video game ever

Volkmire's Inferno, level 7, starts out with a nice crystalline background

And quickly turns into the fire realm where you pilot a jet through deadly fireballs and firewalls

The Intruder Excluder, level 8, is where you make your way up some sort of power plant

At the top of the plant is another mini-boss

Terra Tubes, level 9-- more public utility action, this time in the sewer

Face sharks, piranhas, and the most deadly of aquatic adversaries, the rubber ducky!

Rat Race, level 10 is a long drop down another tube, all the while being pursued by a homicidal rodent whom you will confront at the bottom

Clinger Winger, level 11, puts you on a jet unicycle as you race to outrun a deadly spiral wheel-- that you get to fight anyway at the end of the level

The Revolution (level 12) is where you journey to the top of a tall cylindrical tower; hang on tight or this windbag will blow you off the edge

At the top of the tower