Rage Of The Dragons

A game where you can play as this sorry-looking blob?
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In the mid-90's, the Neo Geo was the hot system of the arcades, and could be found in pizza parlors, Walmarts, and 7-11's everywhere, due to their ability to hold up to 4 popular games in one machine. Titles like Fatal Fury and Samurai Showdown were hugely popular. So naturally, SNK cashed in on the trend and released tons and tons of mediocre 2D fighters, none of which caught on.

Rage of the Dragons, if released in the 90's, would have been just another one of those mediocre fighters. But in 2002, it's a puzzling anomaly. Why would anyone want to play it? There is absolutely no innovation in the game. The character designs and animation are depressingly average, and the special moves are rehashes from other games. Compare this to Guilty Gear X to see what 2D is supposed to look and play like. It's just very hard to have fun with Rage of the Dragons, when you could have a recent King of Fighters in your NeoGeo instead.

This is Johann, another entry in the SNK Tradition of Impossible Bosses. Johann is completely invincible, and automatically kills you if you press any button, or even look at him funny. In fact, he actually beats you up while the game's on pause, and disables any cheat codes you might have running with his magical powers. I pity any fool who's playing this game in a real arcade, and throwing their quarters down a bottomless well in an effort to beat the game. Of course, all of you who are reading this are godless heathens who pirated the game for free, so no big loss.

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