Battletoads (1991)

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Score Breakdown Based on 1565 ratings

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2. 9 (520)
3. 8 (453)
4. 7 (171)
5. 6 (47)
6. 5 (24)
7. 4 (10)
8. 3 (5)
9. 2 (12)
10. 1 (26)

Most Helpful Positive Player Reviews

• Rating:7

  Extremely popular, but not totally worth the effort...

  By edranyesul | Review Date: Feb 20, 2006 | NES

  There are few games that have the distinction of having the label of "unbeatable" branded to it, but Battletoads fits right in that group. Widely known as one of the most difficult games in history, it's no wonder that ... Read Full Review

  6 of 6 users found the following review helpful

What Gamespot Users have to say about Battletoads (1991)

• Rating:6

  Battletoads, or How I learned To Face Palm.

  By justonegun | Review Date: Apr 04, 2020 | NES

  Battletoads is like fisting yourself in the face, not sexually but Brutally and with gusto! This game has such a difficulty spike that it's almost unplayable. It is in the game play itself that we begin our meticulou... Read Full Review

  1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
• Rating:9

  It's possible for 2 Toads 2 Win

  By leapharx | Review Date: Dec 10, 2015 | NES

  One of my favorite games of all time, BT is the kind of game you play once and never forget. Love it, or hate it... But it's unforgettable! The graphics, the sound, the music... All fit perfectly... But we have to agree... Read Full Review

  1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
• Rating:7.5

  Rip off done right. Hello friends, long time no see. I drum up the new season with this review...

  By BorosandJerk | Review Date: Sep 17, 2013 | NES

  The rundown: After many hours of hitting this game up to refresh my memory of it I think it is due time that I give this old "gem" its review. Battletoads is a product of rare, and as we all know about this company we j... Read Full Review

  0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
• Rating:8.5

  Battletoads is one of the best Nes games, with amazing graphics and music, and fun, challenging game-play

  By bonnin40 | Review Date: Sep 08, 2012 | NES

  Battletoads was released in 1990 for the Nintendo Entertainment system, and was developed by rare, and published by Tradewest and Nintendo. At first, many people just looked at this game as if it were just a Ninja Turtle... Read Full Review

  0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
• Rating:5

  Battletoads would have been a cool game if you could change the difficultly down from "Next to Impossible".

  By Garrison_Ford | Review Date: Aug 10, 2011 | NES

  *** BATTLETOADS *** THE GOOD -Cool beat'em up fighting style -Good sound effects THE BAD -Difficulty that will make you cry or throw the game out the window -You don't get to play as Pimple OVERVIEW ... Read Full Review

  4 of 6 users found the following review helpful
• Rating:8

  Enjoyable NES game.

  By ZanarkandTidus | Review Date: Aug 07, 2011 | NES

  This game is a happy childhood memory.I enjoyed playing this game back in the early 1990's.It was fun,playable and had creative charm.Some levels played like a beat em up game and I remember destroying those robots and u... Read Full Review

  0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
• Rating:9.5

  Battletoads is amazing, but it is Quite dificult

  By linebro | Review Date: Jan 26, 2011 | NES

  Battletoads is Great, The Graphics look one console after it's time ( the super Nintendo entertainment system ), The audio is So Catchy and Addictive. i press start just to listen to the pause music. Gameplay is spot o... Read Full Review

  0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
• Rating:8

  Absurdly difficult and fun =D

  By mausc | Review Date: Dec 29, 2010 | GEN

  Battletoads is a beat 'em up fun and diverse, ranging from the frog blows as kicks and punches to the bumps using pieces of the enemy as a weapon. The game is fun, taking as example the hilarious expressions of frogs in... Read Full Review

  0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
• Rating:8

  It pushes the NES to it's limits & it's probably the Hardest Game ever created.

  By snes_vs_ps1 | Review Date: Oct 02, 2010 | NES

  The Battletoads, Zitz, Rash & Pimple are in my view the cousins of the Turtle Ninjas,lol, they should have team up with them, not with Double Dragon...anyway, it was made by Rare & it represents the most difficult game e... Read Full Review

  1 of 2 users found the following review helpful
• Rating:9.5

  You'll hate its punishing difficulty, but you'll love everything else in this great and classic brawler.

  By aryoshi | Review Date: Aug 18, 2010 | NES

  Out on a cruise, an anthromorphic toad, Pimple, takes the Princess Angelica on a little ride throughout the stars. All is well, until the evil Dark Queen captures them in her vestle and takes them to her homeworld. Leavi... Read Full Review

  4 of 5 users found the following review helpful

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