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Episode 51

The Adventures of Bayou Billy is one of those NES games that just seems impossible at first - Even the first level is difficult! If you do survive Stage one, you'll discover that there's a lot more to this game than just being an average Double Dragon clone set in the Louisiana bayou. There are on rails shooting levels that can be played with a controller or even the Zapper light gun! Beyond that, the developers also included a few driving levels, because why not?

Bayou Billy was made buy Konami, the legendary developer that brought us games like Contra and Castlevania. The original game released in Japan was called Mad City, but Konami decided to radically change the game during the localization process. Instead of just translating some Japanese text to English, they gave the game a massive overhaul, and in the process decided to crank up the difficulty.

So what got changed when this game was brought to North America? In this episode we'll find out, then we'll dive deep into the gameplay where we'll learn:

Strategies for completing the challenging Beat 'Em Up levels - Master these techniques to DESTROY GORDON'S GANG!

Completing the PRACTICE LEVELS - Are these pointless, or not?

The secret way to DESPAWN ENEMIES so you don't have to fight them at all!

Tips to master the on-rails SHOOTING STAGES! Which mode to choose, and why!

How to use ALL of the different WEAPONS! Know which ones to keep and which ones to discard!

The SECRET to gaining EXTRA LIVES!

How to complete the treacherous DRIVING LEVELS - Keep your Jeep intact!

The strategy for defeating ALL of the game's difficult bosses... even GORDON and his heirs, ROCKY and ROCCO!

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