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Game Info
- Platform
- Game Boy
- Genres
- Action · Beat 'em Up
- Player Perspective
- Side view
- Developers
- Rare
- Publishers
- Tradewest Inc
- Release date
- June 1, 1993
Summary
Battletoads in Ragnarok's World drops you straight into the Dark Queenâs twisted planet, where sheâs snatched both your buddy and the prettiest gal in the galaxy. The game leans heavily on classic beatâemâup platforming, but throws in racing sections, climbing scrambles, and vehicleâbased obstacle courses that keep the pace frantic.
You start with three lives that refill each time you continue, and a modest sixâpoint health bar that you can top up by munching flies scattered across the stages. The Toads punch, but the real fun comes from their Smash variants â the cheeky "KissâMyâFist" and the headâbutt "Battletoad Butt" â plus levelâspecific moves like Turbo Thwack and the devastating Nuclear Knuckles.
Every level throws a new hazard: Psyko Pigs, Mutant Ratpack, RoboâManus, and the dreaded Saturn Toadtrap test your reflexes, while the Jet Turbo, Space Board and Speed Bike give you a brief chance to zip past the chaos.
Because this is a singleâplayer only port, thereâs no saving or password system; you simply power through the truncated set of stages, hoping your six hit points and a handful of lives are enough to rescue the captives and escape with your green skin intact.
Storyline
Professor T. Bird pilots the Vulture with Rash, Zitz and Pimple while escorting Princess Angelica to her home planet. A leisurely detour in Pimpleâs flying car ends in an ambush by the Dark Queenâs ship, the Gargantua, and the princess and Pimple are captured. Pimpleâs distress signal sends the professor and the two remaining toads to the surface of Ragnarokâs World, where the Gargantua is hidden, to mount a rescue.
The first stage, Ragnarok Canyon, is guarded by axeâwielding PsykoâPigs and rideable dragons, and ends with the Tall Walker boss that hurls boulders the heroes must return. In Wookie Hole the toads descend through a vertical impact crater, dodging ravens that cut Turbo Cables, Saturn Toadtraps, Retro Blasters and 2,000âvolt Electro Zappers. Rideâtype levels follow: TurboâŻTunnel on a Speed Bike, SurfâŻCity on a âSpace Boardâ (home to the BigâŻBlag boss), Volkmireâs Inferno on the Toad Plane, and ClingerâWringer on unicycles with the Buzzball as its boss.
Platform challenges include Ice Cavernâs snowâball puzzles, Karnathâs Lairâs snakeâfilled rooms, Intruder Excluderâs vertical climb ending with RoboâManus, and Terra Tubesâ underwater gauntlet through the Gargantuaâs piping. Rat Race pits the toads against General Slaughter while defusing bombs, and the Revolution stage spirals upward around the Dark Queenâs rotating tower.
At the towerâs summit the Battletoads confront the Dark Queen herself. Defeated, she retreats as a whirlwind into the galaxyâs shadows. With Princess Angelica and Pimple rescued, the crew returns to the Vulture and departs, ending the adventure in Battletoads in Ragnarokâs World.
Edited by Maya Carter
Multiplayer
- Game modes
- Single
Alternative Titles
- Battletoads GB Short
- Battletoads Game Boy Alternative
- Battletoads Gameboy Alternative






















