ESWAT: City Under Siege

ESWAT: City Under Siege

Developer: Sega    Publisher: Sega    Release: 10/90   Genre: Action I really liked ESWAT in the arcade but unfortunately never had the chance to play it much because of distance. So when news of a Sega Genesis version of the game...
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Rolling Thunder

Rolling Thunder

Developer: Namco     Publisher: Tengen     Released: 10/89     Genre: Action Rolling Thunder may be a forgotten series now but looking at the current gaming landscape it was very influential. All cover based shooters can trace their heritage back t...
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King of Dragons

King of Dragons

Developer: Capcom    Publisher: Capcom    Release: 04/94   Genre: Beat em up The King of Dragons is an interesting game. It was released not long after Final Fight blew the doors off the genre and a legion of imitators followed. It...
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R-Type

R-Type

Developer: Irem    Publisher: NEC    Release: 09/89    Genre: Shooter Of the many shooters that I have played over the decades I count three that shaped my tastes.  Gradius was one of the first major shooters I ever played. There’s...
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Double Dragon

Double Dragon

Developer: Technos    Publisher: Tradewest    Release: 06/88   Genre: Beat em up I really miss Technos. As the creators of the modern beat em up with Renegade the legions of titles that would follow all owe a debt to their work....
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Captain America & the Avengers

Captain America & the Avengers

Developer: Opera House    Publisher: Data East    Release: 1992   Genre: Beat em up I have been a comic book reader for going on 31 years now. Marvel, DC, Image, IDW, it does not matter the publisher; if it is good...
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Gradius

Gradius

Developer: Konami    Publisher: Konami    Release: 12/86    Genre: Shooter I am pretty sure Gradius was one of my first shooters outside of the Atari 2600. That statement applies to a legion of gamers as well. There were plenty of multiplayer...
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Art of Fighting

Art of Fighting

Developer: SNK     Publisher: Sega    Released: 1994     Genre: Fighting Art of Fighting has always held an interesting position in SNK’s fighting lineup. No one can argue that Fatal Fury was its bread and butter, to be succeeded by the King of...
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Final Fight

Final Fight

Developer: Capcom    Publisher: Capcom    Release: 11/10/91   Genre: Beat em up Final Fight is one of the most popular arcade games of all time. In terms of its relevance it did for beat em ups what Street Fighter did for...
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Night Striker

Night Striker

Developer: Aisystem Tokyo    Publisher: Taito    Release: 05/28/93    Genre: Shooter Anyone who was around in the 80s has bought more than one video game based off of screenshots, a magazine or ad. My interest in Night Striker was peaked due to...
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