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November 8, 2024 No Responses

The Death and Return of Superman

Developer: Blizzard Publisher: Sunsoft Release: 08/94 Genre: Beat em up The Death of Superman was a one two punch of events alongside Knightfall that rocketed DC Comics to the top of the sales charts in the early 90s. This was...

October 25, 2024 No Responses

G.I. Joe: Wrath of Cobra

Developer: Maple Powered Games Publisher: Indie.io Release: 09/26/24 Genre: Beat em up Also on: Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series The side scrolling beat em up went through a long period of hibernation. The once corne...

August 16, 2024 No Responses

Marvel Super Heroes in War of the Gems

Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom Release: 10/18/96 Genre: Action Marvel Super Heroes in War of the Gems has to be one of my biggest gaming disappointments in 1996. I joined the 32-bit generation a few years late due to being...

July 17, 2024 No Responses

Crisis Beat

Developer: Soft Machine Publisher: Virgin Release: 08/18/00 Genre: Beat em up The original PlayStation has games for everyone in every genre. You like fighting games? Well god damn son there is an embarrassment of riches. Sports games?...

May 15, 2024 No Responses

Streets of Rage 3

Developer: Ancient Publisher: Sega Release: Genre: Beat ’em up Streets of Rage 2 is one of the greatest beat em ups of all time. It tops the list of greatest games in the genre regularly and is one of the...

May 1, 2024 No Responses

Battletoads (Sega Genesis)

Developer: Arc System Works Publisher: Tradewest Release: 03/93 Genre: Action Battletoads is a game that I both love and hate. It has more variety than two or three games combined and lets its creativity flow unbridled. But the...

April 26, 2024 No Responses

Fighting Force 64

Developer: Core Design Publisher: Crave Release: 04/30/99 Genre: Beat em up In the late 90s Eidos were the “it” publisher. While they had their successes Tomb Raider raised their stock significantly, figuratively and literally. This newfound ...

March 27, 2024 No Responses

Annet Futatabi

Developer: Wolf Team Publisher: Wolf Team Release: 03/30/93 Genre: Beat em up Annet Futatabi is a game I longed for after seeing it in a random issue of EGM. The idea of two separate video game characters starring...

March 25, 2024 No Responses

Phantom Fighter

Developer: Marionette Publisher: FCI Release: 04/90 Genre: Action Phantom Fighter is a game that I was mildly interested in renting but never brave enough to take the plunge. The box art looks extremely cool; who can say no to...

January 26, 2024 No Responses

Iron Commando

Developer: Arcade Zone Publisher: Poppo Release: 02/10/95 Genre: Beat em up I have mentioned that the beat em up genre was over saturated in the early 90s. Trust me it is true. But despite the glut of...

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