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January 5, 2024 No Responses

Captain America & the Avengers SNES

Developer: Realtime Associates Publisher: Mindscape Release: 1993 Genre: Beat em up Let’s be completely honest for a moment: Captain America & the Avengers was an average at best arcade game. For its time it was one of...

November 22, 2023 No Responses

Sengoku Denshou

Developer: Dragnet Publisher: Sammy Release: 12/28/93 Genre: Beat ’em up Before SNK rode the fighting game renaissance into the ground the Neo Geo was host to an assortment of beat em ups. With their graphical prowess these...

September 15, 2023 No Responses

Ane-San

Developer: NEC Avenue Publisher: NEC Avenue Release: 02/24/95 Genre: Action Delinquents and beat ‘em ups go together like peanut butter and jelly. In Japan it is the go to when you want to pound some faces in...

September 8, 2023 No Responses

Kaizou Choujin Shubibinman Zero

Developer: Masaya Publisher: NCS Release: 03/20/97 Genre: Action Masaya’s Shubibinman series had the potential to be the PC Engine’s Mega Man, a kick ass run and gun series full of action and robots. To a degree they were exactly that...

June 14, 2023 No Responses

Mazin Saga – Mutant Fighter

Developer: Almanic Publisher: Vik Tokai Release: 1993 Genre: Action This is one I have been meaning to get to for a long time. As in decades. I know, I know, it is embarrassing. Mazin Saga looked incredibly cool...

May 26, 2023 No Responses

Golden Axe III

Developer: Sega Publisher: Sega Release: 06/25/93 Genre: Action My love of Golden Axe as a series is an enigma. If we are being honest more than half the titles in the series are mediocre. Yet I still like the...

May 19, 2023 No Responses

Battle Zeque Den

Developer: Arsys Software Publisher: Asmik Release: 07/15/94 Genre: Beat ’em up The Super Famicom library is a treasure trove of overlooked games. While everyone fawns over the numerous Square Enix RPGS that never left Japan there are...

May 12, 2023 No Responses

Mazinger Z

Developer: Winky Soft Publisher: Bandai Release: 06/25/93 Genre: Beat em up This one is a serious blast from the past. I watched Mazinger Z when it was brought to the US as Transor Z. I remember liking the...

April 24, 2023 No Responses

Dynamite Cop

Developer: Sega Publisher: Sega Release: 11/02/99 Genre: Beat em up With every passing generation it seems we leave certain genres behind. Shooters were all the rage in the late 80s and early 90s. But with the PlayStation and Saturn...

March 24, 2023 No Responses

Double Dragon 2 – the Revenge

Developer: Kid Co. Publisher: Naxat Soft Release: 03/12/93 Genre: Beat em up My initial exposure to Double Dragon 2 was the brilliant NES version which was essentially a remake. I did not play the arcade game until...

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