Tag: beat em up

Todd McFarlane’s Spawn
August 30, 2019 No Responses

Todd McFarlane’s Spawn

Developer: Ukiyotei    Publisher: Acclaim    Release: 10/95    Genre: Beat em up In the mid-90s Spawn was one of the most popular comics on the market. It consistently ranked among the top10 Diamond Comics best sellers list for years. In my opinion...
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DJ Boy
August 21, 2019 No Responses

DJ Boy

Developer: Kaneko    Publisher: American Sammy    Release: 04/90    Genre: Beat em up One of the aspects of reviewing retro games everyone deals with is recognizing when a game you previously liked was not good to begin with. I loved DJ Boy...
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Melfand Stories
June 14, 2019 one Response

Melfand Stories

Developer: Sting   Publisher: Ascii    Release: 03/25/94   Genre: Beat em up The Super Famicom library never ceases to amaze me. Even now, decades after its last release, I am still discovering plenty of hidden gems in its lineup....
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Brawl Brothers
May 17, 2019 one Response

Brawl Brothers

Developer: Jaleco    Publisher: Jaleco    Release: 1993   Genre: Beat em up In spite of how generic it was I still kind of liked Rival Turf. It was as blatant a Final Fight clone as possible but it still had charm....
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Riot Zone
March 13, 2019 No Responses

Riot Zone

Developer: Hudson Soft   Publisher: TTI   Release: 1993    Genre: Beat em up Next to shooters and platformers no other genre was as oversaturated in the 90s as the side-scrolling beat em up. Once Final Fight ignited the genre every...
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The Ninja Warriors
March 8, 2019 3 Responses

The Ninja Warriors

Developer: Natsume    Publisher: Taito    Release: 02/94   Genre: Beat em up Original home beat ‘em ups usually fell into one of two categories. Those that adhered to the Final Fight/Double Dragon mold, which is the majority. And those that...
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Altered Beast (Famicom)
March 4, 2019 No Responses

Altered Beast (Famicom)

Developer: Interlink    Publisher: Asmik    Release: 07/20/90    Genre: Action Altered Beat was not a good game, let’s get that out of the way right now. While many have fond memories of it I do not think it’s a...
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV – Turtles in Time
February 15, 2019 4 Responses

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV – Turtles in Time

Developer: Konami     Publisher: Konami     Released: August 15, 1992    Genre: Beat ’em up I can easily say that Turtles in Time is one of the games I have spent the most time with.  Honestly the amount of hours I’ve spent...
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Batman Returns
January 18, 2019 3 Responses

Batman Returns

Developer: Konami    Publisher: Konami    Release: 02/26/93    Genre: Beat em up With the astronomical costs of video game development these days you do not see many licensed titles anymore. But back in the day publishers would run their entire busine...
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Undercover Cops
October 12, 2018 one Response

Undercover Cops

Developer: Varie     Publisher: Irem     Released: 03/03/95     Genre: Beat ’em up If you were to explore nearly any publisher’s back catalog you’ll find plenty of hidden classics that have gone unnoticed. That is extremely evident with Ir...
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