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November 17, 2021 No Responses

Double Dragon 3: the Arcade Game

Developer: East Technology Publisher: Flying Edge Released: 1992 Genre: Beat em up Hm. Double Dragon 3. Let’s get this out of the way right now; Double Dragon 3 is one of the worst beat ‘em ups of...

November 1, 2021 No Responses

Spartan X 2

Developer: Tamtex Publisher: Irem Released: 09/27/91 Genre: Action Kung-Fu was one of my first NES games. I’m pretty sure I am not alone in that either. As an early adopter it was slim pickings for the first...

October 28, 2021 No Responses

The Bouncer

Developer: Dream Factory Publisher: Squaresoft Released: March 6, 2001 Genre: Beat ’em up The PS One completely dominated the market during the 32-bit era thanks to the cheap costs of CDs and great third party support. No third party...

September 15, 2021 No Responses

Growl

Developer: Taito Publisher: Taito Released: 1991 Genre: Brawler I like a good beat ’em up. Yes, the genre became over saturated like shooters in the 90s but I will always make time for a good one. Because there were...

August 30, 2021 No Responses

Ikari III: the Rescue

Developer: SNK Publisher: SNK Released: 1990 Genre: Action The Ikari Warriors series in the arcade were pretty good games overall. Unfortunately they were absolutely dreadful on the NES, especially the first game. Somehow despite that fact...

August 13, 2021 No Responses

River City Ransom

Developer: Technos Japan Publisher: American Technos Released: 01/90 Genre: Beat ’em up River City Ransom is one of the greatest NES games of all time. Many have known this for decades but I am a recent convert....

May 21, 2021 No Responses

Captain Commando

Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom Released: 1995 Genre: Beat em up Captain Commando was once the official mascot for Capcom. If you can believe it the goofy American superhero stereotype was used to shill Capcom products in the US before Me...

May 7, 2021 No Responses

Super Double Dragon

Developer: Technos Publisher: Tradewest Released: 10/92 Genre: Beat em up After the disastrous Double Dragon III it was easy to write off the series. In the years since its release the Streets were all the rage and gamers were taking...

May 3, 2021 No Responses

The Adventures of Bayou Billy

Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Released: 08/12/88 Genre: Action The Adventures of Bayou Billy is one of the biggest gaming disappointments of my life. For months I saw advertisements for it in comic books and the numerous screenshots made...

April 12, 2021 No Responses

The Adventures of Batman & Robin

Developer: Clockwork Tortoise Publisher: Sega Released: 05/95 Genre: Action In the history of the video game industry there have been far too many games that try to skate by on their technical merits to distract from their lackluster gameplay...

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