Tag: beat em up

Developer: Winky Soft     Publisher: Banpresto   Release: 09/23/94   Genre: Beat ’em up Final Fight lit a spark that reinvigorated the beat em up with many clones following. It was an exciting time as many titles were pushing the envelope...

Developer: ITL Co.    Publisher: Taito    Release: 11/94   Genre: Beat em up Sonic Blast Man is an underrated brawler in the SNES library. Since it was impossible to convert the gimmicky arcade to the home Taito instead crafted an...

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...

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...

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...

Developer: Technos Japan     Publisher: American Technos    Released: January 1990    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...

Developer: Irem     Publisher: Nintendo     Released: October 1985     Genre: Beat ’em up When I look back on my video game career I count myself fortunate to have been born in time for the NES launch. Although I played the Atari 2600...

Developer: Sunsoft     Publisher: Sunsoft     Released: June 1991     Genre: Action Sunsoft were indisputably one of the best developers for the NES. Both on a technical and gameplay level they stood head and shoulders above most of their contempora...

Developer: Realtime Associates    Publisher: Acclaim     Released: October 9, 1996    Genre: Action In the early to mid-90s it was hard being a fan of comic book video games. In the arcade Sega, Capcom, and Konami were creating gems. But...