Sonic Blast Man
Developer: ITL Co, Ltd Publisher: Taito Released: 1992 Genre: Beat ’em up I’ve lamented the death of the arcade in the US on many an occasion in this blog. While I miss the titles that really pushed technology forward...
Tag: beat em up
The Lord of the Rings: the Two Towers
Developer: Electronic Arts Publisher: Electronic Arts Released: 2002 Genre: Action When the Lord of the Rings films hit it was only a matter of time before licensed titles would follow. But I’m pretty sure most expected an epic...
Die Hard Arcade
Developer: Sega AM1 Publisher: Sega Released: March 1997 Genre: Action The advent of 3d brought many innovations to existing genres. Some like the 2d platformer even evolved, one could even say for the better. But in the march of progre...
Sengoku
Developer:SNK Publisher: Data East Released: September 22, 1993 Genre: Beat em up I consider myself fortunate to have grown up in an area with multiple Neo Geo MVS units. If I saw a Neo Geo game in a magazine chances...
China Warrior
Developer: Hudson Publisher: NEC Released: October 1989 Genre: Beat ’em up China Warrior is a piss poor game and one of the worst in the Turbo Grafx-16 library. But you would not know that based on its marketing. When the...
Dragon Valor
Developer: Namco Publisher: Namco Released: October 16,2000 Genre: Action RPG When the PlayStation RPG explosion hit it hit big. Publishers big and small tried to tap in to this newfound market, with some finding success and others fl...
Battletoads
Developer: Rare Publisher: Tradewest Released: 1991 Genre: Beat em up It is hard for younger gamers to imagine now but the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were worldwide phenomenon at one point, with merchandise in every category around th...
Double Dragon
Developer: Technos Japan Publisher: Ballistic Released: 1992 Genre: Beat ’em up Double Dragon, Double Dragon, Double Dragon. It really is amazing just how widely ported Technos’ legendary beat em up really is. And surprising...
Juuouki
How? How do you mess up Altered Beast? Somehow they found a way with the PC Engine version. By now everyone agrees that Altered Beast was not a good game. The best thing Sega ever did with it was pack...
Mystical Fighter
Developer: KID Publisher: Dreamworks Released: 1992 Genre: Brawler Everyone has games that they meant to play but never got around to. Whether it was money, family, or other responsibilities at the end of the day time is still a facto...