beat em up Archives – Page 6 of 9

February 5, 2020 No Responses

Last Battle

Developer: Sega Publisher: Sega Released: August 14, 1989 Genre: Beat em up The Sega Genesis launch featured great ports of Sega classics like Altered Beast, Golden Axe, and Ghouls ‘n Ghosts. It even had original titles like Thunder Force II...

December 23, 2019 No Responses

The Punisher

Developer: Sculptured Software Publisher: Capcom Released: 1994 Genre: Beat ’em up Platform: Genesis Of the many beat em ups that graced the arcade the Punisher was one of my favorites. It might be because I am a...

December 6, 2019 No Responses

Combatribes

The Combatribes holds the unlikely distinction of being my first import game. I know that this is a weird one to start with but they can’t all be winners. As to why this particular game it was simply a matter...

November 13, 2019 No Responses

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: the Hyperstone Heist

Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Release: 12/11/92 Genre: Beat em up Konami took their sweet time coming to the Genesis but when they did it was full steam ahead. Nearly all of their top IP would hit the system in a...

October 18, 2019 one Response

Legend

Every platform has games that fly under the radar. Whether it is a lack of marketing, a stealth release or simply being caught in the wake of higher profile titles, it is unavoidable. But even by those standards Legend is...

October 9, 2019 No Responses

Splatterhouse 3

Developer: Now Production Publisher: Namco Release: 08/93 Genre: Action Splatterhouse is a series that I’ve liked the idea of more than the reality. Outside of its blood and gore the original Splatterhouse was an average brawler. The second game ...

August 30, 2019 No Responses

Todd McFarlane’s Spawn

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 Spawn managed to hold on to its popularity longer than...

August 21, 2019 No Responses

DJ Boy

One of the aspects of reviewing retro games everyone deals with is recognizing when a game you previously liked wasn’t good to begin with. I loved DJ Boy in the arcade as it was a fresh take on the scrolling...

June 14, 2019 No Responses

Melfand Stories

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. While the SNES has a solid lineup of side scrolling beat em ups...

May 17, 2019 No Responses

Brawl Brothers

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. I don’t like it enough to recommend it to anyone, mind...

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