Marvel Cosmic Invasion
Developer: Tribute Games Publisher: Dotemu Release: 12/01/25 Genre: Beat em up Also on: Nintendo Switch, Switch 2, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series The Avengers...
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Comix Zone
Developer: Sega Technical Institute Publisher: Sega Release: 1995 Genre: Beat em up By the end of the 16-bit era the side scrolling beat em up was starting to get stale. Despite the presence of monsters in the arcade...
Guardian Heroes
Developer: Treasure Publisher: Sega Release: 04/24/96 Genre: Beat em up Sega had a lot of partnerships with smaller developers in Japan that yielded many underrated classics like Ranger-X and Pulseman. But few were as impressive as Treasure. R...
The Death and Return of Superman
Developer: Blizzard Publisher: Sunsoft Release: 08/94 Genre: Beat em up The Death of Superman was a one two punch of events alongside Knightfall that rocketed DC Comics to the top of the sales charts in the early 90s. This was...
G.I. Joe: Wrath of Cobra
Developer: Maple Powered Games Publisher: Indie.io Release: 09/26/24 Genre: Beat em up Also on: Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series The side scrolling beat em up went through a long period of hibernation. The once corne...
Crisis Beat
Developer: Soft Machine Publisher: Virgin Release: 08/18/00 Genre: Beat em up The original PlayStation has games for everyone in every genre. You like fighting games? Well god damn son there is an embarrassment of riches. Sports games?...
Streets of Rage 3
Developer: Ancient Publisher: Sega Release: Genre: Beat ’em up Streets of Rage 2 is one of the greatest beat em ups of all time. It tops the list of greatest games in the genre regularly and is one of the...
Fighting Force 64
Developer: Core Design Publisher: Crave Release: 04/30/99 Genre: Beat em up In the late 90s Eidos were the “it” publisher. While they had their successes Tomb Raider raised their stock significantly, figuratively and literally. This newfound ...
Annet Futatabi
Developer: Wolf Team Publisher: Wolf Team Release: 03/30/93 Genre: Beat em up Annet Futatabi is a game I longed for after seeing it in a random issue of EGM. The idea of two separate video game characters starring...
Iron Commando
Developer: Arcade Zone Publisher: Poppo Release: 02/10/95 Genre: Beat em up I have mentioned that the beat em up genre was over saturated in the early 90s. Trust me it is true. But despite the glut of...