doubleviking.com — Once upon a time, gamers actually had to be skilled in order to be successful in video games. Very little was candy-coated, and most was rather hard-boiled. Back then, those games separated the men from the boys. These games were awesome and memorable - and almost represent an entire stage of life.
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spacecowMay 25, 2007
The best part of the Streets of Rage series was Yuzo Koshiro's awesome, awesome music.(Can't wait to see what he's been brought onboard Super Smash Brothers: Brawl for... But we all know he's damn good at music to beat people up to :)
Closed AccountMay 25, 2007
Dugg down for the poor quality of the article.
jedicorMay 25, 2007
I spent many enjoyable afternoons with my best friend playing this. Loved that game. Good old fashion randomly explosive fun.
kspongeMay 25, 2007
These were always my favorite genre of games. Starting Judo at 8 probably had some bearing on it. I just loved all fighting. Still do.
rayzaMay 25, 2007
The Punisher (arcade version) was another great one..
checkpleaseMay 25, 2007
The best part of the Beat'em Up game was the ability to inflict damage to your teammate. Oh, sure, it starts with an errant hit intended for a bad guy but accidentally knocks out the ball bat your buddy had hung on to for 3 stages. Next thing you know, your buddy gives you a similar errant hit, but it kills you. In retaliation, you make it a point to knock your buddy off the mandatory Ledge From Which There is No Option Other Than Death in every one of these games. After that, it's on. And the victor, of course, gets screwed facing the next level boss solo, but with enough tricks saved up for 2 players rather than 1. I need to go home, call up some pals, and play Golden Axe.
Closed AccountMay 25, 2007
Hell yea. There is nothing better in this world than drop kicking a phone booth or an oil drum to reveal a cooked turkey that replenishes your strength.
jessealanlongJun 16, 2007
Well, both arcade TMNT games were released for home consoles, though the second one was treated better graphically than the first one in the terms of home conversion. Still, TMNT II and TMNT III for the NES rocked and TMNT II had three all new bosses and two whole new levels, so, in a sense, I actually prefer playing THAT version than the arcade original and if you think that Granitor (the blue Rock Soldier) and General Tragg (the red Rock Soldier with the combat helmet) were tough, then just tangle with Shogun. That guy is one tough customer! As for there being an X-Men game being released for the Super Famicom/SNES, well, the only Marvel beat-em-ups that I know about that were ever released for those consoles were X-Men: Mutant Apocalypse and Marvel Super Heroes: War of the Gems and those were mediocre games that were made by Capcom. It is a shock that they released the Konami version of X-Men to a home console. Who did it? Was it a hack? How well of a conversion was it to the SNES/Super Famicom? As for the last game on your list, well, I hear that it is a pretty good game but were some things written better in the series, then it would get more props but it was not and well ESOTEs (elitist scum of the earth people) say that things should not change in a series and blah, blah, blah. If they really liked the series, then they would keep it alive but that is for another time and another place.