let's discuss the long forgotten genre of "beat em ups&

Galvatron78 · Post by **Galvatron78** » Sat Mar 05, 2011 12:33 am

I've played a lot of them, courtesy of my handy dandy Supergun i now have all of them (the important ones at least). Most people look past these types of games as "boring" or "rental" material or something with no replay value i disagree (maybe if you'd stop hitting "continue" every 2 minutes you wouldnt beat the game so got-damn quickly). I grew up on beat em' ups and my top ten list (if i had to do one off the head) consists of

1. Aliens vs Predator (Capcoms best and overlooked beat em up)

2. Armored Warriors (Capcom and the prequel to Cyberbots...think Final Fight with Mechs)

3. Final Fight (one of the best ever)

4. Double Dragon I and II

5. Streets of rage Trilogy (3 was not that bad)

6. Night Slashers (guilty pleasure....kinda wack but the gore pus it over the top)

7. Zombie Revenge (take resident Evil and Streets of rage and add em together you have a classic)

8. X-Men Arcade (Fuck you WENDIGO!!!!)

9. Caddilacs and Dinosaurs

10. The TMNT series

Back when these games were in style it was all abou you and your friends getting on the machine and talking a gang of shit and possibly conquering all the bosses. Feel free to discuss.

Tired & Broke · Post by **Tired & Broke** » Sat Mar 05, 2011 4:32 am

Prolly my favorite genre of all time and the closet thing we have to them in these modern time is Hack/Slash and Action-RPG types. There was some dope ones that came around 99-01 I think like, I had to emulate these of course.

Ninja Baseball Batman

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or

Sengoku 3

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Anytime one of these are droppped on XBL for nostalgia purposes, Im all over it and supporting it with my cash flow. From Scott Pilgrim, TMNT Re-shelled, Double Dragon, SOR2, Castle Crashers, X-men etc.

if any one from

wants to kick some ass with any of these over XBLA, Id be more than down.

360 · Post by **360** » Sat Mar 05, 2011 11:14 am

I recommend the Ninja Gaidens of the last 5 years. They are excellent.

YouTube · Post by **Philaflava** » Sat Mar 05, 2011 11:22 am

Fist of The North Star, all the Double Dragons, Ninja Gaiden and my favorite

Dragondude R · Post by **Dragondude R** » Sat Mar 05, 2011 12:36 pm

360 wrote:I recommend the Ninja Gaidens of the last 5 years. They are excellent.

The Aluminum Falcon · Post by **The Aluminum Falcon** » Sat Mar 05, 2011 1:37 pm

EMCEE DARTH MALEK · Post by **EMCEE DARTH MALEK** » Sat Mar 05, 2011 4:29 pm

alien vs predator was my fav arcade game for a while

i don't think this genre is forgotten though. wasn't god of war one of the top sellers? and now there's a bunch of copies of that.

Shup Diddy · Post by **Shup Diddy** » Sat Mar 05, 2011 5:50 pm

word to this post.

die hard arcade, mostly for the nostalgia factor
turtles in time
warriors of fate
Cadillacs & dinosaurs

Moolah · Post by **Moolah** » Sat Mar 05, 2011 6:33 pm

Anyone else fuck with The Simpsons arcade game?

TMNT, Streets of Rage, The Simpsons and Final Fight were my shit.

Galvatron78 · Post by **Galvatron78** » Sun Mar 06, 2011 12:22 am

Shup Diddy wrote:word to this post.

die hard arcade, mostly for the nostalgia factor

that was the only brawling game i know of where you can Bulldog Headlock, German Suplex, Steiner Screwdrive, Giant Swing and Frankenstein and Dragon Punch people with reckless abandon. Die Hard Arcade is truly a fuck-everything-up game.

Nl5H · Post by **Nl5H** » Sun Mar 06, 2011 3:17 am

Moolah wrote:Anyone else fuck with The Simpsons arcade game?

TMNT, Streets of Rage, The Simpsons and Final Fight were my shit.

yes to all of that.

beat simpsons in arcade. simpsons was actually hard. i have been final fight too, with haggar i think. it took a lot of money, but i made it. I can't remember if i've beaten tmnt in the arcade. I think i've beaten tmnt on nintendo though...shit was hard.

i beat streets of rage as well. i remember the last level being a cut above the rest.

i also like shinobi and altered beast.

perabigail · Post by **perabigail** » Sun Mar 06, 2011 10:29 am

The Aluminum Falcon wrote:

this shit was fucking gangster. they had this at the dairy queen arcade when i was a wee little shit, and i would play it all day. i wonder how many quarters i put into this fucking game when i was younger...

Thun · Post by **Thun** » Sun Mar 06, 2011 3:38 pm

Nl5H · Post by **Nl5H** » Sun Mar 06, 2011 4:50 pm

Brokewax · Post by **Brokewax** » Sun Mar 06, 2011 4:55 pm

Fighting force for PSX was my shit

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ric · Post by **ric** » Sun Mar 06, 2011 11:22 pm

alien vs predator beat em up? please explain further. the only avp game i know of is the shitty first person shooter that was remade recently and not improved. cool ideas, terrible execution.

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goat status right here. i didnt understand what was going on all the time but whatever, this shit is/was great
xmen

tmnt in time

drobizhek · Post by **drobizhek** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 6:18 am

The Punisher was my favorite from back in the days. Cads and dynos was second.

Shup Diddy · Post by **Shup Diddy** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 8:55 am

Galvatron78 wrote:
Shup Diddy wrote:word to this post.

die hard arcade, mostly for the nostalgia factor
that was the only brawling game i know of where you can Bulldog Headlock, German Suplex, Steiner Screwdrive, Giant Swing and Frankenstein and Dragon Punch people with reckless abandon. Die Hard Arcade is truly a fuck-everything-up game.

it truly was a tour de force can of whoop ass

360 · Post by **360** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 12:25 pm

Starwars: The Force Unleashed was good. The sequel sucked, though.

Drastik · Post by **Drastik** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 12:18 am

Drastik · Post by **Drastik** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 12:22 am

360 wrote:Starwars: The Force Unleashed was good. The sequel sucked, though.

How the fuck is that and the modern Ninja Gaiden's (since the original Xbox) a mash-em up game? Force Unleashed is a makeshift rpg, and Ninja Gaiden is just adventure. I think you're confused, because both of those don't have anything to do with the other games mentioned in the thread. They don't even have multi-player.....

The best recent mash-em up has to be Scott Pilgrim vs The World. Shit is banana sandwich especially when you get 3 other players to play with you.

Galvatron78 · Post by **Galvatron78** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 9:21 pm

Drastik wrote: The best recent mash-em up has to be Scott Pilgrim vs The World. Shit is banana sandwich especially when you get 3 other players to play with you.

Yep! To me it was the new River City Ransom.

AMASK · Post by **AMASK** » Mon Mar 14, 2011 5:46 pm

die hard arcade is an all time classic.
same goes for simpsons and x-men.
however, a friend of mine recently bought x-men arcade on the ps3 network and it was weak, not because it aged so much, but just because playing it on a new system after years of playing modern videogames showed how badly the hit detection system was and how repetitive and easy the game is without having to play quarters. plus i think the actual joystick made the gameplay feel much better then a controller.

360 · Post by **360** » Mon Mar 14, 2011 5:56 pm

Drastik wrote:
360 wrote:Starwars: The Force Unleashed was good. The sequel sucked, though.
How the fuck is that and the modern Ninja Gaiden's (since the original Xbox) a mash-em up game? Force Unleashed is a makeshift rpg, and Ninja Gaiden is just adventure. I think you're confused, because both of those don't have anything to do with the other games mentioned in the thread. They don't even have multi-player.....

The best recent mash-em up has to be Scott Pilgrim vs The World. Shit is banana sandwich especially when you get 3 other players to play with you.

You're an idiot.

the dead poet · Post by **the dead poet** » Mon Mar 14, 2011 10:11 pm

Ninja Turtles Arcade game was the shit too. If you disagree I will fucking kill you.

madtapes · Post by **madtapes** » Tue Mar 15, 2011 2:03 am

^Still one of my all time favorites.

Anyone here fuck with the Yakuza series? They play like a combo of GTA and Streets of Rage. Great arcade style beat em up action. Number four is out tomorrow. Probably my favorite current series.

Spartan · Post by **Spartan** » Tue Mar 15, 2011 7:04 am

Does anyone remember a beat-em up that was released by Atlus around the time of SFII: Champion Edition? Completely forgotten what it was called and it's been bugging me for ages.

Kalistoga · Post by **Kalistoga** » Tue Mar 15, 2011 7:46 am

some of my favorites...

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Combo7 · Post by **Combo7** » Tue Mar 15, 2011 10:16 am

360 wrote:
Drastik wrote:
360 wrote:Starwars: The Force Unleashed was good. The sequel sucked, though.
How the fuck is that and the modern Ninja Gaiden's (since the original Xbox) a mash-em up game? Force Unleashed is a makeshift rpg, and Ninja Gaiden is just adventure. I think you're confused, because both of those don't have anything to do with the other games mentioned in the thread. They don't even have multi-player.....

The best recent mash-em up has to be Scott Pilgrim vs The World. Shit is banana sandwich especially when you get 3 other players to play with you.
You're an idiot.

He was a little emotional and didn't back up his statements very well but he's sort of right. 3D Devil May Cry-type of games are obviously rooted in the classic side-scrolling beat 'em up genre, but they've evolved into something unique to the last console generation or two. There's a huge difference between a fast-paced arcade title like Final Fight and a game like DMC or God of War where you're expected to explore your environment, collect items, and upgrade your abilities and shit.

duhbreez · Post by **duhbreez** » Wed Mar 16, 2011 6:44 pm

Kalistoga wrote:
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ah memories.

Another one of my favorites