

Shao Lin's Road
1985Konami · Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Commodore C64/128/MAX +1
Shao-Lin's Road is a kung-fu platformer in which the player must kick to victory! GUTS!
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258 games like Oriental Hero · 1982 – 2023


Konami · Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Commodore C64/128/MAX +1
Shao-Lin's Road is a kung-fu platformer in which the player must kick to victory! GUTS!
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Timed SNK exclusive
ADK · Arcade, Neo Geo, Neo Geo CD +2
Ninja Master's follows the conventions of many previous 2D fighting games released for the Neo-Geo. The player must defeat their opponent in combat in a series of best-two-out-of-three matches. Characters can change between using the charac
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Timed Sega exclusive
Sega AM2 · Arcade, Linux, PS3 +7
Virtua Fighter 2 is a fighting video game developed by Sega. It is the sequel to Virtua Fighter (1993) and the second game in the Virtua Fighter series. It was created by Sega's Yu Suzuki-headed AM2 and was released for arcades in 1994. Por
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Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade +7
Ninja is a beat 'em up game. As a Ninja, the player attacks a fortress made of individual fixed screens which can be explored non-linearly.
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Timed SNK exclusive
Sunsoft · Arcade, Neo Geo, Nintendo 3DS +5
Waku Waku 7 is a SNK fighting game originally released for the Neo Geo MVS arcade system.
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Atari console exclusive
Atari 2600, ColecoVision, Commodore C64/128/MAX +1
Chuck Norris Superkicks, is a 1983 video game produced by Xonox where the player takes control of Chuck Norris. It was later sold as Kung Fu Superkicks when the license for the use of the name Chuck Norris expired. The game was produced for
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Timed SNK exclusive
ADK · Arcade, Neo Geo, Neo Geo CD +4
Ninja Commando is a vertically scrolling action game released by ADK in 1992. Players choose from among three ninjas - Joe, descended from the Koga ninja; Rayar, a woman who has learned the ways of the Iga ninja; and Ryu, descendant of the
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Nintendo console exclusive
Konami · Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Commodore C64/128/MAX +2
Shao-Lin's Road is a kung-fu platformer in which the player must kick to victory! GUTS!
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SNK · Android, Arcade, PS3 +2
The King of Fighters XIII is a fighting game in the The King of Fighters series. The game is set after the events from The King of Fighters XI and is also the conclusion of Ash Crimson's story arc, which started in The King of Fighters 2003
79 rating8 lists3 h main storyOften paired


Team Ninja · Arcade, PlayStation, Sega Saturn
Dead or Alive is a 1996 arcade fighting game by Tecmo for the Sega Model 2 (2A CRX and 2B CRX) arcade hardware and the first game in their Dead or Alive franchise. It was ported to the Sega Saturn in 1997. A limited edition was also release
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PlayStation exclusive
PlayStation
A 1998 3D-based fighting game developed by Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo and published by Konami. It was later re-released in 2001 under the reissue title Kensei: Sacred Fist Value Series. The game is a straight-to-console release, wi
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PlayStation exclusive
Tamsoft · PlayStation
Battle Arena Toshinden 4 is a spectacular 3d combat tournament that goes beyond the limits in an all-out battle where reflexes, skills and timing are essential to defeat the many adversaries. Each bout is played within an incredible 3d loc
70 rating1 listOften paired
Nintendo exclusive
NMK · NES
They struck without warning, wiping out the Earth's defenses in one master stroke. Cities were crushed, and the invading aliens showed no mercy! A small resistance force of Ninja, refusing to be conquered, still remained to fight the evil I
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Naughty Dog · 3DO, 3DO Interactive Multiplayer
The planet's greatest warriors have been assembled in a citadel, high atop the Himalayan mountains. It is here that only one challenger will survive and have his name etched with magical blood into the Book of Warriors. The tournament will
38 rating1 listOften paired
Nintendo console exclusive
Taito · Arcade, Switch
The game takes place during the early 1950s in the United States, where an underground tournament known as the "Violence Fight" had become very popular among the criminal underworld and the public at large; criminals, especially mobsters, a
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Nintendo console exclusive
System 3 · Amiga, Amiga CD32, Atari ST +4
Real hatred is timeless. Ninja 3 is here and ready to explode onto your screen with the most glorious display of graphics and animated fight sequences ever seen in this type of game. With a massive introduction sequence, incredibly detail
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Timed NEC exclusive
Taito · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade +7
The Ninja Warriors presents side-scrolling hand-to-hand combat. Players take control of Kunoichi or Ninja and fight wave after wave of Banglar forces across five levels.
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Psikyo · Arcade
The game focuses mostly on reality fighting than fictional. At the start of the game in 1P mode, the player will face against the other fighter that uses the same fighting style as the one the player chose. After the player wins against the
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CRL Group · Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, Commodore C64/128/MAX +1
After a long journey over the seas, Ninja Hamster has come home to find his village being terrorised by a gang lead by Sinister Rat and The Lizard of Death. In this beat-em-up you must fight six members of the gang as well as the two leader
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Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 16 +3
In the ancient realms and provinces of the "Land of the Rising Sun" lived a breed of warriors - feared by all and who feared no one. These were the NINJA. To rise in the ranks of the Ninja was the ultimate challenge in human endeavour. Now
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Timed SNK exclusive
ADK Corporation · Arcade, Neo Geo, Wii +2
Ninja Master's follows the conventions of many previous 2D fighting games released for the Neo-Geo. The player must defeat their opponent in combat in a series of best-two-out-of-three matches. Characters can change between using the charac
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Timed Xbox exclusive
Switch, Windows, Xbox One
Override: Mech City Brawl is a 3D mech-based brawler. Control gigantic robots and duke it out in fantastic cityscapes. Epic battles await with distinctive mechs in 1v1 brawls, 4-person online free-for-all, or 2 to 4-player party co-op – whe
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Android, iOS
Enter the world of Street Fighter like never before with the first mobile RPG game of the franchise - Street Fighter: Duel! Street Fighter: Duel is the official Street Fighter RPG mobile game for the casual Street Fighter fan, where you ca
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Incredible Technologies · Arcade
One of the bloodiest fighting games of the '90s, BloodStorm introduces a post-apocalyptic grimdark story where leaders of multiple provinces fight to the death to rule Earth.
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Capcom · Arcade
Vampire Hunter 2 was released simultaneously with Vampire Savior 2. Both games were not direct sequels but altered versions of Capcom's original, Vampire Savior. The game play is the same as with Night Warriors, though slightly tweaked so t
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Datamost · Apple II, FM-7, PC-8800 Series
Swashbuckler is an early fighting game for the Apple II family of computers, created by Paul Stephenson and published by Datamost in 1982. The player controls a sword-wielding swashbuckler who must fight and dispatch various attackers. Com
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Apple II, FM-7, PC-8800 Series
Swashbuckler is an early fighting game for the Apple II family of computers, created by Paul Stephenson and published by Datamost in 1982. The player controls a sword-wielding swashbuckler who must fight and dispatch various attackers. Com
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System 3 Software · Amiga, Amiga CD32, Amstrad CPC +6
Call it a sequel... And you'll land up flat on your back. They called International Karate "the greatest Karate beat' em up yet" (Commodore User). And who are we to argue? But Archer Maclean has come up with a stunner: A third fighter. An
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MS-DOS, Windows
Through playing games? Get set to get serious. With hardcore interactivity, astonishing realism, and brutal intensity, Savage Warriors is ready to kick the teeth out of anything you’ve ever experienced. In this killer beat-em-’up, you cho
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PlayStation exclusive
Capcom · PS2, PlayStation Portable
Kidou Senshi Gundam SEED Destiny: Rengou vs. Z.A.F.T. II Plus is an Action game, developed and published by Bandai Namco Games, which was released in Japan in 2006.
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Timed SNK exclusive
SNK · Arcade, Neo Geo, Wii +2
In this third and final entry in the Art of Fighting series, the story shifts from Ryo Sakazaki to his best friend and rival, Robert Garcia, as he ventures into Mexico to try and locate Freia Lawrence, a childhood friend, who asked for his
66 rating1 list
Nintendo console exclusive
System 3 · Acorn Archimedes, Acorn Electron, Amiga +10
Brotherhood. Survival. Revenge. The evil Shogun Kunitoki and his henchmen have slaughtered the entire Brotherhood of White Ninja. You alone survive. The Shogun has taken possession of the Ninja Palace of Lin Fen and the sacred scrolls con
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Sega console exclusive
Sega R&D1 · Arcade, Master System, SG-1000
Sega Ninja, originally released as Ninja Princess in Japan, is a 1985 run and gun video game developed and published by Sega for arcades. The player controls Princess Kurumi, the titular female ninja, who battles enemies using throwing kniv
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Allumer · Arcade, FM Towns, Switch +1
Blandia (ブランディア Burandia?) is a 1992 one-on-one, weapon-based fighting arcade game developed and published by Allumer. It is the sequel to the 1986 arcade game, Gladiator. Along with Strata's Time Killers, Blandia is one of the earliest wea
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Sega console exclusive
Arcade, SG-1000
Sega Ninja, originally released as Ninja Princess in Japan, is a 1985 run and gun video game developed and published by Sega for arcades. The player controls Princess Kurumi, the titular female ninja, who battles enemies using throwing kniv
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PlayStation console exclusive
French Bread · Arcade, PS3, PlayStation Vita
Under Night In-Birth is a 2D fighting game co-developed by Ecole Software and French-Bread. It received many updates for adjustments and characters.
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5pb. Inc. · PS3, Xbox 360, Xbox One
A 2D Fighting game loosely based on characters from the visual novel Chaos;Head.
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Nintendo console exclusive
Bandai Namco Entertainment · Arcade, Wii U
Pokkén Tournament was developed with BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment, Inc., the producers of one of the top achievements in fighting games, the Tekken series. True to its legacy, this game brings tight gameplay and incredible control to never-be
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Nintendo console exclusive
Bandai Namco Entertainment · Arcade, Switch, Wii U
Pokkén Tournament was developed with BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment, Inc., the producers of one of the top achievements in fighting games, the Tekken series. True to its legacy, this game brings tight gameplay and incredible control to never-be
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PlayStation exclusive
PlayStation
The setting takes place in the Japan-inspired Kingdom of Japone, where, around 450 years before the story starts, the Demon King Dragless rampaged through the lands until a young hero defeated and sealed him away. After centuries of slumber
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Nintendo exclusive
Game Boy Color
What your enemy fears the most is something it cannot see: You! A mysterious army has attacked the land of Koga and stolen an ancient and sacred scroll. As a highly trained ninja, it's up to you to find out who is behind the trouble and re
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SNES, Sega Genesis
Unlike most other fighting games, you can control only one character (Joe) in single-player mode. In two-player mode, you can choose to fight as any of the seven available fighters, and also choose a scenery. The game plays like a standard
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Nintendo exclusive
SNES
A Super Famicom fighter game based on the delinquent martial arts manga of the same name. It was developed and published by Culture Brain in 1994. The game is a standard martial arts one-on-one fighter in most respects, though features a f
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Nintendo exclusive
SNES
Taekwon-Do is based on the real life martial art taekwondo, using its real attacks and tournament rules. Each character (there are 19) has his own specialties and the player can create their own personalized fighter (selecting their abiliti
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Nintendo console exclusive
Data East · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Apple II +11
Bad Dudes Vs. DragonNinja, often referred to simply as Bad Dudes (on the American NES port of the arcade original), and known in Japan simply as DragonNinja is a 1988 arcade game developed and published by Data East. It was also ported to m
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Data East · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Apple II +8
Bad Dudes Vs. DragonNinja, often referred to simply as Bad Dudes (on the American NES port of the arcade original), and known in Japan simply as DragonNinja is a 1988 arcade game developed and published by Data East. It was also ported to m
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Nintendo console exclusive
Kronos Digital Entertainment · Nintendo 64, Windows
Dark Rift delivers hyper-active 3D fighting with a sci-fi theme! Compete against eight exotic and powerful characters and two very large bosses. Motion captured character animations enhance the realism. The arsenal includes multiple-hit com
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Android, Switch, PS4 +6
The cataclysmic battle between giant monsters has begun in this manga-inspired, side-scrolling, kaiju beat-'em-up! Titanic creatures known as Nephilim have invaded Earth, and the only hope of stopping them is DAWN (Defense Alliance Worldwid
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