Beat 'em ups
Beat 'em ups are video games which place a fighter or group of fighters in a world of many adversaries, and the goal is to defeat them via punching or kicking or striking with handheld weapons such as clubs.
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| Cover | Title | Graphics | 3d gameplay |
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| Beat 'em ups | |||
| (Also known as single-plane or side-scrolling) After the War - Dinamic Multimedia, Altered Beast - Sega, Astro Boy: Omega Factor - Treasure/Sega, Atrog - Zafiro, Bad Dudes vs. DragonNinja / DragonNinja - Data East / Imagine Entertainment, Bad Street Brawler / Street Hassle / Bop' N Rumble - Beam Software, Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Batman Forever - Probe Entertainment (Game Gear, MS-DOS), Acclaim Entertainment (SNES, Genesis, Game Boy), Battle Zeque Den - Arsys Software, Billy 2 - Loriciels1991 | 2D (sprites) | (Also known as belt scroll) Act of Fighter - SoftStar, 64th Street - Jaleco, Advance Guardian Heroes / Guardian Heroes 2 - Treasure, Alien Storm - Sega, Alien vs. Predator (Arcade) - Capcom, Alien vs Predator (SNES) - Jorudan, Arabian Fight - Sega, Arabian Magic - Taito, Armored Warriors / Powered Gear: Strategic Variant Armor Equipment - Capcom, Asterix - Konami, Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker (GBC) - Kemco, Batman Forever: The Arcade Game - Iguana Entertainment, Batman Returns (SNES) - Konami, Batman Returns (NES) - Konami, Battle Circuit - Capcom, Battletoads series - Rare Battletoads (1991 video game), Battletoads & Double Dragon, Battletoads in Battlemaniacs - Rare (SNES), Virgin Interactive (SMS), Battletoads / Super Battletoads, Beats of Rage - Senile Team, Big Fight: Big Trouble in the Atlantic Ocean - Tatsumi, Black Touch '96 - DGRM, Blade Master - Irem, Brute Force - Leland Corporation, Bucky O'Hare - Konami, Burning Fight - SNK, Cartoon Network: Battle Crashers - Magic Pockets, Cadillacs and Dinosaurs / Cadillacs Kyouryuu Shin Seiki - Capcom, Captain America and The Avengers - Data East, Captain Commando - Capcom, Castle Crashers - The Behemoth, Charlie Murder - Ska Studios, Cliffhanger - Sony Imagesoft, The Combatribes - Technōs Japan, Corsarios - OperaSoft, Crime Fighters series - Konami Crime Fighters, Vendetta / Crime Fighters 2, Violent Storm / Crime Fighters 3, Crows: The Battle Action - Athena, The Crystal of Kings - BrezzaSoft, Cyborg Justice - Novotrade International, D. 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Crew - Sega, Dark Judgement - Frankenstein Studio, The Death and Return of Superman - Blizzard Entertainment / Sunsoft, Defenders of Dynatron City - Lucasfilm, Denjin Makai series - Banpresto Denjin Makai, Guardians / Denjin Makai II, DJ Boy series - Kaneko DJ Boy, B.Rap Boys!, Double Dragon series - Technōs Japan Double Dragon (video game), Double Dragon II: The Revenge, Double Dragon 3: The Rosetta Stone - East Technology, Super Double Dragon / Double Dragon 4, Double Dragon Neon, Dragon Bowl - Nics, Dragon's Crown - Vanillaware - Atlus, Dungeon & Guarder - Game Park, Dungeons & Dragons series - Capcom Dungeons & Dragons: Tower of Doom, Dungeons & Dragons: Shadow over Mystara, Dungeon Fighter Online - Neople, Dungeon Magic / Lightbringer - Taito, Dynamite Düx - Sega, Electronic Popple - Byteshock, Fight'N Rage - Seba Games Dev, Final Fight series - Capcom Final Fight Mighty Final Fight - Capcom, Final Fight 2 / Fainaru Faito 2, Final Fight 3 / Final Fight Tough / Fainaru Faito Tafu, Final Vendetta - Bitmap Bureau, Franko series - Blue Sunset Games Franko: The Crazy Revenge - World Software, Skinny & Franko: Fists of Violence - Blue Sunset Games, Gaiapolis - Konami, Gaia Crusaders - Noise Factory, Gang Wars - Alpha Denshi, Gekido Advance: Kintaro's Revenge - Naps Team, The Gladiator / Shen Jian Fu Mo Lu / Shen Jian Fengyun - International Games System, G.I. Joe: Wrath of Cobra - Maple Powered Games, Golden Axe series - Sega Golden Axe, Golden Axe II, Golden Axe: The Revenge of Death Adder, Golden Axe III, Gourmet Warriors / Gurume Sentai Barayarō - Virgin Interactive / Piko Interactive, Growl - Taito, Guardians of the 'Hood - Atari Games, Hachoo! - Jaleco, Her Knights: All for Princess - Byulbram, Hook (Arcade) - Irem, Jackie Chan Adventures: Legend of the Dark Hand - Torus Games, Judge Dredd (unreleased) - Midway Games, Justice League Heroes: The Flash - WayForward Technologies, Iron Commando - Arcade Zone, Kabuki-Z - Kaneko, Karate Blazers - Video System, The King of Dragons - Capcom, Knights of the Round - Capcom, Knights of Valour series - International Games System Knights of Valour, Knights of Valour 2, Knights of Valour 3, Knights of Valour: The Seven Spirits - International Games System, Sega Sammy Holdings, Knuckle Bash series - Toaplan Knuckle Bash, Knuckle Bash 2, Last Beat Enhanced - 7 Raven Studios, Lethal Weapon (NES, Game Boy) - Ocean, Kozure Ookami - Nichibutsu, Kung Food - Atari Corporation, Kunio-kun series - Technōs Japan Renegade / Nekketsu Kōha Kunio-kun, River City Ransom / Street Gangs / Downtown Nekketsu Monogatari - Technōs (NES), Million (GBA), SPS (X68000), KID (TurboGrafx-16), Double Dragon II/ Nekketsu Kōha Kunio-kun: Bangai Rantō-hen / Kunio-kun 3 (Game Boy), Downtown Special: Kunio-kun's Historical Period Drama! / Kunio-kun 4, Shodai Nekketsu Kōha Kunio-kun / Kunio-kun 5, Shin Nekketsu Kōha: Kunio-tachi no Banka / Kunio-kun 6, River City Ransom: Underground - Conatus Creative Inc., River City Girls - Arc System Works, Last Action Hero (Amiga) - The Dome, Legend - Arcade Zone, Legend (1998 remake) - Toka, Legend of Heroes - Limenko, The Legend of Silkroad series - UNiCO Electronics The Legend of Silkroad, Age Of Heroes - Silkroad 2, Legionnaire - TAD, Little Fighter series Little Fighter - Marti Wong, Little Fighter 2 - Marti Wong, Starsky Wong, Little Fighter Online - Marti Wong, Oscar Chu, Marvel Cosmic Invasion, Mazin Saga: Mutant Fighter - Dynamic Planning, Metro-Active X - Metro-Star, Metamorphic Force - Konami, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie - Banpresto (Genesis), Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Rita's rewind - digital eclipse, Mother Russia Bleeds - Le Cartel Studio, Mug Smashers - Electronic Devices, 3D Games, Mutant Rampage: Bodyslam (CD-i) - Animation Magic, Mutation Nation - SNK, Nekketsu Oyako - Technosoft, Night Slashers - Data East, Ninja Baseball Bat Man - Irem, Ninja Clowns - Strata, Incredible Technologies, Ninja Combat - Alpha Denshi, Ninja Gaiden / Shadow Warriors - Tecmo, Ninja Kids - Taito, Oriental Legend series - International Games System Oriental Legend, Oriental Legend Super, Oriental Legend Super Plus, Oriental Legend 2, The Pirates of Dark Water (SNES) - Sunsoft, P.O.W.: Prisoners of War - SNK, Pu·Li·Ru·La - Taito, The Punisher - Capcom, Raging Justice - MakinGames, Renegade series Renegade / Nekketsu Kōha Kunio-kun - Technōs / Imagine Entertainment, Target: Renegade - Imagine Entertainment, Renegade III: The Final Chapter - Imagine Entertainment, Riot Zone - Westone Bit Entertainment, Riot City - Sega, Westone, Rival Turf! / Rushing Beat series - Jaleco Rival Turf! / Rushing Beat, Brawl Brothers / Rushing Beat Ran Fukusei Toshi, The Peace Keepers / Rushing Beat Syura , Robo Army - SNK, Rumble Dragon - RETSUZAN, San Guo Yan Yi: Huo Shao Chi Bi - Gamtec (Mega Drive), Sailor Moon series - Angel Sailor Moon - Angel (SNES), Arc System Works (Genesis), Sailor Moon R, Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon - Gazelle, Banpresto, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game - Ubisoft, Sengoku series - SNK Sengoku, Sengoku 2, Sengoku 3 - Noise Factory, Shadow Force - Technōs, Shingen Samurai-Fighter / Takeda Shingen - Jaleco, Silent Dragon - Taito, The Simpsons Arcade Game - Konami, Sonic Blast Man series - Taito Sonic Blast Man, Sonic Blast Man II, Spider-Man series - Software Creations Spider-Man and Venom: Maximum Carnage, Venom/Spider-Man: Separation Anxiety, Spider-Man: The Video Game - Sega, Splatterhouse 3 - Now Production, Stone Protectors - Kemco, Storm series Eojjeonji Joheun Il-i Saenggil Geot Gateun Jeonyeok - TG Entertainment, Storm: Eojjeonji Joheun Il-i Saenggil Geot Gateun Jeonyeok 2 - MOOV Generation, Streets of Fury - Cyrille Lagarigue / Jordi Asensio, Streets of Rage series - Sega Streets of Rage, Streets of Rage 2 - Ancient / H.I.C. / Shout! Designworks, Streets of Rage 3, Streets of Rage 4, Streets of Rage Remake - unofficial fangame, Tecmo Knight / Wild Fang - Tecmo, The TakeOver - DANGEN Entertainment, Three Dirty Dwarves - Sega, The Friends of Ringo Ishikawa - Yeo, The Tick - Software Creations, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Konami, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time - Konami, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project - Konami, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Hyperstone Heist - Konami, TMNT (GBA) - Ubisoft, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge, , Tenchi wo Kurau series - Capcom Dynasty Tribute wo Kurau, Warriors of Fate / Tenchi wo Kurau II: Sekiheki no Tatakai, Tough Turf - Sega, Sunsoft, Ultra Toukon Densetsu - Banpresto / Tsuburaya Productions, Ultraverse Prime / Microcosm - Sony Imagesoft, Undercover Cops - Irem, Vamf x1/2 - Danbi / F2 System, Violent Storm - Konami, Warrior Blade: Rastan Saga Episode III - Taito, Water Margin: A Tale of Cloud and Wind - Piko Interactive, Water Margin: Heroes of the Marsh / Shuihuzhuan: Liangshan Yingxiong - Panda Entertainment, West Adventure / Xi You Ji - Panda Entertainment, Wild C.A.T.s - Playmates Interactive, X-Men - Konami, X-Men: Reign of Apocalypse - Digital Eclipse, Yang Jia Jiang - Yang Warrior Family - Sanxun Information Co., Zero Team - Seibu Kaihatsu | |
| (Also known as 2.5D) Fairy Bloom Freesia - Edelweiss / Nyu Media, Spider-Man: Web of Shadows - Treyarch / Shaba Games (PSP, PS2), Griptonite Games (NDS), Viewtiful Joe series - Clover Studio Viewtiful Joe, Viewtiful Joe 2, Viewtiful Joe: Red Hot Rumble, Viewtiful Joe: Double Trouble! | 3D (polygons) | Anarchy Reigns - PlatinumGames, Asura's Wrath - CyberConnect2, Ben 10: Protector of Earth - High Voltage Software, Batman: Rise of Sin Tzu - Ubisoft Montreal, Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker - Kemco, Beat Down: Fists of Vengeance - Capcom, The Bouncer - DreamFactory, Square, Capoeira Legends - Donsoft Entertainment, Crisis Beat - Bandai, Cowboy Bebop: Serenade of Reminiscence - Bandai, Crimson Tears - Capcom, The Crow: City of Angels - Gray Matter, Dead Rising - Capcom, Death by Degrees - Namco, Demolish Fist - Sammy, Dimps, Dynamite Deka series - AM1 Die Hard Arcade / Dynamite Deka - AM1, Sega Technical Institute, Dynamite Cop / Dynamite Deka 2, Dynamite Deka EX: Asian Dynamite, EOE: Eve of Extinction - Eidos Interactive, Fantastic Four - Acclaim Entertainment, Fighting Force series - Core Design Fighting Force, Fighting Force 2, Final Fight: Streetwise - Capcom, Secret Level, Gekido - Naps Team, Gremlin Interactive, God Hand - Clover Studio, Jackie Chan Stuntmaster - Radical Entertainment, Jet Li: Rise to Honor - Sony, Kenka Bancho: Badass Rumble - Atlus, Kung Fu Strike - The Warriors Rise - PC, Xbox 360, MadWorld - PlatinumGames, Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks - Midway Games, Paradox Development, Mortal Kombat: Special Forces - Midway Games, Minority Report: Everybody Runs - Activision, Naruto: Uzumaki Cronicles series Naruto: Uzumaki Chronicles - Cavia, Naruto: Uzumaki Chronicles 2 - Bandai, Perfect Weapon - Gray Matter, Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue - THQ, Power Rangers Megaforce - Bandai Namco Games, Power Rangers Super Megaforce - Bandai Namco Entertainment, The Rage - FluidGames, Sifu (video game) - Sloclap, Spikeout series - Sega Spikeout: Digital Battle Online, Slash Out, Spikeout: Battle Street, Spyborgs - Bionic Games, State of Emergency - VIS Entertainment, Transformers: Prime – The Game - Activision, Tokyo Beat Down - Atlus, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series - Konami Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: Battle Nexus, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3: Mutant Nightmare, TMNT - Ubisoft, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Magic Pockets, Urban Reign - Namco, Wario World - Treasure, The Warriors - Rockstar Toronto (PS2, Xbox), Rockstar Leeds (PSP), Watchmen: The End Is Nigh - Deadline Games, X2: Wolverine's Revenge - GenePool Software, X-Men: The Official Game - Z-Axis, Yakuza / Ryū ga Gotoku series - Sega Kurohyō: Ryū ga Gotoku Shinshō, Yakuza, Yakuza 0, Yakuza 2, Yakuza 3, Yakuza 4, Yakuza 5, Yakuza 6, Yakuza Kiwami, Yakuza Kiwami 2, Zombie Revenge - Sega | |
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