Ludography
Bad Street Brawler cover

1987 · Port · Krome Studios Melbourne · Action · Beat 'em up

Bad Street Brawler

Nintendo console exclusivePort

Bad Street Brawler was one of two games that were designed for the Power Glove, which was manufactured by Mattel for the Nintendo Entertainment System.

Also known as
Street Hassle
Released
1987
Platforms
NESCommodore 64MS-DOS
Genres
ActionBeat 'em upFighting
Developers
Krome Studios Melbourne
Publishers
Mindscape
Modes
Single-player
Perspective
Side view
Themes
Action
Country
Australia
Age ratings
ESRB E
Languages
English

About

Bad Street Brawler is a beat 'em up video game published by Mattel in 1989 for the Nintendo Entertainment System. It was originally released for home computers as Bop'n Rumble in North America and as Street Hassle in Europe.

Versions were released in 1987 for the ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64 by Melbourne House in Europe and for the C64 and MS-DOS by Mindscape in North America. The Nintendo Entertainment System conversion from Mattel followed in September 1989. It is one of only two games specifically designed for use with Mattel's Power Glove.

›Story

Duck Davis makes his way through the city, beating up any gangsters and other adversaries that get in his way. This includes such odd enemies as gorillas and old ladies who throw pocketbooks. Duck Davis is the "world's coolest" martial artist.

Keywords

  • martial arts
  • street fighting
  • brawler
  • collectibles
  • power glove support

Media

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Gameplay

The player assumes the role of Duke Davis (the back of the box calls him Duke Dunnegan), who goes from stage to stage beating up gangsters that get in his way. He is dressed in a yellow tank top, sunglasses, and yellow pants, and is described as a former punk rocker and the "world's coolest" martial artist.

Before each stage, a quote is presented (e.g., "Never trouble trouble until trouble troubles you"). The player fights a variety of enemies, such as gorillas and circus dwarves that can throw hammers (old ladies in the computer versions throw purses). There are a total of 15 stages. Moves include the "bull ram" attack and "trip" move.

Development

Coverage of the Nintendo version was set to be announced at the Winter CES 1988 by Mindscape, but was pulled at the Summer CES 1988, and a conversion of the arcade game Paperboy took its place.

Reception

Electronic Gaming Monthly's Seanbaby placed it as number 16 in his "20 worst games of all time" feature.

Zzap!64 called it "A extremely strange but enjoyable beat 'em up", giving it an overall score of 80%.

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

Releases by platform
PlatformReleasedRegions
NES1 September 1989North America

Title IDsone per regional release, with its latest update

Title ids and disc serials by release
PlatformTitle IDRegionLatest update
NESNES-BVNorth America—

Box artone per regional release we hold art for

Editions and related releases

Included in
Piko Interactive Collection 4
Part of
Bop'n Rumble
Port of
Bop'n Rumble

Games like this

Collections1 collection

Platform libraries

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