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Your Kung Fu Is Good

My choices for top "Beat 'em Ups". Listed in order of preference, and with the platform I played the game on. Commentary to follow.

List items

1. Streets of Rage

Genesis - Amazing music, great characters, plenty of moves, and varied level design. The only thing I dislike about the game is the "Golden Axe" style backup feature, where you can call in fire support from an allied police officer. You can simply choose not to use it though.
2. Dungeons & Dragons: Shadow Over Mystara

Arcade - A good selection of characters, various selectable paths to travel, hidden items to find, and all in that great Capcom packaging that we all knew and loved.
3. Cadillacs and Dinosaurs

Arcade - I love Xenozoic Tales. (aka Cadillacs & Dinosaurs) I was ecstatic when I learned that Capcom had done a beat 'em up version of the series. As a fan of the series, let me tell you that it's brilliant. Capcom showed a love for all things C&D, and as usual, display their talent for well-made brawlers.
4. Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game

PS3
5. Streets of Rage 2

Genesis - In many ways the better game, when compared to the first one. Most would rank this one above the original Streets of Rage, but while the graphics were better, I like the music and level design of the first game more.
6. Double Dragon Advance

GBA - Such a great remake. Truly a shame that it's only available on a portable game system, as this makes 2 player playthroughs nearly impossible.
7. Final Fight

Arcade/Sega CD - Excellent characters, level design, music and play control. The only thing I can fault this for, is the lack of moves. Of course, that's simply because it's a much earlier entry in the genre, having been released in 1989.
8. Knights of the Round

Arcade/SNES
9. Guardian Heroes

Saturn
10. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time

SNES
11. Double Dragon

Arcade
12. River City Ransom

NES/GBA - BARF!!!
13. Bad Dudes

Arcade - Are you a bad enough dude to rescue the president?
14. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Arcade
15. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The HyperStone Heist

Genesis
16. Super Double Dragon

SNES
17. Golden Axe III

Genesis
18. God Hand

PS2 - I really need to get around to play this more. Perhaps then I can decide if I want to rate it higher.
19. Golden Axe

Genesis/Arcade
20. The Ninja Warriors Again

SNES - Is this a beat 'em up or a sidescroller? So confused... Either way, I love it.
21. Double Dragon II: The Revenge

NES
22. Captain Commando

Arcade
23. Mighty Final Fight

NES
24. Vigilante

TG16
25. Ninja Gaiden

Arcade

2 Comments First to Last Latest

Posted by Habast - October 26, 2012 at 4:54 PM

I love the old Golden Axe and Streets of Rage games. Have you ever played the Streets of Rage remake? It's a fan game that includes all the characters from the games + some new ones. Pretty fun.

Posted by Doppelgamer - October 26, 2012 at 6:51 PM

Come to think of it, I've had it on my computer for a year and haven't gotten around to playing it. Thanks for the reminder!

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