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Game » consists of 6 releases. Released Oct 25, 2001
The Crystal of Kings is a side-scrollling beat em up developed for arcades by Brezzasoft.
Fight'N Rage is a classic-style beat-em-up that mixes influence from several iconic franchises, including Final Fight and Streets of Rage. The game is built for replay value in particular; with several branching paths, hidden mechanical depth, and several unlockables.
Rain Blood Chronicles: Mirage is a side-scrolling action game by OR1GO.
A spin-off from Capcom's Sengoku Basara hack 'n slash franchise for the PlayStation Portable.
A PSP spin-off of Arc System Works's signature fighting game series, combining the series's fighting game mechanics with belt-scrolling beat-'em-up gameplay. It also includes a port of Guilty Gear XX (#Reload or Slash) as a bonus.
Gaia Crusaders is the first game by Noise Factory. It is a beat 'em up in the same vein as Sengoku 3, with imaginative levels and interesting character designs.
Guardians also known as Denjinmakai II, is a side-scrolling beat 'em up for arcade.
Mr. X returns, and this time he brought robots! It's up to Axel, Blaze, Skate, and the mysterious cyborg Dr. Zan to put an end to Mr. X's plans once and for all in the final installment of the Streets of Rage trilogy.
Armored Warriors, the beat'em up from Capcom that features mechs as playable fighters.
A 1994 arcade beat-em-up by Capcom, based on the Dark Horse comics license based in turn on two sci-fi movie franchises. Humans and Predators join forces to fight the aliens who have overrun San Drad, California.
Straight-to-console sequel to the original Final Fight takes Mike Haggar worldwide as he and two new allies take on a re-grouped Mad Gear gang.
Mr. X and his powerful criminal syndicate have returned to the streets. Players take control of up to two of the four vigilantes, fighting their way through the hordes of punks once again, in one of the most acclaimed beat 'em up brawlers of all time.
A Sega Genesis brawler where two players take on foes as kabuki dancers.
SNK's answer to the crime-themed beat 'em up genre pits three police detectives against an army of international criminals in modern-day Japan.
Billy, Jimmy, and the whole Double Dragon gang fight for the Sacred Stones to save in the world in yet another beat-em-up.
A spiritual sequel to Bad Dudes vs. DragonNinja, Two Crude pits two muscle-bound brawlers against a militant gang in a post-nuclear New York City in the year 2030.
Final Fight is a classic beat-em-up game developed by Capcom featuring a memorable cast of characters, including Guy, Cody, and the first and only mustachioed ex-pro-wrestler turned mayor, Mike Haggar. Released for the CPS arcade system in 1989 and then ported to the SNES and other home systems.
An action platformer game that sees a ninja take on a group of kidnappers.
A beat 'em up where players control a martial artist, Thomas, who must rescue his girlfriend, Madonna. Released in 1988, this is the spiritual sequel to the first beat 'em up, Kung-Fu Master (Spartan X).
When the U.S. President has been kidnapped by ninjas, this game dares to ask the question: Are you a bad enough dude to rescue the president?
A game credited, in part, with the popularity of the brawler genre in the arcade craze of the 1980s and 1990s.
An arcade beat-em-up that received many ports for other systems. The game pioneered gameplay elements which would become the foundations of the scrolling beat 'em up genre.
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