Side Scrolling Beat Em Up

Here we have all the games in the Side Scrolling Beat Em Up Section.
PS4
Side Scrolling Beat Em Up
Playable with Streets of Rage 1 or 2 soundtracks and plenty more nods to its retro roots, but doesn’t it look delightful with its moody settings capture the urban grit perfectly. Just hope players get the chance to appreciate the surrounds whilst swinging punches furiously.
Super Famicom
Side Scrolling Beat Em Up
Always a treat to see a bit of effort go into a licensed title and Konami does justice to Gotham’s finest. Platform and Batmobile sections break up the beat em up pattern, but the fisticuffs are as enjoyable as a run in with catwoman as you hurle enemies through windows with the interactive backgrounds. Such attention to detail raises the level of licensed games especially when looking this good.
Famicom Cart
Side Scrolling Beat Em Up
Sequel to the father of Final Fight and Streets of Rage with cracking soundtrack. Has a very eighties glam feel to it bringing back those special memories of the arcade classic where you could wrap an iron bar around your partner’s head. Accidently on purpose of course.
Famicom Cart
Side Scrolling Beat Em Up
Captures a combination of East meets West besides its eighties glam to live long in the memory. Players can select the rotund Mr Chin or perhaps to tackle the boss as the ninja and give our Billy a well earned rest. In pursuit of the Rosetta Stone with more headlocks than a WWF meet.
Super Famicom
Side Scrolling Beat Em Up
Take to the streets, subway and boxing arena to wrestle back control and get Jessica back. Just watch out for those flying flick knives and high kicking ladies of the night. Or are they?
Super Famicom
Side Scrolling Beat Em Up
Thankfully Capcom’s arcade power house reinstates the simultaneous two player option. Only Mayor and former wrestler Haggar of the playable characters from the original survives the chop: swordsman Carlos and Maki are drafted in to add a bit of ying to the series’ yang. The urban bronx feel of the original has also been shifted to a more global perspective, but thankfully gameplay remains just as sweet as ever on the trail of those Mad Gear punks.
Super Famicom
Side Scrolling Beat Em Up
Thankfully Capcom’s arcade power house reinstates the simultaneous two player option. Only Mayor and former wrestler Haggar of the playable characters from the original survives the chop: swordsman Carlos and Maki are drafted in to add a bit of ying to the series’ yang. The urban bronx feel of the original has also been shifted to a more global perspective, but thankfully gameplay remains just as sweet as ever on the trail of those Mad Gear punks.
Super Famicom
Side Scrolling Beat Em Up
Dish out some rough justice on the streets of Metro City seemingly inspired by pastiche of American city streets. This version allows players to play as Guy, but at the expense of Cody who is stuck in Japan having gone training there. As ever the weapons are fun to use and the whole hammy, eighties feel of the game brings the nostalgia flooding back.
Famicom Cart
Side Scrolling Beat Em Up
Reminiscent of Master Karateka’s rotoscoped sprites, Ken journeys through a post-apocalyptic world dishing out a few well-timed sweeps and high-kicks like Kung-Fu Master. Boss patterns have to be quickly memorised or the fear is the end of level bad guys will be using the phrase on Kenshiro himself.
Famicom Cart
Side Scrolling Beat Em Up
A long standing series unlike Genki when surrounded by the thugs in the game who soon gang up on those initially lacking the necessary martial skills. Yet the games appeal is strong as players meet plenty of characters on their way through the platform levels on to a showdown with the big boss. Playing like Double Dragon on platform levels makes for an interesting twist on the side scrolling beat em up.
Famicom Cart
Side Scrolling Beat Em Up
A long standing series unlike Genki when surrounded by the thugs in the game who soon gang up on those initially lacking the necessary martial skills. Yet the games appeal is strong as players meet plenty of characters on their way through the platform levels on to a showdown with the big boss. Playing like Double Dragon on platform levels makes for an interesting twist on the side scrolling beat ‘em up.
GameBoy Original
Side Scrolling Beat Em Up
Miniature version of Renegade for the GameBoy with the Kunio crew suiting being shrunk down to squat characters to squabble it out. Such a slick gaming engine it was released as Double Dragon II in the West.
PS2
Side Scrolling Beat Em Up
So many games owe so much to Renegade, yet Kunio is held with the respect he deserves in Japan, despite being a ‘yankee’ style high school scrapper. True to the original arcade co-op all the way, even down to the pulverising sound effects and tough nut difficulty. Still sitting on your adversaries whilst giving them a good biffing helps relieve some of the tension. Proper Japanese title: Nekketsu Kouha Kunio Kun. Part of the ‘Ore Tachi Gamesen Zoku’ series (We are the game centre gang – sounds tougher in Japanese!)
Super Famicom
Side Scrolling Beat Em Up
If you can get over the eighties glam look, Rushing Beat has some fine, frantic fighting action plus two player mode that Final Fight initially lacked. Includes the full intro that was inexplicably removed from the Western incarnations.
Famicom Cart
Side Scrolling Beat Em Up
Sharp reflexes and a knowledge of when to fire in a fist of fury or a flat kung fu slipper sole are requisites to meet the bad boss Mr X. Ducking kicks and throwing stars in the classic arcade mould. Known as Kung Fu Master in the West.
Super Famicom
Side Scrolling Beat Em Up
Playable as either Gundam F-91 or Ultraman Great in super deformed, squashed down style this title also stars Kamen Rider Balck EX of the rich host of anime related characters on show. Side scrolling fighting action with added fireball move to lash out at the bizarre bunch of imaginative alien assailiants inspired by the Ultraman and Gundam series.
Super Famicom
Side Scrolling Beat Em Up
Nissin noodles promoted game and as such very noodle flavoured including characters such as the Pie Men, Mr. Fork and Chopstick Woman. The hero himself is named after fried noodles and the villain wears a kettle on his head… In fact the hero will start slurping from the bowl of noodles on his head should you leave him for long enough. But when called into action the yaki soba sauce attack goes down a treat.
Gamecube
Side Scrolling Beat Em Up
Drawing on retro super heroes clad in Lycra and the great tradition of transforming into the ultimate hero found in Japan come Viewtiful Joe. The cel shaded look suits the over the top retro ham perfectly, almost as good a fit as Joes costume. And the large play areas allow players space to play their game to try and take down their opponent with as much style as the game itself. Highly commended for being fresh and fun.
Mega Drive
Side Scrolling Beat Em Up
Xiaomei captures the spirit of Kung-Fu Master and takes players through the limestone cliffs of China, dispatching all and sundry with a well placed kick or inch punch to comically fall from the scrolling levels. Great to see the Mega Drive alive and kicking in 2023.
PS2
Side Scrolling Beat Em Up
Draws on the Yankee gang styling that runs a deep undercurrent in Japanese society: street punks with distinctive kanji adorned clothing and often close held affinity to rev head bikes. And what a fine source material for any game to draw on. Those Chinese character kanji appear over the fights to add manga style sound effects. The first mistake would be to under-estimate a female opponent: the girls give as good as they’ve got. But before that players must break out of jail and beat the boss: a tough crim which takes a bit of button bashing when the challenge pops up. Has a feel inspired by Tecmos Kunio as iron bars and other suitably vicious weapons can be utilised for a brief stint. As can an adrenalin fuelled assault – possibly the result of too many of those caffeine filled bottles?

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