name an awesome lesser known beat'em'up

jonny5 · Post by **jonny5** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 3:37 am

there are soooooo many awesome beat'em'ups in mame its almost impossible to find all the greats

thought it might be cool if people shared there favorites and tips on any lesser know titles......and links to videos would be cool too

one ive been playing at work lately is metamorphic force.....pretty awesome

heres a vid:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5mMpCjVr5Q

Pixel_Outlaw · Post by **Pixel_Outlaw** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 3:47 am

Double Dragon series
Battletoad series
Double Dragon + Battletoads ( I like the sega version)
River City Ransom (from what I hear)
Bad Dudes ( an aquired taste)
Streets of Rage series
Fist of the North Star
Kung Fu ( good for a laugh)
God Hand (from what I hear)
Beat Down (grasping for straws here?)

UnscathedFlyingObject · Tue Dec 02, 2008 3:48 am

Alien vs Predator, Double Dragon, Streets of Rage, Final Fight, Battletoads, Guardian Heroes, Simpsons, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (all of them), X-Men, God Hand (hell why not)...

Too well known? How about:

Ninja Baseball Bat man
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B96mES5oBWo

Pulirula
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8zaeZRafNE

jonny5 · Post by **jonny5** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 3:51 am

nice start, but you listed a lot of the more commonly known ones with console ports.....

im looking more for the forgotten arcade beat'em'up gems.....ones some us might slap our heads and go....' why did i forget that game?'...or perhaps 'why have i never seen that game?'

come on people....quit holding out...im sure we can come up with a pretty awesome list

jonny5 · Post by **jonny5** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 3:54 am

UnscathedFlyingObject wrote:
Too well known? How about:

Ninja Baseball Bat man
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B96mES5oBWo

Pulirula
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8zaeZRafNE

yes and yes

i remembered the name of the first one but not the looks...that one looks awesome......guess what im playing at work tomorrow

this is what im after......keep em coming....if we get enough gems in our list i will edit the first post with a nice full list, hopefully with vid links for each

come on guys....keep em coming

Zebra Airforce · Post by **Zebra Airforce** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 3:55 am

Guardians / Denjin Makai 2
Powered Gear : Strategic Variant Armor Equipment
Battle Circuit

jonny5 · Post by **jonny5** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 4:00 am

Zebra Airforce wrote:Guardians / Denjin Makai 2
Powered Gear : Strategic Variant Armor Equipment
Battle Circuit

both of the latter ones are awesome CPS2 games...very cool.....

the first seems new...so i looked and.......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-laKioMIN8

very cool

these are the kind of beat em ups i love.....very 80's anime feel ......

thanx for that one Zebra Airforce

edit.....lolz at the pink guy flexing in the first stage.....pure gold!!

ZOM · Post by **ZOM** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 4:01 am

Hokuto no Ken
Godhand

EDIT: Oh wait, somehow i missed that line:

Johnny5 wrote:im looking more for the forgotten arcade beat'em'up gems...

jonny5 · Post by **jonny5** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 4:04 am

ok....getting beyond the scope here...no need to list games that have already been mentioned......especially if they obviously arent very unknown

Zebra Airforce · Post by **Zebra Airforce** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 4:04 am

Also:

Violent Storm
Sengoku
Sengoku 2
Sengoku 3
Captain Commando

jonny5 · Post by **jonny5** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 4:08 am

after ruldras post i was playing osme violent storm.....that and metamorphic force are both awesome early 90's beat em ups from konami.......they dont make em like that anymore

sengoku 3 is quite fun as well...havent put much time into the earlier 2 but they had 3 at the arcade until it closed recently......although i know the guy who scored it at the auction, so i am buying it

lolz...i forgot how much better captan commando was in arcade

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BQmAb_FLvc

Zebra Airforce · Post by **Zebra Airforce** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 4:19 am

Knights of Valour
Tenchi Wo Kurau II
Gaiapolis

MathU · Post by **MathU** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 4:26 am

Ninja Baseball Batman.

ZOM · Post by **ZOM** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 4:26 am

Does Wizard Fire count as beat em up?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0F7W9kAGEk0

Oh and Dungeon Magic: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGJBSv7NH8M

jonny5 · Post by **jonny5** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 4:31 am

Zebra Airforce wrote:Knights of Valour
Tenchi Wo Kurau II
Gaiapolis

first 2 are great.....never heard of gaiapolis....a vert beat em up

...me like

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fQkkmByW_A

keep em coming ZA.....you seem to know what im after

and i would call both of those beat em ups ZOM....they look cool

Dale · Post by **Dale** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 4:34 am

Growl
Ninja Kid's
Undercover Cops
Mutation Nation
Robo Army
Armored Warriors
Avengers(unique but not very good)
Battle Toad's(Arcade)
Riot City

Zebra Airforce · Post by **Zebra Airforce** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 4:58 am

Gaia Crusaders
The King of Dragons (I prefer it over the DnD games)

Trying to remember the one where you turn into a werewolf or a lizardman or something. It's pretty easy, because I was able to get quite a few stages in on my first try.

jonny5 · Post by **jonny5** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 5:02 am

Zebra Airforce wrote:Gaia Crusaders
The King of Dragons (I prefer it over the DnD games)

Trying to remember the one where you turn into a werewolf or a lizardman or something. It's pretty easy, because I was able to get quite a few stages in on my first try.

metamorphic force?

also gaia crusaders.....teh awesome

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkwYMSRX_sg

thanx for that one

king of dragons was fun too

Zebra Airforce · Post by **Zebra Airforce** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 5:31 am

metamorphic force

haha, I was confusing that title with another game. Thanks.

Specineff · Post by **Specineff** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 7:59 am

No love for Ninja Combat?

Stormwatch · Post by **Stormwatch** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 10:19 am

Check this one...

The Crystal of Kings, by BrezzaSoft.

Lordstar · Post by **Lordstar** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 10:37 am

No love for the original aliens movie game?

lots of stuff been mentioned already which I can see.

hummm vendetta and the D&D capcom games. Bucky o hare (which i think is crap compared to TMNT and simpsosn. Cows pf moomessa (never played that though)

The oriental legends games I hear are fantastic and afordable if you can track them down.

Lordstar · Post by **Lordstar** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 10:38 am

[quote="Zebra Airforce"]Trying to remember the one where you turn into a werewolf or a lizardman or something. It's pretty easy, because I was able to get quite a few stages in on my first try.
[quote]

that would be altred beast

rise from your grave!

Battlesmurf · Post by **Battlesmurf** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 11:06 am

jonny5 wrote:there are soooooo many awesome beat'em'ups in mame its almost impossible to find all the greats

thought it might be cool if people shared there favorites and tips on any lesser know titles......and links to videos would be cool too

one ive been playing at work lately is metamorphic force.....pretty awesome

heres a vid:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5mMpCjVr5Q

lol- I have been unable to find a board for quite a bit. I first heard about this game myself a few months ago- and it keeps coming up in conversation.

moonblood · Post by **moonblood** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 11:23 am

Night Slashers is fun

Lordstar · Post by **Lordstar** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 11:59 am

Battlesmurf wrote:
jonny5 wrote:there are soooooo many awesome beat'em'ups in mame its almost impossible to find all the greats

thought it might be cool if people shared there favorites and tips on any lesser know titles......and links to videos would be cool too

one ive been playing at work lately is metamorphic force.....pretty awesome

heres a vid:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5mMpCjVr5Q
lol- I have been unable to find a board for quite a bit. I first heard about this game myself a few months ago- and it keeps coming up in conversation.

it smacks of X-men by konami. Or maybe x men smacks of this? neither is a bad thing

jonny5 · Post by **jonny5** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 12:57 pm

Battlesmurf wrote:
jonny5 wrote:there are soooooo many awesome beat'em'ups in mame its almost impossible to find all the greats

thought it might be cool if people shared there favorites and tips on any lesser know titles......and links to videos would be cool too

one ive been playing at work lately is metamorphic force.....pretty awesome

heres a vid:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5mMpCjVr5Q
lol- I have been unable to find a board for quite a bit. I first heard about this game myself a few months ago- and it keeps coming up in conversation.

if you really want it i can get it right now for like $100...with a cab.....lmk.....

and aliens is amazing...i play that every day at work....

and the game zebra airforce was talking about WAS metamorphic force.....

charlie chong · Post by **charlie chong** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 1:16 pm

since i got my mame setup in the cab this is all the shiz i've been playing... most of the weird ones/obscure have been mentioned tho

night slashers is very cool ! crime fighters 2 is also pretty good altho it's hard to get used to not jumping! spiderman the arcade game is good as well altho it has platform sections.. check out the graphics on arabian fight as well.the baddies come from the front of the screen using some pretty awesome scaling effects..
theres deffo some more i've been playing that are worth a mention but they all start to get a bit samey after a while and i've forgotten the names..

D · Post by D » Tue Dec 02, 2008 2:53 pm

Golen Axe 2?
Golden Axe is famous, part 2 is lesser known. I know some of you are googling it right now

jonny5 · Post by **jonny5** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 2:58 pm

death adder?

one of the guys at my work wants me to build him a mame cab just for that game

oh hellz ya...the screen size is weird tho...its like a square....very odd

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