Beat-'em-up Games

Karateka

Karateka is a martial arts fighting game and the first title created by the famous designer Jordan Mechner, author of Prince of Persia. Karateka was developed by Mechner for the Apple II and published in 1984 by Brøderbund.

Year: 1985 Genre: Beat-'em-up

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Damage: The Sadistic Butchering of Humanity

Damage: The Sadistic Butchering of Humanity is a violent action game/beat 'em up created by Suomi-Peli for the Commodore Amiga in 1996. The game's goal is simple: explore the city and kill all the people you can find.

Year: 1996 Genre: Beat-'em-up

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Tiger Road

Tiger Road is a side-scrolling beat 'em up released by Capcom in 1987. The game was designed by Tokuro Fujiwara, who directed also the Ghosts 'n Goblins series and many other arcades.

Year: 1989 Genre: Beat-'em-up

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The Karate Kid: Part II

The Karate Kid: Part II is a beat-em-up based on the popular movie of the '80s with Ralph Macchio and Pat Morita. The game was created by Steve Bak and Pete Lyon and published by MicroDeal in 1987 for the Amiga and Atari ST.

Year: 1987 Genre: Beat-'em-up

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Satan

Satan is a platformer/beat-em-up created by the Spanish studio Dinamic Software originally for the MSX, then ported to several 8-bit and 16-bit platforms including Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, in 1990.

Year: 1990 Genre: Beat-'em-up

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Ivanhoe

Ivanhoe is a medieval side-scrolling beat-em-up created by Ocean in 1990 for Atari ST and Amiga..

Year: 1990 Genre: Beat-'em-up

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Blade Warrior

Blade Warrior is an action-adventure/beat'em up created by Jason Kingsley and released by Image Works in 1991 for Amiga, Atari ST, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, and MS-DOS..

Year: 1991 Genre: Beat-'em-up

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Sword of Sodan

Sword of Sodan is a fantasy beat-em-up created by Discovery originally for the Amiga and released in 1988. Later the game was ported to Mega Drive/Genesis and Macintosh. The game p...

Year: 1988 Genre: Beat-'em-up

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Barbarian II

Barbarian II is a fantasy action game released by Psygnosis in 1991 for Amiga and Atari ST. It's the sequel of the 1987 Barbarian, and should not be confused with Palace's Barbarian II: The Dungeon of Drax.

Year: 1991 Genre: Beat-'em-up

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Rise of the Robots

Rise Of The Robots is a sci-fi player vs player beat-em-up created by Instinct Design and published by Mirage for the Amiga, Amiga CD32, Sega Genesis, MS-DOS, and other platforms..

Year: 1994 Genre: Beat-'em-up

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is a side-scrolling beat-em-up created by Konami for the Nintendo NES and released in 1989 in the US. It was released in Europe one year later, togethe...

Year: 1989 Genre: Beat-'em-up

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Ninja Spirit

Ninja Spirit, known in Japan as Saigo no Nindou, is an arcade game created by Irem in 1988. Two years later, the home computer versions were released, including the Amiga version, the Atari ST one, Commodore 64, and more.

Year: 1990 Genre: Beat-'em-up

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The Ninja Warriors

The Ninja Warriors is a coin-up for two players created by Taito in 1988. The game was ported to numerous home computer platforms by Virgin Games. The Amiga port was programmed by ...

Year: 1989 Genre: Beat-'em-up

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