Brawler games, also known as beat 'em ups, are a subgenre of action games that emphasize combat against waves of enemies.
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Brawler games, also known as beat 'em ups, are a subgenre of action games that emphasize combat against waves of enemies.
International Karate + is a side-view karate fighting game created by System 3 initially for 8-bit platforms. The game, also known as IK+, or Chop N' Drop in the US, was released f...
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Mortal Kombat 3 is the third game in the popular series of fighting arcades created by Midway. The coin-op was released in 1995. The same year several ports, including the Sega Megadrive/Genesis, were released.
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Rygar: Legendary warrior is an arcade platform action game created by Tecmo in 1986 and ported to several platforms. The game was released in fact for the C64, ZX Spectrum, and Sega Master System.
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The Last Ninja is an action adventure game developed and published by System 3 Software and released in 1987 for the Commodore 64. It was ported to several other systems in subsequent years.
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WWF WrestleMania: The Arcade Game is a coin-op created by Midway in 1995. It is impossible to deny that many of today's adults grew up with games like Super Mario Bros or Sonic. Bu...
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Bruce Lee is a platform beat-em-up developed for Atari 8-bit and published in 1984 by Datasoft. The game created by Ron Fortier (with graphics by Kelly Day) became one of the most memorable and innovative action games of the mid-80s.
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Castlevania, released in 1987 in North America for the NES, marked the beginning of one of Konami’s most iconic franchises. Designed by Hitoshi Akamatsu (as later confirmed throu...
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Super Street Fighter II is a fighting game developed by Capcom, originally released in arcades in 1993 and ported to SNES in 1994. This expanded version of the legendary fighting g...
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Shadow of the Beast is a side-scrolling brawler created by Reflections for the Amiga and published by Psygnosis in 1989. It is often remembered as one of the most visually striking and technically ambitious games of its era.
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The Last Ninja 3 is the third chapter of the popular series created by Mark Cale with System 3 for the Commodore 64. Ninja Three was released for the Commodore 64, Atari ST and Amiga in 1991.
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The First Samurai is a fantasy platform game developed by Vivid Image and published by Image Works in 1991 initially for the Amiga and Atari ST. Later it was ported to several other platforms, including DOS.
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Double Dragon II: The Revenge is a side-scrolling beat 'em up created originally as an arcade by Technos Japan, as a sequel to Double Dragon. The game was ported to many home com...
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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...
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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.
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