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.
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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Street Fighter is a fighting game created by Capcom and released initially as an arcade in 1987. It is the first chapter of the fighting series that became popular thanks to the sequel, Street Fighter II.
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Rampage is a popular arcade created by Bally Midway in 1986. It was ported to Commodore 64, Atari ST, and Atari 8-bit in 1987. Later it was also released for Amiga, NES, Apple II, ...
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Back to the Future Part III is an action game inspired by the movie with the same title. It was developed by Probe Software and released by Image Works in 1991 for MS-DOS, Amiga, A...
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Panza Kick Boxing is a Thai kickboxing sim that uses the license of André Panza, a French Kickboxer, nine times world champion in several disciplines. The game was developed by Fu...
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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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Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master is a hack-and-slash platformer game that was developed by Megasoft and published by Sega. It was released in 1993 for the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive console.
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Shadow Warriors (or Ninja Gaiden in non-PAL countries) is a coin-op created by Tecmo and released in 1988. The home computer versions were developed by Ocean and published in 1990 ...
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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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Budokan: The Martial Spirit is a martial arts fighting game developed and published by Electronic Arts in 1989 for the Amiga and DOS. Since its release, it has been ported to many other platforms.
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Shadow Fighter is a fighting game created by N.A.P.S. and published by Gremlin Graphics exclusively for the Amiga, initially for ECS machines, then AGA. Clearly inspired by popular...
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Myth: History in the Making is a 2D fantasy action platformer created by the British company System 3 in 1989, initially for C64 and ZX Spectrum. The game, also known as "Myth," wa...
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Second Samurai is a beat-'em-up for two players developed by Vivid Image and published by Psygnosis in 1993 for the Amiga. There was also an AGA version released in 1994. It's the ...
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Barbarian: The Ultimate Warrior (Death Sword in the United States) is a one or two-player fighting game developed by Palace Software. It was initially released for the Commodore 64 in 1987.
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