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.
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.
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X-Men is a videogame created by Western Technologies exclusively for the SEGA Mega Drive/Genesis console and published in 1993. The title is based on the famous superheroes series by Marvel.
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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.
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Satan is a platformer/beat-em-up created by the Spanish studio Dinamic Software originally for the MSX. It was later ported to several 8-bit and 16-bit platforms, including Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, and DOS, in 1990.
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Blade Warrior is a 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..
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Ivanhoe is a medieval side-scrolling beat-em-up created by Ocean in 1990 for Atari ST and Amiga. The game is based on the medieval legend of Sir Ivanhoe, a knight who fights to restore King Richard the Lionheart to the throne.
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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...
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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.
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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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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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After the War is a post-apocalyptic action game created by the Spanish software house Dinamic Software in 1989. It was released for 8-bit platforms - ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64 - and 16-bit platforms - Atari ST and Amiga.
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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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