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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Barbarian II: The Dungeon of Drax (a.k.a. Axe of Rage in the U.S.) is the sequel to Barbarian: The Ultimate Warrior. It was developed and published by Palace Software in 1988 originally for MSX, ZX Spectrum, and Commodore 64.
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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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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Hyperstone Heist is a beat-em-up created by Konami for the SEGA Mega Drive/Genesis and released in 1992. It was the first appearance of the famous Turtles on the SEGA 16-bit console.
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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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Golden Axe II is a fantasy side-scrolling beat 'em up created by SEGA in 1991 as a sequel to one of the most famous arcades of all time. While the original Golden Axe was first r...
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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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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.
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Switchblade II is an action platformer created by Gremlin Graphics (aka Gremlin Interactive) originally for the Amiga in 1991. It was then ported to Atari ST, Amstrad CPC, and Atari Lynx.
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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 of the Beast III is the third chapter of the fantasy platformer created by Reflections and published by Psygnosis. While the first and second episodes, thanks to the franchi...
Year: 1992 Genre: Platformer
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Bruce Lee: Return of the Legend is an action-adventure game developed by Vicarious Visions and published by Vivendi in 2003 for the Game Boy Advance. This martial arts brawler atte...
Year: 2003 Genre: Platformer
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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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Batman Returns is a side-scrolling beat 'em up developed and published by Konami for the Super Nintendo in 1993. It's based on Tim Burton's dark sequel to his 1989 Batman film. The...
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