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.
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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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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Ninja Remix is the conversion for Amiga and Atari ST of the Commodore 4 hit created by System 3, The Last Ninja. This action adventure is probably the best game ever created for th...
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Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers is the fourth chapter of the popular beat-em-up series based on the arcade Street Fighter II. This edition, known as Super Street Fighter 2, is the first to use "Super" in the title.
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Double Dragon 3: The Rosetta Stone is the third and final chapter of the popular series Double Dragon created by Technos Japan. The side-scrolling beat 'em up was created originally as an arcade, then ported later to home computers.
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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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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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Alcatraz is an action game developed by 221B and published by Infogrames in 1992 for MS-DOS, Amiga, and Atari ST. It's the sequel to another Infogrames title called Hostages, even though the two games are different.
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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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Body Blows Galactic is a fighting game developed by Team17 and released in November 1993 for Amiga ECS and AGA machines and MS-DOS. More than a sequel to the original Body Blows ...
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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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Rise Of The Robots is a sci-fi player vs player beat-em-up created by Instinct Design and published by Time Warner. It was released for the Amiga, Amiga CD32, Sega Genesis/Mega Drive, MS-DOS, and other platforms.
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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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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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