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I think omitting the arcade titles is a grave mistake, at least the notable ones like Renegade and Double Dragon. That said the NES port of Double Dragon is what a lot of people my age played as kids and is likely remembered fondly, so you should start with that. It predates SNES Final Fight by 3 years.
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Ofecks posted:I think omitting the arcade titles is a grave mistake, at least the notable ones like Renegade and Double Dragon. That said the NES port of Double Dragon is what a lot of people my age played as kids and is likely remembered fondly, so you should start with that. It predates SNES Final Fight by 3 years. I'm not omitting arcade titles at all, I'm merely starting with the SNES and Genesis, as they have the easiest to digest variety of beat em ups. Arcade titles will get their due. And I started with Final Fight because while Renegade and Double Dragon invented the beat em up, Final Fight had much more bearing on the genre overall. GamesAreSupernice fucked around with this message at 01:34 on Apr 15, 2015 |
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Apr 15, 2015 01:32
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Will you be covering the D&D Arcade Games? The first one was a huge part of my early childhood because the local pizza place had a bugged cabinet that gave you 3 continues for 1 credit of coins.
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Apr 15, 2015 02:09
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Night10194 posted:Will you be covering the D&D Arcade Games? The first one was a huge part of my early childhood because the local pizza place had a bugged cabinet that gave you 3 continues for 1 credit of coins. I remember those D&D arcades, and I love them  I'd like to think that Dragon's Dogma paid homage to them, but there's a certain comic book charm to those that I'd love to see again.
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Apr 15, 2015 03:03
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Please play Combatribes, if you can. It's one of my favourite beat-em-ups.
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Apr 15, 2015 03:13
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I'm basically turgid for you to get to Captain Commando at some point.
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Apr 15, 2015 04:20
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If you ever get to Chronicles of Mystar I volunteer because I love those games.
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Apr 15, 2015 05:08
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2.5D user submissions you say? I few years back I did an LP of The Warriors which was a 3D beat 'em up based on the movie. It was a super good game. But they also had a post-game bonus which was a pretty nice homage to old school 2.5D beat 'em ups. ARMIES OF THE NIGHT. Also having Chronicles of Mystara and a good few other beat 'em ups on Steam where co-op is possible, I'd be game for some action there too. Man I love beat 'em ups.
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Apr 15, 2015 06:10
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Night10194 posted:Will you be covering the D&D Arcade Games? The first one was a huge part of my early childhood because the local pizza place had a bugged cabinet that gave you 3 continues for 1 credit of coins. Yes, those are fairly essential. Quiet Python posted:Please play Combatribes, if you can. It's one of my favourite beat-em-ups. Don't worry, that's definitely on the list. Both versions. It's an important part of Technos' history as a company, too. John McClane posted:I'm basically turgid for you to get to Captain Commando at some point. That is inevitable too. dscruffy1 posted:2.5D user submissions you say? I had no idea this even existed, that's kind of nuts.
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Apr 15, 2015 09:30
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May I advise God Hand? It isn't a proper 2.5d beat-em-up, but it takes all of its stylistic cues from them.
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Apr 15, 2015 11:27
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Valgaav posted:May I advise God Hand? It isn't a proper 2.5d beat-em-up, but it takes all of its stylistic cues from them. I love God Hand to death, but the thread pertains only to 2.5D beat em ups for a couple of reasons: 1. traditional 2.5D beat em ups are surprisingly underrepresented 2. trying to play every beat em up ever made, regardless of sub-genre, would be more insane than this already is It's not that I don't want to let's play Beat Down or God Hand or Final Fight Streetwise, it's just that, in addition to deserving a full thread to themselves, it would probably literally kill me.
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Apr 15, 2015 12:12
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Let's Play Final Fight Final Fight was one of the earliest beat 'em ups out there! Often falsely attributed to creating the genre, it was nonetheless the biggest influence. Virtually every 2.5D beat 'em up followed in its footsteps, and it spawned a hearty competitor in the Streets of Rage series. Equal parts painful quarter-sucking difficulty and strategy, you love it or hate it. 1. The Slums  2. Subway Park  3. West Side  4. Bay Area  5. Uptown 
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Apr 15, 2015 12:52
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Play Guardians/Denjin Makai 2 so that the FAQ I wrote on it won't go to waste as much. Also somehow turn this thread into a LP for Dungeon Fighter Online.
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Apr 15, 2015 14:36
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IIRC Tekken 3 had a beat'em up mode, which was fun for teenage me.
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Apr 15, 2015 15:01
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dscruffy1 posted:2.5D user submissions you say? There was also a standalone beat 'em up game released for Xbox Live Arcade called The Warriors: Street Brawl. It was, by all accounts, not any good, and has since been removed from the service and rendered completely unavailable in perpetuity. If the thread is interested, I did Let's Plays of the entire original Splatterhouse series. The first three games are pure 2D side-scrolling, but I think the third one fits into this thread perfectly, and I'll take any chance I can to prevent someone else from subjecting themselves to it (it's not very fun). That said, if someone here did want to suffer through this game at some point, I'd be thrilled! I love watching people play the original Splatterhouse games. SPLATTERHOUSE 3 I look forward to seeing what this thread has to offer!
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I already mentioned Ninja Baseball Batman in the previous thread but if you're asking for MY old favorite, I'd request Renegade. Yes, i do have poo poo taste in beat-em-ups! Actually, NBB should be one of the last series to be covered: not only does it work as a great piece de resistance, it loses out in the one player mode. After you've set up MAME Multiplay and skype chats will you be able to give that game the treatment it deserves. Watching the first video... who attributes Final Fight as the first beat-em-up? Double Dragon has years on that series!
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Apr 15, 2015 16:53
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Well, have the Maximum Carnage no-death run again, because I remain proud of that son of a bitch. Also I hope to see The Punisher as that's my favorite beat em up ever.
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Apr 15, 2015 17:03
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AnotherGamer posted:Play Guardians/Denjin Makai 2 so that the FAQ I wrote on it won't go to waste as much. Where is this FAQ you wrote? And Denji Makai was in the plans regardless. Neige posted:I already mentioned Ninja Baseball Batman in the previous thread but if you're asking for MY old favorite, I'd request Renegade. Yes, i do have poo poo taste in beat-em-ups! I'll do my best to give NBB justice. It's certainly one of the flashiest and most interesting arcade titles, right alongside Violent Storm. Fiendly posted:There was also a standalone beat 'em up game released for Xbox Live Arcade called The Warriors: Street Brawl. It was, by all accounts, not any good, and has since been removed from the service and rendered completely unavailable in perpetuity. Nooooo, nothing pains me more than lost beat em ups. I will get to watching that soon. I did always wonder how that one turned out in comparison to the 2d predecessors. Mehuyael posted:IIRC Tekken 3 had a beat'em up mode, which was fun for teenage me. "Tekken Force", yeah. It's where this lovely sound-bite comes from.
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DeathChicken posted:Well, have the Maximum Carnage no-death run again, because I remain proud of that son of a bitch. I could add that link directly to the OP, if I have your permission. Partially because it's a great run, and partially because oh my god I don't want to play Maximum Carnage.
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Apr 15, 2015 17:12
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Hey, I like that game. It's just stunningly cheap.  Go right ahead.
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Apr 15, 2015 17:24
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DeathChicken posted:Hey, I like that game. It's just stunningly cheap. I never said it wasn't fun, especially taking the music and web mechanics into consideration, but I already have Separation Anxiety on my plate.
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Apr 15, 2015 17:26
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Also yeah, Tekken Force was great stuff. Especially taking the weird characters like Dr. Bosco or True Ogre (who could just kill everything with his fire breath).
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Apr 15, 2015 17:47
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Don't forget Captain America and the Avengers, if only to listen to the incredibly corny dialogue that ranks right up there with "Welcome to die!" After all, America still needs your help! (or whatever the phrase was) This is really making me nostalgic.
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Apr 15, 2015 17:59
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quote:I'll do my best to give NBB justice. It's certainly one of the flashiest and most interesting arcade titles, right alongside Violent Storm. Errrr, I don't know where we stand because I consider Violent Storm one of the more generic Final Fight clones. Seriously: three characters, punch-kick-special-grab... And visually? I don't know what you're playing but the colors are all drab and the enemies are bog standard, with the women in particular looking like old crones in leather bustiers. Seriously: three characters, punch-kick-special-grab... NBB had SUPER MOVES. Command super moves even! Okay, all these posts have made me look through Youtube where I rediscovered an old gem: Vendetta. Visually detailled, and I remember double-teaming elements in the game as well. Also, the presence of Hulk Hogan, who had the best throw and the worst 2 button attack (I remember these things, but can't remember what these attacks WERE).
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Digital Jello posted:Don't forget Captain America and the Avengers, if only to listen to the incredibly corny dialogue that ranks right up there with "Welcome to die!" After all, America still needs your help! (or whatever the phrase was) "America still needs your help" is exactly right. And I won't forget, it was one of my favorites as a child. Neige posted:Errrr, I don't know where we stand because I consider Violent Storm one of the more generic Final Fight clones. Seriously: three characters, punch-kick-special-grab... And visually? I don't know what you're playing but the colors are all drab and the enemies are bog standard, with the women in particular looking like old crones in leather bustiers. Seriously: three characters, punch-kick-special-grab... NBB had SUPER MOVES. Command super moves even! Violent Storm actually had super moves as well, done by Street Fighter-style rolling input.
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GamesAreSupernice posted:Where is this FAQ you wrote? And Denji Makai was in the plans regardless. At GFAQs, naturally. http://www.gamefaqs.com/arcade/924620-denjin-makai-2-guardians/faqs/33859
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Apr 16, 2015 01:59
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I second that somebody needs to LP Ninja Baseball Batman as well as Battle Circuit.
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AnotherGamer posted:At GFAQs, naturally. http://www.gamefaqs.com/arcade/924620-denjin-makai-2-guardians/faqs/33859 I didn't want to make assumptions. There are a lot of hipster FAQ sites.
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Neige posted:Errrr, I don't know where we stand because I consider Violent Storm one of the more generic Final Fight clones. Seriously: three characters, punch-kick-special-grab... And visually? I don't know what you're playing but the colors are all drab and the enemies are bog standard, with the women in particular looking like old crones in leather bustiers. Seriously: three characters, punch-kick-special-grab... NBB had SUPER MOVES. Command super moves even! I remember Vendetta very fondly. Some guy at the arcade got into the cabinet and made it give 99 lives for 1 credit. We spent hours beating the game over and over again. There was the Boxer, the Wrestler, the Martial Artist and the Brawler, I think. Lots of weapons and ledges to fall off of and chaos everywhere. I also find myself nostalgic for Sonic Blast Man and hope that Double Dragon Neon gets a video or two, if only to showcase its kickin' soundtrack.
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Quiet Python posted:I remember Vendetta very fondly. Some guy at the arcade got into the cabinet and made it give 99 lives for 1 credit. We spent hours beating the game over and over again. The Sonic Blast Man games will definitely get a turn. I want to say DDNeon will as well, since it's the best beat em up I've ever played, but we'll see.  ^And there were certainly some special things about Vendetta.
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GamesAreSupernice posted:I want to say DDNeon will as well, since it's the best beat em up I've ever played, but we'll see. I too was very fond of DDNeon, especially the ending. I'd also like to suggest the arcade version of Battletoads, which was mostly a beat 'em up without all the headache-inducing obstacle course garbage of the NES/SNES installments. It also features one of the Dark Queen's henchmen taking a crap in the background....which for some reason, appealed to me.
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 Yay! The thread has landed!For the record, I'm nthing the eye twitches that you suggest Final Fight was revolutionary or ground-breaking in any way. But I'm still watching you play through it eagerly. IIRC, one of the things they did to keep difficulty up in two player co-op mode was to add more guys. In the fight with Katana, they give you two of him to fight. Which is nutbar crazy with that speed dash of his in that confined space. I'd like to officially request we get as much of the Kunio-Kun series as we can. I was never any good at Renegade, and River City Ransom was the only other beat-em-up in the franchise to be released in the US. I should get around to trying some of the other ones that have been fan-translated. Downtown Special especially looks like it's basically a minor upgrade of the engine and then makes the setting Edo era Japan. Other than that, it basically looks the same as RCR.
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awww gently caress yeah beat 'em ups  I just picked up a copy of Streets of Rage at a secondhand store about a month ago and I was almost afraid I couldn't set up my Genesis since I don't have an antennae anymore, be able to play along 
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Haggar is definitely cooler than Batman. And just as much of a dick. Did you see what he did to that dude's car?
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Digital Jello posted:I too was very fond of DDNeon, especially the ending. I'd also like to suggest the arcade version of Battletoads, which was mostly a beat 'em up without all the headache-inducing obstacle course garbage of the NES/SNES installments. It also features one of the Dark Queen's henchmen taking a crap in the background....which for some reason, appealed to me. The ending of DDNeon moved me to tears. And noted. Night10194 posted:Haggar is definitely cooler than Batman. And just as much of a dick. Did you see what he did to that dude's car? Maybe he just assumes anyone with a car must be part of Mad Gear. He clearly doesn't have a car, and neither does Cody, or they would be running people down. Aces High posted:awww gently caress yeah beat 'em ups I adore Streets of Rage, I'm glad you managed to find a copy. Choco1980 posted:
We'll definitely get into the Kunio-Kun series, and Technos' beat em ups in general. And the arcade version of Final Fight certainly had a lot of issues, but it was still responsible for setting the standard by which other games would follow. I'm playing the SNES version because while it's not perfect, the enemy placement and gameplay are better balanced.
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Apr 16, 2015 11:39
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Will you be doing Warriors of Fate?
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Someone needs to do a full playthrough of Growl/Runark. Preferably a blind playthrough. If you know, say nothing
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I just watched the Subway level, and I couldn't help but notice that the And[o]re mook and the Sodom character came from here before they showed up in some of the Street Fighter games.
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Jeek posted:Will you be doing Warriors of Fate? I plan to, yes, but that depends on whether I can get it running the way I like. Even if I can't, I can torture everyone with Yang Jia Jiang, instead. Kaboom Dragoon posted:Someone needs to do a full playthrough of Growl/Runark. Preferably a blind playthrough. I'm sure I can grab someone to come along for the ride, if no one else takes it before I get there. gradenko_2000 posted:I just watched the Subway level, and I couldn't help but notice that the And[o]re mook and the Sodom character came from here before they showed up in some of the Street Fighter games. Final Fight was originally intended as a sequel to Street Fighter.
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