Author Topic: whats your greatest beat em up? (Read 12540 times)

mo1e · « **on:** October 07, 2005, 09:33:51 am »

hi all i was just wundering what your greatest beatem up ever is? mine has to be streets of rage on the genesis/mega drive all of my youth was spent on this and although i completed it i cant even remember doing it

versapak · « **Reply #1 on:** October 07, 2005, 09:40:30 am »

Nothing obscure or original, but it is a tie between Golden Axe and Final Fight. They both probably consumed an equal amount of quarters from my pockets.

rchadd · « **Reply #2 on:** October 07, 2005, 09:42:15 am »

tekken 2
or
soul calibur 2

ChadTower · « **Reply #3 on:** October 07, 2005, 09:46:27 am »

Those are fighters, not beat em ups.

I'd say it's hard to beat the original Double Dragon.

mo1e · « **Reply #4 on:** October 07, 2005, 09:48:04 am »

i used to hate it when i used to press the wrong button and use my bomb u got one bomb and once its used thats it

lol i am definately going to have to try and get this on my cab and also i used to enjoy the platform game called TOKI with the monkey

mo1e · « **Reply #5 on:** October 07, 2005, 09:49:40 am »

i have never played double dragon what console? or was it arcade only

ChadTower · « **Reply #6 on:** October 07, 2005, 09:50:56 am »

Dude, Double Dragon defined and propagated the whole beat 'em up genre.

It was a huge arcade hit and was on every platform (except TG16) with about 5 sequels.

mo1e · « **Reply #7 on:** October 07, 2005, 09:52:51 am »

ok what console was it best on and if it was on snes im gonna get it for my snes emu i think i have heared of it never played it though also u played streets of rage?

ChadTower · « **Reply #8 on:** October 07, 2005, 09:59:02 am »

Streets of Rage was a Double Dragon clone.

The best version, of course, is the arcade. The only home version that I have ever spent real time with was the NES version.

Goz · « **Reply #9 on:** October 07, 2005, 10:00:39 am »

I'm prolly one of the few that like it, but I have to say "Demolish Fist"

Its everything final fight was but with better boss', storyline, and graphics

-Goz

TalkingOctopus · « **Reply #10 on:** October 07, 2005, 10:23:48 am »

River City Ransom on NES. So Good!

mo1e · « **Reply #11 on:** October 07, 2005, 10:25:40 am »

i gotta give a few of these a blast they sound kool

Stingray · « **Reply #12 on:** October 07, 2005, 10:29:22 am »

I don't think I ever played Double Dragon either, for whatever that's worth.

-S

Otraotaku · « **Reply #13 on:** October 07, 2005, 10:30:00 am »

Quote from: mo1e on October 07, 2005, 09:33:51 am

hi all i was just wundering what your greatest beatem up ever is? mine has to be streets of rage on the genesis/mega drive all of my youth was spent on this and although i completed it i cant even remember doing it

i love the 3rd Streets of Rage, I always play as the kangaroo... ^.<

mo1e · « **Reply #14 on:** October 07, 2005, 10:33:24 am »

you mean there was a third

where was i hiding i heared about 2 but not really played it o man i got alot of catching up to do its a good thing retro games are so kool

Otraotaku · « **Reply #15 on:** October 07, 2005, 10:35:21 am »

Quote from: mo1e on October 07, 2005, 10:33:24 am

you mean there was a third where was i hiding i heared about 2 but not really played it o man i got alot of catching up to do its a good thing retro games are so kool

yes if and when you play the SOR3 dont kill the kangaroo... ^.<

mo1e · « **Reply #16 on:** October 07, 2005, 10:36:52 am »

thanks for that do you still collect the same old meat and stuff? and get your one bomb thing well call the police or whatever it was?

SNAAKE · « **Reply #17 on:** October 07, 2005, 10:42:30 am »

The one and ONLY

http://arcadeflyers.net/?page=flyerdb&subpage=thumbs&id=173

Otraotaku · « **Reply #18 on:** October 07, 2005, 10:42:40 am »

yeah, not too much different, same style + new characters..

I would also Try RCR (river city Ransom) what he said above^ one of the greatest + oldest sidescrollers And FAST ACTION too...

mo1e · « **Reply #19 on:** October 07, 2005, 10:46:41 am »

i just looked at my roms and found that i have double dragon 2 and 5 on the snes

GGKoul · « **Reply #20 on:** October 07, 2005, 11:39:01 am »

Karate Champ/KuFu Master!

SaiNRuB · « **Reply #21 on:** October 07, 2005, 11:40:35 am »

Heres another vote for Kung-Fu Master.

Otraotaku · « **Reply #22 on:** October 07, 2005, 11:58:55 am »

Quote from: SaiNRuB on October 07, 2005, 11:40:35 am

Heres another vote for Kung-Fu Master.

i hope thats what i think it is... im gonna check my list on PDA...

Otraotaku · « **Reply #23 on:** October 07, 2005, 12:01:59 pm »

Quote from: Otraotaku on October 07, 2005, 11:58:55 am

Quote from: SaiNRuB on October 07, 2005, 11:40:35 am
Heres another vote for Kung-Fu Master.

i hope thats what i think it is... im gonna check my list on PDA...

damn, thats not what im thinking of... >.<

mo1e · « **Reply #24 on:** October 07, 2005, 12:04:16 pm »

what?

spiffyshoes · « **Reply #25 on:** October 07, 2005, 01:01:17 pm »

Quote from: SaiNRuB on October 07, 2005, 11:40:35 am

Heres another vote for Kung-Fu Master.

I don't know why but for some reason I've always preffered the NES version aka KungFu over the arcade. The crappier graphics just seem more appealing for this game.

romperwomb · « **Reply #26 on:** October 07, 2005, 03:35:00 pm »

Quote

I don't know why but for some reason I've always preffered the NES version aka KungFu over the arcade. The crappier graphics just seem more appealing for this game.

Agreed, I love the horrid sound effects in that game. *BOING!* WAHH AHH HAA AHH!

I enjoyed Captain Commando in the Arcades (BABY IN A MECHA SUIT! HiYAH!)

I've never played but have always heard good things about Beats of Rage - a PC freeware that is a sort of update of Streets of Rage. You may want to check that out.
http://www.acid-play.com/download/beats-of-rage/

Hoagie_one · « **Reply #27 on:** October 07, 2005, 04:37:09 pm »

I played Double Dragon so much I could go through the entire game on one quarter. I played alot of Golden axe and TMNT too.

versapak · « **Reply #28 on:** October 07, 2005, 04:41:12 pm »

Quote from: Hoagie_one on October 07, 2005, 04:37:09 pm

I played Double Dragon so much I could go through the entire game on one quarter. I played alot of Golden axe and TMNT too.

Shoot...

Forgot about TMNT.

That and The Simpsons got some mega play from me as well.

I still stand by my Final Fight and Golden Axe initial post, but there are definitely a lot of great beat-em-ups on my list of arcade favorites. They were the golden genre when I was hitting my arcade prime.

Hoagie_one · « **Reply #29 on:** October 07, 2005, 05:40:22 pm »

eah, the beat em ups were my re-birth into arcade games. I was a child of the 80's and fell out of arcades about mid 80's, but the late 80's early 90's games brought me back.

beat em ups and fighters

mo1e · « **Reply #30 on:** October 07, 2005, 06:18:36 pm »

ooo yer tmnt was classic too

AmericanDemon · « **Reply #31 on:** October 07, 2005, 11:51:16 pm »

I LOVED Double Dragon. That was the game that truly got me into arcades. It was the only arcade game my dad would actually play with me. We beat if many times. I actually have a double dragon 2 in storage thats in a terrible stargate conversion cabinet.

I also spent a lot of time and money on X-Men and both Ninja Turtles games.

Q*Bert_OP · « **Reply #32 on:** October 08, 2005, 12:12:23 am »

B. Rap Boys

pmc · « **Reply #33 on:** October 08, 2005, 08:25:20 am »

I played lots of SOR and DD primarily on consoles (I was a tempest / defender / galaga / shinobi guy in the arcades). I now play lots of Beats of Rage which I think is an absolute gem.

-pmc

Franco · « **Reply #34 on:** October 08, 2005, 11:50:36 am »

Quote from: SNAAKE on October 07, 2005, 10:42:30 am

The one and ONLY

Duuuude, dont you know it! C&D is probably my favourite game of any genre. Ive got my cab set up to run it as soon as fires up. C&D rocks!!!

Minwah · « **Reply #35 on:** October 09, 2005, 01:35:51 pm »

Final Fight's probably my fave...the huge characters and 'Haggar' were great

Golden Axe is cool too, played a lot of the Genesis version (good port). Golden Axe 2 on the Genesis is good too...practically the same but with different levels.

Edit: This is one genre of game which has never really been decently done in 3d. Shame but I don't think you could top the 2d ones anway.

arcadefever · « **Reply #36 on:** October 09, 2005, 10:33:43 pm »

double dragon is for me the best beat em up ever !!!!!!

i even bought the original cab

elvis · « **Reply #37 on:** October 10, 2005, 01:15:25 am »

Quote from: ChadTower on October 07, 2005, 09:59:02 am

Streets of Rage was a Double Dragon clone.

If "Streets of Rage" was a "Double Dragon clone" then a Lamborghini Murcielago is a Toyota Camry clone.

Double Dragon didn't have:
1) Team up moves (throw your partner as a projectile)
2) multi-move "specials" (not just one)
3) Trade-life-for-invulnerability specials (Final Fight did, but only 1 special per char)
4) make-your-own combos (try chaining a 2-hit jump kick move in a standing combo in DD!).

Just because two games are of the same genre doesn't make them clones. Tekken is not a Street Fighter clone. Daytona is not a Pit Stop clone. They are the same genre, but light years apart in terms of gameplay.

IMHO, Streets of Rage II was the best beat 'em up of all time. It had more moves, better characters (user-playabe and enemies) and a wider variety of weapons use than any other game. SoR came a close second. The third was just a rehash, and not worth more than 1 or 2 plays for novelty value. I know plenty of people who scoff at SoR for being console-only, but it's the perfect example of superior gameplay over flashy graphics and bling-factor.

Final Fight and Double Dragon are absolutely without a doubt classics in the genre. But neither had the depth of gameplay to the SoR family. They are too simplistic in comparison. That's fine if you like simple games, but I find them tiring after one play. Having mastered all the techniques of a game in the first level, there's nothing more to do. SoR2 gives you mutliple characters all with a HUGE range of moves for a side-scrolling beat'em'up.

TMNT to me was a gimmick. The hit detection sucked, and gameplay was missing completely. The only thing that made it fun to play was the TMNT branding. Likewise for "Simpsons" which was the same game with different sprites.

Just my 2 cents. My old MegaDrive (Genesis for the US audience) still gets SoR2 play today, over 12 years later (I bought the game only days after official release). I can't say the same for any other beat'em'up I've ever played.

Minwah · « **Reply #38 on:** October 10, 2005, 05:39:18 am »

Well I like Streets of Rage 1/2 as well. I think the music tops them off (boss music in the first one is great). But I still probably prefer Final Fight overall. Then again, I had the Amstrad version's awesome graphics to be in awe of:

ChadTower · « **Reply #39 on:** October 10, 2005, 10:56:09 am »

Blah blah, same graphics, same gameplay, a few new moves and additions. That's about it. Without Double Dragon you never get Streets of Rage.


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Author Topic: whats your greatest beat em up? (Read 12540 times)

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