Mechanically, the game is quite primitive, with each character having a small moveset, but regardless, it was still a blast to play. In Final Fight, you basically rid the streets of a thuggish gang that has seemingly claimed Metro City for its own. It’s a beast of a beat-em-up that gave birth to the now-iconic characters Guy, Haggar and Cody, whom have appeared in the Street Fighter series, among others. It has been ported to almost every platform out there and rightly so. The Super Nintendo port, however, didn’t do as well as it was a heavily watered down port that just didn’t do the original justice.įinal Fight is one of the most recognisable games of the genre. Unlike the previous two games, this classic wasn’t featured on Capcom’s Beat-em-up Bundle game, which is quite shocking considering its one of Capcom’s best. The screen fills with them, but there is more than a big enough moveset for each character to handle all the enemies.
You play as either a male or female soldier or one of several Predator warriors as you take on hordes of Xenomorphs. Okay, okay, another Capcom great, but what did you expect? This time a game loosely based on movies that are actually good. It was a true feat for this game that makes it just as enjoyable now than it was then. You play as a robot mech that is able to find and attach different arms to itself that range from cannons to different melee weapons to nail your enemies with. Armored Warriors was another superbly designed game with a trick up its sleeve that makes it unique. Capcom recognized its excellence by adding it to the Capcom Beat-em-up Bundle, which released for all current generation consoles.Ĭapcom were masters of the genre in the ’90s, and they continued with another entry that appeared on their Beat-em-up Bundle game. In this gem, you play as one of the four members of the Commando Squad consisting of the futuristic leader himself, Captain Commando, the mummified warrior Mack the Knife, Ginzu the ninja and Baby Head, who is a baby that pilots a huge mech.Īs bonkers as this cast sounds, the game is one of Capcom’s best thanks to each character’s unique movesets and excellent graphics and animation. We are counting down our top picks of the side-scrolling beat-em-up genre ever. They were no walk in the park though these games were tough but ultimately a blast to play solo or with friends. The main premise remained the same, scrolling from one side of the stage to the other whilst kicking the living crap out of all that stand in your way.
by losing and restarting from earlier in the level.If you were a ’90s kid, chances are you spent your gaming childhood playing side-scrolling beat-em-ups, an age-old genre that was full to the brim with classic and now iconic titles that spanned all of the era’s platforms. There is usually a 'correct' way to get through a level, but players must learn these by experience - i.e. Invariably the player will lose, not because of an inequality in firepower, but because of the design of the levels themselves. The gameplay of R-Type is noticeably distinct among shoot 'em ups. It earned 7th place in IGN's Top 10 most difficult games to beat. However, it was also infamous for its relentless difficulty. The original R-Type was well received by most gaming critics.
The significance of the R- in the series title refers to the production code as well as the term of endearment for the player fighter craft, the "Round Canopy". The mission is to 'blast off and strike the evil Bydo Empire'. R-Type is set in the 22nd century, and the player flies a futuristic fighter craft called the R-9a "Arrowhead", named for its shape, and because it is the ninth model in the 'R' series of fighter craft (but it is the first of the series to actually be used in combat the previous models were all prototypes). R-Type is recognized as one of the classics of the shooter genre from the 1980s arcade. The player controls a space fighter named R-9a "Arrowhead" to defend humanity against a mysterious but powerful alien life-form known as "Bydo", which was later discovered to be not entirely alien in origin. R-Type ( アールタイプ, R-Type ?) is a side scrolling shooter arcade game produced by Irem in 1987.