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Title: Beat'em ups of the old times
Post by: zengage on March 28, 2008, 12:20:46 am
Hey guys I was just wondering, what was your favorite beatem' ups of the olds times?

My favorite has to be Guardian Heroes, with its multiple storylines up to six people playing at one time and the memorable character the undead knight. For almost a year myself and five up my friends would run to my house after school and throw down in the versus mode, being all evenly matched it would call for quite the epic battles. And with capability of plays as every single villian and boss, the combonation for battles were endless.

Now how about yourselves? I know a few of you must have a few good stories about the old school beatem'ups.
Title: Beat'em ups of the old times
Post by: Grin Tree on March 28, 2008, 01:31:59 am
Guardian Heroes
Sengoku 3
River City Ransom
Knights of the Round
Panzer Bandit
Title: Beat'em ups of the old times
Post by: zengage on March 28, 2008, 03:04:45 am
Thats it? No else wants to elaborate on the classics that changed they're lives?
Title: Beat'em ups of the old times
Post by: Warlin on March 28, 2008, 04:22:09 am
Quote from: Evil Bob on March 28, 2008, 01:32:25 am
River

City

Ransom
Dude, I'm sorry but that says it all.
Title: Beat'em ups of the old times
Post by: goat on March 28, 2008, 05:17:03 am
My favorite was Cyborg Justice on genesis, but I also liked Streets of Rage series. Also Double Dragon on the NES.

Oh yea, and River City Ransom 2 was definitely fun, albeit short. It needed the weapons/object throwing that made part 1 a blast to play, if you ask me.
Title: Beat'em ups of the old times
Post by: Grin Tree on March 28, 2008, 06:09:48 am
Quote from: zengage on March 28, 2008, 03:04:45 am
Thats it? No else wants to elaborate on the classics that changed their lives?

I don't think any one game, let alone a beat 'em up, has changed my life.
Title: Beat'em ups of the old times
Post by: Verne on March 28, 2008, 07:42:37 am
The old NES/SNES/Genesis Turtles Beat Em Ups. They were the awesome.
Title: Beat'em ups of the old times
Post by: UPRC on March 28, 2008, 10:10:26 am
Man... Turtles in Time. That was the best, hands down. NO COMPETITION.
Title: Beat'em ups of the old times
Post by: jsnnoa on March 28, 2008, 10:13:35 am
Quote from: Dan on March 28, 2008, 10:10:26 am
Man... Turtles in Time. That was the best, hands down. NO COMPETITION.

This.

So many fond memories.
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Post by: Tau on March 28, 2008, 10:18:23 am
Double Dragon!! God I loved that game on the SEGA Master System haha, also had the Gameboy version too. Cooperative was so fucken fun, used to always play with my cousin.
Title: Beat'em ups of the old times
Post by: zengage on March 28, 2008, 11:55:29 pm
Back in the day, a friend of mine's dad owned an arcade... And well when it shutdown instead of selling off the machines he decided to keep all of them. And well it was a blast being able to play old classics like the simpsons, turtles in time and Metal Slug 1 and 2 for free when ever we wanted too!
Title: Beat'em ups of the old times
Post by: Ultimaweapon9 on April 05, 2008, 03:18:39 pm
Quote from: jsnnoa on March 28, 2008, 10:13:35 am
This.

So many fond memories.

I third this. 
Turtles IV had everything that made the second one (the Arcade Game) great, and more.
Insanely short, but still fun.
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Post by: hero_bash on April 05, 2008, 03:25:29 pm
Power Rangers on sega megadrive....
Title: Beat'em ups of the old times
Post by: Neophyte on April 05, 2008, 03:41:30 pm
Streets of Rage. The end.
Title: Beat'em ups of the old times
Post by: Sludgelord on April 05, 2008, 04:11:29 pm
didn't you guys ever play those x-man and simpsons beat em up games at the arcade with your friends? those games were the best. everyone always wanted to be wolverine. my friend david and i also tried to beat captain america and the avengers a million times but we couldn't do it without cheats.
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Post by: Trash Head 2 on April 05, 2008, 07:29:35 pm
During elementary school, I was invited to this kid's birthday party at an arcade, and I spent the entire time playing the Simpsons game. Actually, I stayed for an hour after the party ended when everybody else had left, and I was at the last boss when my parents forcibly dragged me out because the place was going to close in 10 minutes.

But Turtles in Time is probably my favorite beat-em-up ever, mostly because the music fucking ruled and it was Ninja Turtles. My cousins had a copy of the game, so whenever I went over there we would always get into big controller-swinging fights over who got to be Michealangelo and our parents would take the game away and force us to play Donkey Kong Country instead.


Beat-em-ups were a very important feature of my childhood!
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Post by: Mateui on April 05, 2008, 07:49:41 pm
I personally loved the Simpsons arcade game. I especially liked how every character had their own unique move AND how you could combine two characters for a short time for an added touch of originality.
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Post by: Kaworu on April 05, 2008, 08:10:10 pm
yeah I remember the simpsons arcade game, that was awesome. My childhood holiday memories are of pushing kids younger or older aside so I could get to play it (it always attracted a crowd so as soon as you died, someone would always offer you some money to carry on and they can watch)
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Post by: c0nfu53d on April 05, 2008, 09:56:26 pm
I always liked Crime Fighters 2 (aka Vendetta).

(https://legacy.gamingw.net/etc/i18.photobucket.com/albums/b116/c0nfu53d/cf2.webp)
Title: Beat'em ups of the old times
Post by: Sludgelord on April 06, 2008, 12:36:06 am
i also remember playing those dungeons and dragons beat em up games too, but way less than i played the simpsons and x-man one. even when i was a kid i always picked dwarf...
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Post by: #1 Vodka fan on April 06, 2008, 01:02:23 am
Dungeons and Dragons is pretty sweet and complicated for an arcade game.
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Post by: ThugTears666 on April 06, 2008, 01:26:24 am
Samurai Showdown!
Title: Beat'em ups of the old times
Post by: NightBlade on April 06, 2008, 01:36:56 am
Double Dragon 2, the very first game I ever played when I was very young and had chicken pox.

Title: Beat'em ups of the old times
Post by: helter skelter on April 06, 2008, 10:46:56 am
Quote from: Afura on April 06, 2008, 01:26:24 am
Samurai Showdown!
dude that is a fighter what are you doing in this thread just leave quietly before you embarrass yourself any more!!!

I was never that into beat 'em ups as a kid, but I liked to play this Battle Toads/Double Dragon crossover game on the snes with my little brother.
Title: Beat'em ups of the old times
Post by: Aten on April 06, 2008, 10:57:26 am
Ninja turtles 1, 2, 3 (NES)

Final Fight (SNES)

Superman returns (SNES)

Ninja turtles in time (SNES)

Ninja warriors (SNES)
Title: Beat'em ups of the old times
Post by: #1 Vodka fan on April 06, 2008, 12:15:35 pm
also the battletoads arcade game is awesome.


Quote
Ninja warriors (SNES)

YES
Title: Beat'em ups of the old times
Post by: Eltee on April 06, 2008, 06:45:49 pm
Kassey, what is that Battletoads game? I never saw it before.

Also, you guys suck. Double Dragon and Super Double Dragon alllllllll the way.
Title: Beat'em ups of the old times
Post by: #1 Vodka fan on April 06, 2008, 08:22:32 pm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Battletoads

it's a pretty hard and neat looking game. Short but enjoyable. You can play it with a mame emulator I guess.
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Post by: Sarah on April 06, 2008, 08:23:36 pm
Nope, no linking to roms bud.
Title: Beat'em ups of the old times
Post by: #1 Vodka fan on April 06, 2008, 08:31:59 pm
Oh sorry, edited it.
Title: Beat'em ups of the old times
Post by: jman00 on April 06, 2008, 08:51:20 pm
Turtles in Time was my favorite Beat em' ups! :D
Title: Beat'em ups of the old times
Post by: Dale Gobbler on April 06, 2008, 08:58:56 pm
Turtles in Time. Streets of Rage I and II (didn't like III).
Title: Beat'em ups of the old times
Post by: Brown on April 07, 2008, 01:27:48 am
Battletoads
Battletoads Double Dragon
TMNT Turtles in time
Streets of Rage series
Final Fight series
Sonic Blastman series
Knights of the round
King Arthur
Power Rangers
King of Dragons

I miss my snes :(
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Post by: TMAC on April 07, 2008, 02:22:00 am
Aside from all of the awesome games that have been mentioned all ready I have to pimp: Comix Zone!

Man I loved playing that game! I never had a Genesis, but whenever I'd chill at my friends house, I'd mooch that to the max! The gameplay being set in comic book panels and being able to tear away the paper to find items amazed me back in the day. Warranted, all I had was an Atari 2600 and a NES from 1989-1996, so I was easily amazed at newer videogames.
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Post by: Capt_Strife! on April 07, 2008, 07:15:03 am
I've played many beat'em ups, but only one has truly warmed my heart. (aka, liked so much I made boss videos of it)
And that's the Streets of Rage series, or in particular, Streets of Rage 2.
That game had such presentation, especially in many of its bosses.
And of course the music.
I liked SOR 3, but the original version though, because the character colors were kind of ugly on the US version, and the story was weird.

Comix Zone was mad awesome too, as stated on the post above me.
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Post by: SpiralViper on April 07, 2008, 02:14:23 pm
Altered Beast

Just cause it was the most hilarious thing ever back in the day. The voice acting was terrible and cheesy, the beast forms were either overpowered or had really retarded flaws, and the bosses felt like something made out of Klik 'n' Play.
Title: Beat'em ups of the old times
Post by: Leric on April 07, 2008, 02:53:38 pm
My top 10 12

Guardian Heroes
Battle Curcuit
River City Ransom
Dungeons & Dragons 2 (the 2nd one Capcom made, forgot what it was called)
Sengoku 3
Turtles in Time
Armored Warriors
X-Men
TMNT2 Arcade (or whatever it was called, you know what I mean)
Alien Vs. Predator (played this alot back in da dayz)
Streets of Rage 2
Final Fight 3
Title: Beat'em ups of the old times
Post by: JoshAP2007 on April 09, 2008, 01:08:28 am
River City Ransom. My friend and I had a blast playing that game.
Title: Beat'em ups of the old times
Post by: Xathia Vastar on April 09, 2008, 03:54:00 pm
Double Dragon 2
Streets of Rage 2
Golden Axe 2
Return of the Double Dragon

Anyone play Little Fighter before?
Title: Beat'em ups of the old times
Post by: Artis Leon Ivey Jr on April 09, 2008, 04:05:15 pm
little fighters rules but is completely impossible on the highest difficulty levels.

I would have a team made of Firenzes and that big demon guy (using the cheat) and we could never beat that last stage.
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Post by: #1 Vodka fan on April 09, 2008, 08:49:33 pm
Is there a version with a non-laggy netplay yet?
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Post by: Ragnar on April 11, 2008, 02:36:29 pm
River City Ransom for NES was awesome but the GBA version was all trying to be updated to year 2000 and trying to be half the Japanese game and it just came off as a big pile of crap and/or dongs imo