Article on how to ressurect the Beat-Em-Ups

[Budsmoka]

Viewtiful Joe and devil may cry are petty good modren beat-em-ups.

[J T]

I miss the outlandish characters. I think that was his best point. Each bad guy had a gimmick-- the knife guy, the handcuff chick, the fire blower, etc. I think he hit in on the head with the importance of the kitsch factor of beat em ups. They don't need gritty realism, they need entertaining oddballness.

[OldSchool_Boy]

i just saw a video for a Warrior BEU coming out for 10 bucks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_tMwOZR-Bo

[Jrecee]

I want a new take on dynamite dux:

[Inazuma]

To this day I still can't believe that The Simpsons and X-Men arcade BEUs never came out on consoles. Talk about a major missed opportunity.

[fastbilly1]

Simpsons was released on the C64 and for DOS. Granted they are not the best ports, but they exist.
C64:

DOS:


Xmen was sadly never even given a bad port.

[Inazuma]

Simpsons was released on the C64 and for DOS. Granted they are not the best ports, but they exist.

Xmen was sadly never even given a bad port.

I had the DOS port of Simpsons but I would have preferred it on Super Famicom.

[fastbilly1]

Ofcourse we would have liked a proper console port. I would love to have one of the 4 player Sailor Moon beatemup or the 3 player Aliens vs Predator one. If only those guys working on the AvP BOR mod would finish it.

[Octopod]

I think to make a true beat em up you have to have it set in the 80's. Look at SoR, Final Fight, Double Dragon...really any BMU. Check out the outfits. Thats what makes a BMU. Tight blue jeans, white hightops, a belly sweat shirt with the sleeves cut off, bandanas and fingerless gloves. And mohawks. Thats the secret to the BMU genre imo.

[neilencio]

2d sidescrollers like Mario and Sonic tend to work as 2.5d sidescrollers, would that kind of evolution/upgrade work on BEUs?