List of Underrated Fighters/Beat Em ups

[EllertMichael]

<3 BEAT EM UPS! <3
Ghost Chaser Densei and the arcade-only sequel Guardians are really fantastic beat-em-ups


Also been having a lot of fun with Nekketsu Oyako on the Saturn (there's also a PS1 port)

[fvgazi]

<3 BEAT EM UPS! <3
Ghost Chaser Densei and the arcade-only sequel Guardians are really fantastic beat-em-ups


Also been having a lot of fun with Nekketsu Oyako on the Saturn (there's also a PS1 port)

I played Nekketsu Oyako for a while. Pretty fun game, but seemed slow paced to me.
I second the person who said mutation nation! The enemies were hilarious!

I've always been a fan of the CPS/2 final fight clones (The Punisher, Cadillacs and Dinosaurs, Knights of the Round, etc...)

[hashiriya1]

Batman Returns on SNES is a fun beat-em-up that doesn't get much attention. Every fan of the genre should try it!

[MidnightRider]

Beat em ups:
Shadow Force - From Technos(behind the Double Dragon and Nekketsu/Kunio-Kun games), who are no stranger to the genre, they turn it up a few notches here. 6 buttons, though 1 of them is the posses-your-enemies button, and another jump, you have high and low attacks(holding up and down), special attacks for each possessed enemy, and, well it's just a good beat em up.

Fighters:
Hippodrome - This isn't street fighter style, but it has your character, as a gladiator, taking on various monsters in an arena, and in between fights you can buy upgrades.

[ejamer]

TIME KILLERS!

I've been trying to remember the name of this game for ages. Don't remember it being the best game for serious play, but all that over-the-top action was hilarious. Would love to play it again sometime!

[Snatch1414]

These aren't nearly as obscure as some that have been mentioned but I loved Rival Schools and also Eternal Champions for Sega CD. I hear there was some balance problems with a handful of characters but didn't realize it in my youth. Fighting Vipers would probably be my main pick, although again not too obscure (fighters are my fav genre, but I play everything so I haven't delved very deep).

I'd like to give a shoutout to Samurai Showdown just because I think it was right up there with other 2D fighters at the time, it just doesn't have the legacy.

As far as beat-em ups I always liked Die Hard/Dynamite Dekka.

[Anapan]

Thanks for the reccomendations! I hadn't heard of some of these. I'd like to reiterate durkada's mention of Panzer Bandit. It's a great game I only found out about last year.