Beatemups 101

[noiseredux]

Great job, gamerforlife! Really exhaustive article -- just the kind I love to read. Man I put so many hours into Renegade back in the day. And the TMNT arcade game is STILL a favorite of mine!

[Droid party]

Emphatically Seconded!

And for anyone wanting to hear some Yuzo Koshiro goodness http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BE_1M8Ci ... re=related 20 years on and that music still gets me in the mood to play Streets of rage.

[crux]

This was one of the best articles I've read in a long while on the site. A really great read, and even alerted me to the existence of Sengoku 3. Now if I can just find it.

[d123456]

Did not want to do another post on the article but here it is!
http://www.gamopat.over-blog.com/articl ... 64983.html
ONLY released in France? WTF!
http://annonces.ebay.fr/allitems?_from= ... fl1=500001
No Japanese release?

[GamerMON]

Man now I might eat lunch at the Dairy Queen by my house so I can play the simpsons beatemups

[weasels]

I'm so glad you recognized God hand not just by name but you also talked a bit about it. It's truly my favorite beatemup out there right now.

[Krooner]

Excellent article, particularly interested in the IGS stuff you mentioned, I played a horror themed metal slug style game by them once but have forgotten what it was called. Is there stuff/board available to emulate?

[Gamerforlife]

Thanks guys, I'm glad you enjoyed it. I actually did something else beat'em up related for the site that you guys will hopefully like too. Let's just say I wanted to spotlight some games that couldn't be covered in the 101 article and maybe provide a broader look at the genre's history

This was one of the best articles I've read in a long while on the site. A really great read, and even alerted me to the existence of Sengoku 3. Now if I can just find it.

Yeah, Sengoku III is pretty awesome. I've played it through an emulator. I'd love to own a copy though. Of course, I'd love to own an actual Neo Geo too

Did not want to do another post on the article but here it is!
http://www.gamopat.over-blog.com/articl ... 64983.html
ONLY released in France? WTF!
http://annonces.ebay.fr/allitems?_from= ... fl1=500001
No Japanese release?

I didn't actually know about that. That's interesting

I'm so glad you recognized God hand not just by name but you also talked a bit about it. It's truly my favorite beatemup out there right now.

I was actually never a huge fan of God Hand, but I tried to be objective and I know a lot of beat'em up fans love and respect the game, so I gave it a spotlight in the article

Excellent article, particularly interested in the IGS stuff you mentioned, I played a horror themed metal slug style game by them once but have forgotten what it was called. Is there stuff/board available to emulate?

I actually learned about IGS just recently. I was fascinated to hear that someone actually released a 2-d arcade beat'em up just TWO YEARS AGO! I didn't think anyone made arcade beat'em ups anymore, but they released Oriental Legend 2 in 2008. It's a bit hard to get info on their games, but I'll let you know if I find out anything. Here's some cool videos to let you see some of their games in action though:

[Krooner]

I've actually done a bit of poking about and their games are supported in 'Neo Final Burn Alpha'... Finding the roms is a bit harder though...

[bladerunner]

Excellent article on one of my favorite genres! Congrats gamerforlife!