Crisis Beat
When 3D began taking over in the mid ’90s, the beat-em-up genre was already past its prime. Attempts at translating …
Lucifer Ring
Just six months after Crisis Beat, Softmachine released a somewhat more successful second attempt at a 3D beat-em-up anonymously through publisher …
Splatter Master
The star of Splatter Master is a pumpkin-headed scarecrow child who packs twin chainsaws. He’s the perfect protagonist for the setting he …
Alwa’s Awakening
Alwa’s Awakening fashions itself as a lost NES game, a Metroidvania from the era of The Goonies II, Wonder Boy III and…well, Metroid and Castlevania II. It …
Darkside Story
Darkside Story looks and feels like one of those beat-em-ups that tried to ride on the popularity ignited by the genre’s …
IGPX: Immortal Grand Prix
The PS2 has a (well-earned) reputation as a licensed game garbage dump, and you’d expect a game like this to …
Mystical Fighter
Beat-’em-ups should be played with a little aggressivity, a little focused anger. In order to really enjoy what the genre …
Sword of Etheria, The
The Sword of Etheria, known as OZ ~Over Zenith~ in Japan and Chains of Power in Korea, was developed by team members from the Suikoden and Castlevania series, …
Ninja Crusaders
To the average gamer, there is something scary about the idea of a game in which you die in one …
Drill Dozer
With all the rumblings made with a third generation in the Pokémon franchise, one would consider that even a side-project from Game …
