Oh man, the 80’s and 90’s were the best years of my life, for many reasons of the least of which was the amazing arcade games we had to play!! I want to go back in time!!
I miss those days, I am 36yrs and I am still playing. My favorites Beat em up games are Streets of Rage 2, Final Fight, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 4: Turtles in Time, Golden Axe II, Double Dragon 2, X-Men The Arcade, Alien Storm, Altered Beast, Heavenly Swords, Knights the round table, Batman Arkham Knight, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie, Comix Zone, Ninja Gaiden 2 Sigma, God of War III, Final Fight Street Wise, Battletoads & Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Rise to Honor, Spiderman 2018, and soon Streets of Rage 4.
@@Instrulnomical Actually I made a mistake, I met Battletoads & Double Dragon (Lol). There rumors back in the days for a Battletoads & Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles but it never happened.
Watching beat em ups back to back made me realise even more why Streets of Rage series shines above them. Once it makes its appearance, the amazing music and character design becomes apparent.
Fight'N Rage is fantastic. River City Girls and Double Dragon Neon are fun, and Streets of Rage 4 is coming soon. It's not the 90's anymore but the genre is still alive.
Final Fight will always be my favorite of the arcade bunch. I remember getting to the bay side level, or whichever one's close to the end, but ran outta quarters. It'd be the first game i'd look for in any arcade i went to. These are all bringing back memories
BEAT 'EM UPS! My favorite genre! And always the best when played with a friend. This is such an incredible compilation. Thank you for the time and effort put into this. Another top notch vid by The Radikool one!
Streets of Rage is life and beat em up are also life as well. I love aliens vs predators, captain commando, battletoads, TMNT arcade, the Simpsons arcade and so much more. Your channel rocks! ✌️😎✌️
I remember playing Splatter House 3 on Sega Genesis as a child. I rented it during a weekend when my parents went on a vacation so it was just me and my brother and sister in the house. Dark, alone, at night and it was amazing. One of my favorite memories!
I wish legit arcades would make a comeback. I remember starting college at Nicholls State University and finding the arcade in the student union for the first time. They had Street Fighter 3. I was blown away.
Oh my! I found it, finally! Captain Commando. The game of my childhood, when I was maybe 6 years old there was a Arcade Cabinet club not so far away from school I used to come around every day after classes and watch someone play it, brilliant. There was also arcade cabinet with another pure classic best of the best games made ever Cadillacs and Dinosaurs, what glorious time!
A man of good taste I can detect but you forgot Alien vs predator and the punisher omg, capcom used to make the best beat em up games. Konami was there too with TMNT turtles in time, Bucky o hare, Baseball batman, sunset riders, the simpson arcade, and vendetta
Awesome tribute to one of the most memorable genres the gaming industry has ever know, from the modern era I miss Fighting Force, Zombie Revenge, Mad World, Double Dragon Neon, Code of Princess, Uppers and Dragon´s Crown but those games aside YOU CHOOSE WISELY
What an awesome collection of games! Many I have played, and many I've never seen before. It was so worth mowing the grass to spend my hard earned allowance at the local arcades. Bad Dudes, Final Fight. Golden Axe, Sengoku and TMNT were some of my favorites. I'm always bummed to see that Sega never includes the arcade port of Golden Axe in home console collections. The Genesis version was missing subtle details. Gilius Thunderheads axe wasn't even gold. Wish I could play Golden Axe Death Adder, Metamorphic Force, and The Punisher, they look righteous. To bad more software companies don't release arcade collections for PS4/XB1. There is something about the arcade ports that are magical. Shinobi, Tron, and the Disc's of Tron will always be my top three favorite arcade titles.
My top 3 Beat ‘em up games are 1. TMNT 4: Turtles in Time for SNES, 2. Streets of Rage 2. And 3. Golden Axe 3. Though, I have to acknowledge that Streets of Rage 2 is better, but TMNT 4: Turtles in Time holds more appeal to me because I’m a big TMNT fan.
@8:07 i was so relieved you didnt miss river city ransom. this game was insanely ahead of its time in so many ways. the rpg elements, the co-op, the physics (if someone threw a rock at you, you could hit it back), the background actually being in play (you could get on top of the park benches and some roofs)... just... wow.
Excelente compilación muchas gracias incluso si solo lo veo ahora. Estos píxeles siempre serán más hermosos en mi corazón, en cierto sentido, que los juegos modernos.
i'm 26 and live in VietNam but watch this clip make me cry, time flies so fast :((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((
Double Dragon!!! I remember thinking Golden Axe graphics were next level. For their time they were and the fact that you can hit enemies using combinations was amazing. Imagine a game like that with today's consoles. A lost game genre.
Return of Double Dragon ( japanese SDD) is stilly fav beaten up off all time.when I come to fight choreography...yes there was a fight choreographer for this game...the martial arts action was soooo advanced for it's time...first game I ever played with counters and reversals in a beat em up
Good o' 80's and 90's. Miss those arcades. Just awesome place to chill and waste time. Nothing beat getting on a arcade machine with others and help beat a game like X-men,Tmnt, simpsons. Best days when things where normally and innocent
Best beat'em'ups for me: 1. Alien vs. Predator (arcade 1994) 2. Final Fight 3 (SNES) 3. The beat'em'up portions of story mode of the Guilty Gear games (these definitely slipped through the cracks!)
Ah man, this brings me back in time, I almost forgot few of these games I frequently played. 90’s was the best time ever, I couldn’t wait to grow up then and now I wish to turn around the time. Thanks a lot for uploading this so at least I could remember the past a bit and felt like a child again, skipping school to play the games, how time flies
Vigilante! I've been looking for the name of that game forever! All I remembered from the late 80s was a guy with a white shirt and a blue overall. Thank you so much :)
Gosh the GREAT memories of playing some of these games. This was a great trip back in time. I can thank these games for me becoming a game developer today! Btw, I enjoy EVERYTHING on this channel!!
Arcade FF1 and Mighty final fight are the only strong games they had and FF1 is now very old, swarms of enemies thrown at you randomly, AI is ridiculous, the whole game is just a MASH fest designed to make you spit money. Its simple, fighting game in late 70's created the genre, double dragon popularized it, final fight defined all the rules and perfected them. I respect that but say it's still relevant is just pure nostalgia. FF2 is a big pile of dog shit, FF3 could've been a good game if they actually polished it and made it harder.
@@hikari67 I ve finished Final fight 1 with Cody just now with only 1 credit lost 3 lives cant play good with guy for some reason he seems inferior to cody for some reason. Yeah I agree with you it was perfect back then but now you can easily point out its flaws especially AI its very old now still good tho. I also play only Real bout 1 sometimes never tried Ff2 or Ff3 but 1st game is the most solid generally that applies to most of games in my opinion
Lol. I loved that arcade back then. Along with TMNT, golden axe, double dragon, and WWF wrestle fest it was my favourite. The arcade I wasted the most money on was robocop. Man, I hated that thing! It ate my money so damn quick lol. It seemed like you only had to be shot once or twice and you died, and you needed more credits after credits. But pleased to say, after 30 years, I've finally completed it.🤦♂️😂
Games today are seriously lacking in beat em ups, that bud specer/terrence hill one was great, though! I played all of them, both physical media and emulators, i'm dead serious, i played every game on gamefaqs that's listed as a beat em up. Ineed more, dammit! Streets of Rage 2 is the king and a contender for one of the greatest games of all time!!!
It is one of my favourite games of all time. I think I've replayed it more times than any other game. My brother and I worked our way up to being able to beat it on Mania difficulty starting with only one life. Now that was an achievement.
41 and still play retrogaming games alone ... and now with my 3 sons (3, 5 & 7 years) who get the virus of arcade games like their father since Final Fight 30 years ago during summer holidays with my brother in Saint-Cyprien (FRANCE) . Thanks a lot TheRadik for your mix that reminds me my childhood !!! ;) Keep going !!!!
Missing tons of SNES games: Legend, Sonic Blastman 1 & 2, Rival Turf, Brawl Brothers, Peacekeepers, Pirates of Dark Water, Iron Commando, War of the Gems, X-Men Mutant Apocalypse, Death and Return of Superman, Ghost Chaser Densei and more. But this is still a GREAT list, thanks!
Golden Axe level 7: The two bronze statues before the Gold Knights. A - Who are they and B - Is there a way to get them to fight. A mystery that will haunt me to my grave :(
Too many memories, “consoles killed the arcade gods.” Wasn’t à sega nerd but all the NES releases you’ve shown I’ve beat. Miss those days.... big shout out to P.O.W. Unforgiving and well worth the battle.
The best are: - Final Fight (Capcom/Arcade) - Streets of Rage 2 (Sega/Mega Drive) - Sengoku 3 (SNK-Noise Factory/Neo Geo) - TNMT Turtle in Time (Konami/Arcade) - Batman Returns (Konami/Sega CD) - Knights of Round (Capcom/Arcade) - Battletoads in Battlemaniacs (Tradewest/SNES) - Spiderman and Venon: Maximum Carnage (Acclaim/SNES and Mega Drive) - Cadillac and Dinosaurs (Capcom/Arcade) - Alien vs. Predator (Capcom/Arcade)
Great work. Impossible to include all but i missed After War from Amiga 500 and Power Rangers from Megadrive. Maybe not in a list of the best ones but they are part of my childhood
El mejor genero de los Video Juegos. Patear traseros en las calles de la ciudad es sumamente reconfortante, más aún si eres MIchael Jackson o un clon de Bruce Lee.
The snes of DD & BB was superior but the nes was fun and hard as well. Battletoads arcade and Battletoads Battle in Battlemaniacs were like the best Battletoads in terms of mechanics, fun and even graphics.
So many good games. Just hearing the Double Dragon 2 music puts me into a whirlwind of nostalgia. I remember when that Ninja Turtles came out in the arcade. The first time I saw it was in a game room at a campsite in Ohio. I was about 7 or 8 years old. My uncle had given me some quarters to go play some games to keep me busy. There was a whole group of kids around the TMNT game. When I finally saw an open joystick, I popped my quarter in and set the rest of the down by my buttons. I think I had 2 or 3 dollars in quarters. When my game was over, I reached to get another quarter to continue playing and noticed someone had stolen my quarters. I was so fuckin' sad. The Turtles were my favorite back then. When they released the game on Nintendo I was really happy. It turned out pretty good on the 8-bit console compared to the arcade version. And prayed that kid that stole my quarters belonged to a poor family that couldn't afford it. lol Just kidding. Great game though.
I think the greatest thing about these games was the sound. I forget the name for it, but the association with a punch/kick/attack and its impact makes it feel good. The great beat-em-ups all had in common, to me, was that feedback. I never got to play many of these arcade games though. I wish I did, but SOOO expensive at the time. Final Fight in the arcade, the experience was wonderous.Primal Rage was awesome but that was because of the huge cabinets with big screens and a BOOMING sound system. Killer Instinct was phenomenal, which IMO was the best arcade fighter. The music, the sound, the ULLLLTRAAAAAAA COOOMMMBOOOOOOOOO
Amazing video, anyone else here have the sega six pack with streats of rage? The Punisher (2 players) and X Men ( 4 players) were my two personal favorite arcade machine beat em ups growing up!
@@sammylpt9076 the I had had all those games except World Cup of Italy. Those two games I listed were separate. Just my favorite live arcade machines growing up.
They were games of pure joy to play, I have a lot of happy memories. However the mystery of the two bronze statues before you fight the Gold Knights on level 7 of Golden Axe will always haunt me! Pig dude and man with a sword! Who were they?!?!
I still play every last one of these games still today...i just can't stop playing my child hood games as of these...the arcade was the heaven to all young boys in the 80's and 90's coming up...today these gamers don't know nothing about real gaming but the 80's and 90's gamers...being a kid in this time of gaming was the shiiiit and im proud i was apart of it...
I just bought a sega what are the best games to get? I got sonic, house of dead two and three coming next week. Im getting earth worm jim, donkey kong and aladdin later when I go to game stop.
@@vandamme8866 I was talking technically and graphically. Anyway Double Dragon copied Renegade and any beat em up that came after it you want to take that stance
Bruce Lee games , Jacky Chan games .... I can't remember the van Damme games (Johnny Cage etc. doesn't count) (StreetFighter the Movie neither) (Pitfighter : No) (Or they were so bad no body remembers them ? Wrong Bet !)
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Oh man, the 80’s and 90’s were the best years of my life, for many reasons of the least of which was the amazing arcade games we had to play!! I want to go back in time!!
The arcades is the thing I miss the most back then. And the arcade machines in the corner stores too. Oh do I miss that
@Anthony Z I'm 40....so what's wrong with that, kid???
I wouldn't go back in time. Just by the arcade machine. Time travel completed.
I miss The old days......
42 here and still retro-gaming.....
I miss those days, I am 36yrs and I am still playing. My favorites Beat em up games are Streets of Rage 2, Final Fight, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 4: Turtles in Time, Golden Axe II, Double Dragon 2, X-Men The Arcade, Alien Storm, Altered Beast, Heavenly Swords, Knights the round table, Batman Arkham Knight, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie, Comix Zone, Ninja Gaiden 2 Sigma, God of War III, Final Fight Street Wise, Battletoads & Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Rise to Honor, Spiderman 2018, and soon Streets of Rage 4.
Me too. And dont forget Batman Arkham series, which is the best modern beat'up.
Woah Woah Hold Up. . . Battletoads & Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Arcade Game Was A Thing??? Not A Fan Made Game?!
@@Instrulnomical Actually I made a mistake, I met Battletoads & Double Dragon (Lol). There rumors back in the days for a Battletoads & Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles but it never happened.
Iam 34 bro me too me too
@@LoganPP I just recently got a sega it's coming next week im 37 years old thought I was going to be home but I start back work tomorrow.
when life gets hard.. I always go back to this place. we had such great childhood memories.
Watching beat em ups back to back made me realise even more why Streets of Rage series shines above them. Once it makes its appearance, the amazing music and character design becomes apparent.
I think u never played urban reign
Really glad I bought the genesis classics last night. Streets of rage, golden axe, toejam and earl are still a blast. 90's man, miss those days.
Capcom was the king of this genre. I really wish it would come back.
Thank you to whomever made this compilation, it is phenomenal. Very well done.
Konami's TMNT?
No beat em up Capcom made ever can close to Streets of Rage
Fight'N Rage is fantastic. River City Girls and Double Dragon Neon are fun, and Streets of Rage 4 is coming soon.
It's not the 90's anymore but the genre is still alive.
And Sega
shame capcom wont do a street fighter beat em up they have the roster
The Simpsons Arcade game was one of my favorites!!...
Man this Genre doesn't get much love anymore.
i know, right? charlie murder was probably the most recent one that really blew me away.
@Yatham Seenu oh yeah thats the other great one of the modern era for sure.
Try "Mother Russia Bleeds". It blew me away.
Most of them are made by indie developers now days
Streets of rage 4 is in the works, and it's going to be awesome, but I highly recommend that you play fight n rage on steam, it's beautiful.
im 31 yold and i still play cadillacs and dinosaurs sometimes, best games ever
ties0 how?
I wish that game was ported to consoles. Having a beat em up with guns and dinosaurs looks fantastic!
@@rgbfan emulator
Same here...still play it to this day and it never gets old.
Final Fight will always be my favorite of the arcade bunch. I remember getting to the bay side level, or whichever one's close to the end, but ran outta quarters. It'd be the first game i'd look for in any arcade i went to. These are all bringing back memories
Mike Haggar for President ❤✌
BEAT 'EM UPS! My favorite genre! And always the best when played with a friend. This is such an incredible compilation. Thank you for the time and effort put into this. Another top notch vid by The Radikool one!
Streets of Rage was my Child hood ♥️
streets of rage 4 just released brother man, :)
@@joelcobb5702 it's wonderful
@@umr4h138 it is
Double Dragon 2+Streets of Rage 2+ Final Fight 1-2-3+X-Men+All The TMNT Titles 🤟
Streets of Rage is life and beat em up are also life as well. I love aliens vs predators, captain commando, battletoads, TMNT arcade, the Simpsons arcade and so much more. Your channel rocks! ✌️😎✌️
I remember playing Splatter House 3 on Sega Genesis as a child.
I rented it during a weekend when my parents went on a vacation so it was just me and my brother and sister in the house.
Dark, alone, at night and it was amazing. One of my favorite memories!
the part that Panda doll become monster always freaked me out!
@@jason.h.zager88 yeaaaah! It was a trippy game man.
I wish legit arcades would make a comeback. I remember starting college at Nicholls State University and finding the arcade in the student union for the first time. They had Street Fighter 3. I was blown away.
Oh my! I found it, finally! Captain Commando. The game of my childhood, when I was maybe 6 years old there was a Arcade Cabinet club not so far away from school I used to come around every day after classes and watch someone play it, brilliant. There was also arcade cabinet with another pure classic best of the best games made ever Cadillacs and Dinosaurs, what glorious time!
32:50 Metamorphic Force: beautiful game so under-rated
Yes it is! I modded my Arcade1Up SF2 Cab and I played this on it a few weeks ago. Very underrated!
Never heard of that one before,looks amazing
Cadillacs And Dinosaurs, Final Fight and Captain Commando, the holy trinity to me. Sunset Riders would be top 4
A man of good taste I can detect but you forgot Alien vs predator and the punisher omg, capcom used to make the best beat em up games. Konami was there too with TMNT turtles in time, Bucky o hare, Baseball batman, sunset riders, the simpson arcade, and vendetta
Sega had Street of rage, spiderman arcade, spikeout, dynamite dux, golden axe, altered beast, shinobiand cybercop
Awesome tribute to one of the most memorable genres the gaming industry has ever know, from the modern era I miss Fighting Force, Zombie Revenge, Mad World, Double Dragon Neon, Code of Princess, Uppers and Dragon´s Crown but those games aside YOU CHOOSE WISELY
What a time to be alive. Unbelievable amount of quality produced and some great memories. So many classics to choose from.
What an awesome collection of games! Many I have played, and many I've never seen before. It was so worth mowing the grass to spend my hard earned allowance at the local arcades. Bad Dudes, Final Fight. Golden Axe, Sengoku and TMNT were some of my favorites. I'm always bummed to see that Sega never includes the arcade port of Golden Axe in home console collections. The Genesis version was missing subtle details. Gilius Thunderheads axe wasn't even gold. Wish I could play Golden Axe Death Adder, Metamorphic Force, and The Punisher, they look righteous. To bad more software companies don't release arcade collections for PS4/XB1. There is something about the arcade ports that are magical. Shinobi, Tron, and the Disc's of Tron will always be my top three favorite arcade titles.
My top 3 Beat ‘em up games are 1. TMNT 4: Turtles in Time for SNES, 2. Streets of Rage 2. And 3. Golden Axe 3. Though, I have to acknowledge that Streets of Rage 2 is better, but TMNT 4: Turtles in Time holds more appeal to me because I’m a big TMNT fan.
For me this is what gaming is all about being in the arcade with people. And I love Lucas arts story driven click and go games.
I can only imagine how long it took to compile this video. The feels man, the feels......
@8:07 i was so relieved you didnt miss river city ransom. this game was insanely ahead of its time in so many ways. the rpg elements, the co-op, the physics (if someone threw a rock at you, you could hit it back), the background actually being in play (you could get on top of the park benches and some roofs)... just... wow.
World Cup
Double Dragon 2 and 3 had best music and gameplay... I love them 💜
Excelente compilación muchas gracias incluso si solo lo veo ahora. Estos píxeles siempre serán más hermosos en mi corazón, en cierto sentido, que los juegos modernos.
Original Double Dragon Arcade is my Favorite Beat Em Up of All Time.
Renegade's Baby Brother
technically Super Double Dragon is better. Its only fault being its slower paced.
for every single man that are now in their 30s raise those thumbs if youve been in an arcarde gamin place
i'm 26 and live in VietNam but watch this clip make me cry, time flies so fast :((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((
Not yet… Heard they have one in town now though
Ah I miss those seedy ass places... But there were great ones as well!
👍
Not in my 30s Being in my 40s already so I raise my hand ✋️ for this dope collection of beat em ups 🔥💯
Don't forget Spikeout Battle Street Xbox
N.A.R.C 😎
So many Beat Em Up games it would take over 20 hours to watch them all😎👊
I would always make new friends at the arcades playing beat em ups as kid. Miss those times.
It was king of fighter's in Mexico made enemies too.
Double Dragon!!! I remember thinking Golden Axe graphics were next level. For their time they were and the fact that you can hit enemies using combinations was amazing. Imagine a game like that with today's consoles. A lost game genre.
The best video game I have played on a Super Nintendo was Super Double Dragon and I beated it a thousand times back in the day.
Killer instinct for me bro.
Return of Double Dragon ( japanese SDD) is stilly fav beaten up off all time.when I come to fight choreography...yes there was a fight choreographer for this game...the martial arts action was soooo advanced for it's time...first game I ever played with counters and reversals in a beat em up
Bad dudes from 1988 is still one of the most awesome games ever. The graphics were very good for 1988 and the game play was smooth.
This is basically my childhood, thank your for the trip down memory lane, and some forgotten gems!!
I was born in 81 thank you this brought back so many memories
Streets of Rage 1 and 2 are best of best in video games history!! ^.^
punch > stun rinse repeat
썬키나이트 sorry I don’t think so I was born double dragon final fight arcades was the best days ever
guardian heroes the best one
Streets of rage and bare knuckle 3 are best. Sor 2 is overrated garbage
PRO HORSE PUNTER i had nightmares of abobo.
Good o' 80's and 90's. Miss those arcades. Just awesome place to chill and waste time. Nothing beat getting on a arcade machine with others and help beat a game like X-men,Tmnt, simpsons. Best days when things where normally and innocent
24:00 *THE UNDISPUTED KING* of Beat'Em Ups!
Como voy a disfrutar este video!!! El mejor género sin duda!!! Gran trabajo,gracias!!!
Saludos!!!
LOS MEJORES RECUERDOS
Best beat'em'ups for me:
1. Alien vs. Predator (arcade 1994)
2. Final Fight 3 (SNES)
3. The beat'em'up portions of story mode of the Guilty Gear games (these definitely slipped through the cracks!)
I'm a simple man,I see double Dragon, i give a like!
Ah man, this brings me back in time, I almost forgot few of these games I frequently played. 90’s was the best time ever, I couldn’t wait to grow up then and now I wish to turn around the time. Thanks a lot for uploading this so at least I could remember the past a bit and felt like a child again, skipping school to play the games, how time flies
Vigilante!
I've been looking for the name of that game forever!
All I remembered from the late 80s was a guy with a white shirt and a blue overall.
Thank you so much :)
Gosh the GREAT memories of playing some of these games. This was a great trip back in time. I can thank these games for me becoming a game developer today! Btw, I enjoy EVERYTHING on this channel!!
Streets of Rage and Final Fight two of my all time favourites.
Yea and double dragon and golden axe! :D and one of the best asterix and obelix omg!
Top kek, they did copy Street fighter 2 style try again noob.
@@hikari67 Final fight is better I think but I like both
Arcade FF1 and Mighty final fight are the only strong games they had and FF1 is now very old, swarms of enemies thrown at you randomly, AI is ridiculous, the whole game is just a MASH fest designed to make you spit money.
Its simple, fighting game in late 70's created the genre, double dragon popularized it, final fight defined all the rules and perfected them. I respect that but say it's still relevant is just pure nostalgia.
FF2 is a big pile of dog shit, FF3 could've been a good game if they actually polished it and made it harder.
@@hikari67 I ve finished Final fight 1 with Cody just now with only 1 credit lost 3 lives cant play good with guy for some reason he seems inferior to cody for some reason.
Yeah I agree with you it was perfect back then but now you can easily point out its flaws especially AI its very old now still good tho.
I also play only Real bout 1 sometimes never tried Ff2 or Ff3 but 1st game is the most solid generally that applies to most of games in my opinion
Great selection of games.
44 years old , still playing 👍
Moonwalker remains the only game i ever completed in the arcade, and I did it without spending more than £10👍
Lol. I loved that arcade back then. Along with TMNT, golden axe, double dragon, and WWF wrestle fest it was my favourite.
The arcade I wasted the most money on was robocop. Man, I hated that thing! It ate my money so damn quick lol. It seemed like you only had to be shot once or twice and you died, and you needed more credits after credits.
But pleased to say, after 30 years, I've finally completed it.🤦♂️😂
Moinwalker was one of my favorites back in the day. I could get to the final stage on one token. Also TMNT, Mutant Fighter. Jungle Boy to name a few.
Brings back my childhood so much watching these games
I love how in this clip you can see the various beginings of some of the ideas that are still in todays games
What a great list, i have played most of them and i loved each one but Streets of Rage will always have its own place in my heart.
47:50 "Growl" I was looking for this game many years because I forgot the title. Now I finally found you. Hahah many thanks 🎊✨
Games today are seriously lacking in beat em ups, that bud specer/terrence hill one was great, though! I played all of them, both physical media and emulators, i'm dead serious, i played every game on gamefaqs that's listed as a beat em up. Ineed more, dammit! Streets of Rage 2 is the king and a contender for one of the greatest games of all time!!!
It is one of my favourite games of all time. I think I've replayed it more times than any other game. My brother and I worked our way up to being able to beat it on Mania difficulty starting with only one life. Now that was an achievement.
Batman Arkham Asylum?
41 and still play retrogaming games alone ... and now with my 3 sons (3, 5 & 7 years) who get the virus of arcade games like their father since Final Fight 30 years ago during summer holidays with my brother in Saint-Cyprien (FRANCE) . Thanks a lot TheRadik for your mix that reminds me my childhood !!! ;) Keep going !!!!
God that streets of rage 2 soundtrack is amazing!
Truly the GOAT
You can thank *Yuzo Koshiro* for that!
From this list I missed only 4 games but I have played 99% of this list video, I really enjoyed playing games in my life.
Fighting Force (PS1) 1997
On N64 too
Yeah figthing force for ps1
I wish I could of keap that game🙋♂️
I hated fighting force...it was an ok game but it marked the beginning of the end for the beat em up genre
This is easily the BEST list I have seen on this! :D Awesome job man! :D
My favorite Arcade genre of all time, who's with me!!
My favourite beat-'em-up series is Streets of Rage, Double Dragon and Battletoads.
Target Renegade was such a good game for the Amstrad back in the day what days 😊
Missing tons of SNES games: Legend, Sonic Blastman 1 & 2, Rival Turf, Brawl Brothers, Peacekeepers, Pirates of Dark Water, Iron Commando, War of the Gems, X-Men Mutant Apocalypse, Death and Return of Superman, Ghost Chaser Densei and more. But this is still a GREAT list, thanks!
Oh man, I can listen to the Golden Axe soundtrack by itself outside of playing the game. Anybody else here absolutely love that soundtrack??
It was solid for sure. Another classic game's soundtrack that's fire is Skyblazer for the SNES.
Golden Axe level 7: The two bronze statues before the Gold Knights. A - Who are they and B - Is there a way to get them to fight. A mystery that will haunt me to my grave :(
Golden axe and double dragon. I love both soundtracks. Great memories from some of my first arcade experiences.
@@sammylpt9076 You gotta screenshot for that?
Even more amazing was the sprite work for the arcade Golden Axe! They did both forward and and back walking animations!
Too many memories, “consoles killed the arcade gods.” Wasn’t à sega nerd but all the NES releases you’ve shown I’ve beat. Miss those days.... big shout out to P.O.W. Unforgiving and well worth the battle.
This video was a great start to my day I love the beat em up genre back in the day putting quarters in the machine
Double Dragon was my all time favorite than bad dudes came next pow and double dragon 2 TMNT the arcade game . Those were the games.
Shadow Over Mystara & Tower Of Doom... Best of Best...
I got unnecessarily emotional when comic zone popped up. I used to rent this game from blockbuster over and over again.
The best are:
- Final Fight (Capcom/Arcade)
- Streets of Rage 2 (Sega/Mega Drive)
- Sengoku 3 (SNK-Noise Factory/Neo Geo)
- TNMT Turtle in Time (Konami/Arcade)
- Batman Returns (Konami/Sega CD)
- Knights of Round (Capcom/Arcade)
- Battletoads in Battlemaniacs (Tradewest/SNES)
- Spiderman and Venon: Maximum Carnage (Acclaim/SNES and Mega Drive)
- Cadillac and Dinosaurs (Capcom/Arcade)
- Alien vs. Predator (Capcom/Arcade)
21:38 el Vendetta el mejor juego que tuve la dicha de disfrutar en mi infancia
Great work. Impossible to include all but i missed After War from Amiga 500 and Power Rangers from Megadrive. Maybe not in a list of the best ones but they are part of my childhood
Duuude...duuddde !!! Thank you for the memories. And even some surprises (even being a NES fan I've never seen Kung Fu 2 before)!!
The ANXIETY of my Last two quarters when I used to play DOUBLE DRAGON...FUCCN IM SWEATING THINKING ABOUT IT
Amazing collection beat em ups! I played in several games here years ago. And now thanks to your video, i remembered theirs again! Thank you so much!
El mejor genero de los Video Juegos. Patear traseros en las calles de la ciudad es sumamente reconfortante, más aún si eres MIchael Jackson o un clon de Bruce Lee.
One of the best game genres. Thanks for posting...lots of great titles here.
Cool! But what about Battle Toads & Double Dragon? It was one of my favourite games on NES
Sorry ass Game it was Arcade Battletoads were a lot better
The snes of DD & BB was superior but the nes was fun and hard as well. Battletoads arcade and Battletoads Battle in Battlemaniacs were like the best Battletoads in terms of mechanics, fun and even graphics.
beat down from ps2 and xbox is a good game too ! play this game ! =)
Vendetta (Crime Fighters 2) will always be my number 1
It sucked that it never got a home conversion.
Estoy llorando, gracias por recordarme esos tiempos
And the winner is...... DOUBLE DRAGON 1987.
wooooooooooooow old is gold
kill Moon yes it is my bro
I loved renegade all these games bring back memories
Nice job on the comp man! Shounen Ninja Sasuke and Final Fight 2 was one of my favorites
Streets of Rage 1 and 2, are my favorites. Axel Stone is GOAT.
Frank Parker GRAB THE POWER(what ever he says!!)
Vinayak Shenoy thanks 4 clearing that up
The 80's 90's are awesome
Here’s a few.
Narc (NES) 1988
Fighting Force (PS1) 1997
State of Emergency (PS2) 2002
SoE was awesome for got about that great game aka riot simulator
So many good games. Just hearing the Double Dragon 2 music puts me into a whirlwind of nostalgia. I remember when that Ninja Turtles came out in the arcade. The first time I saw it was in a game room at a campsite in Ohio. I was about 7 or 8 years old. My uncle had given me some quarters to go play some games to keep me busy. There was a whole group of kids around the TMNT game. When I finally saw an open joystick, I popped my quarter in and set the rest of the down by my buttons. I think I had 2 or 3 dollars in quarters. When my game was over, I reached to get another quarter to continue playing and noticed someone had stolen my quarters. I was so fuckin' sad. The Turtles were my favorite back then. When they released the game on Nintendo I was really happy. It turned out pretty good on the 8-bit console compared to the arcade version. And prayed that kid that stole my quarters belonged to a poor family that couldn't afford it. lol Just kidding. Great game though.
Bro, Comix Zone was the 16 bit Viewtiful Joe!
I think the greatest thing about these games was the sound. I forget the name for it, but the association with a punch/kick/attack and its impact makes it feel good. The great beat-em-ups all had in common, to me, was that feedback. I never got to play many of these arcade games though. I wish I did, but SOOO expensive at the time. Final Fight in the arcade, the experience was wonderous.Primal Rage was awesome but that was because of the huge cabinets with big screens and a BOOMING sound system. Killer Instinct was phenomenal, which IMO was the best arcade fighter. The music, the sound, the ULLLLTRAAAAAAA COOOMMMBOOOOOOOOO
damn i use to love playing Crime Fighters at the arcades
Awesome Compilation! I didn't know of some of these presented here!
Amazing video, anyone else here have the sega six pack with streats of rage? The Punisher (2 players) and X Men ( 4 players) were my two personal favorite arcade machine beat em ups growing up!
Was The Punished on the Sega 6 pack? I had the one with SOR, Golden Axe, Revenge of Shinobi, Columns, Super Hang On and World Cup Italia 90
@@sammylpt9076 the I had had all those games except World Cup of Italy. Those two games I listed were separate. Just my favorite live arcade machines growing up.
They were games of pure joy to play, I have a lot of happy memories. However the mystery of the two bronze statues before you fight the Gold Knights on level 7 of Golden Axe will always haunt me! Pig dude and man with a sword! Who were they?!?!
I still play every last one of these games still today...i just can't stop playing my child hood games as of these...the arcade was the heaven to all young boys in the 80's and 90's coming up...today these gamers don't know nothing about real gaming but the 80's and 90's gamers...being a kid in this time of gaming was the shiiiit and im proud i was apart of it...
We all know The Punisher is the best of them.. Followed closely by Captain Comando and that one with the dinosaurs..
I just bought a sega what are the best games to get? I got sonic, house of dead two and three coming next week. Im getting earth worm jim, donkey kong and aladdin later when I go to game stop.
Add Alien Vs. Predator to that list
In the past we had all this classics games, now we have Batman Arkham, the best way to transport 2D beat'up to 3D. Time to Final Fight back
Just been confirm we get streets of Rage 4 and I think we need a new Double dragon
Great job on the compilation . I played 90% at the arcade and some of the home consoles, back n the day were rentals.
Man Final Fight was so ahead of its time!
Not really copied double dragon
@@vandamme8866 I was talking technically and graphically. Anyway Double Dragon copied Renegade and any beat em up that came after it you want to take that stance
Bruce Lee games , Jacky Chan games .... I can't remember the van Damme games (Johnny Cage etc. doesn't count) (StreetFighter the Movie neither) (Pitfighter : No) (Or they were so bad no body remembers them ? Wrong Bet !)