List of beat 'em ups
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Beat 'em ups are video games which pit a fighter or group of fighters against many underpowered enemies and bosses. Gameplay usually spans many levels, with most levels ending in an enemy boss. If multiple players are involved, players generally fight cooperatively.
It is often useful to characterise gameplay as either 2D (largely characterised by the player walking only to the left or right) or 3D (characterised by full movement in the implied horizontal plane, sometimes also with a button for jump). Graphics can likewise be categorised as 2D (with sprites, sometimes with an isometric or parallax effect) or 3D (polygons), or hybrid (e.g. sprite characters in front of polygon backgrounds, or vice versa).
Beat 'em ups
[edit]Games with beat 'em up sections
[edit]- The Adventures of Bayou Billy - Konami
- Asterix & Obelix XXL - Étranges Libellules
- Asterix & Obelix XXL 2: Mission: Las Vegum - Étranges Libellules
- Bebe's Kids - Radical Entertainment
- Bully - Rockstar Vancouver
- Crash of the Titans - Radical Entertainment
- Crash: Mind over Mutant - Radical Entertainment
- Darkman - Ocean
- Guilty Gear Isuka - Sammy
- Guilty Gear Judgment - Sammy
- Legend of Success Joe - Wave
- Lego video games - TT Games
- Mortal Kombat: Armageddon - Midway
- Ninja Golf - Atari
- S.P.Y. the Special Project Y - Konami
- Shenmue - Sega
- Street Fighter EX3
- Super Smash Bros. Melee - HAL Laboratory / Nintendo
- Super Smash Bros. Brawl - Sora / Nintendo
- Tekken 3 - Namco
- Tekken 4 - Namco
- Tekken 5 - Namco
- Tekken 6 - Namco Bandai
- King Kong (2005 video game) - Ubisoft
Hack 'n slash
[edit]2D
[edit]- The Astyanax - jaleco
- The Legend of Kage (1985)[1] - Taito
- Captain Silver (1987)[2] - Data East
- Rastan (1987)[2][3] - Taito
- Tiger Road (1987) - Capcom
- Shinobi series (1987 debut)[2][4] - Sega
- Ninja Gaiden (Shadow Warriors) series (1988 debut)[2] - Tecmo
- Golden Axe series (1989 debut)[5][6] - Sega
- Strider series (1989)[1][7] - Capcom
- Danan: The Jungle Fighter (1990)[2] - Sega
- First Samurai (1991)[1] - Vivid Image
- Saint Sword (1991)[2] - Taito
3D
[edit]- 300: March to Glory - Collision Studios
- Afro Samurai - Namco Bandai Games
- Akuji the Heartless - Crystal Dynamics
- Astral Chain - PlatinumGames
- Asura's Wrath - CyberConnect2
- Attack on Titan - Koei Tecmo
- Bayonetta series - PlatinumGames
- Beowulf: The Game - Ubisoft
- Blades of Time - Gaijin Entertainment
- Bladestorm: The Hundred Years' War - Omega Force
- Blood Will Tell - Sega Wow/Red Entertainment
- BloodRayne series - Terminal Reality
- Bujingai - Taito/Red Entertainment
- Castlevania: Curse of Darkness - Konami
- Castlevania: Lament of Innocence - Konami
- Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Konami
- Chaos Legion - Capcom Production Studio 6
- Conan - Nihilistic Software
- Dante's Inferno - Visceral Games
- Darksiders series - Vigil Games
- Deadpool - High Moon Studios
- Devil Kings/Sengoku Basara series - Capcom
- Devil May Cry series - Capcom
- Dragon Valor - Namco
- Drakengard series - Cavia
- Dungeon Magic - Taito
- Dynasty Warriors series - Koei/Omega Force
- El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron - Ignition Tokyo
- Fire Emblem Warriors series - Omega Force/Team Ninja/Nintendo/Koei Tecmo
- Gauntlet series - Atari Games
- Genji series - Game Republic
- Ghost Rider - Climax Group
- Gladiator: Sword of Vengeance - Acclaim Studios Manchester
- God of War series - Santa Monica Studio
- Golden Axe: Beast Rider - Secret Level
- Heavenly Sword - Ninja Theory
- Hulk - Radical Entertainment
- Hyrule Warriors series - Omega Force/Team Ninja/Nintendo/Koei Tecmo
- Killer Is Dead - Grasshopper Manufacture
- Legacy of Kain: Defiance - Crystal Dynamics/Nixxes Software BV
- The Legend of Korra - PlatinumGames
- Lollipop Chainsaw - Grasshopper Manufacture
- The Lord of the Rings series
- Lucifer Ring - Toshiba EMI
- Mazan: Flash of the Blade - Namco
- MediEvil series
- Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance - PlatinumGames
- Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor - Monolith Productions
- Muramasa: The Demon Blade - Vanillaware
- Nano Breaker - Konami
- Ninja Blade - FromSoftware
- Ninja Gaiden: Second Series - Team Ninja
- Ninja Spirit - Irem
- No More Heroes series - Grasshopper Manufacture
- The OneChanbara series - Tamsoft
- Onimusha series - Capcom
- Otogi series - FromSoftware
- Persona 5 Strikers - Omega Force/P-Studio/Atlus
- Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time series - Ubisoft
- Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
- Prince of Persia: Warrior Within
- Prince of Persia: Revelations (PSP)
- Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones
- Prince of Persia: Rival Swords (PSP)
- Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands
- Prince of Persia - Ubisoft
- Ragnarok Battle Offline - French Bread
- Red Steel 2 - Ubisoft
- Rune - Human Head Studios
- Rurouni Kenshin: Enjou! Kyoto Rinne - Banpresto
- Rygar: The Legendary Adventure - Tecmo
- Samurai Champloo: Sidetracked - Grasshopper Manufacture
- Samurai Warrior: The Battles of Usagi Yojimbo - Beam Software / Firebird
- Samurai Warriors series - Koei, Omega Force
- Savage - Probe Software
- Senran Kagura series - Marvelous/Tamsoft
- Senran Kagura Burst
- Senran Kagura Burst Re:Newal
- Senran Kagura 2: Deep Crimson
- Senran Kagura Shinovi Versus
- Senran Kagura Estival Versus
- Senran Kagura Burst
- Seven Samurai 20XX - Dimps
- Severance: Blade of Darkness - Rebel Act Studios
- Shadow Force: Henshin Ninja - Technos
- Shinobi series - Sega
- Skull & Crossbones - Atari Games
- The werehog gameplay of Sonic Unleashed - Sega
- Soulcalibur Legends - Bandai Namco Entertainment
- Spartan: Total Warrior - The Creative Assembly
- Splatterhouse (2010) - Bandai Namco Entertainment
- Star Wars: The Force Unleashed series - LucasArts
- Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order - Respawn
- Sudeki - Climax Group
- Sword of the Berserk: Guts' Rage - Yuke's
- Sword of Sodan - Innerprise
- Targhan - Silmarils
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants in Manhattan - PlatinumGames
- The Nightmare Before Christmas: Oogie's Revenge - Capcom
- Transformers: Devastation - PlatinumGames
- Trinity: Souls of Zill O'll - Omega Force
- Van Helsing - Saffire
- Viking: Battle for Asgard - The Creative Assembly
- Warrior Blade: Rastan Saga Episode III - Taito
- Warriors Orochi series - Koei, Omega Force
- The Wonderful 101 - PlatinumGames
- Wulverblade - Darkwind Media
- X-Blades - Gaijin Entertainment
- X-Men Origins: Wolverine - Raven Software
- Xena: Warrior Princess - Vivendi
- Yakuza Ishin
- Yakuza Kenzan
- Yumi: Samurai Warrior - LTBDesigns
See also
[edit]References
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- ^ Gass, Zach (11 May 2020). "10 Awesome Hack and Slash Games That Aren't God of War". Screen Rant. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
- ^ Greg Kasavin (2006-11-30). "Golden Axe Review". GameSpot. Archived from the original on 2009-02-04. Retrieved 2008-10-07.
- ^ Patrick Shaw (2008-05-16). "Golden Axe: Beast Rider". GamePro. Archived from the original on 2008-10-17. Retrieved 2008-10-07.
- ^ Weiss, Brett (9 July 2018). Classic Home Video Games, 1989-1990: A Complete Guide to Sega Genesis, Neo Geo and TurboGrafx-16 Games. McFarland & Company. p. 206. ISBN 978-0-7864-9231-2.