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Spikeout
Sega’s two big beat-em-up series were Golden Axe and Streets of Rage, but when transitioning to 3D brawlers, they created a few original franchises, like Die Hard Arcade/Dynamite Deka and the lesser known (outside of Japan) Spikeout. Spikeout has a typical setup for the genre,…
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Ripper
Ripper is a game with a unique pedigree. It’s the middle child of Take-Two Interactive’s experiments with FMV, sandwiched between Hell: A Cyberpunk Thriller and Black Dahlia. It’s the one of the three that seems to be remembered the most, partly in thanks to early youtube…
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Spyro: Attack of the Rhynocs
Digital Eclipse’s final Spyro game for the GBA went in a different direction from its predecessors. Rather than being another straight take on the established formula, Attack of the Rhynocs goes for a more open-ended adventure that sees you travelling between connected worlds…
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Spyro: A Hero’s Tail
Shortly before Enter the Dragonfly exited its tumultuous development, Universal started making plans for another studio to develop the next main Spyro game. They ended up going with Eurocom, a much more experienced developer with plenty of work on licensed projects, and it would…
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Kill Switch (GBA)
The Game Boy Advance was home to some interesting technical experiments that pushed beyond the idea of what the hardware was capable of. Some of these inlcluded Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever, Super Monkey Ball Jr., Driver 3, and a few others. However, nestled within the GBA’s…
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Kill Switch
By now, almost everybody has experienced the thrill of blind firing in Gears of War, peek-and-shoot encounters in Uncharted, or taking cover in Spec Ops: The Line. Yet very few realise that the originator of these mechanics went on to inspire an entire genre to reinvent the…
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Star Wars: Dark Forces
By 1995, first-person shooters were already deep into their post-Doom boom, and licensed games were rarely associated with subtlety. Star Wars: Dark Forces could easily have been Doom with stormtroopers, and on the surface, that description is not entirely unfair. It has…
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Unicorn Overlord
Unicorn Overlord’s premise will be incredibly familiar to those who know the story of the original Fire Emblem. A blue-haired boy is exiled from his kingdom, coming of age on a sheltered island under the protection of a wizened and skilled knight. Once back on the main…
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Abalaburn
Like the Tobal series, AbalaBurn: A Battle Legend of Astterica is a 3D fighter that also has an RPG-style story mode. It takes place in a fantasy universe where the fighters hunt for eight crystals to summon the goddess Lemuria, who will grant them any wish. The roster includes…
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Space Gun
After Operation Wolf and Operation Thunderbolt, Taito switched to a sci-fi setting for their next gallery shooter, Space Gun. Much as their previous games had drawn inspiration from American action movies, Space Gun is very obviously based on Aliens, as you explore a colony…
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Rushing Beat X: Return of Brawl Brothers
Classic beat-em-up series like Streets of Rage and Double Dragon saw several revivals in the 21st century, so why not Rushing Beat? Japanese publisher City Connection owns the rights to Jaleco’s properties and have been keeping them in circulation, so it was only a matter of…
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Scott Pilgrim EX
After Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game, some of the staff left Ubisoft to form Tribute Games, who created a number of retro-style titles like Wizorb, Mercenary Kings, Flinthook, and Panzer Paladin. In 2022, they were reunited with both the TMNT license and the beat-em-up…
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Zoya
Games developed outside the major production regions of Japan, Europe, and North America are rarely discussed. While titles from countries such as Russia, Ukraine, or even South Korea are lucky to sometimes receive attention, games produced in the Middle East are often glossed…
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Pragmata
Capcom is a company with a long history in the industry, full of hits and innovative ideas that end up spawning numerous sequels if they’re successful enough. Mega Man introduced the idea of gaining weapons from defeated bosses. 1943 had an upgrade system for your airplane that…