oldschool brawlers

CheapAlert

you know, the beat lot of people up kind where a plot of some slut is always stolen

cadillacs and dinosaurs is my favorite

Weiser_Cain

My friend had a double dragon cabinet in his living room. I think Final Fight was better but then I never had the ability to play it drunk. That TMNT game was pretty ok as well.

flaagan

I've got a three screen Ninja Warriors sitting in the back area of my dad's company, waiting for me to have the spare $ to replace one of the three screens and have it running in all it's glory.

Slum

X-Men arcade and Simpsons arcade are my favorite. I put so many quarters into the Simpsons game at the movie theater. That game rocks.

hawken

TMNT 4 player was truely awsome.

Contra on the NES is really a cracking game, I played it in a bar the other day!!

Slum

Oh yeah, contra rocks! My buddy has a Super Contra arcade machine in his garage, right next to the Kegerator.

obson

I dropped sooooo many quarters into that TMNT game as kid. That and the X-men game were a blast to play with friends.

blankslatejoe

my vote goes for contra...its where I got the domain 30lives.com from

though...contra wasnt really a beat-em-up... contra was more like an eaaarrly ancestor to the FPS...only sidescrolling.

For beat-em-ups you have to go with the arcade xmen game (NOTHING CAN STOP...THE BLOB!!!), or Battletoads!

Ninjas

River City Ransom!

Although not really in the genre, Agressors of Dark Combat for the Neo Geo was a fighting game that controlled exactly like a 1 on 1 beat-em-up. It was rad!

obson

Damn, forgot about Sunset Riders too. Not technically a beat em up I guess, more like contra, but it could be played 3 players.



"BURY ME WITH MY MONEY!!!"

Lee3dee

the ultimate quarter muncher!


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holy shit I forgot about this game!! I remember it was damn hard and my friends often had to bow out leaving me to soak up all the bullets.

Toomas

Guys the games where you shoot instead of beating are shoot-em-up.
I tought everyone knew it...

CheapAlert

no, they're called run 'n guns. Shoot-em-up applies to the LOL JAPANESE SHIP IN SPACE COMBAT IN ONE DRECTION DODGE THOSE ZILLONS OF BULETS! NOW DO IT FOR 5 HOURS!1!111

EmAr

I think I've spent more time with Cadillac and Dinasours but The Punisher is my favorite among beat'em up's:
BTW I think a shoot'em up is something like this(CheapAlert already mentioned but it's a pretty fun game):
Raiden X

danr

KDR_11k

obson: Funny how you call it a three player game and provide a screenshot that shows score fields for four players...

Yep, Sunset Riders was the biggest guilder-muncher for me (I've only seen arcades on one vacation to Holland and those things ate guilders). I was so proud when I managed to get a spot in the highscore table. Was there any reason to use one of the pistoleros?

I've got the TMHT game for my C64, it's not that accurate as a port (missing some effects and stuff) but the gameplay is mostly intact.

KRakarth

My favourite was always double dragon - elbowing my way through the hoardes.

rooster

all these posts and no Streets of Rage 2?? injustice!

ebagg

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I second that, can't top beat hordes of meatheads with a small kid on rollerskates!!!

AstroZombie

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+1

Luxury

I loved Sunsetriders so much I bought it.

Check my website.

But it's not a Brawler. I call it a 'Western Bounty Hunter Practice Murder Simulator'.

hawken

theres a mame cabinet at my local pub, has about a billion games.

played track and field last night, with some double dragon.

and bad dudes vs dragon ninja. I never noticed, but that game is a real bore

Snowfly

Knights of the Round. A bunch of my officemates played through the whole thing on emulator during one lunch break, me as King Arthur. Bliss!

Dukester

I've never dropped a quarter on any of the above mentioned games. I've never even heard of them!

Spent many quarters on...

Pac Man
Dig Dug
Tron

and most of all...

Asteroids (Asteroids Deluxe sucked)

ohh and two quarters for each round of Dragons Lair

SuperOstrich

I think my favorite brawler was Golden Axe, followed by Double Dragon.

blankslatejoe

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I second that...who the heck was the big dude you could choose... percival?

adam

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This fucking game rocked!

My grandparents live in a retirement community that is in the back lot of a major inn/resort in their area. The resort has an arcade in it with nothing but classic games. I played this game so much!

Man, memories.

adam

Not exactly a 'brawler', but I've given this game more quarters than any other game in my entire LIFE:

shotgun

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now +2, bitch.

the l33t fighters where the best, cause they would get up really fast just in time for another elbow! haha!

ebagg

Oooo the Ninja Warriors for SNES was pretty damn fun as well, played quite a bit of that during my high school computer classes.

AstroZombie

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now +2, bitch.

the l33t fighters where the best, cause they would get up really fast just in time for another elbow! haha!

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Omg, that gif is teh pwn.

Zergxes

I had a soft spot for the Aliens Vs Predator arcade, the sheer number of drones to thwock was a sight to behold. Punching the Queen in her ovipositor was cool, too.

Anyone remember the name of this: you could toggle between two characters: a tiny dude with a flail riding a tiger or a tiny dude on the shoulder of a giant. Lots of gore and big goblins to punch.

Erol

Mmmmm... Final Fight...

nabeel

I was a SNES nut.
- Batman: The Animated Series
- X-Men: Mutant Apocalypse
- Final Fight series
- Ninja Warriors
- Battletoads & Double Dragon
- Death & Return of Superman