NES version was my favorite game on the nes it was amazing but the arcade version nothing to do I didn't like at all the control was terrible kick and punch button wasn't the same
Double Dragon 1 and 2 are also famous for having slow down on an arcade game. Both machines were pushing hardware to limit and you could tell. They're both some of my favorites but had sluggish response times. It was particularly evident on DD2.
Wow. What an excellent format. Well edited and no annoying fluff or commentary! Hell yeah! Great list too. Was definitely a Double Dragon and Final Fight kid growing up.
Captain Commando, Knights of the Round, Night Slashers, Warriors of Fate/Dynasty Warriors, Undercover Cops, ... y muchos otros que ahora mismo no recuerdo. Esta lista es muy subjetiva, pero dejarse en el tintero los juegazos que he enumerado debería hacerse replantear el video al autor :)
This is moreso personal tastes of mine as the best 40/50 Beat Em' Ups ar so close together I'm sure a lot have favorites not on the list. But here's some of mine not up here. Fight N' Rage Ninja Warriors Batman Returns River City Girls The Peacekeepers Sengoku 4
Si metieras los que tú dices en la lista, habría que sacar a varios igual de míticos, y seguiría apareciendo gente como tú diciendo que habría que replantearse el vídeo... Es tan simple como entender que no caben todos los juegos, que todas las listas son subjetivas y que ninguna va a coincidir nunca con la tuya personal.
Was sad to see no Alien Storm, Ninja Baseball Bat Man, or Battle Circuit either 😢 (Btw Battle Circuit is severely underrated, genuinely rivals 1 and 2 on this list)
While I'm thrilled to see River City even be recognized at all, I'd have it MUCH higher on the list. Easily one of the most intelligent and innovative Beat Em Ups of the day, and flat out addictive
@Retro Storm Totally disagree. Streets of Rage was not a copy. It had it's distinct characters and moves. Streets of Rage actually improved on the genre.
While I agree SoR is better overall especially soundtrack.... the Final Fight Sega CD Soundtrack was legendary, for me the Sega CD version was better than the arcade
I rented Streets of Rage 2 every weekend after school and played it until we had to take it back on Sunday. I told my father that I just need you to buy it! It's still fun today especially with my best friend because we know what each other is going to do. SoR2 is one of my all time favs!
no it isn't its just the pleb choice, clunky as fuck, over long, lives like candy to cover over the poor balancing and design, the "amazing" ost is entirely plagiarized, all a.i is entirely predictable and stupid. Final fight is still the king.
@@ciaranperry4677 I disagree. Final fight may have came out first, but streets of rage holds the crown and is popular. Even Streets of Rage 4 holds the glory.
The rivalry between capcom and konami was impressive. A jewel that launched into arcades and the other responded with another jewel. Wonderful time of the 90s
Streets of Rage 2 is and will always be my number 1. Me and a friend would beat that game like 5 times every weekend jumping from character to character.
How is Fight'N Rage not on here? Its fairly new, released just a couple of years back. But, seriously underrated game. I am an enthusiastic enjoyer of beat-em-up games throughout all eras and to me this has the most fun gameplay out of all the ones I've played.
Streets of Rage 4 on the 10th rank really shocked me! It should be ranked up much higher, it is well received, has great gameplay, amazing soundtracks and awesome DLC! It hypes up the Beat ‘Em Up genre again on modern gaming! 😲
SOR4 is the best of all in absolute terms, the problem with this top is that it takes into account the moment in time when the games were released, so it's a bit misleading.
Sor4 is great but it’s also the context of what was out at the time and limitations etc. I need to play it more. My account funds are just shy of getting the dlc so I haven’t been able to try that yet. I was very happy to see sor2 so high in the list. I was lucky to play that a lot at a friends when I was young and what an amazing game it was. Other personal favourites were turtles in time and Batman returns. I remember finally beating bat,an returns. That was long and int3nse. Wouldn’t have the patience now lol. Anyway, tldr: sor4 rules!
I agree. It doesn't only play just like the classics but adds to the fun of the originals. It's one of the best beat em ups I have ever played and I was a teenager when beat em ups were first popular. River City Girls is also really good as well as the indie River City Ransom Underground. I would put both of them in my top 10.
I agree with that. Plus, the way SOR4 is presented in this video is misleading as it has the SOR2 soundtrack, which is more a bonus in the game than the "true" game. Anyway, this top may show good beat'em ups, but the way they are ranked clearly show more nostalgy than true reflection.
I'm not sure which came first but Violent Storm and Cadillacs & Dinosaurs look like a copy of the other though both were released in the same year by Konami and Capcom.
@@nigelvee1745 to me it looked like exact clone of Final Fight. Alien on the bike looks like the first bad guy from Final Fight, Wade stands and has the same exact moves and movements as Cody. You fight a boss in a cage in a ring...I mean.
So many great beat 'em ups that one of my all-time favourites didn't make the list: Captain American & The Avengers. Sooo many quarters drained into arcade machines with all of these great games. :D
This video is good! One can argue so many games were missing... for me missing on his list... Bad Dudes, Battletoads, Captain Camando and Comix Zone! Thank you for the moment of nostalgia ❤
Damn finally a list that pays respect Cadillacs and Dinosaurs, that game's control was so smooth along with The Punisher you could tell someone that they're made today and they would still believe you
Cadillacs and Dinosaurs is definitely in my top 10 beat'em up games. Wish that would get a release on console one day but likely won't thanks to licensing issues. Same with the AvP arcade game.
Double Dragon was a pioneer in the genre and deserved to be higher up. Spartan, Renegade, Double Dragon II, Golden Axe II, Captain Commando, Battletoads were missing.. However it's a good list !!
A very fun video to watch. I recently picked up Castle Crashers Remastered and struggled on the River Level. The clip you showed allowed me to see how best to complete the stage using better attack patterns and strategies, and I wanted to thank you for showing that sequence. Un video muy divertido de ver. Recientemente compré Castle Crashers Remastered y luché en River Level. El clip que mostraste me permitió ver la mejor manera de completar el escenario usando mejores patrones y estrategias de ataque, y quería agradecerte por mostrar esa secuencia.
SOR2 is the Greatest Beat up of All Time and Final Fight is 4th best with TMNT Turtles in Time in 2nd and Streets of Rage 4 in 3rd and X-men Arcade 5th
No other beat em up had more game depth than Guardian Heroes. That game had exceptional soundtrack, game plot, replay value, versus mode, and Co-op interaction for its time. Easily top 7 in my opinion
Great list! 5 of my 6 favorite beat'em ups are on it. Just wish Night Slashers was on it too. That game is so unique and has nice mechanics. The whole concept of beating up horror characters is great ^^
PlayStation classic, autobeam, retroarch. You can play every single one you ever wanted..... Just about it's close though. A physical copy would be the best though.
@TheRadik Muy buen vídeo, el final ha sido muy currado que nadie está de acuerdo con el top:) Podría hacer un vídeo de Top de los mejores juegos de Puzzle? No hay vídeos de videojuegos de puzzle. Un saludo :)
Most reviews, Captain Command, Double DRAGON II, Street of Rage I be mentioned. Some of them might include Renegade, Altered Beast, Moonwalker, Crude Buster. And from the modern gaming era Muramasa Damon Blade.
I’d consider the GBA version of Double Dragon to be the best. It adds moves and a bunch of (Matrix-inspired) extra levels/enemies. Also lets you control 2 players at once, which is very novel.
Great video. Well made. IMHO Captain Commando should be on the list and Knights of the round too. Final Fight is my personal favourite. I've never seen Violent storm . It looks great and very similar in style with vendetta another game I love. Loved character select screen music from vendetta at the end of the video.
I knew what was going to be on this list. I'm only surprised on the ranking. One of the first things I got to say is that you're talkin about Arcade against consoles. A little disappointed. Punisher and X-Men should have been in the higher on the list for sure. There are a lot more popular and better beatemups than what they showed
@@superdave8561 X-Men as a beat up sucks compared to the other ones in the 90s. It's very repetitive and there's not that much distinction between the characters. I think it's nostalgia and group play that's painting our views of it.
A very solid list. And, yeah, the original Final Fight just has something special about the way it looks and feels that I really do love. None of the more modern non-pixel-based beat 'em ups work for me because I just don't like the art in any of them--not that it's impossible for to like any art but pixel art if it has an aesthetic that truly appeals to me--but the others are mostly all great.
Final Fight has the best physics to me. When a heavy guy jumps it is slow and lands early. When using a light character he can glide through the air for a while. The striking speed of each character is also correct. The ninja does strikes that have little wind up and instant recovery. And the wrestler has the slowest strikes but which have long range making your timing for attacks feel different. The spinning attacks are also 360 degrees defensive moves. In Streets Of Rage when doing what is the equivalent of the "crowd control" attack, the enemies behind you and in front of you get hit but not the ones in the plane above or below you. Final Fight has the correct collision detection which lets you hit enemies slightly above and below you when you do a spinning attack as well as ones from behind and in front of you. Overall Final Fight is a much better designed game in terms of play mechanics. SOR however has more features. But the characters in SOR feel off to me because they don't move the way you think they should move based on the height and weight of the characters. Eg Adam should have faster walking speed because he is a black dude. The white guy should have more heavy handed attacks that feel more defensive while Adam should be more offensive. As for the girl character she should have just been a ninja that can dash attack enemies not a standard speed character.
Very good list friends. I am a fan of the genre and I wrote down several that I should try. (Violent Storm, Guardian Heroes and Dragon's Crown). The only title I missed on the list was Knights of the Round. A classic! Greetings friends and congratulations for the good work!
@@josecarlosfloresmedina7866 no sé, el trato de Sega al juego ha sido raro, creo que sólo ha llegado salir y ha sido este mismo año (o el pásado no me acuerdo) en la mini-arcade de Sega, ni en recopilatorios ni en nada, y el juego recuerdo cuando lo encontré con mis colega en los 90 en un salón arcade de mi pueblo y lo flipamos, si le pusiera una pega, que sus personajes jugables no son muy carismáticos
Going to the arcades back in the 80's and playing the earliest beat em up games like Renegade and Double Dragon, I didn't expect Streets of Rage 4 to be so awesome. My cousin and I played Sega Genesis a ton including Streets of Rage. It's great to see a game like that not only play like the classics but being far more a blast to play. I really liked the 8-bit era of beat em ups. Certainly 16-bit looked better. But I really liked the NES versions of Double Dragon, Double Dragon II, Renegade, River City Ransom, and Kunio series made by Techno's. Probably my all time favorites. River City Ransom Underground and River City Girls are also great. These are the games I play. Minecraft can suck it!(your welcome!)
Man the memories back in the days it was all about beat ‘em ups. My favorite was punisher,Cadillacs,Streets of rage 2,d&d and final fight. But Cadillacs and punisher and street of rage 2 were the top for me. I think it’s time to play street of rage 4. Thanks for reminding us the good old times.
Gran video amigo!! Sinceramente pienso que como los arcades de los 80/90 los demas no tienen rival, exceptuando los Street of rage de megadrive. Sigue con más videos de este tipo, saludos!
Mi top 5: 1. Streets of rage 2 2 TNTM: Turtles in time 3. Cadillacs and dinosaurs 4. Vendetta: Crime fighters 2 5. The punisher Y a título honorífico el mejor beat em up como representante mundial del género y por lo que significó en su época y para el género es sin duda final fight
The two most played arcade street fighting games in Brazil in the 90s are without a doubt Cadillacs and Final Fight and on consoles they were SOR 2 and FF Guy Edition
Magnífica lista, solo he echado en falta uno mis preferidos, el The King of Dragons. Por lo demás me parece bastante bien las posiciones de cada uno. 👍👍🎮🎮👏😊
mi voto indiscutible, al primer lugar Street of Rage 2(sega); Épico juego, épica melodía que integra el juego(exquisita melodía intro), aun se mantiene muy fresca en días actuales. Por merito se le dio secuela en Street of Rage 4, y diversos Remake por jugadores fans. QUe siga la Saga al siguiente Nivel, esenario y accion.
Perfect! What a great list! The only thing I'd do, is switch Turtles in Time arcade version for the Turtles in Time SNES version. Just a personal opinion.
So glad to see Vendetta there, thought for sure nobody remembered it. it was one of my favorites. Golden Axe Revenge of Death Adder Arcade was really good too and never got an official home console release.
@@parallaxview2143 I only played 1 and 3 because the emulator I was using to play Sengoku 2, somehow couldn't run it. As a child I played Sengoku 1 and as an adult I played Sengoku 3.
@@teachersama I spent way too much money on the MVS for Sengoku 2. They're all great games and all are quite different visually from each other. Makes a nice change from Final Fight anyway.
Definitely missing Tecmo's Shadow Warriors and for me SOR2 is number 1, nice list though definitely some corkers on there and nice to see Guardian Heroes getting a look in, it was one of if not the best game on the Saturn👌
Me ha gustado la lista buena selección de clásicos, en mi opinión el juego de los Simpsons en tercer puesto está sobrevalorado pero es cuestión de gustos. No sé si ya lo han escrito en otros comentarios, pero aprovecho para recomendarle a quien me lea Sengoku 3 uno de los mejores de todos los tiempos.
Street of rage no debería estar en el top 5 , el pinisher es mucho mejor para estar en esa posición , faltó también Warriors of fate, king of dragón , captain comando entre muchos grandes
I believe the list and the top 10 will depend on the age of the voters as well. You might want to add that criteria to your survey next time. I'm 46 and my mates also agreed with the list and expected DDragon 2 to be in it. I have to commend you on the quality of the video. Superb!
No doubt the top spot was going to be either Streets of Rage 2 or Final Fight, but some of those other spots are seriously in contention. Guardian Heroes should not be as far back as it was. -The game has multiple characters to play the main story through -The Story itself has multiple endings so you have massive replayability -it has a 6 player free for all arena mode -ALL of the characters you encounter in the game are unlockable for arena mode -your characters level up rpg style, at the end of each level -The Undead warrior rocks! -you having a flaming bunny name Nando on your side. Nice that it made the list considering that not many encountered this game in the wild...
Agree that Guardian Heroes is one I come back to. I also come back to the D&D games and SoR2. Guardian Heroes probably has greatest art production value of any beatem up. It also has great music. Basically what SoR2 did for the early 90s Guardian Heroes did for the late 90s.
@@gildedvulture7965 SAXOPHONE SOLO!!! Much as I love Guardian Heroes I don't think it should be THAT high...but definitely just a little bit higher. My justification is that the difficulty spikes are extremely annoying to manage. While the block is definitely broken, getting caught in oversized spell explosions and other crazy shit isn't very fun. I would have benefitted from a 4 player story mode. As it is, something feels uneven...holding the game back so to speak.
Great list always hard to make a list with so many to choose from love final fight always be my nostalgic number 1 but where’s revenge of death adder ☹️
Yes! Brings back a lot of memories of playing beat em ups with my friends. Jaleco used to make Brawl Brothers and Peacekeepers, which we liked, and we played any Ninja Turtles, Final Fight, Double Dragon, or Streets of Rage game. Life was so simple. School and games!
TheMidnight Don I'm with you there. I remember rushing home from school in the 90s wanting to play my computer games before homework. Knights of The Round, Final Fight and Mortal Kombat were my favourite (if you call MK a beat em up)but I found getting any daily frustrations out with a beat em up game very satisfying! Life was more simple!
@@greenkitty82 That's awesome. You loved MK, too. Me and my best friend would practice MK together and even take the strategy guides to school and study them. Then we'd challenge people in the neighborhood and at the arcades. Fun times! You're right. Those games really help you get frustrations out and provide a good distraction from life even now. The difference today is being an adult shortens your playtime but it still happens!
TheMidnight Don oh yeah, I absolutely love Mortal Kombat and still play the 90s original and the latest one on PS4. Not as much time as you say to play but I try to set aside an hour or two every so often. To see real people as the characters was such a "wow" breakthrough in the 90s. I didn't have the guides to take to school but I would get the sega cheats and the fatalities/special moves off school friends - particularly sub zero as he's my favourite. It's strange how cool we thought it was for him to rip someone's spinal cord out! But kids are smart, they know it's not real, just a bit of gruesome escapism! I think as humans we all like to see a bit of physical combat and competition hence this best beat em up video.
Streets of Rage 2 is the greatest. I do wanna go back and find out how to play that Predator vs Aliens and that Punisher game
the AvP was/is worth the while such a fun game
Capcom CPS/CPS2 is one of the greatest gaming systems ever....still very much used to this day
Final Fight and Cadillacs & Dinosaurs were absolutely legends...
And the Punisher too...
Alen, and Violent Storm
Cadillacs & dinosaurs is one of my favorite games ever.
Can't believe Double Dragon 2 wasn't on the list, that game is just epic!
If you're talking about the NES version, I agree it should be on the list.
the NES version??
I like the NES version of Double Dragon 2. Very good story.
NES version was my favorite game on the nes it was amazing but the arcade version nothing to do I didn't like at all the control was terrible kick and punch button wasn't the same
Double Dragon 1 and 2 are also famous for having slow down on an arcade game. Both machines were pushing hardware to limit and you could tell. They're both some of my favorites but had sluggish response times. It was particularly evident on DD2.
Wow. What an excellent format. Well edited and no annoying fluff or commentary! Hell yeah! Great list too. Was definitely a Double Dragon and Final Fight kid growing up.
I agree with 90% of this and so many incredible games. We lived through an incredible era of video games in the 90's !!!
Captain Commando, Knights of the Round, Night Slashers, Warriors of Fate/Dynasty Warriors, Undercover Cops, ... y muchos otros que ahora mismo no recuerdo.
Esta lista es muy subjetiva, pero dejarse en el tintero los juegazos que he enumerado debería hacerse replantear el video al autor :)
"Bucky o hare", "burning fight" also !!
This is moreso personal tastes of mine as the best 40/50 Beat Em' Ups ar so close together I'm sure a lot have favorites not on the list. But here's some of mine not up here.
Fight N' Rage
Ninja Warriors
Batman Returns
River City Girls
The Peacekeepers
Sengoku 4
Si metieras los que tú dices en la lista, habría que sacar a varios igual de míticos, y seguiría apareciendo gente como tú diciendo que habría que replantearse el vídeo... Es tan simple como entender que no caben todos los juegos, que todas las listas son subjetivas y que ninguna va a coincidir nunca con la tuya personal.
Eso iba a decir, donde está capitán comando.
"esta lista es muy subjetiva" a caso no todas lo son?
The sound effects on Final Fight were just great! I can remember me and my friends imitating them on the playground.
The game of all
What? No Captain Commando? 😥😥
I'M SAYIN!
This one should be on the list but is missing
Sacrilegio
I'm already disappointed and haven't started the video.
Was sad to see no Alien Storm, Ninja Baseball Bat Man, or Battle Circuit either 😢
(Btw Battle Circuit is severely underrated, genuinely rivals 1 and 2 on this list)
While I'm thrilled to see River City even be recognized at all, I'd have it MUCH higher on the list. Easily one of the most intelligent and innovative Beat Em Ups of the day, and flat out addictive
Battletoads games deserve to be on the list!!
Battle toads was insane
Streets of Rage series was the best. Their soundtrack was light years ahead of every game at the time.
@Retro Storm Totally disagree. Streets of Rage was not a copy. It had it's distinct characters and moves. Streets of Rage actually improved on the genre.
@@gamingwhileitshot8040 Totally agree! 👍
@Retro Storm
Good joke
While I agree SoR is better overall especially soundtrack.... the Final Fight Sega CD Soundtrack was legendary, for me the Sega CD version was better than the arcade
It was entirely plagiarized though.
My son and I beat dungeons & dragons shadow and TMNT on Atgames legends ultimate arcade, great list I approve👍
This was so AWESOME to watch! Thank you! You really took this 46 year old back down memory lane.
Played every single one of them, I’m literally crying and remembering those good old days
Absolute great times it was to live in
I've never seen such high production value with no annoying narration before. Love it!
Final fight was pioneer in many ways but dude, Streets of rage 2 is much more fun and cool
I rented Streets of Rage 2 every weekend after school and played it until we had to take it back on Sunday. I told my father that I just need you to buy it! It's still fun today especially with my best friend because we know what each other is going to do. SoR2 is one of my all time favs!
Vendetta is better
no it isn't its just the pleb choice, clunky as fuck, over long, lives like candy to cover over the poor balancing and design, the "amazing" ost is entirely plagiarized, all a.i is entirely predictable and stupid. Final fight is still the king.
@@ciaranperry4677 I disagree. Final fight may have came out first, but streets of rage holds the crown and is popular. Even Streets of Rage 4 holds the glory.
I agree. And now Streets of Rage 4 is hella fun. But Streets of Rage 2 is the best.
The rivalry between capcom and konami was impressive. A jewel that launched into arcades and the other responded with another jewel. Wonderful time of the 90s
Streets of Rage 2 is and will always be my number 1. Me and a friend would beat that game like 5 times every weekend jumping from character to character.
How is Fight'N Rage not on here? Its fairly new, released just a couple of years back. But, seriously underrated game. I am an enthusiastic enjoyer of beat-em-up games throughout all eras and to me this has the most fun gameplay out of all the ones I've played.
Streets of Rage 4 on the 10th rank really shocked me! It should be ranked up much higher, it is well received, has great gameplay, amazing soundtracks and awesome DLC! It hypes up the Beat ‘Em Up genre again on modern gaming! 😲
SOR4 is the best of all in absolute terms, the problem with this top is that it takes into account the moment in time when the games were released, so it's a bit misleading.
Sor4 is great but it’s also the context of what was out at the time and limitations etc. I need to play it more. My account funds are just shy of getting the dlc so I haven’t been able to try that yet. I was very happy to see sor2 so high in the list. I was lucky to play that a lot at a friends when I was young and what an amazing game it was. Other personal favourites were turtles in time and Batman returns. I remember finally beating bat,an returns. That was long and int3nse. Wouldn’t have the patience now lol. Anyway, tldr: sor4 rules!
I agree. It doesn't only play just like the classics but adds to the fun of the originals. It's one of the best beat em ups I have ever played and I was a teenager when beat em ups were first popular. River City Girls is also really good as well as the indie River City Ransom Underground. I would put both of them in my top 10.
@@AngryCalvin has anyone ever told you that you look a lot like the super heroic spaceman spiff?
I agree with that.
Plus, the way SOR4 is presented in this video is misleading as it has the SOR2 soundtrack, which is more a bonus in the game than the "true" game.
Anyway, this top may show good beat'em ups, but the way they are ranked clearly show more nostalgy than true reflection.
Violent Storm is so underrated. I'm still hoping to see it in the Arcade Archives collection on Switch.
I'm not sure which came first but Violent Storm and Cadillacs & Dinosaurs look like a copy of the other though both were released in the same year by Konami and Capcom.
Violent storm is my number 1.its so good.the second end was so difficult but i managed to beat it without loosing a life
@@nigelvee1745 to me it looked like exact clone of Final Fight. Alien on the bike looks like the first bad guy from Final Fight, Wade stands and has the same exact moves and movements as Cody. You fight a boss in a cage in a ring...I mean.
Never heard of the game. Heard of maximum carnage tho
It was Final Fight rip off in many ways
Battle in Train
Battling boss on top of a ring with many spectators
Factory invasion
Streets of Rage brings back sooo many memories. Definitely the best games of all time ❤
Edit:
I'm playing Streets of Rage 4 right now. It's awesome
Definitely the best soundtrack of any game ever.
SOR4 is as of today the best for my part
On your ps4 ?
God hand besr game
@@amauryagraz5842 PC
River City Girls is an amazing modern beat em up with old school flavor! 👍👍
I will say playing the arcade X-Men with the dual set up was something else. The sound was so good.
So many great beat 'em ups that one of my all-time favourites didn't make the list: Captain American & The Avengers. Sooo many quarters drained into arcade machines with all of these great games. :D
I personally didn’t like Captain America & The Avengers much but respect it as a classic.
By far captn America is Best than x-men
Yes sir
Muy buen TOP. Ahora... ¿Soy yo o no vi al grandísimo CAPTAIN COMMANDO figurar en ningún puesto...?
cuestionable top
Captain Commando es divertido, pero no destaca, es uno más. Mejor es Cadillac
@@variedadescuriosidades6194 discrepo
Awante capitan comando!!!!
Sí
Great video! Final fight and SoR2 are always going to be top 1-2.
I would have liked to see Moonwalker on there 🙂
This video is good! One can argue so many games were missing... for me missing on his list... Bad Dudes, Battletoads, Captain Camando and Comix Zone! Thank you for the moment of nostalgia ❤
Damn finally a list that pays respect Cadillacs and Dinosaurs, that game's control was so smooth along with The Punisher you could tell someone that they're made today and they would still believe you
those games was shit
Cadillacs and Dinosaurs is definitely in my top 10 beat'em up games. Wish that would get a release on console one day but likely won't thanks to licensing issues. Same with the AvP arcade game.
@@alucard624 and because they both sucked
I loved batman returns on the snes, and turtles arcade , also xmen arcade.
Streets of rage 4 was also fantastic in my opinion !
Giving you a like for Punisher, a game I only discovered recently at a retro arcade here in Tokyo. So good!!
Double Dragon was a pioneer in the genre and deserved to be higher up. Spartan, Renegade, Double Dragon II, Golden Axe II, Captain Commando, Battletoads were missing.. However it's a good list !!
Double Dragon es un juego muy sobrevalorado.
Está roto, lleno de ralentisaciones...para mi injugable
@@sebastianribeiro1335 al parecer nunca tuviste la dicha de jugarlo en las salas de juego con máquinas Arcade.
@@victorortegaarmenta7913 si tuve la "dicha" y es una reverenda mierda.
"Cada quien habla de la feria según le vaya en ella."
No hace falta más que leer unos cuantos comentarios para comprobar cuáles fueron los juegos más destacados del beat'em up... los de su época dorada 👇
Nice list, dude. It showed me some games that seem pretty great that I've never played.
A very fun video to watch. I recently picked up Castle Crashers Remastered and struggled on the River Level. The clip you showed allowed me to see how best to complete the stage using better attack patterns and strategies, and I wanted to thank you for showing that sequence.
Un video muy divertido de ver. Recientemente compré Castle Crashers Remastered y luché en River Level. El clip que mostraste me permitió ver la mejor manera de completar el escenario usando mejores patrones y estrategias de ataque, y quería agradecerte por mostrar esa secuencia.
SOR2 is the Greatest Beat up of All Time and Final Fight is 4th best with TMNT Turtles in Time in 2nd and Streets of Rage 4 in 3rd and X-men Arcade 5th
I agree.
Sor2 is the best console beat em up and better than Final Fight Snes, but Final Fight Arcade is definitely best ever.
Facts bro
FF fan boys please stop, nothing is touching SOR as a trilogy.
The Punisher is first imo
River City Ransom should have been higher on the list. It was practically open world, ahead of its time game.
I was obsessed with river city as a kid . Def should of been much higher on the list .
FACTS
Mixed with RPG elements too.
Alien v Predator on the arcade was pretty damn special! It looks incredible as well even today...
Time to Hunt~~
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I can't believe how hard it is to play it on an emulator after all these years. Not stable at all.
@@jaywin9048 I used to have it run flawlessly on an old MAME emuilator I had set up on a laptop a few years back.
29:29 The music on this video game is the best I’ve ever heard in a beat’em game.
Literally knew what you were referring to when I read your comment before scrolling to the time stamp! took me back in time!!
Cool video bro. Great format, good length. Enjoyed the walk down memory lane.
No other beat em up had more game depth than Guardian Heroes. That game had exceptional soundtrack, game plot, replay value, versus mode, and Co-op interaction for its time. Easily top 7 in my opinion
Agree should be much higher up the list
Bro I was a I huge Saturn fan...Its was the best.
Great list! 5 of my 6 favorite beat'em ups are on it. Just wish Night Slashers was on it too. That game is so unique and has nice mechanics. The whole concept of beating up horror characters is great ^^
I agree with the top 20 but disagree about the order. That’s just difference of opinion, this is the best Top Beat Em Up video on RUclips. Thumbs up!
Oh! My sweet childhood memory... Those days... ❤️❤️❤️
Maan them 90s were special.. used to go to my homie crib and we stay up all night playing co-op fighting games… such good memories
It sucks that some of these games never got a physical release. Hopefully someone will release them someday.
PlayStation classic, autobeam, retroarch. You can play every single one you ever wanted..... Just about it's close though. A physical copy would be the best though.
D&D Tower of Doom and SoM got a physical release for ps3.
@@Dr_Salt yeah picked up mine from play Asia the Saturn had one too but long load times.
Mame is the key word.
What an amazing video. The quality is incredible. You really did an amazing job editing this bad boy!! 💪💪💪👍👍👍
@TheRadik
Muy buen vídeo, el final ha sido muy currado que nadie está de acuerdo con el top:)
Podría hacer un vídeo de Top de los mejores juegos de Puzzle? No hay vídeos de videojuegos de puzzle.
Un saludo :)
My favorite retro beat ‘‘em up game has always being Streets of Rage 2 😎🤙
Most reviews, Captain Command, Double DRAGON II, Street of Rage I be mentioned. Some of them might include Renegade, Altered Beast, Moonwalker, Crude Buster. And from the modern gaming era Muramasa Damon Blade.
Gracias a este video encontré el juego de Vendetta, que jugaba de niño y no recordaba su nombre! Muchas gracias!!!
Crime figthers 2 es la versión Japonesa, es mejor
Es genial
Great list. Here are some honorable mentions from arcade platform: Captain Commando, Sengoku 3, Spiderman, Captain America and The Avengers.
Night Slashers 🔥🔥🔥
I’d consider the GBA version of Double Dragon to be the best. It adds moves and a bunch of (Matrix-inspired) extra levels/enemies. Also lets you control 2 players at once, which is very novel.
This was my comment, I'm 3 months late lol. DD Advance was hands down the best Double Dragon ever.
Agreed
agreed
Cadillac and Dinausor... Número Uno! Gracias por el vídeo. Buen tema!
Violent Storm looks awesome. Why that's never gotten a re-release in any sort of retro collection is beyond me. That soundtrack is rocking too.
Excelente Top y homenaje!! Agrego "The King of Dragons", "Knights of the Round" y "Captain Commando" juegazos de Capcom 💪🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Yeah .King of dragons..Armored warriors..Night slashers...Robo army..
The king of dragons esta buenisimo
Golden axe music gets me every time.
Double dragon arcade music was awesome too.
One of the most under-rated is the Asterix and ovelix one...amazing arcade back in the day
Great video. Well made. IMHO Captain Commando should be on the list and Knights of the round too.
Final Fight is my personal favourite.
I've never seen Violent storm . It looks great and very similar in style with vendetta another game I love. Loved character select screen music from vendetta at the end of the video.
Excellent list! Glad to see Cadillacs and Dinosaurs to get mentioned. It's often overlooked.
Excelent title no doubt
Good list 👍... but where is the konami's Asterix ?.. i love it ! 🙂
Punisher must be much higher. Top 10, maybe even top 5
Yes! For me that's Capcom's brightest beat'em up hour ^^
Agreed. Only 14th, why ?
I knew what was going to be on this list. I'm only surprised on the ranking. One of the first things I got to say is that you're talkin about Arcade against consoles. A little disappointed. Punisher and X-Men should have been in the higher on the list for sure. There are a lot more popular and better beatemups than what they showed
@@superdave8561 X-Men as a beat up sucks compared to the other ones in the 90s. It's very repetitive and there's not that much distinction between the characters. I think it's nostalgia and group play that's painting our views of it.
A very solid list. And, yeah, the original Final Fight just has something special about the way it looks and feels that I really do love. None of the more modern non-pixel-based beat 'em ups work for me because I just don't like the art in any of them--not that it's impossible for to like any art but pixel art if it has an aesthetic that truly appeals to me--but the others are mostly all great.
Final Fight has the best physics to me. When a heavy guy jumps it is slow and lands early. When using a light character he can glide through the air for a while. The striking speed of each character is also correct. The ninja does strikes that have little wind up and instant recovery. And the wrestler has the slowest strikes but which have long range making your timing for attacks feel different. The spinning attacks are also 360 degrees defensive moves. In Streets Of Rage when doing what is the equivalent of the "crowd control" attack, the enemies behind you and in front of you get hit but not the ones in the plane above or below you. Final Fight has the correct collision detection which lets you hit enemies slightly above and below you when you do a spinning attack as well as ones from behind and in front of you. Overall Final Fight is a much better designed game in terms of play mechanics. SOR however has more features. But the characters in SOR feel off to me because they don't move the way you think they should move based on the height and weight of the characters. Eg Adam should have faster walking speed because he is a black dude. The white guy should have more heavy handed attacks that feel more defensive while Adam should be more offensive. As for the girl character she should have just been a ninja that can dash attack enemies not a standard speed character.
Same...the remakes now are too cartoony
@@UToobUsername01 I agree with you. The real reason FF was so great was because they completely nailed the feel. It just feels awesome to play.
Beat em ups are my favorite genre of video games and this had about 12 of them that I loved.
Very good list friends. I am a fan of the genre and I wrote down several that I should try. (Violent Storm, Guardian Heroes and Dragon's Crown). The only title I missed on the list was Knights of the Round. A classic! Greetings friends and congratulations for the good work!
Knights of the round deserved to be here, but it's a good list
no está mal la lista, pero he echado en falta el maravilloso Golden Axe: The Revenge of Death Adder
asi es, no se porque ese juego es infravalorado, sera porque no salió en consolas caseras?
@@josecarlosfloresmedina7866 no sé, el trato de Sega al juego ha sido raro, creo que sólo ha llegado salir y ha sido este mismo año (o el pásado no me acuerdo) en la mini-arcade de Sega, ni en recopilatorios ni en nada, y el juego recuerdo cuando lo encontré con mis colega en los 90 en un salón arcade de mi pueblo y lo flipamos, si le pusiera una pega, que sus personajes jugables no son muy carismáticos
I need to learn spanish!
es el mejor golden axe de todos
@@xavierpentagon7569 si
Going to the arcades back in the 80's and playing the earliest beat em up games like Renegade and Double Dragon,
I didn't expect Streets of Rage 4 to be so awesome. My cousin and I played Sega Genesis a ton including Streets of Rage. It's great to see a game like that not only play like the classics but being far more a blast to play.
I really liked the 8-bit era of beat em ups. Certainly 16-bit looked better. But I really liked the NES versions of Double Dragon, Double Dragon II, Renegade, River City Ransom, and Kunio series made by Techno's. Probably my all time favorites.
River City Ransom Underground and River City Girls are also great.
These are the games I play. Minecraft can suck it!(your welcome!)
Man the memories back in the days it was all about beat ‘em ups.
My favorite was punisher,Cadillacs,Streets of rage 2,d&d and final fight.
But Cadillacs and punisher and street of rage 2 were the top for me.
I think it’s time to play street of rage 4.
Thanks for reminding us the good old times.
Gran video amigo!! Sinceramente pienso que como los arcades de los 80/90 los demas no tienen rival, exceptuando los Street of rage de megadrive. Sigue con más videos de este tipo, saludos!
Mi top 5:
1. Streets of rage 2
2 TNTM: Turtles in time
3. Cadillacs and dinosaurs
4. Vendetta: Crime fighters 2
5. The punisher
Y a título honorífico el mejor beat em up como representante mundial del género y por lo que significó en su época y para el género es sin duda final fight
I love The Punisher!!! Game
Did you try streets of rage 4?
@@mikeylovespizza4012 It's not the best game out there.
Very good ranking it still has many others like Captain commando, or more recent like the takeover ^^ !!!!!!!!!!!
Violent storm was so underrated great game
Thanks for the memories. I enjoyed many of these back in the days but some I've never heard of!
The two most played arcade street fighting games in Brazil in the 90s are without a doubt Cadillacs and Final Fight and on consoles they were SOR 2 and FF Guy Edition
Final Fight 3 was my favorite installment in the series. I’m hoping for a new entry like Streets of Rage 4 or a remake of the previous 3 in the series
No remakes. But a 4th new final fight game would completely kick ass
FF3 is way better than people want to admit. Better graphics, cleaner controls, more moves. It's awesome
Personally thought Final Fight 2 and 3 sucked balls. The first one is the goat
What a great list!! it covers a stellar array of classics!! All of then are must play!!
Que pedazo de video te mandaste papa gracias!!
Gracias! Saludos!
Nice editing and presentation as usual bro. cheers
Magnífica lista, solo he echado en falta uno mis preferidos, el The King of Dragons. Por lo demás me parece bastante bien las posiciones de cada uno. 👍👍🎮🎮👏😊
mi voto indiscutible, al primer lugar Street of Rage 2(sega); Épico juego, épica melodía que integra el juego(exquisita melodía intro), aun se mantiene muy fresca en días actuales. Por merito se le dio secuela en Street of Rage 4, y diversos Remake por jugadores fans. QUe siga la Saga al siguiente Nivel, esenario y accion.
Shadow of Mystara le gana :v
@@xGunbladeKnightx
Ese si que si
Perfect! What a great list! The only thing I'd do, is switch Turtles in Time arcade version for the Turtles in Time SNES version. Just a personal opinion.
héhé, not a bad idea, it's only 2P, but the game is superior.
Turtles in Time was fantastic for the age and very viable now.
Right, this is because in the SNES version they improved the gameplay, and as a bonus Slash appears which is almost like a final boss xDD
Muchas gracias por el recopilatorio !
So glad to see Vendetta there, thought for sure nobody remembered it. it was one of my favorites. Golden Axe Revenge of Death Adder Arcade was really good too and never got an official home console release.
Vendetta is incredible
Knights of the round, King of Dragons. That 2 was my favourite with Final Figth and Streets of rage 2.
There was this awesome game for the Neo-Geo console called "Sengoku", which mixed the genre with Japanese myths. It was absolutely awesome.
Sengoku 3 was great
Sengoku 3 is my fav beat em up on the Neo-Geo, along with Burning Fight
Sengoku 2 is very good. Lots of atmosphere.
@@parallaxview2143 I only played 1 and 3 because the emulator I was using to play Sengoku 2, somehow couldn't run it. As a child I played Sengoku 1 and as an adult I played Sengoku 3.
@@teachersama I spent way too much money on the MVS for Sengoku 2. They're all great games and all are quite different visually from each other. Makes a nice change from Final Fight anyway.
Definitely missing Tecmo's Shadow Warriors and for me SOR2 is number 1, nice list though definitely some corkers on there and nice to see Guardian Heroes getting a look in, it was one of if not the best game on the Saturn👌
Final Fight a good chunk of my childhood 😂 great list
I really like your presentation, Double dragon neon is so much fun to miss this list
Para mí los 3 mejores son:
1 Cadillacs and Dinosaurs
2 Capitán Comando
3 Super Double Dragon
Mención especial a Comix Zone de Sega Génesis
Super double dragon 💪
Me ha gustado la lista buena selección de clásicos, en mi opinión el juego de los Simpsons en tercer puesto está sobrevalorado pero es cuestión de gustos. No sé si ya lo han escrito en otros comentarios, pero aprovecho para recomendarle a quien me lea Sengoku 3 uno de los mejores de todos los tiempos.
Street of rage no debería estar en el top 5 , el pinisher es mucho mejor para estar en esa posición , faltó también Warriors of fate, king of dragón , captain comando entre muchos grandes
I recommend ‘Raging Justice’ for an excellent beat ‘em up from the modern era.
I believe the list and the top 10 will depend on the age of the voters as well.
You might want to add that criteria to your survey next time. I'm 46 and my mates also agreed with the list and expected DDragon 2 to be in it.
I have to commend you on the quality of the video. Superb!
What settings are you using in MAME? Looks phenomenal.
No doubt the top spot was going to be either Streets of Rage 2 or Final Fight, but some of those other spots are seriously in contention.
Guardian Heroes should not be as far back as it was.
-The game has multiple characters to play the main story through
-The Story itself has multiple endings so you have massive replayability
-it has a 6 player free for all arena mode
-ALL of the characters you encounter in the game are unlockable for arena mode
-your characters level up rpg style, at the end of each level
-The Undead warrior rocks!
-you having a flaming bunny name Nando on your side.
Nice that it made the list considering that not many encountered this game in the wild...
I still have my Saturn and a copy of Guardian Heroes and I totally agree. It should've been top five easy. Great video though 😃
Agree that Guardian Heroes is one I come back to. I also come back to the D&D games and SoR2. Guardian Heroes probably has greatest art production value of any beatem up. It also has great music. Basically what SoR2 did for the early 90s Guardian Heroes did for the late 90s.
Totally agree. Guardian Heroes would be my number 1. The game I played most in the Saturn, way ahead of it's time
I agree
@@gildedvulture7965 SAXOPHONE SOLO!!!
Much as I love Guardian Heroes I don't think it should be THAT high...but definitely just a little bit higher.
My justification is that the difficulty spikes are extremely annoying to manage. While the block is definitely broken, getting caught in oversized spell explosions and other crazy shit isn't very fun. I would have benefitted from a 4 player story mode. As it is, something feels uneven...holding the game back so to speak.
Great list always hard to make a list with so many to choose from love final fight always be my nostalgic number 1 but where’s revenge of death adder ☹️
God I love beat em ups. This brought back great memories of my childhood
Yes! Brings back a lot of memories of playing beat em ups with my friends. Jaleco used to make Brawl Brothers and Peacekeepers, which we liked, and we played any Ninja Turtles, Final Fight, Double Dragon, or Streets of Rage game. Life was so simple. School and games!
TheMidnight Don I'm with you there. I remember rushing home from school in the 90s wanting to play my computer games before homework. Knights of The Round, Final Fight and Mortal Kombat were my favourite (if you call MK a beat em up)but I found getting any daily frustrations out with a beat em up game very satisfying! Life was more simple!
@@greenkitty82 That's awesome. You loved MK, too. Me and my best friend would practice MK together and even take the strategy guides to school and study them. Then we'd challenge people in the neighborhood and at the arcades. Fun times! You're right. Those games really help you get frustrations out and provide a good distraction from life even now. The difference today is being an adult shortens your playtime but it still happens!
TheMidnight Don oh yeah, I absolutely love Mortal Kombat and still play the 90s original and the latest one on PS4. Not as much time as you say to play but I try to set aside an hour or two every so often. To see real people as the characters was such a "wow" breakthrough in the 90s. I didn't have the guides to take to school but I would get the sega cheats and the fatalities/special moves off school friends - particularly sub zero as he's my favourite. It's strange how cool we thought it was for him to rip someone's spinal cord out! But kids are smart, they know it's not real, just a bit of gruesome escapism! I think as humans we all like to see a bit of physical combat and competition hence this best beat em up video.
Double Dragon Neon was a huge omission on that list.
Love the effortful editing!
This list feels authoritative!