beat 'em ups
Scrolling combat games
Beat 'em ups are video games where a player fights through waves of enemies using hand-to-hand combat, typically progressing through side-scrolling stages.
The genre flourished in arcades during the late 1980s and early 1990s with titles like *Double Dragon* and *Streets of Rage*.
We spent all our quarters on beat 'em ups at the arcade.
- combo systemConnected attack sequence scoring
- Double DragonCooperative fighting arcade game
- BattletoadsDifficult retro brawler
- side-scrollingHorizontal gameplay perspective
- boss battlesConfrontations with powerful enemies
enemy waves · co-op mode · special moves · health bar · life bar · urban settings · arcade cabinet · level progression · pixel art · platformers · sound effects · fan communities · survival games · melee combat · button mashing · retro aesthetics
gameplay pacing and violence
beat 'em upspuzzle games
Entertainment demanding problem-solving
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