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Here's a list of all beat 'em up games on the PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16 as requested in this thread https://www.pcengine-fx.com/forums/index.php?topic=17899.0 (https://www.pcengine-fx.com/forums/index.php?topic=17899.0)

Feel free to let me know if I missed any games and I'll add them in.

I haven't included wrestling games.

With the scrolling beat 'em ups it was more difficult to decide on some games whether they fitted this genre.

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List of beat 'em ups

Advanced V.G.- SCD
Algunos (Kakutou Haou Densetsu Algunos) - SCD
André Panza Kick Boxing / The Kick Boxing - HuCard/CD
Art Of Fighting / Ryuko No Ken - ACD
Asuka 120% Maxima Burning Fest.- SCD
Black Hole Assault - SCD
Dragon Ball Z - SCD
Fatal Fury 2 / Garou Densetsu 2 Aratanaru Tatakai - ACD
Fatal Fury 2 Special / Garou Densetsu Special - ACD
Fighting Street - CD
Flash Hiders -SCD
Godzilla (Godzilla Bakutou Retsu Den) - SCD
Kabuki Itouryodan - ACD
Martial Champion - SCD
Ranma 1/2 Datō, Ganso Musabetsu Kakutō-ryū! - SCD
Street Fighter II Champion Edition - HuCard
Strip Fighter II - HuCard
World Heroes 2 - ACD

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List of scrolling beat 'em ups

Altered Beast / Ju ou ki - HuCard
Altered Beast / Ju ou ki - CD
Ane-san -SCD
Double Dragon II - The Revenge - SCD
Downtown Nekketsu Monogatari - SCD
Downtown Nekketsu Soreyuke Daiundoukai - SCD
Galaxy Gayvan - SCD
Golden Axe -CD
Kaze Kiri -SCD
The Kung Fu / China Warrior - HuCard
Mad Stalker - Full Metal Force - ACD
The Ninja Warriors - HuCard
Renny Blaster - SCD
Riot Zone   / Crest Of Wolf - SCD
Splatterhouse - HuCard
Takeda Shingen - HuCard
Tenchi O Kurau - SCD
Vigilante - HuCard

Although refering to fighting games as "beat em ups" usually starts the genre-naming debate, I think almost everyone can agree that using the same term for two very different genres is a bad idea.

Very cool! Thanks for the post!

I feel embarrassed, but I left Crest of Wolf off of my "to buy" list, it should have been there with a nice big [WESTONE] tag.

Okay, now it's there.

Thanks for the reminder and the list.

Quote from: guest on 10/20/2014, 01:36 PMAlthough refering to fighting games as "beat em ups" usually starts the genre-naming debate, I think almost everyone can agree that using the same term for two very different genres is a bad idea.

Agreed.

I propose a new label for the "Versus Fighting" category.

"Beat-em-off", perhaps.

The list at the top also doesn't differentiate between belt-scrollers and 2D brawlers (not sure what to call that genre, Spartan-X-like games).  I'm pretty sure adding an entire new dimension of movement constitutes a different genre.

Ranma 1/2 - Datō, Ganso Musabetsu Kakutō-ryū!  8)

http://www.pcengine.co.uk/HTML_Games/Ranma_3.htm (http://www.pcengine.co.uk/HTML_Games/Ranma_3.htm)

Quote from: ElSeven on 10/22/2014, 02:22 PMRanma 1/2 - Datō, Ganso Musabetsu Kakutō-ryū!  8)

http://www.pcengine.co.uk/HTML_Games/Ranma_3.htm (http://www.pcengine.co.uk/HTML_Games/Ranma_3.htm)

Added it to the list, I knew I'd miss at least one.  :D

Quote from: esteban on 10/22/2014, 11:28 AM"Beat-em-off", perhaps.

"Beat-em-off" titles:
Advanced V.G.- SCD
Strip Fighter II - HuCard

Quote from: ishiyakazuo on 10/22/2014, 03:27 PM

Quote from: esteban on 10/22/2014, 11:28 AM"Beat-em-off", perhaps.

"Beat-em-off" titles:
Advanced V.G.- SCD
Strip Fighter II - HuCard

Trüe Storie.

+10 Turbo Points

Anyone played Tenchi O Kurau?

I played Tenchi wo Kurau 2 on the PSX... as I recall, it's pretty fun.

Quote from: guest on 10/20/2014, 01:36 PMAlthough refering to fighting games as "beat em ups" usually starts the genre-naming debate, I think almost everyone can agree that using the same term for two very different genres is a bad idea.

It's not really a debate.  It's apparently a European thing.  In America, the first category in the OP are called fighting games, and the second category in the first post are called beat 'em ups.  Europe uses different terms, for whatever reason, sort of like how they often call platformers "jump n runs".

How about we call them Double Dragon clones and Street Fighter clones?

Quote from: Gentlegamer on 10/23/2014, 11:49 PMHow about we call them Double Dragon clones and Street Fighter clones?

That would be very nice and avoid lots of confusion for States vs. Euro naming conventions.

Quote from: A Black Falcon on 10/23/2014, 10:53 PM

Quote from: CrackTiger on 10/20/2014, 01:36 PMAlthough refering to fighting games as "beat em ups" usually starts the genre-naming debate, I think almost everyone can agree that using the same term for two very different genres is a bad idea.

It's not really a debate.  It's apparently a European thing.  In America, the first category in the OP are called fighting games, and the second category in the first post are called beat 'em ups.  Europe uses different terms, for whatever reason, sort of like how they often call platformers "jump n runs".

It may be regional slang, but beat-them-up makes the most sense for Final Fight style games, since the active gameplay is fighting multiple enemies at once and the actual "fighting" gameplay is very shallow. While the ganeplay in street fighter-style games is all about the "fighting". Bmup-as-street fighter-style-genre supporters might try to argue that in street fighter-style games, technically you fight many enemies by the time the game is cleared, but each enemy is an entire stage. In which case you might as well say that all games with levels/stages are "clmalls", because you have to clear all the stages.

Clear-em-alls

We should just call 'em all face-punchers.