Top 30 Best Beat 'Em Up Games
This list incorporates a collection of beat 'em up games; those included here are likely the most compelling in terms of story, characters, and boss battles. Of course, boss battles are a very prevalent feature in beat 'em ups as well, due to the anticipation of reaching the next big fight. Another deciding factor is likely the music and mood that the game offers. Well, these would be a few titles that are very recommended for beat 'em up fans overall.
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- Side-scrolling beat 'em up game based on a 14-part Marvel comic book crossover featuring Spider-Man and Venom who team up with a host of other superheroes to face Venom's murderous offspring Carnage and his team of super-villains.
- Mayhem-packed sequel to Spider-Man & Venom: Maximum Carnage (1994), with appearances from loads of other Marvel Comic-Book characters.
- A Sega Genesis-exclusive game based on the very popular comic hero team.
- StarsDan CastellanetaNancy CartwrightHiroshi IuchiSmithers kidnaps Maggie so Homer, Marge, Bart and Lisa set off across Springfield, from Krustyland to Moe's Tavern, to Channel 6 and finally to the power plant to take on Smithers and Mr. Burns and retrieve Maggie.
- DirectorAkira NishitaniAkira YasudaMetro City is the most dangerous place in the world. When Mayor Mike Haggar's daughter, Jessica, is kidnapped by the Mad Gear gang, it is up to Haggar, Cody, and Guy to rescue her.
- DirectorChris BusseStarsSean MarquetteAndrea BakerArthur BurghardtYou play the Marvel Ultimate Universe versions of Spider-Man and his nemesis, Venom, as both clash with each other and others.
- DirectorHiroshi AokiStarsGacktKôichi YamaderaAbie Hadjitarkhani
- DirectorTori ShimizuStarsDaisuke KishioToshiyuki MorikawaSatsuki TsuzumiLeft to avenge his Clan after a sinister force is awakened in Tokyo, Hotsuma must confront demons from his past and defend his role as Leader of the Oboro Clan. Drawing off the ancient traditions of Ninja magic, Hotsuma uses wall running, shuriken attacks, and the coveted Akujiki Sword to fight the deadly masked foes that stalk him.
- DirectorMartin StoltzStarsAdam HernandezBen SarasonBeth MelewskiTwo members of the Shaolin Order, Liu Kang and Kung Lao, travel through the realms in an attempt to thwart Shang Tsung's plans to dominate Earthrealm.
- Soon after Haggar, Cody, and Guy saved Haggar's daughter and defeated the Mad Gear Gang, they return with a new leader and kidnap Guy's fiancée, and the three must travel around the world to bring an end to the Mad Gear once and for all.
- When a new criminal group named the Skull Cross Gang emerges as the new dominant criminal organization in Metro City, Guy and Haggar must once again save Metro City from its newest menace.
- DirectorHideki KamiyaIsao NegishiStarsHellena TaylorGrey GriffinChick VenneraA trigger happy witch wakes up with no recollection of who or where she is, when a flashback takes her 500 years back in time and leads her on a quest to retrieve artifacts known as "Eyes of the World".
- DirectorG. SuzukiStarsMiki ChangWhen Krang steals the Statue of Liberty, the turtles pursue the Foot Clan to the Technodrome, where Shredder sends them through a time warp. The Turtles must fight Shredder's army in both the past and the future in order to get home.
- DirectorKazuhiro YoshidaStarsMichael SinterniklaasWayne GraysonGregory AbbeyThe video game based on the tmnt movie. The turtles fight against the foot clan in New York city
- DirectorNaomi KanedaThe sequel to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: Battle Nexus sets the turtle quartet on another adventure from the series' second season, this time allowing the entire team to work together via a 4-player multiplayer mode.
- DirectorChelsea FasoStarsTara StrongMeagan MoorePaul EidingJoin Ben, Gwen and Max on a mission to track down the lost pieces of the Omnitrix and save the world.
- StarsRyan R. JohnsonLiz LoganRichard Rich Anthony PerezPlay as the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers as you save the planet from evil.
- The Battletoads, Rash and Zitz, embark on a mission to defeat the evil Dark Queen on her planet and rescue their kidnapped friends; Pimple, the third member of the Battletoads, and Princess Angelica.
- StarsNolan NorthMitchell WhitfieldJames Arnold TaylorThe Ninja Turtles have since grown apart. But through vigorous training and thrilling battles against all new opponents, they learn to unite and work together as a family in order to save the world from invading monsters.
- StarsMichael SinterniklaasWayne GraysonSam RiegelIn their third outrageous, bodacious adventure, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles must save New York from an invasion of that unruly alien race, The Triceratons, who have come in search of the Fugitoid, a.k.a. Professor Honeycutt, inventor of the Transmat teleportal device. The Triceratons kidnap April O'Neil and Casey Jones, and take them to their mother ship in space. The turtles must team up, rescue their pals and send the Triceratons back where they came from. Next, they must stop the evil Agent Bishop from extracting their DNA and using it to create a race of evil mutants to do his own dastardly bidding; and finally, their arch-nemesis The Shredder plans to leave for outer space to cause even more trouble for the Utroms. It's a race against time as the turtles follow Shredder into space in order to face him for one final showdown.
- DirectorYuji KojimaWhen Raphael and Michelangelo discover the entrance to a large tunnel in their house, Donatello's newly found crystal starts glowing. The turtles enter the tunnel but are soon confronted by genetically mutated humans.
- StarsDwayne JohnsonMark HamillBilly WestExperience the beginning of Mathayus' journey through Akkad.
- DirectorNoriyoshi ÔbaMr. X kidnaps Adam and sends gang punks into the streets. Axel and Blaze, along with Adam's brother Skate and Axel's friend, set out once again to stomp Mr. X and his baddies into the ground.