Evolution of Beat ’em up Games [1984-2023]

You forgot Demolish Fist

No mortal kombat shaolin monks or urban reigns, or spikeout, or dynamite cop, or diehard

I miss splatterhouse

I find it interesting that the genre was filled with great tunes, until we see our first 3D ones, then suddenly they have... ambient noise???? Very odd choice. You would think CD audio would have meant they would license the kind of club music the chiptunes were trying to emulate. Late 90s were a weird time for the genre. Then we get out of the late 90s, our first game of 2000, a beautiful full orchestra score by John Williams! Haha

Spawn SNES finally gets some attention

Streets of rage 2 ,Best for its time in my opnnion

You missed "Plumbers Dont Wear Ties"

Amazing!!!!!! Thanks so much!!!! ❤❤❤

faltou The warriors da Rockstar com certeza é o melhor do genero

Absurdo como Final Fight 1 estava muito acima do seu tempo graficamente, justificado o sucesso q fez

There's a cool number of games here and to some degree you can see how things went back to where they started when the retro games scene was invented. But if you're going to talk about beat em ups and the evolution of them, then you have include the GOD of War series before Ragnarok.

y the guarriors ??

Renegade ? Altered beast ? I mean, if you are going to do something, do it well… 😅

The SNES was so powerful it destroyed the chronology of the evolution.

Nice list but you left out an important many games from CPS1, CPS2, Konami, Namco, Neo-Geo like captain commando, punisher, cadillacs and dino,, x-men, mk:shaolin etc. Newer games like Street of Rage 4, new battletoads etc.

What no ninja gaiden? No God Of War?

Just happy to see them back

Final Fight, Turtles 2, Streets of Rage, Streets of Rage 2, shank looks awesome, Jay and Silent Bob look awesome. As an honorable mention, You forgot N.A.R.C.

Nostalgic goodness thanks 😢

Everyone knows streets of rage and ninja turtles was the best honorable mention double dragon

Thanx

Violent Storm 1993 is better than all this shown here

U missed Crude Buster in Sega Genesis

Can anyone tell me the name of the game in which we use capsule as Magic and Fight fat guys and first boss was a Lion it was in Sega Genesis

Capcom Beat down

Cardillac and dinosaur

Shadow Dancer, Final fight

Devil may cry

Why was God Hand left out ? It came out in 2006 on the PS2.

Hey, you missed Cadillacs & Dinosaurs, that is a fantastic one.

Mortal Kombat Shaolin monks

Golden Axe was such a revolutionary one.

Bud Spencer & Terence Hill: Slaps and Beans ?

Cadillac And dinasaurs,Punisher,captain commando,????

The moment you realize Jay and silent bob had a game.
😂

Forgot jay an silent bob had a video
Game.

Great video! 👊🍕

I missed some games like Gekkido and Crisis Beat (PS1), Captain Commando and Battle Circuit (Arcade), Die Hard Arcade (Arcade and Sega Saturn) and one of the best IMHO besides not being a beat'em up game: Tekken Force Mode inside Tekken 3 for PS1.

So much games of super turtles ninja 😊

No Renegade??? wtf man

I personally prefer the beat em ups of old with the 16-bit bit style. Fight'n Rage is a nice throwback with some modern enhancements such as the lighting. By the way, you missed Super Double Dragon, Knights of The Round, King of Dragons, Captain Commando. Those are classics.

From 2000 onward it looks more like de-evolution to me.

Streets of rage series define this genre

Trash!They might as well let it stayed like 1984 since it look like a down grade from that

Final Fight - Grocery store arcade while mom was shopping or waiting in line to pay.
TMNT Arcade - At the local Pizza Hut.

The good ole days 😢

No Cadillacs & Dinosaurs?

god of war

How did you miss Streets of Rage 2, Battletoads and Double Dragon, The Punisher

Los jugaré aunque ya sea viejo y esté en un asilo jamás ke gustaron los juegos populares que a todos les gustan me quedo con mis beat em ups