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Anyone that has read my work, at least gaming stuff, for any length of time knows I am a huge fan of scrolling brawlers. Games like Streets of Rage, Final Fight, etc. Those are my “go to games”. I recently found out that Piko Interactive have launched a new IndieGoGo campaign for two of their […]
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Mother Russia Bleeds Brings Back Scrolling Brawlers for Steam Now Playstation 4 Soon
September 5th, 2016 
Carl Williams Man, I really miss brawlers. Even in their simplicity, they were something worth trying and many had unique takes on the genre. No two brawlers were exactly the same. Streets of Rage had the police back up options while Final Fight had oversized extremely detailed characters. Now, Mother Russia Bleeds brings fatalities and pixel art […]
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Die Hard Arcade Updates Brawlers with Movie License, Hits Sega Saturn Hard – Today in History – February 28th, 1997
February 28th, 2016 Carl Williams Sega were known for doing the quirky thing with their games, this was true in the early days. Titles such as Alex Kidd had you fighting bosses with “rock, paper, scissors”. Later titles did cool things that we see today though no fighting game has revived the Daytona car like Fighter’s Megamix featured. In Die […]
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Mutation Nation Mutates Neo Geo Brawlers – April 17th, 1992 – Today in History
April 16th, 2014 Carl Williams Mutation Nation stood out on a platform seemingly smothered in fighting games. The Neo Geo is obviously a fighting game dream machine. SNK seemingly went to great lengths to make it so. King of Fighters series to the Fatal Fury and Samurai Shodown games, fighting games were well represented here. Mutation Nation is in the […]
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Shredders Revenge Update
October 8th, 2021 Carl Williams The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMNT) are a franchise that is recognizable to most people. Whether a fan or not, the TMNT have permeated the social conscious of the United States, and many other countries. People know of them if not able to name each one. For many reading this, the heyday for Teenage Mutant […]
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Final Fight Punches into Arcades – December 19th, 1989 – Today in Video Game History
December 19th, 2020 Carl Williams Final Fight by Capcom changed the way brawlers were viewed in arcades. Sure, Double Dragon was an inspiration, but Capcom went above and beyond with their entry. Characters are bigger, the audio blasts into your ears, and the challenge level is set right. Funnily enough, this started life as a sequel to Street Fighter before […]
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Mayhem Brawler Bringing Classic Genre to Nintendo Switch, PlayStation, Xbox and Steam
November 7th, 2020 Carl Williams Mayhem Brawler is an upcoming entry in the brawler, or scrolling fighter, genre. It is currently heading to the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Steam for PC’s bringing with it strong 1990’s vibes. Fans are already making comparisons to Sega’s Streets of Rage 4 game. Based on appearance alone, that is a fair […]
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Humble Bundle Retrogaming Sale September 2020
September 3rd, 2020 Carl Williams With Humble Bundle you can save some cash. What retrogaming fan does not like saving some cash? From classics to more recent classic inspired titles, I have compiled a list of sales for you. I will be updating this list as the month goes on so bookmark it now. If you know of a sale […]
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Streets of Rage 4 on PC Review
May 24th, 2020 Carl Williams Streets of Rage 4 is a success story that had a lot of things going against it. For one, age. The last official Streets of Rage entry was the third one in 1994. In that time, Sega has released two consoles and become a third-party publisher. Sega also had at least one version of Streets […]
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Streets of Rage 2 and Five More Hacks You Don’t Know About
January 4th, 2019 Carl Williams Streets of Rage 2 by Sega is viewed as one of the best brawlers ever to be released. If the support from fans is any indication, this could be pretty accurate. Anyone that has been a fan of RGM for a while has probably seen one of my other Streets of Rage 2 articles. Well, […]
