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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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Final Fight Punches into Arcades – December 19th, 1989 – Today in Video Game History
December 19th, 2020 
Carl Williams 
Posted in Arcade, News 
Tags: brawler, capcom, cody, double dragon, final fight, guy, haggar, mad gear gang, Metro City 
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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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Posted in News, Nintendo, Switch Tags: brawler, eshop, fighting game, final fight, Mayhem Brawler, streets of rage No Comments »
Capcom Releases Final Fight Guy on Super Nintendo – June 11th, 1994 – Today in Video Game History
June 10th, 2020 Carl Williams Final Fight Guy was Capcom’s attempt to appease fans. When Final Fight was originally released on the Super Nintendo, it was lacking. Fans were not happy about the character Guy being missing. Sure, gamers still got Cody and Haggar but a vocal few wanted Guy. To resolve the problem Capcom created a special edition of […]
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Posted in News, Nintendo, Super Nintendo Tags: Blockbuster, brawler, capcom, fighting, final fight, final fight guy, rental only No Comments »
GP32 Top 5 Games You Need to Play
February 1st, 2018 Carl Williams Way back in November 2001, Game Park released a little hand held that never made it out of South Korea. That means most of you reading this probably have never heard of it. My goal with this article is to change that fact. Considering there is no official English release of the GP32 means most […]
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Posted in GP32, News, Portables Tags: beats of rage, Blue Angelo, final fight, giana sisters, GP32, GpAlice, Gundeon and Guarder, Her Knights 1 Comment »
Interview with Mega Cat Studios Creatures of Coffee Crisis for Sega Genesis
December 4th, 2016 Carl Williams Special interview with the team behind Coffee Crisis, the new Sega Genesis brawler.
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Posted in News, Sega Tags: 16-bit, brawler, coffee, Coffee Crisis, fighting, final fight, genesis, retro, retro gaming, retrogaming, sega, streets of rage No Comments »
What If – Skyrim Was 90s Arcade Fighting Game
November 23rd, 2016 Carl Williams What if Skyrim was a one on one fighting game like Street Fighter II? We find out and it looks amazing.
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Posted in Comp, News Tags: final fight, Iron & Blood, playstation, psone, Reddit, Skyrim, street fighter II No Comments » Kickstarter – Coffee Crisis New Sega Genesis Brawler
November 5th, 2016 Carl Williams Brawlers are a lost art in today’s world. That is a simple, cold hard, fact. For some reason the scrolling fighter genre has fallen on hard times. I come from a period of gaming when Streets of Rage, Final Fight, Rival Turf, and River City Ransom ruled the roost. With Coffee Crisis I can see […]
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Posted in News, Sega Tags: 16-bit, brawler, coffee, Coffee Crisis, fighting, final fight, genesis, retro, retro gaming, retrogaming, sega, streets of rage 1 Comment »
Piko Interactive Launch Retro Gaming Second Wave of Goodness
October 5th, 2016 Carl Williams In the world of retro gaming there are not a lot of companies like Piko Interactive. They go out and find unreleased games, get the rights to them and fix them up, sometimes completing them, and then releasing them legally for fans to purchase. Take a look at the Piko Interactive store and you will […]
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Posted in Console, News, Nintendo, Sega Tags: atari, Atari Jaguar, brawler, Custodian, entertainment system, final fight, Generals of the Yang Family, genesis, Iron Commando, jaguar, Legend, nintendo, piko interactive, puzzle, retro, retro gaming, retrogaming, sega, sega genesis, Smart Mouse, Snakky, snes, streets of rage, super nintendo No Comments »
Streets of Rage Brings Fight to Sega Genesis – September 18th, 1991 – Today in Video Game History
September 17th, 2016 Carl Williams A funny thing happened to Sega when they released their Genesis console. For a very long period in gaming history, they were approaching, or were on, the top of the gaming world. They were the talk of the town across the globe. Nintendo still had a stranglehold on videogames but the success of the Sega […]
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Posted in Genesis, News, Sega Tags: 16-bit, brawler, final fight, genesis, retro, retro gaming, retrogaming, sega, streets of rage, Yuzo Koshiro No Comments »
Streets of Rage Series – Left in 16-Bit
September 14th, 2016 Carl Williams Sega was riding high during the 16-Bit days when they were able to finally break into the mainstream with the Sega Genesis console. There truly were some classics released for this defunct console. Sonic the Hedgehog debuted here, Alex Kidd stepped up his game from the Master System days, Vectorman kicked butt through two games […]
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Posted in News, Sega Tags: batman, brawler, fighting, Fighting Force, final fight, genesis, retro, retro gaming, retrogaming, Scott Pilgrim, sega, sega genesis, streets of rage, superman, teenage mutant ninja turtles, TMNT No Comments »
