Beat-em-ups, also known as belt scroll action games in Japan, were all the rage in the 1980s and 1990s in arcades. Players controlled beefy characters who pummeled their way through thugs of a dubious nature with their fists, or a special weapon if they were lucky, through 2.5-D urban environments. Most of the time, they were multiplayer and pretty challenging. Good luck getting past a cheap boss in a single quarter!
Out of all the beat-em-ups, one that really got things right while featuring licensed characters was Kona….
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