ArachosiA 78
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I loved this game back in the day, but like pretty much all of the old school beat'em ups, it has NOT aged well at all.
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Konami's X-Men Arcade game - XBLA/PSN, 6 player drop-in/drop-out online multiplayer
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Triple Da G.O.D!
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ALL OVER MY FUCKING FACE!!!!!!!
Best news I've heard all day.
That 6-player has me already with money in hand ready to double dip. Come get this money.
Game companies need to pay attention to this movement if they haven't. A small investment in the right throwback game nets big profit.
This has me in a place where I can see a lot more games that need XBLA and PSN to finally come around to the people who love and appreciate them. I have a list a mile long and I think I can start checking games off the list now.
I think you should do it. I have my personal picks and would to see how all of GAF feels on the subject at large.
Best news I've heard all day.
That 6-player has me already with money in hand ready to double dip. Come get this money.
Game companies need to pay attention to this movement if they haven't. A small investment in the right throwback game nets big profit.
This has me in a place where I can see a lot more games that need XBLA and PSN to finally come around to the people who love and appreciate them. I have a list a mile long and I think I can start checking games off the list now.
GhaleonQ said:
I think you should do it. I have my personal picks and would to see how all of GAF feels on the subject at large.
FrostuTheNinja
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I am the happiest person alive right now. I cannot wait to see Wolverines idle animation.
*snikt*
I am the happiest person alive right now. I cannot wait to see Wolverines idle animation.
*snikt*
CamHostage
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ArachosiA 78 said:
I don't know if I would say it hasn't "aged well". It's become less relevant, perhaps? The gameplay is still as fun as it ever was, but the fun of these beat-em-ups largely came from beating them on a quarter or playing with friends; take them home and they lose a lot of that appeal. However, put them online and/or build leaderboards or other bonuses in, and they're at least partly back to being a good half-hour of mindless fun no matter how many times you've played through all the levels.
a Master Ninja
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Tell me more about this Japanese version.SAB CA said:
killdatninja
Banned
firehawk12
Subete no aware
After Turtles in Time, I`m sort of in the camp that the genre has passed me by. Funny, because I played the shit out of Turtles 89 a few years ago and was amped up for more.
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
Good music really makes a beat em up: Turtles in Time on SNES, Streets of Rage series on Genesis.firehawk12 said:
Turtles in Time remake on XBLA/PSN had SHIT music.
Triple Da G.O.D!
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Platy said:
It's been high time for Battle Circuit to get released. Not enough people know about the game and the ones that do don't get the word out like they should. The perfect scenario for a Battle Circuit release would one or both of the following. Capcom does another Double Impact game but has Captain Commando as the lead off with Battle Circuit as the 2nd game. GGPO + Battle Circuit = DAT SEX. Or Capcom takes the damn hint and throws Cyber Blue in an upcoming crossover game to get people wondering about the origins of the character. Similar to Saki in TvC. But also AvP and D&D are games that need to be sorted out and released at some point as well.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
BocoDragon said:
Hah, maybe that's it. I still remember the Turtles 89 music anyway.
Momo said:
BladeoftheImmortal
Member
Make Mine Marvel, bitches!
I love Image and DC also, just this is great news.
GhaleonQ said:
I've never played Ninja Baseball Bat Man to be honest, I'll give it a try sometime.
Some good (but obvious) Capcom ones:
Final Fight
Dungeons & Dragons: Tower of Doom
Dungeons & Dragons: Shadow over Mystara
Knights of the Round
The Punisher
Alien VS Predator
Here, check out this AVP combo video: Kara moves!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8gz5oQzops
Sho_Nuff82
Member
TMNT 89 was great because at $5, I never regretted blowing through the campaign in one co-op run and then occasionally pulling it out after some late night drinking sessions.Veidt said:
Hard to justify much more for button mashers.
I would kill for a home version of WWF Wrestlefest though.
Azure Phoenix
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Never played X-Men Arcade before but I'm getting this day one, I loved the old Konami beat-em-ups.
Now all we need is The Simpsons and Sunsetriders.
Now all we need is The Simpsons and Sunsetriders.
Chauncy Talon
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Azure Phoenix said:
Sunset Riders was my game. I remember the game for the stupid stuff, namely the dialog from the Boss battles.
"Bury me with my money!!!"
X-Men: the Arcade game is going to be fun. I'm just geek that I can no longer use quarters/tokens to beat the game. Will there be 4 player offline and 6 players online co-op?
a Master Ninja said:
All I know of it, I learned from this source: http://uk.ign.com/videos/2010/10/09/x-men-arcade-video-preview?objectid=88646
Originally linked to by Speedymaniac in post #146
IGN UK said:
Host Samurai
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I love beat em ups. Its about time they make a return and XBLA/PSN are the perfect services for them to be revived. I would lose my shit if Capcom made new CPS2-CPS3 beat em ups or Konami made new beat em ups based off their arcade engine that they used for TMNT, X-Men, Simpsons, Crime Fighters etc. Speaking of Konami beat em ups, I LOVED this game.
vitaminwateryum
corporate swill
Its a shame we wont get the awesome panoramic effect that some of the cabinets had.
Either way, suuuuper stoked for this.
Either way, suuuuper stoked for this.
I AM JOHN!
Banned
This game definitely hasn't held up that well, and considering how much I'm struggling to get three other people to play Scott Pilgrim with me, I'm sure I'll never end up playing this how it's meant to be played. But still, I am more than willing to be welcomed to die again.
NOTHING MOVES THE BLOB!
NOTHING MOVES THE BLOB!
You have awesome taste.Akainu said:
captmcblack
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Goddammit, I have waited my entire LIFE for this release.
I hate them for waiting so long to port this; this belonged to the SNES/Genesis era and now instead of being a watershed release - the kind of thing I'd have run paper routes for in 1993 - now it's one of a jillion things I'm going to throw $10 - 15 at on PSN for quietly in 2010/2011.
...but thank God they actually, finally ported this game. I will be there day fucking one.
I hate them for waiting so long to port this; this belonged to the SNES/Genesis era and now instead of being a watershed release - the kind of thing I'd have run paper routes for in 1993 - now it's one of a jillion things I'm going to throw $10 - 15 at on PSN for quietly in 2010/2011.
...but thank God they actually, finally ported this game. I will be there day fucking one.
demosthenes
Member
Is the 6 players offline as well?
Looks like 6 player is online only....hope offline is at least 4 player
Looks like 6 player is online only....hope offline is at least 4 player
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
People hoping for The Simpsons might be a little disappointed. I had an opportunity to play through the game on a cab last year and I was very surprised at just how bad the game is. Something isn't quite right about the hit-stun so the game ends up being an enormous quarter muncher.
It just doesn't compare to the superior offerings from that age; Turtles in Time, even TMNT The Arcade Game, Shadows over Mystara, Knights of the Round, even stuff like Captain Commando.
It just doesn't compare to the superior offerings from that age; Turtles in Time, even TMNT The Arcade Game, Shadows over Mystara, Knights of the Round, even stuff like Captain Commando.
Lance Bone Path
Member
I loved this game, mostly for the music.
Cyclops was pretty bad and Colossus wasn't much better. Those two characters were probably the only ones I would need more than one credit to get to the end, if I was playing solo. The game was easy to beat within a single life, if I was playing with someone else who was also good.
Storm was the only character that I could solo all the way to the end without losing a life. She was by far the best character, although I did like Dazzler more.
Cyclops was pretty bad and Colossus wasn't much better. Those two characters were probably the only ones I would need more than one credit to get to the end, if I was playing solo. The game was easy to beat within a single life, if I was playing with someone else who was also good.
Storm was the only character that I could solo all the way to the end without losing a life. She was by far the best character, although I did like Dazzler more.
Triple Da G.O.D!
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HQ Trailer Up: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gI7iciWcj24
Add it to the OP if you want.
Can't wait for this.
Add it to the OP if you want.
Can't wait for this.
Princess Skittles
Prince's's 'Skittle's
Hmm, there are better beat 'em ups out there but only the licensed ones get this kind of attention.
Well, I guess the first two of these are licensed as well, but anybody that freaks out over The Simpsons, TMNT or X-Men would have their minds blown away by Tower of Doom, Shadow of Mystara and Battle Circuit.
Well, I guess the first two of these are licensed as well, but anybody that freaks out over The Simpsons, TMNT or X-Men would have their minds blown away by Tower of Doom, Shadow of Mystara and Battle Circuit.
Scythesurge
Member
Stumpokapow said:
Yeah I agree with these posts, but I guess part of the fun is having people to play with that are enthusiastic about the game, and X-Men/The Simpsons definitely have some enthusiastic fans. Too bad those other games get overlooked though.Princess Skittles said:
Lance Bone Path
Member
I've played the other fighters/beat-em-ups listed, but none of the others had 6 player co-op.
Capcom's Dungeons and Dragons arcade games were cool and was possibly better in every way that most people care about (arguably with the exception of the music, the licensed property, and the number of players), but I also didn't spend hours playing those games like I did with X-men.
I also never got into Konami's other beat-em-ups.
Capcom's Dungeons and Dragons arcade games were cool and was possibly better in every way that most people care about (arguably with the exception of the music, the licensed property, and the number of players), but I also didn't spend hours playing those games like I did with X-men.
I also never got into Konami's other beat-em-ups.
demosthenes
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Monroeski said:
THIS THIS THIS
jon bones said:
What about those of us, whose buddies have long since moved away, but could easily see us coordinating a get-together over PSN/Live to play this game together "just like old times"? :lol
What I really hope to see is adequate usage of mixing online drop-in/drop-out, but also allow a possible fellow couch-sitter to join in at any time. That'd be nice. Especially if it's all on GGPO.
Ninja Scooter
Member
like most beat'em ups you will probably play it for 5 minutes before getting bored and then get all sad because you aren't 10 years old anymore. Hell I remember even as a kid passing up the Xmen machine once the novelty of the giant screen, huge colorful sprites and 6 player action wore off. Even then I found the gameplay was pretty crap in comparison to Capcom's stuff.
evil solrac v3.0
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bosses weren't cheap in the game, you just had to get their pattern of attack down (the blob, wendigo, juggernaut, that big robot) and you could beat them without using your special.