Hard as it may be to believe there was in fact an arcade game called Violence Fight. While this blog has mainly focussed on those golden moments from gaming history with a slew of wonderful and addictive titles Violence Fight is set to break that trend. This game was every bit as bad as it sounds and a long way from the beat ‘em up complexity of Street Fighter or even Mortal Kombat.
This was one of the greatest games ever developed and it ate countless hours and days of my time. Double Dragon was a side scrolling beat ‘em up with plenty of violent action. You could team up with a friend in the co-operative mode and punch, slash and batter your way through an army of evil thugs to rescue your girlfriend. Originally released by Taito in 1987 Double Dragon was hugely popular and spawned two arcade sequels and loads of home console ports.
Altered Beast was an awesomely weird game from Sega which featured side-scrolling beat ‘em up action and some platform game-play. It was first released into the arcades in 1988 and put players in control of a shape shifting centurion hero raised from the dead and charged with rescuing Athena. You had to fight armies of nasty creatures across five large levels to face down the evil magician and complete the game.
Chase H.Q. was a great arcade game which built on 
There was a time in the eighties when nothing was cooler than the Ferrari Testarossa and people wore pastel colors and t-shirts with suits. Miami Vice was the most popular thing on television and the game that seemed to capture the whole mood was the driving classic Out Run. 
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