playstation beat em ups?

[Side_Scroll'R]

Does anyone know of any good beat em ups for playstation (ps1). I have played through all of my beat em ups in my collection and i just need a new challenge... please help ><

[Snapple]

Um... Fighting Force? That was a beat 'em up. It wasn't a good one, but it was for the PS1.

[Side_Scroll'R]

oh yeah i forgot about that one, used to have it for 64... didnt like it that much either. Actually im looking for side scroller beatem ups.

[LiquidPolicenaut]

Two import-only ones I can think of are Panzer Bandit and Nekketsu Oyako. Panzer is more "anime" style, but has the plane-switching like Guardian Heroes. Nekketsu is like a Fnal Fight/Streets of Rage, albeit with weirder levels (in one level, you fight inside a whale...). Both are actually not that bad, but both are kinda short...

[Blitzwing256]

hot blooded family was pretty good

[Haoie]

Do you have Crisis Beat? Apparently it's a fighting spinoff from Time Crisis.

[goemon]

Some imports --

Mad Stalker: A port of an X68k game. It's a fun giant robot game where you can get 100+ combos on the later stages. It slows down a lot, though. It also has a 1 on 1 mode where you can play as the bosses.

Captain Commando: I don't own this one yet. All I can say is that it's a Capcom beat 'em up and it regularly sells for 5000+ yen on YJA. I can't imagine what the eBay markup would be...

[Push Upstairs]

Nekketsu Oyako

I've been trying to get that game forever.

[fahlim003]

Panzer Bandit is a terrific take on the Guardian Heroes formula with lovely graphics to boot.
Another Treasure type spin would be for Gunner's Heaven taking the Gunstar Heroes route, another excellent (and often cheap) beat-em-up.
Captain Commando is a port by NEW Corp. (of Little Ralph) from Capcom's 1989 arcade brawler. I'd say it's excellent although a little dated for the high price it commands online. Get the Capcom Classics Collection Volume 2 and play it there instead for about $20 + 20 other games (including many other Capcom beat-em-up's).

[Push Upstairs]

Capcom Collection Vol. 2 had some nice beat em up's on there.

Worth every penny spent on it.

[Gamereviewgod]

Gekido.

[CosmicMonkey]

I've got Captain Commando for the PSone. It's a very very good conversion and even features 3player via multitap. Don't have a PSone anymore though, so if anyone wants to buy it, shoot me a PM.

It's a shame Capcom didn't release an arcade perfect port of CPS2 Alien v Predator on the PSone. Oh well...

[heybtbm]

Captain Commando is a port by NEW Corp. (of Little Ralph) from Capcom's 1989 arcade brawler. I'd say it's excellent although a little dated for the high price it commands online. Get the Capcom Classics Collection Volume 2 and play it there instead for about $20 + 20 other games (including many other Capcom beat-em-up's).

That's what I came here to say.


Capcom Collection Vol. 2 had some nice beat em up's on there.

Worth every penny spent on it.

Agreed.

[Poofta!]

which games here are imports and which arent? we're talking ps1 not ps2 right?

also, i like fighting force =]

[Push Upstairs]

Panzer Bandit and Nekketsu Oyako are both imports.

The only thing that ultimately stops me from owning "Panzer Bandit" is its high price. :(

[theshizzle3000]

I can vouch for Fighting Force that game is quite enjoyable. You could also count the Gaunlet games in a way.

[bangtango]

Does anyone know of any good beat em ups for playstation (ps1). I have played through all of my beat em ups in my collection and i just need a new challenge... please help ><

Not much there really. Given the sheer number of systems they were selling, Sony could have had a ton of great beat-em-up's released for the Playstation but they were so obsessed with 3D games.

[TurboGenesis]

Panzer Bandit and Nekketsu Oyako are both imports.

The only thing that ultimately stops me from owning "Panzer Bandit" is its high price. :(

Is Panzer Bandit worth the monies it commands? I am not knowing of these beat them ups but learning of these titles now I like to pursue them sometime. These games sound interesting!

[LiquidPolicenaut]

Is Panzer Bandit worth the monies it commands? I am not knowing of these beat them ups but learning of these titles now I like to pursue them sometime. These games sound interesting!

After owning the game, I would say....maybe. It IS a very good game, but it also has too many repetitive enemies. I usually see it for around $80-$90, so its your call. Now that I think about it, I would say no at that price this time, since I bought it for that amount originally. Maybe $60-$65...

[Push Upstairs]

I myself am wondering if "Nekketsu Oyako" is worth the $$ it demands.

[Three-P]

Mortal Kombat Mythologies-Sub-Zero, while by no means good, most likely qualifies as a beat-'em-up. Aside from that and the Fighting Force games, I really don't know of many others.

Just out of curiosity, would Nightmare Creatures count?

[pragmatic insanester]

you guys didn't even mention me. this is my area of expertise.

ps1 beat 'em ups and ps1 games including beat 'em up modes:

batman beyond: return of the joker
batman forever
bushido blade (slash mode only)
bushido blade 2
captain commando
crisis beat
the crow: city of angels
deathtrap dungeon
dragonheart
dragon valor
ehrgeiz: god bless the ring (quest mode only)
fantastic four
fighting force
fighting force 2
gear fighter denshi (dendoh?)
gekido: urban fighters
gunnm martian memory
hokuto no ken: seiki matsukyu seishi densetsu
hyakujyu sentai gaoranger
irem arcade classics (kung fu included)
iron man / x-o manowar in heavy metal
jackie chan: stuntmaster
konami arcade classics (shao-lins road / kicker included)
lucifer ring
mad stalker: full metal force
mortal kombat mythologies: subzero
mortal kombat: special forces
namco museum vol. 4 (genpei toumaden)
namco museum encore (wonder momo included)
nekketsu oyako
ninpuu sentai hurricaneger
panzer bandit
perfect weapon
perfect weapon 2: final weapon (cancelled)
pulirula
rapid angel, the
ridegear guybrave
road rash
road rash 3d
road rash jailbreak
spawn: the eternal
star wars: jedi power battle
t’ai fu: wrath of the tiger
tekken 3 (force mode)
tenchi wo kurau 2
time commando
tobal no. 1 (quest mode only)
tobal 2 (quest mode only)
urban chaos
xena: warrior princess
zeiram zone

[Ackman]

yeah but how many of those games you listed are worth playing?

you should probably have a sort order eg:

great
good
worth playing
not so good
bad

you forgot shaolin and the tenchu games.....

[Push Upstairs]

I'm not sure if I would classify the "Road Rash" games as a "beat em up".

Yes you beat up people, but its a racing game first.

[jajaja]

hot blooded family was pretty good

I second this game. I actually played it not long ago, great game! :)

[pragmatic insanester]

tenchu is an action/stealth game. i never played that shaolin game but i thought it was a versus fighter game and not a beat 'em up?

[Ackman]

tenchu is an action/stealth game. i never played that shaolin game but i thought it was a versus fighter game and not a beat 'em up?

that focuses on combat

and road rash is a racing game.. that....... but anyway shaolin has a story mode game it sure was something special back then haven't played it in a while though, wonder if age has caught up with it?