Favorite beat'em up?

[Gamingking]

I'm a huge fan of the beat'em up genre, I'm wondering whats some of your favorite beat'em ups? It can be from NES-Current. Doesn't matter what region its on, Rather not mention arcades, There are too many on there. I want to find some more console ones to enjoy...

[mobiusclimber]

My favorites:

Splatterhouse
Streets of Rage
Knights of the Round
Run Saber (does this count?)
Golden Axe
Combatribes

[Smashed Brother]

Beat-em-ups are among my favorite genres, too. Here are some of my most-played classics:

River City Ransom (nes)
Double Dragon 1-3 (nes)
Battletoads (nes)
Batman Returns (snes)
Final Fight 3 (snes)
Spiderman & Venom Maximum Carnage (snes)
Battletoads & Double Dragon (snes)
TMNT IV (snes)
Streets of Rage 2&3 (genesis)
Guardian Heroes (saturn)
Sword of the Berserk (dc)
Double Dragon (gba)
River City Ransom (gba)
Gekido (ps1)
Godhand (ps2)
Spikeout (xbox)
Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction (xbox)

If I were to include arcade titles, this list would probably be triple in length!!

[BetaWolf47]

Want some recommendations?

Sengoku 3 (Arcade, Neo-Geo)
Ninja Baseball Bat Man (Arcade)
Final Fight 3 (SNES)
Sonic Blast Man 2 (SNES)
Die Hard Arcade (Dreamcast)
Battle Circuit (Arcade)
Dungeon Magic (Arcade)

[kupomogli]

Here are my favorites.

-God Hand(by far)
-Batman Returns
-Double Dragon 2 NES
-Yakuza
-Yakuza 2
-Yakuza 3


Other ones I like.

-Double Dragon NES
-Double Dragon
-Double Dragon 2
-River City Ransom
-River City Ransom EX
-Urban Reign

*edit*

I posted this and then was looking at other stuff and then saw my avatar. I was like. Oh yeah. Duh. Had to come edit and add Yakuza 1, 2, and 3. I love that series.

Also. Already posted God Hand but because of Therealqtips response I just wanted to post this. I honestly don't think any other beat em up is in the same league as God Hand when it comes to gameplay.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyfbtSyX3mc

[Therealqtip]

Final Fight

and I thought God Hand sucked

[CelticJobber]

Double Dragon 1&2 for NES (I hated part 3)
Final Fight 1-3
Streets of Rage 1-3
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 & 3 for NES, and part 4 on SNES

[deltoidsteep]

My favourite beat 'em up is probably Mystical Fighter for the Genesis. Nobody I know in real life has ever heard of it but I'm sure some of you guys have played it. It's like Golden Axe (also a personal favourite) but centered around Japanese mythology.

[Deadpixels]

I'm a beat 'em up junkie. Here are a few of my must-have titles...

Streets of Rage 1-3 (Genesis)
Sengoku 3 (Neo Geo)
Sengoku (Neo Geo)
Battle Circuit (Capcom CPS2/ARCADE)
Golden Axe II: The Revenge of Death Adder (Arcade)
River City Ransom (NES)
Mighty Final Fight (NES)
Final Fight (CPS1/ARCADE)
Mutation Nation (Neo Geo)
Splatterhouse III (Genesis)
Gekido (PS1)

[heybtbm]

Double Dragon (arcade). The GBA and XBLA versions are pretty good too. The NES version pales in comparison, but still has it's moments.

[MasterJSP]

My favorites that I can think of at the moment are the Double Dragons for NES, the Final Fights and Batman Returns for SNES, and Castle Crashers for Xbox 360.

[Damaramu]

I love beat 'em ups! That being said, here are a few of my faves:

Undercover Cops
Streets of Rage 2
Final Fight 2
Guardian Heroes
Violent Storm
Ninja Warriors Again
Captain American & The Avengers
Aliens vs Predator
Captain Commando

[j_factor]

Super Double Dragon (better yet, the Japanese version, titled Return of Double Dragon). Criminally overlooked IMO.

That, and Die Hard Arcade.

[dreamcaster]

It's a three way tie between Final Fight, Streets of Rage II and Golden Axe.

[retroman]

Golden Axe 1 and 2

[kupomogli]

That, and Die Hard Arcade.

Didn't think of these games. Dynamite Deka 2/Dynamite Cop as well also. Awesome games.

[Steven]

Super Double Dragon (better yet, the Japanese version, titled Return of Double Dragon). Criminally overlooked IMO.

That, and Die Hard Arcade.

Amen. RoDD was a sick, sick beat 'em up.

I always loved The Combatribes. Thought it was unique in that the levels were very short and spanned what, 3-4 screens? Found it realistic as in real life that's the territory a gang controls. Had a lot of fun playing this back in the day with my brother and friends.

[Push Upstairs]

TMNT 3
Streets of Rage 2
Bare Knuckle 3
Turtles in Time
Guardian Heroes
Captain Commando
King of Dragons
Knights of the Round
Muramasa: The Demon Blade

[Arkhan]

I like Pirates of Darkwater for SNES alot

and does Valis count?

[Tron 2.0]

Double Dragon 1&2
River City Ransom
Mighty Final Fight
Final Fight
Streets of Rage 2
Guardian Heroes
Golden Axe
Knights of The Round
Alien vs Predator:The arcade beatem up from capcom
The Punisher
Sengoku 3
Sengoku 2
X-Men:Arcade version by konami.
The Simpsons:Same as listed above.
TMNT
TMNT Turtles in Time

That's all i can think of hmmmmmmmmmm.