Welcome to Suburbia, just outside the City, sometime in 198X. This is the journey of Kid, a teenager stuck between the limitations of innocent youth and the obligations of inevitable adulthood. The story unfolds when Kid discovers the local arcade – finding new worlds, and new meaning, in video games.

64th Street: A Detective Story is a gumshoe-themed beat 'em up from Jaleco. It's claim to fame is the ability to throw enemies into the background, which breaks walls and reveals items. Besides that, it follows closely in the footsteps of Final Fight.

As a simple Chinese fisherman Wei Cheng you have to avenge the death of your friends and family slaughtered in a pirate raid at your peaceful village.

99Vidas is set in an anachronistic universe inspired by 1980s–90s pop culture and video game aesthetics. When the powerful artifact 99Vidas goes missing, players become its elemental-powered "guardians", tasked with protecting it before it falls into the wrong hands and threatens the universe.

Fight as the outcast heroes of Talamh in a fierce battle to retake magic from Sun King Azra's grasp in Absolum, an original roguelite beat'em up by Dotemu.

Absolver is an online multiplayer combat game where players are placed behind the mask of a Prospect under control of the Guides, the new rulers of the fallen Adal Empire, who will determine your worth in joining their elite corps of Absolvers.

Some very bad people kill the master of a young fighter named Lin Ying and abduct his daughter, Feng Er. By genre conventions, the teacher’s daughter was apparently Lin Ying’s beloved, so he rushes to rescue her.

In the bustling city of Bandapa, Hendra`s life is torn apart when his family is slain by a corrupt official whom his father was investigating. Left alone and seeking justice, the law student finds no help from the corrupt legal system that protects the killers. Discovering a powerful group behind the attack, Hendra decides to take revenge himself, determined to make them pay for their actions.

Advance Guardian Heroes is a pseudo-sequel to Treasure's unusual Saturn brawler. Unlike its predecessor, this game uses a standard free-roaming brawler system rather than the three lane setup of the original. It still features magic attacks and light RPG elements, though. Additionally, it adds a unique death system where you have the option to play through the rest of the stage with invincibility when you die (although it's Game Over when you finish the level.)

Aeon Flux is a video game adaptation of the 2005 film, incorporating elements of the animated series. The game takes place in and around Bregna, a walled city-state ruled by a panel of scientists. Aeon, the top operative of the underground Monican rebellion, is sent on a mission to assassinate one of Bregna's most influential government officials. Gameplay mixes hand-to-hand combat, gunplay, and platforming across the city.

Age of Wanderer, also known as Yainsidae, is a beat'em up for PC developed by Joymax. The game is based on the SBS K-drama Rustic Period of the same name. It follows the story of a legendary street fighter who rises to prominence through hand-to-hand combat across the streets of 1970s Korea.

Alien Storm is a futuristic weapons-based brawler from the same team that developed Golden Axe. Its rapid, distance-based combat is defined by its large movesets and unique Energy meter. Although it has few bosses, there are a handful of first person shooter and shoot 'em up stages to mix up the action.

Alien Storm is a port of Sega's futuristic arcade brawler, developed by the same team who made Golden Axe. This version slightly mixes up the level layouts but otherwise plays like the original.

Alien Storm on the Master System is a severly scaled-back port of the Genesis version. It's single-player only, only Slammer and Garth are playable, there are only three simultaneous enemies, and certain attacks were removed. However, it still retains the original's "triplicated fun" in the form of traditional brawler stages, auto-scrolling shooter sections, and first-person turret stages.

Alien vs. Predator is one of the most beloved brawlers of all time. In addition to its crossover license, it has an extremely refined and varied combat engine that incorporates projectiles, energy bars, special moves, and freeform combos. Its hour-long campaign is packed with tons of variety and emphasizes fighting huge swarms of enemies with overpowered characters.

Alien vs. Predator is a single-player SNES exclusive beat 'em up that's unrelated to Capcom's arcade version. You play as Predator, therefore the combat is dominated by charged range attacks and throwing weapons. It's a straightforward, average brawler with a notable license.

Aliens is a run and gun video game developed and published for arcades by Konami. It is based on the 1986 film of the same title.

It features a huge roster of playable characters drawn from the entire Kamen Rider franchise, each with their own movesets.

It features all of the Riders from the previous game as well as Fourze and Wizard as playable characters.

Anarchy Reigns is a post-apocalyptic action beat'em up. It continues the story of Jack Cayman from the Wii-exclusive MadWorld, with players choosing between the Black and White sides as they hunt down the rogue agent Max. The game features free-roaming stages with an emphasis on melee combat, combining light and strong attacks, and includes competitive multiplayer modes.

Ane-San is a two-player brawler on the PC Engine Super CD that's like a cross between Renegade and Final Fight but with an all-girl cast. You can play as any boss character after defeating them, although each character counts as a life. It uniquely features huge portraits for every enemy character as well as a high-quality rockabilly soundtrack including renditions of Lollypop, Johnny B. Goode, and even Swan Lake.

Anett Futatabi is a 1993 beat'em up developed by Wolf Team for the Sega CD. Unlike the first two games in the series, which were 2D platformers, this entry is a belt-scrolling brawler resembling Golden Axe or Streets of Rage. The game follows a young woman with supernatural powers who fights against an evil force, and was released exclusively in Japan.

Arabian Fight is a Final Fight knockoff based on the Arabian Nights mythology. Its art style is notable for its widespread sprite scaling effects and hand-drawn anime-style cutscenes. It also features stock-based magic attacks like Golden Axe.

Arabian Magic is a weapons-based beat'em up based on the Arabian Nights mythos. It plays like a mix of Golden Axe and King of Dragons with flying carpet segments thrown in for good measure. Each boss is a genie that can be summoned as a magic attack after being captured.

Armored Warriors is a unique mech-based late-generation brawler from Capcom. Its refined combat engine features large movesets, ammo-based projectiles, and manic explosion-filled action. Its groundbreaking weapon system allows you to equip parts on your mech, changing your attacks permanently.

Asian Dynamite, known as Dynamite Deka EX: Asian Dynamite is a direct sequel to Dynamite Deka, meaning in its localised form, Asian Dynamite is a direct sequel to Die Hard Arcade, with the references to the movie franchise removed. It is extremely similar to Dynamite Cop in design, simply sporting an updated Asian aesthetic and replacing Jean Ivy and Eddie Brown with Caroline Powell and Jennifer Genuine, respectively.

This game was based on a Korean comic of the same name. Group of villains plans to deal with twelve warriors, four of whom set out to fight them.

Asterix is a licensed brawler from Konami in the same vein as TMNT and The Simpsons. It has a humorous, cartoony style and casual, accessible gameplay. It stars Asterix and Obelix, two Gauls empowered with magic strength, who fight against Julius Caesar and his subordinates.

The two heroes travel all around the world to fight the Roman Empire.

The sequel continuing its art style and gameplay. It features an original story in which the humble life of the Gaulish villagers is interrupted by the sudden arrival of Justforkix.

Also known as Atria II: Buhwal, 아트리아2~부활~, Atria Land Story 2.

Avengers is an early overhead arcade beat'em up from Capcom. Like most brawlers, it has an urban setting and its plot revolves around kidnapped girls. You can punch and kick but not jump or throw. You also die in one hit. Although there are large waves of enemies, most of them die in one hit. Bosses, on the other hand, have plenty of health and require skill and strategy to beat.

It is an expanded remake of the arcade classic Captain America and The Avengers. Hydra is up to its old tricks again, and only Earth's mightiest heroes can stop them. The game features more than a dozen playable characters from the Marvel universe.

B. Rap Boys is the sequel to D.J. Boys from Sega. It features its predecessor's hip hop style and rollerskate-based gameplay but adds new vehicles, 3-player gameplay, distinct characters, and a hip hop soundtrack complete with lyrics.

The player plays the character, Duke Davis, who goes from stage to stage beating up gangsters that get in his way, dressed in a yellow tank top, sunglasses, and yellow pants. He is described as a former punk rocker and the "world's coolest" martial artist.

Quite interesting and brutal beat'em up made with Flash. Good moveset, nice enemy and stage variety, so it's definitely worth check out. Weird plot is included. You are Mike, a street brawler who has been summoned to Shonen Island, where the strongest fighters around the world gather.

When the Joker's attacks nearly bring about the demise of the aging Bruce Wayne, it is up to Terry McGinnis, the new Batman, to avenge his mentor.

Batman Forever: The Arcade Game is a very loose adaptation of the film. It features pre-rendered graphics and impressive screen-filling special attacks. Gameplay-wise, it sticks close to the Final Fight formula.

Batman Returns is a single-player licensed beat 'em up from Konami that's based off the movie of the same name. Its straightforward, accessible gameplay is defined by an emphasis on mobility.

Batman Returns is a licensed single player SNES-exclusive brawler from Konami starring the Dark Knight. It features scenarios, characters, and even music from the film of the same name. Its gameplay is divided into traditional brawler stages and action platformer stages where you throw the Batarang.

Gameplay blends exploration, stealth, detective work, and free-flowing combat. Players guide Batman across the asylum’s interconnected areas - ranging from cell blocks and medical wings to underground caverns - using acrobatics, gadgets, and detective skills to progress. Combat is based on a rhythmic counter-and-strike system, encouraging fluid chains of attacks against multiple enemies at once.

Batman: Return To Arkham is a remaster of Batman: Arkham Asylum and Batman: Arkham City, for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

Bruce Wayne is incarcerated in Arkham City, a super-prison enclosing the decaying urban slums of Gotham City, where all of the city's criminals have been walled in. Batman must uncover the conspiracy behind the prison's warden, Hugo Strange, while facing the Joker's deadly scheme. The game features free-flow combat, stealth takedowns, and a sprawling open-world Gotham to explore.

Batman Arkham Knight is set nine months after the events of Arkham City. The storyline follows Batman as he confronts Scarecrow, who has launched an attack on Gotham City with the help of the mysterious Arkham Knight. With the city evacuated and the Batmobile in his arsenal, Batman must stop their plan to drown Gotham in fear toxin. It serves as the concluding chapter of the Arkham trilogy.

Batman Arkham Origins is a prequel set years before Arkham Asylum. On a snowy, chaotic Christmas Eve, a younger and rawer Bruce Wayne in his second year of crime-fighting faces a bounty placed on his head by Black Mask. Eight of the world's deadliest assassins arrive in Gotham to collect the reward. The game features an expanded Gotham City and an original prequel storyline for the series.

Set three months after the events of that game, it takes place entirely within Blackgate prison, where Batman must quell a riot instigated by the Joker, Penguin, and Black Mask. The game adapts the Arkham formula of stealth gameplay, free-flow combat, and gadget usage to a side-scrolling format.

Batman faces Sin Tzu, a new enemy and cunning master of strategy and martial arts, who plunges Gotham City into chaos. Players battle other infamous foes including Bane, Clayface, and Scarecrow.

Batman teams up with a different superhero ally in each level to fight dozens of foes from his rogues' gallery.

Battle Circuit is the last brawler released for arcades by Capcom. Its gameplay expands on the tried-and-true Final Fight with Street Fighter-style special attacks and unlockable moves. Its eclectic, cartoony art style features a superhero, a fox-lady, a sentient plant, and an eyepatch-wearing pink ostrich.

Battle Zeque Den is a Japan-exclusive beat'em up for the Super Famicom, developed by Arsys Software and published by Asmik Ace Entertainment. Players advance along a linear 2D path with platforms, facing a large number of enemies in battle. The game is noted for its fantasy presentation compared to typical brawlers of the era.

Battlemaniacs on the Master System is a shoddy port of the original SNES game. In addition to being single-player only, it's also missing enemies, stages, and music. It was developed by Virgin rather than Rare, and it was only released in Brazil.

Battletoads is a one-of-a-kind brawler from Rare that features anthropomorphic toads that can morph their body parts into weapons. It features intense scaling effects, extreme gore, and a raunchy sense of humor. Its gameplay is defined by its emphasis on finishers and variety stages.

Battletoads for the Game Boy is a unique 'Toads game that takes the basic gameplay mechanics from the NES original and creates entirely new enemies, stages, and bosses. Like other games in the series, it has very little pure brawler gameplay and instead focuses on variety sections such as action-platformer stages and space shootin'.

Battletoads is a port of the NES classic from Rare. It's known for its steep difficulty, excellent music, and tons of variety. This port is faithful to the original but has tons of glitches.

Battletoads is Rare's flagship brawler that's notorious for its intense difficulty and unmatched variety. In fact, the majority of this game is composed of non-brawler levels like platforming and vehicle sections. Its combat is notable for its emphasis on dash-attacks and the 'Toad's ability to morph their body parts into giant weapons to unleash smash attacks. This is one of the few games where co-op mode is significantly harder because friendly fire is always on and when one player dies in certain sections, both players are forced to re-do it.

The game mixes side-scrolling brawler levels with a variety of other gameplay styles, including racing and puzzle segments, much like the original NES game. Rash, Zitz, and Pimple team up to stop the Dark Queen once again.

Battletoads & Double Dragon: The Ultimate Team is a crossover brawler from Rare that features your two favorite brawler franchises together for the first time. It plays a lot more like a 'Toads game than Double Dragon, with a strong emphasis on vehicle and platforming sections over combat. However, its difficulty is far more tame. The Game Boy port is remarkably similar to the NES version (including all stages) yet it lacks two player support.

Battletoads & Double Dragon: The Ultimate Team is a crossover brawler from Rare. It's combat is more similar to Battletoads than DD. It features exaggerated finisher attacks and a ton of alternate gameplay modes.

Battletoads & Double Dragon: The Ultimate Team is a crossover brawler from Rare that features your two favorite brawler franchises together for the first time. It plays a lot more like a 'Toads game than Double Dragon, with a strong emphasis on vehicle and platforming sections over combat. However, its difficulty is far more tame.

Battletoads and Double Dragon is a crossover brawler from Rare featuring your two favorite beat 'em up franchises together in one game. At its core, it's a Battletoads game, so it has a strong emphasis on variety such as vehicle and platforming sections. Unlike Battletoads, it has a hefty dose of traditional brawler combat and a manageable level of challenge.

Battletoads in Battlemaniacs is the sequel to Rare's love-it-or-hate-it brawler on the NES. Like its predecessors, it features extremely difficult memorization-based gameplay with a ton of variety. Unfortunately, this game has less than half the stages of the original and some of them are just rehashes, such as the high-speed bike section.

Battletoads in Ragnarok's World is a port of the original NES 'Toads game to the Game Boy. Although it maintains the original's mechanics and focus on variety, it lacks two player support and has about half as many stages. The levels it does include are arguably the most memorable, such as the rappelling section, hoverbike stage, and snake area.

A fan-made remake for PC, the Battletoads game of the same name on the NES.

Framed for murder by the powerful Zanetti family, five underworld enforcers must confront rival gangs, a corrupt police force, and the Zanetti family itself.

Bebe's Kids is a licensed Western-developed beat 'em up based on the film of the same name. Its gameplay features stage-based goals such as destroying falling glass objects and navigating through a haunted house. Besides that, this game is notable for its extremely poor quality across the board.

Big Action Mega Fight! is a beat'em up developed by Double Stallion.

In 199X, on an Atlantic coast, a battleship known as the Skeleton Crew led by a reckless scientist Dr. D secretly starts cruising over the Atlantic Ocean in order to sneak out his bionic weapon, TX No. 3. Upon the arrival of the three heroes, Kevin, Zill and Gear, all three on a helicopter, Dr. D tells his troops to go and repel them off the Skeleton Crew battleship before the heroes attempt to destroy TXNo.3 and arrest Dr. D.

Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon is a port of Bandai's SNES brawler of the same name. It stars the ultra-popular Sailor Moon Girls in a Final Fight-style brawler with two-player co-op.

The plot involves in what appears to be a kidnapping of a young woman by a gang of criminals. The player is off to save her.

Blade is an action game based on the 1998 film Blade.

Blade Master is a one-of-a-kind hack 'n' slash brawler from Irem. In addition to phenomenal enemy design and pixel art, it features an atypical combat engine that emphasizes parries, ripostes, and strange projectile aerial attacks.

Bloody Zombies is a beat'em up set in a London that has been lost to an undead plague. Overrun by hordes of mutated zombies, the last hope rests in the united fists of four lone outcasts.

Hard Eddy and his toughest mates must beat down everyone in the district of Fourways as they fight to reclaim their turf. The game is packed with South African humor and slang.

Brawl Brothers is the second game in Jaleco's SNES-only Rushing Beat trilogy. It's a Final Fight-esque beat 'em up with a cartoony style, five playable characters, and surprisingly steep challenge. It also maintains its predecessor's "Ikari mode" which grants a brief invincibility period when you're low on health.

BROK the InvestiGator mixes point-and-click adventure with beat'em up and RPG elements. In a grim world where animals have replaced mankind, players follow Brok, a gator private investigator, through a surprisingly deep story.

After his father is kidnapped, his monastery desecrated, and the mystical Golden Relic stolen, Bruce must investigate the Black Lotus crime organization.

Brutal Rage is a scrolling beat'em up developed by 2BAD GAMES. The game follows the story of cops who cross the city to beat down all enemies in their way.

Brute Force is an early western-developed arcade-exclusive beat 'em up from Leland with a classic urban setting. It plays like a watered-down Double Dragon with far fewer attacks, enemies, and bosses. However, it does have plenty of weapons and even guns. It's mainly notable for its extensive use of voice-overs, not to mention its goofy rap intro.

Buccaneers Shipshape is a classic pirate-themed beat'em up built with the OpenBOR engine, re-imagining a forgotten 1990s arcade game. Players slip into the role of one of four fearless pirates and hack-and-slash their way through waves of enemy hordes, offshore and on a dangerous island. The game is fast, replayable, and humorous, with polished controls and a beautiful visual design.

Bucky O'Hare is a licensed brawler from Konami featuring fully animated and voiced cutscenes. It emphasizes projectile attacks more than any other brawler, to the point of almost being a run 'n' gun shooter. It's also notable for having persistent weapon upgrades that are only lost on death.

Players interpret Bud and Terence in stages inspired by their most famous movies, from the American West to Miami. The game adds platform elements and mini-games to the brawling.

The 2023 sequel to the 2017 beat'em up, also developed by Trinity Team.

Buffy and the gang set out to stop Ethan Rayne and the First Evil from creating a dimensional bleed that will consume humanity forever.

Burning Fight is the quintessential Final Fight rip-off. Even its title and logo are obvious plagiarisms. It mixes up the formula with a kick button, optional bonus stages, and not much else.

Busters is a third-person 3D brawler about an Interpol agent rescuing his kidnapped son. Combining attacks and movement can produce special moves. The main challenge comes from the unresponsive controls and rigid camera, which make turning and positioning extremely awkward. The colorful 3D graphics are decent for a mid-1990s Western-style game, though the locations are repetitive.

Cadillacs and Dinosaurs is a Final Fight-style brawler by Capcom. It's licensed off of an obscure comic book series and TV show about a group of dinosaur protectors 400 years in the future who drive around in Cadillacs. It features a handful of special techniques and a ton of weapons, including guns.

Captain America and the Avengers is a Marvel-licensed brawler developed by Data East. Captain America, Iron Man, Hawkeye, and Vision are playable characters and other Avengers join the battle in the form of special attacks. Its action is defined by unique character abilities, shooter stages, and projectile attacks.

Captain America and the Avengers is a faithful port of the arcade game by Data East. It stars Captain America, Iron Man, Hawkeye, and Vision. Its somewhat unique combat puts a strong emphasis on projectiles.

Captain America and the Avengers is a faithful port of the arcade game by Data East. It stars Captain America, Iron Man, Hawkeye, and Vision. Its somewhat unique combat puts a strong emphasis on projectiles.

Set in France in 1944, Captain America must infiltrate a castle used by HYDRA scientist Arnim Zola for research that threatens to change the course of World War II.

Set in France in 1944, Captain America must infiltrate a castle used by HYDRA scientist Arnim Zola for research that threatens to change the course of World War II.

Captain Commando is a futuristic Final Fight alternative from Capcom that features ridiculous playable characters and bizarre enemies. It plays a lot like its predecessor but adds dashing, guns, vehicles, and four-player gameplay to the formula.

Captain Commando is a port of Capcom's arcade brawler with slightly scaled back features such as missing weapons, vehicles, and fewer onscreen enemies. It plays a lot like Final Fight and has the same bizarre sense of humor but takes it up a notch with a "very cool " blade-wielding mummy-alien and a baby that controls a mech.

Castle Crashers is a four-player cartoony medieval weapons-based brawler available on PSN and Xbox Live. It was developed by members of Newgrounds.com, and it has the distinct visual style and dirty humor that site is known for. Its combat is very simple, although it features a unique magic system with a refilling mana bar. It also places a strong emphasis on RPG elements like gaining experience to level up stats, buying items, and finding new weapons. It has a whopping 31 characters.

CB Chara Wars: Ushiwareta Gag is a cutesy two player beat 'em up from Banpresto. Like River City Ransom, it features super-deformed characters, dialogue, and an open world you can explore and fight in at your leisure. However, it lacks RPG elements and its gameplay is extremely simplified.

It is a punk rock apocalypse, where the embattled garage punk band Charlie Murder fights a demonic army raised by their former bandmate from the rival death metal band Gore Quarry.

Charlie's Angels is a 2003 action game for the PlayStation 2, based on the movies of the same name.

Chinese Hero is an archaic martial arts-themed arcade beat 'em up from Taiyo System Co., Ltd. It's a single-screen game (i.e. no scrolling) where you have to beat all enemies in a stage to proceed. You have a punch, a jumping somersault attack, and a stock-based flying kick lets you cover long distances quickly. This game would later become the Super Chinese (aka Kung Fu Heroes) series on the Famicom.

The gluttonous gray squirrel has stolen all the land's food stores, threatening everyone with starvation. Players pick from three chipmunk fighters and go an adventure to reclaim the food.

Cliffhanger is a Western-developed single player brawler based on the Sylvester Stallone movie of the same name. In addition to standard Final Fight-style brawler sections, it also wall-climbing and autoscrolling platforming stages for variety.

This sequel as bad as the first game good.

Cobra Kai is based on the television series. Players choose their side, Miyagi-Do or Cobra Kai, and play as characters from the show while fighting through a wide range of enemy types. The game has the largest moveset among the modern titles including grab, ground and environment attacks.

It puts players in the shoes of Nick and Ashley, the only baristas on Earth with enough heavy metal in their veins to fend off an alien assault on their coffee shop.

Colossus Down is a beat'em up developed by Mango Protocol, the third game in the Agatha Knife universe and the first brawler in the series.

The game follows comic-book artist Sketch Turner, who is magically pulled into his own artwork. To escape, he must fight the mutants and villains he created, solve puzzles, and outwit the story’s main antagonist. The game features combo-based combat, vibrant comic-book backgrounds and branching paths.

Windows 95 port of the Genesis title.

It stars a diverse cast of angry writing utensils who punch, snap, and clap their way through baddies and bosses.

Players take on the role of a pirate fighting through stages filled with enemies and obstacles. It is one of the earlier beat'em up-style games.

Cosmo Police Galivan II: Arrow of Justice is a weird Japan-only brawler from Nichibitsu. It's single player only, although it has three playable characters and RPG-style skillpoints that can be allocated at the end of each stage for extra health, damage, defense, and speed. Although its gameplay is shallow and it only has four enemies, it's unbelievably weird and has some really memorable bosses.

Cowboy Bebop: Tsuioku no Yakyoku is a 3D person action adventure game, featuring beat'em up and shooter sections along with puzzles.

Crest of Wolf (known as Riot Zone in the US) is a semi-port of Westone's obscure arcade brawler, Riot City. Like the original, its gameplay is a shameless knock-off of Final Fight but with even fewer moves. Also, it's single-player only. This version features slightly remixed stages, a different player two character, and a rockin' new CD-quality soundtrack.

Crime Fighters is an archaic Double Dragon knock-off from Konami that's notable for being the first four-player brawler. It also introduced usable guns to the genre. Its slapstick art style belies its brutal difficulty.

Players take on the role of Tre as he joins the Outlawz gang in Grand Central City, protecting his gang from rivals through street fights involving many gang members at once. Gameplay focuses not only brawling but robbing stores and taking out rival gangs to rise in the city.

Set in Tokyo in the year 2049, it puts players in the role of Amber, Kadie, and Tokio, three humanoid biological war weapons built for battle. The trio must fight through procedurally generated dungeons to investigate the cause of a catastrophe and find their mysterious creator, in a unique brawler/RPG hybrid.

Crisis Beat is a beat'em up for the PlayStation, released in 2000.

Based on the Crows manga series, it features super-deformed characters.

Players take control of two renegade treasure hunters in the Age of Sail, fighting foes such as pirates and other scoundrels.

Cutthroat Island is a beat'em up with platforming elements released in 1995, based on the film of the same name and published by Acclaim. Players take control of two renegade treasure hunters in the Age of Sail, fighting foes such as pirates and other scoundrels. Gameplay involves scrolling along the screen and sword fighting enemies one on one with various different attacks.

Cyber Police is a Spanish gory brawler with typical Police VS OCG plot. It mixes CGI and cartoony graphics and it is one of few brawlers where defeated enemies don't disappear. One of the game's gimmicks is friendly fire - enemies often stab, shoot and bomb each other. The difficulty is too cheap sometimes so even enemies literally laugh at you.

Cyber Police is a Spanish gory brawler with typical Police VS OCG plot. It mixes CGI and cartoony graphics and it is one of few brawlers where defeated enemies don't disappear. One of the game's gimmicks is friendly fire - enemies often stab, shoot and bomb each other. The difficulty is too cheap sometimes so even enemies literally laugh at you

Cyborg Justice is a strange Euro-brawler that features few yet powerful enemies and customizable fighters. It's similar to fighting games in that it has several advanced techniques, but it's crippled by extreme imbalance.

D.D. Crew is an obscure brawler from Sega that features realistic art, fluid animations, and a hip hop soundtrack. Its broken combat engine is defined by useless attacks, nearly invincible bosses, and hard-to-stun enemies. This is the only brawler where your normal attacks don't have crowd control.

D.J. Boy is a hip hop-themed brawler from Kaneko featuring voice overs from real Disc Jockeys (Demon Kakka in Japan and Wolfman Jack in the US.) Its style is a blend of 90's hip hop caricatures with classic Japanese weirdness, such as a fire-breathing hobo that transforms into a Chippendale's dancer. Its one-of-a-kind rollerskate-based gameplay is defined by its slippery controls and auto-scrolling stages.

D.J. Boy is a port of Kaneko's Hip Hop-themed rollerskate brawler. The arcade, Genesis, and Mega Drive versions are all unique games that feature different stages and enemy layouts. The Arcade version is the hardest, the Genesis version is slightly easier, and the Mega Drive version is the easiest by far.

Dad n' Me is a beat'em up video-game created by Tom Fulp and Dan Paladin. It is seen by many as the game which popularized flash games, as for its time it was unique as it was very advanced in a genre.

Dancin' Divas is a classic beat'em up, featuring a cast of four divas on an adventure. It is presented with colorful character designs and fun, silly animations.

Dancing Sword: Senkou is a Japan-exclusive GBA weapons-based brawler featuring an all-female cast of five fighters. Its combat focuses on alternating the two attack buttons to perform various combos. It also features Survival and Training modes.

Dark Judgement is a classic "me-against-the-neighborhood" beat'em up, created by Frankenstein Studio.

The game's plot is based on the film, in which Payton Westlake is a brilliant scientist who has created a synthetic skin that has the drawback of disintegrating after 90 minutes. However, a gang of criminals blows up his laboratory while searching for a document. Although everyone believes him to be dead, he actually survives, albeit with horrific burns over most of his body and enhanced strength thanks to an experimental treatment he receives at the hospital.

It tells the story of a young schoolgirl named Suhee, and is primarily a beat'em up, though it also contains extensive sequences of wandering around the city.

It tells the story of a young schoolgirl named Suhee, and is primarily a beat'em up, though it also contains extensive sequences of wandering around the city

Titanic creatures known as Nephilim have invaded Earth, and it takes monsters to stop monsters.

World-renowned assassin Nina Williams is hired by the CIA and MI6 to infiltrate "Kometa," a criminal organization developing a catastrophic superweapon called "Salacia" following the fall of the Soviet Union.

Defenders of Dynatron City is a strange experimental brawler from Lucas Arts. It features six distinct characters that can be switched out at will and open-ended, branching stages that emphasize exploration and stage-based goals as well as combat.

Fast-paced action filled with swarms of bizarre enemies and bosses. Punching them is a pleasure, especially with lightning-fast special move. And you can throw cars into bad guys. Plot - an elite squad named The Missionaries, under the employ of an organization called The Church, consisting of team leader Enzo Vecchio, ex-New York fire fighter Leoneed Burns, ex-Undercover FBI Agent Vanessa May, and mysterious undying clawed guy Undead, who are sent to the ruins of a remote island city in the dark future of 2015 to fight criminals.

Denjin Makai, roughly translated as "Hell Power God," is a Japan-exclusive brawler from Banpresto about fighting a futuristic gang that has allied itself with demons. It's notable for its huge character roster, unique energy-based specials, and team-up attacks.

Die Hard Arcade, known in Japan as Dynamite Deka. A sequel, Dynamite Cop, was released for arcades and Dreamcast in 1998 without the Die Hard license.

Die Hard Arcade, known in Japan as Dynamite Deka. The game was ported to the PlayStation 2 (Japan only) in the Sega Ages line in 2006.

Die Hard Arcade, known in Japan as Dynamite Deka. The game was ported to the Saturn in 1997.

The player's objective is win every level using different strategies of combat and rescue all bionic Dinosaurs from evil doctor.

Disorderly is a classic beat'em-up but instead of fighting an evil mob, however, you beat up old folks in a nursing home! Bonus games add to the fun!