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Ninja Warriors Again is better, or are we only talking about belt scrollers?

>>3254505
No, we're talking about beat 'em ups.

It's my favourite because of the great controls and all the moves you can do with just two buttons

Off the top of my head...

Jump-Attack (While going up): Kick
Jump-Attack (At top height): Slow jump with multiple attacks
Jump-Attack (While going down): Usual jump kick
Dash-Attack: Tackle
Dash-Jump: Roll
Dash-Jump-Attack: Slide

Then you have the different kinds of grab you can do depending on how close you are to the enemy. There's the stomp to the sides, the through towards the screen...

What beat'em ups/belt scrollers have such a huge variety of moves? (That you can control, not counting the ones that do random shit each time you hit)

>>3254585
Streets of Rage 2&3
Most Double Dragon games

Do any other beat-em-ups have the :"chuck enemies toward the screen" mechanic that TMNT IV has? And if so, do they also have a boss that needs to be beaten that way?

>>3254469
Definitely my favorite.

As a kid, I got Final Fight from my cousin. Not really my type of game, but I enjoyed it. I also used to play River City Ransom over my friend's house, which was great. Until one day his mom took away all of his NES "fighting" games, because she thought they were making him and his sister fight too much.

>>3254469
>misspelling Streets Of Rage 2 so badly

>>3254650
this tbqh super famicom

not to mention TiT isn't even the best turtles bmup

>>3254601

Battletoads?

How long before the moronic retards start referring to them as bmups like they have started calling shoot em ups shmups?

>>3254771
well i just started it so bmups bmups bmups

Are the first 3 turtle games any good?

>>3255698
TMNT1 is hot garbage, TMNT2 and TMNT3 are alright, Hyperstone Heist is GOAT.

>>3255717
My Nigga!

>>3254585
nigga you can't be this pleb, TIT SNES' combat is just a cookie cutter Final FIght

Favorite Belt Scroller?

I thought the genre was called belt scrollers?

Okay, I'm old as fuck and I can't keep up with the snappy lingo you kids use.

What the fuck is the difference between a beat-em up and a belt scroller?

>>3254585
Shadow Force had a movelist as complex as a fighting game. Plus you could play as ANY enemy in the game and they also came with their own unique movelists.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGxT-PQEfS0

>>3255886
None, it's just a buzzword.

>>3255717
this is an absolute fact

>>3255886
A game that has stop and go fights and 360° movement, viewed from an angle.

>>3255891
>genre which Japanese people use, including Final Fight's designer and Arino
>buzzword

>>3255924
It's absolutely a buzzword that fags on /vr/ use to seem "in the know".

>>3255886
Nothing.

we're gonna get those terrorists


now watch this drive

Are belt-scrolling shooters allowed ITT?

Or just belt-scrolling fighters like Double Dragon?

How about multi-plane scrolling fighters like pic related or Panzer Bandit?

>>3255924
ahem

>>3255990
>taking things literally
Every game is an RPG because you Play the Role of a character in a Game.

>>3255970
Holy shit, I completely forgot about this.
This was solid.

>>3255992
Every game is a fighter since you fight things.

>>3255886
it's the new "psx is a multimedia player and no-one uses it to describe ps1 ever"

>>3256009
It actually is, though
The device is a fully functional digital video recorder with an included Infrared remote control and S-Video, composite video, and RF inputs. It is able to tune analog VHF and CATV. It can also be linked with a PlayStation Portable to transfer videos and music via USB ports,[3] and features software for non-linear video editing, image editing and audio editing.[4] DVD+R support was to be introduced in a future update.[needs update]

It was the first device to use Sony's XrossMediaBar (XMB) graphical user interface, which was later used on the PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 3, and 2008-era BRAVIA TVs.

The PSX fully supports both PlayStation and PlayStation 2 software by its slot-loading DVD drive, as the onboard EE+GS chip is a unification of the PS2's Emotion Engine and Graphics Synthesizer chips. Online game compatibility is available using the broadband connection; Games that use the PS2 HDD (such as Final Fantasy XI) are supported as well.[5]

The PSX is not supplied with any game controllers, but there are two controller ports on the back of the device. While the PSX is compatible with standard PS/PS2 controllers and memory cards (with the exception of the PocketStation), a variant of the DualShock 2 controller marketed specifically for the PSX was also sold that featured a 4-meter long cord (a bit longer than the standard versions of the controller).[6] Two PlayStation memory card ports were on the front of the PSX, behind a panel cover.[7] Because of the different placement of the memory card slots (which are located above the controller ports on standard PS2 consoles), the PSX is incompatible with the PlayStation Multitap and its PS2 counterpart. Games that require the use of two or more USB ports are also incompatible with the PSX.[5]

>>3256014
you know what i mean, cheeky mate

>>3256014
weeb pls go

>>3256009
At least the PSX/PS1 argument has some merit to it. People who get triggered by the term "belt-scroller" are idiots.

>>3256014
Only underageb& confuse PSX the PS2 DVR with PSX the gray Playstation. When someone says PSX on this board, they are always referring to the latter.

>>3255795
Guardians is awesome! Hope MAME will do it proper justice some day.

>>3254469
Anon please, that isn't even the best konami beet!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejFVL08PETg

Top Ten Belt-Scrollers of All Time:

Streets of Rage 3 (JP)
Undercover Cops
Violent Storm
Alien vs. Predator
Shadow Force
Zero Team
Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon
Guardians
Night Slashers
Sengoku 3

>>3255963
>Are belt-scrolling shooters allowed ITT?

nope.

>>3256038
>Streets of Rage 3 (JP)
1) Set mode to hardest difficulty.
2) choose Zan
3) move to bottom of screen
4) do tackles. over and over.
5) get *** stars. do more tackles over and over.
6) destroy everything and beat the game without losing a life

At least you can't do that gay shit in the US version, but the US version is a mess. SOR3 or BK3 is just a badly designed game.

>Undercover Cops
Only hipsters like this for the unique aesthetics. the gameplay is nothing special and is clunky

>Violent Storm
pretty gud

>Alien vs. Predator
pretty gud

>Shadow Force
found the hipster who likes things only so he can be seen as 'original' or 'unique'

>Zero Team
found the hipster who likes things only so he can be seen as 'original' or 'unique'

>Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon
found the hipster who likes things only so he can be seen as 'original' or 'unique'

>Guardians
finally an actual top 10 game

>Night Slashers
found the hipster who likes things only so he can be seen as 'original' or 'unique'

>Sengoku 3
found the hipster who likes things only so he can be seen as 'original' or 'unique'

>>3254469
Turtles in Time is awesome, but I like the Sega CD Final Fight better because of the amazing music.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecrB2rIXYMM&index=6&list=PL459CDC89F6070103

found the hipster who likes things only so he can be seen as 'original' or 'unique'

>>3256061
Fuck off, Guardiansfag. All those games are good.

>>3254585
>What beat'em ups/belt scrollers have such a huge variety of moves? (That you can control, not counting the ones that do random shit each time you hit)

>>3254591
>>3255795
>>3255887

To keep adding:
-Guardian Heroes (Special Moves & Spells)
-Alien Vs. Predator CPS2 (As involved as TiT but with huge character variety)
-Battle Circuit (See above + expandable moveset)
-Dungeons & Dragons ToD & SoM (Unique movesets + inventory + spells, honestly a bit convoluted)
-Armored Warriors (Gee, seems like this was a thing for Capcom, add modifiable movesets by customizing your mech on the go for this!)

I think we can still keep adding I'm just not 100% sure what else counts. Also, I prefer all these games over TiT. I just don't like how floaty hit contact feels in the Turtles engine beat'em ups. Violent Storm is kind of the only Konami beat'em up I care for. Hits feel nice and dat fucking soundtrack:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6JuJnfL6QY

>>3256076
Don't be a fucking hipster, hipster.

I never said they're not good, but they're not top 10.

>>3256084
There's literally no reason to ever use a pipe over a katana in Final Fight. They have the same frames and hitbox. Katana does more damage though.

>>3256067
Too bad about the slow punching speed.

>>3256038
Sengoku 3 is trash. Sailor Moon is competent but too stupid to be in a top-ten beat'em ups list.

Despite cool ideas SoR2 is better than SoR3, either version.

Undercover Cops is the absolute shit though, fuck yeah!

And Capcom is always a given.

>>3256061
Hipster shaming hipsters are just the worst.

>>3256084
Post your favorites then, fag. Oh wait, you can't because you're an elitist shithead. Probably the same retard that shits up Castlevania threads with "X is the best in the series, prove me wrong".

>>3256106
hipster-shaming-hipster-shaming hipsters are even worse

>>3256107
>Castlevania threads with "X is the best in the series, prove me wrong".
That's true though.

>>3256061
Undercover Cops does a good job of keeping things fresh by making each stage design unique.
It's a lot of fun to replay over and over, no two stages are alike.

>>3256107
in no particular order

sor2
guardians
final fight arcade
ninja warriors again
cadillacs
warriors of fate
kung fu nes version
crime fighters 2
king of dragons
punisher

>>3256061
thunder heroes >> gaia crusaders >>>> sengoku 3

>>3256107
Keep in mind that you asked me to list my "favorites" and i did.

OTOH you listed the "Top Ten Belt-Scrollers of All Time:" over here>>3256038

>Top Ten Belt-Scrollers of All Time:

Don't do that. next time just list your 10 faves or at least don't add freaking "of all time" unless u want someone to disagree with u

NINJA BASEBALL BATMAN


BEST THING EVER!

>>3256123
Okay. What makes thunder hroes better than gaia though? Asking because i never tried it.

>definitive statements.

The Thread.

>>3254469
> using the term scrolling beat em up
> a bunch of autists get angry and say" NOOO THE PROPER TERM IS BELT SCROLLER!"
> anons tell the autists to stop forcing their shitty memes
> not using the term strolling donnybrooks instead. Which is the proper term

Everybody talks about Turtles in Time but The Hyperstone Heist is superior.

>>3256170

And then there is this faggot

>>3256009

>>3256194
DELETE THIS

>>3256194
>digital eclipse software

who

>>3256203
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backbone_Entertainment

>>3256203
That shitty emulation company that game publishers hired to do their compilations when they're too cheap to afford M2.

>>3256061
Undercover Cops is a bit clunky but it's still fun with a good challenge + great presentation, probably not top 10 but top 20 for sure.

>>3256121
Punisher out, AvP in
Crime Fighters 2 out, any D&D game in
the rest is fine overall

>>3256307
>Punisher out, AvP in
Nope.

avp is basically the spiritual successor to punisher.

reasons why i don't like avp that much

1) avp has the worst grab detection in the history of capcom beat'em ups. enemies literally cheat by having momentary invulnerability to grabs.
2)they also skip frames of animation to make their attacks come out faster (capcom started doing this faggot shit in their cps2 fighting games too when fighting against the cpu on higher difficulty)
3) lynn is cheesy as fuckwith her pistol and reload glitch. practically infinite ranged attack that is super-good PLUS amazing mobility and speed.. in a beat'em up?? that's just wrong.
4)dutch is probably the most pitiful big-guy/grappler character in beat'em up history and is badly designed and balanced. he's hurt further by the messed up grab mechanics

>Crime Fighters 2 out, any D&D game in
no.

Tower of Doom. Good game, but just not my thing due to superficial reasons. the game just doesn't appeal to me and never did.

Shadow over mystara. way too glitchy and unpolished. funny, because this was my all time fave game for a long time but now i can't stand it. it's like the MvC2 of beat'emups. huge fanbase. fun as fuck, but objectively, has a LOT of problems.

>>3256307
btw,this is my "faves" list nigga. no one said it's a "top 10 of all time" list, phamalamadingdong

>>3256398
faves lists and top 10 lists are just as subjective

>>3256416
Yea but there's a big difference between criticizing someone's TOP 10 OF ALL TIME list versus a faves list. A top 10 is meant to be authoritative, a faves list is not

Anyone here play Batman the Brave and the Bold? It's probably one of the best beat 'em ups I've played in the past 10 years or so, aside from maybe like Double Dragon Neon, but they were both created by WayForward so there's that.

>>3256391
1) AvP was never about grabs, it's more about more options for melee at faster pace, and that's good because it changes a bit the typical FF/Cadillacs/WoF/Punisher formula.
2)This is annoying at first but you get used to that eventually, after a while it's quite easy to tell when an enemy is going to make a "special attack" with fewer frames.
3) You don't have to use the gun all the time, doing air throws is tons of fun with good damage. Even then you can just swap to any of the other three characters if you don't like her
4) Dutch is probably the weakest but he is still a perfectly playable character, also i do tons of damage with the "piledriver" on midbosses, it gives you a fairly good amount of invincibility for another grab.

I like Punisher but it's a lot more basic than pretty much any other Final Fight-ish game from Capcom, also Punnisher and Fury are way to samey.

Streets of Rage
Bare Knuckle 3
Punisher (arcade)
X-Men
Simpsons Arcade
Mighty Final Fight

>>3256493

Mighty Final Fight is so underappreciated, or unknown. Either way, more people do not talk enough about this classic.

>>3254469
I could be wrong but i think tit is a belt scroller not a side scroller

GOAT belt scroller coming through.

>ctrl-f metamorphic force
AWAKEN MY BRAVE WARRIORS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOiMVDyYh8Y

>>3256526
US version is broken though.

>>3256531
Agreed, I just grabbed the first image I could find.

>>3256457
1 and 4) They shouldn't have put in Dutch in the first place considering that his specialty is his power bomb. The only reason to play him is to do power bomb chains. They shouldn't have made him a grapple-focused guy. Putting in such a slow dude in a fast-paced game, what were they thinking.

What's really lame is that despite being the slowest character BY FAR, Capcom even gave him the worst attack hit boxes on everything. If you're gonna make a slow nigga, then at least give him some good reach. or make him do a shit-ton of damage, because he's out-damaged by everyone. He's just a badly designed character. Yeah, he's perfectly playable but he's still hot garbage compared to the rest.

Keep in mind though, that i'm HIGHLY biased because i love my grapplers in my beat'em ups.

2) Easy to see those green niggas yeah, but not the alien warriors on the later levels who sometimes even breaks you out of your double kicks.

3) The biggest problem is not her gun. It's her reload exploit. If she didn't have that she'd be a lot more balanced.

>I like Punisher but it's a lot more basic than pretty much any other Final Fight-ish game from Capcom, also Punnisher and Fury are way to samey.

>basic
>a bad thing

>punisher fury samey
True.

>>3256504
That game is dope. Still can't believe people don't know about Guy's secret move.

also...
>Crime Fighters 2

>satisfying attacks (good impact)
>kicking/punching enemies when they're down
>shotguns
>shooting downed enemies with your shotgun
>kicking enemies in the balls
>throwing molotov cocktails at niggas
>picking up midgets and tossing them at niggas
>beating up gays
>beating up horny dogs
>tons of weapons, all of them useful
>tons of breakable shit
>one of the few "realistic" beatemups of the time (i.e. no jumping around, no flashy kung fu shit, etc)
>charming ass fuck graphics
>polished off with super solid mechanics, hit detection and gameplay

The best part of the game is the second loop. Way more enemies on screen.

>>3256637
>Keep in mind though, that i'm HIGHLY biased because i love my grapplers in my beat'em ups.
>Haggar
Fucking back jump body splash through groups of niggas. Awesome mobility and crowd-clearing. Liver punch, liver punch, suplex 10 niggas in a row, then turn around and do it again. Pile driver does riDICKulous damage (read up on the damage mechanics to understand why it does shit damage on enemies with less than half a life bar of health). 10 out of fucking 10 grappler.

>Max
Slide all over the place to make up for slow speed. Jumping elbow on a niggas skull then turn around and Atomic Drop a nigga in his ass bone for a full life bar of damage. Bear Punch for shit-ton of damage. Use jumping power bombs to position yourself for another immediate grab, so you can do another jumping power bomb to position yourself for another immediate grab, etc. Thunder Tackle glitch on Zamza to rape him in the bunghole. Jumping elbow on a nigga then while overlapped do your combo so that the third attack does like a million hits for a billion damage. 10 out of fucking 10 grappler.

>Ninja (Natsume)
Great fucking reach on his jaw punch. Ridiculous reach and crowd-clearing on his combo finisher. Dash tackle underneath projectiles and attacks to bust someone in the dick, then grab that nigga and then atomic bomb him in the dick bone. Atomic drop gives you like a full minute of invulnerability so that you can do another atomic drop, and another, and another, and another. Giant swing clears out the entire screen and you can even choose which direction to throw a nigga at. 10 out of fucking 10 grappler.

>Mess (Cadillacs)
Takes less damage than the others, because that's how it SHOULD be for a big dude. Does more damage than the others because that's how it SHOULD be for a big dude. Shit ton of invulnerability after throws, letting you do Haggar-like gut punch chains. Slow speed is made up by a massive lariat to decapitate niggas. 10 out of fucking 10 grappler.

>Dutch
Garbage.

>>3256662
again
>implying Dutch is a grappler
>Implying AvP is about grappling
I guess you love KotR and D&D games

>>3256923
>implying he's not
>implying grappling isn't a part of the game
>implying i love KOTR and D&D

>>3256986
Grappling is minimal in AvP with any character, it's there but it's not the focus of the game.

>implying i love KOTR and D&D
thatsthejoke

I always liked Combatribes.

>>3254585
also you had that jump kick when you change the direction late in the jump and attack, he float kicks in the opposite direction

for some reason I really like Batman Returns on SNES. The combat could be more complex and stuff but it just works so well. And you have different kind of stages to have some variety.

But yeah I would say Ninja Warriors is the second best beat em up on the SNES.

This genre is fucking boring.

Why didn't more belt scrollers take on an adventure approach, like River City Ransom or Splatterhouse 3?

>>3256038

>belt scrollers

>>3258395
>complaining about a forced meme

Oh the ironing!

>>3258398

>responding to my post

Thanks for noticing me senpai

I love all the TMNT but also thinks Cadilacs & Dinosaurs is a good one

>>3258395
>bitchposting
Son, I am disappoint.

TMNT 2 on GB, best beat em up on the system?

>>3258423

I just played TiT recently. Could it be that Raph is toptier? Fastest walking speed and attacking speed seems very useful.
Donatello is good for some things just too slow(try hitting super shredder on hard with him).
Leonardos combo finisher is absolute garbage somehow. Mike is alright but cant top Raph.

>>3258432
It's not even a beat-'em-up, it's a regular platform like TMNT1 on the NES.

>>3256165

>strolling donnybrooks
>not meandering kerfuffles

>>3258440
I guess its the closest you get to a beat em up on Gamboy. Maybe that one Kung Fu game also.

>>3258507
Double Dragon I and II were on the Game Boy, as well as a few Kunio games.

The Tick was great aside from only being one player. Seriously who makes a one player scrolling fighter?

Streets of Rage
Bad Dudes vs Dragon Ninja
Double Dragon
Renegade
Altered Beast
Robocop Arcade
Robocop 2 Arcade
TNMT Arcade
Final Fight
P.O.W
Simpsons Arcade
NARC

And Kung Fu on the NES is pure fucking awesomeness to this day.

>>3256129
If only I could play it.

>>3258605
Why can't you? The game runs on my XBOX

>>3258590
Played this yesterday, the bits where the camera pans out and it plays like a platformer are awesome.

>>3255698
>>3255717
I like TMNT3 more than Turtles in Time. More stages, more enemies, more bosses, better music, and just a cooler theme/set of levels overall. I never liked TiT's goofy time travel stuff. The Super Shredder fight is easily better in TMNT3 than it is in TiT and the song rules.

Of course the moveset is WAY simpler and there is much less animation, so you might find it too repetitive and boring, but I love TMNT3.

>>3259484
My nigga! I never liked how TMNT3 gets overlooked when discussing the TMNT games and beat-'em-ups in general. It's always about the arcade versions or the 16-bit console renditions.

>>3260595

>>3260595

It's because there is no console wars for the NES games.

If there was any Master System Turtles game, you can bet your ass Australia or some other shitposter from beat em up threads would shitpost about them too.

I don't see much shitposting between console warriors over which of their version of Double Dragon was better either.

>>3260867
Then again, that's because Double Dragon II on the NES outclasses both versions of the first game.

>>3259484
While TiT (SNES) is my all time favorite, TMNT3 is really really close behind.
As you say, it doesn't have such a varied moveset, but the special attacks are satisfying as fuck. Being able to drill through a whole stage abusing your power while on your last health point while avoiding death is so fun. I don't think any other beat'em up/belt scroller/whatever has nailed the health-reducing super power thing as good as TMNT 3.

A short, simple, sweet game that is entirely satisfying

King of the Dragons is probably my favourite not counting Final Fight

>>3254716
What is?

TiT is definitely better than the original.

Also for TiT, snes or arcade? I like arcade better.

>>3260965
I love the psycho-kicks on the Japan version, an OP move in an already easy game.

Better than both Turtles in Time and Hyperstone.

>>3261009

Damn straight

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DW6r16O88IM

>>3257016
>Grappling is minimal in AvP with any character, it's there but it's not the focus of the game.
That's why Dutch is such a shitty character. if you take out his power bomb, everything else he has is vastly inferior to everyone else. hell, he can't even shoot a gun properly and his projectiles from picked-up weapons appear like 10 miles away from him

>>3258381
What's the first best ?

>>3258391
Then go play something else, bozo

>>3258413
it's better than all the turtles games combined

>>3258437
common knowledge that raph is top tier. turn on manual dash though. he's also top tier in hyperstone where dashing is even easier and more OP. Don't use leo's finisher. leo has balanced stats, so he's actually perfectly fine if u just wanna do jab to hammer throws all day.

>>3258507
uhh no

>>3258541
pschhhhhhhhh

>>3258595
>And Kung Fu on the NES is pure fucking awesomeness to this day.
Yes it is.

>>3258595
>>3261054
Speaking of Kung-Fu, has that unreleased Kung-Fu been emulated yet?

>>3261054
>What's the first best ?

see OPs pic

>>3261248

>>3258391
Whenever a modern indie dev makes one it's like that

I think it's dumb

>>3261054
>everything else he has is vastly inferior to everyone else
The melee is better than Lynn that's for sure, and while inferior to predators it's nice that you don't rely on a weapon like them
>he can't even shoot a gun properly
Not really, his gun is quite useful for crowd control, hell you can trivialize the whole Predator battle thanks to how the gun works
>his projectiles from picked-up weapons appear like 10 miles away from him
That's just visually, the hitbox is still big

Try to 1cc the game with him and you will realize it's not as bad as it looks.

>>3261341
>The melee is better than Lynn that's for sure, and while inferior to predators it's nice that you don't rely on a weapon like them
not really. lynn has speed which makes her combo just as good. and you can do corner carries with her jab. way more damaging too when ended with her rising kick.

>Not really, his gun is quite useful for crowd control, hell you can trivialize the whole Predator battle thanks to how the gun works
I said from his "picked-up weapons"

>That's just visually, the hitbox is still big
Nope. the projectiles start away from him. i checked the hitboxes

>Try to 1cc the game with him and you will realize it's not as bad as it looks.
I already have years ago

>>3256447
I've never played a WayForward game I'd consider good. They all exist on that boring border between mediocre and subpar.

>>3261437
What about Contra 4? Even Game Kommander considers that a masterpiece.

>>3260595
Could be that the game is unhyped by TMNT2 - The Arcade being such garbage. That's at least the case for me.

>>3261445
Contra 4 has the benefit of being someone else's license and system, so the usual awkwardness of their own action games isn't there. They copy-pasted the already existing mechanics that work then made ever so slight adjustments to it.

>Even Game Kommander considers that a masterpiece.
I have no clue who/what Game Kommander is but I find it weird to consider Contra 4 a masterpiece. It's good, but the issues it has are bad (half of these issues stemming from being a DS exclusive), and at least I don't see what the big deal is otherwise asides from blatant nostalgia boner stroking.

But hey, I prefer Hard Corps Uprising, the sin against nostalgia, so I know I'm considered to be "full of shit" on this.

>>3261484
>I have no clue who/what Game Kommander is but I find it weird to consider Contra 4 a masterpiece. It's good, but the issues it has are bad (half of these issues stemming from being a DS exclusive), and at least I don't see what the big deal is otherwise asides from blatant nostalgia boner stroking.
He's the webmaster of Contra Densetsu, the biggest Japanese Contra fansite ever. He's top ten goes:
10) Contra (AC)
9) Contra ReBirth
8) Contra: Shattered Soldier
7) Contra: Hard Corps
6) Super C
5) Contra (NES)
4) Contra 4
3) Super Contra
2) Hard Corps: Uprising
1) Contra III: The Alien Wars
http://twilog.org/kommander_hzk/search?word=%E7%A7%81%E7%9A%84%E9%AD%82%E6%96%97%E7%BE%85%E3%83%88%E3%83%83%E3%83%9710&ao=a

He even wrote the liner notes for the last few Contra soundtrack collections.
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hzk/kommander/index.html

>>3261512
>>3261445
I didn't know WayForward staff posts on /vr/

Stop shilling your own game, assmuncher

>>3255886
Belt scrolling is a method used in side-scrolling beat 'em up games with a downward camera angle where players can move up and down in addition to left and right. A previously much used alternative to video game scrolling is the flip-screen method.

>>3261512
>HCU second best Contra
We may diverge on C4 but I have nothing but love for anyone who accepts HCU as a great game, holy shit.

>>3261512
>HC that low
>III that high

Fucking Nintendildos and their shit taste.

>>3261548
Funny, considering I despise Double Dragon Neon.

>>3261580

Go play Contra on Amiga, old bitter faggot.

>new janny deletes Australia-kun's hilarious posts
What a shame.

>>3261663

>hilarious

it stopped being funny months ago, we all know that he's an idiot, it got old fast.

>>3261664
I dunno... he was right about Super Castlevania IV being shit.

>>3261484
Sorry I hijack this already hijacked thread (with a nonretro comment, nontheless)
But MAN, I'm mindblowing by how FUCKING GOOD Hard Corps Uprising is. I still play it once in awhile with my brother, it's probably the only reason I have my PS3 hooked up nowdays.
I always liked Contra games, just never was a huge fan as a series... Having started with Contra III, the rest of them all felt like a huge downgrade. Including both "neo retro" sequels, Contra 4 and ReBirth... But Hard Corps Uprising introduces so many things that are just my type.
- Beautiful hires hand drawn sprites (even if the overly-anime artstyle is not my favorite)
- Really tight control. Having both a 'lock attack position while moving' and a 'lock movement while attacking' is so great.
- Weapon upgrading. Rewards for keeping your favorite weapon.
- Double jump, Run, Air Dash... being a Mega Man X fan, this single handedly sold the game to me.
- The action button, so much fun! Learning when it's safe to just run through, taking a chance at ricocheting bullets... so satisfying.
- Rising Mode... being able to progressively learn all the stages at my own pace led to an eventual 1-life-complete of Arcade Mode. All subsequent co-op runs on Arcade Mone have been a blast.
- Fun, over the top, and well varied stages and bosses! Holy fuck, the first time I did the jump to the helicopter at the end of the first stage was awesome. And after that, every stage has at least one "holy shit" awesome moment.

I love this game, to the point where I don't even mind if this was the last Contra games because it was so perfect for my taste. It's probably the only game of the last couple of generations to be on my personal GOAT games list.

>>3262278
tl;dr

>>3256307
>Punisher out, AvP in
Kill yourself you fucking nigger
AvP is such overrated shit Punisher destroys it

>>3262429
>tfw no average korean gf

>>3262740
>Kill yourself you fucking nigger
>AvP is such overrated shit Punisher destroys it

Watch out or you'll cut yourself, kiddo

>>3254505
>Ninja Warriors Again
My Nigga

>>3256121
>king of dragons
dude that is not a beat 'em up
that is a hack 'n slash
there's a difference

great game but c'mon

The Ninja Kids is underrated as fuck

>>3262748
Piss off

>>3262740
You are gloriously correct.

inb4 "stap samefaging"

>>3262753
i'll have you know that the vertical building climbinb scenes disqualifies this game as a scrolling action belt

>>3260965
Haya-BOOOOOOOO

>>3262765
Fuck you bitch

>>3262781
The music in that stage is so fucking good
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LElMRA5NnBg

>>3262740
Punisher is only better for braindead simpletons, at least AvP has some depth to it.

>>3262740
Punisher is only better for braindead simpletons, literally Final Fight for babies. At least AvP has some depth to it.

>>3262813
>AvP has some depth
Nice joke

can some one link me to, in their opinion the best kof bootleg that actually works in retro arch. i had one where you could tag in and tag out, one of the backgrounds had chicks with their tits out. it was mad. lost that rom tho.

>>3262816
>half of the game is literally 0 skills auto-aim guns
>characters are OP as fuck even without grenades
>no character variety at all because lazyness
>can't do half of this shit on Punisher https://youtu.be/T5obEZLgyu8?t=179
keep playing Final Fight for babies bro

>>3262830
You can throw Kingpin around
That alone makes Punisher the best Beat 'em up ever made

>Final Fight for babies
Piss off you faggot
The Punisher is much more advanced than that shit

>>3262848
>exploit to make the final boss piss-easy is somehow good thing
no doubt you are the biggest of babies and are stuck in pleb tier belt scrollers

>>3262851
Except it doesn't make it any easier you faggot
It's just you know..."fun" you fucking pretentious fag

>>3262278
I wish ASW would give the same treatment to Kunio or Double Dragon in the near future. None of this Famicom-style shit they've been doing for the 3DS lately.

>>3260595
>>3260601
The new TMNT figures modeled after this game look fucking amazing

>>3263017
NECA's been doing a lot of video game-themed action figures lately. My only gripe with them is that they got Bill and Lance colors wrong for their Contra action figures. Also...
>No tank top for Bill, even though he wore one on the title screen, promo art and in the AC version.
>Camouflage pants are not era-appropriate.

>>3262278
I wish I liked that game but I didn't, maybe I shouldn't have started with arcade mode

>>3254469
Levels are quick, it eventually has a variety of enemies, bosses are fair, hard mode gives you a lot of the blocking guys.

>>3262919
That would be awesome. Sadly, there's an ongoing trend that to make "retro games", you just need to stick to the superficial stuff. Sprite animation and chiptune music, zero effort to figure out what made the original games work... not just to replicate it, but to keep improving upon it. You know, like a sequel should.

I wish they did this treatment to Mega Man and Mega Man X.

MM8 and X4 tried to make such a transition on PS1, but they clearly didn't put gameplay and feel as a first priority. Everything slowed down. I wish they tried it again but not sacrificing responsiveness, speed and stage layout just because of how fluid the new animations should look.

bump nigga


fun but casual scrollizontal belting actions:

simpsons

hook

ninja baseball

>>3263196
I play HC: Uprising in Arcade Mode almost exclusively. Rising Mode is for noobs.

>>3263820
>playing "modern retro" games

Yuck.

>>3263993
>Dissing the best 2D run 'n gun.

>>3263820
But

I am a newb

>>3264036
>Hard Corps Uprising
>better than Alien Soldier
>better than Metal Slug
>better than Turrican
Lol fuck off kiddo.

>>3264057
>Turrican

Never post here again.

>>3264068
Mad burger that Europe did run 'n gun better than his shitty country.

>>3256067
Why does Final Fight CD feel so slow compared to the other ports?

>>3264071
Because you're dumb.

>>3264079
But Final Fight CD is slow compared to the arcade version. You can't even do Cody's and Guy's infinites in that version.

>>3262884
>Except it doesn't make it any easier you faggot
You can throw him all the time with virtually unlimited invincibility frames, shit for casual scrubs.

>>3264156
hurr durr casual scrubs

retard. do you think you'll impress anyone with your vidya game skillzz?

>>3264164
nah but i least i can prove shit tastes in belt scrollers

>>3264178
>shit taste

Yeah, that's you.

>>3264156
>You can throw him all the time with virtually unlimited invincibility frames

implying that's not awesome and fun as fuck.