X-Chara

Luca

“The beat-em up, or so called fighting genre, really came to the fold after the success of a certainStreet Fighter II in the nineties and paved the way for big companies like Capcom, Namco, Sega and SNK to further establish themselves with a number of classic and lucrative arcade games. The Dreamcast’s close relationship to the Naomi arcade system ensured that the system received a slew of quality fighters ported at light break speed and which were for the most part, arcade perfect. Although the controller for the console isn’t ideal, the variety of accessories like the arcade stick, Fighting Pad FT and more recently, the Sega Saturn pad converter cable, negates any control issues one may have had back in the day.

In modern times, the beat-em up genre has proven to be the one that attracts modern gamers to the system, and it is to those who are seeking to expand their collections I offer my personal top 10 fighting. While some of the titles may not be the most highly rated on a technical level, they are placed in order of how frequently they get play time and consequently, remain relevant to this day. Please let me know what you think, and what your own personal top 10 would look like. Anyway, here goes……

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Rachel X Nyotengu

Nyotengu Nurse