Arcade

Hop on your bike for a free-wheeling ride up the avenues of not-so-typical suburbia. There are papers to be delivered, robbers to be foiled, and fame and fortune to be won as you brave the mean streets. Avoid motorcycles, tricycles, traffic, tires, gratings, curbs, dogs, skateboarders, breakdancers, bad guys, and other hazards as you deliver to you...

Final Fight is a side-scrolling beat-'em-up video game produced by Capcom. Originally released as an arcade game in 1989, it was the seventh title released for the CP System hardware. Set in the fictional Metro City, the player controls one of three characters: former pro wrestler and mayor Mike Haggar, his daughter's boyfriend Cody, and Cody's bes...

In the world of Puchi Carat, thieves stole the twelve gems that made the people's dreams come true. They sold them to evil sorcerers who used them to suppress the people. Now, a long time after these events, the gems came into the possession of twelve mysterious characters. Each one of them tries to get a hold of the remaining jewels to fulfill the...

Splatterhouse is a sidescrolling beat 'em up game in which the player controls Rick, a parapsychology student who is trapped inside West Mansion. After his resurrection by the Terror Mask, Rick makes his way through the mansion, fighting off hordes of creatures in a vain attempt to save his girlfriend Jennifer from a grisly fate. Players of this ga...

Puyo Puyo is a puzzle video game released in 1991 by Compile for the MSX2. Since its creation, it uses characters from Madou Monogatari. It was created by Masamitsu "Moo" Niitani, the founder of Compile, who was inspired by certain elements from the Tetris and Dr. Mario series of games. The main game of Puyo Puyo is played against at least one opp...

DoDonPachi DaiOuJou was produced by Cave in 2002. Cave released 19 different machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1998. Other machines made by Cave during the time period DoDonPachi DaiOuJou was produced include delete, Ketsui - Kizuna Jigoku Tachi, Do Donpachi DAI-OU-JOU, Espgaluda, Mushihime-sama, Do-Don-Pachi Dai-Fuk...

What starts in the city is settled in the canyons as Need for Speed Carbon immerses you into the world's most dangerous and adrenaline-filled form of street racing. You and your crew must race in an all-out war for the city, risking everything to take over your rivals' neighborhoods one block at a time. As the police turn up the heat, the battle ul...

Far East of Eden: Kabuki Klash is a 2D fighting game, similar in play style to Samurai Shodown or The Last Blade, but with the addition of various power-ups and very over-the-top anime-style special moves. Power-up icons appear on-screen at random, either springing out of the scenery or delivered by the Karasu Tengu. Kabuki Klash is set within the...

In Burning Force, the player controls a 21-year-old space cadet named Hiromi Tengenji (天現寺ひろみ Tengenji Hiromi?), who as part of her final training, must battle high-tech enemies through six worlds of four areas on a futuristic airbike named "Sign Duck". The gameplay is similar to that of Sega's Space Harrier, but the worlds are divided into f...

Puyo Puyo Sun is the third installment of the Puyo Puyo game series. The game was initially developed for the Sega Saturn-based ST-V arcade hardware in 1996. The game's title and emphasis on the sun is a play on the Japanese word for the number three, san. Satan reads a magazine and feels the desire for a tanned skin to get a lot of female atten...

Mario Kart Arcade GP is the first entry in the Mario Kart series to be released exclusively in arcades, and the first to be developed outside of Nintendo, in this case by Namco. It is a 3D kart racer similar to Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, the last game in the series before its release. It features 8 returning playable characters: Mario, Luigi, Yoshi...

The sequel to Mario Kart Arcade GP 2, Mario Kart Arcade GP DX is the latest edition of the arcade lineup of Mario Kart spinoffs. The game contains characters from both Super Mario and Pac-Man, along with newcomer Don-chan from the Taiko no Tatsujin franchise. New gameplay mechanics include 2-player Co-op racing, and Auto-Accel technology, which all...

Mario Kart Arcade GP 2 is the sequel to Mario Kart Arcade GP, making it the second arcade title in the Mario Kart series. It is extremely similar to the first, to the point of featuring all courses and playable characters from it. However, it adds four new courses for two new cups: Yoshi Park 1 and Yoshi Park 2 for the Yoshi Cup, and Stadium Arena...

Blazing Star is a scrolling shooter video game for the Neo Geo home game system. It is the sequel to Pulstar, which was itself a close cousin to the R-Type franchise. A typically hefty Neo Geo ROM at 346 Mb, the game makes extensive use of pseudo-3D prerendered sprites, brief anime and CGI cutscenes (mostly during the intro sequence), and frequent...

Players take the role of the sole gunner defending a beach against invading enemy soldiers, tanks, helicopters and other military attack vehicles. The player utilizes a variety of weapons, including a gun turret with a machine gun, howitzer cannon and guided surface-to-air missiles. A handgun is available as a final means of defense. The mouse is u...

The King of Fighters XII is a pure arcade fighting title. Like a few other releases in its franchise it does not contain a storyline, instead focusing on the tried and true 3-on-3, five round team fighting gameplay mechanic. Far from a liability, the lack of storyline plays into the fighting mechanic by eliminating official teams linked to the prev...

The world has been rocked by two major events - Mukai has stolen the Orochi seal and the theft of the Yata Mirror by Ash Crimson. Just as the dust had settled, a new King of Fighters tournament was announced - a tournament which brings together some familiar faces, as well as new comers to the world of King of Fighters. Not all is what it seems in...

The game revolves around The King of Fighters, an elite fighting competition. In this competition, Rugal is defeated and the Orochi are sealed away. The tournament at the centre of the game is sponsored by an unknown patron, whose identity becomes a matter of public interest in the country. Perhaps as a result of this, it attracts a large number of...

King of Fighters 2002 discarded the 4-on-4 "Striker Match" format used in the previous three games in the series, and returned to the 3-on-3 Battle format originally used in the series up until KOF '98. Just like King of Fighters '98, the game had no storyline since the NESTS story arc had already concluded in the previous game, The King of Figh...

Time has passed since most of Southtown was decimated by the now-destroyed Zero Cannon. Another KOF tournament is being held and this time, it's hosted by the NESTS Organization, the group of antagonists behind the events of the previous two games. Like in the previous game, the battles are once again between teams of four. Instead of a strict "...

The ultimate fighting showdown gives the millennium the ultimate sendoff. Building on the four-fighter team system established in KOF 99, THE KING OF THE FIGHTERS allows even more liberal use of the infamous striker, the fourth team member you can call in to wreak havoc when you need it most. Handpick your team from 34 KOF favorites, including boss...

A new King Of Fighters begins! Featuring a new story centered around the enigmatic K'! 32 characters collide in battle, including 6 new characters! The new Striker Match revolutionizes combat battles! Special Art Gallery mode offers game sketches and unreleased illustrations!

The All-Star dream battle is here at last: It's King of Fighters '98! Here come 38 of your favorite characters from the King of Fighters series. Your favorite characters and teams are back! Filled with new surprises like the Roulette Team Edit and Advantage System, King '98 will pop your cork with unrelenting excitement!

The King of Fighters 1997 begins! 29 characters to choose from! In addition to 2 new teams and 7 returning teams, 2 new characters can be found in the Edit Mode. Virtually unlimited choice in an impressive selection of 3,654 team edit combinations. Includes 2 types of playing modes. Which one can you handle - the aggressive Advanced Mode or the sim...

The battle of the dream teams '96 - READY! 27 of SNK's top fighting heroes face off for fisticuffs! Only King of Fighters lets you combine your favorite characters in exciting teams. Try out endless combinations and bop your way to the top with the toughest team of all! Over 2,900 possible team combinations using the Team Edit Function.