Beat 'em ups pit a fighter or group of fighters against many underpowered enemies. Gameplay usually spans many levels, with most levels ending in an enemy boss. If multiple players are involved, players generally fight cooperatively.

It is often useful to characterise gameplay as either 2D (largely characterised by the player walking only to the left or right) or 3D (characterised by full movement in the implied horizontal plane, sometimes also with a button for jump). Graphics can likewise be categorised as 2D (with sprites, sometimes with an isometric or parallax effect) or 3D (polygons), or hybrid (eg. sprite characters in front of polygon backgrounds, or vice versa).

	2D Gameplay	3D Gameplay
2D Graphics (sprites)	Act of Fighter - SoftStar Altered Beast - Sega Asterix and the Magic Cauldron / Ardok the Barbarian - Melbourne House / Spinnaker Software Corporation After the War - Dinamic Multimedia Atrog - Zafiro Bad Dudes vs. DragonNinja / DragonNinja - Data East / Imagine Entertainment Bad Street Brawler / Street Hassle / Bop' N Rumble - Beam Software Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker - Kemco Batman Forever - Probe Entertainment (Game Gear, PC), Acclaim Entertainment (SNES, Sega Genesis, Game Boy) Big Fight: Big Trouble in the Atlantic Ocean - Tatsumi Billy 2 - Loriciels Black Touch '96 - DGRM Bob Winner - Loriciels Bronx - Animagic Bruce Lee - Datasoft Inc The Combatribes - Technos Corsarios - OperaSoft Crude Buster - Data East Deathkick - Blaby Computer Games D.D. Crew - Sega Dragon Bowl - Nics Dragon Ball: Advanced Adventure - Dimps Dungeon & Guarder - Game Park Eightman - Pallas Electronic Popple - Byteshock Fighting Warrior / Kung-Fu II: Sticks of Death - Melbourne House Freddy Hardest in South Manhattan / Guardian Angel / The Guardian Angel - Imagine Entertainment / Codemasters Gaia Crusaders - Noise Factory Gang Wars - Alpha Denshi Guardians of the 'Hood - Atari Games Hachoo! - Jaleco Her Knights series - Byulbram Her Knights: All for Princess Her Knights: Forcing Breakout The Incredible Hulk (GBA) - Pocket Studios International Ninja Rabbits - Microvalue Jackie Chan Adventures: Legend of the Dark Hand - Torus Games Jail Break - Konami Judge Dredd (unreleased) - Midway Games Karate Blazers - Video System Karateka - Brøderbund Knight Force - Titus Knuckle Bash series - Toaplan Knuckle Bash Knuckle Bash 2 Legend of Heroes - Limenko The Legend of Silkroad - Unico Electronics Legionnaire - TAD Lethal Weapon (NES, Game Boy) - Ocean Mad Dancing - Human Entertainment Marvel Super Heroes: War of the Gems - Capcom Michael Jackson's Moonwalker - Sega Mug Smashers - Electronic Devices, 3D Games Ninja Clowns - Strata, Incredible Technologies Ninja Kids - Taito The Ninja Warriors - Taito Power and Magic - Zigurat Power Rangers series Mighty Morphin Power Rangers - Natsume (SNES), Bandai (Genesis) Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie - Sims (Genesis), Bandai (SNES) Power Rangers: Time Force - Vicarious Visions Power Rangers: Ninja Storm - Natsume Ragnarok Battle Offline - French-Bread Red Heat - Ocean Rescate en el Golfo - OperaSoft Riot City - Sega, Westone Robo Army - SNK Saboteur - Durell Samurai-Fighter Shingen - Jaleco Shadow Force - Technos Shanghai Warriors - Players Silent Dragon - Taito S.P.Y Special Project Y - Konami Spartan X series - Irem Kung-Fu Master / Spartan X Spartan X 2 Spider-Man: The Video Game - Sega Splatterhouse series - Namco Splatterhouse Splatterhouse: Wanpaku Graffiti Splatterhouse 2 Splatterhouse 3 - Now Production Street Gang - Time Warp Subway Vigilante - Players Teen Titans (Game Boy Advance) - A2M The Tick - Software Creations Tough Turf - Sega, Sunsoft Ultra Toukon Densetsu - Banpresto Vigilante - Irem West Adventure - Panda Entertainment X-Men: Mutant Apocalypse - Capcom Western Express / Express Raider - Data East Wild Streets - Titus Wild West C.O.W. Boys of Moo Mesa - Konami Zero Team - Seibu Kaihatsu	64th Street: A Detective Story - Jaleco Alien Storm - Sega Alien vs. Predator (Arcade) - Capcom Alien vs Predator (SNES) - Jorudan Arabian Fight - Sega Arabian Magic - Yukio Abe, Kazutomo Ishida Armored Warriors / Powered Gear: Strategic Variant Armor Equipment - Capcom Asterix - Konami Batman Forever: The Arcade Game - Iguana Entertainment Batman Returns (SNES) - Konami Battle Circuit - Capcom Battletoads series - Rare Battletoads Battletoads & Double Dragon Battletoads in Battlemaniacs - Rare (SNES), Virgin Interactive (SMS) Battletoads / Super Battletoads Bucky O'Hare - Konami Burning Fight - SNK Cadillacs and Dinosaurs / Cadillacs Kyouryuu Shin Seiki - Capcom Captain America and the Avengers - Data East Captain Commando - Capcom Castle Crashers - The Behemoth Crime Fighters series - Konami Crime Fighters Vendetta / Crime Fighters 2 Violent Storm Cyborg Justice - Novotrade International The Death and Return of Superman - Blizzard Entertainment / Sunsoft Defenders of Dynatron City - Lucasfilm Denjin Makai series - Banpresto Denjin Makai Ghost Chaser Densei Guardians / Denjin Makai II DJ Boy series - Kaneko DJ Boy B.Rap Boys! Double Dragon series - Technos Double Dragon Double Dragon II: The Revenge Double Dragon 3: The Rosetta Stone - East Technology Super Double Dragon Dungeon & Fighter - Neople Dungeon Magic / Lightbringer - Taito Dynamite Dux - Sega Final Fight series - Capcom Final Fight / Fainaru Faito Final Fight 2 / Fainaru Faito 2 Mighty Final Fight Final Fight 3 / Final Fight Tough / Fainaru Faito Tafu Gekido Advance: Kintaro's Revenge - Naps Team Growl - Taito Guardian Heroes series - Treasure Guardian Heroes Advance Guardian Heroes Hook (Arcade) - Irem Justice League Heroes: The Flash - WayForward Technologies Knights of Valour series - IGS Knights of Valour Knights of Valour: Superheroes Knights of Valour 2 Knights of Valour 2: Nine Dragons Knights of Valour 2: Bushou Retsuden Knights of Valour: The Seven Spirits - IGS, Sammy Kunio-kun series - Technos Renegade / Nekketsu Kōha Kunio-kun River City Ransom / Street Gangs / Downtown Nekketsu Monogatari - Technos (NES), Million (GBA) Double Dragon II: The Revenge / Nekketsu Kōha Kunio-kun: Bangai Rantō-hen (Game Boy) Downtown Special: Kunio-kun no Jidaigeki da yo Zenin Shūgō! Shodai Nekketsu Kōha Kunio-kun Shin Nekketsu Kōha: Kunio-tachi no Banka Little Fighter series Little Fighter - Marti Wong Little Fighter 2 - Marti Wong, Starsky Wong Little Fighter Online - Marti Wong, Oscar Chu Mazin Saga: Mutant Fighter - Dynamic Planning Metamorphic Force - Konami Mutation Nation - SNK Night Slashers - Data East Ninja Baseball Bat Man - Irem Ninja Combat - Alpha Denshi Ninja Gaiden / Shadow Warriors - Tecmo Oriental Legend series - IGS Oriental Legend Oriental Legend Super Oriental Legend 2 Panzer Bandit - Fill-In Cafe P.O.W.: Prisoners of War - SNK PuLiRuLa - Taito The Punisher - Capcom Renegade series Renegade / Nekketsu Kōha Kunio-kun - Technos / Imagine Entertainment Target: Renegade - Imagine Entertainment Renegade III: The Final Chapter - Imagine Entertainment Rival Turf! / Rushing Beat series - Jaleco Rival Turf! / Rushing Beat Brawl Brothers / Rushing Beat Ran Fukusei Toshi The Peace Keepers / Rushing Beat Syura Sailor Moon series - Angel Sailor Moon Sailor Moon R Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon - Gazelle, Banpresto Sengoku series - SNK Sengoku Sengoku 2 Sengoku 3 - Noise Factory The Simpsons - Konami Sonic Blast Man series - Taito Sonic Blast Man Sonic Blast Man 2 Spider-Man series - Software Creations Spider-Man and Venom: Maximum Carnage Venom/Spider-Man: Separation Anxiety Streets Of Fury - Jordi Asensio (www.streetsoffury.com) Streets of Rage series - Sega Streets of Rage Streets of Rage 2 - Ancient / H.I.C. / Shout! Designworks Streets of Rage 3 Street Smart - SNK / Treco Tecmo Knight / Wild Fang - Tecmo Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series - Konami Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Hyperstone Heist TMNT (GBA) - Ubisoft Undercover Cops - Irem Violent Storm - Konami The Way of the Tiger / Way of the Tiger - Gremlin Interactive X-Men - Konami X-Men: Reign of Apocalypse - Digital Eclipse Zombie Smashers X series - Ska Software Zombie Smashers X Zombie Smashers X2: Punx and Skins
3D Graphics (polygons)	(Also marketed as 2.5D) Spider-Man: Web of Shadows (PS2/DS versions) Viewtiful Joe series - Clover Studio Viewtiful Joe Viewtiful Joe 2 Viewtiful Joe: Red Hot Rumble Viewtiful Joe: Double Trouble!	Batman: Rise of Sin Tzu - Ubisoft Montreal Beat Down: Fists of Vengeance - Capcom Capoeira Legends: Path to Freedom - Donsoft Entertainment Crisis Beat - Bandai The Bouncer - DreamFactory, Square Co. Death by Degrees - Namco Demolish Fist - Sammy, Dimps Dynamite Deka series - AM1 Die Hard Arcade / Dynamite Deka - AM1, Sega Technical Institute Dynamite Cop / Dynamite Deka 2 Dynamite Deka EX: Asian Dynamite Fighting Force series - Core Design Fighting Force Fighting Force 2 Final Fight: Streetwise - Capcom, Secret Level Gekido - Naps Team, Gremlin Interactive God Hand - Clover Studio Hulk - Radical Entertainment The Incredible Hulk: The Pantheon Saga - Attention To Detail The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction - Radical Entertainment Jackie Chan Stuntmaster - Radical Entertainment Jackie Chan Adventures - Atomic Planet Entertainment Jet Li: Rise to Honor - Sony Lego Batman: The Videogame - Traveller's Tales(Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Wii, Xbox 360) TT Fusion (Nintendo DS) Feral Interactive (Mac OS X) MadWorld - Sega Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks - Midway Games, Paradox Development Naruto: Uzumaki Cronicles series Naruto: Uzumaki Chronicles - Cavia Naruto: Uzumaki Chronicles 2 - Bandai Perfect Weapon - Gray Matter The Rage - FluidGames Samurai Champloo: Sidetracked - Bandai, Grasshopper Manufacture Spikeout series - Sega Spikeout: Digital Battle Online Slash Out Spikeout: Battle Street State of Emergency - VIS Entertainment Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series - Konami Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: Battle Nexus Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3: Mutant Nightmare TMNT - Ubisoft Urban Reign - Namco The Warriors - Rockstar Toronto (PS2, Xbox), Rockstar Leeds (PSP) X-Men: Mutant Wars (PS) - Matrix Software X2: Wolverine's Revenge - GenePool Software X-Men: The Official Game - Z-Axis Yakuza - Sega Zombie Revenge - Sega

[edit] Games with beat 'em up sections

The Adventures of Bayou Billy - Konami Bébé's Kids - Radical Entertainment Bully - Rockstar Vancouver Bully: Scholarship Edition - Rockstar New England Darkman - Ocean Guilty Gear Isuka - Sammy Guilty Gear Judgment - Sammy Kodure Ookami - Nichibutsu Legend of Success Joe - Wave

Ninja Golf - Atari Tekken 3 - Namco Tekken 5 - Namco Super Smash Bros. series - HAL Laboratory Super Smash Bros. Super Smash Bros. Melee Super Smash Bros. Brawl - Sora

[edit] Hack 'n Slash

3 Ninjas Kick Back - Malibu 300: March to Glory - Collision Studios Akuji the Heartless - Crystal Dynamics Afro Samurai (video game) - Namco Bandai The Astyanax - Jaleco Bayonetta - Sega Beowulf: The Game - Ubisoft Blade Master - Irem Bladestorm: The Hundred Years' War - Omega Force BloodRayne series - Terminal Reality BloodRayne BloodRayne 2 Blood Will Tell - Sega Bujingai - Taito / Red Entertainment Chaos Legion - Capcom Castlevania: Curse of Darkness - Konami Castlevania: Lament of Innocence - Konami Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Konami Conan - Nihilistic Software The Crystal of Kings - BrezzaSoft Dante's Inferno - Electronic Arts Devil Kings / Sengoku Basara series - Capcom Devil Kings / Sengoku Basara Sengoku Basara 2 Sengoku Basara 2 Heroes Devil May Cry series - Capcom Devil May Cry Devil May Cry 2 Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening Devil May Cry 3: Special Edition Devil May Cry 4 Dragon Valor - Namco Drakengard series - Cavia Drakengard Drakengard 2 Dungeon Magic - Taito Dungeons & Dragons series - Capcom Dungeons & Dragons: Tower of Doom Dungeons & Dragons: Shadow over Mystara Dynasty Warriors series - Koei, Omega Force Dynasty Warriors (PSP) Dynasty Warriors Vol. 2 Dynasty Warriors 2 Dynasty Warriors 3 Dynasty Warriors 3: Xtreme Legends Dynasty Warriors 4 Dynasty Warriors 4: Xtreme Legends Dynasty Warriors 4: Empires Dynasty Warriors 5 Dynasty Warriors 5: Xtreme Legends Dynasty Warriors 5 Special Dynasty Warriors 5: Empires Dynasty Warriors Online Dynasty Warriors 6 Dynasty Warriors 6: Empires Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce Dynasty Warriors: Gundam series - Koei, Omega Force Dynasty Warriors: Gundam Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2 Gauntlet series - Atari Games Gauntlet Gauntlet II Gauntlet: The Deeper Dungeons Gauntlet (NES) - Tengen Gauntlet: The Third Encounter Gauntlet III: The Final Quest - Tengen Gauntlet Legends - Midway Games (Dreamcast, Nintendo 64, PS) Gauntlet Dark Legacy Gauntlet: Seven Sorrows - Midway Games Genji series - Game Republic Genji: Dawn of the Samurai Genji: Days of the Blade Ghost Rider - Climax Group Gladiator: Sword of Vengeance - Software Creations God of War series - SCE Studios Santa Monica God of War God of War II God of War III God of War: Chains of Olympus - Ready at Dawn God of War: Betrayal - Javaground Golden Axe series - Sega Golden Axe Golden Axe II Golden Axe: The Revenge of Death Adder Golden Axe III Heavenly Sword - Ninja Theory

Kabuki-Z - Kaneko The King of Dragons - Capcom Knights of the Round - Capcom Legacy of Kain: Defiance - Crystal Dynamics Legend - Arcade Zone Legend (1998 remake) - Toka The Lord of the Rings series The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers - Stormfront Studios The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - Electronic Arts Lucifer Ring - Toshiba EMI Mazan: Flash of the Blade - Namco Nano Breaker - Konami Ninja Blade - From Software Ninja Gaiden: Second Series - Team Ninja Ninja Gaiden Ninja Gaiden Black Ninja Gaiden Sigma Ninja Gaiden Dragon Sword Ninja Gaiden II Ninja Spirit - Irem The OneChanbara series - Tamsoft Onimusha series - Capcom Onimusha: Warlords Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny Onimusha 3: Demon Siege Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams Otogi series - From Software Otogi: Myth of Demons Otogi 2: Immortal Warriors Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time series - Ubisoft Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Prince of Persia: Warrior Within Prince of Persia: Revelations (PSP) Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones Prince of Persia: Rival Swords (PSP) Prince of Persia - Ubisoft Rune - Human Head Studios Rune: Halls of Valhalla Rurouni Kenshin: Enjou! Kyoto Rinne - Banpresto Rygar: The Legendary Adventure - Tecmo Samurai Warrior: The Battles of Usagi Yojimbo - Beam Software / Firebird Samurai Warriors series - Koei, Omega Force Samurai Warriors Samurai Warriors: Xtreme Legends Samurai Warriors: State of War Samurai Warriors 2 Samurai Warriors 2: Empires Samurai Warriors 2: Xtreme Legends Samurai Warriors 3 Savage - Probe Software Seven Samurai 20XX - Dimps Shinobi series - Sega Shinobi (Arcade) The Revenge of Shinobi Shadow Dancer The Cyber Shinobi Shinobi (Sega Game Gear) Shinobi II: The Silent Fury Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master Shinobi Legions Shinobi Nightshade Severance: Blade of Darkness - Rebel Act Studios Shadow Force: Henshin Ninja - Technos Skull & Crossbones - Atari Games Spartan: Total Warrior - The Creative Assembly Star Wars: The Force Unleashed - LucasArts Sword of Sodan - Innerprise Targhan - Silmarils Tenchi wo Kurau series - Capcom Dynasty Wars / Tenchi wo Kurau Warriors of Fate / Tenchi wo Kurau II: Sekiheki no Tatakai The Nightmare Before Christmas: Oogie's Revenge - Capcom Van Helsing - Saffire Viking: Battle for Asgard - The Creative Assembly Warrior Blade: Rastan Saga Episode III - Taito Warriors Orochi series - Koei, Omega Force Warriors Orochi Warriors Orochi 2 Warriors Orochi Z X-Men Origins: Wolverine - Raven Software Xena: Warrior Princess - Vivendi Yumi: Samurai Warrior - LTBDesigns

[edit] See also

• Beat 'em up
• List of fighting games