The NES version of Double Dragon III (Double Dragon 3: The Sacred Stones) follows the same premise as the arcade version. However, the game’s script was completely rewritten for its English localization, with Billy and Jimmy being given a motive to help out Hiruko search for the Sacred Stones by having Marion (the heroine from previous games) disappear again. The final boss, originally a revived Cleopatra in the arcade and Famicom versions, is…

WWF Raw is a professional wrestling game featuring 10 superstars from the World Wrestling Federation. The wrestlers you can choose from include Bret “Hit Man” Hart, Bam Bam Bigelow, 1-2-3 Kid, Diesel, Doink, Lex Luger, Luna Vachon, Owen Hart, Razor Ramon, Shawn Michaels, Undertaker, and Yokozuna.

In this game, you attempt to pin your opponent to the mat by …

Final Fight must rank as one of the most popular arcade games ever, and is used as a yard-stick to judge all scrolling beat ‘em ups. So how does the SNES version compare to the original? Well, it’s missing the two-player mode and one entire level, but apart from that it’s pretty much the same. All the moves are there, all the enemies are there (apart from the two girls who’ve been censored and replaced by Sid and Billy) and all the action is there.

Streets of Rage 2 exploded onto the Genesis / Megadrive in late 1992 and was quickly hailed as an absolute classic. The game used Segas’ new 16-meg cartridge (double the size of the original game) and was intended to be their answer to the SNES version of Final Fight.
Anyone who played the game quickly saw where that extra memory went. Gone were the tiny sprites and grainy backdrops of the original…