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Published on 6/23/2022
Boxing is a game for one or two players which is played from an overhead point of view. The game lasts for two minutes, and the player who can earn the most points in that time wins. The game also ends if a player earns 100 points in total, netting a knock-out.
You earn one point for a long jab and two points for a close power punch. Two difficulty levels are included which can be set individually for each player.
In this run, ShesChardcore and ViGadeomes manage to save two frames over the previous run by ViGadeomes.
Game:
Boxing

Genres:
Fighting
Sport
Game Version:
Boxing (USA).a26
Tags:
Single level
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.8

Published on 5/14/2017
Arm Wrestling is a 1985 arcade game developed by Nintendo and released only in North America, and is a spin-off of the Punch-Out!! series. The goal of the game is to become the World Arm Wrestling Champion by defeating as many opponents in arm wrestling as possible. In order to achieve this title the player must compete against five different computer opponents and pin them in a timed match.
£e_Nécroyeur causes the host to go bankrupt in record time. Please read the author's comments for more details.
Game:
Arm Wrestling

Genres:
Fighting
Emulator Replay:
MAME-rr 0.139 v0.1 beta

Published on 9/1/2018
Set in a post-apocalyptic New York, Double Dragon is the story of Billy and Jimmy Lee, twin brothers trained in the fighting style of Sou-Setsu-Ken. Together, they manage a small martial arts training school, teaching their students in self-defense. One day, Billy's girlfriend, Marian, is kidnapped off the street by the "Black Warriors", a savage street gang led by a man named Willy. The Black Warriors demand the Lee brothers disclose their martial arts secrets in exchange for Marian's freedom. The Lee brothers set out on a rescue mission to crush the Black Warriors and save Marian.
Released on many systems, this game was so popular that they even released it for cellular phones and made a board game. Even a Hollywood movie has been made.
sugarfoot improves his previous TAS by 33.78 seconds, mainly thanks to improved combo sequences. Please read the author's comments for more details.
We also have TASes of the NES port and the unlicensed Genesis port.

Published on 11/7/2016
The streets of Metro City are filled with criminals who are part of a gang called Mad Gear. Former wrestler and newly elected mayor Mike Haggar tries to do something about it, much to the displeasure of the Mad Gear Gang who kidnap his daughter Jessica. Only three people are brave enough to venture into the crime-infested streets and try to bring Jessica back.
Final Fight is a 2D side-scrolling fighting game. Taking on the role of either Cody, Guy, or the mayor Mike Haggar himself, you must advance through six areas of the city clearing out the gang infestation. You will have to cope with a variety of thugs, ranging from firebomb-throwing maniacs to behemoth wrestlers. To defeat these thugs, you have an arsenal of punches, kicks, throws, and jump kicks at your disposal.
£e_Nécroyeur improves the previous publication by 1 minute and 11.35 seconds. Please read the author's extensive comments on the tricks and glitches used. As a bonus, this was played on maximum difficulty settings.

Published on 12/15/2016
Golden Axe is an arcade beat em up from the late 80s. Along with its charming Conan the Barbarian style and hack and slash gameplay, it pioneered the beat em up "super" attack in the form of collectable magic. The game consists of 5 full size stages with 4 bonus stages in between for replenishing magic and HP. Gameplay consists of slicing bad guys up with weapons, riding mounts that breath fire, and casting magic spells.
Galedog slays the enemies throughout the game in record time.
For more hack-and-slaying action, please watch the movie done on the Genesis version.
Game:
Golden Axe

Genres:
Fighting
Tags:
2 Players
Emulator Replay:
FBA-rr 0.0.4.2

Published on 6/18/2017
Karate Champ is an arcade game released by Data East in 1984. The game was developed for Data East by Technōs Japan. Even in this early example, Technōs Japan's penchant and talent for designing "fighting" games is readily apparent. While it was not the first fighting game (not even for Technōs Japan), it was the first to offer such a high degree of realism and sophistication, so much so that it has been identified as the defining game of the one-on-one fighting genre. The game also features an early example of digitized speech. The control scheme is atypical, featuring 2 4-way joysticks and no buttons.
£e_Nécroyeur obtains the champion rank in record time.
Game:
Karate Champ

Genres:
Fighting
Emulator Replay:
MAME-rr 0.139 v0.1 beta

Published on 7/31/2017
Karate Champ: Player Vs Player is an arcade game developed by Technōs Japan and published by Data East in 1984. This is the groundbreaking sequel to Karate Champ. As Karate Champ was the defining game of the one-on-one fighting genre, Karate Champ: Player Vs Player was surely the defining game of the one-on-one player vs. player fighting genre, which would become the preeminent genre for competitive video gaming in the early to mid-1990s. Even now, players continue to compete in older games of this genre, and new games continue to be developed. Karate Champ: Player Vs Player was released less than two months after the release of Karate Champ, but gameplay aside, the game received a fairly thorough overhaul. The game features a new story, new and varied backgrounds, new and enhanced Bonus Intervals, much improved sound samples and opponent AI, and even an ending!
£e_Nécroyeur achieves said ending in record time.
Emulator Replay:
MAME-rr 0.139 v0.1 beta

Published on 6/30/2023
Kuri Kinton (功里金団) is a beat 'em up game that was developed by Taito only for the arcades. You play as a special Chinese policeman who is tasked with infiltrating an underground criminal base to rescue a fellow police officer and his daughter. Good thing you can throw energy blasts that can damage people at a distance. Each level in the base has a martial arts boss that you have to fight in order to proceed. Die once and it is game over unless you insert another credit.
In this run, Mihoru uses the secret martial art of bunnyhopping to speed through the base and rescue the police officer and his daughter in record time.
Game:
Kuri Kinton

Genres:
Fighting
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.9.1

Published on 6/3/2012
Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter is the 4th Capcom fighting game to incorporate characters licensed from the Marvel Comics universe. It is in many ways a direct sequel to X-Men vs. Street Fighter, featuring many of the same characters and the same tag-team gameplay. It was well-received and paved the way for the Marvel vs. Capcom series.
In this playaround, the author shows many different characters, sometimes controlling both 1P and 2P, sometimes against the CPU. Infinite combos, glitches, and strange situations appear non-stop. A number of the glitches and techniques are detailed in the author's comments.

Published on 9/3/2012
Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes is a 1998 Arcade fighting game developed by Capcom. It continues the lineage of Capcom fighting games featuring characters from Marvel comics, and is the game that paved the way for the hugely successful Marvel vs. Capcom 2.
Each team has two characters (which can be simultaneously controlled at certain times), plus a third summon assist character. This leads to quite a few things happening on the screen at once. There are quite a few glitches showcased; see the author's comments for a complete listing.
Game:
Marvel vs. Capcom

Genres:
Fighting
Emulator Replay:
FBA-rr 0.0.2

Published on 10/25/2012
Mega Man 2: The Power Fighters is the direct sequel to Mega Man: The Power Battle. Like its predecessor, this arcade-only game does away with the levels of the classic Mega Man games and instead pits you against Robot Master after Robot Master. The game features four characters and three game modes to choose from, with different Robot Masters to fight in each mode.
For this run, Marx runs the "Search for Wily!" mode with 2 players at once, using both Mega Man and Proto Man to defeat each robot faster than just 1 player could. Though the battles are speedy, the brief waiting periods after each match allow some time for entertainment.
Emulator Replay:
FBA-rr 0.0.7

Published on 7/19/2023
Mega Man 2: The Power Fighters is the direct sequel to Mega Man: The Power Battle. Like its predecessor, this arcade-only game does away with the levels of the classic Mega Man games and instead pits you against Robot Master after Robot Master. It features four characters and three paths to choose from, with different Robot Masters to fight in each mode. With each path and each combination of characters, you can get unique epilogues that add some worldbuilding and depth to the characters chosen.
For this run, CoolHandMike chooses the "Rescue Roll!" path, using both Proto Man and Bass simultaneously to defeat each Robot Master faster than with a single character. RNG trickery was also involved in quickly beating the Robot Masters. For more details, you can read the author's notes.

Warning: This game contains scenes with flashing lights that are not suitable to those with photosensitivity issues.
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.9.1

Published on 2/28/2024
Metamoqester, also known as Oni: The Ninja Master (隠忍 ザ・ニンジャマスター), is a boss rush-styled fighting game for the arcades and a spinoff to the Oni RPG series of games that was released only in Japan. The simple premise involves monsters and giant robots suddenly appearing all over the world, and it's up to three warriors — sword-wielding ninja Tenchimaru, trident and gun-toting monk Kaiohmaru, and magical priestess Yukihime — to travel and take them all down.
In this run, CoolHandMike chooses Tenchimaru and Kaiohmaru and cheeses the cheating AI into oblivion, winning the game in record time.

Note: There are alternate encodes that eliminate the flashing lights that frequently happen throughout the run.
Game:
Metamoqester

Genres:
Fighting
Game Version:
metmqstr.zip
Tags:
2 Players
Emulator Replay:
Bizhawk 2.9.1
Additional Downloads:
(Extended High Score Input)

Published on 12/29/2010
Not only does Michael Jackson have a Genesis video game, he also has an Arcade game! This game is loosely based on the movie of the same name, featuring Michael Jackson saving children from Mr. Big. When Michael meets his pet monkey Bubbles, he turns into a killer robot!
Michael Jackson's Moonwalker is a 3 player arcade game, where you play either a white-, red-, or black-suited Michael Jackson. The author uses all three players to complete this game as fast as possible.
This movie uses a bootleg version because the proper version did not work on the emulator used.
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
FBA-rr 0.0.5

Published on 3/2/2024
Pit-Fighter is a fighting game that was developed by Atari Games for the arcades and was later ported over to the Sega Genesis and SNES. It was the second video game to use digitalized sprites after another arcade fighting game called Reikai Doushi: Chinese Exorcist, predating Mortal Kombat by two years. Appearing to take inspiration from movies like Bloodsport, the game revolves around an underground fighting tournament where various fighters compete against each other for high cash prizes. Players can choose from three different characters to fight with, each with their own moves and strengths. While fighting in the arena, weapons are occasionally thrown in to up the ante.
In this run, CoolHandMike chooses the character Ty and makes great use of his incredibly broken elbow attack to stunluck his enemies and defeat all of them in record time. You can read the author's notes for more details on the broken moves used and other quirky mechanics present in the game.
Game:
Pit-Fighter

Genres:
Fighting
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.9.1
Additional Downloads:
(Extended High Score Input)

Published on 2/5/2017
Punch-Out!! is an arcade game by Nintendo, released in 1983. Back in those carefree days, while Mike Tyson was still a promising amateur, Nintendo was developing a most particular sort of boxing video game. Punch-Out!! features two monitors, digitized speech, and an early (if not the first) example of hardware-scaled sprites.
£e_Nécroyeur defeats the six opponents in record time.
This is the first Arcade publication using MAME-RR, and is published right on the 20th anniversary of the original MAME.
Game:
Punch-Out!!

Genres:
Fighting
Sport
Emulator Replay:
MAME-rr 0.139 v0.1 alpha

Published on 7/13/2018
One year after the defeat of Amakusa from within the first Samurai Shodown, a new threat soon emerges in the form of Mizuki Rashojin: a vengeful spirit who possess a local shrine priestess named Bizuki and seeks to bring forth chaos and destruction to the world in the name of the dark god Ambrosia's will. Those who had fought before in the past during Amakusa's reign of terror now find themselves, along with a few new faces, battling against Mizuki and her loyal forces in order to determine the fate of the entire world itself.
Samurai Shodown II is a 1994 fighting game released as a second entry in SNK's Samurai Shodown series.

Published on 4/11/2016
Samurai Shodown IV: Amakusa's Revenge (Samurai Spirits: Amakusa's Descent (サムライスピリッツ天草降臨) in Japan) is the fourth installment of SNK's Samurai Shodown series of fighting games. Story-wise, it's the second and final chapter of a story between Samurai Shodown and Samurai Shodown II, with III being the first chapter.
In this playaround-style run, Dark Noob shows off more glitches, combos, and character variety than the preceding run in this category. This makes the movie nearly twice as long, but there should be plenty to enjoy. For some details, see the submission comments.

Published on 3/13/2011
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In Spinmaster, known in Japan as Miracle Adventure (ミラクルアドベンチャー), you play as Johnny and Tom, two treasure seekers. They have to save Johnny's girlfriend and gather map pieces in order to find the biggest treasure in the world! Along the way, they must fight past lots of quirky henchmen, large bosses, and more, all accompanied by cartoony graphics and stereotypical cowboy voice clips.
In this game, Johnny and Tom can use several different types of weapons, such as the elements of ice, fire, and thunder. They can collect a limited number of super attacks, denoted by the letter "B" under their health bars, to hurt everything on the screen and damage bosses heavily. Also, health does not refill between levels.
If you want to see another Arcade game involving two treasure hunters fighting lots of enemies, be sure to check out x2poet's run of Top Hunter: Roddy & Cathy.

Published on 9/23/2023
Spinmaster, known in Japan as Miracle Adventure (ミラクルアドベンチャー), is a beat 'em up game that was developed by Data East and published by SNK for the arcades. In this game, you play as Johnny and Tom, two treasure seekers that are out to save Johnny's girlfriend and gather map pieces in order to find the biggest treasure in the world. Along the way, they must fight through lots of quirky henchmen, large bosses, and more using a variety of weapons and superpowers they can pick up. All of this is accompanied by cartoony graphics and lots of stock settings you'd expect in an adventure game from the '90s.
For this run, Pepper-Color opts to use only one character, Johnny, and slides through everything in their path as fast as possible.

Published on 2/14/2024
Splatterhouse is a horror beat 'em up game that was initially released for the arcades and later ported to the TurboGrafx-16. It was infamous at the time of its release for its graphic and bloody content. Taking inspiration from multiple horror movies such as Friday the 13th, Evil Dead, and Poltergeist, the game follows Rick Taylor as he goes off to save his lover Jennifer Willis from the supernatural forces of the titular Splatterhouse with the help of a special item called the Terror Mask, which grants him superhuman strength. However, it appears this particular mask seems to have a mind and agenda of its own.
EZGames69 and Samsara work together to find Jennifer and splatter the house with the guts and blood of every fleshy being they can find in record time.
Game:
Splatterhouse

Genres:
Fighting
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.9.1
Additional Downloads:
(Extended High Score Input)

Published on 3/22/2012
Dramatic battle is a special mode in the Street Fighter Alpha games that allows both players to fight on the same side. As in the previous movie, error1 again uses this mode to show a variety of entertaining combos with Rose and Dhalsim.
Note: See this post for an explanation about why this movie obsoletes the Street Fighter Zero 2 Alpha one.

Published on 2/25/2013
Street Fighter Zero 3 (ストリートファイターZERO3), better known as Alpha 3, was released in 1998.
SFZ/A3 is an evolution of the previous Zero series, and there was a huge improvement in the fight style, combos, animations/mode and with addition of fighters that were missing in Street Fighter Alpha or Zero.

Published on 8/27/2010
This is a playaround of what is considered the most popular hack of Street Fighter II': Champion Edition. The hack was found in bootlegged arcade cabinets throughout the world, surpassing the original in availability in some places.
This hack features several modifications, such as the ability to change characters mid-match, teleportation, midair special moves, and new projectile attacks. Capcom later incorporated some of these new moves into Street Fighter 2 Turbo.
In this run, the author shows off all the fighters and makes good use of some of the craziness added to the game. He also shows off quite a few glitches that are quite amusing to see.

Note: As it is widely available in stand-alone form, no patch is available or necessary.
Game Version:
sf2rb.zip
Tags:
Playaround
2 Players
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
FBA-rr 0.0.7

Published on 2/24/2023
Street Fighter II: The World Warrior is the sequel to Street Fighter and the second game in Capcom's ever popular fighting game series Street Fighter. Boasting an expanded roster and a bigger selection of moves, this game codified many elements that define the fighting game genre and introduced the concept of combos by accident. It was hugely popular at the time of its release and received many updated re-releases, adding in more characters, stages, and gameplay mechanics such as super moves.
Dark Noob and SDR decide to break the game in half and showcase many glitches and AI tripups, the results looking more like something out of the Rainbow Edition. For a list and descriptions of all the glitches and moves used in this run, you can read the authors' notes.

Published on 3/25/2017
Super Punch-Out!! is an arcade game by Nintendo, released in 1984. This is the exciting sequel to Nintendo's 1983 arcade hit, Punch-Out!!. The Hero must defeat five new opponents from around the world, each a champion in his respective country, to become a "global" Champion of the World. The Hero has not been idle since winning the WVBA championship.
£e_Nécroyeur defeats the 5 opponents in record time.
Emulator Replay:
MAME-rr 0.139 v0.1 alpha

Published on 2/5/2016
Super Street Fighter II Turbo, released in Japan as Super Street Fighter II X: Grand Master Challenge (スーパーストリートファイターII X -Grand Master Challenge), is a competitive fighting game released for the arcades by Capcom in 1994. It is the fifth installment in the Street Fighter II sub-series of Street Fighter games, following Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers. Like its predecessor, it ran on the CP System II hardware.

Published on 8/14/2010
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is an arcade game based on the TMNT cartoon released in December of 1987. Konami released this mega-hit in 1989, as one of the first arcade games to offer 4-player beat-'em-up action.
In this run, DarkKobold uses all 4 ninja turtles to freak the foot soldiers, mangle the mousers, total the Technodrome, and kick Krang and The Shredder back to Dimension-X in a little over 12 minutes.

Published on 5/4/2023
Tekken Force, a paramilitary organization protecting the Mishima karate fighters, is nearly obliterated by the mighty Ogre. Heihachi Mishima's only hope is his grandson Jin Kazama, who lives with his mother Jun, unaware of his legacy. When the Ogre attacks his home and presumably kills his mother, Jin seeks out his grandfather and learns the martial arts of the family. On his nineteenth birthday, Heihachi announces the King of the Iron Fist Tournament 3, hoping that Jin will use the opportunity take out the meddlesome Ogre.
Tekken 3, like its predecessors, is a versus fighting game. New features include prominently featured side-stepping, allowing characters to retreat into the background and back during fights, more combo throws, fifteen more characters, and reduced jumping capabilities to allow for more realistic combat.
Spikestuff breezes through all the fights in record time. The total in-game time is 9'61.

We also have a TAS of the PSX version, which abuses a pause trick to get the in-game timer even lower.
Game:
Tekken 3

Genres:
Fighting
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.9
Additional Downloads:
(extended input)

Published on 3/25/2023
The King of Fighters '96 (KOF '96) is a fighting game released by SNK for the Neo Geo arcade and home consoles in 1996. It is the third game of the series, following The King of Fighters '95. Like its predecessor, the game was ported to the Neo-Geo CD, as well as the PlayStation and Sega Saturn. The game made a few changes to gameplay such as new techniques, various changes of some teams, with a few of them introducing new characters.
Dark Noob shows off a plethora of glitches and infinite combos in this playaround, which are explained in more detail in the author's submission comments.
Note: Partway through the encode (after winning the first match against the CPU), the sound effects when selecting the characters/teams is higher pitched.
Flashing lights warning: There are instances of pretty heavy flashing when some combos are performed and when an opponent is KO'd, which may cause epileptic seizures in some cases.

Published on 2/9/2016
The King of Fighters '97 is the fourth game in the King of Fighters series. This King of Fighters introduces two special modes - Advanced Mode (based on KOF '96) and Extra Mode (based on KOF '94 & '95). It concludes the three part 'Orochi Saga' story-line that began in King of Fighters '95 (and continued in KOF '96) (see the SNK Wiki article for more details).
In this playaround, mamuuuut shows off various combos and glitches with for instance, Terry Bogard and Choi Bounge.
NOTE: The sound effects when selecting the team/order are higher pitched than usual in the official encodes.

Published on 2/29/2012
In this first publication from the King of Fighters series, x2poet uses the game's female characters to swiftly humiliate their opponents, showing off multiple combos and AI manipulation along the way.

Published on 9/1/2010
¡Ay, caramba! The Simpsons Arcade Game is Konami's 4-player beat 'em up based on the ultra-hit TV show, The Simpsons. The Simpsons cartoon has now (at the time of writing) spanned 21 seasons, a world-wide movie, and licensing from here to kingdom come. In this TAS, adelikat and DarkKobold use four of the five Simpson family to track down the missing 5th member, Maggie.
All right now, play friendly!

Published on 4/5/2011
Top Hunter stars the galaxy's best bounty hunters, Samus Aran Boba Fett Spike Spiegel Roddy and Cathy, as they take down the Space Pirates Rebel Alliance Red Dragon Galactic Pirates.
This game features an initial choice of four levels, with the added quirk that the level layouts will depend on previous stage choices, and some boss machines that would make Dr Wily envious.

Published on 9/13/2023
Violent Storm is a 1993 side-scrolling beat-'em-up produced by Konami for the arcades. Up to three players can choose between Wade, Boris and Kyle, who all have different fighting styles, speed and moves, some of which are hidden. Players must guide them through 7 different stages, along the way clashing hordes of enemies who wallop, sock, pommel, whip and slug against them, sometimes with knives, lead pipes, bombs, bolts of electricity, spiked balls on chains, garbage cans, vise grips, molten metal and a myriad of other deadly armament.
The ridiculous plot, influenced by movies such as The Warriors, Streets of Fire, and Escape From New York, takes place in the aftermath of World War III. Civilization has been devastated, gangs are running amok in the cities, and toughened vigilantes have taken over the government's responsibility of protecting the common folk. Three of these vigilantes, Wade, Boris, and Kyle, were performing their duties when they witness their friend Sheena being kidnapped by the demonic Red Fredy, Lord Geld's right-hand man. It's up to the trio to rescue Sheena and take down Lord Geld and all of his minions.
For this run, Pepper-Color decides to control all three playable characters at once and bumrushes through every enemy in their way as fast as possible.
Game:
Violent Storm

Genres:
Fighting
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.9.1

Published on 11/3/2019
Warriors of Fate is a 2D side-scrolling beat 'em-up and sequel to Dynasty Wars taking place in ancient China. Akkila-orkhan, the dark lord of Shang-Lo, has decided to conquer the neighbouring countries. The wise Kuan-Ti has summoned the five greatest warriors of the lands to stop this from happening.
xipo completes the game in record time.

Published on 8/14/2009
In this highly entertaining playaround of one of the first of Capcom's Marvel vs. Capcom-styled games, you can watch SDR abusing computer opponents - and himself - throughout various two-on-two fights, before beating Apocalypse in record time.
Video Downloads:
High Quality MKV
Emulator Replay:
FBA-rr 0.0.3a

Published on 5/6/2023
X-Men vs. Street Fighter is a cross-over fighting game running on CPS-2 hardware. It features gameplay similar to that of the Street Fighter series, but also incorporates dual-character selection as well as tag team-based combat.
KusogeMan completes the game in record time.
Game Version:
xmvsf
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
FBA-rr 0.0.7

Published on 12/31/2022
Dad 'n Me follows the young son who is on a beat 'em up spree at the once peaceful Almond Hands Park. The game was programmed by Newgrounds founder Tom Fulp.
Watch as rythin lays a beat down to those who were enjoying their time in the park.
Game:
Dad 'n Me

Genres:
Fighting
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
libTAS 1.4.4 + ruffle_nightly_2022-12-02

Published on 11/29/2022
Frusion Breakfast Brawl is an official parody of Punch-Out!! by the Danone company. It was made to advertise their Dannon Frusion smoothies. You play as a guy who just got out of bed in their t-shirt and boxers boxing large anthropomorphic personifications of breakfast staples such as a bowl of cereal, a bacon egg sandwich, and a cream cheese bagel. Beat them all to win the game.
In this run, p0008874 and feos both collaborate to beat breakfast in record time.
Game Version:
breakfast_brawl.swf
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
libTAS 1.4.3 + Ruffle nightly 2022 10 26

Published on 4/18/2022
Super Smash Flash is a fangame of the Super Smash Bros. series (though mainly inspired by Melee), made by Cleod 9 and released on Newgrounds in 2006. It features a large roster, including characters that aren't present in the Super Smash Bros. series, as well as an adventure mode, where the player goes through 8 stages of platforming and fighting.
ikuyo plays through Adventure Mode and defeats Master and Crazy Hand in record time.
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
libTAS 1.4.3

Published on 2/15/2020
Battletoads is a classic video game by Rare for the NES, but different versions of the game were also made for many other systems, such as the Genesis and the Game Boy. All of these games are known for their comical animation style (such as gigantic fists and boots when the toads attack) and their high difficulty, essentially requiring the player to memorize the upcoming dangers to react fast enough to survive.
In this version, the player plays as the Battletoad Zitz on a quest to rescue the other two Toads, Rash and Pimple, from the Dark Queen. This game has only 9 stages, as opposed to 12 in the NES version. However, unlike the NES version of the game, there are no warps, and there is no two-player option. There are also fewer time-saving glitches. That doesn't stop Lobsterzelda, though, from beating up tons of enemies and completing the game very quickly.
In this run, Lobsterzelda improves the predecessor movie by 01:09.37 minutes by using a new skip and tighter optimization.
For more Battletoads madness, you can also see our movies of the NES version.

You can watch the console-verification of this movie here.
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.3.3

Published on 7/3/2022
Double Dragon 3 is the third game in the popular beat 'em up series Double Dragon. It is normally subtitled The Rosetta Stone, but the Game Boy version is instead just subtitled The Arcade Game. Brothers Billy and Jimmy have been contacted by a mysterious fortune teller, who tells them to search for the Rosetta Stones and uncover the mystery surrounding them in Egypt.
Alyosha decides to play the Two Player mode of the game, which would normally be played with two Game Boys connected with the Game Link Cable, and beats the game in record time.
Game:
Double Dragon 3

Genres:
Fighting
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.8

Published on 10/1/2011
Everybody is Kung Fu fighting…
The player is as fast as lightning…
In Kung-Fu Master, known as Spartan X in Japan, the player displays frightening reflexes that would be enough to obliterate any opponent.
In this run, the author, mugg, improves his previous run by changing the goal to getting the best in-game time, ignoring lag caused by enemy drops, among other things, in order to make for a more entertaining run. In addition, he changed the ROM used to the Japanese version, sacrificing some elements in order to make the fastest possible run. Please see the author's notes for more details.

Published on 6/6/2015
Master Karateka is a game in the vein of Karateka. As a karate master and the sole survivor of the village, the protagonist must confront the evil Akuma and defeat his army to rescue his beloved Mariko and get his revenge.
MUGG blazes through the three stages in 2 minutes and 39.96 seconds.

Published on 12/30/2012
In this low quality port of a very popular arcade game, Thevlackdemonn2294 speeds through the game as fast as possible. No second round is ever fought, as it it glitched past, except for Shao Kahn, the final boss.

Published on 10/26/2010
Mortal Kombat II was the first game of the Mortal Kombat series to feature a playable character-changing fighter (the sorcerer Shang Tsung). This run is played on the Game Boy port. Watch as AKheon humiliates the computer opponents, demonstrates some major glitches, and beats the game in just over 9 minutes.
The author also did a tool-assisted playaround on Mortal Kombat: Tournament Edition and on Mortal Kombat Advance.
If you want even more MKII action, check out our run for the SNES version as well.

Published on 8/2/2021
Astro Boy: Omega Factor is a side scrolling beat em up game developed by Treasure and published by Sega for the Game Boy Advance. Based on the anime and manga series of the same name, the game's fast paced action includes punching and kicking enemies (which can make enemies hit other enemies in the process) and using a laser pointer which can be used as a special attack.
Drakodan completes the "Birth" campaign in record time.

Published on 8/27/2022
Bruce Lee: Return of the Legend is a 2003 action beat 'em up game developed by Vicarious Visions. Despite the game not taking place in any Bruce Lee movie, it does feature tons of references to Bruce Lee's famous moves that he does in many of his films.
In this TAS, M1D controls Bruce Lee and defeats all the bad guys in record time.

Published on 1/29/2018
Digimon Battle Spirit is a fighting video game originally published by Bandai and developed by Dimps for the Japanese-only WonderSwan Color handheld system under the name Digimon Tamers: Battle Spirit (デジモンテイマーズ バトルスピリット Dejimon Teimāzu Batoru Supiritto). It was later ported to Nintendo's Game Boy Advance for international releases in North America and Europe two years later.
The game features characters and Digimon that were included in the first three seasons of the animated series of the same name in a somewhat simplistic fighting scenario, and also has slightly arranged samples of the show's soundtrack.
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.2.1

Published on 12/24/2020
Set in a post-apocalyptic New York, Double Dragon Advance is an enhanced port of the arcade original. It follows the story of Billy and Jimmy Lee, twin brothers trained in the fighting style of Sou-Setsu-Ken. Together, they manage a small martial arts training school, teaching their students in self-defense.
zoboner rescues Miriam on the hardest difficulty in record time.

Published on 1/4/2024
Set in a post-apocalyptic New York, Double Dragon Advance is an enhanced port of the arcade original. It follows the story of Billy and Jimmy Lee, twin brothers trained in the fighting style of Sou-Setsu-Ken. Together, they manage a small martial arts training school, teaching their students in self-defense.
This time, zoboner rescues Miriam with both Billy and Jimmy in a unique mode (1P Double Dragon Game) allowing the player to alternate between both by pressing Select.

Published on 7/15/2020
What would happen if Goku lost his childlike charm? Dragon Ball: Advanced Adventure of course! From start to finish Goku turns it up to the max and destroys all enemies with blisteringly fast combos. Try to keep up as Goku makes his way from novice to hero.
The predecessor movie time has been beaten by 01:04.31 minutes.

Published on 12/11/2016
Guilty Gear X: Advance Edition is a port of Guilty Gear X to the Game Boy Advance, itself a sequel of Guilty Gear, and is also a 2D fighting game. There are now 16 characters available for you to choose. The battle system became more complicated, thanks to the variety of moves you can perform. Beside special attacks which you can execute if you build up your Tension Gauge by attacking or advancing towards your opponent, there is also a variety of defensing moves to perform. The instant kill moves are back from the previous game.
Spikestuff improves upon the previous publication by 00:14.75 seconds, with the use of Zato over the previously used Ky Kiske.

Published on 3/11/2011
Based on the manga localized in North America as Fighting Spirit, Hajime no Ippo - The Fighting! is a game where you fight your opponents in a similar perspective to Super Punch-Out!!. You gain more special moves as the game progresses.
In this run, errror1 earns those special moves and uses them to beat down his opponents as fast as possible. He also takes advantage of an interesting quirk in the opponents' AI, ensuring that they do not get up after the first knockdown. For more details, see the author's comments.

Published on 7/17/2011
Mortal Kombat Advance is a port of the classic Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3, for a handheld console. A terrible one at that. This one features a different engine, full of glitches, lousy controls and an even cheaper AI.
AKheon makes the in-game fighters look like idiots by glitching the game in a lot of possible ways!
The author also did a tool-assisted playaround on Mortal Kombat II (Game Boy version) and on Mortal Kombat: Tournament Edition.
If you want your SNES UMK3 fix, you can check out this movie and this staff-recommended movie.

Published on 4/28/2011
Mortal Kombat: Tournament Edition is a standalone game which acts as a sort of expansion to the GBA version of Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance. It has different characters, better AI and some bug fixes compared to the original GBA game.
Here, AKheon plays the Tag Team mode, where he chooses a team of two fighters to fight against other teams. The characters can be swapped at any time during a match.
If you're looking for a run that abuses a lot of crazy glitches in a handheld fighting game, then look no further, you have it right here!
The author also did tool-assisted playarounds on Mortal Kombat II (Game Boy version) and Mortal Kombat Advance.

Published on 8/13/2008
Naruto: Ninja Council is the first of a series that is loosely based on the plot of the anime, with gameplay that is a mix between side-scrolling and fixed fighting.
In this run, Cardboard demonstrates his ninja skills using Sasuke as he effortlessly charges through levels and beats the end bosses so fast, they barely have enough time to fight back.

Published on 1/22/2023
River City Ransom EX is a remake of the original River City Ransom game on the NES. The game revolves around Kunio and Ryan (the 2 main protagonists) who, after knowing about Ryan's girlfriend being kidnapped, goes to River City High School to rescue her. Along the way, Kunio and Ryan encounters many gangs in their turfs, and fights them to seek out the bosses behind the nefarious plot.
tom_mai78101 rescues Ryan's girlfriend and defeats all the gangs and bosses in record time.

Published on 3/31/2023
River City Ransom EX is a remake of the original River City Ransom game on the NES. The game revolves around Kunio and Ryan (the 2 main protagonists) who, after knowing about Ryan's girlfriend being kidnapped, goes to River City High School to rescue her. Along the way, Kunio and Ryan encounters many gangs in their turfs, and fights them to seek out the bosses behind the nefarious plot.
In this TAS by tom_mai78101, we get to see as many special events that one can activate in a single play-through of the game, which leads to some entertaining chaos with each fight.
Video Downloads:
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Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.8, BizHawk 2.9 dev build

Published on 3/26/2016
Sonic Battle is a pseudo-fighting game, akin to Super Smash Bros. from Nintendo. Rather than being 3D side-scrolling, this game employs a 3D isometric view – not a static, sprite-based field though, it is comprised of actual texture-mapped polygons. The character sprites are 2D though, and while you think it wouldn't work – it does.
dekutony doesn't even break a sweat and completes Challenge Mode as Shadow in record time.

Published on 2/13/2022
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith is a game released in 2005 for the GBA, which follows the plot of the movie. One can play as either Anakin Skywalker or Obi-Wan Kenobi, while going through the movie's plotline.
Superposition, using a warp glitch that skips a large chunk of the game, completes the game in record time. Please read the author's comments for more details.

Published on 7/14/2012
Tekken Advance appears to be a good handheld port of the original arcade and PSX series, maintaining the Tekken spirit and physics despite the omission of some moves and characters.
AKheon plays around with another fighting game and, as always, succeeds in creating something impressive. This movie plays the game's unique Tag Battle mode, which allows the player to use 3 characters for each fight and switch between them at any time.
For more of Tekken Advance, see the run of the main mode.

Published on 10/25/2014
Tekken Advance is a fighting game in the Tekken series. While it is not considered canon to the Tekken storyline, it follows the events of Tekken 3 and includes most of the characters. It also features new stun mechanics.
This run, done using the hardest difficulty and one round per opponent, uses careful luck manipulation and Paul's powerful Burning Fist to take out everyone as fast as possible. Input is ended early to show the founder of the King of Iron Fist tournament unable to hit an opponent who isn't even fighting back.
For more Tekken runs that aim for fastest time, see the Tekken 2 or Tekken 3 runs for the PlayStation.

Published on 3/25/2018
X-Men: The Official Game is Activision's tie-in video game to the 2006 film X-Men: The Last Stand. The game lets you control either Wolverine, Colossus, Iceman or Nightcrawler through twenty-five stages of a traditional side-scrolling beat'em up platformer. You move through the levels usually to find the exit. The stages can scroll from left to right, top to bottom or more like a labyrinth.
In this TAS, TehBerral makes extensive use of Nightcrawler's teleport glitch to beat the game in record time.
This improve the previous publication by 00:50.73 due to better optimizations and strategies.

Published on 5/26/2022
Garou: Mark of the Wolves 2001 is a bootleg port of Garou: Mark of the Wolves to the Game Boy Color, using sprites stolen from The King of Fighters games for the Neo Geo Pocket Color along with a few new sprites based on those games' art style for characters that aren't in those games. It is a surprisingly average fighting game for a bootleg, with responsive controls and an impactful fighting system.
dekutony chooses Rock Howard and uses his overpowered Hard Rush attack to elbow his way through easily manipulated AI opponents to complete the game as fast as possible.

Watch this run being played back on a real console.

Published on 5/7/2013
Aside from the logo and some of the fighters, Mortal Kombat 4 for Game Boy Color has nothing to do with the original MK4.
Enjoy the hilarious badness of this game as AKheon beats down every fighter to finish in the fastest time possible.

Published on 2/11/2019
This is a 2-D fighting game based on the Shrek movies. In this run, Strife uses Princess Fiona —along with AI and RNG manipulation— to quickly defeat the other fighters.

Published on 2/16/2024
Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance is another entry in the Mortal Kombat franchise, developed by Midway exclusively for home consoles in 2002. Quan Chi, after escaping from the Netherrealm using an amulet he'd stolen from Shinnok. Later, he forms an alliance with Shang Tsung after learning a long-forgotten ruler of Outworld, known simply as the "Dragon King" can be revived.
SJ plays through the game's Arcade mode in record time.
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Emulator Replay:
Dolphin 5.0-16793

Published on 2/20/2013
Mortal Kombat: Deception is the sixth fighting game in the Mortal Kombat series, and the second one to use its engine, so that means it shouldn't be as loaded with bugs and glitches as previous games in the series, right? Maybe not.
In case you have no idea what's going on, a listing of the numerous glitches used and fight by fight commentary are available in the author's comments.

Published on 6/18/2023
Mortal Kombat: Deception is the sixth fighting game in the Mortal Kombat series, and the sequel to Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance. It continues from the same plot as the previous game, and features many minigames and special modes, including a Chess, and a roaming adventure mode known as "The Konquest".
In this movie, SJ takes out the Leader in Chess mode in record time.
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Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
Dolphin Emulator 5.0-16793

Published on 6/24/2023
Mortal Kombat: Deception is the sequel to Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance released for the GameCube in 2004. Like the previous game, it features the Konquest mode, although expanded greatly from Deadly Alliance, as it features elements of open-world exploration. Said mode is set before the events of the main game, and follows the life of Shujinko, who needs to collect the Kamidogu from the various realms in order to return them to the Nexus, so that they can be returned to the Elder Gods. The game also features a Chess Kombat mode and a Puzzle Kombat mode.
KusogeMan and SJ return the Kamidogu to the Nexus in record time, abusing an out-of-bounds glitch involving interrupting the door entering animation with movement and a conversation.

Published on 7/20/2023
Mortal Kombat: Deception is the sixth fighting game in the Mortal Kombat series and the sequel to Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance. It continues from the same plot as the previous game, with Onaga the Dragon King rising up and defeating the "Deadly Alliance", Shang Tsung and Quan Chi, and Raiden, ready to rule the realms. It features many minigames and special modes, including a Chess, and a roaming adventure mode known as "The Konquest", where Onaga plays Shujinko like a fiddle.
In this run, SJ uses Ashrah for her unparalleled combo ability and rises up the ladder to defeat Onaga in record time.
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Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
Dolphin Emulator 5.0- 16793

Published on 3/15/2024
Sonic Gems Collection is a compilation of more obscure video games in the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise. The three main games featured are Sonic CD, Sonic the Fighters, and Sonic R. It also contains a couple extra games from the Game Gear and a few unlockable games like the Vectorman games. Sonic the Fighters, one of the games featured, is a 3D arcade fighting game featuring various Sonic characters.
KusogeMan plays as Bark the Polarbear to play through the Arcade mode in record time

Published on 1/21/2016
SoulCalibur II continues the tradition set by Soul Blade on the PlayStation and SoulCalibur on the Dreamcast with intense action and plenty of weapons to deal the massive blows. Each console version of the game also includes a unique character for the platform; in the GameCube version, it's Link from The Legend of Zelda.
NhatNM improves his previous run by nearly a minute, thanks to setting the amount of rounds per match to 1 and overall better luck manipulation.

Note: In order for this run to sync, the free DSP files included with Dolphin must be used. Playing back the run using DSP files dumped from a real GameCube will result in a desync.
Note 2: Due to minor emulation issues, some fade transitions are completely missing, notably the transitions between matches in Arcade mode.
Game:
SoulCalibur II

Genres:
Fighting
Emulator Replay:
Dolphin 4.0-8530

Published on 12/31/2013
Nintendo's Super Smash Bros. fighting game series is rather different from your typical fighting game. Instead of wearing your opponent's health down to 0, you must knock him or her out of the battlefield. Damage counts upwards, with knockback from attacks that hit you becoming more severe as your damage increases. Fighting controls are also simplified, making it very easy for even your non-gaming friends to pick up and play.
Super Smash Bros. Melee offers fighters from the wealth of Nintendo characters like Mario, Bowser, different Pokémon, Link, and Kirby. They can either fight through the single-player modes like Classic, Adventure, and Event Mode, or they battle it out against other characters in a four-player frenzy.
Additional characters and stages are unlocked as hidden objectives are met, and coins rewarded for playing in all modes can be spent on a capsule toy machine. The toys in the machine represent games from Nintendo's entire video game history, and each can be viewed in 3D with a brief description.
In this TAS, numerics plays through Adventure Mode with Samus, abusing glitches to move through the stages at a high rate of speed while making the battles as entertaining as possible.
Note: There are encodes of higher resolution in the discussion thread.

Published on 5/15/2020
Nintendo's Super Smash Bros. fighting game series is rather different from your typical fighting game. Instead of wearing your opponent's health down to 0, you must knock him or her out of the battlefield. Damage counts upwards, with knockback from attacks that hit you becoming more severe as your damage increases. Fighting controls are also simplified, making it very easy for even your non-gaming friends to pick up and play.
Super Smash Bros. Melee offers fighters from the wealth of Nintendo characters like Mario, Bowser, different Pokémon, Link, and Kirby. They can either fight through the single-player modes like Classic, Adventure, and Event Mode, or they battle it out against other characters in a four-player frenzy.
Additional characters and stages are unlocked as hidden objectives are met, and coins rewarded for playing in all modes can be spent on a capsule toy machine. The toys in the machine represent games from Nintendo's entire video game history, and each can be viewed in 3D with a brief description.
In this TAS, Noxxa plays through the game's Classic Mode on the hardest difficulty, aiming to defeat every opponent in the most entertaining way possible. This often leads to some surprising solutions.

Note: The encodes also feature playing through the credits sequence as well as the "Challenger Approaching" fight against Jigglypuff.

Published on 7/4/2021
Nintendo's Super Smash Bros. fighting game series is rather different from your typical fighting game. Instead of wearing your opponent's health down to 0, you must knock him or her out of the battlefield. Damage counts upwards, with knockback from attacks that hit you becoming more severe as your damage increases. Fighting controls are also simplified, making it very easy for even your non-gaming friends to pick up and play.
Super Smash Bros. Melee offers fighters from the wealth of Nintendo characters like Mario, Bowser, different Pokémon, Link, and Kirby. They can either fight through the single-player modes like Classic, Adventure, and Event Mode, or they battle it out against other characters in a four-player frenzy.
Additional characters and stages are unlocked as hidden objectives are met, and coins rewarded for playing in all modes can be spent on a capsule toy machine. The toys in the machine represent games from Nintendo's entire video game history, and each can be viewed in 3D with a brief description.
This time, PracticalTAS plays through the All-Star Mode (which gets unlocked after unlocking every character) as Luigi, whilst not dealing any damage to the opponents in the process.
An encode with the author's commentary is available right here.

Published on 8/19/2021
Nintendo's Super Smash Bros. fighting game series is rather different from your typical fighting game. Instead of wearing your opponent's health down to 0, you must knock him or her out of the battlefield. Damage counts upwards, with knockback from attacks that hit you becoming more severe as your damage increases. Fighting controls are also simplified, making it very easy for even your non-gaming friends to pick up and play.
Super Smash Bros. Melee offers fighters from the wealth of Nintendo characters like Mario, Bowser, different Pokémon, Link, and Kirby. They can either fight through the single-player modes like Classic, Adventure, and Event Mode, or they battle it out against other characters in a four-player frenzy.
Additional characters and stages are unlocked as hidden objectives are met, and coins rewarded for playing in all modes can be spent on a capsule toy machine. The toys in the machine represent games from Nintendo's entire video game history, and each can be viewed in 3D with a brief description.
Here, we see the authors complete the "Target Test" mode of the game (more commonly referred to as "Break the Targets"). This run starts with all characters unlocked in order to play each unique level, and by using RNG manipulation, completes all levels with an in game time of 2:39.97.

Published on 10/3/2023
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is a 2003 3D beat em up video game developed and published by Konami. It is based around the 2003 cartoon of the same name, and the plot for the game is loosely based on episodes from the first season of the show.
Dimon12321 shell shocks their way through the levels as Donatello, taking down the evil Shredder in record time.

Published on 12/27/2023
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: Battle Nexus is a beat 'em up game by Konami. The sequel of the first game, it is also based on the 2003 animated series, more specifically the end of the second season, where the Turtles follow Splinter into the titular Battle Nexus. The various missions range from reaching a designated point, surviving for a certain amount of time, completing an objective within a time limit as well as defeating all enemies or a boss.
Dimon12321 makes quick work of Mega Shredder in record time.

Published on 12/7/2018
TMNT: Mutant Melee (released as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Melee in PAL regions) is a 3D fighting game based on the 2003 animated series. Whilst the combat system is similar to previous games based on the same series, TMNT: Mutant Melee is more arena-focused.
Here, author Dimon12321 presents a tool-assisted, shell-raising journey through all 170 levels of the game's Adventure Story mode.

Note: There are also lossless encodes and encodes at additional resolutions available in the discussion thread.

Published on 11/13/2023
Knockout is a simple fighting game and one of 52 games for the Sega Genesis version of Action 52. In this two player only game, you and one other person face each other off in the ring and box until either you or the other person gets knocked. Whoever scores the most knockouts out of nine rounds is the winner.
LoganTheTASer here saves 39 frames over his previous run through better menu maneuvering.
Video Downloads:
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Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.9.1

Published on 8/18/2014
Alien Storm is a 1990 beat 'em up arcade game by Sega. The aliens are invading Earth, and it's up to the "Alien Busters" to wipe them out and destroy their creator.
Watch as martandelus completely destroys all those dang aliens with the power of the Ghostbuster's proton backpack.
Game:
Alien Storm

Genres:
Fighting
Shooter
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 1.7.0

Published on 6/13/2012
Based on the 1995 action movie, Batman Forever is a critically panned sidescrolling beat 'em up. 2 players can take control of Batman and his circus acrobat sidekick Robin to battle Two-Face and The Riddler and other standard lackeys. It combines the Mortal Kombat engine with a generic sidescroller.
Keirden uses both of the superheroes and rolls through the game in a speedy 15 minutes.

Published on 11/25/2018
Comix Zone is a 1995 beat 'em up video game developed and published by Sega for the Sega Genesis. An unusual feature of the game is that it is set within the panels of a comic book with dialogue rendered within talk bubbles and sprites and backgrounds possessing the bright colours and dynamic drawing style favoured by superhero comics.
Sketch Turner, a "starving artist" and freelance rock musician living in New York City, is working on his newest comic book, named the "Comix Zone". One night, while Sketch is working on Comix Zone during a thunderstorm, a lightning bolt strikes a panel of his comic. In this instant, the main villain of Comix Zone - a powerful mutant named Mortus - manages to escape the comic book's pages, desiring to kill Sketch so he can become flesh and blood and take over the real world. Because he does not possess any power in reality, Mortus sends Sketch into the world of his own comic, freely drawing in enemies attempting to kill him.
Comix Zone is an action platformer in which players control Sketch as he progresses through panels of his comic book, hoping to reach the end and escape before his own creations finish him off. Each level consists of two pages and secrets are discovered by shredding the paper and revealing items. Along with standard attacks such as punching, kicking and jump attacks, Sketch can store up to three items in his inventory to help him overcome obstacles.
Archanfel improved the predecessor movie by 54.21 seconds thanks to faster strategies and manipulations.

Published on 2/14/2019
The Genesis version of Double Dragon, released by Accolade without license from Sega, is considered the most faithful port of the original arcade game. In addition, due to the more powerful hardware on the Genesis, the slowdown problems from the original 8-bit game have been fixed.
In this movie, mamuuuut kicks, punches, whips, and jumps his way through the game, making short work of any Black Warriors that dare to challenge him. This run beats the predecessor movie by 00:26.78 seconds.
For more beat 'em up action, see the runs of the Arcade and NES versions.

Published on 3/21/2010
A classic hack'n'slash arcade type game, which sports ridable creatures and magic. The author abuses the simplistic AI to make enemies commit suicide by jumping off cliffs.
This movie is about 7 seconds faster than the previous version.

Published on 9/13/2018
Golden Axe is a side-scrolling, beat 'em up, arcade video game released in 1989 by Sega for the System 16-B arcade hardware. It is the first game in the Golden Axe series. The game was ported to the Sega Genesis and Master System consoles, among many other systems.
The game puts players in the shoes of one of three heroes, each with his own reason for trying to overthrow the evil rule of Death-Adder, who - along with his forces of darkness - kidnapped and imprisoned the King and his daughter and stole the legendary Golden Axe.
This movie plays through The Duel mode, a survival mode type game that pitted players against increasingly powerful foes in consecutive rounds of play. We also have a TAS of the main game mode.
Game:
Golden Axe

Genres:
Fighting
Emulator Replay:
BizHawk 2.2.1

Published on 2/6/2013
Buff guy and Kitty guy run around and kill things. Kitty guy swings on Buff guy's sword. Things die.
More seriously, Golden Axe III is one of the sequels to the original Golden Axe. One notable change is that players can now pick several different routes through the game by making choices at certain intersections. Also, the two players can use a "team-up" attack for high damage, which is used very frequently in this movie.
Emulator Replay:
Gens 10a

Published on 2/3/2013
"Hey, let's fight!"
Ka-Ge-Ki: Fists of Steel is a game where you play a fighter out to get revenge on the Kageki gang for murdering his brother.
"Is that all?"
Well, you have the ability to throw two different types of punch and to jump. Only the big punch is used. The gang is very polite and allows you to beat them up one at a time.
"Oooh, he not bad."
What's a referee doing in a gang anyway?

Published on 11/5/2010
As an astounding 1 minute 42 second improvement over the previous TAS, this movie pretty much chucks out everything done by the previous movie and proves that, in the end, the elbow is the deadliest weapon known to man.

Note that this TAS uses the Oct 1991 version of the game. It will not sync on the July 1991 version.
Game:
Pit-Fighter

Genres:
Fighting
Video Downloads:
Compatibility MP4
Emulator Replay:
GENS

Published on 11/30/2019
Splatterhouse 2 is a beat 'em up game featuring a skull-masked guy named Rick fighting against undead creatures. Rick is plagued with nightmares that he couldn’t save his girlfriend Jennifer in the first game. The Skull-like mask tells Rick that Jennifer can still be saved, so he returns to the Splatterhouse in hopes of saving his girlfriend.
EZGames69 & zallard1 improved the predecessor movie by 00:02.79 seconds.

Note: The game is unofficially rated "PG-13" for violence and gruesome images. The game was later officially rated 17+ or M rated by the ESRB.

Published on 12/30/2012
Street Smart is a 1989 beat 'em up arcade game developed and published by SNK, later ported to the Genesis in 1991. It is notable by North Americans for being one of the earliest arcade games to show the anti-drug slogan, "Winners Don't Use Drugs".

Published on 2/19/2008
A typical streetfighting game which spawned the popular Streets of Rage trilogy. This game is rumored to have used the same engine as Golden Axe, which is why the A button summons magic (sort of) to damage all enemies on screen, instead of doing some sort of roundhouse, like almost all other beat'em ups.
Completed on the hardest difficulty.
Compared to the previous movie, this is over 10 minutes faster. Primarily due to the use of 2-players and a glitch that skips most of the last level.
Details can be found in the authors' comments.
See this run replayed on console.

One of the authors of this TAS, Mitjitsu, has been known to make statements and/or take actions that do not reflect the values of TASVideos as a community.
TASVideos does not in any way condone the statements and/or actions made by this author.
This video is presented not to support or glorify this author, but to archive and showcase this tool-assisted superplay.

Published on 7/27/2012
Streets of Rage 2 is an excellent Beat-'Em-Up game with an extraordinary soundtrack composed by Yuzo Koshiro and Motohiro Kawashima. This run is played with Max and Skate on Mania difficulty.
The author, Sonikkustar, has discovered some new glitches and used 2 players to improve 04:56.97 over the previous run.

Published on 6/21/2013
In part three of the Streets of Rage series, Mr. X is back and this time his plan involves replacing public officials with his own robots. Only Axel, Blaze, Skate, and newcomer Dr. Zan can stop him. Streets of Rage 3 features all of the beat 'em up action you would expect from a Streets of Rage game.
One new feature is the special move power bar, where it only costs energy to do a special move if the bar isn't full. Also new is the ability to do special maneuvers with different weapons, depending on the character. For example, Skate has no special move with the pipe, but he does have one with the knife. The opposite is true for Axel. Any weapon Dr. Zan picks up is turned into energy balls which he can throw at the enemies. Secret characters and multiple endings also add replay value.
In this run, watch atro city stylishly dispose of a lot of thugs and robots using Blaze and Dr. Zan, clearing a long game in only about 38 minutes. A glitch is used which does damage much more quickly when two characters attack multiple enemies at the same time. For more details, read the submission comments.

Published on 8/5/2012
Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 is a classic fighting game that's been seen before at TASVideos. But, with each port comes a different set of bugs, and we wouldn't want to leave them out.
Here the authors break everything in sight, using both duel and cpu fights to show off as many glitches as possible. Try not to rip your heart out while watching this.

Published on 8/6/2023
Ultimate Mortal Kombat Trilogy is a ROM hack of Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 for the Sega Genesis that adds in every character and stage that was in the first three Mortal Kombat games. It also adds in characters, combos, sounds, and special moves that were in the original arcade versions but not in the console versions, along with some special romhack original goodies. However, care was not taken into balancing the game when adding all the characters. Some of them may have very distinct and noticeable advantages over many others.
For this demonstration, Lars_Hendrick chooses to play 2 player-controlled characters against 1 CPU-controlled character, using Chameleon and Woman Chameleon, and lets loose with all the wacky and game-shattering combos and specials the romhack has to offer. The result is something that has to be seen to be believed.

Published on 2/23/2013
Yie Ar Kung-Fu II: The Emperor Yie-Gah is the sequel to the famous Yie Ar Kung-Fu. Both games were developed by Konami for the MSX. While the first one was a fighting game, this one is a beat 'em up. You play as Lee Young, a martial arts master and the son of the first game's hero, who must take out self-proclaimed Emperor Yie-Gah and his gang and save China from their evil influence.
The author, Quibus, avoids unnecessary battles with gang members and beats down every boss to defeat Yie-Gah without taking a scratch.


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