Jaleco released several beat 'em ups on the SNES, although you may not know that three of them are actually related. Exclusively in Japan, the games Rival Turf!, Brawl Brothers and The Peace ...

But it never happened. Yes, there were a couple of middling SNES/Genesis sidescrollers, but like most console beat ‘em ups at the time, they were limited by their at-home hardware. We never got ...

Streets of Rage 2 stands as one of the most well-crafted beat ... SNES version, it would have been a real toss-up as to whether that or Streets of Rage 2 would be the go-to beat-'em-up.