Final Fight

Final Fight (JapaneseファイナルファイトHepburnFainaru Faito) 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 non-fictional United States of the fictional Metro City, the player controls one of three street fighters: former pro wrestler and city mayor Mike Haggar, his daughter’s boyfriend Cody, as well as his daughter’s best friend and Cody’s worthy rival Guy, as they set out to clash with the Mad Gear Gang and rescue Haggar’s young daughter Jessica from their ransom.

The game began development as a sequel to the original Street Fighter released in 1987, but the genre was switched from a fighting game to a beat ’em up and the title was changed following the success of Double DragonFinal Fight was ported to various home consoles such as the Super NES and was followed by a few sequels. Its development team later worked on the original Street Fighter II and some of the characters from Final Fight later appeared as playable fighters in other entries of the franchise such as the Street Fighter Alpha sub-series. On September 13, 2018, Capcom announced Capcom Beat ‘Em Up Bundle with Final Fight being one of seven titles and released digitally for PlayStation 4Nintendo SwitchXbox One, and Microsoft Windows on September 18, 2018.

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Double Dragon II – The Revenge

Double Dragon (双截龍 (ダブルドラゴン), Daburu Doragon – Sō Setsu Ryū) is a beat ’em up video game series initially developed by Technōs Japan and released as an arcade game in 1987. The series features twin martial artists, Billy and Jimmy Lee, as they fight against various adversaries and rivals. Due to the popularity of the game series, a 1993 animated series and 1994 live-action film adaptation were produced; these were widely-panned by critics and audiences.

The franchise is now the property of Arc System Works, the company that ported the original Double Dragon to the Sega Master System console in 1988.

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Captain Commando

Captain Commando (Japanese: キャプテンコマンドー, Hepburn: Kyaputen Komandō) is a 1991 futuristic side-scrolling beat ’em up video game originally developed and published by Capcom as a coin-operated arcade video game, and later ported to several other platforms. It was the seventeenth title produced for the company’s CP System hardware. The game stars the titular superhero who was originally conceived as a fictional spokesman used by Capcom USA in the company’s console games during the late 1980s.[citation needed] On September 13, 2018, Capcom announced Capcom Beat ‘Em Up Bundle with Captain Commando being one of seven titles and released digitally for PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One and Microsoft Windows on September 18, 2018.

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