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March 26, 2023 Beat 'em Up, Nintendo Entertainment System, Special Features

Beating the Hardest Game of All Time – Battletoads, 2-Player – Marmax Gaming – VIDEO

Beating Battletoads on 2-player? “Impossible!” you say. “NAY!” says Marmax Gaming who provides video evidence from his sprawling YouTube channel!

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March 5, 2023 Beat 'em Up, Compilations, Nintendo Switch

TMNT: The Cowabunga Collection – Switch

TMNT: The Cowabunga Collection delivers 13 of the best classic TMNT games from ’89 to ’94. You’d be hard pressed to find a better retro collection anywhere. For any franchise. On any platform.

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May 28, 2020 Beat 'em Up, Sega Genesis (Mega Drive)

Beating & Reviewing Battletoads for Genesis! – VIDEO – MarMax Gaming

MarMax Gaming brings us their take on Battletoads, infamous for being one of the toughest games ever made. And guess what? MarMax Gaming beats it here!

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May 2, 2020 Beat 'em Up, Beyond Bacon, Nintendo Entertainment System

Beating & Reviewing Sword Master for NES! – VIDEO – MarMax Gaming

MarMax Gaming brings us their take on Sword Master, an expensive and rarer game for the NES! It’s expensive, but is it good? Beating & Reviewing.

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February 27, 2018 Arcade, Beat 'em Up

Thunder Heroes – Arcade

The world is in peril and only one band of heroes can take on the King of Demon – Thunder Heroes! NerdBacon’s Co-Owner, theWatchman joins the merry band of warriors to fight evil and learn new words in his review of the coin-op, Thunder Heroes.

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January 2, 2018 Arcade, Beat 'em Up

Brute Force – Arcade

Brute Force had all the makings of a classic beat ’em up, steeped in the wacky, anything goes charm that oozed from so many arcade games of the 1990’s. What theWatchman found however was perhaps the makings of an insidious CIA black site conspiracy. Check out the full review inside.

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December 10, 2017 Beat 'em Up, Sega Genesis (Mega Drive)

Alien Storm – Genesis

Can you help the Alien Busters stop the alien’s invasion of earth by using a short-range blast attack and a somersault and nothing else? Can you survive extreme monotony and mediocrity that IS Alien Storm? Well, punk, CAN YOU? Lace up your boots bitch because you must hate your fucking life if you’re gonna play this.

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September 11, 2017 Beat 'em Up, Nintendo Game Boy

Double Dragon – Game Boy

Double Dragon. You’ve heard of it. You’ve seen it around. Maybe you’ve even played it. But have you ever played it on the Game Boy? Check out Nerd Bacon owner Nerdberry’s take on this portable console port of a classic arcade game!

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February 10, 2017 Arcade, Beat 'em Up

Ninja Baseball Batman – Arcade

Intrigued at the prospect of playing a game he had never heard of, NerdBacon’s intrepid news director, theWatchman slugged his way around the bases of Ninja Baseball Batman. Find out if this obscure arcade beat ’em up is an all-star or a bench warmer in our full review!

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February 1, 2017 Arcade-Style Games, Beat 'em Up, Sega Genesis (Mega Drive)

Altered Beast – Sega Genesis

Altered Beast. The TRUE game that Sega fans should be thanking for Sega’s success. Sega proved that the Genesis was the best console on the market with one incredible strategy: Porting their heavy hitters from the arcades… and porting them well! Nerd Bacon co-owner Nerdberry powers up one last time….

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September 6, 2016 Beat 'em Up, Super Nintendo Entertainment System

The King of Dragons – Super Nintendo

As the classic song says, “i just can’t wait to be king.” Did The King of Dragons posses the fortitude to claim the throne of beat-’em-up games on the Super Nintendo? Find out in our review.

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August 29, 2016 Beat 'em Up, Microsoft Xbox One, Survival Horror Games

Dead Rising 3 – Xbox One

Who needs a plot when you can murder zombies for the fun of it? Come join resident maniac Rhutszar in Los Perdidos, the land of chaos and the occasional zombie infestation. Dead Rising 3, how do you stand up to the rest?

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February 15, 2016 Beat 'em Up, Super Nintendo Entertainment System

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie – SNES

The entire time I played this game, I was hoping it would morph into a good beat’ em up. ChronoSloth reviews Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie for SNES.

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February 14, 2016 Beat 'em Up, Nintendo Game Boy

Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers: The Movie – Game Boy

Nerd Bacon author ChronoSloth reviews Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie for Game Boy. It features all your favorites: the 6 grey rangers.

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January 20, 2016 Beat 'em Up, Nintendo GameCube

Wario World – GameCube

It’s 2016, everybody. A new year. Time to start fresh. And what better way of starting fresh than returning to something old and familiar? We’ve had loads of fun with Wario on the small screen…now it’s time to live out an adventure so big, it calls for a world of his own. That’s right folks, this time, Nerd Bacon’s Wario buff ZB is taking on the grandiose settings of Wario World for the GameCube!

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