Bad Street Brawler
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| Bad Street Brawler | |
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 NES cover art | |
| Developer(s) | Beam Software |
| Publisher(s) | Melbourne House Mindscape Mattel |
| Composer(s) | NES Gavan Anderson Tania Smith |
| Platform(s) | Commodore 64, MS-DOS, Nintendo Entertainment System, ZX Spectrum |
| Release | 1987 |
| Genre(s) | Beat 'em up |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Bad Street Brawler, originally released for home computers as Bop'n Rumble[1] in North America and as Street Hassle[2][3] in Europe, is a 1987 video game by Beam Software. Versions were released for the ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64 and MS-DOS by Melbourne House and Mindscape with a NES version following in September 1989.[4] The NES version was one of only two games specifically designed for use with Mattel's Power Glove.
Gameplay
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The player plays the character Duke Davis (the back of the box calls him Duke Dunnegan), who goes from stage to stage beating up gangsters that get in his way, dressed in a yellow tank top, sunglasses, and yellow pants. He is described as a former punk rocker and the "world's coolest" martial artist.
Before the start of the next stage, quotes are introduced to entertain the player (such as "Never trouble trouble until trouble troubles you"). The player fights a variety of enemies, such as gorillas and circus dwarves who throw hammers at the player (old ladies in the computer versions who throw purses at the player). There are 15 stages in this game. Moves include the "bull ram" attack and "trip" move.
Development
[edit]Coverage of the Nintendo version was set to be announced at the Winter CES 1988 by Mindscape,[5] but was abruptly pulled at the Summer CES 1988, and a conversion of the arcade game Paperboy took its place.[6]
Reception
[edit]Electronic Gaming Monthly's Seanbaby placed it as number 16 in his "20 worst games of all time" feature.[7]
Zzap!64 called it "A extremely strange but enjoyable beat 'em up," giving it an overall score of 80%. [8]
Reviews
[edit]- ASM (Aktueller Software Markt)[9]
- GamersHell.com[10]
- Your Sinclair[11]
- ASM (Aktueller Software Markt)[12]
- Your Sinclair[13]
- Sinclair User[14]
- Game Freaks 365[15]
- Questicle.net[16]
- Retro Game Reviews[17]
- Just Games Retro[18]
- 8-bit Central Retro Gaming[19]
- Bad Game Hall of Fame[20]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Lemon, Kim (November 17, 2001). "Bop'n Rumble - Commodore 64 Game - Download Disk/Tape, Music, Review - Lemon64". Lemon64.
- ^ Lemon, Kim (November 26, 2001). "Street Hassle - Commodore 64 Game - Download Disk/Tape, Music, Review, Cheat - Lemon64". Lemon64.
- ^ "World of Spectrum - Street Hassle". World of Spectrum.
- ^ Nintendo staff. "NES Games" (PDF). Nintendo. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 21, 2010. Retrieved September 24, 2011.
- ^ "Nintendo Makes Big Impression at CES" (PDF). Computer Entertainer. Vol. 6, no. 10. 1988-01-22. p. 10. Archived from the original on 2021-10-09. Retrieved 2021-10-09.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Torrent of Titles from Nintendo Licensees". Computer Entertainer. Vol. 7, no. 3. 1988-06-26. pp. 11–12. ISSN 0890-2143.
- ^ "Seanbaby's EGM's Crapstravaganza - #16: Bad Street Brawler (NES)". Seanbaby.com. Archived from the original on 2006-07-07. Retrieved 2007-01-29.
- ^ "Zzap! 64 issue 32, page 14".
- ^ "Aktueller Software Markt (ASM) Magazine (February 1990)". Archive.org. Aktueller Software Markt. February 1990. p. 11.
- ^ "Bad Street Brawler Review". Gamers Hell. 3 May 2022. Archived from the original on 2005-11-12.
- ^ "Your Sinclair Magazine Issue 27". Archive.org. 27. Your Sinclair. March 1988. p. 66.
- ^ "Aktueller Software Markt (ASM) Magazine (January 1988)". Archive.org. Aktueller Software Markt. January 1988. p. 18.
- ^ "Your Sinclair Magazine Issue 51". Archive.org. 51. Your Sinclair. March 1990. p. 43.
- ^ "Sinclair User Magazine Issue 095". Archive.org. 95. Sinclair User. February 1990. p. 83. ISSN 0262-5458.
- ^ "Bad Street Brawler Review". Game Freaks 365. January 7, 2011. Archived from the original on 2014-09-03.
- ^ Cornelius, Dylan (2011). "#51 - Bad Street Brawler". questicle.net. Archived from the original on 2016-05-10.
- ^ Rodriguez, Roberto (27 October 2015). "Bad Street Brawler (NES review)". Retro Game Reviews.
- ^ Man, The J (October 15, 2006). "Bad Street Brawler – Just Games Retro". Just Games Retro.
- ^ "Game review: Mattel Bad Street Brawler for Nintendo NES". 8 Bit Central.
- ^ "Bad Street Brawler". Bad Game Hall of Fame. 19 March 2017.
External links
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