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Bad Street Brawler
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
Release1987, 1989
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 1989. The NES version was one of only two games specifically designed for use with Mattel's Power Glove.

Gameplay

In-game screenshot

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

Coverage of the Nintendo version was set to be announced at the Winter CES 1988 by Mindscape,[4] but was abruptly pulled at the Summer CES 1988, and a conversion of the arcade game Paperboy took its place.[5]

Reception

Electronic Gaming Monthly's Seanbaby placed it as number 16 in his "20 worst games of all time" feature.[6]

Reviews

See also

References

  1. ^ "Lemon64 - Commodore 64 Games - C64 Reviews & Music".
  2. ^ "Lemon64 - Commodore 64 Games - C64 Reviews & Music".
  3. ^ "World of Spectrum - Street Hassle".
  4. ^ "Nintendo Makes Big Impression at CES" (PDF). Computer Entertainer. 1988-01-22. Retrieved 2021-10-09.
  5. ^ "Torrent of Titles from Nintendo Licensees". Computer Entertainer. 1988-06-26.
  6. ^ "Seanbaby's EGM's Crapstravaganza - #16: Bad Street Brawler (NES)". Seanbaby.com. Archived from the original on 2006-07-07. Retrieved 2007-01-29.
  7. ^ "Aktueller Software Markt (ASM) Magazine (February 1990)". February 1990.
  8. ^ "GamersHell - Your Gateway to Gaming Since 2000". 3 May 2022.
  9. ^ "Your Sinclair Magazine Issue 27". March 1988.
  10. ^ "Aktueller Software Markt (ASM) Magazine (January 1988)". January 1988.
  11. ^ "Your Sinclair Magazine Issue 51". March 1990.
  12. ^ "Sinclair User Magazine Issue 095". February 1990.
  13. ^ http://www.gamefreaks365.com/review.php?artid=1822
  14. ^ http://questicle.net/2011/01/51-bad-street-brawler.html
  15. ^ "Bad Street Brawler (NES review)".
  16. ^ "Bad Street Brawler – Just Games Retro".
  17. ^ "Game review: Mattel Bad Street Brawler for Nintendo NES".
  18. ^ "Bad Street Brawler". 19 March 2017.

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