Set in the mythical world of ancient Japan, players take on the role of ninja warrior Shinobi. To free the world from the curse of Goaku, Shinobi must recover 5 elemental swords and defeat the Shoguns who wield them. It will take stealth, strength, and the mastery of the mystic arts for Shinobi to battle his way through the 5 lands.
While the game shares a name with the third game in the Shinobi series, it's a stand-alone spin-off title not based on the previous game.
The year is 2054 and you are Precrime Officer John Anderton, head of an elite police force division that can apprehend murderers before the crime can be committed. Everyone thought the system was perfect, until a precrime report lists you as the prime suspect. Now, you're on the run through 40 futuristic levels filled with both human and robot enemies in a mission to clear your name. With an arsenal of weapons, hand-to-hand combat skills, and a Jetpack that allows you to fly through levels, it's up to you to stop an evil conspiracy before it's too late.
Gamers waited many years for another installment of the Shinobi series. Now they finally get what they have wanted.
Shinobi takes place in Tokyo, where a mysterious evil force has taken over, and it is up to you to stop it. You play Hotsuma, who is the leader of a clan called the Oboro Clan. Hotsuma is the only survivor of his clan and all of his dead clansmen are now fighting against him due to this evil force.
Xiao Xiao 9 is part of the Xiao Xiao Flash series. It is a short beat 'em up in the vein of Final Fight, where a black stickman must traverse the animator's desk, beating up purple stickmen along the way. The hero has several attacks available: a regular punch or kick, a flying kick, a throw, and a roundhouse kick which knocks down all nearby enemies but costs a part of the hero's life bar. After making it through several fights, the hero climbs on top of the artist's computer to confront the final boss who has multiple health bars.
For countless generations there was very little to stand between vampires and their human prey--until now. In Blade II, you are a vampire hunter who possesses all the strengths of a vampire, and none of its weaknesses. Skilled in martial arts, guns, and swordplay, you must protect humans from the hungering darkness. Keep the evil forces at bay with your 360-degree combat system and unstoppable rage powers. High-tech weaponry, destructive rage abilities, and over-the-top finishing moves turn every enemy encounter into an action-packed bloodbath.
Mystic Heroes is a fighting action game, similar to Koei's Dynasty Warriors. Players can perform melee attacks and element spells, which become more powerful with continuous use. The game has eight stages.
There are four playable characters, and four unlockable characters in the PS2 version, for a total of eight. The game features a single-player story mode and three additional single-player modes, as well as co-op and versus multiplayer.
A collaboration between "Jez" and Zhu Zhiqiang, making a fuller beat-em-up based on Zhu's "Xiao Xiao" series of stick figure fight animations and games. It was the 5th and final playable entry in the series.
Hiro was orphaned shortly after being born; his parents the king and queen killed by the evil Element Master Akunin. Now fully grown, Hiro sets out to best the four element trials and become an Element Master himself, while Akunin waits for the chance to finish what he started years ago. The elemental trial of Earth is the first Hiro must complete, but after that the three remaining trials, as well as the stages leading up to them, may be attempted in any order. On his quest Hiro will find many weapons of different classes, such a short swords and spears. These weapons will become damaged over time and eventually break, but they can be repaired with an item Hiro can find. After having completed an elemental trial Hiro gains the ability to cast magic of that element, increasing his effectiveness against enemies weak to that element.
In multiplayer mode two players can face off against each other in deathmatch arenas with special rules, such as tag, survival, and time attack.
Hateful Chris is a 2D side-scrolling adventure starring Chris, a skull-faced boy who hates consumerism and the mainstream culture. With an arsenal ranging from sticks to nuke launchers, Chris goes on a reckless violent killing spree.
The Crystal of Kings is an extremely rare arcade scrolling fighter developed by BrezzaSoft. It boasts very high-quality pre-rendered graphics, and a morality system that determines whether you get a good, neutral, or bad ending. Unfortunately, the gameplay is far behind the curve, resembling Golden Axe more than advanced brawlers such as Guardian Heroes or Gaia Crusaders.
The Rage is one of the very few examples of 3D scrolling beat’em up for PC; it guarantees a great playability, never forgotten by old style arcade players, together with the new stunning graphics, thanks to modern PC hardware, and really strong musics. It allows to fight with up to four players, using the same PC or Internet and LAN connections, in real brawls against a great number of enemies with a wide range of easy-to-do moves.
Originally intended to be the fourth installment in the Resident Evil series, Devil May Cry is an action-adventure game that introduced a host of new elements to the gaming community. Chief among them is the Stylish Rank, which grades the player's performance in combat. The game is split into Missions, which are individually scored according to various factors, such as Orbs gathered and damage taken. Additionally, Devil May Cry did away with the pre-rendered backgrounds of prior Resident Evil games in order to allow for a dynamic camera system.
Maken is a man-made life form created to delve into the human soul and cure mental disease. Take control of this creature in an adventure that takes you across the globe in a battle against a terrorist organization led by a Chinese god.
A 3D action adventure - Maken Shao lets you possess the bodies of key game characters, unlocking their memories and special attacks as you struggle to uncover who is behind a sinister conspiracy to change the fate of humankind forever.