Schiaffi&Fagioli - A very wild western free beat 'em up!

We haven't posted many free indie games this week, so change that straight away we went on a hunt to find a game that was both fun and well worth a download. Here's lochiamavanotriniteam's beat 'em up demo of ' Schiaffi&Fagioli ' that was originally developed in Unity for the Spaghetti Western Jam as a Tribute to the Bud Spencer and Terence Hill movies.

Haunted Halloween '85 - Top quality homebrew beat em up for the NES

You can certainly tell that Halloween is approaching as more and more creepy games with pumpkins, ghouls and ghosts start to appear for your gaming enjoyment. One such game by the developers Cash In Culture aims to impress with a top notch beat em up developed specificity for the NES Titled ' Haunted : Halloween '85 '. This game features great NES detail, lots of enemies to fight, cool fighting moves, a great soundtrack and smooth scrolling.

Deadly Venoms - Seriously cool action packed brawler gets a double campaign!

Game Type : Action, Arcade, Beat em up
Developer : Firebutton
Developer Description : Deadly Venoms is an arcade-style brawler influenced by 80s Kung Fu movies and HipHop!  Battle waves of street punks, undead ninjas, flaming skull heads and roundhouse kick your way through 10 levels of fast paced, hard as Chuck Norris gameplay! Featuring arcade quality pixel art and a funkyass soundtrack from top videogame musicians such as Eirik Shurke (Spelunky/Hotline Miami). Deadly Venoms is heart pumping retro arcade action mixed with modern console-level replay value.

Double Dragon - Beat em up enhanced for the Atari 7800

In 1987-1988 a fantastic beat 'em up video game developed by Technōs Japan and distributed in North America and Europe by Taito was to take centre stage with two-player cooperative gameplay and the ability to use weapons from disarmed enemies. ' Double Dragon ' as it was titled, was one of the greatest beat em ups I've ever played on the Amiga, and it would probably come as a surprise that it was also ported over to a vast array of other systems. Today's news is the latest update release for KevinMos3's enhanced edition of Double Dragon, but for the Atari 78000 which brings it more in line with the Arcade original.

Curses 'N Chaos - Action packed retro styled game coming to Steam August 18th

Our good friends Retrotaku have informed us of an action packed retro inspired game that is coming to Steam this August 18th. Named as ' Curses 'n Chaos ' and developed by Tribute Games, you play as Alchemist Allison on a quest to cure the curse inflicted upon the bounty hunters Leo and Lea by an evil Wizard King Algarr. But this is no ordinary curse as the only way to cure it is by defeating all the monsters and gathering the ingredients for The Elixir of Life!

BAD ASS BABES - Episode 1 of a live action fighting game! (+18)

Before you get all worried and think we have been taken over by a dirty site, we haven't, nor have we gone completely insane. But what we have found is a 2D retro styled fighting game using live action sprites called 'BAD ASS BABES' by Thatcher Productions that was officially released on Gamejolt as episode 1. A very cheesy game indeed with some nudity contained within, you have a choice from a selection of ladies that must fight their way through mutant soldiers and hybrid alien experiments, to put an end to the alien race.

Shadow Fighter - A brilliant Amiga beat em up, now PC playable!

What's the best way to spend the early hours other than getting ready to go to bed? It's playing Amiga games on your PC thanks to The Company.PL! So here's the latest release and it's a brilliant game from 1994/5, 'Shadow Fighter' developed by N.A.P.S. and published by Gremlin Interactive.  If you thought Street Fighter was good, then this might be just worth your time.

Street Fighter II - The REAL CPC Edition is in development!

Cast your minds way back to 1992 when Capcom's eagerly awaited beat em up ' Street Fighter 2 ' finally appeared on the C64 and ZX Spectrum. At least a year and a half later if not more , the Amstrad version was supposed to be coming to the Amstrad CPC, at least according to Amstrad Action. Yet for some reason, perhaps the development was scrapped it never appeared. Many years later, a homebrew port from the Gameboy version did appear on the Amstrad CPC by Hermol but many felt that it wasn't a true reflection of the Amstrad's detail. Fast forward to 2013-2015 and a very impressive homebrew remake titled 'Street Fighter II - CPC Edition' is being developed by DaDMaN, McKlain and AugustoRuiz for the Amstrad CPC 6128 (128Kb RAM).

Dungeons and Dragons The Rise of Warduke - A retro inspired beat em up that will amaze you!

We have decided to save the best to last, and wow have we got an incredible free game for you to play today! Prepare yourselves for one of the finest OpenBOR engine developed beat em' ups ever to grace your screens; it's 'Dungeons and Dragons The Rise of Warduke' created by Count Monte. A game that right from the word go, is a visual retro treat.

Duck Out - Beat em up Amstrad CPC game gets a new tease!

At the beginning of this month ( May ) we gave everyone the heads up of a new Amstrad game in the works called 'Duck Out', which was to be ported from the ZX Spectrum but looking oh so much better with improved speed. First released in 1989 as a 2D side-scrolling beat em up, whereby the player controlled a duck with a frying pan, has now got a new trailer which shows just how good an Amstrad CPC can scroll while looking to be oh so much fun too!

AURION Legacy of the Kori-Odan - Action fantasy game gets a new combo trailer

Action RPG's seem to be the in thing this week as another action RPG has now appeared which not only has a new trailer showing of climbing, combo, menu and walkthroughs but has also gathered a new publisher by the name of  Plug-In-Digital. This is AURION: Legacy of the Kori-Odan and you play as Enzo Kori-Odan the Prince of Zama who suffers a coup d'état from his brother in-law on the day of his coronation and marriage with Erine Evou. Exiled, you will need to fight your way through and gather enough support to reunite your Aurionic Heritage to retrieve the throne.

Duck Out - An actual Amstrad CPC game in the works!

Over these last few days a few members have been commenting that we don't do enough Amstrad CPC releases, which to be fair is true, however this is difficult for us because there hasn't really been any new CPC titles to talk about unlike the C64 and ZX Spectrum. But today we do have a game to show you called 'Duck Out', originally by Dro Soft that is currently being ported to the Amstrad CPC!

Target Renegade Mod - Enhanced beat em up for the ZX Spectrum

In 1988 Ocean Software ( Imagine Label ) released a fine beat em up for the Amstrad CPC, C64 and ZX Spectrum. It was a great title that featured both single player and two player fighting with you playing as street fighters known only as Renegade, in a revenge against a kingpin named "Mr. Big" for murdering their brother. But today's news sees the release of a 'Target Renegade Mod' by R.M (Ralf) which not only enhances the colours throughout the game, but also gives it new backgrounds, more challenging game play and a higher number of enemies to fight.

Knuckle Busters 29D - C64 arcade beat em up cracked by Hackersoft

In 1986 Melbourne House released an arcade beat em up for the C64 called Knuckle Buster. It was a frustrating and rather poor title with repetitive respawning enemies, lacklustre fighting mechanics and tedious jumping levels. The only saving grace was the brilliant sound track by the legend that is Rob Hubbard. Yet if it wasn't for Hackersoft's latest cracked update of the game which features many new additions, I probably would not have touched the game again today.

Rampage Knights - Beat em up with style through Steam early access

Rake in Grass, developers of the brilliant side scrolling shoot em up 'Jets'n'Guns' have set their sights on a completely different genre that combines both Golden Axe and the game play style similar to Binding of Isaac. Welcome to 'Rampage Knights', a co-op beat em up mixed up with randomized dungeon crawling and exploration, which you can play alone or with a friend online.

Street Fist 2 - Another Beat-Em-Up game fighting for your Steam Greenlight votes

There is something to be said about beat em ups, they are extremely popular! They can be found at the arcades, on your consoles or even on your home PC. So without further ado, here's another beat em up that is fighting for your Steam Greenlight votes, 'Street Fist 2' developed by Xdstudios.

Street Warriors - Beat em up crazy hacked for the C64

The last cheatable retro game of mention for today is 'Street Warriors'; a beat em up by Silverbird released in 1989 for the C64. Similar in style to such games as Double Dragon but in no way as good, you must punch and kick your way through multiple enemy types to reach the final boss.

Motorhead - Pop star Amiga beat em up for the PC

Today's game by The Company.PL is an Amiga release for the PC titled 'Motorhead'; an unusual beat em up game first released in 1992 by Virgin. You play as Motorhead's leadman Lemmy Kilmister, kicking ass through multiple side scrolling levels, using both guitar and fists to punch your way to the top.

Fatal Fury Final - SEEP punches it's way through to another OpenBOR release

SEEP are well known in the Indie/Retro scene of making very good fighting remakes of classic games such as Golden Axe, Ikari Warriors and Fighting Street using the OpenBOR engine. They are designed to be as close as possible to the originals while mixing it up with their own flavour. Well today they are back with another kick-ass fighting game in the form of Fatal Fury Final!

Double Dragon Trilogy & Double Dragon Extreme - A brilliant remastered and remade beat em up

You probably already know by now that the awesome Double Dragon trilogy of beat em ups from the 1980's/90's has appeared on GOG, but did you also know that in 2013 had one of the best OpenBor releases of Double Dragon Extreme? First released in the Arcades as both a single player and two player, Double Dragon Extreme features all the best bits from the games we've come to love, with all the punching, kicking, throwing and item bashing you could ever want!