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Best Beat-'Em-Up games on NES / Famicom

RomWize's ranking of the best Beat-'Em-Up games on NES / Famicom: retro classics replayed and re-rated in 2026 to see which ones are still worth playing today, with all their European, US and Japanese versions.

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II - The Arcade Game
1.Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II - The Arcade Game
NES / Famicom
84 "88/100" in 1990
Beat-'Em-Up
Australia
01/12/1990
🇬🇧
$ 34|132|423
USA
01/12/1990
🇬🇧
$ 13|96|611
Europe
01/01/1991
🇬🇧
$ 34|132|423
Little Ninja Brothers
2.Little Ninja Brothers
NES / Famicom
82 "86/100" in 1990
Beat-'Em-Up
Europe
01/06/1990
🇬🇧
$ 97|439|1 406
USA
01/06/1990
🇬🇧
$ 81|326|325
River City Ransom
3.River City Ransom
NES / Famicom
80 "86/100" in 1990
Beat-'Em-Up
USA
01/03/1990
🇬🇧
$ 45|140|507
Downtown - Nekketsu Monogatari
4.Downtown - Nekketsu Monogatari
NES / Famicom
80 "86/100" in 1989
Beat-'Em-Up
Japan
25/04/1989
🇯🇵
$ 17|60|192
Battletoads
5.Battletoads
NES / Famicom
80 "86/100" in 1991
Beat-'Em-Up
Europe
01/01/1991
🇬🇧
$ 33|105|294
USA
01/06/1991
🇬🇧
$ 25|120|177
Japan
23/04/1993
🇯🇵
$ 25|120|177
Double Dragon II - The Revenge
6.Double Dragon II - The Revenge
NES / Famicom
80 "86/100" in 1989
Beat-'Em-Up
Japan
22/12/1989
🇯🇵
$ 20|88|282
Europe
01/01/1991
🇬🇧
$ 23|76|243
USA
01/01/1991
🇬🇧
$ 13|77|483
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
7.Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
NES / Famicom
76 "82/100" in 1989
Beat-'Em-Up
Australia
01/05/1989
🇬🇧
$ 12|40|522
USA
01/05/1989
🇬🇧
$ 11|80|982
Japan
12/05/1989
🇯🇵
$ 26|154|492
Europe
01/01/1990
🇬🇧
$ 12|40|522
Downtown Special - Kunio-kun no Jidaigeki Da yo Zenin Shuugou!
8.Downtown Special - Kunio-kun no Jidaigeki Da yo Zenin Shuugou!
NES / Famicom
76 "82/100" in 1991
Beat-'Em-Up
Japan
05/04/1991
🇯🇵
$ 10|22|69
Street Gangs
9.Street Gangs
NES / Famicom
76 "82/100" in 1991
Beat-'Em-Up
Europe
01/01/1991
🇬🇧
$ 50|178|571
Battletoads-Double Dragon
10.Battletoads-Double Dragon
NES / Famicom
76 "82/100" in 1993
Beat-'Em-Up
Europe
01/01/1993
🇬🇧
$ 46|140|449
USA
01/07/1993
🇬🇧
$ 50|52|70
Renegade
11.Renegade
NES / Famicom
76 "82/100" in 1988
Beat-'Em-Up
USA
01/07/1988
🇬🇧
$ 11|64|243
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 - The Manhattan Project
12.Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 - The Manhattan Project
NES / Famicom
74 "82/100" in 1991
Beat-'Em-Up
Japan
25/10/1991
🇯🇵
$ 29|100|320
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III - The Manhattan Project
13.Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III - The Manhattan Project
NES / Famicom
74 "82/100" in 1992
Beat-'Em-Up
USA
01/06/1992
🇬🇧
$ 35|215|765
Double Dragon
14.Double Dragon
NES / Famicom
72 "80/100" in 1988
Beat-'Em-Up
Japan
08/04/1988
🇬🇧
$ 30|254|1 799
Europe
01/06/1988
🇬🇧
$ 13|71|228
USA
01/06/1988
🇬🇧
$ 14|57|797
Mighty Final Fight
15.Mighty Final Fight
NES / Famicom
72 "80/100" in 1993
Beat-'Em-Up
Europe
01/06/1993
🇬🇧
$ 222|724|2 318
USA
01/06/1993
🇬🇧
$ 324|813|3 251
Japan
10/09/1993
🇯🇵
$ 47|169|542
Super Chinese 2 - Dragon Kid
16.Super Chinese 2 - Dragon Kid
NES / Famicom
70 "76/100" in 1989
Beat-'Em-Up
Japan
30/06/1989
🇯🇵
$ 5|15|49
Spartan X 2
17.Spartan X 2
NES / Famicom
68 "74/100" in 1991
Beat-'Em-Up
Japan
11/10/1991
🇯🇵
$ 80|176|562
Target - Renegade
18.Target - Renegade
NES / Famicom
66 "74/100" in 1992
Beat-'Em-Up
USA
01/01/1992
🇬🇧
$ 9|38|218
Kung-Fu Heroes
19.Kung-Fu Heroes
NES / Famicom
62 "70/100" in 1989
Beat-'Em-Up
USA
01/04/1989
🇬🇧
$ 11|37|334
Super Chinese 3
20.Super Chinese 3
NES / Famicom
62 "70/100" in 1991
Beat-'Em-Up
Japan
27/09/1991
🇯🇵
$ 3|17|56
Double Dragon III - The Sacred Stones
21.Double Dragon III - The Sacred Stones
NES / Famicom
62 "70/100" in 1990
Beat-'Em-Up
Europe
21/11/1990
🇬🇧
$ 17|63|200
USA
21/11/1990
🇬🇧
$ 17|119|241
Japan
01/01/1992
🇯🇵
$ 17|66|211
Super Chinese
22.Super Chinese
NES / Famicom
56 "64/100" in 1984
Beat-'Em-Up
Japan
19/12/1984
🇯🇵
$ 8|34|110
Captain America and the Avengers
23.Captain America and the Avengers
NES / Famicom
54 "62/100" in 1992
Beat-'Em-Up
Australia
01/09/1992
🇬🇧
$ 31|417|1 334
USA
01/09/1992
🇬🇧
$ 45|190|900
Juuouki
24.Juuouki
NES / Famicom
52 "60/100" in 1988
Beat-'Em-Up
Japan
08/06/1988
🇬🇧
$ 31|156|499
Bad Dudes
25.Bad Dudes
NES / Famicom
52 "60/100" in 1990
Beat-'Em-Up
USA
01/01/1990
🇬🇧
$ 10|49|593
Europe
01/01/1991
🇬🇧
$ 15|79|252
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