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Combatribes, The

Combatribes, The Title Combatribes, The Screenshot

Platform Super Famicom Year 1992
Publisher American Technos Developer Technos Japan
Region JP Language Japanese
Tags Action, Beat'em up, Two Player, Simultaneous Multiplayer, Arcade Conversion
Platform Super Famicom
Year 1992
Publisher American Technos
Developer Technos Japan
Region JP
Language Japanese
Tags Action, Beat'em up, Two Player, Simultaneous Multiplayer, Arcade Conversion

A cooperative two player adaptation of the arcade beat'em up, each stage consists of fighting a group of enemies followed by a boss battle. The game includes a mode to play as any character you've unlocked with a password, including enemies, in a 1v1 fight against the computer or another player.
 
Good Bad
  • Colorful graphics
  • Unique enemy designs
  • Change character after death
  • Each character has special animations
  • Optional friendly fire
  • Can play 1v1 with any character including enemies
  • Passwords used to unlock characters in 1v1 mode
  • Sometimes enemies take a hit you didn't expect
  • Repetitive button mashing
  • No noticeable difference in character abilities
  • Cutscenes in Japanese
  • No weapon pickups
  • No two player moves from the Arcade
  • Limited character move set
Good
  • Colorful graphics
  • Unique enemy designs
  • Change character after death
  • Each character has special animations
  • Optional friendly fire
  • Can play 1v1 with any character including enemies
  • Passwords used to unlock characters in 1v1 mode
 
Bad
  • Sometimes enemies take a hit you didn't expect
  • Repetitive button mashing
  • No noticeable difference in character abilities
  • Cutscenes in Japanese
  • No weapon pickups
  • No two player moves from the Arcade
  • Limited character move set
 
5 With repetitive gameplay and a small character move set, The Combatribes has limited appeal only as a simple multiplayer game. The addition of a 1v1 mode adds some additional content but there are a lot better fighting games to spend your time on.

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