Beat 'Em Up Collection (QUByte Classics)
QUByte Interactive · 2025 · Action, Beat 'em up, Adventure, Casual, Arcade
PC
Positive85% · 13
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About Beat 'Em Up Collection (QUByte Classics)
Beat 'Em Up Collection (QUByte Classics) brings together seven intense side-scrolling action games in a retro-fueled compilation. From ancient legends to dystopian futures, punch, kick, and slash your way through waves of enemies in pure 16-bit style!This collection includes:
- First Samurai – Embark on a mystical journey through time as a lone samurai. Use ancient powers and enchanted weapons to defeat demons and restore balance to the world.
- Second Samurai – Continue the warrior’s saga as you face the Demon King once again. Travel across time, overcome brutal enemies, and solve environmental puzzles in a fast-paced martial arts adventure.
- Gourmet Warriors – In a bizarre post-apocalyptic future where food is scarce, battle against mutants and demonic robots in the streets of Zeus Heaven Magic City. A chaotic and flavorful beat ‘em up experience!
- Iron Commando – Choose between Jake, a soldier, or Chang Li, a martial arts expert, and fight to prevent the terrorist group G.H.O.S.T. from stealing a radioactive meteor. Engage in relentless action across moving trains, mine shafts, vehicles, and more.
- Legend – Enter a brutal medieval world and fight to liberate the kingdom of Sellech from the cruel sorcerer Clovius. Face off against dark knights, dragons, and otherworldly magic in this gritty brawler.
- Sword of Sodan – Step into the shoes of a mighty barbarian warrior (male or female) and confront the evil sorcerer Zora. With its dark fantasy setting and unique visual style, prepare for intense side-scrolling combat against a monstrous army.
- The Tale of Clouds and Winds (Water Margin) – Inspired by the Chinese literary classic “Water Margin”, choose from three outlaw heroes and battle corrupt warlords in ancient China. Features branching paths and multiple endings based on your character and difficulty level.
- Rewind function to undo mistakes in real time
- Cheat options for custom gameplay
- Full control remapping support
- Digital manuals included
- Multiple screen settings (aspect ratio, visual filters, CRT effects)
- Localized menus in English, Portuguese (BR), and Spanish
What Steam players say
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✦ AI summary
Players praise this QUByte Classics collection for introducing lesser-known but quality beat-em-ups, particularly Japanese originals that even retro enthusiasts may not have experienced, along with excellent emulation, helpful features like save states and rewind functionality, and solid controller support. The main complaint centers on one weak title in the lineup, with most games being enjoyable arcade experiences, though quality varies across the seven titles included.
Fun is being had; I won't say nostalgia, and I will explain why. I have never heard of most of these games, even more if I was to examine my exposure to beat-em-ups I would sum it up in one word "pedestrian". Even when Beat-Em-Ups were at their heights, I probably only played the most known. Streets of rage, Xmen, Cpt. and the Avengers, TMNT, and Battle toads. A couple of those I never owned and only played in arcades stuck in laundry mats and waiting for pizza slices. There is a much larger and more amazing history behind beat-em-ups than I was exposed to and finding gems like this QUByte Classics collection is one of them. No these games didn't get praise from publications like Famitsu but they did add to the breath and growth of the genre beyond Sega and Capcom. Much of the graphics and visual aesthetics are beautiful. The music energetic and fist pumping. The Skills and the combos you do have clarity and impact. This compilation also added quality of life perks like making the game stretch to your screen that really allows you to lock in and enjoy your safari of kicks and punches, through terrain from cities and woods and even swamps. So if you wiling to lay back in your …4 found this helpful
Good set of not so renowned beat 'em ups and that's amazing. An absolute gift for fans to beat it. Contains 7 unique games in great technical state, additional extras and this good old feel to it.4 found this helpful
most of the games are really fun and i like how there are save options and multiple save slots3 found this helpful
This is a really fun collection of games. Several were Japan originals, that even the most avid of retro gamers will experience for the first time. The collection comes with an optional cheat menu for each game and a rewind feature that you can use to back up the last several seconds of action. You can always choose to go hardcore and not use the features, but if you are just looking to experience these games and not spend hundreds of hours memorizing enemy patterns, these features are great. Save states are also an option to use, which is a great option to use when you only have 20-30 minutes to play. I highly recommend this collection for anyone that likes 16 bit beat em ups.2 found this helpful
I've played a chapter of most of the games included. Emulation is great. Audio and visuals are great. Rewind feature works flawlessly. Give yourself unlimited health and weapons if you desire. Controller support is flawless. These are the three games that really stood out in my opinion. Iron Commando-A+ Water Margin-A+ (Completed, no issues) Gourmet Warriors-A+ All of the others are games you would play at a Galloping Ghost and would say they fit in with the other arcade games. Sword of Sodan is not good in any way, shape or form. It's just the loser of the bunch. Overall, a worthy collection if you enjoy classic arcade games. Controller works flawlessly. Video gameplay here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9XxXftKDHM&t=346s&ab_channel=HiddenGemsIndieRetroGamer2 found this helpful
Classic 2d 16bit side scrolling games. Great for nostalgia.
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