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21. Beavis and Butt-Head (SNES, 1994)


I like the concept of beat 'em ups a lot, especially from a multiplayer perspective, but, and maybe it's because of the coin-op arcade origins, the majority of those that I have played are creatively limited. They can be fun yeah, but aside from bosses, it is roughly the same experience from start to finish. Lasting appeal is almost a foreign concept for the genre, almost being the operative word as Beavis and Butt-Head is unlike any beat 'em up that I've played that was equally fun solo or with a partner.

I've watched only a little of Beavis and Butt-Head, but I still feel like they nailed the aesthetic and tone of the series. The game is just wacky and dumb from start to finish. You are free to choose one of four levels to begin (a fifth one opens up after the first four are completed), and each one is highly distinct from the rest due to its level design, enemy variety, and scripted events. You might be pushing a medical stretcher through an x-ray room shooting IV bag liquid to avoid obstacles. You might be jumping from trampoline to trampoline to avoid vicious dogs using a boxing glove on a stick. You might be hopping on pogo sticks to attack tiny, aggressive insects. These are just samples of the absurd situations that you will take part in that you just dont see in beat em ups.

Playing just a portion of one level is all you need to see that a lot of thought went into crafting this game. The game was truly impossible to predict what they would throw at you next, and that was the beauty of it.

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