History VideoGame / BadStreetBrawler

''Bad Street Brawler'' is a BeatEmUp released in 1987. While it's been on other systems like UsefulNotes/Commodore64 and [=DOS=] (under the names ''Bop'N Rumble'' and ''Street Hassle'', [[MarketBasedTitle depending on where you live]]), the game is best known for its infamous {{UsefulNotes/Nintendo Entertainment System}} version, released in 1989.

* EveryTenThousandPoints: You get an extra life.

* GameBreakingBug: Using the Bull Ram too much can make the graphics glitch up or crash the game.

* IceCreamKoan: Most of the pre-battle quotes are very strange, to say the least.

** You use three moves per stage, and they're always different.
** You also face three bosses per level: Two mid bosses and a "boss" character.

* TimedMission: This can be annoying because some of the more powerful will stick around and harass you until hit them at least once or twice before you face the boss.

* DoesNotLikeShoes: The circus midgets.

->"''Bad Street Brawler'' was designed to be used with the Nintendo Power Glove, and they go well together since neither of them work."

* KnifeNut: The female enemies with knives.

In the NES version, you play as Duke Davis, "A former punk rocker and the world's coolest martial arts vigilante." In each level, you'll face off against circus midgets, gorillas, skateboarders, and other odd foes to save the city with a variety of moves, ranging from basic punches and kicks to strange ones like a trip where he uses his bare hands or twisting someone's ear. Before each level, you can practice your moves on a punching bag, along with [[IceCreamKoan some odd attempts at philosophical quotes]]. The original home computer versions of the game aren't much different, and have you control the mustachioed speedo-wearing wrestler Gorgeous Greg, who is out to clear the streets of scum and villainy so the defenseless grannies can walk peacefully. It plays similarly to its later NES port, though it lacks the before-level training segments and cutscenes, and is an endless game compared.

''Bad Street Brawler'' is a BeatEmUp released in 1989. While it's been on other systems like Commodore 64 and [=DOS=], the game is best known for its infamous {{UsefulNotes/Nintendo Entertainment System}} version.

You play as Duke Davis, "A former punk rocker and the world's coolest martial arts vigilante." In each level, you'll face off against circus midgets, gorillas, skateboarders, and other odd foes to save the city with a variety of moves, ranging from basic punches and kicks to strange ones like a trip where he uses his bare hands or twisting someone's ear. Before each level, you can practice your moves on a punching bag, along with [[IceCreamKoan some odd attempts at philosophical quotes]]. The game itself flopped hard due to its clunky controls and uninspired -- often frustrating -- gameplay, and it's a frequent sight on various "worst games of all time" lists.

This was one of two games to utilize the failed Power Glove accessory, the other being ''Super Glove Ball''. The Power Glove had some special attacks that could only be used with its motion controls.

* AlliterativeName: Duke Davis.

* EdibleAmmunition: The bananas the gorrilas throw.

* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Inverted with the gorillas, who are powerful enemies you encounter early on, often as a boss.

You play as Duke Davis, "A former punk rocker and the worlds coolest martial arts vigilante." In each level, you'll face off against circus midgets, gorillas, skateboarders, and other odd foes to save the city with a variety of moves, ranging from basic punches and kicks to strange ones like a trip where he uses his bare hands or twisting someone's ear. Before each level, you can practice your moves on a punching bag, along with [[IceCreamKoan some odd quotes]]. The game itself flopped, and it's frequently made various worst games of all time lists.

You play as Duke Davis, "A former punk rocker and the worlds coolest martial arts vigilante." In each level, you'll face off against circus midgets, gorillas, skateboarders, and other odd foes to save the city with a variety of moves, ranging from basic punches and kicks to strange ones like a trip where he uses his bare hands or twisting someone's ear. Before each level, you can practice your moves on a punching bag, along with [[IceCreamKoan some odd quotes]]. The game itself flopped, it's frequently made various worst games of all time lists, and now exists mainly as SnarkBait.

[[caption-width-right:250:[[MemeticMutation Are you a bad enough dude to fight off circus midgets?]]]]

''Bad Street Brawler'' is a BeatEmUp released in 1989. While it's been on other systems like Commodore 64 and {{DOS}}, the game is best known on the {{UsefulNotes/NES}}.

You play as Duke Davis, "A former punk rocker and the worlds coolest martial arts vigilante." In each level, you'll face off against circus midgets, gorrillas, skateboarders, and other odd foes to save the city with a variety of moves, ranging from basic punches and kicks to strange ones like a trip where he uses his bare hands or twisting someone's ear. Before each level, you can practice your moves on a punching bag, along with [[IceCreamKoan some odd quotes]]. The game itself flopped, it's frequently made various worst games of all time lists, and now exists mainly as SnarkBait.

''Bad Street Brawler'' is a BeatEmUp released in 1989. While it's been on other systems like Commodore 64 and {{DOS}}, the game is best known on the {{NES}}.

->'''{{Seanbaby}}''', [[http://www.seanbaby.com/nes/egm16.htm EGM'S CRAPSTRAVAGANZA: TOP 20 WORST GAMES OF ALL TIME]]

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[[caption-width:250:[[MemeticMutation Are you a bad enough dude to fight off circus midgets?]]]]

* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: The now remembered quote from the first level:
-->"Never trouble trouble till trouble troubles you."
** AscendedMeme: The quote has recently been sighted on actual fortune cookie messages.

This was one of two games to utilize the failed Power Glove accessory, the other being ''Super Glove Ball''. The power glove had some special attacks that could only be used with its motion controls.

->"Bad Street Brawler was designed to be used with the Nintendo Power Glove, and they go well together since neither of them work."

Bad Street Brawler is a BeatEmUp released in 1989. While it's been on other systems like Commodore 64 and {{DOS}}, the game is best known on the {{NES}}.

* EverythingsBetterWithSpinning: Duke's Aeroplane Spin and Arm Spin moves. There's also the breakdancers who damage Duke by spinning on their backs.