Scrolling Beat 'em Ups 1987-1990 (Ranked)

I'm trying to play every belt-scrolling brawler in order of release, and I am now up through 1990. I've been ranking them non-publicly, but I felt like since I hit this milestone, I should publish the list so far. Maybe I'll delete this and post a new one with every year or every couple new years completed. I'm very excited to be in '91 - lots of famous, weird, and colorful ones coming up!

Let me know if I missed any. But please note, I'm only doing ones with a z-axis - no THE NINJA WARRIORS single-plane type stuff.

Final Fight
Final Fight

1

Golden Axe
Golden Axe

2

River City Ransom
River City Ransom

3

The Ninja Kids
The Ninja Kids

4

Shingen Samurai-Fighter
Shingen Samurai-Fighter

5

Kozure Ookami
Kozure Ookami

6

The Combatribes
The Combatribes

7

Dynamite Düx
Dynamite Düx

8

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game

9

Alien Storm
Alien Storm

10

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

11

Ninja Gaiden
Ninja Gaiden

12

The Adventures of Bayou Billy
The Adventures of Bayou Billy

13

Tough Turf
Tough Turf

14

Double Dragon
Double Dragon

15

Double Dragon II: The Revenge
Double Dragon II: The Revenge

16

Ninja Combat
Ninja Combat

17

Double Dragon II
Double Dragon II

18

Tecmo Knight
Tecmo Knight

19

Crime Fighters
Crime Fighters

20

Dynasty Wars
Dynasty Wars

21

Renegade
Renegade

22

P.O.W.: Prisoners of War
P.O.W.: Prisoners of War

23

Mug Smashers
Mug Smashers

24

DJ Boy
DJ Boy

25

Skull & Crossbones
Skull & Crossbones

26

Kabuki-Z
Kabuki-Z

27

Gang Wars
Gang Wars

28

Double Dragon 3: The Rosetta Stone
Double Dragon 3: The Rosetta Stone

29

Target: Renegade
Target: Renegade

30

Hachoo!
Hachoo!

31

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