Mechanically simplistic but quite solid, which is to be expected from a Konami brawler in 1991 - athough by that same token, it actually doesn't look or sound as great as you might assume from them. It maintains some of the more madcap, cartoony aspects from the original (basically that game's only defining feature) while bringing everything else more or less up to FINAL FIGHT code. But great news, the mincing, humping, and licking leather daddy enemies are back! And this time if you're not close enough to them, they'll just dry hump a lamppost to satisfy themselves! (Unsurprisingly, they were scrubbed from the western release, as were the humping dogs - oh yeah, don't worry, they're back too.) The rest of the enemies have ... less personality. Besides the bosses, who get big splash screens introducing them and some dialogue, which is more than most contemporaries are bothering with at this stage. Again, this is Konami, so, maybe to be expected to some degree. Although there are four of them, the playable characters are impressively boring. In the opening cutscene, they're all quickly introduced along with the lady good guy, and they're all in a group shot together, so you think, oh cool, I get to play as the chick ... and then she fades out of the picture and some text comes up saying she got kidnapped ... lol. Oh well. Anyway, the only cool one is the blatant Hulk Hogan stand-in for the obvious reasons - he is balding, has a blond mullet, and can do elbow drops on downed enemies.

That's about it for notable stuff. After you beat the last boss, there's a little suprise boss rush where you have to take them on two at a time, but this actually doesn't feel too cheap or bad really because the game is otherwise quite short and the bosses are easy, so it's more of a welcome challenge. All around, not a bad time, but still not as good as you would hope from Konami doing their own OC instead of licensed work.