Weird Things In Beat'em UpsNanostation channels: Home - About Nanostation - Weird Things In Video Games - Objective RPG - Email Stationmaster A video game site with a difference home - view/sign guestbook - links - rpgs - platform games - shoot'em ups - racing games - beat'em ups - sports games - strategy games - games in general Comments? Email Webmaster Home View/Sign guestbook Links RPGs Platform games Shoot'em ups Racing games Beat'em ups Sports games Strategy games Games in general Weird things in beat'em ups one on one beat'em ups - scrolling beat'em ups One on one beat'em ups... You might have been beaten so badly that you have only a tiny bit of health left, but somehow you would still be able to pull off your most powerful attack and kill the opponent in one hit. In each beat'em up there's always a Japanese character wearing white karate gear called "Ryo" or something similar. Why are there no fat women in beat'em ups? You always find the slow, fat blokes and the slim but fast girls, but no fat women. You can always manage to pull off an ultra-high kick even though you're 1mm away from your opponent. All fighting games find some way to include fireballs, uppercuts or spinning kicks. Please, can't have some original moves for once? Although every fighter differs in appearance, strength, moves and so on, they always have the same amount of health. Combatants stand around patiently waiting for "Round 1 Fight!" or whatever to be announced to begin the match, yet they don't give a damn about rules regarding use of weapons and magic, fighting to death, etc. Why do fighters bother to participate in a fight-to-death tournament anyway? Surely if they're so powerful they could just go and rob a bank or something if they're just after money. top of page Scrolling beat'em ups... You will come across many copies of the same baddie, which all look the same and have the same name. Genetic engineering gone wild! When people die, they flash for a few seconds then disappear into thin air. They never bleed though. The same goes for any bits of glass or barrels which get smashed, or any knives or poles which have been used for longer than about 5 minutes. Roast chicken can be found in oil barrels left on the streets, freshly cooked (at least it looks as if it is, but you never know). The same goes for knifes and bits of jewellery. Who in their right minds would leave jewellery inside barrels anyway? When you pick up some roast chicken, it gets absorbed by your body through the skin straight away. Just look at your health bar if you don't believe me. You lose the ability to walk any further until you've managed knock out everyone within your sight, at which point you get a hallucination of a flashing "go" sign. Whenever a fight occurs in a toilet, it's always a gents' toilet. Does this suggest that men are more violent than women? I have never ever seen a fighting game featuring a ladies' toilet. A knife or gun is no more powerful than a punch or kick. Ha! The boss at the end of each level always has about 5 times more health than everyone else. The police force is absolutely useless. They tolerate people fighting on the streets rather than shoot them or arrest them. (Or more like, they are so hopeless that they get kicked in when they try to arrest you.) Enemies dressed in white are always really hard. top of page All images and content İRyan Li 2000. Designed using psychic powers, nanotechnology and a RISC OS computer. First uploaded 18th Jun 2000.