Vendetta (arcade game)
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 A screenshot of Vendetta's first stage. |
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| Developer(s) | Konami |
| Publisher(s) | Konami |
| Release date(s) | July 1991 |
| Genre(s) | Beat 'em up |
| Mode(s) | Single player, 2-4 player Co-op |
| Platform(s) | Arcade, Sega Mega Drive |
| Input | 8-way Joystick, 2 Buttons |
| Arcade cabinet | Upright |
| Arcade display | Raster, 304 x 224 pixels (Horizontal), 2048 colors |
Vendetta is an arcade game released in 1991 by Konami. The game is a four-player scrolling beat 'em up with a big screen. As with the originators of the genre (Double Dragon and Renegade), it involves street gangs. This game is also known as Crime Fighters 2, implying that the game is a direct sequel to the 1989 game Crime Fighters. There are four characters (good guys depicted in the picture at right): Blood (red shirt, ex-prize fighter), Hawk (blue shirt, former professional wrestler), Boomer (yellow shirt, martial arts expert) and Sledge (light green shirt, ex-military convict).
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[edit] Storyline
The hero gang, called The Cobras, numbers five members: Blood (former prizefighter, with a passing resemblance to Mike Tyson), Hawk (former professional wrestler, with passing resemblance to Hulk Hogan), Boomer (a martial artist, possibly similar to Jean-Claude Van Damme), Sledge (a military ex-convict with passing resemblance to Mr. T), and the damsel in distress, described as Hawk's protegee and wearing a blue shirt similar to his.
One day, Hawk's protegee is kidnapped by the Dead End Gang. The four men go save her, fighting through the waves of enemies that are sent against them.
[edit] Gameplay
As with most beat-em-ups, the game featured primarily side-scrolling action, with the score dependent merely on number of opponents eliminated, regardless of strength--a faceless drone and an end boss would both score as one. Also standard are various weapons that can be found, whether from a fallen enemy, hidden in the environment, or lying out in the open. Weapons include maces, chains, whips, Molotov cocktails, and even a short shotgun that could eliminate any foe in one hit.
The game featured two differences in gameplay. One was that an enemy who had been knocked down could be subjected to further abuse; this feature also appeared in an X-Men beat-'em-up. This would be done with the kick button (see below), although the actual manoeuvre used was a punch, an elbow drop, a short kick/stomp, or a quick kneedrop, depending on the individual fighter.
The other difference was that instead of the conventional 'attack' and 'jump' buttons, this game used 'punch' and 'kick'. The only aerial manoeuvre was the special punch-plus-kick (P+K) manoeuvre, and only when the joystick was pointed forward.
[edit] Trivia
As was the case with Capcom's Final Fight game, and Sega's own Streets of Rage 3, Vendetta was censored when released outside of the Asian market to remove a homosexual character who dresses in leather and grabs hold of the playable character, proceeding to dry hump and lick him.
[edit] External links
- Vendetta at the Killer List of Videogames
- Vendetta at GameFAQs
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