Classic fighting game of the highest order. This game is quite simply the dogs furry ones. This is yet another game from my childhood, that I played a lot. You nearly had to fight to play it in my local arcade it was that popular.
Your character in the game is happily working in your garage, when all of a sudden your bird is attacked and kidnapped by unruly mobsters. So its up to you, and the help of your brother in multiplayer, to rescue her by going through the streets and kicking the crap out of everyone you come across - every day situation then.
At your disposal are such weapons as Baseball Bats, Whips, Knives, Boulders as well as good old fashioned fists and feet. At its time, this game was quite violent as you could grab your enemy and start kneeing them in the face, as well as giving them a right good *SMEK* in the gob with your elbow. That made it ever so popular because everybody loves a bit of the old Ultraviolence in games.
During the game, you will come up against plain and simple bad guys who are a walkover, as well as blokes built like brick shit houses and twice as tall. These get up from a knockdown pretty damned fast, and can be a menace once they grab a hold of you. What makes it a bit strange though, is later on you come up against green men who resemble Mr. T (I pity the fool..) - quite what the games designers were thinking when they put green men in, is beyond me.
Give this game a try, it sure beats some of the scrolling fighters nowadays that have glitzy graphics and not much playability. The only thing wrong with the game, is it has some slowdown due to it using old hardware. That aside, its a pretty cool HOOF-EM-UP.
Leatherface
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