SpikeOut
| Spikeout | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Toshihiro Nagoshi, Amusement Vision, Dimps |
| Publisher(s) | Sega |
| Platform(s) | Arcade (Sega Model 3 Step 2.1) Sega NAOMI (Spikers Battle, Slashout) Xbox (Battle Street) |
| Genre(s) | Beat em' up |
Spikeout: Digital Battle Online is a 3D beat 'em up video game developed by Toshihiro Nagoshi, and released by Sega for their Model 3 Step 2.1 arcade system board in 1998.[1] An update, Spikeout: Final Edition, was released in 1999.
A followup, Slashout, which was a slash em' up set in a medieval fantasy setting, was developed and released in 2000, also for arcades. A spinoff, Spikers Battle, adding a versus fighting element, was developed and released in 2001, again for arcades. Another followup, Spikeout: Battle Street, was developed by Dimps and released exclusively for the Xbox in 2005.
The SpikeOut games bear a resemblance to Sega's earlier Streets of Rage series.[2]
Reception
In Japan, Game Machine listed SpikeOut on their November 15, 1998 issue as being the third most-successful arcade game of the year.[3]
References
- ^ "Sega Model 3 Step 2.1 Hardware (Sega)". System 16. 2016-04-01. Retrieved 2016-11-30.
- ^ "Google Translate". Translate.google.com. Retrieved 2016-11-30.
- ^ "Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - TVゲーム機ーソフトウェア (Video Game Software)". Game Machine (in Japanese). No. 576. Amusement Press, Inc. 15 November 1998. p. 21.