SpikeOut
| Spikeout | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Amusement Vision |
| Publisher(s) | Sega |
| Director(s) | Toshihiro Nagoshi |
| Producer(s) | Toshihiro Nagoshi |
| Artist(s) | Mika Kojima |
| Composer(s) | Shunsuke Suzuki Hidenori Shoji |
| Platform(s) | |
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| 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 follow-up, 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 follow-up, Spikeout: Battle Street, was developed by Dimps and released exclusively for the Xbox in 2005. A new port of Spikeout: Final Edition is included in the 2024 release of Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth.[2]
The SpikeOut games bear a resemblance to Sega's earlier Streets of Rage series.[3]
Reception
[edit]In Japan, Game Machine listed SpikeOut on their November 15, 1998 issue as being the third most-successful arcade game of the month.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Sega Model 3 Step 2.1 Hardware (Sega)". System 16. 2016-04-01. Retrieved 2016-11-30.
- ^ Romano, Sal (December 11, 2023). "Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth details minigames". Gematsu. Retrieved January 14, 2024.
- ^ "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.