I'll try to pick a few that haven't been mentioned yet:
The Punisher (1993 Arcade)- Flashier combat than most, with a variety of usable items and throwable scenery. Occasionally guys come at you with guns and you can just blast them. Doesn't overstay it's welcome at about an hour long.
Sengoku 3 - Ninja beat em up with a good variety of moves and combos
Captain Commando - It's a bit cookie cutter, but you can shoot those 4pack rocket launchers at people and turn them into the classic flaming corpse. Also there are robots mechs you can drive. You can also cut people in half, although if you play on mame I believe you have to mess with the dipswitches to enable this. I have nostalgia for this game because they had one of them in the grocery store when I was a kid.
My personal favorite is D&D Shadow over Mystara - it has a lot of depth to the combat, you can dash, dash attack, dash jump attack, almost every combination. You have usable and permanent inventory, level ups, spells, there are branching paths, there's just a lot to it. It's a little boss heavy as things progress (and a mega token taker), but it's very fun. I'd like to see more RPG games take this format so they're fun to play.
I'll try to pick a few that haven't been mentioned yet:
The Punisher (1993 Arcade)- Flashier combat than most, with a variety of usable items and throwable scenery. Occasionally guys come at you with guns and you can just blast them. Doesn't overstay it's welcome at about an hour long.
Sengoku 3 - Ninja beat em up with a good variety of moves and combos
Captain Commando - It's a bit cookie cutter, but you can shoot those 4pack rocket launchers at people and turn them into the classic flaming corpse. Also there are robots mechs you can drive. You can also cut people in half, although if you play on mame I believe you have to mess with the dipswitches to enable this. I have nostalgia for this game because they had one of them in the grocery store when I was a kid.
My personal favorite is D&D Shadow over Mystara - it has a lot of depth to the combat, you can dash, dash attack, dash jump attack, almost every combination. You have usable and permanent inventory, level ups, spells, there are branching paths, there's just a lot too it. It's a little boss heavy as things progress (and a mega token taker), but it's very fun. I'd like to see more RPG games take this format so they're fun to play.
I'll try to pick a few that haven't been mentioned yet:
The Punisher (1993 Arcade)- Flashier combat than most, with a variety of usable items and throwable scenery. Occasionally guys come at you with guns and you can just blast them. Doesn't overstay it's welcome at about an hour long.
Sengoku 3 - Ninja beat em up with a good variety of moves and combos
Captain Commando - You can shoot those 4pack rocket launchers at people and turn them into the classic flaming corpse. Also there are robots mechs you can drive. You can also cut people in half, although if you play on mame I believe you have to mess with the dipswitches to enable this. I have nostalgia for this game because they had one of them in the grocery store when I was a kid.
My personal favorite is D&D Shadow over Mystara - it has a lot of depth to the combat, you can dash, dash attack, dash jump attack, almost every combination. You have usable and permanent inventory, level ups, spells, there are branching paths, there's just a lot too it. It's a little boss heavy as things progress (and a mega token taker), but it's very fun. I'd like to see more RPG games take this format so they're fun to play.