Spikeout Battle Street

by Sega Of America, Inc.

Product Features

• Spikeout: Battle Street takes you into a crazy turf war between two gangs of martial artists. The arcade hit is updated with new moves, ne characters and an all-new storyline, as Spike's kid grows up and tries to take down his father's gang enemies and run
• Win each battle by applying your brutal, over-the-top attack moves at just the right moments
• Multiplayer madness where you can talk trash at opponents, using Xbox Live and Xbox Communicator
• Bonus online features include downloadable items, weapons, stories, stages, characters, sound files and much more

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0007QQUV0
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches ; 4.8 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: March 24, 2005
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #24,560 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

After the first blood spattered the streets in the Legendary Gangs war the blood still rages between Team Spike and Team Inferno. Both gangs are firmly united by dedication and loyalty to their leaders Spike and Michael. Though it's been 10 years since the first strike a new war is brewing led by Spike Jr. who is prepared to bring down his father's nemesis once and for all.Format: XBOX Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE Rating: T - Teen UPC: 010086640311 Manufacturer No: 64031

Customer Reviews

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars One of the best new games for old school beat them ups fan, May 1, 2005

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A. Llamas "Aurora" (Crestwood, Illinois USA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Spikeout Battle Street (Video Game)

By reading the diffrent reviews about Spikeout around the net, it seems that very few people knew about this Sega classic. I was fortunate enough to enjoy this game back in 1999 when I was living in Japan. Spikeout: Digital Battle and the updated Spikeout: Final Edition was such a huge hit there, that Sega arcades in Akihabra and Shinjuku have more then half of their basement floor area dedicated to Spikeout machines (and it is rare to find an empty machine to boot.)

Although the home port is several years late, I'm a happy camper that this game is finally made it to my living room. Although I do agree with all the diffrent reviews about this game (such as bad ai, outdated graphics and its difficulty level.) the fun factor, especially when playing with 3 other people is possibly the best in its genre.

Many people who dislike the game say that the gameplay is not deep and it is a pure botton masher. The reality is, you wont get very far in the game if you just mash bottons because this game has loads of combos, team combos and juggles. There is nothing more funny and satisfying to pull out 100 plus team combos on one poor boss together with your spikeout buddies.

Though I have to admit that despite of all the great new characters and content, the graphics seems to be watered down compared to the original arcade version. Also playing solo is a brutal and painful experience unless your a hardcore fan (then again, even in the arcade version, going solo is not a good idea). So solitary players might get fustrated going through the game in story mode.

All I can say is although the port lacks polish and somewhat flawed in its execution, the extras, the diffrent game paths, the great multiplayer support makes this one a good title to pick up especially for those who want oldschool Street of Rage/ Final Fight action.

5.0 out of 5 stars The Last Battle, November 10, 2010

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Linda G. Hill (Charlotte NC) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

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Its a fun and exciting game that keeps me occupied for hours upon hours that's the only game that i play through out the day

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A complete failure, March 12, 2010

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Biscuit Face (Iowa City, IA) - See all my reviews

= Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars 

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I really should enjoy this game. I'm a huge fan of brawlers, and enjoy even the worst-reviewed beat-em-up games out there. Games like Streets of Rage, Captain Commando and Golden Axe are some of my favorite games of all time (and I play an awful, awful lot of games!). I also love Sega products, particularly their arcade games. I love the hardware they ran on, I love the graphics, and I love their quirky attitude.

But Spikeout just simply sucks on the Xbox. The first thing you will be forced to note is the eternal loading time. The game employs horrifyingly stupid CG cutscenes while the game loads to make the wait seem shorter, but it backfires and makes the whole experience awful. In addition to the load times being excessively long...the game loads all the time. You might literally play for three minutes, and then have to load for another minute or two, only to play a 2 minute section, then load for a minute. It's really badly programmed.

And the game itself is really a poor brawler. The graphics are pretty darn good, particularly for the game's age...but the camera angles suck, the enemy AI sucks, the combo system is horribly weak, the controls are not intuitive, the special weapons are stupid, the stages are much more repetetive than even most brawlers, and the characters are even more boring than expected from a game featuring a break-dancer named Spike Jr. as its main character.

And that's as much time as I'm going to spend warning you not to even waste the current going price of $15 on this one. It's terrible, just plain out not worth playing no matter what your tastes are like, don't even think about it.