Retro Gamer

1988

he moral authorities were sure to be out in force when they Namco’s was a beat-’em-up love letter to the gory horror films that were so popular during the decade, while went for the over-the-top action-movie route, justifying its bloodshed by casting the enemies as drug traffickers. Of course, the real thing wasn’t too far away as was a hit in both the arcades and the home for Data East and Ocean Software.

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