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Instruction booklet · March 1993

The Combatribes

Hack and slash/Beat 'em up1–2 playersPre-ESRB

The story

The Combatribes is a 1990 beat 'em-up game released for the arcades by Technos Japan Corp (the developers of Renegade and Double Dragon). A home version for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System was also released in 1992. The game centers around three vigilantes (identified as cyborgs in the SNES port) who must fight against numerous street gangs in futuristic New York City.

Specifications

Released
March 1993
Developer
Technōs Japan
Publisher
American Technōs
Players
2
Genre
Hack and slash/Beat 'em up
Rating
Pre-ESRB
Themes
Action · Science fiction
View
Side view
Multiplayer
Co-op

What the magazines said

EGM · not on record yet

Players
58/100 (7 ratings)
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💵 $64.99 in a 1993 catalog · about $145 today

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