Gang Wars & Last Battle: We Still Fight, Fighting in the '80s! | Scrolling Down the Belt 20

Welcome to Scrolling Down the Belt, a series that delves into beat 'em ups, brawlers, and belt-scrolling action games, in mostly chronological order!

This video marks two special occasions: The Scrolling Down the Belt debut of SNK (as a publisher) and Alpha Denshi (as a developer) for Gang Wars, and Sega offering up an inferior Fist of the North Star game with Last Battle / Hokuto no Ken Shin Seikimatsu Kyūseishu Densetsu.

Both of these titles are interesting in their own ways, but I think only one pulls anything off in any sort of meaningful way!

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