A History of Brawlers & Beat 'em Ups

In this season of Drink the Video Games, I'll be taking a look at the history of Beat 'em Ups! How they got started, dominated the arcade to home console cycle, created some of the best tie-in games of all time, and continue to this day. Plus, Michaela from Drink the Movies stops in to mi up a Plum Honey Smash worthy of a night at the barcade revisiting your favorites!⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/drinkthevideogames/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profile/drinkthevideogames.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@DrinktheVideoGames⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.drinkthemovies.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/drinkthemovies⁠⁠**Please Drink Responsibly**Brawlers Source List 1-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zjg9zue7R0 NES Game Players VHS 2- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFB3mjPRnBYCAPCOM Beat ‘em Up Bundle – Trailer 3- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSbD4KOFgccQUByte Beat ‘em Up Collection (No Dialogue) 4- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5z8CJKy-HLwTMNT 2 Arcade Game Commercial 5- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80ZyztIMKDsRiver City Girls Launch Trailer 6- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trnlwPu54jUGenesis Streets of Rage Commercial 7- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Uij_zoGQu4Alien Vs. Predator SNES Advertisement 8- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66tPX6R2CpMGolden Axe Sega Commercial 9- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ko3zG-YG41kKung Fu Master 10-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JweotcceM141991 Double Dragon Video Game Acclaim Commercial Cocktail Ambiancehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fu6H-qbGOUI&t=754s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5x9qDqfWWEAlien Vs. Predator Game Playhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jLO1upcd8wTMNT Arcade Game Play https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6URmVK9knUQCadillacs and Dinosaurs Game Play https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oO_yU0MSZJoThe Punisher Game Play Fontgenerator   https://archive.org/details/ComputerAndVideoGames060Oct86/ComputerAndVideoGames/ComputerAndVideoGames042-Apr85/page/n91/mode/2up?q=kung