The Combatribes

Moby ID: 32417

Released

1990 on Arcade

Credits

24 people

Releases by Date (by platform)

Publishers

Developers

Technos Japan Corp.

Moby Score

5.6

#24,011 of 25.8K

Critics

46% (15)

Players

(17)

Review Ranking

#651 on SNES

Collected By

22 players

Genre: Action
Perspective: Side view
Visual: 2D scrolling
Gameplay: Arcade
Beat 'em up / brawler
Setting: Sci-fi / futuristic
Misc: Regional differences

Arcade Specs

Input Devices Supported/Optional: 2 buttons
Multiplayer Options: Same/Split-Screen
Number of Offline Players: 1-3 Players

Buy on SNES

$94.95 used on eBay

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Included in

Technos Arcade 1 (2021)

Description official descriptions

A 2D side-scrolling brawler, The Combatribes puts you and a friend in the shoes of combat cyborgs Berzeker, Bullova and Blitz (yes those are their real names) as they attempt to defeat the evil crime ring "Ground Zero", led by the cybernetically enhanced Martha Splatterhead and her minions.

The game is set around simple stages in which wave after wave of baddies attack you from all directions. Once you defeat enough of them with your basic attacks and special moves a boss character appears which you'll need to defeat before moving on to the next stage.

Besides the arcade mode, a Vs one-on-one mode is available with the inclusion of all boss characters as selectable fighters.

Spellings

コンバットライブス - Japanese spelling

Groups +

Setting: City - New York

Screenshots

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Credits (Arcade version)

24 People (18 developers, 6 thanks)

Software	Naritaka Nishimura (as N.Nishimura) Takayuki Saito (as T.Saito) Isamu Kanakubo (as I.Kanakubo)
Hardware	Kenji Nishikawa (as K.Nishikawa)
Character Design	Koji Ogata (as K.Ogata) H. Shibata (as H.Shibata) Tsutomu Andō (as T.Ando) Toshiyuki Ōsumi (as T.Ohshumi)
BG Design	Shinichi Saitō (as S.Saito) Masamichi Katagiri (as M.Katagiri) Takehisa Izumiyama (as T.Izumiyama) H. Sakamoto (as H.Sakamoto)
Music	Kazunaka Yamane (as K.Yamane)
Sound Effects	Kenichi Mori (as K.Mori)
Music Software	Michiya Hirasawa (as M.Hirasawa)
Special Thanks to	Hiroshi Satoh (as H.Sato) Shinichi Mori (as S.Mori) A. Donnaloia (as A.Donnaloia) K. Iwamoto (as K.Iwamoto) M. Uchida (as M.Uchida) Robert C. Ashworth (as R.Ashworth)
Directed by	Atsushi Tanimoto (as A.Tanimoto) Noriyuki Tomiyama (as N.Tomiyama)
© 1990	Technos Japan Corp.

Reviews

Critics

Average score: 46% (based on 15 ratings)

Players

Average score: 3.3 out of 5 (based on 17 ratings with 0 reviews)

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Game added March 14, 2008. Last modified October 1, 2024.