Streets of Rage 4: the return of the beat 'em up
https://www.theguardian.com/games/2020/apr/25/streets-of-rage-4-review-the-return-of-the-beat-em-up
Scrolling beat ’em ups went out of fashion years ago, but this lovingly created sequel offers all the action and fun of a 90s arcade game
In the Netflix animated series Hi Score Girl, a romantic comedy set in early-90s Japan, Haruo Yaguchi, a low-achieving high-school loner is whiling away his time in the local video game arcades when he meets Akira Ono, a popular wunderkind from a wealthy family. Ono, it turns out, is an unusually talented player of coin-operated games. She nightly sneaks away from home in order to tap her initials on to various leaderboards. As he witnesses Ono’s dazzling prowess, Yaguchi’s envy soon turns to respect then, finally, obsession.