SpikeOut explained

Spikeout: Digital Battle Online is a 3D beat 'em up video game developed by Toshihiro Nagoshi, and released by Sega for their Model 3 Step 2.1 arcade system board in 1998.^[1] An update, Spikeout: Final Edition, was released in 1999.

A follow-up, Slashout, which was a slash 'em up set in a medieval fantasy setting, was developed and released in 2000, also for arcades. A spinoff, Spikers Battle, adding a versus fighting element, was developed and released in 2001, again for arcades. Another follow-up, , was developed by Dimps and released exclusively for the Xbox in 2005. A new port of Spikeout: Final Edition is included in the 2024 release of .^[2]

The SpikeOut games bear a resemblance to Sega's earlier Streets of Rage series.^[3]

Reception

In Japan, Game Machine listed SpikeOut on their November 15, 1998 issue as being the third most-successful arcade game of the month.^[4]

External links

• SegaRetro.org - SpikeOut

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sega Model 3 Step 2.1 Hardware (Sega) . System 16 . 2016-04-01 . 2016-11-30.
2. Web site: Romano . Sal . December 11, 2023 . Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth details minigames . January 14, 2024 . Gematsu.
3. Web site: Google Translate . Translate.google.com . 2016-11-30.
4. Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - TVゲーム機ーソフトウェア (Video Game Software). Game Machine. 576. Amusement Press, Inc.. 15 November 1998. 21. ja.