Slap Happy Rhythm Busters box art
PS1

Slap Happy Rhythm Busters

2000 · Polygon Magic · Fighting · 1-2 players

About

The premise of Slap Happy Rhythm Busters is weird, to say the least. Slap Happy Rhythm Busters, aside from having this wacky title, on its core is a 2D fighting game with 3D manga-shaded characters. The end result is very good, and looks exactly like Viewtiful Joe. But there is more. The word "rhythm" in the title has to have a meaning, right? And it does have. At the heat of a fight, if your Special Bar is completely full, you can perform a Beat Combo. It is basically like if Beatmania for some crazy reason, were implemented in a fighting game. By performing a Beat Combo, you will have to rhythmically press in turn one of the four frontal buttons of the directional pad, according to the beat. And it is amazing to see this in a fighting game.

Gallery

Slap Happy Rhythm Busters — Box front
Box front
Slap Happy Rhythm Busters — Box back
Box back
Slap Happy Rhythm Busters — Title screen
Title screen
Slap Happy Rhythm Busters — Screenshot
Screenshot

Details

Developer
Polygon Magic
Publisher
ASK Kodansha
Genre
Fighting
Players
1-2
Release Date
June 29, 2000
System
PS1

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