SpikeOut
| Spikeout | |
|---|---|
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| Developer | Amusement Vision |
| Publisher | Sega |
| Director | Toshihiro Nagoshi |
| Producer | Toshihiro Nagoshi |
| Designer | Junichi Yamada |
| Programmer | Tetsuya Kaku |
| Artist | Toshihiro Nagoshi |
| Composers |
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| Platform | Arcade |
| Release | |
| Genre | Beat 'em up |
| Arcade system | |
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.[5] 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, Spikeout: Battle Street, 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 Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth and 2025's Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii.[6][7]
Development
[edit]In a 2004 interview, Toshihiro Nagoshi said a Dreamcast version was not pursued because the hardware lacked sufficient performance.[8] When Sega announced the Xbox version, GameSpot reported that the company viewed the platform as best suited to a faithful console port.[9]
Reception
[edit]In Japan, Game Machine listed SpikeOut on their November 15, 1998 issue as being the third most-successful arcade game of the month.[10]
References
[edit]- ↑ Famitsu DC (February 15, 2002). Sega Arcade History (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Enterbrain.
- ↑ Akagi, Masumi (October 13, 2006). アーケードTVゲームリスト国内•海外編(1971-2005) [Arcade TV Game List: Domestic • Overseas Edition (1971-2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: Amusement News Agency. p. 132. ISBN 978-4990251215.
- ↑ "Sega Arcade History" (PDF). Computer and Video Games (in Japanese). Japan. August 12, 1998.
- ↑ Famitsu DC (February 15, 2002). Sega Arcade History (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Enterbrain. p. 166.
- ↑ "Sega Model 3 Step 2.1 Hardware (Sega)". System 16. 2016-04-01. Retrieved 2016-11-30.
- ↑ Romano, Sal (December 11, 2023). "Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth details minigames". Gematsu. Retrieved January 14, 2024.
- ↑ Sharma, Abhinav (March 6, 2025). "Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii". Game Rant. Retrieved December 14, 2025.
- ↑ "Amusement Vision: The Kikizo Interview 2004 - Toshihiro Nagoshi". Kikizo.
- ↑ Varanini, Giancarlo. "Spike Out X-treme announced for the Xbox". GameSpot.
- ↑ "Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - TVゲーム機ーソフトウェア (Video Game Software)". Game Machine (in Japanese). No. 576. Amusement Press, Inc. 15 November 1998. p. 21.