Vendetta (1991 video game)

Vendetta, known in Japan as Crime Fighters 2 (クライムファイターズ2), is a 1991 side-scrolling beat-'em-up arcade game developed and published by Konami.

The players can also use different weapons that belong to enemies or are hidden inside boxes, including a shotgun (with limited cartridges), baseball bats, knives, and bottles.

[3] Vendetta was censored and edited in some countries when released outside of the Asian market to remove an enemy character who dresses in leather (in a S & M style) and fights by grabbing hold of the playable character and then proceeding to dry hump and lick him;[4][5] if there are two of these leather-clad enemies on the screen simultaneously, the other one will sometimes dry hump a light pole until the bulbs from it drop on his head, bludgeoning him.

[7] These aspects of the game were heavily censored particularly in the United States, while the uncensored version was released in Japan,[8][5] and other countries like Argentina and Brazil.

[9] In Japan, Game Machine listed Vendetta on their August 1, 1991 issue as being the third most-successful table arcade unit of the month.

The One states that Vendetta has "a lot more atmosphere" than D. D. Crew, and praises its graphics as being "moody, much more imaginatively drawn - and the animations are smooth and inventive", despite the game having smaller sprites.

[12] Sinclair User magazine awarded it "Best Beat'Em Up Game" in 1991, along with Technōs Japan's WWF WrestleFest.

Screenshot from the game's first stage.