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Beast Busters

SNK · Activision

2.6/5Wednesday, November 1, 1989

Release

Wednesday, November 1, 1989

Player score

52/100

Platform families

Not announced

Connected releases

2

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Inside Beast Busters

What it is

The longest day of your life...

All hope abandon ye who enter here! Bloodthirsty monsters, mad scientists and diabolical traps await you in this city... Dr. Spektor's fiendish creatures will do their utmost to destroy you- you must be the strongest and the fastest to escape a gory doom!

From their original video arcades, the Beast Busters creatures have come to invade your screens.

Can you handle it?

Play styles

Single player · Multiplayer · Co-operative

Perspective

First person

Themes

Action · Science fiction · Horror

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2 releases

Bundle80SNK 40th Anniversary CollectionNov 13, 2018Multi-item package
BundleBeast Busters & S.A.R: Search and RescueDec 11, 2018Multi-item package

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Who made it

Activision
Publisher
SNK
Developer · Publisher

Platforms

Arcade
Atari ST/STE
Amiga

Release history

Nov 01, 1989Arcade
1990Atari ST/STE
1990Amiga

Themes & modes

ActionScience fictionHorrorSingle playerMultiplayerCo-operative

Tags

extreme violence

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2.6/5· 5 ratings

Details

Released: Wednesday, November 1, 1989
Developer: SNK
Publishers: Activision,SNK
Franchise: Beast Busters
Perspective: First person
Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
In player libraries: 5

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