Mug Smashers
Mug Smashers is an early 90's western-developed two-player arcade brawler that's basically a combination of Combatribes and Final Fight. It has suspiciously similar sprites and music to the former but plays…
31 December 1990
Mug Smashers is a hack and slash/beat 'em up, released 31 December 1990 on Arcade.
What Mug Smashers is
Mug Smashers was released in 1990. It is available on Arcade only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before! Officer Sheila (no last name given) is investigating a drug and arms dealer named Mad Dog. Once Mad Dog catches wind of this, he has the officer kidnapped. After finding this out via the newspaper, seriously look at the attract mode for this game, her brother Axel along with his best friend Miles are on a quest to battle through the mean streets of San Francisco in order to save Sheila.
What it launched against
Mug Smashers launched on 31 December 1990, within three weeks of Sengoku, A-Train, Spellbound and Colorado.
Released around the same time: Sengoku, A-Train, Spellbound, Colorado.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel. See all 2 videos →
Screenshots
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Quick answers
Mug Smashers — frequently asked questions
When did Mug Smashers come out?
Mug Smashers was released on 31 December 1990 for Arcade.
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