And that’s a shame, because it’s a solid little brawler with that sharply animated Capcom style. Released in 1997, the game was overshadowed by Street Fighter III, Darkstalkers, and other Capcom-made fighting games. When it came to Battle Circuit, Capcom was their own worst enemy. Sadly, that was when Street Fighter II and other head-to-head fighting games took over, and plenty of excellent brawlers went ignored. Started by Final Fight and Double Dragon, the brawler craze dominated arcades in the late 1980s, but its quality didn’t peak until the early ’90s. They’re called brawlers, belt-scrollers, beat-’em-ups, and Those Arcade Games Where You Rescue Your Girlfriend From A Palette-Swapped Street Gang.