SpikeOut
1998 video game
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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.
| 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 |
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| Platform | Arcade |
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| Genre | Beat 'em up |
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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
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
In Japan, Game Machine listed SpikeOut on their November 15, 1998 issue as being the third most-successful arcade game of the month.[10]