The Combatribes

The Combatribes
Promotional leaflet for the arcade version (Due to an error the colors for Blitz and Bullova are switched in this artwork.)
Developer(s)Technos Japan Corp.
Publisher(s)American Technos Inc.
Director(s)Atsushi Tanimoto, Noriyuki Tomiyama (arcade)
Yoshihisa Kishimoto (SNES)
Producer(s)Noriyuki Tomiyama
Programmer(s)Naritaka Nishimura, Takayuki Saito, Isamu Kanakubo, Kenji Nishikawa (arcade)
Michiya Hirasawa, S. Minayoshi (SNES)
Artist(s)Koji Ogata, H. Shibata, Tsutomu Andō, Toshiyuki Ōsumi, Shinichi Saitō, Masamichi Katagiri, Takehisa Izumiyama, H. Sakamoto (arcade)
A. Hirasawa, Hidetoshi Fujioka, Yasuo Wakatsuki, S. Inoue, Takashige Shichijyo, Tsutomu Andō (SNES)
Writer(s)Atsushi Tanimoto (SNES)
Composer(s)Kazunaka Yamane
Platform(s)Arcade, Super NES, Wii Virtual Console
ReleaseMay 1990[1]
Genre(s)Beat 'em up
Mode(s)Single-player, co-op

The Combatribes[2] is a 1990 beat 'em-up game released for the arcades by Technos Japan Corp (the developers of Renegade and Double Dragon). A home version for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System was also released in 1992. The game centers on three vigilantes (identified as cyborgs in the SNES port) who must fight against numerous street gangs in futuristic New York City. The SNES version was released for the Wii Virtual Console in North America on November 30, 2009.[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference RePlay was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Japanese: ザ・コンバットライブス, Hepburn: Za Konbattoraibusu
  3. ^ ""The Combatribes" at the Entertainment Software Rating Board".