Launching today, the Kickstarter for Beat ‘Em Up Vol 1 by Darren Hupke tells the history of the Final Fight franchise for retro gaming fans in one massive book. Chapter by chapter, discover each game’s development history, plot summaries, character breakdowns, level overviews, classic reviews, and tons of visuals. The campaign runs now through January 24th, 2025.
The Kickstarter campaign is funding the production cost and is a direct channel for ordering the book in either softcover or hardcover form.
at. At over 250 pages, this book is the definitive collection for fans of the entire series. It will be available on pixelsandpolygons.net and Amazon directly after the campaign. Rex Nabours III and Audi Sorlie write additional contributions to the book, adding further context and history about the games.
Pixels and Polygons is the publisher, having published four previous books and a monthly zine from Darren Hupke in the last two years. Focusing on retro gaming content, Darren is best known for the 32 Bit Library series, in which he has written extensively about the original PlayStation library.
For more information, please visit darrenhupke.carbonmade.com, pixelsandpolygons.net, and https://linktr.ee/darrenhupke.