Vigilante

Vigilante is a side-scrolling beat-'em-up originally released by Irem in arcades in 1988, considered a spiritual sequel to Irem's earlier Kung-Fu Master. You play as a lone martial artist who becomes a vigilante to rescue his girlfriend Madonna (renamed Maria in home versions) after she is kidnapped by an evil gang called the Skinheads (or Rogues), led by the fearsome Giant Devil. The game takes place across five New York locations: city streets, a junkyard, the Brooklyn Bridge, a back street, and a rooftop under construction. You fight using punches, kicks, and occasional nunchaku weapons against enemies armed with knives, chains, and rifles. The game supports single-player only.

ZX Spectrum

Released in 1989 by U.S. Gold in Europe, developed by Emerald Software and licensed from Irem Corporation . The Spectrum version supports 48K, 128K, and +3 models, and was available on both cassette and disk formats . Control options include Kempston joystick, Sinclair joystick, and keyboard . The game features monochrome graphics with the platform's distinctive attribute clash, a common limitation of Spectrum conversions. The narrative is set in a dystopian version of New York City in 1994, where law enforcement is powerless against street gangs . Later budget re-releases were handled by Kixx, Erbe Software S.A., and IBSA . The game was programmed by Damian Scattergood and Mark Cushen .