Gangsta Duel

Gangsta Duel puts you on a street with everybody on it against you. It arrives as a wave rather than a queue, and that is the whole shape of the fight.

Because they come from more than one direction, space matters more than damage. Backing toward a wall feels safer and is usually the mistake, since it hands away the only room you had to swing in.

Combat skills are what break a crowd open. Ordinary hits deal with one person at a time, while a skill used at the right moment clears enough room to stop being surrounded.

The controls are a stick in the bottom left corner and two round buttons on the right, and the fight is short. The enemies left in a level are counted in the top right corner. It is built for a few minutes at a time rather than an evening.