SpikeOut 1998 video game
1998 video game
This article is about the video game. For the unrelated volleyball tournament, see
SpikeOut Tournament .
Spikeout: Digital Battle Online 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] Spikeout: Final Edition , was released in 1999 .
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 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 Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii [ 6] [ 7]
Reception
In Japan, Game Machine listed SpikeOut on their November 15, 1998 issue as being the third most-successful arcade game of the month.[ 8]
References
↑ Famitsu DC (February 15, 2002). Sega Arcade History (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Enterbrain. ↑ Akagi, Masumi (October 13, 2006). アーケードTVゲームリスト国内•海外編(1971-2005) [ Arcade TV Game List: Domestic • Overseas Edition (1971-2005) ] (in Japanese). Japan: Amusement News Agency. p. 132. ISBN 978-4990251215 ↑ "Sega Arcade History" (PDF) . Computer and Video Games ↑ Famitsu DC (February 15, 2002). Sega Arcade History (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan: Enterbrain. p. 166. ↑ "Sega Model 3 Step 2.1 Hardware (Sega)" . System 16. 2016-04-01. Retrieved 2016-11-30 .↑ Romano, Sal (December 11, 2023). "Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth details minigames" . Gematsu . Retrieved January 14, 2024 . ↑ Sharma, Abhinav (March 6, 2025). "Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii" . Game Rant . Retrieved December 14, 2025 . ↑ "Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - TVゲーム機ーソフトウェア (Video Game Software)". Game Machine 576. Amusement Press, Inc. 15 November 1998. p. 21.
