The bit about this being a good game is very much true, though.

I found out about Night Slashers the same way I come up with pretty much every game I talk about on VGJUNK: a combination of hazy childhood memories and poking around on the internet. Okay, so obviously that story isn't true. Turns out, it's really bloody (pun intended) good! There, standing in a smoking crater beside me, was the game I had be searching for - Data East's 1993 gore-soaked punchathon Night Slashers. 'I SHALL GRANT YOU THIS BOON, MORTAL!' he cried, before departing in a crash of thunder. 'Oh merciful and occasionally backwards-compatible God,' I cried, 'grant me my wish: give to me a videogame that combines my love of all things horrific and macabre with the side-scrolling beat-em-up genre I love so much.' The clouds parted and there, bathed in light and wearing a cloak made of unnecessary and overly-expensive peripherals, was my God. Once I had attained true enlightenment, I climbed to the summit of the tallest mountain in the land and issued a plea to Videoludens, God of Videogaming.

Dedicating myself to videogames, I became a wandering hermit, immersing myself in electronic entertainment while destroying my enemies, those misguided fools who preach the benefits of board games and word puzzles.

In an effort to improve VGJUNK, I embarked on a great quest.

Download night slashers x