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Game Overview

Bloody Life, A! is the kind of MS-DOS brawler that punches you in the face the second you hit start—no tutorials, no hand-holding, just pixelated mayhem. You’re dumped into some grimy back alley, and suddenly every thug, cop, and random dude with a pipe wants a piece of you. The controls are simple (left, right, punch, kick), but good luck mastering them before the screen turns red.

It’s janky, loud, and occasionally unfair—enemies spawn out of nowhere, hits sometimes don’t register, and the soundtrack sounds like a broken arcade cabinet. But that’s the charm. There’s something weirdly satisfying about finally clearing a screen after your fifth attempt, watching your guy stomp on some poor goon’s face while the game yells “BLOODY!” in blocky text. If you miss when games didn’t care about being balanced or pretty, this one’s a time capsule worth cracking open.

Just don’t expect to walk away without a few digital bruises.

Each game uses different controls, most DOS games use the keyboard arrows. Some will use the mouse , "Alt" ,"Enter" and "Space bar".