Play Slap Stick (Japan) Online

Game Overview

Slap Stick is one of those weird, charming SNES RPGs that never made it outside Japan—which is a shame, because smashing enemies with custom-built robots is way more fun than it sounds. You start off tinkering with basic parts, swapping out arms and legs like some mad scientist’s errand runner, and before long you’re sending your franken-bot into turn-based brawls against everything from street thugs to… whatever that Einstein knockoff is supposed to be.

The combat’s simple but satisfying, especially when you land a perfectly timed slap (yes, slapping is a valid strategy). Half the fun is seeing how ridiculous your robot ends up looking after upgrades—mine had tank treads and boxing gloves at one point. It’s janky in that classic 16-bit way, but there’s something weirdly addictive about it. If you can track down a fan translation, it’s worth a few hours of goofy robot-fueled chaos.