Nostalgic video game reference, before save states, when gaming was hard and we were all superior.

They were probably counting on him having high Attack Power, but low Speed and a very predictable pattern.

I think Paul Robertsons Pirate Cabana Baby is what you seek:

http://youtu.be/En3wcFfrrGg

If that's correct, I was going to make the same comparison. He actually made a Metal Slug styled game called Mercenary Kings on kickstarter last year, as well as already made the Scott Pilgrim game, which I expected a little more out of honestly, since the video he did before that was this:

http://youtu.be/VZy5S-jUIlw

It was good-ish, but I hope Mercenary Kings is better.

I couldn't get into the Scott Pilgrim game either. It's really hard to describe but it felt like it lacked some sort of omph to it.

Yeah, most beat em' ups are repetitive because they're old, but it really had no excuse for that. They didn't even have a decent moveset, let alone barely any unlockables. I reallly like PR as an artist, but that was too bloody lazy to me, especially when you had something like Castle Crashers to ape. I always thought if he, Corey Lewis, and those Behemoth guys teamed up, they would make a most fantastic beat em up/game.