Bay Route is an action arcade published by SNK in 1989, set in a coastal urban environment where the player combines melee combat with firearm use to advance through different stages, in line with the brawler-and-run-and-gun hybrids SNK explored before establishing itself on the Neo Geo. It's a transitional title within the studio's catalog, predating its most remembered era.
It never reached the recognition of SNK's big names, but it retains interest for anyone following the company's evolution from generic 80s arcade toward the identity it would go on to define with the Neo Geo.
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