SpikeOut

{{Short description|1998 video game}}

{{Infobox video game

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| title = Spikeout

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| developer = Amusement Vision

| publisher = Sega

| director = Toshihiro Nagoshi

| producer = Toshihiro Nagoshi

| artist = Mika Kojima

| composer = Shunsuke Suzuki
Hidenori Shoji

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| platforms = Arcade

| released = {{video game release|JP|September 1998{{cite book |last=Famitsu DC|title=Sega Arcade History |date=February 15, 2002 |publisher=Enterbrain|lang=ja|location=Japan|url=https://retrocdn.net/images/3/35/Sega_Arcade_History_JP_EnterBrain_Book-1.pdf}}|NA|October 1998{{cite book |last1=Akagi |first1=Masumi |title=アーケードTVゲームリスト国内•海外編(1971-2005) |trans-title=Arcade TV Game List: Domestic • Overseas Edition (1971-2005) |date=October 13, 2006 |publisher=Amusement News Agency |lang=ja |location=Japan |isbn=978-4990251215 |pages=132|url=https://archive.org/details/ArcadeGameList1971-2005/page/n133/mode/2up}}|UK|December 1998{{cite magazine|title=Sega Arcade History |date=August 12, 1998|magazine=Computer and Video Games|lang=ja|location=Japan|url=https://retrocdn.net/images/a/ab/CVG_UK_202.pdf}}|JP|January 1999 (Final Ed){{cite book |last=Famitsu DC|title=Sega Arcade History |date=February 15, 2002|pages=166 |publisher=Enterbrain|lang=ja|location=Japan|url=https://retrocdn.net/images/3/35/Sega_Arcade_History_JP_EnterBrain_Book-1.pdf}}}}

| genre = Beat 'em up

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| arcade system = {{ubl|Sega Model 3 Step 2.1|

Sega NAOMI}}

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{{about|the video game|the unrelated volleyball tournament|SpikeOut Tournament}}

Spikeout: Digital Battle Online is a 3D beat 'em up video game developed by Toshihiro Nagoshi, and released by Sega for their Model 3 Step 2.1 arcade system board in 1998.{{cite web|url=http://system16.com/hardware.php?id=720 |title=Sega Model 3 Step 2.1 Hardware (Sega) |publisher=System 16 |date=2016-04-01 |accessdate=2016-11-30}} An update, Spikeout: Final Edition, was released in 1999.

A follow-up, Slashout, which was a slash 'em up set in a medieval fantasy setting, was developed and released in 2000, also for arcades. A spinoff, Spikers Battle, adding a versus fighting element, was developed and released in 2001, again for arcades. Another follow-up, Spikeout: Battle Street, was developed by Dimps and released exclusively for the Xbox in 2005. A new port of Spikeout: Final Edition is included in the 2024 release of Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth.{{Cite web |last=Romano |first=Sal |date=December 11, 2023 |title=Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth details minigames |url=https://www.gematsu.com/2023/12/like-a-dragon-infinite-wealth-details-minigames |access-date=January 14, 2024 |website=Gematsu}}

The SpikeOut games bear a resemblance to Sega's earlier Streets of Rage series.{{cite web|url=https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://www.sega-dc.de/dreamcast/Streets_of_Rage |title=Google Translate |website=Translate.google.com |accessdate=2016-11-30}}