{{Short description|1998 video game}} {{Infobox video game | collapsible = | state = | italic title = | title = Spikeout | image = File:Spikeout_-_Digital_Battle_Online_1998_Arcade_Flyer.jpg | alt = | caption = | developer = [[Amusement Vision]] | publisher = [[Sega]] | director = [[Toshihiro Nagoshi]] | producer = Toshihiro Nagoshi | artist = Mika Kojima | composer = Shunsuke Suzuki<br>[[Hidenori Shoji]] | series = | engine = | platforms = [[Arcade game|Arcade]] | released = {{video game release|JP|September 1998<ref>{{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}}</ref>|NA|October 1998<ref>{{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}}</ref>|UK|December 1998<ref>{{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}}</ref>|JP|January 1999<small> (Final Ed)</small><ref>{{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}}</ref>}} | genre = [[Beat 'em up]] | modes = | arcade system = {{ubl|[[List of Sega arcade system boards|Sega Model 3 Step 2.1]]| [[List of Sega arcade system boards|Sega NAOMI]]}} }} {{about|the video game|the unrelated volleyball tournament|SpikeOut Tournament}} '''''Spikeout: Digital Battle Online''''' is a [[3D computer graphics|3D]] [[beat 'em up]] [[video game]] developed by [[Toshihiro Nagoshi]], and released by [[Sega]] for their [[Sega Model 3|Model 3 Step 2.1]] [[arcade system board]] in [[1998 in video gaming|1998]].<ref>{{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}}</ref> An update, ''Spikeout: Final Edition'', was released in [[1999 in video gaming|1999]].
A follow-up, ''Slashout'', which was a [[Hack and slash|slash 'em up]] set in a medieval fantasy setting, was developed and released in [[2000 in video gaming|2000]], also for [[Arcade game|arcades]]. A spinoff, ''Spikers Battle'', adding a [[Fighting game|versus fighting]] element, was developed and released in [[2001 in video gaming|2001]], again for arcades. Another follow-up, ''[[Spikeout: Battle Street]]'', was developed by [[Dimps]] and released exclusively for the [[Xbox (console)|Xbox]] in [[2005 in video gaming|2005]]. A new port of ''Spikeout: Final Edition'' is included in the 2024 release of ''[[Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth]]'' and 2025's ''[[Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii]]''.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Sharma | first=Abhinav | title=Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii | website=Game Rant | date=March 6, 2025 | url=https://gamerant.com/like-a-dragon-pirate-yakuza-in-hawaii-where-play-all-arcade-games/ | access-date=December 14, 2025}}</ref>
== Reception == In Japan, ''Game Machine'' listed ''SpikeOut'' on their November 15, 1998 issue as being the third most-successful arcade game of the month.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - TVゲーム機ーソフトウェア (Video Game Software)|magazine=[[:ja:ゲームマシン|Game Machine]]|issue=576|publisher=[[:ja:アミューズメント通信社|Amusement Press, Inc.]]|date=15 November 1998|page=21|lang=ja}}</ref>
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==External links== *[http://segaretro.org/Spikeout:_Digital_Battle_Online SegaRetro.org - SpikeOut]
[[Category:1998 video games]] [[Category:3D beat 'em ups]] [[Category:Amusement Vision games]] [[Category:Arcade video games]] [[Category:Arcade-only video games]] [[Category:Fighting games]] [[Category:Sega arcade games]] [[Category:Sega beat 'em ups]] [[Category:Sega video game franchises]] [[Category:Video games developed in Japan]] [[Category:Video games scored by Hidenori Shoji]]