Series : Fatal Fury
Developer : SNK
Genre : Fighting games
Ports :
Fatal Fury (1992 SNES)
Fatal Fury (1993 GEN)
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This is the first entry in the Fatal Fury franchise and arguably one of the very first modern character-based fighting games, coming out less than a year after Street Fighter II. You can only select 3 different characters, Terry Bogard, Andy Bogard, and Joe Higashi. Like the first Street Fighter, the controls are weird, you can do quarter circles and charge moves, but the moves don't work if you do them too fast, which feels strange compared to modern fighting games. The 'line' system, though interesting, doesn't work particularly well, and it often turns into a lot of jumping back and forth, ending with a random character being hit by a flying kick. The graphics and sound is great, and fully on par with Street Fighter II.
Fatal Fury: King of Fighters
Facts
- This game was released 9 months after Street Fighter II, and was directed by Takashi Nishiyama, designer of Moon Patrol, Kung-Fu Master, and the original Street Fighter.
This game only has 3 playable characters.
Analysis
- This game is very impressive for its time. There are so many interesting details: varied and well-produced music with vocal chanting, the backgrounds having different lighting in the different rounds, the little story cutscenes, and the move tutorials between rounds.
