World Heroes Perfect

World Heroes Perfect

Developer: ADK    Publisher: SNK    Release: 08/09/96    Genre: Fighting Next to Eternal Champions World Heroes has one of the best concepts in the fighting game genre. A mad scientist brings together the greatest figures in history to see...
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Samurai Shodown (SNES)

Samurai Shodown (SNES)

Developer: Monolith Corp.    Publisher: Takara    Release: 1994    Genre: Fighting Of all of all SNK’s innumerable fighting game series Samurai Shodown might be my favorite. As one of the first weapons based fighting games the visceral combat was...
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Battle Arena Toshinden 3

Battle Arena Toshinden 3

Developer: Tamsoft    Publisher: Playmates Interactive Entertainment    Release: 1997   Genre: Fighting For a long time Battle Arena Toshinden was the joke of the 3d fighting game community. Many were fooled by the original as it was one of the...
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Killer Instinct

Killer Instinct

Developer: Rare    Publisher: Nintendo    Release: 08/01/95   Genre: Fighting By 1994 the fighting game market was saturated with competition. Capcom had taken Street Fighter to the next level with Super Street Fighter II Turbo, Midway was on a roll...
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Mortal Kombat (SNES)

Mortal Kombat (SNES)

Developer: Sculptured Software    Publisher: Acclaim    Release: 09/13/93    Genre: Fighting When Mortal Kombat hit the arcade it was one of the few games able to steal attention away from Street Fighter. Digitized graphics were nothing new; Pit Fighte...
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Fatal Fury 2 (Genesis)

Fatal Fury 2 (Genesis)

Developer: Gaibrain    Publisher: Takara    Release: 1994    Genre: Fighting Takara’s initial ports of SNK’s Neo Geo games were a mixed bag of quality. King of the Monsters was okay but Fatal Fury was not particularly good, especially the...
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Pit Fighter (Sega Genesis)

Pit Fighter (Sega Genesis)

Developer: Sterling Silver Software   Publisher: Tengen   Release: 1991    Genre: Fighting Pit Fighter was incredibly popular during its release in 1990. But for the life of me I never understood why. The digitized characters were impressive for the...
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The King of Fighters ’95

The King of Fighters ’95

Developer: Rutubo Games    Publisher: SNK    Release: 03/28/96    Genre: Fighting At its core the King of Fighters is a simple concept. A three vs. three style tournament is something that has been done before even on the NES. However taking...
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Fighter’s History

Fighter’s History

Developer: Data East    Publisher: Data East    Release: 08/94   Genre: Fighting Examining the fighting game landscape today is interesting. While we have a few long running series such as Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, and Tekken still receiving new en...
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King of Fighters Dream Match ’99

King of Fighters Dream Match ’99

Developer: SNK    Publisher: SNK    Release: 09/09/99    Genre: Fighting It was hard to be a King of Fighters fan growing up. King of Fighters ’94 showed up as arcades in my area were disappearing. Sony did us a solid bringing...
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