Street Fighter II: Special Champion Edition

Street Fighter II: Special Champion Edition

Developer: Capcom    Publisher: Capcom    Release:    Genre: Action The SNES release of Street Fighter II is one of the biggest console exclusives of all time. At the time no one thought it was possible and its release and quality sparked a...
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Art of Fighting (SNES)

Art of Fighting (SNES)

Developer: Takara    Publisher: Takara    Release: 12/93    Genre: Fighting Art of Fighting has always occupied a weird spot in SNK’s fighting roster. Not quite Fatal Fury but also not analogous to Street Fighter it brought many unique systems to the...
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters

Developer: Konami   Publisher: Konami   Release:09/04/93   Genre: Fighting When Street Fighter 2 hit the SNES it opened the floodgates for not only arcade ports but also many an original home fighting game. Some of these were based off popular manga like...
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Power Moves

Power Moves

Developer: System Vision   Publisher: Kaneko    Release: 01/93   Genre: Action Ah yes, Power Moves. If you grew up in the 90’s chances are you saw the striking ad of a man getting punched and his face exploding in...
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Street Fighter II Turbo

Street Fighter II Turbo

Developer: Capcom    Publisher: Capcom    Release: 08/01/93   Genre: Action The announcement of Street Fighter 2: Champion Edition for the Sega Genesis was a big blow to SNES owners in 1993. While Super Nintendo owners had enjoyed the original exclusive...
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Mortal Kombat

Mortal Kombat

Developer: Probe    Publisher: Acclaim    Release: 09/13/93   Genre: Fighting Street Fighter 2 is one of the most influential games of all time, not to mention the impact it had on the fighting game genre. Like Super Mario Bros. and Double...
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Flying Dragon – the Secret Scroll

Flying Dragon – the Secret Scroll

Developer: Culture Brain    Publisher: Culture Brain    Release: 08/89   Genre: Action Culture Brain is not the first name on my list of best NES publishers. But I will give them credit for coming up with some weirdly ambitious titles. The...
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Martial Champion

Martial Champion

Developer: Konami    Publisher: Konami    Release: 12/17/93   Genre: Fighting Konami established the fighting game genre with Yie Ar Kung-Fu alongside Karate Champ. Many of us older gamers loved it as it offered something different from what we were use...
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Street Fighter II: Champion Edition

Street Fighter II: Champion Edition

Developer: Capcom    Publisher: NEC    Release: 06/12/93   Genre: Fighting Once Street Fighter II hit the SNES the floodgates were open. Arcade games previously thought impossible for home release were ported to the 16-bit consoles en masse. While the S...
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Golden Axe: the Duel

Golden Axe: the Duel

Developer: Sega AM1   Publisher: Sega    Release: 06/27/96   Genre: Fighting Once the Saturn was released the expectation was that we would receive 32-bit updates to all of Sega’s intellectual properties. Streets of Rage, Vectorman……Sonic. Oh how na...
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