Fighting

Introduction X-Men vs. Street Fighter was developed and published by Capcom on CPS-2 arcade hardware, released in Japan in September 1996 and reaching North American arcades that October. It holds the distinction of being the first tag-team fighting game in what would become Capcom’s long-running Vs. series, pairing characters from Marvel’s X-Men comics, including Wolverine,…

Introduction Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes was developed and published by Capcom on CPS-2 arcade hardware, released in Japan and Europe in early 1998 as the third entry in Capcom’s Vs. series, following X-Men vs. Street Fighter and Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter. The game pairs fighters from Marvel Comics, including Spider-Man,…

Introduction Street Fighter II: The World Warrior was developed and published by Capcom, released in arcades in 1991 under the direction of Akira Nishitani and Akira Yasuda. The game let players choose from eight playable World Warriors, including Ryu, Ken, Chun-Li, and Blanka, each with a distinct fighting style, before facing four powerful boss characters…

Introduction Fatal Fury Special was developed and published by SNK, produced by Eikichi Kawasaki with design by Takashi Tsukamoto, released to Neo Geo arcades in September 1993 as an expanded update of the previous year’s Fatal Fury 2. Rather than a full sequel, it reworked that game’s roster and balance, promoting four previously CPU-only boss…

Introduction The King of Fighters ’97 was developed and published by SNK for the Neo Geo MVS arcade system, directed by Toyohisa Tanabe and produced by Takashi Nishiyama, released to Japanese arcades in July 1997 as the fourth entry in the series. It serves as the climax of the so-called Orochi Saga, a storyline running…

Introduction The King of Fighters ’98, known in Japan as Dream Match Never Ends, was developed and published by SNK for the Neo Geo arcade and home systems in 1998 as the fifth entry in the King of Fighters series. Rather than pushing the ongoing story forward, SNK explicitly marketed it as a special ‘dream…

Introduction Samurai Shodown, known in Japan as Samurai Spirits, was developed and published by SNK for the Neo Geo MVS arcade system, produced by Eikichi Kawasaki and Tomoaki Fukui with Yasushi Adachi as designer, released in July 1993 with a Neo Geo AES home console version following that August. Where most fighting games of the…