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General: In Fatal Fury, you play the role of one of the Bogard brothers (Terry and Andy) or their friend Joe Higashi as they travel to South Town in order to to compete in the King Of Fighters tournament. Your first four opponents are Richard Myer, Duck King, Tung Fue Rue and Micheal Max. You can select the order of the first four battles. After defeating the first four opponents, you must face off agaisnt Hwa Jai, Raiden and Billy Kane (in that order) before fighting the current champion, Geese Howard, the crime boss responsible for the death of Jeff, Terry and Andy's father.
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The gameplay engine of Fatal Fury feels really stiff when compared to the epic arcade smash that was Capcom's Street Fighter 2. The main unique draw of Fatal Fury was the ability to "jump" into the background or foreground and continue fighting. Character sprites obviously appeared smaller in the background, and then bigger and more detailed in the foreground. It was weird, but at the same time there was something cool about it.
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The character designs were definitely unique in their own right, but really couldn't match those of SF2 at the time. They all had some serious development to do, and thank goodness they did. The first Fatal Fury was simply an alternative to Street Fighter 2 to those who were just tired of getting their asses handed to them at the arcades. But it was the start of a truly great and memorable fighting game series, and the debut of several fighting game "icons."
Manufacturer: SNK
Platforms: Neo
Geo
Release: November
19, 1991
Characters:
Terry,
Andy,
Joe,
Richard
Myer, Duck King, Tung
Fue Rue, Micheal Max,
Hwa
Jai, Raiden,
Billy
Kane, Geese
Related Games:
Fatal
Fury 2, Fatal Fury 3, Fatal
Fury Special, Fatal Fury Real Bout, Fatal
Fury Real Bout 2,
Fatal Fury Real Bout
Special, Fatal Fury: Wild Ambition,
Fatal
Fury: 1st Contact, Garou: Mark of The Wolves
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Closing Comment: SNK just seemed like it was mooching off of the huge success that Capcom's Street Fighter 2 was having at the arcades... Which marked the beginning of the Capcom VS SNK rivalry. While Fatal Fury was a good effort by SNK, it still left something to be desired... left something behind... whatever it was, it wasn't there... Maybe "Gameplay?" While a still classic to look back and laugh at, Fatal Fury lacked a solid fighting system, and only had 3 selectable characters. And they were trying to compete with Street Fighter 2? C'mon guys, you can do better... (And they did) ~F.Yagami, Webmaster of TFG
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