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Best Fighting Game Year?
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| 1983parrothead |
Posted on 09. February 2012 09:25
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Perhaps the first two good fighting game years were:
1984:
Karate Champ
Karate Champ: Player VS. Player
Kung-Fu (ZX Spectrum)
Urban Champion
Karateka
Great Swordsman
And 1985:
Yie Ar Kung-Fu (Arcade and NES / MSX versions)
Galactic Warriors
Hiryu no Ken / Shanghai Kid
Onna Sanshirou / Typhoon Gal
Yie Ar Kung-Fu II: The Emperor Yie-Gah
Kinnikuman Colosseum Deathmatch
The Way of the Exploding Fist +
But perhaps the largest years were in the '90s, especially 1993 and 1994. In the blog link found in this thread, there is a list of the first fighting games in history with each year added to them, which should give you some ideas on what you believe is the best year. |
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| merlin |
Posted on 09. February 2012 10:00
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I'm going to go for 1996 as best fighting game year. These are some of the best fighters ever created in my opinion.
Breakers
Kizuna Encounter
Samurai Shodown 4
Street Fighter Alpha 2
Warzard
Edited by merlin on 09. February 2012 10:17
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| STE C |
Posted on 09. February 2012 14:31
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Nice to see my beloved Yie Ar Kung Fu get a mention, it is one game that is still a joy to play today.
This is tricky I gotta agree with Merlin , 96 was great for fighters, SS4, KOF 96, Virtua Fighter 4, Ninja Masters a very strong year.
But Im gonna plump for 99, why see below.
Streetfighter 3 3rd Strike
Capcom vs SNK
Last Blade 2
KOF 99
MOTW
Power Stone
Soul Caliber
cant think of a year as strong as that although the years 94-2000 have plenty to love, I guess the golden years for beat em ups.
Edited by STE C on 09. February 2012 14:32
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| hitorkori |
Posted on 09. February 2012 15:37
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good shout ste id go for 99 too as powerstone soulcalibur etc were played on a daily basis  |
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| Murikov |
Posted on 09. February 2012 16:14
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Interesting topic, Parrothead. The Nineties surely can be called the golden decade of Fighting games, although the later Eighties also had their hits. According to this chart I found on NeoGeoKult, 1994 was the year with the highest number of Fighting game releases, mainly due to the SFII and MK hype I suppose (and no, I'm not exactly an admirer of all these countless SFII versions).
As for my preference, I certainly have difficulties to chose one specific year. The period from 1994 to 1999 offers the range of fighting games I love most, that's for sure, but all these titles from all possible developers are scattered throughout all years.
After all I do agree with Merlin about '96, a wide range of top-notch titles saw the light of the Gaming world back then.
1996:
Art of Fighting 3: The Path of the Warrior
Breakers
King of Fighters '96, The
Kizuna Encounter
Ninja Master's
Real Bout Fatal Fury Special
Samurai Spirits IV
Street Fighter Zero 2
Waku Waku 7
For a better overview of all fighting games releases, check out the following site:
http://www.neogeo...ghting-2d/
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| RiKo |
Posted on 09. February 2012 17:45
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i think i have to go with 96 though i am very tempted by Ste saying 1999 cos i love Soul Calibur 1 and Powerstone, and MOTW of course. Third Strike is not bad either!
97 has some classy games ---> Last Blade, Rival Schools, and Tekken 3
but i do have to go for 1996 for all those games listed above really like Waku 7, Breakers, KOF96 and AOF3 especially.
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| TF73 |
Posted on 09. February 2012 18:31
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1994 - Virtua Fighter 2 |
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| Loris Biaggi |
Posted on 11. February 2012 10:49
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1994 is absolutely the best fighting game year:
samurai shodown 2
darkstalkers
killer instinct
ultimate mortal kombat 3
super street fighter 2 turbo
primal rage (i love it...)
blood warrior (i'm joking)
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| Murikov |
Posted on 11. February 2012 18:30
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Virtual Boy wrote:
1994 is absolutely the best fighting game year:
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blood warrior (i'm joking)
Blood Warrior is one epic game, always good for a laugh! One of the digitized sprites Fighter I like most. 
Battle K-Road from the same year is quite fun too, a nice shot from Shmup-King Psikyo.
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| neogeoeno |
Posted on 11. February 2012 23:16
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my vote is for 1994 because its the year where we seen many fighting game other than the traditional sf2 |
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| merlin |
Posted on 12. February 2012 03:28
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1994, 1997 and 1999 were all particularly good years so I can understand why people chose
them. Kaiser Knuckle (and Dan-Ku-Ga) was another outstanding fighter from '94. One year no-one mentioned yet is 1995 which I'd consider the second best after 1996.
Dragoon Might
Kabuki Klash
Oni The Ninja Master
Real Bout Fatal Fury
Samurai Shodown 3
Savage Reign
Street Fighter Alpha
Vampire Hunter
World Heroes Perfect
I've never really enjoyed Battle K Road all that much. Not so keen on the feel of the gameplay and the pauses whenever one of the fighters gets knocked down interrupts the flow of the game.
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