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  Fatal Fury is a game released in 1991 by SNK for Neo Geo arcade and home platforms and it was a head-to-head fighting game. The release was followed up by other sequels over the time, but Fatal Fury was the game from where everything started. Several characters which can be found in SNK’s games made their debut in Fatal Fury. Terry and Andy, but also their rival Geese Howard appeared for the first time in this game.

The story focuses on a martial arts tournament called the “King of Fighters”, held in South Town, a fictional American location. The tournament is sponsored by Geese Howard, a local crime boss. After murdering their dad years ago (a former martial artist), Terry and Andy want to take revenge and ask for the help of Joe Higashi, one of their friends.

The player has to choose between Andy, Terry and Joe in the beginning of the game. They will have to stick with the respective character for the whole tournament. They will also choose their rival for the first round. After going through, there are three other opponents to encounter. After the first three, there are three more, Hwa Jai, Raiden and Billy Kane, all before Geese Howard, the crime boss.

Terry is an American martial arts expert, while Andy is his younger brother, who learned a Japanese style of fighting in Asia. Both want to avenge their father’s death. Their friend, Joe Higashi, is a May Thai expert. There are eight characters controlled by the computer, with Geese Howard being the last one to fight. Besides the four already mentioned, Duck King, Richard Meyer, Michael Max and Tung Fue Rue are also CPU-controlled characters.

The game was later on released for Super NES in North America (1992), Sega Mega Drive/Genesis in North America (1993, with two removed characters), Wii, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable and PlayStation Network.

The gameplay is simple and was appreciated when the game was released. The player has to fight his opponent in a best two-out-of-three matcher by using an eight directional joystick and three attack buttons. Each of the playershas their own special techniques, which can be performed by inputting specific combinations with the buttons and the joystick.

The game introduces two-line battles, which was new for that period. If a friend fighter comes in for help, the game will make both of the players team-up and will let them fight against the CPU.

The game was fairly popular back when released, and users on GameSpot voted it with an average rating of 7.2 out of 10.IGN users considered the game decent, offering it an average of 6.6 out of 10, while the press and the critics offered 6.7 out of 10.

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