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Fighter's
History
ファイターズヒストリー
1993 |
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Better
known as 'that game that got sued by Capcom', Fighter's History is indeed a very
direct copy of Street
Fighter II (1991) specifically designed, developed
and released to cater for the versus fighting game boom
of the early 90s.
The best thing though, is that it's actually quite good:
the characters are well designed and the gameplay holds
together really well. It's easily one of the best fighting
games of the period, and that's quite a feat considering
how many SFII wannabes that appeared throughout 1992
and 1993. Be it Namco's Knuckle
Heads (1992), Atlus' Goketsuji
Ichizoku (1993) or Konami's Martial
Champion (1993), none of them came remotely close
to Fighter's History's crisp and accessible
gameplay.
The archetypal 'World Fighting Tournament' setup presents
a colourful cast of fighters, and the game system revolves
around a remarkably smooth and entertaining 'chain combo'
system. The end result is a total success - and that's
probably why Capcom got bitchy and got their lawyers
on the blower.
And that is a shame. It is not a 'direct copy' (as Capcom
argued), but a tribute to Capcom's masterpiece - a congratulatory
rendition of a genre that was perfected by SFII,
yet omnipresent since the heyday of Yie Ar Kung-Fu (1985). It was really low of Capcom to try to
claim the entire genre as their own - and try to sponge
poor old Data East for a few notes in the process.
Damn them. Hell has a special place reserved for hoarding
greed heads who behave like that. They lost, their reputation
was tarnished, and Data East's game went on to make
even more of a name for itself. Good.
Seriously, give this old beast a try: it shows promising
signs of a really fun game engine - one that was tweaked
to perfection in the excellent Fighter's
History Dynamite (1994). |
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Fighter's
History
ファイターズヒストリー
SUPER FAMICOM |
DETAILS
| Format |
Super
Famicom |
| Released |
27
May 1994 |
| Publisher |
Data
East |
| Product
ID |
SHVC-YH |
| Size
(cm) |
19
x 10.5 x 3 |
| Weight
(kg) |
0.16 |
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The
SFC Fighter's History
is a great laugh - Data East
somehow managed to deliver
a remarkably smooth and enjoyable
version of their arcade
hit.
In fact it's one of the better
fighting games on the SFC after SFII, topped
only by its sequel
Fighter's
History - Mizoguchi Kiki Ippatsu!
(1995).
Standard SFC cardboard packaging,
20Mbit cartridge, colour booklet. |
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'Fighter's
History' and 'Data East' are registered trademarks of Data East
Corporation
'Super Famicom' and 'Nintendo' are registered trademarks of Nintendo
Co., Ltd.
Fighter's History TM & © 1993 Data East All Rights Reserved
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