Video Games - Fighting (NeoGeo/SNK)

One or two players choose from either Terry Bogard, Andy Bogard, or Joe Higashi and fight eight opponents, including the crime boss, Geese Howard.

After Geese Howard's death in Fatal Fury: King of Fighters (1991), a mysterious nobleman becomes the sponsor of the new "King of Fighters" tournament, searching for the man responsible for defeating Geese.

The characters are all the same, as are most of the backdrops you'll spend your time doing battle in, but once you start executing your characters normal move set at a much quicker and more streamlined pace, you'll begin to see the advantages of the new combo system

The last game of this early series. Terry, Andy, Joe, Mai and Geese return to South Town as they are joined by five new characters and three bosses.

With 16 fighters to choose from, there's plenty of variety to go around. You won't find a lot of added fluff in the game as it sticks to the standard one-on-one fighting system and little more.

This time around 2 newcomers have been introduced: Li Xiang Fei the Kung-Fu master and a boxer by the name of Rick Strowd. And Geese Howard makes reappearance as playable character. Choose from 22 fighters and test your might!

Ten years after crime lord Geese Howard's death, the city of Southtown has become more peaceful leading it to be known as the Second Southtown (having formerly been corrupted by Geese). A new fighting tournament called "King of Fighters: Maximum Mayhem" starts in the area, and several characters related with the fighters from the previous King of Fighters tournaments participate within it.

Ryô Sakazaki and Robert Garcia are both best friends and fierce rivals. When Ryô's sister, Yuri, is kidnapped, both men must take to the streets to track her down.

Mr. Karate, the undefeated martial artist, was revealed as Ryo's missing father, Takuma Sakazaki. 10 years ago, he knew that Ronnet's death was intentionally planned by someone. Fearing that the rest of his family would be targeted if he stayed, he disappeared. However, 10 years after Ronnet's accident, he learned that an organization had targeted his daughter Yuri. Learning that Mr. Big was behind this, Takuma was forced to work with him. However, Mr. Big's ambitions were foiled by Ryo, Robert, and King's revolution, the latter being one of his former subordinates. Yuri and Takuma safely returned home.

The third Art of Fighting game in the series.

Shiro Tokisada Amakusa, slain in 1638 by the forces of the Tokugawa Shogunate, is revived as a satanic demon, and unleashes his dark powers to bring chaos to the world. An assortment of warriors converge to put a stop to him.

In Samurai Shodown II players take on one of the roles of fifteen warriors, fighting their way through the land to defeat Rashojin Mizuki, who was thrown into the sea when she was a little girl and since then became a servant of the dark god Ambrosia.

Third entry in the 'Samurai Showdown' fighting series.

Fourth entry in the 'Samurai Showdown' fighting series.

Samurai Shodown 64 is a versus fighting game, the first in the series to use fully 3D modeled graphics instead of 2D sprites. There are 11 selectable characters each with their own background stage. Players can move in any direction and the backgrounds have multiple levels. It is possible to knock opponents through walls or floors into a different section of stage, for example from the deck of a ship onto the docks. Opponents can also be knocked out of the ring, resulting in a "ring out" victory. Win two rounds to win the match and move onto the next opponent. Each character has a life bar and also has a "stamina bar" which decreases with excessive movement and attacks, and refills when inactive. There is also a yellow "POW meter" at the bottom of the screen. Once this reaches a maximum the fighter has unlimited stamina for a short while and also the ability to execute a super move. Throughout the game there are black-white writings and character illustrations, similar in style to Japanese calligraphy. For example, when a match is over there is a victory screen in black-and-white brush style, with a close-up of the winner or an animation of the defeated fighter.

Samurai Shodown V is a port of the classic NeoGeo arcade fighting game of the same name. In this fifth installment, you can play as one of dozens of animated Japanese characters to discover combos and special moves.

Acting as both an instant kill mechanic (when your opponent has a little bit of health left during the final round), and a fatality, these Overkill moves result in some cinematic and bloody specials.

Two worlds once existed since ancient times. The world of the living, Ushyo, and the land of the dead, Tokoyo. A legendary boundary to forever separate them, The Hell's Gate, has existed since the birth of myths to keep an universal balance. There is said to be four gods that defend it: Seiryu of the East, Byakko of the West, Genbu of the North, and Suzaku of the South. They eternally perform their duty from the shadows of legend and were eventually forgotten by people as time passed.

Long before humanity existed, death was an unknown, equally distant concept. When death first came to the world, the "Messenger from Afar" was born. With time, the Sealing Rite was held to seal Death behind Hell's Gate. At that time, two worlds, one near and one far, were born, beginning the history of life and death. Half a year has passed since Suzaku's madness, and the underworld is still linked by a great portal. Our world has been called upon. Legends of long ago told of the sealing of the boundary between the two worlds. The Sealing Rite would be necessary to hold back the spirits of that far away world.