Fighting Games — The Dojo
One-on-one at the arcade — Virtua Fighter, the King of Fighters, and the games where every frame and every read decides the match.
51 games in this room
PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16
Fighting Street
ファイティング・ストリート
Fighting Street is a PC Engine game released in 1988, developed by Alfa System, published by Hudson Soft. It is a 2D fig…
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Super Famicom / SNES
Street Fighter II: The World Warrior
ストリートファイターII ザ・ワールド ウォーリアー
The Super Famicom port of Street Fighter II, released in June 1992, became one of the fastest-selling home console games…
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PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16
Street Fighter II': Champion Edition
ストリートファイターII' チャンピオンエディション
Released in June 1993, the PC Engine version of Street Fighter II': Champion Edition was remarkable for one reason above…
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PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16
Street Fighter II' Dash: Champion Edition
ストリートファイターII' ダッシュ チャンピオンエディション
This PC Engine HuCard brought Capcom's Champion Edition to NEC's machine in June 1993, a notable feat for a console more…
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Mortal Kombat
モータルコンバット
Released on 'Mortal Monday' — September 13, 1993 — the Game Boy version of Mortal Kombat arrived alongside SNES, Genesis…
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Fatal Fury Special
餓狼伝説スペシャル
Fatal Fury Special is a fighting game for the Neo Geo (1993), from SNK. Part of Enjoy Game Japan Museum's record of Japa…
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Neo Geo
Samurai Shodown
サムライスピリッツ
Samurai Shodown is a fighting game for the Neo Geo (1993), from SNK. Part of Enjoy Game Japan Museum's record of Japanes…
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Sega Saturn
Virtua Fighter
バーチャファイター
Virtua Fighter (1993 arcade / 1994 Saturn) is the fighting game that proved polygon-based 3D graphics could work — and t…
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Super Famicom / SNES
Samurai Shodown
サムライスピリッツ
Released in September 1994, Samurai Shodown for Super Famicom is the home port of SNK's seminal 1993 arcade weapon-based…
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Sega Mega Drive / Genesis
Mortal Kombat II
モータルコンバットII
Mortal Kombat II is a Mega Drive game released in 1994, developed by Probe Software, published by Acclaim Entertainment.…
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Neo Geo
Samurai Shodown II
真サムライスピリッツ 覇王丸地獄変
Samurai Shodown II is a fighting game for the Neo Geo (1994), from SNK. Part of Enjoy Game Japan Museum's record of Japa…
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Neo Geo
Art of Fighting 2
龍虎の拳2
Art of Fighting 2 is a fighting game for the Neo Geo (1994), from SNK. Part of Enjoy Game Japan Museum's record of Japan…
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Neo Geo
The King of Fighters '94
ザ・キング・オブ・ファイターズ'94
The King of Fighters '94, released in August 1994 for Neo Geo MVS arcade cabinets and later that year for the Neo Geo AE…
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Sega Saturn
Virtua Fighter 2
バーチャファイター2
Virtua Fighter 2 sold over 700,000 copies in Japan within its first two days of release in November 1995 — a record that…
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Golden Axe: The Duel
ゴールデンアックス・ザ・デュエル
Golden Axe: The Duel reimagines Sega's beloved fantasy hack-and-slash series as a one-on-one weapons fighter. Originally…
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Sega Saturn
Galaxy Fight: Universal Warriors
ギャラクシーファイト ユニバーサル・ウォリアーズ
Galaxy Fight: Universal Warriors was Sunsoft's first fighting game, originally released for SNK's Neo Geo before reachin…
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Sega Saturn
Battle Monsters
バトルモンスターズ
Battle Monsters is a 2D fighting game with a dark fantasy-horror theme, developed by Scarab and published by Naxat Soft …
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Sega Mega Drive / Genesis
Mortal Kombat 3
モータルコンバット3
Mortal Kombat 3 is a 1995 fighting game for the mega drive, developed by Midway Games, with music by Dan Forden. It belo…
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Neo Geo
Fatal Fury 3: Road to the Final Victory
餓狼伝説3 遥かなる闘い
Fatal Fury 3: Road to the Final Victory is a fighting game for the Neo Geo (1995), from SNK. Part of Enjoy Game Japan Mu…
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Neo Geo
Samurai Shodown III
サムライスピリッツ 斬紅郎無双剣
Samurai Shodown III is a fighting game for the Neo Geo (1995), from SNK. Part of Enjoy Game Japan Museum's record of Jap…
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Neo Geo
Real Bout Fatal Fury
リアルバウト餓狼伝説
Real Bout Fatal Fury is a fighting game for the Neo Geo (1995), from SNK. Part of Enjoy Game Japan Museum's record of Ja…
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Uncommon Neo Geo
World Heroes Perfect
ワールドヒーローズパーフェクト
World Heroes Perfect (1995) is the fourth and final entry in ADK's World Heroes fighting game series for the Neo Geo. Re…
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Neo Geo
The King of Fighters '95
ザ・キング・オブ・ファイターズ'95
Released in 1995 for the Neo Geo, The King of Fighters '95 was SNK's second entry in the KOF series and the game that in…
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Sega Saturn
Fighters Megamix
ファイターズメガミックス
Fighters Megamix is a 1996 crossover fighting game developed by Sega AM2 exclusively for the Sega Saturn — the first maj…
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Ninku: Tsuyokina Yatsura no Daigekitotsu!
NINKU -忍空- 〜強気な奴等の大激突!〜
Ninku: Tsuyokina Yatsura no Daigekitotsu! is a 2D fighting game for the Sega Saturn, published by Sega and based on the …
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Sega Saturn
Rise 2: Resurrection
ライズ・オブ・ザ・ロボット2 〜Resurrection Rise 2〜
Rise 2: Resurrection is a one-on-one fighting game developed by Mirage Media and published by Acclaim, reaching the Sega…
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Uncommon Sega Saturn
X-Men vs. Street Fighter
エックスメン VS. ストリートファイター
X-Men vs. Street Fighter is Capcom's 1996 landmark crossover fighting game that brought Marvel's X-Men characters — Wolv…
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Uncommon Sega Saturn
Dead or Alive
デッドオアアライブ
Released for the Sega Saturn in Japan in October 1997, Dead or Alive is the first entry in Tecmo's fighting game series …
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PlayStation
Bushido Blade
ブシドーブレード
Released in March 1997, Bushido Blade is Square's most unconventional fighting game — a 3D swordfight where there is no …
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Sega Saturn
Ragnagard (Shinouken)
神凰拳
Known in Japan as Shinouken, Ragnagard is a 2D fighting game developed by Saurus and System Vision for SNK's Neo Geo. Th…
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Sega Saturn
D-Xhird
ディ・サード
D-Xhird is a 3D weapon-based fighting game developed by Nextech and published by Takara for the Sega Saturn. Released on…
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PlayStation
Tekken 3
鉄拳3
Tekken 3 (1998) is the apex of the PlayStation-era 3D fighting game — a title that sold 8.5 million copies worldwide and…
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Dreamcast
Virtua Fighter 3tb
バーチャファイター3tb
One of four launch titles for the Sega Dreamcast in Japan on November 27, 1998, Virtua Fighter 3tb was Sega's opening st…
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Uncommon Sega Saturn
Vampire Savior: The Lord of Vampire
ヴァンパイア セイヴァー THE LORD OF VAMPIRE
Released for Sega Saturn in Japan in April 1998, Vampire Savior: The Lord of Vampire is the third and most celebrated en…
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Game Boy Color
Mortal Kombat 4
モータルコンバット4
Mortal Kombat 4 is a Game Boy Color game released in 1998, developed by Digital Eclipse, published by Midway Games. It i…
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Uncommon ▶ Nintendo 64
Super Smash Bros.
大乱闘スマッシュブラザーズ
Super Smash Bros. is the game that Masahiro Sakurai built in secret. Working without Nintendo's knowledge, Sakurai creat…
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Dreamcast
Power Stone
パワーストーン
Power Stone (1999) by Capcom is a fully 3D arena fighting game that originated on Sega's NAOMI arcade board before its D…
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Dreamcast
Soulcalibur
ソウルキャリバー
Soulcalibur (1999) is a 3D weapons-based fighting game developed by Project Soul for Sega Dreamcast, and one of the most…
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Dreamcast
The King of Fighters: Dream Match 1999
ザ・キング・オブ・ファイターズ DREAM MATCH 1999
King of Fighters: Dream Match 1999 is an enhanced Dreamcast port of The King of Fighters '98: Dream Match Never Ends — i…
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Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes
マーヴル VS. カプコン2 NEW AGE OF HEROES
Released in 2000, Marvel vs. Capcom 2 assembled 56 characters from Marvel and Capcom universes for the largest fighting …
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Dreamcast
Dead or Alive 2
デッド オア アライブ 2
Team Ninja's follow-up to Dead or Alive, released for the Dreamcast on February 29, 2000 — a leap day release that match…
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Uncommon Dreamcast
Power Stone 2
パワーストーン2
Power Stone 2 (2000) expanded everything that made the original remarkable: where the first game was a two-player arena …
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Project Justice
プロジェクト ジャスティス 燃えろ！正義学園
Released in December 2000, Project Justice is the sequel to Rival Schools: United by Fate and the last major Capcom figh…
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▶ Nintendo GameCube
Super Smash Bros. Melee
大乱闘スマッシュブラザーズDX
Super Smash Bros. Melee (2001) is the second entry in the Smash Bros. series and the best-selling Nintendo GameCube game…
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Uncommon Dreamcast
Capcom vs. SNK 2: Mark of the Millennium 2001
カプコン バーサス エス・エヌ・ケイ 2 ミリオネア ファイティング 2001
Released in September 2001, Capcom vs. SNK 2 arrived months after Sega had officially discontinued the Dreamcast hardwar…
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SoulCalibur II
ソウルキャリバーII
SoulCalibur II (2003) is Namco's weapon-based 3D fighting game and the first major title to feature platform-exclusive g…
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Neo Geo
The King of Fighters '98
ザ・キング・オブ・ファイターズ'98
The King of Fighters '98, subtitled Dream Match Never Ends, is a 1998 fighting game developed and published by SNK for t…
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PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16
Used ART OF FIGHTING - Tested & Working
Used ART OF FIGHTING - Tested & Working
Art of Fighting is a fighting game originally developed by SNK for Neo Geo (1992), ported to PC Engine CD-ROM² in 1994 b…
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3DO
Ultraman Powered
ウルトラマンパワード
Ultraman Powered for the 3DO, developed by Tose and published by Bandai on March 20, 1994, is a fighting game based on t…
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Neo Geo
Samurai Shodown IV: Amakusa's Revenge
サムライスピリッツ 天草降臨
Samurai Shodown IV: Amakusa's Revenge, developed and published by SNK for Neo Geo in 1996, is titled Samurai Spirits: Am…
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Neo Geo
The King of Fighters '97
ザ・キング・オブ・ファイターズ '97
Released in Japanese arcades on July 28, 1997, The King of Fighters '97 concluded the Orochi Saga — a three-year story a…
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