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Instruction booklet · April 1993

Fatal Fury

Fighting1–2 playersPre-ESRB

The story

Fatal Fury is a fighting game developed by SNK and released for arcades in 1991. Players choose from a roster of martial artists and compete in one-on-one battles using punches, kicks, and special moves. The game introduced a two-plane fighting system that allows characters to move between foreground and background lanes.

Specifications

Released: April 1993
Developer: Takara
Publisher: Takara
Players: 2
Genre: Fighting
Rating: Pre-ESRB
Series: Fatal Fury
Themes: Action
View: Side view
Multiplayer: 2+ players

What the magazines said

EGM · not on record yet

Players: 63/100 (40 ratings)

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