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Tekken 2 is a bootleg fighting game made by Hummer Team based on the original Tekken. It was developed for the Famicom. There are 8 characters in total, with a repeat of each one. They are Wang, Heihachi, Nina, Paul, Kazuya, (misspelled Kazuyz on the win screen) Michelle, King, and Law. The g...

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Developer
Hummer Team

Released on
1996

Size
1–2 Players

Version
NES

Requirements
Nintendo Entertainment System

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Fighting

Publisher
J.Y. Company

ESRB Rating
Not Rated

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Tekken 2 is a bootleg fighting game made by Hummer Team based on the original Tekken. It was developed for the Famicom.

There are 8 characters in total, with a repeat of each one. They are Wang, Heihachi, Nina, Paul, Kazuya, (misspelled Kazuyz on the win screen) Michelle, King, and Law.
The graphics are taken from Tekken and simplified, with the backgrounds having multi-layered scrolling due to the Famicom not being able to produce the 3D graphics of the original game.c

Tekken 2

Overview & History

Released during the twilight era of the 8-bit generation, Tekken 2 for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) stands as one of the most fascinating bootleg conversions in gaming history. Originally a massive 3D arcade and PlayStation hit by Namco, this unauthorized port was masterfully reverse-engineered by Asian pirates—frequently associated with Hummer Team—to run on humble 6502 hardware. Rather than attempting a doomed 3D polygon engine, the developers cleverly reimagined the sprawling King of the Iron Fist Tournament 2 as a fast-paced 2D sprite fighter. It captures the spirit of Kazuya Mishima's dark family feud against his father Heihachi, complete with compressed 8-bit renditions of iconic stages like the Kyoto stage and Jun Kazama's misty forest, making it a legendary collector's novelty and an astonishing technical feat for the aging NES architecture.

Gameplay Features & Mechanics

Despite the hardware limitations, the gameplay faithfully adapts the core mechanics of the 1995 original. Players can choose from a surprisingly robust roster of 8-bit pixelated combatants, including Kazuya, Heihachi, Paul Phoenix, Michelle Chang, and Jack-2. The fighting engine utilizes a distinct four-button layout mapping standard punches and kicks, allowing for surprisingly fluid combos and character-specific juggles. Collision detection is surprisingly tight, and special moves—such as Paul's devastating Death Fist or Kazuya's Electric Wind God Fist—can be executed with modified directional quarter-circle inputs. The game features both single-player arcade ladders culminating in a showdown with Devil Kazuya, and a dedicated two-player versus mode that delivered countless hours of couch competition on original hardware.