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Geese Howard: a man feared by the world as the dark ruler of South Town. He shocked the land with his violent techniques and was confident that no one could ever top him. To rid himself of the man, Geese took the life the street champ, Jeff Bogard. However, several years later, three men arose to...

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Developer
SNK

Released on
1993

Size
1–2 Players

Version
Neo Geo AES

Requirements
SNK Neo Geo AES

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Fighting

ESRB Rating
Not Rated

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Geese Howard: a man feared by the world as the dark ruler of South Town. He shocked the land with his violent techniques and was confident that no one could ever top him. To rid himself of the man, Geese took the life the street champ, Jeff Bogard. However, several years later, three men arose to stop Geese’s ambition. They were the sons of the dead Jeff, Terry and Andy Bogard, and Muay Thai champ, Joe Higashi. After Geese was defeated by them, he was believed to be dead. However, as time passed, a disturbing rumor began to float around the world. Geese is alive…

His elder half-brother, Wolfgang Krauser, took the reigns of the underworld after his younger brother’s passing. However, the resurrected Geese deprives Krauser his seat of glory and the Bogard brothers burn with the flames of revenge. Terry and Andy hear where Geese is located.”We’re coming for you, Geese!” A new legend is about to begin.

Fatal Fury Special

Overview & History

Released by SNK in 1993 for the Neo Geo AES, Fatal Fury Special stands as a definitive, unnumbered revision of Fatal Fury 2 rather than an entirely new sequel. Eschewing a traditional narrative storyline, this title serves as a grand tournament celebration, bringing back fan-favorites and legends from the first two installments—including the long-awaited return of the presumed-dead geese-thrower, Geese Howard, and the boss version of Wolfgang Krauser. Historically, it was a massive commercial success in arcades and a holy grail for home console owners due to the prohibitive cost of the Neo Geo AES cartridge. It refined SNK’s fighting engine into a faster, more lethal showcase of timing and execution, setting the stage for the modern tournament fighters that would follow throughout the 1990s.

Gameplay Features & Mechanics

Fatal Fury Special introduced several pivotal mechanical evolutions to the fighting genre. Most notably, it perfected the two-plane line-swapping system established in earlier games, allowing fighters to jump between the foreground and background to evade attacks or initiate surprise ambushes. The game ditched the traditional round-based transitional breaks in favor of a continuous match flow with dynamic stage transitions. The combo system was drastically expanded, introducing cancellable normal attacks into special moves and pioneering the frantic "Power Gauge" desperation moves that could turn the tide of a match when a player’s health dropped below 25%. Character rosters featured unique traversal and zoning tools; Terry Bogard commands the arena with his iconic "Power Wave" and "Crack Shoot," Andy relies on the relentless "Shoryudan," and Mai Shiranui utilizes flutter-fan projectiles alongside her signature high-mobility aerial attacks. Precise inputs for command normals, throws, and superhuman DM super-moves demand absolute mastery of the responsive AES hardware.

Keyboard Controls

Arrow Keys / D-Pad: Move (Left/Right to walk, Down to crouch, Up to jump, Tap Left/Right twice to run, Up-Away to switch planes)
Action Keys: Attack / Jump (A = Light Punch, B = Light Kick, C = Heavy Punch, D = Heavy Kick / Plane Sway)
Enter: Start / Pause