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Fatal Fury: King of Fighters

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Southtown City plays host to the King of Fighters Tournament. Andy & Terry Bogard take part in the tournament cause winning the tournament is the only way they can defeat Geese Howard. Geese Howard controls Southtown City and killed their father several years ago. Also taking part is Joe Higashi,...

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Developer
SNK

Released on
1991

Size
1–2 Players

Version
Neo Geo AES

Requirements
SNK Neo Geo AES

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Fighting

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Southtown City plays host to the King of Fighters Tournament. Andy & Terry Bogard take part in the tournament cause winning the tournament is the only way they can defeat Geese Howard. Geese Howard controls Southtown City and killed their father several years ago. Also taking part is Joe Higashi, a Japanese kickboxer. Select either Joe, Andy or Terry, visit several locations in Southtown City and win that tournament!

Fatal Fury is a 2D fighter and is the first game in a series of one-on-one fighting games by SNK. It’s a conversion of the original Fatal Fury arcade game. This first game does not yet feature the series’ trademark pseudo 3D mode (which allows you to move between the foreground & background while fighting). Includes a two-player vs. mode.

Fatal Fury: King of Fighters

Overview & History

Released by SNK in 1991 for the Neo Geo AES, Fatal Fury: King of Fighters served as SNK’s foundational response to the arcade fighting boom, laying the crucial narrative and mechanical groundwork for both the Fatal Fury and massive King of Fighters crossover franchises. Conceived by visionary game designer Takashi Nishiyama—who also directed the original Street Fighter—the game plunges players into the gritty, crime-ridden streets of South Town. The storyline follows the orphaned brothers Terry and Andy Bogard, alongside their friend Joe Higashi, as they enter the lethal "King of Fighters" tournament hosted by the city's ruthless, tyrannical crime lord, Geese Howard, to avenge the murder of their adoptive father, Jeff Bogard.

Gameplay Features & Mechanics

Unlike its contemporaries, Fatal Fury introduced groundbreaking spatial mechanics to the genre by featuring a unique two-plane fighting system. Players could dynamically leap into the foreground or background plane to dodge incoming projectile attacks or reposition themselves strategically against opponents. The game also pioneered cooperative two-player gameplay against CPU bosses, allowing a second player to drop in seamlessly. Characters boast distinct, devastating special moves executed via precise directional and button inputs, such as Terry Bogard's iconic rising projectile, the Power Wave, his frantic anti-air Burn Knuckle, and Andy Bogard's lightning-fast Shoryudan and shadow-cloning Hishoken. Precision timing is heavily rewarded when countering boss-level aggression, particularly against the notoriously difficult final boss, Geese Howard, who counters reckless offensive maneuvers with brutal throws.