Fighting games are characterized by close combat between two fighters or groups of fighters of comparable strength, often broken into rounds or stocks. If multiple players are involved, players generally fight against each other.
General
2D Fighting games that use 2D sprites. Games tend to emphasize the height of attacks (high, medium or low) and jumping.
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XTEND Art of Fighting series – SNK Art of Fighting Art of Fighting 2 Art of Fighting 3: The Path of the Warrior Astra Superstars – Sunsoft Asura series – Fuuki Asura Blade: Sword of Dynasty Asura Buster: Eternal Warriors Asuka 120% series Asuka 120% Burning Festival – Fill-in-Cafe Asuka 120% Excellent Burning Festival – Fill-in-Cafe / FamilySoft Asuka 120% Maxima Burning Festival – Fill-in-Cafe Asuka 120% Special Burning Festival – FamilySoft Asuka 120% Limited Burning Festival – Kodansha Asuka 120% Final Burning Festival – FamilySoft / SUCCESS Asuka 120% Return Burning Festival – FamilySoft Avengers in Galactic Storm – Data East Axel City series - Project Atsuki Axel City Axel City 2 Bangkok Knights – System 3 Battle Arena Toshinden - Betop Battle Blaze – Sammy Battle Beast – 7th Level Battle K-Road – Psikyo Battle Master: Kyuukyoku no Senshitachi – System Vision Battle Monsters – Naxat Soft BattleCry – Home Data Barbarian series Barbarian: The Ultimate Warrior / Death Sword – Palace Software Barbarian II: The Dungeon of Drax / Axe of Rage – Palace Software Best of Best – SunA Bible Fight – This is Pop Big Bang Beat – NRF Software Bikini Karate Babes – Creative Edge Studios Black Belt – Earthware Computer Services Black Hole Assault – Micronet Blades of Crossed Hearts – Owen CMYK Blandia – Allumer BlazBlue series – Arc System Works BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger Portable BlazBlue: Continuum Shift BlazBlue: Continuum Shift II BlayzBloo: Super Melee Brawlers Battle Royale BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Extend BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma BlazBlue: Clone Phantasma BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma Extend BlazBlue: Central Fiction BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle Blood Warrior / Ooedo Fight – Kaneko BloodStorm – Incredible Technologies Body Blows series Body Blows – Team17 Body Blows Galactic – Team17 Ultimate Body Blows – Team17 Bounces – Denton Designs Breakers/Breakers Revenge – Visco Brutal: Paws of Fury series Brutal: Paws of Fury – GameTek Brutal Unleashed: Above the Claw – GameTek Budokan: The Martial Spirit – Electronic Arts Bundesfighter II Turbo – funk Burning Rival – Sega Capcom Fighting Evolution – Capcom Capital Punishment – ClickBOOM Capoeira Fighter series – Spiritonin Capoeira Fighter Capoeira Fighter 2 Capoeira Fighter 3 Catfight – Atlantean Interactive Games Chinese Hero – Taiyo System Chaos Code series – FK Digital pty ltd. Chaos Code Chaos Code: (New) Sign of Catastrophe / Exact Xeno Attack Chaos Code -Nemesis Experiment- Cho Aniki: Bakuretsu Ranto Hen – NCS Chop Suey – English Software Choy Lee Fut: Kung-Fu Warrior – Positive (company) ClayFighter series – Interplay ClayFighter ClayFighter: Tournament Edition ClayFighter 2 / ClayFighter 2: Judgement Clay / C2: Judgement Clay ClayFighter 63⅓ ClayFighter: Sculptor's Cut Crimson Alive – Keropyon Crimson Alive: Genesis of The Heretic – Keropyon Crimson Alive: Burst Again – Keropyon Crimson Alive: Extreme Encounter – Keropyon Cross Theater – ABC Maru Cosmic Carnage – Sega Cyberbots: Full Metal Madness – Capcom Daemon Bride series – Examu Daemon Bride – Examu Daemon Bride: Additional Gain – Examu Dangerous Streets – Micromania (video game developer) Darkstalkers series – Capcom Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors Night Warriors: Darkstalkers' Revenge Darkstalkers 3 Vampire Hunter 2: Darkstalkers' Revenge Vampire Savior 2: The Lord of Vampire Dengeki Bunko: Fighting Climax – French-Bread Dino Rex – Taito Divekick – Iron Galaxy Doomsday Warrior Taiketsu!! Brass Numbers(Japanese name) – Renovation Productions Inc. Double Dragon: The Movie – Technos Dr. Doom's Revenge – Empire Interactive Draglade series – Dimps Custom Beat Battle: Draglade Draglade 2 Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story – Virgin Dragon Ball Z (Arcade) – Banpresto Dragon Master – Unico (video game company) Dragoon Might – Konami Duel 2000 – Coktel Vision Dynamite Bomb!! - Light Green 8 Eternal Champions series – Sega Eternal Champions Eternal Champions: Challenge from the Dark Side Eternal Fighter Zero – Tasogare Frontier Expect No Mercy - Microforum International The Fallen Angels / Daraku Tenshi – Psikyo Fatal Fury/Garou Densetsu series – SNK Fatal Fury: King of Fighters Fatal Fury 2 Fatal Fury Special Fatal Fury 3: Road to the Final Victory Real Bout Fatal Fury Real Bout Fatal Fury Special Real Bout Fatal Fury 2: The Newcomers Real Bout Garou Densetsu Special: Dominated Mind Fatal Fury: 1st Contact Garou: Mark of the Wolves Fighter's History series – Data East Fighter's History Fighter's History Dynamite Fighter's History: Mizoguchi Kiki Ippatsu!! Fightin' Spirit – Lightshock Software Fighting Masters – Treco Fighting Road – Toei Animation Fist Fighter – Zeppelin Fist of the North Star: 10 Big Brawls for the King of the Universe – Shouei System Fist of the North Star – Arc System Works Fight Fever / Wang Jung Wang – Viccom Flash Hiders series – Right Stuff Flash Hiders Battle Tycoon: Flash Hiders SFX FOOTSIES series – HiFight FOOTSIES FOOTSIES: Rollback Edition Fu'un series – SNK Savage Reign Kizuna Encounter: Super Tag Battle Fuuka Taisen – Rei no Mono Galactic Warriors – Konami Galaxy Fight: Universal Warriors – Sunsoft Gladiator – Domark Glove on Fight – French-Bread Golden Axe: The Duel – Sega Guilty Gear series – Arc System Works Gundam: Battle Assault series – Bandai Head to Head Karate – Softdisk Publishing Hercules: Slayer of the Damned – Gremlin Graphics Hiryu no Ken series – Culture Brain Hitman Reborn! DS: Flame Rumble – Tomy Holosseum – Sega Human Killing Machine / HKM – Tiertex Immaterial and Missing Power – Twilight Frontier / Team Shanghai Alice Insane Paine – Blast Process Games InuYasha: A Feudal Fairy Tale – Bandai International Karate series International Karate / World Karate Championship – System 3 IK+ / International Karate + / Chop N' Drop – System 3 Istanbul Beyleri series – AKEMRE Istanbul Beyleri Istanbul Beyleri 2 JoJo's Bizarre Adventure – Capcom Joy Mech Fight – Nintendo Jump Stars series – Ganbarion Jump Super Stars Jump Ultimate Stars Justice League Task Force – Blizzard Entertainment Kabuki Klash: Far East Of Eden – Hudson Soft Kaiser Knuckle / Global Champion / Dan-Ku-Ga – Taito Karate Master Knock Down Blow – Crian Soft Karate – Ultravision Karate Champ – Technos Japan Corporation Karate Combat – Superior Software Karateka – Jordan Mechner Kart Fighter – Cracked game featuring Mario Kasumi Ninja – Hand Made Software Kick Box Vigilante – Zeppelin Killer Instinct series Killer Instinct – Rare Killer Instinct 2 – Rare Killer Instinct Gold – Rare The Killing Blade – IGS
The King of Fighters series – SNK The King of Fighters '94 The King of Fighters '95 The King of Fighters '96 The King of Fighters '97 The King of Fighters '98 The King of Fighters '99 The King of Fighters 2000 The King of Fighters 2001 The King of Fighters 2002 The King of Fighters 2003 The King of Fighters Neowave The King of Fighters XI The King of Fighters XII The King of Fighters XIII Knight Games – English Software Konjiki no Gash Bell Yuujou no Zakeru 2 – Banpresto Konjiki no Gash Bell Yuujou no Zakeru Dream Tag Tournament – Banpresto The Kung-Fu Master Jackie Chan / Jackie Chan in Fists of Fire: Jackie Chan Densetsu – Kaneko Last Fight – Andromeda Software Makeruna! Makendō 2: Kimero Youkai Souri – Success / Fill-in-Cafe Maribato! – DK Soft Martial Masters – IGS Martial Champion – Konami Marvel Super Heroes series – Capcom X-Men: Children of the Atom Marvel Super Heroes Marvel vs. Capcom series – Capcom X-Men vs. Street Fighter Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes Master Axe: The Genesis of MysterX – Axe to Grind Master Ninja: Shadow Warrior of Death – Paragon Software Masters of Combat – SIMS Co., Ltd. Matsumura Kunihiro Den: Saikyō no Rekishi o Nurikaero! – Shouei Melty Blood series – Type-Moon / French-Bread / Ecole Software Melty Blood: Type Lumina Metal & Lace: Battle of the Robo Babes – Forest Mighty Morphin Power Rangers series Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Sega Genesis) Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Sega Game Gear) Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie (Sega Game Gear) Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Fighting Edition Mighty Warriors – Electronic Devices/Electtronica Video-Games SRL Million Arthur: Arcana Blood – Examu/Team Arcana Million Knights Vermilion – NRF Software Monster – 8105 Graphics Moorhen Battle Arena – Mobile Scope Mortal Kombat series – Midway Mortal Kombat Mortal Kombat II Mortal Kombat 3 Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 Mortal Kombat Trilogy Monster Maulers – Konami M.U.G.E.N Neo Geo Battle Coliseum – SNK Ninja / Ninja Mission – Entertainment USA / Mastertronic Ninja Hamster – CRL Ninja Master's – ADK Nitroplus Blasterz: Heroines Infinite Duel – Nitroplus No Exit – Titus / Tomahawk Ōgon Musōkyoku – 07th Expansion One Must Fall: 2097 – Epic Games Ragnagard/Shin-Oh-Ken – Saurus / System Vision Osu!! Karate Bu – Culture Brain Queen of Heart – Watanabe Seisakujo Panza Kick Boxing / Best of the Best: Championship Karate – Loriciels Persona 4 Arena – Arc System Works/Atlus Persona 4 Arena Ultimax – Arc System Works/Atlus Phantom Breaker – Mages (company) Phantom Breaker: Extra – Mages (company) Phantom Breaker: Omnia – Mages (company) Photo Dojo – Nintendo Pit-Fighter: The Ultimate Competition – Atari Games Power Instinct/Goketsuji Ichizoku series – Atlus Power Instinct Power Instinct 2 Gogetsuji Legends Groove on Fight Matrimelee Shin Goketsuji Ichizoku: Bonnou no Kaihou Gōketsuji Ichizoku Matsuri Senzo Kuyou Power Moves – Kaneko Power Quest – Japan System Supply Pray For Death – Virgin Interactive Primal Rage series – Atari Games Project Cerberus – Hobibox / Milestone RABBIT – Aorn / Electronic Arts Red Earth / Warzard – Capcom Rage of the Dragons – Evoga / Noise Factory Raging Fighter – Konami Ranma ½ series Ranma ½: Chōnai Gekitōhen – NCS Ranma ½: Datou, Ganso Musabetsu Kakutou-ryuu! – NCS Ranma ½: Chougi Rambuhen – Rumic Soft Ranma ½: Battle Renaissance – Rumic Soft Revengers of Vengeance - Micronet co., Ltd. Rise of the Robots series – Mirage Media Rise 2: Resurrection – Mirage Media Rock, Paper, Scissors: Extreme Deathmatch – This is Pop The Rumble Fish series – Dimps The Rumble Fish The Rumble Fish 2 Sango Fighter series – Panda Entertainment Sango Fighter Sango Fighter 2 Sai Combat – Mirrorsoft Sailor Moon series – Angel Samurai Deeper Kyo – Bandai Samurai Shodown / Samurai Spirits series – SNK Samurai Trilogy – Gremlin Graphics Savage Warriors – Mindscape Scarlet Weather Rhapsody – Twilight Frontier / Team Shanghai Alice Schmeiser Robo – Hot B Co. Ltd. Seifuku Densetsu Pretty Fighter – Genki / Sol Sengoku Basara X – Capcom / Arc System Works Shadow Fighter – Gremlin Graphics Shadow: War of Succession – Tribeca Digital Studios Shaman King: Spirit of Shamans – Dimps Shanghai Karate – Players Shaq-Fu – Delphine Shin Kidō Senki Gundam Wing: Endless Duel – Natsume Shin Koihime Musō: Otome Taisen Sangokushi Engi – BaseSon Shogun Warriors / Fujiyama Buster – Kaneko Skullgirls – Reverge Labs/Lab Zero Games/Hidden Variable Studios/Future Club Sokko Seitokai Sonic Council – Banpresto