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Final Fight

199060/100
Hack and slash/Beat 'em upAdventureArcade
Final Fight's legacy rests on its visceral combat and the sheer satisfaction of pulverizing street thugs. The game's core loop, a simple but effective combination of punches, grapples, and environmental weapons, created a template for the beat 'em up genre. Its gritty urban setting, memorable bosses, and the option for cooperative play cemented its place as a cornerstone of arcade history.

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A port of Final Fight for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System was released as a launch title for the platform in Japan in 1990 and later in North America in 1991 and then in the PAL region in 1992. The SNES port removed the two-player co-op option, the Industrial Area level and playable character Guy. Most of the scene transitions were also edited out. In the arcade version, the player characters would be seen exiting the levels and breaking through doors unlike the SNES version. Due to hardware limitations the SNES version could only display two or three enemies on-screen, in contrast to the CPS arcade version, which could display up to nine or ten enemies on-screen; to make up for this difference, the SNES version features more stopping points than the arcade version and the enemy placement is vastly different.

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