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Fatal Fury Series

Wikipedia: Fatal Fury

Fun Fatal Fury Single-player Games

This is my list of which Fatal Fury games are fun and balanced for casual players such as myself in single-player. Since these games are generally very difficult for casual players, in this context 'better' usually means 'easier'.

Highly recommended:
- Real Bout Fatal Fury 2: The Newcomers (Neo Geo) - 0 continues on diff 1/8
- Real Bout Fatal Fury (Neo Geo) - 3 continues on diff 1/8
- Real Bout Fatal Fury Special (Neo Geo) - 0 continues on diff 1/8

The jury's out:
- Fatal Fury Special (Neo Geo)
- Garou: Mark of the Wolves (Neo Geo)
- Fatal Fury: Wild Ambition (PSX)

Not recommended:
- Fatal Fury: King of Fighters (Neo Geo) - Unfair - used >30 continues on dif 1/8
- Fatal Fury 2 (Neo Geo) - Horribly unfair - used >90 continues on dif 1/8
- Fatal Fury 3: Road to the Final Victory (Neo Geo) - Unfair - used >40 continues on dif 1/8

Overview

Here's an overview of the original releases of Fatal Fury games:

FATAL FURY (Neo Geo)
1991 Fatal Fury: King of Fighters
     - Two planes
     - Playable: Terry Bogard, Andy Bogard, Joe Higashi
1992 Fatal Fury 2
     - Two planes
     - New playable: Andy Bogard, Big Bear, Jubei Yamada, Cheng Sinzan
       Kim Kaphwan, Mai Shiranui
1993 Fatal Fury Special
     - Very similar to FF2, but many new characters
     - New playable: Billy Kane, Axel Hawk, Laurence Blood,
       Wolfgang Krauser, Tung Fu Rue, Duck King, Geese Howard
1995 Fatal Fury 3: Road to the Final Victory
     - Three planes
     - New playable: Sokaku Mochizuki, Bob Wilson, Hon-Fu, Blue Mary,
       Franco Bash

REAL BOUT (Neo Geo)
1995 Real Bout Fatal Fury
     - Three planes
     - New playable: Ryuji Yamazaki, Jin Chonrei, Jin Chonshu
1997 Real Bout Fatal Fury Special
     - New playable (from FFS): Tung Fu Rue, Cheng Sinzan,
       Laurence Blood, and Wolfgang Krauser
1998 Real Bout Fatal Fury 2: The Newcomers
     - New playable: Li Xiangfei, Rick Strowd

GAROU (Neo Geo)
1999 Garou: Mark of the Wolves
     - One lane
     - New characters, except for Terry Bogard

Games

Title ↓System ↓Year ↓

15 games in database, 12 completed (80%). Year range: 1991-2010, median: 1995.
list - box art - screenshots

 Fatal Fury                                              SNK                             Neogeo    1991  Nov    1 video    C  x 2     9 logs
 Fatal Fury 2                                            SNK                             Neogeo    1992                    C         10 logs
 Fatal Fury                                              SNK                             SNES      1992                    C          2 logs
 Fatal Fury                                                                              GEN       1993                    C          3 logs
 Fatal Fury Special                                      SNK                             Neogeo    1993                               1 logs
 Fatal Fury 2                                            SNK                             GEN       1994                    C          4 logs
 Fatal Fury 3                                            SNK                             Neogeo    1995                    C          4 logs
 Real Bout Fatal Fury                                    SNK                             Neogeo    1995                    C          3 logs
 Real Bout Fatal Fury Special                            SNK                             Neogeo    1997                    C          1 logs
 RBFF2: The Newcomers                                    SNK                             Neogeo    1998         1 video    C  x 9    13 logs
 RBFF2: The Newcomers                                    SNK                             Neogeocd  1998                               1 logs
                                                         SNK                             Neogeo    1999                    C  x 3     6 logs
 Fatal Fury: Wild Ambition                               SNK                             PS        1999                               1 logs
 Garou: Mark of the Wolves                               SNK                             360       2009         1 video    C  x 5     6 logs
 NeoGeo Battle Coliseum                                  SNK                             360       2010                    C          1 logs