Fatal Fury

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Fatal Fury

System(s): Sega Mega Drive

Publisher: Sega (JP/EU), Takara (US)

Developer: Gaibrain, Takara, Aspect

Original system(s): Neo Geo

Publisher(s) of original games: SNK

Developer(s) of original games: SNK

Sound driver: SMPS 68000

Genre: Action

Number of players: 1-2

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1993-04-23	¥8,8008,800	G-4100
US	1993-02^[1]		T-103016
EU	1993-05^[2]		1083
PT	1993		MDJ1083
AU	199x
BR	199x		045110
KR	1993		GM1293JT
AS	1993		1083-40

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Fatal Fury, known as Garou Densetsu: Shukumei no Tatakai (餓狼伝説宿命の戦い) in Japan, is the first in a successful line of versus fighting games developed by SNK. Originally released for Neo Geo MVS arcade hardware in 1991, the game was ported to a variety of home platforms including the Sega Mega Drive in 1993.

In Fatal Fury, the user can select one of three characters - brothers Terry Bogard and Andy Bogard or Joe, who must defeat Geese Howard.

Gameplay

Fatal Fury has only three action buttons: punch, kick and throw. You can guard upper attacks by holding , while guards lower attacks. has no function other than pause the game.

In versus mode all characters are available except for Geese Howard, though he can be unlocked by holding on both controllers and pressing , at the screen where you choose to play against another player or the computer.

Characters

Andy Bogard

Andy Bogard is a 19-year-old man born in South Town. After his father's death he left for Japan to learn Karate techniques and become stronger. Now he's back both to avenge his father and to prove that he can beat his older brother, Terry Bogard.

Move list

Name

Command

Description

Body Spin

Dragon Bullet

Flying Punch

Shotgun Kick

HOLD

Duck King

Duck King is a 24-year-old fighter who has specialized in a "Street-dancing" style, which grants him faster movements and rapid attacks to make up for his lack of power, in comparison to other fighters.

Move list

Name

Command

Description

Cannonball Attack

Head Spin Attack

Screw Attack

HOLD

Geese Howard

Geese Howard is a 38-year-old fighter who's skills encompass many styles, from ancient Japanese martial arts to American street fighting. It was him who killed Andy and Terry Bogard's father, Jeff Bogard, after luring him into a trap; and now rules South Town. He is also the sponsor of the "King of Fighters Tournament".

Move list
Name	Command	Description
Escape Footwork
Sliding Kick
Violent Wave

Joe Higashi

Joe Higashi is a 19-year-old Kick Boxing Champion with a strong reputation, both in Japan and in Thailand. He is a good friend of the Bogard brothers and joined the tournament to help them, even risking to be expelled from the Professional Kick Boxing Association for that.

Move list

Name

Command

Description

Hurricane Uppercut

Machine-gun Punch

Slash Kick

HOLD

Tiger Kick

Michael Max

Michael Max is a 25-year-old professional boxer, but would rather battle to the death than follow the rules, just punching out his opponents.

Move list
Name	Command	Description
Gust Straight Punch
Footwork	/
Tornado Uppercut

Raiden

Raiden is a 27-year-old professional wrestler who has decided to cover his true identity, hence the mask, and go for the violence of fighting with no rules.

Move list
Name	Command	Description
Cobra Clench	Close +Throw
Killer Fog
Rocket Attack
Escape Footwork

Richard Myer

Richard Myer is a 29-year-old fighter specialised in the Brazilian martial art called Capoeira, which focuses attack power through multiple kicks. He owns a restaurant called the Pao-Pao Cafe and has joined the tournament to show everyone what he and his fighting style can do.

Move list
Name	Command	Description
Handstand Kick
Rolling Attack
Spider Kick

Terry Bogard

Terry Bogard is a 20-year-old fighter, who is the older brother of Andy Bogard and son of Jeff Bogard. He was raised learning the legendary fighting techniques of his father, becoming an expert in ancient martial arts. Like Andy, he has joined the tournament to avenge their father's death and free South Town from the evil hands of Geese Howard.

Move list

Name

Command

Description

Burning Knuckle

Power Wave

Slam Attack

HOLD

+

Supershot Kick

Tung Fu Rue

Tung Fu Rue is a 67-year-old man who seems harmless at first but can be very dangerous when angered, as he can transform into a monstrous shape and become extremely strong. He was the teacher of Jeff Bogard and, after his death, decided to confront Geese Howard in the tournament, as he is certain that it was him who killed Jeff.

Move list
Name	Command	Description
Flying Wheel Kick (small form)
Palm Slap (small form)
Hurricane Punch (big form)
Hurricane Kick (big form)

Stages

	Dream Amusement Park
	Raiden's stage
	Geese Building
	Geese Howard's stage
	Howard Arena
	Tung Fu Rue's stage
	Pao-Pao Cafe
	Richard Myer's stage
	Sound Beach
	Michael Max's stage
	West Subway
	Duck King's stage

Versions

The Mega Drive version was handled by a team comprised of staff from Japanese developers Gaibrain and Aspect, and was published by Takara. While considered by critics to be a respectable version of the game for the more limited hardware (as well as including all the characters in two player matches - something the SNK versions lack), the characters of Billy Kane and Hwa Jai are completely absent in this version of the game.

Localised names

Also known as
Language	Localised Name	English Translation
English	Fatal Fury	Fatal Fury
English (US)	Fatal Fury	Fatal Fury
Japanese	Garou Densetsu: Shukumei no Tatakai (餓狼伝説宿命の戦い)

Production credits

Director: T.Ikenoue, T.Ishigai
Planner: T.Sunakawa, N.Uematsu
Graphic: A.Yamada, K.Hodaka, T.Saitou, T.Nakajima, J.Kawaura, Y.Miyamoto
Programmer: H.Koiso, T.Ishigai
Sound: K.Oikawa, K.Mikusa
Thanks: Yumopii, Fera-Kichi, Kuroyuri
Special Thanks to: SNK Co., Ltd All Staffs

Fatal Fury Original Game Designed for Neo-Geo/SNK

Takara

Magazine articles

Main article: Fatal Fury/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

PDF

Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #43: "February 1993" (199x-xx-xx)
also published in:

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #44: "March 1993" (1993-xx-xx)^[4]

PDF

Print advert in Mega Force (ES) #13: "Mayo 1993" (1993-xx-xx)

PDF

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1993-05: "May 1993" (1993-04-08)

Print advert in Pif (BG) #1 (199x-xx-xx)

Gallery

Andy Bogard sprite
Duck King sprite
Geese Howard sprite
Joe Higashi sprite
Michael Max sprite
Raiden sprite
Richard Myer sprite
Terry Bogard sprite
Tung Fu Rue sprite
Tung Fu Rue (Big Form) sprite

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication	Score	Source
Beep! MegaDrive (JP)	75	^[5]
Beep! MegaDrive (readers) (JP)	77	^[6]
Consoles + (FR)	84	^[7]
Computer & Video Games (UK)	85	^[8]
Famitsu (JP)	60	№228, p40
GameFan (US)	87	^[9]
Game Power (IT)	80	№18
GamePro (US)	70	^[10]
GamesMaster (UK)	55	^[11]
Hippon Super (JP)	70	№1993-05, p31
Joypad (FR)	82	^[12]
Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK)	92	№8, p36-39
Mega (UK)	65	№8, p48-49
Mega Force (FR)	82	№17, p86-87
Mega Fun (DE)	68	^[13]
MegaTech (UK)	85	№16, p42-44
Mean Machines Sega (UK)	84	^[14]
Sega Force (SE)	89	^[15]
Sega Power (UK)	84	№43, p50-51
Sega Pro (UK)	84	№19, p36-37
Sega Zone (UK)	85	№7, p30-31
Sega Force (UK)	79	^[16]
Sega Force Mega (UK)	79	^[17]
Supergame (BR)	77	^[18]
Video Games (DE)	58	^[19]

	77
Based on 25 reviews

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, EU
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, JP
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, AU

Mega Drive, BR
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, Asia
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, KR
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, SE (Rental)

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32	98d49170
MD5	57f13963c9cfdade16cf8207f8889ee5
SHA-1	48b6277fc73368d8e96ba407a66f908c3bd87c39

1.5MB

1993-02

Cartridge (US)

✔

CRC32	2e730a91
MD5	2167686e3028c177a9cbd121c307f232
SHA-1	e0a74238cd4592d900f88d033314c668d1522b72

1.5MB

1993-02

Cartridge (EU)

✔

CRC32	bf3e3fa4
MD5	204ae6f8f97293e877ffb51c0904dd7c
SHA-1	b9eb37dbc77d0c6919ad78e587fa4c3403e9e9af

1.5MB

1993-02

Cartridge (JP)

References

Fatal Fury

Main page | Comparisons | Hidden content | Magazine articles | Region coding

Fatal Fury/Garou Densetsu games for Sega systems
	Fatal Fury (1993) \| Fatal Fury 2 (1994)
	Fatal Fury Special (1994)
	Fatal Fury Special (1995)
	Garou Densetsu 3: Road to the Final Victory (1996) \| Real Bout Garou Densetsu (1996) \| Real Bout Garou Densetsu Special (1997) \| Real Bout Garou Densetsu Best Collection (1998)
	Fatal Fury: Mark of the Wolves (2001)

[:File:SegaVisions_US_11.pdf_p100-1] Sega Visions, "February/March 1993" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 100

[:File:CVG_UK_138.pdf_p62-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Computer & Video Games, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-04-15), page 62

[:File:Mega_UK_08.pdf_p49-3] Mega, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-04-15), page 49

[:File:EGM_US_044.pdf_p65-4] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "March 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 65

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1993-05.pdf_p24_.2822.29-5] Beep! MegaDrive, "May 1993" (JP; 1993-04-08), page 22 (24)

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p85_.2883.29-6] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 83 (85)

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_020.pdf_p82_.2886-88.29-7] Consoles +, "Mai 1993" (FR; 1993-xx-xx), page 86-88 (82)

[:File:CVG_UK_138.pdf_p62_.2862-63.29-8] Computer & Video Games, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-04-15), page 62-63 (62)

[:File:GameFan_US_0105.pdf_p14_.2814.2F24-25.29-9] GameFan, "Volume 1, Issue 5: April 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 14/24-25 (14)

[:File:GamePro_US_049.pdf_p66_.2864.29-10] GamePro, "August 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 64 (66)

[:File:GamesMaster_UK_005.pdf_p84-11] GamesMaster, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-04-19), page 84

[:File:Joypad_FR_021.pdf_p94_.2894-96.29-12] Joypad, "Juin 1993" (FR; 1993-xx-xx), page 94-96 (94)

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1993-06.pdf_p34-13] Mega Fun, "06/93" (DE; 1993-05-19), page 34

[:File:MeanMachinesSega07UK.pdf_p44_.2844-46.29-14] Mean Machines Sega, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-26), page 44-46 (44)

[:File:SegaForce_SE_1993_06.pdf_p9-15] Sega Force, "6/93" (SE; 1993-09-30), page 9

[:File:SegaForce_UK_16.pdf_p32_.2832-34.29-16] Sega Force, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-04), page 32-34 (32)

[:File:SegaForceMega_UK_01.pdf_p89-17] Sega Force Mega, "August 1993" (UK; 1993-06-24), page 89

[:File:Supergame_BR_23.pdf_p10_.2810-11.29-18] Supergame, "Junho 1993" (BR; 1993-06-xx), page 10-11 (10)

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1993-08.pdf_p44_.2846-47.29-19] Video Games, "8/93" (DE; 1993-07-28), page 46-47 (44)

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Fatal Fury

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Contents

Gameplay

Characters

Stages

Versions

Localised names

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Gallery

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

References