Final Fight CD

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Final Fight CD
System(s): Sega Mega-CD
Publisher: Sega Enterprises, Ltd. (JP), Sega of America (US), Sega Europe (EU)
Developer: A-Wave
Supporting companies: T's Music (audio)
Distributor: Ecofilmes (PT), Tec Toy (BR)
Licensor: Capcom
Original system(s): Capcom CPS-1
Developer(s) of original games: Capcom
Genre: Action
Number of players: 1-2
Release Date RRP Code JP 1993-04-02 ¥8,8008,800 G-6013 US 1993-06 $49.9949.99 4410 EU 1993 4410 DE 1993-09 DM 99.0099.00 4410 FR 1993-09 4410 PT 1993 CDJ4410 UK 1993-07 £44.9944.99 4410 AU 1993 $109.95109.95 BR 1993-10 062020 KR 199x GD0002JG
Non-Sega versions Amiga Amstrad CPC Arcade Atari ST Commodore 64 Game Boy Advance Super NES ZX Spectrum

Final Fight CD (ファイナルファイトＣＤ) is a Sega Mega-CD beat-'em-up game developed by A-Wave and published by Sega. An enhanced port of the titular 1989 Capcom arcade game Final Fight, it was first released in Japan in April 1993 to critical and commercial success. It has since developed a reputation as one of the best games for the Mega-CD.

Story

Mayor Haggar

The game is set in a fictional city on the Atlantic coast of the United States named Metro City, a city plagued by alarming levels of crime and violence. When the new mayor, pro wrestler turned politician Mike Haggar, promises to clean up the city, the Mad Gear Gang, under the leadership of the crooked businessman Belger, kidnaps his daughter Jessica and warns him not to interfere. When Haggar finds out about his daughter's abduction, he becomes furious and decides to take his fight against Mad Gear to a personal level.

Seeking additional manpower, Haggar recruits Cody Travers, an expert fighter and Jessica's boyfriend, and Guy, a ninja in training and Cody's good friend and rival. The three dedicate themselves to the complete eradication of the Mad Gear Gang and to rescue Jessica from their clutches.

Gameplay

The game is a belt-scrolling beat-'em-up that can be played by up to two players simultaneously. Gameplay consists of continually moving to the right, defeating any enemies that appear on the way to each stage's boss with a variety of hand-to-hand attacks, such as punches, kicks, and throws. Player can choose between three main characters, each with his own fighting style and attributes. The game is split into six areas, each representing a different part of Metro City. Rounds are split into several smaller sub-stages. At the end of each stage is a powerful boss enemy that must be defeated before continuing.

Characters move by pressing the D-Pad in any direction and jump with or . Characters attack with . Each character has a basic combo that can performed by rapidly hitting the attack button, several attacks that can be performed while in the air, and the ability to grab opponents by walking close to them. While grappling an enemy, the character can either attack an enemy three times before letting them go or throw them in another direction. Enemies can be thrown at each other for additional damage. All three characters also have a special attack, performed with + or +, that knocks away all opponents surrounding them. This attack costs a small amount of health if it connects and cannot be performed if the player does not have enough health. Barrels, trash cans, and other objects can be broken to reveal food to restore health, items which increase the player's score, and weapons (knives, swords, and pipes). Items are picked up by pressing while standing over them.

Health gauges are displayed for both player and enemy characters. The game ends if the player's character loses all of his health, though it can be continued from the point where the character was defeated if the player has credits remaining.

Exclusive to this version of the game is a Time Attack mode where players fight an onslaught of enemies for either 99 seconds or until they are defeated twice. Score is counted by the number of enemies defeated before the mode ends.

Characters

	Guy
	Guy is a Bushido ninja and a friend of Haggar and Cody. While he has the weakest attack strength, he moves faster than both Haggar and Cody. He has the ability to leap off the sides of the screen and performs better with swords than the other characters. His special maneuver is the bushin senpuukyaku (武神旋風脚), a spinning whirlwind kick.
	Cody
	Cody is a street fighter and Jessica's boyfriend. He has an equal balance of attack strength and speed. He is able to knock incoming knives out of the way with an attack, and he fights better with them than the other characters. His special move is the crack kick, a jumping kick.
	Haggar
	Haggar is the mayor of Metro City and a former pro wrestler. He is Jessica's father. He has the highest attack power, although he has the slowest speed. His special ability is the double lariat (also called the spinning clothesline), and he uses the pipe more effectively than the other characters. He has three grapple moves: he can grab opponents and headbutt them as well as perform a suplex or a piledriver.

Weapons

Weapons knock opponents down when they connect. They have limited uses and disappear if the player is disarmed by an enemy too much or moves to a new area.

	Knife
	Knives can be thrown across the screen at enemies as a projectile weapon. Cody can also use knives to stab enemies in close range.
	Sword
	Swords provide extra range. There are two swords, the Masamune and the slightly stronger Muramasa. Guy, the sword expert of the trio, is more swift and deadly with them.
	Pipe
	An iron pipe. Like swords, pipes are especially effective against clumped together enemies. Haggar attacks faster and has longer reach than the others with pipes.

Rounds

	The Slums
	The Subway
	Bonus Round 1
	The West Side
	Industrial Area
	Bonus Round 2
	Bay Area
	Uptown

History

Legacy

The game was re-released on all versions of the Mega Drive Mini 2 in 2022.

Versions

Though restricted by the 64-color palette and an on-screen limit of four enemies at a time (in contrast to the arcade's whopping ten enemies on-screen), the game offers an arranged CD soundtrack, voice-acted cutscenes and an exclusive time attack mode. Content-wise, the Mega-CD version is a more complete port of the game than the earlier Super NES version published by Capcom in 1990, as it contains all three playable fighters and all six stages, as well as retaining the two-player co-op mode from the arcade.

When brought to the Western market, the female characters Poison and Roxy were censored so that they wore less revealing clothing. The introduction was also altered slightly as Jessica was not wearing a shirt in the Japanese version. The boss characters Damnd and Sodom were renamed to Thrasher and Katana respectively.

The PAL version has one less credit than the Japanese version, health restoring items seem to appear less frequently, a short dialogue between Cody and Guy during the ending was cut, and a palette bug can happen in the bar in the West Side stage, causing people and the barkeeper to have a brownish tone. The PAL version was partially speed optimized, as forcing the game into 60 Hz mode makes it run too fast.

Production credits

• Planner: Hiralinn, G. Taishi
• Programmer: Yagiee, .NGI, Gyope
• Character Design-Object: Hiralinn, Oya Bin
• Character Design-Scroll: Minorin, M" Agodo, Satosa
• Music/Sound: T's music
• Thanks: Dan, Hochan, Awave
• Special Thanks: Capcom
• Presented by: Sega 1993

Source:

In-game credits

Digital manuals

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  Mega Drive Mini 2 US manual

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  Mega Drive Mini 2 EU manual

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  Mega Drive Mini 2 JP manual

Magazine articles

Main article: Final Fight CD/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1993-02: "February 1993" (1993-01-08)

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1993-03: "March 1993" (1993-02-08)

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1993-04: "April 1993" (1993-03-08)

Print advert in Sega Visions (US) #14: "August/September 1993" (1993-xx-xx)

Print advert in Mean Machines Sega (UK) #11: "September 1993" (1993-07-30)

Print advert in Game Champ (KR) #1993-10: "xxxx" (199x-xx-xx)

Print advert in Supergame (BR) #28: "Novembro 1993" (1993-11-xx)

Print advert in Freak (IL) #78 (1999-xx-xx)

Artwork

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Physical scans

Sega Retro Average
Publication Score Source GamesMaster (UK) 70 №8, p30-31

	70
Based on 1 review

Sega Retro Average

Publication Version Score 1700 igr dlya Sega (RU) 50 Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J 73 Consoles + (FR) 92 Computer & Video Games (UK) 95 Digitiser (UK) NTSC 79 Electronic Games (1992-1995) (US) NTSC-U 84 Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U 70 Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide (UK) 95 Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J 58 GameFan (US) NTSC-U 90 Game Power (IT) NTSC 78 GamePro (US) NTSC-U 88 Hippon Super (JP) NTSC-J 50 Hobby Consolas (ES) 90 Joypad (FR) 83 Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK) PAL 86 Mega (UK) PAL 92 Mega Action (UK) NTSC-J 84 Mega Force (FR) 93 Mega Fun (DE) PAL 81 Mega Play (US) NTSC-U 86 MegaTech (UK) PAL 94 Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL 95 Megazone (AU) 82 Player One (FR) 75 ProGames (BR) 75 Sega Magazin (DE) 74 Sega Power (UK) PAL 77 Sega Pro (UK) PAL 95 Sega Zone (UK) PAL 80 Sega Force Mega (UK) NTSC 86 Sega Force (SE) 76 Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J 82 Sonic the Comic (UK) PAL 75 Supergame (BR) 92 Super Juegos (ES) 94 Todo Sega (ES) 91 Tricks (RU) 70 Video Games (DE) PAL 65

	81
Based on 39 reviews

Final Fight CD

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Technical information

Main article: Final Fight CD/Technical information.

References

Final Fight games for Sega systems
	Final Fight CD (1993)
	Final Fight Revenge (1999)
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