Fatal Fury Special

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Fatal Fury Special

System(s): Sega Mega-CD, Sega Game Gear

Publisher:

Victor Entertainment,

Takara

Developer:

Funcom

Aspect (sound)

Developer(s) of original games: SNK

Genre: Action

Number of players: 1-2

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1994-11-25	¥4,8004,800	T-103017
US	1994		T-103028
EU	1994		2582-50
JP	1995-03-31	¥6,8006,800	T-60214
US	1995		T-60165
EU	1995-06^[1]		T-60165-50
BR	199x		063616

ESRB

VRC

ELSPA

Fatal Fury Special, known as Garou Densetsu Special (餓狼伝説ＳＰＥＣＩＡＬ) in Japan, is an improved version of SNK's one-on-one fighting game, Fatal Fury 2. Starting life on the Neo Geo MVS arcade platform, it was brought to a variety of home consoles including the Sega Mega-CD and Sega Game Gear in 1995 and 1994, respectively.

Gameplay

The Mega Drive CD version contains many improvements over Fatal Fury 2. This includes the ability to jump back and forth between the foreground and background, new combo system, a larger cast of selectable characters, and faster game speed. Gameplay is rather faitful to the original Neogeo version. Some animation frames and background details (e.g. crowds in Big Bear's or Joe Higashi's stage) were removed for the Sega Mega-CD port.

The Game Gear version has one punch and kick button which can be pressed together to initiate a strong attack. No sidestep feature is present.

Characters

Mega-CD

Andy Bogard
Axel Hawk
Big Bear
Billy Kane
Cheng Sinzan
Duck King
Geese Howard
Joe Higashi
Jubei Yamada
Kim Kaphwan
Laurence Blood
Mai Shiranui
Terry Bogard
Tung Fu Rue
Ryo Sakazaki
Wolfgang Krauser

Game Gear

Andy Bogard
Billy Kane
Duck King
Geese Howard
Joe Higashi
Mai Shiranui
Terry Bogard
Tung Fu Rue
Ryo Sakazaki

Trivia

CPU controlled characters will never block Ryo's Haouken projectile

Production credits

Game Gear version

Director: T.Ikenoue, T.Ishigai
Programmer: H.Koiso, Swan, T.Ishigai, Kaizer-S, T.M.Ninja Special
Graphic Designer: Samaraki.Y, Katsutoshi.H, Takuya.S, Tsubura.N, J.Kawaura, T.M.Ninja Special
Arrangement: T.M.Ninja Special, H.Koiso, A.Yamada
Sound: K.Oikawa, K.Mikusa
Special Thanks: Kumiko, Etsuko, T.Ohtsuka, and S.Takagi, D.Fowler

SNK Co., Ltd

All Takara Staffs

Fatal Fury Special Original Game Design by: NeoGeo SNK
Fatal Fury Special Game Gear version Produced by: Takara

Magazine articles

Main article: Fatal Fury Special/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #65: "December 1994" (1994-xx-xx)
also published in:

Sega Visions (US) #22: "December/January 1994/1995" (1994-xx-xx)^[2]
GamePro (US) #66: "January 1995" (199x-xx-xx)^[3]

Print advert in Game Players (US) #0802: "Vol. 8 No. 2 February 1995" (1995-0x-xx)

Print advert in GamePro (US) #69: "April 1995" (1995-xx-xx)

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Print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

Physical scans

Mega-CD version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Consoles + (FR)

85

^[4]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

67

^[1]

Electronic Games (1992-1995) (US)

NTSC-U

58

^[8]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

74

^[9]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

53

^[10]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

65

^[11]

Joypad (FR)

PAL

87

^[12]

MAN!AC (DE)

PAL

75

^[13]

Mega (UK)

PAL

28

^[14]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

PAL

36

^[5]

Player One (FR)

95

^[6]

Saturn Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

68

^[15]

Sega Magazin (DE)

78

^[16]

Sega Magazine (UK)

PAL

71

^[17]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

64

^[18]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

78

^[19]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

58

^[20]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

43

^[21]

Todo Sega (ES)

89

^[22]

Top Consoles (FR)

75

^[23]

Videogame Advisor (US)

NTSC-U

42

^[24]

Video Games (DE)

PAL

75

^[25]

VideoGames (US)

NTSC-U

70

^[26]

	67
Based on 23 reviews

Fatal Fury Special

Mega-CD, US
Cover
Disc Manual

Mega-CD, EU
Cover

Mega-CD, JP
Cover
Spinecard Disc Manual Reg Card

Mega-CD, BR

Game Gear version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Beep! MegaDrive (JP)

NTSC-J

73

^[33]

Consoles + (FR)

92

^[27]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

55

^[34]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

78

^[28]

Games World: The Magazine (UK)

PAL

84

^[35]

Hobby Consolas (ES)

84

^[36]

Mega Fun (DE)

PAL

80

^[29]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

PAL

46

^[30]

Player One (FR)

95

^[31]

Play Time (DE)

80

^[37]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

84

^[38]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

51

^[39]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

84

^[40]

Todo Sega (ES)

84

^[41]

Video Games (DE)

PAL

81

^[42]

VideoGames (US)

NTSC-U

90

^[43]

	78
Based on 16 reviews

Fatal Fury Special

Game Gear, US
Cover
Cart

Game Gear, EU
Cover
Cart

Game Gear, JP
Cover
Cart

References

NEC Retro has more information related to Garou Densetsu Special

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↑ Electronic Games (1992-1995), "June 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 88
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "April 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 36
↑ Famitsu, "1995-04-07" (JP; 1995-03-24), page 1
↑ GamePro, "May 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 54
↑ Joypad, "Avril 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 76
↑ MAN!AC, "08/95" (DE; 1995-07-12), page 59
↑ Mega, "September 1995" (UK; 1995-08-31), page 16
↑ Saturn Fan, "1995 June" (JP; 1995-05-08), page 40
↑ Sega Magazin, "Februar 1996" (DE; 1996-01-10), page 11
↑ Sega Magazine, "July 1995" (UK; 1995-06-15), page 84
↑ Sega Power, "July 1995" (UK; 1995-05-18), page 36
↑ Sega Pro, "August 1995" (UK; 1995-07-13), page 66
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "April 1995" (JP; 1995-03-08), page 131
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87
↑ Todo Sega, "Mayo 1995" (ES; 1995-0x-xx), page 42
↑ Top Consoles, "Mai 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 120
↑ Videogame Advisor, "Volume 1, Number 3: July 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 28
↑ Video Games, "8/95" (DE; 1995-07-26), page 71
↑ VideoGames, "June 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 82
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↑ File:VideoGames DE 1995-04.pdf, page 111
↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "December 1994" (JP; 1994-11-08), page 26
↑ Famitsu, "1994-12-02" (JP; 1994-11-18), page 43
↑ Games World: The Magazine, "April 1995" (UK; 1995-0x-xx), page 19
↑ Hobby Consolas, "Marzo 1995" (ES; 1995-xx-xx), page 112
↑ Play Time, "5/95" (DE; 1995-04-05), page 106
↑ Sega Power, "April 1995" (UK; 1995-02-16), page 64
↑ Sega Pro, "March 1995" (UK; 1995-01-26), page 37
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 88
↑ Todo Sega, "Marzo 1995" (ES; 1995-0x-xx), page 48
↑ Video Games, "4/95" (DE; 1995-03-22), page 115
↑ VideoGames, "February 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 82

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)

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[:File:GamePro_US_066.pdf_p65-3] GamePro, "January 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 65

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[:File:EGM_US_069.pdf_p36-9] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "April 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 36

[10] Famitsu, "1995-04-07" (JP; 1995-03-24), page 1

[:File:GamePro_US_070.pdf_p54-11] GamePro, "May 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 54

[:File:Joypad_FR_041.pdf_p76-12] Joypad, "Avril 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 76

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1995-08.pdf_p59-13] MAN!AC, "08/95" (DE; 1995-07-12), page 59

[:File:Mega_UK_36.pdf_p16-14] Mega, "September 1995" (UK; 1995-08-31), page 16

[:File:SaturnFan_JP_1995-06_19950615.pdf_p40-15] Saturn Fan, "1995 June" (JP; 1995-05-08), page 40

[:File:SegaMagazin_DE_27.pdf_p11-16] Sega Magazin, "Februar 1996" (DE; 1996-01-10), page 11

[:File:SegaMagazine_UK_19.pdf_p84-17] Sega Magazine, "July 1995" (UK; 1995-06-15), page 84

[:File:SegaPower_UK_68.pdf_p36-18] Sega Power, "July 1995" (UK; 1995-05-18), page 36

[:File:SegaPro_UK_48.pdf_p66-19] Sega Pro, "August 1995" (UK; 1995-07-13), page 66

[:File:SSM_JP_19950401_1995-04.pdf_p131-20] Sega Saturn Magazine, "April 1995" (JP; 1995-03-08), page 131

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p87-21] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87

[:File:TodoSega_ES_26.pdf_p42-22] Todo Sega, "Mayo 1995" (ES; 1995-0x-xx), page 42

[:File:TopConsoles_FR_02.pdf_p120-23] Top Consoles, "Mai 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 120

[:File:VideogameAdvisor_US_0103.pdf_p28-24] Videogame Advisor, "Volume 1, Number 3: July 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 28

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1995-08.pdf_p71-25] Video Games, "8/95" (DE; 1995-07-26), page 71

[:File:VideoGames_US_77.pdf_p82-26] VideoGames, "June 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 82

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[34] Famitsu, "1994-12-02" (JP; 1994-11-18), page 43

[:File:Games_World_The_Magazine_UK_10.pdf_p19-35] Games World: The Magazine, "April 1995" (UK; 1995-0x-xx), page 19

[:File:HobbyConsolas_ES_042.pdf_p112-36] Hobby Consolas, "Marzo 1995" (ES; 1995-xx-xx), page 112

[:File:PlayTime_DE_1995-05.pdf_p106-37] Play Time, "5/95" (DE; 1995-04-05), page 106

[:File:SegaPower_UK_65.pdf_p64-38] Sega Power, "April 1995" (UK; 1995-02-16), page 64

[:File:SegaPro_UK_42.pdf_p37-39] Sega Pro, "March 1995" (UK; 1995-01-26), page 37

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p88-40] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 88

[:File:TodoSega_ES_24.pdf_p48-41] Todo Sega, "Marzo 1995" (ES; 1995-0x-xx), page 48

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1995-04.pdf_p115-42] Video Games, "4/95" (DE; 1995-03-22), page 115

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Fatal Fury Special

From Sega Retro

Contents

Gameplay

Characters

Mega-CD

Game Gear

Trivia

Production credits

Game Gear version

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Mega-CD version

Game Gear version

References