I can't stress enough just how much of an impact this game had on me back in high-school. While everyone else was obsessed with SF2, I was all about Fatal Fury games and World Heroes.
Dear NEOGEO guy. I just wanted you to know how much your vids about the neogeo games in order coming out- have got me through a very tough time. Ive recently lost my dad. My dad bought me my entire sega collection and more but life dictated i had to sell all about a decade ago and for a too low price... although most of my machines were not mint - but more well loved with many many many miles on the clock so to say!! I never got to own the mythical neogeo but i am very greatful for emulation. Thanx to emulation i have my entire collection back plus all the arcades i dreamed of...and of course neogeo. Having an 8bitdo mini controller hanging off my car interior mirror with everything on my phone is pretty cool. Regardless, thanx to dad we will be set up for life as we were dirt poor, so id like to get a consolised mvs at some point. He left me a property, a nice car (Peugeot rcz) and about 160k. However, this takes time to come through. I miss him so much and would trade it all in to have him back. Alas thank you for getting me through with hard depression. I know a lot about the neogeo and thought there wasnt anything else to learn... but ive learned a lot from your uploads. I also adore you intro. Reminds me of my nephew and i playing mega bomberman on gene/drive on a tiny black and white tv, whilst bein shouted to "go to bed" because even though the sound was down, we laughed a little too hard and loud alertin the adults 😂 Anyway. Much love and look forward too the next upload. Much love Your Order Of Magnitude (A car crash of a channel....)
I dreamed of having a Neo Geo as a kid. It wasn't even a thing you could find at my local stores. Kids who DID have them (asians) were kids who's families would take trips to New York on the weekends. I wanted one so bad but somehow knew I'd never get it. Kids at school would talk about how expensive it was. But this Laundry spot down the block from me had the arcade cabinet for all the Neo geo stuff. Fatal fury, World Heroes, Samurai Showdown etc. God I spent tons of quarters there. Those games were so amazing at the time. Especially as an American kid who only had access to Street Fighter and MK. Eventually, like 1994, I got a copy of Fatal Fury 2 for SNES. Then played it all in ports later in life. But man, when all this stuff was new to you, it was groundbreaking and revolutionary. The graphics.
As soon as I saw it was 53 mins I made sure to grab a beer, and take a beautiful stroll down memory lane. That was amazing! Thanks so much for this vid! I only recently picked up an AES after spending my entire childhood dreaming of owning one. Playing the games in arcades for hours. I never played the first FF as a kid, but after I picked it up recently I honestly fell in love. There's a certain charm to it and the jank makes it kind of fun to me. Granted SF2 is the better game, but I think it's as you put it in your video, the story, the sound, the characters..that's what makes this game truly unique. Also I think Geese survived by landing on the tent canopy you normally find on building entrances, and it broke his fall. Plus the muscley back. lol!
@@Betoven81 How he mentioned that he couldn't make Street Fighter II as good as Capcom did even though Street Fighter was his creation. Capcom took what he made from the first game, and made it better than even he could've imagined. Not many people would take that so well.
Southtown was special. I don't think any other fighting game franchise has a setting as fleshed out as Southtown, the place is a living, breathing city, and each stage is a specific location denoted on a map in which your tiny little avatar moves between matches. And this city has it all, residential areas, slums, bars, night clubs, shopping districts, factories and so on. Its all a bit primitive in this first game though, which takes place entirely on the small peninsula area to the west on the city, but later Fatal Fury and Art of Fighting titles greatly expand on the various locales, with both the Pao Pao Cafe, Sound Beach and Geese Tower introduced here becoming staples of the city and of SNK.
I love how Fatal Fury 3 shows a full map of the city, then transitions into a panoramic shot of the location where each fight will take place. It's also neat how FF3 shares many locations with FF1. The Pao Pao Café, Howard Arena and Sound Beach are instantly recognizable.
I'd argue Metro City, but it took Capcom a long while to fully embrace it even though SF has had its fair share of stages (usually just one) in SF games.
how geese could've survived that fall: 1)he landed in a garbage dumpster full of garbage bags. 2)just like on naked gun he bounced off of the tent thing wiped himself off.😂 3)maybe he had wings an flew. 4)or had one of those mats stunt guy's use to land at the bottom.
Oh man! My man Alec is back having fun as usual. And what a great way to enjoy our Sunday evening seeing him discuss about the story of Fatal Fury: The King of Fighters... Now this will be a real treat to listen in on what you have to say bro. 8^) I just came in with my din-din of Kentucky Fried Chicken and this will really be a fantastic way to sit back and relax to make my meal a little bit tastier.8^) Thank you as always for your hard work and dedication Alec. Always in the mood to view your content bro. 8^) Anthony..
I actually first came across the Fatal Furry franchise when I rented three anime movies. It actually stuck with me and when I found out it was a fighting game series. I ‘m not the biggest fan of fighting games, but because of those old films I always have to play Terry Bogart any time I get a chance
oh wow, i had no idea you guys did NEO GEO game reviews! i loved the system and games. when everyone else was going 3D SNK stuck to their guns and gave us some of the best 2D games ever
Interesting, in fact "pão" (with a tilde accent) is bread in Portuguese. But Japanese artists probably had a hard time understanding that. From my Japanese-Brazilian ears, "pao pao" as is said in the game sounds something Chinese, for some me. But bread bread coffee (pão pão café) makes more sense indeed.
I had the same background playing the genesis version to death and loving it prior to the neo geo one. Did you notice that Bauhaus is written on the back of one of the cars in South Town Village? In Dream Amusement Park you also see (as mentioned in the video) references to the Cure and Laibach... thats at least 3 references to bands of the time... someone at SNK was a fan...anyway, great video!!
@@BasementBrothers i just love knowing that someone at snk probably owned lp's i owned at the time... then again you've already gone over their love for some of my favorite films like black rain... hits me in the feels ya know...
As great as SFII was, when I was a teenager I really preferred Fatal Fury and Art of Fighting. The character designs, world building and storylines made it feel like I was playing through one of the cheesy martial arts movies I used to rent every weekend. Plus there was always a crowd for the SFII machine but I could get onto FF straight away :)
This owns. I have really come to love the original Fatal Fury in the last few years. One note: The PS2 re-release of the game got an arranged soundtrack which is worth checking out.
Thanks. I should have mentioned it in the Neo Geo CD section. I usually don't pay attention to the re-releases in the form of collections and digital downloads, so that was overlooked. Most of those arrangements stray a little too far from the source for my liking. The other game I can think of that got an arranged soundtrack courtesy of the PS2 is KOF 2001.
@@BasementBrothers Hey no worries. You got so deep into the weeds on this one, I was like "can't wait for him to talk about the arranged soundtrack on PS2!" Ha ha! Just wild, and to SNKs credit that they went back and did that work.
Playing since 1984 and managed an arcade for 16 years Till about 4 years ago when it closed. Held on through the pain cuz I knew the day was coming and I wanted to see the job from start to finish. Good work here. Was also into SNK since this game here was really coming into it's own and spotted it in an arcade on a trip to Colorado from my New Jersey home as a kid. I was drawn to it because someone important in my life was named Terry. Turns out that much like Bogard, he wasn't always staying in one place, and worked various jobs. But he wasn't exactly a martial artist, but knew a life past, though completely legal, was one he didn't want to stick with. Granted I didn't know as much about all that other than he was in my life, was much nicer and more understanding to me than my father, and shaped my life a bit early on before he had to leave. Turned out due to something between him and my father. One shaping point of my life led to another. A favorite character in a favored medium of gaming that wasn't by far yet considered the sheik choice but as I was, it was growing and with deeper and deeper thoughts and goals. rather like seeing videos about these past gems, especially when ye ol Bogard comes back up.
It's quite rare that I comment on RUclips but I really wanted to say that your channel is really amazing and became in few days, one my favourite one RUclips. I discovered your channel thanks to your video on Legend of heroes III: White witch on pc-98. I completed the remake on psp few days ago and I was wondering how does the game look on original hardware. I love Japanese games but Japanese pc always was my blind spot (with pc engine). I really enjoy how you show the original packaging and explain all the process which allows you to play. Same for your neo Geo playlist, I love the fact that you follow the productId order. At the time of the PlayStation and PlayStation 2, I always looked at the productId on the side of the box and tried to order my collection by this number. I am currently stuck in the bed due to sickness (not something very bad just a strong flu) and your video really kept me entertained. I also learned a lot even about games that I already know like Fatal Fury as you explained a lot of details and reference. Thanks a lot for your video !!! PS: I will be very interested to know more about exclusive Japanese rpg on pc engine like Tengai Makyō. I don't know if you plan to pc engine playlist as a lot of famous games looks to be port from pc-88 or 98. I saw that there is a fighting game spin-off of Tengai Makyo on Neo Geo so you will maybe talk about the series during this time. PS2: In one of your old video, I think it was Tokyo Xanadu ex+, you said that you never played persona. I hope you had the occasion to play at least Persona 5. I know they are quite time-consuming type of game and it aren't really compatible with adulthood (I was quite lucky to do 3 and 4 when I was in highschool) but they are really good J-RPG which is quite rare nowadays.
@@BasementBrothers last thing I forgot to say in my long message is that I really love the fact that you compare the original game with each port and remake. It is really interesting to understand the legacy of a game and which version it can be good to play. I am sure I am not the only one who enjoys that. Thanks a lot for your reply :)
What Fatal Fury did on NeoGeo was be a game that told something of a story, and allowed the 2nd player to be involved in the 1 player mode fights. And in regards to that aspect of things, it holds up. It also had a lot of personality. The backgrounds are much more lively than on SF2. Yes, the game doesn't play as well as SF2. But kinda looking back at the over all experience I had between the two games, I enjoyed Fatal Fury about as much as SF2. And Fatal Fury didn't try to be SF2. It brought its own gameplay concepts to the table, that carried on into later games in the series. It did its own thing, and it worked.
Notice the music in Fatal Fury that was borrowed in part from Street Smart. Now also notice that one of your choices in Street Smart was Karate. And that in Art of Fighting Karate wound up being a character and ultimately Ryo's father. Seems like a lot of people don't make the realization of the relation of the Karate in one game and art of fighting as it is. But neat that it was picked out here that the music was re used.
41:06 Some of the events of the earlier FF games happen in KOF but everything from Real Bout on forwards doesn't happen in the KOF timeline, so Geese has never died there
For me, nothing surpassed Fatal Fury and Fatal Fury 2. Playing it on the Genesis, I loved the gameplay, bright graphics and music. Close to Street Fighter II in terms of enjoyment.
THANK YOU SO MUCH for giving Nishiyama-san his past due. I'm really tired of people giving Tokuro Fujiwara and Akira Nishitani all the credit for the stuff he and others like Koitchi Yotsui and Yoshiki Okamoto were responsible for. Even Jeremy Parrish falsely claimed that Fujiwara produced Mega Man 1, when that isn't true. This video was worth the wait, and is probably one of your best by far.
I'm with you regarding the Megadrive version. Despite it's shortcomings, it's still so playable and fun. It just feels good. Thanks for the great history video!
Awesome vid but why do you think Street Smart is not related. The main character Karate Man was later used with the moniker Mr. Karate for the game Art of Fighting. So the character in Street Smart is a prototype of Takuma Sakazaki. It also is SNK's first one on one fighting game (second if you count Main Event)
Finally! I was thinking about mentioning it in your RPGs video! "When is the Fatal Fury video?" I always loved Fatal Fury, ofc street fighter 2 was more famous, ofc everyone was doing hadoukens and having a SNES with sf2 was the dream, but man... I will never ever forget that first time I saw Terry fighting against Tung Fu Rue, the first round was impressive enough with the best Tung theme ever ( 4000 years of Chinese history, what kind of badass name is this ? ) With the wind blowing on the trees while you are fighting an enraged hulk like Tung, but the second round... Oh boy the second round... That pouring rain, roaring thunder, and roaring more Tung Fu Rue, the loud thuds thuds thuds when he hits his chest, in contrast with his theme. Yes, it left a huge impression on me, history and the masses will keep mentioning street fighter 2, but Fatal Fury had that classy badass personality that was unique and like nothing else there ! Now I have to make myself more sleep deprived by watching this vid, then the long wait for Fatal Fury special, Fatal Fury 3, and my favorite ever real bout special !
Oh, I'm sure when you reach the Fatal Fury 2 video it will be made very clear :D ! Loved the vid btw, and I wasn't aware of the x6800 having mt-32 mode for the music, this is why I love this channel really.
Thanks for another excellent video basement brothers! I love how passionate you are about video game music. My favorite CD for my childhood was killer instincts killer cuts. 😸
I'm a HUGE Snk freak. I couldn't have a Neo GEO home console as a kid/teen since they were pretty rare in Brazil, but MVS cabinets were abundant! By the time the Neo Cd became more "popular" they were sold here by the Brazilian branch of Snk and I could see a lot ads in magazines, but I did what a sane persin would do in 97 and got a Psx instead. Bc of that I spent most of my childhood playing the Snes ports from Takara - little I knew how weird some of them were compared to the Genesis and NGeo ones, since I used to think they were better bc of the clearer sprites and sound (I love how ART OF FIGHTING sounds on the Snes) - and played the dubious Psx ports that got better and better as time went by. I knoe the tunes can sound more similar to ogs on the Genesis but the hit sounds hurt my ears a lil bit haha. I was only able to truly check MVS titles with NeoRageX in the early 2000s, and got all the Snk collections released for the Ps2 (I still collect everything related to Snk for Ps1 and 2). Well, that said, it's no surprise how much I love everything about Fatal Fury and its lore. Your video is simply the BEST thing I've ever seen about the series. Thanks!
I know I'm probably the only human being on Earth that does this but I go back to fatal fury 1 to play it all the time but I very rarely go back to even super Street fighter 2 let alone the original release of Street fighter 2 Funny thing is I can't get into fatal fury 2, special and three. Especially fatal fury special. I never understood why the Japanese love that game so much
So far this is my favorite fighting game for the Neo Geo. I don't care for the combo-based mechanic fighting games where you gotta memorizes the combos to win; and hate games with infinite combos where you have no chance of recovering. Here it's different, it's about timing 1 attack to hit. This game I'd say is less comparable than Street Fighter 2 and more comparable to Punch-Out (even though Punch-Out isn't a fighting game), where that game is about memorizing the patterns for the enemies to win. 39:30 Kicking the main bad guy out the window of a tall building is probably a reference to "Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man" which came out a few months before Fatal Fury did. 41:33 I've managed to do it. 44:46 Inflation happened, as well as supply & demand. 52:07 I have, uploaded it here on RUclips. 1CC it on Hard. The AI are input readers, you gotta turn their strength into their weakness. They react the same way when you do a move, so you can counter against that. 53:03 I managed to 1CC that on Hard too. Though, the 2nd game seems to be harder. I have yet to manage a 1CC on that one.
Ah man…grew up in the 90’s and Fatal Fury series hold a special place in my heart because it felt like real fighting Street Fighter was good too don’t get me wrong, but Fatal Fury animations were better in my opinion…especially when you knock out an opponent and the ring outs
What a HUUUUGE stepup in quality in the last few chronological games from Legend of Success Joe (NGH029) to Legend of Success Joe Higashi: Hungry Wolf Battle of Destiny (NGH033) as I call it in my head-canon since I absolutely LOVE Joe Higashi and always main as him. ^_^ (the next few look to be a bit iffy though except for maybe Crossed Swords)
Duck King is the classic joke character that you start mocking because he looks quite ridiculous but you become a die hard fan once you realize he is a pretty good character and quite a bully in the Real Bout series and has a sidekick duckling who mimicks him during fights.
Technically Billy Kane does not have a cane, he has a Staff specifically a sectional staff. I just can’t recall if the “sectional” was used in the first game, I know it was later on. I chalk up the pronunciation to early SNK issues. I mean listen to what Terry says when he does a Power Wave.
Some versions of Kof characters can get insanely powerful. I think Geese just survived. Doa characters fall of Buildings into a gas tank that explodes on impact and they keep fighting.
I am looking forward to your video on "World Heroes". I have fond memories of playing that game in a smoky Arcade called Silver Tips in the City I grew up in. Although the game kind of sucked it was also out in the same time frame as Street Fighter 2 and I started playing it due to the Street Fighter 2 cabinet having quite a lineup in order to play it. Not only that but due to having to wait in line to play, you were always playing vs. a really good human opponent. I wasn't that good (average) at SF2 and the people staying on were amazing. It was basically put my quarter in lose 2 matches and then done. So World Heroes was my back-up... lol.
I can't stress enough just how much of an impact this game had on me back in high-school. While everyone else was obsessed with SF2, I was all about Fatal Fury games and World Heroes.
Shorter line for the control-stick!
Those loser rubes talking about their “Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo” GTFO. the real ones, the only ones that matter were playing World Heroes 2 Jet
This really had an impact on me as well but it went as far back as my infancy.
Dear NEOGEO guy.
I just wanted you to know how much your vids about the neogeo games in order coming out- have got me through a very tough time.
Ive recently lost my dad. My dad bought me my entire sega collection and more but life dictated i had to sell all about a decade ago and for a too low price... although most of my machines were not mint - but more well loved with many many many miles on the clock so to say!!
I never got to own the mythical neogeo but i am very greatful for emulation.
Thanx to emulation i have my entire collection back plus all the arcades i dreamed of...and of course neogeo. Having an 8bitdo mini controller hanging off my car interior mirror with everything on my phone is pretty cool.
Regardless, thanx to dad we will be set up for life as we were dirt poor, so id like to get a consolised mvs at some point.
He left me a property, a nice car (Peugeot rcz) and about 160k.
However, this takes time to come through.
I miss him so much and would trade it all in to have him back.
Alas thank you for getting me through with hard depression. I know a lot about the neogeo and thought there wasnt anything else to learn... but ive learned a lot from your uploads.
I also adore you intro.
Reminds me of my nephew and i playing mega bomberman on gene/drive on a tiny black and white tv, whilst bein shouted to "go to bed" because even though the sound was down, we laughed a little too hard and loud alertin the adults 😂
Anyway.
Much love and look forward too the next upload.
Much love
Your
Order Of Magnitude
(A car crash of a channel....)
I dreamed of having a Neo Geo as a kid. It wasn't even a thing you could find at my local stores. Kids who DID have them (asians) were kids who's families would take trips to New York on the weekends. I wanted one so bad but somehow knew I'd never get it. Kids at school would talk about how expensive it was.
But this Laundry spot down the block from me had the arcade cabinet for all the Neo geo stuff. Fatal fury, World Heroes, Samurai Showdown etc. God I spent tons of quarters there. Those games were so amazing at the time. Especially as an American kid who only had access to Street Fighter and MK.
Eventually, like 1994, I got a copy of Fatal Fury 2 for SNES. Then played it all in ports later in life. But man, when all this stuff was new to you, it was groundbreaking and revolutionary. The graphics.
53 minutes on Fatal Fury? Yes, please!
All you got the Esoterica guy to do a quote. Smart…most handsome man on RUclips 😮
More than this handsome tom kitty VGE? 8^)
Anthony...
I think I've heard of that Esoterica guy before, not sure where though 🤔
lol
@@chiefthunderhorse4430 he’s a bum
Lol could tell that voice a mile off
As soon as I saw it was 53 mins I made sure to grab a beer, and take a beautiful stroll down memory lane.
That was amazing! Thanks so much for this vid! I only recently picked up an AES after spending my entire childhood dreaming of owning one. Playing the games in arcades for hours.
I never played the first FF as a kid, but after I picked it up recently I honestly fell in love. There's a certain charm to it and the jank makes it kind of fun to me. Granted SF2 is the better game, but I think it's as you put it in your video, the story, the sound, the characters..that's what makes this game truly unique.
Also I think Geese survived by landing on the tent canopy you normally find on building entrances, and it broke his fall. Plus the muscley back. lol!
Neo-Alec's unofficial Neo Geo Page! That was my fave neo geo page back then :P Good to see you are still into it.
Yes I am! Glad you found my video series! Hope you enjoy it.
I have to say, I really respect Nishiyama's modesty when talking about Street Fighter II compared to Fatal Fury.
What do you mean
@@Betoven81 How he mentioned that he couldn't make Street Fighter II as good as Capcom did even though Street Fighter was his creation. Capcom took what he made from the first game, and made it better than even he could've imagined. Not many people would take that so well.
Southtown was special. I don't think any other fighting game franchise has a setting as fleshed out as Southtown, the place is a living, breathing city, and each stage is a specific location denoted on a map in which your tiny little avatar moves between matches. And this city has it all, residential areas, slums, bars, night clubs, shopping districts, factories and so on. Its all a bit primitive in this first game though, which takes place entirely on the small peninsula area to the west on the city, but later Fatal Fury and Art of Fighting titles greatly expand on the various locales, with both the Pao Pao Cafe, Sound Beach and Geese Tower introduced here becoming staples of the city and of SNK.
I love how Fatal Fury 3 shows a full map of the city, then transitions into a panoramic shot of the location where each fight will take place.
It's also neat how FF3 shares many locations with FF1. The Pao Pao Café, Howard Arena and Sound Beach are instantly recognizable.
I'd argue Metro City, but it took Capcom a long while to fully embrace it even though SF has had its fair share of stages (usually just one) in SF games.
I've alway preffered Neo Geo over Capcom which is crazy lol but they had unique style to them
@@MrCalverino You mean SNK lol
how geese could've survived that
fall:
1)he landed in a garbage dumpster
full of garbage bags.
2)just like on naked gun he bounced
off of the tent thing wiped himself
off.😂
3)maybe he had wings an flew.
4)or had one of those mats stunt
guy's use to land at the bottom.
Gotta give the snes ports some love as that’s where I was able to play fatal fury, AOF and Sam sho first
I bought a second hand copy for the Super Famicom back in the day, but can't for the life of me remember jumping in and out of the screen on it. :S
In the first Fatal Fury anime, Terry threw Geese into a koi pond, so that's how I see Geese as having survived.
Okay. So in the game he fell from a building and landed in a koi pond. Survival chances still nil, but let's go with that.
Anime logic @@BasementBrothers
"IT'S UNFORTUNATE TO SEE OUR HERO REDUCED TO HAVING TRASH HURLED AT HIM." I lol'd IRL.
To quote Captain Kirk
"Billy Khaaaaaaan!!"
Oh man! My man Alec is back having fun as usual. And what a great way to enjoy our Sunday evening seeing him discuss about the story of Fatal Fury: The King of Fighters... Now this will be a real treat to listen in on what you have to say bro. 8^)
I just came in with my din-din of Kentucky Fried Chicken and this will really be a fantastic way to sit back and relax to make my meal a little bit tastier.8^) Thank you as always for your hard work and dedication Alec. Always in the mood to view your content bro. 8^)
Anthony..
I actually first came across the Fatal Furry franchise when I rented three anime movies. It actually stuck with me and when I found out it was a fighting game series. I ‘m not the biggest fan of fighting games, but because of those old films I always have to play Terry Bogart any time I get a chance
The first OVA follows the story of this game.
@@BasementBrothers I thought so! All makes sense now lol
oh wow, i had no idea you guys did NEO GEO game reviews! i loved the system and games. when everyone else was going 3D SNK stuck to their guns and gave us some of the best 2D games ever
Superb voice acting as always.
Interesting, in fact "pão" (with a tilde accent) is bread in Portuguese. But Japanese artists probably had a hard time understanding that. From my Japanese-Brazilian ears, "pao pao" as is said in the game sounds something Chinese, for some me. But bread bread coffee (pão pão café) makes more sense indeed.
It's always a good day when there's a new Basement Brothers video out!
Your deep dive reviews are outstanding, I watch a ton of retro game content on RUclips, and your channel is one of the absolute best.
Delighted to see a new video in this series, and 54 minutes!! I'll be watching this today!
Thanks for putting this series together, great content and fun to hear the filled in spaces in neo geo history.
I had the same background playing the genesis version to death and loving it prior to the neo geo one. Did you notice that Bauhaus is written on the back of one of the cars in South Town Village? In Dream Amusement Park you also see (as mentioned in the video) references to the Cure and Laibach... thats at least 3 references to bands of the time... someone at SNK was a fan...anyway, great video!!
Yep, didn't mention everything. They misspelled Laibach.
@@BasementBrothers i just love knowing that someone at snk probably owned lp's i owned at the time... then again you've already gone over their love for some of my favorite films like black rain... hits me in the feels ya know...
Not the biggest fighter fan, but will always play Terry Bogard! He was awesome in the films I rented as a kid
Finally made the time to watch this one! Great work, as always!
As great as SFII was, when I was a teenager I really preferred Fatal Fury and Art of Fighting. The character designs, world building and storylines made it feel like I was playing through one of the cheesy martial arts movies I used to rent every weekend. Plus there was always a crowd for the SFII machine but I could get onto FF straight away :)
The "Hulking out" old man may have been inspired by Dragon Ball's Kame Sen'nin / Muten Roshi character, who does the same thing.
Just a phenomenal job with these Neo Geo reviews. Really great work.
That Mega Drive/ Genesis cover is drawn by Yoshiyuki „Neon Genesis Evangelion“ Sadamoto! Wow!!
Amazing stuff! Love SNK and have enjoyed all your videos. Interesting to see the x68000 version on original floppies!
This owns. I have really come to love the original Fatal Fury in the last few years. One note: The PS2 re-release of the game got an arranged soundtrack which is worth checking out.
Thanks. I should have mentioned it in the Neo Geo CD section. I usually don't pay attention to the re-releases in the form of collections and digital downloads, so that was overlooked. Most of those arrangements stray a little too far from the source for my liking.
The other game I can think of that got an arranged soundtrack courtesy of the PS2 is KOF 2001.
@@BasementBrothers Hey no worries. You got so deep into the weeds on this one, I was like "can't wait for him to talk about the arranged soundtrack on PS2!" Ha ha! Just wild, and to SNKs credit that they went back and did that work.
Playing since 1984 and managed an arcade for 16 years Till about 4 years ago when it closed. Held on through the pain cuz I knew the day was coming and I wanted to see the job from start to finish. Good work here. Was also into SNK since this game here was really coming into it's own and spotted it in an arcade on a trip to Colorado from my New Jersey home as a kid. I was drawn to it because someone important in my life was named Terry. Turns out that much like Bogard, he wasn't always staying in one place, and worked various jobs. But he wasn't exactly a martial artist, but knew a life past, though completely legal, was one he didn't want to stick with.
Granted I didn't know as much about all that other than he was in my life, was much nicer and more understanding to me than my father, and shaped my life a bit early on before he had to leave. Turned out due to something between him and my father. One shaping point of my life led to another. A favorite character in a favored medium of gaming that wasn't by far yet considered the sheik choice but as I was, it was growing and with deeper and deeper thoughts and goals.
rather like seeing videos about these past gems, especially when ye ol Bogard comes back up.
ha! Where in Jersey?
@@WaldoBagelTopper Around in Burlington County.
Such a great episode, so much nostalgia.
I would say that Magician Lord was the best soundtrack prior to FF1 on the Neo Geo! That's my favorite NG game!
No arguments here. I'm surprised how much love Nam 1975 gets.
It's quite rare that I comment on RUclips but I really wanted to say that your channel is really amazing and became in few days, one my favourite one RUclips.
I discovered your channel thanks to your video on Legend of heroes III: White witch on pc-98. I completed the remake on psp few days ago and I was wondering how does the game look on original hardware.
I love Japanese games but Japanese pc always was my blind spot (with pc engine). I really enjoy how you show the original packaging and explain all the process which allows you to play.
Same for your neo Geo playlist, I love the fact that you follow the productId order. At the time of the PlayStation and PlayStation 2, I always looked at the productId on the side of the box and tried to order my collection by this number.
I am currently stuck in the bed due to sickness (not something very bad just a strong flu) and your video really kept me entertained. I also learned a lot even about games that I already know like Fatal Fury as you explained a lot of details and reference.
Thanks a lot for your video !!!
PS: I will be very interested to know more about exclusive Japanese rpg on pc engine like Tengai Makyō. I don't know if you plan to pc engine playlist as a lot of famous games looks to be port from pc-88 or 98. I saw that there is a fighting game spin-off of Tengai Makyo on Neo Geo so you will maybe talk about the series during this time.
PS2: In one of your old video, I think it was Tokyo Xanadu ex+, you said that you never played persona. I hope you had the occasion to play at least Persona 5. I know they are quite time-consuming type of game and it aren't really compatible with adulthood (I was quite lucky to do 3 and 4 when I was in highschool) but they are really good J-RPG which is quite rare nowadays.
Thanks. I'm glad you found us. I'm always saying we need to do more PC Engine content, but Japanese PC's have been the focus lately. Feel better soon!
@@BasementBrothers last thing I forgot to say in my long message is that I really love the fact that you compare the original game with each port and remake. It is really interesting to understand the legacy of a game and which version it can be good to play.
I am sure I am not the only one who enjoys that.
Thanks a lot for your reply :)
What Fatal Fury did on NeoGeo was be a game that told something of a story, and allowed the 2nd player to be involved in the 1 player mode fights. And in regards to that aspect of things, it holds up. It also had a lot of personality. The backgrounds are much more lively than on SF2. Yes, the game doesn't play as well as SF2. But kinda looking back at the over all experience I had between the two games, I enjoyed Fatal Fury about as much as SF2. And Fatal Fury didn't try to be SF2. It brought its own gameplay concepts to the table, that carried on into later games in the series. It did its own thing, and it worked.
BTW, the "Three Neo Geo Guys" at 29:20 are Crosby, Stills & Nash. 😁
53 minutes? holy shit
You're telling me. 😪
Notice the music in Fatal Fury that was borrowed in part from Street Smart. Now also notice that one of your choices in Street Smart was Karate. And that in Art of Fighting Karate wound up being a character and ultimately Ryo's father. Seems like a lot of people don't make the realization of the relation of the Karate in one game and art of fighting as it is. But neat that it was picked out here that the music was re used.
The Sega Genesis version did give him the name Tsutomu Amano
Best neo geo video on the entire internet.
This was great, Alec!
My friends & I nicknamed Hwa Jai " Mad Dog" because the guy in the background threw him a bottle of mad dog 20/20.
Looking forward to the Art of Fighting video!
AOF is number 044, so... it's going to be a while until then. I hope you'll enjoy the videos I'll be working on in the meantime.
41:06 Some of the events of the earlier FF games happen in KOF but everything from Real Bout on forwards doesn't happen in the KOF timeline, so Geese has never died there
For me, nothing surpassed Fatal Fury and Fatal Fury 2. Playing it on the Genesis, I loved the gameplay, bright graphics and music. Close to Street Fighter II in terms of enjoyment.
Well done. This must have taken a long time to make. Keep working on those voice-overs. I clicked the almighty bell. Can't wait for the next vid!
29:17 Three Neo Geo guys = Crosby, Stills & Nash (anthology cover art from 1991) ;)
Your Roland sound modules are delightfully yellowed. I have a couple of Super Famicoms in similar condition :)
THANK YOU SO MUCH for giving Nishiyama-san his past due. I'm really tired of people giving Tokuro Fujiwara and Akira Nishitani all the credit for the stuff he and others like Koitchi Yotsui and Yoshiki Okamoto were responsible for. Even Jeremy Parrish falsely claimed that Fujiwara produced Mega Man 1, when that isn't true. This video was worth the wait, and is probably one of your best by far.
You guys are growing rapidly now, and I'm so excited to see it. Can't be happier that I found you lads!
I'm with you regarding the Megadrive version. Despite it's shortcomings, it's still so playable and fun. It just feels good.
Thanks for the great history video!
Great video, love the Fatal Fury series
Unbelievable I thought this video would be down memory lane but I never thought I would jearn something new about this hand AKA 14:00 part
So glad I found this channel love these old games
Awesome vid but why do you think Street Smart is not related. The main character Karate Man was later used with the moniker Mr. Karate for the game Art of Fighting. So the character in Street Smart is a prototype of Takuma Sakazaki. It also is SNK's first one on one fighting game (second if you count Main Event)
Good point. I wouldn't call Street Smart a fighting game in the traditional sense though.
Worth the wait. Great work, Alec
So many great games on the Neo Geo! Still play them regularly.
Finally! I was thinking about mentioning it in your RPGs video! "When is the Fatal Fury video?"
I always loved Fatal Fury, ofc street fighter 2 was more famous, ofc everyone was doing hadoukens and having a SNES with sf2 was the dream, but man... I will never ever forget that first time I saw Terry fighting against Tung Fu Rue, the first round was impressive enough with the best Tung theme ever ( 4000 years of Chinese history, what kind of badass name is this ? ) With the wind blowing on the trees while you are fighting an enraged hulk like Tung, but the second round... Oh boy the second round... That pouring rain, roaring thunder, and roaring more Tung Fu Rue, the loud thuds thuds thuds when he hits his chest, in contrast with his theme. Yes, it left a huge impression on me, history and the masses will keep mentioning street fighter 2, but Fatal Fury had that classy badass personality that was unique and like nothing else there ! Now I have to make myself more sleep deprived by watching this vid, then the long wait for Fatal Fury special, Fatal Fury 3, and my favorite ever real bout special !
The SNES folks had their Street Fighter II, but we had our Fatal Fury. And it was better than the SNES one!
Oh, I'm sure when you reach the Fatal Fury 2 video it will be made very clear :D ! Loved the vid btw, and I wasn't aware of the x6800 having mt-32 mode for the music, this is why I love this channel really.
The first Neo fighter and first mention of the King of Fighters tournament. Good times.
Awesome episode as per usual. I always loved back in 1992 the Cure references in Raiden’s stage with The Walk my favorite Cure song.
Very well done retrospective! Subbed! I still remember the day I played the 1st game in elementary school.
Legitimate Old-Skooler
Credentials: Confirmed.
FATAL FURY SPECIAL, one of my all time fav games✌️
Thanks for another excellent video basement brothers! I love how passionate you are about video game music. My favorite CD for my childhood was killer instincts killer cuts. 😸
Beautifully done
Billy Kane is a reference to Billy Conn, light heavyweight boxing champion in the 1940s.
This really was the turning point for the Neo.
Excellent video!
This is your Masterpiece! Thank you so much
I'm a HUGE Snk freak. I couldn't have a Neo GEO home console as a kid/teen since they were pretty rare in Brazil, but MVS cabinets were abundant! By the time the Neo Cd became more "popular" they were sold here by the Brazilian branch of Snk and I could see a lot ads in magazines, but I did what a sane persin would do in 97 and got a Psx instead.
Bc of that I spent most of my childhood playing the Snes ports from Takara - little I knew how weird some of them were compared to the Genesis and NGeo ones, since I used to think they were better bc of the clearer sprites and sound (I love how ART OF FIGHTING sounds on the Snes) - and played the dubious Psx ports that got better and better as time went by. I knoe the tunes can sound more similar to ogs on the Genesis but the hit sounds hurt my ears a lil bit haha.
I was only able to truly check MVS titles with NeoRageX in the early 2000s, and got all the Snk collections released for the Ps2 (I still collect everything related to Snk for Ps1 and 2).
Well, that said, it's no surprise how much I love everything about Fatal Fury and its lore. Your video is simply the BEST thing I've ever seen about the series. Thanks!
I prefer some of the SNES ports to the Genesis ones. Just not in this case of this game.
@@BasementBrothers What do you think of the 16bit versions of Samurai Shodown?
From the first Street Fighter, to doing so much, and making the last GOOD Street Fighter. That's saying something.
I know I'm probably the only human being on Earth that does this but I go back to fatal fury 1 to play it all the time but I very rarely go back to even super Street fighter 2 let alone the original release of Street fighter 2
Funny thing is I can't get into fatal fury 2, special and three. Especially fatal fury special. I never understood why the Japanese love that game so much
I mentioned the same thing about Fatal Fury 1 at the end of this video, so it's not just you!
I hope you'll get into the sequels one day.
20:41 come for the history, stay for the s tier impressions. pure gold
Thorough content, thanks a lot
So far this is my favorite fighting game for the Neo Geo. I don't care for the combo-based mechanic fighting games where you gotta memorizes the combos to win; and hate games with infinite combos where you have no chance of recovering. Here it's different, it's about timing 1 attack to hit.
This game I'd say is less comparable than Street Fighter 2 and more comparable to Punch-Out (even though Punch-Out isn't a fighting game), where that game is about memorizing the patterns for the enemies to win.
39:30 Kicking the main bad guy out the window of a tall building is probably a reference to "Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man" which came out a few months before Fatal Fury did.
41:33 I've managed to do it.
44:46 Inflation happened, as well as supply & demand.
52:07 I have, uploaded it here on RUclips. 1CC it on Hard. The AI are input readers, you gotta turn their strength into their weakness. They react the same way when you do a move, so you can counter against that.
53:03 I managed to 1CC that on Hard too. Though, the 2nd game seems to be harder. I have yet to manage a 1CC on that one.
If you have to play to win then yeah. But if you play casual, the newer fighting games are a lot of fun.
I liked the SNES version at the time. Was glad to find a SF2 alternative.
What an amazing chapter... Please, don't quit🤣
Ah man…grew up in the 90’s and Fatal Fury series hold a special place in my heart because it felt like real fighting
Street Fighter was good too don’t get me wrong, but Fatal Fury animations were better in my opinion…especially when you knock out an opponent and the ring outs
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What a HUUUUGE stepup in quality in the last few chronological games from Legend of Success Joe (NGH029) to Legend of Success Joe Higashi: Hungry Wolf Battle of Destiny (NGH033) as I call it in my head-canon since I absolutely LOVE Joe Higashi and always main as him. ^_^ (the next few look to be a bit iffy though except for maybe Crossed Swords)
Duck King is the classic joke character that you start mocking because he looks quite ridiculous but you become a die hard fan once you realize he is a pretty good character and quite a bully in the Real Bout series and has a sidekick duckling who mimicks him during fights.
Great Review!
Love how Street Smart has its tunes in fatal fury
Love your content, keep 'em coming!
Great Stuff, as always!
Love you guys
Nice episode 👍.
Technically Billy Kane does not have a cane, he has a Staff specifically a sectional staff. I just can’t recall if the “sectional” was used in the first game, I know it was later on. I chalk up the pronunciation to early SNK issues. I mean listen to what Terry says when he does a Power Wave.
I was waiting for this comment.
Fatal Fury! The game that started it all.
Looking forward to Neo Geo's Hand Egg simulator!
I love the theme from that cafe lmao!!!
It makes my subs sing!
The bass in Fatal Fury Special's Tung Fu Rue stage is amazing!
Loved this, great video. Andy didn't study Karate, it's called "Koppō" apparently. Bone breaking kempo lol.
True, this was more likely a mistranslation from the mega drive version.
Good stuff right here!
Some versions of Kof characters can get insanely powerful. I think Geese just survived. Doa characters fall of Buildings into a gas tank that explodes on impact and they keep fighting.
Soda pop? That is obviously Dr Pepper he’s drinking. He even turns red!
I love Fatal Fury Special.
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Whoa-oh! Oh Angel!
Come greet the dawn, it's a brand new day!
Whoa-oh! Oh Angel!
Let burn the passion that fires your soul!! 🎸🎶🎵🎶
I am looking forward to your video on "World Heroes". I have fond memories of playing that game in a smoky Arcade called Silver Tips in the City I grew up in. Although the game kind of sucked it was also out in the same time frame as Street Fighter 2 and I started playing it due to the Street Fighter 2 cabinet having quite a lineup in order to play it. Not only that but due to having to wait in line to play, you were always playing vs. a really good human opponent. I wasn't that good (average) at SF2 and the people staying on were amazing. It was basically put my quarter in lose 2 matches and then done. So World Heroes was my back-up... lol.
Michael Beard also voiced Krauser on FF2/Special and Geese on Art of Fighting 2
Loved this
Andy's rushing elbow was also the original motion of 1 then 6 in Japan but was changed for the US version for some reason