The fighting game genre owes a collective debt toFatal Fury.

Its large sprites, detailed backgrounds, and varied fighting styles made it feel perpetually fresh and exciting.

Loving your time with Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves?

A collage of images showcasing the Geese Tower, Yuri Fitness Club, and Heinlein’s Villa stages in Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves

Here are even more titles you could enjoy that offer a similar experience!

Let’s find out.

It’s a decent fighter on a console that has only two face buttons.

Preecha making a photo frame with her fingers with Terry Bogard in the center after she lander her Hidden Gear super on him in Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves.

Is it something we can imagine anyone but a retro enthusiast playing in the 2020s?

That title goes to King of Fighters R-2.

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Oh, to be an arcade enthusiast in 1991.

Terry Bogard raising his fists in King of Fighters.

If it wasn’t Street Fighter 2, it was Fatal Fury: King of Fighters.

There are nineteen stages in Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves, but which one is the best?

We tackle that question here!

A split image of Fatal Fury 2, Fatal Fury City of the Wolves, and Fatal Fury First Contact.

The problems mostly stem from the PS1 port, where most Western fans experienced this entry.

This put the game on par with its closest competitor, the ever-popular Street Fighter 2.

Launched just nine months after Fatal Fury 3, Real Bout overhauled the fighting system entirely.

A collage of images showcasing (from left to right) Ryu from Street Fighter 6, Terry Bogard from Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves, and Haohmaru from Samurai Shodown.

Inputs were simplified, using three buttons instead of four.

This may have been a mark against it, if not for how well it streamlined the gameplay.

Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves featured some surprising cameos of its own, including football starCristiano Ronaldo.

Mai fighting Terry in Fatal Fury First Contact.

The characters were a little more rugged and somber in their design.

The game still had flair, but in an understated way.

If the visuals weren’t flashy, the gameplay was definitely refined.

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Garou represents the peak of SNK’s prowess as a developer that once ruled the 2D fighting space.

These are the best Fatal Fury characters in the series.

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Terry Bogard fights Geese Howard in Fatal Fury The King of Fighters.

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PlayStation-1

Mai fights Toji in Fatal Fury Wild Ambition for the PS1.

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Terry Bogard kicks Andy in Fatal Fury 2.

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PC-1

Mai Shiranui fights Blue Mary in Fatal Fury 3.

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Joe Higashi fights Billy Kane in Real Bout Fatal Fury Special.

Terry fights Geese in Real Bout Fatal Fury 2.

Mai activating her Chou Hissatsu Shinobi Bachi Redline Gear against Terry Bogard in Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves.

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Xbox-1

Rock Howard advancing toward Terry Bogard in an attempt to interrupt his incoming attack in Garou: Mark of the Wolves.

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