Fighting Games timeline
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Street Fighter is Released in the Arcades
Street Fighter (ストリートファイター, Sutorīto Faitā), commonly abbreviated as SF, is a popular series of fighting games in which the players pit competitive... Read more
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Street Fighter II Released in the Arcade
Street Fighter II (ストリートファイターⅡ, Sutorīto Faitā Tsū) is a 1991 head-to-head fighting game produced by Capcom originally released as a coin-operated... Read more
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Fatal Fury is Released
Fatal Fury (餓狼伝説, Garōu Densetsu, "Legend of the Hungry Wolf") is a fighting game series developed by SNK for the Neo Geo system. Producers... Read more
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Mortal Kombat is Released
Mortal Kombat is a fighting game developed by Midway, released in arcades in 1992. After being published by Acclaim Entertainment for a home... Read more
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Art of Figthing is Released for the Neo Geo
Art of Fighting (龍虎の拳, Ryūko no Ken, lit. "Fist of Dragon and Tiger") is a trilogy of competitive fighting game titles that were released for the... Read more
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Mortal Kombat II is Released
Mortal Kombat II is a 1993 arcade game and the second title in the Mortal Kombat fighting game series. To create the character animations for... Read more
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Super Street Fighter II is Released
Super Street Fighter II - The New Challengers (スーパーストリートファイターⅡ, Sûpâ Sutorîto Faitâ Tsû) is a head-to-head fighting game produced by Capcom... Read more
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Virtua Fighter is Released
Virtua Fighter (バーチャファイター, Baachafaitaa) is a 1993 fighting game developed for the Sega Model 1 arcade platform by AM2, a development group within... Read more
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Eternal Champions is Released
Released during a wave of success of the fighting game, bolstered by the recent successes of Street Fighter II (1991), Fatal Fury (1991) and Mortal... Read more
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King of Fighters '94 is Released
The King of Fighters '94 (officially abbreviated KOF '94) is a 1994 fighting game released by SNK for the Neo Geo arcade and home console. It is... Read more
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Virtua Fighter 2 is Released
Virtua Fighter 2 (バーチャファイター2, Baachafaitaa 2?) is a fighting game developed by Sega. It is the sequel to Virtua Fighter and the second game in the... Read more
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Eternal Champions: Challenge from the Dark Side
Eternal Champions: Challenge from the Dark Side (also known as Eternal Champions 2 or Eternal Champions CD) is a fighting video game for the Sega... Read more
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Mortal Kombat 3 is Released
Mortal Kombat 3 (or MK3) is the third game in the Mortal Kombat series, released in arcades in 1995. It was updated into Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3,... Read more
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Street Fighter Alpha Released in the Japanese Arcade
Street Fighter Alpha: Warriors' Dreams, known as Street Fighter Zero (ストリートファイター ゼロ, Sutorīto Faitā Zero) in Japan, Asia, South America and Spain,... Read more
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King of Fighters '95 is Released
The King of Fighters '95 is a 1995 fighting game produced by SNK for the Neo Geo arcade and home console. It is the sequel to The King of Fighters... Read more
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Tekken Is Released on the Playstation in North America
Tekken is a fighting game and is the first of the series of the same name. It was released at arcades in 1994 and on the PlayStation in 1995 and... Read more
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Virtua Fighter 3 is Released
Virtua Fighter 3 (バーチャファイター3, Baachafaitaa 3) is the third game in the Virtua Fighter series. Two new Japanese characters were added to the roster... Read more
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Virtua Fighter Kids is Released
Virtua Fighter Kids is an installment in the Sega-AM2 Virtua Fighter fighting game series. It was released in the arcade and on the Sega Saturn in... Read more
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Street Fighter Alpha 2 is Released in the Japanese Arcade
Street Fighter Alpha 2, known as Street Fighter Zero 2 (ストリートファイターZERO 2, Sutorīto Faitā Zero 2) in Japan, Asia, South America and Spain, is a 1996... Read more
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Virtua Fighter Animation is Released
Virtua Fighter Animation (known in Japan as Virtua Fighter Mini (バーチャファイターMini)) is a 1996 versus fighting video game for the Sega Game Gear and... Read more
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Soul Edge is Released
Soul Edge (ソウルエッジ, Sōru Ejji) is the first installment in the Soul series of fighting games developed and published by Namco. Soul Edge is the name... Read more
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The King of Fighters '96 is Released
The King of Fighters '96 is a 1996 fighting game released by SNK for the Neo Geo arcade and home consoles. It is the third game in The King of... Read more
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Mortal Kombat Trilogy is Released
Mortal Kombat Trilogy is a fighting game developed and published by Midway. It is a compilation of content from the previous titles based primarily... Read more
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X-Men vs. Street Fighter is Released
X-Men vs. Street Fighter is a fighting game originally released as a coin-operated arcade game in 1996. It is Capcom's third fighting game to... Read more
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Street Fighter EX is Released
Street Fighter EX is a head-to-head fighting game with 3D graphics, originally released as a coin-operated arcade game for the Sony ZN hardware in... Read more