Tag Archives: fighting

SNES A Day 198: Best of the Best: Championship Karate

Approximate Release: November 1992
Genre: Fighting
Developer: Loriciel
Publisher: Electro Brain

I am impressed by the quality of animation in Best of the Best: Championship Karate. I am much less impressed by everything else.

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SNES A Day 178: Street Combat

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Approximate Release Month: April 1993
Genre: Fighting
Developer: Irem
Publisher: Irem

Bad fighting games are quite common in the 16-bit era, but Street Combat happens to be memorable.

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SNES A Day 176: Doomsday Warrior

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Approximate Release Date: April 30, 1993
Genre: Fighting
Developer: Laser Soft/Telenet Japan
Publisher: Renovation Products

Well, at least the developers of Doomsday Warrior tried to make a good fighting game.

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SNES A Day 68: Street Fighter II: The World Warrior

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Approximate Release Date: July 1, 1992
Genre: Fighting
Developer: Capcom
Publisher: Capcom

Street Fighter II: The World Warrior seems simple and basic to modern eyes, but it’s easy to forget how influential and revolutionary it would be to the fighting game genre.

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