The best fighting game on Genesis, and general genny figting games discussion.

So, which Genesis fighting game is the best in your opinion? I used to think SFII Special Champion Edition is the best one, but recently I started to appreciate Samurai Shodown more, and it almost took SFII's place in my heart :p

Also, as far as gameplay and figting systems go, WWF Wrectlemania Arcade Game has a nice one (it's a fighting game really, not a wrestling one).

On the other hand I just can't lay my finger on Eternal Champions. I've seen many good reviews but when I try to play it myself, I just can't stand it's ugly look.

UMK3 for me, no contest about it. Everything works well for me, and I like the characters a lot too.

:confused: Why SFII: SCE and not SSFII? It has everything + more.

My vote goes to Yuu Yuu Hakusho, with Eternal Champions as a runner up.
Why? Because YYH and EC haven't been ported a million times, as is the case with pretty much every other genesis fighting game.
Oh, and YYH just plain owns. 4 player combat? Yes sir.
I'll take that over some crappy SF, MK or Neo Geo port any day of the week.

Weapon Lord

Super Street Fighter 2 and Yu Yuu Hakusho.

I like Power Instinct as well, but I know it's not as good as these two.

Yuu Yuu Hashuko
SSf 2
Fatal Fury 2
Eternal Champions
Samurai Shodown

in that order (But that's because I only got the PAL-version of Samurai Shodown, which is painfully sloooooow.... if I got a NTSC-copy it would probably rank higher)

Shaq-fu
Primal Rage
Slaughter Sport


The holy trinity of fighters.

Eternal Champions
Primal Rage
and Mortal Kombat.
Nothing beats these Genesis titles IMO especially Primal Rage because I kick ass at it on hardest.

Also, makes me sad when people attack Eternal Champions because it "looks ugly". Especially since I happen to like EC pretty well. (though I prefer the Sega CD sequel better.)

Super Street Fighter II


then a long time nothing, then Power Instinct, Samurai Shodown, YuYu Hakusho, Fatal Fury 2.

I also enjoyed Mortal Kombat II back when I was 15. I still think it's MUCH better than MK1 or MK3.

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Originally Posted by TmEE

UMK3 for me, no contest about it. Everything works well for me, and I like the characters a lot too.

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This. UMK3 is the best fighting game on Mega Drive and one of the top 2D fighting
games of all time (second maybe only to MK Trilogy).

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Originally Posted by N.Saibot

This. UMK3 is the best fighting game on Mega Drive and one of the top 2D fighting
games of all time (second maybe only to MK Trilogy).

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How can such a poorly executed port be considered the best fighting game on the Mega Drive?
Sure, UMK3 is a good game, and lots of people still play it on XBL etc. even in favour of MKT due to balance issues.
But on the MD? No way.
When it comes to port quality the MK series are somewhere at the bottom. Sure, the Street Fighter games have crappy sound and washed up colours, but the MK games are incomplete.

On a sidenote: Samurai Shodown is the best fighting game port on the MD.

Mortal Kombat II + 3-Button Controller

http://www.ioffer.com/img/item/385/0...tal_kombat.JPG

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Originally Posted by QuickSciFi

Mortal Kombat II + 3-Button Controller

http://www.ioffer.com/img/item/385/0...tal_kombat.JPG

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I love MK2, but Genesis port is horrible. SNES port was totally the best available back then. I did enjoy MK3 on genny however.

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Originally Posted by Olls

How can such a poorly executed port be considered the best fighting game on the Mega Drive?
Sure, UMK3 is a good game, and lots of people still play it on XBL etc. even in favour of MKT due to balance issues.
But on the MD? No way.
When it comes to port quality the MK series are somewhere at the bottom. Sure, the Street Fighter games have crappy sound and washed up colours, but the MK games are incomplete.

On a sidenote: Samurai Shodown is the best fighting game port on the MD.

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How is the port of UMK3 on the Mega Drive bad? It's better than the SNES port,
what else is there to compete? Please don't bring in the MS-DOS port which is
probably arcade perfect or the ports on 32-bit systems.

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Originally Posted by Olls

On a sidenote: Samurai Shodown is the best Neo Geo port on the MD.

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Fixed. :)

Seriously: Super Street Fighter 2 is just epic. Perfect colors, unique adaptation of the soundtrack, fantastic animations, scratchy voices....