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#1  July 10, 2022, 03:32:51 am
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Hey there everyone! I come asking for opinions! So I'm studying software engineering and I have a school project, so basically I am looking to make a website about fighting games that I feel like are forgotten by the casual audience that should definitely be worth giving a shot! So I want to know what are some fighting games that you think belong on that list? It can be old or new. Also if any of you don't mind, leaving a sentence or two as to why you recommend it. That I can then use for my school project. I appreciate it everyone  :mlol:
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#2  July 10, 2022, 04:29:59 am
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Spectral VS Generation
Really under rated. It's fun  to do special combos where you can slow time ala Kamen Rider Kabuto's Clock Up. Sadly no sequel unlike the other 2 below.

Rumble Fish 1 & 2
Was around the time 2D fighting games were nearly dead and Tekken ruled. A good alternative to Guilty Gear.

Asura Busters & Asura Blade
This game is well done. It's like playing Breakers, Marvel Super Heroes and Darkstalkers.

Chaos Breaker.
Has that Dungeons & Dragons theme with strikers which I consider the unofficial sequel to Golden Axe. Never played this game cause it's Japanese only which was ported for the PS3. Another game that should have gotten a sequel had this been developed around the late 90s.
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#3  July 10, 2022, 04:30:29 am
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I've got a few that come to mind:

Fate/Unlimited Codes (PS2/PSP)
Aquapazza (PS3)
Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax Ignition (PS3/Vita/PS4)
NitroPlus Blasterz (PS3/Steam/PS4)
Chaos Code (PS3/Switch/Steam/PS4)
Melty Blood Actress Again (PS2/Steam)
Street Fighter Alpha 2 on SNES
Street Fighter Alpha 3 on GBA
KOF Maximum Impact 2
KOF MI2 Regulation A (PS2)
KOF 2003 (PS2)
KOF XI (PS2)
The King Of Fighters: NESTS Hen (PS2, a compilation of the Dreamcast versions of 99, 2000, & 2001 which have extra content compared to the original Neo Geo versions)
Real Bout Fatal Fury Special: Dominated Mind (PS1)
Fatal Fury: Wild Ambition (PS1)
Street Fighter Alpha 3 MAX (PSP)
The Last Blade 2 (PS2/PS4/Vita/Switch/Steam/etc.)
Arcana Heart 3 Love Max (PS3/Vita/Steam)
Blazblue: Cross Tag Battle (Switch/Steam/PS4)

And pretty much all the games in the Capcom Fighting Collection & the Neo Geo Pocket Selection Collection, such as Darkstalkers, Red Earth, Cyberbots, Pocket Fighter, SNK VS Capcom: Match of the Millenium, KOF R-2 & Samurai Shodown! 2.

Oh, and the Nettou series on the Game Boy (with versions of KOF 95, KOF 96, Samurai Shodown 1 & 3, Real Bout Special, Battle Arena Toshinden, etc.)

The Game Boy & Neo Geo Pocket ones are really great ports that don't cut a lot of content & have their own exclusive features & characters to them, same with SFA2 on SNES & SFA3 Max on PSP, MI2 & Regulation A built upon the first MI greatly with more characters/bonus content, 2003 & XI's tag system was really cool, Actress Again is basically the pinnacle of the series even with Type Lumina out now, BBTag is basically a better MVC game, and such.

I can go on & on if you'd like, really.
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#5  July 10, 2022, 05:01:36 am
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Oh I almost forgot.

Bleach Dark Souls for the DS and Yuyu Hakusho for the Sega Megadrive both done by Treasure. Both are 4 players and characters can plane shift which adds to the strategy.

Think Guardian Heroes except it all about fighting. Dark Souls is really chaotic. Love you can have some buffs using the touch screen with Bleach. Personally think Yuyu Hakusho is better since it is less chaotic.

Wished Fatal Fury evolved in to this.
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#6  July 10, 2022, 05:17:19 am
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I've got a few that come to mind:

Fate/Unlimited Codes (PS2/PSP)
Aquapazza (PS3)
Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax Ignition (PS3/Vita/PS4)
NitroPlus Blasterz (PS3/Steam/PS4)
Chaos Code (PS3/Switch/Steam/PS4)
Melty Blood Actress Again (PS2/Steam)
Street Fighter Alpha 2 on SNES
Street Fighter Alpha 3 on GBA
KOF Maximum Impact 2
KOF MI2 Regulation A (PS2)
KOF 2003 (PS2)
KOF XI (PS2)
The King Of Fighters: NESTS Hen (PS2, a compilation of the Dreamcast versions of 99, 2000, & 2001 which have extra content compared to the original Neo Geo versions)
Real Bout Fatal Fury Special: Dominated Mind (PS1)
Fatal Fury: Wild Ambition (PS1)
Street Fighter Alpha 3 MAX (PSP)
The Last Blade 2 (PS2/PS4/Vita/Switch/Steam/etc.)
Arcana Heart 3 Love Max (PS3/Vita/Steam)
Blazblue: Cross Tag Battle (Switch/Steam/PS4)
90% of that list aren't something I would consider forgotten
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#7  July 10, 2022, 05:19:13 am
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Yeah, many of those are remembered just because they're attached to particular franchises or because their characters appear somewhere else.
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#8  July 10, 2022, 05:20:21 am
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90% of that list aren't something I would consider forgotten

Yeah, many of those are remembered just because they're attached to particular franchises or because their characters appear somewhere else.

Eh, probably not. But I was trying to think of those that a lot of casual fans or those getting into the genre might not have played or thought about.
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It's still worth mentioning cause millenials hate anything 2D or retrogaming these days even if they love anime.

My country used to be Tekken country but now it is Mobile Legends country.
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#10  July 10, 2022, 05:52:31 am
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Girl Fight, Kakuge Yaro, One Must Fall: 2097, that one chinese fighter that has Terry/Benimaru as a guest character, pretty much a decent chunk of doujin fighters like E's Laf and Fallen Angels, the latter of which is so obscure it hardly gets mentioned by most major fighting game channels.  All comes to mind.
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#11  July 10, 2022, 07:06:10 am
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Big Bang Beat games, such as known, 1st Impression and Revolve. It's the doujin fighting game where it reassembles some characters from Big Bang franchise, probably Big Bang Age, I guess. You can tell by this game "1st Impression", this game features 10 playable characters and 4 hidden characters, as well as stages. In "Revolve" it features 16 playable characters, same as stages too. My favorite character from these games BTW I can tell is Rouga Zamna. Yet this boy sure however punches through the light fangs, shoot some vertically beam on the ground, and flies through the kicks. In this gameplay, when the character gets hurt, it will drop some gems, like it's from Super Gem Fighter Mini Mix. The power limit from this bar are just 9 in 1st Impression, later it was 3 in Revolve. Big Bang Break is likely similar to Heat/Blood Heat from Melty Blood games, it will achieve some forms and enhancements from it's power. Like Heita, which it turns into Super Heita, Manbou, floods through the battlefield, and more.
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#12  July 10, 2022, 08:54:50 am
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Not really sure how forgotten is forgotten, but here's some less popular ones that I recall enjoying.

Advanced Variable Geo 2
Fighting Layer
Power Instinct (series)
Tech Romancer
Toukidenshou - Angel Eyes
Waku Waku 7
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#13  July 11, 2022, 12:48:23 am
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I've got a few that come to mind:

Fate/Unlimited Codes (PS2/PSP)
Aquapazza (PS3)
Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax Ignition (PS3/Vita/PS4)
NitroPlus Blasterz (PS3/Steam/PS4)
Chaos Code (PS3/Switch/Steam/PS4)
Melty Blood Actress Again (PS2/Steam)
Street Fighter Alpha 2 on SNES
Street Fighter Alpha 3 on GBA
KOF Maximum Impact 2
KOF MI2 Regulation A (PS2)
KOF 2003 (PS2)
KOF XI (PS2)
The King Of Fighters: NESTS Hen (PS2, a compilation of the Dreamcast versions of 99, 2000, & 2001 which have extra content compared to the original Neo Geo versions)
Real Bout Fatal Fury Special: Dominated Mind (PS1)
Fatal Fury: Wild Ambition (PS1)
Street Fighter Alpha 3 MAX (PSP)
The Last Blade 2 (PS2/PS4/Vita/Switch/Steam/etc.)
Arcana Heart 3 Love Max (PS3/Vita/Steam)
Blazblue: Cross Tag Battle (Switch/Steam/PS4)

I would think ANY Street Fighter game would never be forgotten. Considering the many ports, remakes and remasters, as well as sequels from Capcom, so I don't think those would fit on the list. Esp. the SNES port of SF Alpha 2, considering the recent new discovery in it from a few years ago.

I assume this also applies to any/all KOF games as well.

My takes on a "forgotten" fighting game would be game titles that are uncommon, underrated, very rare, or have probably sold very poorly.

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#14  July 11, 2022, 03:05:32 am
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Thanks for all of the replies so far everyone! Definitely helps out. I have until Thursday so keep them coming! Some of these are games not even I heard of so that's cool
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#15  July 11, 2022, 04:01:17 am
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Forgot to mention these. Not technically traditional fighters but these are just super fun when played with friends much like Bleach Dark Souls and Yuyu Hakusho.

Monster Mauler
A boss gauntlet coop fighting game by Konami. It's like Monster Hunter in 2D. The final stage is more like a beat em up just like Ninja Warriors.


Battle Stadium D.O.N.
Had fun with friends with this one. Basically a Smash clone with the most popular shounen characters from Dragon Ball, One Piece and Naruto. The Gamecube wasn't popular in my country so Smash wasn't that time since the Playstation 2 ruled.

Guilty Gear Isuka
Pretty much copies Yuyu Hakusho Megadrive game with 4 player coop and plane shifting with all the Guilty Gear X2 mechanics. Has a beat up section but it's frustrating that the jump is now a button since this game plays like a traditional Final Fight beat em up. They should have made this section play more like Guardian Heroes cause that jump button really threw me off. Still a fun game. Also you can make this play like Monster Mauler by fighting the boss Leopaldon with 2 or 3 more friends. Sadly there's only one boss.
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#16  July 11, 2022, 03:14:40 pm
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I've been really into Psychic Force 2012 lately (I'm actually building a wiki for the series), I can really enjoy fighter which try new ideas and manage to be fun like this one. Can also think of Astra Superstars, which has a similar idea.
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#17  July 14, 2022, 07:26:57 am
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Hey dude I have some forgotten fighting games that may interest you.
- Dong Dong Never Die
-The Queen Of Heart 98
-Glove On Fight 2 Gleam Of Force
-Rage Of The Dragons

Also there is a channel called Vysethedetermined 2 that has several playlists that contain different kinds of obscure, forgetton and completely unknown kusoge and doujin fighting games. Here are the links to the playlists.
1) https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1E727CEB5AAB54F8
2) https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL902ACB2B1DD07901
3) https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-R1UcdSlo-6DlSAAWjjqD6cSxo6DCBPM

  Hopefully this helps you out for your project.
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#18  July 14, 2022, 08:08:27 am
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-The Queen Of Heart 98

Suddenly reminded me of Eternal Fighter Zero, Scarlet Weather Rhapsody and Missing & Immaterial Power.

There's a couple of Sailor Moon games for the X68000. The best ones are Moon Lights 1&2 and Moon Soldier.

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#20  July 20, 2022, 08:08:40 am
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Any Konami 2D fighting game (except maybe TMNT: Tournament Fighters), most of them (if not all) only appreared on arcades and no one remember them, except maybe MAME/emulation fans and some MUGEN fans who converted their content to this engine

Also, all fighting games from indie/minor companies from the 90s/2000s, like IGS, Taito, Kaneko, Psikyo and Culture Brain

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#21  July 20, 2022, 09:31:44 pm
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yuyu hakusho fighting games , mostly anime fighting games during the 90s. a lot of them are actually ok.

there were two i played one is from sega mega drive , one is from a console i forgot what it was i was too young to remember but i think it was a pc engine.
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#22  July 20, 2022, 10:24:38 pm
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yuyu hakusho fighting games , mostly anime fighting games during the 90s. a lot of them are actually ok.

there were two i played one is from sega mega drive , one is from a console i forgot what it was i was too young to remember but i think it was a pc engine.

Flash Hiders?



I would love to have this game sprite ripped. The Super Famicom sprites are kinda small.
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#23  July 20, 2022, 10:44:49 pm
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I know it's a very long video, but I've never heard of many of these games so it might come in handy.
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#25  July 21, 2022, 01:06:19 am
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I would think ANY Street Fighter game would never be forgotten. Considering the many ports, remakes and remasters, as well as sequels from Capcom, so I don't think those would fit on the list. Esp. the SNES port of SF Alpha 2, considering the recent new discovery in it from a few years ago.

I assume this also applies to any/all KOF games as well.

My takes on a "forgotten" fighting game would be game titles that are uncommon, underrated, very rare, or have probably sold very poorly.

Yeah, that's fair. I mainly just did SFA2 SNES since it hasn't really been ported as much as the arcade version has, since it's only on the Wii U & 3DS eShops right now, with the 3DS version only working on New models (and that's not even getting into the eShop shutdown happening in late March).

Similar deal with the KOF PS2 games and the Fatal Fury PS1 games, since most of those haven't really been ported to anything outside of the PS3 on PSN in Japan (well, KOF 2003 has, but even then I think most prefer 98 or 2000 anyway).

Actress Again does have a strong cult following, but I don't think it's gotten quite as much attention as Type Lumina, at least not recently anyway.

Last Blade... okay actually that one probably isn't very niche, that just sort of popped into my head when writing the list.

The rest are just sort of niche anime fighters that don't have quite as much presence mainstream as Street Fighter V, Tekken 7, Smash Ultimate, and such have.

SFA3 on GBA hasn't been ported to anything at all, not even the Wii U eShop.

Alpha 3 Max is mainly only really on PSP & Vita, same with Darkstalkers Chaos Tower.

I did kind of want to say TMNT Tournament Fighters & stuff like Red Earth and Cyberbots, but Konami & Capcom have them on collections for modern platforms now.
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#26  July 21, 2022, 01:43:39 am
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Another one I almost forgot.

X-Men Mutant Academy 1&2. Both are fun with the sequel having more moves and characters and you can even play Prof. X. I normally don't like 3D games during this era but this is an exception. If you love Marvel Super Heroes you will feel right at home here. I like this game mechanic it has where you can transfer energy from one of three meter bars during the battle. I usually put energy in the meter bar that fills up faster where as the other 2 takes time to fill up.

As for the 3rd game X-Men Next Dimension which was only for the PS2  I didn't really get to play that one and I got annoyed with those launcher combos having this pause. Guilty Gear Strive does it right but not this one.
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#27  July 22, 2022, 02:27:14 am
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[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbOUsx9De9U[/youtube]

I know it's a very long video, but I've never heard of many of these games so it might come in handy.

Thanks! Very nice find!!
Sadly I know all of them...

Beside of the basketball one ^^;


R Xhird being one of my last "finds" even if it's mostly a model swap of Toshinden.

I kind of like Bugi/Kensei on ps1
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#28  July 22, 2022, 03:01:21 am
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Not sure if this one can be considered "forgotten" if people probably didn't know it existed in the first place. The name is just "Monster" and its essentially a fighting game with furry characters. Found it was a thing recently because I found three characters from it in MUGEN, if those are anything to go by, the gameplay is pretty fun.

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Not sure if this one can be considered "forgotten" if people probably didn't know it existed in the first place. The name is just "Monster" and its essentially a fighting game with furry characters. Found it was a thing recently because I found three characters from it in MUGEN, if those are anything to go by, the gameplay is pretty fun.

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYyXqNvzNDo[/youtube]


Oh! I remember! Yes! I think most pre-steam doujin games can be considered obscure!
I was quite surpised to see mugen characters based on this game!
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The Eye of Typhoon (only released in 3DO)


This game is pretty obscure in the FGC scene too.
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Does anyone heard about this? Yes it's Kin Yeo Fighting for MS-DOS.

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Don't know how many people know about this one?
This game was canceled before actually being released, but the ROM's popped up online and it works perfectly fine.
It was featured on Fightcade's "Hidden Gems" page for awhile, but once it was gone the few players that it had dropped it like a hot potato. It's completly dead now which is a shame as it's a pretty cool game imo
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#33  July 31, 2022, 08:10:08 am
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I remember there was a huge glossary listing that included all fighting games posted here or some other forum years ago. If there is a link to it then it can give an idea of even the most obscure and forgotten games.

The one game that I think of is Sailor Moon Fighting games for Super Famicom (SNES). That was my introduction to the Sailor Moon series.
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Battle High 2 A+ seems to be totally forgotten by now, which is a shame. The game is very cheap on Steam, for one, and while it has no online play/net code support whatsoever, the game still has some worthwhile ideas going on, such as a universal dash cancel system allowing for varied combos or a powerful hit and run defense, as well as universal reversals and overheads. Story wise, think of it as Naruto+Rival Schools, and there are some interesting characters in the mix, and it even has some charge input supers. The Super bar itself considers having your Super move loaded separate from having meter; you can burn off your meter with dash cancel combos or universal reversals, then unleash your super anyway. Part of why I’m speaking so fondly is because of my own nostalgia for an earlier version of the game on Xbox 360 Live Indie Games, especially because it was during the days of Underdog MUGEN Wiki and I wanted to convert the roster. In fact, the game is still being worked on, with a future version planned.


Steam is home to a bevy of forgotten games, often having migrated from other platforms to gain notoriety, such as The Rumble Fish 2 (heard bad things about this port), Chaos Code, and Dual Souls: the Last Bearer (formerly Dual Blades), and there are also originals like Verdict:Guilty, but Sturgeon’s Law is also rampant there.
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#35  June 02, 2023, 03:25:44 pm
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voltage fighter gowcaizer is another one, not played by many even in fightcade

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voltage fighter gowcaizer is another one, not played by many even in fightcade

Indeed so, and furthermore the game is owned by Arc System Works, yet they haven't ever seemed to acknowledge the IP in their crossovers. Same with Battle Fantasia, the first fighting game from ArcSys to use 3D models; it too doesn't seem to be acknowledged much in crossovers; Code Shifter is far from a complete picture of ArcSys's IP; many franchises are missing, but all of those are rather obscure. A crossover fighter from ArcSys that sticks to their own properties maybe with some additional guests down the line could be a good way to bring light to the rosters of Gowcaiser, Battle Fantasia, and other franchises. If Battle Fantasia were to continue, I could see the game becoming fully 3D to fill a niche the other fighters don't, and to homage how it was their first 2.5D game.