The first game in the series, Fatal Fury: King of Fighters, debuted way back in 1991 for the Neo Geo. It was designed by Takashi Nishiyama, the former Capcom employee who directed and produced the original Street Fighter. In fact, Nishiyama viewed Fatal Fury as a spiritual successor of sorts to Street Fighter. Fatal Fury was SNK’s first fighting game for the Neo Geo and later led to the creation of the series The King of Fighters. SNK released close to a dozen Fatal Fury games throughout the 1990s but the series went dormant after the launch Garou: Mark of the Wolves in 1999, which was later released on the Dreamcast as Fatal Fury: Mark of the Wolves. We’re coming up on 23 years without a new Fatal Fury game, and it’s not clear why it has taken the company so long to revisit the classic franchise. Given the early state of the new project, it’s probably several years out still. Fortunately, fans of the series have plenty to keep them entertained until then. The $500 the Neo Geo Multi Video System, or MVSX for short, also shipped with a healthy dose of Fatal Fury and King of Fighters titles.
