First fighting game?

[toshineon]

What's the first fighting game you ever played?

As for me, being born in the early 90's (1992 to be precise), I can't exactly call my self an old-school gamer, but I still have some really fond memories. While not sure what game was first, I remember playing Samurai Shodown V in arcades with a friend. We played it all the time after school, I can't imagine how much time I must have wasted on it, but it was so much fun, got beat pretty hard in it by my friends though :p

I also played Soul Blade/Soul Edge on PlayStation with my litte sister alot, she also beat me... hmm... She always used Taki and spammed low kicks like crazy, haha

[williamjones]

I know I played a Mortal Kombat game, I just dont remember which one. I distinctively remember playing that Star Wars fighting game, only played it once at a friends house. I watched this girl I loved run threw Soul Calibre 2, that was awesome.

[Rok124]

Tekken and mortal kombat for me

although i can't remember which one i started playing first, i remember knowing that i used to get scared shitless once i saw the M rating on Mortal Kombat

ya, i was scared of the rating, i was only like 3 anyways

[Chie]

My first was tekken for gba. I remember a buddy and I decided to unlock Hiehachi in one go, and were surprised to find it only took about 3 hours.

[Nemkoon]

The Old DOs Mortal Kombats, then Soul Edge and Street Fighter Alpha 3 at an arcade.

[Cookie Monster]

Street Fighter, the original game.

Either that or Yie Ar Kung Fu

[Zaladane]

Street Fighter 2 at the Arcade

[SWEATYGREMLINSCLUB]

Street Fighter 1 or 2 at the arcades, didn't like it much though.

The brawlers like Final Fight are what I spent all my coins on

[TheRealSpiders]

Oh man, there have been so many. The earliest I can recall is Super Street Fighter II. The good old days where you could spam fireballs and nobody could stop you.

[FlavaFlave]

Street Fighter II was the first I tried my hand at playing. I remember seeing Karate Champ before that though, if you can count that as a fighter. Never played it, but it looked like a fighter. I'll never forget the first time I saw Mortal Kombat though, I was on a trip to Indiana Beach (if Sprung wanders in here he'll know what I'm talking about), and the game couldn't have been more than a month old. Some dude was playing it and just destroying the computer. He was Scorpion, and when he would lose he'd switch to Sub-Zero. He knew the moves and that fatalities... it was great. My buddy and I just sat there and watched this guy for probably a half hour.

Personally though I was more into the brawlers like another poster mentioned. Double Dragon, Final Fight, TMNT Arcade, D&D Tower of Doom and I had a soft spot for that Punisher game (the one you could choose between Nick Fury and the Punisher).

[SpuzzHardwick]

Street Fighter 2. Also first game I ever owned. It was on Genesis.

[retrofiber]

I guess I'm the old guy here. "Karate Champ". "Fighting Street" (the original Street Fighter on the T.G.16)...And "Mike Tysons Punch Out" was prettty epic for it's time...and even now IMO.

[FlavaFlave]

I guess I'm the old guy here. "Karate Champ". "Fighting Street" (the original Street Fighter on the T.G.16)...

That original Street Fighter is soooo broken. I never liked that game. I always heard Karate Champ had ass for controls as well, so i never touched it at the arcade or on the NES

[retrofiber]

Oh yes, they were both horrible. But being that the question was "first fighting game" and not "Best"...I had to mention them...

EDIT: I totally meant "Mike Tysons Punch Out" was epic....not those other 2

That being said...Fucking Nintendo...I guess they always had their shit together...

[Varun Highwind]

Street Fighter 2 in the arcade.