First fighting game?

[MaslowK]

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

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The first fighting type game I remember was definitely the original Punch Out (whichever version). I remember never being able to figure out how to beat the Hippo King dude having been so young.

For a more standard fighter I remember renting Super Street Fighter 2 (the new challengers I think?). Strangely enough at the time I was only ever able to play through to Bison using Dhalsim :/

[dritz33]

Wow, surprised to see how little Soul Caliber is mentioned here...

The first fighting game for me was (I believe) Mortal Kombat 4. I didn't play it a whole lot because it was at my aunt's house, but when I was over there that was all we'd do.

The first fighting game I actually owned was Soul Calibur 3. My brother and I would play that crap out of that game. He still is in love with the whole series.

[MaslowK]

Wow, surprised to see how little Soul Caliber is mentioned here...

As a "first fighting game played"? Youngins :/

[FlavaFlave]

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

Dude, do you remember the arcade cab of the original Street Fighter with those two big ass buttons on it that people would pound on? One was for punch and the other kick. I think the harder you hit it the harder Ryu would attack in the game. We were visiting relatives up near Chicago one summer and I saw the machine in the local arcade there. I was fairly young at the time and had no interest in playing it, but I'll never forget watching two guys beat the hell from the machine, haha.

[SpuzzHardwick]

Dude, do you remember the arcade cab of the original Street Fighter with those two big ass buttons on it that people would pound on? One was for punch and the other kick. I think the harder you hit it the harder Ryu would attack in the game. We were visiting relatives up near Chicago one summer and I saw the machine in the local arcade there. I was fairly young at the time and had no interest in playing it, but I'll never forget watching two guys beat the hell from the machine, haha.

Damn I didn't know there was ever a pressure sensitive arcade fighter. Kind of an annoying concept haha.

[FlavaFlave]

Damn I didn't know there was ever a pressure sensitive arcade fighter. Kind of an annoying concept haha.

Yeah, I remember reading somewhere a while back that those machines were so abused and barely worked. I remember some arcade collector on YouTube was complaining about getting one in working order, and also I guess they are a bitch to fix too. Gotta love that old tech

[Dinosaurman]

International karate +, absolute tripe by todays standards.

[Cookie Monster]

International karate +, absolute tripe by todays standards.

I remember playing the arcade a lot with my bro when I was a kid

[Fruitalicious]

The first one I ever remember picking up was Super Smash Bros. (the original N64 version at a friends house)
It was a pretty weird experience, as before then pretty much the only games I had ever played were Legend of Zelda and Fire Emblem on my cousins old SNES.
I enjoyed it a lot, but never really got much into fighters after that.

[Mohit]

Tekken 3

[JKDarkside]

Mortal Kombat for the Game Boy. It sucked.

Next was Street Fighter 2 and the first I owned was Super Smash Bros.

[shinomori_kyo]

The first fighting game that I fully remember playing is Mortal Kombat.

[Warrior]

Street Fighter 2 - SNES
Super Street Fighter 2 - SNES
Fatal Fury Special - SNES

The good ol days

[retrofiber]

Dude, do you remember the arcade cab of the original Street Fighter with those two big ass buttons on it that people would pound on? One was for punch and the other kick. I think the harder you hit it the harder Ryu would attack in the game. We were visiting relatives up near Chicago one summer and I saw the machine in the local arcade there. I was fairly young at the time and had no interest in playing it, but I'll never forget watching two guys beat the hell from the machine, haha.

Ya know, I cant be 100% sure if I ever saw that game in a cabinet. If I did it was once, perhaps at Ann & Hope, which was the equivalent of Wal Mart in my area back in the 80's (which now that I think of it was where I first saw Karate Champ And Ikari Warriors 2). My more solid memories of the original SF was on T.G. 16.

[Iamerror]

Double dragon for the nes