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Nostalgia...

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: September 19, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Great for memories of days gone by. Not really for the new generation. They would not appreciate the early graphics or the simple gameplay. But for us who grew up on these, it provided a much needed option in the then emerging fighting game genre.

Old school SNK fun!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: September 21, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Ah, these games are old gems. This is the first time that a few of them have been made available in the U.S. on a home system besides the Neo-Geo.

Anyone getting in to this game should know right off the bat that this is pretty old school. The original Fatal Fury was released around the same time as SFII, so you will certainly notice it's age. The gameplay does not feel very modern in the first three games (you can barely even combo at all in the FF1), but then again, why would anyone buy a classic game compilation trying to expect modern gameplay?

If you're an old school SNKer then heck, you probably have this game already. If you don't get it ASAP. The games are recreated faithfully, the music is still great (even today) and, most importantly, all of these games are fun.

First half of a great fighting series

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 06, 2008
Author: Amazon User

If anyone is a fan of SNK, than they remember Fatal Fury from way back when. Either having played it in the arcades, or playing the sometimes watered down (although still fun) ports on the old consoles like the Genesis or Super Nintendo. Fatal Fury Battle Archives Volume 1 brings the first 4 games from the Fatal Fury series to the Playstation 2, faithfully ported from the original arcade versions respectively on each title.

You have Fatal Fury, Fatal Fury 2, Fatal Fury Special, and Fatal Fury 3. this series could be considered, like Art of Fighting, a precursor to the King of Fighters series, as it features a lot of regulars in the series, including faces like Mai Shirunai, Andy and Terry Bogard, Geese, and plenty of others. One cool thing about the series, not seen in hardly any other fighting games is the ability to jump back and forth between foregrounds and backgrounds, adding another plane to fight on.

Other than that, Fatal Fury offers all the fun 2D style fighting you can find in games like Street Fighter, Samurai Shodown, and others. It's fun, its old school, and its always to be remembered.

It's a shame though that SNK did not add any new features to this collection. You have the ability to color edit characters, and also adjust difficulties, but that's about it. Pretty bare bones in presentation.

If you're a fan of old school fighting and SNK, this is a title not to be missed.

The Second SNK Fighting Game Series to Arrive for PS2

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: August 26, 2007
Author: Amazon User

It's about time that this collection comes to the US. This has the first 4 Fatal Fury games (the Real Bout Fatal Fury games are in Fatal Fury Battle Archives Vol 2 which is currently out only in Japan).

Like the Art of Fighting Anthology, these 4 games are 100% versions of the arcade games. However for the first Fatal Fury game, the issue of controls still comes up. FF 2 improves on this, with FF Special being the best game in the collection. FF 3 is the best looking game, but the new multi-line system is a little confusing at first. It's still a fun game needlesstosay

This collection will keep you playing as it's tough even on Easy mode. My main issue is the lack of a real 2 player vs mode like they have in the Art of Fighting series. 2 people can play, but the victor can't pick someone else for the next match.

Despite the shortfalls, this is a solid collection of old school fighting games. Hopefully Fatal Fury Battle Archives Vol 2 & the upcoming Japanese release of World Heroes Gorgeous will make it to North American soon.

Decent collection of Fatal Fury games

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 6 / 9
Date: August 20, 2007
Author: Amazon User

SNK just keeps them coming. After seeing their spectacular Metal Slug series get packaged for the holidays with Metal Slug Anthology, and only meer months after another fighting franchise (Art of Fighting) was packaged in a nice, affordable package; SNK's flagship fighting series Fatal Fury gets the same treatment. Fatal Fury: Battle Archives Vol. 1 compiles Fatal Fury, Fatal Fury 2, Fatal Fury Special, and Fatal Fury 3; all of which are emulated from their Neo Geo arcade counterparts almost perfectly. And if you've played Art of Fighting Anthology, then you know this is both good and bad. The original Fatal Fury features archaic controls, while Fatal Fury 2 and Fatal Fury Special (both of which are relatively the same game) suffer from similar age spots. Fatal Fury 3 however remains the best of the bunch, taking the series' innovative two-plane 2-D fighting engine to new heighs with crisper animations and tighter combos. Fatal Fury 3 is reason enough to pick up this collection (and the price tag doesn't hurt either), but once again, like they did with Art of Fighting Anthology, SNK Playmore dropped the ball with any sort of supplemental features. Yeah, there's a music and color palette feature to tinker with, but some articles or interviews or anything else would have been more than welcome here instead. All that aside, Fatal Fury: Battle Archives Vol. 1 is a decent collection of one of the finest 2-D fighting franchises ever, and hopefully, there will be more to come down the road.

Pretty good collection...Almost perfect

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 7 / 8
Date: August 28, 2007
Author: Amazon User

An SNK collection I can be proud of. This collection contains the first 4 Fatal Fury games in their complete arcade form. Everything is still the same. Music, voices, and cheap cpu. Still the game can be beaten with patience. Every single one has the same flaws which is the controls. The control pad motions have to be exaggerated. What I mean is, you have to completely go through the full motion if you want moves to work. At least thats the way it works for me. Fatal Fury 1 is the only one with the major control issue. However, if you play as Andy Bogard for example. His dash move is incredibly easy to do. It can bust out at will.

The other games improve greatly with the controls but it can still be a strain. Fatal Fury 2 is good with 8 playable characters from the start. The only downside for me is the music. I really dont like the stage music from any of the stages, except for Mai's.

Fatal Fury Special is basically the "Champion Edition" version. With the bosses being playable. To include characters from the first one with some pretty cool stages.

Fatal Fury 3 is a different game with a new fighting engine. The cross through movement in the first 3 are altered and are now used as dashes. I really do like this twist, for the simple fact I'm still use to it from the arcade. Others who are new to the this may become frustrated at first. But it can be pretty fun once you get it down. To include some characters moves are removed and something new is added. For ex. Terry's rising tackle is removed in favor for the power dunk. Which I don't think is too bad. Now for me, with the exceptions of Geese Howard(which is my favorite) the big three; Andy, Terry, & Joe. I'll also add Mai in there. The new characters aren't that interesting.

SNK were kind enough to add a complete moves list, to include the trick to unlock the 3 secret characters in Fatal Fury 3. So if your buying this used, its very important to make sure the instructions manuel is included.

Overall this is a pretty good collection. If it wasn't for the average controls and cheap cpu. This collection would be perfect. It's obvious I'm happy with this. I hope SNK releases a World Heroes collection as well. I already heard about the Samurai Showdown collection coming soon. I just hope they do a real good job on those.

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