Fighter's History

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Fighter's History (ファイタース ヒストリ) is a 2D fighting game released by Data East. It was first released in arcades in 1993 and a home port followed for the Super NES in 1994.

Selectable characters include:

• Ray McDougal (レイ・マクドガル) United States
• Liu Feilin (劉 飛鈴, Japanese: Ryu Feirin, Chinese Pinyin: Liú Fēilíng) China
• Kano Ryoko (嘉納 亮子 Kano Ryōko) Japan
• Matlok Jade (マッドロック・ジェイド) United Kingdom
• Samchay Tomyamgun Thailand
• Lee Diendou (李 典徳 Japanese: Rii Diendō, Chinese Pinyin: Lǐ Diǎndé, China
• Mizoguchi Makoto (溝口 誠 Mizoguchi Makoto) Japan
• Jean Pierre (ジャン・ピエール ) France
• Marstorius (マーストリウス) Italy

In addition, there were two boss characters:

• Clown
• Karnov (Note: Karnov is an icon character for many Data East games. He has appeared in Karnov and Bad Dudes, as well as many others.)

Fighter's History was well-known for being a straight clone of other fighting games. Aside from the gimmick that an opponent can be dizzied if he or she is hit repeatedly in a specified spot, its fighting engine and many elements of the game, such as sound effects and fighter backgrounds, were extremely similar to those of Street Fighter II. As such, Capcom sued Data East but lost the case in the end. Despite Data East successfully defending itself in the lawsuit, Fighter's History was not rid of its reputation of "shameless Street Fighter rip-off" and went ignored by many gamers. Its sequels, which added little to the series, helped cement this reputation.

Recently, it has been revealed that SNK Playmore signed a deal with G-Mode, the owner of Data East's intellectual properties, to use their characters, especially the Fighter's History cast, in future SNK Playmore titles. [1]

[edit] Sequels

There were about two sequels of this game:

• Fighter's History: Mizoguchi Kiki Ippatsu!!: An spin-off which main feature is a story mode starring Mizoguchi. The boss of this game was also Chelnov, a character from another Data East game published in 1988 who also made an appearance in Tumblepop.
• Fighter's History Dynamite: A direct sequel of the original. Released in arcades as Karnov's Revenge, also appeared in the Neo Geo and Sega Saturn consoles.

[edit] Trivia

• Perhaps the greatest similarity of them all, is the character of Ryoko to that of the World Heroes series; this game was released the same year as World Heroes 2, in which she makes her first appearance. Besides having the same name, both characters have similar appearances and share a fighting style based upon Judo. In fact, this is neither a copy of World Heroes, nor a coincidence. Both Ryokos are based on real-world Olympic medalist Ryoko Tani.
• This is one of the rare Japanese-made fighting games where the characters yell out the names of their moves in their native language. Most Japanese-made fighting games, including Street Fighter II, have the Asian characters (usually comprised of East Asians) speak Japanese while all the other characters speak English or Japanese, regardless of nationality.
• In a bit of payback, Capcom added most of the moves of the character of Lee into the character of Yun in Street Fighter 3.