Final Fight

Final Fight is a side-scrolling beat-'em-up video game produced by Capcom. Originally released as an arcade game in 1989, it was the seventh title released for the CP System hardware. It was originally meant to be a sequel to 1987's Street Fighter but became a spin-off series, getting four sequels: 1993's Final Fight 2, 1995's Final Fight 3, 1999's Final Fight Revenge, and 2006's mh:crappygames:Final Fight: Streetwise.

Plot
Haggar, a former street fighter has become mayor of Metro City, a city under the rule of the violent Mad Gear Gang. Incorruptible, Haggar has refused numerous bribes from the gang and has slowly begun weakening their power. In an effort to bring the mayor under their rule, the Mad Gear Gang has kidnapped Haggar's daughter, Jessica. Still refusing to let the Mad Gear Gang win, Haggar takes the fight to them and recruits Cody Travers, Jessica's boyfriend, and Cody's best friend Guy to assist him.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) Three characters to choose from each with their own unique abilities.
 * 2) Haggar: Can grapple enemies and use Wrestling techniques against them. Is stronger than all of the characters in the game at the cost of speed.
 * 3) Cody: The only character who can stab with a knife rather than just throwing it. Has balanced speed and strength in comparison to Haggar and Guy.
 * 4) Guy: Very agile and can pull off a special wall-jump. Is the fastest of the three but at the cost of being the weakest in strength.
 * 5) The controls are excellent, especially when the game first came out. The controls revolutionized the beat-em-up genre to this day.
 * 6) This game only has one attack button unlike most beat-em-ups. This may sound bad, but other beat-em-ups at the time like Double Dragon and Renegade had 2 buttons for each direction to attack in, which made those games clunky in comparison to Final Fight.
 * 7) Six stages with their own gimmicks and unique bosses as well.
 * 8) Hand full of characters from the series would later appear in the Street Fighter series.
 * 9) Amazing music that is begging to be in your MP3 player or smart phone right about now.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) Like Magic Sword, the Super Nintendo version lack the two-player mode.
 * 2) Checkpoints are very  slim in the SNES & GBA ports, which can lead you to start from the beginning in most levels.
 * 3) The emulation of the arcade game on Final Fight: Streetwise is horrible thanks to the lack of music and poor framerate.

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