There must be pretty much obvious names came up in your mind when you think of the 80s and 90s retro fighting games. We are just reminding you of the 5 best of them that you can still play online and remember the good old days. Plus, these games are contemporary to be lost, if not played or celebrated again.
1.Street Fighter II
Everybody has a memory playing this game in the game parlors or with friends. It is a full-combat style one-to-one fighting game which is now available online as well. The first Streetfighter was released in 1987 and second in 1991. Even they had the last release in 2016 but classic and old ones are the best. New fighters have been introduced in the game as well. Every fighter supposed to have certain moves, specialty, and form of martial arts.
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2.Streets of Rage
Streets of Rage is a popular series of a side-scrolling platform game which is beat em’ up in the genre played out in the backdrop of streets. It is a fun game where you can choose from the given three characters to start this action-packed street adventure. The basic narrative of the game is about these chosen heroes trying to get rid of the expansion of the crime bosses or crime syndicate. It is a great trilogy series developed and published by well-known brand Sega and Sega Genisis. Every character or hero you choose for this street rage against the criminals has a distinctive set of skills and powers which is fun to explore. Also, the fun is to use various keys to demonstrate various special moves in this beat ’em up the game.
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3.Marvel vs Capcom
Marvel vs Capcom was actually a fighting game based on the crossover characters from Capcom franchise and Marvel comics. It was one of the most crossover fighting game series at that time just like the Super Smash Bro which was the crossover of Mario characters. You can choose two superheroes on the same side against the other two ones on another hand. It is also interesting to see how their powers conflict with each other in the game. It features superheroes like Hulk, War Machine, Wolverine, Spider-Man whereas other Capcom characters like Megaman, Chun-Li, Ryu and more.
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4.Tekken 3
Tekken is probably the most widely reach out fighting game franchise ever. It just got the kind of hike which no game ever got except those top-notch classics such as Mario, Space Invaders, Contra and all. It was developed by Namco, later Namco Entertainment. The original game released in 1994 and apparently it was the first fighting game to use 3D animation in it. There were a lot of sequels, spin-offs and regional versions of it to play. Among the most popular sequels were Tekken 3 and Tekken 7 apart from the original one. It started as arcade games and later consumed on the all kind of gaming technology available on the planet including PC as well.
5.Double Dragon
Double Dragon is one of the iconic fighting games which shares the popularity with Tekken or Stree Fighter franchise. It is one of the most popular beat ’em up video games released as arcade games in 1987. The game is both available in fighting adventure format and the one-to-one fights, in both cases, it doesn’t let you blink your eye. It features two martial arts stars leading the game or fight as Billy Lee and Jimmy Lee. It can be played multiplayer, especially with your best friend or any other companion. You can play various versions of Double Dragon online, there are fighting adventure version, arcade version and much more.
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