Fatal Fury Special (0)

Fatal Fury Special
First release date
1993-09-16
Platform
Game Gear Super Nintendo Entertainment System Mac Neo Geo Sega CD TurboGrafx-CD Neo Geo CD Arcade Xbox 360 Games Store Wii Shop PC Sharp X68000 iPhone FM Towns iPad Android Browser Linux Nintendo Switch
Developer
SNK Mineloader Software Co., Ltd. Gaibrain Monolith Mutech
Publisher
TAKARA Co., Ltd. SNK JVC Digital Studios Hudson Entertainment, Inc. Victor Entertainment
Theme
Fatal Fury ACA NeoGeo
Franchise
Fatal Fury ACA NeoGeo
Aliases
Garou Densetsu Special

Overview

Fatal Fury Special (known in Japan as Legend of the Hungry Wolf SPECIAL) is a 2D fighting game developed and released by for (using the Neo Geo MVS hardware) on September 16, 1993.

An update to of the series (similar to the updates), Fatal Fury Special improves the game speed, makes it easier to attacks together, updates the background stages, makes the four boss characters playable, and adds three new playable characters from the original : , , and . It also adds a new hidden boss ( from the series).

Along with the standard release (on December 22, 1993) and port (on September 9, 1994), the game received worldwide ports to the (in 1994 by ), (in 1995 by TAKARA) and (in 1995 by ). Japan-exclusive ports were also released for the , (requiring the Arcade Card add-on), and .

The original Neo Geo version was also included in the compilation for the and was digitally released for the (via on September 5, 2007, featuring ), (via the on November 4, 2009), and most and devices (on April 2, 2015). It was also included in some starting in late 2015 for the , , and (both downloadable, with included, and on modern ).

Characters

Returning Characters

  • Character Select Screen Showing Terry and Andy

New Characters

In Fatal Fury Special fan favorite characters where added from the the first . This includes the boss character Geese Howard.

CharacterNationalityBrief Stage DescriptionStage
Tung Fu Rue
JapaneseMountain top with old bridge
Duck King
AmericanAmerican Night Clubue
Geese Howard
AmericanAncient Temple

Secret Opponent

Ryo Sakazaki is a hidden boss in Fatal Fury Special. To fight Ryo the player must beat the game without losing a single round and after the last boss he will appear for a challenge.

CharacterNationalityBrief stage descriptionStage
American