Definitive Fighting Game Versions!

[vlame]

The definitive versions of every fighting game ever.

Help me go about this, reply with new games not in this list and sooner or later it will be complete, emulators don't count, only home versions (Excluding AES). Contributions and disputes are very welcome. * means unreleased in any reigon, I used games/discs/collections from all reigons. I think this may be worth a Sticky.

***2D Games***
Capcom:

Street Fighter:
>>>Capcom Arcade Hits Volume 1, WIN XP

Street Fighter II: The World Warrior
>>>Capcom Classics Collection PS2, Xbox.

Street Fighter II': Champion Edition
>>>Capcom Classics Collection PS2, Xbox.

Street Fighter II' Turbo: Hyper Fighting
>>>XBLA, Capcom Classics Collection PS2, Xbox.

Super Street Fighter II
>>>Disc 1 of 1997's Street Fighter Collection, for Saturn.

Super Street Fighter II X
>>>Dreamcast, Japanese.

Hyper Street Fighter II: The Anniversary Edition
>>>xbox or ps2, XBLA.
~~
Street fighter Alpha (All)
>>>PS2 Anthology [1, 2, 2 Gold and 3]
~~
Street Fighter III: New Generation and 2nd Impact: Giant Attack
>>>Dreamcast "Street Fighter III: Double Impact".

Street Fighter III 3rd Strike: Fight for the Future
>>>PS2 or Xbox on the Anniversary disc (Dreamcast for features and fixes)
~~
Pocket Fighter
>>>PS2 Alpha anthology released as "Super Gem Fighter MiniMix".
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Darkstalkers

Vampire Chronicle
>>>Dreamcast or PS2 Japanese.

Marvel (& VS)

MSH
>>> Saturn

X-Men: CotA
>>> Saturn (Japanese)

X-Men vs. Street Fighter
>>> Saturn (4mb)

Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter
>>> Saturn

Marvel vs. Capcom
>>> Dreamcast

Marvel vs. Capcom 2
>>> Dreamcast

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SVC/CVS:

Capcom Vs. SNK
>>>Dreamcast

Capcom Vs. SNK Pro
>>>Dreamcast

Capcom Vs. SNK 2
>>>Dreamcast, Ps2

SVC Chaos: SNK vs. Capcom
>>>Xbox, Ps2
***

SNK:

Fatal Fury (All)
>>>Battle Archives volume 1 PS2

Fatal Fury Real Bout
>>>Battle Archives volume 2 PS2

Art of Fighting (All)
>>>Anthology PS2

King of Fighters 94
>>>Re-Bout PS2 Japanese

King of Fighters 95
>>>Orochi Collection (US Only) PS2* or Saturn JAP/PAL

King of Fighters 96
>>>Orochi Collection PS2/Saturn JAP

King of Fighters 97
>>>Orochi Collection PS2/Saturn JAP

King of Fighters 98
>>>Orochi Collection (US Only)*, Ultimate Match PS2* or Dreamcast (Dream Match 99)

King of Fighters 99
>>>NESTS Saga PS2 or Dreamcast (King of Fighters Evolution)

King of Fighters 2000
>>>PS2, NESTS Saga

King of Fighters 2001
>>>PS2, NESTS Saga

King of Fighters 2002
>>>PS2, Xbox

King of Fighters 2003
>>>PS2, Xbox

King of Fighters Neowave
>>>Xbox (PS2 Japan)

King of Fighters XI
>>>PS2
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NeoGeo Battle Coliseum
PS2
~~

Samurai Spirits/Samurai Shodown
>>>PS2 Anthology (1-5s and Tenkaichi Kenkyakuden [7 games])

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World Heroes (All)
>>>World Heoes Gorgeous
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Sammy:

Guilty Gear
>>> PSX

Guilty Gear X
>>>Dreamcast

Guilty Gear XX
>>>PS2

Guilty Gear X2 Acent Core
>>>(PS2, Wii non PAL)

***

Mortal Kombat:

MK
>>>Mortal Kombat Deception "Premium Pack"

MK II
>>> Saturn

MK III
>>> Midway Arcade Treasures 2 (PS2, Xbox, NGC)

UMK III
>>> XBLA, NDS

MKT
>>>PSX (GH), WIN2K
***

***3D Games***
Namco:

Soul Blade
>>>PSX

Soul Edge
>>>PSX

Soul Calibur
>>>Dreamcast

Soul Calibur II
>>> Xbox, PS2, NGC

Soul Calibur III
>>>PS2
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Tekken 1, 2 and 3
>>>Tekken 5 PS2

Tekken 4
>>>PS2

Tekken 5
>>>PS2

Tekken Tag
>>>PS2

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Tecmo:

Dead or Alive
>>>DOA Ultimate Xbox

Dead or Alive 2
>>> DOA Hardcore PS2 (DOA Ultimate Xbox)

Dead or Alive 3
>>>Xbox

Dead or Alive 4
>>>Xbox 360

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Sega:

Virtua Fighter
>>>Saturn (PS2 has VF 10th Anniv. on the NTSC/U VF 4 EVO disc)

Virtua Fighter Remix
>>> Saturn

Virtua Fighter 2
>>> Saturn

Virtua Fighter 3tb
>>> Dreamcast

Virtua Fighter 4
>>> PS2

Virtua Fighter 4 Evo
>>> PS2

Virtua Fighter 4 Final Tuned
>>>N/A

Virtua Fighter 5: Online
>>>Xbox 360
***

[d123456]

Well, which of these versions have a 480p option then?

[Doctor Fugue]

Soul Calibur
>>>Dreamcast

Guilty Gear X
>>>Dreamcast

Dead or Alive 3
>>>Xbox

Dead or Alive 4
>>>Xbox 360

Virtua Fighter 5: Online
>>>Xbox 360

What happens with games that have multiple revisions (some years apart), like Dead or Alive 2...does DOA Ultimate count? Or Guilty Gear XX which has I think 5 revisions on the PS2?

[vlame]

Well, which of these versions have a 480p option then?

I'm not sure of the definitions of any games. im making them compete with closeness to the arcade versions; frames kept, load times, sound, visuals and fixes.

What happens with games that have multiple revisions (some years apart), like Dead or Alive 2...does DOA Ultimate count? Or Guilty Gear XX which has I think 5 revisions on the PS2?

as you can see SF2 has them all spread out, so i guess it will be the same.

[Dave Auto]

A more accurate port of Super Street Fighter II appears on Disc 1 of 1997's Street Fighter Collection, for PSX and Saturn. This version is far more arcade-accurate than the SNES version available on Virtual Console.

The most arcade-accurate versions of all the Tekken games would be on PS2 (including the versions of 1, 2 and 3 that are available on the Tekken 5 disc, although the additions to the original PSX ports might make them the preferable versions).

Cheers for including Virtua Fighter 10th Anniversary Ed. I, personally, consider this to be the definitive revision of this classic game, but I suppose the original Saturn port could be consdered the most faithful to the arcade, from a gameplay perspective.

Interesting list, thanks for compiling it.

[Funk, E]

I'm of the mind that the best version of Samurai Shodown is on the 3DO.

[megadethdrumfire]

Every 2d fighting game that came out on saturn and psx was miles better on the saturn.. how about the 3do version of street fighter turbo?

[vlame]

A more accurate port of Super Street Fighter II appears on Disc 1 of 1997's Street Fighter Collection, for PSX and Saturn. This version is far more arcade-accurate than the SNES version available on Virtual Console.

noted.

The most arcade-accurate versions of all the Tekken games would be on PS2 (including the versions of 1, 2 and 3 that are available on the Tekken 5 disc, although the additions to the original PSX ports might make them the preferable versions).

so tekken 5 on ps2 has 123 and 5. ok. so they're all on ps2 then.

Cheers for including Virtua Fighter 10th Anniversary Ed. I, personally, consider this to be the definitive revision of this classic game, but I suppose the original Saturn port could be consdered the most faithful to the arcade, from a gameplay perspective.

that's why i inserted both.

Interesting list, thanks for compiling it.

welkies

I'm of the mind that the best version of Samurai Shodown is on the 3DO.

the best version of Samurai Shodown is soon to be on the ps2 collection in the us.

Every 2d fighting game that came out on saturn and psx was miles better on the saturn.. how about the 3do version of street fighter turbo?

do you see any innaccuries of your 1st statement? alert me kindly. and i will look in to it. EDIT: it only had 3 buttons.

[Doctor Fugue]

The list is looking good...now how about the Mortal Kombat and Marvel franchises?

Children of the Atom was probably best on the Playstation. Marvel Superheroes is good on the Saturn but has a bit of loading time and I'm not sure how the Playstation version is. Marvel vs Capcom 1 and 2 are excellent on Dreamcast.

The original Mortal Kombat appears in the premium edition of MK:Deception on PS2 and the Kollector's Edition on the Xbox...although I've only played the Xbox version...are they the same?

Mortal Kombat 2 and 3 appear on the Midway Arcade Treasures volume 2 (Xbox and PS2) although there is a bit of shadow flicker and you can't fight Smoke in MK2 because of the button-mapping iirc. Is the downloadable version of MK2 better on the PS3? Ultimate MK3 is probably best on XBLA.

Sorry for the incompleteness; just trying to help!

[vlame]

it makes me very joyful you guys are participating and viewing it. thanks. adding and researching continues.