list

eventually this may use a database. [todo: title: fgdb?]

i think it might be a good idea to categorize them by genre. First based on the camera style, then based on input: traditional, smash, simple (for simple indie games, Bomberman deathmatch, etc.), ‘n so on.

i think it may be best order it by simplicity, with simple on top. But still keep it separated by genre, since FPS is quite different from traditional fgs.

sources

• [todo: try searching for battle games]
• [todo: try searching for party games]
• a list of fighting games by various contributors of Wikipedia, some lovely soul put their heart out into making this list, it’s even categorized!!
• a list of full games made with mugen
• a timeline of fighting games by fighters generation
• an ordered list of Capcom fighting games by Black Falcon Games, ordered by time, this list points out that Capcom barely made any games since their streak on the Dreamcast
• a list of Capcom fighting games by various contributors of the Capcom fandom wiki
• a list of all SNK games by various contributors of Wikipedia
• a list of all Capcom games by various contributors of Wikipedia
• fightbase, this site is hideous on my iPad
• could try getting a list of games used at evo
• could try searching for e-sports games

ideal data format

comma separated values title, creator, year, ... comments / notes

camera style (currently the list uses this to separate categories)
input (currently the list uses this to separate categories

other possible data fields:
can it be played (at all)? through an emulator or a recent console?
can it be played online? built-in or through an emulator

the list

video games

maybe can separate battle games from fighting games somehow

simple fighting games :)

this is the genre i plan to make games in, working my way up in complexity

• Towerfall, the standard example of a minimal fighting game
• Crawl, an absolute gem, though not a fighting game, it’s compelling to imagine if it were one
• SamuraiGunn, a great example of a very minimal fighting game
• Nidhogg, cool for 10 minutes... some good ideas in it though
• BrawlHalla, never played, appears to be smash-like
• Spelunky (death-match mode)

Smash-like games :) :)

these games neither contain special moves nor combo moves (but has a ton of combos!!), making them way way more accessible and intuitive (but by no means simple)

• Smash [series]
• Rivals of Aether

game prototypes

it would be nice to include a curated list of fighting game prototypes, collecting game prototypes that have interesting or good game systems ‘n mechanics.

SFII-like games without special moves/attacks

• ?

SF-II-like games aka traditional fighters

this is where a lot of good traditional fighting games should belong. They often have special moves... but I’d be vey very curious and separate the ones that didn’t, and list them under Smash-like games.

• Street Fighter [series]
• King of Fighters [series]
• Guilty Gear [series]
• Garou: Mark of the Wind
• Samurai Shodown
• ...

SFII-like games with combo moves (built-in the game, different from natural combos)

these games, often in addition to the already having a list of special moves for each character, added giant strings of inputs in order to execute a combo move. Avoid these games!

• Mortal Kombat [series], starting from MKIII
• Killer Instinct [series], this is a series based off of that single stupid idea!
• Tekken [series], this game at least blended combos, special moves, and normal attacks in an interesting way...
• ...

battle games? party games?

these games often made you do something else to fight your opponent, like fetching an item to throw at them. Many of these games existed as a separate mode of a much larger single player game.

• Super Mario Bros. (vs mode)
• Bomberman (death-match mode)
• various mini-games from Mario Party [series]
• various mini-games from WarioWare [series]
• Mario Kart [series] (battle mode)

battle sports games?

some-times sports mix with fighting... but it usually just distracts from the fighting... it’s less direct, as the goal isn’t beating the other person up. But... if you were to take out the sports part of the game, they can turn into a fighting game. For example, try playing Pole Riders, but change your objective to kill the other person. Boom. Now it’s a fighting game!

• Crystal Brawl, :)
• Super Mario Strikers, ??
• Pole Riders, one of my favorite fighting games!
• BariBariBall
• Hokra, possibly the most minimal example of this genre

sports games

not a fighting game at all, not even a battle sports game, but good to have so we know how to separate

• Mario Tennis, ??
• Mario Golf, ??
• Kirby Dream Course, quite unique!
• Super Tecmo Bowl
• all standard sports games

third-person camera view

isometric (wtf does that even mean?)

if you were to take out the item aspect of these games, they could all be potentially great fighting games. They often have a fighting game mode: PvP, arena, battlegrounds.

• Diablo [series]
• World of Warcraft [series] (some sort of arena mode?)
• Guild Wars [series]

actually 3d third person

i can’t recall... but i don’t think these took off compared to traditional or FPS

• ?

third-person camera fixed view

this seems to be an unexplored category... There’s surely some PowerStone lovers out there in the fgc world.

• Custom Robo
• PowerStone
• various mini-games from Mario Party
• ...?

first-person camera view

deathmatch

• Half-Life (deathmatch)
• • a ton of awesome half-life mods
• Quake Deathmatch
• Unreal Tournament
• Halo (deathmatch modes)
• GoldenEye (deathmatch modes)

battle royale

• PUBG
• Fortnite
• SpellCaster [or whatever it’s called]

team deathmatch

these games, like sports games, often have an objective other than killing the enemy. Most have a pure deatchmatch mode tho.

• • a ton of awesome half-life mods:
• Team Fortresss [series]
• Counter-Strike [series]
• Vampire Slayer
• Dystopia
• Left 4 Dead
• ...
• GoldenEye
• Halo [series]
• Call of Duty [series, after CoD:MW]

RTS:

StarCraft [series]

• arena custom maps (like DOTA), wherein you control a single unit

turn-based?

ew card games