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Real Bout Fatal Fury 2 - The Newcomers 1998 SNK

1998

Real Bout Fatal Fury 2 - The Newcomers (c) 1998 SNK.
32 of the finest South Town fighters in the 7th installment of this SNK gem.

>>> TECHNICAL DETAILS
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SNK Neo-Geo MVS hardware
Game ID : 0240
Main CPU : 68000
Sound CPU : Z80
Sound Chips : YM2610
Screen orientation : Horizontal
Video resolution : 320 x 224 pixels
Screen refresh : 59.19 Hz
Palette colors : 4096
Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 4
=> [A] Punch [B] Kick [C] Power attack [D] Move between planes

>>> TRIVIA
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Released in March 1998.
This game is known in Japan as 'Real Bout Garou Densetsu 2 - The Newcomers' (translates from Japanese as 'Real Bout Hungry Wolf Legend 2 - The Newcomers').
Things that changed in this particular game :
* The game now features 'single plane' stages (like the ones seen in 'Fatal Fury - King of Fighters', 'Fatal Fury 2' & 'Fatal Fury Special') in which you can slam enemies against background objects!
* The breakable objects system seen in Real Bout Special is gone. Also the 'evil character' versions of some characters are gone as well.
* Newcomers in this game are : Li Xiangfei, Rick Strowd & Alfred.
A serious bug : Using a USA bios ROM if you insert a coin on the 'winners don't use drugs' screen on a single slot the games will use the neogeo bios s1 tile-set rather than the game tiles, this causes most of the graphics to be hidden and the games to be unplayable, it will also end up using the main-board z80 bios so sound will be broken, the games should fix themselves if you let them run another attract loop after game-over, on a multi-slot the games will reset. This is one of the first 4 'gigapower' games, the bug was fixed after that.

>>> TRICKS AND TIPS
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* Fight against Alfred : Begin game play in single player mode, finish off the first 10 fights with no Losses, score over 750000 by the time the 10th fight is won, land 5 Super Dead Move's or 7 Dead Move's. You will fight Alfred in a desert type stage.
* You may scope out each character's best records by tapping A button to move forward or B button to move back at the score ranking screen :).

>>> GAME SERIES
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1. Fatal Fury - King of Fighters (1991)
2. Fatal Fury 2 (1992)
3. Fatal Fury Special (1993)
4. Fatal Fury 3 - Road to the Final Victory (1995)
5. Real Bout Fatal Fury (1995)
6. Real Bout Fatal Fury Special (1996)
7. Real Bout Fatal Fury 2 - The Newcomers (1998)
8. Fatal Fury Wild Ambition (1998)
9. Garou - Mark of the Wolves (1999)
10. Fatal Fury First Contact (1999, SNK Neo Geo Pocket Color)

>>> DESIGNERS / PROGRAMMERS / STAFF
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Executive producer : Takashi Nishiyama
Producer : H. Matsumoto
Coproducer : S. Itoh
Planners : Tsuka Michi+2, Takahisa Yariyama, Maja OH! Mori, Oda-Q, Emi-Gon
Design Front : Soe Soe (Soe-Soe), Honekawa Now-45Kg, Nobuyuki Kuroki, Ito-Taku, Ogura Eiichi, Nal, Y. Ashizawa, G. Ishida Man DX, Yas. Kamae, Mimika, Tashiboo, Tokumasa, Yuuichi Uchide, CG, Team CG. Works
Back designers : Mic Senbei, Murayama, Tomo, Daisuke, Risa, Sakura3, Midorin, Hidenao J, Shimiji, Eiko
Demo designers : Kaoruru, Uruuru, Kumiko M
Sound : Sha-V, Miwa, Marino, Captain Beroou
Programmers : Boffffffng (as Bof), Kura, Air as G.Rok.(Konbu)
Supervisers : Kiyoshi Asai, SG Melon
Voice actors : Satoshi Hashimoto, Nobuyuki Hiyama, Toshiyuki Morikawa, Kappei Yamaguchi, Atsushi Yamanishi, Hiroyuki Arita, Keiichi Nanba, Akoya Sogi, Kong Kuwata, Koji Ishii, Harumi Ikoma, B. J. Love, Tanny Yamaguti, Mami Kingetsu, Hiro Yuuki

>>> GAME PORTS TO OTHER SYSTEMS
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* Consoles :
SNK Neo-Geo CD (1998)
Sony PlayStation 2 (2008, 'Fatal Fury Battle Archives Vol. 2')

>>> OTHER GAME RESOURCES
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Game's rom.
Machine's picture.

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