Fighting games have been the most popular arcade games for almost 3 decades now and it is only logical that we are going to include an article on some of the best fighting games that have come out over the years. We did not want to decide on the installments that best represent any of the series and we have instead decided to represent the entire series and let you decide which of the installments out of each are the best.
We should definitely start with Street Fighter which might be the most famous and the most popular fighting series of all times. Its history is a long one and this game has introduced more innovations than we could fit in this article. Most people consider Street Fighter II to be the best part of the series and we would concur with this opinion. You can see if you agree as well when you try out some Street Fighter MAME ROMs that are going to show you why this series has such a reputation.
TEKKEN is also a very well-known franchise which started in 1994, making it the youngest of the series on our list. It is a franchise that is well-known for its varied characters and the unique style of assigning different punches to different buttons, where four buttons are assigned to four limbs, instead of the more usual weak punch-strong punch and weak-kick, strong-kick assignment. Tekken has also seeped into other media, such as movies, printed adaptations and card games.
Mortal Kombat is a name that everyone is going to recognize and it is a franchise perhaps best known for its gore and blood. It is an over-the-top fighting game with characters ranging from policemen to gods and with so much blood that it has been often featured in different controversies concerning violence in video games. However, one should not forget that playing Mortal Kombat games is also a very interesting experience from the point of pure gameplay, with certain aspects of it that were novel when they came out and that found way in other series and franchises.
Samurai Shodown is also one of the most popular fighting series and it is set in historical Japan with different characters involved in an all-encompassing storyline which goes through all the games in the series. It is different to other fighting games in that all of the characters in it use some sort of blade weapons, from katanas and swords to blades, naginata and all different imaginable and unimaginable sorts of cold weapons.
Of course, there are many other MAME ROMs with fighting games that you should try out, such as King of Fighters, Double Dragon (not to be confused with the scrolling beat ‘em up game series), Art of Fighting and many others. The best thing with MAME ROMs is that you can try them out for free and see what fun it is to play these vintage games with your friends.