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Fighter's History (ファイタースヒストリ) is a 2D fighting game released by Data East. It was first released in arcades in 1993 but a home port for the Super NES followed in 1994.

Selectable characters included:

Ray McDougal USA
Liu Feilin China
Kano Ryoko Japan
Matlok Jade United Kingdom
Samchay Tomyamgun Thailand
Lee Diendou China
Mizoguchi Makoto Japan
Jean Pierre France
Marstorius Italy

In addition, there were two boss characters:

Clown
Karnov
(Note: Karnov
is an icon character for many Data East games. He has appeared in Karnov
and Bad Dudes
, as well as many others.)

Fighter's History was well-known more for being a straight clone of other fighting games. Aside from the gimmick that an opponent can be dizzied if he or she is hit repeatedly in a specified spot, its fighting engine and many elements of the game, such as sound effects and fighter backgrounds, were extremely similar to those of Street Fighter II
. As such, Capcom sued Data East, and lost the case in the end. Despite that, Fighter's History never recovered of its reputation of "shameless rip-off" and went ignored by many gamers. Its sequels, which added little to none variety to ths series, helped cement this reputation.

Sequels

There were about two sequels of this game:

Fighter's History: Mizoguchi Kiki Ippatsu!!: An spin-off which main feature is a story mode starring Mizoguchi.
Fighter's History Dynamite: A direct sequel of the original. Released in arcades as Karnov's Revenge, also appeared in the Neo Geo and Sega Saturn consoles.

Trivia

Perhaps the greatest similarity of them all, though possibly coincidental, is the character of Ryoko to that of the World Heroes series; this game was released the same year as World Heroes 2, in which she makes her first appearance. Besides having the same name, both characters have similar appearances and share a fighting style based upon Judo.

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