Mega Drive Longplay [473] Art of Fighting

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Not a bad fighting game, though it is a bit stiff.
Character choice doesn't really change the storyline or ending at all, still has the same conclusion. -
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[@damitosodapop]

I don't know about you but this port is epic. A pure gem for the Genesis back then.

[@pepomega]

yeah, it looked really good, even without the zoom effect of the arcade (never liked it) And the gameplay feels better even than the arcade, arcade/snes had some kind of strange delay in the attacks that i cant stand those versions.

[@Bloodreign1]

@@pepomega I've never noticed a delay that you speak of, the moves come out as needed, though the arcade's difficulty is it's most offputting crime. Funny how this games sound is absolutely atrocious, while Fatal Fury 2 on the same console sounds much much better than this effort.

[@BigPhatMan]

There are so many Ryus out there.

This Ryo guy has a personality unlike Ryu

[@Atariatari-ky9te]

Best Art Of Fighting port out of the 16 bit versions in my opinion. Yes it doesn't have the zoom effect like the PC Engine and SNES versions but it showcases the game in higher resolution and has better gameplay in my opinion than the PC Engine and SNES versions. I always dislike the letterbox effect on the PC Engine and SNES versions and the inferior gameplay. The Mega Drive version resolution is closer to the Neo Geo Version even though it doesn't have the zoom effect.

[@Bloodreign1]

But it's sound is probably one of the worst SNK ports to the console, especially the sound effects, King sounds like a bird when she's defeated. It's like the developers didn't bother using the Cube sound driver, but opted for the GEMS one instead. The sound on this one ruins it for me, though I own it I'll play the PS2 Art of Fighting Anthology, or the SNES version instead, where it plays just as well, the CPU isn't cheap on the SNES version like it is here, and the sound is far far crisper. Not to mention the SNES expands on the games ending with Takuma, Robert, and Takuma's kids.

[@Atariatari-ky9te]

​@@Bloodreign1 Even when playing Art Of Fighting for the Mega Drive, PC Engine & SNES I can still tell that the Mega Drive is the most powerful out the 3. The Mega Drive just plays more fluid because of the faster CPU compared to the PC Engine and SNES CPU. IMO Art Of Fighting for the Mega Drive doesn't sound that bad when hooked up to a stereo system w/good speakers. The game also looks amazing in RGB. I have been playing a lot of games in between the 3 systems and the SNES comes last IMO in strength because a lot of games have worst gameplay and does not play as fluid as the Mega Drive games or even PC Engine games. Art Of Fighting for the SNES is a good game but its plays a bit slower than the Mega Drive port (but to be fair what do we expect from a a CPU that clocks at 3.58 MHz compared to the Mega Drives 7.6 MHz. My favorite game for the SNES is Super Castlevania IV but it still plays slow and stiff compared to Castlevania Bloodlines for the Mega Drive.

[@Bloodreign1]

@@Atariatari-ky9te Thing is, this game is not supposed to be fast, in arcades it was more of a plodding fighting game, and like Sam Sho, you had to time your attacks accordingly or the CPU would wreck you, and this version can get a little cheap on the difficulty). The SNES plays at the proper speed. Not sure where you are getting the SNES is 3rd in strength (it is considered the most powerful console of that era, where the SNES lacked in CPU power, it more than made up for in GPU power), when it could do things other systems simply could not do. Sorry, but this game sounds like absolute ass, and plays too fast, making not arcade faithful at all. I'll stick with my SNES and Art of Fighting Anthology PS2 versions, this one gets relegated to if I decide to have a little AoF mini marathon for myself. As for Castlevania, again that series was not meant to be played like a speed demon, not even the X68K Akumajou Dracula plays fast, the pacing is normal for SCV 4 going by the other games (including Rondo). Bloodlines also goes the route of trying to tie Castlevania lore into the Bram Stoker novel, which I felt was totally unneeded. Yes Bloodlines tried to be different, but the whole tie in thing just felt forced, and not necessary in the least bit. Overall, I rate this game ahead of the Genesis World Heroes and Fatal Fury 1 ports, but still falls far behind Fatal Fury 2 on the console. This version is quite simply not good on the ears, and passable on gameplay (again the speed hurts games like this that were not meant for it to begin with, give me more faithful to arcade ports anyday). I'm not sure what Genesis fans obsession with speed is, but it isn't always needed, nor welcomed IMO. As for the PC Engine version, worst SNK game on the system, when World Heroes 2, Fatal Fury 2, and Fatal Fury Special mop the floor with it, FFS even destroys the Sega CD version. The PCE CD version of AoF is simply unplayable due to constant resolution change to substitute for scaling not being in the game.

[@luisfernandomiguelpiris252]

Japoneses y italianos

[@luisfernandomiguelpiris252]

1 ES JAPONÉS Y 1 ES ITALIANO Y EL JUGADOR ELIGIÓ A RYO EL DE JAPÓN.

[@bullgod1837]

My favorite version of art of fighting!!especially the japanese one

[@Atariatari-ky9te]

My favorite as well. I like it better than the PC Engine and SNES versions.

[@Atariatari-ky9te]

The Japanese version doesn't have the effect on Mickey's stage with the smoke moving left and right.

[@neobogard]

@@Atariatari-ky9te what's the difference between the Japanese one?

[@Atariatari-ky9te]

@@neobogard The only difference is the parrallax scrolling of the smoke in Mickey's stage. Its not on the Japanese version only on the US version. This is why I like the US version better. But the Mega Drive US or Japanese version plays and looks better than the PC Engine and SNES versions when comparing in RGB. The PC Engine version does play better and look better than the SNES version. SNES version RGB image and slower gameplay hurts it and why Its ranked last for me and thats for a lot of SNES games and I have been playing a lot of SNES games lately and I have to say they are not as fun as playing Mega Drive and PC Engine games. The SNES proccessing speed is just to slow. Especially for a 16 bit system. PC Engine CPU was 8 bit w/ modified 2x 16 bit graphics processors that was 2x faster than the SNES and we all know about the blast processing of the Mega Drive with the Motorola 68000 CPU and YM7101 VDP graphics processor. The 68000 was used in most arcade games at the time. This is why the Mega Drive had the best arcade conversions compared to the PC Engine and especially the SNES.

[@sainttrunks1982]

This game ripped off StreetFighter 2's Ken/Guile Stage in the Thumbnail.

[@TraumaER]

The music is awesome! I could listen to this all day at work! 💯

[@andersongadelhafontoura4346]

12:44 wtf!!

[@stephengreen2564]

Lol

[@Prizrak-hv6qk]

Using an extra shitty emulator, I see. complete with ear-raping sound. :)

[@armandoduarte6726]

Haoh... Shooooken!!!

[@xleomr1639]

Awesome!

[@andersoneliascarvalho8149]

Joguei muito essa versão do Mega Drive quando criança, tinha em uma locadora aqui perto, aluguei varias vezes, claro que é inferior a de arcade, mas ainda assim considero um bom port de MVS/AES para o 16 bit da Sega, pelo menos conseguiram colocar todo conteúdo da versão do Neo Geo sem tirar personagens como fizeram com Samurai Shodown para Mega.

[@vitorperinelson1946]

legal que os sprites ficaram bem grandes até, mas ainda sim não é comparado ao maravilhoso e estupendo zoom loucasso do arcade kkkk Sério, muito linda a versão do neo geo, o personagem assume o tamanho incrível de meia tela

[@lolololololo5808]

how do you make special moves? tell me please

[@regicorp6514]

Well, having in mind that is the MD/Gen they did a pretty good port.

[@HersheyChocolateChip]

I love playing with Robert

[@genjurokibagami2570]

They removed the"beaten up"aestetics?

[@ogorekkiszony2271]

Pamiętam tą grę taką podróbka Street figter

[@lunitaproductions8290]

Nintendocomplete made a gameplay earlier on 60fps and u guys upload it later on 360p l Are u guys still on 2009 or what?

[@SatisJackson3O5]

THAT IS OUR WHAT, YURI?

[@topazzz1546]

Oh dear God, the sound.

[@SpearM3064]

The problem is that the Sega Mega Drive used a Yamaha YM2612 sound chip with six sound channels. It doesn't have a dedicated ADPCM channel for playing back digitized samples. While it *does* allow the sixth channel to act as a basic PCM channel for playing 8-bit samples, it does not provide any timing or buffering of samples, so all frequency control and buffering must be done in software by the CPU. In comparison, the original arcade hardware had seven dedicated ADPCM channels with 12-bit samples at 18.5 kHz or higher. I'm going to make an educated guess and say that for the Sega Mega System, not only did they have to downsample from 12-bit to 8-bit, but because the CPU has to handle the frequency control and buffering, they had to play the samples back at much less than 18.5 kHz to keep the frame rate consistent. TL;DR: I'm surprised the sound effects are as good as they are (relatively speaking). They're still ear rape, though.

[@pferreira1983]

What's the problem with the sound?

[@Prizrak-hv6qk]

@@SpearM3064 You did not have to involve the Motorola 68000 in the sound stuff. Genesis/MD did have a secondary CPU just to control the sound... a Z80. It also provided for backward compatibility with the Master System.

[@danielsantana540]

Great

[@blukmage19typeR]

Haou...Shoukouken!

[@trippyspaceship9482]

Great value Street Fighter i do like the taunts though

[@morolo6665]

Cuantos recuerdos !!!! Si bien el sonido de Megadrive/Genesis no era el mejor, igual tenia su lado magico para nuestros corazones.

[@LudwingSkrad572]

El mejor juego, sin duda el primer videojuego de peleas que jugué en toda mi vida

[@nicolauferreira3448]

Weir to think that KOF was two separated games [AOF & Fatal Fury)

[@dadeleemurphy85]

The Only channel on youtube w/o political bullshit. Pure awesome. thank you.

[@jefferyharris730]

21:16: That's IT?! THAT'S the ending to Art of Fighting?! THAT was just a Cliffhanger!! Potty the Parrot: What a rip. GRRRRRRR! SEGA AND SNK BETRAYED US!!!!

[@Bloodreign1]

The SNES actually expands upon this games ending, telling why Takuma was doing what he was doing. The arcade version left the cliffhanger for it's sequel, something kind of clever, because you couldn't wait for the games sequel to see what was going on.

[@DjFlash23]

Capcom called they want their game back! LOL

[@Bloodreign1]

You forget though, the guy who made this, started the Street Fighter franchise for Capcom when he worked for them. He also started the Fatal Fury franchise, but do continue to be ignorant about this.

[@TheSaltsinNZ]

He loves shouting Hulk Hogan.

[@VideosbySteve]

I thought the sound on SF II: Special Champion Edition was bad...

[@Yukatoshi]

Try the patched version of SF II. Sounds way better.

[@zsiles]

In Fatal fury voices sound way better

[@ShelltoonTV1]

Call me crazy, but I don't recall the original or even the SNES port being this stiff.

[@JoaoGuilherme-sz8hp]

A maior desvantagem dessa versão em comparação a de arcade é censurarem que King era mulher.

[@JoaoGuilherme-sz8hp]

Perae eu acho que me confundi de plataforma pra região.

[@ClevertonHeusner]

The problem here are the voices. Why some developers didn't know use the sound chip? In Comix Zone all is so clean.

[@temujin1234]

That man is their father. Haha how shitty to end on a cliffhanger like that.

[@RodrigoCFD]

12:44 Nice glitch.

[@unconsidered1]

21:08 'Father' I'm guessing

[@foxplays9688]

Olha foi ontem Its yesterday Olha fues onten

[@vio2112]

Is this what the sound was actually like on a Genesis or is this just bad emulation?

[@Bloodreign1]

The Genesis is capable of doing good sound, but this game is not one of those games that takes advantage of it. There are better sounding SNK efforts on the system, like Samurai Shodown and Fatal Fury 2, this and World Heroes just don't sound good at all.

[@Prizrak-hv6qk]

I don't remember it sounding nearly this bad on my Genesis. These guys are notorious for using crappy emulators for these longplays.

[@Bloodreign1]

@@Prizrak-hv6qk It sounds rough even on a Model 1 Genesis, the developers went with low quality voice samples for this port.

[@user-uk3ks1sj6b]

Hello!! Give me please download link this game for gens emulator

[@gabrielpalacios6527]

El audio no le ayudaba mucho en general tenía un chip yamaha, lo compensaba el control con 6 botones.

[@genjurokibagami2570]

If you don't loose any rounds,you get to fight Geese Howard

[@maximukhin45]

In art of fighting 2 only

[@eliasnicolasmiranda4940]

that's the second one

[@lucianoalexandre7132]

Zoom in Zoom out

[@LudwingSkrad572]

El primer videojuego de peleas que jugué en toda mi vida ;)

[@Nathan_Hale.]

Está más madreado que la versión de SNES. La de snes era un portal muy decente. Aquí la música parece de esos juegos piratas de NES de peleas.

[@marcosribeiro2518]

Si esa version es horrible

[@chugiron4698]

Damn what are you guys gonna do when you've beaten every game ever?

[@PyramidHead4]

Tirando o som meio zoado nao perde nada pra versao de arcade e de snes..

[@zsiles]

Is a good game, good playability, maybe not the best version but good.

[@youngb1ood]

Genesis version is leagues better than the SNES. But still not as good as the arcade/neo geo one

[@Bloodreign1]

People like you youngb1ood claim shit like this, but never give any real reasons why. You troll to troll, fully knowing this version has the absolute worst sound compared to the other versions. Otherwise they play the exact same to each other, stiff as hell, maybe remedied a little bit in the home versions. The SNES version sounds leagues better than what was pulled off on this. You are probably one of those who found the Genesis port of World Heroes to be awesome, and would go meh at Fatal Fury 2 on the same console. To the OP, yeah it's a pretty decent version of the game, though to be honest, the AoF series is known for being pretty stiff, and challenging to beat.

[@Atariatari-ky9te]

This is the Best Version as far as the 16 Bit ports in my opinion. The Genesis/Mega Drive Version is in Higher Resolution than the PC Engine and SNES ports. Also the Genesis Version has better gameplay in my opinion as well. The Zoom Effect in the PC Engine and SNES version wasn't right anyway. Maybe this is why Sega left it out. Anyway the Art Of Fighting Genesis/Mega Drive gives more of an Arcade feel in my opinion then the PC Engine and SNES versions. With the Superior Resolution and gameplay.

[@Bloodreign1]

@@Atariatari-ky9te Resolution means jackshit on how the game looks and plays. Seems to be a new trend with Sega fanboys when all other means of excuses have been exhausted.

[@Atariatari-ky9te]

@@Bloodreign1 Im not a Sega fanboy. Actually the PC Engine used to be my favorite console of all time but that changed after awhile when I got a Mega Drive and upgraded my PC Engine, Super Famicom & Mega Drive to RGB. The biggest thing I have noticed when comparing games is that Most of the time the Mega Drive has the faster and more fluid gameplay compared to the PC Engine and especially the Super Famicom. Im not knocking the Super Famicom I love that system too but my favorite game for it Super Castlevania IV plays slower and stiffer than Castlevania Bloodlines and this is true for many games compared between the Mega Drive and Super Famicom. Yes the Super Famicom can put more colors on the screen but that doesn't mean that it will look better. I have compared many games and IMO the Super Famicom RGB picture cant compare to the Mega Drive RGB picture. I have changed the Caps and turned up the Sharpness on my TV which helps the Super Famicom RGB picture look clearer but its still behind the Super Sharp clean RGB picture of the Mega Drive. Again I love the SNES/Super Famicom but Im just saying I can tell when playing a lot of games that the CPU is just to slow clocking at 3.58 MHz compared to the Mega Drives 7.6 MHz.

[@greensun1334]

I like the SNES port, it's true to the original and the sound is much better but Fatal Fury Special on SNES is still the best fighting game on a 16bit system.

[@incikefali2473]

Cafer aynısı dlyordu

[@professors84]

Uhhhh the No Smoking sign is in Todo's stage in this version! Genesis Does What Nintendont!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Bloodreign1]

This version isn't so hot in every other area though. So you could use that same saying here. The Japanese version for the SFC does have the sign, so Nintendid do it.

[@biggzbuchanan01]

Game has more story than anthem 🤣

[@yoe91]

Thx for the up but in retrospect this game should've been called "The art of gay fighting". Half the character roster looks like it needs to make a serious coming out.

[@taufikpro9507]

The sound is bad..

[@robinsanabria368]

This man definitely trained alongside Ken and Ryu! 😂 “Are you OKEY?” Come on! “That man is our UNCLE!” 😂 I remember playing this as a kid and it was so difficult.

[@Cmac_Pyc_Cnac]

Доброго дня. Благодарю за внимание. Рассчитываю на вашу поддержку в определённый момент времени в борьбе Добра против зла. С Уважением, Благинин С.В.

[@beekarinsaan]

SNES is superior to this.

[@carrielagata]

No

[@PouchMaster]

Wow! This really sucks! Most awful sounds I've ever heard! Movements just look ridiculous! I'd forgotten what a bad game this is!

[@nefarious520]

cuz its Sega thts why

[@TraumaER]

Vagitarian this game is better than 90% of the new games today!

[@eliasnicolasmiranda4940]

the Arcade/Neo Geo one is the better one but AoF1 has bad controls the second game improve a little the controls but it has a very tough AI

[@javaykirk2688]

Yeah, the snes version is way better.

[@flavvius]

Horrível, o uppercut do Ryo não.sai do chão. Sem zoom. Música parece 8 bits. Ruim.

[@marcosribeiro2518]

Pior jogo adaptado para mega drive horrível

[@ikagura]

Street Fighter ripoff?

[@eliasnicolasmiranda4940]

believe it or not this was made by creator of the original Street Fighter game the 1987 arcade one

[@eliasnicolasmiranda4940]

the first AoF has terrible controls the second one was better but oof talk about tough AI much worse than Super Turbo

[@klasicktha1]

The SNES version is much better