I've always had a soft spot the capcom vs games (on cps2) which started when I played 'X-Men Children of the Atom' in the arcades and played it ALOT. Then 'Marvel Super Heroes' came out followed by 'X-Men VS Street Fighter' then 'Marvel Super Heroes VS Street Fighter' which then lead on to the 'Marvel VS Capcom' games. A growing roster of fighters with over the top moves and specials, shit going off all over the screen, they are all just really FUN games to play.
Also loved seeing 'Street Fighter Alpha 2' in the arcades and would always have a go.

Played a hell of a lot of 'Tekken 2' when it came out of PSX and also 'Rival Schools' although in that era I preferred the Saturn for beat em ups.

And you can't leave out the Neo-Geo... Last Blade 2, Garou Mark of the Wolves and Waku Waku 7 are all awesome.

Garou Mark of the Wolves! Haven't been able to remember the name of that game for years, thanks for reminder.

BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger
BlazBlue: Continuum Shift / II (Extend)
BlazBlue: Chronophantasma
Guilty Gear X
Guilty Gear X2
Arcana Heart 3
King of Fighters XIII
Tekken 3
Mortal Kombat 3
Internal Karate

Virtua Fighter 2 on Mega Drive is my alltime favorite. Prefer this version over VF2 on Saturn or arcade. Great balance, fun to play, every move has a counter etc.

Other than that it's classics...Mortal Kombat, Street Figher and Tekken series. I surprisingly liked Naruto: Clash of Ninja Revolution on Wii and Art of Fighting 3: The Path of the Warrior used to be my favorite game at a local arcade as a kid. Probably spent over $50 on that shit

Yeah AoF3 is great.

quake live

quake live

I never understood the appeal of playing tekken (starting with 3) when people could play street fighter.

As a non-player I think 3D fighting games looks smoother and more fun to play.

Tekken 3 on PS1. SFII on NES.

Street Fighter Zero 2 and 3 (alpha in some countries)
King of Fighters '99, 2000 and 2001
old street fighter 2 from SNES and Arcade
Samurai Shodown 2
Marvel Super Herous
Marvel vs Street Fighter
Soulcalibur
Mortal Kombat 2 and Ultimate Mortal Kombat
Art of Fight
...

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fuck yeah. my favourite too!

Tekken Tag 2
Ultra Streetfighter 4
Soul Calibur 4
Mortal Kombat

MK6
Tekken 3
MK9
Tekken 6
SF4
Blaz Blue Calamity Trigger

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Super Smash Bros ofc
Kirby all day erryday

Super Turbo.



Nothing else comes close.

Actually...

Killer Instinct Gold (I want to play the new one tbh, boo consoles boo)
Street Fighter 3 & 4 (& 2 for nostalgia's sake)
Smash Bros Melee

To play:

Night Warriors: Darkstalkers' Revenge

The control scheme is simplistic, but flashy, with a certain smoothness to it. I just like how the characters walk with little friction, it feels right. Emphasis is on bad ass action rather than fireball and zoning wars. There isn't an overload complicate commands or million characters so also accessible and noob-friendly, The art style is cooky and the characters just the right amount of weird.

Darkstalkers Resurrection is a HD pack of this and ds3 with online play. At only 5 euros on the xbox marketplace it's a huge bargain. If you want to get into fighters and cheap, it's a no-contest, this is the best deal. If you don't want to commit straight away, there's free demo .

Even the opening music is amazing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuY0x6gtqH8

Blaz Blue: Chrono Extend

This is the more detailed continuation of games like above. Lots of shit flying around and lots of characters, but it makes the game more complex and less noobfriendly. No online community at all. I haven't tried the new one, because no PS3. Maybe everybody went there. If someone wants to play this, add me on xbox: Pyrintofan

Mortal Kombat 2

Favourite MK, the backgrounds are surreal. The violent atmosphere. Little hard though, dunno how MP stacks up.

Killer Instinct

This is breakaway from the rest because of the combos and whatnot, but it's just so hardcore. A complete testosterone bloodbath.

X-Men: Children of the Atom

I just remember playing this tons when I was a kid. No idea how it has aged or if it's even that good of a game.

It's BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Extend and yes everyone moved to Chronophantasma.
The game's so pretty and smooth looking, very polished. Compare to say Under Night In-Birth which came out recently but still looks less polished IMO.

Tekken after 3
Vampire Saviour
Street Fighter Alpha 3
Guilty Gear XX
King of Fighters 2002, 13
Blazblue
Skullgirls
Street Fighter 3 3rd strike


In no particular order.

The one that gave me the most, and the best memories? Little Fighter 2.

CPSII:

SSF2X
Vampire Savior
SFZ2

Neo Geo:

KoF '95
KoF '98
KoF '02
Last Blade
Last Blade 2
Samurai Shodown II
Samurai Shodown III
Fatal Fury Special
Real Bout Fatal Fury 2: The Newcomers
Garou: Mark of the Wolves
Ninja Master's
Waku Waku 7

Saturn/Sega Model 2/Lindbergh/etc..

Virtua Fighter 2
Virtua Fighter 3
Fighting Vipers
Virtua Fighter 5: Final Tuned

*ninja edit*

CPSIII

SFIII: Third Strike.