Fanmade Genesis/Mega-Drive port of Neo-Geo classic Real Bout Fatal Fury Special now available to download

The Genesis/Mega-Drive did have a few ports of SNK’s Neo-Geo games, but until now, Real Bout Fatal Fury Special was not one of them. Brazilian Genesis homebrew developer RheoGamer sought to rectify that by developing his own port, titled “Real Bout Fatal Fury Genesis” which he has just now completed and released to the public to try as a free download. You can see his video of the game in action above.

Real Bout Fatal Fury Special was originally made by SNK for their own Neo-Geo arcade and home console hardware in 1995 as the sixth game in the Fatal Fury fighting series. SNK also made an official Saturn port of its predecessor, Real Bout Fatal Fury, the very next year, but released it only in Japan. The first two Fatal Fury games, Fatal Fury 1 and 2, did see official ports to Genesis in 1993 and 1994 respectively, while the latter got to be part of the Genesis/Mega-Drive Mini 2. Now we get to see what could’ve been had SNK brought the Real Bout chapters of Fatal Fury to the Genesis.

You’ll find the download link to the game rom in the description of the above video, but I’ve also included it here beyond the break, along with some more helpful information about RheoGamer’s port.

As you might’ve guessed from the above trailer, the game and the included Readme file are in Brazilian Portuguese. Thankfully, the game has an English setting. When you start the game, go into the options menu (The lowest option on the title screen, which reads “Opcoes), then go to the second-to-last option reading “Linguagem” and press right or left to swap between Portuguese and English.

This Genesis port, while being an impressive translation of the original Neo-Geo game, does feature some compromises. Not all of the characters are included, with some like Tung Fu Rue, Franco Bash, Duck King, and even one of the main characters, Andy Bogard, being absent. The EX versions of Terry Bogard, Joe Higashi, Mai Shiranui, and Blue Mary and the Omega version of Wolfgang Krauser are included, along with the original versions of each character. Their special moves and other special maneuvers like Guard Cancels, Super Cancels, and Final Impact finishing moves are all available. The port even includes a new original stage featuring Samurai Shodown’s Hattori Hanzo.

You can download the game rom from this link right here. It should work in most Genesis emulators and flash cartridges. If you need a flash cartridge to play on your real Genesis hardware, a new budget option was thankfully just released that should work just fine with Real Bout Fatal Fury Genesis.

Will you be trying out this new homebrew port. Are you already a fan of the Fatal Fury series or Real Bout Fatal Fury Special in particular? Are you okay? Tell us in the comments below.

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