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Fatal Fury: Battle Archives Volume 1

The Fatal Fury series was SNK's first ongoing fighting-game franchise, and many beloved SNK characters and locations made their first appearances in Fatal Fury. Now, gamers can see the series in its beginning…

67 20 July 2006

Fatal Fury: Battle Archives Volume 1 is a fighting developed by SNK Playmore, released 20 July 2006 on PlayStation 2.

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What Fatal Fury: Battle Archives Volume 1 is

Fatal Fury: Battle Archives Volume 1 is a fighting game developed by SNK Playmore and released in 2006. It was published by Ignition Entertainment. It is available on PlayStation 2 only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The Fatal Fury series was SNK's first ongoing fighting-game franchise, and many beloved SNK characters and locations made their first appearances in Fatal Fury. Now, gamers can see the series in its beginning stages with Fatal Fury: Battle Archives Volume 1. This package includes four classic Fatal Fury games: Fatal Fury 1, Fatal Fury 2, Fatal Fury 3 and Fatal Fury Special. Fatal Fury 1 was the first fighting game to feature a two-plane system, allowing characters to dodge out of harm's way when confronted with a challenger's attacks.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Fatal Fury series

Fatal Fury: Battle Archives Volume 1 is the 15th of 35 entries we hold in the Fatal Fury series. It arrived 3 years after SNK vs. Capcom: SVC Chaos. The next entry was Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds in 2011. Its critic score of 67 is 5 points below the series average of 72. The highest-rated entry is Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves - Special Edition at 100.

See all 35 Fatal Fury games in release order →

How it was received

Fatal Fury: Battle Archives Volume 1 holds a critic score of 67 out of 100. That places it above 38% of the 981 rated fighting games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 2006 averaged 65, so it scored 2 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Fatal Fury: Battle Archives Volume 1 launched on 20 July 2006, within three weeks of Persona 3, FlatOut 2, Dead Rising and Prey. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Persona 3, FlatOut 2, Dead Rising, Prey.

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When did Fatal Fury: Battle Archives Volume 1 come out?
Fatal Fury: Battle Archives Volume 1 was released on 20 July 2006 for PlayStation 2.

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