Real Bout Fatal Fury Special (1997) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Real Bout Fatal Fury Special

The supreme trial of strength awaits! 19 of Fatal Fury's hottest heroes collide! One year since the fearsome conclusion to "Real Bout", the hungry wolves ready themselves for a new battle, "Real Bout Special"…

28 January 1997

What Real Bout Fatal Fury Special is

Real Bout Fatal Fury Special is an arcade game developed by SNK and released in 1997. It was published by D4 Enterprise. It is available on Wii, Sega Saturn, Neo Geo AES, Neo Geo CD and Arcade. It runs on Neo Geo MVS.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The supreme trial of strength awaits! 19 of Fatal Fury's hottest heroes collide! One year since the fearsome conclusion to "Real Bout", the hungry wolves ready themselves for a new battle, "Real Bout Special" - the paramount pugilistic proving ground! The game retains the cast of the original Real Bout, with the addition of Tung Fu Rue, Cheng Sinzan, Laurence Blood and Wolfgang Krauser from Fatal Fury Special, with Krauser serving as the new final boss. Geese Howard, who was killed off in the end of the original Real Bout, appears in this game as a hidden final boss in a special "Nightmare Match" and as an unlockable playable character in the home versions. The game also features hidden…

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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It supports multiplayer. Local play supports 2 players. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Fatal Fury series

Real Bout Fatal Fury Special is the seventh of 35 entries we hold in the Fatal Fury series. It arrived a year after Real Bout Fatal Fury. The next entry was Nettou Real Bout Garou Densetsu Special in 1998.

See all 35 Fatal Fury games in release order →

What it launched against

Real Bout Fatal Fury Special launched on 28 January 1997, within three weeks of Final Fantasy VII (1997), Theme Hospital, Money Puzzle Exchanger and Intelligent Qube.

Released around the same time: Final Fantasy VII (1997), Theme Hospital, Money Puzzle Exchanger, Intelligent Qube.

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