N/A

2D Fighter Maker 2nd game.

BadZone

Perfect Combo

To be announced (in development)

Windows

Download (zip file)

N/A

Indie

Freeware?

N/A

v1.0.2

Parsec

Dev Patreon

N/A

1v1 2D fighter made in Unity. Still in a very early development phase. Has a demo with two characters on their Patreon site (no registration needed). Looks promising

Bakumatsu Roman: Gekka no Kenshi 1 – 2

幕末浪漫月華の剣士1・2

SNK Playmore

2006 (01/12)

PlayStation 2

DVD

N/A

Retail

Commercial

RPCS2

N/A

Parsec

See entries on the respective games

Compilation that includes The Last Blade 1 and 2. Part of Neogeo Online Collection series on PS2. Neogeo games emulated on PS2 but includes the option to use the NGCD/PS1 arrange soundtracks which is a great plus. Network services ended on September 20, 2010

Ballistic Fist

Shameless Studios / Recipe for Disaster

2012 (05/05)

Windows

Download (zip file)

N/A

Indie

Freeware

N/A

Parsec

N/A

Free Indie 1v1 2.5D game made in Italy by students of Full Sail University in 3 and a half months. 4 characters. Simple but admirable project

Ballz 3D

PF.Magic

1994 (11/01)

Sega Genesis, Super Nintendo

Cartridge

N/A

Retail

Commercial

BlastEm (Genesis), Ares (SNES)

Ballz: The Director's Cut

N/A

Fightcade

N/A

Accolade and PF.Magic tried to do a 3D fighting game on 16-bit systems… and failed, I guess. 3DO version is basically a new game. Believe it or not this is the first title of the popular virtual “Petz” series. Genesis version has better framerate

Ballz: The Director's Cut

PF.Magic

1995 (08/29)

3DO

N/A

Retail

Commercial

Phoenix / Opera (RetroArch, untested)

N/A

Parsec

N/A

It is supossedly an “update” of the Genesis/SNES game but they made the game from scratch so it’s more like a sequel. It’s a better experience (sidestepping is a thing, for example) but it's still Ballz [laughs]. There’s a fan patch that makes the final boss playable/balanced

Barbarian

Saffire / Titus

2006 (06/26)

PlayStation 2

DVD

GC, Xbox

Retail

Commercial

Dolphin (GC), PCSX2 (PS2), Xemu (Xbox)

N/A

GC port (4P support)

Dolphin / Parsec

N/A

Arena fighter in a medieval fantasy setting, inspired on Power Stone and Saffire’s own Xenia game. The Japan only GC version supports 4 players, the PS2 version doesn’t. Known in Japan as “Warrior Blade: Rastan vs. Barbarian” so it’s part of Taito’s Rastan franchise there

Barbarian: The Ultimate Warrior

Palace Software

1987 (??/??)

Commodore 64

Cassette

Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, Acorn Electron, Amiga, Apple II, Atari ST, BBC Micro, MS-DOS, Java ME

Retail

Commercial

Denise / VICE (C64) / WinUAE (Amiga)

N/A

Parsec

N/A

1v1 weapon based medieval fantasy fighting. The C64 and Amiga versions are the most competent imho. Had a funny controversy in the UK. Very basic but ambitious for C64. Has a sequel but it’s single player only and more like an action game, so it’s out of my database

Barravento: O Mestre Da Capoeira

Hitek Softworks

1993 (??/??)

Amiga

Floppy Disk

N/A

Retail

Commercial

WinUAE

N/A

Parsec

N/A

Known as “the first fighting game made in Brazil”. Capoeira based 1v1 2D fighter. Very limited, and sadly an overall bad game imho

BASTARD!! Ankoku no Hakaishin

BASTARD!! -暗黒の破壊神-

Cobra Team

1994 (01/28)

Super Nintendo

Cartridge (16MBit)

N/A

Retail

Commercial

Ares

N/A

Fightcade / Mednafen / RetroArch

N/A

1v1 air based fighter and part of the Bastard manga/anime franchise. it's super unique, in fact some people will have doubts if this is a true fighting game or not but I like it so it's here. A truly complex game, prepare to sit down and read the Goh_Billy FAQ carefully first

Batokin

バトキン

Kizawaya

2006 (11/07)

Windows

Download (zip file)

N/A

Doujin

Freeware

N/A

Ver 1.31

Parsec

N/A

Stands for “Battle King” but Batokin is the official name. 1v1 or 3v3 2.5D fighter with 3D models developed by an ex-Team Arcana/Examu member (now working on “Shadow Prisoner”). Ver 1.31 is a patch so you need to download Ver 1.29 first and overwrite the files

Battle Arena Nitoshinden

にとうしんでん (Nitoshinden)

Japan Vistec

1996 (09/27)

PlayStation

N/A

Retail

Commercial

Duckstation / Mednafen

N/A

Duckstation Netplay / Arkadyzja

N/A

Toshinden spin-off. Characters are in SD and aimed to kids, made to compete against “Virtua Fighter Kids”. It’s fine, maybe too simple. The full title is “Battle Arena Nitoshinden” but it’s called just “Nitoshinden” in most list or wikis… oh well. Has “Licca-chan” as a guest character

Battle Arena Toshinden

闘神伝 (Toshinden)

Tamsoft

1995 (01/01)

PlayStation

MS-DOS, PS3 (Game Archives), PSP (Game Archives), PSV (Game Archives)

Retail

Commercial

Duckstation / Mednafen (PS1), DOSBox-X (MS-DOS)

Battle Arena Toshinden Remix

N/A

Duckstation Netplay / Arkadyzja

N/A

First entry in this 1v1 3D fighting franchise. Sold a shitton because everyone was into the 3D craze. Not the first PS1 fighter as most people think, that was Twin Goddesses. DOS version has FUCKING EARTHWORM JIM as a playable guest character (the first of its kind?)

Battle Arena Toshinden (Game Boy)

熱闘闘神伝 (Nettō Toshinden)

Takara

1996 (03/22)

Game Boy

Cartridge

N/A

Retail

Commercial

Sameboy

N/A

Parsec (use SameBoy on Super Game Boy mode for local two players support)

N/A

Fourth entry in the “Nettō” series (third one was “Nettō World Heroes 2 JET”) . A 2D demake with chibi characters. Obviously differs greatly from the original game but it’s surprisingly playable. Supports SGB 2 players mode. Next Nettō is “The King of Fighters '95” on Game Boy

Battle Arena Toshinden 2

闘神伝2 (Toshinden 2)

Tamsoft

1995 (11/24)

Arcade (Sony ZN-1 variant)

ROM board

PS1, Win, PS3 (Game Archives), PSP (Game Archives), PSV (Game Archives)

Retail

Commercial

MAME (Arcade), Duckstation / Mednafen (PS1), 86Box or PCem (Win)

Battle Arena Toshinden 2 Plus

951124 (Arcade)

Duckstation Netplay / Arkadyzja (PS1), Kaillera (Arcade? untested)

N/A

It was actually released in arcades days before the PS1 version, published by Capcom. The very first Sony ZN-1 arcade board game. URA on Saturn is not a port but a new game. The live action opening is legendary

Battle Arena Toshinden 2 Plus

闘神伝2プラス (Toshinden 2 Plus)

Tamsoft

1996 (08/09)

PlayStation

PS3 (Game Archives), PSP (Game Archives), PSV (Game Archives)

Retail

Commercial

Duckstation / Mednafen

N/A

Duckstation Netplay / Arkadyzja

N/A

Japan only and PS1 only update with rebalance and graphical changes. In my opinion the best Toshinden

Battle Arena Toshinden 3

闘神伝3 (Toshinden 3)

Tamsoft

1996 (12/27)

PlayStation

PS3 (Game Archives), PSP (Game Archives), PSV (Game Archives)

Retail

Commercial

Duckstation / Mednafen

N/A

Duckstation Netplay / Arkadyzja

N/A

Tried to do new things but it’s kind of a mess. Some people defend it though, for me it’s fine. Has a 30/60 FPS mode, and the 60FPS mode it’s kind of hilarious, looks like an Atari Jaguar game. The sequel Toshinden 4 doesn’t have the full “Battle Arena” title

Battle Arena Toshinden Remix

闘神伝S (Toshinden S)

Tamsoft / Nex Entertainment / Sega

1995 (11/24)

Sega Saturn

N/A

Retail

Commercial

Mednafen

N/A

RetroArch (Beetle Saturn, rollback) / Mednafen (delay)

N/A

StrategyWiki

In theory an update of the original but it was made by Tamsoft in collaboration with Sega and the engine was recreated from scratch. Plays slightly better but it’s uglier than the PS1 version. It was released the very same day as Toshinden 2 on arcades

Battle Arena Toshinden URA

闘神伝URA (Toshinden URA)

Tamsoft / Nex Entertainment / Sega

1996 (09/27)

Sega Saturn

N/A

Retail

Commercial

Mednafen

N/A

RetroArch (Beetle Saturn, rollback) / Mednafen (delay)

N/A

In theory Toshinden 2 on Saturn but it’s truly a “specific sequel to Toshinden Remix” with different gameplay, story and characters. Has a clunkier and incomplete feel compared to 2 Plus that I personally recommend over this

Battle Assault 3 featuring Gundam SEED

Natsume

2004 (12/07)

PlayStation 2

DVD

N/A

Retail

Commercial

PCSX2

N/A

Parsec

N/A

Fifth and final entry in the Gundam Battle Assault franchise, without the “Gundam” name in the title at first. Believe it or not it was released only in the US. It’s 3D and most people still prefer Battle Assault 2 on PS1, but it’s not a bad game

Battle Beast

7th Level

1995 (08/19)

MS-DOS, Windows, MacOS

N/A

Retail

Commercial

DOSBox-X (MS-DOS), 86Box or PCem (Win), Rosetta (MacOS)

N/A

Parsec

N/A

1v1 2D fighter with animals/beasts. It’s a traditional fighting game but the artstyle has a reminicense of point and click games of the era. 2D work is kind of cool, the gameplay is another story

Battle Blaze

バトルブレイズ

Aicom

1992 (05/02)

Super Nintendo

Cartridge (8Mbit)

N/A

Retail

Commercial

Ares

N/A

Fightcade / Mednafen / RetroArch

N/A

1v1 2D weapon based medieval fantasy fighting game. Cool soundtrack but really stiff gameplay with goofy command inputs. There are two beta ROM leaks. Don’t know if there’s differences between the USA and JPN version

Battle Capacity

BattleCapacity

2009 (??/??)

Windows

Download

N/A

Indie

Freeware

N/A

2025

LilithPort / Parsec

N/A

2D Fighter Maker 2nd game. 1v1 2D fighter with monsters based on the Smogon's Create-A-Pokémon project. Really cool game. Dev is now working on a spiritual sequel with real Pokémon characters called Pokémon: Close Combat, but still this game received an update in 2025

Battle Craze!!

12 to 6 Studios

2020 (12/24)

Windows

Download (zip file)

N/A

Indie

Freeware

N/A

3.00

Original game netcode

1v1 2D fighter made in Ikemen GO. Simple design but cool animation and complex combos. Direct IP online with rollback. Last update is “Type: M Complete” but previous version were “open betas”. There’s an “unofficial” mod called Type F that makes the game more crazier

Battle Crusher

バトルクラッシャー

Banpresto

1995 (01/27)

Game Boy

Cartridge

N/A

Retail

Commercial

BGB

N/A

Parsec for BGB (use two instances of the emulator opened)

N/A

Someone at Banpresto said “hey, lets take all our Gundam/Tokusatsu IPs and make a ripoff of Joy Mech Fight”

Battle Dudes

jay_ts

2025 (03/09)

Windows, Linux

Download (zip file)

N/A

Indie

Freeware

N/A

Beta 1.31 Hotfix

Original game netcode (delay based) / Parsec

N/A

Ikemen Go game. 1v1 2D fighter with characters made of sticks. Six characters (with EX modes) and three different fighting styles. Delay based netplay. Interesting. Still on Beta

Battle Fantasia

バトルファンタジア

Arc System Works

2007 (04/26)

Arcade (Taito Type X2)

HDD

PS3, Xbox 360

Retail

Commercial

RPCS3 (PS3)

Battle Fantasia: Revised Edition

N/A

Parsec

N/A

1v1 2.5D fighter with a medieval fantasy setting. More ground based/old school style of gameplay compared to the rest of Arcsys games. VERY unbalanced, that generated a kusoge rep that could never shaken off even though the update is way better. Doesn’t work on RPCN

Battle Fantasia: Revised Edition

Arc System Works

2011 (07/07)

Arcade (NESiCAxLive)

HDD (download from official NESiCAxLive servers)

Steam

Retail

Commercial

Jconfig / TeknoParrot (Arcade)

N/A

TK patch 1.01

Parsec / Steam Remote

Contrary to popular belief this is not just the name of the Steam port but the only true update the game received, first on Arcade. It was (kind of) balanced and added a goth Olivia clone. Very underrated imho. Steam version netplay fucking sucks, use Parsec/Steam Remote

Battle for Presidency

Candax Games

2014 (06/04)

Windows

Download (Steam)

N/A

Indie

Commercial

N/A

Parsec / Steam Remote

N/A

1v1 2.5 fighting with US presidents. It’s… really rough, looks like it was made in Unreal Engine in minutes. Not even in the so bad it’s good category imho. Game was delisted from Steam so piracy is your only way now

Battle High 2 A+

Mattrified Games

2014 (12/23)

Xbox One

Download (XBL Indie Games)

Win (Steam, Game Jolt, Itch.io), Ouya

Indie

Commercial

N/A

Parsec / Steam Remote

N/A

Fourth and final (maybe?) entry. No native online modes. The dev is working on Merfight now

Battle High: San Bruno

Pointfive Projects

2011 (02/08)

Xbox 360

Download (XBLA)

Win

Indie

Commercial

N/A

Battle High 2 A+

N/A

Parsec

N/A

Second entry but first “full release” of this 1v1 2D fighter with a high school setting. Known as Battle High: Elemental Revolt on the later Windows port. Had a demo on Windows. The first was considered a prototype/demo, so it’s on that list. 360 version doesn’t work on Xenia

Battle K-Road

バトルクロード

Psikyo

1994 (01/??)

Arcade (Psikyo 1st Generation)

ROM board

N/A

Retail

Commercial

MAME / FBNeo

N/A

Fightcade

N/A

1v1 2D fighter with a more realistic “knockdown” system and some amusing character portraits. Very unique, if not a little stiff, but a cool experiment

Battle Mania'

バトルマニア’

D.C.S.

1992 (??/??)

X68000

Floppy Disk

N/A

Doujin

Freeware

MAME, XM6 or px68k-libretro for RetroArch

N/A

Parsec

N/A

1v1 2D fighter. The very first D.C.S. FG and a candidate for being one of the first post-SFII doujin fighting games. Doesn’t have any relation with Battle Mania on Megadrive. Was turned into freeware and uploaded to D.C.S. website. Game download was saved by Archive.org

Battle Master

バトルマスター

Taki

1998 (01/08)

PlayStation

N/A

Retail

Commercial

Duckstation / Mednafen

N/A

Duckstation Netplay / Arkadyzja

N/A

1v1 2.5D fighter with a very weird story mode were you can customize your character moves. Real weird stuff, maybe some day I will play it more in dept. Absolute no relation with Battle Master: Kyuukyoku no Senshitachi

Battle Master: Kyuukyoku no Senshitachi

バトル・マスター～究極の戦士たち～

System-Vision / Toshiba EMI

1993 (11/19)

Super Nintendo

Cartridge (16MBit)

N/A

Retail

Commercial

Ares

N/A

Fightcade / Mednafen / RetroArch

1v1 2D fighting game exclusive for SNES. Japan only, extremely ambitious and ahead of its time on some of its mechanics (for example, it has alpha counters before SFA). A true gem, yet it could be a little too chaotic at times

Battle Monsters

バトルモンスターズ

Scarab

1995 (06/02)

Sega Saturn

N/A

Retail

Commercial

Mednafen

N/A

RetroArch (Beetle Saturn, rollback) / Mednafen (delay)

N/A

Sega Retro

Saturn exclusive. Technically a platform fighter but it’s much closer to a traditional 1v1 game. Humans/Monsters digitized in 2D sprites. Made by the same staff of the unforgettable Survival Arts. Killing Zone is “supposedly” the spiritual sequel but this game is way better imho

Battle of Kaias, The (bad katakana read?)

バトルオブカイアース

Clear First

2011 (??/??)

Windows

Download (zip file)

N/A

Doujin

Freeware

N/A

1.45

LilithPort / Parsec

Vector link

N/A

2D Fighter Maker 2nd game. The “Kaias” read could be wrong. 1v1 2D fighter with a fantasy setting. Last update was in 2023. Has both a free and retail version, the second is on DLSite at just 55 yen but it seems it’s the same game

Battle of Strongest Zero

Giovanni Games

2024 (10/28)

Windows

Download (Game Jolt)

N/A

Indie

Freeware

N/A

1.4.7

Parsec

N/A

Originally known as “Fighting of School”. 1v1 2D freeware fighter made in Brazil. Artwork clearly inspired in Neogeo Pocket fighting games

Battle of the Eras

Procryon

1995 (??/??)

MS-DOS

Floppy Disk

N/A

Indie

Freeware

DOSBox-X

N/A

Parsec

N/A

Probably the most legendary fighting game ever made in the west. Search about it on Google or YouTube for a good time. It was re-released in 2013 by one of the original devs as freeware, supposedly by Super Fighter Team, but no official website of that release exist

Battle of the Martial Arts

武林爭霸之英雄帖 (Wǔlín zhēngbà zhī yīngxióng tiē)

Art.9 Entertainment

1994 (??/??)

MS-DOS

Floppy Disk

N/A

Retail

Commercial

DOSBox-X

N/A

Parsec

N/A

SP Moves (in chinese)

1v1 2D fighter with a Romance of the Three Kingdoms setting. It seems some of the staff is from Sango Fighter. It’s pretty decent for that DOS era

Battle of Yu☆Yu☆Hakusho, The

THE BATTLE OF 幽☆遊☆白書

Dimps / Banpresto

2006 (09/21)

Arcade (Namco System 256)

DVD

PS2

Retail

Commercial

PCSX2 (PS2)

N/A

PS2 version?

Parsec

PS2 port was released in 2007 and renamed “The Battle of Yu Yu Hakusho: Shitou! Ankoku Bujutsukai! 120% Full Power”. Don’t know if there’s differences between both versions. This is NOT Dark Tournament btw. Mikado made tourneys but it’s kind of a meme there

Battle Queen

ix9

To be announced (in development)

Windows

Download (Steam)

N/A

Indie

Freeware

N/A

Ver 0.45 Demo

Parsec

N/A

1v1 2.5D fighter developed in South Korea with an all-female cast and a lot of fanservice. Demo with 8 characters on an early stage of development (no sound/music). Characters has been made with AI?. Constantly updated (almost weekly). Distribution moved to Steam in May 2026

Battle Raper

バトルレイパー

Illusion Soft

2004 (04/19)

Windows

N/A

Retail

Commercial

N/A

Parsec

N/A

Made by the notorious adult game company Illusion Soft, a 1v1 3D fighter with very explicit sexual themes as the title suggest. Was super controversial in the west at the time. Also known as Battle Raper: Hyper Realaction. Banned on Twitch

Battle Raper II 〜THE GAME〜

バトルレイパー II 〜THE GAME〜

Illusion Soft

2005 (04/22)

Windows

DVD

N/A

Retail

Commercial

N/A

Fan patch

Parsec

Gorillawiki (in japanese)

Sequel made from scratch. The rape scenes were eliminated yet still has adult themes. It was honestly impressive to see a game with this polygonal quality in an eroge in those years, but is very barebones. Has a fan patch for running it on modern systems. Banned on Twitch

Battle Stadium D.O.N

バトルスタジアムＤＯＮ

Eighting / Q Entertainment

2006 (07/20)

Gamecube, PlayStation 2

Gamecube Game Disc / DVD

N/A

Retail

Commercial

Dolphin (GC), PCSX2 (PS2)

N/A

Dolphin / Parsec

4 players platform fighter with Dragon Ball, One Piece and Naruto characters. Sadly a very mediocre game imho. Has a small online scene with people playing it on Dolphin netplay

Battle Street

X Game Studio

2024 (09/09)

Steam

Download (Steam)

N/A

Indie

Commercial

N/A

Early access ver

Parsec / Steam Remote

N/A

Early access game made in Turkey. Sprites were literally stolen from SNK vs. Capcom: The Match of the Millennium and has AI “art”… so… uh… yeah...

Battle Tycoon: Flash Hiders SFX

バトルタイクーンフラッシュハイダースSFX

Right Stuff

1995 (05/19)

Super Nintendo

Cartridge (24Mbit)

N/A

Retail

Commercial

Ares

N/A

Fightcade / Mednafen / RetroArch

N/A

1v1 2D fighter and the sequel of Flash Hiders, another fighting game originally from PCE. One of SFC’s hidden gems in the genre and it’s surprisingly still slightly cheap to buy in Japan

Battle Wrath

Cerebral Gaming Systems

1997 (??/??)

MS-DOS

N/A

Retail

Commercial

DOSBox-X

N/A

Parsec

N/A

1v1 2D fighter with pre-render CGI sprites/stages and some gore. Maybe for your so bad it’s good category, depending on your taste. Has a very unstable framerate in both DOSBox-X and real hardware

Battle・Call

バタル・コール

Deep Planner

Unknown (before 2012?)

Windows

Download

N/A

Doujin

Commercial

N/A

Battle・Call 2

N/A

LilithPort / Parsec

N/A

Second entry and a resurrection of the project. On sale at DLSite at 110 yen

Battle・Call 2

バタル・コール2

Deep Planner

2018 (??/??)

Windows

Download

N/A

Doujin

Commercial

N/A

LilithPort / Parsec

N/A

Third and final entry. On sale at DLSite at

Battle・Calling

バタル・コーリング

HIRO

2003 (??/??)

Windows

N/A

Doujin

Commercial

N/A

Battle・Call 2

N/A

LilithPort / Parsec

N/A

Actually the first entry. 2D Fighter Maker 2nd game. 1v1 2D fighter with pre render sprites and a street brawler theme

BattleBlade

Roxra

2018 (08/31)

Windows

Download (Steam)

N/A

Indie

Commercial

N/A

2020 update

Parsec / Steam Remote

N/A

1v1 2D fighting game, according to the author “with bullet hell elements featuring a story-based campaign”

Battlecore Robots

Yellowfall Games

To be announced

Steam

Download (Steam)

N/A

Doujin

Commercial

N/A

Demo

Parsec / Steam Remote

N/A

Spiritual sequel to Custom Robo made by the original creator of the franchise. Has a Demo on Steam without native netplay, you need to use Steam Remote and it seems the full game will be like that too. The game devs are not working with Nintendo

Battlematic Maiden

ばとるまてぃっく (Battlematic)

DK Software Kaihatsu

2003 (12/30)

Windows

N/A

Doujin

Commercial

N/A

1.20

Parsec

N/A

1v1 2D fighter based on Mahoromatic. Only three characters on versus mode but in story mode you fight against monsters from the anime. Has some decent moments of spritework as most DK Software games

Battlenyo!

ばとるにょ!

Synchro Revolution

Unknown

Windows

N/A

Doujin

Commercial

N/A

Apparently 3.9.10

Parsec

N/A

Mizuumi (unofficial)

1v1 2D fighter based on Di Gi Charat. The dev is “Synchro Revolution” but it’s pretty obvious it was made by DK Software Kaihatsu, using the same engine for their other games. Has an unofficial entry at Mizuumi

Battling Butlers

קרבהיט

ShadoWriters

1996 (??/??)

MS-DOS

N/A

Retail

Commercial

DOSBox-X

N/A

Parsec

N/A

1v1 2D fighter with pre-render CGI sprites/stages. The characters are “objects that a butler usually uses” like a pocket clock or a playing card. Very basic, made as a “non-violent parody to Mortal Kombat”

Bayani

Ranida Games

2019 (06/11)

Windows

Download (Steam)

exA-Arcadia (cancelled?)

Indie

Commercial

N/A

Parsec / Steam Remote

Official website

1v1 2.5D fighter, based on the history of the Philippines. No native netplay. Has been on early access since 2019 without any updates since december 2021, so it's basically abandoned/finished. An exA-Arcadia version was announced in 2019, no news about that too

BB Kakutou

Site-A

Unknown (before 2011?)

Windows

Download

N/A

Doujin

Freeware

N/A

N/A

2D Fighter Maker 2nd game. Characters drawn on a blackboard. The dev has stopped distributing the game, so this will be a hard one to find these days

BCV: Battle Construction Vehicles

建設重機喧嘩バトルぶちギレ金剛!! (Kensetsu Juuki Kenka Batoru: Buchigire Kongou!!)

Artdink

2000 (06/01)

PlayStation 2

DVD

PS3 (PS2 Classic)

Retail

Commercial

PCSX2

N/A

Parsec

N/A

One of the first PS2 games, and a truly original one: a 1v1 3D fighter… using construction vehicles. Funny and charming kusoge, localized in europe with mostly all characters speaking with a very thick british accent, it’s amazing. Is this an arena fighter? I guess so…

Bearsus: Bear Knuckle Fighting

ARF Game Studio

To be announced (in development)

Browser, Windows, Mac

Browser, download (zip file)

N/A

Indie

Freeware

N/A

Alpha Demo

Parsec

N/A

1v1 2D fighter using bears, with very simple inputs inspired by “Divekick”. Has a demo available as a browser game and as a Windows and Mac executable. No info about the development since 2023, so maybe this could be dead

Beasts of Mystery

Mutraex

2025 (03/10)

Windows

Download (Steam, Itch.io)

N/A

Indie

Commercial

N/A

0.1.0.0

Parsec

N/A

1v1 2D fighter about cryptids. Has been playable on events like Vortex Gallery since 2022. Looks interesting

Beatdown Dungeon

Phil Airdash

2018 (09/25)

Windows

Download (Itch.io)

N/A

Indie

Freeware

N/A

Beatdown Dungeon: Demon Day

1.0

Parsec

1v1 2D fighter that mix traditional fighting elements with a dungeon crawler. Still has a traditional versus mode. Mizuumi wiki is very basic

Beatdown Dungeon: Demon Day

Phil Airdash

2025 (in development)

Windows

Download (Itch.io)

N/A

Indie

Freeware

N/A

Version 1.9

Parsec

N/A

Sequel/update to Beatdown Dungeon. Still on development without official release date but has a very big and generous demo since 2023

Best of Best

격투 (Gyeoktu)

SunA

1994 (??/??)

Arcade (SunA 16 Bit)

ROM board

N/A

Retail

Commercial

MAME / FBNeo

N/A

Fightcade

N/A

SP Moves (in chinese)

One of the funniest janky fighting games from South Korea. 1v1 2D with goofy artstyles. One of the songs in the game is the classic “Llorando se fue” or “Lambada”. Excellent for a mystery tournament

Bible Fight

This is Pop

2007 (??/??)

Flash game

SWF file

N/A

Retail

Freeware

Flashpoint

N/A

Parsec

N/A

Made for Adult Swim website. 1v1 based on the christian bible, obviously as a parody. If you want a more so called “real game” approach Fight of Gods is waiting for you

BIGBANG BEAT 1st Impression

NRF

2007 (05/26)

Windows

N/A

Doujin

Commercial

N/A

BIGBANG BEAT Revolve

1.06

Parsec

Amazing 1v1 2D fighter based on “Big Bang Age”. Made a big impact in the golden age of Doujin. The last patch made some changes that were controversial on the community. I still prefer it over Revolve (it’s a way faster and expressive game but it’s a hot take I guess)

BIGBANG BEAT Revolve

Frontier Aja

2011 (08/14)

Windows

N/A

Doujin

Commercial

N/A

1.06

Parsec

Second entry. Released after a big internal fight of the dev team and the website closed in less than a year. The game is fun but feels unpolished compared to the first one. LowRez=1 on config.ini for disable the ugly filters. Has an english fantranslation released in 2026

Bikini Karate Babes

Creative Edge Studios

2002 (08/07)

Windows

N/A

Retail

Commercial

N/A

Parsec

N/A

1v1 with characters made on FMV instead of sprites, so you can image how clunkly the gameplay is. Supposedly made by the devs for “poke fun at the state of fighting games of the day”. Good for some laughs. Has some (soft) adult content

Bikini Karate Babes 2: Warriors of Elysia

Travis Riggs

2011 (06/11)

Windows

DVD

N/A

Indie

Commercial

N/A

Parsec

N/A

2D FMV characters, but now on 3D stages. DO NOT enter to the official website, it sends you to a gambling site now. Use the Archive.org backup link

Billy's Bad Day

Vintage Arcade Works

2023 (02/01)

PC-Engine

HuCard

Win

Indie

Commercial

Mednafen

N/A

Mednafen

N/A

1v1 2D fighter and homebrew for PC Engine/TG16 released on HuCard. It’s… bad. Has an official free version for playing on web browsers on their site

Bio F.R.E.A.K.S.

Midway

1998 (05/19)

PlayStation, Nintendo 64

CD / Cartridge

Win, Arcade (unreleased but leaked and playable on MAME)

Retail

Commercial

Duckstation (PS1), Ares / RMG (N64)

N/A

Duckstation Netplay / Arkadyzja (PS1), RMG (N64)

Another Midway attempt to compete on the 3D fighting field. It was originally planned as an Arcade game but that version was cancelled, yet a prototype was leaked and it’s playable on MAME. I honestly don’t know what version is the best one from a competitive perspective

Bishibashi Touhou

びしばし東方

Aka

2016 (09/06)

Windows

Download (zip file)

N/A

Doujin

Freeware

N/A

1.5

LilithPort / Parsec

See official website

2D Fighter Maker 2nd game. 1v1 2D fighter with Touhou characters on a sketchy visual style. Simplified inputs. NES/FC style remix of classic Touhou songs. It’s cute

Bishōjo Senshi Lady Fighter

美少女戦士LADY FIGHTER

SPRITE

1993 (??/??)

X68000

Floppy Disk

N/A

Doujin

Freeware

MAME, XM6 or px68k-libretro for RetroArch

N/A

Parsec

N/A

A spin off of sorts of Moon Fighter but with original characters. Another pioneer of doujin fighting games. Website links are dead but the game is on MAME’s X68000 Software List

Bishōjo Senshi Moon Fighter

美少女戦士ムーンファイター

SPRITE

1993 (??/??)

X68000

Floppy Disk

N/A

Doujin

Freeware

MAME, XM6 or px68k-libretro for RetroArch

Bishōjo Senshi Super Moon Fighter DX

N/A

Parsec

N/A

First entry. 1v 2D fighter based on Sailor Moon. Very early doujin that with Sailor V made a big impression. Interesting considering it’s an indie from 1993. Website links are dead but the game is on MAME’s X68000 Software List. Next update is “Bishōjo Senshi Super Moon Fighter”

Bishōjo Senshi Sailor Moon S

美少女戦士セーラームーンS

TOSE / Bandai

1995 (03/17)

3DO

N/A

Retail

Commercial

Phoenix / Opera (RetroArch)

N/A

Parsec

N/A

1v1 2D fighter made by TOSE but inspired by the SNES games (most of the special moves are the same). Uses 2D sprites made in cels instead of dotart. It’s mediocre and super slow but still way better than the PS1/SS game. Same team did the “Yu Yu Hakusho” 3DO game

Bishōjo Senshi Sailor Moon S: Jōgai Rantō!? Shuyaku Sōdatsusen

美少女戦士セーラームーンS: 場外乱闘!? 主役争奪戦

Arc System Works / Angel Studios

1994 (12/16)

Super Nintendo

Cartridge (20Mbit)

N/A

Retail

Commercial

Ares

Bishōjo Senshi Sailor Moon Super S: Shin Shuyaku Sōdatsu-sen

N/A

Fightcade

N/A

New Challenger

Yep, almost everything you’ve heard about this fantastic game is true. That Sailor Moon fighting game with a worldwide scene and tournaments. The Super S update is NOT played by the community. Big Zam Edition is the most used QoL romhack, and it’s also on Fightcade

Bishōjo Senshi Sailor Moon SuperS: Shin Shuyaku Sōdatsusen

美少女戦士セーラームーンSuperS 真・主役争奪戦

Angel Studios

1996 (03/08)

PlayStation

N/A

Retail

Commercial

Duckstation

Bishōjo Senshi Sailor Moon SuperS: Various Emotion

N/A

Duckstation Netplay / Arkadyzja

N/A

To think that this was made by some of the same staff of the SNES games is surreal. Absolutely abismal 1v1 2D fighter with pre-render sprites. The Saturn version was released 10 months later and it’s more like an update than a port

Bishōjo Senshi Sailor Moon SuperS: Various Emotion

美少女戦士セーラームーンSuperS Various Emotion

Angel Studios

1996 (11/29)

Sega Saturn

N/A

Retail

Commercial

Mednafen

N/A

RetroArch (Beetle Saturn, rollback) / Mednafen (delay)

N/A

Update to the PS1 game that jumped to Saturn with more moves and “”balance tweaks””, I guess. It’s still terrible

Bishōjo Senshi Sailor Moon SuperS: Zen'in Sanka!! Shuyaku Sōdatsu-sen

美少女戦士セーラームーンスーパー S: 全員参加!! 主役争奪戦

Angel Studios

1996 (03/29)

Super Nintendo

Cartridge (24Mbit)

N/A

Retail

Commercial

Ares

N/A

Fightcade

N/A

New Challenger

Update to the first SNES game that was NOT made by Arcsys and was sadly fucked up, for example Sailor Saturn was added but she is totally broken because her kicks are unblockeable (!!). More info about the changes in the New Challenger wiki. It’s still playable

Bishōjo Senshi Sailor V

美少女戦士セーラーV

DK Software Kaihatsu

1993 (??/??)

X68000

Floppy Disk

N/A

Doujin

Commercial

MAME, XM6 or px68k-libretro for RetroArch

Bishōjo Senshi Sailor V Final

N/A

Parsec

N/A

First entry. 1v1 2D fighter based on Sailor Moon. The very first game by DK Software of Cardhunter Sakura, Battlematic Maiden and Maribato fame. Super important piece of work in the history of indie fighting games. Three characters: Moon, Mercury and Mars

Bishōjo Senshi Sailor V Final

美少女戦士セーラーV Final

DK Software Kaihatsu

1995 (??/??)

X68000

Floppy Disk

N/A

Doujin

Commercial

MAME, XM6 or px68k-libretro for RetroArch

N/A

Parsec

N/A

Third and final entry on X68000. New characters (13 in total), rebalance and complete overhaul of the menu and UI. Still very impressive for that era

Bishōjo Senshi Sailor V Version 2

美少女戦士セーラーV Version 2

DK Software Kaihatsu

1994 (??/??)

X68000

Floppy Disk

N/A

Doujin

Commercial

MAME, XM6 or px68k-libretro for RetroArch

Bishōjo Senshi Sailor V Final

N/A

Parsec

N/A

Second entry. Update with new characters

Bishōjo Senshi Super Moon Fighter

美少女戦士スーパームーンファイター

SPRITE

1994 (??/??)

X68000

Floppy Disk

Win

Doujin

Freeware

MAME, XM6 or px68k-libretro for RetroArch

Bishōjo Senshi Super Moon Fighter DX

N/A

Parsec

N/A

Second entry after “Bishōjo Senshi Moon Fighter”. Update with new characters. Available for download at the official website but it’s also on MAME’s X68000 Software List. Also has a Windows port that is NOT on the official website, was made by another team and it’s hard to find

Bishōjo Senshi Super Moon Fighter DX

美少女戦士スーパームーンファイターDX

Chinchilla Soft House

2012 (12/19)

Windows

Download (zip file)

N/A

Doujin

Commercial

N/A

Version 1.11

Parsec

DLSite entry

N/A

Fourth and final entry released 17 years later and now for Windows, made by another team but with the bless from the original devs (Chinchilla is also a veteran doujin group). Same characters from “X” but with better gameplay, new voice acting and visual effects. Has a demo

Bishōjo Senshi Super Moon Fighter X

美少女戦士スーパームーンファイターX

SPRITE

1995 (??/??)

X68000

Floppy Disk

N/A

Doujin

Freeware

MAME, XM6 or px68k-libretro for RetroArch

Bishōjo Senshi Super Moon Fighter DX

1.11

Parsec

N/A

Third entry. 20 characters in total (18 + 2 hidden, Saturn and Tuxedo Kamen can be unlocked by finish the game on normal and hard respectively). Website links are dead but the game is on MAME’s X68000 Software List. Works fine on MAME. Next update is “DX”

Black Belt Challenge

Lost Boys Games

2002 (10/18)

Game Boy Advance

Cartridge

N/A

Retail

Commercial

mGBA

N/A

Parsec for mGBA (use two instances of the emulator opened), VBA-M (netplay)

1v1 2D fighter made by a team later renamed Guerrilla (yes, the team of Killzone/Horizon). Has an interesting mix of air combos that makes your rival go to the sky and fights there like DBZ fighters. The spritework it’s pretty decent. Hidden poverty gem depending on your taste

Black Heart, The (original)

Andrés Borghi

2009 (10/31)

Windows

Download (zip file)

N/A

Indie

Freeware

N/A

Black Heart, The (Steam version)

1.2.1

Parsec

1v1 2D fighter made in MUGEN, and a legendary one. Developed in Argentina by a single dev and based on an indie horror movie made by him. Original characters, gory but not in bad taste. This version is still freeware because MUGEN doesn’t have a commercial licence

Black Heart, The (Steam)

Andrés Borghi

2021 (10/21)

Windows

Download (Steam)

N/A

Indie

Commercial

N/A

Parsec / Steam Remote

Update moved to Ikemen Go+ with a commercial licence. New engine, rebalance, new stages, new illustrations, arranged soundtrack and a new hidden character called Janos. Still no netplay but Ikemen Go have its own native netcode, maybe an update/fan hack in the future?

Black Hole Assault

ブラックホールアサルト

Micronet

1992 (10/15)

Sega CD

PC-Engine

Retail

Commercial

Genesis Plus GX or Ares (Sega CD), Mednafen (PCE)

N/A

Mednafen or RetroArch (both Sega CD and PCE)

N/A

1v1 2D fighter with robots. Sequel of Heavy Nova who was a single player experience. Stages are endless, so there are no corners. Pretty basic and barebones sadly. It seems the Sega CD version is slightly better over the PCE port

Black Salt Coreuption

Ratti Entertainment

2019 (03/28)

Windows

Download (Steam)

N/A

Indie

Commercial

N/A

Early access ver

Parsec / Steam Remote

N/A

1v1 3D arena fighter. One of those games on eternal “early access” that it seems it was abandoned (last dev update was on july 2019) so let’s say this is finished for now. A Switch version was announced, no info about that. Too bad, it’s decent and has potential

Blacklight

ブラックライト

Okaemon

2022 (12/29)

Windows

Download (Steam)

N/A

Doujin

Commercial

N/A

v1.1.6

Original game netcode

Very poverty but interesting 1v1 2D fighter. Received constant updates until June 2025. Rollback netcode. It seems the wiki is being maintained by the dev himself

Blade

Kenjiro Iwase

2001 (??/??)

Windows

Download (zip file)

N/A

Doujin

Freeware

N/A

Parsec

N/A

1v1 3D weapon based fighter. Made by a single dev for the Digital Entertainment Academy in Japan. Game has been miraculously saved by Wayback Machine. Can be a little tricky to run on modern systems

Blade Arcus from Shining

ブレードアークスフロムシャイニング

Sega / Studio Saizensen

2014 (11/05)

Arcade (Sega RingEdge 2)

HDD

N/A

Retail

Commercial

Jconfig

Blade Arcus Rebellion from Shining

2.0

Parsec

N/A

First entry. 1v1 2.5D fighter with assist. Technically a 2v2 but you don’t need to change your character in the next fight. Based on the Shining franchise of RPGs by Sega. Jconfig is the only way to play the vanilla game outside the arcades

Blade Arcus from Shining EX

ブレードアークスフロムシャイニングEX

Sega / Studio Saizensen

2015 (11/26)

PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4

Blu Ray

Steam

Retail

Commercial

RPCS3 (PS3)

Blade Arcus Rebellion from Shining

2.1EX

Original game netcode / Parsec / Steam Remote

Second entry. New characters/rebalance. Ported to Steam as “Blade Arcus from Shining: Battle Arena” but it’s the same game. Unstable delay based netcode so you may try Parsec/Steam Remote. Doesn’t work on RPCN. Has a loyal/active scene compared to Rebellion

Blade Arcus Rebellion from Shining

ブレードアークスリベリオンフロムシャイニング

Sega / Studio Saizensen

2019 (03/14)

PlayStation 4, Switch

Blu Ray, Game Card, download

N/A

Retail

Commercial

Yuzu / Ryujinx (Switch)

N/A

1.0.1

Yuzu/Ryujinx / Parsec

N/A

Third and final entry. Console/Japan only update with new chars/rebalance. Switch version is playable on Yuzu / Ryujinx without any noticeable issues. Almost no scene, Japan avoided it too because there’s no arcade version. Blade Strangers is a totally different game

Blade Strangers

ブレードストレンジャーズ

Nicalis / Studio Saizensen

2018 (08/08)

Arcade (Sega APM2)

HDD (download from official Sega APM2 servers)

APM3, Switch, PS4, Steam

Retail

Commercial

Yuzu / Ryujinx (Switch)

N/A

2.0.3 (AC)

Original game netcode / Parsec / Steam Remote

1v1 2D fighter and crossover of multiple indie/doujin characters. Arcade version was moved from APM2 to APM3 in 2019 but it’s the same game. Delay based netcode

Blade Symphony

Puny Human

2014 (05/07)

Windows

Download (Steam)

N/A

Indie

Commercial (F2P)

N/A

Patch 3

Original game netcode

Steam community guide

1v1 or 2v2 3D arena fighter, swordfighting based. Dev studio closed in 2023 so don’t expect updates. It was later made into free to play

Blader Crisis

ブレイダークライシス

Team FK? / Famicom Runners High

Unknown

Windows

Download (lzh file)

N/A

Doujin

Freeware

N/A

Parsec

See official website

2D Fighter Maker 95 game. 1v1 2D fighter with a medieval fantasy setting. Seems that was made by Team FK and was hosted on this site (has the main protagonist from Fighters Kyodotai as a guest). Archive.org didn’t save the game but Vysethedetermined2 has a backup

Blades of Crossed Hearts

Owen CMYK

2025 (in development)

Windows

Download (Steam)

N/A

Indie

Commercial

N/A

Demo

Parsec / Steam Remote

N/A

1v1 2.5D fighter. Described by the dev as “an angsty anime character action fighting game taking inspiration from Marvel vs Capcom and the Devil May Cry series”. Still in development but has a playable demo on Steam since 2024

Blades of Gory

Fortcullis Games

2019 (12/02)

Windows

Download (Steam)

N/A

Indie

Commercial

N/A

Parsec / Steam Remote

N/A

1v1 or 3v3 2D fighter with 8-bit style dotart and medieval fantasy setting. 8 characters. No online

Blandia

ブランディア

Allumer

1992 (??/??)

Arcade (SSV System)

ROM board

FM Towns, PC-9801. Arcade emulation on Switch and PS4 in Arcade Archives

Retail

Commercial

MAME / FBNeo (Arcade), Neko Project II (PC-98)

N/A

Fightcade (Arcade) / Parsec (FM Towns, PC-9801)

N/A

StrategyWiki

A very early attempt at a weapon based fighter after Street Fighter II (and before Samsho!). A meme game in some communities. Released on Switch and PS4 as part of Arcade Archives by Hamster without online modes

BlayzBloo: Super Melee Brawlers Battle Royale

ぶれいぶるー　-バトル×バトル- (BlazBlue -BattlexBattle-)

Arc System Works

2010 (01/27)

Nintendo DSi (DSiWare)

Download

N/A

Retail

Commercial

melonDS

BlazBlue: Clone Phantasma

N/A

Parsec (use two to four instances of the emulator opened)

N/A

Spin-off. First version of a very simple yet cute 3D/arena fighter in the BlazBlue universe. DSiWare download services ended on march 31 2017, so emulation/piracy is your only way these days

BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger

ブレイブルーカラミティ・トリガー

Arc System Works

2008 (11/20)

Arcade (Taito Type X2)

HDD

PS3, Xbox 360, PSP, Windows, Steam, Game Now

Retail

Commercial

Jconfig / TeknoParrot (Arcade), RCPS3 (PS3), PPSSPP (PSP)

BlazBlue: Central Fiction

N/A

Original game netcode / Parsec

First entry in this classic and popular Arcsys franchise. It’s definitely a messy experience to play these days because it’s super broken. Windows/Steam version is a mediocre port with a lot of issues. Parsec will probably work better for netplay

BlazBlue: Central Fiction

ブレイブルーセントラルフィクション

Arc System Works

2015 (11/19)

Arcade (NESiCAxLive)

HDD (download from official NESiCAxLive servers)

PS3, PS4, Steam, Switch

Retail

Commercial

Jconfig / TeknoParrot (Arcade), RPCS3 (PS3), Yuzu / Ryujinx (Switch)

N/A

ver2104

Original game netcode

Seventh entry and the latest BlazBlue update (Cross Tag Battle is a spin-off and a totally different game). 2.0 added Jubei. Steam received rollback netcode update on march 8 2022, also it was optimized and jumped from 50GB to 18GB in size (!!). Very active community

BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma

ブレイブルークロノファンタズマ

Arc System Works

2012 (11/21)

Arcade (NESiCAxLive)

HDD (download from official NESiCAxLive servers)

PS3, PSV

Retail

Commercial

Jconfig / TeknoParrot (Arcade), RPCS3 (PS3), Vita3k (PSV)

BlazBlue: Central Fiction

N/A

Original game netcode / Parsec

Fifth entry. Infamous in the community because Kokonoe was a nightmare with unblockeable stuff and was banned in some locals worldwide

BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma Extend

ブレイブルークロノファンタズマエクステンド

Arc System Works

2014 (10/09)

Arcade (NESiCAxLive)

HDD (download from official NESiCAxLive servers)

PS3, PS4, Xbox One, PSV, Steam

Retail

Commercial

Jconfig / TeknoParrot (Arcade), RPCS3 (PS3), Vita3k (PSV)

BlazBlue: Central Fiction

N/A

Original game netcode / Parsec

Sixth entry

BlazBlue: Clone Phantasma

ぶれいぶるーくろーんふぁんたずま

Arc System Works

2012 (12/26)

Nintendo DSi (DSiWare)

Download

N/A

Retail

Commercial

melonDS

N/A

Parsec (use two to four instances of the emulator opened)

N/A

Spin-off. Second version and sequel to Super Melee Brawlers Battle Royale. DSiWare download services ended on march 31 2017, so emulation/piracy is your only way these days. No idea if there’s an alternative NWFC server for this game

BlazBlue: Continuum Shift

ブレイブルーコンティニュアム・シフト

Arc System Works

2009 (11/20)

Arcade (Taito Type X2)

HDD

PS3, Xbox 360

Retail

Commercial

RPCS3 (PS3)

BlazBlue: Central Fiction

N/A

Original game netcode / Parsec

Second entry and a much more polished experience. Good memories of this version. Xbox 360 version runs with issues on Xenia so I don’t recommend it

BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Extend

ブレイブルーコンティニュアム・シフトエクステンド

Arc System Works

2011 (12/17)

Arcade (NESiCAxLive)

HDD (download from official NESiCAxLive servers)

PS3, Xbox 360, PSV, PSP, Steam

Retail

Commercial

Jconfig / TeknoParrot (Arcade), RPCS3 (PS3), PPSSPP (PSP), Vita3k (PSV)

BlazBlue: Central Fiction

N/A

Original game netcode / Parsec

Fourth entry and the first of the maligned “Extend” versions. It was released on physical media on consoles so I count these versions as separated entities. Xbox 360 version runs with issues on Xenia so I don’t recommend it

BlazBlue: Continuum Shift II

ブレイブルーコンティニュアム・シフトツー

Arc System Works

2010 (12/09)

Arcade (NESiCAxLive)

HDD (download from official NESiCAxLive servers)

PSP, Nintendo 3DS

Retail

Commercial

Jconfig / TeknoParrot (Arcade), PPSSPP (PSP), Citra (3DS)

BlazBlue: Central Fiction

N/A

Original game netcode / Parsec

Third entry. Supposedly an arcade-only update, it was later released on both PSP and an unexpected Nintendo 3DS port. It was the very first game released on NESiCAxLive

BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle

ブレイブルークロスタッグバトル

Arc System Works

2018 (05/31)

Switch, PS4, Steam

Blu Ray, Game Card, download

Arcade (NESiCAxLive 2), Amazon Luna, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S

Retail

Commercial

Jconfig / TeknoParrot (Arcade)

N/A

2.0

Original game netcode

Spin-off and only BlazBlue on name. 2v2 with characters from Blazblue, Persona 4 Arena, Under Night In-Birth and RWBY. DLC added characters from Akatsuki Blitzkampf, Arcana Heart and Senran Kagura. Has rollback netcode. Arcade version was released after consoles

Blazing Fighter

JungleTac

2010 (??/??)

SPG293 Lexibook

MicroSD

N/A

Retail

Commercial

emu293

N/A

Parsec

N/A

1v1 2D fighter for the Lexibook console with pre render characters, with moves stolen from KOF. Very slow. There’s an emulator for that platform called emu293, and it has been confirmed that the game works, but I haven’t tested myself

Blazing Strike

RareBreed Makes Games

2024 (10/17)

Windows, PS4, PS5, Switch

Download

N/A

Indie

Commercial

N/A

Original game netcode

N/A

1v1 2D fighter, inspired by a more “old school” type of gameplay and character design. Was on development hell for years, finally was released in october 2024… and was a disappointment to me, but give it a try anyway

Blazing Worldstars

Bloodrune Entertainment

In development

Windows

Download (Steam)

N/A

Indie

Commercial

N/A

Alpha Demo v0.3.6

Parsec

N/A

1v1 2D fighter with furries inspired in more traditional Capcom/SNK style of gameplay. It was dead for a long time until development resumed in 2024. Has a generous playable demo with 5 characters. Demo has no native netplay. No release date yet

Bleach GC: Tasogare Ni Mamieru Shinigami

BLEACH GC 黄昏にまみえる死神

Polygon Magic

2005 (12/08)

Gamecube

Gamecube Game Disc

N/A

Retail

Commercial

Dolphin

N/A

Dolphin

N/A

1v1 3D fighter. Exclusive for Gamecube. Has a sequel on Wii released in the US called “Bleach: Shattered Blade” but obligatory uses the Wiimote sensors so it’s out of the database. If you know how to play that version with normal controls tell me

Bleach Rebirth of Souls

Tamsoft Corporation

2025 (03/20)

Win, PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X/S

Download, Blu Ray

N/A

Retail

Commercial

N/A

1.0

Original game netcode (delay based) / Parsec / Steam Remote

N/A

1v1 3D arena fighter based on Bleach after a long, looong time. Overall reception of the game has been kinda negative. Seems that the Steam version has a lot of bugs. Delay based netcode

Bleach: Blade Battlers

BLEACH〜ブレイド・バトラーズ〜

Racjin

2006 (10/12)

PlayStation 2

DVD

N/A

Retail

Commercial

PCSX2

Bleach: Blade Battlers 2nd

N/A

Parsec

First entry. 1v1 3D arena fighter

Bleach: Blade Battlers 2nd

BLEACH～ブレイド・バトラーズ２ｎｄ～

Racjin

2007 (09/27)

PlayStation 2

DVD

N/A

Retail

Commercial

PCSX2

N/A

Parsec

Second and final entry. According to Wikipedia: “specials attacks have been changed into special forms, resulting in the altering of area obstacles such as random attacks from summonings, shifting the area, etc”

Bleach: Dark Souls

BLEACH DS 2nd 黒衣ひらめく鎮魂歌 (Bleach DS 2nd Kokui Hirameku Requiem)

Treasure

2007 (02/15)

Nintendo DS

Game Card

N/A

Retail

Commercial

melonDS

N/A

melonDS with NWFC alternative server or with Parsec by using two to four instances of the emulator opened

@wiki (in japanese)

Second entry. Probably the best exclusive Nintendo DS fighting game imho. Has a scene in the west with an alternative NWFC server dedicated for this game. Mizuumi has a wiki but the japanese @wiki is way superior. Bleach DS 3rd and 4th are NOT fighting games

Bleach: Heat the Soul

BLEACH：ヒート・ザ・ソウル

Eighting

2005 (03/24)

PlayStation Portable

UMD

N/A

Retail

Commercial

PPSSPP

Bleach: Heat the Soul 7

N/A

PPSSPP

The beginning of this long PSP exclusive arena fighter franchise. Started with only six characters!

Bleach: Heat the Soul 2

BLEACH：ヒート・ザ・ソウル2

Eighting

2005 (09/01)

PlayStation Portable

UMD

N/A

Retail

Commercial

PPSSPP

Bleach: Heat the Soul 7

N/A

PPSSPP

12 characters

Bleach: Heat the Soul 3

BLEACH：ヒート・ザ・ソウル3

Eighting

2006 (07/20)

PlayStation Portable

UMD

N/A

Retail

Commercial

PPSSPP

Bleach: Heat the Soul 7

N/A

PPSSPP

34 characters

Bleach: Heat the Soul 4

BLEACH：ヒート・ザ・ソウル4

Eighting

2007 (05/24)

PlayStation Portable

UMD

N/A

Retail

Commercial

PPSSPP

Bleach: Heat the Soul 7

N/A

PPSSPP

51 characters

Bleach: Heat the Soul 5

BLEACH：ヒート・ザ・ソウル5

Eighting

2008 (05/15)

PlayStation Portable

UMD

N/A

Retail

Commercial

PPSSPP

Bleach: Heat the Soul 7

N/A

PPSSPP

Has a new tag battle mode and a demo

Bleach: Heat the Soul 6

BLEACH：ヒート・ザ・ソウル6

Eighting

2009 (05/14)

PlayStation Portable

UMD

N/A

Retail

Commercial

PPSSPP

Bleach: Heat the Soul 7

N/A

PPSSPP

N/A

74 characters. Had a downloadable version

Bleach: Heat the Soul 7

BLEACH：ヒート・ザ・ソウル7

Eighting

2010 (09/02)

PlayStation Portable

UMD, Download (PSN)

N/A

Retail

Commercial

PPSSPP

N/A

PPSSPP

Burning Heart Neo (in japanese)

The last entry. 84 characters in total!! and a new 4 players mode. Had a downloadable version. Has an english fantranslation and a community in PPSSPP forums. The second best Bleach fighting game after Dark Souls imho

Bleach: The Blade of Fate

BLEACH DS 蒼天に駆ける運命 (Bleach DS Souten ni Kakeru Unmei)

Treasure

2006 (01/26)

Nintendo DS

Game Card

N/A

Retail

Commercial

melonDS

Bleach: Dark Souls

N/A

Parsec (use two to four instances of the emulator opened)

N/A

First entry. An amazing 4 players FFA fighting game based on Bleach, and in a way kind of a spiritual sequel to Treasure’s Yu Yu Hakusho fighting game. The sequel is way better

Bleach: Versus Crusade

BLEACH バーサス・クルセイド

Treasure

2008 (12/18)

Wii

DVD

N/A

Retail

Commercial

Dolphin

N/A

Dolphin

N/A

4 players arena fighter. Unlike Shattered Blade you can use a Gamecube controller to play it without the Wiimote stuff. Had native netplay but Wii online services ended on may 20th 2014. Hasn’t been tested on Wiimmfi. Has an english fantranslation

BlindSight: Event Zero

Think2wice Studios

In development

Windows

Download (Itch.io)

N/A

Indie

Commercial?

N/A

1.05a

Parsec

Itch.io entry

N/A

6 players 2.5D platform fighter that plays on teams like “3 versus 3 assist based game-type”. Has a free “Alpha Demo”. Rollback is in development. Dev has been totally silent since july 2024 and I’m starting to think this was abandoned, hope it’s not the case

Blitzard

Usagi Jumbo

2018 (03/27)

Windows

Download (zip file)

N/A

Doujin

Commercial

N/A

2022/07/11 update

Original game netcode? / Parsec

DLSite entry

N/A

1v1 2D fighter with an all-female original cast. Uses the same engine as “Showdown!” but it’s full 2D. Has direct IP delay netcode (seems to be the same as “Showdown!” so expect probably a really old and rusty online experience). On sale at DLSite at 1320 yen. Has a demo

Blood of Patriots

12 to 6 Studios

2018 (02/17)

Windows

Download (Steam)

Android, iOS

Indie

Commercial

N/A

Parsec

N/A

Another one of those bad fighting games based on US politicians. Kind of mind-blowing that those guys did Battle Craze later

Blood Warrior

大江戸ファイト (Ooedo Fight)

Atop / Kaneko

1994 (07/??)

Arcade (Kaneko AX System)

ROM board

N/A

Retail

Commercial

MAME / FBNeo

N/A

Fightcade

N/A

Spiritual sequel to Shogun Warriors, but this time with digitized characters and a lot of blood and gore like Mortal Kombat. It’s a funny one. Probably this had some influence on Jackie Chan’s Kaneko fighters?. Has another “spiritual sequel” called Goku Densetsu on PS1

BloodStorm

Incredible Technologies

1994 (??/??)

Arcade (IT/Strata 32-bit)

ROM board

N/A

Retail

Commercial

MAME / FBNeo

N/A

Fightcade

N/A

Basically a spiritual sequel to Time Killers by the same company. Goofy and edgy as fuck weapon based 1v1. Mostly better known for the controversy surrounded Johnny Cage’s actor from MK1/2 on an ad for this game than the game itself

Bloody Cross (2003 Windows closed demo)

혈십자 FC (Hyeolsipja FC)

Byulbram / Dogma-G

2003 (??/??)

Windows

HDD (originally not available for download)

GP2X Caanoo, iOS, Android

Retail

Commercial

N/A

Asura Cross

N/A

Parsec

N/A

Not a legit public demo but a closed doors test showed in Germany that was leaked, so it belongs here. 1v1 2D fighter made in South Korea. More info on the unreleased/cancelled section. Could be a pain the ass to run on modern hardware, but it’s playable

Bloody Roar

Eighting / Hudson Soft

1997 (07/07)

Arcade (Sony ZN-1 variant)

ROM board

PS3 (Game Archives), PSV (Game Archives)

Retail

Commercial

Duckstation / Mednafen

N/A

PS1 version

Duckstation Netplay / Arkadyzja

First entry of this classic 3D fighting game with warriors who transforms into beasts. Was released for PS3 and PS Vita on Game Archives. Arcade game is known as “Beastorizer” and has different balance. Known in Japan and Europe as “Bloody Roar: Hyper Beast Duel”

Bloody Roar 3

Eighting / Hudson Soft

2000 (12/13)

Arcade (Namco System 246)

DVD

PS2

Retail

Commercial

PCSX2X6 (Arcade), PCSX2 (PS2)

N/A

Parsec

Third entry and the last one on arcades. Has a small but loyal scene in Japan and Vietnam. Arcade version is playable on the fork PCSX2X6. Has a SuperCombo wiki but the japanese one is way superior

Bloody Roar 4

Eighting / Hudson Soft

2003 (11/11)

PlayStation 2

DVD

N/A

Retail

Commercial

PCSX2

N/A

Parsec

Sixth entry… yeah, I know, it’s confusing as fuck but here we are. The last Bloody Roar for now, and a divisive one for the community. Still a fun game

Bloody Roar Extreme

Eighting / Hudson Soft

2002 (04/27)

Gamecube

Gamecube Game Disc

N/A

Retail

Commercial

Dolphin

N/A

Dolphin

Technically the fifth entry… and this needs an explanation: it’s the japanese Gamecube version of Primal Fury, but it was heavily rebalanced and it’s -the- version the community plays, not Primal Fury. Read the Mizuumi FAQ for more info, it’s a mess

Bloody Roar II: The New Breed

Eighting / Hudson Soft

1998 (09/10)

Arcade (Sony ZN-1 variant)

ROM board

PS3 (Game Archives), PSV (Game Archives)

Retail

Commercial

Duckstation / Mednafen

N/A

Duckstation Netplay / Arkadyzja

Second entry and the most popular, especially in third world countries who still has a ravish competitive scene. Some of them plays with the “Any Cancel Point in Custom Mode” option enabled, that depends on your community. On PS3/Vita on Game Archives

Bloody Roar: Primal Fury

Eighting / Hudson Soft

2002 (03/19)

Gamecube

Gamecube Game Disc

Xbox

Retail

Commercial

PCSX2 (PS2)

Bloody Roar Extreme

N/A

Parsec

N/A

Fourth entry (confusing, I know). It was originally going to be a Gamecube exclusive but it was released on Xbox a year later. Avoided by the community because of how sidestepping works. Xbox version playable on Xemu with some issues. Extreme is NOT the same game

Blue Breaker Burst: Bishou o Anata to

BLUE BREAKER BURST 〜微笑みを貴方と〜

HuneX

1998 (07/23)

PlayStation

PS3 (Game Archives), PSP (Game Archives), PSV (Game Archives)

Retail

Commercial

Duckstation / Mednafen

Blue Breaker Burst: Egao no Asuni

N/A

Duckstation Netplay / Arkadyzja

Kakuge.info (in japanese)

First entry. 1v1 3D fighter and a spin-off of the Blue Breaker RPG game, originally released on PC-FX

Blue Breaker Burst: Egao no Asuni

BLUE BREAKER BURST 〜笑顔の明日に〜

HuneX

1998 (09/10)

PlayStation

PS3 (Game Archives), PSP (Game Archives), PSV (Game Archives)

Retail

Commercial

Duckstation / Mednafen

N/A

Duckstation Netplay / Arkadyzja

Kakuge.info (in japanese)

Second entry released only a month and a half after the first one because supposedly it has the “part two” of the extensive story mode. More characters too

Blue Mischief

ブルーミスチーフ

Rubia Team Wing

2010 (??/??)

Windows

N/A

Doujin

Commercial

N/A

Parsec

N/A

2D platform fighter. A project that started way back in 2002, the final and “complete” retail version was released in 2010. Up to 6 players, which is unusual for a Doujin fighting game. Has a demo

Blueblood Arena

Team Blueblood

2026 (05/15)

Windows

Download (Steam)

N/A

Indie

Commercial

N/A

Steam release

Original game netcode

N/A

1v1 2D figher with animals. One of the devs made “Among Us Arena”. Has rollback netcode

Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo: Bakutō Hajike Taisen

ボボボーボ・ボーボボ爆闘ハジケ大戦

Hudson Soft

2004 (09/09)

Game Boy Advance

Cartridge

N/A

Retail

Commercial

mGBA

N/A

Parsec for mGBA (use two instances of the emulator opened), VBA-M (netplay)

1v1 2D platform fighter based on this anime franchise

Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo: Dasshutsu!! Hajike Royale

ボボボーボ・ボーボボ　脱出!!ハジケ・ロワイアル

Hudson Soft

2005 (03/17)

Gamecube

Gamecube Game Disc

N/A

Retail

Commercial

Dolphin

N/A

Dolphin

N/A

4 players arena fighter

Body Blows

Team17

1993 (03/??)

Amiga, MS-DOS

Floppy Disk

N/A

Retail

Commercial

FS-UAE (Amiga), DOSBox-X (MS-DOS)

Ultimate Body Blows

Enhanced Version

FS-UAE / Parsec

N/A

First entry. The beginning of probably the most popular fighting game on Amiga computers. Has an update patch only available for a fee to owners of the retail version that makes the game faster and the bosses playable

Body Blows (Amiga AGA version)

Team17

1994 (??/??)

Amiga

Floppy Disk

N/A

Retail

Commercial

FS-UAE

N/A

FS-UAE / Parsec

N/A

Fourth entry. Released AFTER Ultimate Body Blows. Remake of the first one with elements of Ultimate exclusive for Amiga models with AGA chipset. It’s way different, like a spin-off, so it’s another entity to my eyes. Ultimate Body Blows is the one with a community though

Body Blows Galactic

Team17

1993 (??/??)

Amiga

Floppy Disk

N/A

Retail

Commercial

FS-UAE (Amiga), DOSBox-X (MS-DOS)

Ultimate Body Blows

N/A

FS-UAE / Parsec

N/A

Second entry. Exclusive to Amiga. Check Ultimate Body Blows, the third entry, for the one with a community/scene

Bōgyaku Kangoku ～Rape Simulator～

暴虐姦獄～レイプシミュレータ～

StudioS

2011 (08/14)

Windows

CD / Download

N/A

Doujin

Commercial

N/A

LilithPort / Parsec

N/A

Yep, exactly what you read. 2D Fighter Maker 2nd game. 1v1 2D fighter. I like some StudioS games but man… nope, disgusting shit. Has a demo on DLSite

Boku no Hero Academia: Battle for All

僕のヒーローアカデミアバトル・フォー・オール

Dimps / Bandai Namco

2016 (05/19)

Nintendo 3DS

Game Card

N/A

Retail

Commercial

Citra

N/A

Citra

N/A

A very average 1v1 3D arena fighter with assists based on the anime. Released only in Japan so the official name is “Boku no Hero” and no “My Hero”. Save file with all characters unlocked available at GBATemp. Franchise continued with “My Hero One's Justice”

Booby Tales

Bigwheel

Unknown (before 2003?)

Windows

Download (EXE installer)

N/A

Doujin

Freeware

N/A

LilithPort / Parsec

N/A

2D Fighter Maker 95 game. Colorful character designs

Boombots

The Neverhood

1999 (12/02)

PlayStation

N/A

Retail

Commercial

Duckstation / Mednafen

N/A

Duckstation Netplay / Arkadyzja

N/A

1v1 3D arena fighter with some platform elements made by the same staff of The Neverhood and Skullmonkeys

Botsu March

miyahko06

Unknown (before 2006?)

Windows

Download (zip file)

N/A

Doujin

Freeware

N/A

Steel March

N/A

LilithPort / Parsec

Manual (Archive.org backup, in japanese)

1v1 2D fighter with robots. Only two characters and made in three months when the dev was very young. Has a sort of sequel called Steel March

Botsutte Fighter

ボツってファイター

Retzusan Games

2002 (08/07)

Windows

Download (zip file)

N/A

Doujin

Freeware

N/A

Parsec

N/A

2D Fighter Maker 95 game. 1v1 2D fighter that, according to the website, has “all the rejected characters from past (pre-2002) Retsuzan games on a single game”. Game was saved by Archive.org

Bounces

Denton Designs

1986 (??/??)

Commodore 64

Cassette

ZX Spectrum

Retail

Commercial

Denise / VICE

N/A

Parsec

N/A

A surprisingly cool and unique 1v1 that mix basic sword fighting with… Pong. Trust me, it’s super fun and has a cool main theme song. The ZX Spectrum port is definitely worse

Bounty Battle

Merge Games

2020 (09/10)

PlayStation 4, Switch

Download

N/A

Retail

Commercial

Yuzu / Ryujinx (Switch)

N/A

v1.0.2

Parsec

N/A

4 players platform fighter with characters from different indie games such as Guacamelee, Darkest Dungeon, Dead Cells and Psychonauts 2. Sadly the game bombed hard and was overall a disappointment. Runs on Yuzu and Ryujinx without issues

Brader Crisis

ブレイダークライシス

Eikei no Teito

Unknown

Windows

Download (zip file)

N/A

Doujin

Freeware

N/A

Parsec

Official (?) download

N/A

2D Fighter Maker 95 game. 1v1 with a medieval fantasy setting. The so called official website doesn’t have any info about the game (I also check Archive.org) but according to 2D Kakutou Tsukuru Kojintekina Matome that GetUploader link is the “official” download link, so…

Brand New Fight

Liberty Works

2000 (08/11)

Windows

N/A

Doujin

Commercial

N/A

2.11

Parsec

Tanoshii Game no tanoshimi-kata (in japanese)

1v1 2D fighter with ToHeart characters. Kind of ambitious for that era. 2.0 version update was released on both free download patch and physical CD in 2000/12/29

Brawlhalla

Blue Mammoth Games

2017 (10/17)

Windows, PlayStation 4, MacOS

Download (Steam, PSN)

Switch, Xbox One, Android, iOS

Retail

Commercial (F2P)

Yuzu / Ryujinx (Switch)

N/A

8.13

Original game netcode

Wiki.gg

Probably the most successful platform fighter after Smash Bros. Free to play, extremely big playerbase and with a crapton of colaborations. The wikis, both official and unofficial, are not really that great for tech imho

Brawlout

Angry Mob Games

2017 (04/20)

Windows

Download (Steam)

Switch

Retail

Commercial

Yuzu / Ryujinx (Switch)

N/A

2.0

Original game netcode

4 players platform fighter. Has Juan from Guacamelee and Yooka-Laylee as guest characters

Brawlygon

Ynfernosaurus

2025 (in development)

Windows

Download (Steam)

N/A

Indie

Commercial

N/A

Demo

Parsec / Steam Remote

N/A

Universal Fighting Engine game. 1v1 2.5D fighter. Described by the devs as “a stylized, low poly fighting game, with warriors from various eras and worlds”. No online for now. Has a demo

Breakers

ブレイカーズ

Visco Corporation

1996 (12/17)

Arcade (Neogeo MVS)

Cartridge (210Mbit)

Neogeo AES, Neogeo CD, DC (semi-official), PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Steam

Retail

Commercial

MAME / FBNeo

Breakers Revenge Chicago

N/A

Fightcade / Original game netcode (Breakers Collection)

N/A

Breakers Wiki

First entry of this amazing 1v1 by Visco. Known as Crystal Legacy or Tenrin no Syo Chicago in it’s development (check “Unreleased” section for more info). Neogeo CD port has a crazy “Extra Mode” that was later added to Revenge by fans. Included in Breakers Collection

Breakers Collection

ブレイカーズコレクション

QUByte Interactive

2023 (01/12)

PS4, PS5, Switch, Win, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S

Download, Game Card (Switch), Blu Ray (PS4/5)

N/A

Retail

Commercial

Yuzu / Ryujinx (Switch)

Breakers Revenge Chicago

N/A

Original game netcode

Breakers Wiki

Collection made by brazilian company QUByte with Breakers and Breakers Revenge, including rollback netcode (tested by myself, works great) and extras. Has a physical release on Switch and PS4/5. The community is still on Fightcade though

Breakers Revenge

ブレイカーズリベンジ

Visco Corporation

1998 (07/08)

Arcade (Neogeo MVS)

Cartridge (242Mbit)

PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Steam

Retail

Commercial

MAME / FBNeo

Breakers Revenge Chicago

N/A

Fightcade / Original game netcode (Breakers Collection)

N/A

Breakers Wiki

Second entry. Exclusive to MVS for 25 years until it was released on various platforms on Breakers Collection. A hack with Extra Mode exist and it’s on Fightcade. Excellent game with a big online community, especially in latinamerica. Breakers Revenge Chicago is exA only

Breakers Special

ぶれいかぁずすぺしゃる

Hiroshi

Unknown

Windows

Download (EXE installer)

N/A

Doujin

Freeware

N/A

Breakers Special 09

N/A

LilithPort / Parsec

N/A

First entry. 2D Fighter Maker 2nd game. 1v1 2D fighter in a school/street brawler setting. No relation with Breakers/Breakers Revenge by Visco

Breakers Special 09

ぶれいかぁずすぺしゃる09

Hiroshi

2009 (??/??)

Windows

Download (EXE installer)

N/A

Doujin

Freeware

N/A

LilithPort / Parsec

N/A

Fourth and last entry. 21 characters in total and overall a decently solid game at the end

Breakers Special Dash

ぶれいかぁずすぺしゃるダッシュ

Hiroshi

Unknown

Windows

Download (EXE installer)

N/A

Doujin

Freeware

N/A

Breakers Special 09

N/A

LilithPort / Parsec

N/A

Second entry. 2D Fighter Maker 2nd game

Breakers Special Dynamite

ぶれいかぁずすぺしゃるダイナマイト

Hiroshi

Unknown

Windows

Download (EXE installer)

N/A

Doujin

Freeware

N/A

Breakers Special 09

N/A

LilithPort / Parsec

N/A

Third entry. 2D Fighter Maker 2nd game

Breakers Special Max

ぶれいかぁずすぺしゃるまっくす

Hiroshi

2011 (??/??)

Windows

Download (EXE installer)

N/A

Doujin

Freeware

N/A

ver.0.5

LilithPort / Parsec

N/A

True sequel to Breakers Special with sprites made from scratch

BreakThrough!

Xi_works

2007 (??/??)

Windows

Download (zip file)

N/A

Doujin

Freeware

N/A

1.2

LilithPort / Parsec

Manual (Archive.org backup, in japanese)

2D Fighter Maker 2nd game. 1v1 2D fighter with a medieval fantasy setting. Was gonna be a commercial release but the game was abandoned, so even if it says “Trial” it’s basically the final product

Brief Karate Foolish

ブリーフカラテ (Brief Karate)

D.C.S.

2016 (11/18)

Windows

Download (Steam)

N/A

Doujin

Freeware

N/A

2018/07/12 patch

Parsec / Steam Remote

Steam community guide

Probably the best known D.C.S. fighting game in the west. Goofy and charming 1v1 2D fighter with digitized characters, good for some laughs. Free on Steam

Brudal Baddle: The Quest for Talis Ra

Sandbird Software

1994 (??/??)

MS-DOS

Floppy Disk

N/A

Retail

Commercial

DOSBox-X

N/A

Full registered ver

Parsec

N/A

Hilarious 1v1 2D fighter with digitized characters. Has two shareware versions. Fine shitty game, also the music is kind of amazing lol

Brutal Unleashed: Above the Claw

GameTek

1995 (03/01)

32X

Cartridge (24Mbit)

MS-DOS

Retail

Commercial

PicoDrive / Kega Fusion / Ares (32X), DOSBox-X (MS-DOS)

N/A

RetroArch / Parsec

N/A

Second entry. Actually worse in terms of gameplay and framerate, so the fans mostly prefer the first one. Is the MS-DOS version better? if you have some thoughs let me know. Has an unofficial MUGEN “update” called Brutal Remix that made some noise in early 2000s

Brutal: Paws of Fury

GameTek

1994 (10/01)

Sega CD, Genesis

CD / Cartridge (16Mbit)

SNES, Amiga, CD32

Retail

Commercial

BlastEm (Genesis), Genesis Plus GX or Ares (Sega CD)

Brutal Unleashed: Above the Claw

N/A

Fightcade / Mednafen / RetroArch (Fightcade doesn’t support Sega CD games, the rest does)

N/A

First entry. 1v1 with anthropomorphic animals that made some noise in the mid nineties but it’s honestly not good. The scene is more inclined to play the SNES version these days. Localized in Japan as “Animal Buranden Brutal”

Budokan: The Martial Spirit

Electronic Arts

1989 (??/??)

Amiga, MS-DOS

Floppy Disk

Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, Genesis

Retail

Commercial

FS-UAE (Amiga), BlastEm (Genesis)

N/A

Fightcade (Genesis, rollback) / FS-UAE (Amiga, delay)

N/A

Kind of a spiritual sequel to International Karate in some way. The Genesis version seems to be the best, also it’s on Fightcade too

Bukotsu -break away from the rat race-

武骨

Creative Studio Ooji

2022 (in development)

Windows

Download (zip file)

N/A

Doujin

Freeware

N/A

0.7.3

LilithPort / Parsec

N/A

2D Fighter Maker 2nd game. 1v1 2D fighter heavily inspired by early SNK fighting games, especially Fatal Fury Special. “Pilot Version” updates constantly and is on the road to be a full game in the future

Bullets of a Revolver

Balas de um Revolver

Jay Henrique

2009 (??/??)

Windows

Download (rar file)

N/A

Indie

Freeware

N/A

2011 version

Parsec

N/A

Brazilian indie 1v1 2D fighter with a western setting. The dev later made Duel Toys 2.5, a game that has a fanbase in Brazil and has one of the characters of Bullets of a Revolver there (Marguerite)

Buriki One: World Grapple Tournament '99 in Tokyo

武力〜BURIKI ONE〜

SNK

1999 (05/21)

Arcade (Hyper Neo Geo 64)

Cartridge

N/A

Retail

Commercial

MAME

N/A

rev.B

Retrobuda (Arkadyzja, delay or rollback but rollback ask for a very fast single core CPU), Parsec

1v1 3D fighter. Mixed martial arts game with arcadey gameplay using buttons for movement and the stick for attacks. HNG64 emulation is finally decent after MAME 0.281. Online via Retrobuda (Arkadyzja) but the dev recommends delay mode as rollback uses too much CPU

Burning Angels

バーニングエンジェルス

Retzusan Games

2005 (08/??)

Windows

N/A

Doujin

Commercial

N/A

LilithPort / Parsec

N/A

2D Fighter Maker 2nd game. Wrestling themed, but it’s a traditional 2D fighting game. On sale at DLsite at 1.100 yen

Burning Blaze Red

TEAM Volcanic Blaze

2007 (??/??)

Windows

Download (EXE installer)

N/A

Doujin

Freeware

N/A

Red patch

LilithPort / Parsec

N/A

2D Fighter Maker 2nd game. 1v1 2D fighter made by two developers, one of them also worked on Retsuzan Games. Archive.org backup it’s sadly fucked up

Burning Fists: Force Striker

KAZe

1994 (unreleased)

Sega CD

N/A

Retail

Commercial

Genesis Plus GX / Ares

N/A

2006 bootleg

RetroArch (rollback? untested) / Mednafen (delay)

Bootleg website

N/A

1v1 2D fighting game. There are two versions: the leaked beta that is so called “80% completed” and the 2006 Good Deal Games bootleg that fixed the FMVs and reworked the menu. It’s still a bootleg without the devs permission so it's still unreleased to my eyes

Burning Requiem: Fates

ProjectRequiem

2022 (07/13)

Windows

Download (Steam)

N/A

Indie

Freeware

N/A

Parsec / Steam Remote

N/A

2v2 F2P 2D fighter. Medieval fantasy setting, yet it's pretty inspired in Dragon Ball. VERY fast gameplay. A humble but fun little project. No online

Burning Rival

バーニングライバル

Sega AM2

1993 (07/??)

Arcade (Sega System 32)

ROM board

N/A

Retail

Commercial

MAME

N/A

Parsec / RetroArch rollback (untested) / MAME32K (Kaillera, delay based, untested)

N/A

1v1 produced by Yu Suzuki with an amazing sprite size resolution for that era… and it’s sadly very mediocre and stiff. A wasted opportunity, but later AM2 would made Virtua Fighter so Sega acts as if the game never existed

Burning Souls

Maguma

To be announced (in development)

Windows

Download (zip file)

N/A

Indie

Freeware?

N/A

Public Prototype v7

Parsec

N/A

3v3 2D tag fighter. Has been in the works since 2018 so development has been very slow, but it’s still alive (last update was in March 2026). Has a demo (no online modes for now)

Bushibure

ぶしぶれ

Mei-Tei

Unknown (around 2007?)

Windows

Download (EXE installer)

N/A

Doujin

Freeware

N/A

LilithPort / Parsec

N/A

2D Fighter Maker 2nd game. 1v1 2D weapon based fighter with two characters. Download link was -NOT- saved by Archive.org but there are some screenshots at 2D Kakutou Tsukuru Kojintekina Matome so maybe it’s still available somewhere?

Bushido Blade

ブシドーブレード

Light Weight / Square

1997 (03/14)

PlayStation

PS3 (Game Archives), PSV (Game Archives)

Retail

Commercial

Duckstation / Mednafen

N/A

Duckstation Netplay / Arkadyzja

One of the pioneers of “one hit kill” fighters. Weapon based 3D fighter with open stages. There’s something about the ambient that makes me love it a little more than 2. Has a cool first person mode only available in 2P with PS1 link cable, try NO$PSX for that

Bushido Blade 2

ブシドーブレード弐 (Bushido Blade Tsu)

Light Weight / Square

1998 (03/12)

PlayStation

PS3 (Game Archives), PSV (Game Archives)

Retail

Commercial

Duckstation / Mednafen

N/A

Duckstation Netplay / Arkadyzja

Second entry and a popular one of that era. The Kengo games are the spiritual successor to this franchise

Busou Shinki: Battle Masters

武装神姫バトルマスターズ

Konami

2010 (07/16)

PlayStation Portable

UMD

N/A

Retail

Commercial

PPSSPP

Busou Shinki: Battle Conductor

N/A

PPSSPP

N/A

First entry. 1v1 3D arena fighter based on the media franchise by Konami.

Busou Shinki: Battle Masters Mk.2

武装神姫バトルマスターズ Mk.2

Konami

2011 (09/22)

PlayStation Portable

UMD

N/A

Retail

Commercial

PPSSPP

Busou Shinki: Battle Conductor

N/A

PPSSPP