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FIGHTING FRENZY

The recent announcement of Street Fighter VI has had the team chatting about one-on-one brawlers. Darran, Nick and Tim love a good brawler so we’ve decided to revisit the popular genre and discuss some of our favourite games and franchises.

DARRAN

What’s the first one-on-one fighter you can recall playing? Mine was Karate Champ.

TIM

The Way Of The Exploding Fist. The loading screen used to scare the crap out of me.

NICK

Mine would have been for the Atari 2600. I love the way the boxers’ heads snap back

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