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title Final Fight (US)
set name ffightu
manufacturer Capcom
year 1989
genre Fighter (hof)
category Fighter / 2.5D (hof)
driver status good
driver source cps1.c
snapshots MW: in game | parent / CT: in game | title | parent / Mr. Do: parent / EJ: parent
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rating

64.2% after 45 votes
 
parent Final Fight (World)
other clones Final Crash (bootleg of Final Fight)
Final Fight (Japan 900112)
Final Fight (Japan 900305)
Final Fight (Japan)
Final Fight (US 900112)
Final Fight (US 900613)
display
colour emulation good
palette 3072
display type raster
orientation horizontal
resolution 384x224
frequency 59.610000Hz
sound
sound emulation good
channels mono
controls
players 2
nplayers 2P sim
controls 8 way joystick
buttons 3
coin slots 2
hardware
cpu 68000 @ 10MHz
cpu Z80 @ 3.579545MHz
audio YM2151 @ 3.579545MHz
audio OKI6295 @ 1MHz
data
version added .118u4
last change(s) none
roms
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cabinet art
cabinet ffightu.png
marquee ffight.png
control panel ffight.png
flyer ffightu.png
PCB ffight.png
additional information
info 0.31 [Paul Leaman]

NOTE:
  • During the test, there is gfx garbage. (ffight096u2gre - Kold666) I have a Final Fight PCB and it do show garbage during boot, but not everytime you boot and when it does it shows faster than in Mame... if you blink you miss it. And my King of Dragons PCB shows garbage just as Kold666 describe :-) - Stefan Lindberg
Bugs:
  • Clone fcrash: When you die you have ten seconds to continue. The seconds and other graphic it's not present in the screeen yet, with f4, you can see the missing layer (and the count down). Robiza (ID 01736)
WIP:
  • 0.126u5: Added A-board PLDs (buf1, ioa1, prg1, rom1 and sou1) and B-board PLDs (iob1.11e and s224b.1a).
  • 0.126u1: Changed description from clone 'Final Crash (World, bootleg)' to 'Final Crash (bootleg of Final Fight)'.
  • 0.124u5: Chack'n added clone Final Fight (Japan 900112).
  • 0.124u4: Added sound to clone Final Crash [Nicola Salmoria, Corrado Tomaselli, Charles MacDonald].
  • 0.118u4: Corrado Tomaselli added clone Final Fight (US). Renamed (ffightua) to (ffightub) and (ffightu) to (ffightua).
  • 0.116u1: Robiza fixed offset for sprite and layers in clone Final Crash (World, bootleg).
  • 0.109u5: Robiza fixed priorities and the offset of layer 3 in clone Final Crash (World, bootleg).
  • 0.104u9: Murray Melvin added clone Final Fight (US 900613).
  • 0.100u2: David Haywood added clone Final Crash (World, bootleg).
  • 0.69b: Razoola added clone Final Fight (Japan set 2).
  • 23rd April 2002: Karl Stenerud fixed a lot of undocumented behaviour thanks to information from Bart T. Filipe Estima submitted an addition of a third button to Final Fight, which is only enabled with cheats.
  • 8th February 2002: Aaron Giles fixed the bug in FM timers which affected Final Fight and lots of other games.
  • 0.35b2: Nicola Salmoria added clone Final Fight (US).
  • 0.33b3: Marco Cassili added clone Final Fight (Japanese).
  • 0.31: Paul Leaman added Final Fight (Capcom 1989), preliminary with huge memory requirements.
ARCADE RELEASE: Final Fight (Capcom) - 1987/Dec/14

STORY:
  • Sometime in the 1990's... Metro City, a well known Crime Capital, has been ruled by violence and death for many years. A fact which the newly elected mayor and former Street Fighter, Mike Haggar, plans to change. At the center of the problem is the huge gang known as Mad Gear. Mad Gear controls all of the major criminal activity in the city. When they learned of Haggar's plans, they took immediate action to bring this new mayor under their control.
LEVELS: 6

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Romset: 3394 kb / 19 files / 1.36 zip
history Final Fight (c) 1989 Capcom.

Jessica, the daughter of the city Mayor Mike Haggar has been kidnapped by the evil 'Mad Gear' gang. Set in the fictional Metro City, Haggar rounds up two of his closest friends, Guy and Cody, and sets out to battle Mad Gear's gang members and ultimately rescue his daughter.

1 or 2 players choose to play as either Guy, Cody or Haggar in this superb, sideways scrolling beat-em-up. As well as the standard punch and kick moves, each character also has a special attack. This move is powerful enough to fell several enemies at once, but with the trade-off that each time a special attack is executed, some of the player's energy is lost. Energy levels can be replenished by finding the food that lies hidden in certain crates and barrels. Some of the Mad Gear gang members will drop a weapon when they are felled. These weapons can then be picked up and used by the players.

After the benchmark-setting "Double Dragon", released by Technos in 1987, Final Fight would become the standard-bearer of the scrolling beat-em-up genre. Featuring a large variety of distinctive, well animated characters moving through colorful and detailed backgrounds, and with a control system that is as intuitive as it is complex, Final Fight is still considered to be the finest example of its kind.

- TECHNICAL -

Capcom Play System (CPS) hardware
Game ID : CP-S No. 08

Main CPU : 68000 (@ 10 Mhz)
Sound CPU : Z80 (@ 3.579545 Mhz)
Sound Chips : YM2151 (@ 3.579545 Mhz), OKI6295 (@ 7.576 Khz)

Screen orientation : Horizontal
Video resolution : 384 x 224 pixels
Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz
Palette colors : 4096

Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 3
=> [1] Attack, [2] Jump, [3] Release (when grabbed by enemies).

- TRIVIA -

Released in December 1989.

This game was originally billed as the sequel to "Street Fighter" and was to be called "Street Fighter '89". While the game had become a major hit in its own right, Capcom decided to change the name to "Final Fight" and save the "Street Fighter" name for another game, 2 years later.

Guy's name is written with the kanji meaning 'victory song'. The character of Guy has been allegedly inspired by the lead singer of the post hardcore group Fugazi, Guy Picciotto.

The enemy character, Andore, and all of his relatives (Andore Jr., Uncle Andore, Father Andore and Grandfather Andore) are Capcom's homage to the now late WWF Champion, Andre Rene Roussimoff, aka 'Andre the Giant'.

2 other Mad Gear characters, Axl and Slash, are parodies of the lead singer and guitarist respectively from American rock band, 'Guns 'N' Roses'.

Poison is taken from the glam rock group of eighties, in which the singer used to wear a similar hat to the female character in the game. The character Poison is actually a male transvestite and so is Roxy (although a translation error in the Capcom Classics Collection character profiles refers to Roxy as a female).

Abigail is a King Diamond album, whose singer (King Diamond) resembles the character in the game.

Sodom is a famous German thrash metal band founded in the eighties.

The enemy character 'Two P' appears in "Forgotten Worlds" as the second player ('Two P' for 2P, 'Player 2').

The game shares a similar plot with the 1984 movie 'Streets of Fire' directed by Walter Hill. Starring : Michael Par�, Diane Lane, Rick Moranis and Willem Dafoe. Here's a list of the things the movie and the game have in common (Warning! Contains movie spoilers) :
1) The main character played by Michael Par� is named 'Tom Cody' and resembles the game character. Wears jeans and a white shirt at some points during the movie.
2) The city is plagued by gangs and a motorcycle gang kidnaps Cody�s Ex girlfriend.
3) The cop that arranges a meeting between Cody and the Gang�s boss is nothing other than a corrupted cop by the name of 'Ed Price', the only Cop in the game is called 'Eddie'.
4) The city has an old and trashed look similar to the game.
5) At the end of the movie Cody leaves the girl just like in the game. Only this time there is no 'Guy' to stop him from leaving (see Final Fight ending sequence)

A bootleg of this game is known as "Final Crash".

Before the release of "Final Fight", Capcom released a vertically scrolling driving/shoot-em-up called "Mad Gear".

Pony Canyon/Scitron released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (G.S.M. Capcom 3 - PCCB-00030) on 21/05/1990.

- UPDATES -

The Japanese version has an additional scene that shows Jessica in underwear on the TV. This scene was removed in all non-Japanese versions of Final Fight.

The US version has the 'Winners Don't Use Drugs' screen.

- TIPS AND TRICKS -

* At the front of the train of level 2, stand on the barrel and let the clock get to about 45. You will skip the section without defeating the Mad Gear guys.

* Special Endings : finish the game without having to continue to see an additional credit sequence (meet the staff).

* Hidden Stuff :
Gaining extra points : to gain jewels and other high points items from breakable stuff like barrels, dustbins. Execute the jump+down attack move. (Cody - headbutt, Guy - Elbow). When doing the move, rapidly jag controller left to right. Usually, jewels will appear instead of other cheap things.
Crewing Gum : when fighting Eddie B. (Cop), you will notice that he spit out a wad of gum. That thing will give you about half a life if you pick it up.
Last Boss : Cody is able to punch away the bolts that the last boss fires. No other character can do it.
Off the wall attack : besides doing the normal off the wall flying kick, you can change it into a flying elbow drop by doing down+attack.
Hidden Gems : on the way to the last boss, there is a stage when there are some pillars. Located at the bottom of each pillar are gems. Make sure you get them.

* Super Combo : This super combo can be easily executed with Cody or Guy, but it's a bit tougher with Haggar. To begin, initiate a punching combo (press attack, attack, attack for Cody or Guy) or (attack, attack for Haggar.) While you're pressing these buttons, hold the d-pad AWAY from your enemy. Before you do your final ending combo blow, you will throw the enemy, delivering massive damage!
Note : You can also start this combo with a jumping knee (jump and hold down, press attack) to deal even more damage! (This will not work for Haggar).

* Cody is the only character who can attack with a knife without throwing it. Press Attack while standing next to an enemy to stab them.

- SERIES -
  1. Final Fight (1989)
  2. Final Fight 2 (1993, Nintendo Super Famicom)
  3. Mighty Final Fight (1993, Nintendo Famicom)
  4. Final Fight 3 (1995, Nintendo Super Famicom) ("Final Fight Tough" in Japan)
  5. Final Fight Revenge (1999)
  6. Final Fight Streetwise (2006, Sony PlayStation 2)
- STAFF -
  • Planner : Pon G, Akira Nishitani (NIN), Akiman
  • Programmers : Kanekon, Shin, Tomiyan, Yokoyan
  • Character designers : S.Y., Tissue, Prince
  • Backgrounds designers : Mikman, Okachan, Fukumary, Nissui
  • Music : Youki Chan's papa
- PORTS -

* Consoles :
Nintendo Super Famicom (1991, "Final Fight")
Nintendo Super Famicom (1992, "Final Fight Guy")
Sega Mega CD (1993, "Final Fight CD") : has a 'Time Attack' mode.
Nintendo Game Boy Advance (2001, "Final Fight One")
Sony PlayStation 2 (2005, "Capcom Classics Collection")
Microsoft XBOX (2005, "Capcom Classics Collection")
Sony PSP (2006, "Capcom Classics Collection Remixed")
Sony PlayStation 2 (2006, as an unlockable in "Final Fight - Streetwise")
Microsoft XBOX (2006, as an unlockable in "Final Fight - Streetwise")

* Computers :
Commodore C64 (1991)
Amstrad CPC (1991)
Commodore Amiga (1991)
Atari ST (1991)
Sinclair ZX Spectrum (1991)
Sharp X68000 (1992)

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code comments
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00000001:FF8129:00000001:FFFFFFFF  Clear this Scene Now!:Turn Off Bonus Stage
00000001:FF80BE:00000005:FFFFFFFF  Go to Final Stage Now!
00000000:FF8701:00000000:FFFFFFFF  One Hit to Kill Goons
00010000:FF87C1:00000000:FFFFFFFF  One Hit to Kill Goons (02/13)
00010000:FF8881:00000000:FFFFFFFF  One Hit to Kill Goons (03/13)
00010000:FF8941:00000000:FFFFFFFF  One Hit to Kill Goons (04/13)
00010000:FF8A01:00000000:FFFFFFFF  One Hit to Kill Goons (05/13)
00010000:FF8AC1:00000000:FFFFFFFF  One Hit to Kill Goons (06/13)
00010000:FF8B81:00000000:FFFFFFFF  One Hit to Kill Goons (07/13)
00010000:FF8C41:00000000:FFFFFFFF  One Hit to Kill Goons (08/13)
00010000:FF8D01:00000000:FFFFFFFF  One Hit to Kill Goons (09/13)
00010000:FF8DC1:00000000:FFFFFFFF  One Hit to Kill Goons (10/13)
00010000:FF8E81:00000000:FFFFFFFF  One Hit to Kill Goons (11/13)
00010000:FF8F41:00000000:FFFFFFFF  One Hit to Kill Goons (12/13)
00010000:FF9001:00000000:FFFFFFFF  One Hit to Kill Goons (13/13)
00100001:FF9A80:00000008:FFFFFFFF  Kill Boss Faster Now!
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00000000:FF85E8:00000009:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Lives PL1
00000000:FF85C9:000000FE:FFFFFFFF  Invincibility PL1
00000000:FF8581:00000090:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Energy PL1
00000000:FF860B:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Punch Only Combo PL1
00000000:FF860B:00000002:FFFFFFFF  Bodyblow Only Combo PL1:Haggar Finish
00000000:FF860B:00000004:FFFFFFFF  Cody Finish PL1:Haggar is Punch
00000000:FF860B:00000006:FFFFFFFF  Guy Finish PL1:Cody & Haggar is Punch
00000000:FF8590:00000001:FFFFFFFF  Action Speed Up PL1
60000000:000000:00000000:00000000 
00000000:FF86A8:00000009:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Lives PL2
00000000:FF8689:000000FE:FFFFFFFF  Invincibility PL2
00000000:FF8641:00000090:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Energy PL2
00000000:FF86CB:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Punch Only Combo PL2
00000000:FF86CB:00000002:FFFFFFFF  Bodyblow Only Combo PL2:Haggar Finish
00000000:FF86CB:00000004:FFFFFFFF  Cody Finish PL2:Haggar is Punch
00000000:FF86CB:00000006:FFFFFFFF  Guy Finish PL2:Cody & Haggar is Punch
00000000:FF8650:00000001:FFFFFFFF  Action Speed Up PL2
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