Fighting games have come a long way from throwing down a quarter to call next on the overly crowded Street Fighter II cabinet at the local pizza restaurant. Fortunately for us, the accessibility of fighting games are as close as going to your local arcade, video game shop, or the comfort of your own home.

either being on the sidelines watching or actually taking place between an intense and riveting face-off between a game of street fighter, tekken or king of fighters, fighting games are one of gaming’s most celebrated and passionate genres.

So this stage of the Retro VGM revival hour we again return to test our reflexes and skills against the most decorated of opponents in this episode Dedicated to some amazing Fighting game music tracks.

========Game - Composer - Title - Year - Company - System====

1.) The King of Fighters XIV – SNK Sound Team (Steven McNair, Hideki “sha-v” Asanaka, ZOE, HORI_HORI a.k.a. DUGIA♪, Naoki Kita, Rio “88” Hashikawa, Minori Sasaki & Mayuko Hino) – “Yappari Esaka (Japan Team BGM), Ikari (Fateful Battle BGM 4), Tachi Bou Ke (Fateful Battle BGM 6) & Follow Me (Full Ver.)” – August 23, 2016 – SNK – PS4, Windows PC & Arcades

2.) Arms – Atsuko Asahi & Yasuaki Iwata – “NAME REDACTED (Dr. Coyle’s Stage), Ribbon Ring (Ribbon Girl’s Stage) & Main Theme (w/ Vocals by Ribbon Girl/Momoka Kawasaki)“ – June 16, 2017 – Nintendo – Nintendo Switch

3.) Tekken 7 – Akitaka Tohyama, Taku Inoue, Rio Hamamoto, Nobuyoshi Sano, & Keiichi Okabe – “Dojo 1st, The day before the glass matrix 2nd & Empty Your Mind 2nd” – March 18, 2015 – Bandai Namco – Arcade, Windows PC, PS4 & Xbox One

4.) Injustice: Gods Among Us – Christopher Drake, Rich Carle, Dean Grinsfelder, Dan Forden, Cris Velasco & Sascha Dikiciyan – “Injustice / Gods Among Us” – April 16, 2013 – NetherRealm Studios/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment – Android, IOS, Windows PC, PS3, PS4, Playstation Vita, Wii U & Xbox 360

5.) SNK vs. Capcom: SVC Chaos – Yasuo Yamate, Masahiko Hataya & Yasumasa Yamada – “Color (Forest Stage) & Left Bank (Staff Roll)”- July 24, 2003 – Playmore/Playmore & Capcom – Arcade, PS2 & Microsoft Xbox

6.) Ultra Street Fighter IV – Hideyuki Fukasawa, Yoshihiro Sakaguchi & Hideki Okugawa – “Theme of Hugo & Theme of Decapre“ – August 5, 2014 – Dimps & Capcom/Capcom – Arcade, Windows PC, PS3, PS4 & Xbox 360

7.) Star Gladiator – Episode 1: The Final Crusade – Isao Abe, Yuko Takehara & Michio Sakurai – “Federal Space Port & Fourth Empire’s Scouting Ship“ – July 1996 – Capcom – Arcade & Sony PlayStation

8.) Capcom Fighting Jam (Capcom Fighting Evolution) – Noriyuki Asakura – “TRAINING STAGE (Console Version), GOES A SYOTEN-GAI! & Prospered fatherland“ – October 2004 – Capcom – Arcade, PS2, Microsoft Xbox & PSN

9.) Guilty Gear Xrd *Sign* – • Daisuke Ishiwatari, Syunsuke Takizawa & Norichika Sato – “Magnolia Éclair, Marionette & Holy Orders“ – February 20, 2014 – Arc System Works – Arcade, PS3, Windows PC & PS4

10.) Dragon Ball FighterZ – Toshiyuki Kishi, Hiromi Mizutani, Kenji Katoh & Reno – “Vegeta’s Theme, Captain Ginyu’s Theme, West City Stage Theme & Trunks’ Theme“ – January 26, 2018 – Arc System Works/Bandai Namco Entertainment – Windows PC, PS4 & Xbox One

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