Fighting games (aka versus fighting games) sorted by release date

Fighting games involve hand-to-hand combat against a single opponent for the whole duration of a match. A distinctive trait of fighting games are the special attacks, i.e. combinations of graphically striking moves which enhance the intensity of the fight. Some of the soundest fighting games of all times are Street Fighter II and Mortal Kombat.

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Time Slaughter

DOS1996freeware4.1/5 Bloodlust Software
Xenophage: Alien BloodSport

DOS1996freeware3.9/5 Argo Games
X-Men: Children of the Atom

DOS1997demo3.8/5 Capcom

X-Men: Children of the Atom is an abandoned fighting action game developed by Capcom and released by Acclaim Entertainment in 1997 for DOS and it's a conversion from the arcade version. X-Men: Children of the Atom was also published for consoles: Sega Saturn and PlayStation. As the title suggests, it's based on the Marvel comics characters known as...
Ultra Mortal Kombat Vendetta

Windows XP/98/952001freeware4.3/5
The Way of the Exploding Fist PC

Windows2008freewareremake4/5