The final fight is the first game in the final fight franchise. Released in 1989, initially, it was an arcade game. Later, it got ported to many portals including Sharp X6800, Game Boy, and Super Nintendo entertainment system.
The story takes place in the fictional town of Metro city. After Mike Haggar, a former wrestling champion and a street fighter, became the Mayor of the city the crime rates dropped down to zero. But Mad Gear gang doesn't want to give up. Haggar sees them as a potential threat to the town. Mad gear gang makes a plan to make sure that Haggar doesn't get in the way of their criminal activities. So, they kidnap the Mayor's daughter, Jessica.
Haggar shares the information with Jessica's boyfriend, Cody and his infighting partner, Guy. The trio of Haggar, Cody, and Guy fight all the top fighters of the Mad gang and confront the Mad Gear's boss, Belger. After an intense and tough fight, Cody knocks Belger out and rescues Jessica.
Controls are straightforward and easy. Thre is a two-button control system. You travel through five stages beating up the gang members on your way. During your journey, you will also get powerups. To replenish your health and energy, you will get food. There are other collectables like hats, diamonds, etc., these items will increase your total points. For every two lakh point, you will get an extra life. You can pick up things like knives, lead pipes, knives, and samurai swords to use in your fight.
Graphics are amazing and detailed. Even minute details like the numerous people in the background watching you fight, graffiti on walls and train doors, broken windows and posters on the walls show the strength of the graphics department. The enemy changes colour as you progress through, and you can make more attacks to beat them.
This game is available for Super Nintendo Entertainment System. You can use Higan emulator for windows. It's a multi-system emulator that emulates very accurately, and it can run every commercial SNES games. Snes9x EX+ is compatible with Android devices. If you are on Mac, then you should opt for OpenEmu.
If you liked the combat styles, Final fight then does give a try to the following games.