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This is a list of fighting game developers.
- Capcom are best known for the Street Fighter (1987) series, whose hugely innovative second incarnation (Street Fighter II: The World Warrior, 1991) virtually invented the modern fighting game. They have since released a plethora of sequels, spin-offs, remakes, movie tie-ins and 'versus' games. Their most recent significant contributions to the genre are Capcom vs. SNK 2 and Marvel vs. Capcom 2.
- Midway sparked an incredible amount of controversy with 1992's Mortal Kombat, a 2D fighter with semi-realistic sprites and cartoonish gore. The most recent games, Mortal Kombat IV and Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance, are in 3D. The Mortal Kombat franchise is the best selling video game franchise of all time, and Mortal Kombat 2 was the best selling individual fighting arcade game.
- Sammy, a pachinko company, are responsible for the Guilty Gear series, a 2D fighting game renowned for its strange character design and unique gameplay, also featuring the highest resolution 2d graphics in a fighting game.
- SEGA's AM2 team are the developers of the 3D Virtua Fighter series (1993), which has seen four versions. It is considered by many fighter enthusiasts to be the deepest of the 3D fighters. Fighting Vipers was a similar game by AM2 with a glam rock theme, but did poorly in the US and Europe.
- SNK were the makers of the long-running King of Fighters series for Neo Geo consoles and arcade machines. Almost as prolific as Capcom, they declared bankruptcy in 2002. However, the company Playmore has acquired the rights to the SNK name and much of its intellectual property.
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