In before tinman? Street Fighter II Turbo is way up my list, but my favorite was Primal Rage. Nothing like Ninja dinosaurs. (large-ish pic) Spoiler I spent many quarters on that game.
What constitutes a martial arts game? The parameters of this thread suck. If we're going to be strict, the list would be Tekken and Virtua Fighter... and that's about it. No fireball throwing, massive sword wielding, cartoon characters.
<iframe title="YouTube video player" width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ExftoivJ_EU" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> The Last Ninja And (not sure if you can consider it fitting in with the guidelines supplied, but oh well..) <iframe title="YouTube video player" width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/9m8nqX9yyc8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Killer Instinct
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If I'm not mistaken wasn't there Double Dragon and Battle Toads teaming up in one game b4??? 1. Battle Toads 2. Double Dragon 3. TMNT 4. ? 5. ?
Final Fight was amazing!! I played that a lot. <iframe title="YouTube video player" width="640" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/q_jy6wi9DqA" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Super Smash Bros. (N64), if that counts. Otherwise: <iframe title="YouTube video player" width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Ju0gGGBBN6E" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
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Shaq Fu - greatest game ever <iframe title="YouTube video player" width="425" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/uoAitIByyBE" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
xbox live just added that game to the arcade. It was awesome to finally beat that game. another game i loved that was ninja...