Favorite Turbo/PCE fighting games

[runinruder]

Just talking about the one-on-one stuff here, not the brawlers.
 
List your top ten/five/two/one/whatever.  Here are my fab five:
 
#5 Godzilla
Excellent presentation, and controls that are much smoother than they're typically given credit for. 
 
#4 Kabuki Ittouryoudan
An SF2 clone, to be sure, but it feels great.  And, being a Kabuki Den fan, I love the cast of characters. 
 
#3 Street Fighter 2' CE
f*cking awesome port, though I can't help but yearn for the speed and audio of SNES Turbo. 
 
#2 Art of Fighting
Technically, this should be a couple spots lower, but it's kind of a personal favorite, as I really dig the gameplay.  Go figure.
 
#1 Asuka 120%
Gives me everything I could ask for in a fighter: fast gameplay, smooth controls, great music, accessible action, fun characters and attack moves, good multiplayer, and a few cute girls. 
 
I've played a bunch of others (Advanced VG, Fatal Fury Special and 2, Ranma 3, Fighting Street...), but those five are head and shoulders above them. 
 
Two that I haven't tried yet are Flash Hiders and World Heroes 2.  Some reshuffling may be in other after I get my hands on those. 

[spenoza]

I really liked Flash Hiders, but it was fatally broken, mechanically. You can play Bang, increase your speed with points earned as you advance in the game, and once your speed is maxed out you can cheese any opponent with a particular special move repeatedly, so quickly they can do nothing but maintain a block. The music was bizarre as hell and rather cool in places, though.

I think my faves were:

Art of Fighting
Fatal Fury Special
Street Fighter II'
Kabuki

There were other really fun ones, but those were, IMO, the most fun.

[runinruder]

Well, I finally picked up and played through Flash Hiders pretty recently.  As expected, it had little trouble cracking my top 5 with its screen-shaking moves, excellent controls, and cool characters.  I wasn't as in awe of its graphics and audio as some folks are, but I did kind of dig the goofy end credits song, ha.  As Spenoza alluded to, it's easy to find ways to cheese your opponents, but the lack of difficulty is just about the only way I could imagine someone being disappointed with the game.  I'm definitely not a master of fighting games, so it didn't bother me very much. 
 
I think my rankings of the PCE fighting games would go like this now:
 
Asuka 120%
Art of Fighting
Street Fighter II' CE
Flash Hiders
Kabuki Ittouryoudan
Godzilla
Advanced VG
Fatal Fury Special
Fatal Fury II
Ranma 1/2 pt.3
Fighting Street
 
Basically, I'd say the first six are all legitimately good, and all except the bottom two are at least worth a play.  Ranma 3 barely counts as it plays more like a one-on-one (and not very good) action game and Fighting Street is one of the worst games ever.  I might be forgetting some others I've played, and I still need to acquire a few more (WH2 and Algunos, most notably).

[nectarsis]

Wow I knew you like Flash Hiders, but it overtakes Kabuki Ittouryoudan  I'm duelly impressed.

[runinruder]

Wow I knew you like Flash Hiders, but it overtakes Kabuki Ittouryoudan  I'm duelly impressed.

Yeah, I felt its controls were even more responsive than Kabuki's, and it felt a little less like a clone.  Kabuki is still great, though, and definitely holds the edge in graphics. 

[termis]

My top 5.

1. SF2:CE -- This is a showpiece game for the PCE.  PCE power to the max!
2. Fatal Fury Special -- FF2/Special is the only FF where I put in good time bothering to learn.
3a. Art of Fighting -- Good fun.  Definitely has its own unique playing style.
3b. Kabuki Ittouryoudan -- great graphics, if only a little static.
3c. World Heroes 2 -- Wacky fun.

I haven't tried Asuka.  From what I read, I have a feeling that it'd crack my top 5 if I did.

[TR0N]

SF2 that's all realy for the most part.

If i need my fighting fix that's what i have a neogeo for with the ps2.

[WoodyXP]

1. SF2:CE
2. SF2:CE
3. SF2:CE
4. SF2:CE
5. SF2:CE

 

[Keranu]

Street Fighter II' and Fatal Fury Special, both great old skool fighters.

Now if only the alleged KoF'95 rumor came to life!

[WoodyXP]

Now if only the alleged KoF'95 rumor came to life!

That would have been interesting.

[Necromancer]

Here's my favs:

1. Godzilla
2. Street Fighter 2
3. World Heroes
4. Fatal Fury Special
5. Art of Fighting

Sad to see only runinruder and myself giving Godzilla some love. 

[Keranu]

I've always wanted to play Godzilla. That game is so little talked about, it's really interesting that it was even released out there.

[runinruder]

Sad to see only runinruder and myself giving Godzilla some love. 

Indeed.  I cling to the belief that a lot of folks just haven't played it yet.  Just for the heck of it, I took a quick look at pcedaisakusen to see how many people owned each of the "big-name" PCE fighters. 

Street Fighter II' CE - 58
Fatal Fury 2 -  39
Fighting Street - 36 (JP 18, US 18)
Fatal Fury Special - 30
Advanced VG - 28
Art of Fighting - 26
World Heroes 2 - 25
Flash Hiders - 24
Kabuki Ittouryoudan - 24
Asuka 120% - 21
Godzilla - 19 (US 7, JP 12)

Not surprising that poor Godzilla and some other nice games lag behind a bit while common, inexpensive, widely known titles like SF2 and the SNK gang enjoy huge numbers.  Of the nineteen that do own Godzilla, very few are regular posters here, and it's the type of game that I'm sure some collectors have on their "US titles to buy... eventually" lists.  Of course, the game that should really be ashamed here is Fighting Street.  Thirty-six owners, and I bet we'd be hard-pressed to find even three who would take up for it.      

[nectarsis]

Well to be fair, Fighting Street is what a $10 common game, and godzilla anywhere from $40-120 (and haven't seen more than a few on Ebay in a LONG time.  Godzilla is def a godie, but has a different learning curve, whereas the learning curve in Fighting Street hits you in seconds ("PLEASE STOP...put me away, and pull out a fighting game thats actually GOOD, and enjoyable").

[runinruder]

Well to be fair, Fighting Street is what a $10 common game, and godzilla anywhere from $40-120

Only for people who insist on acquiring the US version (and, like I said, I'm sure that's why some folks have held out on purchasing it).  I bought the JP version for two dollars just a few months ago.