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Pit-Fighter

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You first selects as one of three pit fighters to compete against a slew of amazing brutal pit fighters (a whole 7). This is your normal fighting game, no blood, no fatalities, the only difference is that there is more of a playing field, you can move around the total pit, rather than just moving left and right on a platform like other fighting games. There are pretty simple moves, punches, kicks, sweeps, yada yada, which make the game get old really quick. The only good thing about the game is its huge challenge and special rounds, such as when you must fight tigers! Rent it, don't buy it.

Pit Fighter has to be the worst fighting game of all time. First of all, the graphics are really crappy. Everything has a grainy look to them, and the fighters don't even have faces! The music (if you want to call it that) is annoying and keeps repeating itself throughout the game. The way the fighters sound is pathetic as well. They all sound like they're choking on something when they are attacking. The animation in this game is choppy (seems to move at 1/2 frame a second) and its common for characters to just "glide" across the screen without moving their feet. Sometimes the enemies slam you without even showing an animation for it, you just somehow land on your back. But the worst thing about Pit Fighter is the awful gameplay. The controls are unresponsive and the collision detection is out of wack, as attacking enemies is a matter of luck and not skill. You have a choice to play as 3 different fighters that each have their own special moves but they all control like crap. If all of what I mentioned about this game seems like fun to you, then go ahead and torture yourself by playing it. Otherwise stay clear of this PITiful game.

When someone mentions the word "Pit-Fighter" to you, you'll either jump with joy or grit your teeth. Some love it, some hate it. I happen to be one of those that love it. Originally released in arcades in 1990, Pit-Fighter featured real life character models in the game, and introduced 3 player co-op. It was a fighting game that allowed you to move in 8 directions to avoid your enemy's attacks. You could even pick up various weapons to deal a great amount of pain on your opponents. You fought in the underground to earn cash. Why did you want this cash? Because you were money hungry, duh. Well, 2 years after thousands of quarters were fed to the many Pit-Fighter machines across America, home versions were finally released. In 91, the Genesis received an excellent port of the arcade game. You can read about that in my other review. However, the Super NES was cursed with a version that doesn't even begin to do the arcade version justice. I pity the kid that received this version as a Christmas gift one Christmas morning in 1992. Oh, what a terrible Christmas it must have been.

Gameplay: 1/10

The excellent gameplay from the arcade version is not present here. Nope, instead we get Hell. After you pick your character, (There are 3, Buzz, Ty, and Kato), you begin the first match against "The Executioner". This guy is probably going to be the only enemy you ever see in this game. Why, you ask? Well, because the game has an impossible difficulty level. First off, there are no options to change the difficulty, and even if there were, I'm sure it'd still be impossible. See, the game makes the computer knock you down, and once you are down, it's over. The computer will then continue to jump and smash your limp body until you die. There are NO CONTINUES. How did the game's developer's possibly expect us, the gamers, to beat this atrocity? Apparently they didn't. I personally never made it past the 2nd level. It's hard to believe that THQ, the makers of the excellent WCW vs NWO World Tour are responsible for this garbage. I really wanted to like this game, because I loved the arcade and Genesis versions, but I just couldn't. It's funny how terrible this game is.

Graphics/Sound: 1/10

The graphics in this are terrible too. The arcade had big characters, while the SNES version has small sprites that look terrible. Throughout the game, you're going to hear one repeated song file; it only gets annoying after the first 30 minutes you hear it. IT NEVER STOPS!!! There are various grunts and screams, but guess what? They also sound terrible!

Play Time/Replayability: 1/10

Since this game is basically unplayable, there is no replay value. Perhaps you could try to beat the game with all the characters? Ha, fat chance! Good luck even beating the 2nd opponent!

Final Recommendation: STAY AWAY

The SNES version of Pit-Fighter is absolutely terrible. It puts the arcade version to shame. It's hard to believe that Nintendo put their "Seal of Quality" on it. I usually don't bash games, but I had no choice. Please, please, please, don't ever play this game. Although I own it, I spent less than $5 on it. It's $5 that I'll never get back. If you want to play a fun version of Pit-Fighter, then get the Genesis version instead. Or, just pick up Midway Arcade Treasures 2 on the Xbox, PS2, or Gamecube, which features an arcade perfect port of Pit-Fighter. But just stay away from the SNES version. Thank you.

Final Score: 1/10

Please Note: The SNES version of Pit-Fighter doesn't even have any weapons in it!!! The weapons were one of the main reasons that made Pit-Fighter so fun! Why did THQ decide to take out the weapons in this version? The world may never know.

Pit Fighter for the arcade was one of several games that used digitized graphics and real live actors to portray the fighting and the crowd animations that created quite a buzz during the 1990s. It also had great controls so you could easily get into it and drop lots of quarters. It was definitely fun and I beat it a few times. Then this port came out for the SNES and my friend unfortunately bought it, thinking it would be just as fun. It's not.

The graphics are horrible to say the least. They are choppy and bland ; they do nothing to capture the mood and the intensity when you fight your opponents. The controls are very rigid as if your character resembles a tank. Forget about the sounds because most of it was cut out so you get inferior versions of the music and muffled sound effects. Because of the controls, the port is a lot harder than the arcade version.

Stay away from this, even if you are curious to look at this hot, flaming mess. Instead, get yourself an emulator and track down the rom for the arcade version. Peace.

Pit Fighter for it's time was a good game. But even with games of it's time, it wasn't as great (this game came out in 1991). you could only be 3 characters, all of which were fairly decent and more or less the same with the addition of a few moves and subtraction of a few moves.

The only thing that really held this game up was it's challenge, it's bonus rounds and it's easy play. It was almost too easy at times. Plus you could use the entire screen to fight a match instead of scrolling left and right. It might not be worth buying because it gets real old real quick so maybe rent this one first.

You first selects as one of three pit fighters to compete against a slew of amazing brutal pit fighters (a whole 7). This is your normal fighting game, no blood, no fatalities, the only difference is that there is more of a playing field, you can move around the total pit, rather than just moving left and right on a platform like other fighting games. There are pretty simple moves, punches, kicks, sweeps, yada yada, which make the game get old really quick. The only good thing about the game is its huge challenge and special rounds, such as when you must fight tigers! Rent it, don't buy it.