Brehs What Was It Like When Tekken 3 Dropped?

[JLaw]

Eddie Gordo gave button mashers a style to run with

I handed out countless fades with Bryan Fury though

The offbrand Jackie Chan Drunken Master character was the craziest shyt I'd ever seen. If your opponent picked him and started switching stances you knew you were about to get that work.

 

[Kamikaze Revy]

Thread brought up a good point: what the hell happened to fighting games?

I think they lost their way trying to dumb themselves down for casual audiences and the nail in the coffin for them was DLC.

 

[parallax]

Thread brought up a good point: what the hell happened to fighting games?

I think they lost their way trying to dumb themselves down for casual audiences and the nail in the coffin for them was DLC.

The transition out of arcades. There were a fukk ton of fighting games in the 90s from just about everybody. But when arcades started to dissappear in the west it was like developers outside of capcom and snk stopped trying. I mean for the longest time the big 3 on the tourney scene were super turbo, third strike and mahvel.

 

[Arris]

Thread brought up a good point: what the hell happened to fighting games?

I think they lost their way trying to dumb themselves down for casual audiences and the nail in the coffin for them was DLC.

I like to play fighters with my opponent in the room.

Me and my brother could rack up a hundred matches easy. And I would go to my friends house with 1-2 others all the time and pass the controller around with losses.

That was from like 2003-2007

After my brother went off to college and a couple of my closer friends moved away. I haven't touched fighting games in a large capacity since then.

I guess a big part of my enjoyment of them was the local in the room interactions. Which is probably why tournaments are still thriving

 

[TheGregReaper]

It was the first fighting game I got on PS1 I got it Christmas 98.

It along with SF2 are my favorite fighters of all time.

 

[Deltron]

It was the first fighting game I got on PS1 I got it Christmas 98.

It along with SF2 are my favorite fighters of all time.

tekken force in T3 for PS1 got me mad a few times I think I broke one of my cheapass third party PS1 controllers

 

[OmegaK2099]

I remember in junior high my teacher actually had a playstation in his class and would let us play Tekken 3 when we were done with our work, wed also put together tournaments also

 

[Kilgore Trout]

hwoarang
Eddie Gordo
Dr B

 

[PS5 Pro]

Eddie Gordo changed the game, don't let anybody fool you. And the excitement of casually time releasing new characters without charging you dlc. It was the best of times

 

[Paper Boi]

there was a pizza place that had that shyt around here.

let's just say we had a lot of pizza that summer.

 

[~*--------(Big Boom)]

Bay plaza movie Theater in the Bronx had it
The Graphics on this was

Then nikkas started cheesing with Eddy

Forest Law

Was my Main

 

[Red Shield]

Yes they were

dues be saying anything

SF, SFA, Mortal Kombat, Toshinden, Tekken, King of Fighters

 

[Red Shield]

The transition out of arcades. There were a fukk ton of fighting games in the 90s from just about everybody. But when arcades started to dissappear in the west it was like developers outside of capcom and snk stopped trying. I mean for the longest time the big 3 on the tourney scene were super turbo, third strike and mahvel.

ain't that the truth

just a graveyard of dead fighting game ip's by the time you get to 2000/2001


Even after all this time I still think it's crazy that DOA is still around. Back in the 90s I thought Toshinden and Virtua Fighter would be around for a long long time, never thought DOA would have staying power. Funny how that all worked out.

 

[Jonah]

Cause I know nikkas weren't into fighting games hardcore like that especially back in the late 90s.

Yep, you a youngin

nikkas used to have fist fights over Street Fighter 2 & King of Fighters cabinets at the arcades.

long lines of hispanic nikkas waiting to play KOF 98 was a normal sight

Killer Instinct on the snes was the neighborhood classic that everyone would come over to play after school

Tekken 3 was one of the few fighting games that every nikka had, the others being Street Fighter 2 & Soul Calibur

Fighting Game Fever was in full effect in the 90s Once Soul Calibur Dropped in 99, it was a wrap.

That shyt blew nikkas heads for how much of an upgrade it was from Tekken 3.

[edit]

Forgot to mention Virtua Fighter at the local laundrymat was still getting play in the late 90s despite being outdated by that time

 

[parallax]

ain't that the truth

just a graveyard of dead fighting game ip's by the time you get to 2000/2001


Even after all this time I still think it's crazy that DOA is still around. Back in the 90s I thought Toshinden and Virtua Fighter would be around for a long long time, never thought DOA would have staying power. Funny how that all worked out.

I know it's aged like milk, but toshinden was a sight to be seen when the PlayStation was announced. The way the characters moved, all the colorful ass fireballs. That shyt made me want a psx.

As for DOA, it has the Dreamcast to thank for it's success. Most of the people I knew at the time weren't aware of what it was until they saw DOA2 and the jiggle physics on the Dreamcast at software etc.