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Real Bout Fatal Fury Special

TitleReal Bout Fatal Fury Special
First release1997
DevelopersSNK, Sega
PublishersSNK, Sega
PlatformsArcade, Neo Geo, PlayStation, Sega Saturn
Genrefighting game
Also known asReal Bout Garou Densetsu Special
Players1–2 players
Co-opNo
ESRB ratingE Everyone
Releases
Arcade: 1997-01-27
Neo Geo: 1997-02-28 (NTSC)
Sega Saturn: 1997-12-23
Wikidata IDQ1137268

Real Bout Fatal Fury Special is a fighting game released by SNK in 1997. It is the sixth installment in the Fatal Fury series and the second game in the Real Bout sub-series, following the original Real Bout Fatal Fury. Real Bout Fatal Fury Special features all-new graphics and returns to the two-level plane system from Fatal Fury 2. The game retains the cast of the original Real Bout, with the addition of Tung Fu Rue, Cheng Sinzan, Laurence Blood and Wolfgang Krauser from Fatal Fury Special, with Krauser serving as the new final boss. Geese Howard, who was killed off in the end of the original Real Bout, appears in this game as a hidden final boss in a special "Nightmare Match" and as an unlockable playable character in the home versions. The game also features hidden "extra" versions of Tung Fu Rue, Billy Kane, Blue Mary, and Andy Bogard, for a total of 23 (24 if counting Geese) characters.

Description: TheGamesDB (community-contributed, no licence stated; internal use only) Facts from Wikidata (CC0), gaps filled from TheGamesDB and Arcade Database (ADB). Only retro platforms tracked by this site are listed; the year is the earliest release date recorded on Wikidata.
Sources
Wikidata (Q1137268) · last updated 2026-09-27 · CC0
TheGamesDB (25798) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only
TheGamesDB (10467) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only
TheGamesDB (53872) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only
Arcade Database (ADB) (rbffspec) · last updated 2026-10-05 · CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 · internal use only
Arcade Database ADB
MAME romsetrbffspec
Title at ADBReal Bout Fatal Fury Special / Real Bout Garou Densetsu Special
ManufacturerSNK
Year1996
GenreFighter / Versus
Players2
MAME driver statusGOOD
Real Bout Fatal Fury Special – Flyer
Flyer
Real Bout Fatal Fury Special – Marquee
Marquee
Real Bout Fatal Fury Special – Cabinet
Cabinet
Real Bout Fatal Fury Special – Title
Title
Real Bout Fatal Fury Special – In-game
In-game
Artwork: ADB (Arcade Database); artwork © original manufacturer (SNK); snaps by ProgettoSnaps via ADB. Non-free, internal use only (hotlinked, not downloaded).
Scraping using Arcade Database by motoschifo · CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 · romset via Wikidata P2451 (wikidata-qid) · fetched 2026-10-05 05:02 UTC · no fields filled (other sources take precedence)
Image credits
Box art, Screenshots, Logos (4): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded) · © SNK · internal use only. TheGamesDB page
Sprites
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Videos
Saturn Longplay [094] Real Bout Garou Densetsu Special
World-of-Longplays · Sega Saturn version · longplay · 56:00auto-matched
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Arcade Longplay [192] Real Bout Fatal Fury Special
World-of-Longplays · Arcade version · longplay · 19:41auto-matched
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