Anybody remember the father of modern fighting games? Pit-Fighter.

Ah, Pit-Fighter. My very first Game Boy game :) Jesus Christ, it was shit.

"HOME-BOY!!!", repeated Southside Jim.

I loved this game back in the day.

-Byshop

Corny game but one of the first fighting games using digitized sprites (later made popular by MK) and blood.

You could also throw stuff and move everywhere if I remember correctly.

only thing i remember was how terrible it was.

I'll never forget my cousin and I renting the Super Nintendo system and Street Fighter II on a weekly basis to get our fix and one week it was out before we could snag it so we rented Pit Fighter for my Genesis. Uhhh yea, was not the same!

only thing i remember was how terrible it was.

4NGoods

"HOME-BOY!!!", repeated Southside Jim.

I loved this game back in the day.

-Byshop

Byshop

Yie Ar Kung Fu or Karate Champ are more the 'father of modern fighting games', rather than Pit Fighter, for being early 1-on-1 fighting games.

Controls/playability is a HUGE factor in having fun with a game, and from everything I've seen of Pit FIghter, that was a major issue.Stinger78

This.

[QUOTE="Stinger78"]Yie Ar Kung Fu or Karate Champ are more the 'father of modern fighting games', rather than Pit Fighter, for being early 1-on-1 fighting games.

Controls/playability is a HUGE factor in having fun with a game, and from everything I've seen of Pit FIghter, that was a major issue.Jag85

This.

[QUOTE="Jag85"]

[QUOTE="Stinger78"]Yie Ar Kung Fu or Karate Champ are more the 'father of modern fighting games', rather than Pit Fighter, for being early 1-on-1 fighting games.

Controls/playability is a HUGE factor in having fun with a game, and from everything I've seen of Pit FIghter, that was a major issue.TigerSuperman

This.

[QUOTE="TigerSuperman"][QUOTE="Jag85"]

This.

Jag85

[QUOTE="Jag85"][QUOTE="TigerSuperman"] Would you say that Battletank is the father of FPS games? No. you would give that to some around Wolfenstein 3d. Ideas are Ideas. The execution that influences numerous games is what you can really call a father. Which is Pit-Fighter. poor soul.TigerSuperman

Well what it did is in every fighting game, and it did it differently than the two games Yie kung fu and Karate Champ. Think of them as Inspirations. but if you still don't i suppose I can't sway you. I mean, not many people remember ol' poor Pit-Fighter. God bless it's soul.

Edit: But to be clear, I don't think it's that good of a game. It's decent, but with G.O.A.T's like C2 it's no where near the top of fighting game lists.

Pit Fighter's gameplay appears to be similar to earlier brawling-type fighters like Violence Fight and Street Smart...

I think where Pit Fighter's originality really lies, though, is in the live-action digitized sprite graphics, which was later popularized by Mortal Kombat... So you could say Pit Fighter influenced the Mortal Kombat school of fighting games? 

[QUOTE="TigerSuperman"][QUOTE="Jag85"] That's the first time I've heard anyone call Pit-Fighter "the father of modern fighting games"... but to each his own, I guess?Jag85

Well what it did is in every fighting game, and it did it differently than the two games Yie kung fu and Karate Champ. Think of them as Inspirations. but if you still don't i suppose I can't sway you. I mean, not many people remember ol' poor Pit-Fighter. God bless it's soul.

Edit: But to be clear, I don't think it's that good of a game. It's decent, but with G.O.A.T's like C2 it's no where near the top of fighting game lists.

Pit Fighter's gameplay appears to be similar to earlier brawling-type fighters like Violence Fight and Street Smart...

I think where Pit Fighter's originality really lies, though, is in the live-action digitized sprite graphics, which was later popularized by Mortal Kombat... So you could say Pit Fighter influenced the Mortal Kombat school of fighting games? 

[QUOTE="Jag85"]

[QUOTE="TigerSuperman"]

Well what it did is in every fighting game, and it did it differently than the two games Yie kung fu and Karate Champ. Think of them as Inspirations. but if you still don't i suppose I can't sway you. I mean, not many people remember ol' poor Pit-Fighter. God bless it's soul.

Edit: But to be clear, I don't think it's that good of a game. It's decent, but with G.O.A.T's like C2 it's no where near the top of fighting game lists.

TigerSuperman

Pit Fighter's gameplay appears to be similar to earlier brawling-type fighters like Violence Fight and Street Smart...

I think where Pit Fighter's originality really lies, though, is in the live-action digitized sprite graphics, which was later popularized by Mortal Kombat... So you could say Pit Fighter influenced the Mortal Kombat school of fighting games? 

While Pit-Fighter did have a few similar Brawler mechanics, it did try to do it's own thing (you can see this and feel this instantly while playing the game.) and a lot of what it did or tried to do (but had bad controls for) would be used in all Fighting games. Pit-Fighter is barely credited for anything.

Of course, it's not C2 or anything.

Well, I haven't played either Pit Fighter, Violence Fight, or Street Smart... so I can't really say how similar or different they really are...

However, one thing I am sure about is that Pit Fighter does at least deserve some cred for the realistic digital sprite graphical style that was later used in Mortal Kombat and its clones.

And by the way, what do you mean by C2?

[QUOTE="TigerSuperman"][QUOTE="Jag85"]

Pit Fighter's gameplay appears to be similar to earlier brawling-type fighters like Violence Fight and Street Smart...

I think where Pit Fighter's originality really lies, though, is in the live-action digitized sprite graphics, which was later popularized by Mortal Kombat... So you could say Pit Fighter influenced the Mortal Kombat school of fighting games? 

Jag85

While Pit-Fighter did have a few similar Brawler mechanics, it did try to do it's own thing (you can see this and feel this instantly while playing the game.) and a lot of what it did or tried to do (but had bad controls for) would be used in all Fighting games. Pit-Fighter is barely credited for anything.

Of course, it's not C2 or anything.

Well, I haven't played either Pit Fighter, Violence Fight, or Street Smart... so I can't really say how similar or different they really are...

However, one thing I am sure about is that Pit Fighter does at least deserve some cred for the realistic digital sprite graphical style that was later used in Mortal Kombat and its clones.

And by the way, what do you mean by C2?

[QUOTE="Jag85"]

[QUOTE="TigerSuperman"] Yes and no.

While Pit-Fighter did have a few similar Brawler mechanics, it did try to do it's own thing (you can see this and feel this instantly while playing the game.) and a lot of what it did or tried to do (but had bad controls for) would be used in all Fighting games. Pit-Fighter is barely credited for anything.

Of course, it's not C2 or anything.TigerSuperman

Well, I haven't played either Pit Fighter, Violence Fight, or Street Smart... so I can't really say how similar or different they really are...

However, one thing I am sure about is that Pit Fighter does at least deserve some cred for the realistic digital sprite graphical style that was later used in Mortal Kombat and its clones.

And by the way, what do you mean by C2?