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    Has anyone heard of the Mugen 2D fighting game engine?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by LaptopNut, Jun 28, 2009.

  1. LaptopNut

    LaptopNut Notebook Virtuoso

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    http://mugentournament.tripod.com/id2.html

    I stumbled across this by accident and their seems to be a lot of fighting game remakes created from this engine. I have no idea regarding the legality of it in terms of copyright but some of the games do look good.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMeRt5PrNvM

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEaOUrNZ5Ms


    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M.U.G.E.N

     
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    It's been around a while, each time a new fighting game is out or a really popular anime gets enough attention, a new character/series is added to the engine library.

    Probably not the most legal thing around but they don't earn money from using the copyrighted material of others so most people likely turn a blind eye.
     
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    I have heard of it too, but I went to their site and a picture of a guy doing an air kick popped up and some foreign writing was there too. I saw no download :(

    I thought it was legal, maybe not.
     
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    Used to play it a few years back. You can pit almost any character from any game or anime you want against one another. Not too keen on its legality either...
     
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    That is weird, I see about 8 different links in the download section on the website.

    by the way, I had never heard of the Mugen engine before and I didn't see any threads about it on this forum so wondered.
     
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    You're more likely to find out more about Mugen on forums dedicated to it or forums dedicated to 2D fighters. There is a wiki page but I haven't read through the whole thing. Loads of videos on youtube and niconico though~
     
    Hirohata, Jun 28, 2009
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