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Resurrected in HD with online co-op.

Old beat-'em-ups Final Fight and Magic Sword are being repackaged for PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade.

They'll boast upscaled HD and original graphics, plus drop-in online (and presumably local) co-op and the necessary swathe of Leaderboards.

Publisher Capcom told IGN that both games would be stuffed into one virtual box next year, although a price is still TBC.

Final Fight, released in 1989, appeared first. The idea was to guide muscle-men in tight trousers through Metro City in search of Mad Gear. And punch things.

Magic Sword, released a year later, swapped jeans for tights and guns for spells as The Brave One fought some bonkers elf or rat or something.

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elvenscroll #1 2 years ago

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I used to love Final Fight!
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Gouki #2 2 years ago

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final fight........... FINAL FIGHT!!!!!!!

its a must

fair comment about remakes but its great for us oldies...... he says@ 30 (is that old?)

yes im aware its older than 29, 28, etc...

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coomber #3 2 years ago

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Final Fight was class. This could well be the first game I download.
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JahB #4 2 years ago

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Awesome! final fight game kicked massive ass on the SNES, will download on day 1.
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mode7 #5 2 years ago

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I had Final Fight on my Atari ST. The graphics could have used a bit of polish, the frame rate gave it the same feel as browsing the Village Peoples photo album.

At least the ST version had Guy, I believe the SNES version only had two playable characters.
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Monkey_Puncher #6 2 years ago

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Yes!
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Gouki #7 2 years ago

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lol wow some one else had the atari ST (snap)
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JeroenZM #8 2 years ago

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I wish my mayor was like Haggar.
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menage #9 2 years ago

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Final Fight yay. Hope it's a good remake and not a lousy port.

I liked Magoic Sword back in teh day. But it has probably aged pretty badly now.
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Eurolamer #10 2 years ago

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Imagine Boris taking to the mean streets to pile drive some oiks into the pavement. That's just crying out for a photoshop/flash animation, surely?
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Bulbatron #11 2 years ago

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mode7, my brother and I had Final Fight on the Atari ST as well. Another thing you couldn't do on the Atari ST version was have the sound effects and music on at the same time.
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Pastici #12 2 years ago

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Ha! Only yesterday I said how nice it would be to have Final Fight on XBLA/PSN. Used to love this game on the pier in Weston-super-Mare before they got rid of the old cheap arcade machines.
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SeesThroughAll #13 2 years ago

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Online Final Fight?

See you all in PSN, gentlemen.
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jamhead #14 2 years ago

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Did nobody else find that Final Fight got a tad repetitive (same bad guys, same moves) when played the whole way through? I'd really like a modern take on old-skool 2d beat-em-ups with a bit more depth - viewtiful joe style, but a little more 'haggar' would be ideal. Anyone got any suggestions?

(having said all that - online co-op may be enough to sway me to a purchase for this, probably for the 3rd time or so since it was originally released!)
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mcwildcard #15 2 years ago

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Sold.
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cherryuk #16 2 years ago

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This sounds cool although I think the long term replayability won't be as essential as Street Fighter Remix HD
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tachometer #17 2 years ago

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Urban Reign on PS2 was a great update of this kind of scrolling beat em up, definitley worth checking out if you're a fan of the genre
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davisorle #18 2 years ago

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Hell.. If I hadnt seen the picture from Final Fight I would have forgoten for the rest of my life which game that is. Damn thats some old clasic shit. Loved it.
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MisterFahrenheit #19 2 years ago

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Bit of a strange double-pack, they're nowt like each other. I'll be picking it up anyway, although I got Final Fighted out on the surprisingly good GBA version so I'm more interested in replaying Magic Sword now. Get me escape!

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dllord #20 2 years ago

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FF Wow i've gone moist!
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Murton #21 2 years ago

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Final Fight is without a doubt the best side scrolling beat-em up I've ever played, and I've played my fair share of them, probably more than my fair share if I'm honest.

Really looking forward to this one, this and Alien Breed (when it comes out) will make a great day, reliving my years with the Atari ST and Commodore Amiga.
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DAN.E.B #22 2 years ago

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this is good news
people asked for it and you delivered
way to go CAPCOM!
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icematt12 #23 2 years ago

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I knew it. I think I saw people was after this on Capcom Unity not long after the PSN release here of SF Turbo HD. I'm a bit of an old school side scroller at heart.

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NinjaWilliams #24 2 years ago

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The ultimate and best final fight released was on the Sega CD, that was quality, loads of different modes and proper quality cd tunes too! Will the remake be as good apart from being HD?...
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