azuritereaction plays Final Fight CD - Part 4 of 4

Arcade variety rant! Also, this is probably one of my shortest blog series ever, since he doesn't even get past Round 4. I'll change that with a longplay at the end of this bad boy before I post the epilogue.

Round 4: The Industrial Area

As you make your way through the stage, flames will be emanating from the floor. Avoiding them is anything but easy, as sometimes you won't see them coming until you're shot three feet into the air like a human fireball.


Once you're past the end of the first section, you'll be taking on even more bad guys. You'll eventually make it to a door. What's behind it? We don't know, because he runs out of continues before we can find out. To the longplay...next time!

azuritereaction plays Final Fight CD - Part 3 of 4

We talk about Japanese arcades while going through the west side of Metro City, complete with a miniature Chinatown, an asshole cop and an underground fighting ring.

Round 3: The West Side

Oh, boy. We go through the streets and into a club where we take down even more bad guys. Andore Jr. is basically the same as Andore, except with a smaller health bar.

Punch the doors to open them. After the second door, an Andore will grab you from behind, and you'll be taken into an underground arena where you have to fight two more Andores: F. Andore and G. Andore. The sword will make the best work of them as long you can keep them away from you.


After you finish those guys off, you'll head back to where you were and you'll be able to go through what looks like Chinatown. At the end is the corrupt cop Edi E. He'll attack you with his nightstick and shoot at you with his gun from one side of the screen, but if you throw his henchmen into him, you'll stand a chance.

azuritereaction plays Final Fight CD - Part 2 of 4

As we talk about arcades during the 1990s, we go through the subway and destroy more criminal scum! Oh, my car!

Round 2: The Subway

This is where you'll first meet Andore. He has a bigger health bar than anyone else, so smack other people into him and do some jump kicks on him as well.

You'll soon enter the subway. You'll more than likely be dealing with at least three or four enemies at one time, so keep yourself from being surrounded by throwing enemies into other enemies. If you can, throw a Slash at everyone else, as they usually like blocking hand-to-hand combat strikes.

Once you make your way off the subway and onto the train tracks, you'll fight even more enemies. Watch out when the enemies kick the drumcans towards you, as they can damage you.

The boss here is Sodom (who goes by the name Katana on the console versions). Knock the swords out of his hands and whack him with one of them. He'll try to charge you, and there's not really much you can do against it except for a Special or a well-timed punch.

Car Destroying Minigame

Destroy the left side, the right side and the hood of the car as quickly as possible to get more points!

azuritereaction plays Final Fight CD - Part 1 of 4

Oh, hey, I'm covering a Sega CD game, finally.

Also, this is the best version out of them all. It's as close to arcade perfect as you're gonna get, as you can see. You get all three characters, and you can even play with two players like in the arcades! Of course, there are voices in the intro now, and they're cheesy as all get out.

Best of all, there's a CD soundtrack with real instruments. Is it me, or was music in Sega CD games inspiring in some strange way?

Round 1: The Slums

What can I say? You see Thrasher run off with Jessica, then a bunch of steel barrels get broken and people get beat up.

The big fat guys charge at you, while Holly Wood (which should be one word, by the way) has an infinite supply of knives...kinda like what Sega would do with the Jacks in Streets of Rage 2. Axl and Slash will block your standing combo and any strikes you throw at them at times, so you're better off getting your hands on them and throwing them around.

The boss here is Thrasher (who is named Damnd in the arcade version, and was name-changed for obvious reasons), and to beat him, you'll be slamming enemies into him to do some more damage. When you get him alone, you'll be able to grab the guy and do some real damage yourself. Just watch out when he tries to punch you.

After you do enough damage to him, he'll leap to the subway entrance (where you can't get him) and call out some more enemies to come at you. The real threat here is the red Holly Woods, which throw firebombs at you instead of knives.


Yes, I might as well mention that Roxy shows up in the boss battle. She and Poison where changed to Billy and Sid in the American version on Super Nintendo. She and Roxy somersault over you, just to be complete dicks. They also try to slap you. Poison has more health than Roxy, and is purple instead of red.