VGEsoterica
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I love 3D fighting games and obviously I love rare games and oddball hardware...so it's a given I would absolutely love Buriki One. But sadly I think MOST people would love this game...and will never really get the chance to play it due to its rarity / obscurity and the fact it does not emulate well at all.
What SNK did with the fighting game formula and Buriki One is stupid simple yet amazingly effective. Every fighting game before and after it...arcade stick moves the character and the buttons attack
Buriki One? Buttons move the characters and the arcade stick attacks! Yes it sounds like it makes no sense...but once you actually get it in your hand (heh heh) and try it...suddenly you 100% see just what SNK was doing and damn does it click. The movement of the arcade stick directly correlates to the attack you load up which translates to a sense of impact when your strike hits that is unlike anything else I've ever experienced in a fighting game. Its genius and incredibly simple all at the same time!
and then SNK never used the concept again. 100% "one and done"
So Buriki One...IMO one of the best and most innovative 3D fighting games of the 90s basically faded away like a fart in the wind.
Which got me thinking. A) has anyone on Gaf ever gotten to play it and B) what are other amazing games that faded 100% into obscurity. Games locked behind hardware walls that don't emulate well OR just games that are amazing and unknown.
Stuff like Thrill Drive from Konami (hardware locked) or just epic and obscure (L.O.L on Dreamcast)
What SNK did with the fighting game formula and Buriki One is stupid simple yet amazingly effective. Every fighting game before and after it...arcade stick moves the character and the buttons attack
Buriki One? Buttons move the characters and the arcade stick attacks! Yes it sounds like it makes no sense...but once you actually get it in your hand (heh heh) and try it...suddenly you 100% see just what SNK was doing and damn does it click. The movement of the arcade stick directly correlates to the attack you load up which translates to a sense of impact when your strike hits that is unlike anything else I've ever experienced in a fighting game. Its genius and incredibly simple all at the same time!
and then SNK never used the concept again. 100% "one and done"
So Buriki One...IMO one of the best and most innovative 3D fighting games of the 90s basically faded away like a fart in the wind.
Which got me thinking. A) has anyone on Gaf ever gotten to play it and B) what are other amazing games that faded 100% into obscurity. Games locked behind hardware walls that don't emulate well OR just games that are amazing and unknown.
Stuff like Thrill Drive from Konami (hardware locked) or just epic and obscure (L.O.L on Dreamcast)