Fightin' Spirit (Amiga AGA) - A Playguide and Review - by LemonAmiga.com
79Fightin' Spirit was released in 1996 by Light Shock Software, an Italian group formed in 1994. This took inspriration from SNK's Neo-Geo arcade fighter Fatal Fury. This game tried to push the limits of the Amiga platform several years after Commodore had gone under. Did they Succeed?
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Production Notes:
Captured: 7th March 2018
Narrated: 23rd October 2023
Completed: 26th October 2023, V1
Our final review of this series trails out with a cult classic. The CD32 version has a huge 85.5% of Lemon Amiga, and is 53rd in the Top 100 Games List. We already covered most of the top 100 games in these guides, so it is fitting that we end the series with something which is on that list. I was never any good with fighting games, and this footage was originally recorded, and carried over from perhaps series 4 or 5? (2018). There are always a few games on the cutting room floor, but it felt a shame to cut the review just because my playing wasn't very good.
Narration was one of the last to be completed. I was deep in depression at that time, with a court hearing on Nov 15th, so I was very much just trying to keep one foot in front of another, by taking my mind off things with this review. After this I began working on my Holiday game, to take my mind off things even further. That's why the voice sounds awful and slow in the review. Maybe next series will be the final one?
Danscore:
Just because something is no longer around, doesn't mean to say the evidence of it's existence isn't all around us. Take Elvis Presley, or John Lennon; their songs and photos are still used every day, and not just for nostalgia reasons, but as a culture. Cultures are gangs, they are 'in-crowds', they are safe havens and places of worship. Back in 1996, the Amiga's game coding houses seemed to move East, with Poland and Italy taking over from Germany, France and Spain. The results were usually mixed. This software team also created Black Viper; and the least said about that, the better!! But this has all the AGA colours you could ask for. Background animations, lorry loads of moves and specials, and support for these new-fangled 'Game Pad' things the kids are using these days. It's a far cry from Fairy Tale Adventure and the early 8-bit conversions we got in the 1980's, with plenty of speed and arcade quality action. Comments compared this game to Fatal Fury: King of Fighters (a.k.a Street Fighter 4?), and the best the Neo Geo had to offer. As they say in all of those 'cop out' magazine reviews, where the reviewer clearly hasn't got a clue what they are doing: "If you love this type of game, there is a good chance you'll love this." I give it 7.5. It doesnt grab me like IK+, which is still the King of Amiga fighters for me.