Violence Fight - Arcade Gameplay (2K 60fps)
1Violence Fight is a Fighting Game developed and published by Taito in 1989 in arcades. The game is notable for being on the earlier beat'em-ups previous to Street Fighter II, not to mention having some elements that SFII will popularize later, like matches divided in rounds and even special moves, albeit neither as fantastical as their Capcom's counterparts. It was also notorious for having all the characters some kind of small backstory and their reasons for fighting in the tournament
In the U.S. during The '50s, there was a underground fighting tournament named as "Violence Fight", who was popular between the criminal underworld and the general audience. The contestants, drawn from all the country, compete for a large sum of money and the glory of being named "The Number One Quarreler" of the good old U.S.A. The contestants are the following:
Bad Blue: A young man from Los Angeles, CA and The Hero of sorts of the game. He is the Jack-of-All-Trades of the game and he wants to win the tournament, so he and his manager, a Sharp-Dressed Man named "Blinks", could get the prize money for themselves.
Ben Smith: An African-American former war veteran from Carson City, Nevada, nicknamed the "Fierce Eagle of Nevada'' due to his quick reflexes and speed.
Lee Chen: A Chinese-American kung-fu fighter from Miami, FL and an expert of the deadliest forms of kung-fu he learned from his father after traveling to China for training.
Rick Joe: A disgraced wrestler from Ardmore, Oklahoma, expelled from the wrestling world after killing 13 wrestlers and he wants to atone his crimes in this tournament.
Ron Max: A fat farmer from Texas, whose bald head is tougher than his fists. One of the final bosses of the game and promoted to playable in the sequel.
Tony Won: A Scary Black Man from New York, who doesn't have any problems to use any kind of dirty trick to wipe the floor with you, including using chains. He's also the leader of the gang who organized the tournament in first place. He is also promoted to playable in the sequel as well.
The game spawned a Mission-Pack Sequel named Solitary Fighter, when the bosses are playable and some extra elements are included, like hostile audiences.
The game wasn't particulary popular in neither in Japan or the U.S. in the arcades, albeit it was ludicrously popular in Mexico in the same time period and it was never ported to consoles until the Playstation 2/Xbox era (and only in Japan, oddly enough).