80
Besides this awesome little cartridge, the drama of Metro City is limited on this generation of gaming machines. Maybe it's the dying out of beat 'em up games and general that has lent to this game's obscurity.
90
If you haven't bought Final Fight One already, you should probably buy two or three copies, just to be safe. Everybody knows they will be the currency of a post-apocalyptic future where cops have periods in the middle of their names and chandeliers fall from the ceiling to reveal delicious roasts.
85
It's not an entirely deep game, but it's very satisfying from start to finish.
6
Scrolling beat 'em up boasting large sprites and is very faithful to the original, but like all examples of the genre is a little repetitive and lacking in depth. A decent enough one if you like this type of thing though.
9
The Beat 'em Up game that made the genre stand out as one of the bests in the industry. A true classic for the arcade!
8
Fun side-scrolling fighting games, almost the same as the arcade original. There is a reason that even used copies of this game go for $20 today even though the game was released 12 years ago. This version can be played on any of the Gameboy systems that supports GBA titles like the Gameboy SP, DS and DSlite, etc. Great game, but getting harder and harder to find it for cheap. I personally feel this game is better than many other games of it's type like Streets of Rage.
Final Fight One
Game Boy Advance
Released On:
Sep 26, 2001
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82
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The graphics are superb for a GBA game, with colorful characters that take up a good chunk of the screen, and bright, detailed backgrounds.
85
Obviously old school fans of these kinds of games will be impressed by the graphics and fast paced gameplay, but as I mentioned, if this isn't your thing there isn't much else in the way of gameplay.
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Mar 22, 2022
9
The Beat 'em Up game that made the genre stand out as one of the bests in the industry. A true classic for the arcade!
Jun 30, 2013
8
Fun side-scrolling fighting games, almost the same as the arcade original. There is a reason that even used copies of this game go for $20 today even though the game was released 12 years ago. This version can be played on any of the Gameboy systems that supports GBA titles like the Gameboy SP, DS and DSlite, etc. Great game, but getting harder and harder to find it for cheap. I personally feel this game is better than many other games of it's type like Streets of Rage.
84
An almost perfect translation of the arcade original.
80
Besides this awesome little cartridge, the drama of Metro City is limited on this generation of gaming machines. Maybe it's the dying out of beat 'em up games and general that has lent to this game's obscurity.
72
Repetitive, primitive and even a bit tedious...and I dug every minute of it. [Nov 2001, p.220]
61
The visuals, the audio, and worst of all, the ability to actually enjoy the experience,have not come along so well.
60
Simple, no nonsense action. Like a Stallone or Schwarzenegger movie from the 80s, it does not really cut the mustard in this flo-mo Matrix/Max Payne era.
May 11, 2023
6
Scrolling beat 'em up boasting large sprites and is very faithful to the original, but like all examples of the genre is a little repetitive and lacking in depth. A decent enough one if you like this type of thing though.
SummaryClassic arcade action is unleased on the Game Boy® Advance system in Final Fight One. There's trouble in Metro City. The members of the Mad Gear Gang have kidnapped the mayor's daughter Jessica and the clock is ticking. The mayor, an ex-street fighter himself, calls in the big guns to help, enlisting the iron fist team of Cody and Gu... Read More
Rated Efor Everyone
