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Gaming Community Websites
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CornerTrap (English) |
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Anyone interested in fighting games living in Europe needs to visit this site.
Featuring everything from columns, articles, tournament announcements, combo videos,
and match videos, this site is the best way to get in touch with all of Europe's best
players.
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gamecombos.com (English) |
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The ultimate video game combo resource! GCC features combo videos by the world's most talented
combo masters for games from any developer including Capcom, Namco, Sega, Sammy, Tecmo, Midway,
SNK, Atari, Sony, Nintendo, Square, Rare, and Activision. Run by none other than Video Opera's
own Ben, GCC has been serving hardcore fighting game fans for years.
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GameScrubs (English) |
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Catering mostly to the Pacific South fighting game scene, GameScrubs is becoming one of the new
community centers for less widespread games such as Super Smash Brothers Melee and the Guilty
Gear series. The site also has a fair amount of multimedia, including SSBM match and strategy
videos.
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GuardImpact.com (English) |
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This website is for the Soul Calibur series what Tekken Zaibatsu is for the Tekken
series, complete with movelists, combos, frame data, character rankings, and an
extremely knowledgeable forum. Be sure to check out Guard Impact's famous Skill
Project videos!
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Neo-Geo.com (English) |
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Currently the Internet's largest Neo-Geo fan community, this is the best place to
go for all of your SNK game collecting needs. Neo-Geo.com is complete with active
forums, reviews, screenshots, price guides, cart pics, art galleries, and more.
All dedicated to SNK’s 16-bit NeoGeo systems & games.
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Orochinagi.com (English) |
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The longstanding SNK fighting game players' equivalent of Shoryuken.com,
Orochinagi.com is still one of the most respected SNK forums on the internet. Be
sure to check out their impressive collection of original game guides, translated
comic strips, imported mook scans, game soundtracks, and sprite rips.
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Shoryuken.com (English) |
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The biggest Street Fighter / Capcom related website on the planet! Shoryuken.com
boasts a forum of over 20,000 members! The staff is also responsible for the
Evolution tournament series... the largest fighting game tournament
in Northern America!
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Tekken Zaibatsu (English) |
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The largest Tekken website in the world! Tekken Zaibatsu is the place to go for
fresh new articles, combo videos, and game information! Well over 10,000 members
subscribe to the site's forums, making this an essential website for anyone who
claims to be a fan of Namco's flagship fighting series.
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VirtuaFighter.com (English) |
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As the hub of all English-speaking Virtua Fighter communities on the Internet,
VFDC is the best place to look for competition, matchmaking and advice. Featuring
one of the most frequently updated media archives online, there's always something
interesting for any Virtua Fighter player to see.
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News and Information Websites
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GameFAQs.com (English) |
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Possibly the most comprehensive video game information website ever created, GameFAQs.com is the
place to go for movelists, secret codes, walkthroughs, storyline guides, and more. This incredible
resource definately comes in handy for finding introductory information needed to get started on
a new game or discovering how to perform that hidden Fatality!
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The Madman's Cafe (English) |
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Serving game news fresh off the grill since 1994! The Madman's Cafe is one of the most widely
respected news websites online. For years, every major public video game announcement appeared
instantly on their front page. Although it has been dormant lately, the site still hosts several game
guides and lots of oddball multimedia such as Japanese video game commercials.
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Sirlin.net (English) |
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While this website is geared mainly towards the theory of game design, the competetive insights
contained in each of his discussions on fighting games should be analyzed and considered by every
knowledgeable tournament player. David Sirlin is one of the top ranking Street Fighter players in
the United States. He has been a professional game designer for several years.
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Exhibition Video Websites
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Bust Karate Dojo (English) |
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Another excellent information and media website focusing on Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike,
Bust Karate Dojo has some strategy videos and game experiments you won't find anywhere else.
As an added bonus, the media section also features tutorial videos for the Nintedo Gamecube
shooter F-Zero.
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Dark Addictz Kaillera Group (English) |
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If you're looking for a regularly updated classic fighting game website, this is it. Dark Addictz
covers popular fighting games such as the early Marvel series, SNK games such as the Last Blade and
Samurai Shodown series, and much more. The site features everything from combo videos, to matches,
to glitch vids.
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Fighter's Cafe (English) |
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One of the premiere SNK fighting game combo video sources, Persona's website features classics
such as King of Fighters '94, Samurai Shodown 2, and Breaker's Revenge, as well as current titles
such as Capcom vs SNK 2 and Guilty Gear X.
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KaraThrow.com (English) |
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Any serious Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike player should visit this website for their translation
of the Japanese 3rd Strike strategy guide, complete with frame information for every move in the
game. Don't forget to check out their innovative combo and bug videos as well as their collection
of Japanese match videos.
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KoF Colombia (Spanish) |
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One of the major SNK fighting game websites on the internet, KoF Colombia features combo and glitch
exhibitions for games ranging from the King of Fighters series to the Fatal Fury series and lots more.
The layout is fairly intuitive so be sure to check them out even if you don't speak Spanish.
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KoF Cyberfanatics (English) |
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Quite possibly the most famous KoF website online, KoF Cyberfanatics has been the major source for
SNK game combo, glitch, and match videos for years. They are affiliated with most major SNK websites,
so they update frequently with news about projects from within that scene and newsregarding all
new SNK releases.
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Namonaki.com (English) |
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The Namonaki.com A-Groove Guide is the best place to find practical Custom Combos for every
character in Capcom vs SNK 2. This website is the home of Gunter's "What You Can Do With Your
A-Groove" video tutorial series, some of which was performed by the famous Japanese player
BAS.
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Sonic Hurricane (English) |
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Featuring detailed articles analyzing the Capcom vs SNK fighting game series, several combo,
glitch, and strategy exhibitions, and even some random Guile artwork, this is a website that
every fan of CvS or CvS2 should know about. Owned and operated entirely by Video Opera staff
member Art.
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Match Video Websites
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a-cho Arcade Website (Japanese) |
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This is the official website of one of the most popular Japanese arcades outside of Tokyo, a-cho.
Although the entire site is in Japanese, the videos page is relatively easy to find and navigate.
Tournament videos featuring Third Strike, Alpha 3, Capcom vs SNK 2, Guilty Gear XX, Soul Calibur 2,
and even Initial D are rotated weekly through their movies page.
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The BEARcade (English) |
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Representing UC Berkeley's campus arcade, this website regularly hosts match videos for a variety
of fighting games as well as some strategy and tactics videos from time to time. The BEARcade is
also known for hosting the University Battle tournaments, where players from a number of the
biggest colleges in Northern California square off to represent their home schools.
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Challenger Official Homepage (Japanese) |
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The Challenger Official Homepage is a Japanese only website featuring tournament match videos
of a diverse spectrum of fighting games, including SNK vs Capcom: Chaos, Soul Calibur 2, Samurai
Shodown Zero, and Guilty Gear XX. The site is frequently updated and it's easy to find the
download links without any knowledge of the Japanese language.
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CyberShinAkuma's Realm (English) |
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Apart from being the personal website of ImPerfectCell, CyberShinAkuma's Realm features match
videos starring the East Coast's best players. MvC2 players should definately forgive the overly
flashy layout and head to the videos section to get the good stuff, such as Sanford's Combo
Exhibition.
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Dasrik's Videos and Stuff (English) |
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Operated and maintained by Dasrik, this website specializes in Marvel vs Capcom 2 match videos
obtained from Northern and Southern California tournaments as well as a great deal of casual
match footage featuring UC Riverside's best players. As an added bonus, many of the casual matches
showcase rarely used characters such as Wolverine, Guile, Hulk, and Zangief.
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DenjinVideo.com (English) |
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Run by Family Fun's Shogo, this website is the best place to go for high level tournament matches
featuring the best Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike and Capcom vs SNK 2 players in Southern
California. Regular updates are made frequently, with fresh matches served after every major
tournament.
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TeamControl.net (English) |
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The official homepage of UCI's Team Control features member profiles, forums, and best of all,
tournament matches from local Southern California arcades. Third Strike is the main course for
the site, but videos of other popular fighting games sometimes pop up too.
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Miscellaneous Websites
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Babel Fish Translation (English) |
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Altavista.com's translation service allows you to translate a few words, a block of text, or an entire website.
It currently supports eight languages. Results vary from page to page, and the translation it gives is never
perfect, but it makes it much easier to sort through Japanese websites in search of videos.
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Higher Voltage (English) |
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Generally dealing with the lighter side of fighting games, Higher Voltage is jam packed with fighting game reviews,
multimedia (audio), and a forum full of friendly people willing to talk about games, chicks, and almost anything
else related to either. From old games to new, HV covers it all!
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Street Fighter Comics (English) |
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The official website of Udon's Street Fighter: The Comic Series, showcasing high quality
promotional cover scans, desktop wallpapers, character biographies, and more. The series
exceptionally faithful to the Capcom video game, with awesome artwork and painstaking attention
to detail.
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Top-Players.com (English) |
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The successor to the legendary Clockw0rk.com is staffed by the same group of world-class
Marvel vs Capcom 2 players that everyone has come to know as Team San Diego. Visit this
website to chill with some of the best young talent in America and ask for advice in any
recent fighting game.
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