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The first installment was originally an arcade game in 1989. There were two SNES ports of this game: the original version only featured Cody and Haggar as playable characters, while a later revision (titled Final Fight Guy) added Guy to the roster by replacing Cody (the explanation given was that Cody was on a training mission in Japan while Jessica was kidnapped). The fourth stage (the Industrial Area) was removed from both versions, due to the limitations on the size of a SNES cartridge. However, the Super NES version's strong point was audio and has the highest audio quality of any version of Final Fight.
The Game Boy Advance version, released in 2002 under the title of Final Fight One, is an enhanced version of the SNES port that's a bit closer to the arcade games. It includes the fourth level that was omitted in the previous SNES versions, the two-player co-op mode from the arcade game, and all three playable characters. Instead of three enemies appearing simultaneously on the Super Nintendo version, four enemies appear simultaneously on screen on the GBA version, because the GBA screen can handle more sprites. The Game Boy Advance version of Final Fight is also the only version of the game to have dialogues for each boss and the playable characters' reply dialogues in response to them. It also has an unlockable option to allow the player to play as the Street Fighter Alpha 3 versions of Cody and Guy.
The Sega CD version was published and developed internally by Sega under the title of Final Fight CD after Capcom gave them the license to produce the title for their Sega CD platform. Final Fight CD added voiceovers to the opening and ending sequences of the game, as well as a new Time Attack mode in addition to the main game. Final Fight was also ported to the Sharp X68000.
For the localized editions of the SNES games, Sodom (the boss of the second stage) was renamed Katana because of fears that the name would be associated with sodomy. The name of Sodom is intact in Final Fight One. Some fans feel Katana is a more appropriate name for an American who wants to be Japanese.
The localized SNES ports also has the two female enemies in the game, Roxy and Poison, replaced by male versions named Sid and Billy. This was presumably done since Poison was actually a she-male in the Japanese version. Reportedly she was originally conceived as a female character before the company's US division (Capcom USA) objected to the fact that the game allowed the player to beat up women, so the developers changed her backstory to make her into a she-male. When Capcom USA localized the SNES ports, they were oblivous to this fact and changed her character's appearance anyway. This change was also made in Final Fight One (for historical reasons), although Poison still made an appearance in the game's manual artwork. According to The Street Fighter Plot Canon Guide, Roxy and Poison canonically exist in the Street Fighter and Final Fight universe.
The story of Final Fight involves the abduction of Mike Haggar's daughter, Jessica, because he would not work with Mad Gear to ensure their dominance of the streets. When the Mad Gear thug Damnd contact Haggar and informs him, Haggar calls up his daughter's boyfriend Cody and his sparring partner Guy, and they head into the streets to bust Mad Gear's skulls, fighting their way through the hordes (including the Rastafarian thug Damnd, the "Japanist" Sodom, insane Red Beret Rolento Shugerg, corrupt cop Edi. E, and the ill-tempered Abigail), to get to Mad Gear's boss, Belger. Cody delivered the kick that knocked Belger through a plate glass window and sent him plummetting to his death. The various different versions of Final Fight differ in the details of when the story takes place: the original arcade version cites the date as the early 1990sCenturies: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s 2030s 2040s Years: Events and trends Computers, technology Explosive growth of the Internet; decrease in the cost of computers and other techn, while newer versions cites the date as 1989, the year when the original arcade version was released. The latter is generally thought to be consistent with the Street Fighter AlphaThe Street Fighter Alpha (in Japan and other parts of Asia, Street Fighter Zero series of fighting games is part of the Street Fighter series developed by Capcom. The games serve as a prequel to Street Fighter II and explains the events which happen befor series of games.
The events that followed Final Fight but before Final Fight 2 remain somewhat blurred, and inferences could only be made through the Street Fighter AlphaThe Street Fighter Alpha (in Japan and other parts of Asia, Street Fighter Zero series of fighting games is part of the Street Fighter series developed by Capcom. The games serve as a prequel to Street Fighter II and explains the events which happen befor series of games. Haggar returned to the mayor's office, Guy returned to Bushin-ryuu training, while Cody and Jessica vacationed together. During this time, Cody was arrested for disorderly conduct, although other sources indicated that he was framed. By the time of Street Fighter Alpha 3, Cody had escaped from a reformed Edi E..
It is to be noted that an enemy in this game, Andorre, was a tribute to professional wrestler Andre the Giant, as was an unspecified relation, Hugo, who appears in the Street Fighter IIIStreet Fighter III is a fighting game produced by Capcom, released in 1997, which is a continuation of the famous Street Fighter series of games. The game was produced in three editions, each adding more characters as well as making minor modifications to series.