Editing Fighting game (section)

=== Origins (1970s to early 1980s) ===
The first fighting games were fundamentally inspired by [[martial arts film]]s, especially [[Bruce Lee]]'s [[Hong Kong action cinema]]. Films include ''[[Game of Death]]'' (1972), where Lee fights a series of [[Boss (video games)|bosses]], and ''[[Enter the Dragon]]'' (1973), about an international [[martial arts]] tournament.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gill |first1=Patrick |title=Street Fighter and basically every fighting game exist because of Bruce Lee |url=https://www.polygon.com/gaming/2020/9/24/21440150/bruce-lee-movies-street-fighter-fighting-games |website=[[Polygon (website)|Polygon]] |access-date=March 24, 2021 |date=September 24, 2020 |archive-date=March 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210310053038/https://www.polygon.com/gaming/2020/9/24/21440150/bruce-lee-movies-street-fighter-fighting-games |url-status=live }}</ref> Other inspiration is [[Japanese martial arts]] works, including the [[manga]] and [[anime]] series ''[[Karate Master]]'' (1971–1977), and [[Sonny Chiba]]'s ''[[The Street Fighter]]'' (1974).<ref>{{cite news |last1=McLaughlin |first1=Rus |title=IGN Presents the History of Street Fighter |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2009/02/16/ign-presents-the-history-of-street-fighter |access-date=January 31, 2022 |work=[[IGN]] |date=February 16, 2009}}</ref>

Before martial arts games, the earliest video games with fist-fighting are [[List of boxing video games|boxing games]], featuring battles between characters with fantastic abilities and complex special maneuvers.<ref>{{cite book | title = Extending Experiences |author1=Olli Leino |author2=Hanna Wirman |author3=Amyris Fernandez | publisher = Lapland University Press | page = 53 | year = 2008}}</ref> [[Sega]]'s black-and-white boxing game ''[[Heavyweight Champ]]'', released for [[Arcade game|arcades]] in 1976, is considered the first video game with fist fighting.<ref>''Arcade Mania!'', p. 94.</ref> [[Vectorbeam]]'s [[arcade video game]] ''[[Warrior (arcade game)|Warrior]]'' (1979) is sometimes credited as one of the first fighting games;<ref name = edge>{{cite magazine | title=The Making of... Warrior | date=December 2006 | magazine=[[Edge (magazine)|Edge]] Magazine | issue=169 | pages=101–103}}</ref> in contrast to ''Heavyweight Champ'' and most later games, ''Warrior'' is based on sword fighting [[duels]] and uses a [[Top-down perspective|bird's-eye view]].<ref name="tao"/> [[Sega]]'s [[jidaigeki]]-themed arcade [[action game]] ''Samurai'', released in March 1980, features a boss battle where the [[samurai]] player character confronts a boss samurai in one-on-one sword-fighting combat.<ref>{{cite web |title=サムライ |trans-title=Samurai |url=https://sega.jp/history/arcade/product/9506/ |website=[[Sega]] |access-date=May 7, 2021 |language=ja |archive-date=May 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507143731/https://sega.jp/history/arcade/product/9506/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |chapter=1980 |title=Sega Arcade History |date=2002 |series=[[Famitsu DC]] |publisher=[[Enterbrain]] |pages=40–42 (40) |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/segaarcadehistoryfamitsudc/page/n41 |language=ja}}</ref>

One-on-one boxing games appeared on consoles with [[Activision]]'s [[Atari VCS]] game ''[[Boxing (Atari 2600)|Boxing]]'',<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wolf |first1=Mark J. P. |title=Encyclopedia of Video Games: The Culture, Technology, and Art of Gaming |date=2012 |publisher=[[ABC-CLIO]] |isbn=978-0-313-37936-9 |volume=1 |page=212 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=deBFx7QAwsQC&pg=PA212 |access-date=May 7, 2021 |archive-date=May 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507145122/https://books.google.com/books?id=deBFx7QAwsQC&pg=PA212 |url-status=live }}</ref> released in July 1980,<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lendino |first1=Jamie |title=Adventure: The Atari 2600 at the Dawn of Console Gaming |date=June 4, 2018 |publisher=[[Ziff Davis]] |isbn=978-1-7323552-0-0 |page=81 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JkaoDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA81 |access-date=May 7, 2021 |archive-date=May 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210509061804/https://books.google.com/books?id=JkaoDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA81 |url-status=live }}</ref> and Sega's [[SG-1000]] game ''[[Champion Boxing]]'' (1983),<ref>{{KLOV game|7308|Champion Boxing}}</ref> which is [[Yu Suzuki]]'s debut at Sega.<ref name="gccx">[[Retro Game Master|GameCenter CX]] – 2nd Season, Episode 13. Retrieved on April 4, 2009</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://uk.retro.ign.com/articles/974/974695p2.html|title=IGN Presents the History of SEGA|date=April 21, 2009|work=IGN|access-date=January 26, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314223804/http://uk.retro.ign.com/articles/974/974695p2.html|archive-date=March 14, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Nintendo]]'s arcade game ''[[Punch-Out!! (arcade game)|Punch-Out]]'' was developed in 1983 and released in February 1984,<ref>{{cite web |title=Punchout |url=https://cocatalog.loc.gov |website=[[United States Copyright Office]] |access-date=May 6, 2021 |archive-date=May 31, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210531152425/https://cocatalog.loc.gov/ |url-status=live }}</ref> as a boxing game featuring a behind-the-character perspective, maneuvers such as blocking and dodging, and [[Health meter|stamina meters]] that are depleted or replenished by blows.<ref>{{cite journal |date=August 1984 |title=Glass Joe Boxes Clever |url=http://www.solvalou.com/subpage/arcade_reviews/190/544/punch-out!!_review.html |journal=[[Computer and Video Games|Computer + Video Games]] |publisher=[[Future Publishing]] |page=47 |access-date=January 2, 2015 |archive-date=October 22, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171022193644/http://www.solvalou.com/subpage/arcade_reviews/190/544/punch-out!!_review.html |url-status=live }}</ref>