adventures like Chrono Trigger and Earthbound, and... well, whatever the heck Out of This

像《Chrono Trigger》和《Earthbound》這樣的冒險，還有... ... 不管是《Out of This》還是《Out of This》，都是如此。

World was. But as we’ve seen, time and again, one piece of fruit was just out of reach:

世界是。但正如我們所看到的，一次又一次，一顆果實就這樣遙不可及。

the SNK fighter. They were cooking for their own super-premium arcade hardware, after all,

的SNK戰機。他們畢竟在為自己的超高級街機硬件做準備。

and leaving the weaker home consoles (read: those costing less than 600 bucks) to fight

並留下較弱的家用遊戲機（閱讀：那些成本低於600美元的遊戲機），以打擊

over the scraps. As a result, the non-rich among us got fairly lackluster ports of otherwise

在廢品上。結果，我們中的非富人得到了相當乏味的端口，否則。

great games like Fatal Fury and Art of Fighting. (We’ll leave World Heroes off to the side,

像《致命的憤怒》和《格鬥藝術》這樣的偉大遊戲。(我們就不說《世界英雄》了。

because who are we trying to kid.) Behold then, Samurai Showdown and/or Spirits, as

因為我們想騙誰）。)那麼，請看，武士決戰和/或烈酒，因為。

it was never meant to be: Tiny sprites and more lag than Quake on a 14.4 modem.

它從來沒有意味著是。小小的精靈和更多的滯後比14. 4調制解調器上的Quake。

In the style of pretty much every SNK game of the era that didn’t have the words “Metal

以當時幾乎所有SNK遊戲的風格，沒有 "金屬 "兩個字的遊戲

Slug” included somewhere, your goal is to beat the bejeezus out of your opponent, most

蛞蝓 "包括在某處，你的目標是擊敗bejeezus出你的對手，最。

likely using some manner of sword. It might be a katana. It might be a rapier. It might

可能使用某種方式的劍。可能是武士刀 It might be a katana.可能是一把劍。可能是

be a bird... no, wait, that’s just Nakoruru. I wish I could say more about the gameplay,

是一隻鳥... ... 不，等等，這只是中流砥柱。我希望我可以說更多關於遊戲的玩法。

because I actually played a good bit of Samurai Showdown back in the day, but this Super Famicom

因為其實我當年也玩過不少《武士道對決》，但這款《超級主機》。

version kinda mangles it beyond recognition. I realize that the pace of the game itself

版本還挺糾結的。我意識到，遊戲本身的節奏

is a bit slower and more deliberate than other, more combo-heavy offerings, and that’s by

比起其他更多組合的產品，它的速度更慢，更慎重，這是由

design. But the bottom line is... this version just doesn’t work very well at all. It’s

設計。但最重要的是......這個版本根本就不怎麼好用。它的

more an exercise in frustration, and why we should count our lucky stars we have much

更多的是在挫折中鍛鍊，為什麼我們應該數著我們的幸運星，我們有很多的。

more faithful emulations of the arcade original available to us today. Heck, even the chronology

更加忠實的模仿街機原版，提供給我們今天。Heck, 甚至是年表

doesn’t make sense. According to the interwebs, this first game in the series is meant to

並沒有意義。根據網絡上的消息，這個系列的第一款遊戲是為了。

take place in the spring and summer of the year 1788. If this is the case, the two “American”

發生在1788年的春夏之交。如果是這樣，兩個 "美國"

fighters, hailing from Texas and San Francisco, should rightly be Spanish, as America hadn’t

來自德克薩斯和舊金山的戰士們，理所當然應該是西班牙人，因為美國還沒有。

really gotten that far yet. C’mon, Japan. History books.

真的得到了那麼遠呢。來吧，日本。歷史書。

Returning from Fatal Fury is the License mode, where you’ve got no health bar and a mandate

從《致命之怒》中迴歸的是執照模式，在這個模式中，你沒有健康欄，還有一個任務。

to pummel your way through as many oncomers as possible within a three-minute time limit.

在三分鐘的時間限制內，通過儘可能多的迎面而來的人衝擊你的方式。

It’s a mode I liked then and I still do; I just wish the mechanics were such that it

這是我當時喜歡的模式，現在也是，我只是希望機制是這樣的，它

wasn’t just three minutes of beating my head against a wall. So what did this game

並不是三分鐘就能把我的頭打到牆上。那麼這個遊戲是什麼

leave me with? Honestly, after fighting Hanzo, all I could think was, “Man, I miss Nagase.

留給我？說實話，打完半藏之後，我只想說，天啊，我好想長瀨。

I haven’t played King of Fighters 2006 in almost a year.” Honestly, just pick up Samurai

我已經快一年沒玩《拳皇2006》了。"說實話，只要拿起《武士》

Showdown Anthology for the Wii or PS2, or download it for your PSP. I think we’ve

Showdown Anthology for the Wii or PS2, or download it for your PSP.我想我們已經

proven Neo-Geo’s hardware dominance, at least in that moment in history for that genre.

證明了Neo-Geo的硬件優勢，至少在那個歷史時刻對該類型的。

I’m gonna go drown my fears and convictions in Clay Fighter.

我要去用Clay Fighter淹沒我的恐懼和信念。