Noah LaPointe, Author at Old School Gamer Magazine https://www.oldschoolgamermagazine.com/author/lapointen/ Dedicated to you...the old school/retro gamer from the arcades to your home! Sun, 16 Aug 2026 12:35:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.7 https://i0.wp.com/www.oldschoolgamermagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/cropped-PacMan-Navicon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Noah LaPointe, Author at Old School Gamer Magazine https://www.oldschoolgamermagazine.com/author/lapointen/ 32 32 133814826 Kings & Vagabonds – by Noah Lapointe https://www.oldschoolgamermagazine.com/kings-vagabonds-by-noah-lapointe/ Fri, 21 Aug 2026 12:32:12 +0000 https://www.oldschoolgamermagazine.com/?p=112980 SNK fought alongside their greatest rival Capcom to define the “traditional” 2D fighting game. The King of Fighters (KoF) and Fatal Fury are as classic as Street Fighter, but SNK was more willing to walk on the wild side than Western audiences may realize, often placing their iconic characters in more absurd scenarios than Capcom […]

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Fury are as classic as Street Fighter, but SNK was more willing to walk on the wild side than Western audiences may realize, often placing their iconic characters in more absurd scenarios than Capcom ever did. SNK published some of the strangest spinoffs to ever be associated with the fighting genre, many of which have been forgotten due to some combination of regional inaccessibility and lacking an audience.

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