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	[quote name="Jerry Whorebach"]It's good. It's Final Fight running in some emulator, with a nice-looking virtual cabinet and simulated CRT filter. It's also $10, which is at least twice what it would've cost you in quarters to clear the original game. They try to justify the price by also including Magic Sword, a single-plane barbarian hack and slash (and pseudo-sequel to Black Tiger?) that ran on the same CP System arcade board as Final Fight. Hence the DOUBLE IMPACT subtitle. Unfortunately, Magic Sword isn't that great; there's too much happening on the screen at one time and none of it makes any sense unless you read the instructions. I know from a transition screen that it takes a Diamond Ring to recruit the Lizard Man on Level 14 of the Evil Lord Drokmar's Tower, but I have no idea where to get a Diamond Ring, how to tell if I have one, or even if the Lizard Man makes a better ally than the Cleric or Thief I'd be giving up. There's probably a very long FAQ somewhere that explains all the intricacies of Magic Sword's gameplay, what I can't figure out is which part of "I just bought Final Fight" made the developers think I might enjoy reading it. In the interests of constructive criticism, here's a list of the top five games I would've rather seen bundled with Final Fight. <img src="http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20101226213817/capcomdatabase/images/c/cb/FF2CoverScan.png" height=350> <img src="http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20080608025335/capcomdatabase/images/0/06/FF3CoverScan.png" height=350> #4 & 5 (TIE): <b>Final Fight 2</b> or <b>Final Fight 3</b> Final Fight 3 is so much better than Final Fight 2 it's criminal, but I understand you probably can't release a package that's just Final Fight and Final Fight 3 without ruffling a few feathers, so either sequel would've been fine by me. The reason these rank so low is because they were SNES exclusives and I have no idea if it's technically or legally feasible to put them on an Xbox. That's also why all the rest of my picks are CPS games. <img src="http://i.imgur.com/qXXkK.jpg" height=607> #3: <b>The King of Dragons</b> A Final Fight clone set in a generic fantasy milieu. I think this would've made a good compromise between my desire to play Final Fight and the developers' desire to make me think about wizards. <img src="http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100419173958/capcomdatabase/images/2/21/SMFlyer.png"> #2: <b>Saturday Night Slam Masters</b> I used to think this game had a pretty great title. Then I found out it was known in Japan as <i>Muscle Bomber: The Body Explosion</i>. I still think our title is okay. Whatever you want to call it, this four-player professional wrestling simulator includes a playable Mike Haggar, which means it has about a thousand times more in common with Final Fight than anything with a lizard man in it. <img src="http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110510170113/capcomdatabase/images/thumb/1/16/CCFlyer.png/531px-CCFlyer.png" height=607> #1: <b>Captain Commando</b> The closest thing to a direct sequel to Final Fight on Capcom hardware, this near-identical clone takes place in Metro City in the far-flung future year of 2026. Selectable characters include a cyborg commando, a ninja commando, a mummy commando, and a baby genius riding a bipedal robot commando. The only problem with this game is that it might actually be <i>too</i> good for second-billing on a Final Fight port. Hopefully, Capcom is hard at work as we speak, subcontracting Captain Commando: Double Impact (featuring <s>Battle Circuit</s> Magic Sword again).[/quote]