Fighting Games

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• Which game is widely credited with popularizing the modern fighting-game combo system through its hit-stun mechanics?
• Which feature most distinctly helped Mortal Kombat stand out from its contemporaries in arcades?
• What gameplay feature is most strongly associated with the original Virtua Fighter?
• Which fighting-game franchise features Terry Bogard as one of its central characters?
• Match each classic fighting game with its most closely associated protagonist or mascot character.
• Match each classic fighting game with its original developer or principal arcade publisher.
• Match each gameplay mechanic with the classic fighting game most associated with introducing or popularizing it.
• Match each classic game with the platform on which it was especially prominent during its original era.