Redman, Ludacris, Bubba Sparxxx, the list goes on and on. Enter the 36 Chambers with Wu-Tang members Method Man and Ghostface Killah. You can finally settle those hypothetical bets of who would win in a fight: actor Danny Trejo or MC Busta Rhymes. Imagine pitting rap legends Ice-T and Slick Rick against Warren G and Flavor Flav – decked out in a top hat and his signature clock around his neck – in a 4-on-4 clash. 44 of them were stars, while several actors and celebrities from the time rounded out the remaining characters, with 23 of them being created for the game by the developers. They ended up with the most significant crossover in fighting games at the time, featuring a roster almost three times the number of characters in Super Smash Bros. knew they had to pull out all the stops to continue the franchise. Due to that popularity, developer AKI Corp. Its soundtrack with cuts from Method Man, Public Enemy, and LL Cool J opened up a world of stellar beats and slick verses that would stick with me for the rest of my life.įight for NY is a sequel to Def Jam Vendetta, a game not even Electronic Arts expected to be a knockout. It was my first real taste of hip-hop culture as a nerdy white kid from the American suburbs – one who was a fan of bands They Might Be Giants, Beck, and Ben Folds Five. Every fighter is essentially a stylised version of their rap persona.

An entire game filled to the brim with a who’s-who list of actual rappers, actors, and icons surrounding the hip-hop pantheon. READ MORE: Red Bull Kumite reminds me how much I miss offline fighting game tournamentsĭef Jam: Fight for NY is bonkers there’s no doubt about it.In 2004, I stumbled upon the game I still tout as the single greatest fighting game of all time – Def Jam: Fight for NY. Fighting games quickly became my favourite genre, as my then undiagnosed ADHD could handle playing speedy matches over the slog of replaying the same levels in a platformer every time I died. Street Fighter II, Mortal Kombat, Tekken these were the games that I could win by mashing buttons, stumbling on special moves, and accidentally chaining together combos.

The arcades of my youth were filled with fighting games and beat ‘em ups that devoured quarters.

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