Mugen

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Mugen
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Developer(s) Elecbyte
Latest version 1.1 beta 1
Active No
Platform(s) Multi-platform
Type Game engine
Programmed in C
License Freeware

Mugen (stylized as M.U.G.E.N) is a customizable 2D fighting game engine designed by Elecbyte. The content is created by the community and it includes fighters that are original or based-off of familiar, but copyrighted characters. This is the ultimate choice for the most complete crossover fighting game.

Implementations[edit]

Name Platform(s) Latest version License Active Recommended
Mugen Windows Linux macOS MS-DOS 1.1 beta 1 Proprietary
Ikemen GO Windows Linux macOS v0.99.0
Nightly
MIT (Permissive)
Paintown Windows macOS Linux Android
Wii PlayStation 3
3.6.1 BSD-3-Clause (Permissive) TBD

Comparisons[edit]

Mugen
The original closed-source engine. Hasn't been updated since 2013.
Ikemen GO
An open-source implementation of Mugen. It is a fork of the Ikemen engine rewritten in the Go programming language.
Paintown
An open-source implementation, notable for being ported on Android, Wii and PS3.

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