Mugen

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Mugen
Developer(s) Elecbyte
Release
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

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

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.