M.U.G.E.N.
Most Unique Game Engine Noted
Just many commonly asked questions you'll have if you're new to Mugen. I hope I can answer them all correctly*and win a great pr...nevermind*.
Q : What exactly IS this M.U.G.E.N?
A : M.U.G.E.N is a 2D Fighting Game Maker. Games like old Street Fighter, Samurai Showdown, Mortal Kombat, along with others, are good examples of the kind of games that M.U.G.E.N. can make. Basically what M.U.G.E.N allows you to do is take any character, stage, and background music, from any 2D game such as those listed above and use them in your own 2D Fighter game. So you can choose to have
Mortal Kombat vs Street Fighter vs Fatal Fury if you so like.
Q : What kinds of Game Modes can you make with M.U.G.E.N?
A : M.U.G.E.N automatically comes with several built in modes. There is:
ARCADE mode- in which you pick a character to play as and you automatically go 1v1 with randomly selected characters, until you reach the end of the ARCADE, which if your character has a ENDING set up, will then play their ENDING.
VS Mode- in which you and a friend each pick one character and play each other in a selected stage with the two characters, in which ethier both players use the same keyboard or each uses a Joystick.
TEAM ARCADE- Same as Arcade except you can choose to have 1 extra CPU-controlled character playing with you or up to 4 characters you control 1 at a time. And you can pick your opponent to have be have 1 extra CPU or up to 4 characters 1 at a time also, or just be 1 chracater alone and about to get pawned for a single penny.
TEAM VS- Same as VS mode but with the same special features as TEAM Arcade.
TEAM COOPERATIVE-Same as TEAM ARCADE except that the Extra character you choose to be your backup will be played by the 2nd Player.
SURVIVAL- Fight on and on against an infinite number of CPU computers using ethier just 1 Character, a Team with yourself and a CPU, or up to 4 Characters one at a time. You also pick of those three your opponent's will be also.
SURVIVAL COOPERATIVE-Same as TEAM ARCADE except that there is no end.
TRAINING- You pick 1 Character and 1 CPU character and select a stage. You can practice any moves you need to perfect or just beat down on a puppet for awhile, you can also set the CPU to fight back at any difficulty you like 1-8. Infinite life for both characters.
WATCH-Basically TEAM VS except all players are CPU. Pick the characters, stage, and sit back and watch.
OPTIONS-Set what difficulty the CPU will play at(1-8) during any mode of play other than TRAINING. Set how high Both player's HEALTH is. It allows you to go from
30% of their normal to 300% of their normal, but thats basically picking a number between 300-3000 rounded to the nearest 100. Except that certain characters for some reason can get over 3000 if you set them to 300%. You can also set the time limit, or turn it off. And the sound levels. Note that if you have any background music like Windows Media Player in the background, it's sound level WILL Be affected by the sound levels in M.U.G.E.N while you are playing M.U.G.E.N.
EXIT-Exit out of Mugen. You could just press the ESC key too.
Q : Interesting, but is it Legal?
A : Thats something thats been debated since Elecbyte vanished. Techniqually, the last contract Elecbyte had expired sometime in 2003 I believe. And since Elecbyte, along with theire website, has disappeared off the face of the earth without making a new contract, it is TECHNIQUALLY Legal. Since Elecbyte no longer holds contract over it, no one can really stop you from using it. Why did Elecbyte vanish? I personally don't know the answer to that one. So all in all, YES it is Legal to use M.U.G.E.N.
Q : What exactly does M.U.G.E.N stand for?
A : That is a DAMN Good question. Sadly we know that M.U.G.E.N. is an acronym for something, but the creators had forgotten what...Brilliant aren't they? Many speculate what it does stand for. I gave my own opinion;
Most Unique Game Engined Noted.
I keep hearing this over and over again though;
"the G.E.N.  has to stand for Game EnGine"
And somehow I can't agree. But mine isn't much better.
Q : Where can I download MUGEN?
A : For the record if what I'm doing is wrong, someone let me know for god's sakes. But here's a link to where you can download a No-Limit version of M.U.G.E.N. See the original limited the number of characters you could have in a game to 2, and the number of stages to 2. Or maybe it was 1 of each, who cares, that still crap. This
no-limit kills that well...limit. Now you just have to find a Screenpack big enough to fit the number of characters you want to have, I know of one that goes over 400 called Mugen Fighting Jam. Here's the link:
http://unofficial-winmugen.jpn.org/
Q : Is this going to hold up your work on CCG card sets?
A : Not likely, I have alot of spare time on my....You know what, it really doesn't matter to me. I'll work even harder to make sure I get both done. This just means I'm doing more to the site, that's all...yeah that's all...
Q : So when will there downloadable characters,stages,etc on THIS site?
A : Sadly I'm not sure if this website has enough memory to put up both CCG card sets and MUGEN. I may have to find a webhost with more memory and set that up for JUST my Mugen characters, but keep this site up running. Remember, there may be a total of maybe 1-5 MB in your entire IMAGES folder of YVD. 1 M.U.G.E.N. Character is about 2MB each MINIMUM, so uhh yeah...I'm gonna need more memory.
But of course I'll still do what I can, I'll probabley just do what many sites do, list characters, stages, etc and give a link to where you CAN download it from.
Q : I have a question that wasn't answered Here! What should I do?
A : First take off your stupid sign that was stapled to your head and then e-mail me using the E-Mail given in the CONTACT US page on the Home Page. I'll answer your question best I can.
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