a tournament/vs. fighter database

[pragmatic insanester]

has anyone ever considered compiling every tourney/vs. fighter (like street fighter, mortal kombat, tekken) into a list much like i did with the sister genre, beat 'em ups? i've considered doing it in my spare time, with much less enthusiasm than the BEUS, since i don't enjoy vs. fighters as well. however, i think it would be nice for someone to document the large and often obscure genre (outside of the half dozen well-known franchises). i've discovered quite a few titles myself hunting for BEUS, so i could offer some input to whoever undergoes such a task.

i was tempted to do a shump one, but its probably been done before, and there are actually forums for shumps who would have a much more enjoyable time and a head start with their own experience.

thoughts?

[pragmatic insanester]

bump. y no 1 luv me?

[Jorpho]

has anyone ever considered compiling every tourney/vs. fighter

Yes, I'm sure someone somewhere in the world has probably considered doing that at some time. :P

Actually, the good Mr. Death Adder invested some time into that activity a while back, but it seems he just gave up (http://web.archive.org/web/20020324172622/http://dfg.the-underdogs.org/) after a while.

[pragmatic insanester]

i can understand why. its very exhausting and annoying searching through all these unreviewed, barely photographed games. i've compiled a text file so far that's like 90K. almost the size of my beat 'em up textfile which i spent years on (and was much more enjoyable).

[Ze_ro]

So like, just a list of 1-on-1 fighting games? Or do you mean detailed information or something?

I always thought it would be neat to have a website that documented fighting game characters and listed all their moves and such in the different games they were in... although every time I mention it, people just tell me it's a waste of time with GameFAQs already having all that information...

--Zero

[Jorpho]

Gamespot's History of Street Fighter is quite thorough in that respect.
http://www.gamespot.com/features/vgs/universal/sfhistory/

[pragmatic insanester]

this, like my beat 'em up list, is just an alphabetical catalogue of every console with a vs. fighter, and the vs. fighters on that console. no descriptions or reviews or anything.

[pragmatic insanester]

gah. now i'm trying to decide if boxing, ufc, and wrestling games apply.