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=__Intro __= //Omar Gaytan// Fighting Games have being mostly around for at least four decades.From the first fighting games and since the games we have now and too come in the future.According to wikipedia
 * Becoming an Expert on Fighting Video Games**

"One of the first fighting games or delt with fist fighting was heavyweight champ in 1976 but it was Karate Champ and The Way of the Exploding Fist which popularized as one-on-one martial arts games in 1984 and 1985 respectively".

If I put it in other words is ,what made fighting games famous or popular and put them on the charts was Karate Champ and The Way of the Exploding Fist.Which was release in 1984 and 1985.By the time the Street Fighter series had join in it introduce the fight game genre hidden special attacks and chains of combos.As well When Capcon release Street Fighter 2 came, it change competitive fighting games for ever. Out of Capcon's Street Fighter 2,this made new fighting games a challenge for competitors and people who want too competing but in a way it made it more fun because if it didn't have a challenge for any one who wants too be a expert ,but some games have being making a good success such as Mortal Kombat and later introduce Virtual Fighter and Tekken. By the time home consoles came out in the late 90's other fighting games became having a good success such as Dead or Alive, and the Soul Caliber series. =__Research Question__= 1.What is the history on fighting video games? 2.What was the first fighting game? 3.What is the best fighting game ever? 4.What is the most successful fighting game? 5.What was the worst fighting game? 6.If they are tournaments/How can you get into tournaments in the fighting game genre? 7.What can you win in fighting game tournaments? 8.Out of all what fighting game what is too have,get,or don't have?
 * The questions that my research addressed are:**

=__**Annotated Bibliography-A list of my Source and What I Learned from Each of Them.**__=

__**"Fighting Game"Wikipedia.org From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia,n.d. Monday 9,2011**__

Well off reading the first paragraph what it tells you is that how fighting games are basically are played like it tells your what are //combos,blocking ,counter-attacking chain moves and so forth it also tells you when around the early 90's special moves were introduce.//

//In the second paragraph is about it talks about one of my questions that were answered which is "//Karate Champ" and "The Way Of The Exploding Fist".This also talks about when Street Fighter came out and came into the picture ,this also talks about how Capcom's street fighter became famous and successful.This also talks about when in the mid-90's when Mortal Kombat ,Virtua Fighter and Tekken also were successful fighting games.

In the third and fourth how when home consoles were made it also talks about that the dead or alive series and the soul caliber series became successful.Its also talks about how street fighter 2 change the fighting game franchise,by the 3Ds and 2Ds graphics where introduce.

More less the other paragraphs talks about attacking,defending,combos just basically the controls of how too play.Then as I am reading this it tells me the history which answer me most or couple of my questions.This paragraph talks about what were the first like Sega's heavyweight champ.Also how talks about when The Way of The Exploding Fist which made fighting games even more popular and how the arcade became successful.

The other few paragraph talks about when Play Stations early success was Dead or Alive and the Soul Series. This would also include what is the recent history on fighting games but one of the most recent and most popular was street fighter 4 and super street fighter as well as Marvel vs. Capcom : Fate of Two Worlds and Street Fighter X Tekken and ect.

__**Toomz, "Fighting Games-How they shaped my gaming history"Toomzs Blog entry. Screw Attack.com July 8, 2008.**__ The main purpose of this blog of Toomz was too show you how out of his perspective the gaming world on fighting games have change.He talks in the first paragraph that how basically fighting games change from high kick, low kick ,medium kick ,and heavily kick and ect. seen from the early fighting games.From my I don't know how this feels because out of me I wasn't born at the time or I was too young.But from his perspective when like Mortal Kombat came out he also talks about when he got the mortal kombat trilogy when it was Christmas.As well when Super Smash Bros. came out.What off reading this what I found out is how fighting games change over time there his perspective.

=__**Vocabulary That are important to Understanding Of My Topic**__= 1.__**Combo**__-Combo is what is basically combination which is chain in the fighting game world such as low punch, high kick, heavily kick. Or out of dictionary.com combo- a number of things combined: a combination of ideas.My terms something bunch up in any order and used.

2. __**Techniques**__- this is out of dictionary.com as well "the manner and ability with which an artist,writer,dancer,athlete,or the like employs the technical skills of a particular art or field of endeavor.In my own words a skill use very well.

3.__**Campaign**__-In my own words a story of a specific purpose.But in dictionary terms- a systematic course of aggressive activities for some specific purpose : a sales campaign.

4.__**Cross Overs**__-In my own words is when two or more things meet up in one time.but as dictionary terms means are-the act of crossing over in style, usually with the intention of broadening the commercial appeal to a wider audience.

5.__**Competitive**__-In my own words it would be when you and a rival have the same desire for something.The the dictionary terms it means- sufficiently low in price or high in quality to be successful against commercial rivals.

6.__**Rival**__-In my own words it would be you another person going against the same purpose.Or other woulds from the dictionary- a person who is competing for the same object or goal as another,or who tries to equal or out do another;competitor.

=__**Planing My Presentation:(This is only my draft)**__...=)= 1.Introduce my topic of fighting games and show pictures of it or a examples of my topic. 2.Talk or show why I choose this topic. 3.Talk about how easy is it play fighting games and ect. 4.Show buttons or moves explain combos and special moves. 5.Show video-I am still not sure 6.Explain about the video if i show a video 7.Finish off the presentation. 8.Maybe add more too the presentation-still thinking about it.

__ Days I Spent Researching __ May 11,2011 My question was "What are the best & worst fighting games ever?" Off watching this video this just tells you the recent best games off the best but the worst was deadliest warrior because watching this video it tells your how it was good it seems like there saying it wasn't really there. http://www.g4tv.com/videos/50344/Best-of-2010-Best-Fighting-Game/ Since I couldn't search what was the worst game like I said from watching this video it looks like if its tell you that deadliest warrior was one of the worst.

May 9,2011 My question was "How did fighting video games change over the years?"

@http://screwattack.com/blogs/Toomzs-blog/Fighting-Games-How-they-shaped-my-gaming-history Off read this research I found out this talks about there person first fighting game which was "Mortal Kombat 2"Its says that when he got his first game he didn't know what to do that it was hard for his age because he was just five years old.Out this whole page what this actually tell is that how video games change over the years and how it was the change that he has seen.