MUGEN is a 2D fighting game engine, but you probably knew that already. MUGEN is also an acronym for something, but no one knows what it is. MUGEN was created not only to make a fighting game, but also to let others create their own fighting games. You can control almost every aspect of the engine to suit your tastes. That's the primary goal of MUGEN. Unfortunately the original creators of the MUGEN engine, Elecbyte, have disappeared from the scene. However, this has not stopped the community from developing to the large scale its at now. At present there are thousands of different creations for the MUGEN engine, and many more to come. Currently there are three versions of MUGEN. They are the DOS version, Linux version, and the Windows version. The Dos version was the original version, but uses an outdated code that the later two versions have expanded upon. Many creators now only develop primarily for the Linux and Windows version of MUGEN, meaning that new creations often do not work on the Dos version. However, since most people use the Windows operating sytem, the Windows version of MUGEN is the current standard. However, the Windows version does have some bugs or glitches which are described
here. These bugs are very minor and are due to the fact that the Windows version was actually a beta that was leaked to the public some time after Elecbyte left the scene. Thankfully rouhei, a separate programmer, has “hacked” the Windows version of MUGEN so that all people could enjoy it. Below are the most recent versions of MUGEN:
WinMugen (Newest unofficial version of MUGEN “hacked” by rouhei. A list of fixes to common problems found in this version can be found here)
DosMugen (Outdated original version of MUGEN developed for Dos- meaning it may not run on Windows XP)
LinMugen (Only works on the Linux operating system)
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