Burning Fight

Burning Fight follows a formula and concepts commonly seen in titles of this genre, such as Streets of Rage, Double Dragon and Final Fight: balanced character selection, objects and weapons found on the ground cause greater damage to opponents, and semi-interactive environments (players can damage objects like phone booths and street signs along the way). The game is set in a fictional version of Osaka city (during a train station scene the platform even shows an "Umida" station sign). The five levels must be completed (Casterora is the last enemy) to win the game.

Duke Edwards and Billy King, two renowned New York City Police detectives, are hot on the trail of a dangerous Japanese crime syndicate. Their investigation has led them to the mean streets of Japan where they meet a police officer and martial arts expert named Ryu Saeba. Ryu agrees to join the NYPD detectives as they track down the crime syndicate bosses and end their reign of terror once and for all.

In Japan, Game Machine listed Burning Fight as the eighth most popular arcade game of June 1991. Likewise, RePlay reported the game to be the second most popular arcade game of that month. Since its release, the game has received generally mixed reception from critics, with most comparing it with better known competitors in the beat 'em up genre. Both the Neo Geo and Nintendo Switch versions hold a 55% and 30% respectively on the review aggregator GameRankings.

AllGame's Kyle Knight regarded Burning Fight as a Final Fight rip-off of inferior quality, criticizing the "jerky and stiff" character animations, lack of enemy variety, as well as the repetitive fighting system and gameplay; however, he commended the controls and audio. In contrast, Consoles Plus' Loulou and El Nio Nio compared the game with both Final Fight and Streets of Rage, but praised the presentation, graphics, animations, hard rock-style soundtrack, gameplay and longevity. Computer and Video Games' Paul Rand and Tim Boone also regarded Burning Fight as a Final Fight rip-off, while Rand in particular drew comparison between Cody and Guy with two of the playable characters. Unlike Knight, both Rand and Boone praised the visuals, sound, gameplay and longevity, but criticized the absence of unlimited continues in the AES version.