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This is an abandoned freeware 2D fighting game engine designed by Elecbyte (till now the “true” official Elecbyte website has disappeared.......), written in C with the Allegro library. The engine was originally released in July 17, 1999. Beta versions of it were made to work on DOS, Linux and Windows platforms, distributed through their website or to donors via email.

Pic1 : Basic Appearance of MUGEN – default motif.

Many different looks are possible for the engine.

It allows anyone to create characters, stages and other game objects through interpreted text files, graphics and sound compilations

and it also supports various types of audio formats such as MP3, ADX, OGG and MIDI for sound effects. For those familiar with programming, there are full instructions about how to use the engine in several README files contained within the download. The official Elecbyte website provide tools which needed to make character, background, stage, theme etc. But the “true” official Elecbyte website has disappeared.

Pic2 : Basic Appearance of MUGEN – Battle arena

The first, and only, character created for the engine by its creator, Elecbyte. Kung Fu Man (typically shortened to just "KFM"), despite his name, is a practitioner of karate (as can be seen from outfit as well as his moves, such as his special triple palm strike). His appearance is that of a man in a gi with a black shirt underneath, blue shoes, headband, hair spiked straight up, and closed eyes. He has no given name in Elecbyte's documentation or the character itself besides Kung Fu Man.

Pic 3 a. Sagat in Action : Start his powerful Combo's

b. Gouki can not run from it

c. After first hit gouki is stunting

d. the second hit is coming

e. at last : Gouki is collapse

Versions of M.U.G.E.N.

First MUGEN was made as a public beta test version. First MUGEN is essentially a DOS based 2D graphics design engine (now defunct) and was originally released in 1999 and the code version of this MUGEN is 2000.04.14. It only can run on DOS platform. Unfortunately, this version today can not run or can run but in a mess performance on several newest computer's specification. Next about 1 year later the version of MUGEN had release with code 2001.04.14 but still on DOS platform.

Development of the DOS version ceased when Elecbyte switched to the Linux platform in November 2001. For a time, Elecbyte had posted a request for donations on their site to legally obtain a Windows compiler to make a Windows version of M.U.G.E.N. However, the development group discontinued the project in 2003 and shut down their site. Later speculation pointed at leaks made public of a private Windows-based M.U.G.E.N beta that was provided to donators.

Legality

The license agreements for usage of M.U.G.E.N from Elecbyte have expired and it appears that a new license agreement will never be granted. Thus, any current distribution of M.U.G.E.N has not been authorized by Elecbyte and is technically illegal. With the license expired on all versions, when running the M.U.G.E.N program, the user is reminded of this through a nag screen. While illegal, some view that the purpose of the executable's nag screen was to encourage adoption of newer iterations of the engine. Evidence of this can be inferred by the brief period of time that a license was made available from the release date of a version of the engine--it was often not long enough to develop an original character from start to finish. However, Elecbyte has never taken any legal action; the company has disappeared without explanation. People chose to continue using M.U.G.E.N, and deprecated versions of it, despite the lack of a new license (the DOS version was still in widespread use when its license had expired at a time when the Linux version's license was still valid). Creations, such as characters and stages, for use with M.U.G.E.N are not a part of Elecbyte's license (provided those creations do not include the executable as well), only the software itself is. It is up to the individual whether or not to violate Elecbyte's license by using M.U.G.E.N. Elecbyte itself has not made a public statement since 2003, when they stated that the project had "hit a snag".

In mid 2007, Elecbyte's site returned, though not without some controversy as to the legitimacy of it, as it only showed a single logo with Google ads on the side. On July 26, though, a FAQ was added to the site. This FAQ went on to claim that they would release a fixed version of WinM.U.G.E.N before major format changes in the next version, and noted the formating changes would remove compatibility in regards to older works: "Do not expect old characters to work. At all."

These claims are still being questioned, with the possibility this is a hoax by someone who bought the domain, or someone that hacked it. Although the logo presented on the website is much different than the original logo which is subject to copyright/trademark laws--further evidence beyond speculation does not exist at this time. However the most recent change to the page, one that states that a new version of M.U.G.E.N would be out "when 2D is back in fashion", the site has been written off as being fake.

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