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{{quote|If you're looking for the character called "Mugen", look here: ''[[Samurai Champloo]]''}}▼
[[File:Mugen0.png|frame|It's so simple, yet so complex. It's the perfect [[Fighting Game]] formula! [[Maniacal Laugh|HUEHEHEHEHEHEHE!]]]]
"Mugen" is Japanese for "infinity". '''''[[Fun with Acronyms|M.U.G.E.N]]''''', however, is a [[Game Mod|freeware 2D fighting game engine designed by Elecbyte]], 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. The engine allows users to insert created characters, background stages, and other game objects through interpreted text files, graphics, and sound compilations to create a functioning fighting game similar to commercial games. While the engine is set up primarily for fighting game development, several other game types have been developed using it, including shooter and platform style games. Officially, Elecbyte claims to have forgotten what the acronym M.U.G.E.N stood for, but the readme documentation states that its meaning referred to the days when the engine was meant to emulate shooting games as opposed to fighting games.
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The engine allows anyone to create characters, background stages and other game objects through interpreted text files, graphics, and sound compilations. It supports various types of audio formats such as [[MP3]] and MIDI initially, although it can be configured to play various audio formats via Winamp plugins, such as ADX and OGG, as background music during gameplay or at other points such as an introduction or the select screen. The engine allows for most of the same type of functionality found in most any commercial 2D fighting games, up to and including close recreation of those games' characters and gameplay.
Since characters can be created by anyone, ''M.U.G.E.N'' is effectively a [[Mega Crossover]] between various fighting games.
Nowadays, though, almost all of the M.U.G.E.N sites have either not been updated since 2010, or have been shut down. Because of this, finding certain characters is almost impossible.▼
▲Nowadays, though, almost all of the M.U.G.E.N sites have either not been updated since 2010, or have been shut down. Because of this, finding certain characters is almost impossible. That said, the M.U.G.E.N scene itself is still alive and well as of 2021, and there are dedicated sites to archiving and exchanging characters.
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{{examples|Versions}}
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For more information, check out these websites:
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20091203104853/http://www.elecbyte.com/ Elecbyte's website.]
* [http://www.mugenguild.com/ The Mugen Fighters Guild] (The basic start point for many MUGEN players. Highly recommended if this is your first time using the engine.)
* [http://www.mugen-infantry.net/ Mugen-Infantry] (A branch forum from the Guild, started around 2004 by DJ-Van, the guy who created the [[All That Glitters|EVE Battle screenpack]], and [[My Friends and Zoidberg|some other guy named Aztec Soldier]] who has since abandoned his admin duties due to a massive addiction to ''[[Halo]]''. Most notable for its constant server downtime and maintenance throughout the years. Has figuratively gone through hell and back, as the entire site was shut down due to Aztec not paying the bills, but it was eventually revived on Blogspot. In 2009 a revolution broke out when the Random Insanity section was removed, which caused the formation of Genesis, as shown below. It has since been brought back, but with roughly half of its supporting members gone. The forum is currently back up and running.
* [http://www.trinitymugen.net/ Trinity Mugen] (Created by Vans, Jesuszilla, and Fusion around 2005, it is as its name suggests. Home of many a worthwhile character and will provide hosting services if necessary). Forum is not much active, most of the action is at the IRC chat.
* [http://randomselect.piiym.net/ Random Select] (A large database for characters and stages. Currently home to the BIJIN engine, an offshoot of the MUGEN clone IKEMEN.)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20150523173155/http://mugengenesis.freeforums.org/search.php?search_id=active_topics MUGEN Genesis] (Created by Gamefreak202020. No longer very active.)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160623020210/http://s1.zetaboards.com/Stupid_Dope_Mugen/index/ Stupid Dope Mugen] (Product of Crazy Koopa and MC2. Sadly not quite as active as the other places.)
* [http://www.mugenmotherland.smfnew.com/index.php MUGEN Motherland] (PrinzJanus' Forum, formerly known as PrinzMugen). Built initially as an alternative to more serious forums, Motherland presents a more <s>casual</s> tongue-in-cheek approach to the engine, focusing more on the playing aspect than actual serious creation and testing. It reformed itself due to complications with the old hosting.
* [http://phantomgs.forumotion.net/ Phantom Gs] (MOTVN and Hank Venture's community. Formerly welcome to the public; registration is now closed.)
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{{tropelist|This engine, its community and sometimes games made with it (including itself) provide examples of:}}
== A-C ==
* [[Accentuate the Negative]]: The defunct Doki Doki MUGEN review site. Other creators have been known to indulge in this at times when they give feedback.
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** [[Vocaloid|Hatsune Miku]] takes this [[Up to Eleven]] with her super singing attacks - if she sings a soundtrack from a well known franchise, a character from the franchise comes in to perform the assist. And given [[Loads and Loads of Characters|how many]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfzLcX55xAM there are]...
* [[Super Move Portrait Attack]]: The_None's {{spoiler|[[Melty Blood|Shadow Kouma]]}} deserves special mention, for that he has a super move that {{spoiler|takes this trope ''literally''. Yup, the said move involves ''the portrait itself hitting the opponent''}}.
* [[Swiss Army Weapon|Swiss Army Character]]: Most of [https://web.archive.org/web/20131201042951/http://page.freett.com/3ha/ 3ha's] characters have custom modes based of completely unrelated characters. Among examples:
** His [[Darkstalkers|Bishamon]] with [[Cyberbots: Full Metal Madness|Jin Saotome]] AND [[Samurai Shodown|Galford]] grooves.
** [[Street Fighter|Dhalsim]] with a [[World Heroes|Brocken]] groove.
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** There's an entire ''full game'' being made with nothing but Akumas with completely different movesets. The creator of the project, Basara, admitted he's doing it because he's sick of all the Akumas going around.
** MUGEN Gangbang/Gankbank/Tennis, anyone?
** Rikard's most prolific creation is [https://web.archive.org/web/20120818172109/http://rikard.isthehero.net/SPOryuEN.htm Slightly Pissed Off Ryu], a parody of the various Shin, Evil, Orochi, Violent and Holy Ryu edits on the internet. Rikard's "story" basically sets Ryu as a McDonald's bum, depressed and physically out of shape after finding his wife Sakura cheating on him with Akuma (he has appropriate, and hilarious, victory and winquotes against both of them). His Hadokens are usually a pathetic short range burst, his Shinku Hadoken may u-turn RIGHT BACK INTO RYU'S FACE, he falls flat on his back after a Shoryuken, he sometimes breaks his ankle when he does his trademark Hurricane Kick, and one of his other attacks has him lobbing either a McDonald's meal or ''M. Bison's corpse'' at them. Most Ryus run on graphics over gameplay. This Ryu? Runs on pure [[Rule of Funny]].
** P.o.t.S released [[Street Fighter|Bison]]...''[[Refuge in Audacity|literally]]''. [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|It's an actual bison with M. Bison's cap on its head.]] It uses distorted versions of [[Norio Wakamoto]]'s voice clips from [[Capcom vs. Whatever|Capcom VS. SNK 2]] as well as clips from the [[Animated Adaptation]]. And it's actually balanced to be fought as a boss character, having high stamina, infinite prevention measures, and a very good AI that takes advantage of the character's high power. Instead of being a [[Take That]] to cheap characters as Rare Akuma was, it's a [[Take That]] to [[Joke Character|joke characters]] and serious characters, simply by ''existing''. [[Hilarity Ensues|Hilarity did indeed ensue.]]
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywOQa4Tfp7Y C. Evil Ryu] is one to the [[Mv C]]: EOH collab project by Arpa.
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[[Category:Linux]]
[[Category:Microsoft Windows]]
[[Category:Mac OS]]
[[Category:Video Games of the 1990s]]
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