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[[File:Mugen0.png|frame|It's so simple, yet so complex. It's the perfect [[Fighting Game]] formula! [[Maniacal Laugh|HUEHEHEHEHEHEHE!]]]]

 

 

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.

 

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.

 

{{examples|Versions}}

* [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.)

* [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.)

** [[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''}}.

** 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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