If you are new to Mugen you want to start here at pcvideogamespot. The reason is because you can download Mugen from any of the other mugen fan sites but if you do not know how to setup the character list, then you will only be playing with the kung fu character that comes with Mugen. We have a Mugen starter game setup and ready to play with Spiderman, Venom, Carnage, and Doctor Octopus. The file size is only 12 MB big so it is easy for anyone to download. You can start to learn how to "Mugen" here by downloading additional characters such as Apocalypse and Sandman. Once you figure out how to add characters and name the folders correctly, you can graduate past pcvideogamespot and start to explore the vast world of Mugen where you can download thousands of new characters from Marvel, Dc comics, Capcom and more. So take advantage of a cool free game and download Mugen while it is available. The directions on how to add new characters are explained on this page, and you can get the Mugen starter pack below at the README paragraph. First we will give you a little history of what Mugen is:
M.U.G.E.N is a freeware 2D fighting game engine designed by Elecbyte, written in C with the Allegro library.
The engine was originally released 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.
READ ME. To Those who are new to mugen and have no clue how to get this program to work, You can download the mugen starter pack HERE. After you download it, unzip the mugen_starter_pack.zip file and then open up the folder called Win Mugen. When you get in the folder, just look for the Winmugen.exe file and double click it. You should end up with a fullscreen MUGEN title with some options and 4 characters to choose from (Spiderman, Carnage, Venom, and Doctor Octopus). More characters can be found below. To add them, you have to find the file called select.def and add their name below the list of names already in the file. So if you want to add Juggernaut, then download Juggernaut, unzip his character file into the "char" folder under your main winmugen folder and then open up the select.def file (which should be in the data folder in winmugen) and type Juggernaut underneath of Spiderman's name or somewhere in the list (you can type Juggernaut under Venom or whoever is in your list).
Get Spiderman,Venom,Carnage, and Doctor Octopus BY CLICKING HERE
Click the name of the Mugen toon you want to download below.
July 2009 update: More Mugen characters are available now. The newest characters for download include: Cyborg Superman, Blackapple, Darkseid, Green Arrow, Human Torch, Invisible Woman, and Shazam. The download links are below, just right click and save as. Check back for more Mugen toons later.
You can learn how to add a new Mugen character below. Please note the part about renaming folders after you unzip the character file to get the character to work. The folder name has to be the same as the character .def file!
UPDATE: There are some people having problems adding new characters and getting them to work. As you learned above, the character name you type in has to be the same as the .def file. So if you see the def file for sandman is sandman.def , then you need to type sandman in the character list. However, if the sandman.def file is in a folder named Sandman_ver_2._0 you need to rename the folder so it is the same as the .def file. So rename the folder to sandman and the character should work.
Update: Here is another version of Mugen called MK Mugen project, or Mortal Kombat Mugen project. It is basically a remake of Mortal Kombat 3 the last 2d Mortal Kombat fighting game. It can be considered stand alone since the MK characters totally waste normal Mugen comic characters (they are just stronger?). You can download Mortal Kombat mugen BY CLICKING HERE
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If you are an old fan of Street Fighter 2 or Street Fighter 3, then MUGEN is not something you want to miss. This game has those old street fighter characters in it and versions of them you have never seen before. Take Boss Sagat for example. He is pretty much Sagat taken from Street Fighter Alpha (?) and modified with a bunch of other special moves and effects. This game is glorious compared to MARVEL VS Capcom , Street Fighter Series, and other 2d fighting games - IT HAS ALL OF THE CHARACTERS PUT TOGETHER. If you have never played it before you will be shocked to find out there are character selection screens with over 200+ characters to select from including examples like Evil Ryu, Evil Ken, Master Ryu, Master Akuma, Evil Akuma, Holy Ken, All of the spiderman characters, X-Men - if they have been in a 2d fighter game before they are are most likely all available for MUGEN. That is what makes this game so AWESOME. Not to mention you can customize the characters or even make your own. Add your own music and everything. Mugen goes beyond some simple emulator that lets you play MAME versions of SFA or SF3. MUGEN will replace your emulator for snes or mame or gens for your favorite 2d game suck as the ones mentioned previously because it combines all of those characters from ALL the games into one sweet azz video game. Best thing of all is it is free to download and play and own. You cant beat that and we have downloads on our site to get you started. This might sound too good to be true for some people that are just finding out about MUGEN, so to those of you who are new to MUGEN, you just got real lucky finding one of the sweetest freeware 2d fighting games in the world. Another cool thing about MUGEN is you can add your own music to the stages and characters you put in your select list. You can use your own mp3 music and set it for a particular stage. You have probably seen this on youtube mugen videos and it is relatively easy to do with a little instruction reading. Character stats can also be altered, so that you could for example make Ryu's Haduken 100 times the size it is to fill up half of the screen when it flies to hit Ryu's opponent so it never misses. They could still block the haduken and you could even make it a bit more fair such as reducing the damage of the haduken so you would have a much bigger haduken hitting most of the time for less damage. Mugen is totally configurable to do these types of customizations. That is what brings new life back into the old Street Fighter games and SNK CAPCOM X-men and other 2D fighting games we all grew up with.
If you were searching for a free Spiderman game for your pc computer, then please use the download link near the top at the section where it says "Readme" in different color letters. This is where you can download the mugen starter pack and begin playing mugen with some Spiderman characters. You can download other characters from the internet at such places as Green Lantern's mugen fan page. You can find this link on the messageboard. You can adjust character skill levels and the difficulty of the game if you find it too easy or too hard. Marat's mugen (marats mugen) website is no longer available so a huge database of characters has been lost. You can always check with mugenation and other mugen websites on the internet. The easiest way to do this is to use the MUGEN Character search bar on this page. It has been optimized with key words that target mugen characters so you do not end up with a random google search and get lost looking for more characters for Mugen. For those trying to find this free spiderman game on the internet here are some tags related to mugen content: download free spiderman game Capcom VS Street Fighter including characters from X-men, Marvel VS DC. Some Mugen characters are not balanced and you should be aware of this as they can become game killer characters. Take for instance, Evil Akuma who is obviously overpowered and can basically wipe out any other character in seconds except for maybe the other overpowered Mugen characters like Dark Phoenix? You can change their statistics in the character def file or in the cns file if the information you need to change is not in the def file. This is what you will eventually want to get into doing to make the game well balanced to your taste. This is a great way to get into Mugen projects and get introduced into the Mugen world to become an author.
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