best arcade beatemup sound fx

toomuch

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Which arcade beatemup (either side-scrolling or vs fighters) has the best sound effects? Which has the worst? Especially hitsounds - IMO for sidescrolling beatemups, Final Fight has the best and SOR the worst. I enjoy both games but Final Fight's hitsounds just sound more satisfying - especially Haggar's slams. His yells and roars also fit with his character. (However, FF3 on SNES really took a different approach with the sounds. I like the original's better)

SOR's hitsounds sound almost like slaps. Imagine slapping around  Mad Gear or Shadowloo or Shao Kahn, and defeating them that way... Now there's an idea for a new OpenBOR mod! Fight all the major villains in a high-quality mod, but all hitsounds are various types of slaps. Final! Atomic! B****slap!

As for vs fighting games, the original SF II and MK I and II have the "meatiest" hitsounds. The fierce punch and MK's uppercut sounds sound like exactly what would happen in a real fight. (Btw, 70s martial arts movies had the best hitsounds IMO...doesn't come close to the "choppy, whoosh" sounds of modern martial arts films. Back then, you could really feel the hits through your speakers)

Anyway, aside from hitsounds, (for example sword slash sounds, weapon sounds, stuff breaking, etc) what arcade games have the best sound effects?
 
I have several games that I consider that have good sound fx, just like double dragon II the revenge arcade, cadillacs and dinosaurs, Violent Storm, Battletoads, King of fighters (all saga), street fighter II, I think sound fx from SOR 2 and SOR 3 aren´t that bad the strong punches sounds are quite good, others sound aren´t good enough as well 
 
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