And you're right. Tomorrow, someone will release a new SNK boss edit with 15 new palettes and a bug that crashes the game when he wins. And I will download it. I will find a way to squeeze in character #1,083.
There is a moment every Mugen creator knows well. It’s not the moment you download your first character (Ryu, probably). It’s not the moment you figure out how to add a lifebar. It’s the moment you look at your select.def file and realize it takes your PC over four minutes to load the character select screen.
It stands at .
That moment came for me last week. And after 15 years of collecting, editing, debugging, and rage-quitting, I can finally say it:
But for tonight? For this moment?
By: A Mugen Archivist
Not 1,080. Not 1,085.
May your own select.def never corrupt, and may your lifebars always load on the first try.