Samurai Shodown 2 for all intents and purposes is a perfect game. When you factor in it's cost, either AES or MVS, it's the best game on the system and my favorite as well.
This really sums it up. SamSho2 is to SNK what Street Fighter 2 is to Capcom. Fatal Fury was always looked at as a clone of SF (it's much more if you put in enough time) and SamSho2 was what set SNK apart from Capcom during the early days.
Although nostalgia will always say Real Bout Special is SNKs best 
I Really REALLY like MOTW's but being released late in the life and being so expensive I have to hand it to SS2 which was SO much SO early. The Capcom Team that made SF2 defected to SNK and made Fatal Fury so yeah there is that. SF2 is great, but I also enjoy the FF series, mostly because of Terry Bogard and Mai's bounciny boobalinas!!!!
You mean Street Fighter 1 (Fighting Street)?
Also, I've never liked Mai as a character. Saying "Me bouncy!" doesn't make you interesting.
Then again, maybe she is a fun to play as, I have no idea.
Lukester is correct here. Capcom employees behind Street Fighter 1 were headhunted by SNK and made Fatal Fury and Art of Fighting and possibly others. Here is a nice history vid:
(note, some street fighter 1 footage with supers and air blocking is from a mugen Street Fighter One remake)
I have some fond memories of the Neo Geo Fighters, but must say that I stopped playing them after about 94/95 or so. I played world heroes 1-2, fatal fury 1-special, samurai shodown 1-3, and art of fighting 1-2.
Back in those days, one of my friends used to go visit his older brothers for a big video gaming fest, and they had all the latest and greatest back then. My first visit, we played fatal fury 2 and art of fighting 1 and 2. I totally dominated everybody in Fatal Fury 2 with Kim Kapwhan, so they switched over to art of fighting. I wasn't really any good at that game so I don't think I won a single game.
After the visit my friend was able to borrow his brother's Neo Geo AES, and we put in some practice on Art of Fighting 2. I got good with Takuma, so the next couple times I went with my friend to the game fest I dominated every fighting game. Funny thing is the fighting game I played by far the most was Street Fighter II, but we never played that at those game fests. Guess it was already old news by then. Or maybe it was because we never played the 16-bitters, and Street Fighter II didn't get a high end port until the playstation came out. They did have Super Turbo for 3D0 but I don't think my friend's bro had the correct controller to make it playable.
