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Samurai Shodown
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This article is specifically about the original Samurai Shodown game. For information on the series as a whole, see Samurai Shodown (series).

Samurai Shodown
Cover artwork of Samurai Shodown
Cover art of the Neo Geo version of Samurai Shodown by Shinkiro.
Developer(s) SNK
Publisher(s) SNK
Designer(s) Galapagos Team
Platform(s) Arcade, 3DO, Game Gear, Game Boy, Sega Master System, Sega Mega Drive, Game Gear, Neo Geo, Neo Geo CD, Sega Mega-CD, Super Nintendo, Virtual Console, Xbox 360 (XBLA), PlayStation 2, Wii
Release date(s) August 11, 1993
Genre(s) 2D Weapon Based Versus fighting
Mode(s) Up to 2 players simultaneously
Media (118 Mbit cartridge)
Input methods 8-way Joystick, 4 Buttons
Cabinet Upright
Arcade system Neo Geo
Display Raster, 304 x 224 pixels (Horizontal), 4096 colors

Samurai Shodown, known as Samurai Spirits (サムライスピリッツ, Samurai Supirittsu?, Samu Supi in short) in Japan, is a 1993 competitive fighting game produced by SNK for their Neo Geo arcade and home platform. In contrast to other fighting games at the time which were set in modern times and focused primarily on hand-to-hand combat, Samurai Shodown is set in feudal-era Japan and was one of the first fighting games to focus primarily on weapon-based combat.