Uploaded August 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Testing new additions for Arcade Mode when Attract Mode is enabled in IKEMEN Plus Ultra Engine (An Open Source Fighting Game Engine that contains New Features and improvements for MUGEN resources).

About "Attract Mode"☛ streetfighter.fandom.com/wiki/Attract_Mode

Some of the notable changes are:

➤ New Next Stage Screen (More details about this addition) here☛ko-fi.com/post/Arcade-Travel-Next-Stage-Screen-T6T51K3MKM

➤ Extra keys have been assigned on the keyboard so that at any time (except on some screens) when the Attract Mode is enabled you can: Insert Coins/Credits, restart the engine and access to Options Menu (known as Test Menu on Arcade Systems)

➤ "Game State" text will now appear on:
- Character Select
- Order Select
- VS Screen
- In-Match
- Victory Screen
- Continue Screen
- Continue Service
- Storyboards (using a new "attractstate = 1" parameter).
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As you can see, my intention with all this is for Attract Mode in IKEMEN Engine to be more faithful to the behavior of Arcade Systems, adding some stuff from how Fightcade (a matchmaking application for playing retro games online) operates.

The "Game State" text is inspired from SNK games, which contains number of Coins/Credits inserted and at the same time, if a player can join (PRESS START) or if INSERT COIN is required to join.

Stuff that I want to finish before release the incoming engine update (about what you saw in this video, because there is more madness to come):
➤ Ranking/Leaderboard Screen
➤ Finish the "Here comes a New Challenger" logic (I wanted to show this but it's still in development)
➤ The player who first presses start on the title screen will define the side on which the game starts (if it is player 1 it will start from the left, if it is player 2 it will start from the right) this actually works, but "Game State" text need to change his X axis position.

Any suggestion or ideas about this will be welcome in the comments.

Thanks to everyone who supports my efforts for this engine.
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Preview Content:
➤00:00 - Attract Demo - Title Screen
➤00:24 - Character Select
➤00:35 - Stage 1
➤01:38 - Bonus Stage
➤02:16 - VS Rival
➤04:15 - Final Stage
➤05:32 - Credits
➤05:54 - Secret Fight (Not accessible if you use a Continue)
➤07:08 - Game Over (The good one)

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