The location of an opponent's weak spot varies with each character and is usually represented by a specific article of clothing (e.g. a headband, a vest, a mask).
The final boss and sponsor of the tournament is revealed to be Karnov, the protagonist of the Data East action game of the same name.
The original arcade version of the original Fighter's History soundtrack was released by Pony Canyon and Scitron Label on June 18, 1993, while the SNES version's soundtrack was released by Project EGG on July 19, 2011, which can be downloaded on the official Project EGG website.
Project EGG published the soundtrack of the Neo Geo MVS / Neo Geo AES version of Karnov's Revenge on July 26, 2011, alone without the arranged version of "DYNAMITE", which like their other soundtrack, also can be downloaded on the official Project EGG website.
On March 19, 1995, Pony Canyon and Scitron Label published the soundtracks of the Neo Geo CD version of Karnov's Revenge and Fighter's History: Mizoguchi Kiki Ippatsu!!
He appeared in the Sega Saturn and Sony PlayStation versions of Data East's 1995 Water Margin-based fighting arcade game, Outlaws Of The Lost Dynasty as an extra character.
Five years after Data East went out of business while giving their video game rights to G-Mode, Paon, WorkJam and Crea-tech, SNK Playmore signed a deal with G-Mode to use their characters from the Fighter's History series in two SNK Playmore titles.
[3] Makoto Mizoguchi became the only character from the Fighter's History series that appeared as a special guest character in an upgrade to KOF: Maximum Impact 2 titled KOF: Maximum Impact Regulation A, to promote the Japan-exclusive cell phone game specifically featuring the cast of Fatal Fury Special and Karnov's Revenge titled Garou Densetsu vs.
[4] Makoto Mizoguchi also appeared in Joe & Mac Returns as one of the enemies in the game, and as a hidden character in Kenka Bancho: Badass Rumble.