Combat Games are not to be compared with shooter, but all the games are about is to eliminate your enemy. But fighting games are usually based upon martial arts and just like in real life your reactions need to be quick and determined. Usuall, the player can chose between several characters to play with and to play against, all equipted with different skills and abilities. Most of the time you are playing in a tournament, and the purpose is to win it, of course. To increase the interest for fighting games there are special tricks that characters can perform, such as a firesquirt or energybowl. To activate those special skills one usually needs to use key-combinations in a certain order. A lot of the fighting games developed well and are now used for real-life gambling machines. So, anyone who did not fight enough yet get going and get the black belt in taek-won-do now!