DC’s Batman (1993)
- Beat-em-up with a lot of different Bat gadgets used. Has varying basis in the movies, cartoon, and comics. Various enemies are bosses, of course. Catwoman also appears in a role similar to Proto Man, in that she both attacks and assists you.
Batman: Gotham Knights (1994)
- Fighting game which expands from/reuses some of the assets from the previous game. General character designs take after the Animated Series, and several of the voice actors reprise their roles (Kevin Conroy, Mark Hammil, Arleen Sorkin, etc.) as well.
Roster
- Batman
- Robin
- The Huntress
- Catwoman
- Mr. Freeze
- Clayface
- Harley Quinn
- Poison Ivy
- The Joker [Sub-Boss]
- Bane [Final Boss]
Secret unlockable: Rugal Bernstein (King of Fighters)
DC’s Justice League (1995)
- Fighting game which expands the reach to other characters of the DC universe. Batman, the Huntress, and the Joker reappear in this game, and Catwoman and Bane are used as a slight basis for new villains on the roster.
Roster [* denotes new characters]
- Superman*
- Batman
- Wonder Woman*
- The Green Lantern* [Kyle Rayner at this time]
- The Flash* [Wally West at this time]
- The Huntress
- Lex Luthor*
- The Joker
- Cheetah*
- Solomon Grundy*
- Starro* [sub-boss]
- Darkseid* [final boss]
- Nakoruru (Samurai Shodown) [test character]
Batman X Fatal Fury (1996)
Tag-team crossover fighting game with Batman and Fatal Fury. Doesn’t have set teams like the KOF series.
Batman roster
- Batman
- Batgirl*
- Nightwing*
- Catwoman
- Man-Bat*
- The Joker
- Poison Ivy
- Bane
Fatal Fury roster
- Terry Bogard
- Andy Bogard
- Joe Higashi
- Mai Shiranui
- Blue Mary
- Raiden
- Yamazaki
- Geese Howard
Rugal is a secret boss, and the final boss is Bat-Mite! What a surprise!
Justice League / King of Fighters (1997)
Justice League roster
- Superman
- Batman
- Robin
- Wonder Woman
- The Flash
- Starro
- Cheetah
- Poison Ivy
Guest Character
- Freakazoid* [Exclusive to the US release]
Variant Characters
- Reverse Flash
- Bizarro [of Superman, just in case]
- Super-Armored Batman [darker colors + a faceplate added, semi-based on Azrael and Dark Knight Returns]
King of Fighters roster
- Kyo Kusanagi (King of Fighters)
- Iori Yagami (King of Fighters)
- Leona Heidern (King of Fighters)
- Athena Asamiya (Psycho Soldier)
- Terry Bogard (Fatal Fury)
- Mai Shiranui (Fatal Fury)
- Kim Kaphwan (Fatal Fury)
- Ryo Sakazaki (Art of Fighting)
- Yuri Sakazaki (Art of Fighting)
Variant SNK Characters
Final Bosses
- Orochi (King of Fighters)
- Omega Darkseid [giant boss version of Darkseid]
DC VS SNK (1998)
DC roster
- Superman
- Batman
- Wonder Woman
- The Flash
- Shazam
- Nightwing
- Lobo
Variants
- Artemis [of Wonder Woman, basic head swap]
- Black Adam [of Shazam, removes the cape and swaps the colors]
SNK roster
- Terry Bogard (Fatal Fury)
- Mai Shiranui (Fatal Fury)
- Raiden (Fatal Fury)
- Iori Yagami (King of Fighters)
- Athena
- Marco Rossi (Metal Slug)
- Haohmaru (Samurai Shodown)
- Atomic Guy (King of the Monsters)
Variants
- Orochi Mai Shiranui
- Fio Germi (Metal Slug)
DC VS SNK 2 (2000)
Every main playable character from before +
DC
Booster Gold, Black Bat, Azrael
SNK
A scattered few KOF and SamSho characters
A Galaxy Fight character
Three OCs for this game(?)
Ultimate DC VS SNK 3 (2011)
Original version was released earlier that year. Only the newcomers are listed here.
DC
Vanilla
- Batman Beyond
- Shazam
- Power Girl
- Raven
- Deathstroke
- Sportsmaster
- Gorilla Grodd
- Amazo
- Trigon
Ultimate
- Doctor Fate
- Green Arrow
- Etrigan
- Lady Shiva
- Firestorm
- Detective Chimp
SNK
Vanilla
- Mars People (Metal Slug)
- Rolf (Ikari Warriors)
- Clark (Ikari Warriors)
- Iroha (Samurai Shodown)
- Tizoc (Garou Mark of the Wolves)
- Vanessa (King of Fighters)
- Ash Crimson (King of Fighters)
- Jeanne D’Arc (World Heroes)
- Galford (Samurai Shodown)
- Captain Atlantis (Voltage Fighter Gowcaizer)
- Brocken (World Heroes)
Ultimate
- Asura (Samurai Shodown 64)
- Paul Patriot (Beast Busters)
- Politank Z (Waku Waku 7)
- Miracle Chosuke (Lee Trevino’s Fighting Golf)
- Nameless (King of Fighters 2002)
DC VS SNK Infinite (2017)
Not as beloved entry for multiple reasons, a big one being that legal reasons prevented Batman characters from being on the roster. Does bring back mechanics from the first Justice League fighter, though!
DC
- Aquaman
- Black Canary
- Starfire
- Brainiac-5
- Brainiac
- Agent Bones
SNK
- Genan Shiranui (Samurai Shodown)
- Suzuhime (Samurai Shodown)
- General Morden (Metal Slug)
- Tarma Roving (Metal Slug)
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Bonus Game
Kodansha VS SNK (2010)
If you’re wondering if there are any other equivalents, let’s say there are versions of CAPCOM VS SNK, as well as a Tecmo X SNK strategy RPG, a King of Fighters X Dead or Alive game, and “Proposal X Dimension”, which also features Tecmo and HudsonSoft. But I’m too lazy to do those.
Kodansha
- Astro Boy
- 8 Man
- Cyborg 009
- Devilman
- Cutie Honey
- Mazinger Z [GIANT]
- Tetsuo (Akira)
- Major Kusanagi (Ghost in the Shell)
- Sailor Moon
- Sakura (Cardcaptor Sakura)
- Onizuka (Great Teacher Onizuka)
- Cyborg Kuro-Chan
- Mechazawa (Cromartie High School)
- Natsu (Fairy Tail)
SNK
- Terry Bogard (Fatal Fury)
- Mai Shiranui (Fatal Fury 2)
- Tizoc (Garou Mark of the Wolves)
- Yuri Sakazaki (Art of Fighting)
- Nakoruru (Samurai Shodown)
- Kaede (The Last Blade)
- Kyo Kusanagi (King of Fighters ‘94)
- Iori Yagami (King of Fighters ‘95)
- Athena Asamiya (Psycho Soldier)
- Atomic Guy (King of the Fighters)
- Mars People (Metal Slug)
- Paul Patriot (Beast Busters)
- Politank Z (Waku Waku 7) [GIANT]
- Rolf (Galaxy Fight)