Setup Guide

Install Fightcade

New to Fightcade? Go download it!

1. Once you download the file, open it with Windows (or a program of your choosing:

2. Move the FightcadeAutoinstaller folder to a directory of your choosing:

3. Open the FightcadeAutoinstaller folder and click and run FightcadeAutoinstaller.exe . Follow the instructions and you're all set!

Register Your Account

Launch Fightcade and you'll see a login screen. Click the link at the bottom of the app to register an account.

Get In The Lobby

On the left click the big magnifying glass to do a search, and type "tgm2p" in the search bar at the top of the screen.

Click JOIN to enter the lobby. You can only be in 3 lobbies at once, so if it's not working leave a lobby so that you have room to join a new lobby.

Map Your Controls

From the game lobby, click the big "Test Game" button in the top right corner.

If your ROMs are set up right, the game will launch. Click on Input -> Map game inputs... in the file menu.

Now its time to map your controls. Map the P1 buttons. Check the chart below to see what each button does:

Button	Description
P1 Coin	Button you hit when the game first loads
P1 Start	Button you hit after hitting P1 Coin to actually start game
P1 Up	Move up in menus (Instant softdrops piece without locking)
P1 Down	Move down in menus (Softdrops pieces and locks them)
P1 Left	Move left
P1 Right	Move right
P1 Button 1	Counterclockwise
P1 Button 2	Clockwise
P1 Button 3	Counterclockwise (hitting Button 1 & 3 on frame 1 does a 180)

Go Play

Now you're ready to show us what you're made of!

If you want to lab, go check out this quick intro video (TBD). You can control your opponent's garbage pattern!
And if you really want to go full nerd there's a lengthy strategy guide.