Fighting games are one of the most popular genres of video games in the United Kingdom - and Tekken is an enduring classic. The Japanese video game, created by entertainment company Bandai Namco, took the world by storm after it was first released in Japan in 1994 - and, by the following year, had sold over 1.7 million copies worldwide.
And now, with this year's release of the latest game in the franchise, veteran gamers who picked up the first one are still playing the series after three decades. Try MEN Premium now for FREE...
just click here to give it a go. Liam Miller, 44 , from Salford, has been playing the Tekken series for 28 years. The part-time maths tutor picked up the first Tekken game when he was 16-years-old after being a fan of Tekken's rival, Street Fighter. “I still remember it like it was yesterday," Liam said. "I actually bought Tekken 1 when I was abroad, I remember because I was worried it wouldn’t work because I was in the US. “I had never been a ‘Tekken Guy’ due to always playing Street Fighter but I just gave in and decided to try it out.
It wasn’t the one that got me into the series, I played Tekken 1 and 2 here and there but it was the third one that got me hooked." He continued: "It is the hardest video game out there, by far.
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