From the introduction: The greatest fighters from across space and time battle in a 1-on-1 tournament. ... This game attempts to simulate a video game arcade during an unspecified period during the 1990s. It’s partially about nostalgia for a time and environment that mostly doesn’t exist anymore, but it’s also about some of the more difficult and messed-up stuff that happened or was worked out amid the blinking lights and buzzy soundtracks.