Fighting Wu-Shu 2nd! / Bujutsu - Ran Fan (1st Try with 1 continue only)

Alright, so this is the gameplay that you waited for so long, after 3 years of hiatus of uploading full series (due to lack of time and other matters in life) in my channel (starting with Hua Yue - over 2k views and nearly as 3k so far!).

One of my favorite contender of this game, Ran Fan (ランファン).

Gorgeous, sweet, quick and deadly special character - similar move sets from Shin Kue (which will be uploaded later) but somehow improved more, with the additional moves from Sho Fu (again, will be uploaded soon). She is a (possible) hidden character in the American version (Fighting Bujutsu) and the original Fighting Wu Shu version (1.0 = mid-1997), where the arcade operator could switch the "Game Version" from "NORMAL" to "HIGH SPEED".

To point out (easily) what I just mentioned, here's the manual: (look on Page 18 / p.18 at Game Options)
https://tamdb.net/index.php?action=downloads;sa=view;down=768
*Note that you need to download the manual in order to view the PDF file.

I did my best to be on 1 coin / credit clear scheme, but due to super aggressive enemy AI as the stage progresses (even on the Easiest level on Game Options), I was defeated only once, and then back again into action without hassles. Also, I only put into only 1 round match (for instance, the announcer should say: "FINAL ROUND - Fight!", not "ROUND 1 - Fight!"), just to finish as fast as possible before the surprise freeze and crashing the game for good, with such aimed hopes to do so.

Enjoy!

Here are the specs. of my PC:
TYPE: Gaming (All-In-One) Laptop
NAME: HP OMEN
CPU: Intel Core i7-7700HQ @2.8GHz (Can overclock up to 3.8GHz)
GPU: Intel HD Graphics 630 + NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
RAM: 16 GB DDR4 (2x 8 GB RAM installed)
OS: Windows 10 Home 64-Bit
HDD: 917 GB HDD + 237 GB SSD Installed (Samsung and ST)
Sound: Realtek HD Audio Driver

Programs used:
MAMEUIFX64 (64-bit) - 0.170
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*Notable for unexpected & unseen "ACCESS VIOLATION" error = CPU-root cause to freeze and crash the game (Please see Comments for more description).
*Tried in other versions (i.e. MAME 0.198 / MAME 0.221, etc.), but it hangs in the "quad numerical codes" (002B - 0000 - 003B) and cannot proceed anymore; it stuck there forever during bootup.
*To do so on above mentioned, it should pass through like this - 006B - 006B -006B (all codes should increase until checking is completed; however, the texts are blurry to see if I am correct in my perspective). Thus, it would also pass the other tests (i.e. Gaussian noise screens [3 of them]) until the checking of linked connections (alongside 745JAA serial code).
Bandicam (.No Watermarks) - recorded at full 60fps rate
VSDC Video Editor (Ver. 6.4.2.108)

Note:
- Even though with Intel i7-7700HQ CPU (clocked at 2.8 to 3.6 GHz) and a very handy yet mediocre GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (with regular updates), this game is pretty half-slow, half-fast (by unexpected surprise) and the average emulation speed would be between 40% to 65%. Well maybe a better CPU (i.e. Intel i9 series with much faster or adequate speed) and possibly better video card (i.e. GTX 1060 and above; or as the recommended Geforce 20 series [RTX 2080 Ti]) should offer to play at a possible near-100% emulation in the future.

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