M.U.G.E.N allows users (typically known as 'authors' or 'creators') to create content for the engine such as (but not limited to) characters and stages for others to download and add to their game, or just to keep for themselves, as well as fully-fledged fighting games. The most recent version of M.U.G.E.N to be publicly released is version 1.1 Beta 1, which was released on August 7th 2013, though the most recent stable build is version 1.0, released on January 18th 2011.
M.U.G.E.N (also written as MUGEN and Mugen officially pronounced 'moo- gen' ) is a freeware 2D fighting game engine developed by Elecbyte. The default motif for versions 1.0 and 1.1 of the M.U.G.E.N engine For the article about the character based on the engine, see M.U.G.E.N (character).
This article is about the M.U.G.E.N engine.