Fighting Masters

K-A

9.1

1992-08-17

2018-07-03 13:34:45

Fighting Masters is a 1991 fighting video game developed by Aicom and ALU, and published for the Sega Genesis in Japan and later in North America by Treco. In the game, players assume the role of a hero to fight against an assortment of opponents on an apocalyptic setting to face against an entity known as Lord Valgasu. Co-directed by Hajime Kusano and Ramō Kobayashi, the title was created by some of the same team that would later work on various projects at Almanic Corporation such as E.V.O.: Search for Eden. It was met with mixed reception from critics since its release.

Description:

A Giant Red Sun will go Nova within hours... 12 Star systems will be destroyed... One contest will decide who, or what, survives... Climb into the interstellar ring! Go One-on-One with another player, or battle for the survival of your civilization! 12 different Alien champions to select! From the snapping, tearing claws of Zygrunt to the bludgeoning ecto-clubs of Rotundo, each warrior has a deadly force all their own!

Gameplay:

Fighting Masters is a fighting game where the player fights against other opponents in one-on-one matches and the fighter who manages to deplete the health bar of the opponent wins the bout, becoming the winner of the match.

In single-player mode, players can choose from twelve playable characters and fight against computer-controlled fighters. Three buttons are available in the game: block (A), attack (B) and jump (C).The d-pad cannot be used to jump directly, instead, players have to walk in a certain direction and press the jump button to perform said action. The attack button allows players to perform various attacks, special moves and combos. Besides the single-player mode, other modes include matches against another human opponent or a watch mode to view a fight between two CPU-controlled opponents.

Synopsis:

• Plot

Fighting Masters takes place in a pre-apocalyptic universe, where an enormous red sun is about to go supernova within hours, leading representatives from multiple alien races to fight against each other to gain trust and service of an ultra-intelligent race known as Primaries, who will grant another galaxy to live in for them and their future generations. However, the in-game plot tells a different story involving a demon lord known as Lord Valgasu, who leads an underground campaign against a twelve-star galaxy to take control of it, conquering all of the stars’ rulers and making them his slaves except one. Assuming the role of a lone hero, the player battles against the enslaved rulers and Valgasu himself.

Characters:

Some of the character’s names were changed between the North American and Japanese releases:

• Larry / Dirk – A human lightweight wrestler.

• Elepha / Mastodon – An anthropomorphic elephant.

• Flamer / Equus – An anthropomorphic kickboxing horse.

• Morin – A amazon warrior who fights with a tonfa.

• Beowolf / Grinder – A razor-clawed machine.

• Goldrock – A living golem with an Egyptian motif.

• Tomahawk/Phoenix – An anthropomorphic hawk-like griffin.

• Zrygunte / Zygrunt – An anthropomorphic lobster.

• Medusa / Rotundo – A Jellyfish creature.

• Drason / Xenon – A fire-breathing dragon.

• DIO – A sentient man-eating plant.

• Eyesight / Uppercut – A cyclops boxer.

Sega Genesis (Mega Drive)

Treco

039471907068

1-2

United States

16-bit

Cartridge

Thick Snap Case

~$19.99

2025-10-10

2018-07-03 13:34:45