Night Slashers
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Night Slashers is an arcade game that was released in 1993. It is a horizontally scrolling beat'em up from Data East that has a horror theme.
During the course of the game, the player fights through hordes of attacking zombies and mutants, as well as other enemies such as werewolves and elementals. Bosses also include stereotypical monsters such as a mummy, a golem, and lookalikes of Count Dracula and Frankenstein's Monster.
[edit] Characters
The player(s) play the role of one of three heroes:
Jake an American monster hunter and street brawler with cybernetic arms and mastery of the Lightning Element.
Christopher a European vampire hunter and martial artist who has mastery over Water and Ice.
Hong Hua, an Asian female martial artist who is proficient with mystic arts and mastery of the Fire Element.
The game has three different endings, one for each each character.
[edit] Version differences
In the Japanese version :
- The gore is uncensored (red blood instead of green but in the overseas version has options to change blood color and violence level).
- At the end of a melee attack, Christopher holds out a cross instead of a blue crystal ball.
- The "Go" arrow flips over to read "To Hell!" in blood.
- Extra pictures and dialogue in the cutscenes.
