The Fallen Angels (arcade game)

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The Fallen Angels
Developer(s)	Steel Hearts
Publisher(s)	Psikyo
Platform(s)	Arcade
Release date	1998
Genre(s)	2D Versus Fighting
Mode(s)	Single player, Two-player
Input methods	8-way Joystick, four Button (control)
Cabinet	Standard
CPU	SH-2 28.63635 Mhz
Sound	YMF278B 28.63635 Mhz
Display	Raster, 320 x 224 pixels (Horizontal), 5120 colors

The Fallen Angels (堕落天使, Daraku Tenshi^?) was Psikyo's second attempt at a fighting game. Developed by the Steel Hearts development team and released in 1998. Novel in that the fighting system is more rigidly based on realistic fighting than other games (notably the Street Fighter series). Projectile attacks, for example, are limited to two characters, and even then based on real weapons.

Information about the game's development and fate are scarce, though it is widely reported that it was released without being completely developed. The sprites for 4 unplayable characters have been found in the ROMs of the game. The developers of the game then reportedly moved to SNK, supported by the observation that many of the characters bear striking resemblances to fighters that later appeared in SNK's King of Fighters series and the game Garou: Mark of the Wolves.