| Survival Arts | |
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North American arcade flyer of Survival Arts. |
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| Developer(s) | Scarab |
| Publisher(s) | Sammy |
| Designer(s) | Mutsuo Kaneko (director)[1] Yoshio Asai (programmer)[1] Nobuhiho Ikeuchi (photography)[1] |
| Composer(s) | Shigeyuki Shinbo[1] |
| Platform(s) | Arcade |
| Release date(s) | October 1993 |
| Genre(s) | Fighting game |
| Mode(s) | Single player, 2-player |
| CPU | V60 (@ 16 Mhz) |
| Sound | Sound Chips : ES5506 (@ 16 Mhz) |
| Display | Horizontal, 336 x 240 pixels, 60.00 Hz, 32768 colors |
Survival Arts (サバイバルアーツ Sabaibaru Ātsu) is a 1993 fighting arcade game developed by Scarab and published by Sammy (now Sega Sammy Holdings after buying Sega while merging with them). Its use of digitized images of real actors with blood and gore within the game, is clearly inspired by Midway's then-recent arcade hit Mortal Kombat, when it comes to presentation. A Sega Genesis/Mega Drive port was created, but unreleased. Some background characters from the arcade game later appeared in Dyna Gear, another arcade game developed by Scarab and published by Sammy.
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The birthplace and how the series of physical martial arts with a great deal of force called "Survival Arts" were earned became mysterious for quite of some time. However, eight warriors spreading over different countries have learned some of the most important skills of Survival Arts, while they continue learning more about it. Each one qualified for the Survival Arts tournament to see which survivor will win and obtain all the secrets of Survival Arts.
Survival Arts's is quite similar to Midway's Mortal Kombat franchise in terms of presentation, but with gameplay inspired by Capcom's Street Fighter II. The player's character fights against his or her opponent in best two-out-of-three matches in a single player tournament mode with the computer or against another human player. Players has a character roster of eight fighters to choose from the start, each with their own fighting style and special techniques. One unique feature is that players can pick up multiple weapons (from swords to guns) that are dropped on stage and use against the opponent, which was later popularized in Nintendo's Super Smash Bros. series. Depending on what move or weapon the player uses as the last hit against the opponent while it knocks him or her out, the defeated opponent will either be burned, disassembled, sliced in half in two different ways, decapitated or electrocuted, which is as simple as performing deaths in Barbarian: The Ultimate Warrior. While combos can be performed in the game, they can end with a death, which makes it a precursor to the "Brutalities" in Mortal Kombat 3 and some of its successors.
There are eight playable characters, and one final boss.