Fighting Masters

Fighting Masters
Japanese cover art
Developer(s)	Almanic[1]
Publisher(s)	JP Treco[1] NA Treco[1]
Platform(s)	Sega Mega Drive
Release date(s)	JP December 6, 1991[1] NA August 17, 1992 KOR 1992
Genre(s)	2D fighting[1]
Mode(s)	Single-player Multiplayer (2 players)
Distribution	Sega Mega Drive cartridge

Fighting Masters (ファイティング マスターズ)^[2] is a Mega Drive/Genesis fighting video game released by Treco in 1991.

Summary

Tomahawk (top left) fighting Medusa

It is set in a pre-apocalyptic universe: according to the manual and pre-game introduction, the giant red sun is about to go supernova within hours and representatives from each alien race must fight each other in order to gain the trust and service of an ultra-intelligent race known as the Primaries who will grant them and their future generations another galaxy to live in.^[2] There are only two humans in the game but they don't come from planet Earth. However, the game itself tells a different story of a demon lord who leads an underground campaign against a 12 star galaxy to take control of it. He conquers all of the stars' rulers and makes them his slaves except for one. Taking control of this lone hero, the player battles through the enslaved rulers and into the final battle with the demon lord, Lord Valgasu, himself.

Both the game's intro and ending reflect this storyline.

Selectable characters

Some of the character names were changed in the 1992 release. The names from the 1991 version are listed first.

Larry/Dirk

Human lightweight wrestler

Elepha/Mastodon

Anthropomorphic elephant

Flamer/Equus

Anthropomorphic kickboxing horse

Morin

Amazon warrior with tonfa

Beowolf/Grinder

Razor-clawed machine

Goldrock

Living rock formation with an Egyptian motif

Tomahawk/Phoenix

Anthropomorphic hawk, somewhat like a gryphon

Zrygunte/Zygrunt

Anthropomorphic lobster

Medusa/Rotundo

Jellyfish creature

Drason/Xenon

Fire-breathing dragon

D I O

Sentient man-eating plant

Eyesight/Uppercut

Cyclops boxer

Reception

The video game magazine Mega gave this video game a score of 20% in their December 1993 issue.^[3] Allgame gave this video game a rating of 3 stars out of a possible 5.^[4]

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