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Darkstalkers - The Night Warriors 1994 Capcom

1994

Darkstalkers - The Night Warriors (c) 1994 Capcom.
A 1-on-1 fighting game featuring 10 horror-themed characters, such as werewolves, mummies, vampires etc. After defeating the nine standard opponents, 2 'boss' characters must then be beaten before the game is completed.

>>> TECHNICAL DETAILS
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Capcom Play System II hardware (CPS II)
Game ID : CP-S II No. 05
Main CPU : 68000 (@ 11.8 Mhz), Z80 (@ 8 Mhz)
Sound Chips : Q-Sound (@ 4 Mhz)
Screen orientation : Horizontal
Video resolution : 384 x 224 pixels
Screen refresh : 59.63 Hz
Palette colors : 4096
Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 6
= > [1] LP, [2] MP, [3] HP
= > [4] LK, [5] MK, [6] HK

>>> TRIVIA
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Released in July 1994.
This game is known in Japan as 'Vampire - The Night Warriors'.
Huitzil is the diminutive of 'Huitzilopochtli' (which means 'Blue Hummingbird on the Left'). He was the chief god of the great Aztec city Tenochtitlan and after his death became the Aztec god of the Sun and War.
Justin Wong holds the official record for this game with 687,800 points on May 30, 2008.
Suleputer released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Vampire - The Night Warriors Arcade Game Track - SRCL-2969) on 07/09/1994.
A Darkstalkers unit appears in the 1995 movie 'The Net'.

>>> GAME UPDATES
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The US version has the 'Winners Don't Use Drugs' screen.
In the Japanese version :
* Jon Talbain is named 'Gallon'.
* Lord Raptor is named 'Zabel Zarock'.
* Rikuo is named 'Aulbath'.
* Huitzil is named 'Phobos'.

>>> TRICKS AND TIPS
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* Character Select In Attract Mode : In attract mode, when the computer is on the Character Select screen, it's possible to choose the characters with the 1p & 2p Start buttons.
* Alternate Costume Color : Highlight a fighter at the character selection screen and press Start.
* Hidden Tune : Beat the game with one credit, after inputting your name hold Down+LK+MK until the end credits appear. If done correctly, you'll be listening to the secret ending tune.

>>> GAME SERIES
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1. Darkstalkers - The Night Warriors (1994)
2. Night Warriors - Darkstalkers' Revenge (1995)
3. Vampire Savior - The Lord of Vampire (1997)
4. Vampire Hunter 2 - Darkstalkers' Revenge (1997)
5. Vampire Savior 2 - The Lord of Vampire (1997)
6. Darkstalkers 3 - Vampire Savior (1999, Sony PlayStation)
7. Darkstalkers Chronicles - The Chaos Tower (2005, Sony PSP)

>>> DESIGNERS / PROGRAMMERS / STAFF
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Planners : Junichi Ohno, Gyo, Jun Koike
Programmers : Atsushi Ohuchi, AKiyoshi Eshiro, Toshihiko Tsuji, Morimichi Suzuki, Hiroshi Inaba
Object designers : Kurisan, Hiroshi Shibata, Keiko Kitayama, Mizuho Kageyama, takashi Hayashi, Q, Toshikazu Matsumoto, Kimo Kimo, Who, Tohru Takaoko, Mizupyon
Scroll designers : Yuki Kyotani, Kaori Matsumoto, Hiroyuki Imahori, Akemi Isoe, Tamayo Takeo, Miyuki Hongoh, Saru
Sound designers : Toshio Kajino (1970.2.25), Tomuyuki Kawakami (T.K NY) (1971.8.31)
Music composers : Takayuki Iwai (Anarchy Takapon) (1969.11.19), Hideki Okugawa (Hideki.OK) (1970.3.28)
* Voice Actors :
Demitri : Nobuyuki Hiyama
Jon Talbain, Lord Raptor, Rikuo : Yuuji Ueda
Morrigan : Yayoi Jinguji
Felicia : Kae Araki
Sasquatch, Bishamon, Anakaris, Victor, Narration : Kan Tokumaru

>>> GAME PORTS TO OTHER SYSTEMS
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* Consoles :
Sega 32X [Unreleased Prototype]
Sony PlayStation (1996)
Sony PlayStation 2 (2005, 'Vampire Darkstalker's Collection')

>>> OTHER GAME RESOURCES
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Game's rom.
Machine's picture.

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