While the NES had no shortage of martial arts-themed games, Pony Canyon's Phantom Fighter was unique enough to be memorable. It was part adventure and part fighting game.
The fighting system was typical 8-bit simplicity(punch, kick and jump) but the animation was far smoother than average for its time.
The game got repetitive after a while but I liked it although I wouldn't consider it a classic. I haven't played it in a long time but I plan on adding it to my collection.
This site has some pics and gives a better description than I can.
http://darkscarfy.tripod.com/phantom/phantom.shtml
Anyone like this game?
or bust.
I never played it, but I still remember the ads for it which showed up all over the place. I always liked the guy's hat.
Whatever happened to FCI, anyway? They published a few cool games over here on NES...Zanac, Ultima, (Golgo 13?), and then just vanished.
-Kyo
Das Vampyr Jäger
I loved the game, my favorite 2D fighter on the NES (not that there were many to choose from). A very fun game and I always had a ball learning new skills. Will definitely have to give it another play one of thse days
omg TNL epics!
Yeah, what did happen to FCI? I can't think of anything they published post-SNES.
Golgo 13 was a Vic Tokai game.
elephant.
wow. I remember this game(I didn't until I saw the pics, hence the "wow"). Thought it was pretty cool, but didn't get to spend much time with it. I suppose I'll be grabbing a copy as well~
or bust.
That's right. They're #2 on the "whatever happened to?" list. Didn't they publish Criticom or something else abominable?Originally posted by NeoZeedeater
Golgo 13 was a Vic Tokai game.
-Kyo
Golgo13 was developed and produced by VicTokai. Responsible for another anime licesense to videogame: FistOfTheNorthStar
EDIT: Damn, beat to it.
triggered
Maybe the WCW games were the final nail in the coffin...Originally posted by StriderKyo
Whatever happened to FCI, anyway? They published a few cool games over here on NES...Zanac, Ultima, (Golgo 13?), and then just vanished.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1.../bleachsig.jpg
Death never looked so good.
I will always be thankful that Vic Tokai released Shinobi Legions domestically. Criticom, I'll try and forget.
Vic Tokai is still around but I think they mostly do non-gaming stuff hence their name which stands for Valuable Information and Communication.
An intruder!
I like Phantom Fighter. Reminds me a lot of Karateka.
Last thing I recall of FCI's was that Exaclibur 2055 game on the PS1.
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