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Developer(s) | Capcom |
Publisher(s) | Capcom |
Platform(s) | Arcade, PlayStation, Sega Saturn, FOMA i-αppli, Capcom Power System Changer |
Release date(s) | Arcade: November 1992 PlayStation: March 22, 1996 Sega Saturn: September 6, 1996 FOMA i-αppli: March 1, 2005 |
Genre(s) | Beat 'em up |
Mode(s) | Up to 3 players simultaneously |
Cabinet | Upright |
Arcade system | CP System Dash + QSound |
Display | Raster, 384 x 224 pixels (Horizontal), 4096 colors |
Warriors of Fate, known in Japan as Tenchi o Kurau 2: Sekiheki no Tatakai (Japanese: 天地を喰らう2 赤壁の戦い Hepburn: lit. "The Devouring of Heaven and Earth II: Battle of Red Cliffs"?), is a side-scrolling beat-'em-up produced by Capcom first released as a coin-operated arcade game in 1992. It is the second arcade game based on the Tenchi wo Kurau manga, following Dynasty Wars.
Warriors of Fate is a beat'em up with nine stages. Each contains large mobs including spearman, archers, strongmen, bomb-wielding opponents, and at least one Wei boss. There can be up to three players on-screen at the same time. Using two buttons, Attack and Jump, the characters all have standard moves typical of Capcom side-scrollers of the day. Common enemies including Wei soldiers such as bandits, privatees, wrestlers, fatties and thieves will keep popping up from everywhere. In the end of each stage there is a Wei general as stage bosses, e.g., Li Dian, Xiahou Dun, Xu Chu, Zhang Liao, Cao Ren, Xu Huang, the infamous Lu Bu as final boss. After defeating them all, there is also Cao Cao himself who would try to escape. The game's two bonus stages that require rapid pressing of buttons.