Big Fight - Big Trouble in the Atlantic Ocean

34 Years old Arcade Video game Tatsumi Electronics Co., Ltd. [Japan]

Big Fight - Big Trouble in the Atlantic Ocean © 1992 Tatsumi Electronics Company, Limited.

A side scrolling beat 'em up featuring fighters : Gear, Kevin, and Zill.

There's an extra game mode named 'Battle mode', where you can choose your character from the 8 available (the 3 heroes, plus the 5 bosses already unlocked) and challenge a friend or the CPU in a Vs battle. Note: this option requires two players before you start : after 1 of the 2 players is KO, the winner can continue to play against the CPU.

All the playable characters have their own special moves, you must find them.

TRIVIA

Big Fight was released in December 1992 ans was the last arcade video game made by Tatsumi. They focused on Photo Booths after this game.

TIPS AND TRICKS

* When the player is knocked down at low energy level there is a chance to fully charge up a power meter that appears for a few seconds. If successful, the player's character gets up with a lightning charge and delivers powerful attacks.

* At the half of the first stage, you can choose the course for continuing your way : in this way, you can modify the level sequence and the relative difficulty for those.

* After you've beaten a boss at the end of the level, he will be available as a playable character, and you can also choose him to play the next level : every time you beat a new boss, this will be added to the playable characters rooster. These characters are :
Pharaoh, an ancient very powerful pharaoh, you can find him in the Aquarium stage;
Mavella, a beautiful woman with red hair and equipped with a whip: she is waiting for you in the Funnel stage;
Garuda, a very strong redskin, you'll find him in the garden pool;
Gonza, a powerful sumo fighter with devastating slaps, you'll find him in the japanese house;
Chen, a chinese fighter equipped with a letal chinese sword, he is waiting for you in the disco stage, after the casino.

STAFF

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Planning : Hasegawa Mitsuhiro
Direction : Nobrin
Character Design : Nakajima, Taka, Hasegar
Sound/Music : Tomopee, Cyber
Hard Design : Okuda
Programming : Okuda, Shirahata, Noma, Syochan, Yamagata

SOURCES

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ROM dump (MAME).
Game's screenshots.