Art of Fighting 3 - The Path of the Warrior [Model NGM-096]

[AOF] Wyler [AOF] Sinclair [AOF] Jin [AOF] Karman [AOF] Wang [AOF] Lenny [AOF] Rody [AOF] Robert [AOF] Ryo Fighting Games Selectable Protagonists Female Protagonists Number In Title 

Type of the game: [Coin-Op] Arcade Video Game
Art of Fighting 3 - The Path of the Warrior © 1996 SNK.

10 selectable characters battle each other in various locations in Mexico. Extremely beautiful and fluid animation courtesy of motion capture technology brings a whole new style of game-play to this popular fighting game.

SNK Neo-Geo MVS hardware
Game ID : 096

Main CPU : 68000 (@ 12 Mhz)
Sound CPU : Z80 (@ 4 Mhz)
Sound Chips : YM2610 (@ 8 Mhz)


2 players - 4 buttons per player
=> [A] Punch [B] Kick [C] Hard brow [D] Raz

Released in March 1996.

This game is known in Japan as "Ryuuko no Ken Gaiden" (translates from Japanese as 'Dragon and Tiger Fist Side Story').

In each character endings, you receive a nice hand-draw of the character on the 'Thank you for Playing' screen.

The drawing Hoeh-Hoeh selects for Wang Koh San in the ending is random, there are 7 different ones.

Pony Canyon / Scitron released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Ryuuko no Ken Gaiden - PCCB-00212) on 03/04/1996.

* All characters have 2 colors, one is selected with the A button an the other one is chosen with the D button.

* Play as Sinclair : Highlight Robert and press Left (or highlight Jin and press Right(x2)).

* Play as Wyler : Highlight Robert and press Left(x2) (or highlight Jin and press Right).

* Special Day (Birthday Gift) : Definitely one of the strangest tricks in fighting games, each character will be powered up on his birthday (able to perform Super Desperation Moves at any moment during the fight!).
Kasumi Todo - March, 29
Wang Koh-San - April, 17
Lenny Criston - May, 20
Karman Cole - June, 13
Rody Births - July, 24
Ryo Sakazaki - August, 2
Jin-Fuha - September, 4
Wyler - October, 22
Sinclair - November, 14
Robert Garcia - December, 25

* Ultimate K.O. : Defeat an opponent in the first round by using your character's Super Desperation Move when the enemy's lifebar is 5% of less. If done correctly, you'll win the whole match in just a single round!

* Finish the game without losing a round to get a comical hand drawn picture of the character after the credits.

1. Art of Fighting [Model NGM-044] (1992)
2. Art of Fighting 2 [Model NGM-056] (1994)
3. Art of Fighting 3 - The Path of the Warrior [Model NGM-096] (1996)

Object Designers : Heitarou, Black Tree, Futatsu (Futatsu!!), Higetoboin, UG, Ponda, Tohru, Pinkey-EX, Horipu (Hori-pu~?), Terarin, Kattsun, Sumiccho, Nana, Ashizawan, Satopyon, Tani Tani, Koara, Rave Man, Sasa, K. Miya, Rolly(R), Tony Oki, ??....!
Back Designers : Muramama Eiko, Daisuke, Wa-Da-Mo, J K, Shochan, Take-Pyon
Programmers : MA2++, Yuritaro, Hiropon
CG Creators : K-Asa, Aki. Yama, Demao. Sat, Seri
Music Composers : Yamapy-1, Masahiko Hataya (Papaya), Shibakichi
Capture Assisted by : Masa, Shin. T, Jeffrey Zoern, Raymond Ho.
Producers : Takashi Nishiyama, Hiroshi Matsumoto (Finish Hiroshi)
Directors : Go, Shigeri #3, Kim-Ken, Moai-Nao

* Voice Actors :
Ryo : Masaki Usui
Robert : Mantaro Koichi
Rody : Eiji Yano
Lenny : Kumi Ishida
Wang : Monster Maetsuka
Karman : Mantaro Koichi
Jin : Jai
Sinclair : Harumi Ikoma
Wyler : Monster Maetsuka

Special Thanks : Kaori Kasai, Osamu Sato

Consoles:

SNK Neo-Geo (Apr. 26, 1996; "Ryuuko no Ken Gaiden [Model NGH-096]")
SNK Neo-Geo CD (June 14, 1996; "Ryuuko no Ken Gaiden [Model NGCD-096]")
SNK Neo-Geo CD (June 14, 1996; "Ryuuko no Ken Gaiden [Limited Edition] [Model NGCD-0960]")
Sony PlayStation 2 (May 11, 2006; "Ryuuko no Ken - Ten Chi Jin [NeoGeo Online Collection Vol.4] [Model SLPS-25610]")
Sony PlayStation 2 (June 21, 2007; "Ryuuko no Ken - Ten Chi Jin [NeoGeo Online Collection The Best] [Model SLPS-25790]")

Game's rom.
Machine's picture.