Knights of the Round, the Video Game by Capcom Co., Ltd. [Japan]

Type of the machine : Video Game
Knights of the Round © 1991 Capcom.

King Arthur, Sir Lancelot and Percival slash through medieval England to save the peasants from enslavement. Featuring a level-up system which gives the fighters new weapons and armor.

Capcom Play System hardware (CPS)
Game ID : CP-S No. 18

Main CPU : 68000 (@ 10 Mhz)
Sound CPU : Z80 (@ 3.579545 Mhz)
Sound Chips : YM2151 (@ 3.579545 Mhz), OKI6295 (@ 7.576 Khz)

Screen orientation : Horizontal
Video resolution : 384 x 224 pixels
Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz
Palette colors : 4096

Players : 3
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 2

Released in November 1991.

Knights of the Round is based on the story of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table.

Len Hanley holds the official record for this game with 431,450 points.

Pony Canyon / Scitron released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Varth : G.S.M Capcom 6 - PCCB-00110) on 19/02/1993.

The US version is slightly different, it has the "Winners Don't Use Drugs" screen.

Earning Extra Lifes : In stage 2, lose 1 life against boss. Beat him. When you come to the 3rd stage, don't break the barricades, just wait. First kill the Fat-Man and the Soldier.
WARNING : If you launch a desperation attack (attack+jump), all the effort will be lost.
Then wait until the Bird Man comes run against you. Hit him with a strong strike (push front+punch). Don't hit him while is recovering. Wait until he runs to you again and make the same. you can kill him after 3 strikes (unless with Lancelot).
If you're done correctly, hit the barricade of the above, don't pick the food, try to turn apart it, and you'll get a surprise... a cheess pieces with 2 lifes (2UP) waiting for you.
If you kill the second Bird-Man in the same way, the second item in the barricade will give you 1 more level (green sceptre).
If you remember, a 3rd Bird-Man gets into the castle when you break the bridge's barricade. Do the same trick with him inside, break the down barricade, break the item and you'll get one more life (1UP).

Game designers : Boyoyon, Hachi, K Suke, Nis 7
Music sound : Isao Abe (Oyaji)
Programmers : Ayrton Tsuna !!, Hero Hero, Cky
Object designer : Ikusan Z, Tanuki, Imomushi, Jun Matsumura (JUN), Sho
Scroll designer : Fukumoyan, Pooh!, Kyochan, Marchan

Consoles :

Nintendo Super Famicom (1994)
Sony PSP (2006, "Capcom Classics Collection Reloaded")
Sony PlayStation 2 (2006, "Capcom Classics Collection, Volume 2")
Microsoft XBOX (2006, "Capcom Classics Collection, Volume 2")

Game's rom.