Knuckle Heads

33 Years old Arcade Video game NAMCO, Ltd. [Japan]

Knuckle Heads screenshot

Knuckle Heads © 1993 Namco.

Weapon based arcade fighting game released in 1993 by Namco during the fighting game boom started by Capcom's Street Fighter II. Notable for having a jump button and multi-player matches allowing up to four players to play simultaneously.

TECHNICAL / MACHINE PICT.

Namco System NA-2 hardware
Game ID: KH

Main CPU: Motorola 68000 (@ 12.52825 Mhz)
Sound Chips: Namco (@ 32 Khz)

Control per player: 8-way joystick
Buttons per player: 3

Machine Picture
Machine Picture
(members only)
TRIVIA

Even if the title screen says '1992', Knuckle Heads was released in March 1993 in Japan.

The names of the female fighters (Claudia Silva and Christine Myao) appear on a 'Soul Edge Tour' shirt worn by a female character in the 1996 game Dancing Eyes.

Soundtrack releases :
Namco Game Sound Express Vol.9 / Knuckle Heads - Victor Entertainment - VICL-15019 - May 21, 1993

STAFF
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Planners : O. Sugi, Captain Gan
Programmers : SAM. Uruyama, Furin-Yanagi-Kazan-CD
Chief of visual designers : H. Kikuchi, KIM
Visual designers : M. FukuChan, Tsuchidarya-, N. Kumagari, G-NAS.Y, H-DAIO
Logo and graphic designer : Cho-Itoh
Illustration : Mr. Shigeri
Sound composer : Takayuki Aihara (John Aihara)

* CAST :
Vincent, Darell : N. Tobita
Fujioka : T. Morikawa
Chris : M. Hayashibara
Silva : K. Misuishi
Vaike : T. Yanagihara
SOURCES
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Game's manual.
Game's picture.
Game's ROMs.
Game's screenshots.