Warzard © 1996 Capcom Company, Limited.
Taking place in the year 1999 of an alternate Earth, follow the adventures of four heroes as they take on an army of mythical monsters unleashed by Valdool to bring about the destruction of the world. Take your pick from Leo the Lion King, Tao the Martial artist, Tabasa the Witch, or Mukuro the Ninja as they fight their way across the globe in order to defeat Valdool the iron giant.
Capcom Play System III Hardware (CP-S III)
Game ID : CP-S III No. 01
CD Number : CAP-WZD000
CD Label : CAP-WZD-5
Players : 2
Control : 8-Way Joystick
Buttons : 6
=> [1] LP (Jab), [2] MP (Short), [3] HP (Fierce)
=> [4] LK (Strong), [5] MK (Forward), [6] HK (Roundhouse)
Warzard was released in October 1996.
This game is known outside Japan as Red Earth. Despite the common appearance of the game in Japan, it saw a very limited release in the United States.
War-Zard is the first game to run on the Capcom Play System III hardware (CPS III), the first Capcom system that uses a CD-Rom instead of expensive EPROMs to hold the game data (about 50MB). When starting a cabinet with a new CPS-3 game the first time, the hardware needs 25 minutes to initialize the game. In fact it overwrites some flashroms with data from the new CD. This procedure allows the game later to startup as fast as it would normally run from regular EEPROMs.
The character Leo was inspired by Conan the Barbarian.
