| Bloody Roar | |
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| Developer(s) | Raizing (arcade) Hudson Soft (PS) |
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| Director(s) | Kenji Fukuya Susumu Hibi |
| Producer(s) | Kunji Katsuki Masato Toyoshima |
| Designer(s) | Seiya Yamanaka |
| Programmer(s) | Yūichi Ochiai |
| Artist(s) | Shinichi Ōnishi Naochika Morishita |
| Composer(s) | Arcade Atsuhiro Motoyama Kenichi Koyano PlayStation Takayuki Negishi |
| Series | Bloody Roar |
| Platform(s) | Arcade, PlayStation |
| Release | Arcade
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| Genre(s) | Fighting |
| Mode(s) | Single player, multiplayer |
| Arcade system | Sony ZN-1 |
Bloody Roar[a] known as Bloody Roar: Hyper Beast Duel in Europe and Japan, is a 1997 arcade fighting video game developed by Raizing and published by Hudson Soft as the first game of the Bloody Roar series. The arcade version, build on Sony ZN-1 hardware, was released in July 1997 and titled Beastorizer in North America; the game was ported to the PlayStation that same year and in North America, where it was published by Sony Computer Entertainment, it was released under the Bloody Roar moniker in common with other regions.
The game's story centers on a group of warriors known as "zoanthropes", who have the power to transform into half-human half-animal "Beasts", and the Tylon Corporation, an underground organization that seeks to use zoanthropes as mind-controlled weapons. Bloody Roar received generally positive reviews from critics for its originality and graphics, while the audio received mixed opinions. The game's success led to it being followed by a sequel, Bloody Roar 2 (1998). The game was re-released on the PlayStation Network in North America on August 20, 2009.
- ^ "Sony PlayStation Available Software sorted by Release Date @ www.vidgames.com". June 11, 1998. Archived from the original on June 11, 1998. Retrieved October 4, 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Bloody Roar for PlayStation". GameSpot. Retrieved February 25, 2010.
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