Crossed Swords (video game)

Crossed Swords
Developer(s)Alpha Denshi
Publisher(s)
Alpha Denshi
  • Neo Geo CD
Producer(s)Akira Ushizawa
Designer(s)Hatsue Honbe
Hiroyuki Toda
Katsue Matsuzaki
Programmer(s)Eiji Fukatsu
Hideo Kamoda
Makio Chiba
Composer(s)Yuka Watanabe
SeriesCrossed Swords
Platform(s)Arcade, Neo Geo AES, Neo Geo CD
Release
25 July 1991
  • Arcade
    • JP: 25 July 1991
    • NA: 1991
    Neo Geo AES
    • NA/JP: 1 October 1991
    Neo Geo CD
    • JP: 31 October 1994
Genre(s)Action role-playing, beat 'em up, hack and slash
Mode(s)Single-player, co-op
Arcade systemNeo Geo MVS

Crossed Swords[a] is a hack & slash action RPG arcade game developed by Alpha Denshi and published by SNK. It was released for the Neo Geo arcade system in July 1991 and later on Neo Geo console in October of the same year.[1][2] Its gameplay was similar to SNK's earlier 1990 first-person shooter and beat 'em up game, The Super Spy, but with role-playing game elements and hack & slash combat instead of shooting and fist-fighting.[3]

The game allowed cooperative gameplay with up to two players on the same screen.[3] As only the player characters' silhouettes are visible on screen as wire-frame models, much like Punch-Out!!,[4] the game's perspective may be considered either first-person[3] or third-person. The game was later cited as an inspiration for the 2010 first-person fighting game Rage of the Gladiator.[5] A sequel of the game entitled Crossed Swords II was released in Japan on May 2, 1995 for the Neo-Geo CD, and was one of the few games designed specifically for the Neo-Geo CD, rather than being an arcade port.[6]


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  1. ^ "Oh! Neo Geo Vol. 22 - クロスソード". Beep! Mega Drive (in Japanese). No. 57. SoftBank Creative. June 1994. p. 134.
  2. ^ "Neo•Geo CD: The Arcade In A Box - Crossed Swords". GamePro. No. Premiere Supplement. IDG. Spring 1996. p. 104.
  3. ^ a b c "Crossed Swords (Neo Geo Advanced Entertainment System)". AllGame. Archived from the original on 2014-01-01.
  4. ^ "Crossed Swords (Arcade)". AllGame. Archived from the original on 2014-01-01.
  5. ^ J.C. Fletcher (August 12, 2009), Interview: Ghostfire Games' Ed Roman on Rage of the Gladiator, Joystiq, retrieved 2011-05-05
  6. ^ "Crossed Swords II". Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 69. Ziff Davis. April 1995. p. 76.