| Trojan | |
|---|---|
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Trojan_(video_game_brochure).png) North American arcade flyer | |
| Developer(s) | Capcom |
| Publisher(s) | |
| Director(s) | Takashi Nishiyama[5] |
| Designer(s) | Takashi Nishiyama |
| Platform(s) | Arcade, MS-DOS, Nintendo Entertainment System, PlayChoice-10, PlayStation 2, Xbox |
| Release | Arcade NES |
| Genre(s) | Hack and slash Beat 'em up[5] |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Trojan (闘いの挽歌, Tatakai no Banka, "Requiem for Battle") is a side-scrolling action game developed by Capcom, originally released as a coin-operated arcade video game in 1986,[6] and published in North America by Romstar[2] and Capcom.[4] Directed by Takashi Nishiyama, the game includes beat 'em up and hack-and-slash elements. It is a spiritual successor to the beat 'em up Kung-Fu Master (1984), which was designed by Nishiyama at Irem before he left for Capcom, where he evolved its gameplay concepts with Trojan.[5] It is also considered a spiritual successor to Capcom's Ghosts 'n Goblins (1985), which has similar side-scrolling action gameplay elements.[3]
A Nintendo Entertainment System port was released the same year as the arcade version. It included a one-on-one fighting game mode, for the first time in a Capcom game, making it a precursor to Nishiyama's work on Capcom's Street Fighter (1987).[5] A version for MS-DOS was also released during the same year. A ZX Spectrum version was programmed by Clive Townsend for Elite Systems in 1987 for their Durell publishing line of games, but was never released; a ROM has since been leaked from a collection of Townsend's ZX Microdrive disk files.[7] The arcade version was later included in Capcom Classics Collection Vol. 1 for PlayStation 2 and Xbox. The NES version was rereleased in 2016 for the Wii Virtual Console, but only in Japan.[8]
- ^ "Trojan at Capcom's archive". Capcom (in Japanese). Archived from the original on October 26, 1997.
- ^ a b c Akagi, Masumi (13 October 2006). アーケードTVゲームリスト国内•海外編(1971-2005) [Arcade TV Game List: Domestic • Overseas Edition (1971-2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: Amusement News Agency. p. 112. ISBN 978-4990251215.
- ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference
CVGwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b "Video Game Flyers: Trojan, Capcom (USA)". The Arcade Flyer Archive.
- ^ a b c d Kalata, Kurt (January 29, 2019). "Trojan". Hardcore Gaming 101. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
- ^ "Trojan". The International Arcade Museum. Retrieved 15 Oct 2013.
- ^ "Video Footage of the unreleased ZX Spectrum Port of Trojan". YouTube. 22 February 2010. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21.
- ^ "闘いの挽歌 | Wii U | 任天堂".