War Gods (video game)

War Gods
Developer(s)Midway Games
Eurocom (home versions)
Publisher(s)Midway (Arcade, N64, PS)
GT Interactive (Windows)
Platform(s)Arcade, PlayStation, Nintendo 64, Windows
ReleaseArcade
PlayStation
  • NA: June 20, 1997[2]
  • EU: October 1997
Nintendo 64
  • NA: May 20, 1997[3]
  • EU: November 28, 1997
Windows
Genre(s)Fighting
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer
Arcade systemMidway V Unit

War Gods is a fighting video game originally released to arcades by Midway Games in 1996. Ports for the Nintendo 64, PlayStation and Windows were released in 1997. In the game, players control one of ten fighters who have been given great power by a mysterious ore that crashed-landed on Earth from outer space. The object of the game is to defeat all the other fighters to become the most powerful warrior on the planet.

The game was heavily influenced by Midway's Mortal Kombat series, and features controls similar to the Mortal Kombat games, as well as the series' signature fatalities.[5] Unique to War Gods is the "3D" button, allowing players to use the background/foreground for additional attacks and evasive maneuvers; in other words it lets the player dive around the ring in a circular arc as part of their attacks and defensive moves. The orbiting camera smoothly follows the fighters, working to maintain the left/right "fighting line" needed for coherent two-player joystick control on the arcade cabinet. The game's graphics were created using a technology by Midway called "digital skin", which mapped photographs onto 3D models.

War Gods received mixed reviews, with particular criticism being directed at the game's character design and animations.

  1. ^ Masumi Akagi. アーケードTVゲームリスト国内•海外編(1971-2005).
  2. ^ {{cite web|url=https://psxdatacenter.com/games/U/W/SLUS-00328.html
  3. ^ I. G. N. Staff (1997-05-21). "War Gods Ships to N64". IGN. Retrieved 2023-04-12.
  4. ^ "MIDWAY HOME ENTERTAINMENT AND GT INTERACTIVE UNLEASH ARCADE SMASH WAR GODS AND MORTAL KOMBAT TRILOGY FOR PC". Retrieved 2023-04-15.
  5. ^ "Pagan from War Gods | Game-Art-HQ".