| Warrior | |
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| Developer(s) | Tim Skelly |
| Publisher(s) | Vectorbeam |
| Designer(s) | Tim Skelly |
| Platform(s) | Arcade |
| Release | |
| Genre(s) | Fighting |
| Mode(s) | 2 player (versus only) |
Warrior is a 1979 arcade fighting game. It is considered one of the first fighting games,[2] excepting several boxing games such as Heavyweight Champ, released in 1976,[3] and Atari's unreleased Boxer (which was cloned as 1980's Boxing for the Atari 2600).
Developed by Tim Skelly while working at Cinematronics, it was released under the Vectorbeam company name shortly before Cinematronics closed Vectorbeam, which they had purchased in 1978.[4] The game featured two dueling knights rendered in monochrome vector graphics and based on crude motion capture techniques. Due to the limitations of the hardware, the processor could not render the characters and gaming environment at the same time, so backgrounds were printed and the characters projected on top of them.[2]
- ^ Akagi, Masumi (October 13, 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. 114. ISBN 978-4990251215.
- ^ a b "The Making of... Warrior". (December 2006) Edge Magazine 169, pp. 101-103
- ^ "The Killer List of Video Games - Heavyweight Champ (1976)". Retrieved 2007-04-10.
- ^ "Warrior". Retrieved 2006-10-28.