Fighting Masters

Fighting Masters
Developers: Aicom, ALU Publishers: Treco (JP/US), Samsung (KR) Platform: Genesis Released in JP: December 6, 1991 Released in US: August 17, 1992 Released in KR: 1992 This game has debugging material. This game has a hidden sound test. This game has regional differences. This game has a Data Crystal page

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"Moniter Mode"

A debug screen is still present, but only partially working. To access it, hold A + B on the second controller while the title screen turns into the character select screen after pressing Start to begin. You will be greeted with a menu instead. The only options that actually do anything are:

• ASCII - shows the top of VRAM (likely for testing character mapping); press Start to exit.
• SOUND - an alternate sound test; controls on screen.
• GAME SET - return to the game (apparently).

Press Start to select an option. All other options will merely return you to this menu.

Regional Differences

Several of the characters were renamed.

Japan/Korea	USA
LARRY ELEPHA FLAMER MORIN BEOWOLF GOLDROCK TOMAHAWK ZRYGUNTE MEDUSA DRASON D I O EYESIGHT	DIRK MASTODON EQUUS MORIN GRINDER GOLDROCK PHOENIX ZYGRUNT ROTUNDO XENON D I O UPPERCUT

The backstory was completely redone for the US version. Note that the lowercase text is flashing uppercase text in the Japanese version.

Japan/Korea

USA

IN THE DISTANT FUTURE. THE GALAXY WAS DOMINATED BY 12 STAR SYSTEMS. BUT... A DARK LORD,ONCE RULER OF UNDERGROUND DOMINION, PLOTTED TO SURFACE AND DOMINATE THE GALAXY. lord valgasu, PREPARING HIS OVERTHROW, REALIZED THAT THE 12 MIGHTY RULERS OF THE GALAXY STOOD IN HIS WAY. HE CHALLENGED THESE MASTER, DEFEATING AND ENSLAVING ALL BUT ONE. REALIZING THE RISE OF THE DARK THREAT, the last fighting master CHALLENGED valgasu, AND MUST DEFEAT THE ENSLAVED,DEINWASHED MASTER TO GET TO HIM. NOW, THE FATE OF A GALAXY HANGS IN THEN BALANCE... MAY THE JUSTICE BE WITH YOU.

A GIANT RED SUN WILL GO NOVA WITHIN HOURS... INHABITED BY SENTIENT BEINGS WILL BE DESTROYED. AN OMNIPOTENT RACE, KNOWN ONLY AS PRIMARIES, DECLARE THEIR POWER TO SAVE ONE CIVILIZATION FROM EXTINCTION. TO WIN THE RIGHT TO SURVIVE, EACH RACE MUST CHOOSE A CHAMPION STRONG ENOUGH TO COMPETE IN A TOURNAMENT TO THE DEATH. ONLY ONE WARRIOR CAN EMERGE TRIUMPHANT...

This also affects the ending.

Japan/Korea

USA

a battle is over THE DARKNESS WHICH DISTURBED HARMONY THROUGHOUT THE GALAXY CRUMBLES AND DRIFTS BACK TO THE EDGE TO THE UNIVRESE. THE BRILLIANCE OF PEACE RADIATES UPON THE GALAXY, AND UPON THEN FIGHITING MASTER BUT AN END IS A BEGINNING... AND SOMEDAY, EVIL MAY AGAIN RIP THROUGHT THE UNIVERSE. CAN THE FIGHTING MASTER RISE TO VICTORY AGAIN? FIGHTING MASTER... REST UNTIL THAT FEAR RISES UP ...AGAIN

THE ARENA IS SILENT. THE CONTEST IS OVER. THE BATTLEGROUNDS LIE EMPTY, AND ONE WARRIOR STANDS ALONE...VICTORIOUS. THE GALAXY IS IN CHAOS, AWAITING ITS IMMINENT DEVASTATION. TRUE TO THEIR WORD, THE PRIMARIES CALL UPON FORCES TO TAKE YOUR PEOPLE AWAY TO SAFETY. ALL THAT IS LEFT OF YOUR WORLD IS A FADING, WHITE GLARE IN THE DISTANCE. YOUR CIVILIZATION HAS BEEN ENSURED FOR ANOTHER GENERATION, WHILE OTHERS HAVE PERISHED IN THE GALACTIC DESTRUCTION WROUGHT BY NOVA OF THE RED SUN. ALL IS QUIET NOW, BUT HOW LONG WILL IT REMAIN SO...

At the end, it says "congratulations BATTLE IS COMPLETED" in the Japanese version, while the US version just has "YOU ARE VICTORIOUS."

Naturally, the credits also include those who worked on the localization.