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battling each other with instrumental music playing in the background is also included. In the PC Engine version, the other intro starts with the game's logo and a vocal song, then shows Jin putting on his headband and looks ahead of himself with birds flying by him, while Rachael and Goldor battle against each other. At the end, Goldor casts his Gol Wave toward the pitch-black darkness missing his target Rachael, while the final boss, Salamander, fades in from it.
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gave the PC Engine Super CD-ROM² release a positive analysis, stating that "it's sober, but it's surprisingly playable", but they pointed out that the sprite size were smaller than the arcade original and the background and effects were simplified but noted the addition of new elements such as hidden
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There are ten playable fighters to select from. After the player defeats all ten opponents in the tournament mode (including a clone of their character), they face a final computer-controlled boss character. In the later localized worldwide versions, Chaos and Titi have their names switched (similar
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Sprites and the background were shrunk, while the background became a still image instead of an animated one and the foreground objects and people on each stage were removed. The intro and outro are different compared to the arcade version's, but the original arcade intro that shows Jin and Goldor
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as a Super CD-ROM² release. Unlike the arcade version, which was released worldwide, the PC Engine version was released only in Japan. This version was later re-released for the
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The PC Engine Super CD-ROM² version was met with mixed critical reception. Public reception was also mixed: readers of
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voted to give the PC Engine release a 19.8 out of 30 score in a poll. The Japanese book
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in their July 15, 1993 issue as being the second most-popular arcade game at the time.
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to be the thirty-second most-popular arcade game at the time.
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follows the same fighting game conventions established by
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s control system is derived from the control system of
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and most other typical fighting games inspired by it.
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Developer(s)
Konami
Publisher(s)
Composer(s)
Junya Nakano
Platform(s)
Arcade
PC Engine Super CD-ROM²
NA
JP
JP
Genre(s)
Fighting
Single-player
multiplayer
Arcade system
Mystic Warriors-based hardware
1993
fighting game
arcades
Konami
Yie Ar Kung-Fu
Galactic Warriors
Yie Ar Kung-Fu II

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