Gouketsuji Ichizoku

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Gouketsuji Ichizoku
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Atlus
Developer: Atlus
Genre: Action
Release Date RRP Code JP 1994-11-18 ¥9,8009,800 T-144013
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Gouketsuji Ichizoku (豪血寺一族), called Power Instinct outside Japan, is a 1993 arcade fighting game by Atlus and the first in the long-running series of the same name. Atlus ported it to the Sega Mega Drive in 1994, releasing it exclusively in Japan.

Plans were made to port the game to the US under the name Power Instinct (for release in October 1994 and later January 1995), but were scrapped (however a US SNES version was released under this name).

Gameplay

The game is a conventional fighter. , , and each perform a different variation of each character's base attack, with various combinations possible with the D-pad.

Production credits

• Planner: Super K!
• Sub Planner: * Bugta *
• Programmer: D.Dart
• Sub Programmer: ‑Mi.Taka‑
• Designer: T.Kakazu, Akira.I, Sadamasa.O
• Sound: Akihiro Akamatu, Sachiko.K, Shinji Nakaya
• Special Thanks: Hiro, A.C‑Len, Kotobuki, Range, Atlus All Staff
• Presented by: Atlus

Artwork

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  North American prototype cover

Promotional material

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  US print advert

Print advert in Game Players (US) #0710: "Vol. 7 No. 10 October 1994" (1994-xx-xx)

Physical scans

Mega Drive, JP
Cover
Cart

Technical information

ROM dump status

System	Hash	Size	Build Date	Source	Comments
✔	CRC32 abe9c415 MD5 18ff626a183c188f789d71f17dd739d5 SHA-1 db6b2046e8b6373f141e8c5db68450f2db377dd8	3MB	1994-09	Cartridge (JP)