Pit-Fighter
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System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Sega Master System | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Publisher: Tengen Domark | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Developer: Sterling Silver Software The Kremlin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Supporting companies: The Doomsday Machine (music) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distributor: Domark (EU) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Licensor: Tengen Atari Games | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Original system(s): Arcade boards | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Developer(s) of original games: Atari Games | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sound driver: Lisa's Sound Driver[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genre: Action[2][3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of players: 1-2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Pit-Fighter or Pit Fighter (ピットファイター) is a 1990 arcade fighting game by Atari Games. Tengen ported it to the Sega Mega Drive internationally in 1991. The Kremlin ported it to the Sega Master System with a new soundtrack by The Doomsday Machine and with Domark releasing it in Europe in 1992.
Contents
Gameplay
Mega Drive version
Like other early fighting games, such as SNK's Street Smart, gameplay resembles a beat-'em-up but structured around matches involving only two to four combatants. Fighters must punch and kick their opponents until only one of them has health remaining. Fights take place in a closed arena, surrounded by a raucous crowd. The crowd can interfere by attacking, dropping usable weapons, or pushing a stray player back into the fight.
Fighters can move from side to side with or
but also back and forth with
and
. They dash with
or
. Fighters punch with
and kick with
. Punches are fast but do light damage, while kicks are slower but have better damage and reach. They jump with
and jump kick with
+
(which can knock opponents down). They dodge attacks with
+
or duck with
+
+
. Fighters can be knocked down from being pummeled or thrown or having objects thrown at them, and the player must press any button multiple times to get back up. Fighters can be kicked while knocked down. Each fighter has three "super moves," which are special techniques that do more damage than normal moves and usually knock down opponents. Super moves are executed by pressing
+
+
(with the exact move chosen randomly).
Weapons and objects such as knives, throwing stars, sticks, crates, or even motorcycles can be picked up by standing over them and pressing +
, then used or thrown with
. Weapons can increase the damage or range of the fighter's attacks. Some barrels contain a Power Pill power-up that makes the fighter temporarily stronger and take less damage from hits if picked up. Any fighter, including computer-controlled opponents, can pick up a Power Pill. Opponents can also be picked up with
+
and thrown with
.
The game can be played by one or two players simultaneously (with a separate difficulty setting for each player). There are three playable fighters and eight unplayable opponents. In two-player games, opponents are battled cooperatively in four-person fights. If the second player joins in the middle of a one-player match (by pressing START ), the match is finished as a three-person fight, but subsequent fights are four-person matches. Though players can hurt each other, it is only necessary to defeat the computer-controlled opponents. Players are rewarded cash (acting as the score) after each match for knockouts, "brutality," and completing the match.
Players do not have their health replenished after each match. Instead, each player starts the game with three lives and loses one whenever the fighter's health bar is emptied. A match can be continued (optionally with a different fighter) with a full health bar if the player has extra lives remaining. Otherwise, the game ends for that player.
Every third fight is a bonus round known as a Grudge Match. The loser of the match is whichever fighter is knocked down three times by his opponent. In a one-player game, the player fights against a computer-controlled clone of the player's chosen fighter. In a two-player game, the players fight each other. Losing a Grudge Match does not cost a life, but the winner gets bonus money.
The final battle, the Championship Match, is between one player and the Masked Warrior, a mysterious entity that taunts the players between matches. In two-player games, the Championship Match is preceded by a special Elimination Match where both players fight, with the winner going on to face the Masked Warrior alone.
Items
Power Pill | |
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Increases the damage dealt and reduced the damage taken by the fighter if picked up. The fighter flashes while its effects are active. |
Fighters
Buzz | |
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A former pro wrestler and bodybuilder. He is slow but strong. His Super Moves are the Killer Body Slam, Headbutt, and Piledriver. | |
Ty | |
A champion kickboxer and pit-fighter. He is quick and has powerful kicks. His Super Moves are the Flying Double Kick, Spin Kick, and Roundhouse. | |
Kato | |
A master of the Flying Dragon style of karate. He is fast and agile. His Super moves are the Lethal Dragon Punch, Flip Kick, and Backhand. |
Opponents
There are eight opponents, but some of them opponents are fought more than once, for a total of ten matches before facing the Masked Warrior. Additionally, there are three Grudge Matches, fought after every three regular matches. In two-player games, the Championship Match against the Masked Warrior is preceded by an Elimination Match between the two players.
Production credits
Mega Drive version
- Produced by: Tengen
- Programmed by: Sterling Silver Software
- Sound by: Earl Vickers
- Special Thanks to: Gary Stark, Bill Hindorff, Doug Coward
- Programmed by: Lee Actor, Dennis Koble
- Thanks to: Rusty Dawe
- Special thanks to the original coin-op team at Atari Games
- Graphic and Package Design: Louis Saekow Design
Master System version
- Written by: Andrew Taylor
- Graphics by: Matt Hicks
- Music by: The Doomsday Machine
- Additional Support: Dudley
- Produced by: Domark Software
- Licensed by: Sega Enterprises Ltd
- Developed by: The Kremlin (EU version only)
- Licensed by: Sega Enterprises Ltd. (C) 1992 (EU version only)
Versions
The digitised graphics of the original arcade game (later popularised by Mortal Kombat) were significantly degraded to fit the color limitations of the Mega Drive and the Master System. The arcade version also features sprite scaling to give the illusion of depth as fighters move toward or away from the player and three-player fights, which are both not present in the console ports.
Magazine articles
- Main article: Pit-Fighter/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
- Main article: Pit-Fighter/Promotional material.
Physical scans
Mega Drive version
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Based on 34 reviews |
Master System version
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Based on 13 reviews |
Technical information
- Main article: Pit-Fighter/Technical information.
ROM dump status
System | Hash | Size | Build Date | Source | Comments | |||||||||
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1MB | 1991-07 | Cartridge | Claimed to be a "beta" by No-intro, needs confirming. | |||||||||
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1MB | 1991-10 | Cartridge | ||||||||||
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512kB | Cartridge (BR) | |||||||||||
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512kB | Cartridge (EU) |
References
- ↑ http://vgmpf.com/Wiki/index.php?title=LSD_(GEN_Driver)
- ↑ File:PitFighter MD KR cover.jpg
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/megadrive/software_l.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-07-02 23:21)
- ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "March 1992" (JP; 1992-02-08), page 148
- ↑ GamePro, "June 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 40
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 GamePro, "December 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 70
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Sega Pro, "April 1992" (UK; 1992-03-19), page 9
- ↑ Sega Power, "February 1992" (UK; 1992-01-02), page 10
- ↑ Game Zone, "January 1992" (UK; 1991-12-18), page 27
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 14
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Computer & Video Games, "December 1992" (UK; 1992-11-15), page 78
- ↑ Sega Zone, "November 1992" (UK; 1992-10-28), page 10
- ↑ File:Pit Fighter MD credits.png
- ↑ File:Pit Fighter Rev A MD credits.png
- ↑ File:Pit Fighter MD US Manual.pdf, page 5
- ↑ File:Pit Fighter SMS credits.pdf
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 177
- ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "April 1992" (JP; 1992-03-07), page 36
- ↑ Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 133
- ↑ Computer & Video Games, "March 1992" (UK; 1992-02-15), page 81
- ↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 79
- ↑ Game Zone, "January 1992" (UK; 1991-12-18), page 26
- ↑ Hippon Super, "April 1992" (JP; 1992-03-04), page 84
- ↑ Hobby Consolas, "Julio 1992" (ES; 1992-0x-xx), page 50
- ↑ Joypad, "Janvier 1992" (FR; 1991-12-1x), page 82
- ↑ Joystick, "Janvier 1992" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 116
- ↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "November 1992" (UK; 1992-xx-xx), page 79
- ↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 93
- ↑ Mega Drive Fan, "June 1992" (JP; 1992-05-08), page 83
- ↑ Mega, "July 1993" (UK; 1993-06-17), page 32
- ↑ Mega, "December 1993" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 76
- ↑ Mega Action, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-20), page 64
- ↑ Mega Action, "Christmas 1993" (UK; 1993-12-02), page 80
- ↑ Mega Force, "Mai 1992" (FR; 1992-05-05), page 80
- ↑ MegaTech, "February 1992" (UK; 1992-01-20), page 28
- ↑ Mean Machines, "January 1992" (UK; 1991-12-27), page 58
- ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 140
- ↑ Player One, "Juillet/Août 1992" (FR; 1992-07-10), page 136
- ↑ Power Up!, "Saturday, March 07, 1992" (UK; 1992-03-07), page 1
- ↑ Power Play, "3/92" (DE; 1992-02-12), page 140
- ↑ Sega Power, "March 1992" (UK; 1992-02-06), page 26
- ↑ Sega Pro, "Christmas 1991" (UK; 1991-12-12), page 56
- ↑ Sega Pro, "November 1992" (UK; 1992-10-08), page 22
- ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 66
- ↑ Sega Force, "Februrary 1992" (UK; 1992-01-23), page 28
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85
- ↑ Supersonic, "Juillet/Août 1992" (FR; 1992-xx-xx), page 11
- ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 137
- ↑ Video Games, "2/92" (DE; 1992-04-06), page 28
- ↑ Consoles +, "Novembre 1992" (FR; 1992-1x-xx), page 129
- ↑ Consoles +, "Avril 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 104
- ↑ Digitiser (UK) (1993-04-02)
- ↑ GamesMaster, "January 1993" (UK; 1992-12-03), page 90
- ↑ Joypad, "Avril 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 86
- ↑ Mega Force, "Avril 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 88
- ↑ Sega Power, "January 1993" (UK; 1992-12-03), page 37
- ↑ Sega Pro, "Christmas 1992" (UK; 1992-12-10), page 38
- ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 72
- ↑ Sega Zone, "December 1992" (UK; 1992-11-xx), page 65
- ↑ Video Games, "12/92" (DE; 1992-11-23), page 117
- ↑ Video Games, "7/93" (DE; 1993-06-30), page 99
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