Tekken is a fighting game developed by Namco. This game was released in an arcade platform in 1994. By having this genre, the player must face another fighter in order to finish the game.
Interactivity
There are four types of attack provided from this game for the player consists of left kick, right kick, left punch, and right punch. For the player movement and direction, 8-way joystick is used for playing this game. Apart from other traditional fighting games which had one animation and a fixed strength of an attack for each control executed by the player, Tekken had an unique attacks for buttons combination pressed by the player. For instance, a right uppercut will be done by pressing up, right, and punch button.
Concept
Similar like other traditional games, there are health bars for both fighters, time limit, and round(s) on each stage. If a character wins with a full health, the announcer will say,"Perfect!". Otherwise, the announcer will call,"Great!" if the winner has a low health. In some cases, the announcer will say,"Double K.O." when both of the fighters lose all of his/ her health. If the time limit expires within a round, the winner goes to the character with more health. However, the round will be a draw if both of the fighters has the same health bar. Most of the time, the announcer will call,"K.O." when a character is winning.
When the player start the game, he/ she must choose one fighter from the character list which contains 8 fighter with different special attacks.
Settings
By default, there are 2 rounds which must be passed for each fighter faced by the player. However, the player can choose one to five rounds, and adjust the time limit for each stage. There are two modes which can be played in this game. In arcade mode, the player must complete nine stages which contains one versus one battle with another fighter after choosing his/ her character. On the other hand, there is versus mode which the player fights against another player in one-to-one battle.
On every stage, a random environment will be used as the background for the fighting area. The name of the location displayed at the bottom right of the screen. All of environments within the game are taken from the real places.
Goal
It can be seen that the objective of this game is to defeat the opponent for several rounds in each stage. Apart from fighting, the player can also beats all the opponents in a short time to achieve the fastest fighter in beating all the opponents in arcade mode.
Challenge
In arcade mode, the player will fight a clone which dependent with the player's character on stage 8. This clone can be referred as sub-boss. These sub-bosses have the same move-set with the player's character. However, they had their own exclusive attacks to make the game more difficult. For the final stage, a character named Heihachi must be defeated in order to complete the game.
Story
A worldwide martial arts tournament is nearing its final, with a large purse of prize money to the fighter who can defeat Heihachi Mishima in the final round of competition. The contest is sponsored by the giant financial group, the Mishima Zaibatsu. There are eight fighters that remain after winning death matches all over the world. The winner of the tournament will receive The King of the Iron Fists title. Who will be the one to defeat Heihachi Mishima and take home the prize money and fame?
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