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One Must Fall: 2097
Dhalphir
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In the same vein as the Star Wars Rebellion thread, but probably with a great deal less obscurity, I want to talk to anyone who played and enjoyed the original One Must Fall.
I loved that game. I really did. It was an awesome fighting game.
EDIT:
Ok, it seems that quite a few people have no idea what this game is or was. I am writing a big introductory OP, which is coming in EDIT2
EDIT2: I'm going to copy in the Wikipedia article, which I help edit regularly, because it sums up the post just as well as I could write it myself.
One Must Fall 2097 Overview:
Released in 1994 by Epic MegaGames, One Must Fall: 2097 replaces the human combatants typical of contemporary fighter video games with large Human Assisted Robots(HAR).
These HARs are piloted through a physical and mental link to the human pilots; however, this is merely a plot concept, and it is never shown on-screen, nor does it factor in to gameplay. Eleven HARs and ten customizable pilots are available for play, along with five arenas and four tournaments. The pilots vary in strength, speed and endurance, thus the many HAR/pilot combinations allow for large replay value.
Unlike in most fighting games of its time, the arenas (except one, the Stadium) contain hazards. For instance, one arena features spikes coming out of the wall that can damage your robot, and one has a floating sphere that, when struck, triggers a fireball from the floor under your opponent.
The game was later patched to include multiplayer support. On February 10, 1999, the game was declared freeware by the developers. Though it did not fare well commercially, likely due to a combination of lack of marketing and attention from gaming magazines, it has developed a cult following over the years on the internet. Its graphics, gameplay, music (composed using ST3), and details - like the anime-style "news anchors" in between fights are cited as reasons for this attention [citation needed].
The ten main HARs and their features are:
* Jaguar (concussion cannon)
* Shadow (creates duplicates of itself)
* Thorn (heavy spikes)
* Pyros (flamethrowers)
* Electra (electric bolts)
* Katana (monomolecular blades)
* Shredder (detachable magnetic hands)
* Flail (two swinging chains, wheels)
* Gargoyle (wings)
* Chronos (teleportation, time shift)
The eleventh HAR, the Nova, is the final battle in story mode, and is only playable in tournament mode (or through the use of cheat codes in story mode). It is equipped with heavy missiles and grenades, and is by far the tallest of the available robots.
Each HAR has three special attacks that can be discovered (except for Shadow, which has four), along with a "scrap" and "destruction" move (similar to fatalities in Mortal Kombat) that can earn bonus points and, in some cases, unlock secrets.
Using destruction moves in the tournament mode in the higher difficulty levels sometimes results in the player being challenged by a secret opponent. If the opponent is using the same HAR as the player, then defeating that opponent and using a destruction move on their robot occasionally yields secret components which can be installed on the players HAR, significantly improving the effectiveness of certain special moves. Secret challengers include Jazz Jackrabbit and Devan Shell, the hero and villain, respectively, of the Jazz Jackrabbit videogames, also developed by Epic Megagames around the same time.
At the link below, you can download the game, as Epic has released it as Freeware.
Download it here
I loved that game. I really did. It was an awesome fighting game.
EDIT:
Ok, it seems that quite a few people have no idea what this game is or was. I am writing a big introductory OP, which is coming in EDIT2
EDIT2: I'm going to copy in the Wikipedia article, which I help edit regularly, because it sums up the post just as well as I could write it myself.
One Must Fall 2097 Overview:
Released in 1994 by Epic MegaGames, One Must Fall: 2097 replaces the human combatants typical of contemporary fighter video games with large Human Assisted Robots(HAR).
These HARs are piloted through a physical and mental link to the human pilots; however, this is merely a plot concept, and it is never shown on-screen, nor does it factor in to gameplay. Eleven HARs and ten customizable pilots are available for play, along with five arenas and four tournaments. The pilots vary in strength, speed and endurance, thus the many HAR/pilot combinations allow for large replay value.
Unlike in most fighting games of its time, the arenas (except one, the Stadium) contain hazards. For instance, one arena features spikes coming out of the wall that can damage your robot, and one has a floating sphere that, when struck, triggers a fireball from the floor under your opponent.
The game was later patched to include multiplayer support. On February 10, 1999, the game was declared freeware by the developers. Though it did not fare well commercially, likely due to a combination of lack of marketing and attention from gaming magazines, it has developed a cult following over the years on the internet. Its graphics, gameplay, music (composed using ST3), and details - like the anime-style "news anchors" in between fights are cited as reasons for this attention [citation needed].
The ten main HARs and their features are:
* Jaguar (concussion cannon)
* Shadow (creates duplicates of itself)
* Thorn (heavy spikes)
* Pyros (flamethrowers)
* Electra (electric bolts)
* Katana (monomolecular blades)
* Shredder (detachable magnetic hands)
* Flail (two swinging chains, wheels)
* Gargoyle (wings)
* Chronos (teleportation, time shift)
The eleventh HAR, the Nova, is the final battle in story mode, and is only playable in tournament mode (or through the use of cheat codes in story mode). It is equipped with heavy missiles and grenades, and is by far the tallest of the available robots.
Each HAR has three special attacks that can be discovered (except for Shadow, which has four), along with a "scrap" and "destruction" move (similar to fatalities in Mortal Kombat) that can earn bonus points and, in some cases, unlock secrets.
Using destruction moves in the tournament mode in the higher difficulty levels sometimes results in the player being challenged by a secret opponent. If the opponent is using the same HAR as the player, then defeating that opponent and using a destruction move on their robot occasionally yields secret components which can be installed on the players HAR, significantly improving the effectiveness of certain special moves. Secret challengers include Jazz Jackrabbit and Devan Shell, the hero and villain, respectively, of the Jazz Jackrabbit videogames, also developed by Epic Megagames around the same time.
At the link below, you can download the game, as Epic has released it as Freeware.
Download it here
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What is going on.
edit: it now has a better OP.
Awesome music, atmosphere, storyline, graphic design. Epic was ballsy to tackle a fighting game on the PC, too.
Slide kicks were so cheap.
Up among the coolest games on the Genesis (right next to Kid Chameleon)
You play as a robot and you can get different parts for your mech, including arms and legs, which made your mech do different things. Get wheels for legs? Zoom around like a car. Got regular arms and your opponent has an arm that ends in a METAL GRINDING SAW? RIP THAT SHIT OFF AND PUT IT ON YOUR OWN ARMS! Congratulations, you can now saw your enemies in half with your awesome arms.
This game was shit hot. It had co-op even!
Best, fighter, ever.
Switch: 6200-8149-0919 / Wii U: maximumzero / 3DS: 0860-3352-3335 / eBay Shop
Switch: 6200-8149-0919 / Wii U: maximumzero / 3DS: 0860-3352-3335 / eBay Shop
It also seems that the game is now Freeware, so you have no excuse to not play it. The link is in the OP.
sure, I dont have any deep understanding of the fighting genre; nevertheless, I doubt im wrong about this.
YESSSSS
That may have been one of my favorite games on the genesis.
In the 6th grade, I remember reading the 2097 readme file, that I printed out on my Epson dot matrix printer using my 486 Packard Bell, and I read through the entire thing, which went through the game's story and everything, while in the bleachers of the gym during a pep rally.
Holy shit.
Switch: 6200-8149-0919 / Wii U: maximumzero / 3DS: 0860-3352-3335 / eBay Shop
I only had the demo when I was a kid but man, played it for freakn ages! I loved the upgrade system!
I'm off to find a place that hosts it as freeware. Goddamnit, I HAVE THINGS TO DO TODAY
I just remembered about that trick some guys on another forum found to get Tyrian playable online, and how it was mentioned you could possibly do the same with OMF.
OH, SHIT.
EDIT: OH, SHIT
EDIT: OH SHIT DOXBOX DOESN'T LIKE MY NEW MONITOR
I just found this to be terribly amusing, in relation to the Wiki rant thread just down the street. But nevertheless, freeware you say? Any means to get a Game On?
I'm at work, and I own the original version of the game, so I haven't tested the link.
Switch: 6200-8149-0919 / Wii U: maximumzero / 3DS: 0860-3352-3335 / eBay Shop
Mirror: http://robyrt.coolserver.net/omf.zip
Edit: Holy crud DOSbox runs it percetly! I'm surprised just how much of the theme I remembered. I haven't played this game in 6 years and I would still hum it from time to time. It's exactly as I remembered it!
With my Gravis Gamepad.
EDIT: Just so you guys know, it runs fine on XP with nothing special. Just turn down the game speed in game several notches. I don't know if sound works or not, though.
I ran it under compatibility mode using the command prompt, so I couldn't play it with sound for some reason.
I'll try running it under DOSBox though, because I still remember that theme music and want to hear it.
I also edited the OP to use that link.
I too was one of those people that printed the entire manual on a dot matrix and carried it everywhere and read the whole thing. Sometimes I feel like they spent more time and focus on those things back then and these days we're just really missing out.
I have downloaded it. Unfortunately I don't have time to play it right now, but I'll do that later.
OMF 2097 was made by Diversions Entertainment, not Epic.
That said, his comment is still valid, publishers take risks publishing games just as developers take risks developing them.
As is mine, because the decision to release a game as freeware rests with the publisher, not the developer.
Currently playing: GW2 and TSW
hi5!
I loved my Gravis pad and Gravis Ultrasound. Also this game, but I only had the shareware version. Robots fighting can never be bad though
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*instead of having preset combos you could continue juggling your opponent, as long as the move you made popped them back up and you didn't use the same move twice in the same chain. Made for some very inventive combos.