Battle Blaze 1992

Battle Blaze is a weapon-based fighting game from 1992, set in a medieval fantasy world. Players choose warriors to duel in story and versus modes. While offering an interesting concept, the game was hindered by stiff controls and a limited moveset compared to other fighting games of its era. A land known as Virg was under the command of a powerful king. Every king was selected at the "Tournament of Champions". A demon from Hell, was hell-bent on world domination, so he sent five phantoms to possess every combatant in the tournament. The demon turned the contenders into enemies where they would have them battle one on one (kind of like Battle Royale). The phantoms possessed every contender except for one. As one phantom ambushed Durill, the strongest of the competitors, an unknown disease struck him. Durill ended up defeating the phantom, but collapsed due to mind poisoning. After he died, his son Kerrel vowed to avenge his father, and defeat the evil demon.