The original Arcade version of Power Instinct. This version only has the arcade mode and multiplayer while the later ports to console added practice, battle, time attack and life attack game modes. Power Instinct is a one-on-one 2D fighting game in the tradition of Street Fighter 2, in which you select your character from a group of 8 unique fighters and attempt to defeat your opponents in successive fashion using your arcade reflexes and your character's unique moves. The time has come for the Gouketsuji clan to celebrate their fighting tournament. Every 5 years the clan (which has spread all over the world) celebrates a one-on-one fighting tournament to see which family gets to rule and now you get to take part in the contest.
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Plot-driven, classical in form, grave and earnest.
- character-ledplot-driven
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- unpretentiousprestige
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About the game
- Platforms
- Arcade
- Developer
- Atlus
- Publisher
- Atlus, Atlus USA
- Released
- November 1, 1993
- Modes
- Single player, Multiplayer
- Perspective
- Side view
IGDB rating 6.9/10 from 8 ratings.
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