Battle Tryst
Encyclopedia
is a 3D
fighting arcade game
developed and published by Konami
. It is Konami's second attempt in the 3D arcade
fighting game market after their 3D arcade fighting game Fighting Bujutsu
. It is powered by the Konami M2 Hardware, which is Konami's version of the Panasonic M2
. Like Fighting Bujutsu, Battle Tryst was never ported to any home console
after its arcade release.
's Virtua Fighter series, as well as the time release being adopted from Namco
's Tekken series.
The opening and character endings use real Japanese animation
. Film director Mamoru Oshii
took charge of the storyboard of the animations. Protagonists of the Castlevania series Simon Belmont and Richter Belmont were planned to appear in Battle Tryst (as "Shemon" and "Rheter", respectively), as well as Madoka from the TwinBee
series, but all three were canceled.
Despite its massive promotions, as well as appearing on the front cover of a 1998 issue of the popular Japanese Gamest magazine, it became ill-fated and rare.
Hidden characters
3D computer graphics
3D computer graphics are graphics that use a three-dimensional representation of geometric data that is stored in the computer for the purposes of performing calculations and rendering 2D images...
fighting arcade game
Arcade game
An arcade game is a coin-operated entertainment machine, usually installed in public businesses such as restaurants, bars, and amusement arcades. Most arcade games are video games, pinball machines, electro-mechanical games, redemption games, and merchandisers...
developed and published by Konami
Konami
is a Japanese leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling toys, trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, slot machines, arcade cabinets and video games...
. It is Konami's second attempt in the 3D arcade
Arcade game
An arcade game is a coin-operated entertainment machine, usually installed in public businesses such as restaurants, bars, and amusement arcades. Most arcade games are video games, pinball machines, electro-mechanical games, redemption games, and merchandisers...
fighting game market after their 3D arcade fighting game Fighting Bujutsu
Fighting Bujutsu
Fighting Bujutsu, known in Japan as is a 3D fighting arcade game developed and published by Konami. It is Konami's second attempt in the 3D fighting game market after their Lightning Legend: Daigo no Daibouken. It is also Konami's first 3D fighting game created as an arcade game and the first...
. It is powered by the Konami M2 Hardware, which is Konami's version of the Panasonic M2
Panasonic M2
The Panasonic M2 was a video game console design developed by 3DO and then sold to Matsushita . Before it could be released, however, Matsushita cancelled the project in mid 1997, unwilling to compete against fellow Japanese electronics giant Sony's PlayStation due to the failure of the 3DO...
. Like Fighting Bujutsu, Battle Tryst was never ported to any home console
Video game console
A video game console is an interactive entertainment computer or customized computer system that produces a video display signal which can be used with a display device to display a video game...
after its arcade release.
Outline
Battle Tryst uses a three-button 8-way joystick layout that is similar to the one in SegaSega
, usually styled as SEGA, is a multinational video game software developer and an arcade software and hardware development company headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, with various offices around the world...
's Virtua Fighter series, as well as the time release being adopted from Namco
Namco
is a Japanese corporation best known as a former video game developer and publisher. Following a merger with Bandai in September 2005, the two companies' game production assets were spun off into Namco Bandai Games on March 31, 2006. Namco Ltd. was re-established to continue domestic operation of...
's Tekken series.
The opening and character endings use real Japanese animation
Anime
is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....
. Film director Mamoru Oshii
Mamoru Oshii
Mamoru Oshii is a Japanese filmmaker, television director, and writer. Famous for his philosophy-oriented storytelling, Oshii has directed a number of popular anime, including Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer, Ghost in the Shell, and Patlabor 2...
took charge of the storyboard of the animations. Protagonists of the Castlevania series Simon Belmont and Richter Belmont were planned to appear in Battle Tryst (as "Shemon" and "Rheter", respectively), as well as Madoka from the TwinBee
Twinbee
is a video game series composed primarily of cartoon-themed vertical-scrolling shoot-'em-up games produced by Konami that were released primarily in Japan. The series originated as a coin-operated video game simply titled TwinBee in , which was followed by several home versions and sequels...
series, but all three were canceled.
Despite its massive promotions, as well as appearing on the front cover of a 1998 issue of the popular Japanese Gamest magazine, it became ill-fated and rare.
Characters
Hidden characters
- - The "Fairy" character from Konami's GaiapolisGaiapolisGaiapolis is an arcade game released by Konami in 1993.An unofficial Famicom port of the game was released by Thin Chen Enterprise the following year.-Plot:...
arcade game. - - Pilot of WinBee from Konami's TwinBeeTwinbeeis a video game series composed primarily of cartoon-themed vertical-scrolling shoot-'em-up games produced by Konami that were released primarily in Japan. The series originated as a coin-operated video game simply titled TwinBee in , which was followed by several home versions and sequels...
series.