Criticom is a 3D versus fighting game developed by Kronos Digital Entertainment

Kronos Digital Entertainment

Kronos Digital Entertainment was a U.S.–based video game developer founded by Stan Liu in 1992. They first garnered attention for their contract work for Sierra On-Line, most notably the groundbreaking intro sequence they created for King's Quest 6...

 and released in November 1995 in the USA, March 1996 in Europe

Europe

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 and October 1996 in Japan

Japan

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 by Vic Tokai

Vic Tokai

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 for the PlayStation. The Sega Saturn

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 version was released in early 1997.

Game

Criticom is a one-on-one fighting game where eight diverse fighters from across the galaxy vie for a crystal artifact. The game features a science fiction

Science fiction

Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...

 backstory that involves mystery and intrigue surrounding the crystal and each of the fighters is given a unique storyline to explain why he or she is so interested in the artifact.

The fighting action takes place on a round, elevated platform. Each fighter begins the fight with a full power meter and one power meter refill in reserve that is activated when the primary meter is depleted. Thus, there are no rounds. The fight runs until one fighter is knocked out (no more power in their meter), one is knocked out of the arena (or steps/jumps out), or the time runs out.

Characters

• Dayton-A mercenary and treasure hunter from earth who attempts to find the shard and return it to the

emperor for money,he is a neutral so he is not good or evil.

• Delara-a pirate who has guarded the shard from being stolen along side sonork,she is on the good side.

• Demonica-an evil being from the astroid belt who wants the shard for herself,she is on the evil side.

• Exene
• Gorm
• S.I.D.
• Sonork
• Yenji

Reception

The first news and screenshots of the game sparked an enthusiastic reaction from VideoGames, which called it "one of the coolest fighting game experiences in a long time". GamePro

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named the Saturn version the worst fighting game of the year, saying it's "even worse" than the PlayStation version of the previous season.