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Fighting game

Fighting game is a video game genre where the player controls an on-screen character and engages in close combat with an opponent. These characters tend to be of equal power and fight matches consisting of several rounds, which take place in an arena. Players must master techniques such as...

 video game developed and published exclusively in Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

 on December 19, 1993.

Flash Hiders was followed by a sequel titled Battle Tycoon: Flash Hiders SFX

Battle Tycoon: Flash Hiders SFX

is a fighting video game developed and published by Right Stuff for the Super Famicom on May 19, 1995. It is an alleged sequel to the PC Engine CD-ROM ² title Flash Hiders...

, which was also released exclusively in Japan, but developed for the Super Famicom

Super Nintendo Entertainment System

The Super Nintendo Entertainment System is a 16-bit video game console that was released by Nintendo in North America, Europe, Australasia , and South America between 1990 and 1993. In Japan and Southeast Asia, the system is called the , or SFC for short...

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Gameplay

In Flash Hiders there are three different play modes: a scenario mode, an "Advance mode", and a versus mode. While the scenario mode limits the player to using protagonist Bang Vipot, the "Advance mode" allows the player to use his or her favorite character. While the game requires the Super CD (known in North America as Turbo CD) to run, it is recommended that the "Arcade Card" is installed in the PC Engine for the game to run at its intended speed. If the game is played with a two-button controller, gently pressing the punch or kick button results in a weak attack while holding the button down executes a harder attack. If it is played with a six-button controller, four basic attacks from weak punch to hard kick are assigned to the first four buttons. Each fighter has three other gauges besides his or her health; the strength of the attacks, the speed of the player, and the toughness of the defense.

Characters

Bang Vipot: The protagonist of the game. A kickboxer from the Wallace tribe who uses the ability to turn into a tiger in one of his moves.

Tiria Rosette: A bojutsu practitioner from the Meijia tribe who uses the fire spirit, Ifreis.

Ottoh Halford: A member of the cyborg tribe, Boranzo. He also wields crowbar-tip claws on his hand.

Harman Do Elan: A member of the Wallace tribe who uses the ability to turn into a panther in one of her moves.

Rablehalt: A sword-wielding knight of the Wallace tribe who can turn into a werewolf in one of his moves.

Spenoza Thunderhead: A member of the Meijia tribe who uses the thunder spirit, Bolvick.

Calnarsa Lue Bonn: A bojutsu expert from the Boranzo tribe.

Horow: A ninja from the Boranzo tribe.

Seena Vanpied: A vampire from the Meijia tribe who uses the ice spirit, Windy.

Graneel: The game's sub-boss. He is a member of the Wallace tribe who wields a lance and can turn into a dragon.

Moonrize: The game's antagonist. A secretary of Spenoza and also a member of the Boranzo tribe.