Battle K-Road

Battle K-Road (バトルクロード) is a one-on-one fighting arcade video game developed by Psikyo in 1993 and released as well as published under Jaleco's partnership in Japan for the arcades in 1994.

Battle K-Road
Japanese arcade flyer
Developer(s)	Psikyo
Publisher(s)	Psikyo Jaleco
Platform(s)	Arcade
Release	January 1994
Genre(s)	Fighting
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer
Arcade system	Psikyo 1st Generation

Gameplay

Screenshot of Battle K-Road

The game focuses mostly on reality fighting rather than fictional fighting. At the start of the game in one-player mode, the player will face against the other fighter that uses the same fighting style as the one the player chose. After the player wins against the opponent, the player will face against other opponents that use other fighting styles in the K-Road Tournament. If the player loses, the game will only allow the player to continue fighting through it with the character he used, and will not allow the player to choose another character.

The gameplay has a 6-button layout, but with command inputs different compared to ones in most fighting games released at the time. There are three punches and kicks for a few directions (weak, medium and strong). There are seven fighting styles featured in the game and two playable characters per style, for a total of 14 playable fighters.

Fighters

Karate

• Anthony Hawk
• Masamichi Ohyama

Boxing

• Rick Simpson
• Jeff Howard

Muay Thai

• Shinsaku Maekawa
• John Anderson

Commando Sambo

• Wolf
• Dan

Mixed martial arts

• Cyborg D-9F
• Cyborg T-8P

Sumo

• Mitsuji Tanimachi
• Harimaoh

Jujutsu

• Tyssa Willing
• Yuki Fujiwara

Other

• Mr. Bear - the final boss of the game. Some of his moves resemble Ryu from Capcom's Street Fighter series.

Reception

In Japan, Game Machine listed Battle K-Road on their March 1, 1994 issue as being the tenth most-successful table arcade unit of the month.^[1]

See also

• List of fighting games