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K-1 The Arena Fighters
Eight kickboxers duke it out in the first fighting game adaptation of the real-life kickboxing promotion K-1.
Overview
K-1 The Arena Fighters, known in Japan as Fighting Illusion: K-1 Grand Prix, is a 3D kickboxing fighting game developed by Daftand published by Xing Entertainment (Company) for the Sony PlayStation in Japan on August 9, 1996, with an overseas release by THQ (Company) in North America on February 28, 1997 and in Europe on May 1997.
The first in a series of games based on the K-1 promotion, The Arena Fighters puts players as one of eight real-life kickboxers from around the world as they fight in a series of one-on-one kickboxing matches using K-1's rules to determine who is the "World's Strongest Man".
It later received a port to the Sega Saturn on January 31, 1997, released exclusively in Japan as Fighting Illusion Shou: K-1 Grand Prix. This version adds four new playable kickboxers.
Characters
- Andy Hug (Character)
- Sam Greco
- Mike Bernardo
- Changpuek Kiatsongrit
- Ernesto Hoost (Character)
- Musashi
- Peter Aerts (Character)
- Jérôme Le Banner
- Master Ishii (final boss, unlockable with a cheat code)
Added in the Saturn version
- Stan The Man
- Michael Thompson
- Taiei Kin
- Nobuaki Kakuda (Character)
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- Name
- K-1 The Arena Fighters
- Release Date
- August 9, 1996
- Platform
- PlayStation (Platform)
Saturn (Platform) - Developer
- Publisher
- Genre
- Sports (Genre)
Fighting (Genre) - Theme
- Martial Arts (Theme)
- Franchise
- K-1 (Franchise)