Galaxy
Fight: Universal Warriors
STORY:
A number of legends exist
throughout the planets of our galaxy that say the Divine Being appears once
every millennium. The time is upon us now, and many have converged on the Denius
system to greet the Divine Being. Without this god of legend, all is dark and
empty. His name is Felden Crais and he knows only one way of doing things. He is
neither benevolent nor malevolent, but his power is omnipotent. No one mortal
being is more powerful than he.
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Galaxy
Fight character selection screen.
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ABOUT: Galaxy
Fight: Universal Warriors
is a 2D fighting game developed and published by Sunsoft in 1995. Galaxy
Fight is Sunsoft's second fighting game, following the 1994 Super
Famicom spin-off of their Hebereke series, Sugoi Hebereke. About
one year later in 1996, Sunsoft developed and produced another 2D fighting game also
for the NeoGeo system called Waku Waku 7. Two years later in 1998,
Sunsoft joined a small company called SANTACLAUS to produce the
Sega ST-V powered arcade game, Astra Superstars.
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Gunter
versus Kazuma.
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In Galaxy Fight:
Universal Warriors, players choose one of 8 characters and travel
through the solar system to defeat opponents from different planets.
After defeating all enemies, the player gains the opportunity to battle Felden
and settle the score with him. Galaxy Fight shares some
similarities with Waku Waku 7 — another 2D fighting game by Sunsoft that
uses the same engine and shares some similarities. Players in Galaxy Fight
will encounter a
comical mid-boss named, Bonus-Kun, whom also appears in Waku
Waku 7.
Galaxy Fight is a
traditional 2D fighting game that uses a 4-button layout. Three buttons
are used for striking
attacks which vary in strength and are visually different for each character
(ranging from punches and kicks to tail-whips and bites). The fourth button is
used specifically for Taunting, which curiously doesn't effect gameplay
very much. In addition to normal attacks, characters have special command attacks
which are performed by hitting multiple buttons at once. Unlike many other 2D
fighters of the time period, Galaxy Fight lacks a super meter and
character super attacks. There are no other type of gauges besides character
health.
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Galaxy
Fight has cool visuals and characters.
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Galaxy Fight: Universal
Warriors features some cool character designs, charming 2D character
sprites, and interesting visual elements. One of the more innovative gameplay
elements is that there are no walls on stages. Instead of being able to apply
pressure on a cornered opponent, the screen can scroll indefinitely. To state
the obvious, this is a very uncommon trait in 2D fighting games (Shuma-Gorath's
stage in Marvel Super Heroes being
a rare exception). Galaxy Fight's infinite stages can also be compared to
those found in the TEKKEN series
and other 3D fighting games of the era.
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Foreground
elements are a cool yet distracting effect.
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| Page Updated: |
March
7th, 2023
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| Developer(s): |
Sunsoft |
| Publisher(s): |
Sunsoft,
SNK (Neo Geo
AES) |
| Designer(s): |
Yuichi
Ueda
Director
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| Artwork
By: |
Atsuki
Matsui, Daisuke Fukuda, Eiji Koyama
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| Platform(s): |
Arcade,
NeoGeo, Sega Saturn, PlayStation, PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Wii Virtual Console,
Nintendo Switch
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| Release Date(s): |
Jan.
24th, 1995
Arcade
Feb. 25th, 1995
NeoGeo
Apr. 21st, 1995
NeoGeo CD
Nov. 22nd, 1995
Sega Saturn
1995
Sega Saturn
July 3rd, 1996
Sega Saturn
May 3rd, 1996
PlayStation
Apr. 30th, 1996
PlayStation
Mar. 23rd, 2010
Wii VC
May 18th, 2017
Nintendo Switch
2017
PS4 / XB1 - in Arcade Archives |
| Characters: |
Rolf,
Roomi, Gunter,
Alvan, Kazuma,
Golden Done, Juri,
Musafar, Yacopu,
Rouwe, Felden,
Bonus-kun |
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Featured Video:
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| Related Games: |
Waku
Waku 7, Star
Gladiator, Plasma Sword, Super
Street Fighter II Turbo, Street Fighter Alpha 2, Street
Fighter Alpha 3, SFIII: New Generation, Night
Warriors: Darkstalkers' Revenge, The
King of Fighters '95, KOF '96, Samurai
Shodown 4, Killer Instinct 2, X-Men: Children of the Atom, Marvel
Super Heroes, X-Men Vs. Street Fighter, Cyberbots:
Full Metal Madness, Double Dragon, Last
Bronx, Soul Blade, TEKKEN,
TEKKEN 2, Savage Reign,
Kizuna Encounter, Golden
Axe: The Duel, Red Earth |
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Gameplay Engine
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Story / Theme
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Overall Graphics
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Animation
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Music / Sound Effects
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Innovation
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Art Direction
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Customization
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Options / Extras
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Intro / Presentation
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Replayability / Fun
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"Ouch" Factor
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Characters
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BOTTOM LINE
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| First
Impression: |
Galaxy Fight is an
interesting little 2D
fighting game that completely slipped through my radar, even as a hardcore fighting game fan in the 90s. After taking a look at the game's release dates...
I realized Galaxy Fight never came out on PlayStation 1 in North America
(though it did in Europe).
As an American PS1 owner and arcade-goer in 1996, I was most definitely busy with
other fighting games in at the time. The fact that Galaxy Fight was pretty
much an obscure "Saturn exclusive" at the time also contributed to me
not knowing of the game's existence in the 90s. Also worth mentioning is that I never ever saw an arcade version of the
game. Thankfully, Galaxy Fight is now available on a variety of modern
platforms.
~TFG Webmaster | @Fighters_Gen
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