Post by Tenshu on Jun 6, 2010 18:43:49 GMT -4
Eternal Champions: Challenge from the Dark Side (also known as Eternal Champions 2 or Eternal Champions CD) is a fighting video game for the Mega-CD/Sega CD. It was published in 1995 during the waning days of the Sega CD's lifespan and was revered as one of the system's most technically impressive releases. The game was a semi-sequel to the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis game Eternal Champions and was part two of a proposed trilogy of games by Sega that would have cumuluated in a third and final game on the Sega Saturn. Both games were developed by an internal team at Sega named Sega Interactive Development Division, and both were designed by Michael Lantham, a developer with Sega of America from their early days.
In North America, the game earned an M (for Mature) rating from the Entertainment Software Ratings Board for its graphic violence and gore. In Europe, it earned both a 18+ ELSPA rating and a 15 BBFC rating. It was the first game branded under the Deep Water label, which was employed by Sega of America for games featuring adult content. Eternal Champions: Challenge from the Dark Side is considered to be a lost gem that was barely played because of the Sega Mega-CD's limited audience and short lifespan. The mid-90s were a time when fighting games were rampant in arcades, but it is one of the original console-only fighting games.
As was the case with the first game, Eternal Champions: Challenge from the Dark Side followed the story of the Eternal Champion, who had felt the balance of the universe and time be disturbed by the deaths of key individuals who were meant to change the world for the greater good, and so to restore the balance, he held a great contest in which the winner would be granted the gift of life back to them, allowing them to fulfill their rightful destiny.
But in this second chapter, it is revealed that the Eternal Champion has an evil counterpart: the Dark Champion. The Dark Champion appears and declares that he also will enter the contest, and that he has hidden four more warriors, preventing the contest from truly being fulfilled. Now the contestants must not only face the Eternal Champion, but the Dark Champion as well, if they want their lives back.
As was the case with the first game, Eternal Champions: Challenge from the Dark Side followed the story of the Eternal Champion, who had felt the balance of the universe and time be disturbed by the deaths of key individuals who were meant to change the world for the greater good, and so to restore the balance, he held a great contest in which the winner would be granted the gift of life back to them, allowing them to fulfill their rightful destiny.
But in this second chapter, it is revealed that the Eternal Champion has an evil counterpart: the Dark Champion. The Dark Champion appears and declares that he also will enter the contest, and that he has hidden four more warriors, preventing the contest from truly being fulfilled. Now the contestants must not only face the Eternal Champion, but the Dark Champion as well, if they want their lives back.
- From Wikipedia
What you need:
Fusion: www.eidolons-inn.net/tiki-index.php?page=Kega&PHPSESSID=m00g3ip3dhfukvsfhnr4t85te2
Sega CD BIOS: www.emuasylum.com/emuextra/Sega%20CD%20BIOS%20-%20US-EU-JP.zip
Eternal Champions CD: www.mediafire.com/?znmwzktjoot
To have Kega Fusion play the game, click Open Sega CD Image and double click the cuesheet for the game. Set your sound and video stuff accordingly, controls, and a Backup RAM Cart for secret characters and endings. Also remember to set Fusion up with the Sega CD BIOS and the right country is entered.
