One Must Fall
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One Must Fall is a fighting game
series for the IBM PC compatible
, programmed by Diversions Entertainment.
The original One Must Fall is a demo created in the wake of the success of Street Fighter II
. It features two human fighters who greatly resemble Ryu and Ken
as well as the Karate Champ
fighters who fight in a single arena. Players can kick, punch, and throw their opponent; both players can also throw high and low fireballs, teleport, and do a special move jumpkick. The game was never commercially released, as it was considered too repetitive and slow, although on modern computers, the game will typically run many times faster than the original speed. (The game features a Speed option in one of its option menus to offset this problem.) This game was featured in several collections of shareware and freeware games.
Released in 1994 by Epic MegaGames
, One Must Fall: 2097 replaced the human fighters with robots. In-game competitors were connected to a machine which allowed them direct control as well as sensation of their robot counterparts. Eleven robots and ten customizable pilots were available for play, along with five arenas and four tournaments. The pilots vary in strength, speed and endurance, thus the many robot/pilot combinations allow for larger replay value.
Developed by Diversions Entertainment and co-published in December 2003 by Diversions Publishing and Trisynergy Inc. following nearly 7 years of development, One Must Fall: Battlegrounds brought the One Must Fall series into a second installment released in an age where the gaming world expected graphics and gameplay in three dimensions with internet gameplay an integral portion of the offering.
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...
series for the IBM PC compatible
IBM PC compatible
IBM PC compatible computers are those generally similar to the original IBM PC, XT, and AT. Such computers used to be referred to as PC clones, or IBM clones since they almost exactly duplicated all the significant features of the PC architecture, facilitated by various manufacturers' ability to...
, programmed by Diversions Entertainment.
One Must Fall
Street Fighter II
is a competitive fighting game originally released for the arcades in . It is the arcade sequel to the original Street Fighter released in and was Capcom's fourteenth title that ran on the CP System arcade hardware...
. It features two human fighters who greatly resemble Ryu and Ken
Ken Masters
, originally spelled in Japanese as , is a video game character created by Capcom. As a main character, he has appeared in all of the Street Fighter games along with his best friend and rival, Ryu...
as well as the Karate Champ
Karate Champ
Karate Champ, known in Japan as is a arcade game developed by Technos Japan Corporation for Data East. It is one of the first fighting games, and has been believed to be the first to use today's common side-perspective...
fighters who fight in a single arena. Players can kick, punch, and throw their opponent; both players can also throw high and low fireballs, teleport, and do a special move jumpkick. The game was never commercially released, as it was considered too repetitive and slow, although on modern computers, the game will typically run many times faster than the original speed. (The game features a Speed option in one of its option menus to offset this problem.) This game was featured in several collections of shareware and freeware games.
One Must Fall: 2097
Epic Games
Epic Games, Inc., also known as Epic and formerly Epic MegaGames, is an American video game development company based in Cary, North Carolina. Its most recent success has been the Gears of War series of games, although it is also known for its Unreal Engine technology. It is the parent company of...
, One Must Fall: 2097 replaced the human fighters with robots. In-game competitors were connected to a machine which allowed them direct control as well as sensation of their robot counterparts. Eleven robots and ten customizable pilots were available for play, along with five arenas and four tournaments. The pilots vary in strength, speed and endurance, thus the many robot/pilot combinations allow for larger replay value.
One Must Fall: Battlegrounds
External links
- omf.com, last archived Official site (2007, down since April 2010, discussion about http://omf.justinoakley.com/viewtopic.php?t=312225).
- Official OMF: 2097 download, full version since it has been released as freeware
- OMF: 2097 FAQ, Definitive FAQFAQFrequently asked questions are listed questions and answers, all supposed to be commonly asked in some context, and pertaining to a particular topic. "FAQ" is usually pronounced as an initialism rather than an acronym, but an acronym form does exist. Since the acronym FAQ originated in textual...
by Robyrt Marney - OMF Universe, Comprehensive fan site
- OMF2097.com, A fansite for One Must Fall: 2097
- Ruby OMF: 2097 Remake, A fan based remake of the game using Ruby and Gosu
- How to get OMF working Win2K/XP
- [irc://irc.freenode.net/omf #omf] - An OMF channel on freenode.net