Console: | Sony Playstation |
TV Standard: | NTSC |
Country: | United States of America |
Developer(s): | Tamsoft Corporation |
Publisher(s): | Sony Computer Entertainment |
Release Date: | 1997-01-01 |
Players: | 2 |
Co-op: | No |
ESRB: | T - Teen |
Type: | Fighting |
Battle Arena Toshinden (バトルアリーナ闘神伝, Batoru Arīna Tōshinden) is a weapons-based fighting game developed by Tamsoft and published by Takara and Sony Computer Entertainment in 1995-1996 for the PlayStation, Sega Saturn, Game Boy, and MS-DOS. It was one of the first fighting games to boast polygonal characters in a 3D environment, and features a sidestep maneuver which is credited for taking the genre into "true 3D." The Game Boy version of Battle Arena Toshiden despite sharing the same name as the console & PC counterparts is a different game. It is a 2D weapons based fighter and supports the Super Game Boy cartridge peripheral for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System/Super Famicom to allow the game to be played on a TV with colour palettes and borders.