PC Engine
Crest of Wolf
DEV
Agenda
REL
Jan '92
Feb '93
ALSO
About

Crest of Wolf (known as Riot Zone in the US) is a semi-port of Westone's obscure arcade brawler, Riot City. Like the original, its gameplay is a shameless knock-off of Final Fight but with even fewer moves. Also, it's single-player only. This version features slightly remixed stages, a different player two character, and a rockin' new CD-quality soundtrack.

Marquee
Story
Trivia

The main character in this game is a blatant rip-off of Cody from Final Fight. His main distinguishing feature is his ridiculous death-blow attack.

In the arcade version, the second character is a breakdancing black guy. In this version, he's a breakdancing white guy with a mohawk and star tattoos on his face.

Release Info
Developer
Agenda
Publisher
Hudson
Released
Jan '92
Feb '93
Also on
Series
$series
Game
Players
1
Structure
Linear
Difficulty
Medium
Gang size
Trio (3)
Variety
Bonus stages
Playtime
1:30
Combat
Buttons
Attack, Jump
Combos
Linear
Grabs
Contact
Dashing
No
Enemy H. Bars
+ Names
Item Pickup
Button
Item Stay
Fade
Weapons
N/A
Death-blow
Health
Friendly Fire
N/A
Char Switch
No
Ground Hit
No
Revive
Invincibility
Restore
End of stage
Style
Art Style
Semi-realistic
Sprites
Huge
Setting
Urban
Focus
Hand-to-hand
Music
Rock
Tone
Serious
Numbers
Fighters
2
Stages
5
Enemies
?
Bosses
?
Weapons
?
Lives
?
Continues
?
Extend
?
Slamson Sez
Combat
Enemy
Grafix
Sound
Flava

Crest of Wolf blows. It's a blatant Final Fight rip-off with an even simpler combat engine, lamer enemies, and uninspired stages. Its combat gets old before the first stage is over, which is a shame because each stage has multiple sections and is really long. The graphics feature large sprites but they're fairly bland. The music's excellent though.

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