game
| title | Gaia Crusaders |
| set name | gaia |
| manufacturer | Noise Factory |
| year | 1999 |
| genre | Fighter (hof) |
| category | Fighter / 2.5D (hof) |
| driver status | imperfect |
| driver source | cave.c |
| snapshots | MW: in game
/ CT: in game
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/ EJ: in game
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| rating |   62.1% after 65 votes |
display
| colour emulation | good |
| palette | 32768 |
| display type | raster |
| orientation | horizontal |
| resolution | 320x224 |
| frequency | 57.550645Hz |
sound
| sound emulation | imperfect |
| channels | stereo |
controls
| players | 2 |
| nplayers | 2P sim |
| controls | 8 way joystick |
| buttons | 4 |
| coin slots | 2 |
hardware
data
| version added | .072u1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| last change(s) | .073 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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cabinet art
| art | no cabinet, marquee, flyer, control panel or PCB images found |
additional information
| info | 0.72u1 [Paul Priest] 0.72 [Paul Priest] TODO:
Romset: 33792 kb / 10 files / 18.39 zip |
| history | Gaia Crusaders (c) 1999 Noise Factory. A 1 or 2-player scrolling beat-em-up, with players selecting a character from a choice of 5; in which 2 'Elemental Warriors' must battle Satan and his army of demons that have captured and taken over the world. Each player-character possesses either Wind strength, Fire strength, or a mix of the 2. Gaia Crusaders is heavily influenced by another scrolling beat-em-up, Capcom's 1989 classic, "Final Fight", and also, to a lesser degree, by Sega's legendary "Golden Axe", also from 1989. The latter is particularly evident in the use of the Magical Attack, which acts as a smart bomb and is also identical to the magic attacks featured in 'Golden Axe'. Gaia Crusader's superb combo-geared control layout allows players to produce some highly impressive moves and attacks. - TECHNICAL - Cave 1st Generation Hardware Main CPU : MC68000 (@ 16 Mhz) Sound CPU : Z80 [Optional] Sound Chips : YMZ280B (@ 16.9344 Mhz) or OKIM6295 x (1 or 2) + YM2203 / YM2151 [Optional] Other : 93C46 EEPROM Screen orientation : Horizontal Video resolution : 320 x 224 pixels Screen refresh : 57.55 Hz Palette colors : 32768 Players : 2 Control : 8-way joystick Buttons : 4 - TRIVIA - This is the first Noise Factory game. This game might be a code rip-off of the game "Pretty Soldier - Sailor Moon". The fifth boss is a rip-off of 'The Incredible Hulk'. At the end of Stage 5, he buffs up and turns green. - UPDATES - When the DIP switch is set to English, the Japanese subtitle written in kanji underneath the title reads 'Seisensha'. This could be translated (rather clumsily) to 'Journeying Soldier' or (to the better sounding) 'Crusader' for this particular instance, since there is a religious overtone in the prologue of the game, even though the Japanese word 'Seisensha' is as secular as the word 'chair' and doesn't contain a underlying religious meaning such as with the case of the word 'Crusader'. When the DIP switch is set to Japanese, the Japanese subtitle is just the title of the game written in katakana, which is read as 'Gaia Kuruseidaazu'. - STAFF -
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