Arcade
The Age of Heroes
DEV
UNICO
REL
Jan '00
ALSO
About

The Age of Heroes is a late-generation weapons-based 4-player arcade brawler based off of Chinese mythology. It's similar to the Capcom Dungeon and Dragons games because it has advanced techniques and an inventory button to cycle through items and spells. It's also notable for its pre-rendered CGI sprites.

Marquee
Story
Trivia

To create graphics like this, artists render high-def 3D models and then capture sprite images from them. This is how Donkey Kong Country was made.

This is one of the few Korean-developed brawlers.

Release Info
Developer
UNICO
Publisher
UNICO
Released
Jan '00
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Series
$series
Game
Players
4
Structure
Linear
Difficulty
Easy
Gang size
Average (6)
Variety
RPG Elements
Playtime
1:00
Combat
Buttons
Attack, Jump, Select, Use
Combos
Linear
Grabs
No
Dashing
Double-tap
Enemy H. Bars
Bosses only
Item Pickup
Button
Item Stay
Fade
Weapons
N/A
Death-blow
Health
Friendly Fire
Yes
Char Switch
On death
Ground Hit
Yes
Revive
Invincibility
Restore
End of stage
Style
Art Style
CGI
Sprites
Huge
Setting
Medieval China
Focus
Weapons
Music
Chinese
Tone
Serious
Numbers
Fighters
4
Stages
?
Enemies
?
Bosses
?
Weapons
?
Lives
?
Continues
?
Extend
?
Arcade
Monitors
1 Raster CRT
Class
?
Sound
Amplified Stereo
Resolution
384x224
Slamson Sez
Combat
Enemy
Grafix
Sound
Flava

Age of Heroes is alright. It has a somewhat advanced combat engine and competent presentation. I couldn't get into it because the enemies are too similar to one another and none of them put up much of a fight. Meanwhile, bosses have a ton of health so the game is really long yet not exactly intense. The graphics and sound aren't great either.

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