Galaxy Fight: Universal Warriors

About Galaxy Fight: Universal Warriors

Galaxy Fight: Universal Warriors (1995) is Sunsoft's first side-view 2D fighter, a planet-hopping Neo Geo brawler with endlessly scrolling stages and no walls to be cornered against.

Galaxy Fight: Universal Warriors in Depth

Players choose one of eight characters and travel across a solar system, defeating the opponents who inhabit each planet before facing the tyrant Felden to settle their personal scores. Alvan, the short, horned Prince of the Ruined Planet, survived when Felden destroyed his world Rozalis and murdered his family a thousand years ago, thanks to a magic crimson stone. Gunter is a gigantic, green, fire-breathing monster from Guljeff, the largest fighter in the game, and one of only two to sense the mystical nature of the mysterious G. Done, a brown-skinned thug from the planet Mani who wants only peace and freedom. Juri, a thief from Lezaar, is obsessed with becoming stronger and more beautiful and despises anyone she considers ugly.

The four-button layout gives three buttons to strikes of different speed and power, which depending on the character may be punches, kicks, tail whips or bites, while the fourth is purely for taunting. Pressing several buttons together can produce new attacks or special moves. The stages have no walls: instead of cornering opponents, the screen can scroll indefinitely. GameFan compared its zooming effect to Art of Fighting, while AllGame's Kyle Knight praised the presentation and controls but warned that its "odd borderless gameplay may be its worst enemy".

Making Galaxy Fight: Universal Warriors

Sunsoft developed and published it for the Neo Geo arcade and home platforms as its second fighting game and first side-view 2D fighter. Game Machine listed it as Japan's fourteenth most popular arcade game in March 1995. It received generally positive reviews, though some criticised its harsh difficulty and other design choices. Consoles Plus praised its visuals, speed, sound and playability, GameFan's reviewers liked its unusual roster and mechanics, and GamePro complimented its graphics and music. Hamster later re-released it in the ACA Neo Geo series.