Fighting Hero III

Fighting Hero III
Title screen.
Publisher	NTDEC
Developer	NTDEC
Console	Famicom
Date	1993
Engine	Own
Sound engine	NTDEC

Fighting Hero III is a fighting game for the Famicom, created by NTDEC and released in 1993. While ostensibly a sequel to Fighting Hero, the two games share little in common besides their genre.

Gameplay

Gameplay screenshot.

The game is a fairly typical one-on-one fighting game. It appears to use a similar engine to Rex Soft's fighting games, with slow walking, quick jumping, and generally choppy animation. The A button punches and the B button kicks, with both having different animations if the player holds Back or Forward while attacking. It is possible to throw by pressing Back and A while close, and blocking is performed by holding Back.

The cast consists of 10 original characters. Each character has two duplicates with different names and colors. In single-player, the player always uses the original, and the computer always uses the first duplicate.

Much like the first Fighting Hero, the game has a high difficulty level that cannot be changed, although the player is given nine continues.

List of moves

Player select screen (as seen in 2-player).

Duke/Frank/Tim: A biker in street clothes with a typical Shotoclone moveset.

• Cresent Cut: Back, Forward+A
• Dragon Fist: Forward, Down, Down-Forward+A
• Tornado Kick: Quarter circle back+B

Terisa/Erica/Gina: A woman in a leather outfit with a moveset similar to Chun-Li's.

• Illusive Punt: Half circle forward+A
• Panther Strike: B repeatedly
• Whirling Kick: Quarter circle back+B

Lee/Jing/Tiger: A stereotypical Bruce Lee clone.

• Splitting Hand: A repeatedly
• Surge Blast: Quarter circle forward+A
• Scissors Leg: Back, Forward+B

K. Sato/Zen/Kanada: A samurai-like fighter who mainly uses kicking techniques.

• Floating Kick (Low): Back, Forward+A
• Floating Kick (High): Back, Forward+B
• Reverse Strike: Quarter circle back+B

Bayefu/Ivan/Isaac: A bulky professional wrestler.

• Tunneling Roll: Back, Forward+A
• Flywheel: Quarter circle back+A
• Eddying Tornado: During Flywheel, A repeatedly

Tanam/Magat/Yuga: A Muay Thai kickboxer.

• Roll-back Kick: Quarter circle back+B
• Lightning Kick: Back, Forward+B
• Head Hammer: Down+A at peak of jump
• Bullet Dive: Down+B at peak of jump

Hook/Noah/Pedro: A traditional pirate, complete with a hook hand and a peg leg.

• Splitting Hook: A repeatedly
• Dashing Hook: Back, Forward+A
• Cyclone Attack: Forward, Down, Down-Forward+A

Sama/Rita/Sylvia: A woman in a miniskirt who can attack with her braided ponytail.

• Hair Attack: Half circle forward+A
• Targiquan Fire: Back, Forward+A
• Shaft Kick: Forward, Down, Down-Forward+B

Toza/Arkun/Galula: A dread-locked jungle warrior with electric powers.

• Neuro-Electricity: A repeatedly
• Serpent Drill: Back, Forward+A
• Spewing Ball: Half circle forward+A

Rasha/Munzer/Adel: A seemingly Middle Eastern fighter. Despite being the final boss, he is normally playable.

• Spinning Top: Half circle forward+A
• Conical Attack: Quarter circle back, Forward+A

Gallery

• Scans of the box, cartridge and manual.

Front of box.

Side of box Left.

Side of box Right.

Back of box.

Front of the manual.

Back of manual.

Cartridge photo.

Trivia

• If the player loses exactly 4 matches (so there are 6 credits remaining) and presses Start when the continue timer is at 6, this will enable the ability to perform special moves with Select, A+Select, or B+Select.
• Curiously, there is no way to pause the game without using an emulator.