Planetary Heroes

Planetary Heroes (プラネタリー・ヒーローズ Puranetarī hīrōzu), commonly abbreviated as PH, is a 2D fighting game in which the players pit combatants from around the world, each with their own special moves, against one another. It was one of the earliest arcade games for Gamesoft's hardware, being produced and released in August 1993.

Gameplay
The game controls consists of an eight-directional joystick, six attack buttons, three punch buttons and three kick buttons of differing speed and strength. The player uses the joystick to move towards or away from an opponent, as well to jump, crouch and defend against an opponent's attacks. By using the attack buttons/pads in combination with the joystick, the player can perform a variety of attacks from a standing, jumping or crouching positions. There are also special techniques, performed by inputting a specific directional-based command and button combination.

In the game's single-player mode, the player's chosen character is pitted against eight other main characters before confronting the final two opponents (Percy and Mytho). The objective of each round is to deplete the opponent's vitality before the timer runs out. By default, there will be two rounds of combat. However, the players have a choice from one to five rounds, as well as options for the time limit of each round. If the winning character retains all of his or her health without the time having run out, the announcer will say, "Perfect!" If the winning character is near knock out, the announcer will call, "Great!" Occasionally, both characters will be knocked out simultaneously, and the announcer will call "Double Knock Out". If the time limit for the round expires, the character with more health will be declared the winner. If one does not exist, is declared and additional rounds will be played until sudden death.

Characters
Hito Zamaru: A lone wanderer who seeks to fight challengers from around the world. (Japan)

Blake Kenneths: An underground brawler who wishes to fight Lucas eventually. (USA)

Chase: A former aviator whose partner was killed by a Psystrike soldier, motivating him to defeat Mytho. (England)

Haruo: A kind-hearted sumo wrestler. (Japan)

Ming Shu: A martial artist who is also a fox spirit seeking to avenge her master. (China)

Peng: A youthful skater with electric powers. (China)

Maxim: A boastful pro wrestler. (USSR)

Manish: A monk who is tasked with preventing an inevitable event that would happen in the future. (India)

Wanda: A beautiful assassin who works for Psystrike. (Germany)

Hitman: A violent boxer who was modified by Psystrike just for their tournament. (USA)

Percy: A mafia boss who wants to get revenge on Lucas for humiliating him and his gang. (Italy)

Mytho: The supreme leader of Psystrike, an organization that was formed to create the energy source Psynar. (???)