Retro Gaming: Tekken

Besides Mortal Kombat, one of the fighting games that has changes the world of gaming is without any doubt Tekken. The Iron Fist tournament. The first installment of this game was released in 1994 as an arcade game. One year later the console version of this game was released.

This fighting game also has a storyline, believe it or not. The rich and wealthy Heihachi Mishima. This man announces a big fighting tournament with the grant price of 1 billion dollars. There are 8 competitors, one of them is his son. The undefeated Kazuya Mishima, this guy isn’t in for the money but rather to seek vengeance on Heihachi.
When Kazuya was 5, Heihachi had thrown him of a clif, to see if he really was his son (kind of a strange test, but okay). Kazuya survived but was heavily wounded.
At this moment, the devil appeared in front of him and offered him the power to take vengeance on his father. For the very low price of his soul. Sounds, like real deal. Anyway, he took the offer.

I found a video of this game and I have to say, this game has not aged well. I remember this being a lot cooler as a kid. But I guess we’ll go for nostalgic value then :’).

11 thoughts on “Retro Gaming: Tekken”

oldschoolgameblog on June 22, 2012 at 21:19 said:

Hi there,

Thanks for an interesting read. :)

I must say I agree with you – this game has not aged if we consider the graphics. Seems to me that most 2D games stand their ground better than 3D games from the latter half of the 90′s and the beginning of the new century.

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- Sharp on June 23, 2012 at 00:00 said:
  
  And thank you very much for visiting! It’s true that most “old” games are in fact better than the new gen games. Although.. I suspect that has something to do with my nostalgic nature ;-)
  
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  - oldschoolgameblog on June 23, 2012 at 19:06 said:
    
    Hehe.. I’m a bit of a hopeless nostalgic as well. ;)
  - Sharp on June 23, 2012 at 19:09 said:
    
    I noticed while visiting your blog… Very nice! I like it!
oldschoolgameblog on June 23, 2012 at 21:02 said:

Thanks, Sharp. :) Much appreciated! Keep up the good work!

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Sanic on June 29, 2012 at 20:27 said:

oh my god so much nostalgia

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- Sharp on June 29, 2012 at 22:26 said:
  
  haha I had a feeling you might like this ;-)
  
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Kim on July 2, 2012 at 19:36 said:

You are absolutely right. It really could age much better than what we get now.
I loved it so much as a kid.

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- Sharp on July 2, 2012 at 22:08 said:
  
  yeah… we’re getting old ;-).
  
  Oh by the way.. I got myself a sega megadrive :o
  
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  - Kim on July 2, 2012 at 22:32 said:
    
    I loved that! Is that the console with the including Alex Kidd in Miracle World game??
  - Sharp on July 2, 2012 at 22:34 said:
    
    well it could be, there were a lot of game/console combo boxed. As a kid I got the one with Sonic. Since that is almost impossible to get, I just got the console.. I also bought streets of rage 2

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