Heaven's Gate (video game)

Heaven's Gate[2] is a 1996 3D fighting arcade game developed by Racdym and published by Atlus. It is both Atlus and Racdym's first attempt in the 3D fighting game market. While in development, the game was known as "Ultimate Domain", and was intended to run on the Sega Model 2 hardware.[3]

Heaven's Gate
Japanese arcade flyer of Heaven's Gate.
Developer(s)Racdym
Publisher(s)Atlus
Director(s)Hideki Yayama
Takeshi Murata
Producer(s)Hiroyuki Tanaka [1]
Shinichi Saitoh[1]
Designer(s)Yumiko Hattori[1]
Composer(s)Kenichi Tsuchiya
Toshiko Tasaki
Misaki Okibe[1]
Platform(s)Arcade, PlayStation
ReleaseDecember 1996
Genre(s)Fighting
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Released in December 1996,[4] The game was ported to the PlayStation by Atlus, being released on December 13, 1996, in Japan. In October 1997, JVC Music Europe published it in Europe under the title Yusha: Heaven's Gate.[5]

Reception

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German magazine Maniac gave it a score of 70/100.[6]

French magazine Joypad gave it 75%.[7]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Closing credits of the arcade version of Heaven's Gate
  2. ^ ヘブンズゲート, Hebenzu Gēto
  3. ^ "AM show - JAMMA". Computer and Video Games. No. 181. December 1996. p. 56.
  4. ^ Masumi Akagi. アーケードTVゲームリスト国内•海外編(1971-2005).
  5. ^ "YUSHA - HEAVEN'S GATE - (PAL)". psxdatacenter.com. Retrieved 2024-08-28.
  6. ^ Ehrle, Oliver (2019-02-15). "Heaven's Gate - im Klassik-Test (PS)". MANIAC.de (in German). Retrieved 2019-03-09.
  7. ^ "Zapping Japan: Heaven's Gate2". Joypad (in French). France. June 1997. p. 63.
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