Tekken (video game)

Tekken
PlayStation cover art
Developer(s)Namco
Publisher(s)Namco[a]
Director(s)Seiichi Ishii
Producer(s)Hajime Nakatani
Designer(s)Seiichi Ishii
Programmer(s)Masanori Yamada
Composer(s)
  • Yoshie Arakawa
  • Yoshie Takayanagi
  • Shinji Hosoe (PS)
  • Nobuyoshi Sano (PS)
SeriesTekken
Platform(s)
Release
  • Arcade
    PlayStation
    • JP: March 31, 1995
    • EU: November 7, 1995
    • NA: November 8, 1995
Genre(s)Fighting
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer
Arcade systemNamco System 11

Tekken (鉄拳) is a fighting video game developed and published by Namco. It was originally released on arcades in December 1994, then ported to the PlayStation home console the following year. One of the earliest 3D polygon-based games of the genre, Tekken was Namco's answer to Virtua Fighter and was designed by Seiichi Ishii, who himself was also Virtua Fighter's designer when he worked at Sega previously.[3] The game was developed on the purpose-built low-cost System 11 board, based on PlayStation hardware.[4]

Tekken initially divided opinion with its presentation and unusual control system,[5][6] however following its home console release in 1995 - only the third such game following the first Virtua Fighter and Battle Arena Toshinden - it quickly became popular and a best seller. It started the Tekken series, with a sequel, Tekken 2, being released in 1995.[6]

  1. ^ Masumi Akagi. アーケードTVゲームリスト国内•海外編(1971-2005).
  2. ^ http://kakuge.info/k/history/ac.htm
  3. ^ Evenden, Ian (January 26, 2024). "Rule with an Iron Fist: how Tekken changed fighting games forever". Stuff. Retrieved August 28, 2024.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Low cost was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "Virtual Combat". Game On! USA. No. 2. Viz Media. 1996. p. 5.
  6. ^ a b "Full Motion". Game On! USA. No. 3. Viz Media. 1996. p. 72.


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