Have any of ya heard of a game called Eternal Champions:Challange from the Dark side? - VGF

**L007 is Undecided** · 11-14-2004, 10:53 PM

LvK was telling me about this game a while ago. It was a discussion on Mortal Kombat, then he brought up a game that made Mortal Kombat fatalities look cheaper than they are right now. So I decided to play it.

Anyways, first off, it's a Fighting Sega CD game. The story is, at the end of the world, one remaining person (The Champion), relizes that 9 times, the death of someone that could each help the earth live a bit longer, the deaths were preventable. So the Champion uses his powers to bring the 9 to a tournament, the winner getting their life back a few seconds before death, to prevent the death, and to help the world.

However, there were 13, there, as the Dark Champion brought 4 to be able to get their life back (I haven't found out if they're there to make life more miserable. Doesn't sound like it, one's from the Vietnam War)

Anyways, the gameplay is normal, non bloody hits. HOWEVER, there are different fatalities you can inflict to the opponent to insure they don't come back. And THOSE are REALLY bloody and disgusting. They can be eaten by a lion, have their brain eaten by a fish, and even a clown car lands on them, causing probably the BLOODIEST mess ever. And the blood is more detailed than MK, so...

I've said too much. So what's your opinions on this?

Minion1888 · 11-15-2004, 12:45 AM

DM: I'm just posting here cause I read the words "the dark side" in the name of this topic but nope nothin just some stuff about pickled socks

DN: no you moron a Mortal Kombat game

DM: oh I will devour the hearts of poodles!!!!

DN: forget we were here but I love mortal kombat

Yoshinator · 11-15-2004, 08:06 PM

I didn't understand a lot of what you said, but I think I remember the game. I saw an advertisement for the game, in which it mockingly compared characters from Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter 2 to characters from this game. Who really got the last laugh there?

**L007 is Undecided** · 11-15-2004, 09:35 PM

^ Actually, the characters look nothing like any of the Mortal Kombat characters (And thank God none of them look like Baraka). Instead, you have characters from all these different time periods: From a caveman (Fighting so he can become leader of his tribe to start agriculure), to an ex-cat Burgler (To stop the gang he worked with in order to save many lives), then to the future, including a half-cyborg kickboxer, plus more. Really different characters.

ludwigvan · 11-16-2004, 08:13 PM

Don't forget Dawson the cowboy or Blast the vietnam soldier.

Powerful, indeed!

I think the closest there is to a MK character would probably be Shadow, the female ninja, and she's not even that similar.

And there's one stage-finisher where you can get your opponent torn apart by wild monkeys.

Isaac Yugi · 11-16-2004, 09:15 PM

I don't know much about the game, but it sounds interesting, so I might download the ROM.

By the way, Vote Fred, or whatever your name is, the game you're playing is actually a sequel to the original Eternal Champions, so you might wanna try that.

Oh, and I remember, that the fatalities were called Overkills. Which, from what I've heard, seems very fitting...

**L007 is Undecided** · 11-16-2004, 09:25 PM

^ It's Luigi007, and I heard of the first EC on the Genesis, and I heard it was awful.

Overkills is one of the deaths infliced, by landing a finishing blow and hit your opponent at the trigger, and it happens. Another is Sudden Death, which doesn't even need you to get all of the opponent's health away. Then, each player has a Finishing Move, and then there's a CineKill, which is where the Dark Champion kills the opponent in a 3-D cinema way. Haven't seen it, but I want to.

ludwigvan · 11-17-2004, 05:47 PM

I heard a lot of the Cinekills are pretty disappointing.

From what I heard, the pharoah guy turns into water!

Yoshinator · 11-17-2004, 11:28 PM

Oh yeah, I think I was thinking of the first one.

MercuryCrusader · 11-20-2004, 08:05 PM

Eternal Champions: Challenge from the Dark Side is one of my favorite fighting games ever made, even if the controls were kinda awkward. DO NOT PLAY THE GENESIS ETERNAL CHAMPIONS! The Sega CD one we are talking about is a superior product. I'd dare say the game is more bloody and gory than Mortal Kombat ever was.

Larcen owns!

Isaac Yugi · 11-20-2004, 08:44 PM

What's so bad about the Genesis version?

MercuryCrusader · 11-20-2004, 11:45 PM

The Genesis version was... Well, let's just say it was crap. Horrible, horrible crap. That's all I need to say about that.

11-14-2004, 10:53 PM	#1
L007 is Undecided Axe Shreddin' Mod Join Date: May 2001 Location: Farmerland. Gender: Posts: 7,341 Thanks: 90 Thanked 292 Times in 172 Posts Points: 2,161.54 Bank: 16,278.34 Total Points: 18,439.88 Donate	LvK was telling me about this game a while ago. It was a discussion on Mortal Kombat, then he brought up a game that made Mortal Kombat fatalities look cheaper than they are right now. So I decided to play it. Anyways, first off, it's a Fighting Sega CD game. The story is, at the end of the world, one remaining person (The Champion), relizes that 9 times, the death of someone that could each help the earth live a bit longer, the deaths were preventable. So the Champion uses his powers to bring the 9 to a tournament, the winner getting their life back a few seconds before death, to prevent the death, and to help the world. However, there were 13, there, as the Dark Champion brought 4 to be able to get their life back (I haven't found out if they're there to make life more miserable. Doesn't sound like it, one's from the Vietnam War) Anyways, the gameplay is normal, non bloody hits. HOWEVER, there are different fatalities you can inflict to the opponent to insure they don't come back. And THOSE are REALLY bloody and disgusting. They can be eaten by a lion, have their brain eaten by a fish, and even a clown car lands on them, causing probably the BLOODIEST mess ever. And the blood is more detailed than MK, so... I've said too much. So what's your opinions on this?

11-15-2004, 12:45 AM	#2
Minion1888 Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Karraban in the Sith acedemy Posts: 355 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 2,521.00 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 3,021.00 Donate	DM: I'm just posting here cause I read the words "the dark side" in the name of this topic but nope nothin just some stuff about pickled socks DN: no you moron a Mortal Kombat game DM: oh I will devour the hearts of poodles!!!! DN: forget we were here but I love mortal kombat

11-15-2004, 08:06 PM	#3
Yoshinator Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Amherst, MA Posts: 6,778 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 3,232.00 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 3,732.00 Donate	I didn't understand a lot of what you said, but I think I remember the game. I saw an advertisement for the game, in which it mockingly compared characters from Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter 2 to characters from this game. Who really got the last laugh there?

11-15-2004, 09:35 PM	#4
L007 is Undecided Axe Shreddin' Mod Join Date: May 2001 Location: Farmerland. Gender: Posts: 7,341 Thanks: 90 Thanked 292 Times in 172 Posts Points: 2,161.54 Bank: 16,278.34 Total Points: 18,439.88 Donate	^ Actually, the characters look nothing like any of the Mortal Kombat characters (And thank God none of them look like Baraka). Instead, you have characters from all these different time periods: From a caveman (Fighting so he can become leader of his tribe to start agriculure), to an ex-cat Burgler (To stop the gang he worked with in order to save many lives), then to the future, including a half-cyborg kickboxer, plus more. Really different characters.

11-16-2004, 08:13 PM	#5
ludwigvan Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: The well of wishes. Gender: Posts: 5,444 Thanks: 3 Thanked 10 Times in 10 Posts Points: 10,548.44 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 11,048.44 Donate	Don't forget Dawson the cowboy or Blast the vietnam soldier. Powerful, indeed! I think the closest there is to a MK character would probably be Shadow, the female ninja, and she's not even that similar. And there's one stage-finisher where you can get your opponent torn apart by wild monkeys.

11-16-2004, 09:15 PM	#6
Isaac Yugi Junior Member Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 95 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 947.00 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 1,447.00 Donate	I don't know much about the game, but it sounds interesting, so I might download the ROM. By the way, Vote Fred, or whatever your name is, the game you're playing is actually a sequel to the original Eternal Champions, so you might wanna try that. Oh, and I remember, that the fatalities were called Overkills. Which, from what I've heard, seems very fitting...

11-16-2004, 09:25 PM	#7
L007 is Undecided Axe Shreddin' Mod Join Date: May 2001 Location: Farmerland. Gender: Posts: 7,341 Thanks: 90 Thanked 292 Times in 172 Posts Points: 2,161.54 Bank: 16,278.34 Total Points: 18,439.88 Donate	^ It's Luigi007, and I heard of the first EC on the Genesis, and I heard it was awful. Overkills is one of the deaths infliced, by landing a finishing blow and hit your opponent at the trigger, and it happens. Another is Sudden Death, which doesn't even need you to get all of the opponent's health away. Then, each player has a Finishing Move, and then there's a CineKill, which is where the Dark Champion kills the opponent in a 3-D cinema way. Haven't seen it, but I want to.

11-17-2004, 05:47 PM	#8
ludwigvan Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: The well of wishes. Gender: Posts: 5,444 Thanks: 3 Thanked 10 Times in 10 Posts Points: 10,548.44 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 11,048.44 Donate	I heard a lot of the Cinekills are pretty disappointing. From what I heard, the pharoah guy turns into water!

11-17-2004, 11:28 PM	#9
Yoshinator Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Amherst, MA Posts: 6,778 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 3,232.00 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 3,732.00 Donate	Oh yeah, I think I was thinking of the first one.

11-20-2004, 08:05 PM	#10
MercuryCrusader Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: USA: A Republic, Not An Empire Posts: 829 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 1,608.00 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 2,108.00 Donate	Eternal Champions: Challenge from the Dark Side is one of my favorite fighting games ever made, even if the controls were kinda awkward. DO NOT PLAY THE GENESIS ETERNAL CHAMPIONS! The Sega CD one we are talking about is a superior product. I'd dare say the game is more bloody and gory than Mortal Kombat ever was. Larcen owns!

11-20-2004, 08:44 PM	#11
Isaac Yugi Junior Member Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 95 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 947.00 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 1,447.00 Donate	What's so bad about the Genesis version?

11-20-2004, 11:45 PM	#12
MercuryCrusader Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: USA: A Republic, Not An Empire Posts: 829 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 1,608.00 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 2,108.00 Donate	The Genesis version was... Well, let's just say it was crap. Horrible, horrible crap. That's all I need to say about that.