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Dragon Ball Z: martial arts mayhem

By Nick Mead on 16 February, 2007

dragonball-z-icon-1.pngWhat do you get if you cross Manga animation with a blistering martial arts fighting game? Super Dragon Ball Z. This classic arcade fighting game is based on the retro MUGEN graphics engine and will appeal to anyone who likes Street Fighter or Double Dragon.

In the start menu, you're presented with several different modes. Arcade means you go 1 on 1 against the computer; in VS mode you take on a friend; Team VS lets you play various team-up modes against a friend; Team Arcade means various team-up modes against the computer and Team Co-op allows you to beat the crap out of the computer tag-team style. Finally, Training allows you to work on your moves and Watch mode allows you to observe computer controlled characters beat the hell out of each other in various modes. There's also an options menu where you can configure such things as the level of difficulty, time limit, sound features and controls.

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MUGEN gives life to original 2D games

By Cyril Roger on 22 March, 2007

MUGEN is a piece of software which is treasured by a significant part of the gaming community. This 2D gaming engine created in 1999 allows you to create your own levels, characters and game objects thanks to a set of interpreted text files, graphics and sound compilations. It has spawned a multitude of fighting games and original characters and even a number of wildly surrealist mashups just like Godzilla vs The Mushroom Kingdom:

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