Warriors of Fate (Sangokushi II)
天地を喰らうII 赤壁の戦い
- Year
- 1992
- Developer
- Capcom
- Publisher
- Capcom
- Platform
- Arcade
- Hardware
- CPS-1 (Capcom Play System 1)
- Genre
- Beat 'em Up
- Players
- 1-3 players (simultaneous co-op)
- Controls
- 8-way joystick + 2 buttons (attack / jump)
- Series
- Capcom beat 'em ups
Gameplay Screenshots
About This Game
Known in China as 三国志2 and in the West as Warriors of Fate, this is Capcom's Romance of the Three Kingdoms brawler. Five of Liu Bei's generals are playable — Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong and Wei Yan — each with signature moves drawn from the novel, fighting Cao Cao's armies from the Yellow Turban Rebellion to the Battle of Red Cliffs.
Its combat is deeper than the average CPS-1 brawler: grabs, throws, mounted sections, horse-riding bosses, and environmental executions (toss a soldier into a fire or off a cliff for bonus points) gave it real staying power in Asian arcades, where it remained a fixture long after newer hardware arrived.
- Five playable Three Kingdoms generals with distinct movesets
- Grab, throw and environmental-kill mechanics
- Mounted combat against horse-riding officers
- Story spanning the novel's most famous battles up to Red Cliffs
Version History
- World 9210021992-10
The parent World revision; this page's screenshots come from it.
- Tenchi wo Kurau II (Japan)1992
Japanese release under the Tenchi wo Kurau license.
- US / Asia revisions1992
Regional variants with the same gameplay.
Cheats & Secrets
Service menu (F2 in MAME)Free Play, difficulty, lives per credit and other cabinet settingsArcade boards carry operator DIP switches — set Free Play on your own cabinet or emulator.
Tips & Strategy
Throws into hazards are free points
Many stages place fire pits, cliffs and water at the edges. Grabbing a soldier and hurling them into the hazard kills instantly and scores better than a combo — and clears one more body from the crowd.
Zhang Fei's grab chain shreds officers
Zhang Fei can grab and repeatedly slam an enemy without them escaping. Against named officers this is the most reliable damage in the game; the other generals should cover him while he works.
Dismount before you dismount you
On horseback you hit harder and move faster, but horseback bosses will knock you off with a single heavy swing. Dismount for officer duels and keep the horse for crowd stages.
Co-op: generals split lanes by reach
Guan Yu and Zhao Yun have long weapons and should hold the middle, while the short-range fighters sweep behind. This prevents the classic three-player pile-up where everyone hits the same two soldiers.
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