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Crossed Swords Crossed Swords - Japanese Logo - Katakana / Kanji

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Description

A warrior travels the country fighting monsters in a limited first-person perspective.

Crossed Swords was produced by SNK in 1990.

SNK released 183 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1978. SNK was based in Japan.

Other machines made by SNK during the time period Crossed Swords was produced include: Next Space, The, Prehistoric Isle In 1930, Genshi-Tou 1930's, Ikari III: The Rescue, Neo Geo MVS, League Bowling, Baseball Stars Professional, Magician Lord, Beast Busters, and Cyber-Lip

Crossed Swords
Crossed Swords

Specs

Name Crossed Swords
Developer SNK (Japan)
Year 1990
Type Videogame
KLOV/MOG # 7445
Class Wide Release
Genre Scrolling Fighter
Monitor
Conversion Class Neo Geo MVS
# Simultaneous Players 2
# Maximum Players 2
Gameplay Either
Control Panel Layout Multiple Player
Controls
  • Joystick: 8-way
  • Buttons: 2 [Attack by Sword|Magic]
Sound Amplified Either (Mono or Stereo)
Cabinet Styles
  • Upright/Standard

Game Introduction

Your Knight travels the countryside fighting monsters and bandits. When you enter combat the view changes to a pseudo first-person perspective where the body of your knight is outlined so you can see the creatures you are fighting. When enemies have been defeated they drop money and power-ups.

Game Play

This game only uses the A and B buttons. Moving the joystick up and down raises and lowers your shield. Hitting the A and B button while pushing UP makes you do a Force Attack with the sword. Hitting the A and B buttons alone does a Slash Attack. Pressing A and B while pulling DOWN makes you do a Mental Attack.

Crossed Swords KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 2.13 (1 vote)

Fun Factor: 2.00

Overall Like 2.00
Fun (Social) 2.00
Fun (Solo) 2.00
Collector Desire 2.00

Technical Rating: 2.25

Gameplay 2.00
Graphics 2.00
Originality 3.00
Sound/Music 2.00

Personal Impressions and Technical Impressions each account for half of the total score. Within the Personal Impressions category, Like carries a little more weight than the other factors.

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VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Crossed Swords Census

There are 14,717 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,455 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 164,291 machines (6,886 unique titles).

Very Common - There are 65 known instances of this machine owned by Crossed Swords collectors who are active members. Of these, 3 of them are original dedicated machines. One is a conversion in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 61 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There are 2 active VAPS members with a Crossed Swords circuit boards for sale.

Wanted - No active members have added this machine to their wish list.

This game ranks a 22 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

Rarity and Popularity independently are not necessarily indications of value. [More Information]

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