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Arm Joe: Les Misérables

Arm Joe, also known as ArmJoe, is a fighting game based on the novel and musical Les Misérables, made in a fighting game engine maker by ASCII: "Tsukuru" series "Fighter Maker", by Takase, who also made the…

31 December 1998

Arm Joe: Les Misérables is a fighting developed by Takase, released 31 December 1998 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Arm Joe: Les Misérables is

Arm Joe: Les Misérables is a fighting game developed by Takase and released in 1998. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Fighter Maker.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Arm Joe, also known as ArmJoe, is a fighting game based on the novel and musical Les Misérables, made in a fighting game engine maker by ASCII: "Tsukuru" series "Fighter Maker", by Takase, who also made the game Dot Fighters. There are ten characters to choose from, and they fight each other one on one, using the formula Street Fighter and Street Fighter 2 established. Characters are mostly characters from Les Misérables. Each character has special moves inspired by that character's role in the story. There's a special condition where characters are about to die (their health draining away) in which they are much more powerful and have infinite special power: the opponent has to avoid those…
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

What it launched against

Arm Joe: Les Misérables launched on 31 December 1998, within three weeks of Suikoden II, Super Smash Bros., Crazy Taxi (1999) and Mario Party.

Released around the same time: Suikoden II, Super Smash Bros., Crazy Taxi (1999), Mario Party.

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When did Arm Joe: Les Misérables come out?
Arm Joe: Les Misérables was released on 31 December 1998 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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