Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors
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Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors is a fighting developed by Capcom, released 1 July 1994 on PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation and Arcade.
What Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors is
Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors is a fighting game developed by Capcom and released in 1994. It is available on PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation and Arcade. It runs on CP System II (CPS-2).
The premise, in the publisher's words
Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors, known in Japan as Vampire: The Night Warriors , is a 1994 fighting game developed and released by Capcom originally for the CPS II arcade hardware as the first game in the Darkstalkers series. It was ported to the PlayStation in 1996, and was followed by Night Warriors: Darkstalkers' Revenge in 1995. In later years, the game was re-released on the PlayStation Network, and most recently has been released as part of Capcom Fighting Collection in 2022 on various platforms.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and horror. It supports multiplayer. Local play supports 2 players. Available modes: Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.
Where it sits in the Darkstalkers series
Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors is the first of 34 entries we hold in the Darkstalkers series. The next entry was Night Warriors: Darkstalkers' Revenge in 1995. Its critic score of 65 is 8 points below the series average of 73. The highest-rated entry is Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes at 90.
How it was received
Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors holds a critic score of 65 out of 100. That places it above 32% of the 981 rated fighting games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 1994 averaged 72, so it scored 7 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors launched on 1 July 1994, within three weeks of Donkey Kong, Jazz Jackrabbit, Disney's The Jungle Book and Road Rash. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Donkey Kong, Jazz Jackrabbit, Disney's The Jungle Book, Road Rash.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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