Overview
The Eye of Typhoon: Geug Cho Ho Gwon is a 2D historical-fantasy fighting game developed by Viccom and published by LG for the 3DO and PC (running MS-DOS) exclusively in Korea in 1996.
Similar to the studio's earlier 1994 arcade game Fight Fever, The Eye of Typhoon is a traditional 2D fighting game similar to Street Fighter II. Differentiating it from their earlier game is a screen scaling effect for zooming the camera (similar to SNK's earlier Art of Fighting and Samurai Shodown series), a unique Super system (using time-limited "Scrolls" which must be activated prior to use), and an optional 2-on-2 tag-team battle system.
The game's story takes place in some unknown time period centuries ago, where martial artists from around the world seek a missing book containing the mysterious martial art "Kuk-Cho-Ho-Kwon".
The game was originally planned to be released for arcades (using SNK's Neo Geo MVS platform), but was cancelled. It is the last game developed by Viccom.
Characters
The game includes 12 playable characters and 2 bosses (only one of whom is playable).
- Hoya
- Roy
- Sauri
- Chohong
- Wangchang
- Mui
- Nelson
- Tialoc
- Dalma
- Musasi Taro
- Natasha
- Jarkill
- Powell (sub-boss, unlockable)
- Mahesvara (final boss, unplayable, transforms into a more powerful form after losing a round)
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