Darkstalkers, known in Japan and Asia as Vampire (ヴァンパイア, Vanpaia) and in some European releases as Vampire Hunter, is a series of 2D fighting games produced by Capcom during the mid-1990s for the CPS II arcade hardware. The series is notable for its cast of characters based on well-known fictional monsters (hence its Japanese title, Vampire) and introduced many of the concepts used in later Capcom fighting games, including the use of sixteen-bit...
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Darkstalkers, known in Japan and Asia as Vampire (ヴァンパイア, Vanpaia) and in some European releases as Vampire Hunter, is a series of 2D fighting games produced by Capcom during the mid-1990s for the CPS II arcade hardware. The series is notable for its cast of characters based on well-known fictional monsters (hence its Japanese title, Vampire) and introduced many of the concepts used in later Capcom fighting games, including the use of sixteen-bit color animation sprites later employed in Street Fighter Alpha: Warriors' Dreams and the Marvel vs. Capcom series. There have been five arcade games in the series with a few console ports produced as well. However, the canonicity of the series causes confusion and debate to many, due to the mutiple titles and upgrades.
The first in the series, fully titled Darkstalkers - The Night Warriors or Vampire - The Night Warriors in Japan and released in 1994, features ten playable characters (Demitri Maximoff, Jon Talbain, Victor von Gerdenheim, Lord...
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