Apocalypse Zero (Video Game)

Apocalypse Zero, known in Japan as Kakugo's Progress (覚悟のススメ Kakugo no Susume), is a 3D fighting game released for the Original Playstation March-21st, 1997, exclusively in Japan by Tomy.

-The game is a standard 3D fighting game allowing the player to go head-to-head against the CPU or against another player. It features seven characters to choose from based on both the anime and manga, and animated cut scenes taken from the OVA.

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 Basic Button Controls: 

Move Character = D-Pad (walk left or right, jump, crouch, and jumping left or right with multi-input)

Attack Moves = Triangle,Square,Circle,Cross (can combo and hold DPad Directionals for varied different attacks)

Guard/Block = R1

Dash Backward/Forward = Holding Left or Right + R2

Pause Game = Start

* Still trying to figure out how to counter from blocking position, Unaware if Select does anything yet, and L1, L2 seem useless atm *

 Options Menu Translation: 

Difficulty Level        -      1 2 3 4

Match Time            -       30 60 90 ∞

Number of Points   -       1 2 3 4 5

BGM                      -      Stereo / Mono [OFF]

Awakening Mode    -      ON / OFF

Narration Voice       -      Character Names

BGM Test                 -      Test Listen to The Soundtrack

(BGM stands for Background Game Music)

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 Secrets or Hidden Things or Mechanics to Note: 

Every character has a 2nd skin that you can choose from the character select screen by pressing 'Down' on the DPad and then to revert back; 'Up' on the DPad.

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The attack that fills the enemies 'blue bar' up to max will make the character fly up horizontally and then will indefinitely they will hit the ground and be stuck on the ground until the bar goes all the way back down, with this there is two things to note:

-The blue bar visual isn't accurate as it can go wayyy past the Max. (Try it out with long combos in Versus)

-Oboro's blue bar fills up faster than the others??

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-Right before Tomohisa lands, character model jerks backward a bit, making it harder to barely combo him from about to hit the ground.

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Playable Characters
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 * Kakugo Hagakure
 * Chidokuro
 * Bolt
 * Tsumiko Horie
 * Oboro
 * Tomohisa
 * Harara Hagakure