9 Pioneering Video Games EVERYONE Forgets
8. Reikai Doushi: Chinese Exorcist
With a name as colorfully unconventional as Reikai Doushi: Chinese Exorcist – a.k.a The Last Apostle Puppetshow – you’d think that more people would recall this one.
Aside from that superficial reason, though, Magical Company’s 1988 2D tongue-in-cheek arcade fighter should be continually celebrated as the very first claymation game / game with digitalized sprites.
Indeed, this adorably weird brawler (centered around the player battling demons with their fists and feet) existed long before genre heavyweights such as Mortal Kombat, Clayfighter, and Primal Rage.
Of course, it also precedes NBA Jam, Alien vs Predator, Donkey Kong Country, and the Terminator 2: Judgment Day light gun shooter (to name a few non-fighting classics).
Reikai Doushi: Chinese Exorcist’s visuals were so striking and inventive that it received coverage in the news. That landmark characteristic notwithstanding, the fact that you could face off against Genghis Khan and Emperor Qin Shi Huang makes it quite memorable as well.