Dynasty Warriors

''This article is about the first game, for the series, see Dynasty Warriors (Series)

This is the beginning of the Dynasty Warriors series. Unlike the later games, the original game was a 3D one-to-one weapons-based fighting game similar to Tekken or Soul Edge. The tag line for the title is "You can't say you know the Three Kingdoms until you've played Dynasty Warriors!"

Starters

 * Xiahou Dun
 * Dian Wei
 * Xu Zhu
 * Guan Yu
 * Zhang Fei
 * Zhao Yun
 * Zhou Yu
 * Lu Xun
 * Taishi Ci
 * Diao Chan

Boss

 * Lu Bu

Hidden Characters

 * Cao Cao - beat the game with every starting character
 * Zhuge Liang - beat the game with the available Five Tiger Generals and press left on the character select screen
 * Lu Bu - beat the game with Cao Cao and Zhuge Liang

Bonus Characters
The following characters need a code in order to play them.
 * Sun Shang Xiang - same moveset as Zhou Yu
 * Nobunaga - same moveset as Lu Bu
 * Toukichi - same moveset as Cao Cao

Image Song

 * Sora no Kakera
 * Performed by Seirei Bishojotai Ceres