Dynasty Warriors

This article is about the first game. For the series, see Dynasty Warriors (series). For the live action film, see Dynasty Warriors (film)

Dynasty Warriors
Game Information
Developer(s)	Omega Force
Publisher(s)	Koei
Genre(s)	Fighting
Mode(s)	Single Player Multiplayer
Platform(s)
PlayStation
Date: 02/28/1997
Date: 02/28/1997
Date: 06/06/1997
Date: 06/06/1997
Date: 12/1997
Date: 12/1997
Rating(s)

Dynasty Warriors (三国無双, Sangoku Musou) is the start of the Dynasty Warriors series. Unlike the later installments, the original game was a 3D one-to-one weapons-based fighting game similar to Tekken, Soul Edge, or Star Gladiator. The tag line for it is "You can't say you know the Three Kingdoms until you've played Dynasty Warriors!".

Characters

Starters

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

Boss

• Lu Bu

Hidden Characters

• Cao Cao - Beat the game with every available Wei character.
• Zhuge Liang - Beat the game with every available Shu character and press left on the character select screen.
• Lu Bu - Beat the game with Cao Cao, Zhuge Liang, all of the Wu characters and Diao Chan.

Bonus Characters

The characters require a code to be played, as they do not have endings.

• Sun Shang Xiang - Press the following button sequence in the title screen: Left, Left, Up, Down, , , L1, R1. Has the same moveset as Zhou Yu.
• Nobunaga - Beat the game with Lu Bu and press the following button sequence in the title screen: , Up, , Down, . Has the same moveset as Lu Bu.
• Toukichi - Beat the game with Nobunaga and press the following button sequence in the title screen: Down, Down, Right, Up, , , R1, R2. Has the same moveset as Cao Cao.

Stages

• Chang Ban
• Guan Du
• Red Wall
• Phoenix Palace
• Great Hall, Shang Yong
• Wu Zhang Plains
• Hu Lao Gate

Image Song

• Sora no Kakera

Performed by Seirei Bishojotai Ceres

Trivia

• Many of the characters' attacks in this game continue to influence their future incarnations in the Dynasty Warriors series. Certain characters, such as Zhang Fei, Taishi Ci, and Dian Wei kept several of the same animations until Dynasty Warriors 6.
• The animations for win poses in Dynasty Warriors 6 were likely a homage to Zhao Yun's actions in the series' fourth or fifth installment.
• Character models also appear as alternate costumes in Destrega.
• Nobunaga's theme music is remixed and later reused in Oda Nobunaga Den.

Gallery

March 1997 Monthly DaGama cover

External Links

• Dynasty Warriors informational site
• Japanese informational site
• Omega Force 20th Anniversary celebration: Japanese opening movie
• Opening and Ending movies
• Stream of the image song

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