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from Japanese company

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, developed by Steel Hearts. It was Psikyo's second attempt in the 2D versus fighting genre after ''

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''. A "complete edition" of the game by Zerodiv (founded by former Psikyo programmer Keiyuki Haragami) was announced in 2019 to be released for arcades and later consoles, but no developments have occurred since.

Gameplay

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''). Projectile attacks are limited to three characters, atypical for the game's genre. The game featured eight playable characters: Cool, Harry Ness, Yuiren, Yuiran, Tarō, Torao Onigawara, Ruccio Roche and Haiji Mibu. The boss characters are Trigger and Carlos.

Plot

The game takes place in 2010, ten years after a massive earthquake that shook an unnamed city. The earthquake severed the city from its surrounding areas, leaving criminals to run as they please. The game revolves around the inhabitants fighting against one another to accomplish their goals.

Development

''The Fallen Angels'' was developed on Psikyo's proprietary arcade hardware. The art was produced by Shinichi Morioka, a renowned designer in Japan. The director, Mitsuo Kodama, later said that he was not satisfied with the quality of ''The Fallen Angels'', for which he felt the short development time and shortage of staff was to blame, but that he had fonder memories of the development than he did of any other video game because of the time he spent with the other people who worked on the game.

Reception

In Japan, ''Game Machine'' listed ''The Fallen Angels'' on their May 1, 1998 issue as being the eleventh most-successful arcade game among machine operators surveyed during that two-week period.

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