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3D fighting

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developed and published by Konami. It is Konami's second attempt in the 3D arcade fighting game market after their

1997 File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of t ...

3D arcade fighting game '' Fighting Bujutsu''. It is powered by the Konami M2 Hardware, which is Konami's version of the Panasonic M2. Like ''Fighting Bujutsu'', ''Battle Tryst'' was never ported to any home console after its arcade release. ''Battle Tryst'' uses a three-button 8-way joystick layout that is similar to the one in

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's '' Virtua Fighter'' series, as well as the time release being adopted from Namco's ''

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'' series. The opening and character endings use real Japanese animation. Film director Mamoru Oshii took charge of the storyboard of the animations, while Shujiro Hamakawa designed the characters. SHEMON and RHETER were planned to appear in ''Battle Tryst'', as well as Madoka from the '' TwinBee'' series, but all three were canceled.

Fighters

: : : : : : : Hidden fighters : : : (Elaine Shea) - The "Fairy" character from Konami's '' Gaiapolis'' arcade game. : - Pilot of WinBee from Konami's '' TwinBee'' series.

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