In my ongoing series to showcase the illustrious history of the fantastic two games: Final Fight and Magic Sword. I have another piece of new Long Vo and Juan Martinez Pinilla art, as well a survey of the cool and varied support characters of Magic Sword. Here you see the Amazon character in all her buffness. Take a jump to look at all the rest of 8 Allies of Righteousness and learn more of this action based fantasty arcade epic.

And of course, just one more week til you can download Final Fight: Double Impact, with both games in their ultimate arcade perfected versions running GGPO enabled, frame perfect online co-op.

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Magic Sword Support Characters

Being one of the first games I could ever remember to have NPCs that do your bidding for you, and characters that run the full gamut (from Wizards to Ninjas, yes NINJAS!), and a full leveling system to grow and strengthen your crew…I can have to say that Magic Sword blew me away the first time I played it.

Here is a list of your allies. The leveling system works this way: The first time you discover them, they are a itty bitty level 1, but as you progress and continue to rescue similiar allies from their cells, their strength and attack styles actually evolve. When you rock a level 8 Knight, you now are playing with power.

Take it away marketing document from 1990:

Reaching the top floor alone is a difficult taks for even the greatest of warriors. However, the Dark Lord has captured a number of warriors that will fight at your side if you release them. Each has a special abilities which may prove invaluable to you. You can only have one ally at your side at a time but are free to change allies at any time. Select the warrior who can best aid you at the moment.

Allies can increase to 8 different levels. If you keep the the same ally for a long time, his level will increase more quickly.

BIG MAN          NINJA

AMAZON       PRIEST

THIEF       WIZARD

KNIGHT            LIZARDMAN