Darkstalkers

Darkstalkers, known in Asia as , is a series of 2D fighting game produced by Capcom during the late 1990s for the CPS-2 hardware. The series is notable for its cast of characters based on well-known fictional monster (hence its Japanese title, Vampire) and introduced many of the concepts used in later Capcom fighting games, including the use of sixteen color animation sprite later employed in the Street Fighter Alpha and the Marvel vs. Capcom series. There have been five arcade games in the series with a few console ports produced as well. The first in the series, fully titled Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors or Vampire: The Night Warriors in Japan, features ten playable characters (Demitri Maximoff, Jon Talbain, Victor von Gerdenheim, Lord Raptor, Morrigan Aensland, Anakaris, Felicia, Oboro Bishamon, Rikuo and Sasquatch) and two non-playable boss characters (Huitzil and Pyron). The game features the same gameplay system Capcom developed for the Street Fighter II series, but with... full article at wikipedia