Expert: Octane - 1/27/2010

Question
When I was a boy, I saw an arcade game overseas at an airport and haven't seen it again since. It was around 1989. I will try my best to describe it. It was sort of like Street Fighter II except you could only play as one character. I think he was a knight and his weapon was a long axe (or maybe it was a sword). You fought against one opponent at a time and they were always in the same order. The first boss was half-snake half-human with a very long big tail that resembled Medusa. The last boss of the game was a wizard that only used magic to defeat you. Since you enjoy fighting games I thought you'd might know.

Answer
Gday Adrian,

Looks like your question got passed to the question pool.

I know this one as I have played it quite a bit.  The game you are looking for was called Hippodrome or Fighting Fantasy was released in 1989 by Data East and was made Nihon Bussan/AV Japan.  Has never seen a console release.

http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?game_id=8118

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBQl6BbArKo&NR=1

Actually there where 2 more enemys after the Wizard a set of twins and a Giant called Abyss.  (Although the Wizard I always though was the hardest)

Hope this helps

Octane