Dynasty Warriors

This article is about the first game, for the series, see Dynasty Warriors (series)

Dynasty Warriors
Developer(s):	Omega Force
Publisher(s):	Koei
Release Date:	Japan: February 28, 1997 /: June 6, 1997 /: December, 1997
Genre:	Fighting
Game Modes:	Single Player, Multiplayer
Ratings:	ESRB:
Platform(s):	PlayStation

Dynasty Warriors (三国無双, Sangoku Musou) is the beginning of the Dynasty Warriors series. Unlike the later games, the original game was a 3D one-to-one weapons-based fighting game similar to Tekken, Soul Edge, or Star Gladiator. The tag line for the title is "You can't say you know the Three Kingdoms until you've played Dynasty Warriors!".

Characters

Starters

• Zhao Yun
• Guan Yu
• Zhang Fei
• Xiahou Dun
• Dian Wei
• Xu Zhu
• Zhou Yu
• Lu Xun
• Taishi Ci
• Diao Chan

Boss

• Lu Bu

Hidden Characters

• Cao Cao - Beat the game with every available Wei character.
• Zhuge Liang - Beat the game with the available Five Tiger Generals and press left on the character select screen.
• Lu Bu - Beat the game with Cao Cao, Zhuge Liang, all of the Wu characters and Diao Chan.

Bonus Characters

The following characters need a code in order to play them. These characters do not possess endings.

• Sun Shang Xiang - Press the following button sequence in the title screen: Left, Left, Up, Down, , , L1, R1. Has the same moveset as Zhou Yu.
• Nobunaga - Beat the game with Lu Bu and press the following button sequence in the title screen: , Up, , Down, . Has the same moveset as Lu Bu.
• Toukichi - Beat the game with Nobunaga and press the following button sequence in the title screen: Down, Down, Right, Up, , , R1, R2. Has the same moveset as Cao Cao.

Stages

• Chang Ban
• Guan Du
• Red Wall
• Phoenix Palace
• Great Hall, Shang Yong
• Wu Zhang Plains
• Hu Lao Gate

Image Song

• Sora no Kakera

Performed by Seirei Bishojotai Ceres

Allusions

• Many of the characters' attacks in this game continue to influence their future incarnations in the Dynasty Warriors series. Certain characters, such as Zhang Fei, Taishi Ci, and Dian Wei kept several of the same animations until Dynasty Warriors 6.
• The animations for their winposes also appear in other titles. A majority of them were changed by the series' fourth installment or fifth installment. As a likely homage, Zhao Yun's victory pose in Dynasty Warriors 6 replicates his actions during this game's intro movie and his winpose.
• Character models also appear as alternate costumes in Destrega.
• Nobunaga's theme music is remixed and later reused in Oda Nobunaga Den.

Gallery

Japanese package art

European package art

External Links

• Dynasty Warriors informational site
• Japanese informational site
• Opening and Ending movies
• Stream of the image song

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