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Sango Fighter is a vivid, high energy versus fighting game for the PC. Set in the
Three Kingdoms period of ancient China, the game features a storyline and
characters specific to this historical era. Sango Fighter was also made
available for the Super A'can, a 16-bit game console released exclusively
in Taiwan.
Developed by Panda Entertainment in Taiwan, Sango Fighter was originally a commercial
game sold in Taiwan and exported in English. However, after Super Fighter Team
acquired all legal rights to the game it was officially reclassified as freeware.
As a result, it is now available for free download.
To see Sango Fighter in action, please visit the screenshots page.
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Story [back to top] |
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At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Emperor Han Ling foolishly trusted
his eunuchs, who abused the power to their own ends forcing suffering on the
people. When the people's loyalties changed, chaos erupted. A society called
the Huang Chin, or Yellow Turbans, began an uprising. The Emperor ordered his
lords to attack the bandits, and while the rebellion was quickly suppressed,
the dynasty's weakness was lain bare for all to see.
The first to take advantage of the situation was Tung Cho, who marched on
the capital and culled his court of eunuches. Amidst the chaos, he usurped
the throne, but was quickly defeated by a united army of the other lords.
Even after this, the land was not at peace. With the leaders weakened, the
time was right for the ambitious to attempt a takeover of the kingdom. Civil
war erupted, with everyone fighting for control of the throne.
After ten years of harsh fighting, northern China was united by the cunning
Tsau Tsau. After uniting the north, Tsau Tsau began his southern campaign to
fulfill his dream of uniting the entire nation. His first target was Liu Pei,
who lived in the province of Ching. However he was unaware that Liu Pei and
Sun Ch'üan had joined an alliance. Together, they defeated Tsau Tsau at the
Battle of Ch'ih Pi and forced him to retreat to the north.
At this time, Liu Pei blitzed forward, conquering the provinces of Ching
and Hsi Ch'uan. He made these two lands into his base, in his efforts to
resurrect the Han Dynasty. After gathering his army, led by his five
generals: Guan Yu, Jang Fei, Chao Yun, Ma Chau and Huang Jong, he led his
army north and waged war against Tsau Tsau.
Tsau Tsau was hardly a sitting duck. He sent his generals, such as: Dian Wei,
Syu Ju, Sya Hou Yuan, Syu Hwang, and others to guard each post along the way.
Would Liu Pei successfully defeat Tsau Tsau and restore glory to the Han
Dynasty?
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How to play [back to top] |
When playing, the following methods of control are supported:
JOYSTICK
One or two joysticks may be used. The game will allow you to configure your
joystick(s) for use with the game once the joystick option has been selected.
KEYBOARD
Two different keyboard layouts are supported:
Layout 1 (left side of the keyboard)
Q = Jump up/left
W = Jump up
E = Jump up/right
A = Move left
D = Move right
Z = Crouch defensively
X = Crouch
C = Crouch defensively
Tab = Punch
Left Shift = Kick
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Layout 2 (numeric keypad)
7 = Jump up/left
8 = Jump up
9 = Jump up/right
4 = Move left
6 = Move right
1 = Crouch defensively
2 = Crouch
3 = Crouch defensively
Enter = Punch
Right Shift = Kick
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By default, player one uses layout 1 and player 2 uses layout 2. This however may be
changed in the game's options menu.
MOUSE
A mouse is not supported for gameplay, as it would not be an efficient way to play a
fighting game. However if you have a mouse driver installed, you may navigate the game
menus using the mouse.
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Downloads [back to top] |
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This game is freeware and may be distributed for free so long as no files
within the archive are modified or removed.
Notes:
This game is programmed to operate in DOS. Therefore, it may not perform
as intended under the limited DOS support that Windows offers. Windows
users are instructed to make use of the DOSBox program in order to remedy
the problem. Linux users are also encouraged to try this option for the
best possible experience. DOSBox can be downloaded freely from dosbox.com.
DOS users may need to free up additional memory in order to play the game.
This can be accomplished by removing unnecessary memory-resident programs
from the boot files, creating a special boot disk which uses only a bare
bones system configuration or by employing a special memory manager such
as MEMMAKER or QEMM.
If the game runs too quickly, adjust your speed settings in DOSBox or make
use of a CPU slowdown utility such as Mo'Slo.
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Music [back to top] |
Four different pieces of hardware are supported by the game for music support:
PC Speaker, Ad Lib / Sound Blaster Card, Roland MT-32 and General MIDI.
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