Clockwise: The genie (covered by the logo), Princess Lisa, Prince Lassia, Afshaal, Sindbad
Arabian Fight is a 1992 Beat 'em Up arcade game made by Taito.
The ancient Middle-Eastern Land of Shaharayarld is being menaced by an Evil Sorcerer, Baruantess, who inflicted a curse on the wise Sultan turning him into a baboon. Without a ruler, Shaharayarld falls into chaos as Baruantess and his army of rebels, pirates and various monsters quickly took over, the forces of evil threatening to overwhelm Shaharayarld, and it's up to four heroes to undo the curse by defeating Baruantess.
Players can choose between the four:
- Princess Lisa, the fastest in speed and furthest in range, and the sole character capable of firing energy projectiles but lowest in health.
- Sindbad - yes, that's how his name is spelled, the legendary sailor from the myths who wields a BFS capable of executing a Charged Attack.
- Afshaal, the burly Captain of the guards who can hit the hardest thanks to his spiked ball-and-chain combination, though the slowest because of his size
- Prince Lassia, the well-balanced Jack of All Stats who is easiest to use.
See also Arabian Fight, another Middle-Eastern-themed arcade actioner released in 1992.
Arabian Magic contain examples of:
- Acrofatic: Afshaal, the ball-and-chain wielding hero whose massive girth and size doesn't stop him from kicking plenty of ass. There's also the two brutes in the desert who can speedily charge and tackle all over the place, who later devolves into Giant Mook opponents.
- Abnormal Ammo: Wizard enemies can fire snakes as a projectile weapon on you.
- An Arm and a Leg: The second boss, the six-armed Asura, will start losing arms as the battle progresses, and he's armless upon defeat.
- Antlion Monster: A giant antlion creature will open up a sand pit in the desert to swallow you. Said monster can't be harmed, and you'll need to avoid stepping within vicinity of it's pit or get chewed up.
- "Arabian Nights" Days: The game's entire setting. The buildings are topped with massive domes, everyone wears turbans with pointy-toed shoes, combatants wield scimitars, there are genies and rocs... yeah, it's a magical Arabian fantasy like the title said.
- Attack of the Monster Appendage:
- The Roc is so huge you're battling it's talons and it's head as separate entities.
- The King Krakken you fight on the galley is a Type 1 example, firstly extending two tentacles out of a hole on the deck to crush you to a pulp. After defeating said tentacles, you jump into the hole and face the rest of the monster.
- Barbarous Barbary Bandits: One stage is set aboard a slave galley full of Middle Eastern pirates who will rough you up with scimitars and tridents, and ends with a boss fight against their turbaned, hook-handed captain who uses his hook in tandem with a mace to rough you up.
- Battle in the Rain: On the galley as you make your way to the deck, suddenly it will start raining. And you'll fight off dozens of mooks amidst the downpour.
- Big Bad: The Evil Sorcerer Baruantess who cursed the Sultan and threatens to take over the entire kingdom. You'll face him as a Final Boss.
- "Blind Idiot" Translation: The storyline seems to have some typos here and there, since the game was developed in Japan.
- Cloth Fu: Princess Lisa uses only her robes and scarf to slap the snot out of her enemies, and she can inflict as much damage as using an edged weapon. Somehow.
- Dark Action Girl: This game contains asskicking Bedlah Babe enemies as a mook who can put up quite a fight despite being unarmed.
- Defeat Means Friendship: A few of the defeated bosses, such as Asura, the Doppelganger and the Yogi, will pledge allegiance to the player as they're taken down. In the Final Boss battle against Baruantess, they will return to help you out, which you'll need to even have a tiny silver of hope in beating the villain.
- Dem Bones: There are living skeleton enemies in the game, who will detach their skulls and fling these at you. Their dropped skulls can bounce around and chew your ankles.
- Devious Daggers: Barechested mooks will assail you with dual knives, and fling them from a distance if you're beyond their reach. They have a habit of flinging their weapons at you while you're surrounded by the lesser scimitar-wielding enemies.
- Dual Boss:
- A pair of overweight brutes will show up as bosses in the desert stage. They're surprisingly Acrofatic, capable of charging all over the arena in an attempt to stomp over your player, and each occupies half of the current boss health meter. They return degraded as Giant Mook enemies later in the game.
- The galley level have two muscular wrestlers attacking you simultaneously.
- In a much later stage, one of each half of the above two shows up together, so you'll fight an overweight brute and a wrestler at the same time.
- Two copies of the first boss shows up as a Degraded Boss near the end.
- Dual Wield:
- Some mooks will wield two weapons at the same time on you, like the knife-using thugs.
- The first boss, a muscular brute armed with two massive BFS versions of scimitars.
- Epic Flail: Afshaal, the huge guard and one of the four playable heroes, use a spiked ball on a chain as his weapon.
- Extendable Arms: The Yogi boss can extend his arms to attack you, in a Shout-Out to either the Yogi from Master of the Flying Guillotine or Dhalsim from Street Fighter.
- Experienced Protagonist: Sindbad from the legends shows up in this game as one of the four playable characters, and being a former sailor who spent years in the seas before the game's events, he's a legendary hero whose skills in ass-kicking befits his reputation.
- Flunky Boss: All the bosses surround themselves with mooks and underlings during the battle. Either by way of Summon Magic or strategically having them stationed nearby before the battle.
- Forced Transformation: In the backstory, Baruantess transforms the Sultan into a baboon, and it's up to your player hero to undo the curse. He somehow doesn't use this trick on you during his boss fight, so maybe it's a one-use magic.
- Golem: Sand golems are an enemy in a few desert areas. Inflict enough damage on them and they turn back to a pile of sand.
- Kirin: In the later half of the Final Boss, Baruantess somehow summons the Middle-Eastern equivalent of a Kirin to attack the heroes.
- Magic Carpet: The third stage has the heroes on a high-speed chase atop the Arabian skies on a flying carpet, while fending off mooks on similar carpets everywhere. It ends with the Roc boss fight where the player remains airborne.
- Macro Zone: One of the levels is set on a giant dinner table, where there are giants in the background as well as humoungous plates of fruits, eggs and fishes everywhere. The mooks you battle are still the same size as you, though.
- Man-Eating Plant: Giant fanged flowers are another obstacle on the island stage. While they're stationary, they can extend their heads to bite you.
- Mirror Match: The Doppelganger is a Wolfpack Boss who turns into all four of the available player heroes to attack you all at once. She'll become your ally after you defeat all her summons.
- Multi-Armed and Dangerous: Asura, the giant Hindu statue with six arms holding six scimitars who serves as the second boss. Occasionally his arms will fling daggers as a ranged attack as well.
- Our Genies Are Different: Befitting the Middle-Eastern inspiration, the game have genies as Smart Bomb power-ups which can clear the screen of enemies and deal severe damage on bosses.
- Power Floats: The veiled wizard enemies float all over the place instead of walking, as does the Yogi boss who will float above the area before sinking rapidly to crush you.
- Rank Scales with Asskicking: Prince Lassia and Princess Lisa, as well as Captain Afshaal of the guards, are the best fighters among the game.
- Roc Birds: The third stage which is a Magic Carpet chase ends with your player fighting one of these as a boss.
- Sequential Boss:
- The above giant Roc boss needs to be fought twice, because it's so damn huge it's individual body parts have their own separate life meters. You must defeat the talons, one at a time, and then defeat the head who can spam giant feathers as projectiles. Defeat the head and the Roc is down.
- Baruantess, the Final Boss and main villain of the game, appropriately enough. His first form can Teleport Spam all over the arena, and after being defeated he gains a second health bar as he sic a Kirin as his steed and attacks you with it. Defeat his steed and he returns as a more powerful form with Doppelgänger Spin abilities, but this time your genie companion, Asura, the Yogi and the Doppelganger will return to your aid. After this third form Baruantess is down for good.
- Sinister Scimitar: Downplayed, scimitars are used on both fronts by heroes and villains alike to slice each other to bits.
- Talking Animal: The King Krakken, surprisingly enough, can communicate with the player. After you severed all it's tentacles, it then speaks up, and forms a truce with you if you spare it by offering you a ride to the next destination. You agree, and the Krakken keeps its word.
- Throne Room Throwdown: The Big Bad, Baruantess is fought in his throne room, where as soon as you enter he then teleports away from his throne to fight you.
- Warrior Prince and Warrior Princess: Lassia and Lisa, the children of the Sultan who wants to save their kingdom.
- In Shaharayarld, the King and his followers restored peace, and lived happily ever after.THE END
