Originally posted by Gregory
Eternal Champions...the Moorcock protagonists?One quick Wikipedia search later...
Oh...a Genesis fighting game from 1991. I wonder how many people here have even played the thing? Not me, certainly.
I played it when it was out on Genesis. I even got the ROM saved on my computer. Simply put, you beat your opponent, you advance. Lose and you drop back to the opponent you defeated last.
Should you lose at the Eternal Champion, he takes your character back to their death and says this:
"Your performance has disappointed me. You are not worthy
of the live beyond the life that fate dealt you. I have no
choice but to return you to your death. This outcome was
not as I had planned.
I doubt I have the energy to bring others back for another
contest. The world is left with little chance.
I must return to my meditation chamber and see if there is
a way to avert the certain disaster that awaits the future.
You have failed ans because of this, the future is in doubt.
My time is over...
And so is yours..."
If you win, he says this and you get your character's ending:
"You have completed the test. You have proven yourself
strong enough to return to the life that was stolen from you.
You will return a few seconds before your death. Use the
knowledge of your fate to change the prior outcome of
your life.
Prepare yourself! You are about to receive the ultimate
reward...life!
The balanced must be reestablished and it begins now!"