Dan-Ku-Ga

Dan-Ku-Ga
Developer: Taito Platform: Arcade (Taito F3 hardware)

This game was never completed and/or given a public release. As a result of this, keep in mind that the developers might have used or deleted some of the content featured here, had the game actually reached store shelves.

The Japan-only sequel to Global Champion/Kaiser Knuckle that never saw the light of day - at least officially.

Version Differences

This game can be summarized as the Japanese version of Kaiser Knuckle with the following basic changes:

The player can choose between two difficulty levels - Normal or Pro(fessional) - or enter a training mode.

Gonzales and Azteca are fully playable - except for their slots in the player select screen having no portraits - and have endings. They are now mid-bosses instead of bosses, being the 5th and 9th opponents respectively.

• New colors for backgrounds (including the player select screen) and characters. The former standard character color - also used by the CPU in mirror matches - can be selected with any kick button and the former single alternate color can be selected with the Start button; this is inverted for Gonzales and Azteca.
• Barts' Rolling Smash is now air-only and requires no charge.
• Boggy, Lihua and Marco gained new moves.

General's Unused Alternate Colors

Even though General is not officially playable, he does have two alternate colors like the other characters (but, unlike them, his standard color is the same one from GC/KK). To see them in-game, use one of the MAME codes below and select him with a kick button (brown uniform) or the Start button (red uniform). You can also reach the boss fight using his standard color to see the CPU using the kick button one; unfortunately, activating both codes in a 1P game does not force a mirror match (the game will become stuck after the CPU opponent is chosen), so your only option is to reach him the old fashioned way.

 <cheat desc="P1 Play as General">
   <script state="run">
     <action>maincpu.pb@40B321= B</action>
     <action>maincpu.pb@41454D= B</action>
   </script>
 </cheat>
 
 <cheat desc="P2 Play as General">
   <script state="run">
     <action>maincpu.pb@40B521= B</action>
     <action>maincpu.pb@41454F= B</action>
   </script>
 </cheat>

Crash Handler

If you do not skip the VS screen animations when playing as General, the game will display a crash handler (with a screaming noise) and reset.