Arcade Video game published 22 years ago:
Shiritsu Justice Gakuen - Legion of Heroes (c) 1997 Capcom.
- TECHNICAL -
Sony ZN-1 Hardware
Main CPU : PSX (@ 16.9344 Mhz)
Sound CPU : Zilog Z80 (@ 8 Mhz)
Sound Chips : SPU (@ 8 Mhz), Q-Sound (@ 4 Mhz)
Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 6
- TRIVIA -
Shiritsu Justice Gakuen was released in November 1997 in Japan. It is known outside Japan as "Rival Schools - United by Fate".
The title of this game translates from Japanese as 'Private Justice Academy - Legion of Heroes'.
Justice Gakuen is the name of one of five schools in this game. They are :
1) Taiyou Gakuen (translates from Japanese as 'Solar Academy') : Batsu, Hinata and Kyousuke are students at this school.
2) Gorin Koukou (translates from Japanese as '5-Ring High School') : Shouma, Natsu, Roberto are students at this school. The word 'gorin' is made up of two kanji: 'go' and 'rin' .
3) Pacific High School : This is an American school, where exchange students Roy, Tiffany and Boman attend.
4) Gedou Koukou (translates from Japanese as 'Heretical Doctrine High School') : Edge, Akira, Gan are students at this school for bad kids.
5) Justice Gakuen (translates from Japanese as 'Justice Academy') : Hideo, Kyouko, Raizou and Hyou are faculty at Justice Gakuen.
Suleputer released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Shiritsu Justice Gakuen - Legend of Heroes Orignal Soundtrack - CPCA-1002) on January 29, 1998.
- TIPS AND TRICKS -
* Play Against Hyo : When you get to the seventh chapter (what would normally be the last fight), defeat your opponents with a Team Up Attack and you will go on to fight Hyo, the real boss. After beating him you will also receive a different ending then you normally would.
* Free Select Mode : After 2 weeks of installation, characters can be team up freely (but no story).
* Free Select Mode Code (no need time-release) : Go to test mode's 'Dot Cross Hatch' and press on the player 1 side Up(x2), Down(x2) LK, HP. Exit test mode and start a game holding Start button until character select screen appear.
* Play As Hyo / As Raizo : After 3 weeks of installation, insert your coin(s) and hold Start. Hyo and Raizo will be selectable.
*Play As Hyo / As Raizo (no need time-release) : Go to test mode's 'Sound&Voice' and press on the player 2 side Up(x2), Down(x2), LK, HP. Exit test mode and start a game holding Start button until character select screen appear.
* Play As Sakura / As Akira : After 4 weeks of installation, insert your coin(s) and hold Start. There will be two arrows above Hyo and Raizo.
* Play As Sakura / As Akira (no need time-release) : When Hyo and Raizo can be used, go to test mode's 'Input' and press on the player 2 side Up(x2), Down(x2), and on the player 1 side LK, HP. Exit test mode and start a game holding Start button until character select screen appear.
- SERIES -
1. Shiritsu Justice Gakuen - Legion of Heroes (1997)
2. Moero! Justice Gakuen (2000)
- STAFF -
* CAST :
1) Taiyou Gakuen :
Batsu Ichimonji : Nobuyuki Hiyama
Hinata Wakaba : Tomoe Hanba
Kyosuke Kagami : Isshin Chiba
Hayato Nekketsu : Takumi Yamazaki
2) Gorin Koukou :
Shoma Sawamura : Yuji Ueda
Natsu Ayuhara : Narumi Tsunoda
Roberto Miura : Tomoyuki Morikawa
3) Pacific High School :
Roy Bromwell : Ryutato Okiayu
Tiffany Rose : Miki Narahashi
Boman Delgado : Takashi Nagasako
4) Gedou Koukou :
Eiji Yamada (Edge) : Yoshiharu Yamada
Akira Kazama : Chiharu Tezuka
Gan Isurugi : Takashi Nagasako
Daigo Kazama : Koichi Yamadera
5) Justice Gakuen :
Hideo Shimazu : Tetsuo Mizutori
Kyoko Minazuki : Kotono Mitsuishi
Raizo Imawano : Tomomichi Nishimura
Hyou Imawano : Kaneto Shiozawa
6) Tamagawa Minami Koukou :
Sakura Kasugano : Yuko Sasamoto
7) Sub-characters :
Shizuku Itsumonji (Batsu's mother) : Kotono Mitsuishi
Kohai B / Hisho / Committee Chairman : Miki Narahashi
Kohai A : Tomoe Hanba
Tiffany's Dad : Tetsuo Mizutori
Professor : Tomomichi Nishimura
Narration : Kaneto Shiozawa
- PORTS -
Here is a list of ports released in Japan. For ports released outside Japan, please see the Export version's entry; "Rival Schools - United by Fate".
* CONSOLES:
[JP] Sony PlayStation (jul.30, 1998) [Model SLPS-01240~1]
[JP] Sony PlayStation (feb.22, 2012, PSOne Classics edition)
- CONTRIBUTE -
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