A New Blood Hack For An Old Game
A New Blood Hack For An Old Game No comments by: Zoe Skyforest July 24, 2026 Title: Copy Short Link: Copy Even before 3D graphics and advanced shaders became common in the gaming world, there were concerns that virtual violence looked too realistic. Fighting games in the 1990s were routinely toned-down by having gratuitous displays of blood removed, which was often seen as disappointing by dedicated fans. [Raphaël Boichot] has been working to right this wrong in one obscure case, by rectifying the lack of blood in Sengoku 2. Sengoku 2 was a title released in 1993 for the Neo Geo AES/MVS and the Neo Geo CD.
- ▪A New Blood Hack For An Old Game No comments by: Zoe Skyforest July 24, 2026 Title: Copy Short Link: Copy Even before 3D graphics and advanced shaders became common in the gaming world, there were concerns that virtual violence looked too r
- ▪Fighting games in the 1990s were routinely toned-down by having gratuitous displays of blood removed, which was often seen as disappointing by dedicated fans. [Raphaël Boichot] has been working to right this wrong in one obscure case, by re
- ▪Sengoku 2 was a title released in 1993 for the Neo Geo AES/MVS and the Neo Geo CD.
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| Publication time | Fri, 24 Jul 2026 08:00:07 +0000 |
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A New Blood Hack For An Old Game No comments by: Zoe Skyforest July 24, 2026 Title: Copy Short Link: Copy Even before 3D graphics and advanced shaders became common in the gaming world, there were concerns that virtual violence looked too realistic. Fighting games in the 1990s were routinely toned-down by having gratuitous displays of blood removed, which was often seen as disappointing by dedicated fans. [Raphaël Boichot] has been working to right this wrong in one obscure case, by rectifying the lack of blood in Sengoku 2. Sengoku 2 was a title released in 1993 for the Neo Geo AES/MVS and the Neo Geo CD. It hit the market with relatively tame graphics that didn’t reflect the realistic amount of blood that should be released when an enemy was chopped in half with a sword.
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