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Red Earth

Red Earth is a fantasy-themed 2D competitive fighting game released by Capcom as a coin-operated video game in 1996. Red Earth is the only CPS III video game which has never been officially ported to home…

21 December 1996

Red Earth is a fighting developed by Capcom, released 21 December 1996 on Arcade.

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What Red Earth is

Red Earth is a fighting game developed by Capcom and released in 1996. It is available on Arcade only. It runs on Capcom Play System III (CPS-3).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Red Earth is a fantasy-themed 2D competitive fighting game released by Capcom as a coin-operated video game in 1996. Red Earth is the only CPS III video game which has never been officially ported to home platforms, although its characters have appeared in later Capcom games.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Red Earth launched on 21 December 1996, within three weeks of Mario Kart 64, Wild Arms, PaRappa the Rapper and Mega Man 8.

Released around the same time: Mario Kart 64, Wild Arms, PaRappa the Rapper, Mega Man 8.

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When did Red Earth come out?
Red Earth was released on 21 December 1996 for Arcade.

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