Sunday, August 29, 2021

Timeless fighting game: Rival School!

 If you are going to ask, what is my favorite fighting game, my only answer is Rival School or Justice Gakuen/ 私立ジャスティス学園. When my first time to play the game around 1999 using a pirated disc. Since then, I never stop playing the game. Rival School is a fighting game that the characters are students from different schools. Originally, an arcade game with three iteration, due to its success, the first two was ported to the PlayStaton 1 and 3rd for Sega Dreamcast. Some of its characters were later ported to Capcom fighting game, StreetFighter.

The first Rival School game for the PlayStation (circa 2012)

I was able to try the PlayStation port of the first two games. My siblings and cousins play the game all day long. Never tried the Dreamcast version, but I was able to play it at the arcades wayback in 2002. I used to have the physical discs, but later sold in a bazaar 6 years ago. Fret not, as I bought a digital version of the game through PSN Store. 


Digital version of Rival School 2 

A few months ago, Sony announced that they will pull the plug the PSN for PS3, PS Vita, and PSP. However, due to public outcry, Sony reversed its decision except for PSP. Good thing that Sony realized that digital games are important in gaming community.