Fighting Fantasy (Japan revision ?)

Arcade Video game published 35 years ago:

Fighting Fantasy (c) 1989 Data East.

The brave knight takes on a slew of medieval opponents. Money won during fights can be used to purchase fighter upgrades.

The game has 9 different selectable colosseums, each with a different opponent to face:
Pandemonium: Cawnus the Lamia Noble
Gehenna: Gran the Gargoyle
Tarterus: Norfolk the Lizard Man
Gadsheim: Sharon the Armor Dragon
Archeron: Daldnoa the Scorpion Man
Elysium: Solomon the Wizard
Twin Paradises: Charry Steve The Assassins
Abyss: Pon the Giant

- TECHNICAL -

Main CPU : Motorola 68000 (@ 10 Mhz), HuC6280 (@ 1.342325 Mhz)
Sound CPU : MOS Technology M6502 (@ 1.5 Mhz)
Sound Chips : YM2203 (@ 1.5 Mhz), YM3812 (@ 3 Mhz), OKI6295 (@ 7.757 Khz)

Players : 2
Control : 8-Way Joystick
Buttons : 2
=> Slash, Jump

- TRIVIA -

Released in March 1989 in japan, this game is known outside Japan as "Hippodrome".

Pony Canyon / Scitron released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (G.S.M. Data East 1 - D25B1002) on 21/06/1989.

- STAFF -

Game Designers : Marcy Eiko, Dotman
Hardware : Darkness K.K
Programmers : Susan, Vince Y., Tac. H
Sounds : Azusa Hara (Azusa), Hiroaki Yoshida (Maro), Hitomi Komatsu, Hiroyuki