Body Blows

Upon the Amiga port of SFII being released Team 17 realized that the port was of low quality and this now left them with a hole in the Amiga market that, with the right game, they could exploit. Body Blows was the result of this.Body Blows is as classic a SFII clone as you can possibly get and many moves for the titles main two characters (Nik and Dan) are clones of Ryu and Ken's moves from the Street Fighter series. One of the key achievements Team 17 reached when developing Body Blows is that it is one of the first titles that could run on every Amiga ever made giving the game a large player base.Body Blows was followed up by Body Blows Galactic and then Ultimate Body Blows. Both of which contained more than the 11 characters found in the original Body Blows. CharactersName DescriptionSpecial Moves Nik's brother. Similar infighting style to Nik. Hehas learnt to control rageto produce bolts of pureaggression. Speed: MediumStrength: GoodPower PunchSuper RoundhouseDeflector BoltInner-Energy Bolt Fat wrestler with a specialearthquake move that isperformed by jumping up inthe air and splashing downchest first. For what he maylack in brains, he more thanmakes up for with brawn. Speed: Medium-FastStrength: GoodBattering RamSuper SlamHammer HookBody SlamEarth Tremor British bulldog boxerbanned from legal boxing.Junior's style comes fromhis boxing background andhis main attack is a quickpuch flurry. He is actuallynamed after one of thedesigners on the game. Speed: Medium-FastStrength: GoodIron UppercutThe BlitzFists Of Fury He was originally a USSRdancer that won manymedals for his country.Embarrassed by theridicule he received for hisbackground Kossak setabout building the world'smost perfect body.This led to him becomingincredibly strong but veryslow. Much like Zangief inSFII. Speed: SlowStrength: AwesomeSledgehammerEarthchargeDriller Killer He is a monk from Shaolinin China who was luredaway from his templeby the temptation of bigdollars on the fightingcircuit. Speed: Medium-FastStrength: FairArrow HandSpinning Super KickFlame Of Buddha She uses her "assets" andgood looks to distract heropponents. She is a fighterthat is low on power buthigh on speed. Speed: FastStrength: PoorHigh Split KickJaw BreakerFlying Splits KickFlamenco Fury He is a general all roundbrawler. Boss championof the game with aterrible secret.Electro ChargeLight SpeedFire Ball Business man and slaveto the rat race turnednutter fighter. He has theability to turn himself intoa whirlwind. Speed: Medium-FastStrength: FairWhirlwind PunchWhirlwind KickTornado He is a local gang leaderand has hatred for hisbrother Dan. His mainmoves are a powerfuluppercut and the abilityto throw lightning balls. Speed: MediumStrength: GoodPower PunchSuper RoundhouseInner-Energy Bolt He can use the ability totransport and turn invisibleto turn the tide of a match.One of the most annoyingthings about this charateris the incessant need forthe character to shout"ninja" every 2 seconds. Speed: MediumStrength: GoodShadowNinja Death RollNinja Sword SpinSuper Shadow This is the terriblesecret of Max!He is a Terminator! A Character that lacks anyinteresting back story buthas one notable ability.Yitu can teleport across theentire screen beforepunching someone in theface then teleporting back. Speed: AwesomeStrength: FairSuper LeapSpeed Of LightLocations