Lost In Translation/Vampire Savior - The Lord of Vampire

Vampire Savior ; The Lord of Vampire
Manufacturer	Capcom
Released	1997
Control; Method	8-way Joystick; 6 Button(s)
Main CPU	68000 (@ 11.800 MHz); Z80 (@ 8.000 MHz)
Sound CPU	Stereo; Q-Sound (@ 4.000 MHz)
Video; Details	Raster (Horizontal); 384 x 224 pixels; 59.63 Hz; 4,096 Palette colours
Screens	1
ROM Info	20 ROMs; 46,399,488 bytes (44.25 MiB)
MAME ID	vsav · vsava · vsavh · vsavj · vsavu

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About The Game

Vampire Savior - The Lord of Vampire is a one-on-one fighting arcade video game featuring fifteen characters who fight to end the reign of Jedah, the Vampire Savior and save their own souls!

Additional Technical Information

Players : 2

Control : 8-way joystick

Buttons : 6

= > [1] LP, [2] MP, [3] HP

= > [4] LK, [5] MK, [6] HK

Trivia

Released in May 1997.

There is a secret title named "Darkstalkers - Jedah's Damnation" (hosted in a gfx rom but not used in the game). Some US and European copies were hacked to use the 'Jedah's Damnation' title.

Lilith was originally slightly different, in back-story, to the one we know now. She was what is occasionally referred to as a white-wing, with her angelic heritage hidden from view most of the time. This idea was dropped, due to, supposedly, too many angel characters in games. Briefly, She was redesigned as a hermaphrodite, but that too was dropped, most likely due to the fact it would have courted controversy, and instead she was made into part of Morrigan.

Victor Entertainment released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Vampire Savior : Capcom Game Soundtrack - VICL-60098, 60099) on 21/08/1997.

Updates

The US version is slightly different, it has the "Winners Don't Use Drugs" screen.

Name changes between JAPAN and US/WORLD version

Bulleta - Baby Bonnie Hood
Lei Lei - Hsein Ko
Gallon - Jon Talbain
Zabel Zarock - Lord Raptor
Aulbath - Rikuo

Tips and tricks

Hidden Warriors

To reach your character's hidden warrior, you must finish the stage without losing any energy bats, and without time-outs. The KO move MUST be an EX Finish. Dark Force or ES Finishes may be acceptable, but an EX Finish is preferred. If you meet this condition, you'll get a 'Here comes a new challenger' prompt as you enter the fourth stage. Each character has their own boss character fights (i.e. Demitri's final boss is Morrigan, Jedah's final boss is Demitri, etc.), and after you finish the first 6 stages, you must defeat your character's boss character in Stage 7 to finish the game. If your character's final boss is Jedah, there will be a special intro scene.

Play as Original Jon Talbain

(Gallon in the Japanese version) At the character select screen, highlight Jon Talbain (Gallon) and press Start and all three punch buttons at the same time.

Shoul Mode

On the character select screen, go to the [?] box, press Start 5 times, then push any punch or kick button.

Alternate Shoul Mode

On the character select screen, go to the character whom you would like to use first stage, press Start 3 times, after go to the [?] box, press Start 5 times, then push any punch or kick button.

Win Poses

By holding any attack button at the end of a fight, you may choose most of each character's win poses. However, there are a few that can't be seen with this trick, such as Felicia's perfect win pose.

Tricks

Even though the Start button is mostly used as a taunt button, there are a few characters that can use it for some rather silly moves such as Sasquatch & Felicia.

If you leap at the enemy's head without attacking while using Felicia, you'll sit on their heads as long as neither player moves at all. An extra taunt? :)

EX Moves

Anakaris

(3/4 max) In the Sarcophage : Left, DownLeft, Down, DownRight, Right + 2 Punches
(1/2 max) Pharao Magic I : MK, LP, Down, LK, MP
[Need 2 powers] (1/2 max) Pharao Magic II : HK, MP, Down, MK, HP
[Need 3 powers] (1/2 max) Pharao Magic III : HK, MP, LK, Down, LP, MK, HP

Baby Bonnie Hood ('Bulleta' in Japan)

(Anywhere) Hunt the Duck : Left, DownLeft, Down, DownRight, Right + 2 Punches
(Near) Beautiful Memory : Left, DownLeft, Down, DownRight, Right + 2 Kicks
(Close) Apple Blast : Right, DownRight, Down, DownLeft, Left + 2 Kicks

Bishamon

(Close) Oni Kubi Hineri : Right, DownRight, Down, DownLeft, Left + 2 Punches
(Anywhere) Enma Seki : Left, DownLeft, Down, DownRight + 2 Kicks

Demitri

(3/4 max) Demon Pillion : Down, Right, DownRight + 2 Kicks
(Sweep distance) Sucking the Blood : Right, Down, DownRight + 2 Punches
[Need 2 powers] (Sweep Distance) Midnight Pleasure : LP, MP, Right, MK, MK

Felicia

(3/4 max) Weapon X - 11 hit : Left, DownLeft, Down, DownRight, Right + 2 Punches
(Anywhere) Help Me, Please - 34 hit : Left, DownLeft, Down, DownRight, Right + 2 Kicks

Hsein Ko ('Lei Lei' in Japan)

(Anywhere) The Blast : Left, DownLeft, Down, DownRight, Right + 2 Punches
(Anywhere) Chireitou : Left, DownLeft, Down, DownRight, Right + 2 Kicks
(Anywhere) Tenraiha : LK, HK, MP, MP, Up

Jedah

(Anywhere) Finale Rosso : Down (x2) + 2 Punches
(Anywhere) Plova Di Selbo : Left, DownLeft, Down, DownRight, Right + 2 Kicks, Tap MK to grap opponent

Jon Talbain ('Gallon' in Japan)

(Anywhere) Dragon Cannon : Left, DownLeft, Down, DownRight, Right + 2 Kicks
(Close) Moment Slice : LP, MP, Right, LK, MK

Lilith

(near) Bats : Right, Down, DownRight + 2 Kicks
(near) Luminous Vision : LP, LP, Right, LK, HP
[Need 2 powers] (Far) Gloomy Puppet Show : Down, DownRight, Right + 2 Kicks

Lord Raptor ('Zabel Zarock' in Japan)

(1/2 max) Evil Scream : Right, Left + 2 Punches
(1/2 max) Death Voltage : Right, DownRight, Down, DownLeft + 2 Kicks
(Anywhere) Hell Dunk : Right, Down, DownRight + 2 Punches

Q-Bee

(3/4 max) Chrysalid : Right, Down, DownRight + 2 Punches
(Anywhere) Bee attack : Left, DownLeft, Down, DownRight, Right + 2 Kicks

Morrigan

(Sweep Distance) Darkness Illusion : LP, LP, Right, LK, HP
(Anywhere) Valkyrie Turn : Right, RightDown, Down, DownLeft, Left, (any) Kick, then LK (close), or MK (medium), or HK (far)
(Anywhere) Shocked : Right, HP, MP, LP, Right
(Anywhere) Finishing Shower : MP, LP, Left, LK, MK

Rikuo ('Aulbath' in Japan)

(1/2 max) Aqua Spread : Right, DownRight, Down + 2 Kicks or 2 Punches
(Anywhere) Water Jail : Right, Down, DownRight + 2 Punches
(Anywhere) Sea Rage - 8 hit : Left, DownLeft, Down, DownRight, Right + 2 Punches
[Need 3 powers] (Close) Direct Scissors : Down(x2) + 2 Punches

Sasquatch

(Anywhere) Big Freezer : Left, DownLeft, Down, DownRight + 2 Punches
(3/4 screen max) Big Eisbahn : Left, DownLeft, Down, DownRight + 2 Kicks
(Close) Big Sledge : 720 degrees + 2 Kicks

Victor

(Anywhere) Thunder Break : Down (2s), Up + 2 Kicks
(Corps to corps) MEGA Gerdenheim : 720 degrees + 2 Kicks

Series

Darkstalkers - The Night Warriors (1994)
Night Warriors - Darkstalkers' Revenge (1995)
Vampire Savior - The Lord of Vampire (1997)
Vampire Hunter 2 - Darkstalkers' Revenge (1997)
Vampire Savior 2 - The Lord of Vampire (1997)
Darkstalkers 3 - Vampire Savior (1999, Sony PlayStation)
Darkstalkers Chronicles - The Chaos Tower (2005, Sony PSP)

Staff

Main Music Composer: Takayuki Iwai (Anarchy Takapon)
Sub Music Composer: Masato Koda (Cipher)
Sound Effects & Voice Edit: Moe.T (Cipher)
Sound Drivers: Yasushi Ikeda" A!Ohana"
Sound Tool: Tomohiro Masuda (Q~CVE)
Sound "Q_64M" Hardware: Ida~~~~~~~N
Character Designers: Eripyon.N (Eripyonsuke); Makoto Ishii; Fujihara; Ari; Takemoto; Rumi Chan; Takayuki Kosaka; Reiko Komatsu; Masarusan-N; Kuri; Tanuki; Kitasan; Ball Boy; Mizuho; Q; Who; Kimo Kimo; N_Labo; You-Ten Nakano; Mizupyon; Kaname; Tsuyoshi; Fuzii & Peliko; G.Kamina; Yoshioka; Isi-B Gao; Hitoshi Igarashi; Kozuchi
Scroll Designers: Yuki Kyotani; Yumiko Nakatsuka; Tamachan; Morisaki Chie; Goro Suzuki (1996); Kanno; Yuugen; Pokkemon
Program Designers: Shinchan (as 'Hyper Shinchan'); Cham Cho Choy; Pon; Min; Ittetsu; 24 (nishi); Moto $ Tomo Nogi; Teruaki Hirokado; Hard.Yas (-Jedah-)
Planners: S. Obata; Neo_G H.Ishizawa; Malachie; Nohah; Kanetaka (Kinta)
Producer: Tetsuya Iijima
General Producers: Noritaka Funamizu; Yoshiki Okamoto

Voice Actors

Jedah: Isshin Chiba
Q-Bee & B. B. Hood: Miyuki Matsushita
Lilith: Hiroko Konishi
Demitri: Nobuyuki Hiyama
Morrigan: Yayoi Jinguji
Felicia: Kae Araki
Rikuo, Lord Raptor & Jon Talbain: Yuuji Ueda
Victor, Bishamon, Sasquatch & Anakaris: Kan Tokumaru
Hsien-Ko: Michiko Neya
Emily: Kozue Yoshizumi

Cabinet and Artwork

Vampire Savior arcade cabinet.
Vampire Savior flyer.
Inside of the Vampire Savior flyer.
Inside of the Vampire Savior flyer.
Back of the Vampire Savior flyer.

Ports

Consoles: Sega Saturn (1998); Sony PlayStation 2 (2005, "Vampire Darkstalker's Collection")

Soundtrack Releases

Album Name	Catalogue No.	Released	Publisher	Comments
Vampire Savior: The Lord of Vampire	VICL-60098~9^[1]	1997-08-21	Victor Entertainment	2 CD version.
Vampire Another Selection ~The Unreleased Takes~	CFCL-0001^[2]	1998-06-11	CFC, Suleputer	CD version.

References

↑ Vampire Savior: The Lord of Vampire (CD) at the VGMdb
↑ Vampire Another Selection ~The Unreleased Takes~ (CD) at the VGMdb

The contents of this page are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
The sources used include MAME (version 0.113u2) and history.dat (revision 1.28 - 2008-10-18).
Please see http://www.arcade-history.com for credits.

[1] Vampire Savior: The Lord of Vampire (CD) at the VGMdb

[2] Vampire Another Selection ~The Unreleased Takes~ (CD) at the VGMdb

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