Eternal Champions: Challenge from the Dark Side

Eternal Champions:
Challenge From The Dark Side
North American cover art
DeveloperSega Interactive Development Division
PublisherSega
DirectorMichael Terlecki
ProducersMichael Latham
John C. Brandstetter
Erik Wahlberg
DesignersMichael Latham
Erik Wahlberg
ProgrammerJohn Kuwaye
ArtistsDavid C. Russ
Albert Co
Francis Co
ComposerTristan des Prés
PlatformSega CD
Release
  • NA: 1995
  • EU: May 1995
GenreFighting game
ModesSingle-player, Multiplayer

Eternal Champions: Challenge from the Dark Side (also known as Eternal Champions 2 or Eternal Champions CD) is a fighting video game for the Sega CD. It was published in June 1995 in North America and during the same year in Europe, within the waning days of the platform lifespan.

The game is an update of the Sega Genesis game Eternal Champions. Both games were developed by an internal team at Sega Interactive Development Division and designed by Michael Latham, a developer with Sega of America from their early days.

Eternal Champions: Challenge from the Dark Side includes the nine playable fighters and a non-playable boss from the first game, and adds 13 new playable characters (nine of which are hidden) and a new boss. Also, new moves called "Cinekills" were added, which are essentially fatality scenes rendered in full motion video.