ULTIMATE GUIDE: BLACK TIGER
y the mid-to-late Eighties, it was almost impossible to switch on the TV or go to Mattel cartoon He-Man And The Masters Of The Universe was still popular, as were the Arnold Schwarzenegger Conan movies, and the phenomenon had already permeated arcades. Atari’s Gauntlet sported a powerful tank character simply named Warrior, while Tecmo’s Rygar strode across various desolate landscapes, slicing anything that approached with his deadly diskarmour weapon. Then, in 1987, two more brawny heroes duked it out: Taito’s savage Rastan and Black Tiger, whom, like Rygar, wields a chained weapon to slay his enemies, this time a powerful metal sphere complete with multiple sharp points.
