Battle Master (1998)

A Japanese fighting game with 3D character models released on PlayStation in 1998 and re-released on PlayStation under the Major Wave series label in 2000 by Hamster Corporation. The game has a straight forward combat system, 4 buttons with L1 and R1 combinations for a total of 12 moves. there is also an upgrade system for characters that unlocks more moves by using a move enough times in normal gameplay. The game has a total of 120 moves and there is apparently a robot character/mode that can learn moves by fighting other characters, or has access to all possible moves already unlocked, which can then be used for custom loadouts for PvP matches.

• Release Date: January 8, 1998
• Developer: Taki Corporation