Tekken (鉄拳) fighting video game commercial.
0Tekken (鉄拳) is a fighting game developed and published by Namco. It was originally released for arcades in 1994, and ported to the PlayStation the following year. The game was well-received by critics. It is the first entry in the Tekken series, with a sequel, Tekken 2, being released in 1995.
Players choose a character from a lineup and engage in hand-to-hand combat with an opponent. By default, there are two rounds of combat. However, the players have a choice from one to five rounds, as well as options for the time limit of each round. If the time limit for the round expires, the character with more health remaining will be declared the winner; if one does not exist, the round will be a draw.
The locations are representations of real places and included Acropolis, Angkor Wat, Chicago, Fiji, King George Island, Kyoto, Marine Stadium, Monument Valley, Sichuan, Venice, and Windermere. In addition, unlike most fighting games of the period, the locations are not linked to a specific character, being randomised during gameplay with no ability for players to select a stage in Vs mode.
The original arcade version features eight playable fighters. Each has a special "sub-boss" associated with them, who will be fought in Stage 8, followed by the final boss, Heihachi Mishima.
All sub-bosses and Heihachi were never made playable in the original arcade version. When the game was ported to the PlayStation, however, they were made unlockable by clearing Arcade Mode using different characters. A total of 17 playable fighters exist in the console version.
In Japan, Game Machine listed it on their February 1, 1995 issue as being the fifth most-popular arcade game for the previous two weeks. It went on to be Japan's fourth highest-grossing arcade game of 1995, below Virtua Fighter 2, Street Fighter Zero and Vampire Hunter: Darkstalkers' Revenge. In the United States, it was one of top five highest-grossing arcade conversion kits of 1995.
Tekken was the first PlayStation game to sell over a million units. In Japan, it sold 942,000 units in 1995, making it the fourth best-selling home video game of 1995, below Dragon Quest VI, Chrono Trigger and Virtua Fighter 2. Tekken was also a best-seller in the United Kingdom, where it was the top-selling game in October and December 1995. In the United States, the game sold 786,556 units, for a combined 1,728,556 units sold in Japan and the United States.
Guinness World Records awarded Tekken with multiple records in the Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition 2008. These include, "First PlayStation Game to Sell Over One Million Units", "First Fighting Game To Feature Simulated 3D", as well as a record for the entire series as "The Best Selling Fighting Series for PlayStation Consoles."
『鉄拳』（てっけん、Tekken）は、1994年に稼働したナムコ（後のバンダイナムコエンターテインメント）の対戦格闘ゲーム。鉄拳シリーズの第1作目。
● アーケード版：1994年12月稼働開始（SYSTEM11）
● PlayStation版：1995年3月31日発売
● PlayStation 2版：2005年7月21日発売（ナムコレクションに収録）
● ゲームアーカイブス版：2011年7月6日ダウンロード販売
ナムコ初の3D格闘ゲームで、この同時期に発売された当時最新の家庭用ゲーム機PlayStationの互換基板でありそのゲーム機の開発・発売元であるソニー・コンピュータエンタテインメントと共同開発した新基板SYSTEM11の第一弾タイトルでもある。
3D格闘ゲームの先駆けとなったセガの『バーチャファイター』シリーズ（リリース当時は『バーチャファイター2』）が爆発的に普及する中で第1作目はリリースされた。空中コンボという新しい概念を定着させたのも、初代『鉄拳』の功績の1つでもある。
プレイヤーキャラクターは8名。各キャラクターのサイドストーリーに関係する中ボスキャラクターおよび最終ステージのボスキャラクター・三島平八は、先行のアーケード版ではCPUキャラクターとしての登場のみで、PlayStation版で初めて使用可能となった。
なお、PlayStation 2用ソフトの『鉄拳5』にはアーケード版が、『ナムコレクション』にはPlayStation版が完全移植されている