One Must Fall 2097 (DOS)

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Description

One Must Fall 2097 is a fighting game with a twist. Instead of the usual Street Fighter II trend of games, in this game you play one of 10 characters controlling one of 10 huge robots in a fighting match.

According to the game, in the year 2097, the human race is controlled by one company known as W.A.R., which started as a small company providing the Earth government with construction robots. After a while W.A.R. grew further and further and eventually took over Earth Gov.

In the year 2097, W.A.R. decided to colonize Ganymede, one of Jupiter's moons. Because of the harsh climate and difficult terrain, they sought for one person, the best of the best, to rule Ganymede for them. They've decided the best way to choose this person is to organize a huge contest, in which the winner will earn a seat in the W.A.R. high counsel and control of Ganymede.

You're one of the contestants, and you want to win.

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Alternate Titles

• "OMF:2097" -- Abbreviated title
• "OMF" -- Abbreviated title

Part of the Following Group

• One Must Fall series

User Reviews

Who said fighting games in computers sucked?	Depth Lord (1003)
Best fighter for the PC (which doesn't mean a lot but....)	Zovni (10627)
I hate fighting games.... Except this one...	Chris Martin (1204)
Crushes the competition!	Robyrt (54)
Fighting Masterpiece	Aaron Savadge (5)
The greatest beat 'em up to date!	Heikki Sairanen (115)
One Must Play This Game	MadCat (61)
The best fighting game for the PC.	Kalirion (666)
One of the greatest fighting games of all time is now freeware!	IJan (1990)
Play it. Now.	Tomer Gabel (4634)

Critic Reviews

GameHippo.com	Oct 30, 1997	9 out of 10	90
High Voltage Online	Oct 08, 2006	90 out of 100	90
Pelit	Jul, 1994	90 out of 100	90
Score	Jan, 1995	87 out of 100	87
The Good Old Days (Staff Reviews only)	Mar 22, 2017	5 out of 6	83
The Retro Spirit	May 17, 2010	5 out of 6	83
Retro Archives	Dec 24, 2017	16 out of 20	80
PC Fun (French)	Nov, 1994	15 out of 20	75
PC Player (Germany)	Jan, 1995	71 out of 100	71
GamersHell.com	Oct 20, 2000	6.3 out of 10	63

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Trivia

Kenny Chou, who made the music, was also known as C.C.Catch in the early PC demo scene. He was a member of the North American group "Renaissance".

The music was done with Scream Tracker 3, one of the first really "great" module trackers for the PC.

Related Web Sites

• Epic Classics (Epic Classics are on sale again, including the BOXED version of One Must Fall...)
• OMF as freeware (One Must Fall: 2097 is now freeware, and you can download it here.)
• One Must Fall 2 (A website put up by Rob Elam, covering the sequel in development.)
• One Must Fall 2097 freeware version (One Must Fall 2097 has been liberated and it's available here.)
• One Must Fall Strategy (A compilation of strategy hints for every aspect of OMF: pilots, robots, tournaments, and arenas.)