Star Wars: Masters of Teräs Käsi (PlayStation)

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Description

A fighting game in the Star Wars universe.

Shortly after the Battle of Yavin, the Emperor employs the services of a deadly young woman named Arden Lyn, master of the ancient martial art of Teras Kasi, to eliminate the key heroes of the Rebellion. Learning of the threat, Luke Skywalker and crew face her directly in a number of locales from the various worlds visited in the original trilogy.

Each warrior starts off fighting bare handed, but has a weapon that they can draw and use, ranging from Leia's staff to Han's blaster, to Luke's lightsaber. A typical fighting game, it features arcade, survival, team, practice, and versus modes. Combat takes place on square arenas, and ring-outs are possible. The backgrounds teem with images from the original Star Wars trilogy, from snowspeeders fighting walkers on Hoth to Endor Shuttle Pad from Return of the Jedi.The control scheme is also typical, and most of the powerful moves involve fairly complex combination of buttons.

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Part of the Following Groups

• Console Generation Exclusive: PlayStation
• Star Wars licensees

User Reviews

Avoid this game like Bantha poo!	James Kirk (168)
A good idea gone bad	Christopher Sutler (5)

Critic Reviews

Mega Fun	Jan, 1998	85 out of 100	85
Gamezilla	1998	84 out of 100	84
Consoles Plus	Jan, 1998	75 out of 100	75
Super Play (Sweden)	Apr, 1998	67 out of 100	67
Video Games	Mar, 1998	67 out of 100	67
Joystick (French)	Jun, 1998	55 out of 100	55
Game Informer Magazine	Jul, 2006	5 out of 10	50
GameSpot	Dec 03, 1997	4.4 out of 10	44
Joypad	May, 1998	2 out of 10	20
The Video Game Critic	May 18, 2005	F	0

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Trivia

Arden Lyn

Masters of Teras Kasi introduces the character of Arden Lyn to the Star Wars universe.

Title Translation

In Finnish, "teräs" means steel and "käsi" means hand. "Teräskäsi" would mean steel hand, but "Teräs Käsi" doesn't mean a thing in any language I know of.

Awards

• Screwattack
  • #10 in the Top Ten Worst Fighting Games video.

Additional information contributed by Arejarn and Guy Chapman.

Related Web Sites

• Official Masters of Teräs Käsi Site (Contains character profiles, a moves list, and other media.)