Moldy Oldies

Tag: 1990s gaming

  • IHotM: Rezo, the Red Priest (May 1999)

    A miracle worker turned mythic threat, Rezo’s crusade to cure his blindness spiraled into a dark legacy of sorcery, betrayal, and world-ending ambition. Name: Rezo, The Red Priest First Appearance: Slayers (1995 anime); Slayers, vol. 1 (1989 novel) Affiliation: The Five Great Sages Weapon: High-level sorcery; staff Fighting Style: Arcane magic, summoning, soul manipulation, and…

  • IHotM: Adrian Farenheits Tepes (Alucard) (March 1999)

    Eternal, elegant, and emotionally unavailable—Alucard is the half-vampire heartbreak that defined a generation of melancholy gamers. Name: Adrian Fahrenheit Ţepeş (Alucard) First Appearance: Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse (1989) Weapon: Alucard Sword, enchanted shields, familiars, and spellcraft Fighting Style: Elegant hybrid of swordplay and vampiric magic; transforms into mist, bat, and wolf. Immortal Birthplace: Dracula’s Castle,…

  • IHotM: Shiro Tokisada Amakusa (February 1999)

    Once a martyr, now a menace—Amakusa returns from the grave with sorcery, spite, and a floating orb full of unresolved issues. Name: Shiro Tokisada Amakusa First Appearance: Samurai Shodown (1993) Affiliation: Servant of Ambrosia (I, II); wandering spirit (III, IV) Weapon: Gadamer Gem — a cursed floating orb of dark energy Fighting Style: Mystic sorcery…

  • IHotM: Vincent Valentine (January 1999)

    Mysterious, transformed by science, and cloaked in crimson—Vincent Valentine walks the line between man and myth. Name: Vincent Valentine First Appearance: Final Fantasy VII (1997, PlayStation) Affiliation: Avalanche; formerly the Turks Weapon: Triple-barrel revolvers (notably, Death Penalty) Fighting Style: Precise ranged combat; transforms via volatile Limit Breaks Height: 184 cm (6′0″) Weight: 82 kg (181…

  • IHotM: Ukyo Tachibana (November 1998)

    Blue silk, slower footsteps, and a heart spoken through falling petals—Ukyo doesn’t arrive so much as drift into view. Name: Ukyo Tachibana First Appearance: Samurai Shodown (1993, Arcade/Neo Geo) Affiliation: None (wandering swordsman) Weapon: Nameless self-forged katana Fighting Style: Shinmusō Ittō-Ryū (Divine Reverie One Blade Style) Height: 176 cm (5′9″) Weight: 41 kg (91 lbs)…

  • IHotM: Basara Kubikiri (September 1998)

    He’s haunted, heartbroken, and armed with a triple-bladed shuriken—what more could you want? Name: Basara Kubikiri First Appearance: Samurai Shodown III (1995, Arcade/Neo Geo) Affiliation: None Status: Deceased Weapon: Togabitogoroshi — a triple-bladed chained shuriken Height: Approx. 5′9″ (175 cm) Weight: 130 lbs (59 kg) Birthplace: Tamba, Japan Date of Death: April 1, 1788 Fighting…

  • IHotM: Sephiroth (August 1998)

    Cold, calculating, and carved like a myth—Sephiroth isn’t just Shinra’s finest experiment, he’s every tragic backstory rolled into six feet of silver-haired menace. Let’s break him down. Name: Sephiroth First Appearance: Final Fantasy VII (1997, PS1) Affiliation: Shinra Electric Power Company (Former) Rank: SOLDIER 1st Class Weapon: Masamune (extra-long katana) Height: Approx. 6′1″ (185 cm)…