This one would be the last released title of OSP. Ironically it is a remake of the very first OSP product : The Tournament of Zulula. In the original edition, I made all the graphics for the game. Later, a new version of it called the "Elite Edition" was made. With several new monsters (8), 2 new bosses and completely new graphics by Trent Troop. All the screenshots below are from the "Elite Edition".
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The small and quiet city of Zulula has exploded, as it's tournament became more and more popular! Stronger and stronger races came from all over Akistar to prove that they are the best! The tournament is much bigger and lasts much longer! Creatures of evil, such as the slimy Protoplasmic Horror Shar-Ooz, the bone-crushing Giant Skeleton Kiro and the wretched Storm Giant Sharak Kilman act as tyrants in their part of the city. You came to Zulula for fame and fortune, but seeing all that evil at work, you realize there is a cleaning job to do!
Features: * Great VGA graphics * An impressive list of 24 different races including all your favorite "Tournament of Zulula" characters', "Champions of Zulula 1.0" characters, and 8 ALL NEW characters! * New races including fladermaus, obfuscar, warlock and more! * Single matches * 16 monsters elimination tournament * Awesome 20 monsters bash, where only endurance, speed, and careful strategy can lead to victory! * 5 evil Lords to defeat (twice as big as a normal human!) Accumulate points to get your chance against these lords! * New evil lord: Akolan and his strong Wood Golem (2 extra battles) * Awesome Adlib music by Dany Bougie (more soundtracks than in COZ 1.0) * Cool FM sound FX (for Adlib compatible sound cards) * NEW Digital Audio support (SB/SBPro/SB16/PAS/GUS) * Ambient sounds: Hear the crowd cheers or boo as fighters get eliminated! Listen to the creepy water drops in the sewers, the cold winds of the cemetary and more! Each background has it's own ambient sounds! (for digital sound cards only) * Character generation and evolution! Watch as you character gains points, and increase in notoriety! * Fighter markings: Two monsters of the same race fighting in the same match now have marking to tell them apart. * Storytelling segments. Learn about the rise of eachevil lord and the area they dominate! Tremble as the new boss makes his apparition and declares himself overlord of Zulula! * Violence adjustment: Blood mode and no blood mode. Parents can lock the game in "No Blood Mode"! * Visit the Hall of Fame to know who is the real Champion of Zulula * Adjustable difficulty levels from ridiculously easy to virutally impossible Champions of Zulula Elite gives you more than twice the races and twice the number of monsters per tournament than in The Tournament of Zulula! The awesome "20 monsters bash" has to be seen to be believed, as computer monsters and players fight the bloodiest fight ever!
Every single fight would begin with the two contestants taunting each other.
Here, a warlock (another class new to the Elite edition) prepares to fight an old veteran : the squid.
The battles are fought in the arena, the fight area has 3 dimensions, in the sense that you could guide your character towards or away from the point of view.
In a show of stunning courage, the squid leaps up to flee from his adversary!
Champions of Zulula also featured the same Elimination Tournament option of the original The Tournament of Zulula, however the number of contestants has been doubled.
Another veteran making it's return : The dog!
From the arena screen you would decide what kind of match you wanted.
This is the main event of this game, the 20 monsters bash. 4 contestants enter the arena, when one dies, another enter...
... Until only one remains standing. It's as much about luck of the draw as about abilities.
After a while, the ground would get messy. Yes, the blood stays on the ground until the event is over.
He's such a cute little doggie!
In Champions of Zulula, your final objective was to rid the city of the influence of 3 evil lords. Here, another veteran, the ostrich, will try to free the sewers from the protoplasmic horror...
... and fail.
The second lord, the skeleton warrior, was a tough one.
The final boss (in the non-elite edition) was Sharak Kilman, a very tall and strong storm giant.
After seeing that sword, I'd run away too.
In the elite edition, after defeating Kilman, the evil mage Akolan would resurrect all three lords, and you have to face them again, but this time they have allies.
After wiping out Kilman, the snakeman believed his job was done...
However Akolan saw things differently!
To defeat Akolan, you first have to bring down his enormous Wood Golem...
... then re-enter the castle of giant, now home of the sorcerer...
