<s>
Warrior	B-Application
is	O
a	O
1979	B-Application
arcade	O
fighting	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
considered	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
fighting	O
games	O
,	O
excepting	O
several	O
boxing	B-Application
games	O
such	O
as	O
Heavyweight	B-Application
Champ	I-Application
,	O
released	O
in	O
1976	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Atari	O
's	O
unreleased	O
Boxer	O
(	O
which	O
was	O
cloned	O
as	O
1980	O
's	O
Boxing	B-Application
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Developed	O
by	O
Tim	O
Skelly	O
while	O
working	O
at	O
Cinematronics	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
Vectorbeam	B-Application
company	O
name	O
shortly	O
before	O
Cinematronics	O
closed	O
Vectorbeam	B-Application
down	O
;	O
they	O
had	O
purchased	O
the	O
company	O
in	O
1978	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
featured	O
two	O
dueling	O
knights	O
rendered	O
in	O
monochrome	O
vector	O
graphics	O
and	O
based	O
on	O
crude	O
motion	B-Application
capture	I-Application
techniques	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
the	O
limitations	O
of	O
the	O
hardware	O
used	O
,	O
the	O
processor	B-Device
could	O
not	O
render	O
the	O
characters	O
and	O
gaming	O
environment	O
at	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
and	O
backgrounds	O
were	O
printed	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
characters	O
projected	O
on	O
the	O
top	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
Skelly	O
planned	O
for	O
a	O
two-player	O
system	O
with	O
each	O
player	O
using	O
two	O
joysticks	B-Device
,	O
one	O
to	O
control	O
the	O
movement	O
of	O
the	O
player	O
and	O
the	O
other	O
controlling	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
weapon	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
result	O
,	O
very	O
few	O
remain	O
in	O
working	O
order	O
,	O
with	O
only	O
one	O
known	O
restored	O
machine	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
Kingdom	O
Warrior	B-Application
is	O
emulated	O
by	O
MAME	B-Device
.	O
</s>
