Collect all 35
Every pilot, robot and arena of the game on a trading card, 35 of them, their numbers read from the game’s own files, and four ultra rares for the secrets. Point at a card to catch the light in its foil, and click it to turn it over.
Their power, agility and endurance, out of the game’s 20, and the three paints their robot wears.
Robot paint
Rare No. 001/35
Crystal No. 001
Forced to fend for herself after her parents' mysterious death, Crystal's determination has earned great respect.
Robot paint
Rare No. 002/35
Steffan No. 002
Although he is the youngest competitor in tournament history, Steffan fights with skill beyond his years.
Robot paint
Rare No. 003/35
Milano No. 003
Recruited by Raven for his outstanding kickboxing skills, Milano's speed and dexterity are legendary.
Robot paint
Rare No. 004/35
Christian No. 004
Christian's aggressive style strikes fear in the minds of competitors and desire in the hearts of many young women.
Robot paint
Rare No. 005/35
Shirro No. 005
Over his many years of competition, Shirro has developed unrivaled power, yet retains a youthful sense of humor.
Robot paint
Rare No. 006/35
Jean-Paul No. 006
His calculating and devious nature along with well-rounded abilities often intimidate Jean-Paul's opponents.
Robot paint
Rare No. 007/35
Ibrahim No. 007
A retired triathlete, Ibrahim's patience and honesty have made him a valued mentor to many aspiring competitors.
Robot paint
Rare No. 008/35
Angel No. 008
Angel's past is shrouded in mystery. Aside from her reclusive disposition and strong will, little is known of her.
Robot paint
Rare No. 009/35
Cossette No. 009
A veteran fighter, Cossette has become cautious, defensive, and bitter after being crippled in the arena.
Robot paint
Rare No. 010/35
Raven No. 010
As Major Kreissack's bodyguard and right-hand man, Raven has beaten and humiliated many inside, and outside, the arena.
Final opponent
Robot paint
Secret rare No. 011/35
Major Kreissack No. 011
The master of the W.A.R. tournament circuit, and its final opponent. Kreissack pilots Nova, and he has never been told no.
As the 1994 game draws them. Armor, speed, jump and stamina from their own fighter files.
All-rounder
Jaguar Leap · Concussion Cannon · Overhead Throw
Rare No. 012/35
Jaguar No. 012
The robot most pilots learn on, and the one many never leave. Quick on its feet and quicker to punish: it leaps across the arena, fires a concussion cannon and throws opponents clean over its head.
Special moves
Trickster
Shadow Dive · Shadow Punch · Shadow Slide · Shadow Grab
Rare No. 013/35
Shadow No. 013
A lean ninja of a machine that projects translucent copies of itself. Its shadows strike, slide and grab from where the robot is not. Opponents who watch the robot instead of its shadow do not watch for long.
Special moves
Speed
Speed-Kick · Off-Wall Attack · Spike-Charge
Rare No. 014/35
Thorn No. 014
Hunched and spindly, with long red spikes on its elbows and knees. Thorn lives on speed and surprise: kicks out of nowhere, attacks off the arena walls and a charge that leads with the spikes.
Special moves
Power flyer
Fire Spin · Super Thrust Attack · Jet Swoop
Rare No. 015/35
Pyros No. 015
Legs of flared thrusters painted with gold flames, hands like heavy gold blocks. Pyros rides on jets of fire: a spinning ring of flame, a thrust that crosses the arena in an instant and swoops from the air.
Special moves
Zoner
Ball Lightning · Rolling Thunder · Electric Shards
Rare No. 016/35
Electra No. 016
A slender, spiky robot with a crystalline torso and lightning crackling in its hands. Electra keeps opponents at a distance with ball lightning, thunder rolling along the floor and a spray of electric shards.
Special moves
Swordsman
Rising Blade · Head Stomp · Razor Spin
Rare No. 017/35
Katana No. 017
A samurai among robots, with long red blades along its forearms. Anything that jumps at the Katana meets the rising blade; anything that stays down gets its head stomped.
Special moves
Rushdown
Head-Butt · Flip Kick · Flying Hands
Rare No. 018/35
Shredder No. 018
Lean and agile, with clawed hands that can leave its arms and fly at the opponent. Head-butts and flip kicks make the Shredder one of the most aggressive robots in the arena.
Special moves
Grappler
Spinning Throw · Charging Punch · Swinging Chains
Rare No. 019/35
Flail No. 019
Top-heavy and unorthodox: an armored head-body on a coiled spring, rolling on a spiked wheel and swinging chains with spiked balls. The Flail spins opponents into throws and charges in fists first.
Special moves
Air
Diving Claw · Flying Talon · Wing Charge
Rare No. 020/35
Gargoyle No. 020
A winged demon of steel, with mechanical bat wings, a horned head and red talons. The Gargoyle owns the air: diving claws, flying talons and a charge on its wings.
Special moves
Technical
Small-Scale Teleportation · Matter Phasing · Stasis Activator
Rare No. 021/35
Chronos No. 021
Sleek and tall, with round gold joints and a red triangle on its chest. Chronos bends the rules of space: it teleports across the arena, phases through solid matter and freezes enemies in stasis.
Special moves
The final machine
Mini Grenade · Missile Launcher · Earthquake Smash
Secret rare No. 022/35
Nova No. 022
Major Kreissack's own super-robot: bulky angular armor, a gold horn crest and fists that launch grenades and missiles. Nova waits at the end of the road. It is not on the select screen, but pilots have been known to find it anyway.
Special moves
Heavyweight
Ice Lance · Glacial Ram · Frost Spikes
Holo rare No. 023/35
Glacier No. 023
A heavy ice juggernaut, slow, strong and hard to put down, crowned with red ice crystals. It throws spears of ice, charges shoulder first on a slide of ice and stomps frost spikes out of the floor.
Special moves
Aerial
Gale Blast · Cyclone Kick · Sky Dive
Holo rare No. 024/35
Tempest No. 024
Light and fast, a wind robot with swept fins streaming back from its head. Its jumps are high and floaty: it throws whirlwinds, rises in a spinning kick that hits again and again, and dives out of the sky.
Special moves
Armor breaker
Drill Rush · Corkscrew · Drill Bit
Holo rare No. 025/35
Helix No. 025
An industrial driller with a spiral drill for one arm and a claw for the other. It charges drill first, drives up in a corkscrew uppercut and fires its drill head across the arena like a missile.
Special moves
Phantom
Photon Beam · Phase Shift · Shadow Strike
Holo rare No. 026/35
Spectre No. 026
A phantom in a hood and a cloak of blades, with lasers built into its forearms. It fires bolts of light, fades out to reappear behind its opponent and dashes in on a kick that trails afterimages.
Special moves
Their hazards, their weather and the music they fight to.
No hazard
Where W.A.R.'s machines get their first public testing: a steel pit under floodlights, the crowd behind the cage net.
Common No. 027/35
Stadium No. 027
Where W.A.R.'s machines get their first public testing: a steel pit under floodlights, the crowd behind the cage net.
Wall spikes
Spikes shoot out of the walls. Keep your opponent against them, and yourself away from them.
Common No. 028/35
Danger Room No. 028
Spikes shoot out of the walls. Keep your opponent against them, and yourself away from them.
Electrified fences
Built inside a lightning-receptive power plant: the walls deliver electric shocks.
Common No. 029/35
Power Plant No. 029
Built inside a lightning-receptive power plant: the walls deliver electric shocks.
Fireballs
Holographic spheres ignite fireballs under the fighters, over a grate of glowing lava.
Common No. 030/35
Fire Pit No. 030
Holographic spheres ignite fireballs under the fighters, over a grate of glowing lava.
Strafing jets
Golden dunes at sunset, and fighter jets strafing anything that stands still.
Common No. 031/35
The Desert No. 031
Golden dunes at sunset, and fighter jets strafing anything that stands still.
New
No hazard
A space station's hangar with the Earth in its window. Dust floats in the low gravity, and now and then a shuttle passes outside.
Holo rare No. 032/35
Orbital No. 032
A space station's hangar with the Earth in its window. Dust floats in the low gravity, and now and then a shuttle passes outside.
New
No hazard
A frozen cavern under the aurora. Snow blows in, frost mist creeps over the ice, shooting stars fall over the mountains.
Holo rare No. 033/35
Ice Cave No. 033
A frozen cavern under the aurora. Snow blows in, frost mist creeps over the ice, shooting stars fall over the mountains.
New
No hazard
A skyscraper's roof in the rain above a neon city. Lightning flashes over the skyline as a hover-car cruises by.
Holo rare No. 034/35
Rooftop No. 034
A skyscraper's roof in the rain above a neon city. Lightning flashes over the skyline as a hover-car cruises by.
New
No hazard
A glass dome on the sea floor. Bubbles rise, light ripples over the floor, a submersible glides past.
Holo rare No. 035/35
Abyss No. 035
A glass dome on the sea floor. Bubbles rise, light ripples over the floor, a submersible glides past.
Numbered past the set, as secret cards are: the one-player game’s hidden opponents, and their stages under the Fire Pit’s floor.
Enhanced Katana
Rising Blade · Head Stomp · Razor Spin · Fireball
Ultra rare No. 036/35
Fire No. 036
An enhanced Katana waiting in the flames under the Fire Pit, its third enhancement a fireball. Its pilot goes past the 20 any other can reach: power 24, agility 26, endurance 30.
Special moves
Enhanced Shadow
Shadow Dive · Shadow Punch · Shadow Slide · Shadow Grab · Ice freeze
Ultra rare No. 037/35
Ice No. 037
An enhanced Shadow, translucent as ice, in the frozen pit below the burning one, its third enhancement a freeze. Its pilot is the strongest in the game: power 30, agility 30, endurance 33.
Special moves
Secret stage
The Fire Pit in flames, under its own floor: the grate sealed, the walls burning. A destruction in the Fire Pit and the winner’s Fire & Ice move break through to it.
Ultra rare No. 038/35
Burning Pit No. 038
Where Fire waits. Losing here costs nothing; beating Fire closes the Fire Pit’s floor for the rest of the game.
Secret stage
The Fire Pit frozen over, deeper still. On Ultimate, a destruction against Fire and another Fire & Ice move break through to it.
Ultra rare No. 039/35
Frozen Pit No. 039
Where Ice waits, the strongest opponent in the game: its stage scores 50 times as much.
