Supreme Warrior

Supreme Warrior is a full-motion video (FMV) beat 'em up game. Gameplay consists of fighting the villain Fang Tu's minions, and eventually Fang Tu himself. From a first-person perspective, players can punch, kick, and execute special moves. A pair of hands is visible on screen that the player controls, and icons prompt the player to attack with timing.

Defeating various opponents will give the player special moves. There are three difficulty levels.

Supreme Warrior was developed by Digital Pictures, a company focused on FMV games and interactive films. When asked about the inspiration for the game, Tom Zito, president of Digital Pictures, said that in asking players to tell them what kind of game to make, they received numerous requests to make a game that recreates a kung fu movie. The video footage for Supreme Warrior was filmed on Shaw Brothers Studio sets in Hong Kong. Many of the actors, and director Guy Norris, had extensive martial arts backgrounds.

The actors playing the enemies each choreographed their own fight routines. The fight sequences were mostly recorded using a head-mounted minicam worn by a stunt coordinator, while the sequences where the player character is hit were recorded with a padded hand-held camera which the actors would actually punch and kick. Supreme Warrior includes both English and Cantonese audio, the latter more common in kung fu films, but the scenes were only filmed in English, meaning the Cantonese audio is out of sync with the actors' lips.

Supreme Warrior's 3DO version received mixed reviews. The four reviewers of Electronic Gaming Monthly praised the exceptionally good video quality of the 3DO version and the innovation of having a fighting game from a first person perspective. However, they found that the gameplay did not work, and in particular that opponent attacks are excessively difficult to block. A reviewer for Next Generation was more positive to the gameplay.

He went on to say that the game, while a step in the right direction for the developer, suffers from a steep learning curve and a disconnect between the gameplay and the onscreen video. GamePro's Slo Mo echoed the praise of the production values of the game's full-motion video, but was more positive about the controls and gameplay. Though he warned that the controls are complicated, he noted that they are responsive as well, and commented that taking the time to master the gameplay is rewarding.