

requested them to create a fighting game project and with the success of releases like Street Fighter II: The World Warrior and Mortal Kombat, the team settled on developing a title which combined several art styles to showcase the system's capabilities that would become Ultra Vortek. Intrigued by the hardware specifications during this invitation, Johnson's company signed on to be one of the first third-party developers for the platform.

Johnson, to see their new hardware that would later become the Jaguar. Its gameplay consists of one-on-one fights, with a main three-button configuration, featuring special moves and finisher techniques, as well as two playable modes.Īfter the launch of BattleWheels, Atari Corporation was impressed with the work of Beyond Games and invited their founder, Kris N. He is protector of the titular ancient tablet that will grant full power to the winning victor capable of defeating him and save Earth from being consumed by the artifact. Set in a dystopian future where civilization, Ultra Vortek follows seven fighters from three groups as they enter a tournament held by a demonic being known as the Guardian.

It was the only officially released game that supports the unreleased Jaguar Voice Modem peripheral for online play. It was the second fighting game released for the Jaguar after Kasumi Ninja and unsuccessfully sought to capitalize on the trend of violent fighting games started by Midway Games's Mortal Kombat in 1992. Ultra Vortek (also released as Ultra Vortex) is a fighting game developed by Beyond Games and published by Atari Corporation for the Atari Jaguar in North America and Europe on September 5, 1995.
