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developed by Racdym (now known as Racjin) and published by

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. It is both Atlus and Racdym's first attempt in the 3D fighting game market. While in development, the game was known as "''Ultimate Domain''", and was intended to run on the Sega Model 2 hardware. The game was ported to the

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by Atlus, being released on December 13, 1996, in

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. In October 1997, JVC Music Europe published it in Europe under the title ''Yusha: Heaven's Gate''.

Reception

German magazine ''Maniac'' gave it a score of 70/100. French magazine ''Joypad ''gave it 75%.

References

External links

''Heaven's Gate''
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''Heaven's Gate''
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arcade-history
1996 video games 3D fighting games Arcade video games Atlus games Multiplayer and single-player video games PlayStation (console) games Racjin games Fighting games Video games developed in Japan